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VOLUME 50--No, 150 'Published at Oshawa, Ont,, Cangda Tuesday, Thursday and Sat rds) OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1922 Yearly Subscription $5.00 Single Coples 5 Cents Second Section--Pages 7-10 = ART OF POSTAGE + STAMP FORGER Fake Stamps Sometimes Found Among Old Collections, Collector Says It may not be generally known that thie forging of postage stamps is by no 'Means a mew art. As a matter of fact, as soon as the stamps reached 8 bigb value the forger started his 1 . ries are frequently found in es tions of stamps, In my own case I have four interesting forgeries came from an album left to me hs a relative. Two are stamps of the Pacific Navigation Company, which, if genu- ine, might be worth anything from five to fifteen pounds, But at the date at which 'they were forged they could not have had a higher value than a few shillings. This seems a poor return for a really clever forgery. But at times the for gor is content with small profits and 'quick returns. He even forges stam): with the commercial value of a few pence, simply because it is possible to sell hundreds of them without any fear ~ of detection. If. the faked stamps are of high value the difficulty of disposing of them js greatly increased, although forgeries of even the 1847 Mauritius, of which only ten coples are known / to exist -- its value runs into four | figures--are not unknown. of all stamps are the South Americ: The early issues of the States of Para: {his tributes to their great Perhaps the most extensively forged | forged in great numbers hoth in Paris and in Montevideo, The cleverest casgs of forging are where an old but not very yaluable stamp is placed in a chemicAl bath which remoyes hoth color and design. The torgery is then engraved, either by photography or hy hand, on the original paper, Here the evidence by which the col lector judges is all in order. 'The paper is right, the perforations ab solutely correct, and there can he no doubt about the watermark, It Is only by comparing the design with that of a genuine stamp that the for gery ean he detected, In many issues a used stamp, one that has passed through the post, fetches a much higher price than » similar vnused one, This provides an easy opening for the forger who has 8 knowledge of old postmarks. In a recent case an unused stamp was stuck on to an old envelope of ex: actly the same period, a postmark was cleverly faked, and detection seemed almost impossible, But the fake wag noticed by a colléctor, who saw that the address on the envelope had heen written with a modern steel pen in stead of the old-time quill.--Famjly Herald and Weekly Star. A SERVANT OF EMPIRE London Sunday Pictorial: During his travels Lord Northeliffe has ren- dered greatsservices to the Empire. He has earned the gratitude of Aus- tralia by pressing her need for more population, he hag told the blunt truth ahout India, he has disclosed the toilsome lives led by Britons in Malaya, and he has exposed the Pal- ostine blunder. The French and Duteh have thanked him warmly for work in the East, and he has shed much light on the obscurities of Chinese polities. | A wonderful achievement in a few guay, Peru, and Uruguay have been | months! INQUIRING AFTER Stray Stock ll NAL ol 2h "Thard rock anadlar Fence Xi fence troubles are over Ee CANADIAN THE once you get "CANADIAN ST EL AND WIRE made by ANY, LIMITED. FULL GAUGE No. 9 WIRE, per- y galvanized and with the famous *'CANADIAN"' knot. ou this fence and the "AMERICAN" Gal- Le Steel show sou § Post. We can sell you this fence as cheap aoe as you can buy fence anywhers. J. V. HILL Oshawa, Ontario SECOND POMPEII UNDER MEXICO? Indications Point to Such Possi- bility, Says Excavator---Care- fully Carved Images Is there a 4esnnt Pompeii under the city of Mexico? Does the larg- est city of the Southern American Republic bave as a foundation the roofs of an ancient eity of which it knows nothing? Recent excavations have indicated that this. surprising possibility exists, writes Fred Gil- man Jopp. + While doing some construction work, one of a party of workmen in the heart of the City of Mexico sud- denly disappeared from view, In the process of rescuing him from the deep pit into which he suddenly fell it was discovered that he had liters ally fallen into another town, Nat- urally, greal excitement at once pres vailed and crews of workmen were at onee hrought to the place and started on the work of removing the ground level of the modern eity, When this was done, and the ex. isting earth removed, it was found that a complete building, in excellent condition, was supporting the sup- posed solid ground, Walls of rock, not a hit crumbled, divided the house into rooms and pPASSAZEWEYS of various sorts and depths, Tiled floors, comparable to modern tiled floors, were found ilntact, and other elements of building construction in- dicated that the builders knew as much of the principles of construe- tion as modern contractors and arch- iteets. Carefully Carved Images Most ebaracteristic of the bullders of the ancient city were the carved ahout the floors in { guarded the entrance | most noteworthy. This huge affair has been carved out of the hardest stone with an exactness that would do credit to au marble worker of the | present day. Detail to the extreme is to be found in this figure; yet the | | instruments with which it was fash- {ioned must have heen altogether |erude. In another plate a complete bake {oven in perfect condition, built of {adobe bricks, was unearthed. 