TJUJiJ OMAHA DAILY" BEE , MONDAY , SlBJbrriflAlBlflK.28 , 3885. TWELVE PAGES , .
Perfecting Prea Upon
Whicli tlio Paper is Now Printed.
A MARVEL OF MECHANISM ,
Oapablo of Turning out Fifteen Thousand
EighlfPago iPapen in an Hour.
A NEW DRESS THROUGHOUT ,
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With Stereotyping Machinery , and all Ao-
cosiories of a Metropolitan Office ,
WITHOUT A PEER IN THE STATE.
$ - riOOeces < ) -
sltMcd liyjho
* tloii iff llio lice.
A rtfctropolltan Pnper.
This issue'of the OMAIIA UUU appears
in an entirely now dress , printed from
stereotype forms and upon a new web
perfecting prc , having a capacity of
turning out liflccn thotiband complete
copies of nn eight-page paper every hour.
This ehango had become a necessity in
view of Ihtt rapidly glowing ciietilalion
of Iho prtpov , which had reached about
! > ,000 daily circulation , and over 'JC.OOO
h-ookly , Avhon this improvement was de
cided upon last spring. Since that time
Its subscription list has steadily in-
trcascdi The exact figures of past and
present circulation , exhibiting the steady
growth of the paper will be found else
where in this article , and will no doubt
prove interesting to our patrons and llio
public generally.
The position which the BIK occupies
to-day in the ranks of American journal-
i ism should be as much
A HOUJICi : OP I'ltlDE
to Iho citizens of Omaha as it is to its
founder and publishers. On llio Isl day
of January , of the present year , accord
ing to Kowcll's directory , there were
l.lBS daily and 10,18'J weekly papers pub-
lishcdinthe United Suites. Out of the
1.18 ! ! dailies there wdro only 88 papers in
the English language \ \ Inch had a circu
lation of 10,000 and upwards. In the
New England slates only Boston , 1'rovi-
dcncu and Springlield have papers with
larger circulations than Unit ot the BII : .
in the southern states only Louisville ,
Kow Oilcans and CJalveslon have papers
that oulrank the BKK. . Indiana and Wis
consin , with such metropolitan. , cities as
Indianapolis have no papers thai circulate
as extensively as this journal.
In the whole northwest , only the St.
Paul IMoneer I'rcss excels the BKI : . Kan
sas has no city of over 25,000 population ,
and hence it lias no papers of the first
magnitude. The loading paper in the
capital of Iowa do s not claim over 7,500
daily. In the entire region between the
Missouri river to the racitic coast the
BEK has. outstripped every competitor in
the race , excepting tlio Saa Francisco
panors. It now ranks with the largest
dailies of this country. Among the
eighty-eight papers in the largest cities
that claim over 10.000 circulation daily ,
wily llfty-sevcn publish weeklies , thirty-
no of 'them being one and two cent
Afternoon sheets. Among the lifty-sevcn
gfoaniallictf , that pnblh.li weeklies , only
twenty-threu circulate upward of S5.000
copies of their weekly editions , so that
the BEK takes rank as the twenty-fourth
great daily paper as to its weekly circula
tion , and in aggregating its daily and
weekly circulations it holds aboul the
tiilrly-nitith place among American
* owspnpi'rs.
A paper of this standing , in a city of
8300 ( ! population , is something oxcop-
tional. But one other city in America of
equal population can boast of a paper so
liberal I v patroni/.cd and extensively read
AS luo BtE.
Historical.
The history of the Bun has been full of
Blirring events and exciting incidents.
II is nut .tho result of mere accident or
good luck , but the outcome of tourUsen
years of bard labor and 'untiring exer
tion , in the face of adverse oircuni-
stances' , formidable opposition , and ob
stacles , which at limes seemed almost
insurmountable ,
The. BKI : was established in 1871. mak
ing its appearance in the journalistic Hold
on June lUtli , of that year. K. Uosewa-
ter , the present editor and president of
thoBii : ; publishing company , was tlio
founder of the , paper. At tirst it was a
llttbj Iwo-pago J'Jxta sheet , live columns
to the page , and was distributed gratui
tously until July ! kl , 1871 , when it was
enlarged to a four-page paper , with Iho
pages diminished in size. On the 27th of
the same month the pages wore enlarged j
to the original dimensions. By this time
thu BKI ; bud ceased to bo a free distribu
tion pupHf , a regular subscription price
of T > 0 cents pur month having neon fixed.
In the month of August the paper was o"n-
largud by the addition of ono column to
cftoli page , inUl thu n'rst iKsuo of the &
weekly occurred on September otli.
On May ( Mb , 18K , llio KKK again en it
larged , tfds time to double thu si/.o of
what it was on the preceding day. The
publication ollico was at No. fill ) ( old
number ) Twelfth street , noith of tlio
Blotrdpolitan hotel. While the propri
etor owned the typo , ho had no press ,
and the pros-work wasaecordinglydono
on a Cincinnati.drum cylinder prosH ,
owned by KiullioM brothers , , .in. an ud-
joining b'uilding. This press , a cut of
which appears on this page , was worked
by an onyuw hi Iho sh'upo of a stout ne
gro , art a its capacity was between 700. .
ami 800 impressions per hDiir "under a
full head of steam. "
On Juno 11th , 1873 , the Biu : ollloo was
destroyed by an incendiary lire , but nol
an ISMIO was misled , Thu paper lor a
few days was reduced to halt its si/o , ami-
was Issued from Hedlield'a job ollico.
in the coiu-ftO of two weuKs thu estab
lishment wv locutod in Hip brjek buijd-
ingNo. . P1U 1'armim street" , whcio il h'an
ttvor siiipo remained , lu its now and
'pormani'iit homo tlio BKU continued to a
impiovo with each succeeding your , but
not without a constant struggle lo got to
thu front. Outspoken on all vital ISIUUH
and fuarlnss In M-hat ho doomed Ills jour
nalistic iluty , the editor ami propuotor
WIIK no ! o vigorous In Ids ullin'ts to lid-
vance Iho material intcrubts of Omiihiv
and Nebraska , tFrom thu outset -
set ho was the fearless cham
pion of llio industrial clu-isud
and unyielding- opponent of jobbery.
