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OMAHA, SUNDAY MUKNINU, DEnCMBHK 15, t!U2.
Business Sedtion Covered by Smoky Cloud
MORIS CHIMNEYS TOUR FORTH THEIR SOOT AND BLACK SMOKE.
JUST HOW MONEY IS MADE
One of Uncle Sam's Processes
Fattening His Pile.
of
BIG BUNDLE OF LONG GREEN
A l.oiik Into tin I'rlut Shop Where
Crlwp Vapor Munp- In Ileitis'
Turned Out by
Ilnle.
ThQ bureau of ensravlnp and printing
In Washington easily ranks first among
Undo Sam's monoy-maklng enterprises.
A plant which annually produces ap
proximately a billion and a halt dollars
In paper money, besides a variety ot
bonds, Btanijw, etc., worth millions, is
an Industry ot surpassing Importance.
On an Investment of $3,CM,000 Undo
Sam produces an article the faco value
of which is redeemable at the gigantic
sum of $1,443,820,330, or very closo to 400
times as much. It would require moro
than 100 horses to haul the annual out
put of money, while if 'that amount wero
spread out ,it would cover a quarter of
tho entlro District of Columbia. During
the process of manufacture tho money
Is counted sixteen times. In almost every
instance by different people.
TaHlhg the bureau In connection with
all Its work, that is, tho manufacture
of money, bonds, postage- and'-revenue
and customs stamps, tho yearly output,
is stupendous. The value, of all' this for
a slnglo year, taking last year ,as tho
average, would bt closo on to $2,000,000.
000, whllo In weight tho yearly output
Is more than 2,000 tons. Moro than 4,000
people are employed- in making theso
several article. Soli statements as
the.o. showing the magnitude of a work
going on every working day In the year
hero In Washington could be niade In
mi almost endless chain, while tiie figures
presented could be put up in an equally
endless assortment with tho same weird
results. Hut none of them could Im
plies one with the Immensity of tho work
going on any more than the pimple state
mont that In all .this, country there Is
nothing that compares with. It.
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I'upcr ihbnqy -Is; -printed 'f rom Jiaml'cn
graved plates, (bur ongVaylngS Consti
tuting a xlnglo'Plnte. -In order that the
puper will talce nn Impression, it must
bo pliable enough to sink Into tliu plato
Hues. It is for this reason .that tho
paper hart been moistened. When first
received th6 paper Is stiff and wiry, but
becomes soft upon being wet. The first
printing Is that of the hacks. At each
machine are a printer and a helper, tho
former being a man and the latter a
girl. After a sheet has been printed It
is removed from tho plute and placed.
printed face down, with the sheet coming
next placed printed face up. Thus tho
two printed sides como together, and
tissues aro placed between even- two
sheets to provenl smearing.
When 2C0 sheets havo been printed they
aro removed and taken to the drying
room, whero they aro placed loosely in
shallow compartments, and at tho end of
tho working day heat Is turned on this
room, tho doors of which aro securely
closed. Tho heat Is turned off during the
night, In order to permit tho room to cool
sufficiently for the employes to work In It
the following morning. After tho sheets
havu been dried they nro examined, in
order to detect any that havo been badly
printed, and tho tissues aro removed. The
notes printed during the day ore placed
In the dry room that same n'ght and ex
amined tho next day; thus two days are
milled to tho four required In the wet
ting room. Of course, addltlonnl tlmo
may havo been lost between tho wetting
room and printing room, according to the
time which elapsed befora certain piles
of paper wero needed In the printing
room. Such waits as this uso up the
eleven days In the various processes of
manufacturing the money.
The SitoihI Operation.
After the backs havo been printed, the
sheets dried and examined and the tissues
removed, tho paper Is again sent to
the wotting room. And here it. Is again
put through tho wetting procoss. And
aga'n from horo It goes to tho printing
room, this tlmo to have tho faces printed,
after which tho uamo work of drying,
examining nnd removing the tissues
is repeated, tho entlro work of making
u noto havliir required twelve days' ac
tual work thus far.
