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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04
HALF-TONE ENGRAVlNGS.
How the Illustrations of the Magazines
Are Made.

How the Illustrations of the Magazines
Are Made.
Pictures for the illustration of maya
zines and some newspapers are now
made direct from photographs. A
glass screen with diamond-scratched
lines ruled at right angles so closely
together that the spaces can hardly be
distinguished is placed one-eighth of
an inch in front of the sensitive plate
in the Photographic camera. Looked
through, the effect is much the same
as gazing through sieve. These lines
reappear in the half-tone engraving
when printed.
The photograph, or wash drawing,
from which the photo-engraving is
taken, is photographed in the usual
way and with the usual sensitive plate,
with the previously described screen
in the camera between the plate and
the picture. This produces negative
of the picture, showing the fine
cross lines represented by clear glass.
Now, in order to have the same posi-
ton of the engraving as in the original,
the film Of the negative is treated to
one or two coats of collodion. which
gives it sufficient consistency to per-
NIT of its being removed. This film is
| transposed to the opposite side of an
other glass. After careful mounting
this new negative is 'ready to be used
| as medium for printing on zinc plate.
The face of the plate is buffed to the
highest degree of polish, then coated
| with a solution of albumen and gela-
tine, then sensitized with bichromate
| ammonia. 1t is then dried and placed
in the printing frame, the coated side
next to the negative film. The case is
then exposed to the sun or light
three to five minutes, or 'an cleo
trio light for fifteen to twenty
minutes. The light passes through
the heavy inch thick glass of the print
ing frame, then through the negative,
striking the sensitiZed plate, and
decomposing the chemicals wherever
it may fall. Where the plate is pro-
tected by the shadows and half tones
of the negative the sunlight has less
effect, and where the shadows are
dense it has no effect.
This plate is then removed from the
frame in dark room, and carefully
washed under running water for sew
eral minutes, then dried and heated
until the picture appears OF dark
brown color. The back of the plate is
rubbed with wax while hot to protect
it from the etching solution, which ID
made from perchloride of iron. The
picture on the plate is acid proof, and
the etching solution eats only where
the plate is unprotected-that part
which is blank in the finished engrav-
ing. The plate is allowed to remain in
| the acid bath for about fifteen min
utes, or until sufficient depth is OBJ
tanned. tbs then washed, and is ready
for the reuter- and the printer. IN. Y.
| Recorder
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04
GAMBLING IN THE ORIENT.
The FavOrite PastIme of the Chinese and
Malays.

The FayOrite PastIme of the Chinese and
MaIays.
There uappear to be three races of
men-the Chinese, the Malays, and the
natives of Manila-to whom in every
grade and under all conditions of life
gambling in some form or other is as
The breath of their nostrils. The love
OF it is Unborn; they seem unable to
live contented lives without the pleas
arable excitement that is to be found
IN games of mingled chance and skill.
But among Cinnamon generally, and
certainly among Cinnamon abroad, the
gambling is of very mild type indeed.
IN most cities where there is a consid-
cradle alien Chinese population to be
oealt with the necessity of licensing
ana regulating, or at least winking at
.ne existence of their gaming-houses
Is recognized. 1t is the one pastime in
me OF continuous toll the denial of
which would be intolerable and prac-
ideally impossible.
out the evil never assumes proper
'ions OF any more seriousness than our
o"n domestic hand .of "Napolean" or
'ne club rubber of whist for nominal
POINTS SO long as the authorities con-
nne the games strictly to the China
men themselyes-a course followed in
suen cities as Calcutta and Sydney. 1t
: ON = when the riff raft of other races
are allowed to take q hand" and to
11ll,le the Chinese games, tables, and
banks Tor the qualification of their own
s s.ssnoIng propensities that anything
, . widespread mischief is wrought
= OIlnaman may, in rare instances.
.Ose ms all when gaming among his
iva countrymen; but II this result
o we happen he goes next day content
ealy back to work, and is not, like
mos. mos. ruined gamblers Of European
s'ock' permanently incapacitated for
honest toll.
n white men lose money in Chinese
~|Onng house they are at once illog-
sAl' dishonest and contemplate in de-
:. aSo.neing the Chinese as the cause of
,- neI misfortune. The bush-woriers
ssh against their Chinese competi-
Wa l0r their habit Of gambling. yet il
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04
CURIOSITY OF LuNACY.
Periodic Recurrence of Mania, by Which
the Patient Lives Three Lives.

