A Museum Of Printing
Remarkable Institution In
Jersey City Which Should
Have International Re
nown Its Collections
By FREDERICK R TOOMBS
unknown to the
PKACTICALLY the Historical
Library and Museum of the
American Type Founders com
pany in Jersey City N J is an institu
tion that will when it receives its
xightful meed of recognition have in
ternational renown The purpose of
tha library and museum is to preserve
the memory of printers and theii
Achievements and to illustrate the de
velopment and progress of printing in
all periods particularly in America
Under the supervision of an acknowl
edged expert on the printers art n
collection of practically priceless speci
mens of ancient and modern printing
and of objects connected with or re
lated to this art preservative of arts
Is being made As the library is open
to the public during the regular busi
ness hours of each day without charge
the typefoundlng company is thus
conducting what Is practically a free
school of Instruction in printing and
ijrpemaking that promises to become
one of the chief centers of Interest of
the publishers and typothetae and their
associates in this country and abroad
mnd the highly diversified nature of
the exhibits will attract the uninitiated
jrablic as well
The expense Incurred in the main
taining of this library and museum
proved that at least one business cor
poration exists that has a soul above
revenue for dividends only in direct
opposition to the popular theory for
the expense of conducting this non--earning
department runs into an
anense annual sum
In addition to ancient and mediaeval
specimens of the printers and type
makers arts whatever of the modern
jsrodncts that have particular value or
peculiar Interest are Included An Idea
ZBsnscmsa the ahotio eagle the
THEST KOKTH NEWSPAPEK
of the comprehensiveness of the ex
Zhiblts may be gathered from the num
Iber of departments in which the speci
mens are classified principal among
are the following
Specimens of types used In all countries
rTrora the Invention of printing to the pres
ent time
jnstorles of printing and publishing-
Biographies of famous printers
22ooks printed by famous printers of all
periods In all countries
3ooks of historic Interest
3Tirst issues of newspapers magazines
nd books In all states of the Union
3ooks relating to engraving -with ex
amples of famous engravers
Portraits and autographs of famous
3srlnters and typefounders
aiedals relating to typography
Curiosities of typography
JBooks relating to papermaking
Specimens of commercial printing of all
perIods
Collection of trade papers relating to
printing In all languages from the earliest
Hcnown to the present time
rubllcatlons of printers societies
Text books of printing in all languages
One of the purposes of the collection
3s to preserve a complete and contin
uous record of the printing art and il
lustrative of the earliest known days
of this style of reproduction with mov
able type is a copy of a papal indul
gence The origin of these indulgences
3s -well known and the particular spec
imen In the typefounders library is
the oldest curio in the exhibit It was
printed about 1430 The best authori
ties state that it is a product of the
press of the great John Gutenberg
-whom most authorities agree made the
first movable type put into practical
use
Willie the origin of printing Is cred
ited to the Chinese who as early as 00
3 C are known to have used crutie
ngraved blocks for the purpose of
making reproductions with ink on pa
per and with them in 923 A D print
ed Chinese classics for the Imperial
college of Tekin it was Gutenberg
though he became an evicted debtor
for money lent who laid the founda
tion of the gigantic printing industries
-of today
The wording of the indulgence Is in
ILatin on vellum In large black type
2Cext in point of antiquity is a large
folio done by Jensen In 1470 and then
follows a copy of the noted Koberger
Bible printed in 14S0
One of the objects of predominating
interest is a copy of the famous Nu
remberg Chronicle printed by Kober
ger in the city of Nuremberg in 1493
33ie work is a history of the world
from the creation to 1293 and has over
2000 woodcut illustrations It was
the first great book to be produced on
printing press In designing and
atagrartns these cuts the celebrated Al j
An Exhibit Which Recalls
How the Arctic Eagle the
Farthest North Newspaper
Was Printed JL -1
bert Durer served his apprenticeship
and it is almost useless to add thai
he became the leading engraver etch
er designer painter and architect ol
his time and in truth a master artist
of the world
The Chronicle shows all the hlstorlca
personages from the time of the crea
tion to about the date of its publlca
tion Adam for instance Is given con
slderable free advertising as there is
no record that his heirs or estate evei
paid for the space allotted him anc
