Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-13
TIE Loudol Times.

) thus nirrates 4 visit to the ethce CT the grea
Enaeish newspaper:
among many other famous places in Len
don. have visited the office Of the Lond0l
? Times To view the establishment application
must be made by letter TO the manager. Thi
dispatched. reply was promptly received b.,
pest and Gu the card was named the hour wheI
the presses could be seen in motion Mr.
Applegarth, brother Of the inventor Of tbs
press there used, and for many wears superin
tendent Of the machinery, q very auiahie gen
teElan, conducted NE through the variou.
departments, freely answering inquiries. arc
explaining every thing as went along. Some
idea Of the resources and extent Of the Time.
office may be lad from the single fact thai
upwards of $500, 900 are paid to the Govern
nlent annually for stamps. penny, CT twt
cents, being paid en- each number OF the paper
issued. The daily circulation IS 81 coo copies
each number, including the supplement, CON
tanning sixteen pages Two hundred reams Of
paper are used every day. each weighing from
eighty-six to Lightweight pounds, making in
al from eight to nine tons The quality of the
/ paper every one knows who has read the Times
\ Each sheet costs the publishers penny and 4
/ half, OF three cents, before 1t is printed One
4 OF the presses was put in motion at l e'cloek.
p. NJ to print an edition to be sent eff by mail
an hour later. Twenty men were EMPLOYED on
| the press. part of them above in gallery to
! supply paper and part below to receive the
! printed sheets as they came out The noise of
| the machinery was 50 great that it Vas difficult
| in conversation to be heard. The number
/ printed an hour is 1000.
| ..By holding watch and counting. I dis
| covered that each man received from twenty
| two to twenty-f3ur minute. Now and then Il
| sheet with an imperfect impression would be
| hastily thrown cut by enc If the sharp eyed
| men below, and once or twice. at the stroke of
Il bell, all the wheels stopped and the great
machine rested for 4 moment. then at 1nether
| signal commenced the stunning catter again
I WAS shown the wants where d large stock of
| paper is kept. So much is now used that the
supply is sometimes short Of the demand, and
| the price Is much advanced For some time an
advertisement has been standing in the columns
Of the Times Offering reward Of 5000 for
the discovery Of a substitute for rags in the
manufacture of paper. This offer Is made by
the proprietor Of the Times. believe the man
has never been met who has ever seen the editor
of the Times, but nm convinced that there is
such parsonage. for / have heard his name
pronounced and been shown his room and clair
The editing of the paper is carried On within
the publication building to a greater extent
than has been stated There are convenient
rooms fitted up for the purpose, and also for the
use of reporters. During the sessions of Par
Lament large number Of skillful1 reporters
are employed. These are relieved every half
hour. and are conveyed to and from the Office to
the Legislative place in cabs. no ene remaining
on duty longer man the prescribed time In
viewing establishment ike that Of the Times,
ard rejecting upon the vast influence it exerts.
one cannot but be filed with wonder and awe
VOLUNTARY SUSPENSION oF TETALITT.-As to
the voluntary frances which are frequently
brought in as auxiliary agents in the eshibi-
tons of the Spiritualsts, the following well
authenticated fact is aIdnced by writer in
the Northern British Review, as showing what
the will may effect over the vital functions.
when exerted under certain conditions:
The condition of trance can be induced by
suppressing the respiration and fixing the mind; |
and we cannot convey better idea of it than |
by giving, after DR.. Cheyne, of Dublin, the |
following account Of the case of Colonel Town |
send. Of Bath--a gentleman Of q high and |
Christian character.
Colonel Townsend could die. or expire. when /
he pleased aid yet by an effort, or somehow, +
he could came to life again. He insisted so |
much upon our seeing the trial made, that We
were at last forced to comply We all three
felt his pulse first It was clear and distinct, 1
though small and threadT, and his heart had
It's usual beating. He composed himself upon
bis back. and lay IN q still position for some
time, while held his right hand, DR.. Barnard /
aid his hand on his heart, and Dir. Shrine held /
l clean locking glass to his mouth. T found his