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Show ABOUT PAPER MONEY, low Old XotM An Destroyed and Kw Sotn In Hade. In the treasury department at Washington Wash-ington nearly a million dollars of. old, worn-out paper money is destroyed dally. Before it is destroyed, however, it is counted by several persons so as to guard against errors and the amount H carefully noted. The money is disposed dis-posed ot in a large iron , receiver that looks like two great pans with their ' edges shut together. There is a door to the receiver that is locked with three locks, and each lock requires a different kind of key. In accordance with the law, three men are appointed to witness the destruction of the money, and to each one of them is given a key to the receiver; no one of them is allowed to lend ,bis key to either of the others or to anyone else. During the day, at the hour agreed upo- the -three men meet, and with their several keys unlock the receiver and open it Then they put the money Into it, close the door, and again se--curely lock the three different locks. This done, water is let- into the receiver re-ceiver through a pipe, and a machine inside beats and grinds the thousands of dollars of old money into a very fine pulp,. which is afterwards used for making new paper. New paper bills are printed to take the place of the ones destroyed. . The paper used for making paper money is made in large sheets and every sheet is carefully counted. One by one -th sheets arei :moistnd and put under a .press, .; where a stamp makes an Imprint of one color -only, on one side; they, are then put aside until dry; when dry they are again moistened and again put under a press, and another Imprint of a different color is . made. . The printing-process is repeated -until all of the 'colors of-both sides-have been.im--printed; then the sheetB are dried and . subjected- to 1 great ..pressure to make them .perfectly smooth. Several bills 'are printed, at one time on each' Sheet, "and" when the', sheets; are finished the ' bills axe separated 'and trimmed by machinery. The separate ..bills are then glveir to' a queer little machine .to be numbered; the.mschlne.ehAees :"its number- every .ttme.it makes an imprint, im-print, and, thus bo. two bills of -the same .kind have the same number on them. D. V, F. ; , |