Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-02-10
MILLIONS OF Au1oes.s !


-. "~"fufts nn Il
Here Is a signature ,h ing nsa
dan, which has been r"sl q c
and millions of tim i'm Written NIs's
the writer learned y and yess
smoothly and withon, Write h IN
mas ,,r,, been printed millions vi shading
tilnes on legal tender no u aaa niliss
!. checks The writer H. bank ~ ~
II nearly all the time for o nas been IN,
a century, first as n c. oser aqaa,lss
tba " Iln rvslgent, and later Il g, sae Il
rne United M States Ii nav II ssasqpa
New York. National mi
Il found out, said bo j,
hausting to bear foo ba.a That It VA.
you will notice that this % thepa !
emo saat rapidly and its only pec c1ls'el es
stroke. VI ah up and
Years and years aoor.
sary to make the work as 'ound itqs.
o ole, and to do it as regularly 1as sga .
a a.'l;aiy as could, In sIe ana sy'@
winch, as you knew CONS s'g s nqa
four would set my watch Watch u SHEETS
me, and if | could not "s si open kts
making 400 signatures a, S,sn d Shea
b bad | knew that was rtlnnj r',ss e. nj
h manu- ! could keep that IN T.. shia
norr, and some days baype a a aAs
thlnk' for nine hours. with III, u0as 4
mission for lunch Ihold au y nina
and so avoid any cramn "a pen tssir
put 5 have had to lie down on sn' ~ aaga
ana stretch myself to get thu !" h sls ta
OF my back. As for position sit Sr' 4 nnt@
| have found it easiest 70 IL !. u Erltag
weight of the arm rests on ~ i. ~ 'lat d
1 lne liable a,t and the hand works ri s1a
least possible strain upon the M mOs VIA !, Y
possible TO get some relief Nv ' n.y. "
round more nearly facing the tsil. a1ag
gives little relaxation to tbs sa rs sla
the back and of the neck AuSia
a day. lpresume that when - r.a 's
ing notes of the Third Mats way w.
with which to pay off soldiers i ! ua.. ali
name between fourteen and efto WV ~
sand times day. The mna ,.'ea lAes
wrist became little tired but tbs y ~ y
was seldom stiff, though en-. en,;1 ~
enough the sorest place Womb i
forearm, the skin of which wonId y y
thin by the incessant grinding ss.i ~ sa
clothes. Of course the wear % ' ss. ~
was a great deal worse, but | con nj, ' NV /
1t a great deal easier than the so,a S ''aa
the flesh, which neither yaseln s'r ~. "
cream would alleviate. used n ~ s,.. ~
with good supply Of pens and tSasa
oottle was duly replenished | usd,
smooth, fine steel pen, and as bavs 49, N
bore on 1t very lightly As soon asaI
gan to scratch took new one Tba y
ference would be perceptibIe afta, 4,
hundred or a thousand signatures |.
such work my consumption Of Steel u,
ran from fifteen to thirty a dsy H..
would be very few left in box sf.,,
weeks work. '
ut seems ludicrous, he confined !,
this day to think of Gen Spinner .niS
b. Colby undertaking to sign with Ina
all postal currency that was issued h
was bad enough for Mr.. Acton to bay4
sign the gold certificates at first Or 1,
transfers of the per cents when tbr
were extended by Secretary Whjon
And yet Gen. Spinner actually started qt
to put that cramped signature Of hbu
all the postal currency. The natursIcp
sequence was that his hand becsu B
swell up until tie fingers were abs0lutar
uncomfortable It was a physical irps
sibility, and he became incapacitateiTr
much sooner than lie otherwise wotl
because he had not adopted signatures
pable Of easy and rapid production Oh
would not suppose that the amountoi1i
used in signing ones name would b d
very pereeptible but Spinner used %
more ink than any of bis successors, mi
| followed a line of treasurers who Va
in the habit of shading letters nths
heavily You remember how Gilila
and Wyman used to sign their names
was rather surprised when my attentm
was called to the fact that | had nns
duced IA new economy into the treasures
partment was using only about one
third as much ink as my predece8a.
This was before the amendment Of ths
laws governing the treasury requirlngtA'
signature of the treasurer himself 70 %
many routine papers Before the war III
work was easy enough for one man 0ai
it grew so that the treasurer of the lHla
States probably had occasion to sign lr
name oftener than any other man IN ih
country In my time the law was anfada
permitting the deputy treasurer to sgl'
large number Of papers necessarily Ias
ing through the office Of the treasurer
have seen it stated that Mr.. Hyatt b.
adopted a stamp but | have seen noeyl
dence of it certainly should ne'e
cash a draft, pay a check or respect i 1
Endorsement that was not written VIII
pen and ink. New York World