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
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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.
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)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
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PROPKIETOR oi" THE-
"M-AilN WVILL E (OLLEEE
McMINNVILLE.
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OREGON
OLD AND RFUABLE STAR BAKERY.
O. K. HAWiviAa.
r'AURELL
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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
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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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