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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 45

Little Sins

Little Sins.

A Little hole in a ship sinks it; a small breach in a sea-bank carries all away before it; a little stab in the heart kills a man; and a little sin, as it is often improperly called, tends to his final destruction. Whatever sin the heart is prone to, that the devil will help forward. A little drop has been many a man's rum—every drunkard began with a single glass.

Procrastination is the Thief of Time. Consult G. R. Mott,

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DAY OF M. DAY OF W. PHASES OF THE MOON. AT MELBOURNE. First Quarter...................... 1d 5h 38m p.m Full Moon .......................... 8d 10h 49m p.m SUN RISES. SUN RISESE. MOON RISS. MOON SETS. Last Quarter .................. 15d 1h 21m p.m. New Moon ................................ 23d 6h 44m a.m First Quarter ........................... 31d 10h 43m a.m Perigee. 10d 11h a.m; Apogee, 25d 11h p.m H. M. H. M. H. M. H M. 1 S St. David's Day 5 45 6 40 1 20A 10 36A 2 S First Sunday in Lent 5 46 6 39 2 15 11 28 3 M First Victorian Census 1851 5 47 6 37 3 5—— 4 TU Convict Outbreak Sydney 1804 5 48 6 36 3 51 12 26M 5 W (2) Czar Nicholas died 1855 5 49 6 34 4 31 1 32 6 TH Port Phillip Patriot published 1833 5 50 6 33 5 7 2 41 7 F Melbourne named 1837 5 51 6 31 5 37 3 62 8 S (9) Encount. Merrimac v. Monitor 1862 5 52 6 30 6 7 5 o 9 S Second Sunday in Lent 5 53 6 29 6 36 6 18 10 M N. S. Wales discovered 1606 5 54 6 27 7 7 7 33 11 TU Tin discovered Ovens district . 1853 5 55 6 26 7 41 8 48 12 W Duke of Edinburgh shot, Sydney 1868 5 56 6 24 8 19 10 5 13 TH Melbourne bounds proclaimed 1843 5 57 6 23 9 4 11 20 14 F Admiral Byng shot 1757 5 58 6 21 10 0 12 30A 15 S Crimean armistice signed 1856 5 59 6 20 11 1 1 34 16 S Third Sunday in Lent 6 0 6 18——2 30 17 M St. Patrick's Day 6 1 6 17 12 4M 3 13 18 TU Princess Louise born 1848 6 2 6 15 1 9 3 48 19 W (20) Foundation Princes Brdge. 1846 6 3 6 13 2 13 4 18 20 TH Melbourne Hospital founded 1846 6 4 6 12 3 17 4 45 21 F (20) Theatre Royal, Melb., burnt 1872 6 5 6 10 4 18 5 8 22 S Emperor of Germany born 1797 6 6 6 9 5 15 5 32 23 S Fourth Sunday in Lent 6 7 6 7 6 14 5 55 24 M (23) Settlement of Otago, N.Z. 1848 6 8 6 6 7 12 6 19 25 TU (23) Great Floods, N.S.W. 1867 6 8 6 4 8 12 6 45 26 W Price murdered by convicts 1858 6 9 6 3 9 11 7 15 27 TH War declared with Russia 1854 6 10 6 1 10 10 7 51 28 F Latrobe 1st Gov. Victoria 1851 6 11 6 0 11 10 8 32 29 S Allied Sovereigns entered Paris 1814 6 12 5 58 12 6A 9 20 30 S Fifth Sunday in Lent 6 13 5 57 12 57 10 15 31 M Governor Bowen arrived 1873 6 14 5 55 1 44 11 16

March.

The Permissive Bill.—My bill proposes that the people shall be permitted to express their will to the magistrates, just as now the magistrates dictate their will to the people. It is provided in the bill that if any locality desires (by a majority of two-thirds of the ratepayers) that there shall be no licenses issued, then for three years that state or things shall exist in that locality. After the Licensing system has been tried for Three Hundred years, it is only fair that the Permissive system shall be tried for Three years. And if, after three years' trial, it should be found that the population was getting poorer and more miserable—that drunkenness, crime, pauperism, and lunacy increased because there were no public-houses—and if the ratepayers should be miserable and wretched, and wish to return to the old happy and glorious state of things—they could by a bare majority of One enable the magistrates to go to work again and set down as many public-houses as they liked. That is the Permissive Bill.—Sir Wilfred Lawson.

