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TRICKS Or PHOTOGRAPHY.
Ae.ar Bay ll.u wl Wat. a Yoa Have
tteea Oaljr the IMrlara.
The wonderful stridu made bv nlio
lotfrsphv during the List few vein
have not only enabled men to achieve
great wing Djr IU aid. but it ha also,
unfortunately, aasbtod other to Ue
celveand defraud their fellow -erea
turea say Tld-BiU. Photoirranhv a.
IbU the forger In o cloudy imitating
Dan it note a to deceive the most ex
perienced; but tt also aUu tbe scien
tuta to detect these forgeries, and In
oine caaea haa aided jusllco to dis
cover tne offender.
An amusing case appeared tome
me ago in one of the law courts. It
wa a dispute between two oumona
about a wall The plaintiff complainod
that the defendant' wail obstructed
the light to which he had a right
Defendant denied the charge. The
most amusing part of the case, how
ever waa when the complainant hand
ed tbe judge some photographs of the
ODsiructtng wall and the judge ob
served thai it waa evident from them
that the wall certainly did obstruct
the light and waa apparently of un
necessary weight and size. Then up
rose the counsol for the defendant,
and. with a smile, handed to the learned
judge his photographs of the same
wan- ine learned lud?e was Der.
piexea, and woll he might ba In the
Brst set of photographs the wall was
of Immense size, towering above all
the windows: in the second however
it was of Lilliputian dimensions a
most insignificant thing, unworthy any
dispute.
By photosrraphinir three Dorsons ar
ranged between two mirrors placed In
a position thus V. a photograph will
be produced of thousands and thou
sands of persons crowded close to
gether. Spirit photography is another
form of deception, l'hotographs are
made of a sitter with a figure leaning
over him. The ficure retires when
the exposure Is half over, and thus
has a misty, weird appearance In the
picture. By composite Dhotoirranhv
almost anything can be dona This is
accomplished by cutting out different
parts of several photoeraoha arrang
ing them together, and rephotograph-
mg mem.
Now these different effects can all
be broueht about bv usin? lenses of
different angles that is to say, lenses
wnich collect and throw a more or
less amount of view on a plate of
(riven dimensions. A wide-ancle lens
is one that includes a lot of view in a
picture, and as the ancle Is alone wav
different to that of the human eye the
picture in no way gives a correct
representation of the scena
Header should beware of house
agents' photographs of the houses and
property they have for disposal. They
are nearly all taken with a wide-angle
lens. With such an instrument It is
possible to make a small London back
garden resemble a large open park.
The reason is that it causes all ob
jects near at hand to appear very
large, and those a little distance awav
to recede far away in the background.
ine writer bad in his possession a
photograph of a man playing chess
with himself and looking on at the
gama There were, of coursa three
figures in the picture, but all of the
same person in different nositions.
The writer used to do something
similar to this when making long
panoramic views. A little slit runs
along the sensitive plate and makes
the exposure and it is quite possible
to include tne same person in the
picture in a dozen different daces and
in different attitudes.
The society lady when she coos to
her photographer would be horrified
if she were to see her portrait as it is
first produced by photography. The
negative is. however, placed in the
hands of the retouching artist, whose
duty it is to take out all the wrinkles.
spots, and blotches in the face, make
tne moutn a little smaller, the eyes
brighter, and perhaps tbe eyebrows a
bit darker, and the nose a bit shorter.
Large lumps are then earned out of
tne waist and tne figure otherwise
improved. When the finished por
trait Is handed over to her ladyship
she is charmed with it Perhaps the
appearance is not exactly the same as
that shown by her lookinsr-?lasa, but
she consoles herself with the reflec
tion that photography cannot lie oh,
dear, no; impossible.
A Wonderful Operation
Professor Benedict one of the
great lights of the medical science at
the University of Vienna, had a pa
tient suffering from epileptic fits.
These fits, he had observed, began
always with spasmodio twichings of
the right side of the face, from which
part the spasms would spread to the
arm, the shoulder, and soon over the ,
body. From this fact the professor '.
inferred that the seat of the disease
was at the root of the facial nerves.