Tho noxt step Is that of sizing tho
sheets, a process which Is among tho
most interesting ot all thoso connected
with' tho making ot money. Tiie Work of
siring Is done In a little room In -the
bastimcnt. On one side. are.,Uireo. largo
brass kottlef, whllo in the middle of the'
room is a rowof machines somewhat re-,
scinbllng washing machines. In tho ket
tles is a frothy, white BUbhtance, forced
by iV series of-pipes through the muchlnes
and back into tho kettles again, thui
making an ondles flow. Tho substance
Is glue. To ISO pounds of animal glue 510
gallons of water uro required, to which
is added twenty-seven pounds of alum.
Tho rwiultant substance gives to tho
printed notes tho samo body whloh the
paper had bwfore going through tho two
wetting processes. On account of be
coming dirty through contact with the
printing ink a fresh supply of gluo has
to be mado every two days. Ueforc leav
ing tills room the notes are recounted.
After leaving tho sizing room tho sheeti
aro pressed and trimmed, following wliicn
they uro ready to be taken to the room
in which they are numbered, the final
step in converting blank paper Into actual
money. lit the samo room they receive (
tho 6eal which w " '" it u ""
government a financial authority and the
best is separated into four parts. Noth
ing then reinalns but to deliver tho money
to tho United States treasury) which is
dono In tho largo van whloh has now
become a familiar accessory of Washing
ton's well known money plant. Tho work
of sizing, drying, pressing and trimming
requires ona day. for each, whllo three aro
required in tho numbering, scaling nnd
separating' room, theso seven days added
to the twelvo previously accounted for
making nineteen. This length of time,
together with tho cloven days taken up
between times, making tho thirty, or tho
tlmo necessary to tho production of tho
note. Nearly 1130,000,000 is in tho bureau
vaults rendy to bo supplied to tho treas
ury department upon demand.
Four kinds of notes aro printed: United
States notes, silver and gold certificate
and national bank notes. Tho denomina
tions of each printed aro us follows:
United States notes, five on ten dollars;
silver certificates, one, two, five and ten
dollars; gold certificates, ten. twenty,
fifty, ono hundred, five hundred, one
thousand, five thousand and ton thousand
dollars, national bank notes, five, ten
twenty, fifty and ono hundred dollars,
There nro eleven denominations.
To return to statistics, tho sheets used
In a year number 87,034,703, each sheet
taking four Impressions. That means
that each day 290,182 sheets aro printed.
Ttio paper costs annually $405,000, or, ror
a slnglo day, $1,550. ' Tho entire cost of
.manufacturing money Is, for .a year,
$3,G9G,WK), or $12,320 per diem.- -Against
that; however, is- the dally output of
notes, tho value of which .ls!$4,812,m
Rut tho cos.t ot tho paper Is not tho
only largo. Item in making the notes.
There is tho ink, of hlch S42- tons are
used every year, or two and three-quarters
tons a- day., That costs $142,000 a
year, or $473 each day. An important
Item also Is tho plates. Tho amount of
money spent on these every year Is $140,
000, or $457 each day. The number of
plates made In a year Is abot 2.414, or
wli'lc'h number 2,Hf are faces and tho re
mainder backs. Scventy-fivo men aro
employed In, engraving thosp plates, while
an entire year Is required In preparing
tho original plate, including tho engrav
ing of dies, transferring to rolls, etc.
Three days are necessary, however, to
make subsequent renewals ofTphrte'- It
Is pos,slb)e to take about 150,000 impres
sions from plates for the backs, whllo
the plates bearing the faces can only, bo
used about 43,000 times.
Think, of having almost two tons of
crisp, unwrlnkied bills, dono up neatly
in packages of ICO and of all tho various
denominations! Such Is the weight of a
slnglo day's output from the bureau. Tho
annual output weighs 544 tons.
