The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1902, Page 4

THE SUNDAY CALL. MILLS OF ¢ > Howard be roma ed the Old Cat- response to ks ain't got de- wore ich a ire on tertain- Osages tryin’ to the old le which elements. n it's as ow I'll them contoor ves narrat 2 Osage medic Greyhoss, ' abides. ron, thar's Lance. H a they Lance Axe informs me—an’ to overplay in his at Strike Axe tells me, nust shore have been ne man. Let it get no moon in the ance could take you-all ge, an’ the next news ar the sperits flappin® some one flappin’ a be whisperin’s an’ the lodge an’ in, while e eyes would show an’ burn an’ glower he tepee; an’ all plenty ifyin'. Besides there yere nts the Lance is one of them can set anamiles He could call a coyote or a fitful an’ nervous a prop’si- an’ little by little or if it's coyote, anamiles would approach til they're that clost he’d ads with his fingers while hiverin’ an’ sweatin’ with s of apprehensions. SAVAGE GODS a bet bz on it, son, that accordin’ to this on- sed buck, Strike Axe, the Lance is én" deubted the high kyard among medicin men throughout the entire Injun range. erally, the Black Cloud g'in the Lance, an’ looks on him with a baleful eve as a ri Stfll, Black Cloud has his nerve with him constant, when the Osages ar lispootin’ touchin’ the of him an’ the Lar ter Injun offers to come er to Greyhoss an’ make medicine ag’in him, Black Cloud never hesitates or han, a der a wagon, but calls a heap prompt an’ tells the 0 come a-runnin’. “Which the day is set an’ the Lance shows in the door, as monte s i an arps would the Lance tharupon an’ delights the a an Osages with thei whole box of trick each side is brag- gin' an puttin’ it up that thelr gent is most iikely the soonest medi- e man who ever paints his face bl It's about a even break between the { Black Cloud accompanies himse'f to is contest with a pure white pony which has cves as roobies—a kind of Albino gives it forth that this 1 bronco is hi ar sperit. The Lanc serves that this little red-eved hoss mighty impressive to the savages, be they Creeks or Osages. At last he says to Blacl Cloud ck pony—a vere mil cine’ or * *To show how my medicine is an yours, to-morry I'll make vour red- cyed big medicine bronco go lame in his ni, 1d leg. ‘ “Black Cloud cornful at this; he allows that no sport c; n make his white por lame. “He's plumb wrong: the next mornin’ the white pon ' an’ draggin’ his nigh hind hoof, an' when he’s : he p'ints the toe down s like thing’s fetched loose. Black Cloud is sore, but he can’t find no cactus thorn nor rothin’ to bring . about the lameness a he don’t know what to make of the racket. Black Cloud’'s up ag'inst it, an’ the audience begins to figger that the Lance’s medicine, jest 3 s he cl s too with the red-eyed son. The he night an’ hoss ha'r tight about the po laig ibove the fetlock. Black Cloud ain't up 10 no sech move, the bein’ a trade secret of the Lan ha'r is hid in the no one notes its presence. “After Black Cloud big medicine pony all his over, an an’ onderstand its lameness, the Lance asks him will he cure it. Black Cloud, who's scowlin’ like a t storm by now, re- torts that he will._ So he g n' ets his pipe : fills it h medicine tobacco an’ blows a mouthful of smoke in the red-efed pony’'s nose. Such remedies dc work: that ill imps on three laigs, draggin’ afllicted member mighty pen ‘At last the Lance give ck Cloud a patronizin’ smile an his med- icine’ll cure the po well, while you're crackin’ off a gun. alks up to the pony an’ looks long in its red eves; th. vears an’ tail droops, its héad hangs down, an’ it goes mighty near to sieep. Then the Lance rubs his hand two or three times up an down the lame laig above the fetlock an’ nacherally elim- nates that ssha’r ligature, an’ no one the wiser. A moment after, he wakes up the red-eyed pony, an’ to the amazement of the Osages an’ the unbounded delight of Creeks, the pony is no longer lame an’ said laig late afflicted is as solid an’ heaithy as a sod house. What's bigger medicine still, the red-eyed pony begins to follow the Lance about like a dog an’ same as if its enamored of him; an’ to bite an’ r'ar pitch an’ jump sideways if Black Cloud tries to put his paw on him. Then all the Injuns yells with one voice The Lance has won the Black Cloud's big medicine red-eyed pony away from him. “The Lance hore the limit, they say: an’ Black Cloud discovers that he ain't a four-spot by compar'son. His -repoots tion is , an’ the Lance regyarded as the fashionable medicire man along the Arkansaw. ‘Sunbright is lookin’ on at these man- oovers I've been chroniclin’, an’ her heart goes out to the Lance; she falls more deeply in love with him than even the red-eved bronco docs. That evenin’ the Lance is goin' to his camp onder the cottonwoods, he meets up with Sunbright standin’ plumb still in his path with her head bowed like a flower that's gone to You can put sleep. The Lance saveys; he knows Sun- is some- “NEXT DAY HE SENDS A RUNNZR TC BLACK CLOUD WITH WORD THAT BLACK CLOUD HAS DONE STOLE HIS HOSS.” likewise he ws what her n’ herse'f in his way an’ her droopin’ titocde means. He looks at her, an’ am a guest of the Osages, an' to- is not th il_the is in his own teepee on the Pole then come.’ “Sunbright never moves. never looks up; but she hea an’ knows this is right. No buck should a squaw while he’s a guest. The Lance walks on an’ leaves her standin’, h bowed an' motionl “Two d later the Lance is ag'in in his teepee. Sunbright counts the time knows that he must be thar. She creep from the camp of Black Cloud an' et on her journey to be a new wife to a ne husband. “Sunbright a she's interrupted. mil It's from camp when Black Clond who heads her off. Black Cloud may not be the boss medicine man, but he’s no fool, an’ his eyes is like a wolf * can e in the dark. I(le gues: new love which has stampeded “Injuns is a might cur'ous outi if Sunbright had succeeded in gettin’ to the lodge of her new husband the divorcc between her an’ Black Cloud would have been complete. Morz2over, if on the d: followin’, or at any time, Black Cloud had found her thar, he wouldn't nave so much as wagged a vear or batted a eye in rccognition. He wouldn’t have It on' he so much as hears of a squaw called Sui- bright. This ca'mness would be born of two causes. It would be ag'in Injun eti- quette to go trackin’ an’ squanderin about, makin’ a onseemly uproar an’ dis- turbin’ the gen'ral peace for purely pri- vdte causes. Then ag'in it would be be- neath the dignity of a high grade savage an’ a big medicine sharp to conduct him- se’f like he'd miss so trivial a thing as a squaw. “But ontil Sunbright fulfills her elope- ment projects an’ establishes herse'f on- der the protectin’ wing of her new loy she’s runnin’ resks. She’s still the Black unbright. Now < Lgssons For Those Who Play Whist E. P. SCHELL. will understand that er calls for or leads supposed to echo, if he at the very first to “sub-echo” if BY MRS. 1 “sub-ech s the name bestowed indicates the holding three trumps after al to echo posses- therefore, can only be t and when two rounds iy been played and r trumps, leading trumps, to opponents and umps, play your two, for instance, not echoing. opens ace and king 1 should play a high card wer, for instance the three which proclaims the of three trumps and glven in plai t then e n happens that partner has called ¥ You can show three trumps & in suit. For ex- leads the queen of holding just three trumps, , four and two, on the queen on the ace you play g you play the now completed the *‘sub- been much discussion hist experts on the advisability » as it is apt to e a source of n partners. One ons is that it takes two suits must be d wuntil the third te knowledge can most cases the in- late to be of any P comes 100 use. Again, too many signals are apt to distract the mind of the player from more important matters. The average intellect, when too much harassed with minor detalls, cannot grasp and understand the main points of the game. Of course there are many in- stances where the ‘“‘sub-echo” is of very great value, and advanced players find it to their advantage. Let them practice it by all means, as every one is entitled to the benefit of their own superior skill My advice to beginners is not to burden themselves with too many signals, but leave the “sub-echo” to the more ad- vanced players. In the Whist for June, 1888, General Drayson points out that this method of the ‘“sub-echo” should be re- versed. Let me quote his own words: “if partner has taken out two rounds of trumps, and cannot place the remaining trump, he will therefore open his strong plain suit. For example, he leads queen, and then ace, of his suit. The opportun- ity for the ‘sub-echo’ now comes in It has been recommended that in order to your partner know that you hold the st trump, you should play an unnec- rily high card to your partner’s en, and a lower card to his ace, and this is the ‘sub-echo.” Thus in order to inform your partner that you hold the remaining trump, and do not want an- other trump led, adopt the coaventional signal of ‘calling for trumps’ when you do not want your partner to lead trumps. Surely this is somewhat complicated and inconsistent, especially as the same in- formation can be given by the ‘change your suit to trumps' signal. “Let us take the same case as above; Yyour partner is in doubt after leading two round of trumps, from an original lead of six trumps,’ whether you hold the other trump: he therefore opens . his lain suit. If you are a whist player you now perfectly well