St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-11

of the business hiss within the last few
years been almost cntsrelY brokea up.
1t has become fraugbt with danger Of
detection that few are willing to take
the risk of engaging in it.
THEY DON'T LIKE TT.
Much difficulty is sometimes experi.
enced in securing = satisfactory irter.
view between the rogue and the pho
tographer. The consent of the subject
to be photographed is quite essential
as y factor in the ease. When, like the
proverbial woman, he SAYS he went
and that's the end OF it. !" there is likely
te be trouble. In one of the albums
there is unique picture of tough.
looking citizen, whe wa hello prostrSte
| upon the floor by four athletes while the
artist was ende&voring to do his duty.
Three men partly concealed by screen
kept his body and legs quiet. while the
fourth had his knees planted upon the
offenders head, which he held with the
face turned toward the Camera. Next
to this spirited picture is one which
was the result of the first effort with
him. He takes his scat in the chair ap-
parently quiet amd submissive, but at
the instant the operator removed the
cap he turncd his head quickly around,
the effect being an excellent photograph
of his back hair. Then the attendants
proceed to force, but Uader q suspen-
sion of the rules. with the result as al
ready given. Friction Of this kind is
not unusual. Sometimes the phetog-
rapher is completely b2hied by the
facial cOntoFtioRs of she unwilling sub
lect- By this means hs "eets the
bulge" on them in n way thae no law
or exercise OF physical force e&n pre-
vent but there is strategic way to get
even around this ohdUracy which is
subdued by dose Of chlSEsiOrm, or his
picture is taken while asleep, as he
tween him AID the URited States GsY-
ernment the odds are too great, and il
some way he is compelled to yield.
CURIOSITY SHOP.
The urbRne cid gentleman in charge
shows tho visitor large aud interest
ing collection of plates, dies, presses,
molds and implements Of various kinds.
together with a villainoGg lot of knives
and other weapons. all of which have
been captured in the raids upon the
of exquisite workmanship, fully equal
in this respect TO those made by the
SkiHful engravers employed by the
Government. There ats always some
minor points of difference by which the
impressions from these plates may be
detected, although their general appear
G1ce is such as to give them every ap-
pearance of genuineness to any but the
most practiced eye. 1t may be the turn
of line. the shading of q letter or
some irregllarisy ia the delicate tracery
of the border that can only be discoY-
cred with the aid of glass. These.
when captured. are so mutilated by
channels plowed across their face SO rs
to make it impossible for them to DO
nsed again. As they accumulate they
are destroyed from tine to time, but
enough of them are retained to satisfy
the demands of curiosity. There is
press somewhat rude in construction.
but which, in its operation, is not in
ferior to those at the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing. There are many con-
trivances for making bogus coin from
the silver dollar down 10 the nickel.
Some of those are hardened steel dies,
by which the coin are pressed, the pro-
cess being similar to that employed at
the United SAFES minis. Otaers are
mods of iron, copper or plaster, in
which the coins are produced by the
casting process, wi b motel metal.
There are few dies for gold coin the
eagle, half eagle and quarter eagle.
There is so little gold in general clrcu-
lation, however, that few attempts are
now made to produce a countecfeit.-
Washington Cor. Chicago Inter ceaaa.