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Show Wsjr-" FHAUD3 IN A DALE OF HAY. t Frauds In Watch Cases. P' According to an article In tho Cincinnati B (jommercU), a llfty-ons louud stona was H recently found In that city socretod In a H fcaleof hayof eighty pnuous. '' This It not as bud as finding nlum)i ot i lead of nearly one-halt tho weight ot tho L solid gold u dli onto secrctal In tho cm- V ter of the case v Cold watch caum nro sold by weight, 1 Dtnlcaono can svuwhcre this load Is se- B creted until the springs ot tho case are H taken out and tho loud will bo found k- H cmted behind them. H Tlieso cases arc made by companies who H profess to bo honest but furnish the minus B to I ho dishonest to rob tha public. It Is H not pleasant for auyonu to Unit that ho has H luggixlalumpof laud In his watch case. K Another trick the makers of spurious r solid gold watch rate Is to stamp tbo cats H "U a Assjy ' Tho United Htutua does H Dot stamp any urtk-lo madu out of gold H and tllror extvpt coin, aiwl the fakir, by H using this stamp wants to make tho publio H bellevothatthagoverunient Iwlsumcthlng 1 to do with thu stamping or guarat-teeing K. tho flnonoH of wati h ihw M Another trl. k of thewnUh fakir Is to H-VMi' advertiso a Htih dust ribul as u solid irokl j flllnl uaU-li with a twunt) or twonty-nva V 7earguarantv Tlit-so uutihos ar guu j orally sent C O I) and If the purthaser ' haspnld for tlit-wm.li ho tlnds that tliti H Uompauy wliii.li truurantuHl thewaUh H B Wear Is nut In existence. IH 'Ilia Ducboi- IlamiKleii WaUh Company aSBf of Cotton, Ohio, who ar couttaatly et- P, posleg thou ti uids. will furnish the IjfMVBW names of th manufacturers who art) lo b this qucstlouablo buslnu. |