He took the patient to the operating
rooms of the famous Professor Billroth.
There the skull of the patient was cut
open, the affected parts of the brain
were examined, and such parts as ap
peared morbid were removed. The
wound healed rapidly and the patient
has had no fits since.
Her Tender Heart,
"Oh, I am too tender-hearted to
kill a mouse, " said the little, blue
eyed woman. ! just drop them out
of the window." And then everv
man In the room felt a sort of tender
thrill under his vest with the ex
ception of the fellow who had hap
pened to remember that she lived in
fourth-story flat Indianapolis
Journal
The modern Name For It.
That's rather a tricky fellow to
whom you introduced ma"
Tricky
Yes, tricky. He has worked off
some Pennsylvania oil well shares on
to me that are absolutely worthless."
lrick-y! Ihat's not a tricky man.
That's business sagacity." New York
Press.
DIRT ROADS.
Tha Moat latpurlaat IM la IU Mala
Iwum la Ilralaaa-e.
By this term Is meant those roads
which are formed of the natural soil
found In the lino of the roadway.
They are so common as to be almost
our only roads ouuide of town and
city limits, and will for many year
be used largely in country districts,
and especially on the line of crows
roads which connect the main high
ways. Dirt road, at their best are
greatly inferior to Macadam and Tel
ford roads In every eonlial of a good
highway; In durability, cost of main
tenance, drainage, tractive qualities,
and. In many locations. In point of
economy also. But the dirt road is
here, and tho publio hand must be di
rected to its treatment The first and
most important thing neces.arv for
the maintenance of a dirt road may be
stated in a single word drainage. It
Is tbe one thing that can neither be
dispensed with nor noglected. Most
dirt Is soluble, and is easily displaced
under the softening influence of rain,
and this process is hastened in the
dirt road by the passing of heavy
wagons over tbe wet surface. On
every mile of roadway within the Un
ited Slates there falls each vear an
average of 27.000 tons of water a
V. . II .19 at I a a.
uoiivy, umpiu nuiu, always directing
itself to the nearest outlet anil ...air
ing the lowest level Water is hard
vo connne and easy to release, and yet
throutrh sheer neglect of the al
principles of drainage, water is the
most active destroyer of our country
roads.
In providing for the drain hit nf a
dirt road we should first consider the
material of whioh theroadwav la nm.
posed. writes Isaao B. Potter in the
a 1 a m a
veniury. 11 a neavy. viscous clay
predominates, tho ordinary side
dltchos should be of good depth, and
will even then, in manv rnnna ha in
adequate for thorough drainage with-
... .1 i i : . i . . ...
um mo uuuiuun 01 a center-drain
running mid
' uinuyi
with, the side-ditches. The center
drain should of course be filled with
loose irregular bouldara rnhhia.
stones, brokon bricks and similar fill-
ing. covering a lino of tiles or fascines
at the bottom, and ahnnM K,
nected with the side ditches by cross-
orains carrying the water outward
from the center drain at nrnnor ini,K.
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vais aiong toe lengtn or the roadway.
Center-drains, though often greatly
necueu ior me improvement or coun
try roads, are not in common iiBa.
nioy aao somewnat to toe cost of the
roadway, but in most cun. m..
1.. .a
iderably more to its value, and should
V i j i i .
ue empioyeu in an situations where
sanu or travel cannot ba hi in .
lieve the heaviness and water-holding
properties oi toe oiay. if gravel,
sand, or other porous material can be
conveniently or cheaply obtainod. the
center and cross-drains mnv nftun ho
J V. vwu W
dispensed with by mixing the gravel
or sand In plentiful quantities with
me ciay roaoway, so as to lnsuro as
Deariv as oossmie a nnrnna nnri ..if
draining surfaoe-layer, which should
not be less than ten inches in innth
and should be laid on the rounded or
sloped subsoil so as to insure easy
drainage into the side-ditches.
