Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-08-17

Some /, is Facts About Our
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a maohi Ithat Counts Ks by
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mid ID intervi New
York Sur Me suppose
You knofssk a ywhere any
AmericaIk e. .&SsSSsNAsSg The mint
at PhiladR sssA first one in
this couni zSss>< ars we're estab-
Orleans, S kco and Carson
City beiag but few years
ago each nsEAA 1nade d separate
anywhere f. that tells you
that It nns in New Orleans.
An S showi w the coin was made il
San Franc ID 9. stands for Car
son City, Xou will not find that
Oh any ne seoins, as no coming is
done in G n City at present.
"Fhe AIiht's neighbors in Philadel-
phia have become used to hearing a
fusillade d firearms in our courtyard
every moa b, as though we we're hav-
ing a BATH The law requires us to
keep . agalply Of firearms and directs
how thgS shall be handled. In the
corridor close to the assay Office, are
two racks and large cabinet. The
racks contain twenty rifles, with bayo-
nets ATTACHED and the cabinet is filed
with revols.rs It Is necessary TO
havelthesd dthings to defend the gov
ernment's property with in case Of at /
tack BY a bob, for there is too much
money in ibis building to take any
chances. We have at present about
$3.50, 900, i9o worth Of gold and silver
depositedIn the vaults, besides great |
number II relics in the museum that
could not Sbs replAeel. BY an act of |
Congress q are required to have the
firearms pmined every day, and they |
all have be fred and cleaned once
a month, tWhen the twenty night
watehmen 50 on duty in the after
noon they luke the revolvers from tf
cabinet ami lav them in conyeniS Z
place Nabo-a thq building.
k manT eshaz
supposs ID know that two men ar
under Ia N bonds for the safe-keer
ing Of III treasure in each mint. On
Of thess the director of the mint
who has large Of all the establish
ments. III the other is the superinten
dent 81 ch mint. Every vault doc
has twS / cks, and there is a man 70
each K H. SO that the door cannot b
unlocIofl without the presence of botl
men. D of the nen represents tn
superinte dent.
Gone ID our euriosities in Philadel
phia is Il mall consignment of gol'
from Ma sgasgar. 1t was mined an'
smelted I'd done up for shipment b,
nativez Id is the brightest gold W,
have. I ley took piece Of bamboo
about SIX inches long and two inche
in diamet er, and polished the outsid
till it is as smooth as glass. Thei
tbev mt wooden cork in one end AM
noured il the melted gold, and corkel
M the Of her end
zone the simplest and most use
ful contr vances we have is the count
ING board Formerly all the coin
were cou& tied by hand, and this tool
longer han to make them, for th,
coming N Mlechines work very fast On,
Of the oHe employees invented tn,
countinct hoard which is now in use il
all the ks in this country. Tt is
smooth Al It iron board about six fee
k.idad into Ionoi+ndinaI al
umns ai A thin metal strips, eacl
columh Il ling just wide enoughto hol
the coinsl " be counted. The boar
is laid 81 u big bin containing tn
coins. a1 one man scoops up ashovel
ful of eo| MS and scatters them over tn
board. Another man gives the boar
a shake. and sees that every space i
every I'll umn is filed Then with
tip Of TIL board the counted coins ar
dumped INTO another bin. Fifty dol
lars wod tn of five-cent pieces can thu
be couna ed in thirty seconds.