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- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1900. ADVERTISEMENTS. THIS BOTTLE il i of i i (i Electrozone IN A CONCENTRATED FORM GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE FOR THE REMOVAL OF DISEASE Drugs or Alcohol for Healing the Sick by Removing the Cause DESTROYS | BACTERIA, MICROBE, ANIMALCULE | or Parasite Lite. which | Cause Fermentation, Decay and Death, PREPARED BY ELECTROZGNE MF'G CO. ‘: New York. Chicago. San Francisco. THE .. Disease. ontzins 48 doses of the great ELECTROZONE, which is curing Bla es. Price $1 a bottle. drug stores. San Francisco. as Send for pamphlet. Don’t forget. people of the most aggravated cases of Kheumatism, Kidney dder Ailment, Stomach Trouble, Catarrh and all Blood Cet ELECTROZONE this day. ELECTROZONE MFG. ELECTROZONE BLOOD. FOR THE AMUEEMENTS. 1 BEGRES 3y and Sunday. CROWDED. HOUR. | “0U0 VADIS” PRICES—15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50c. | Matineg Sat‘u‘rd DAYS IN ADVANCE. Every Night, A Comedy | Bill of “A Bachelor's Romance. | Two NOTE.—Cl mitted to'a including Sunday—Matinee Eat. | Sl s t /(7/5,&&'/‘:./ HOUSE, A Palpabie Hit! An Unqualified Success MR. JAS. NEILL s Incomparable NEILL MPANY, Present TRy 4 ue Lavish Scenic Mounting: EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK. —REMEMBER— iren under 7 years of ags not ad- 1 performances. [Wm. H. West’s BiG A FEW OF THE | | BIG Minstrel HA Unsur- HiTsS. | . mant, ene sicebaat | . PR Camx Jubilee ! : Excellence. RE PR : ST WEBK OF == 4 A N GREAT FIRST PART! KEN BROS. | 70 = s G‘UILLE ELLES—3. |Special Feature—The Reserved Sea Balcony, 10 Opera RODGERS. Spectacular Chaire Reats, Boc. | HARGE OF - e | SAN JUAN HILL." - A SEPECIAL PRICES-2 35¢, 60c, T6e, 31 122-124 O'FARRELL ST. in America. " Hall | City. ! NEW BILL TO-NIGHT. HINRICHS' SUPERB OR- RA « AVALLERTA RUSTICANA." bc— ADMISSION—10¢ WESTERN TURF ASSOCIATION. TANFORAN PARK. ETING. April § to 21, inclusive. |4 & races every week day, 1:30 p. m. f America. Pa- oad cars into a. m. and 12:15, 12:35, 12:50 turning immediately = after | m ts In rear cars re- their escorts. No smok- i minutes later. ¥ Stations—Arrive at San Leave San Bruno at 4:00 neisco to Tanforan and re- ission to track, $1.25. MARTIN, President. Recretary and Manager. F. H. GREEN. GRAND TO-NIGHT A Richard Walton *'James Wobberts, 1,5.S. Boston,” Characters by Students of the University of Popular P OPERA HOUSE 22, D TO-MORROW NIGHT. MMENS Tully's PHONE MAT THE Successful Farce, California. DAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS and DAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. Y 100 STUDENTS NEXT, April 15—Our za Company in Hender- o AN ARABIAN GIRL.” USUAL POPULAR PRICES, — rved seat at icket Offi ravagan: ot *TIVOLI* PRONOUNCED ARTISTIC, A MUSICAL SUCCESS!! Balfe’s Beautiful Ballad Opera, TEE BOHENIAN GIRL EVERY EVENING. MATINEE SATURDAY. EPECIAL!!-NEXT WEEK—SPECIAL!! Frank Daniels' Great Comie Opera, “THE WIZARD OF THE NILE" rices - - 25¢ and 50c. Telephone, Bush 5. . THE WEEKLY CALL ENLARGED TO 16 PAGES. $1.00 PER YEAR. ZOoONOH = NEWS OF THE OCEAN AND THE WATER FRONT Cannery Fleet Keepinga Big Force of Men Busy on the Beach. | | | | | | Btrike Among the Sailor Fishermen Will Not Delay the Sailing of the Vessels for the Fish- ing Grounds. | ——— | The cannery fleet is being raptaly dis- | patched to Alaska and another week or €0 will see the rush of getting ready over. Just at present Howard street wharf is the busiest spot on the front because of the salmon fleet. Four vessels—the ships | Tacoma and Santa Clara, the bark B. P. [ e e e ok B S St S o 3 e ? ¢ - : 4 + '] P " i § S NTEL V! B B S e e e 3 Do eideieieieied Fitting Out there was a great deal of short libert: and both officers and men had a time. The battleship will probabl; main in port a month, after whicl may go north to Seattle. Robbed on the Sonoma. Y. Noda reported to the Harbor police esterday that while on his way from | Napa on the river steamer Sonoma he had been robbed of in checks. According | to the story told Sergeant Cullen by the | Japancse, the checks and some other val- | uables were in a valise which he intrusted to his servant. The servant went to sleep | and the satchel disappeared. The checks were_all on the Yokohama Specie Bank and Noda has stopped payment