The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-12-15

out spilling any Of tho wax, is apparently
an exceedingly simple matter; bi, it l.
Only by peculiar movemen, of tho wrist
and hand, impossible to describe, and diff.
cul, to initiate, that il is properly effected.
One man can seal 100 in an houil
10 FASTING aud atliy,ng the labels on the
backing bottles, much dexlerliy is also dis
PLAYED. As one man can paste as many
labels as two can afiy, groupes Of three
are employed in this department. la pas,
ing, the dexe'i'y is shown by the final
touch of the brush, which jerks the labol
Of the heap. and which is caught in the
left hand Of the orkman, and thrown o de-.
This is done SO rapidly, that the lhree.iold
operation Of passing, jerking and laying
aside, is repeated no less than two thousand
times an hour. The ailising of the labels
is very neat and dexIcrou1 operation; TO
the watch!u. spectator, the bo!Ilc Is scarce.
~ taken up 10 his hand, ere i, is set down
lab'ed. In packing TIC bottles into casks,
much nea,uess is also display ed.
The heads o! CERTAIN kinds Of pins are
formed BY col, or tao Of fine wire placed
a, one end. This is Gu, Of from long
coil fixed IN lathe the wo,kmen cuts q
one or ,So turns Of the coil guided entirely
! by his eye; and such IS the manual DEXTER.
ny displayed in the operation, that work
man will cut OF 900 to 80 600 head,
without mnklng single mistake as TO the
NJ kar If in zach "a r. anrE
man can ias'en on from 10, 900 10 1000
Of these heads IN a day.
The pointing Of pins and need'esis done
solely by The hand. The sorkmsn holds
80 OF 40 pin lengths IN his hand, sprcod
open like fan; and wonderful dexlerlly rs
shown in bringing each part TO the stone
aud presenting every point OF rs circun'
ference to It's grinding nclion. In finally
papering needles Tor sale. the females can
couat and paper 5000 10 an hour.
! SOLUTION ora CREA BIOGRAPHICAL
PROBLEM.
Soon after tie discovery oil America nd.
venturous nav,gatofs were employed to
se,k for passage, by wafer, from i'e Al
8 idHilI W 'Uc NJ IA hAbus As'S wv 'us' "
coas, Of this continent. A early as the
reign Of T. xibeih i; vas ascer,alned that
If there were any such passage ITS peipeiuaI
obstruction By zee would make 1t useless Tor
navigation. Still the geographical ques
ton continued, and The scientific world vas
concerned to know whether the continent
| Of A nerica extended 10 The north pole. or
whether, short of ,ha, extent; l.s northern
! limit was bounded by continuous reach oil
/ those freq q seas, straits, aud channels
parts OF which had been frequently visited
Explorations. both by land aud water, aeIe
made at different times, until finally tn
discoveries Of Messrs. Simpson and ID as
Officers OF the Hudsou's Bay Company
10 1888 and 80 lell ye,,o be surveyed only
section oil the coast, extending WESTWARD
from Parray straits Of the Fury and iiccla
and including the large ex;en, OF land called
Booihla Fax, generally represented OF
maps as on island.
10 1916, the II idson's Bay Company seq
out John Rae, E'q. 10 survey this unFx
plofed portion. lie accomplished the task
aud on the l0,h Of September last, mad
his report TO the Governor Of The Company
The principal fact which he ascet,alned !
that Boo,tla Felix isa part OF North Amer
ica-a PENN iuIa, as Capt. Ross suppose'
i, TO be. HIS explorations, taken m con
nesion with those that preceded them, set
tied long moo,ed question, aud show thai
with the exception Of Boo'hIa Felix, whlc
stretches as FAR norihsard as IA Of latitude
the northern coas, of America extend, ifor
the Atlantic TO the Pacific IN line varyIn
little from 70' Of north latitude. Gin
Atlas.
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