In addition to tho paper money printed
at the bureau, of engraving and printing,
bonds are also manufactured. Last year,
for example, 04.000 Panama canal bonds
were printed, the face valuo of which
was $74,800,000. These wero new bonds.
Ono thousand bonds of an old sorles were
also printed, that ot tho loan of 1S9S, nt
a face value of $300,000-Washlngton Star.
DRESS TO SUIT JHE WEATHER
Knur to I'rrrrnt llr-irnlnr Winter
Colli by Cnrc In Wenrlnn
I'ropcr ClothlnK.
A 'Tlme-Snvlnir lilon.
Ho was cashier in a downtown business
house, nnd hs vacation had just ended.
As he entered the office on Monday morn
ing ills associates rose to greet him, but
ho hold up his hand for silence and before
anybody could say a word he distributed
among them a number of neatly printed
little cards, rending thus:
Thanlc you!"
"Yes, I had a dandy time,"
"Oh. canoeing, fishing, golf and so
forth." .
"Yes, the weather was simply bully.
"Hard to tear myself away? You bet!
"I ought to. I'm feeling fit as a fiddle.
And without a word he started In at
his regulnr work. Boston Transcript.
I.liiKrrluK In Obscurity.
"My boy Josh is a good deal of a dis
appointment to mo," said Farmer Corn
tossel. "He isn't making Ids mark In
politics like I thought he .would.
"Why, he got a very nico government
appointment." . ,,
"Yes, but he seems satisfied to Jes plod
along. Ho lias been workln' over a year
and nobody has took enough notice of
him to ask him to resign." Washington
Star.
Those who try to euro colds by drugs
nro orlly Inviting constant attacks'.
Where, thrso colds nro of' a troublesome
catarrhal nnture tho first thing to do
Is to avoid excess of meat. Onco u day
only should meat 'be eaten -until you
have been free from catarrh for at least
a yoar. Tho skin and other brgahs
which ollmlnato tho body poisons should
be kept In perfect condition. It not,
theso body poisons-back up. In-tho sys
tem, flood tho mucus membranes of
noso and adjoining cavities and catarrh
becomes a fixed trouble.
All theso matters attended to con
stantly and properly tho next important
detail Is ono of clothing. Proper cover
ing of the feet- Is ot great Importance
becauso it is n, detail sadly neglectod.
Tho liublt of- wearing rubbers Is the
cause of colds and catarrh. Rubbers
worn on tho feet during damp or threat
ening weather Is a habit dangerous to
health. When a fond mother says to her
child beforo going out: "Bo surs now
not to forget to wear your rubbers," sho
Is nrnctlenllv bringing that child to 0.
condition whero colds will bo nn al
most constant stato of ill health, weak
ening to ony system.
Rubbers being practically airtight
they prevent, evaporation from the feet
and elimination of waste material; Just
tho things wo must avoid If wu arc to
keep tho physical balance which makes
rnr irood 'health. Now, in very wot
wrathor. sloppy show or moist mud,
ruhbers may bo worn for a short tlmo;
but ttio habit of keeping them on In
office, in stores whllo shopping or any
dry and warm place, Is whero tho harm
comes: And this warning is necessary
becauso onco a woman has put on rub
bora she will keep them on all day, ro-
trardless of weather or place. ,
What should bo worn In wet r damp
stout shoes with cork or
Tin. liablt of wearing' storm boats made
impervious . to w.ator by some- form of
rubber preparation is equally; injurious
for tho reason jthat tlieyj; prevent tli
proper .cvnporatldn from th'o'Bkln. To
put theso, raincoats on when it is really
storming and where ono Is to walk but
a short dlstanoe is all very well, but to
wftnr ono as a cover coat, us. is. in e gen
oral custom If the sky 1 cloudy, Is cer
tain to Induce colds and catarrh.
v lipar much about cllmata bolng tlvo
cause of catar.rh, but the truth is that
tho climate has nothing to do, with tho
i Tho real causo is uiai wu v
according to Uio cumauo
changcB. wo put on or ..
tn iho almnnac not no?
cording to tho state of the weather and
climate. , ,
Many people will upon the approach ot
cold weather keep on tho Bamo weight
of underwear, but as a protection-It is
not a protection by any menns-plaoo
against fuelr skin some form of nbomnable
chest pads or abdominal bandagen. Theso
all prevent Just what nature demands for
protection against colds-free action of
all uaits of the bltln.
