Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-28
Y MORNING. MAY 2s. 1884,

Pacific the road was not constructed in the ! direct line contemplated. Nomin&lly. the senator thinks the forfeiture of the Northern Pacific will amount to about 13, ,00o. GOO acres, and of the Atlantic and Pacific to about 36,- 900, 900 acres
 MT. Harper, the author of the high license act passed at the last session of the Illinois legislature, says that it is shuttipg mp one whisky-shop out of every two in the .-ller towns and villages, and that the results to date in the cities are very satisfactory. The better class of liquor sellers have accepted the situation with good grace. are more careful in conducting their business and de- mand ths.enforcement of the law against their less respectable rivals Only in Ohi- cago and Quincy are $15o ale and beer h- censes issued; in most of the towns the minimum license fee is $500; in some the citizens have made 1t $1 ,0Oo. In Chicago the new law has wiped ont nearly 800 whisky. shops, to begin with, and has already put $531, ,e40 in the city tteasuf7; 1t is believed that the years income from license fees will reach at least $1, 2oO, 900.
 The fact that photographic portraits are so rarely good ikenessss is attributed by writer in Chambers Journal to the eircuna- stance that by photography it has hitherto been found impossible to give colors their true shade value. What is meant by this is that yellow to the eye is brilliant light tint, but in photograph it is reproduced almost black; red, instead of giving the idea of fire and light, comes ont black, and blue photo graphs perfectly white; such changes. of course, playing sad havoc with complexions and contrasts of color generally. According to recent French process, however, the trouble or drawback in question can be ob- viated, the plan consisting simply in the ad- dition to the usual Ingredients Of the sensi- tive photographic surface of one per cent. of eosine. modification of the crystoteum process is now being introduced The pho tograph, printed in the usual manner on paper, is first of all immersed in mixture of naphtha, parafine, mastic drops, ether and vinegar; this treatment makes it quite trans parent, so that body colors in oil, if laid broadly on their places on the back of the picture, show through with good elect.
 The gossip abont the political situation grows more and more interesting. Says the Washington correspondent of the New York Times: Senator Sherman has been holding mysterious consultations with various gentle men who are supposed to have more or less influence among different delegations to Chicago, and he received to-day more than the usual number of calls from members of Congress while the Senate was in session Those who believe in the story of an snti- attribute the latter's bustIing activity to his efforts to carry out his part Of She program. me, but the reported alliance is denied by MT. Blaine's followers to night as earnestly as it was circulated last night, and by some of them MT. Sherman is credited with having half. For some reason the Blsi ne men have talked less to-day about Sherman as . eom- promise candidate. and are apparently try ing to feel the pulse of the people on the question of ticket made up of Blaine and Le gan. "Such g ticket" said strong sup, porter of Blaine, stwould be sure to win the country, and there is no reason why 1t should not be nominated at Chieago- Logan sAFiH have from 60 to 80 votes in the con vention. If it was. understood inst sMr. Blains,s friends would support him for second place in return for his votes for the Maine states man for the head of the ticket, there Is no reason why such an arrangement should not be put through. The votes would be there and the principals could deli yer them"