The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1900, Page 9

_ ADVERTISEMENTS. CALLFOR| REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. the Atr NAL SIMPTON SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS AT HIS PERFIDY Not a Bold Witness on the Stand, but a Very Cau- tious One. B A i e i O S S S S S g PP S S S S e e e adelphia, the 19th EDAY. Cross-Examination of Lafe Pence Is Concluded and the Sausalito Recorder Is Passed Back to McEnerney. : ey ! k G. W. Simpton, the Sausalito Recorder, | | formerly a Justice of the Peace, is a | | very phlegmatic person. He was on the | Party of sald | witness-stand in the Fair case yesterday | «l Committess of | morning and aftcrnoon, and although he | tricts ‘fl‘ the State | plgved the target for a steady fire of | s of thel mied | cross-questions they fell off his armor of | 210 as hereinafter | indifference llke water from a duck. Not that Simpton was impregnable on | his testimony. He was inconsistent ana unsteady at times, giving ground when- ever hard pressed, and continuously seeking an asylum in lapses of memory. On the whole Simpton’s testimony was in keeping with that of Sylva, and he made the third of George Knight's famous trio, of which the other two members are Dunand and Sylva. Much time was con- sumed yesterday in the reading of news paper clippings and forcing the witness to admit that he delved deep in the mine of falsehood. Simpton cared not a whit, aid, and for the delegates, to act in he delegates first chosen. » delegates of the Con- ail be under the direc- Committes of each with the call of the representation | ventions shall be as . delegate for each Assem- | ressional District; . there shall be and fractional ; g confessing his perfidy and propensi- Gage, Republican candidate for Goo | ties for falsehood “Without s blush. _Tater 555, and ome delegate for each frac. | ON in the day Lafe Pence brought the Al- v _into the play and wanted ‘o know from the witness if he had any fear “here or hereafter.” Simpton sniffed at both with agnostic indifference. Just prior to the conclusion of Pence's cross-examination it looked for a minute as if another secret paper was to be in- troduced into the evidence. When Simp- ton went to Knight on the memorable Thursday night in February Sylva, the engineer, sat down and drafted a copy of an affidavit, the original of the midnight docum The Pence brotherhood want- that the delegates onal Comventions shall fon at the city of Sacr e Ibth day ot i ect four del - REPUBLICAN and four al- e delegates t a State be transaction of y be brought be- n. that where primary for voters shall be: | ed this, but SBylva, who was present, de- principles and in- | clare a. g g Sy ;‘m‘ed that it was torn to tatters at the Kinley, and intend | < | r of, the Republican Confession of Perfidy. | rth a »S‘ contests must be | O Wednesday forenoon, February 14, fiea the S ngressional | Where did you go after you left the court- et house? was the first question asked the witness by Lafe Penc To your office, the answer. d more detaflea n admitted that THE HAMILTON-BANCROFT CO. SALE STILL ON IANOS $25.00 up Uprights $50.00 up GUITARS, $1.00 up VIOLINS, MANDOLINS, $2.00 wp BANJOS, 50 Cts. up BYRON MAUZY 308-310-312 Post St. W, T. HESS, AND ATLuRKoY-AT-LAW. nia st., iow Towen, Corner Fourth and Market, 8. F. Try Epecial _Brew Eteam and Lager, fc. Overcosts and Valises _ecked free. CAPE NOME| MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. SAND CENTFIFUUAL PUMPS; amators, operat- KROGH ieais 'T55 Hp. gasoline en- !tuca-on. 8 ¥ SAND CENTRIFLGAL PUMPS Ir Operation Daily, 625 Sixth Street BYRON JACKSON. CAPE \OMF, ENGINE! FOUR more of those small, light-weight Nome bave arrived from FEast; call soon. peering and Supply Co., 515 Howard. DYEDGIYG PUMPS. Of1, Gasoline, Steam Holsts, Centrifugal Pumps. Priioees Botiers. HendyMach Wks. 46 Fremont. EXPERIMENTAL MACHINERY & MODEL! L. PETERSON, 4A Mission, 8. F.: communi- estions from inventors strictly confidential MARSH STEAM .PUMPS " ly fresh or salt water for siuice boxes: "’7'7""’ 'v'l’ 'ta. Simonds. Market st GOL » SEPARATOR. Cyclone Gold Separator_and Amalgamator in Gally operation, Wm. H. Birch & Co., 133 1st GOLD SEPARATOR. MARSHALL Gold Saving Machine. 