on them. Water Front Notes. The ex-auxiliary cruiser Badger s now alongside . the ogan at Folsom street wharf. When she went out of commission at the navy yard she was dismantled and | in that condition she was turned over to the army people. It will take some time | to get the fixtures from Mare Island, and | until they arrive little can be done toward fixing up the vessel. The transport Sheridan came over from quarantine )‘ea(erda¥ and anchored off | Folsom street wharf. She will not dock | until the Hancock goes out with the Phil- | ippine Commission, on the 15th inst. | "H. P. Lauritzon, late of the river steam er Mary Garratt, has been given com- mand of the Santa Fe's new ferry steamer Ocean Wawe. The Ocean Wave will go into commission on May 1. Reinsurance on the British ship Annie | Thomas has now advanced to 93 per cent. | The vessel is now out 25 days from Car- aiff for Acapulco with a cargo of coal. Thomas Anderson, the driver of a coal | wagon, received a pecullar infury on Beale | street wharf yesterday. He was driving under a sign, and raising his head sud- denly was cnu{ht in the back of the neck | By ‘the plece of wood. When taken to the Harbor Hospital he was found to have a | severe wound on the back of his head and | to be paralyzed from the shoulders down, Dr. Morrison sent him to the central hos- ital. lJWmlul'n Kutln% an _employe of the Thompson Bridge Company at Point Rich- mond, fell on an adze yesterday and near- ly bled to death before assistance came. s was brought to San Francisco in a launch and.sent to & private asylum. re- she She Gets Damages. A jury in Judge Hunt's court yesterday | found judgment in favor of Carrie E. Mii- ler and against Anais Hale for $5000 dam- ages for personal injuries. Plaintiff fell down the elevator shaft in the old Su- reme Court bullding, Larkin and McAl- ister streets, and sustalned serfous inju- the Cannery Fleet at Howard-Street Wharf, | AMERICAN FLEET FOR CAPE NOME ASTOUNDS EVARS He Gets a List Showing Over One Hundred Vessels to Enter Trade. Millions of Dollars Represented by Investments in Shipping Threat- ened by Plan for New Northern Sub-Port. St Special Government Agent Evans has ascertained that the opposition to the scheme of making Cape Nome a sub-port | of entry is very strong. Yesterday he re- ceived a list of vessels flying the Ameri- can flag, engaged in the Cape Nome trade and the Alaskan trade generally that rep- resented millions of dollars invested in the United States. Coupled with this list was a strong protest. A summary shows that | , there are 107 American vessels that will be engaged during the coming season. Of these the majority are steamers, so far as this port Is concerned; but the pre- ponderance of sailing vessels elsewhere makes the footings thus: Total number of American vessels engaged in the Alaskan trade from Pacific Coast ports, 107; steamers, 48; sall vessels, 59. From this port the following steamers are to go this year to Cape St. Paul, Portland, Rainier, Zea- Thrasher, Jeannie, San ohn 8. Kimball, Albton, Noyo, South Portland, Elthu Thompson, Aberdeen, Alexander, Morning Star, Senator, Willamette. The sailing_vessels from San Francisco for Cape Nome are twenty-one in number, Two steamers and two salling vessels will from this port to Kadiak and Una- Fanskl. Seattle has nineteen steamers and Pedro, Alcha, Sequola, . R I B S S = ] & [ s | Cheney and the steamer President—are all being fitted out there by the Alaska Pack- ation. ike of the fishermen-sailors will te the salling of the fleet to any & xtent, as the canneries can get all { the outside help they want. The sailors ship for the round trip at so much, say $75, and are allowed to fish while the ship id up and are given a fixed rate for | each salmon_caught. Now that sailors are rce they demand an extra sum | for each fish, but the cannery people re- fused to give it to them. A strike fol- lowed and there was some trouble in get- ting a crew for one of the ves: that is all over with now and the fitting out will sail on time. | _ Besides the vessels named, the ship Bo- hemia is fitting out at Spear street, the Selipse ar Clectra at Fremont, the In- | diana at Beale, the steamer Kadiak came | off the marine ways yesterday and will 1 during_the week, while the St. Nicho- is at Beale street. The entire fleet one of them will bring