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About Morning daily herald. (Albany, Or.) 1885-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1889)
THE KOltyiyG HERALD; SUNDAY, DECEMBER S, lh89 COIN OF THE REALM. -JS-XbSi name time. 12 hardened, is ! fininhpil Tt frtuta tht trfiiwnmont ! j from us inception to its completion, Hovr the Dollars Are Ground Out ; between 1,500 and $2,000 in ac tual outlay for labor expended up a m at Washington. irXCLi: SAM'S GlilST MILL. Ac Intsristiar Sifbt at the National CaDital The Greenback Printer aid Lady Assistant. On the wide-stretching plain over the Washington monument rasts its slim shadow when the fuii is setting stand a tall brick build ing made conspicuous by a mill taller tower and a waving "flag. A 11 day long a chimney belches forth black smoke that drifts out upon the I'otoinao and a noisy steam sends forth a cloud of white vapor in regular respirations. At 8 o'clock in the morning nearly a thousand jooi0 pass under its arched doorway and at 5 o'clock they emerge again like bees from a hive. In the meantime they make money make it in ti purely matter of fact way, as a weaver weaves carpets or a cobbler mends snoes for a daily living. They exist in an atmosphere of wealth. Great stacks of money that are a sight for poverty-stricken eyes stand around them. The jioorest girl in the bu reau of engraving bundles enough money everv day to make her rich for life. ii is an inicre.iung i:v.i iu see how the government turns out dav by day, tons und tons of crisp, new bank notes or silver certificates to watch the silent engravers etch the steel, the shirt-sleeved plate printers take the impressions, and the careful messengers carry off the finished bills by the cart load. 5o interesting, indeed, is this work of money making. Bays the Wash ington Post, thst the bureau began to be overrun by visitors who seri ously interfered with its work. Now visitors are only admitted be tween 10 a. .m. and 2 r. sr. Satur-j oays, and during these hours nearly every stranger in the city presents himself at the arched door and un der the leadership of a pretty girl guide sees iiow Uncle Sam replen ishes his cjish. i When congress has ordered the i--sui of a new series of notes the first step in the bureau is the pre paration of what is known as the model. This is generally a hand some pen and ink drawing of the projiosed bill, and is submitted to the secretary of the treasury for his approval. Nothing about the note is left to mere change. The banker does not regard money from a pure ly artistic standpoint, lie wants the denomination to le plain and distinct, and he asks that the figure of the note be placed in the upper right hand corner to facilitate count ing. The fact that a note mmt bear a certain titfo rather restricts the artist in the preparation of the model, but Very frequently, as in the case of the new $20 silver cer tificate, which bears the portrait of the kite Secretary Maiming, b-th utility and artistic ln?auty are mi bineL In this particular bill the artist has made a striking innova tion. The tiorlrait, instead of I e ing at one end of the note, is in the enter, ami is supported on the sidos by ligures of Prosperity and J'ibor. The lettering is at the ex tremities of the certificate, and the effect produced by this new idea is really very striking. The model having been adopted, the next step is tho engraving of the plate. The rj m iu whi. h this work is done is a large, well lighted apartment on the ground U'jor. It must not Irn supposed for a moment that the entire fao of a note is en graved by one man. The irlrait goes to one, the vignette to an-j other, the lettering, script and i borders to oth am, ami so on until no less than twelve men are at work. It is a long and tedious task, requiring great care and ac curate skill. No less than six weeks' time is necessary for the en graving of a portrait like that of .Secretary Manning. The steel used is all imported from England and is a remarkably fine grade. Kngravers all over the world use Knglish steel and have done so for a century. Steel of equal quality could hi made in this country, but the de mand would not be suflicient to recomjiense for the cost of the plant. Even the engraving tools are imjKjrted, being manufactured by a Parisian firm which for many years has had a monojoly of the business. When, at the end of many months of careful engraving, the various ortions of the note are fin ished an impression ot each section is taken upon a so'id plate of Mcel. I'a h separa'o part is placed in the Kisition it would occupy on the note, iitid when the transfer. is i na'.Iy accomplished the tuo of the new bill apears in perfect form. The plate is hardened and across its engraved surface is passed a soft steel roller. The depressions of the plate appear on the roller as a raised surface and whi n the little cylinder is hardened it is a ivrfect die. It in turn is rolled by tremen dous pressure uton a plate of soft steel. Tho power exerted to force the line linos of the die into the steel is so great that a thin bit ol paper placed on the plate leaves u deep improssion, and a Lit of lint, scarcely visible to the naked eye, forms "a rough scar. A fly-speck under this pressure leaves a deep hole in the metal, and particles of dust must Ik; carefully removed lest thev, to , leave their imprint. This tr.uM.er process n .t only allows anv muubcr of plates to be made, but i. an cxivll'-nt guard against counterfeitin.