The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-09-09

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dotte also. and that had money. l would
20 and see him. He might marry me, or
might engage me to repair his Enen-that
much would be something.
In Grenoble. AmeEe till her death. was
ever called by the citizens Her Majesty
Madame Bernadotte"
The BIGGEST Printing Job in the World.
The government printing office. says the
Cincinnati Co1.s.erri1, G,s-s.tt. has Just com
plejei what Is probably the biggest job in
the printing line attempted in this or any
other country The Job referred to was
an order given by the treasury department
for 5o,OllO00 labels. 10 be attached to
tobacco packages as evidence that such
packages have been inyentoried for the
purpose Of aScertaining the amount Of re
bate due the dealer or manufacturer under
the new internal revenue law. Some Of
the details OF tins label Job viii be interest
ing Is showing the enormous capacity Of
the government printing office. and the
immense amount Of money the govern
ment saves by doing its own printing The
form for the label was eleCtrotyped and
one hundred copies taken Of il for each of
N---AA- A.-eN~NH-a ~ ta-lA4 4NNl4uNlAA VI AAAt
eight cylinders eight hundred labels were
printed. and 1t took the eight presses six
and one half days 70 do the preSswoT6.
The job required one thousand redms of
paper and SLol0 worth Of red ink At an
average price Of SL50 per thousand i'm
Pressions, which the government would
probably have had to pay to a private
printer. the presSyurk alone would cost
$1,000. The 100000 label job Is. be
heyed to he the biggest Job Of printing ever
turned out IN this country or the whole
world
II has been discovered by an authro-
polo-iSt, who announces the fact in the
PET Wr-i Ez-a.s, that the adoption Of gar
msnts by barbarouS people Is followed,
sooner uT later. by their extinction. He
therefore strongly urges upon the missio-
mares not 10 Introduce the death-beaTinE
trousers or b2dy-destroyin- petticoats
among the UICiyIIzed races whom they
are trying to convert
At 9 meeting Of the ST Petersburg
Health Committee the fact was brought to
light that the large death-rate IN Russian
hospitals i caused by the lack Of nOurish-
ing tood for patients The allowance Of
about L cents o day for diet does not sui
fee 10 buy 50 much IS g pound Of beef for
broth. and Of such food Is the patients
succeed IN procuring they are partially
robbed by the ill-fed nurses
To test the purity Of water there has
been found no better OF simpler way than
to I'll q clean pin: bottle three-fourths full
OF the water 10 be tested, and dissolve IN
the water half , tsaspoonful OF the purest
suga--loaf or granulated VIII answer
cork the bottle. and place It IN a warm
place for two days II IN twenty-four to
to-tty-siEht hours the water becomes cloudy
or milky It i unfit for domestic Use.
When pzrafine Is thoroughly mixed
with lnsaei oil. cast into small blocks and
allowed To cool. It may be used to make
any fabric. Is cloth. felt and leather. water
proof by rubbing II with such block and
ironing afterTard 70 egualize the distribu-
ton Of the material N the pores Il too
much Is nos put on the material may be
made 10 be only impa-yI0us TO water. but
not 10 slr. IS the very small grease pores
rspel the water. but not the air.
b. means Of a simple and conveniently
worked device Of c1ilei spring, an English
inventor has succeeded N dispensing with
the ned Of driving sewing machines b.
hand or toJt: & few turns OF handle
winds up sufficient power TO keep q mac
hine going al full speed over an hour. Il
( completely under control a. 70 the rate
q stitching and Stopping and can be sp-
pied 30 any existing machine at moderate
cost
Luminous paint, 80 called. continues to
Be imported N large quantities b. regions
where earIhgu are prevalent. Ii the
Z Philippine Islands small metallic plates
,oatsd With the paint s-e 50 disposed about
he houses q 70 afford ready guidance at T