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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1889.
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Roberts & Co,
212 North nth Street,
.Undertakers anMiiibalmers,
CELEBRATED BY A WORLD
Telephones. Oflicc 145. Residence 1 56
Open Day and Night.
E. T, ROBERTS, Manager.
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION !
Over a Million Distributed.
Louisiana State Lottery Comp'y.
Incorpornteil by tho Ix"llnturo for Edu
cational nml Chnrltiiblo purnoc, mm It
franchise ninilo it liurt of ths present Mnto
onMltitlon In 1871) by nn overwhelming pop-
UlIt8VMAMMOTII DRAWINGS take
place Semi Annually (June and Decem
ber), and Its Grand Single Number Draw
ings take place In each of the other ten
months of the year, and are all drawn In
public, at the Academy of Music, New
Orleans, La.
FAMKI) l'OK TTWKNTV YKAUM, Tor
Integrity (r It ItrnulnR, nml Prompt
l'liyinoitt uf 1'rlien, nttritcd nn follow:
"Wo do hereby certify tlint wo stinorvlno
tho nrrnnKOinent for all tho Monthly mul
Hcml-Annunl Drawings of Tho Iouhlnim
Btnto Ixittory Company, nml In person limn
ago mill control tho Umwliw tliemsoUcs,
ntul tlint the hiiiiio nro cotuluoteil with hon
esty, fnlrnoM, 11 ml In rood fiilth toward nil
attics, nnu wo iiuuiunzu wii" umiiuii iu unu
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hn cortincnto, with fnc-slinllles of our Hlgiin
. nttnnlin.l lit Its n il litrt I Until Olll U
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Commissioners.
We, tho undersigned Hanks nnd Itnnkors
will pay nil prizes drawn In tho LoulMmin
Btnto XyOttcrlos, which mny bo presented ut
.our countor. ...
It. M. WAIjMSI.EY, I'res't Loulmin Nnt Il'k
PIHHllE LAXAUX, 1'res.Htnto Nntlonnl H'k
A. HAIiOWIN, l'res. Now Orlenns Nntl Ilnnk
"CAHIj KOIIX. l'res. Union Nntlonnl llnnk
Grand Monthly Drawing
At tho Academy of Muiic, New Orleans,
Tuesday, July 10, 1880.
Capital Prize, $300,000.
100.000 Tickets nt 2)cncht Hnlves 10: Qunr
tern, 5; Tenths, f J; Twentieths!.
I.IHTOKIMII7.K9.
1FM7.K OFSMO.OOOIs $300,000
I PIH.K OK 1100,000 Is 100.0H0
11MUZKOK m,000li 60,000
I l'HI.K OK SJUttlH 23.0U0
al'IUZKSOK 10.0UO mo 20,000
5 PItlZKH OK o.CHiOiire M.CWJ
a-)i'iiizi:soK 1,000 nro 23,000
KOl'llIZKHOK Wi) nro W,(p0
am lMti.nH ok aware fio,(no
600 lUUKKS OK 20O nro 100.0UO
AVI'IIOXIMATION PHIZES.
loorrlics of W0 nro V),000
100 do. aoonro ao.ooo
100 do. 200nro 20,'WO
TKnMINAI. I'UIZES.
do lounrc mwo
do 100 nro w.uw
1100
tttf
3,131 Frlrcsninountlnsto 1,om,hoo
Note TIclcDts drnwlnc tho Cnpitnl Prizes
.aro not entitled to tormlnnl 1'rlzes.
AGENTSWANTED.
MF For Club Untes or nny other desired
intormntlon, wrltolcKlblytothouuderslKiied,
clenrly stntlnir your residence, with 8tnto,
County, Street nnd Number. More rapid re
turn mnll delivery will be assured by our en
.cloning mi Envclopo bearing your full ad
dress. IMPORTANT.
Address M. A. DAUPHIN,
Now Orlenns, La.
Or M. A. DAUPHIN,
Washington, D. C.
llyordlnnry letter containing Money Or
jler Issued by nil Express Companies, Now
York Exchange, Draft or Postnl Noto.
Address Registered Letters containing
Currency to
NEW OHLEANB NATIONAL I1ANIC,
Now Orleans, La.
ItEMEMHEH thnt tho payment of tho
Prizes Is guaranteed by Four Nntlonnl Hanks
of Now Orleans, nnd tho tickets nro Mgncd by
tho President of nn Institution, whoso char
tered rights nro recognized In tho highest
-courts; thcrcforo, beware or nil Imitations or
anonymous schemes.
