The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-11-24

ST.. Louis InfeHie encer, Aug. 20.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH-Since the failure Of
the Atlantic Telegraph. it has been believed and
publicly asserted by many, that no message was ever
transmitted over the wires. There never could be
any reasonable doubt of the fact. as many dispatches
of importance were published. proving beyond cavil
the existence of a communication. The Nsw York
Herald has just printed q diary containing all mes
sages sent and received through the Atlantic cable
during its working from the 10th e August TO the
lst Of September, 1858, inclusive, by which it ap-
pears that there were sent from Valentia to New
foundland 129 messages, embracing 1474 words. and
1858 letters and from Newfoundland TO V~alentia
27l messages, 1885 words and Ia, 96S letters. Ger
ti6cates atsesting the truth Of theso sfatements. made
under oath, accompany the diary, which appears to
be official
SrEREoTYPINo THE LONDON TIMEs-Mr. Strong,
son of one Of the proprietors of the Rochester Demo-
craf, writes to that paper IN account Of his visit to
the Office of the London Times. "One of the most
interesting and novel departments of the establish
ment is that in which the stereotyping process is
carried on. You know. perhaps. already. that every
number OF the Times is printed from stereotype
plates, thus saving a great part of the wear and tear
Of the type. The stereotype plate is taken from the
q form" in three minutes. by a new process. invented
by n Swiss, and known only to him. A thin layer Of
soft and damp papier mache first receives the impress
sion of the type, and after il has been hardened by
the application of heat, the melted lead is poured on
which is ste for firm the stereotype p,ste The PAPER
melted lead, and comes out Of the fiery trial unin-
jured, and almost unscorched. The plates are re-
melted every day after the issue Of the day is printed
from them, and the waste of type metal from day to
day is very slight. BY this power of multiplying tho
number of forms from which the same side of the
paper can be printed, the Times can use three or
four presses at once, and thus print its So, 900 CORES,
on an emergency, in two hours time"
CIGAR MAKING MAcHINE-we have recently ex-
amined a most ingenious machine, the invention Of
Mr.. Louis Beauche of Paris, for making cigars,
Patents have been taken out in Europe and this coun-
try, as well as in some portions of South America
and the tropics. At an examination of the machine
at Madrid. made by royal order, the commission re-
ported that it made AZ cigars in ten minutes, or 252
in one hour.
To show the value Of such invention to this coun-
try, we may state that in New York city alone there
are about 200 900 smokers, each using two cigars
per diem, which makes 0 1000 cigars every day.
These will cost for labor alone, at Sc dollars a thou
sand, the enormous sum Of So. 760, 900 annually,
when made by hand, and the inventor calculates that
his machine, which can be attended to by women
and children, will produce them for 81 per thousand,
making a total cost for n year to the smokers of this
city for labor. only S1,460,OOO, or one-sixth the
present amount.
From other States than our own we import annual
ly, in this city alone. IL, 1000. 900 pounds Of tobacco,
of 400 pounds each Pennsylvania, 5000 cases of
400 pounds each Ohio, 10000 cases $40 pounds
each. From New York we receive 5000 cases of 400
pounds each we also import 5000. 900 pounds from
Havana, and a quantity from other Spanish ports,
and we are told that on an average 20 pounds Of TO-
bacco are required for every 1000 cigars, and we can
easily calculate that there are SOC, 0OO. 900 cigars
made in this city alone in one year.-Scienf1ic
American.