Periodic Recurrence of Mania. by Which
the Patient Lives Three Lives.
There is special form of mental dis
ease. first described in France, whose
definite character is given to it by its
periodicity, and hence it is called folie
circfiaire In it there are three Sec
tions of the mental circle that the pa
tient move in, viz, elevation, depres-
sion and sanity, and in this round he
spends his life, passing out OF one into
the other, for it is, when fully estab-
lished. a very incurable disease. The
patient takes an attack OF mania, dur
ing which he is joyous, restless, trou-
blesome .extravagant and often vicious.
He eats voraciously, sleeps little and
never seems to tire. His temperature
Is a degree or so above the normal, his
eve is bright and glistening, he Is
enamored of the other sex, he
shows diminished self-control and no
common sense. This lasts 1or few
weeks or few months more common
lv. and then he passes sometimes grad
nallv and sometimes rather suddenly
into a condition of depression, during
which he is sluggish, dull, looking diff
ferently. dressing differently, eating
differently, fearful, unreliant and sed-
entarv in habits. This state will last
a few weeks or months, and the patient
will brighten up into what seems re-
covery, and is to all intents and pnr-
noses in his normal state. This, again,
lasts for a few weeks or months, and
he gradually gets morbidly elevated.
Won And he is passing through every
minute mental phase and habit he did
at first: depression follows as before.
and then sanity; and this round of
three states of feeling, of intellect, of
volition and nutrition goes on, circle
after circle, till the patient dies he
lives three lives.-London Hospital.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

should; the will power IS weakened,
morbid fears haunt him and may result
in confirmed hypocllondria, or lnelaii-
cholia and, finally, in soliug of the brain,
epilepsy, {" fits ~, paralysis, locomotor
ataxia and even in dead insanity.
To reach, reclaim and restore s,ich
unfortunates TO health and happiness, IS
the aim of the publishers of book OF
1,6 pages, written i'll plain but chastee
language, oil the nature, symptoms and
durability, bv home treatment, of siicli
diseases. This book will be sent sealed,
in plain envelope. on receipt of this no.
tice with ten cents in stauips for post
age. Address, Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. y.
For more than quarter Of century
physicians connected with this widely
celebrated Institution have made the
treatment OF the diseases above h'nted at
their specially. Thousands have on
suited Them BY letter and received advice
and medicines which have resulte. in
permanent cures.
Sufferers from premature old age. or
loss Of power, will find much o. interest
in the book above mentioned
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04
Distractions in O Great Harbor

Are less easily removed than distinctions
of the bowels are by Hostetters Stomach
Ritters infinitely more effectual than vio-
lent purgatives, aud which never gripes,
conyulses and weakens as they do. The
Bitters also removes malarial and rheu-
matte complaints, biliousness, sick head
ache, nervousness and dyspepsia. Give this
deserving remedy fair trial and expect the
best and most complete results.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04
~, WAS A VETERAN.

4, ono Life was aa; ,r
-, S' rurav. who has resided in the
Old b ,lania mountains for two gen.
psunsyl'aina fine specimen OF that
lsss o. ,r as only equaled by his super
rsvery IN ! met old Bill in pittsburgh
tition. ,a = on one of his rare visits to
epot wns s. ritv. Like all Of ais class, ne
t II in recounting MS 'f M
dangeIs. 10 wust animal ever saw
"B n,,' 'A Twas an old black cat"
' "An ordinary cat?" r. as
NO: :,ad old cuss at everybody hated
poD-lar nabow he drifted into the neigh
md Solaeno NV cabin and let him stay
,ound fur luck" nont so small
what was dangerous'aoo"' ~ s
y u ani Rob was breath sucker"
. - " sucker. Now, yer dudes o
aasent time don't believe in the
~ lime stories O. cats suckin' peoples
Df e. don't get your meaning"
I'VE don't? Their were two wnoie
,.m;,ies killed up on Scott's divide oy
nj old Tom cat
Que sw VIZ how did it kill them?"
n " this way: The cat slips in while
4. nsrson's asleep and takes its sta
. a1 On its victims breast, where it
s as a dead weight, occasionally
n ss on the PERSONS throat with Its
r.. whenever the sleeper goes to
s ss Mr.. Cat claps his mouth right
AVER the sleeper's mouth and sucks the
breath"
lieve-'
"Don't believe? Don't / know OF six
neonle at old Bob killed In less n two
years%
"Could nobody kill him?"
.No s.i-rl Never kill black cat.
O]d Bob was better IAN regiment o
soldiers fer guardin' a place. Want
Iafeard Of anything from a bar to a
roun' squirrel"
"But why not kill him?'
"Bad luck. Kill black cat an you
say one O yer relatives, sure!"
sand you have this murderous old
feline yet?''
'Huck-uh! Old Bod got conceited n
thought he could kill anything 'at could
breathe Last spring when Coxey's
army KEN through our neck they
camped close to my place. Old Bot
grinned and licked his chops, as he
watched them from the top of big
chestnut"
sand how many did he kill?"
"Ah, thars where the trouble comes
/ in. When l KEN out mex mornin'
seed them fellers solemn an happy
| like, skinnin' some animal fer break
| fss' -"
"Coonp"
"Huck-uh! Old Bob, true as preach
| ms
SLOW did they get him?"
"You see, the old cuss was so con
ceited at he jumped onto the fust one
he KEN to and begin to suck his breath
Poor Old Bob had never struck any
thing like that before, and before he
got sober enough to crawl up tree
the burned Ohio loafers cooked him an
eat him. And there comes in the prof
ersy. They tell me at Coxey'n hi'
gangs never had blamed bit O. luck
sence that night It they pizened ole
Bob to death and eat him."
And old Bill evidently believed what
he was saying.-Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

A pARvENU was giving q large dinner
party to show off his new dining-room. me
paper had cost small fortune, but the din.
ner was execrable. what do you think OF
It all9n he asked the wit beside him. ~
prefer less gliding and more carving" -
Fit-Rits
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04
on,,e Prudent.