ONE DOLLAR Is tho price of tho sinnllest
part or fraction of n ticket ISSUED 11Y US
In nny drawing. Anything In our nnmo of
fored for less than n Dollar U n s hull"
HAGENOW&ASCHMANN,
Philharmonic Orchestra
AND
MILITARY BAND,
Room 10, Opera House Block
J II. V. HAWKINS,
ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT,
DulMliigs completed or In course of erection
tfrom April 1, lbWOj
i3uUntMi block, O K onlgonery, 11th and X.
do do L W Mlllliijnley, litis near N.
Restaurant (Odells) O K MoutROinery, N near
11th.
Residence, J J Imlioff, J and litli.
do J I) Slacfarlaml, Q ami 1 1'.h.
do Jolm Zclinniir, uund lltli
do Albert Watklns. I) Iwt Mh and 10th,
do Win At Ionaid, E bet 0th and 10th.
Jo K R Outhrle, UTth and N.
do J E Rd, M I), K bet 10th and Kth,
do I. O .M DaldHln. O bet ISth and 18tu.
bhdltarium building at Illrord. Neb,
Flrrt Baptist church, Kth und K streets.
ortuary olm Jul ani recelrluj .tomb at Wyuka
ceaieterr.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF THE ART OF
8UN PICTURE MAKING.
Ofllco
Rooms 33 and 34
Kiohards Bloolc
Lonlt Janpic Mnude Daguerre Joseph
Nlrepliorc Nlcc Many Uxperliiioutcira
llefora Them Curious Storlrt About
Anrlrnt I'lcturt's Mndo by Sunlight.
8hcUI PorreHpondenco.
New York, July 11. The present
year Is being celebrated aa n RCtnl-ccn-tennry
nftor it fashion thnt Is, in sov
ernl Klut. rather ri'tnnrknblo. Tho eel
ebrntlon la not conllned to nny ono coun
try, but is scnttorud nil over tho globo;
It Is not limited to nny narrow Ixnmda of
specific ditto, but linn spread over nt least
the first half of the year; hundreds of
thousands of (htsoiis nrc tho colbhrcnts,
nnd yet, outside tho devotees of n partic
ular branch of M-lentllle art, tho public
knows very little of what U going on in
this world wido ilonionstrutloii.
This is the ocml-contounry )car of tho
discovery of tho nrt of milking pictures
by sunlight. It Is also tho centenary of
tho birth of LouN JuciUch Mnudo Da
guerro, the dlscoverur of that nrt. These
considerations have aroused tho enthusi
asm not only of tho enormous regular
nnny of knights of tho camera, tho pro
fessional photographers, but of tho yet
tnoro vrM multititdo of amateurs, whose
joy nnd pride In their beloved nrt finds
delighted expression this year in ait infill
Itudo of papers, which thoy road to each
other, and experiences which thoy mu
tually nnrrutn in all languages, nnd ap
propriate resolutions without number.
To give solidity nnd permauencotothoir
memories of tho glorious occasion, the
Photographers' Association of America
liavo prepared splendid "jubllco medals"
In gold and Bilvcr, bearing a head of Da-
guerre in relievo, which will bo distrib
uted among them nt their annual con
vention in Boston, in August.
Tito nrt crystallized Into a practicality
by Daguorro had been the dream of
many men before him, and there wore
not wanting legends of its meusurable
accomplishment iu strange ways by
others. It is recorded that ono La Roche,
hundreds of years ago, did put into a
bowl eoino solution tho secret of which
was known to him alone, tho which when
steadily gazed upon by any ono would
congeal, retaining In its depths a visiblo,
clear nnd perfect picturo of tho gazer,
If La Itocho over did anything of tho
sort he wns in all probability piously
burned as ono in league with tho foul
fiend, but tho chances aro that ho nover
did. Another of tho historical myths in
this connection is thnt 11. Charles, a
Frcnchtunu. did in 1700 possess some
process by which sunlight producod por
traits in a dark Impression upon a pre
pared surface. The yogcos of India
liavo from time immemorial claimed tho
power to produce pictures by occult
means out of the "astral current," or
ether, nnd to fix them iwrmnnently upon
material surfaces by sheer forco of will;
but ono has to have quite a robust faith
to bellovo it. In 1802 Thomas Wcdgo
wood published in the journal of tho
Royal institute of England "nn account
of a method of copying paintings upon
glass and of making profile by tho agen
cy of light upon nitrate of silver, with
observations by II. Davy.' That was
tho first recorded attempt to produce
images by tho decomposing powers of
light.
