Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12
AMATEURS CAMERAS.
PHOTOGRAPHY A RAGE AMONG
TIE ARTISTlcALLY INCLINED.


Cnrs"as coiiectio" OF Pictures oD-
tain.d Ia she slams az Midnight by
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Amateur photography has become a genu-
iile rage Every self respecting young per
son who would keep abreast OF the times Ia
the owner OF some sort OF instrument "nicn
produees more OF less speaking hkenes-ss Oh
their friends and taniiy, OF everything tnAA
lives and moves or has us being within tense
range OF their doniciie, not 70 msntlon every
nook and corner OF the house ihere -
scarcely library table throughout inc
length and breadth OF this city which Is not
laden with dim and wierd amateur hkehs'ssss
of the family-pictures the amateur rsgars
with blissful pride and the family with IN
dulgent liberation But even TINS JOY On
caricature begins TO pail on the boider spirits,
and their very latest achievement and de-
light Is the Hash light photograph.
For those who are unfamiliar with this
method OF melancholy perpetuation Il may
be necessary 20 explain that u includes an IN
Simultaneous iense, detective camera, and
cartridges loaded with magnesium These
cartridges are either hired on with match
or exploded In pistol made Tor the purpose
With these implements an instantaneous
picture can he taken IN the pitch dark, and
the favorite fad Ia to-under the guidance
and protection Of a policeman-vi the
sums at midnight and by the use OF the sud
den binding dash Of magnesium cartridge
procure strange incidents OF that quarter
taken as they occurred
CURIOUS COLLECTION
physician here--well known, too, hut
who oh iects 70 any publicity concerning his
little nmusement-has n curious collection Of
pictures obtained in this way He Is n friend
OF inspector Byrnes, and by special indnI-
gence and under the personal conduct Of the
great datective was enabled 70 procure some
negatives that could not be- duplicated In this
country He and the injector visited the
yils~t dives and. without the inmates being
aware Of his purpose. he would get his
camera focused. and without warning, a
lightning fash from his pistol would fix the
\ SCENE az the plata One Of the scenes In an
| opium dem Is peculiarly effective, as he stood
| in the doorway unnoticesi until the magnes-
| ium light flashed out aud caught the whole
picture, with every inmate of the place In
his natural, unrestrained attitude. There
are fan tan players In the full fury OF the
| game ON some OF his plates; dance halls,
tilied with half drunken and wholly drunken
brutes knocking their glasses ON the table In
/ applause OF some salaclous ditty chanted by
a bedizened creature whom IL Is hattery to
| call a woman without going down into the
haunts of the criminal classes, II Is possible,
through this large collection OF proofs, 20
get clear idea OF them In their unconscious
h.deousness
One OF the most remarkable pictures In
this collection is one taken, not by the quick
glare 81 incandescent mineral, but imprinted
on the sensitive gelitine by heavens own fire.
When Dr. - FIRST began his experiments al
u pitchy blncknesss with a prodigious wind
and great electrical disturbances, but M
rain. Carrying the camera out upon ths
beach and drawing the slide he waited for
Hash OF the lightning which was binding II
its intensity. A sudden CLEAN lit the worlI
and as suddenly expired in blackness. Ill
closed the slide and carried the plate AVA,
for development Such a picture as that rag
ing ocean, photographed 10y lightning, pre-
sents was never equaled IL is like one Q
; Dores ghastly phantlsiesL
AMusINe ONES QUESTS
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