-. Ilach fa-o and each reverse sid of a note, 1. - uij: t iken iroin in; same on.,.wv exact lv alike. No i ii'.-r ier, be he P 1 ' . v 1 -. ... o carotin, c u:u i-y- it 1hi v.iri.ition of haii'V- E m K SHE BLUMBERG BLOCK, Has opened with a new and complete stock of patent Medicines, Stationery, Toilet Artieles and DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, Having had sixteen year experience iu"the elruy: business, we feel justified in saying that we fully understand the rtot' compounding and disreuig medicines. Our preseript'on department is our specialty; honesty and purity our motto. The public is invited to.call and inspect our stock and ct our piice. 11. C. HUBBAKD.; Uesiosxck oyer sTuitij Pkesckiptiox Duugoist. Drugs. it. This does not, of course, include the expensive plant which is al ready owned by the government, including one lathe for geometrical scrolf work that alone cost $5,000. For national banknotes the same die is continually used, the onlv fresh engraving being the name of ! the bank. A few days ago an order j came Irom the comptroller of the currency for notes for the new na tional bank with which E. O. Graves is now connected at Seattle, Wash. As a compliment to the former chief of the bureau the work was rushed, and in three i days several large packages of crisp : oius were on itieir way to the far- off country where Mr. Craves now resides. " ' From the engraving room the j plate goes up stairs to the printers, j There are about 200 of these, and j each will take from (K) to 1,000, impressions daily on his press, t Ilis compensation ranging .romi S;) to Oil cents per 100 impressions. I averages about $5 a day. Each t t . 1L i r r u . .,. . printer has a ladv assistant to place t fke cth of "forming the citizens of Albany ana vicinity the paper uih.u the plate, and it is ,,,at J have just opened a first class clothing atora id connection with my a bit of the romance of monev- 11"r,,,,,intll business, and kava added the most complete stock of gents making that not infrequently "a printer's assistant becomes a print er s wue. Each revolution of the press is registered and at night the number of revolutions must tallv with the siHTis luuiiru, tioneu ami re-i turned. The percentage of sKHcd ever brought t tbe city. In oider to advertise my !.iness I have de sheets is not very large. It rarely j o.if.-ii to give away over $5U0 worMi of Gold Yaclie. Every purchaser runs over five in 100, and expert 1 Oi ; dollar's wortli of goods, for cash, from tl.e clothing department printers sometimes print 1 ,000 1 wiii receive a chance for one of these goiu watches. Stock is ail new sheets without a single error. I purchased io the east for spot cash, and will be sold at should a discrepancy occur in anv I , oi inese piles ot paper every plate! printer and his assistant is n nris-1 G. W, SMITH SUCCESSOR TO W. H. McFARLALO) The Largest Line of Stoves and Tinware in the Willamette Valley, Pumps, pipe aiid jt I limbing. $5oo WORTH GOLD WATCHES GKEv-E:rsr aw a-y" niiur Goods ami mm oner in the oflioe until the mistake is rectified. Mistakes, however very rarely occur. Sometimes the oflice runs for six months without a single sheet bein: missed All the late issues of bank notes and national currency require but two impressions, once each for the back and lace. The currency of lsr.' however, required three", be cause in the center of the reverse side there was an elaborte histori cal picture printed in black. No one knows exactly why these pic tures were printed on these notes, unless it was an artistic device. At any rate, these bills cost a good deal more the others, and the ex perimont has never been related. Kventually they will disappear. When the sheet of notes has been printed on both sides, with numer ous examinations and countings in between, it goss to the numliering division. The work of numliering is done entirely by women, who operate fifty-six machines which the gov ernment owns. Each note ie num bered with a neat figure printed in blue ink, and of the $1 silver certifi cates over 40,000,000 have been ( numlered since they were first is sued in lKNO. the machines will number as high as !,!)ii,yiii), ami some of these day- a $1 bill will bear this array of figure?, then the machines wiii start anew on a fresh s ries, starting at tin verv beginn ing with the figure 1. The sides of the sheets are it rimmed bv machinery, and it is an interesting fact that not even the waste margins can be removed from the building. A fine of $5,000 and imprisonment is the jienalty lor having this paper in one's pos session, and a memento of one's visit to the bureau is prettv costlv at that figure. When the sheet is I trimmed it represents four perfect ' notes, except that thev lack the! red seal. This used to be added I in the bureau, but now it is put on i at the treasury department. W hen this seal is printed on the note the latter is peifect currency, repre-i-e lting the coin of the realm. LOWEST LIVING RATES. Call and examine my stocK nH'oie purchasing elsewhere. (gfNo trouble to sbew goods. 