Owing to its fearloos coursuduipm'atit ill-
te.mpl.i woru made at limus to forcu thu
BKK Into on untimely gravu. A history
of thu ' turriblu struggle for .ox-
Istcnco.vuohl form a chap
ter of inlunsu Inturcst , In spltu of
advorsu oinumutanccs and liuanulal
ilillicullios thu BKK kept paeu With Hut
growth of Omaha and in duo time pasaod
e\ooj ( the loach ot malignant rivalry.
.Ugiowtk furniiJius ono of the most 114
interesting ubaptvc-s In thu biatory of
Western juurnaliMii. In Suptcmbur. 1871) ) ,
to ktiep p cu with the miUcnptiuu list ,
whieli eron at that early peaiou of its ux- 1 1
istuicivvnn daimi-d to bu hiigorthan
tuiy utliu * iluUy in NeJiraska , a Ilou MII *
chtoyUmli'r pros was pittcbasud , ami u
tlin Lauililic.s of thu paper larguly In-
In tnory re.-pi-ct. About tnu timu
iH'iit of Iviiing
A Ml'ltM.Nt ' ,
o retuitionalong HID various line * of
iMJiMiiulf , It s'o'on proved n success , und
wm Impruri'd anil- enlarged from lime
lu I'm ? dlnn * xUtlt the evening edition.
With thu b .uc of Murch 7 , 1871 , Iho
paper WMS i > nnr ! cd in length and brwidth
10 niiic et.hii' MS : ind : tm os-rcd In a new
iliiiff ) Ihroujjjioi I , RUM more nttrattivo
lltun e\or U'lore. "Ibisa < Iho liflh on-
l'i ! > tllfoi-yoaisof its
OnJiiiiuarv I , IS" , , ilm HKK nuulo il
Xn\v Year' * bow to llio eitix.cnsof Omaha
\vith an llhiili-alo'l Hiippk-mont and an
nual HIV Jew ( if tintrtulo , mnnnfneUiros ,
iVo. , of thi' cit for Iho jpiuIbTI. . This
Was a ilpptitimu in itiu Ilisld of jour-
nallsin noM-r bi-fuio unduilakcn west of
t'hleago and S | . Louis anil never os-
foiled by the pupcr.of either of Ihoso
eili ( " . .Since thai tltm * tin ; Itr.t : lias pub-
li hedcunal nf thc-u
and lev Icu.v , which lm\o done inoro to
advertise Omaha abroad than any other
Ihiir uver iitleinplud. The autual daily
uii dilution of Iho lU'.r. in the early part
of If7o \ \ as ! ? , DW. In l-'ebnuiry 18T8 ,
'i 111 : IM.I ; rtniMSiiiNO C-OMPANV
was orgiini/cd , with an aulhoiixcd capi
tal ot .flKKK ( ) ( ) , but the actual
stock rcpriKontod in the es
tablishment was ! ? IO,000. This
sum included thu ownoHdp clear and
nniiicumbcred ot Ihu ioa ( c tnto on
I'aniam stix'ot , aKo Iho building tlnsrcon ,
together with Ihu machinery , materials
and pjood will of the papor. 15y thu or-
ani iition of this company the morl a o
imlpbtudni'ss of the concern , amounting
to . 18,000 , was liquidated , and the l ir.
which had been HOI iou ly embarrassed ill
ditU'icnt times for the lack of money to
bridge o\cr thu periods of ntrinttonoy
which every newspaper encounters be
fore It Micures a foothold bocanui
A sof.n iKsinuiioif.
The controlling interest remained in
the bands of Mr. Uosowater , who is the
president of the company , and who still
owns the majority of stock. With this
change caino al o other improvements ) ,
which have been made from time to time.
to keep pace with the demands of the
public , who appreciated , Ihu unwavering
enterprise that was displayed in every
move of the paper. The columns , widen
wens very narrow , were i educed to
seven , and materially widened , the dress
renewed , two double-cylinder lloo
presses , with folders , took the place oC
slower and old fashioned presses , the
morning and evening editions were each
made eight pnyes , a Council Blufls de
partment was added , correspondents
at various important news contois
wore employed , n news bureau at Lincoln ,
the state capital , WascstaJjlishcd , together
with various other features , every step
being made to reach
A MlVTKOl'OMTAN' WANK.