why your partner did not take out the third round of trumps. “When, then, you hold the only trump not in your partner's hand, to his lead of the plain suit you play your lowest card. If, however, you do not hold the remain- ing trump you give the signal ‘change your suit to trumps,’” which would be in- terpreted, Lead your king, as one of the adversaries holds the other trump. “The principal object of this so-termed ‘sub-echo’ is, however, to inform your partner that you hold three trumps when you have shown that you do not hold four or more, and the method which has been adopted to indicate this fact is to call later in hand in order to intimate to your partner that you do not wish him to lead trumps. It seems to me that the very opposite system is more in conformity with what is conventional. “If I do not play an unnecessarily high card it indicates that I do not want my partner to lead another trump, and there- fore do not signal him to do so. I as plainly tell him this fact as I could by ‘calling for trumps’ when I do not want him to Jead one. Yet this ‘calling’ when I don’t want a trump led is termed the ‘sub-echo.” The very reverse system conveys the same information and is in accord with uniformity.” In conclusion he adds the “sub-echo” as now used brings the following curlous facts to our notice: At the beginning of the play of a hand the play of an unnecessarily high card tells your partner to lead trumps. After four or five rounds the play of an unnecessarily high card tells your partner not to lead trumps. By using the term “change your suit to trumps” we get rid of unnecessary verbosity, as this term covers ‘“‘the call for trumps,” ‘‘the echo” and the ‘‘sub-echo.” Cioud’'s squaw; an’ after she pulls marital picket pin, an’ while she’ awa up with her he's free her gettin® , if the bereaved Black Cloud cro onder the license permitted to Injun hushands to iill her an’ skelp her an’ dispose of her a: s best with his notion. unbright knows this; 'in the Black Cloud in her flight she seats herse’f in the long pi an’ covers her head with her runs speaks never a word. Does Sunbright Biack Cloud, turnin’ ‘that she comes.to meet me? she b, feathers ‘an’ I new blanket an’ paint he Black Cloud? like the sun pads? an’' love ap she s con- wliien she rie grass nket an’ say. sarcastic, Is it for me combed her ha'r an' put on new wear her - face bright for Or does she dress herse'f for that Creek the Lance? Sunbright makes no reply. Black Cloud looks goes on: ‘It's will for the at her a moment Lance! fix the Sunbright so she w then Good! I 1%be a gcod squaw to my friend the Lance an’ never run from his lodge as she does now from Black Cloud’ “With that he stoops down, an' a slash of his knife cuts right writhes about the prairie, bright's Cloud puts into his foot. the heel-tendons of Sun- groans, an’ while Black his knife back in his belt, gets addle ag’in an’ rides aw: The next day a Creek boy finds the body of Sunbright where she rolls herse'f into the branch and is drowned. ‘““When the Lance hears the story an’ sees the knife slash on Sunbright’ the trooth. he reads It give: heel, him a bad heart; he paints his face red an’ black an’ thinks how he'll be revenged. he sends a runner to Black Next d. Cloud with word that Black Cloud has done stole his hoss. Thi; ous grounds days, when the sun is to arrange a fight on virtu- The Lance says that in two is overhead Black Cloud must come to the three cottonwoods near the mouth of the Cimmaron an’ fight, on the third day an’ each day after that will hunt for him as he'd or the Lance D.—10, 9, 7, 4, 3. D.—K, Five of spades trumps, turned by West; North to lead. 58 3h 83 3d 4d 7 Je 8h 10h 9d 10a . 8c 3. Qc N. 25 ih 4s 10s 2d 5d Ac* Js* Jh 5h 6d 6c 10c E. 3 2h 6 Qs Aa+ Qd 3c 98 9h 4c 9c Jd Ke* S. *Ks *Qh *As s sd *Kd 2 5c *Kh *Ah *7h *6h Tc North and South 10, East and West 3. Trick 1- -North shows four trumps. Trick 2—South here shows hls partner his suit before returning the trump, as he has noted that his partner holds but four trumps and he is weak in re-entry cards otherwise than in the suit he now leads. Trick 8—South shows partner that he originally held three trumps. Trick 4—West by discard shows protec- tion in diamonds; North shows the jack of spades only remaining to him in that sult. Tricks 5 and 6—East leads out in accord- ance with his partner’s discard. Trick 7—South is now without any re- entry exéept in hearts. He knows from the play to trick four that his partner re- mains with jack of trumps, while East has the nine of trumps. that his clubs. He also knows artner’s best plain suit must be e therefore now leads a small club in order to give partner the opportu- nity of winning a trick and East's last trump. Tricks 8 and 9—North draws drawing East’s trump