0 H H ft m (0 cc M 5- Hi X (0 O TO, 4 '' 4 M03E THAN SEVEN' HUNDRED Ue.i:;;i fciOVe. Ceckii.v ); .... j Is " 7;,. Hew; -"Hve, but if --" 0: -ct i 0 r'- ; 0) H o m (f) z o o m 0) Cotton and Rulber Hose. Tin. iJranite and Copper trmr. All. Job Woik J'romrtlt Attended to. Alba hi, Oi 1 " MOTH ACADEMIC AND COLLEGIATE )ci ni tnunlH. In tbe Acidi inic lA-i:uiii!eut time aregfour cmirsi-d of stiuly of three yearseach: C lassical, -cientific, normal and bueincs.s. In struction is thorough; location, heal- diyi exprnees low; advantages, hrst ;la8B in every respect. Fulljinfonna- 'ion iu tatalocue, 'for which address CONRAD ME YER PROPKIETOR oi" THE- "M-AilN WVILL E (OLLEEE McMINNVILLE. -T G OREGON OLD AND RFUABLE STAR BAKERY. O. K. HAWiviAa. r'AURELL K. COMPANY ALBAXYffDRNITDRE Does an immense business in all kinds of furniture, bedroom gets, (arlor sets, ch iirs, bed louniea, kitchen safe :. and all kinds of tables, etc., etc. Also ha.".; a rine aeleut'on of wall paper ami -viml-iw ahadea, which they are onermj;, it vlobelhgnre Call and see them, iu rirat street, opposite btew- art Sox. 1 Full Slock of Stable Groceries IHne Glassuwrr tntt Crockery Kept Constantly on Hand. MATTHEWS k MORI, j carry n iiemcnta lin of 'infle8nr fiannpd HQwlwQin Lxuvi uuuuiiu Limit ii mi.' kd Bnad Kvr-rv Ihiv, Pics. Lakes, Ktc. Etc. Iii.l.idith oeleb.-atel K.irllA' BREAKFAST and JEWEL cooking tirej-nit ranees, parlor ai'l woliir.g stoves, aid ail kinds ot kitchen (atiav'ls! alia a Vmlpete assortment of nun (UlU iparmers roup (an lie Prevented. Vi ffdnt ptrr mntlinr in knnir tliot ' ctnii con be prevented. 1'here is no question about this; as it has bein dune in thousands oT cases, and you limy depend upon it that when a child takes the croun it is wholly ovin;r to ih neliye nee of!its uarenta. Tree ei-ou," nuver op,e.irs withou' due and j timely warning; u few hours o.- a lay I or two liefore the attack, the child he. 1 comes hoarse. This hoursenc.-is is the first indication of croup, and is a sure i;rn that croup is to follow, unless promptly and properly treated. The tree use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as ''irected with each bottle, undr the hetdinir'Toproventeroup," will dispel all sirnptoms of the dis- t ae. Tliii first fi;n of c-oup, hoarse- j e.-s, may le oyenooked by jounirl inotliero or those not familiar with the disease. Under biieh circum stances, or when not properly treated, fit, I ! I i'l C 1 .i.i.i a. lllfirl. m.irl-j.it ...v n.t. ii. 'vuiin, .nisi . ultimo ut and tlic child shows bhows symptoms if havinir taken cold, ilien a neculiar. iriiicli eouh is developed. Even ut this siae Chamberlain's (Jourh II'.mii edy w ill prevent the croup, hut after the couli h;is developed the cro p is liatile to appcr.r at any moment. The p-o,u-r way is tokceji'a bottle of this remedy at hiin-l, it costs but 50 cents, and only a few dosws, or at most not over a third of a bottle, is required to dispci all symptoms of the disease. CVn you allord to ri.-k so much for bj little? There is uot the leist danger in giving tills remedy in laree and frequent do.ees, which are alwnjg re quired, as it coniains iio injurious substance. As proof of this fact we rofcr to .lolin L. Olson, of Des Moines, whose IS months-o'.d bov diank the entie contents of a .f0 cent bottlf of c'luiiitieriaiu's coui'li remedy without the least injury. Certainly it marie ihe lnily vomit very frtely;" but after tak'ou: a nap lie would have been j;bid to !iav? a ;ank another hottlc or lhc remedy, as he liked it. A similar in s! tru'e oce lined neai Valley Sprinrs, D.ikot'. Mrs, Mattie Johnson's two year-old dau'titer, Annie, drank a full imttle of the remedy without in.l"ry. This rcincily h is been the sole re .'i.uice of thousand of mother fir rr. tip. Hf.d cspeciallv a-, a t. eTcnti ve j .or hi :iiv jrari.. and has in ver l-eeii : l.no.vn t I 'il. It is asn inval ia le ) i:r e Ms lui.l v. lioopiiiir couh, For I -a!e by I'o-li:!y -V Mason. wkm Took IS' HARDWARE, RED CROWN MILLS. Tumps, hose, copperware, tinware nd plumbers' goods a specialty and prices are guaraateed to be satisfactory. The public is invited to call and inpect our stock. Tweedale's buildine. Albany, Oregon. 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