In locations where the prevailing
material is of a loose, sandy natura
the difficulties of drainage
easily overcoraa and side ditches, if
iouno necessary at all may be made
oi inuuuraie uepm and left open,
without Incurring the risks and dan
cers of travel that prevail
deeper open ditches are uand tv
draining heavier soils. But on the
other hand, the light and shifting
nature of sandv road mitnrli.l .w
troys Its value as a surface layer for
an earin roaaway, and its deficiency
in this respect is most easilv rma
died by the addition of a stronger
and more tenacious substanca such
as stiff clav. When nixed with anA
In proper proportions (which in each
case aepena upon tne nature of the
clav and sand used and whlr-h no
best be determined by experiment),
this composition affords many ad
vantages which make it superior to a
roadway composed of either sand or
clay when used alona The sand
serves to quicken the drainage and to
destroy the stickv. tenacious mmiitina
of the clay, while the clay supplies
the quality of cohesion in the sub
stance of tbe road surface, counter
acting the shifting aualitin nf tha
sand, and making the roadway more
easily pacited and rolled, and more
likely to retain its proper irrade and
slopa
A Purely Parisian Story.
A story is reported from Paris
which could not have come from any
other country than Franca About a
dozen years ago an old fellow known
as Pere Maupy, who had contrived to
scrape together a few hundred francs.
In vest ad them in a patch of cround on
tbe heights of Montmartre, where he
built a number of huts for the accom
modation of ragpickers. Tho "Cite
Maupy" became a great settlement
and Pere Maupy himself figured in
novels and pictures, and occasionally
at the police oftica He was not very
popular with his tenants. He fixed
his rents, would not abate tho figure
and employed vigorous methods to se
cure his money. His wife was a great
help to him In the proceedings. Maupy
died a few days ago, and his tenantry,
who mustered at his funeral, behaved
with most unseemly hilarity, where
upon the widow, to avenge this Insult
to the memory of the departed, evicted
them in a body. Then she retired to
her solitary cabin where she commit
ted suicide by means of charcoal, after
writing a will in which she directed
that no ragpicker should be permit,
ted to attend her burial. New York
Post
Killed Himself.
A remarkable case is that of a man
who was stabbed In the heart That
Organ was punctured, but yet he lived
and would have recovered had he not
become Intoxicated before the wound
had entirely healed.
HER INOENIOUS SCHEME.
A Mary That lllaalraiaa laa aaaaalllaa of
Ufa la Mai.
The boy lo the ond flat haa
friends, and he and his frtands make
o much noise that they keep the
baby in the first flat awake. Conse
quently the mother of the baby In tha
first flat made complaint to the people
In the second flat and, that availing
nothing, ttudiod deeply to devise
tome way of stopping the racket
And as Hhe debated with herself
there was a rattle above her head as
some one rang the door bell of the
second flat and looking up, she saw
that tbe door bell wire ran through
the corner of the room she was In.
There was a look of triumph on her
face as she got out a citno with a
curved handle and sat down to await
development.
The next time that the boy above
tried to jump over the dining room
table she booked the cane on the wire
and gave It a jerk, relates the Chicago
Tribune. 1 be noise ceased and some
man came down to tho door. There
was evidently a consultation when he
went back and it was fully ten min
utes before the boy and bis friends
started in for a game of 'tag." When
they did the little woman in the flat
below gave the cane another jerk and
there was another trip to the door.
The people In the second flat seemed
to be troubled when the man came
back and. after a council of war, he
crept quietly down the stairs again
and waited just Inside the door, while
the others too it positions at the top of
the stairs, where they could see the
fun. Ian or fifteen minutes tired
them all and, with the remark, "WelL
I guess those kids are not coming
back, " he started up the stairs. At
he did so, the boy's spirits overcame
him again, and he gave a war whoop
and tried to turn a handspring.
Tbe little woman In the flat bolow
promptly jerked the cane again, the
boll tinkled and tbe man on tbe stairs
rushed down, threw the door open
and chased a boy who happened to
be passing half a block.
"Iguoss that'll settle It "he said,
when he returned, all out of breath.