'Ac- | cording to scientists, the presence of | the bake oven would indicate a fair- ly high type of civilization among | the residents of the mysterious eity. A pile of "nails" for use in further ; | construetion work is of great inte-| {rest. These consist of stones, point- {ed artificially at one end. A pile of | hundreds of these is surprisingly uniform. - To fashion them from the of whieh fhéy are made must indeed have been a tedious (task. Apparently the inhabitants bad inteded to do further building. | for there were many of the "nails" { stocked up in a pile, | Bricks of Rock and Adobe | The bricks {of two kinds; \ first, SIELEEILLIIIIEISIIIRIS YLIGHT SAVING WOULD \ HELP GAMES Daylight saving would he quite welcome to Town Leag- ue teams this summer #8 they will he forced to play twilizht baseball throughout the season, With the indus- tries continuing to he as aet- ive as they are at the present time, it will be impossible to get the games started un- til 6,30 or nearly 7.00 o'clock, in which case there is not suflicient time to play seven innings, particularly towards the close of the- season, Business men gen- erally, it is said, are favor- ahle to the measure and the Rotary Club as well as the Lions Club have petitioned the Town Council to give it their consideyation, HIP PITY 4 + SesessssseeiiiTesieerees ih ddd do ed ith de chipping rocks into regular shapes, and, sccond, those made of adobe mud. In the case of the hricks made of stone, the walls are frequently built sloping hack instead of straight up, evidently to avoid a cave-in or slide, The walls are extremely thick. Advocates oi tie latter theory cite the recent finding of a complete hoat under a San Francisep city lot as support for their theory. Many, however, are equally positive that under the modern eity lies a second Pompeli, waiting for someone to dig it up again. And still others, who take little interest in the situation one way or the other, are speculat- ing about a more practical question. They are wondering just how secure the foundation of their property is, cient city, with one's dwelling sup-| ported only hy wedged earth, is not | exactly conducive to the most ecom-| fortable of feelings. ! stone images found in the walls and | various places. | Of these the large stone image which | is probably | LECTURE ON "BEN | HUR" TUESDAY EVE. The Pathfinders' Class of the Pres- | byterian Church was responsible for a very interesting and enjoyable en- tertainment in the church Tuesday evening. The heavy rain interfered | with the attendance but those who! braved the elements were well repaid | for their trouble. The feature of the evening was a lecture by Mr. H. M. Gilchrist, superintendent of the Sua- i day School. on "Ben Hur," which was beautifully illustrated with lan- tern views. ready for use. ! used in the walls are | those made by | During the evening a violin solo | was given by Master Geo. Jamieson. | who in the opinion of many, is a {rising young artist: a reading by { Miss Bernice Buckler. a worker in {the Sunday School and always a fav-| jorite; a solo by Mr. Brand. which] was very much appreciated, and al solo by Mrs. Russell Bale, whose a)p- pearance at any concert and ber ex-| cellent voice are always received with pleasure, The proceeds of the evening will probably go Russian Famine Relief Fund Sometimes we wonder why a popu- lar government is so unpopular.-- Syracuse Herald. \ | Garis' { With a HANDLE the the biggest value. Hii Hitt heat and cold. YOU'LL GET GOOD ENSILAGE Toronto Hip Roof Silo becatle 1 want to give my hod: You can't have good en- silage unless you have a good silo. And Toromto Silos are good silos. Made of wood--the best mon~conductor of dily built from double H. J. OGDEN --Oshawa, Ont. tongued znd grooved staves of selected spruce impreg- nated with creosote, they give adequate protection against air and frost. "Their special Hip Roof provides more spa¢: for filling. I can show you where a Tor- onto Silo will mean more pro- ductive cattle, bigger profits, a more valuable farm--dallars in your pocket. Let's talk it over. Stur- { "Goodness me, Uncle Wiggily! I | shouldn't think you would go out in your auto again after all that has ! happened to you," | Fuzzy Wuzzy one | saw the rabbit | ready Lo start off. "Yes, many things happened, ? an- | swered Mr. Longears. "I fooled the | Fox and Wolf when the air from my | punctured tires blew dirt in their faces, and I caught their paws in the | broken spring of my car, so the | Policeman Dog arrested them. So 1 | hardly think anything will happen me today." | "You never can tell," spoke Nurse | Jane, as she tied her tail in a knot 80 it wouldn't get dusty as she wash- ed the piano. Unele Wiggily was riding along in his auto. over the fields ond through the woods, looking now and then for morning as she gentleman getting MACDONALD said Nurse Jane | an adventure, when, all of a