The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-11-10


Of the danger that is going to
happen to the revenue OF the
pottoffice from the fraudulent use
to which they may be put. Pay
no attention to these humbugs,
advises the st, Louis Globe
Democrat, for they are speculat-
ors. Take it for granted that
the government employees scien-
tifc men who know more than
the counterfeiters, and the latter
know more about such matter
than the spectators. The gov
ernment has thoroughly invcsti-
gated the matter, and has arrived
at an understanding after ar
duous experiments. lfit loses
anything by washed postage
stamps one would scarcely i'm
agine the trouble is required to
arrive at an absolutely safe com
bination that will resist water,
alkalies and acids. 1t was once
a serious question. At first it
was proposed to use certain kinds
of paper, but this proved not
feasible, because a skillful ope-
rator could wash off the ink
without injuring the paper.
Z Then experiments were concen-
i trated on the printing, and water
i colors were proposed which
: would wash off with the applica-
= ton of water. But it was found
I that the heat of summer had the
same effect. Still another meth
cd was to have the ink fixed in
the paper, but acids easily took
= out the color. Finally simple
plan was arrived at. This was
20 make the ink of materials
which chiefly compose ordinary
10 writing ink, and, therefore, what
: would destroy the marking OF
the stamp, which would be o
the same quality and character
> \ seasonable remark: "Pas'
e u c salt, please"
= Time gsllops under the spu
of the moment.
ax a nine TO play ball in malar
n ial districts-quinine.
1t is the miser who is alway
! in need of a chest protector.
: Bismarh Of course consider
that all is fair in war, but he j
p not so ready to concede that a
Y is fair in love.
Boarler Cooking over breaz
'~ fast table)-Liver-is that a
there is for breakfast, Sarah
ES Sarah Sure, sorr; there's live
TX. enough there for six,
Ken. Professional gamblers have
Oil great many superstitions. On
aos- OF the most practical is, that
they deal the cards themselv(
they have a much better chant
d by to viii
q spac: a. There is a little girl in Ne
/. YORK. whose commerc a interes
ING are so prccocious that she rem
IS. furnished rooms in her doll
and house to her sisters for a fiXe
''''' number of caramels each weel
A western baseball suppl
"a dealer places the usual array
a bats and balls in his window
j and then adds to them a lare
y roll of court plaster, a huge bo
4 tie of arnica and a pair of crutcl
d eS.
d "Gentlemen," said the Arkar
q sas lawyer to the backwoods jur,
& tits fact that my client we
caught fooling around anothe
"a mans span of mules. But Will
u he may be mistaken when h
says that he took the mules OF
q of the stable to water them bC
a. cause their brutal owner ha
neglected to attend to the
wants. | tell you, gentlemen
a that my client can outshoot, wit
IT a rifle, any man within the soun
LY Of my voice"
s5PS a Ss1I; + "That's a lie,' yelled the jur
sSiL FSSa in chorus.
The prisoner was found NJ
guilty.
\ 1t hardly seems possible
IN but is vouched for on goo
authority, that any one drivin
" few miles in certain sectio
of Pennsylvania during hayin
time could have counted mir
y young women driving two-hor'
& mowers and seventeen othel
~ managing horse-nkes. Th
VI 1sy1 more special reason why tn
. ,.s 81. fE seems improbable is that sensib
TlSIIS slslIS young men, seeing such a sigh
would have proposed out ofhan
rode off at once on the hors
rakest 70 the nearest ministe
! and taken the girls with them