For yearn Iho Hui : had been kept out of
the associated press , andilwas compelled
to teike all its telegraph report as
"special , " for which it paid from $30(1 ( 10
$800 per month. Finally , having assorted
its right to bo recognized asalivcnowspii-
per bound to have the newsat any cost , it
was last year admitted to the associated
press upon the payment of a cash bonus
of $ aCOO. The puichasc of this franchise
of course added groatlj' to the value of
the paper. In addition to thu regular
associated press dispatches the HER takes
special dispatchers covering all the news
of the leading cities of the country , as
well of Nebraska. It pays more for jte
special dispatches than it does for its
icgularprcss report , and
ITS TiiKGUAI'It TOLLS
amount , to a great deal more than Ihoso
of all the daily papers of Nebraska com
bined. Under all these circumstances it
isircally no wonder that
TUB CIKCUI.ATJOK '
of llio DAILV , KEB to/day is 9,500 , while
the circulation of the weekly edition is
nearly 28,000. It is confidently expected
at the present rate of increase that thu
circulation of the daily will touch 13,000
within the next twelve months , and that
the weekly will run up to over 35,00(1. (
Thu increase in the circulation of the
daily since 1890 is. shown by the following
statement of bhe month of August during
the last six years.
August , 18SO , dally average circulation. . .3B2t
AuKiist , 1(81 ( , " " " . . .4Gtt :
August , i3. ( " " " . . .f , r/
August , IBS ! , " " " . . .0,7flL
AliinisK lt , " " " . . .7,071
188. " " " . .
August , . .9-HO
The Increase in the circulation of the
weekly is shown by the following state
ment :
IbbO , average circulation . Rr , Jt
IS83 " " . 2 , > ,477
Ib84 " " . QS.aV )
lSS.r " " . . . . . . 37,033
In this connection it may bo mentioned
that the Hun publishing company con
centrates' all its energy in the publication
of the HEK newspaper without any side
issues to distract its attention. It has no
job department , it having abandoned job
printing and lithographing some three
or four j'enrs ago.
The Bee's Jji IitnlnK Press.
The nress upon which to-day's HEK is
printed is a milter Scott web perfecting
> rcss , manufactured expressly for the
uii : publishing company. It is Ihu first
and only perfecting press in Nebraskft ,
and was built by C. Potter & Co. , at
I'lainlluld , N. J. , who are the manntac-
turons of this proas nndur thu Scott and
lloo patuntfi and by permission of H. lloo
&Co. Whilu it. is Indeed
A .MECHANICAL MAKVHL ,
is simple and its mechuuiMin compncl
in form and substantial In construction.
In these essential ( { unlilios it is the most
perfect press in the world , while at the
samp time It is as rapid as auv other ro
tary press in this country or Europe. It
occupies aspaco live foot wide , seventeen
foot long , and four and a half feet high.
The wofeht is JW.OOri pounds , and it rests
on a solid foundation of masonry. This
pnws prints from a continuous roll of
napor , specially imuiutactured for It. It
has the capacity of turning out 15,000
oight-pago papers nor hour , cut , pasted ,
folded and counted in packages ot twen-
ly-livu , mid It can turn out HO.OOO four-
page supplements per hour , This is at
Iho rntuof MO complete nlglit-pago ] ia-
pors every minute , or 500 four-page papers
per minuto. 1
An illustration of this wonderful ma-
chinn accompnnicd } iy a description of
its iteration , ajmisars njion thispago ,
togutlior with tliu illustration ot thu hrat
press upon whicli thu 11 KB was printed
Cincinnati drum cylinder , which at
best could not make more than TOO or 800
improsMony an hour , ami could turn out
oniyiiOOor 100 complete papers an Jiour.
TUB rniyr ntivmo.
Thq iirlnting pivs is a more nncionl
invontfon than is commonly supposed ,
engravings buing in oxlsUmcu which rep-
rebuilt it as it appeared about 15'D. lilock
printing is believed to have been intro
duced in China in the sixth eontnry , and
thu Chluosu method was known In Italy ,
Spain. .Sicily , and perhaps in other conn- >
trios , late in the twelfth century , but it
was not long after thu production of
movable typcH tlmtr the Jir&t printing
press was invented.
In block printing the Chinoso. used iv
bnihh , and it is possible ) that thu samn
method was employed .to obtain thu carli
est impressions from typo , built is com *
moiily believed tlmta mallet and plauur ,
thu block of hard wood iscullvd wlilch
bmootk.s ! tlto itiirbico of a pagu of typu-
before a proof U taken , wcru the * iiupluj
mi'tiU for printing from type until thu
volition ot the first printing press.
Tim jMt-jis represented in tlu > cngrivy-
. .i lo wblelt rcfurcncu has , bucn made
as small and slow , llio si/.o of its sheet ,
uuing only Iwu folio pages , ( or each of
Whieli a pull of Hm Joyce wjia necessary ;
but a century or inoro was required to ii
nroduco llio much improved jire&s of
_ _ _ _ ' " "j r SSE
Tlm prosv niton uhioli the Bil ! w s first , printed ill 1871 was a Cllioinmil ! drum cylinder , as shown in the above cill. II was
worked by Imml , and its capaoify was bolweon 700 ami 800 impressionilt * : liour , or bolwcon HOOand lOOeomjilUo ptipufd per hqur.
llio typo for \iso ARAin in loss I linn linlf an
hour. Without4\ctx'olvvplh \ the t.Vl > o Is
locked up on the press , and cannot ho
used by the compositors until llu ; edltnn
is worked oft' .
Till * llOO'rt .NOW Ul'OM.
The HKK appi-M iii duj in an entirely )
now oiilllt ol Ivpo , uliK'h is gencr.ilv |
called the. UIVM nf ilin i .ior , Knur Hart-
ex of l > ) io mousedbrevier , million and
tionpiUiel for I In' hotly i > f liio palter , : iud
the advctlislng t.vpo. Thedmss U .stand
ard Hpo throujiliont frum lint foiimln of
Barnliiirt Hros. iVSpiiullor , Chicago. This
foundry makes thu tvpofor 110.1 rly all tlio
loading papers in tin1 country Using ilti >
Morool3 ping process. Typ" Tor sterco-
U'piiut purposes utnit 1m midoitli ic
card to ovpniislon and contraction fan-"d
by llio process.