Td have licked that boy if I could
have caught him."
Ought to have jumpod on him
with both foot!" said tbe boy who had
made the noise, and as be tried to
illustrate his remarks the little woman
in the flat below pulled on the cane
again.
There was a wild scramble down
the stairs, and two men started around
the block in different directions.
When they came back one of them
rapped on the door of the little wo
man's flat
"I beg your pardon," he said cour
teously. "Have you noticed anything
wrong around here to-night?"
"Why. yen" she returned pleas
antly, "the door bell "
"Do you know who's doing It?" he
interrupted.
'The boy upstairs," she replied.
He plays football or something and
shakes the house so that be rings all
tho bells, in addition to waking up
my baby."
Tbe boy isn't so noisy now.
DISTANT VISION.
Inatances of the I'hrnumena Recorded
by the Youth's Companion.
Owing to Its varying and irregular
rofraction the atmosphere sometimes
plays strange tricks. Everyone is fa
miliar with the phenomenon known
as mirage, in which landscapes and
objects to distant to be seen under
ordinary circumstances are brought
into view and sometimes appear as if
suspended in the air before the aston
ished spectator. Unusual clearness
of the atmosphere la a condition not
unlikely to be accompanied by such
effects. During last summer several
remarkable instances occurred of the
visibility of very distant objects, due
to a peculiar condition of the air.
In July the atmosphere over the
Mediterranean sea was uncommonly
clear, and on two days In that month
inhabitants of Malta and (Jozo, stand
ing on the shores of their islands,
were able to see the cliffs on tho
coast of Sicily and the great cone of
Mount Etna clearly outlined against
the blue sky, although the distance is
more than 100 miles, and ordinarily
the objects named are completely in
vislbla Owing to the peculiar re
tractive effect of the air, Sicily
appeared at Malta to be lifted up into
sight from behind the horizon.
Another instance In which atmos
pheric refraction probably played an
important part is furnished by the
experience of Captain Ingraham of
the steamship Penobscot plying on
the coat of Maina
One night last smmer the captain
was able to see simultaneously the
lights on Thatcher's island, the Isle of
Shoals, Boone island. York harbor,
Cape Elizabeth. Seguin island and
Monbegan. The distance from
Thatcher's Island to Monbegan is
eighty-seven miles. It is said that
this is only tho second time on record
that all these lights have been seen
at once.
Oldest Pieces of Iron In the World.
The oldest pieces of wrought-iron
now known to exist are the sickle
blade found by Bolzoni under the base
of a sphinx in Karnnc, near Thebes;
the blade found by Colonel Vyse im
bedded in the mortar of the (iroat
Pyramid, and a portion of a cross-cut
saw exhumed at Nimrod by Mr. Lay
ard all of which are now in the Brit
ish museum. A wrought bar of Dam
ascus steel was presented by King
Portus to Alexander the Gvant This
relic of unknown antiquity is still pre
served at Constantinopla The Hin
doos appear to have made wrought
iron directly from the ore, without
passing it through the furnace, an art
now lost Elaborate iron pillars made
by that system are still seen in India,
some of them dating from ten cen
turies before the opening of tha
Christian era.
PLORIOA FRUITS.
saae IJItle Keeatarltletaat risartah
mm law fealaeala.
Honda is notably the land of
flower, but It Is quite a truly a land
of fruit, and northern visitors are
always agreeably aurprUud at tha
number and great variety of tropical
product which ran be grown uoa
tbe warm southern peninsula of this
state. From it very nature tba
orange rank Hint among tbe fruit of
tbe south, but many other member
of tho citru family are bocoming as
favorably known aa the orange, saya
a l-ort Meyer corrpondinl of tha
New York Evening Poxt Ibe grape
fruit and shaddock sell rapidly In
northern markets, although five year
ago they were allowed to rot upon tha
trees, Many people use the words
shaddock and grape-fruit Interchange
ably, but the former 1 much larger,
often weighing from throe to four
pounds. The shaddocks yield a coarse
food, which i of very little una but
the trees make fine ornamental piece
for the lawn and garden. Tho tree
originally came from China and Japan,
and was brought to the West Indie
by one Captain Shaddock, from whom
the name waa taken. There are said
to be upward of forty distinct varie
ties of the fruit In Florida; soma
kind are preservod tho same as cit
rons. The shaddocks are sometimes called
pom pel mouse or poinollow, while tha
grape-fruit a near relative goo by
the name of pomelo. This fruit 1
preferred by many to the orange, and
tha tree are largor and more prolific
The fruit 1 large and juicy, contain
ing an agreeable and healthful acid.