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DAY OF M. DAY OF W. PHASES Of THE MOON. Pull Moon.................... 7d 8h 4m a.m Last Quarter .............. 13d 11h 49m p.m New Moon .................. 21d 11h 35m p.m First Quarter ............. 29d llh 56m p.m Perigee, 7d 8h p.m; Apogee, 22d 4h a.m AT MELBOURNE. SUN RISES. SUN SETS. MOON RISES. MOON SETS. H M. H M. H M. H M. TU Prince Bismarck born 1814 6 15 54 1 2 25A— 2 W Cobden died 1865 6 16 5 52 3 1 12 21M 3 TH Governor Bourke arrived in Melb. 1837 6 16 5 51 3 33 1 30 4 F Date of Leichardt's last letter 1848 6 17 5 49 1 3 2 41 5 S Supreme Court in Melbourne 1848 6 18 5 48 4 33 3 52 6 s Palm Sunday 6 19 5 46 5 3 5 5 7 M (6) Nelson gold robbery 1852 6 20 5 45 5 36 6 19 8 TU Shakespeare born 1564 6 21 5 43 6 13 7 38 9 W Cerberus (ironclad) arrived 1871 6 22 5 42 6 58 8 56 10 TH Napolean abdicated 1810 6 23 5 40 7 49 10 12 11 F GOOD FRIDAY 6 24 5 39 8 51 11 20 12 S Easter Saturday 6 25 5 37 9 55 12 21A 13 S Easter Sunday 6 25 5 3 6 11 1 1 10 14 M Easter Monday 6 26 5 34——1 50 15 TU Easter Tuesday 6 27 5 33 12 7M 2 21 16 W Melbourne founded 1837 6 28 5 31 1 10 2 49 17 TH Benjamin Franklin died 1790 6 29 5 30 2 10 3 14 18 F Lady Barkly died 1857 6 30 5 29 3 10 3 37 19 S (20) N. S.W discovered by Cook 1770 6 31 5 27 4 8 4 0 20 S First Sunday after Easter 6 32 5 26 5 6 4 24 21 M Burke and Wills rtn. Cooper's Ck. 1861 6 33 5 25 6 4 4 48 22 TU S.A. Parliament first opened 1857 6 34 5 24 7 3 5 19 23 W St. George's Day 6 34 5 22 8 2 5 52 24 TH Sydney Alfred Hospital founded 1876 6 35 5 21 9 2 6 31 25 F Railway opened to Kyneton 1862 6 36 5 20 9 59 7 17 26 S Gray (the explorer) died 1861 6 37 5 19 10 51 8 9 27 S Second Sunday after Easter 6 38 5 17 11 40 9 7 28 M (27) Flinders entered Port Phillip 1802 6 39 5 16 12 21A 10 11 29 TU Emperor of Russia born 188 6 40 5 15 12 59 11 16 30 W First marriage celeb. Pt. Phillip 1837 6 41 5 141 1 31——

April.

A Lighthouse.—"Everything has its use," said a philosophical professor to his class. "Of what use is a drunkard's fiery red nose?" asked one of the pupils. "It's a lighthouse," answered the professor, "to warn us of the little water that passes underneath it, and reminds us of the shoals of appetite on which we might otherwise be wrecked."

An Unintentional Reproof.—A gentleman one day saw his daughter dipping her little doll-baby's dress into a tin cup, and inquired, "What are you doing my daughter?" "I'm colouring my doll's dress red." "With what?" "With beer." "What put that foolish notion into your head, child? You can't colour red with beer." "Yes I can, papa, because mamma said it was beer that made your nose red." And the man had business that required him down town immediately.

