The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-16
VIRGINIA TROOPS
WELL BEHAVED.
Do Not Share the Odlum
Attached to Other Men
OVERSTAY THE LEAVE
Their Worst offence is Making Bee
Line for Home.
NO INTERCHANGE OF STAMPS.
Newspaper stamps That arc PriZed by
the Collectors May BE Sold to
the PubIic-Examine All
ofYour Two Dol
lar Bills
Well.
NO INTERCHANGE OF STAMPS.

plain II the conduct of many ot tho sol
diers from camp Alger when they como
to this city. The ground of complaint is
that they take advantage Of the WELL
known lcniency shown soldiers in Wash
ineron and have focked TO tho bar.
rooms and other disreputabo resorts.
the division" being the scene Of nightly
orgies Of the most disgusting descrip-
ton.
Two of the officers Of the Third Vir-
ginia were in the city to-day. and in re-
ply to the inquiries as to the conduct OF
The boys in that regiment they said that
only one Virgiqnian had been captured
by the provost i'm the quarter referred
TO. he having come TO the city without
leave.
HOME LOVERS.
A lieutenant said that the greatest
trouble the Virginia boys gave was when
they secured leave Of absence. Ihen
| they make a bee-line for home and are
| inclined To ovcrstay their leave
While the friends of the Third would
| be pained and surprised 10 even thlnk
that the boys would cast odium on the
| uniform they wear. il is worth while 20
assure them that the righteous indigna-
| tiop at the misconduct Of some of the
bows OF their camp does not apply to our
| soldiers. ,,..
Nvhflo overstaying ieave Is military
sin and the boys must take their pun
ishmept when they return, their love OF
| homo will still be looked upon as civic
virtue by their friends.
NO INTERCHANGE.
| Tho PostofIice Department IS IN receipt
| of froauent inquiries as 10 whether reVe-
nue stamps can be used 10 pay postage
! ana Am reply rcitcratcs its former state
| mont that mail matter bearing such
! efanr,4 must be held for postage. rms
| also applies 10 postage stamps whlcn
| have been converted into revenue stamps
bv imprinting tho letters Il X.
| A great many one and two-cent postage
| s,amps have been thus converted, ana
| 1000 Of the s. newspaper and periodicai
| STAMPS were used in similar manner
This was the first time a legal sale OF
r,ese noculiar stamps was ever made
10 the public the newspaper and perlodl-
| cal STAMPS having been used 10 stamp
the stub of book. from which receipts
! were given 10 publishers on the payment
| Of the hostage on their newspaper, which
! go through the mails at the rate or one
cent a pound.
NEWSPAPER STAMPS.
The use of these stamps was discon-
| tinued July 1st. as was told In this cor
| respondence. and the pOstmasters all
over the country still hold their stocks
| subject TO the order OF the Postofiice De-
| partmont The department IS considering
| the advisabllity of allowing the postmas-
| ters to sell their stock to the public. This
| stamp IS very rare. and IS considered
1 ill. ltsI q or
their benefit that the sale IS
proposed. Should they be placed
ON sale there will doubtless be
rush for them on the part or
stamp collectors. or "Philatolists." In
| Richmond. and they would do well TO
watch for the order allowing the sale
| Of these stamps
Since the Trans Mississippi .stamps
| have been placed on sale, many supposed
they displayed the smaller and more IA
mlliar paster, but both may be had at any
| p0stofllce.
COUNTERFEITs.
The Treasury Department has issued
the following description Of two new
counterfel,s Of the s. Treasury note, se-
| ries. 1881:
The first OF these counterfelts Is check
letter G.: plate number. as nearly as can
be deciphered. is 30; }. Fount Tillman,
| Register. -. n Morgan, Treasurer; por-
| trait OF Mcpherson; small scallOped seal
| 10 is printed from phOto-etched plates,
on soft fbrous paper, into the surface
OF which a few silk threads have been
| impressed The portrait OF Mcpherson
lacks the l,felike appearance Of the
| genuine; the hair and beard do not have
the carefully brushed appearance rep
resented in the genuine. Heavy black
| lines represent the eyebrows The right
! side Of nose is obscured by black ink
splotch The period IS missing after the
] I'm j. Fount Tillman. The shading
| around the lettering is solid. instead or
| fine parallel lines. The imitation OF lathe
! work Is very poor. In many instances no
attempt to form the lines has been made
| The seal has a faded, washed-out ap-
pearance. The number Of the note at
hand is B1lS0l567.
The other of these counterfeits Is check
letter b: plate number 80; ]. Fount Till
| man. Register: u. NJ. Morgan, Treas
urer: portrait OF Mcpherson; small seal
| loped seal
As in the first described. the portrait
| IS moor. being too dark and lacking life
| likeness. a white streak running across
| the iris OF each eye Immediately attracts
| attention The seal is dark red instead
| ~ lipht carmine. The numbers OF the
genuine note having been photographed
on the plate. their dark outlines can De
discovered beneath the red ones OF the
counterfeit The color OF numbering ls
| too dark red. but is otherwise very good
Much of the lathe work on the face OF
note has an indistinct worn look. The
green ink used Is much darker than the
genuine. I'm other respects the back of
note IS presentable. Ink lines represent
the silk hbres TO be found In the genuine
paper. ,,., -,
The United states civil Service Com
mission announces that on July *. exam
,natton nav be taken AZ any city in the
United states where the commissio has
a board or examiners. for the grade OF
map printer in the United states peolosl-
csl survey AZ a salary OF SI2o per diem.
r-his examination is open 10 all citizens
~ the United states who comply with the
reouirements without regard 70 race OF
10 rolitical or religious affiliations fer-
sons desiring 10 enter this examination
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