In Ilils oonnoollon It nni.y be piopor to
.Mali * ( hut tlm Bl-.i , in donning ; its nexv
dies * , has made quito an vilhirfiounmt ,
but in Mich a manner as not to likely to
lit ! notiopd by the ordiiiury obn'rvor.
While tlio columns arc ( ho same in mini-
bor , they Inivn boon widened one-half
oin , making tlio standard \\idtli of lltj
( MUM , tln same as tin1 Chicago 1 ribuno
and other metropolitan papers , This
\\idonlug ( if ( ho iiti columns is eqmil to an
addition of over three columns. Tlio Milt-
slilutiou of a smaller lypu for a larger- -
hrovH-r for bonr ooiM al.-o nnlkes
room for inoro reading mailer.
KVIIIJVIUINU XUW.
Tlio change of dross and preH
together with the introduc
tion of Hio Murrniy ) in. ! ? moec-s ,
has cnmpi'llud us to dNpeno'wltn ' nearly
our iMtliru old oiillit. Tbu old typo , the
.stones , colnmn mips , oliasoH , and every
in the with thu
thing uuws-roonit excep
tion of ' 'oino ofjhp racks and.oasos , have
boon laid asldp. The only thing retained
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Ill )
fc it 5U JSIMO'S lUdltlWCTING IMtKSS.
The above cut is a very fair roprescntation of thu Scotf puriccting press. This mechanical marvel is the invention of Walter Scott , a Scotchman , who .with his busi-
nes * associates madu $100,000 by the sale of the patent to tliiv-wtjll known firm of It. Hoc is Co. It was made by the Potter Printing Press company , al Phuuliold , N. . ! . ,
under a license from Hoc & Co. Jt weighs a4H itUtoiLs.aifi.cjgjt ! ! in ( bu r ! - ' ' ' * > ' - * < ' ' t < * - * " " , . , . ; . .u t . . t K * . „ - . . iii. n. . .
BEE , iu an hour , or 80.000 copies of a four-page paper. It i 'qodious i
as shown iu the cut. This continuous roll of paper is aboutfour miles I
right Ari ; .1. hand . . . un corner * ! . , , , t with ft- v..I two n wn corr t , < l- , ' .s.ponding.set& . .t 1. . . * 1 , , , t. 1,1. of . . ink . . . .IT. rollflj0isimhd . .1 , . . . II } , . . . . . . . n I he il. . . j. .iMA > k . . T n f t- , - 1 - M > ( > f-litttil * > t I „ * 11 , ---i- n /i ii , i * - i * - . i , > c > - * ! . * tmixftt * fifT'ttuwt tli * iiiL''it . . . < I nl . > if < ku . * 11(1 | , Otic SI . ( .1(3 , Ol - - tilt - *
tos attached to tliu
bottom of the press ,
very email cog wheel , under and "i iittfo 'to the right of the large central cylinder , Is the wheel that , drives the whole
pros iwas suprcmu for about a century
and a half.
I1KX VKA.KMX'8 I'HKS .
One of : tlio curiosities ot the patent of-
lice , Washington , is the press upon which
Benjamin Fr.mklin-worked in ITSfl , two
years after a disagreement with his
brothers resulted in his departure from
Boston. He first went to Philadelphia ,
and a year afterward ho was promised
the government printing by Governor
Keith , and wus sent to Europe to buy ma
terial , but finding himself deceived , he
was compelled to work bis way homo ,
and for eighteen months bo toiled 'as a
journeyman printer in London , using
what Wits known as the Ramago press , a
machinu whieli is now guarded by thu
nation with jealous care as one of the
most interesting relics o the great
printer.
AMKIttCAN INGKNU1TV ANI > 1'ltINl'IXO.
The firsl important American improve
ment in presses is said to have been made
by George Clymur , of Philadelphia , aboul
1817 , consisting of the application of the
power b3f moans of a compound lever ,
but a do/en yearn later the Washington
press of Samuel Rush had superseded it.
The Washington press , with a man to op-
cratu thu lovur and a bovlo apply the
ink , wouldturn oll'about 3WHK ) papers in a
day , and after a time a solf-inkingappar-
atus was devised which onabli'd a man to
do thu w rk without the aid of a boy.
The first newer press produced in Am
erica was the invention of Daniel Tread-
well , of Boston. Thu American Tract
Socittly brought ono to New York and
used mules to work it. while the Ameri
can Bible Society , which owned another
of the machines , applied "team power.
The Adams press , invented by Samuel
Adams , of Boston , in 1830 , and after
wards improved by Is'nao Adams , gave
aboul l.OUO Impressions an hour.
The idea of a rotary press can bo
traoedback to the ollico of the London
Times in 1815 , and busidos Konig , a Gor
man mechanist , Cowpor and Applegato
dovisiul presses whloh wmo used with
nroro or loss MICOOSS In that ofllco , but
the real jiiyontor ot the rotary press was
Col. Hlohard M. Hoe , of Now York ,
whoso machine of 18.T7 was Introduced in
ICngbind by the Times and is universally
admitted to have boon tholirnt thorough *
y successful rotary press in Iho world.
The capacity of Col , IIoo's machine , wan
10,000 to 15,000 sheets an hour , printed on
onu side , English inventors had en
deavored to nrodiifu such a press , but
Vainly , and tlial fact augmented the iin-
jiortanuu of the work of the American
inventor , who4o achievement wa ? the
foundation on which tlio honso of lloo
was established. The following table
shows thu advancement tnpdo IH bring
ing thn printing press lo perfection ! .