back less than $200, while the majority will earn between and $600 during the season. The Gracie S in a Gale. { The pllot boat Gracie S had a hard time of it In 9aturday’s blow and came in yes- terday considerably the worse for wear. During a particularly heavy squall the mainmast head carried away, a big sea broke aboard and did considerable dam- age besides nearly washing Pilot Free- | man overboard. Owing to the accident | the pilot boat had to come in and yes- | terday as she passed along the front she | looked like anything but the trim Gracie S that went out over the bar last week. Battleship Iowa in Port. The lowa returned from her cruise to | Ban Diego, Santa Barbara and Monterey | vesterday ‘morning and anchored off Foi- | som street wharf. While south the men | had some big gun practice and were given | will take north about 10,000 men, and not | ries. The jury found that the accident was due to the negligence of defendant employes and entered judgment accord- | ingly. ———— EMPLOYES RESTORED TO THE PAYROLL Board of Health Guards Against Pos- sibility of a Surplus in Its Appropriation. At a special meeting of the Board of Health vesterday morning resolutfons | were adopted restoring to the payroll | several employes of the department who have been working without salary for the past six weeks. It was found on investi- gation that there were sufficient funds in the appropriation to warrant such ac- tion and as a_result the following will | again_draw salaries from April 15 nex Health Officer O'Brie per mont! Secretary Brown, $IT: City Physiclan Morrissey, $150; Chemist Green, $150; As- sistant Chemist McQueen, $100; taxicolo- gist, $50; Bacteriologist Kellogg, $150. ———————— Everybody Invited | To the opening of the Boston Shoe Co. sale to-morrow, where 1000 pairs of ladles’ | fine kid tles worth $1 75 will be sold for 50 cents a palr at the Boston Shoe Co.’s, 775 | Market street. . — e————— United States Secret Service Changes. Robert 8. Browne, formerly chief of the United States Secret Service Bureau in this city and recently attached to the Los Angeles division, has been transferred from Los Angeles to this city and will re- | main here for several months. ~Assistant | | John F. Cronin of this city will take Mr. | Browne's place in Los Angeles. for Easter | W. M. SMITH, Agent —sl,bo a pair 200 Post Street AMUSEMENTS. CENTRAL PARK, & s TWO WEEKS, Beginning Saturday, April 14th, CEENTR.Y/IS ", Trained Animal Show! Larcer and_Grander than Ever. Twice Its former size. Three Hundred Elephants, Ponies, Monkeys and Dogs. GIving positively the most unique and novel exhibition ever witnessed under canvas. Representing the highest pos- sible development of animal intelligence. 75— 4 WONDERFUL ACTS—75. More startling and @itficult than ever performed by their human rototypes in the sawdust arena, The fad of he fashionables and an instructive show for old A most moral and refined enter- best. ex- hibition _on Admission—Children, 10c; Adults, 2c. Performance at 3 o'¢lock after- noon, 8:30 night. See Grand Parade at noon each’day. Show rain or shine. 25 Per Cent Saved On Your Next Suit by getting it made at Joe Pohelm'. Hundreds of samples of the newest and best materi- als of the season to select from. BUSINESS SUITS— $15.50 to $25. DRESSY, SUITS— 820 to JOE POHEIM, The Tailor, 1110-1112 Market street. 201-208 Montgomery street. | Co.; Alaska Transportation Company; H. | z published on the coast. thirty-five salling vessels going to Nome. In addition to the testimony taken at his office Agent Evans has sent out a circular | letter to shipping men to which they are returning answers. The shipping houses In this city engaged in the Cape Nome trade are the following: Alaska Commer- cial Company; Alaska Exploration Com- any; Pacific’Steam Whaling Compan: L R D & Co.; A. W. Beadle & Co.; Kimball Steamship = Company; Pioneer Steamship Company; Williams, Dimond & Liebes; W. E. Nesbitt; Nome Beach L. and T. Co.; H. W. Burke & Co.; Lewis Ander- son & Co.; James Neylan; H. J. Johnston. Independent Transportation Company: Pacific Coast Steamship Company. There are twenty lerge concerns and shipping houses at Seattle that will send steam ves- sels to Cape Nome this year. There are several new steamers to be put on the line, lmnns these being the steamers Rainifer and John 8. Kimball from this ort, the Centennial, G. W. Dickinson, obert Dollar and Santa Ana and the Nome City from Portland. 