2 N~ wom “treet, Oriental Gas Engine D MATTESON'S SLUICE WASHER. tom. riffies and carpet combined saves r %06 VAN WINKLE, 413 Market st GIROCERIES AND PROVISIONS ked. JRVINE BROS.. 570 Howara 1302 Polk and 1441 8. ¥ Ligut WHISKE OILS. Srete ORS- L. CAHEN & SON, 412 Sacramento. LUBRICATING O on Gasoline. ENFION & McG! . Fn-r . 8 F PLATES FOR SAVING GOLD. ein & Burri 2 Hardie pum, oft ny. between Sutter and Bush streets. L._Central Piating Works, 63 Mis- F. Phone Jessie 301 ROCKERS. ROCKE ™S 2 Pitnee: Machiers. - PARKE & LACY CO. 71 Premont st. PORTABLE HOUSES. EURNHAM-STANDEFORD CO., Wi n end 1st stz Oskiand, or Bullders’ Ex., 8. V. GASOLINE ENGINES, HERCULES GAS ENGINE WORKS is filling many orders for Nome. 141-143 First st., 8. ¥. EXGI® ES, BCILERS. ETC, BAKER & HAMILTON, E fomest prices on the coast. Fras & Devis e FUUS * FUR COATS AND ROBES FOR CAPE NOME. ALBERT HOEFLICH, 116 Grant ave. TENTS AND OVERS. NEVILLE & CO. manufacturers, bags tenta, eovers. 31 and & California st. | particulars of the d in the Vap-'s read off in tions by who interrogated the witness th and the facts of the state- at the time, Simpton’s Confl.nement. “Do you remember saying that untll we arranged for some b \gJ;\rd for you you would stay in the room? ‘Yes, sir. With this interrogation in regard to the At that time he de- witness' moral sense and his reverence ad married the for oat the cross-examination ended for | 1842, but the time and S n was again passed "As to the back to the defense. Simpton ad- g 3 I,f,mlf.;:‘_,. Redirect Examination Begun. e to keep the fact ret McEnerney took the witness on worlc redirect examination. “What record did you make of mar- riages when you married people in Sausa- began McE nerney. but I gave them a ys brought thelr certificates 1 filed with county and returned them to the par " said the witness. The court adjourned until Monday, 11 m., in midst of a long legal argu- lito? OF cert licen W e Recorder of the a Y04 stayed in the room all of | men('between McEnerney and Charles 4 Pen —_—— didn't see Sylva from the Sun- . that time, or Joe Harvey Wills Filed for Probate. The will of Oswald Rothmaler, late su- dn’t see me untfl 5 o'clock perintendent | who dled April 6, 1900, was filed for of the Western Sugar Re- finery, . Sir probate yesterday. Deceased's property “And when I came Friday evening there aggregates about $30,000 in stocks, per- were Charles Pence, two other men and sonal property and real estate. The be- e ey quests are to Victorine Rothmaler, the After the Introduction of the two men, | Widow of the deceased. Messrs, and Caspar, did not | The will of Edward T. Donnelly, who sugge a wanted to speak to you | dled April 5, 190, was fled for probate A vesterday. Donnelly’s estate consisted of | Sion Ty and we bad a whispered con- | personal and real property {o the value shed he went out of the rogm. Sylen | ©f $10,000, which he bequeaths to his wite, ned later and Caspar wanted to nelly; his nephew, Patrick T. w if I cared to go out. Sylva said that v, and his cousin, . Con- would_take me to the fight pictures share and share alike. that he would be & a ard engugh It was about 6:3) or 6:45 p. m. when Syiva ving an estate of $3000, was also and . A ondy 45 filed. The beauests are: To Mary E. Me- xf]v:axn]r(]'.,'l-ap:r"-d we went directly to, 1¥itt a house and lot at Zll Iifteenth In the private conversation between Street, with a request that she convert the ylva did he tell you he had seen ' €state Into c and place a certain Is'\d Joe Harvey? amount in bank for minor relatives. « Allen, who died March 25, left »u_went to K lse there but Knig! sir.” e you met the other attorneys of fand Pence erated the full Tne answer of ness was a e negative. He ¢ had not met 5 tin or any other p: ¥ connected IH)I the case