A twig no larger than the little finger
will sometime produco four or five
large grape-fruita, and a compara
tively small tree will produce as
many as 000 In a sonson. Thoy ara
picked, sized and packed nearly tba
same a oranges, and In tho cities
they retail at from 5 to 15 cents
apleca A fine grape-fruit trco will
thus yield more profit than an orange
trea but nearly all of them wera
originally planted simply for orna
mental purposes. Until very recent
ly there has been no systematlo at
tempt to cultivate and market tha
grape-fruit but with the increasod
demand for It la rapidly oomlng to tho
front
The citrons of Florida are as fine as
any of thole imported from China,
Persia or the warmer ports of Spain
and Italy. The citron shrubs have
boon growing luxuriantly In tho gar
dens for many years for ornament and
a few of the best fruits have boen pre
served for home usa Beyond this,
however, the citrons have not been
properly appreciated In the south.
The citron plant belongs, with tha
lime, orange and lemoa to the citrus
family, and It is a shrub that attains
a height of about six foot The yel
low fruit are almost as large as
pumpkins, with a thick, deeply fur
rowed skin. In fact the skin consti
tute nearly two-thirds of the fruit
and when this Is cut up It makes ex
cellent preserves. The Inside of tha
outer skin is preserved in sugar while
the rind itsolf yields perfumes the
oil of cedar and oil of citron. In tha
oriental countries these perfumes ara
highly valued, and are extensively
used. In Florida the citrons are used
for perfumery sometimes in the raw
state, and when kept in the house
they are very fragrant and scent a
whole room. The citron shrubs ara
very tender, and they can be grown
only in the southern tier of counties.
SUDDEN PROMOTION.
donors Throat Upon Htm By Force of
Arms.
In the latter half of the sixteenth
century tbe little province of Transyl
vania was in a state of revolution and
consequent disorder. Finally there
came a time when there was no ruler,
and the Turkish Sultan sent word to
All Pasha, then at Maros Vasarhely,
that come what might a prince of
Transylvania must be elected. All
Pasha was in a quandary. He stood
at his window, as the story runs, med
itating upon his sovereign's com
mands, not knowing what to do, and
yet afraid to do nothing, when he
saw a tall, strong man crossing tha
market place.
At that time, and especially In that
country, a strong arm was tha best
patent of nobility. At home All
Pasha had seen the lowest slave lifted
to places of power. He sent a mes
senger Into the market place with
orders to bring the tall strong man
into his prosenca The order was
obeyed, and as tbe stranger entered
he was greeted with the words, "You
must be prince of Transylvania!"
"1!" exclaimed the astonished
prince-elect "I! i know nothing
about government! I can't read or
write! I am a butcher!"
No matter for that" said Ali
Pasha; "a man may be an excellent
regent though he can not read."
But the butcher was not ambitious,
and still resisted.
If you want a man as prince of
Transylvania," he said, "I can tell
you of one who has no equal. If you
will let us go and find him. I will
lead you."
With 500 Turkish horsemen All
Pasha and the butcher rode to Malm
krog and surrounded the castle of
Michael Apaffl. whom thoy hailed at
once as princo, carried to Maros
Vasarhely, and proclaimed as regent.
This was in 16G1, states the Youth's
Companion, and tho prince thus
chosen remained in power until his
death in 1690. ,
Hla mteery Prompted It.
Mr. Madison Square (with a cold in
his head) Can you see anything
about me that reminds you of Niagara
Falls? Kershaw! Kershaw!
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