2mwmouflo - 4 The Easter number of The Call appears on Easter Sun- day, April 15, and will sur- passanything of the kind ever 44444+ 4444 SH 4444444444404 44440 PREPARING FOR SERVICE NORTH OF THE CIRCLE General Randall Getting Ready to Take Command of the Military in Alaska. Major Green, signal officer of this de- partment and soon to be signal officer of the Department of Alaska, has returned to his desk in this city after a trip to Seattle, where he has been spending a week in making preparations for his ser- vice in the far north. Seattle is allve with people, he says, and there is no talk but of the gold flelds at Nome. General Randall is getting everything ready for the summer at St. Michael, and by the 1st of May he ex- | pects to start the transport Rosecrans | to Port Valdez with men and supplies. She will return at once and by June i he hopes to be able to have her return to the Arctic circle with himself, his staff | and_his headquarters; also the garrison | for St. Michael and supplies enough to do for everybody. It is certain, too, that the | transport will make another trip with .upmfl% before the summer is over. Just how many of those who go up will re- main during_the winter is a question not yet discussed. The old camp of the volunteers next to the general hospital is all ready for the casuals. There are now encamped there all the casuals of the post, and before the week Is a_day older 225 more will come from the East with four officers of the line and a surgeon. The orders from ‘Washington are that all officers except Major Lockwood, who is in command of the casuals, shall go into tents, and as a consequence the casual officers are join- ing the men out on the old parade ground. Ko further news of the coming of th Thira Artillery headquarters has been re. celved at the Presidio, but that it is coming is not doubted. When that does | happen, Lieutenant Colonel Eskridge, present commandant of the post, will probably be assigned to duty as com- mandant of the casuals. —_—— A Feast of Music Combined with the feast for the “inner man, | both of which can be had at Zinkand's, make | it the most popular place in the city. g g High Chief Ranger Coming. G. A. McElfresh, high chief ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters, left his home in Los Angeles on Saturday on a tour of visitation north, and on the 17th inst. will be in this city, when he will visit all the local courts. Kodaks, Cameras, Films, Plates, Velox Paper, Solio Pler Trays, Printing Frames, Albums, developers and develop- ing at Sanborn & Vall's. 741 Market st. K the usual monthly drill. At Monterey TWENTY LESSONS IN FRENCH CONYERSATION (Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton.) SCTIREREE ) S <8 SRR —These lessons have been prepared for all's Home Study Circle by Professor Benno Kirschbaum of Philadeiphia. They are intended primarily for Americans who purpose attending the Paris Exposition. The lessons in- clude (1) common French words and phrases, (2) easy conversation and (3) simple reading | lessons. LESSON NO.8—HUITIEME LECON. A Few Useful Hints. 1 In former lessons we gave the student a brief outline of the article, 1. e., the defi~ nite article “‘the.” ant parts compl definite article “a” or “an,” and advise | the student to compare it with the defi- nite, making sentences with such nouns as he can remember. ‘The indefinite article * pressed as follows: Before any masculine noun in the singu. lar, un, as un frére, a brother; — frayr. Before any feminine noun in the singu lar, une, as une hotesse, a landlady; — oh-tes « by “de,” as The size of the house. Le grandeur de la maison. —— gron-duhr 3. If, however, de stands befors a vowel or “an” is ex. or h mute, it is rendered by 4’, as: of a | (or) an d’un or d'une; dung; doon. Memory Exercise. 1. Good-morning, sir. Bonjour, monsieur; — Good evening, madam. Bonsoir, madame; — swahr. Note.—The French do not say “good morn- ing"’ or ‘“‘good afternoon,” but always greet one another “bonjour’” (good day) or ‘‘bonsoir” (good evening). In leaving one another at a later hour after supper they say ‘bonne-nuit’” (good night); bohnn-nwee. 8. I thank you, I am well. Je vous remercie, je me ports blen. —— ruh-mair-see — Note.