Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-22
4 FRENCH DUKES DISCOVERY.
De MoEay's Device for cheapsnins the
Cost OF Photographs Prints.


De Morny's Device for cheapenins the
cost Of Photographs Prints.
That distinguished amateur photog.
rapher. the due dc Morny, has COM
municated 10 the French war office a
process By which paper Of any kind
or thickness can receive photo
graphic print. says the London Tele-
Sraph. Eighty copies can be printed
per minute at a triiiing expense, and
note paper. season tickets, etc, may
thus bear photographic portraits OF
the owner. General Saussier. the
eommandant OF the garrison in Paris,
i engaged. il Is stated, in making
experiments with a view 10 applying
the process 10 the ''liyrets, or cir
tiacates Of service and character de-
liyered 10 soldiers, and ere long per-
haps the due do Moruy's system Of
cheap photographic printing may DO
adopted in the case Of tho .'livrets.
which worlSInen and domestic fery-
ants in France are expected to pos
sess.
OF the usefulness 81 cheap photo
graphic portraits On season tickets
and other documents which may lead
10 personal Identification 81 the real
proprietor there can scarcely be any
I doubt. Stili, il must not be forgotten
/ that she multiplication 0f very cheap
+ photographic portraits has long been
practlced IN the United states, where
/ photographers for very moderate
consideration will supply a client
I With 100 little eliigles Of himself
printed on sheet Of paper gummed
at the back. tho sheet bslng dtFisabla
by means 81 pertoratlons into squares
OF the exact slze OF postage stamps,
50 that tho tiny portraits can then be
used at the pOssess0rs own sweet
will. tie may stick one inside the
cover Of every book IN his library Or
affix them as seals 10 tho envelopes
Of tho letters which hs dispatches 20
his friends and acqnalntancgs.
Travellers Ia Russia. In che East,
and 10 all countries whore foreigners
arc looked upon with susplcion would
also act wisely in causing themselves
10 ba photographed on their pass
ports and their visiting cards. and
thsrc are Indeed. hundreds Of trans
actions Ia secla. life which might b.
considerably facilitated b. attaching
photographs swiftly and cheapsy OBJ.
talned. go articles Ia general use. II
when check was made payable 70
bearor. littie postage stamp Ike
photograph 81 tho bearcr himself
could D. gummed GA the face o! the
docdment the appearance 81 tho
counterfeit prcsontment would D.
sufficient 30 assure thn bank
cashier that tho check had NOT got
into wrong hands
The due do Morny's Ingenious i'm
proycment In photographic printing
T. only further illustration ~ lhs
almost iunumerable possibilities d
. photography itself yct 10 II passing
strange aud somewhat mouruful :,
admit that some 81 the easiest ex
pcrimcnt4 In photography wuru dis
i. tiuctly associated with tho production
I, or alteration ot certain colOga undg
I given conditions. bBt that ~ ia,
present time. Immense a. have bsnt
the developments In This. tho mos
scientific % oil arts, VIZ aerm to b
as Tar as ever from the indnitrl.
d ycarncd.ior discovery Of ans mcthn
o % perfectly reproducing. by mean
- ot tho lens. TIM camera. aud th
n sensitlzcd plato, images IN tho cxAn
I cOlors Of nature.