In 181-1 Joseph Nlcephure Niepco, of
Cholons-sur-Saone, France, entered upon
a series of interesting nnd important ex
periments on tho chemical action of light,
particularly with referenco to its ptop
crty of altering tho solubility of ninny
resinous substances. Ills object wns the
fixing of the images of the camera ob
scurn. Ten years later M. Daguorro,
then a sccno painter with M. Degottl, at
tho Grand Opera in Paris, entered upon
a similar courso of experiment. IIo used
paper impregnated with a solution of the
nitrato or chloride of silver, but failed to
attain an encouraging degree of success
in that direction. Then ho turned his
attention to working upon polished me
tallic plates, upon which ho did better,
but made slow progress, owing to tho
seeming impossibility of fixing with any
permanency tho images lie obtained.
Niepco meanwhile had discovered a pro
cess by which using asphalto as a sensi
tive material on a basis of copper ho got
pictures Ho found it In 1810, called it
"hellography" and worked nt it up to
tho timo of his death, in 1833, without
over being nblo to dovclop it into a tiling
of any practical value. It was uncer
tain and altogether too slow, requiring
from six to eight hours of exposure, oven
with good sunlight. IIo hoped to make
it of uso in producing etchings, nnd iu
1827 put bofore tho Royal society, of,
London, sovcral pictures on metal plates,
iu tho state of advanced etchings, tho
etching of which hail been effected by
acid subsequent to that part of tho pro
cess in which light had laid baro certain
portions of the resin covered plate.
Daguerro, as early as 1820, becamo ac
quainted with Niepco and made over
tures for joint experimental work, but
was re poll oil coldly, ami it was not until
1827 thnt cordial relations were estab
lished between them, and not until 1820
that thoy formed a coalition for joint ex
periment and mutual interest in their re
spective discoveries. When Niopco died,
in 1833, his son, M. Isidore Niepco, took
his place in a continued arrangement
with M. Daguerro for conjoined interest
in tho results of their continued experi
ments. It docs not appear that the
younger Niepco discovered anything,
though it is posslblo that his researches
among materials may have been of valu
able aid to Daguerro. Notwithstanding
all their years of patient experimenting
and study, they failed to attain what it
seemed tho ironical humor of nuturo to
at length reveal to Daguerro by nn ap
parent accident. A silvered pl.ito, sensi
tized with iodine, when properly exposed,
showod on its turfuco no sign of an
Imago. Why It did not was not appa
rent; but it was a failure, one of tho
many, nnd as such was carelessly put
aside in a cupboard, where It remained
over night
When brought out tho next morning
to bo polished up nnd tried over again, It
bore to M. Dnguerro's great astonish
ment n distinct nnd perfect picturo, tho
best ho had ever got. Searching for tho
cnuso of this development, he found it
to bo an open dish of mercury, in tho
cupboard, which had tniulu n deposit on
tho Iodized silver In oxnet proportion to
tho Intensity of tho light by which each
part of the plato had been affected. Na
ture had given up tho key to another of
her mysteries, From thnt hint It was
but a short step for tho experimenter to
hasten the process by exposing his plates
thereafter to the fumes from n dish of
warm mercury nnd so nchlovo success.
That wns lato in 1833. Dy tho closo of
Jnnttary, 1830, Daguerro deemed his pro
cess (verfected and brought It to tho
knowledgo of tho eminent scientist, AL
Arngo.
From tho first It was doomed that tho
discovery was so grand n ono thnt it
should bo given to tho world; and tho
French government, to accomplish thnt
nobly liberal gift to humanity nnd nt tho
snmo timo In soma measure reward tho
discoverer, voted on Jtmo 10, 1830, a
pension of 0,000 francs nnnunlly to AL
Daguorro and 4,000 annually to AL
Niopco, one-half of thoso amounts to bo
continued to their respective widows, In
casoof their survival. What a beggarly
sum It now seems to hnvo bcou, viewed
In tho golden light of tho untold millions
gained by others from tho omploymout
of that art and Its developments! Still
it contented the gouorous inventor and
possibly looked much Inrgor then than it
docs now Atid then thcro wcro honors,
intangible rewards, but dear to French
men's henrts at least. Peoplo spoko very
well of both Daguorro nnd Niopco whllo
thoy lived, and long after thoy woro
dead statues woro raised to their mom
ory. Tho one commomorntlvo of Da
guerro was a bust put up at Cormoilles
(whero ho was born in 1780) by contri
butions from tho photographers of tho
civilized world in 1633. Niepco's was a
full length stntuo, erected by French
men at his birthplace, Clinlons-sur-Saono,
(n 1835.
