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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3197, 19 May 1879, Page 2

A,iPosT-OFFici ;clerk .in .France- hu invented a new sprt.of envelope 1 which will record the post-raarksin color on the letter inside, eTeninore Ugibl^ than the original stamp, which 'is often' blurred and rendered indistinct'*^"Bjrl toO<:>' much or t00,,, Jitfcle jinlc. r .nijrig is accqmplished Joy applyiiifc t& thMnil^ of the envelope; a cheap preparMon Ma i>r# cess that dpestnoS&^hgScfS the envelope;,, $$$m^sfWc&fc .stamp/countermarks; on ; ihe^k^ter iniidjs, in a distinct and-durable manner, the figures and letters , of-tha stamp. The introHttcHon>rof i ting^nj^iopef iWilt^ r » boon to business men who hare cbrrespbh* dents who forget to date their, lelters. Another Knuckle-ender. — " When shall I call yon in .the morning, sir?" asked an hotel waiter of an Aberdonian one night. He replied pawkily, "I'll ring theibellwhei^ I wishjtOgb^calledj" Something to his Adrantage.-SThe following announcement^lately appeared in a newspaper:—" Edward Eden, painter, is requested to communicate with his brother, when he will hear of lomethm^to his adrantage^-tysypreditpw Art dead." k" ti.Ti.rjT.