The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-07-27
HOW THE POST rs RUN.
SOME MAY THINK THIS is NOT
ALLIE, BUT TITS.
The Aard-Tsmes Partially Ex-
planned.

"uec'eN iitO the ounce OF the
i'osr with an inquisitorial air about
him and opened up his bazxoo rs
follows:
Hello. Mike: how's newspaper
business 20
80. never saw it better in all my
life; everything's swimin'. Pull out
one of those buffalo robes there and
lie down"
Are you making good deal of
money!"
go. yes; l suppose I'm getting
rich faster than any man in this
whole country. I was just figuring
up my income when you stepped in
and find it amounts to exactly
$9,467.46 per minute.
Does it cost you much to run
the PosT?"
Not cent. MI / have to do is
to press the button and the office
does the rest Here, I'll show you.
Now, this little button here, simply
by touching it, writes up all the news
happenings of 8 whole week in about
% seconds You will notice that each
type-case is supplied with double
back action, front-cut Columbian
Eliminated steel spring; well, this
spring is operated by sitting off about
ten feet and looking at it out Of the
thumb-hand corner of the fork-han
eye-of course cross-eyed man
could Mt work it-so all have to do
is to sit here on this Oriental couch
and, at the proper time, glance at
that spring and the type for the en-
tire paper all fly up and into position
after the order Of gang Of English
sparrows when you turn lose on them
with u spat-g
That is complete arrangement,
now, sure. After the type are all up,
don't Won then have to make up the
forms and get ready to go to press
No, no; that's old iogy business.
AS soon az each item gets into type
it walks right over and gets into its
proper place in the form, just the
same as a work steer walks into his
stall at night When the form has
completed itself, these automatic
rollers here places it upon the
bed of the press the weight OF pres
sure thus brought to bear sets the
press to going; it goes right along
and prints off the entire edition and
plays Annie Rooney or Laurie, owing
to its peculiar fancy just at that
time. Yes, it can play Tara boom
de-ra, but on such occasions it gets
off very poor print, besides the pa
per always has great number of
cuss words scattered through it.
Well, how about the mailing
business, such as folding, wrapping
and writing the names and address
of your $4,000, 900 subscribers 90
That is q mere matter of moon
shine, as it were, or words to that
effect. 1t is all done by electricity all
at one time, the squirt Of electricity
that does the work being turned on
by the last revolution of the press.
See those quart tin cans stacked over
there ? we'll, the names are put up in
them in fluid form the same current
Of electricity that folds and wraps the
papers, Oh the rebound grabs can
Of names, jabs a hole in it and pours
the contents over the pile of papers.
Each name knows exactly where it
belongs and without the least hest
fancy seeks it's proper place
Then YOU have to distribute your
type in the cases again, don't you %
What, throw them back in the
cases again, one at time, like they
used to do; is that what you mean :"
Yes; don't you have to put each
letter back into its special box -
To e-sure, to- be-sure; | under
stand YOU now; Ia forgotten about
that old business. No, no see that
elevator over there? well, just as
soon as the press is through with the
forms they walk right over to the
hydrant there, wash their faces aud
climb right on to that elevator; it
carries them back right over the
cases, gives 'em little shake and the