Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-09-01
The London Times.

reporters, nineteen Parllamentafv re- porters, twelve police reporters, and an indefinite number of miscellaneous l writers, known as s'penny -a-liners' in
 London, at least one hundred corre- I spondcnts in various parts of Great
 Britain, and some forty foreign corre- I spondents in other parts ofthe world.
 Of the Parliamentary reporters, sixteen
 are photographers, two make sum- maries of tho debates in the Houses, and one directs the force. To set up
 the types there are one hundred and
 thirty compositors employed, sixty
 labouring by day, and seventy at night,
 whilst eleven foremen and assistants direct their movements. Twenty-four persons are required to read proofs, and three are employed merely to
 pull the proofs. The advertisements are set up during the day, and the read ing matter at night, the advertising i pages being made up at from five to 1 seven o'clock in the evening. Reading matter is received until daylight and afterwards, and the reading pages are I rarely put 10 press before four A. M., l whilst leading articles are frequently l written on Parliamentary debates and other events happening after midnight, and appear in print the following morning. England is different in it's habits from the United States, and very early newspaper issues are not deman- ded. In all this work the greatest care. is taken to guard against mistakes, and every line printed is read over by proof-readers, four or five different times.
 Ten stcrcotypers prepare the plates for the printing machines. by the pa- piermache process now in use in the Public Ledger office and in other lead ing newspaper offices in the United I States, and these machines arc now run continuously from about eight o'clock in the evening until seven the next morning besides work during the day upon .'second editions" Sixteen fire men and engineers attend the engines aud boilers, six men prepare the paper before printing, ninety arc employed on the presses. and seven deliver the paper to the news-agents after it is printed, No carriers are employed, as 1 in the United States, but the whole 1 edition is sold out 10 news-agents, the number of copies printed being no more than the sun total of their ordcgs, which have to be handed in by two r. M,, on the previous day.
 The wholesale price of the Times is 2I4d. per copy, (about i'a cents gold,) l the retail price, 3d., G cents gold.l For the benefit of the employees, there are established in the office saving i fund, sick fund, and cooperative restaurant, managed by five persons, at whitehall the employees get their food and drink at wholesale cost prices. l This is known familiarly as 'The Cam. tecn.s Stability and comfort are great objects in Printing- House Square. Tho apartments, dingy without, are clean and spacious within, and faithful labourers remain there lifetime, bequeathing their places to their sons. Many now in the place have worked there five-and-twenty years, and two 1 in particular, still hale and hearty, have been in the office respectively forty-five and fifty-fives years. Father and son work side by side, and all seem to re- l, gard the place and its directors with the greatest affection.
 To print the Times, seventy tons weight of paper and two tons of print l ing-ink are used every week, whilst the average weight of the daily issue of the paper is from eleven to twelve tons. The machines upon which this large edition is printed are the best of their kind. There arc two ten-cylinder Hoe presses, and two eight-cylinder Applegath machines; the aggregate actual work done by them being 1 52,000 impressions an hour, l6,000 from each of the formerand 10000 from each of the latter. Besides these, there is now in use the "Walter Printing Press,"i which IS self-feeder, and, managed by a man and two boys, prints large share of the advertising pages of the Times. Its capacity is from 22.0OO to 2i,000 impressions an hour, and it pro- ! Sa,uccs in that time from II. GOO to l2,000 perfect sheets, printed on both sides. and ready for the reader. It is some what similar to the American Bullock press, and prints from large roll of paper containing 2500 to 5000 sheets, cuts them apart after printing and then delivers them by a double motion into two piles. It has been pronounced success by competent judges, and will probably revolutionize the printing business in England Ledger. I #Ess e-<-------
 DGrA instance of throwing ones self about was witnessed few even- ings ago at a party, in the ease of a young lady, who, when asked to sing, first tossed her head, and then pitched her voice. t@ @F a
 gsy~ However dull woman may be, she will understand all there is in love however intelligent man may be, he will never know but half of it.
 ssFaThe height of politeness Is pass ing round on the opposite side ofa lady when walking with her, in order not to step upon her shadow.
 HsS-Thosc who preach against sin