Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-10-28
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Seven thousand dollars worth OF gold
dust In table drawer! Iokr your dnxcs
into the yellow stun and ncticr how sofs
aud agreeable Ia the feeling u II. while
the attendant In charge watches you
carefully and ere that you do not Gvt
away With any of u. II IL smooth To
the touch, bersus- u IL all composssi ut
goId-bcater's aim rubbed ca almost I'm
paIpa blc powder. For the same reason,
too, 10 ts absolutely purv anal virgin
metal, twenty -four carats finc.
The drawer IL In charge of pretty
Young girl at the government printing
office. Tier work there IL Ia stamp goli
lettering and ornsmentsiion upon hook
covers. The PRECIOUS substance comes
% her la the .hspe 10 little rectangular
sheets of foil lncxprrssIbly thin, iad
between layer. of tissue paper made up
In book form, each hook holding twenty
four gold sheets. Handling them IL q
matter requiring great skill, though you
might not imagine u from casual In
sl~stion. To begin With say the young
woman placcs on the table before her an
ordinary leather hook cover. She takes
from the little gold book q sheet of the
foil, not With her fingers, but by catch
Ing II up With small pad of rw cot-
ton. laying down the sheet of pure
yellow gold upon q little slab, sbe cuts
II into ihrcc pieces With q sharp knife.
She makes u smooth by blowing gently
upon II With her breath. One 81 the
Pieces sbe applies to the back nj the
cover where the title IL tn 90; another
.i,e al.o put. on tile back, wh-r the
nau,e of the author !. to d., Will. a..
third blggc.t piece I. spread over the
mIldie Que Zap ~ the co,rr, where an
ornamental design !. " 'ntri.
Next. after smoothing tile ptesc IL
gold nlm down fifmly on the leather,
the pretty girl slides the cover beneath
q snail press that stand. ou the table.
In 10. pr-.., face downward, u die en-.
gray.d Ia relief With the name ~ the
book that IL to be incass,l la the cover,
the authors nluic, spd the ornamental
,i-.iyu referred Ia. The ~. !. kept hest
s~i by gs.. 4 movement ~ lever work
s.l hy hand bring. the lie down upon
the cover, and the raised iettrriag sni
design burn the gold foil ~hcrv,rr thcr,
4. contact, .o that II IL M ale to adhere
a. ~. leather IN tho.e spots. III. ~. '.
llfi~,i, the cover u siihirtwn from the
prr.., and the gold IL rub'~i % With .
pies. n: .ofi leather on the eni ~ stick.
Wherever the ~. h,. not touched " the
film comes on readily, leaving the letter
Ing sui the d-.lgp s,ihrri1g az closely
a. the leather that they could not Il. ~
mo,ci, save by hard s,r,ping. finslly
the Young woman rub. the l-'thrr With
q chunk of burui rubber, which t'kr. %
all undesirable PARTICLES, 81 that the
ornamental pattern snl the names ~
book and author shine out With b.tuil.
fuI clsaruc.. 81 outline In niy.f"ur
carat gold. IN. whole proves. has TAX
sn gooi many wor,i. To- descfilr, hut
u 1. actually performed very quickly.
tn cover. t.lng spread with gold,
.iAmp~,i ~ith the heated dl-. sni rubbed
OF In rapid .uc,c..Ion. Zach fresh sort
~ book.co,cr hs. Ca have new die, 81
course.
III. operator !. very careful In rubbing
% the loo.- gold after each stamping,
go 90 io Ice. none ~ ". ~ he u.~-
thu iesti,er.,lpp~i .tlrk she permit. the
yellow iuif Ia fall through q crack ln
the table top ii,o the drawer brn.iih IN
IN. .hsp- ~ duet. u. allowed "a ac-
cumuIsi- thefr until the drawer !. full.
The drawer l. quite blg anl deep, anil
will hold slD1,DDO worth ~ the dust.
You woull no, Imagine u o. 10 any very
pr.giou. substance " YOU foani guam
iiiy ~ II In some oil place; II look. as
much like powdered tln.cl &c ANYTHING
.i.-. However, u I. worth So an
ounce, sni when . drawer full !. cob
l-,tci the gold !. Forwarded to ID. mint
Ia I'hils,-iphl,. ~hlcb suij-,'ts " Ia az
.sy aud sends back q ch.,'k for u. value.
The ,oang woman !. held Responsible
for the .sfrty 10 the gold In the drawer.
ia. carrie. the Key a. u With h.s al.
way., aud nobody bat herself \. allowed
ac,-.. to u. There doe. NJ, .e-m Ia d.
sny rvasau why she should not slyly
pocket q small qu,niity of u oc,aslou,'-
IN N IA. .. de.lr,si. though the number
~ book. 10 gold foil charged against hcf
10 serve q. .oms .ori ~ yheck in the sc.
count q. ,o the metal employed Ia thl.
waV.
The burnt uhh-r u.ei for thu HAL
polishing off ~ the goli lettering, -tc.,
!. .lmply India rubber which hi. ben
subjected toa p-cuIlr hw proves. that
make. " very .i.ongiose aDl sb.orb-n'.
- rrmsrkabl. .. u. latter quaili, th', =
chunk of u n. lsrg. as thrr- ~ souT
fng-r. will take az more than els worth
% golI la ts por-.. whsn, after .omr
meath. of u.-, such . Pls'c- of bura,
rubber !. loid~i With al the gold u all
comfortably carry, IL l. sent, With 10,
of o,h-r., "a q fuFn,c-, where the goli \.
.nclte,i out.