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CosSTERFEIT GoLp CoIE.-The N. Y Fri. bune says that Messrs. Beebe S Parslall, the cx- tensjye Specie Brokers of that city, have detected most dangerous counterfeit of soveregns. Jt hears the head of GeorRe " and the date 1924. II is oi the full legal weight-i2S 3 grains. It has the pro- per colour and texture, not only at the surface but in Ihe interior, exhibited on cutting It has the true diameter, and, though there IS some excess in thickness it Is scarcely such 10 attract attention It's mechanical execution is so perfect 10 elude detection by an ordinary observer, even with the ad of glass. Tbe director of the M int at Phila- delpba says, m relation to this counterfeit

 "There is. in fact but test, short of actual say, by which Il be distinguished from the gen. tune piece, and is the trial by specific gravity. genuine sovereign would show specific gravity ryins from l7 50 to l7 90. The piece in question l gives but l6 22.

 "on assay, it was found to be composed as fol | lows

 Gold .sO3 thousaadtbs. Silver. ....... .l22 Copper ...............,., 10

 ''Ihe value "t the piece s4 26. The genuine sovereign yields, very uniformly, 9I5t thou saudtl,s of gold, and is worth from S4 83 to s4 s6, accord. ing to weight The profit 10 the maker, or loss 10 the holder of the false co is consequently bT ,o M cents per piece, or l3 to II per cent" ASIRANGE CoETRAcT.-Iti is said that the Di- rectors of the Ohio Penilentiary have contracted with different persons To hire them convIcts for labor of various kinds, one hund, cd and four than there in the pr,sonI This involves the Directors in dilemma. from which they can best extricate them selves by offering bounty for crirne! NOVEL WAY OF ADyERTIsISG.-The drop seen oi the French tieatres, says be Revue de Pa ris, are to be let "ut for veriisspen,sl PrnIed p"cards, large enough he iegbe by the audienre. are t' be hse"ed the curtain, and, of eourse will occupy attention between ihe acts. r-i They b"Fe law m $ Switzerland indemnify thGss wbo are acquitted of crines ior which they have be3n indieted- married cou ,l-, accused at R... heirn irca...li. I...l.