perhaps that is the reason we do not
find his career described In many ol
the more modern works of a hlstorlca
or biographical nature Adam is showi
In all his pristine glory in the garder
of Eden and he is later shown to t
scoffing world after banishment there
from The imaginative Durer has
sketched him afar off alone In a bar
ren field working a never ending fur
row with a crudely fashioned garder
implement He is the original mar
with the hoe This illustration is bott
symbolic and portentous In that li
shows that the worlds first husband
for his misdeeds was compelled to gc
to work
Strange as It may seem the type
founders museum evidences that the
best printing of all time was done in
the early stages of the art The
golden age of printing was that firsl
half century that marked the growtb
of the typographical child into an ac
ami potential something 1450 to 1500
Those dates do not mean much to the
average citizen of today days of in
quisitlon of eye gouging of ear clip
ping of burning alive of superstition
and intolerable bigotry and Ignorance
Yet between those dates the newly
fledged art of printing rose to and
flourished at a height at a degree of
excellence from an artistic viewpoint
that is unattained today The libra
rian at the museum himself admits
that the finest specimen of typograph
ical work in the entire collection is a
book done by Nicholas Jensen at Yen
ice published in 1479 Jensen in spite
of his Scandinavian name was a na
tive of France a pupil of Schoeffer
who was a partner of Gutenberg
The book Is a work on the subject of
divinity Done in black and red witl
red and blue initials- which were pui
in by hand Its original selling price
was an amount that would equal be
tween 700 and 800 In American cur
rency today One of the best selling
types throughout this country and
abroad during recent years has beer
a reproduction of types cut by Jensen
in 1470 and today the best selling
types are those that are modifications
of the best letters designed by the
printers during the first half century
of printing and during which time it
should be remembered printers were
compelled to cut and cast their own
types Today all this is done by the
typefounders In addition to making
their own types the printers of Jen
sens day had to make their own ink
and their own presses The only thing
they could buy was paper Moreover
they invariably created their own
styles of type
The reason that the printers of the
golden age excelled in the makins
of type etc as shown by study of the
collection now under consideration
was that they imitated or copied In
their type the lettering of the original
manuscripts they received and these
manuscripts were written at the period
when writing or manuscript prepara
tion had reached what is conceded to
be perfection
The collection shows as already par
tially Indicated the close association
of the Germans with the development
of printing and includes copies of the
first German newspaper issued in
America the Philadelphische Zeltung
published by Benjamin Franklin in
1732
A copy of the farthest north newspa
per the Arctic Eagle published by
Anthony Fiala of the Zeigler expedi
tion when near the north pole presents
an -advertisement of Dr Vaughns
Vegetable Vim Vigor Bark Restorer
For Dumb Dogs
The scone of the printing of the
Christmas number of the Arctic Eaglo
was the interior of one of the little
bunk rcoms of the Zeirler expedition
quarters at Camp Arruzzi Rudolph Is
land Frarz Josef Lard latitude 81
degrees 47 minutes north after thr
loss of the aeht Ameri a The issu
Ing of thi newspaper fc pronhetic o
the time when barefootrd Eskinv
news butcher will leap from gaiei
to floe floe to berg cr inT Wuxtry
wuxtry Whale blubber trust defie
Sherman law Price two fishhook
a copy
This narrative has necessarily omit
ted consideration of hundreds of In
teresting and in faot priceless exhib
its In tire library ard museum which
after all has an object in its formation
and maintenance not before touched
on and that is in the words of the
able and indefatigable librarian him
self To form a collection and preserve
t
serve the data from which one day
will be written the history of printing
throughout the world
His Chance Spoiled
The New York authorities forbade
Albert House twenty six years old tc
jump off the Williamsburg bridge AK
berf was not looking for death only
notoriety What chance is- there for a
poor young man to jump Into fame 7
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Worse Than HIb Own
A gentleman who owns one of the
finest estates In the north of England
while In his gardens one morning no
ticed one of the laborers very badly
clad and asked him
Have you no better clothes than
those Mat
No In troth yer honor worse luck
replied Slat
Well call at the house this evening
on your way home said the gentle