sudien.] as he drove through a dingly dell, where many ferns grew, he heard a sad little voice saying: "Oh, dear! How sad it is! Never shall I grow up to be as large as my friends! crooked! Oh, dear!" "We would help you if we could," said some other little voices. "But alas, we cannot!" "Oh, ho!" thought Uncle Wiggly, | who heard this talk. "There's trouble ' here all right. I don't believe this is either the Fox or Wolf. It doesn't sound like them!" To make sure, Wiggily looked through the bushes, and there he saw a group of plants which is called the "Jack." There is a curved leafy top, or cover, over Jack, and it looks like the pulpits "! some churches. "What is the matter, Hilksrip-the- | Pulpits?" asked Uncle Wiggily, as he stopped his auto near them, for the bunny understood the language! of flowers. "Oh, I am in such trouble," | answered one. "Look at me!" Uncle Wiggily looked and saw | where a stone rested on top of one Jack. The flower had come up thro-| ugh the brown soil, and right in its | way, was the stone. Not being able! to move to one side, the Jack had to grow beneath the stome. And the! stone, pressing down om it, would | keep the Jack-in-the-Pulpit from be- coming tall and strong. "Oh. you surely are in trouble!" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. "And since | none of the other flowers can move to help you, I'll lift off the stone." Uncle Wiggily moved the stone in his paws, and slowly the Jack blos- som began to lift its head. "Now I shall grow tall." it said. "Thank you, Uncle Wiggily." "Thank you! Thank you!" echoed the other Pulpit Plants, nodding in the wind. "If ever we can do you a favor we shall, Uncle Wiggly." "Pray do mot mention it," spoke Uncle Wiggily, with a low and polite bow of his tall silk hat. Well, the bunny gentleman rode on and on in his auto, over the fields and through the woods, but nowhere did he find an adventure. He was on his way home again, after a long day spent in looking and not finding what he wanted, all of a sudden, he saw the {Continued on page 9) The possibility of living over an an- }mouth. towards | = 3 Bedtime Stories excu WIGGILY'S WATER PAIL | I will always be little wi however, Uncle! . 4 » | The Directors of the Corpora called Jack-in-the-Pulpit. You have] tion are: often seen them in the woods, I dare! say. The plant. or flower, is like a' small green pitcher, and in the mid- | dle stands up a straight, green stalk, | DIAMOND THIEVES "DAMP" STONES Avistocratic Gentleman Claims To Be Near-sighted and Fools Jeweler The diumond thief hag various means of accomplishing his end, a favorite method, practised in England, heing to "damp" the stones, To do this, he disguises himself carefully as an old man with weak sight, In a smart motor he will drive up to the door of a jeweller's shop, Alight- ing with the aid of the commission: @ | aire, he totters inside, and asks to be shown some uncut diamonds to mateh a stone which he produces--na hig gem full of lustre. "A wealthy customer," thinks the jeweller, and he spares no pains to satisfy the exacting demands of the old gentleman, Several trays of magnificent stones are produeed and specially lighted, so that their brilliance may hg displayed to the best advantage. tne and his bad head Grumbling at customer puts his closer to the stones, All this time the dealer is standing near, but, unsuspieious of his cus: tomer, he does not notice what Is happening. As the crooks hends lov over the stones he dabs out his tongue and picks out two or three, which he transfers quickly to the sides of his sight, closer Then, saying that he fears his eyes are not equal to the task, he suggests bringing his daughter to help him make his choice. removed them from under the jewel- ler's eyes? However, just te satisfy himself, he rings up the address given---to receive the shock of his life! No one of the name mentioned, or answering to the description of the old man, lives there. "Damping" diamonds is a crime to which very little risk is attached, when practised hy an expert, The movement of the tongue is so quick, and the stones chosen are always small enough to he well hidden in the cheeks, course, the last customer have them, for how could could he no. have CHINESE IMMIGRATION Hamilton Herald: While a meet- ing of the House of Commons at Ot- tawa was declaiming against the ad- mission of Oriental labor Into Can- ada, the Chinese consul-general at Ottawa was telling an Ottawa aund- ience that Canada's Immigration laws are disgracefully unjust to the Chinese, "here is going to he trouble over this question hefore long. Philadelphia wants to hold a world's fair in 1926. Has Philadelphia just woke up or is it sleeping harder than ever?--Buftalo Express, The dealer, perhaps, to spare the | customer another journey, offers to bring a selction of stones for his ap | proval. The "old gentleman" con: sents, and gives an address in one of | the best residential districts in the | | West End. "Don't jorget--to-morrow morning | at 10.30," are the old man's parting | words. When the jeweller is pieking out | suitable stones to submit to his cus tomer he discovers that several are missing. Where can they be? Of I. L,I... 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