Iii the above tablu the Scott press is
credited with UO.OOO impressions an hour
on two sides. This is upon a foui'pugo
paper. In printing nn night page p.'iju-r
15,000 copies an hour arc turned out.
ntKi'AiiKn you KHKitau-vcius.
Thu BKB for the last Iwo or thrcu yearn
has boon using w < - < * f Hoo's doublo-cyl.
' * . wIHi poxtej-'g antomafe
new mncbinc and cu t about $7,000 , will
bo retained in the pre.is-room of thu Br.u
to cover any emergency that might arise
by accident or otherwi'-o. The other
double-cylinder press has bccji sold to
thu Dubuque Herald and Telegraph.
The. Hoe press retained by Ihu BIK : is ,
next to our new rotary , tlio fsistosl ma
chines in Omaha. The other newspaper
establishments in Omaha bavo very slow
pi esses , not capable of making over 1,000
to 1,800 impressions an hour , or turning
out 7i > 0 to UOO complete papers per hour.
Our rotary perfecting press does in from
three to fivu minutes the work that the.
presses of the other newspaper ollices
require an hour lo do.
BOJir. ixTBUEariMs r.vcm
The London Times , whoso tOOth birth
day was celebrated by the third John
Walter on January 1 , I8.j , is printed on
the Waller prc-ia , as are a fu < V ( biilion in
this country , but tlio capacity of that
machine is only 11,000 perfected nhoots
an hour. The Bullock press , invonled by
William A. Bullock , of Philadelphia , is
used in Iho ollicu of seine very important
journals , and its capacity is 8,000 to 11,000
copies an hour.
A vivid idea of the improvements in
printing may bu durlwd from an an
nouncement of the Wow York Sun , forty-
nine years ago , of its pm-chaw , at an ox-
ponsn of several humlm ] dollars , of a
steam engine and apparatus "to print
considerably more than M.OOO copies , on
both sidus , in less titan eighl hours. " On
Now Year's day , 1W , thu Sun said : "N.o
cstabljshmunl in Ibis counlry has such
facilities , and no daily paper in llo ; world
cn.joj.s so largu tv oireulution. "
As a factor in the production of Ihu
modern daily Ihu development ot Ihu
paper industry should IH > mentioned in
connection wiUi tlio development of thu
.printing press , for until ne.irly the end
of the iuurtounth ( .mtury paper was pot
a staple of commerce , 'ihu total oupauily
of paper mills in actual opor.ition In the
I Jnl ted Slates In Iddl was ( USK.iDO pound s
daily , according to Uradslruel's , or
somewhat inoro than oiuingh to uujiply
thu Now York Sun for aear . , as on January -
uary la , 188J , thai jonrmi ! uiportcd that
its prebsus had ciihiiiuiHl ( lriliU,78t : pounds
of j.ipur , costing 5WlUi'.UO , ' , during the
previous year , .
Tlio Damping Mnolilnc.
The pupor , bofb'ro H is mm Ihrongh thu
press , miiHt bo dmiipeued , olhiinvisu it
will not taku atr gbod an impresaion.
' 1'ho wetting is dohu ba simple machinu.
An iron a\lo is rpn tlirongh the euro of
tlio roll of paiurtnmliHioroII ] issuspomlcd
in bearings so as to ivsvolvu frccl. ) at onu
end of the damping nnuihino , and Ihu
und of Ihu with in aiuiohud to n eoru ami
axle , running iin.bttarings , and lying in
contact with a driving cjlimlor at the
other end. Thu cylinder IK set in motion
by 8oam | powurmxlithu roll is unwound
from onu core midr rewound upon lliu
other , and in its pjibgu it moves through
a spray of water from two jots above it ,
Tins spray imparts to thu papur Ihu re
quired juoisturu. Thu roll then has a few
hours to absorb the moUturo thoroughly ,
and whun wanted It is put in it.s proper
plaeu at onu cud of thu press , through
whiob Ills run , at lightning speed , com
ing out , as described olsuwhuru , in com-
plctu coiiios of thu oight-iago Br.ii , cut ,
[ uiutcd , folded and uounleil.
Wldlo Hioro has boon llttlo olmngo in
thuinnnnfacturu of typu , Ihuru has been
much in iu use , and ti'x-rudo process of
stereotyping was invented about a cun-
tury amla half ago , tlm datu of Hm Intro
ducHonof tlio process iutlw United Status
being 181.1. During the nc\t year Hm
first book printed in this country from
.stoicot.ype jihitfcrt , a Nuw Tu Uuuunl , WUH
publihlied , and. slnco limn Hm use of
, i > l hlitcs.yis4iv'fi'yil.WVfvmimnii [ | )
Thomas N. Kookcr , foreman of Ihc New
York Tribune comio ing room , foresaw
thai thu time was clo > e at. hand when no
ono press would sullico to print thu daily
edition of a great and growing news
paper , and tlic thun recent application of
thu pupior-maeho nrouusa to book stereo
typing cncouragcdnim to boliuve that a
means might bu found of casting the
pages of a newspaper with the noeossary
rapidity , aud after consultat'mn with Mr.