accordingly and then gives South re-entry in hearts, and he goes down the line, hunt a wolf ontil Biack 'Cloud is dead. The Black Cloud’s game, an’ sends back word that on the second day he'll be thar by the three cottonwoods when the sun is overhead; also that he will fight with four arrow: **Then Black Cloud goes at once for he has ro time to lose, an’ kills a dog mnear lodge. He cuts out his-heart an’ car- s it (o the rocky canyon where the rattlesnakes have a village. Black Cloud throws the dog’s heart among them, an’ ases them th it, an’ the rattlesnakes bite the dog’s heart ag’in an’ ag’in ontil it's as full of p'isen Huggins of After that, Black Cloud puts the ned heart in the hot sun an’ lets it fret an’ fester ontil just before he goes to his dooel with the Lance..As he's about to start, Black Cloud dips the four arrow heads over an’ over in the p heart, bein’ careful to dry the p'sen on the arrowheads; an’ now whoever is touched with those arrows so that the blood comes-is shore to dle. The biggest medicine in the nation couldn’t save him. “Thar's forty Osages and forty Creek bucks at the three cottonwoods to see that the doocelists get a squar’ deal. The Lance an’ Black Cloud is thar: each has a bow an’ four arrows: each has made medicine all night that he may kill his man. But the dooel strikes a obstacle. “Thar’'s a somber, sullen sport among the Osages who's troo name is the ‘Bob- cat,’ but who's called the ‘Knife Thrower." The Bob-cat is one of the Osage fort Onknown to the others, this yere Bob- —who it looks like is a mighty impression- able savage—is himse’f in love a whole lot with the dead Sunbright. An’ he's hot N’ cold because he's fearful that in this attle of the bows the Lance'll down Black Cloud an’ cheat him, the Eob-cat, of his own revenge. The chance is too much; the Bob-cat can’t stand it an’ re- solves to get his stack down first. An’ so it havppens that as Black Cloud an’ the Lance, painted in their war colors, is walkin’ to their places, a nine-inch knife ERY excellent out-of-door portraits may be made even by the novice and with the inexpensive apparatus in use by many beginners. Atten- tion should be paid to the following suggestions, however, which will materi- ally aid in the work. Choose a time when the sun is obscured by light clouds and its rays not too intense. A ‘“gray day” is geod, or if the sitting is desired on a bright, sunny day place the sitter in ths shadow of a tree or building, where the direct rays will be avoided. Provide a tri- pod or some solid support for the camera, never attempting quick exposures for a subject of this nature. If the sitter is posed beneath a tree see to it that no bright spots of sunshine fall upon the face or clothing, and carefully avoid light col- ored or brilliantly illuminated objects in the immediate background. Let the sit- ter's eyes be directed toward some dark or shadowed object rather than Into bright sunshine, as the expression of the eye will then be much more natural Place the camera at, or about, a level with the sitter’s chin, and near enough so that the sitter is the most prominent ob- Jject of the picture. Remember that this is a portrait and not a view for which you are aiming, and take care that the background and foliage is far enough away from the sitter to be partly out of focus or slightly blurred when viewed upon the ground glass or finder. Give full exposure, and in development pay no at- tention to the background or accessories, developing only for the face and figure and Jetting the rest take care of itseif. Avoid an overdense negative. The figure may be either sitting or standing, care be- ing taken that the pose is wholly natural and devold of all artificlality or apparent posing. It will frequently be fourd in the ton- ing and finishing of silver prints that the flickers like a ht from the , an rely to show ths led the ‘Knife Thrower’ for fun, catckes Black Cloud flush in the throat an’ goes plumb through up to the gyard at the knife-haft. Black Cloud dies standin’, for the knife p'int bites into his vine at the back of his neck. gets arrested, for In- s for the mighty ex- un culprit ever rim’'nals, nds an’ The Osages, who for some shocked at the Bob-cat's ption of the dooel—it bein’ mighty gleam of iamentary from their standp’ints— t for killin' Black Cloud an’ he's decided on as guilty accordin’ to their law. 'Phey app'ints a day for the Bob-cat to be shot: an’ as he ain’t present at the trial none, leavin’ his end of the game to be looked after by his relatives, they to notify the B 1t when an’ where he's to come an’ have said sentence execooted upon him. When he's notified the Bob- cat don't say nothin’, which is satisfac- tory enough as thar’s nothin’ to be said an’ every Osage knows the Bob-cat'll be thar at the drop of the handkerchief if alive. 