Knight and Sylva pres idavit was drawn up? dr.’ ht's office was and Sylva? anv one nt when been drlnkin;,' before you went to K! ight's office? The latter is th midnight affidavit. Sylva Drafts Afidavit Pence then called for th, i paper referred to as the Biscuit Compan M. orma. E. Short, & N ets nerves, induces and strength to those aration of the n, which fact Sold b) all druggists. Anheuser-Busch guarantees its quality. —_— te—— Suit Against Biscuit Company. | **No, sir. “Who drew the afidavit?” Minnie Hillebrand, as administratrix of | “Sylva did and Knight made & copy.” ipe o of Minnie Bemion :MaClelisy, a young girl who was killed on February 7 by ng through an elevator shaft in the fa building occupled by has brought suit against the | | !"flrm from the hand of va a re- {he latter company to recover $10,000 dam- | Coss was taken to telephone o Knight to ages and costs of suit. It is alleged that | produce it. Sylva was in the courtroom e ath was due to carelessness | and McEne: asked him, “Have you ¢ r not affording proper guards the affidavit Sov the i “No; I tore 1t up in Knight's office that e s h Vi only ¢ ’m fow moments before Sylva whispered | Ladies’ fine kid tes worth $1 75 for 60c | to McEnerney that Knight did not have | a pair : the Boston Shoe Co., 775 Market.* the mprrknnd that he Syiva) had put it ——————— in his pocket and carried it away, but im- ‘medlatrrl,\ afterward Sylva clalmed he did Storm Has Gone South._ not mean this. What he intended to say | According to reports from the Weather | was that it was destroyed Bureau the rain of the last few days has | ““Who wrote the first draft?” was the ed to the south. Indications were | next shot from Penc “Sylva, 4n presence of Knight and my- self, and then Sylva and Knight went into’the other room and about fifteen min- | utes later came out with the afidavit, which 1 signed.” Simpton was handed the affidayit, and after reading it responded thai no changes had been made in it. “Did not Knight say anything of this | kind to you, “How is it you have sworn | to an affidavit and have given an inter- | view to reporters stating that you had | [ married Senator Fair to Mrs. Craven? » | “No, sir/” and when ‘pressed harder Simpton weakly said: “T don’t remember his having said anything about it at all. When he and Sylva returned from the other room he asked me to read It over | and compare it with Sylva's original draft, which I did, and found them the same. We compared them, either Knight or ylva holding one, bui my best im- pression is that it was Bylva. A few more questions followed and the affidavit was admitted as evidence and labeled exhibit 2L No Fear of a Hereafter. “Did not Knight say to you that ‘Now | thag this nefarious plot i8 exposed you | ought to go to the District Attorney and have this woman punished for perjury lnd subonuuon of perjury? ” continued "ho sir; not as far as Byington is con- cerned,” was the response. The witness was then interrogated about his bodyguards—two of Curtin’s | men—who have been tacked to his person ever since the eventful day. Simpton said he had no idea who was to pay for the guards and that he merely tolerated them, | Lafe Pence asked McEnerney who paid for them, but McEnerney refused to an- swer. Pence made a long speech to the court, but worked no results. McEnerney gaid at the wind up: ‘“Not meaning to be impolite and insulting, I say, with all due deference to the attorney, ‘It's none of, your business.’ ave you any compunctions of making a false oath? Does it cause you any un- easiness of mind or loss of nleep'[" begm Pence on the conscience talk. “No, sir. Not under the clrcumsln.noel ! was the ilghtning answer. “Have xou nny 1dea. of pains and pen- alties ltter his life?” “Oh, 1 don't bother about that.” Have you any fear of here or here- after?” “Oh. ¥ same as other peonle hava’ show quin the State. fornia the weather was clear. last night there would be during that Alley and in the southern part of In Central and Northern Call- THE BRITISH CRUISER ARETHUSA L S R N S o S SR S S of John Green, who died March | i PASSED BODIES IN THE OCEAN NEAR THE HEADS Queer Report of the British Cruiser Arethusa at Victoria. The General Opinion Is That Seal Hunters Lost Their Lives in the Wake of the Man- of-War. ol e Did the British crulser Arethusa run down a boat containing three men sent on a hunting expedition from a sealing | schooner, or did she sight the remains of three sallors drowned in the wreck of a coaster? This was the one topic of con- versation on 'change vesterda A dispatch from Victoria, B. “The Arethusa, arriving at Esquimalt to- C., says: IN SATURDAY'S GALE day, reports passing three bodies, evi- dently of male Europeans, floating just off San Francisco on April 7. There was no | wreckage in the vicinity, although it is | presumed the corpses were from some | foundering sailing ship. There was a | heavy gale blowing and it was impossible | to investigdte.” | The consensus of opinion was that the man-of-war ran down a sealing boat and sent the seal hunters to Davy Jones’ lock- | er without a thought of rescue. The old- | timers reason in this way. | The men, according to the dispatches, | | were In oilskins and long rubber boots. Standard Y | | | | again and again, | The boots alone would be enough, when | filled with wat to take a body down and | anchor it forever. The fragments of a boat run down by a big vessel would make a certain showing on the crest of a wave, while seal hunters would keep above | water long enough to enable the men on the afterdeck of the Arcthusa to see and describe the unfortunates. The report from the Arethusa says that the bodies were sighted about sundown Saturday night. All of Saturday it blew a gale and during its continuance the pilot | boat Gracie S carried away her mainmast- head and made port under dificulties. The Lady Mine was hove to under short can- vas and Pilot Meyer was thrown out of | his berth and rolled across the cabin finally bringing up against the stcve. He Is now going around on crutches and it may be weeks | before he goes to sea again. Several small | boats—the Frolic, Bonita and Rover— | started for Nome on Saturday but put | back on account of the gale and did not | leave again until Sunday. There is nol‘ ! an overdue among the coasters, and not | THE GREAT EASTER EDITION =« OF THE... unday Call OuUT APRIL 1Sth, 16 Pages in Color. & +* 9 Full-page Illustrations. Ea h a perfect art gem. have worked speclally for this Issue are A EnAvsmAw, O GlRmUDl CLARK, METHFESSEL, _TEBBS, ROSS, DODGE AND KELLY. THE STORIES ARE ALL OF GREAT HUMAN INTERE THE PEACE cowyamcn—mby Madge Morris. Illustrated by Meth- fessel. WHAT SORT OF A MAN WAS CHRIST? A Study of the Physical Side of the Man-God. THE_CEREMONIES AT THE VATI- CAN.—By Genevieve Greene. WHAT SOME OF OUR mm GIRLS WILL. WEAR EASTER DAY. THE PASSING OF GENERAL BID- ELL, One pf o nique C) THE TROUBLES OF A TICKET- TAKE! T THE FERRY. Iilus- ‘alifornia’s Most | Among the artists wh WITH THE LIFE-SAVERS AT THE BEACH. MRS. McKINLEY IN THE WHITE HOUSE. Special Poses for the Sun- day Call. THE SORROWFUL CHRIST. Poem by Mrs. Edwin D. Markham. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FOLLOW- ING FAMOUS PAINTINGS IN THE COMING mou m EAm SER- VICE Full-page Drawing by Gor- ck Cover, “TWO LITTL: mc':'{(‘xcxs " by Miss iana. G "F#W. front page, * £ Itogether the Most Magnificent Paper of the Day. X X X ORDER NOW. ORDER NOW. RANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900. R R e e e e o & ro*‘mwwwmww “Q one of the fleat now out could have been :myt'whera near Point Reyes on the bth nst. —— FROM SEA AND SHORE Sealing schooners have constantly been reported during the past fortnight on the coast. All of them have made good catches and all or nearly all have lost at least a boat's crew—three men. One boat's crew was landed at Eureka; another was picked up by the steamer Crescent City and landed at Crescent City, while a third was picked up by the Noyo and brought to_San Francisco. Judging from these facts