—Literally, “I carry myself well.” 4. How do you like the exposition? Comment trouvez-vous ['exposition? Kom-mong — i:een there? Have you Y avez-vous été? Ee — zettay. ‘When were you there? uand-y avez-vous 6té? — 5. 6. 7. Are you going there again? Y allez-vous encore? Ee — zonkore, 8. When? Quand? kong. The French “how do you do” is ex- pressed by “how do you go"—com- | ment-allez-vous—or “how "do you carry yourself”’—comment vous por-tay voo. 9. How is your family? Comment va famille? — fam-ee. nay noo vwar. 10. Come to see us; venez nous voir; ven- nay noo voar. 1L I will ses you later; A& tantdt; — taun-t £ 12. Good-by; au revoir; o reh-vwar, Au plaisir; o play-zeer. ‘Where is the barber shop? uis-je trouver le coiffeur? waf-fuhre ‘Where is the telegraph office? O est le bureau de télégraphe? — tay-lay-graf. Is the telephone in the building? Y a-t-1l un téléphonedans ce batiment? —— ee-ah-teel — 16. I thank you very much; merc! bien. 17. Do not mention it. 1l 0’y a pas de quoi. Eel nee-ah-pa-duh kwa, Note.—In French we do not say, ing,” but use the simple verb, “I walk which rule holds good for any verb in any per- son and number. The student must remember that in order to render a verb Interrogatively—that is, to ask a question—it becomes necessai to reverse the crder of the verb and pro- noun. Thus the verb is placed first and | the pronoun last, both joined with a hy- hen, as, Marché-je (walk I), meaning: o I walk? Note.—The student will find it the greatest possible stance to write and rewrite these verbs, as well as those which will be given in the following lessons, pronouncing them aloud and repeating them over and over again, until | he grows thoroughly familiar with them and their equivalent English meanings. Traverser; to cross: trah-ver-say. Arriver; to arrive; arr-eev-ay. Commander; to order; kom-man-day. Manger; to eat; mon-zjay. 18. Speak slowly, please. Parlez lentement, s'il vous plaft. — lant-mong — Pronounce the word. Prononcez le mot. Pro-non-say luh mo. Repeat it again. Répétex-le; ray-pay-tay luh. Say it once more. Encore une fois; on-kor ocon fwa. Do you understand me? Me comprenéz-vous? — I do not understand you. Je ne vous comprends pas; — I have made a mistake. J'ai fait une erreur. Zjay fay toon er-ruhr, 5. Which language do you sgnk" Quelle langue pariez-vous Kell long — 1. 20. 21 29, 23. 24. Is usually translated into French | portez-vous — | 26. I conyerse neither in German nor in French. Je ne parle ni francals ni allemand. — nee — nee —. ‘Whenever negations, such as pas (not) rien (nothing). jamais (never), are used | together with a verb, the word ne is re- quired. Ne can be used with verbs only, and must precede them, as: Je n'ai pas; I have not; — nay pah. Ne suis-fe pas? am I not? Nuh swee-zjuh pah. N'avais-je pas? had I not? nah-vay —, p:h, n'étals pas; I was not; — nuh-tay : — kah-d la pendul I kon time thus: euhr. Timepiece ; Note—The. s The former three o'clock and a half.” means literally “four o'clock and ten.” 39. Ten after 4; quatre heures dix. 40. Fifteen to six; six heures moins un ; mee-dee. 42. 12 p. m.; minuit; | 43 Twelve thirt | 4. Twelve thir minuit et demie (p._m.). -In speaking of time “douze is never used. It means “tweive hours.” 4. How much will it cost? Combien coftera-t-il? Kom-bee-yan Koo-tra-teel . When wiil it be ready? uand sera-t-elle préte? ong-s'rah-tell pret. To-morrow at 11 sharp. Demain & onze heures précts: —— zeuhr pray-seeze. . Without fail? Sans faute? Shall I send for {t? Faut-il I'envoyer chercher? —— share-shay. Give me your address. Donnez-moi votre adresse. Reading Lesson. The following is the proper translation | of the French exercise of last lesson. | The student will carefully compare the | same as far as he is able, noting the dif- ference in the construction of the two languages. It is advisable that each ex- ercise be corrected, copied and again com- . When all {s found to be perfectly | correct, read each phrase aloud and study | it by heart: (1) The horses of Normandy are the fin- sang fote. 50. est in Europe. (2) The climate of this country Is very mild. (3) It is milder in | our country. ~ (4 Many persons ) Th France to take the waters. on the other side of the stree is that house at the cormer? (7) Is that the Grand Opera-house? (3) The vegeta- | bles in France are very fine. (9) Is the | cooking in that