Tho wearing of furs, heavy wraps' and
thick overcoats is ia cauae.of catarrh and
similar troubles., Of coursp, thepe heavy
outside apparels, are nil right If caro Is
taken to Immediately romovo them when
entering warm rooms or halls, but this
care is too often neglected, ''No; I'm
only going to stay a few moments; I'll
keep my f,urs on," l really saying: "I
want a cold or a good" doso of nasty ca-
. . , -.1.1 M-.,llnnl . imtHtil
tarrli. Tnoro is an mew.... . .-n
to the effflct that "neulskln sacques kill
more people than smallpo" the truth
Is that 'wlien a -person, enters u. theater 1
nr anv nlaee where thero are gathered a I
largo number of allr kinds and sortB of
people, unless the skin Is, allowed to ac-
(.itinimxlatt' its functions to the changes
if atmosphere, you run grrat risk ot ul
lowlng somo of 'tho-disease germs nrouM
you tl gain a foothold In your system.
It does not tnko many minutes for1 tho
suscrirtlblb person to bo effebtod
Months may roll on and you wondr
why you arc not'fcellng fit, why you have
headaches and. colds; then the horrible
revelation that your lungs are affected,
comes as n finishing shock.
Tho clothing next tho skin should "ie
woolen. At least it should contain a
largo proportion of (his substance, "or
sensitive skins silk nnd linen will do If
earn Is taken In cold weather never to
wear for a minute outer wraps or fur
Indoors.
Never, however, should the skin bo
swathed In woolen garments such us to
produce certain perspiration. Yon should
never feel too warm indoors with wraps
oft nor too chilly out of door with furs
or wraps on. If such Is the cc you
are not properly clothed.
Thero Is iio virtue In "Minltnry" under
wear unless they allow free evaporation
and nro weighted to the weather not
tho seasons-mind you? ThooroUcatly tho
samo weight of underwear should ' bo
worn tho year round, only tho outer
clothing changed to fit the weather.
If common sense is used In following
these rules catarrh will disappear nnd
colds bo unknown to you.
Keeping tho feet encased In thick
stockings or socks does not by any inc,ans
afford winter protection for them. In
tho first place, as has been rrpoated so
often, keeping tho foot dry, Is tho first
guide 6f self-defenso from colds. ThicJ;
hosiery will not keep the frc't dry. Pcr-
pplratton results front the thick knitted
woolen hosiery, and especially in winter
this ts diuigeious, beco-uso so many wtar
rubbcra which keep tl'io feet In ns bad a
condition ns If they were actually wet by
means ot leaky shoes.
Partly silk hosiery Is good. All-silk
hosiery Is oven b.-ttrr for keeping the feet
worm, if you must wear woolen hosiery
so to It that It is of tho very finest and
thinnest vorlfty. nnd that you do not
wear rubbers for n moment indoors.
Now York American
Another King of Klnnneo,
Norman H. Murk. wtv Is a ploltlrlan
and who, therefore never tells anything
but tho truth, relates this story about
himself!
"On one of my trips to New York I
had to visit, n bank that Is not very well
known. I got mixed up tn my sense of
location, and finally 1 asked a newsboy
to direct me to tho building, telling him
that I would irtvo hint half 'a dollar for
his services. Ho a'creed and led me to
the- bank, which "was only four doors
away.
" 'That,' I remarked, I gavo him thi
money, 'was half r dollar essUy earned.'
" 'I know It,' ho said, 'but. boss, you
must remember that bank directors uro
paid high in New York."1 Popular Mag.
nzlne. (
matter.
not dress
A Ilptrhrlnr'a ltrflfntlona. '
The only decent excuse for doing what
you ought not to Is not to do It.