Grcoloj , who entered heartily into his
schemes , ho proposed to the principal
book slorootypurs to devise a modifica
tion of their piocc.s3 , so that plates could
bo cast in a few minutes
and duplicated for any required
number of prosses. The utmost
time thata daily pipur : could afford for
Hie cntirrt operation of taking Ihumatriv ,
drying , making ( ho cast , cooling , I rim
ming and fnisliin ! < r was half an hour. It
wus a nroblom that for stivcral years
seomca to defy solution. At length two
Swiss brothers hit upon what , was
wanted , and anplieiM I to thu London
Times. Thu Now York Tiibuuo imme
diately entered into a corroapoitpoiicc
with that paper , and was on Ihu point of
concluding a contract for llio use ot the
invention when Chnrlos Crasku , of Now
York City , reached an independent solu
tion of thu dilliculty. Hu ollorcd his
plan first U > ( ho Herald , whieli refused it ,
and I hen to Ihu Tribune , which made an
agreement with him. Thai was in 18(11. (
'Ihc inuiliod of Mr. Crasku was success
ful from HID lir-st. Other journals fol
lowed thu example , and at prc-.ont all
the principal pnpor.s in Ihu United Status
are printed from stcruotyped-philes.
Tin : i'itot'1 or oTiitioTvi'iNi. : :
Tlio imprf-iion ot the typa
is received by n papior-maclio
matrix , trom which are poured M > li < l
mulal plates , thu uvuel fao similes.of HID
form to bo printed , and curved to lit on
llio cylinders o ! the press. This matrix
is madu by placing on Iho t'aoo of thu
typo Huvernl thioknosse-i of damp papur
pasled loguther. The impression is madu
by forcing I lie pnpur on to the typo by'a ,
rolling maohino or by bijaling' wllli a
brush. The form with the pajior thus
piessed into tlio faun of thu typo , is llinn
transferred to a sluam drying table ,
where , uiulor heavy pressure to prm'ont
its shrinking pr wavjiing under tlio jiro-
cess , it is difod and comes oil' brown and
hardened Into a eomplolc matrix and
ruady for the casting procuss. The muliil
is kept in n molloiii-tatu in a furnaee.
After thu inatiK hti : been seuured to thu
uonoavo sidu of the curved easting bo\ ,
Iho metal is poured in ami In a fu\v sm
ends thorough slerootvpo jilnto IH takun
out of it , This 'it tliuii trhninudruud
buveled at the ends PO us lo IjUpu tlio ,
oylindors of liio press and Iho work mGir
go over il rapidly and cut out tiu | largo.
blanl.- ! . It is next placed In a machine.
whcuu a luvolvjiig Kiiifa shayos Its inuur
surface until Ihu shell has a nifariu
lliloknov II lakes from flftoou lo twenty
minutes to produoo tf kturoulyiw plate ,
The Hi.r. has purchased , in aonneetlon
with its now
The htoruotyping roum1 in
on llio seeoiul jloor of thu building ,
conveniently adjoining Ihu uoniposing
room. A si\- horne power ungino bsw
boon pluuud in Iho .stereotyping room to
oporatu the nuvoliluery , tlu > fcteiini buing
supplied from the iiress-rotmi boilers.
A floarohlnncJnquir.yW'H to thu intuits of
rival mullioihrtircccdad. Mm decision lo
inlroduca-bturuotynimr lu tbU ol lcu , wiHi
Iho ncwiiicuss , unit thiNiivcslIgatjaii ta ;
suited In. a conviction that , althoiigli n
ew mmilr-i ! nru lust In making thu
tbo-galii In time when onci ? Ihu
! nn U > opccato moru lliaa coin-
Moreover , ImnrovoinuuUi in
sturuotyiiing bavo bucn ihivucd which re-
dliea ( tm Hum luqulrud to make the pbttca
fpijMa > ( * 4 . ' * J * * " - * . * J * . - * * J
is lliu Hou pruss , muntipnud elsewhere ,
aud as thai is new , it will bu scon that
the BKK starts out to-day with a new
equipment throughout.
IT IS HEJtAUKAULK
that while so many changes have boon
made in printing presses , so few have
been madu in typo. There is a dispute
as to thu exact date and as lo the invutor
of movable lypus , bnl la certain Hint
they were introduced about the middle
of thu fifteenth century , and GuUenbuj-g ,
who is believed by many to bo thu inven
tor , is said to have printed books which
typographically were thu equals of thu
best of the present day. In 1881 a bible
was sold for $3,000 in New York which
was regarded as an excellent specimen
of early typography , and in tm | judg
ment of counolvioiirA llioro is not u
printer in the world who can make u
moru handsomu page.
Frequent annomicomeutfl have been
made of typo-sotting machines which
would effect a revolution in printing , but
so tar the human hand remains ( he best
imiuhinu for selling lypo , and 2.0S8 urns of
solid minion in one hour is the uliiimplon
record for composition.
iIniprovemoiilH. . Q
The BKK publishing company is al
prusi-nl remodeling its building by thu
addition of two stories , which will
jt a four.slory Htrucliiro. Thu old front :
is ( o bu replaced with one of liamlsomu
design and composed of Colorado red ,
slouu piers , SI. LnnU jirossod brick , and
plate-glass windows , The composing
room will remain where it is , in lliu second
end story , togother-with Iho filercotyplng
room. Tim cdltorjal rooms will occupy
the second ami third stories. Thu ru-
moduliiig of Ibis building will bu com
pleted in thirty days , In addition to this
a oiio-story building will bo erected on
Iho casl side , taking the pliico ot Iho
frame building in which tlio nditoiial
rooms imt now located. This oms-story
building will bu nsud for tlio ulruulatloh
dopaitmontol V' ' > o BKI ; ;
Test of llio Iiupi'oveirioniH.