0 turns out: the Bob-cat” as wild plums. He's dressed in his breech-cloth; an’ his a over- (har’s a orders a Kettle tender or tribe erler cool best blankets an feathers an’ gay colors makes hin whelmin’ match for peacocks. white spot painted over his heart. “The chief of the Osages, who's present to see jestice done, signs up to the Bob- cat an’ that gent steps to a red blanket an’ stands on its edge with all the blanket spread in front of him on the grass. The Bob-cat stands on the edge, that a-way, as he saveys when he's plugged he'll fall for'ard on his face. When a gent gets the gaff for shore, he falls for'ard. If a party is hit an’ falls back’ards, yon needn’t get excited none; he’s only creased an’ll get over it. ‘“Wherefore, as I states, the Bob-cat surface of the paper fis minute spots or specks. This is very often the result of impurities in the water used in washing, minute particles of iron being contained in the water of very many localities. Wherever this trouble is found to exist it may be ob- viated and almost entirely prevented by filtering the water through a flannel bag, which may, to advantage, be tied over the faucet through which the water is drawn. The amateur sometimes finds himself in a position where it is very difficult to obtain a sufficiert supply of fresh water to thoroughly carry “out all the washing necessary for the making of a negative, and in such cases Le can to advantage use sea water for the washing of his plates after fixing in the hypo, provided they are again thoroughly rewashed in fresh water after arriving at a place where it is obtainable. It will not often be necessary or advisable to subject a large number of plates to this process, but it may safely be used for such plates as are necessary to test exposures while traveling, or for other urgent occasions. Many faulty negatives made during the summer season are the direct results of carelessness on the part of the ope- rator in failing to make the dark room light tight. The desire for ventilation in the hot, stuffy room leads to all sorts of experiments for the letting in of air, and with the air is almost sure to come dan- gerous light, which causes foggy, light- streaked plates and all sorts of fmper- fections in the negatives, the blame for which is often laid upon the manufac- turer of the plates. 'Too much care can- not be taken to keep all light from en- trarce and to be sure that the ruby lamp is safe in all particulars. An occastonal test should be made of the dark rcom conditions by lcaving a plate partially exposed to the rays of the dark room lamp for fifteen or twenty minutes and then developing and fixing in hypo as usual. If the light is safe the plate will fix evenly all over, leaving clear glass i unsafe, the part that was exposed to covered with stands on the edge of the blanket, so it's spread out in front to catch him where he drops. Thar's not a word spoke by either the Bob-cat or the omlookers, the latter openin’ out into a lane behind so the lead can go through. When the Bob-cat’s or- ganized, his cousin, a buck whose name s Little Feather, walks to the front of the blanket an' comes down careful with his Winchester on the white spot over Bob-cat's heart. Thar's a moment’ lence as the Bob-cat’s cousin runs hi: through “the thar's a flash »n’ a spit of gray ; the white spot turns red with blood; an' the Bob-cat falls along on his face as soft as a sack of corn. “What becomes of the L: 2 It's tw weeks later when that scientist is waite nee’ on by a delegation of Osages. They mind him that Sunbright has two siste:s the same bein’ now widows by virchoo the demi of that egreegious Bla Cloud. Also, the Black Cloud was ri his teepee was sumptuous, an’ he's le buckskin coat with ivery elk teeth s onte it, plenty as stars at midr it at is big medicine; moreover, milk-white big medicine broneo with eyes. The Osage delegation puts f these trooths while the Lance sets laiged on a b’arskin an’ smokes barkx with’ much dignity. In the the Osage outfit p’ints up to the fact tha their tribe is shy a medicine man, an’ a gent of the Lance accomplishments, wt can charm anamiles an’ lame broncos w be a mighty welcome addition to ! Osage body politic. In the end, the Lance lays down his pipe an’ says, ‘It's enough! An’ the next day he sallles over an’ weds them two relicts of Black Cloud an’ suc- ceeds to that dead necromancer’s estats at one fell swoop. The two widows chuckles an’ grins after the manner ladies, to get a new husband so plumn swift, an’ one who's so much in fashio an’ abandenin’ his lodge on the Pole Ca the Lance sets up his game at Greyhoss an’ onl he’s petered he's thar de: 3 it yet.” GURTEMALR’S NRTIONRL BIRD HE republic of Guatemala decorates its coat of