The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-02-08

matrimonial agencies. Once in their tolls
you never get out. Put your name on
their books and they have sou completely
In their power-ior what girl, man or
woman would like to have 70 known ia the
town where they live that they Lad been
fishing about a dlsrepulable New York
agency for a husband or b wile2 l can
only say that the girl who attempts to
fool with any matrimonial agency, or
who places the slightest faith In their
fraudulent advertisements, walks straight
10 ruin with her eyes open.
II seems impossible to guard my patrons
from the traps that are continually set for
them. Their name Is legion, and they
haYe the heads Of hydra Last week a
flaming advertisement was sent to papers
all over the country stating that the
''POst-Tribuue, the most in6uentia. Re-
pub ican paper In the city of BroOklny, had
AIKEN lhe following novel method of ia.
creasing its circulation. The proprietor
mad placed an ordinary glass pint jar in
the must reliable Trust Company In Brook
lyn, securely sealed. IL WAS filled with
white pea beans, and any person subscrib-
ing for the Post Tribune would be allowed
to guess at the number of beans, and four
thousand five hundred prizes were Offered
in cash, IN sums varying from five to fifteen
hundred do lars; but in case ou missed The
cash, YOU might still have a chance for h
piece of sterling silver worth fifty or sixty
dollars. In any event, every subscriber
would get prize worth fifty cents, and as
tue subscription was only Thirty cents,
there was twenty cents clear profit. Now,
one would think that almost any one with
brains enough to 80 into the house when
it rains could see through such bald
fro ar,H 4. I.ga
received at the Brooklyn post office this
week, there are thousands taken in by this
bald end transparent fraud.
| am sOrr TO say IL, but such fools
deserve to be 1eeceG. II is unnecessary to
say that there is no Post Tribune published
in Brooklyn as newspaper, and there
meyer has been. A fraudulent sheet made
up of lot of old stereotypes which have
been worn out on Patent outsides, have
been pressed into service, and these are
headed Post-Tfibune. Vol. Kill, No 7.
| There never was volume one nor two,
ror any number but the present, and this
is q reproduction of the "Familv
| Magazine" which was published in this
city a short time ago, offering TO give
away gold watches at three dollars and a
half each, and throw in gold chain. This
offer was endorsed by one of the largest
! jewelry houses in the city-MOrgan g. Co.
uf 6l Murray street. Stanton g. Co.,
Morgan g. Co.. Wnlden, Richards g. Co.,
are Mr.. Y. 4. Russell without Co., and ii
any one who reads this letter has one of
mis- gold stem winding beauties, and will
forward 1t to this Office, l will agree for
agree for tiftJ cents to furnish him double
It's va ue as appraised BY a respectable
| ieweler of my selection. When will peo.
pie earn that when man offers them the
value of two dollars for one. lie is cheat
and fraud? Do exercise title common
sense, and let the frauds alone.
On fine summer afternoon | was out for
a spin ON the Harlem Lane. along with a
| friend who owned pair of high steppers
We were making good time for Gabe Case S
which Is the "HaVen Of Rest" for weary
travellers on that famous drive. We were
doing our level best; ahead, beside and
behind us were all sorts of teams from a
| Dutch grOcer's wagon to BonneI's rattlers
| turned my head as l heard the crack of a
whip and magnificent pair of baVs shot
| by with two stylish gentlemen in q light
road trotting buggy. In a minute they
we're out of sight, lost in the maize on the
road, and l saw no more of them till we
! got 10 Gabe Cases when we found them
standing ON the stOop. one of them smok-
| ing a cigar. Nv friend asked me ii
knew who they were. l replied | did not,
| Well, he SAID these two men handle more
money in year than YOU will see in life
| The one on the right is George II. Louns-
berry the cashier of the Post Office, and
the other is the cashier of the United
States Sub-Treasury on Wall street. The
are men OF the very highest character, and
have occupied their positions for years and
haYe the entire confidence of the govern
meut, LAST week on TueslaV olia nf then,
went to States Prison for long term OF
years for stealing Government funds. AID
on THURSDAY the other blew out his brains
a defculter of Government funds TO the
amount of nearl. fifty thousand dollars
I'VE know what we are; but we know MOI
what we may be-"
A very funny case occurred in Brooklyn
last week, where Russian woman turned
| up as the claimant of a rich dry goods
merchant, to whom she said she had beer
married in Russia twent, years ago. The
merchant established an aibi furnishing
concI nsive proof that he had been in the
country twenty-six years and had never
been away. Unwillingly convinced of her
mistake she has amended her complaint,
aud now she claims his partner; should
she fail in getting MIN perhaps some one
else will do as well. A the parties are
| jews, and the Rabbi may haYe to settle il
| finally, Herr Most, the Anarchist, OF
dynamite fame, is in Jail here, with a fair
prospect of the penitenIiary. We have had
no winter yet, l am writing by an open
window, with the air as balms as June
IL Is line, very fine, but perfect paralYzer
of business
] am, yours truly,
BRoADBRIM.