the old timers have come to the conclusion that the Are- thusa ran down a boat lost from a seal- ing ‘schooner and that the three sealers lost their lives because the weather was too heavy to launch a boat. Sailing of the Alaska. The bark Alaska was booked to sail for Cape Nome to-day, but the ngers wvrought a pull to bear and Captain Cogan postponed the sailing hour until 10 a. m. to-morrow. The 13th of the month and Good Friday at that was too much for even the most hardened gold-hunter and one and all backed down when it was an- nounced the bark would sall to-da: Captain Cogan, who went whaling in the Alaska last year, is in command of the 1, while Captain Green, formerly master of the steam whaler Alexander, chief officer and Captain Lew Williams, formerly master of the whaling brig Hi- .algo, is a passenger. All three men will put thelr knowledge of the arctic into a common pool, and an attempt will be made to reach the gold fields a month ahead of all comers. ‘those who will sail on the Alaska to- | morrow are: C. Champion, R. Champlon, A. Bredull, J. P. B. Win- stedt. y hxq\n‘ J. Dahl, . 8. H. John- Bon, T W, Poston, B W. Dwyer, C. Willard, D. W. Bass, Marsden, “J." N Thompson, A. Dunsmoore, J. R. Westlake, F. Slater, J." A. Calkins, A. Henry Doring, George Whitmire, I. D. Cane, Charles Ross, George H. Pallard, S. F. Pallard, F. W. Birmingham, J. Y. Thompson, H. Assmus, J. Fielder, P. Millane, R. Turney, C. A. Wright, D. C. Wilhelm, W. R. Jenkins, Robert Guest and J. Dowd. Captain Cogan has spared no expense in putting the Alaska into first-class or- | der for the passage, and if the passen- gers are not first at Cape Yorke, Golovin Bay and Nome it will not be his fault or those associated with him in the venture. Irrawaddy Arrives at Last. The steamer Irrawaddy, purchased by C. D. Lane in the East for the Cape trade, reached port yesterday. She eighty days coming from Philadelphia, and had to put into Bermuda with her Knightheads started and twelve feet ot water in the forehold and three feet in he second hold. Part of the cargo was discharged and the vessel proceeded to Coronel, where she was overhauled. The passage from Coronel to San Francisco was uneventful. The Irrawaddy is a good stout ship ot 2622 tons burden, and {s in good condi- tion with the exception of her bollers, which. require overhauling. She will dis- charge at Harrison-street wharf, and will then be fitted out for the Nome trade as speedily as possible. Water Front Notes. The Italian ship Emanuele Accame, 146 days from Hamburg; the British ship Chiltonford, 116 days from London; tae French bark Marthe Reux, 120 days from London, and the British ship Bal- meral, 130 days from Antwerp, all made port yesterday dfternoon. The voyages of all of them were uneventful. The controlling interest, fifteen-six- teenths, in the barkentine Ruth was sola to John Rosenfeld’s Sons yesterday for $7600. A hoodoo seems to hang over the vessel, ‘whic.. a change of ownership may efface. She was erly the bark Sharpshooter, and wia Wtmasted off the coast of Ceneral America while on her here 'ith a cargo of nitrate. The hufi was sold to American parties, who changed her into a barkentine. Since that time she has never made a dollar for her owners. Frank Huber, well known on the Stock. ton steamers, was receiving the congratu~ lations of his friends on the front yester- day. After a very successful examination he recelved his “‘chief’s” papers, and Is now qualified to take charge of the en. gine room of any vessel that sails in ana out of the Golden Gate [ ‘With Murder. Mamie Layden, 1155 Folsom street, swore to a complaint in Judge Fritz's court yes- terday charging Wayne Harris with mur- der. She is the -l;er of Andrew Layden, the meuen er Yy _who was fatally stabbed b; arris during a fight at 205 Sutter nreet about two weeks ago. The Coroner's ufv brought in a verdict of manslaught Bost Gets His Liberty. ‘The case of John Bost, a colored barber of Oakland, charged with a felony for en- cl) tmm her home for immo; O Siohb. o wehiie n'x':fnm:: i ears of age, was dismi Cal u yuurdly. The girl Mmmea 1 B. : d thenlud?: was '3.3"’“:?83'" ng Bosf ln mpel to &ive him' his liberty. | tive is the oppos COURSE IN PHOTOGRAPHY FOR AMATEURS. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. XI. —IMPROVEMENT OF NEGA-| TIVES. BY F. DUNDAS TODD. | ‘What Is a perfect negative? It is exceed- | ingly difficult to give a good definition, | but this may do well as any. A nega- | tive is perfect when it gives the exact kind of print the photographer wants. Some men want all their pictures to be clear, crisp and full of detall, no matter what the state of the atmosphere at the moment of exposure, while others en-| deavor to get gray, smudgy effects under exactly similar conditions. A perfect negative in one man’s hands would be a failure in those of another, But another point to be considered Is | the printing of the picture. Photographers have much choice as to the printing me- dium, but unfortunately the same nega- | tive will not give equally good prints with all kinds of papers. Glossy papers tend to give contrasting effects, therefore the neg- atives for such paper must incline to flat- ness. Matt papers, all “‘gaslight” printing papers, such as Velox, Dekko, Vinco, ete., and platinotype papers, on the other hand, require contrasty negatives, as they tend to flatness. So during development we must always keep the printing process in mind if we hope to get a negative that will approach perfection. At this point it may be necessary to de- | fine a few common terms so that there | may be no misunderstanding as to my meaning. A “contrasty” or ‘“vigorous” negative is one where there 1s a very de- cided deposit of silver on the high lights or white objects and a very thin deposit in the shadows. If the contrast be ex- cessive the print will show lack of detall in the high lights when the shadows are sufficlently printed, or if the high lights are long in printing the shadow detail will be lost by overprinting. A ‘“flat” negative is the very reverse of a ‘‘vigorous’ one. Such a negative will have a liberal deposit | of silver all over, the result being a flat, insipid print. A “dense” negative is one that has a liberal deposit of silver, and is easily known by the fact that It takes a very long time to print. A “thin" nega- and prints too quickly. have a combination of these But we may | characteristics, and we must be able to | recognize them all in _order to - modify them judiciously. In short, we must rec- ognize the cause. nderexposure will give contrast, but so 1l overdevelopment. Overexposure tends | negative first from th | that the turns green it is useless tion appear to stop cyanide solution, Should reduc- the ferri- of course remc bath and | mixed before latter is w negative is returned. here are doze of ways by which th c: b rocess of intensification ormed, but for the a consider a one solution best. It is a little more prepare, bt is exceec use, and, above all, one can sa is going on can therefore density is The following are the details of t} Prepare a sat ride of mercury ir solve as much t water will take up. placing an ounc twelve or si it with w help solution, h proceeds v ’rlm solut d be marked n dissolve one and o f Avuhde of potassi water. The first sol into > -as the A point be reac forming red precipitate will no longer dissolve by shaking, and when that happens no more of the mercury must be poured careful not to add more than w just enough to make the sol slightly turbid. add one h\pnflg‘nmu of , and when ved add e gh water to the solu=~ et So wabe (he total bulk twenty oun For use this should be diluted with about three parts of water. the plate has not been thoroughly fixed the inte solution will produce vellow s negative to be intensified should be ed in clean water for about half an and then immersed in the intensifier. It will rapidly become denser, and the pro- gress c watched by holding it up and e 1 the sky for a back- grot e enough the ne; tive be washed and