The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-02-27

dis ShakS ,t'0'
hD ,,,oressed by the Dandy Roll
pee, -. Bogus Virgin Mary Letter.
:,,ard incidents innumerable'are
o,ol', m in the art Of paper making,
Vop4 W. mechanical processes have at
lla , ~ fine ingenious story teller many
ff es,cs f.r a thrilling tale.
g ~5is is especially true OF the system
lp ,oinr water marks, so called, in
\ pla rrards or makes of paper.
a nbons the most interesting true
lSl Tbie3 has to do with this branch
Y " industry is that of the famous
Cr,sIond,. Confessions.
LELAND had fabricated some Shake
rsl manuscripts, which for a long
" Sa-s we're accepted as actual. They
~ !. sroh an impression indeed that a
' uLor of men. famous at that time for
uI :. o,ndlrion and for their literary
lla w. voluntarily prepared a testi-
au;aj a+tasting absolute belief in the
ssontfcitv of the manuscripts. To this
s-,nent these men affixed their sigma
f. and sent he-paper broadcast.
M whole Of the original edition of
H. fokes was disposed of in few hours,
n "a great was the eagerness for the
s5iHon that singleGopies were disposed
n anction rooms at enormous prices.
Same time after that Ireland himself
b,aw these gentlemen into much -sor-
u Nv explaining just how he had had
En with them.
Trejands abory was that the sheet of
nor which ne used was the outside Of
#Tpral Others on which some accounts
IN been kept during the reign of
sbarles I. At that time Ireland was
,lly unacquainted with the snb5act
water marks.
II carefully selected, says he, two
III sheets not having any mark what
a. On which / penned my first effu-
sDD " A few pages further on he wrota:
thus urged forward to the pro-
SctiOn Of more manuscripts, it became
osssary that / should possess a suffi-
kntQua~ 5ity Of old paper to enable me
proceed, in consequence of which ]
billed to bookseller who, for the
I'm Of + smllings, suffered me to take
In all th6 folio and quarto volumes
bis shop the fly leaves which they
alained
81 BY mis- means I was amply stored
hi that commodity, nor did I fear
mention Of the circumstances by
bookseller As was fully aware,
m the variety Of water marks which
in existence at the present day, that
y must have constantly been altered
ce the period of Elizabeth, and being
some time whollyunacquainted with
water marks of that age, very care
y produced my first specimens of the
ting on such sheets Of old paper as
no mark whatever.
Having heard it frequently stated
the appearance of such marks on
papers would have greatly tended to
H0llSh their validity, / listened to
Eremark that was uaadeon the sub
and | at length CLEANED the intelli-
&C that jug was the prevalent wa
mark of the reign of Elizabeth. in
Feqnence of which 1 inspected all
sheets Of old paper then in my pos
loA and having selected such as had
lag0n them produced the succeed
manuscripts upon these, being care
however to mingle with them a
nn number Of blank leaves that the
'ucItoi on a sudden of SO many wa.
aaIAs might not excite suspicion in
Weas5s OF those persons who were
VonVersant with the manuscripts. "
'laVeleI IN Messina was once shown
,G written by the Virgin Mary
nef own hand He remarked that
~ lndeea be a miracle, since the
showed by its water mark that it
aO' made sill some centuries after
&c Of Mary.
'ne greatest mystery to most peO-
!" water marks are made. And
- y matter is the simplest thing in
Slm In the manufacture of paper
pug, before it has begun to be
aua alter it has been spread on
4O'm8 platform, passes under a
called the dandy" On this
IS affixed the device which
'ue water mark.
u Dent wire, and as the roller
'u0 paper it presses into it the
~ SAME manner most elaborate
~. ana even pictures and intricate
-'''Iohs OF whole battle scenes
~ uone from an engraved plate
,oa ~ an electrotype, used in the
o .auuer Oh the dandy" roller.
t check paper and bank pa
SeL NJ most important variety dis
W ny water marks. In a pair of
$780, "'loS prepared by the old proc
IsA Ieo are curved borders, IS
s8 -VS large Waunc and . An lotions