restaurant good? _(10) Here they give excelient meals and at reasonable prices. (11) We are going to have rain. (12) Do you think it will be | fine to-morrow? (13) How is father- | In-law? Note—The most important rule in the division of syllables in French is that they | are divided between consonants and sei dom between vowels. When a consonant | stands between two vowels it belongs to the second syllable, and not to the fi A consonant followed b » never divided. Termination of verbs al- ways marks the beginning of another syl- lable. There are a few exceptions to the above rules, but of minor importance. As for the rest, it is much the same as in English. Vocabulary—Je ne puis pas; ° I cannot. R Tard; late. Américain; Americgn. sort; spring. Cassé; broken. clean. éparez same time. }how much? (or) how many? Compren- nent-ils? do they understand? A dit; has sald. En francais; in French. Mesdame ladies and gentleme De nos compatriot Comptez-vous it. et messieurs; coup; man: trymen of ours. expect? D'y aller; to visit often. Read and transiate Into English: Soixante - dix- (1) Quarante-et-uniéme. neuviéme. Cent soixant Quatre cent neuvidme. L’année mil neuf cents. vingt. (4) Quatre he Huit heures moins v t. puis pas beaucoup mar nous dinons toujours tard. de ma montre est cassé. I'phorioger américain? (10) réparez-la & la fois. (11) mandé 'adresse? (12) Combien de gues comprennent-ils? (13) Il a dit en francals: “Bonjour, mesdames et messieurs. (14 Il y a beaucoup de nos compatriotes a | I'exposition. (15) Comptez-vous y aller | souvent? | 'Note—The English translation of this ‘exnclse will be found In the following lesson, which will be published on next | Tuesaay: RECENT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. et Gty Note.—Thess papers on practical sclence have been prepared for The Call's Home Study Circle by Professor Willlam J. Hopkins of Drexel In- | titute. III. DARK LIGHTNING. Lightning appears to us in. various forms. It was recentlyclassified as follows: Forked or jagged lightning, branched lightning, heat lightning, sheet lightning, globular lightning, dark lightning. Forked lightning s the usual severe Kkind. Branched lightning intertwines and chases over the whole sky, forming an interlaced | network. Heat and sheet lightning are but the general {llumination of the cloud sheet from internal or distant discharges. Globular lightning is that peculiar and in- frequent phenomenon in which a ball of fire seems to move with comparative slow- ness or to roll about over the ground like & football. Persons are occasionally found who aver that they have dodged or jumped over these flery footballs, which then burst. What they are has not yet been determined, and there are not a few people who doubt their existence. Dark lightning—there is no such_ thing in na- ture as dark lightning. By the term “dark lightning” i{s meant a certain pe- culiar effect often produced upon a pho- tographic film by lightning discharges. The name is due to the fact that the pho- tographic image of a lightning flash, in- stead of being brighter than the surround- ing sky, is darker. This refers, of course, to the print, not to the negative. Photographs of Lightning. ‘Within the last ten years it has become more and more common to attempt to ob- tain photographs of lightning discharges. A great many good ones have been ob tained and they have led to the increase of our knowledge as to the behavior of lightning. For obvious resons these at- tempts are usually made at night. The camera is pointed in the direction of the storm, the lens uncovered and the slide drawn. Then, after the occurrence of one or more good flashes that plate is removed and a fresh one exposed. Multiple Flashes. Many instances might be given of the cccurrence of several flaskes side by side, sometimes as many as ten or fifteen, over exactl Y moved with sufficient rapidity, any se- vVere flash would produce an image some- what like this, because of its oscillatory haracter. If the camera is not moved, however, this camnot be the cause. The explanation is probably as follows: A sin- gle lightning discharge, in passing through the air, heats the air very tly thereby creates a path o eakness through which a second discharge can pass more easily. Moreover, in the severe ortion of the storm the wind is usuall: glnwing with high