, 1866-09-23

Autographs, old Pictures. braces and
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Autographs, Ola Pictures, Braces and ~
f,ssty cos.rsror denea ot ths Montreal ueEa1a,
kpexk1ne OF antugra phs, ! naast not forget
to mention enslaaA fact if5at Aas ltseT
cone 10 light: II the vocabulary e u AZ a. "a.
means to .*eai so sons rs the action In qnes-
ton l. confined 10 articles Or lis prcdstie.
tlog, Yqu would searre1y bci5cve-it. but Il
il faet that lii our public libraries Tho Oh
ciais are obliged 70 keen au active watch
1n certain psss1n sn o. ,ss sess ~ neaa ra
mon life, who are II, iiss l.sblt Of praei!csag
what il called u .o{ II IL ft,.47s sat'at1t. OF
tsitett hy u,eaEa u q piece o. xSt striuK. This
kind Of thefs, which L carried On BY RHcn, WAo
would shutdss at ihe idea nf oesn-- CALLED
thieves, is very tasy aEd GAO be Effected
y histt thc perl'e.rafn appears t1 be 4 baotbsd
in 1sofon I'd .tudJ of tho manRscrtr: bs!ort
a.s crct, The ,tt6tlat 4perGstu Is - hilo:Ts:
Tic petsou 4.csisous Of apIfurriatlnsS lslf
L1p,aluipg coveted autograph We wllIhat,
With wct sizing, Ehach ho piaees along the
Inrsr ma: :Siu Of the, leaf In a 1uestiou. The
Ino.AtMrc pTnets1tes the Paper anu rcadcrs
its II rwrntsot easy. In tltA mAEurr mauy
l,recstue manuscript Las bcGn lnntiiatsd and
Rendered allnnss vAlas!esa. This practice Is
ft Gusus,5s carried Of by, manufacturers Of
seDtaItKirs In ttrtIeF to lrocure Tho :eaf r2n-
! tainsng what they rrlul1u for their snlsil
tratEc7 The manufacture o! htse auto
. esa;,Ls, which in = place Hike Paris "
many ether arc curious branches Of iuEo.-
| n.y. Tho PRINCIPAL thing that . rtdes q gean-
+ ice euun oIseeEr In purchasing sn ancient Ar
rtasrnrh Is the sathtntieisJ Il tbs !aFsr, hut
| rven thjs IS deceptive, Ii u lsreN kn"~n
| that I be Industrious class In question pro-
earn The material they require b5 washing
I'd manuscripts of 10 valcr with ; pEtl'ara-
ton VI chlorine, Ard :s'tis4. It tbs Stilcwssh
! tts:t tty 2,tt.e other chemical proeeAs. i
t.,ek of thIs kaA Ia fose.g, .! !ss.I :As th:sgt
F.! graph. Ill Of which turuct s,nt to be laI.n.
In rtTrrEin. tn this ss.t,jcst. l All retuln,lra
of au aurcd0ic kearst ts,ule years azo. An
| English gentleman. w'.tt hah i.n: wished to
Ills desire 1t 1T old picture dtaler'S Ia; thh
| city, md paid very 1andarn.e sum faf It,.
| Al that time yesy titsry vi *-llsree7 duty
HaE psM on works Of sri. and to rrAde this
duty ttc picture dealer suggested to bin
thai Ee should tnEes tic caMrass with an in.
innset On Af4 getting Inc pic.n:e *air home.
The steh eHn Gf +Aatlol did 30. but on IT,
| rnay,ng the landscape the prtocvss GU p!os I'll
peeled I'll The HGTfaet>of the MurIffa Ut the
saase time. and discovered, to ais eo1rcr, =
pt.rtrnit Of his Majesty Gsnr9c tue Tht-d.
| III the Hsy Of .carIuuA .alrs. re have had
tttL- week, ii ,ha Iate! Usnat, thai If u eei-
ttetira s,f LFaet< that aaSe teiuoget TO vaFi.
| aas rrlehratstf pcssonagts. Andss-r curious
c1l1retlou jnsts sold IL That OF abtt.r 1stt
| nerenaptr wrappers, tbs o!te.t OF whisl
/ dnteA hack II tas u The year Iegu.
They say there Is nothing new :;adsT ths,
san, an.s speaking of news|Mi'er. reminds tne
af another Instance vt the tFalh of this snr-
,ng, 1t L eeEelat,y believed shat haiE Epeoay
Newspapers st,: M insent:sn og the Nfae-
tteuti ttaiutf. This. Aowr1er, arpcats 10
ts an er-er. Na1 - earlr u. TIE yeat i4a44 at
| the itlne nf the cxptf;tioa nf Charles VIII.
iute he Einslnm Of aap,es. Il Al,f f7,t.say
/ rArc" Fzs eoli ID the t.rrcts af Paris. tyesr.
| lrS thc ranc II La -B.:ld;a IL h rruule
.drn.te q I:o:s. : Specimens uf this sucsers
! news sheet we're recently discovered IN, ta4
! iishetl by n. dc IA rLcsaulrt. This Kind ut
| cheap lilerstuse uoea not appear 10 aave
teeH euceesslul, fht from The tituc Of f.s e1-
!stt1ce up teh comparatively ne-nt date, Il
Ind no izat:1tnse. \