man Ill leave an old suit of mine
with the butler for you
A few days later when showing a
party of visitors through the gardens
he was much annoyed to see Mat look
ing If possible more a scarecrow than
ever
Why are you still wearing those old
clothes Mat he asked
Sure yer honor theyre the best I
have replied Mat
But did you not get the suit I left
for you the other day asked the gen
tleman
Indeed an I did thank yer honor
kindly replied Mat but sure I had
to lave them at home to be mended
London Tatler
When Baseball Was an Infant Industry
It was a crude game but merry Iu
theory the pitcher was there only to
give the boys a chance to soak the
ball First bound was still out The
unfortunate catcher handling a heavy
lively ball without mask glove or pro
tector stood up near the bat when
men were on bases if he had the skill
and courage The early guides recom
mended him to do so when he could
Had not the pitcher been restricted to
an artificial throw scarce a catcher
would have lived to tell the tale
Many catchers took everything on
first bounce and managed at that to
prevent much base stealing Base run
ning also was in its infancy Smith
says the Spirit of the Times caught
a remarkable game having but five
passed balls scored against him Here
and there we get a glimpse which
shows how crude it all was what a
matter of hit and miss natural force
In the fifties Dicky Pearce shone with
out a peer as an infielder He used to
stop grounders with his hand and foot
Will Irwin in Colliers
She Did So
Always said papa as he drank
his coffee and enjoyed his morning
beefsteak always children change
the subject when anything unpleasant
has been said It Is both wise and
polite
That evening on his return from
business he found several of his flower
beds despoiled and the tiny imprint of
slippered feet silently bearing witness
to the small thief
Mabel he said to her did you
pick my flowers
Papa said Mabel did you see a
monkey in the city today We had a
Never mind that Did you pick my
flowers Mabel
Papa what did grandma send me
Mabel what do you mean Did you
pick my flowers Answer me yes or
no
Yes papa I did but I thought I
would change the subject London
Tit Bits
Look After Your Property
It is a safe rule in this world to look
carefully after the details of your own
property Be sure your title deeds are
recorded that your insurance is kept
up that you alone have Wie key to
your strong box In the safety vault
Do not leave your securities with your
broker If he is doing a conservative
business he has no need of them If he
isnt you dont want him to handle
your property The wonder is that
with all the confidence reposed in
financial matters there are so few def
alcations There is no use in making
it easy for some one to get your prop
erty In this world it Is hard for most
persons to acquire anything and they
should be careful to the last degree in
seeing that they are fully protected in
it Philadelphia Inquirer
Britains Greatest Precipice
Writing to the Newcastle Journal In
regard to the drowning of three bird
catchers at St Kilda a correspondent
says the wild pwls of St Kilda find
nesting places that enable them to bid
defiance to the sportsman and to the
most daring of bird catchers There
is for example the precipice called
Conagher the same being far and
away the greatest precipice in the
British isles the deepest perpendicu
lar precipice It rises from the sea
level to a clear height of 1220 feet
Consider that a man might jump from
the top of Conagher Into the sea with
out getting a scratch by the way
Breaking the News
Marion who had been taught to re
port her misdeeds promptly came to
her mother one day sobbing penitently
Mother I I broke a brick in the
fireplace
Well that is not very hard to rem
edy But how on earth did you do it
child
I pounded it with fathers watch
Success Magazine
Accessories
Im going In for poetry lisped the
sweet young thing
Real heartfelt poetry thundered
the man of letters Is only written in
a garret
Yes Ive heard that So Ive fitted
up a beautiful Turkish den in ours
Washington Herald
Quite Warm
I understand there was a hot time
in the Bangs household the other day
Yes When he went home hg found
his wife simply boiling and she gave
him a roast Baltimore American
Praise a fine day at night Irish
Proverb
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mnn fiiinfTiw r Tit o1 rnM
THE GHOST AT THE FEAST
What tho Ensign Saw and What Hap
pened After Dinner
In The Story of My Life by Mr
Augustus Hare Is told the following
creepy story
A regiment was passing through Der
byshire on its way to fresh quarters in
the north The colonel as they stayed
for the night In one of the country
towns was invited to dine at a coun
try house in the neighborhood and to
bring any one he liked with him Con
sequently he took with hini a young