velocity. This heate: and weakenad streak in the air 1s thus carried bodily onward, with little or no distortion in_shape for several seconds, at least; and if the electrical action is powerful enough, successive disch: ‘will pass through the same portion of air, which has meanwhile moved onward, pos- sibly ten or fifteen feet. Such action will produce in the photograph the effect of a muitiple flash. Dark Lightning. In addition to the effect just mentioned, 1t is often noticed that there exist, on the same pnmafrnph. some white streaks, images of Ifghtning discharges of thé usual character, and one or more fainter streaks of the el ristic form, darker than the of the similar paths. If the camera were | and | did not depend upon any , | Possibly some | These dark streaks often appear to be | branches or offshoots of the bright flash. The differences in tone in such photo- Taphs are so slight that it is impossible, or reasons which will appear in a later paper, to reproduce them successtully in a newspaper. Distinctions which are per- fectly well marked on the negative would probably not show in the printed repro- duction. The Clayden Effect. The cause of these dark flashes was for some time obscure. A partial explanation | Jas given ten years ago by Professor Clayden of the Royal Albert College, Exe- ter. He observed that if a plate which had received the impression nfpa lightning flash or electric spark was subsequently slightly fogged, either by exposing it to feeble diffused light or leaving the lens of the camera open, the flash or develop- ment came out dark an the bacl ground. If, however, the fogging took lace before the image of the spark was mpressed the flash came out brighter | than the background. as in ordinary pie- tures of lightning. This is, therefore, not the usual effect of photographic reversal, in which a very iIntense light, in the latter part of its action, undoes the work which ‘was performed upon the fiim by the first part and blots out or completely reverses the image. The order in which the lights are used is important. | Wood’s Experiments. The matter has been taken up recently by Professor Wood of the University of | Wisconsin, to find the cause underlying | the action discovered by Clayden. He re- eated Clayden's experiments and ob- | tained the effect without difficuity. It re- | mained only to discover the exact prop- erty to which the effect was due. The plate obtained by Wood, which, for reasons already given it is impossible to | reproduce here successfully, “shows a serfes of spark images, some normal, some partly reversed, others wholly reversed. * % The sparks were all of equal intensity, but after each discharge the ris diaphragm of the lens was closed a little. | It _will be seen that the borders of the bright sparks are reversed. In some the image is reversed with the exception of a | narrow thread down the core. The images were impressed in succession on the plate | by moving it in the camera. * * ¢ Of | course, the roomswas in total darkness. | After exposure the plate was exposed to | the diffused light of a candle for a second or two and then developed. Other gxperiments appeared to show & difference in action between two lights from different sources, sufficlent to pro- duce the same amount of blackening or | development: but further careful work | made it evident that the time element was | the important factor, and that the effect peculiar property | of the electric spark, other than its ex- cegdingly short duration. This idea was confirmed by using an arc as a source of light. The extreme short- ness of exposure was attained by means | of a stationary and a revolving siit, | through which the light passed only when they coincided. The plate was allowed to fall In front of these slits, and an exposure of 1-55.000 of a second was thus obtained. The effects produced were exactly similar | o those obtained when the spark was the source of light. Wood concludes “that the action of an intense light on a plate for a very brief time interval decreases the sensitiveness of the plate to light”: and he says: * |-am not prepared to say what the naturs | of the change effected in the plate is. ne familiar _with the theory of sensitive emulsions can answer the question.”” Experiments which, it i stated, are now in nrogress mav helo to this answer.