set aside dry. Should the intensification be over- done ft can be reduced by ng the negative in the fixing bath e -t time. Another very solution excellent Nlnlln' intensifier 1is " the platinum_ int which is_manufactured by house. Full instructions ac bottle, and the process is an simple one. _ocal reduction and local intensification may often be done with advantage. The negative is placed In a horizontal posi tion about a foot above a table, on whiec is laid a sheet of white paper to reflect vard. The solution Is applied ary spot by means of a sm: prevent spreading it is thi ened by the addition of a lttle ordinary exceedingly | ment. to flatness, but so does underdevelopment. We may overdev: p an underexposed | gum. plate and underde p an overexposed _ Local reduction may also be done by plate and thus make matters worse. We taking a small piece of canton flannel may have a very dense negative, that lipping it mTk’%Q'itr takes a long time to print, and yet it may give an excellent print because we partly corrected overexposure by overdevelop- But a dense negative that gives a ly !xmllar film and in point of fact is exact to_sandpapering a plece of Woo. Among minor troubles may be !nt‘Illdod small transparent spots, which show very contrasty i indicates a correct ex- pos: Nmp.{\ p,"“(,\v,,n.a elopment. distinctly on the prints as small black Suppose we take a batch of negatives | Specks. They are caused by particles of | that are not giving satisfactory prints and | dust on the film at the moment of expo- see if we ¢ ate the trouble. It |Sure or by air bells on the flim during might be w have a print beside us | development. The remedy i3 to spot each for reference, as it will likely be a great | hole with opaque water color, applied help. Our fir ive gives us nice de- | With the point of a fine brush or the point tail in the sha but the high lights on | 0f a toothpick chewed soft and brush- n are ses of white. | like # us now examine the negative by helding | {8 dry. This is due to the presence of sand in the washing water. It can be it up to the sky or in front of a sheet of A behind which is a | avoided by holding the plate under the T o Ao Lok carefully at the | tap after washing Is finished and going high lights and see if there be detall pres- | over the film with a wad of cotton wool ent, and if so does it look as If it ought | or the palm of the hand. to show in the print or is it lost in the | Note—Four very attractive fllustrated mass of deposit? If it seems as if It ought | Studies will follow. The toplcs are ““The p”m and glossy paper has been used, | Composition of a Plcture,” “Portraiture at Home,” “Photographing Interiors” and v likely a print on matt, plainotype or 3 “gasiight" paper would be all that could be desired. But if the detall be choked up or a print on the papers just mentioned e uns: ory, then the contrast is due n.{m;rd»h elflg)ment and we must undo | Spring Term, 1900. part of that by the process known as “re- duction.” This Is described later on. \ Mondays—American Political Par- But the negative may be one that at 1o | ties. stage shows detail in the shadows, yet nneng(h takes a long time to print the Tuesdays — Twenty Lessons in high-light detail. An examination of the | French Conversation and Recent Seci- negative will show detail to be absent in | the shadows. Here we have underexpos- | entific Discoveries. Wednesdays and Thursdays— ure combined with overdevelopment. The Golden Ages of Literature. “Landscape P hu(n('al h: COURSES OF msmvmox. al remedy for this kind of negative is @ hammer, applied very indiscriminate- e g ly. Or the negative takes a long time to| Fridays—Photogra or Ama- print, but the resulting picture is fair, or | ¥ . just a trifle contrasty. This indicates full teurs. - i 54 ’ opment. Reduction Saturdays — Biographi: Studies will Impro\e this kind of negative won- | or Girls. b aerfu Or the negative may take a long time to rint, yet the pictures turn out flat and ifel This is a case of §ross overexpos- ure combined with overdevelopment, a not uncommon complaint. Reduction wilf im prove such a negative and in a very b case we may carry the process suffic amly, far to get rid of some of the shadow de- tail, and then recover contrast by Inten- | sitying what is left. The negative ma These courses will continue until May 31, 1900. Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. For Asiatic Commerce Commissioner. The trustees of the Chamber of Com- | merce have indorsed Hon. John Barrett a position on the Aslatic Commerce on if the bill for the creation of guch a body be passed by Congress. The ose of the proposed commission is to Study the commercial and Industrial con- ditions of China and Japan and report as | to the opportunities of the markets thers | for the raw and manufactured products 1t now time to describe how to con- | of the United States as recommended by duct the operations of reduction and in- | President McKinley In his report to Con- tensification. They are eyen simpler than | gress in 188, Mr. Barrett is ex-Minister development, so there I8’ no reason why | to §§;1‘rnn samllhs g::“!tnfgm;r; :."t:_;{:’a handle thes - | conaition: e - S aateny Aol R ocue | el trige futo China ahd Japan when ha Riduction is usually accomplished by | Was Minister. e is selected he stands PR i e B s’ B o ¢ gy B 1 a good chance of being made chairman of - | the_commisston. = monly called red prussiate of potash. Re- | the commission. The Commissioners are member, , that it is a rank poison. | , v e e it Yakte A crystal about double the | Sraphical divisions of the United States. BurtporemiioSreadia e size of a pea and dissoiye it in about two =3 ounces of cold water. Then make up an Pacific Commerci: useum. ordinary hypo fixing bath and add to it| , . vong’tor membership tn the cific Commercial Museum continue to enough of the ferricyanide solution to make it a slight straw color. Immerse the come In, and the executive committee is activel; appointing sub-committees to negative, previously soaked in water ror, about a quarter of an hour, In this, and it | will rapidly lose density. The progress | place the plan of the work before the dif- may be watched by holding the nega[[\a; erent commercial interests. In addition cccasionally against the sky or the white | to the committees already published oth- tissue paper heretofore described. When | ers are being formed daily and additional sufficiently reduced the negative should | lists will shortly be given out. be as thoroughly washed as after an or~‘ Headquarters have been established In dinary fixing_bath. One’ point needs spe- | rooms 2 and 8, sixth floor, Mills buflding, cial notice. Daylight decomposes a solu- | where subscriptions may handed in at tion of ferricyanide very Full information covering the rapidly and |any time. therefore the tray should not be placed in scu?a and purposes of the museum work front of a window. Whenever the solution | will be given there. RECOMMENDS POLITICAL ARTICLES IN THE CALL'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE Editor The Call—Dear Sir: I note with pleasure the extended programme of The Call's Home Study Circle. In providing wholesome and instructive, rather than sensational and un- profitable reading mit- ter, The Call is indeed . to be commended. Inparticular have I been impressed with the excel- lency of the articles on prim quickly, giving plenty of detail ev here, and yet the picture be flat. This Indlcates underdevel. opment and the remedy is intensification. ‘We may have overexposure combined with | underdevelopment and in this case it is wise to get rid of some of the shadow de- tail by reduction before proceeding to in- LY ¢‘American Political Par- ties.'' A thorough study of these lessons ought to give every reader a better insight into the present political situation, and, REV. E. NELANDER. incidentally, fit him for a more intelligent exercise of suffrage. Sincerely yours, E. NELANDER, Pastor First English Lutheran Churoh. San Francisco, March 21, 1900.