The cost of Iho llnii'd nuw rotary press ,
logi'lliur with the Bloroolyping apitaralus ,
and Ihu wetting miudiinu , laid down in
Omaha , was § 18,0(10. (
Tim cost of Hie- now dross , and othur
equipments < > ( iho e-omposiug room , wa
about Si,0'f ) > .
Thu building improvomuiits will involve -
volvo an outlay ot $ < V > < )0. )
It will bo seen , thoruforo , that thu lolul
oxpomliluru l > y Hm Her. publishing com
pany in making all UIPO ohangiw will bu
It CokU * to Hun tlio Hen.
Thfto.xpuTiKus of the press-room , fin- the
scvyn months en Hn ? August HI , W5 , <
were , according to the pay-roll , $1,1t.W. ! ) t
Thu payroll of thu IIOWH room fur I
1830 amounted f > % 7'yj ) O'l ' ; IrtBliI'i ,
fi71.'oO ; l ? -p.73ji } | Hi3 $111,1) ) lt ) , i
Wl- ? t7,157.71'foR ; Hu i < < vin ; n < mthi >
ondlug August UlTltJWUi.7H < W. Jl i
will bu aeon that tluVntnv'mjoin o\peiw.o '
at jirdfBiit are over 510,0:10 : a ydargruator , i
tinurjii IbiO , -t" I i
Tlm llier < RBij } ' , > In * , , tlm eoiHimi'it'on of t
pamir Is xliovvu w Iho following slutu-
inluit- ' - ' * * i
- , ,
tsso. . . | | } UJJiwui > * ; iiuiijtlily.jv.iniwili'4 ' , j .
. ; , . : MllfrU Ibs ; Ih.s.
The telegraph expenseof tlm DM ; for I
18SrnuuJuludloi,7JlUilfoi' ; tlm M vi'ii i
months ended III. 11&3 '
August , $ J-l8GMj i
monthly averrtgo , $459.81. ' ,
The pnitagu oxpiMiKui of tlm BKI ; ulnco
18.fU' A buun a& folioWdiWJ f 1,747 ' . l ;
ibcludfi thu Vcdrtced
fraltv,78l. : .
Total i. cxpeiiM-s mr , , thfjoai' . . . . l1 ss ( )
IIIKn f.- : ) . . fl'OfW '
The nt r.iv-.1 dall V < vp < si i oC the Hw
*
< > } far l i * , \ r riw KjAl IhU rn (
the for Iho u' 183
rimninjr ovpcii'-t < yi :
Will anumm to ahoul $ lr2i,0X ( ( ) .
The total dishuwmenN for tin ) .
issri , for nmuinii i cpenn-i , lliu purcha
of tiniifu uiuipmeut , and the btdldb
impiovomonts itmnunt to near
ftl 60,000.
KmpitMmoitt i ftivin b.\ the Hw * .
li-liin > roompanloomnmndtnd pe
The Hi.t : I'liiploii" ! twentx fourearrlci
in Om.iliM and nimin Coimeil HlliilVi , ,
'I ho Hi r bus a br.iui-h olllou in Uounr
Hlulls. tuul a carl lor ilelher.v of td
morning edition htb : been in npornnon 1' '
thsit city for the pitst four joars. UM eii
eulalion in that oltth eqttnl lo an.V otliii
A lifiVncli nllioo IIIH nlvo been
lishcd at Lincoln , the tate capital.
A branch ollico has silno boon P.
lablishod for Tin : Hr.i. In the Hly.of Rpi
Yolk two \oiu-s "Hoom it. " ) , Ti'ibnti
bnlldlnttof which A. Itldirtrdsuh
Iho mamigur.
THIEF-OATOIIINO BY MAP.
Jlow Stenlees ol' .Itoni'.v Ijrttcrs nr <
Traocil Out und Captiireil
Washington foiTespoUdonooNew Yorl
tjuu : Cliiol' Inspector Shrtrpe , the. limt <
ot the detective si'nlce in Iho posblllb
doiirlmeill | : , resigned hlw otlicu so.vtihi
weokh ago lo engage in prluito buMUUss
His resignatltm AVJI accepted to take of
feet on hoptembur 1 As a dlipitrliiltm
otlicur hu.hasbeOn a terror to rascals
and has hunted many of them out of Hi
survicu , even when they woie sbdlci'oi
by stioug political iulhlenee , .Motiio > otin
ago , for instance , a Vermont iuspeblo
was discovered to bu conniving at pbstof
tieo lascalily in thai M-iile , . and wsV3 di
charged. The matt had beett allonchntilt
of Senator Kdmnmls , and the sbiitttdi
called at the poslofllcc dciiaiiment to sec
What could no done. This postnlasloi
general asked ( ho H'linlorand , Hib ll
specter into a prlvalo olllee , and tel
C'oloiiol Shartm to explain , which Hui It
speotor did very fully. "And you rec
ommended the man' dl .t'hargu ! "ii9kci
Mr. Kdmunds , harshly. "Vus , 1 did ,
toplied Colonel Sharpu ; "and hall
known1 thu man's character sooner , ' .
would have bounced him months ago.
"Well , you did just right , " said Kdmitutl
and left.
