The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-09-13

Crrors VIII Casa short time back die,
intcstate, in the neighborhood Of Melbourne,
brewer named Graham, leaving widow anC
family, and real and personal property amounting
to between 10000 and esO,OOO. The widow
apnlied for letters Of administration. An attor
ney who had, or protested to have, a claim on the
estate entered q cdUeat. On the hearing Of the
cause il came out that the deceased had been
twice ,narried-the first time to Jane Lancaster
at Beverley, in Yorkshire, on the 9Th Of Septen,
Der, 1920, and that by this wife he had two sons
John and William, who never left England, and
are still living in their native place IN very hum.
bic circumstances At what time Mr.. Graham
emigrated did not appear, but it was shown that
in 1870 he was married again in Melbourne TO .
Mrs. Crock, an apparent widow, with family by
her first husband who was formerly in the Ord
nance Department in Hobart Town. One Of
these children, Mrs. Cozens, "a married woman
lodged cared against her mother Alrs. Gra-
ham, obtaining letters of administration, alleging
that at the time Of intermarTying with Graham,
in 1910, her 6rst husband, Crook, was alive an
inmate Of the lunatic asylum at Hobart Town,
aud that he lived for Several years afterward. Re-
criminatory allidayits were flied on behalf Of the
mother denying the facts alleged against herself
and alleging that the daughters opposition was
merely for the purpose OF extorting money that
she, the daughter, was herself in the position
charged OH The mother aud that her first husband,
man named Weatherly was still alive Be this
as it may it very distinctly appeared, from CORES
pondeuce and certificates forwarded from Eng
land by n Mr. Champney, a solicitor instructed by
Grahams younger son at Beverley, that Graham's
Beverley wife dil-not die until 1860; so that
when Graham went through the marriage cere-
mony with Mrs Cook in 1910 the proceeding
was null. The above-stated facts would proba-
bly, never have come to light at all, bat for the
circumstance that Graham, being in bad health,
wrote home to his English sons about month
before his death, one of whom, seeing fortune
10 the wind, at once instructed Mr.. Champney to
communicate With the father on their behalf The
father, however, died before Mr.. Champneys let
ter reached the colony. The Beverley sons seem
to be the only next Of kin aud therefore they will
apparently be lifted straight from penury into the
possession Of some 100000 each.
The Corroy CRor1ef 1sTOs7L-The New Or
leans Pictyiule, in recent issue speaking ofthe
crop grown in 1870, says it will be safe to count
upon 40OO, 600 bales received at the ports. The
overland shipments too, have been uncommonly
large-IO0, 600 bales having passed through Nash
vile on one road alone The Pioqyaaie estimates
the total at $4,000 bales. The Southern mills
have also largely increased the consumption,
which last year amounted TO 7S,S43 bales Upon
these facts the Picayttae Pounds the following
estimate of the crop:
Rc7ripts at the ports ........t.. 4,OOoO 900 bales
Overland direct shpmouts4s- ...-..... $4,000 -
Consumption Of southern mills. 10000 "
Burnt 4IOoo
Total 40, 900 bales
The only crop larger than this in number of bales
was that Of ls59-6O, which was 4,675,77O. The
average weight Of bale of cotton that year was
457 pounds. which would make that crop $780,
725,S9O pounds. This season the average weight
OF bales has been considerably in excess of the
foregoing. A statement was published not long
since setting it down at 464.4 pounds. This is,
we think. a little too low. The average at New
Orleans justifes 40 pounds to the bale for the
whole crop. This average weight per bale would
bring the whole crop TO 2,e82, leoOO0 pounds.
There is therefore, only difference of 54625,89O
pounds. or less than 4 per cent. in favor Of the
crop Of 1890, and the total may possibly turn
out as large.
TYPE SET b. sTEAM,--oue Invention did interest
me; 1t was steam. iype-composing machine. A
Mr. Maelde, of Warrington, had patented this affair,
and it is now used in seFeraI printing Offices among
others that Of the Graphic, in London The inven-
ton consists oftEo machines. One of these is a
small one which has key board, like piano. OF
fourteen keys. The operator sets before him the
copy which is TO be put in type, and manipulaes the
KEYS whereupon there is rcFolved from beneath an
interninable strip of paper two inches wide, which
is full OF puncturcs Each of these punctures
corresponds with letter of the written copy. The
whole manuscript having thus been copied in punct-
ures, the ron of punctured paper is set in machine
that looks ikean iron comfortable. The top Of the
comfortable has all around its edge little boxes
containing type. The toPofthe table then reyolves.
The punetured paper runs around, and when q CEN
ter type needed is reached, little lever falls, by
Of the opening allowed one end of it by the
hole in the paper, the other end touching and select
ing the letter that is needed The type so selected
fall into place and the row of selected type pours
in continuous stream out upon regular compo-
sers stick which as fast it is filed is removed 10
the form r5ee tl.Ah ~'
This may seem complex in the description, but it
seems wonderfully smooth and simple when seen.
man engaged at the perforators and three boys at
the composer to feed the boxes with type and space
out the lines set up newspaper column, large as
one Of the Tines, in one hour, which Mr.. Mackie
maintains is equal to the composition of eight men
It economies fifty per cent of outlay. The inven-
tor has been ten years it. and has now certainly
gained a success. When our commercial houses
have Babbidge's calculators Instead of clerks and
our newspaper Offices have revolving center-tables
instead Of composItors why should not Mr.. Cariyles
dream Of an iron automatic Prime Minister be rea
allied? The Republicans Of England win do the
handsome thing by auy Yankee who will invent an
automaton Queen that can sign her name and not I
have alarge family. To return TO Mr. Maeke fora |
moment I may add that his machine costs $780, and |
the inventor adverises that he is prepared to under
take typesetting for year in any house that pur
cbases at three pence per Thousand (whatever the
size of the type) set in 1Sinch lines Macke is pro-
prietor Of the Warrington GaardiG', the largest pa