The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-02-14

4 miscellaneous.
Sothins 80 helps newspaper as the i'm
biting Of useful information. "How shall
On ants cut Of the sugar bowl2" asks
rrespondent. 'Fill The bowl with salt
N "a fashion for operaiic companies composed
<tirely. Of women has lately been started in
rglAnd, and manager lalso a woman) has
<fered an operetta 10 he called AN Adamless
&cn.
An old couple we're walking down street
sdInS signs, when the old man read thus
M &ohnson's Shirt Store" ''Well, l declare,"
Blamed the cid lady, q wonder how he tore
~ the Milan Exhibition a solid wine was
m roduoed. 1t was in the form Of a paste.
Ech, when dissolved in glass Of wafer, was
|1id 10 yield instantly a generous wine Of good
|1Pesrance and bouquet
pvland Hin rode great deal, and by ex-
20 preserved vigorous health. On one occa-
I'D, when asked by a medical friend what
sician and apothecary be employed 10 be
3Hsys SO well, replied MY physician has
IEr horse and my apotheoary an ass.
. sreat disiniectaut and autiseptic action is
ID TO result from the proper use Of copper.
Burcq recommends treatment OF infectious
eeasos with salts Of copper, the injection Of
. wood Of huis with copper sulphaie, and the
E Eplicatiou Of copper 10 infected furniture,
|lpthing and other suspected articles.
The question: How long is It necessary to
. the children away from school after an
Eeotious disease! was answered by the
Mis- Academy Of Medicine With scarlet
<reT, diphtheria, measles and smallpox, isO-
cton is to he maintained for 30 days: chicken
nd and mumps lose their contagious power
I1teT IS days,
. a business firm, to which hin lad been
fring for some tine, finally sent sharp dun
M note 10 the debtor, and received in reply
Posial card. containing the following: Matt.
<in:26.' To this they responded, "Romans
IS; Luke KISS The result was the quick
N&Azfn Of 4 cheek in payment Of the amount
A new ironclai Tor the British Navy is to lie
- the Benbow, and will be a twin screw,
|I<tI armoT-plated barbeiie ship. The vessel is
M &k OF 10000 tons, and is 10 have engines Of
|1* horse power; which, under pressure, can
4<.ade to work up 20 $500 horse power. At
|E1 she Will mount four co ton guns, but viii
niaiely carry guns Of much heavier calibpe
I0H pill cost upwards Of SS,O00,O 900.
savani Of aiheistical tendencies thus con-
41ek the preface Of his work on natural
iry. Tits, therefore, demonstrated that our
E is the work Of chance and not Of q reas-
141E Creator, since the animals upon it have
|a4t given legs and not mounted upon wheels,
EAHEh would furnish an easier and more rapid
1<iltcd Of locomotion, and the vast electrical
1E&1<rces OF the atmosphere are wasted in
&4NNier-storms and similar phenomena, in
I1HE cf being utilized for the transmission Of
Eaphic dispatches -
seizing The gignaciic Indian around the
E4IH, the brave boy lifted him into the air
hung him headlong down the chasin.
IErg, the boy stood and watched the In
.I1Ht body fall from crsg 10 crag, until il
14G|rlF,eared in the darkness below. Just al
NH4 inoment-n just at that moment the
f Of the boy who was reading this trash
t along, lifted the younsster by the ear,
lid the woodshed matinee that followed,
Npy had no thought Of fiinging the old
114 down ohasm. There was no chasm
.|Ifs n -DsfrUa Fire. Pr,ss.
Bother addition to the high buildings os
&f York viii shortly be finished The Welles
linE Is built IN pink granite, II the renais-
csN AN= 4 AN NAAAAlAN vi blNAANAN u. OF
Akng proportions, being lined with gray
he'd marble. The passages are paved with
lnish tiles. and wainscoted in colored mar
The cost Of the site has been S20O, 900.
4Afly tvu-ffths Of the entire space has been
-@sfihced 10 the requirements OF light and air,
- arc excellent throughout the building.
d arc elevators, capable Of raising
~ weights. The building possesses its
srtcsiau well, sunk over 1000 feet in the
E rock.
Eany = traveller Las inscribed his name upon
M famous sycamore known as the Virgins
at Heliopolis, where Arab threw up in
Echmenis for the defense Of Cairo. The rude
e;s Of time and the embellishments Of the
|41rist have dealt hardly with its trunk, but
branches are still fourishing. According
q be legend the Virgin and Child once rested
. er It's friendly shade during the flight to
kpt Another story tells how Mary con-
led herself with the child in the hollow Of
s. trunk, and that kindly spider SO CON-
@kely covered tie opening with its web as
MN screen her eiiectuHlly from observation.
W ras presented by the khedive to the En-
- Eugonie at the Inauguration Of The
- The unfortunate part Of the tale is
I3n the tree now shown as the real article
a'l not planted until about lG72, the original
IE<r having died natural death in 1865.
Alncng the attractions Of recent fete il
I1 Iuilleries Garden, in Paris, was an appa.
zE for the concentration and utilization O
.1- heat, and, though the sun was not very
iant. this apparatus set in motion
XHhine which printed several thousand cop
III a newspaper entitled the Solci Journal
suns rays are concentrated in a reflector
nj moves al the same rate as the sun, aDC
Hh a vertical boiler, setting the motive stean
be al work. About Is years ago Prof
ehOTu, OF Tours, began the construction o
M ppaTatus for the utilization Of solar heat
M his experiments have been continued b.
Piire. A company have now constructed
1<4ber Of apparatus Of different sizes. 1t i:
&EI4e 4eni that IN any country Of uninterrupte'
nt thine the boiler must be heated in 80 or Il
n.es. A portable apparatus could boi
and a halfquarts an hour.
raorrleslgs gives the following directions 10
MI copying; Take piece Of thin muslin an'
In It tightly round ball Of cotton wool al
as an orange. This forms a dab5a' an'
puld have something to hold II by. The
neeze on 10 the corner Of half sheet o
tlscap little color from tube Of oil paint
ke up very little color on the dabber AMI
brk il about on the center Of the pape
some time, till the dabber is evenly oovere'
th thin coating. A little oil can be use,
dilute or moisten the color If necessary
ben put your leaf down on the paper and dal
ne color evenly over both sides. Place
Ia between the pages Of folded sheet o
fper (uDgiazed is best), and rub the pape
bove il well with the finger. 0pen the sheet
rnove the leaf, and you viii have an impres
b. Of each side OF the leaf Any color ma,
used. Burnt or raw sienna works the mos
nsfactorily.
p Unsinkzble ships, according to Capt Il. 1
brtes, Of Boston, will in few years, cam.
2 the hrst-class goods and irst-class passen
rs between Europe and the United States
supposes these ships TO be built Of stee
d 70 be divided into at least 10 compart
ents, exclusive Of those occupied by mach
ny and fuel; every compartment to hRv'
y means Of pumping IN air and pumping OF
bier. Such ship could not very well sink
Ni if. as au additional security, all tn
ighf was secured in water-tight packages
Z vessel will float even if every one Of tn
npartments bad fracture in it. There j
thinS absurd in this supposition. 1t
cre than probable that all heavy and Gears
erch&ndise, such as metals and soda ash
d he excluded from the fast mail and pass
ger steamers. 1t viii he only necessary, j
nt case, to sec that the compartments Of th
10 lower decks are without dciect, and {
Produce complete system Of pumps for ai
ID water, and thus adopt the old Chimes
rthod Of packing silks and teas, using thei