The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-24 00:00:00

Farietio.

A THRILLING NARRATIVIL—A dog's tail under a
cart wheel
A miserly old fellow has hit upon an experiment to
save undies. He uses the "light of other day',"
The following sentiment was giien at a recent rail.
road festival : "Our mothers—the only faithful tenders
who never misplaced • switch."
We have at last discovered the reason gentlemen cif
the present day stoop no; it is on account of their being
constantly bent upon pleasure. We hope they will not
be straightened by circumstances.
A French marshal, annoyed by the loquacity of a
marquis of the old French school about his ancestors
at last replied "1 hare no anonitors, but I an an
ancestor."
"My character," said an alderman, who had cleared
himself from a charge of bribery, 'my character, sir, ja
like my boots—all the brighter for blacking."
"You always lose your temper in my company," said
an individual of doubtful reputation to • gentleman.
"True, sir, and I shouldn't wonder if I lost everything
I have about ice."
A BIT 0' WILTSHIBIL —Mrs. E—s OLI Domestic
Ceinfcrts :—" Thar I do so like killin a peg I—the
making up of all the nice lard—and then the DIOS Challis
suppers, and the °Bouts, and the zlabs,—and then agen
the nice peg's vry ; they I do so like killin • peg !"
BEVICNO/L—An earl marshal, being found butt with
by his sovereign for scone minarrangement of • corona-
tion, said, "Please your Majesty, I will try and do
better next time."
A BLACKSMITH MAIM A BARON.—Among other his-
torical obscurities with which Paris is filled at this mo-
ment may be quoted Herr Baron G—, who, enriched
and ennobled by the King of Prussia, CORI) frOM the hum-
blest origin to • position of high consideration in the
world. While the minient Prince of Prussia, than ma
infant of some throe years of op, was staying et the
Palace of Babelsberg, by some negligence of hi; purse he
was left alone for a few minutes in an apartment on the
third floor. With the marvellous instinct Of mischief
peculiar to children of that age, the little prince took
immediate advantage of the absence of the nurse to an,
complish • feat of which he had, doubtless, bees for
long time ambitions, and which connoted in Ni isgeeable
walk outside the window upon tlie n!uvow ledge of the
coping-stone, whence he could conveniently climb up the
back of the lion rampant which supports the entablature
of the frontispiece which adorns the building. A poor
blacksmith's workman who had been sent for to execute
some repairs in the palace, was just coining up the
garden, and beheld with horror the situation of the
child. With true presence of mind, he haatened gently
to the spot beneath the window, following every move-
ment of the urchin with the keenest anxiety, and extend-
ing wide his leather apron as he gazed upwards to watch
the first symptom of giddiness which should occur to the
bold little adventurer. As the child drew nearer to the
lion, the ledge no longer afforded nub firm footing, and
Presently, with • loud cry, he pitched over that terrific
height right into—the leather apron of the blacksmith,
which sustained the shock withont falling, end In another
moment the little prinoe was restored, safeand well, to
his Royal parents, who, in token of their gratitude, took
immediate charge of the fortune of the brave young
workman, laud bestowed upon him a handsome pension,
with the title of Baron, to both of which he has done
honour during • well-spent and useful life. Court
Journal.
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PHOTOGRAPHY.—IA is well known that photographs
on paper are, after • certain time, dimmed by • kind of
coloured film, which is sometimes formed on the surface,
Mid sometimes in the texture of the paper itself. If.
flaudinet, in a paper presented to the Academy of
Sciences, obviates this inoonvenienoe by rendering the
paper waterproof before exposing it to the action of the
sun. His process is as follows :—Having dissolved a
certain quantity of gutta perch • in benzine, the solution
is decanted, after a few days' rest, to obtain it quite
clear. Sheets of paper are then dipped into it one by
one, and immediately taken out again, and hung up by
one of their corners to dry. These sheets ore afterwards
found to be covered with a kind of what may be termed
powder of ipitta peroha, there not being sufficient
sdhesion to give it the quality of a varnish. To obtain
this the sheets are exposed to the action of a good ere,
which makes the particles of gutta pertiha glue together,
covering all the fibres of the paper, which thus becomes
waterproof without losing it, transparency. The
paper then receives a solution of albumen (albumen, 100
parts, water 25, chloride of sodium, 6), which is allowed
to dry, and then rendered sensible to light by a solution
of crystallized nitrate of eilxer of the strength of 15 per
cent. The rest of the operation is the same as usual,
only shorter, the photograph being fixed in the course of
a few minutes; the washing, which generally lasts from
12 to 24 hours, is reduced to a quarter of an hour. The
photograph obtained is transparent, and the paper re•
tains its former whiteness.