The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-03-29
From the New York World.

Eth NanulaCtur.ng the OOndS is TIT
last act in Uncle Sans bond deal
prior to their delivery. The frs;
! bonds of the total issue of S65, 800,
Al 600 were finished last Monday.
The seal of the United States treas
u ury was printed on the bonds
II which were of $1,000 denomina-
II tion-and similar seal was placed
on each of the 100 coupons attach
y ed to each bond. After drying,
4 pressing and polishing, the bonds
4 were ready for delivery to Secreta-
\ ry Carlisle.
II The birth of the bonds began
q when the secretary of the treasury
VI sent to the bureau of engraving and
III printing more than 5000 pounds of
H regular banknote paper, cut into
more than 1907 900 sheets of two
n Isles. The larger size. for the cou.
pom bonds, measured TWO feet by
one and 4 half The smaller. for
three values Of registered bonds.
Il was twelve by seven and a half
Il inches.
WA The exact number Of the sheets
N is important, for the clerk having
4 charge OF the great vault, where
II paper money and bonds are kept,
II becomes responsible for the paper.
N Every sheet is valuable in his eyes,
II for if every one is not accounted
4 for, the face value of Il lost sheet
n has to be paid to the treasury by
u him. He has failed to account for
n only one sheet Of paper confined
ITO him IN eighteen years. service,
fl Owing to the necessity for haste
the bonds were made from patch
work designs. and Only forty-three
new rolls and twenty new dies were
4 made. Over four thousand dies of
\ various sorts from the regular stock
OF the engraving department, and
h from proofs of these cut q couple
40f inches of one scroll border. flo
raj corner from another proof, an
inside border, a bit of fancy inside
/ ornamentation, another style of
.8of scroll work, top piece and
vignette. All Of these bits of pa
sIper that had done service before ..
we're carefully glued to sketchng a..
paper the size of the new bonds to
)e made from the design. Secre-
AIRY Carlisle to place on the bonds
portraits Of famous Americans, and !,
those Madison, Hancock, Mar !
hall, De Witt Clinton and Sum- :
Ger. Next the engrayers devised a
ihree new tints to ndividualize the =
n ew bonds from the old, and the =
eslgnors think the syndicate are "
u citing something very artistic in
4 hese "tints. The colors are
u ale green, Indian brown and pale
Nlue, and willappear in the mid 4
lie Of the face Of the registered
onds. Over them is printed the
n ondltlons of the act under which
le bonds ware issued. A
II The most complicated work is el
Tone on the coupon,bond plates. ir
II beautiful polished plate, without c!
\ aw or blemish is laid on a ma, te
Ibine worked ty a pedal. The q
llorkman passes down the roll S,
Barring one section Of the form of a
lie bond and Immediately its i'm D;
4 sesslor appears On the plate. of
II orty one different times b. ma hs
\ pulates the rolls lsmaking a sin tn
lite perfect bond. One of these til
Mars Registrar Of the Treasury J. Sc
l|5unt Tillman's signature, VIII CHI ba
1.-THE only signature affixed to the co
sEands. Another workman puts by
lie date into each coupon on the ce
ate. Interest being payable tn
sI.ery three months. there are four bl,
H ties to every year to be put into sill
lie plate any thirty years to be COW wi
led. The rolls are changed $50 is
pes in order to date the coupon. pr,
APPARENTLY il is endless work. we
ia precise record of the where cot
Alouts of the plates and of every. pa
HI and roll is kept. When taken a b
IT Of the vault the number of die. to
4 or plate and the name of the be
n taking them out is put on rec VIII
4 | sheets. The moment work enf
lin has finished with the steel he
uns it to the keeper of the A,
4 hit, and if one of the dies or rolls
Nv being used in making the sec New
/ | coupon plate and the fronts of
registered bond plates should yor
missed no person it the entire she
Hiding can leave until the lost "