ensign for whom he had a great fancy
They arrived and it was a large iarty
but the lady of the house did not ap
pear till just as they were going in to
dinner and when she appeared was so
strangely distrait and preoccupied that
she scarcely attended to anything that
was said to her
At dinner the colonel observed that
his young companion scaively ever
took his eyes off the lady of the house
staring at her In a way which seemed
at ouce rude and unaccountable It
made him observe the lady herself and
he saw that she seemed scarcely to
attend to anything said by her neigh
bors on either side of her but rather
seemed in manner quite unaccount
able to be listening to some one or
something iehind her
As soon as dinner was over the young
ensign came to the colonel and said
Oh do take me away I entreat you
to take me -way from this place
The colonel said Indeed your con
duct Is so ery extraordinary and un
pleasant tint I quite agree with you
that the bet thing we can do Is to go
away Aid
his young friend being HI and ordered
their carriage
When they bad driven some distance
the colonel asked the ensign for an ex
planation of his conduct He said that
he could not help it During the whole
of dinner he had seen a terrible black
shadowy figure standing behind the
chair of the lady of the house and iti
had seemed to whisper to her and she
to listen to it He had scarcely told
this when a man on horseback rode
rapidly past the carriage and the
colonel recognizing one of the servants
of the house they had just left called
out to know if anything was the mat
ter
Ho Lent
It but Had Occasion
to
Crave Its Return
They hiss in the French theaters
with the help of a hollow key related
Richard Harding Davis
get once told me an edd incident upon
this custom
A playwright call him Duval had
the unhappiness one fine night to sit
through a most successful production
of his latest play The house respond
U1UU lUllllUJ iu wuuu -am i
By Jove how Id roast this miser
able piece if I only had a hollow key
My dear boy said Duval I am
happy to be able to accommodate you
And he handed a hollow key to the
young man who at once set up a fierce
and continuous hissing Just then a
critic appeared
Duval he said to the playwright
I am sorry for you Poor fellow you
dont deserve this
The young man with the key looked
amazed and ashamed
What Are you M Duval I beg
your pardon a thousand times he
cried
You owe me no apology said Du
val Lunch with me tomorrow
The young man accepted the invita
tion and at the end of the luncheon
next day when the coffee and ciga
rettes were brought in he drew a
bulky manuscript from his pocket and
begged leave to read a comedy to M
Duval for he was a playwright too
Duval consented and listened atten
tively to the reading At the end the
young man said
Well monsieur what do you
think of it
Duval smiled as he replied
Could you oblige me by returning
my hollow key Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune
The Coloring of the Clouds
The gorgeous coloring of the clouds
especially those of sunset is due to the
circumstance that the yellow and red
rays of light have a much greater pen
etrative momentum than the blue
They nake their way through stretches
of the atmosphere which entirety ar
rest and turn back the blue and they r
do this the more markedly if the air
is at the time laden with extraneous j jr
particles that augment the aerial opac
ity New York American
A Hairbreadth Escape
A certain comedian Is bald except
for a rim of hair a few Inches above
his collar line
Im in an awful hurry he said
one day to the Lambs club barber
Can you cut my hair with my collar
on
Sure replied the barber I can
cut it with your hat on Success
Magazine
Poetic License
Sporting Editor Just what do you
understand by the term poetic li
cense Literary Editor Broadly
speaking it is that singular provision
In the constitution of the universe un
der which poets are permitted to ex
istChicago Tribune
Proposals
Has he proposed- yet
Not in so many words
Thats no answer Proposals never
do come in words They consist of
slghs bems haws and gurgles
Cleveland Leader
Whos the
Town Booster
Why Here He Is
3apj ibm 1 a ffl
The citizen who praises his own
town
The citizen who encourages local
enterprises
The citizen who helps along home
improvements
he made the excuse of The citizen who patronizes tho
home merchants
The citizen who gets his job print
ing clone in his own town
That mans THE TOWK BOOST
ER
Legal Blanks Here
This office carries all kinds of legal
blank forms and makes special blanks
to order promptly and accurately
Colds that bang on weaken the con
stitution and develop into consi mption
FoIbvs Honev and Tnr curps nprsistflnt
Oh dont stop me sir he shouted COUKhg that refUSe to yield to other
I am going for the doctor My lady
has just cut her throat
HIS HOLLOW KEY
treatment Do not experiment with