arms, its stamps and its official documents with the picture of a beautiful parrot. The bird of a rich green color, with tufted head and a long tail, which frequently grows to a length of four or flve feet. It is found only in the forests of Guate- mala. The green parrot or quetzal, as it is called, has been made the national e blem of Guatemala, just as the American eagle has become the national emblem of the United States. The Guatemalans are very proud of their national bird and have written many songs and poems about it. The parrot was selected for the national emblem cause it was found very hard to catch and because tradition says that when once imcprisoned it alws kills Itself rather than remain in captivity. The Guatemalans say that this bird, which so skillfully eludes capture and dies rather than surrender, is typical of their own country and its people. The quetzal lives In the wildest parts of the mountains and never visits the neighborhood of the towns or citles. The cnly parrots ever brought out of the for- ests are caught by the native Indians. The parrots are too wary to be caught in a trap. The Indlans first watch the parrot, sometimes for days at a time, until they discover their haunts. Then they smear the limbs of surrounding trees with thick glue. The parrot perches on the sticky limb and is held fast. The natives remove the bird from the limbs by the simple ex- pedient of cutting off their feet. No paprot has ever been brought from its forest home alive. They struggle des- perately when caught, and when they find they cannot escape they kill them- selves, so it is declared. The natives say that the birds always commit suicide in the same way, by peck- ing at their breasts until the jugular vein is exposed. A final peck severs the artery and the bird quickly bleeds to death. The quetzal dies, but never surrenders. The green parrot stuffed, but with its feet missing, is to be found In natural history museums all over the world. But no one has ever succeeded in keeping a specimen alive in captivity.—New York Sun. ar's nisi —————————— A plous lady of Portsmouth had a hus- band who was a seaman. He was about to start on a protracted voyage, and, as his wife was anxious as to her husband’'s welfare, she sent the following notice to the village preacher: “Mr. Blank, who is going to sea, his wife desires the prayers of the congrega- o 'the old lady was quite illiterats the minister read the following to the congre- gation from the slip handed to him: “Mr. Blank, who is going to see his wife, desires the prayers of the congrega- tion.”--London Tit-Bits. T, <t PROtCgraphic Pointers For Amatelrs « the action of the lamp will show decided fog. gne of the earmarks by which a suc- cessful amateur is known is to be found in the condition of his dark room and the manner in which his developing and other solutions are shelved. Nothing is more important, where chemicals of various kinds are kept in proximity to one another, than that each should be prop- erly bottled and labeled in a manner that is not only perfectly legible, but also per- manent. One of the best methods for la- beling bottles of this kind is to grind on the surface of the bottle itseif a patch of the glass large enough to hold any ordin- ary label that may be required for its contents. This grinding may be done in a few moments by rubbing the surface of the bottle with a plece of emery cloth and the addition of a little emery powder. This roughening of the surface gives a ground glass effect, on which a label may be written with pencil or ink, as desired, after which it may be varnished to pre- vent rubbing off. The careful worker al- ways pours from the bottle on the side opposite the label, so that the drippings, which are more or less apt to run down the side of the bottle, will not obliterate the label itself. In the washing of negatives after fix- ing it is very important that they be tForoughly rinsed or wiped over under the tap with a wet and soft wad of ab- sorbent cotton before being put in the rack to dry. If. taken directly from the washing-box or tray and allowed to dry without this rinsing of the film side there is great danger of the negative showing small bubbles and air cel after drying, which it is then too late to remedy. A tuft of absorbent cotton will be found a most convenient adjunct to all washing opera- tions connected with photography. Users of films will find that after devel- opment and fixing they may be washed with ease and certainty by pinning the strips to a piece of beard and floating the same, film down, in the bathtub. In this way they may be left indefinitely without attention, and as the chemicals to be eliminated from the film are heavier than the water the process Is simple and thor- ough. W. 1. SCANDLIN.