If n man was Just wild to say Inn ten
commandments nomethlnK - else would
Just naturally slip out first.
Olvo a man the little hn wants hero
below nnd he'll kick himself becauso liu
didn't ask for more.
Perhaps putent medlclpp men fill 'their
nlmnnacM with ancient Jokes to show
their skill in nrotnnKlnir life.
How. it -must Jolt a mother .when tho
son she (naught was tlttd to her npron
strings gets tangled up In fcomo' girl's
shoestrings. New York Press.
Has No Dyspepsia
Takes a mild lawative with
goed pejmn and insures his
comfort and pleasure
Fortunate Is tho man whb can u "any
thing" without suffering thn torturos o.
dyspepsia, but as few aro so fortUnnti
carp should bo taken In thn mutter ot
diet. Eating slowly, masticating tho food
thoroughly and taking a short walk aftor
tho heavy menl of tho day will do much
towards assisting digestion. Any grown
up person ought to know tho peculiar
foods that do not agree, and theso should
be avoided.
-When theso -common-nt-use aids full, tiie
next tiling to do Is to tako a mild dlgos
tlvo tonlo with laxative properties, nnd
thuro is nono bettor than Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. It contains tho greatest
of all aids to digestion, good pepsin. It
has other Ingredients that' act mildly on
the bowels, and combined It forms a com
bination for tho relief of dysjiepsla or In
digestion that Is unsurpassed.
Its action is to tono nnd strengthen the
stomach and bowel muscles bo tliat thoy
can again do their work naturally without
outside nld,nnd when that happy moment
comes nil medicine can bj dispensed with.
It is tho best remedy obtainable for any
disorder of the stomach, liver and bowels,
for dyspepsia, constipation, 'biliousness,
headaches, drowsiness aftor eating, gas
on the stomach, etc. Thousands of users
will .testify tp thjs, among them Rergt. O.
Shaper, Ft. Douglas, Utah, nnd Mr. J, A,.
Manchester, Manchester, la.
Syrup PoDj)n, Is suro in. its results and
a vast Improvement over chewing or
swallowing tablets lyid mints, or taking
Buy Her a Real
Chrifctmas Present
MOTOR CARS
StillGT. O. 8HAIWK
cathartics, salts, etc, all of .which urn
harsh and nntiscous nnd nt best do hut
temporary good. You ran obtain Syrup
Pepsin at any drug storo for fifty cents
or ono dollar a bottle.
if no momber of your family has ever
used Syrup Pepsin and you would like to
make a personal trial of It beforo buying
It in tho regular way of a. druggts.t,"Bcni
your luuircsn a. poruui win uo-w tr. .
R. Caldwell. 415 Washington St., Monti
cello, III., and a free sample bottlo will
bo mailed you. Results aro always guar-.
inteed or money will lo refunded.
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The Ideal Xmas Gift for the Family
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I STEINWAY PIANO I
The rare pleasure "of a happy
Christmas, after a year of prosperity, health
and good will, can find no better epressidn '
than in the Spirit of the Sedan.' - .
The woman y ho; has known "the
luxury of an electric may now enjoy its ex
clusive comforts without its limitations.
To start she merely presses a button
with her foot. To light the lamps she
presses another at her right hand., Her con
sciousness ofthq; rnechanism ir: limited to
the confidence that she may1 rely upon it.
The gasoline, arid1 electric motdr provides the
most effective electrical starting and lighting
system known.
The left forward seat when " not in
use folds out of the way. She may past to
the front seat by entering, from the curb on
the right, or to the rear seat by entering the
front door on the left.