untried remedies as delay may result in
your cold settling on your lunqs
A McMillen Druggist
Your complexion as well
as your temper is rendered
liver By taking Chamber
lains Stomach and Liver
i aDiets you
can
improve
Real Estate Filings
Tho following real estate filings have
been made in tho county clorks of
since last report
Thomas Kinghorn unmd to
Belle Masters wd to o hf nw
qr and o hf sw qr 30 i 28
Miss Margaret J Houlihan ot
al to Catherine E Houlihan
qcd toswqrW3 29
If Your Tastes Are
If you desire a clear complexion take
Foleys Orino Laxative for constipation
and liver trouble as it will stimulate
those organs and thoroughly cleanse
your system which is what everyone
needs in the spring in order to feel well
A McMillen Druggist
Jesse J Baker et ux to Neb
Cent B L Assn wd to lots
5 and G in 9 6th McCook 2500 00
Lincoln Land Co and Repub
lican Valley Land Associa
NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE
By virtue of an order of sale and decree of
foreclosure issued out of tte District Court
of Hed Willow county Nebraskn on tho thirti
eth day of November VjOS in favor of Lavilln
J Jiurtlcbs and against Lovinn Kendall ct nl
for the sum of Ihreo Hundred Seventy oifht
and 1O 10O Dollars with interest at ten per cent
per annum and costs taxed at y45 which de
cree has been revived in the name of and
aKninst Howe Smith as administrator of tho
state of Lovina Kendall deceased and Mubel
QeorKe I am commanded to sell the following
parcel ol lima to wit
Pni Pnnr mKoyakla U - M - J A L Commencinff at a point sixty six and MMOOths
iui i uuujuuiv Kfj a Ainji uticu Jeet east of the nortiiw est corner of lot iifteen
in block twenty nine of the onKinal town of
McCook Ked Willow countyNebraska running
thence enst uineteeu feet hnd eiKht inches
thence south one hundred thirty feet thenco
J west nineteen feet and eiKht inches tlienco
north one hundred thirty feet to the place of
I beuiunitiK
1 will therefore on the 3lth day of July 1C09
of na Aib iw u i fn in t
ed with jeers and hisses and a young both lhev Cleanse and in- t front door or the court houe in luu city of iiiu
Cook of said county sell Miidreitl estnto at
- j puniic nuciion ro me iiikucsi niuaer lor ensn
VlSTOrate trie StOmaCll and to satisfy said judgment costs aud accruing
improve the digestion
COstS
Dated this 17th day of June 1C09 18 rits
H I Peterson SheriiT
The Call of The Coast
The Seattle Exposition invites you The Pacific Coast country
in the development of its marvelous civilization solicits ou to
journey through that land The melting snow of the mountains it
a magical resource shaped to the genius of electrical and horti
cultural wizards those mighty forests are the last of their kind left
standing in this country there are no such orchards orange groves
or floral landscapes in the world nor have there ever been On a
tour of the Coast you pass through an empire where the romance
of the Spanish past has been merged with the human activities of
the new West
See your own country see the West with its fast growing wealth
population and incomparable cities and learn what a future it may
offer to your sons this five thousand mile journey is a broad educa
tion 1909 offers much to tempt you
D F Hostetter Ticket Agent McCookNeb
L W Wakeley G P A Omaha
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V Frankltx Pres - Jas S Doyle Vice Pres
A C Ebekt Cshr - G H Watkixs Asst Cshr
The Citizens National Bank
of McCook Nebraska
Paid Up Capital 50000 Surplus 25000
DIRECTORS
V Franklin Jas S Doyle A J Ebert
G H Watkins Vernice Franklin
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ONE ONE ONE
That is the No of ONE of the best Lumber and Coal Concerns in a
No ONE town which is located on ONE East Street But if you cant
find it call phone No ONE when you will be informed that you can get
No ONE lumber No ONE coal No ONE service No ONE treatment
in fact No ONE first last and all the time
Bullard Lumber Co
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tion to Taylor K Qugley wd
to lot 5 in 38 Indinnola 125 00
William HAckerman ot ux to
Jonathan J Sams wd to nw
25-3-28 2500 00V
Clarence E Hotzo unmd to
Ada M Hotzo wd to pt so sw
7-3-27 725 00
Clarence E Hotzo unmd and
Ada M Hotzo to William M
Hotze unmd wd to ptse sw
7-3-27
Harvey G Hippie ot ux to Lar
zelier C Blount wd to pt It
Gin 12 4th McCook 1000 00
Lincoln Land Co to Nora M
Kelloy wd to 5 and G in 3
6th McCook 400 00
Alfred H Bell et ux to William
P Elmer wd to pt se sw 7 3
27 176 00
if
700 00
too fine for letter press printing if they
demand engraving and steel die em
bossing come and get our figures on
such work Dont send away or give
your order to some traveling shark
that is dont do it before you have seen
our samples of such work a t gotten
our figures
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