Daguerro died iu 1851. A man named
August Orassart, who mado the plates
for his experiments, is Bald to bo still
alivo and resident In Naugatuck, Conn.
Tho peoplo of Paris went almost wild
over tho new process when it was mado
known, as it was on Aug, 10, 1830.
Everybody wanted to tako nun pictures.
Tho fover lasted about a year. Then ex
ceedingly fow continued tho attempt.
Tho great army of amateurs dropped it
as ono man. It was too difficult and un
certain for any but tho most patient and
persistent. Ono in Pnris wroto to a friend
in tlds country: "Do not nttempt it un
less, after making 100 failures, you aro
ready to go on and mnko COO tnoro." And
ho was right, In tho condition of tho nrt
at that time. And not only wns iuflnito
patienco demanded, but considerable
means. Tho silver coated copper plates
woro costly; tho polishing of them re
quired skilled labor, which was not cheap;
tho chemicals required wcro expensive.
And tho results wcro so disproportionate!
Gradually, howover, improvements wero
made.
Sir Jolm Hcrschcl, as soon ns tho pro
cess was mndo known, pointed out that
hyposulphite of soda would bo better
than a strong solution of chloride of eo
diutn for washing away tho iodido of
silver that had not been acted upon by
the light. AL Firzcau discovered a
means, by tho uso of chlorldo of gold,
for making permanent tho pictures that
previously wero too apt to tarnish nnd
dctcriornto. AL Goddard, of London, in
18-10, found nn improvement iu putting
bromide of silver, in addition to tho
Iodido of silver, upon tho plato. In 1841
AL Claudct used chlorino vapor to in
crease the sensitiveness of tho pinto,
thereby materially shortening tho timo
necessary for exposure, bringing it from
five minutes down to ono mlnuto.
And iu all this progress American
scientists wcro keeping well to tho front.
Professor Alorso, tho inventor of tho tele
graph, set up in Ids room in tho old uni
versity building on Washington Square,
Now York, in 1830 tho lirst daguerreotype
apparatus in tho United States, and with
Professor John W. Draper mado tho first
portrait of a human face produced by
the process, which up to that timo had
only been successful in picturing statues
and other things that had to keep still
any desired length of time. Professor
Draper's wifo was their first victim. The
appellation of "victim" is justly applied,
for tho sitter's faco was covered with a
whito powder and shohndtosit in strong
sunlight, motionless, for half nn hour!
To modify tho painful effect of tho glare
of light Professor Draper filtered out
most of tho heat rays from tho sunshine
poured upon tho sitter by causing It to
pass through n glass tank containing a
clear bluo liquid but tho process could
hardly liavo been pleasurable- to tho vic
tim even then. It was not long, how
over, before thoy got tho timo of exposure
cut down to flvo minutes, then to four,
three, and finally ono. At that point it
was a practical thing for popular uso in
making (lortraits.
So much bettor was tho work dono by
tho American dagucrreotypcrs than that
produced iu Europo, thut over thcro Its
superiority was affirmed to bo duo to
"tho greater brilliancy of tho American
atmosphere," and thut was insisted upon
until some of tho American artists went
over there nnd beat tho Europeans on
their own ground. But for a long timo
the process continued to bo a btupendous
and amazing mystery to tho general pub
lic. Among tho crowds always staring
at tho exposed sample pictured at tho
daguorrcotypor's door, one would ex
plain: "You look in tho muchino and
tho picturo comes if you look long
enough." Another would say: "It U
not so much tho looking, but tho sun
burns it in when you look." And a
third: "It is not so much tho looking,
but tho plato itself is a looking glass,
and if you sit in front of it loug
enough your shadow sticks on tho
plato." And tho "dark room," whero
tho developing was done, provoked
many a row through sitters resent
ing tuo supposed suspicion of tho artist
that thoy wonted to steal his art, wlion
ho declined to leave the door btandlng
open that thoy might boo him nt work.
J II. Connelly,
Capital City Courier,
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