, this' is a cat to delight a woman's
eye.' , Perfect proportions, sweeping grace
of body lines, symmetrical guards, finished
in a .beautiful shade of deep royal blue,
. highly finished black japanned metal parts,
nickel trimming. The rear seat has spacious
comfort for the children. Interior finished
gray Bedford cord. Tight .fitting win
;;d6w.that do not rattle. Sedan $2575., ,
T May vre deliver a Sedan at your
i door on Christmas moaning? ' '" 1
,1 Rambler Motor Company
2052-2054 Farnam St. - - OMAHA, NEB,
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get the weekly habit
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of sending your clothes to tho quality laundiy
of Omaha. Others havo had the habit for
years, which proves that wo satisfy and can
satisfy you. If you are not satisfied with
your present laundry work, he fair to your
self nnd try
Kprarr iaundry ts.
TKB "WABHWOED" Or THE HOME,
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Superior merit is invariably recognized. Not only
in the United States, but every foreign country as well,
has adopted the STEINWAY Piano as Ub leader and
has mado it tho r A V
M c.",. . iu. OK7TE INSTRUMENT.
Tho STEINWAY hay
oamod this premier po
sition through its su
premo qualities of tone
and workmanship.
Tho life of a STEIN
WAY so far exceeds
that of any other mnko,
that every USED STEINWAY is eagerly sought for
and generally brings a higher price than any other
NEW Piano.'
Our STEINWAY parlors contain a superb collec
tion of STEINWAYS in all its types. Lot us have tho
pleasure of demonstrating to you tho supremacy of tho
STEINWAY over other makes.
GRAND, $750 and Up. UPRIGHTS, $550 and Up.
TERMS TO SUIT
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co.
EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES
Established 1859. 1311-13 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb
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W n-c AiUnmnhilAA nnrl Accessories!
Nebraska Buick Auto. Company Welsh Cars.,.
Wacom nrch, lath J; ffi2f&??LZ&rnx.-v wirr. ur.
VanBruntAutomobileOo.
Overland and Pop'
Hartford
Council Slnfta Xa.
Omaha. H(br.
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Painting;
Repairing
Trimming
DR. SHIPHERD
Careful Dentist
AnoclaUd with Macb ft MacU
312-314 Paxton Block
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JOHN DEERE PLOW COMPANY
Salesroom Cor. Tenth and Howard Sis.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Marion Automobile Co.
Marlon ana Harmon
( Car, Ohio and
Standard XMaatnr.
Distributor! far
wt.t.rn Iowa avd
trtbraika.
Bloi-3 rarnau au
No-Rim-Cut Tires
10 Oversize
Now a Double-Lived
Non-Skid
Now our experts, who encfed rinvcutting, have
solved the Non-Skid problem. , .'''.
It will probably .double the average life of non
skids. See below.
No-Rim-Cut tires, with their oversize, save an av
erage of 48 per cent.
That saving has made these tires by far the most
popular tires in the world.
Now this added saying. ' Note what it means on a
winter tire.
It comet in Uui way:
We uso an extra tread made ol!
very tough rubber. -That means a
double-thick tread.
The blocka are dcep-cut and im
mensely enduring:. They last for
thousands of miles.
They meet at tho base, so the
strain is distributed over the fabric.
Old -time projections, centered
the strain on a small part of the
fabric. These spread that strain,
just as with smooth-tread tires.
That's the greatest saving.
Bulldog Grip
We present to the road surface
countless edges and angle3. In
.every direction .theygrasp with a'
bulldog grip.
Please make a comparison with
other non-skids.' One moment
will show you how we have out
done them. ' "
Over 2Q0.00O arc now Jn use.
Three 5avings
Now in one tire wo offer a tire
that can't rim-cut
Anoversiro tire
An ideal Non-Skid.
Those aro the reasons why Good
years rule Tiredom. And why last
year's sales wero 918,687 tires.
AIc for the Goodyear Tira Book
14th year edition. It tell all
known way to cut tiro bill down.
Goodyear
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With or Without
Non -Skid Tread
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., Akron, Ohio
Till Cnmiianr liu. no connection whal.T.r with any oUi.r
rubber concern which um tho Oooujrar nunc.
OMAHA BRAWUH - 2212 FARNAM SI.
Phono Douglas 4190
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