A Smart Answer.—Walking to the club with a friend from the theatre, some intoxicated young fellows reeled up to the dramatist and said, "Can you tell us the way to the 'Judge and Jury'?" Keep on as you are, young gentlemen," was the reply; "you re sure to overtake them."

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DAY OF M. DAY OF W. PHASES Of THE MOON. Full Moon .......................... 6d 3h 52m p.m Last Quarter ..................... 13d 12h 36m p.m New Moon ......................... 21d 3h 30m p.m First Quarter .................... 29d 9h 17m a.m Perigee. 6d 7h a.m; Apogee, 19d 8h a.m AT MELBOURNE. SUN RISES. SUN SETS. MOON RISES> MOON SETS. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. 1 TH First London Exhibition 1851 6 42 5 12 2 0A 12 23M 2 F 8th Inter. Exhibition, Sydney 1876 6 43 5 11 2 29 1 31 3 s N. Z. declared independent 1841 6 43 5 10 2 58 2 41 4 S Third Sunday after Easter 6 44 5 9 3 29 53 5 M New Constitution proclaimed 1853 6 45 5 8 4 4 5 8 6 Tu Gold discovered in Australia 1851 6 46 5 7 4 45 6 26 7 W Lord Brougham died 1868 6 47 5 6 5 35 7 45 8 TH The last Tasmanian native died 1876 6 48 5 5 6 35 8 59 9 F Gold rush to Bathurst 1851 6 49 5 4 7 39 10 4 10 S John Stuart Mill died 1873 6 50 5 3 8 47 11 1 11 S Fourth Sunday after Easter 6 51 5 2 9 55 11 46 12 M (11) General Grant wrecked 18 66 6 51 5 1 11 1 12 21A 13 TU Pope Pius 9th born 1792 6 52 5 0——12 51 14 W (13) Rev. W. Hill murdered 1869 6 53 4 59 12 4M 1 17 15 Th Daniel O'Connell died 1847 6 54 4 58 1 4 1 41 16 F Great Comet seen in Victoria 1861 6 55 4 57 2 2 2 5 17 S N.S.W. Wales Charter prmlgtd. 1844 6 56 4 56 3 0 2 28 18 S Rogation Sunday 6 57 4 56 3 58 2 52 19 M (18) Trial by jury institd. Engd. 1217 6 57 4 55 4 56 3 21 20 TU Caxton born 1410 6 58 4 54 5 56 3 53 21 W N.Z. proclaimed British colony 1840 6 59 4 53 6 56 4 30 22 TH Ascension. Holy Thursday 7 0 4 52 7 54 6 15 23 F Melb. Academy of Music founded 1876 7 0 4 52 8 48 6 6 24 S Queen's Birthday 7 1 4 51 9 37 7 3 25 S Sunday after Ascension 7 2 4 51 10 21 8 4 26 M M'Mahon President of France 1873 7 3 4 50 10 59 9 8 27 TU End of Communist insurrection 1871 7 4 4 50 11 33 10 14 28 W Great floods in Melb. 1848 7 5 4 49 12 1A 11 19 29 TH Batman landed at Pt. Phillip 1835 7 5 4 49 12 29—— 30 F (29) Arctic expn. sd. from Engd. 1875 7 6 4 48 12 57 12 26M 31 S First imgnts. arvd. at Sydney 1831 7 7 4 48 1 26 1 34

May.

The Marriage of Cana.—Dwellers in great cities were sometimes disposed to think very contemptuously of the rustic intellect; but let the following speak for itself. A poor man in the country was pressed, as doubtless very many have been pressed, very strongly with the marriage of Cana. This was brought before him to try to show that our Lord himself was pleased to t urn the water into wine, that the guests might drink of it. The poor man replied thus: "I always desire to follow my blessed Lord in all things, and I find Him saying, 'Fid the water-pots with water;' therefore I will fill my glass with water, and if he is pleased to work a miracle and turn it into wine, then I won't refuse to drink. Till that has been done I will stick to my water."

A Sad Case.—"i think I've seen you before, sir. Are you not Owen Smith?" "Oh, yes, I'm owin' Smith, and owin' Jones, and owin' Brown, and owin' everybody.'