Onu of thu most important duties of UK
chief Inspector is to tleluct railway posla
clerks who steal li'tteis contalnin ,
money. To accomplish tins Cololto
Sharpo. follows u simple but ingonlou
system , which hu c.xitl.imed Illuiittilsr dav
to the writer. "To ( saluh these thieves.1 '
ho said , "I had constructed a largo railroad -
road map of thu United States , widen
hangs jn my ollice. Now , supposing it
man mails a letter In Boston lor Kansus
City containing $50 \ory bad practice ;
but people will do it. Tlio letter nuvtso
reaches its destination , and pretty sooa
we. get. a complaining letter .stating the
uircumstancu. JSbw.'if the suppOHodonBa
wcru an isolated one wo projjably couldl
do nolliing. The letter , In goingtfroni
Boston to Kansas City , would pats
through thirty or forty hands ; and it
woulu bo useless to try to liv the blame.
But the Boston man's ' casu is not isolated.
Every day we. gut from onu to fifty sim
ilar complaints from ajl over the country !
and this fuel , as you will sou ; enables us
to locate the mischief. First 'w ' ! nscuri
tain exactly whuiMind where tlm missing
letter was mailed and it.-i.'addix.'K'-lj . "J.'hiiit
wo are ready for tjm map I spoke of. I
taku tbu Boston man's letter and u
bunch of similar complaints , and
then I begin to stick pins into iny
map. Iknow jiiht'tho route which , a letter
would take to go Irom Boston to Kansas ;
City , and I stiok pins along to sketch ouo
Ibis course. Then I tako' tlili hoxl * com
plaint. Porliaps this iH.a man who lost
money transmuting it from MobIJ < l t
Chicago. Very well. I ( racu out thu
line such a loiter would taku. Tho'tliirif ,
perhaps , was sent from New York to San. .
Franuisco.thu fourth from Now Orleans toi
Buffalo , the fifth from Sagjnaw City to
Philupelphia , : u\d \ 'io ' on. Now , bofoni
very long , tlm map begins to look quite' '
interesting. Thu ] ) lns are strown'all oyctt
the country , but wo notice one. t tuck flay , ]
for JiiMlanuc , between Chicago und Cleve
land whuro all Ihu lines imity. ' 4'hal
whore thn thief is. Knowing now when *
the stealing is going on , we Advise our
most iriinted man m limit division -wo
bavo to Irust somebody , you knowr-'that
thoru is trouble in his section , and lull
him to keep u sharp lookout. Wo In- ;
quiru into thu habits and ussoeiatioim pf
lliu clerks , am ) wo aru , perjiupa , ublo In
spot ( ho man nt oneu , At othur times it
is moru dilllcult. But wo always fuluU
him. Deteeliou ii Certain. " :
"But don't thu chirks know of lids sys-1
turn ? " "Perfectly well , " replied Colonel
blmrpc. "Then why do Ihuy .steal ? " Wjw
asked. "Ah , them you ask inn too h rd :
a question , " said tliu Inspector ; "I'mmiru
Icau'tttill. I only know tluiy do , und.
thu history of almost all cases u tliu
samo. A poatal-ulerk will bu toniptud
and will ste.il a letter tliat hu fouls hu.i
money in it. Tor thu ndxt few d.'iys ho la
scared to death. Ho tliinkf * uvorybody
rends his guilt in his f.ico ami hu Is cur
tain liu will bo caught and put in prioou.
Hu resolves nuvur to steal another luttur
and possibly ho does not * But generally
in about a month or two months his fear
and rumorsu havu worn oil' , Evidently
he has not been caught and is not &us-
jieeted , Agoodchancu comes and liUHtcalti ;
another letter. This time bu. does not wailf
a month bufoio liu Iriua jt again. And b"u-
ioro long hu is stealing all the lotions iiu
gels hold of whicii contain mmipy.
About thai timu 1 am sticking pins in my
map. lllsauru iluutli. Somotuucs w'u
get inoro than onu , i.s | Hxlipri ) will now-
and ( lion land two or threu fish at ouco
when Ihu biting is very lively , Wucailgiit
tliuio in Iwo wcuks onuu indiU'erent jmi'ja'
of thu country when wo supplied wo
worn after only onu , " "But w'o ' do men
kuop on slealing when they see ot herd
caught , and understand that tlm ma
chinery of detection Is so j > i'rfocty"ag.in
nskod thu roporliir. "As I said bufoiu "
leplied thu jnsjtoctor , "that I can't tiH'
Hwur , except in this way ; Every rogno
thinks hlmsnlf a littlivMnarti < r than UIM--
body clso , Ho sees thiHothuvs aru caught.
but ho thinks Dial ho is too cunning anil
can cjoviT his IraeKs. "
Au AftVotloinilo liiitlo
Tu.\as Slftings : MM. I'ulcrby wan busy
cutting liur biubund * hair. ' .Their llttlu
son Johnny picked up some of Ihu hair
Unit was soutlered over tlm floor ,
"I'luabu. mi , imvyn't 1 have a lock of
pnpiv'rf hair , 1 want it MO b.ul "
"Vud , my child. Ju tsoohuru | , ( icorgo ,
what an all'cctloimtu littlu fullow hu it , .
Thu child IIIIH morn hoail than any ulyijl
of his ago 1 uvur saw. Hu wants | o I.euj > !
u lock of jour hair iw tlioopsuko. . Hu M
thu best boy in Tuxas , "
"What do yon want thu hair for ,
Johnny y" asked Mrs , 1'olurby.
"I u.mt lo tiu it on thu tall of mv
Uobby-horM ) , his tail is toif thin , " rupllud
Ihu niloctlonatu littl
| i. Ciinneoilout
Hartford Times A remedy for watoj-
bugs has boon found. 1'i.icu in tn #
drawer au.v average "liyei'iitor" ingur ,
and ic will Kill Ilip ugly buasls by tbu
du/.un
load * urn -hipped lu great
1't M-