Mr.. Morrss-Iam astonished that you
should have visited Harold at his Office,
even though you are engaged 10 him
I consider IL very imprudentl
Bessie-Quite. the reverse, paPa' 4
went down 20 look over the books
Puck
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

"WHEN / grow up, nom, Iwant you 70
make minister of mel why, Johnny,
am glad that such ls your desire; wla
sneak to your father about it." "Yesm, I
want to 60 to Europe every summer"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

A COUPLE of deputies belonging to differ.
emit shades Of politics meet in the lobby OF
the French Chamber. ''The prime minister
is about to give Mr.. Intel an appointment
in the diplomatic service" "Whatl that
fellow?n "Why, certainly, he is very ca
pable man" Eyes, capable of anything. So
LaCroix
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No.
1 Asthma medicine.-W. K. WILLIAMS, An
tioch, Ills, April II, 1884.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

DON'T Neglect aCough. Take Some HaieAs
Honey of Horehound and Tar fastdnter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure IN one mlnuss-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

SHE severely many more times
are you going to ask me to marry you" be
(calmly)-"How many more times are you
going to refuse me2"-Truth.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

AMERICAN STUDENT-"You don't have
football in Gernany?" German Student
"No; the professors draw the line at duel
ing,"-Puck
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

AUTHORS WIFE-''Children, you must moi
be so noisy Your father is writing his col
lected works. "-Fliegende Blatter.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04

"WAs there party here to look at tho
housers Snapp--"Well, don't know what
you might think, but he seemed to me to be
regular picnic"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-04
Great Rock Island Route Playing Cards.

If you send Is cents in stamps or coin to
JOHN SEBASTIAN, Gen'l Pass Agent, c., r.
I. & P. R'y, Chicago, you viii receive post
paid the slickest pack Of playing cards
you ever handled. Beautiful steel engraved
Whist Rules accompany them free.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

The poetry of the September Cen
fury will include two ballads: "The
Constitutions Last Fight" by Jam es
jeffrey Roche, editor of the Boston
Pilot, and 1.-THE Ballad OF Chickam-
auga," by Maurice Thompson, who
fought on the Confederate side in
that battle. There will also be a
fine lyric by Will III. Thompson,
brother of Maurice, to whom it is
addressed, entitled Together against
the Stream the theme being the
comradeship of brothers. VIM Pr s.
Gott Foster, one of the best of the
American sonneteers. will contribute
two "Sonnets for the Times" and
Mrs Schayer poem entitled 1.-THE
Moon-Flower," with decoration by
her daughter, Wihelmina Won Stosch,
sister of the violinists. Canada will
be represented by William Wilfred
Campbell's September in the Lau-
rentian Hills"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

has caused a shrinkage OF value far
greater even than the sum of the new
national debt, which has forced into
idleness hundreds of thousands Of
men and women who had been profit
ably employed, which has reduced the
level Of wages by % per cent at the
very least, and which leaves the
government month after month with
receipts less than expenditures by
from five to seven millions Of dollars.
This is record which characterize
itself more strongly than any COM
ment can do. The people Of this
country will not soon again get tired
of prosperity. The next time they
are well Off they will kno " enough 10
stay so. IN. i. Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

A new plant grows in places burned
over in Minnesota's Fire, and the
people are puzzled over the new fruit
which has made its appearance this
summer for the first time. 1t is yell
low, eggshaped and plumlike, the
larger specimens being about the size
of pigeons egg. 1t grows on a plant
very much like tomato plant, and
the plant smells like a tomato. The
plum or berry, grows partly enclosed
In thin husk. When green the fruit
is white, has good supply of small,
hard black seeds, and has a peculiar
sub-acid flavor, which is quite pleas
ant. 1t grows only on clearings which
we're burned over last season, but
grows In some uf these in immense
quantities. Some Of the plants are
very large, covering space six feet Ia
diameter and bearing half bushel Of
fruit The peculiar thing about the
plant Is that no one has ever seen It
or heard OF it Def Specimens
have been sent to the stare expert
mental station lor Identification.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26
Marvellous Results.

From letter written by Rev. j.
Gunderman, OF Dimondale, Mich, we
are permitted to make this extract:
III have no hesitation in recommend
ing DIR. Kings New Discovery, as the
results were almost N arvelous In the
case of my wife. While was pastor
of the Baptist Church at Rives juno
ton she was brought down with
neumonia succeeding La Grippe.
Terrible parexysms OF coughing would
last hours with little interruption
and |, seemed as IL she could not sur
vive them. A friend recommended
DR.. kings New Discovery; It was
quick Ia its work and highly satisfac-
tory In results" Trial bottles free,
at L. Fournier's Drug Store. /
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

The water level Of the great lakes
Is curious study. Last week six
inches of rain fell over Superior,
Michigan and Huron, whose combined
area is II, $50 square miles. These
showers added to three lakes l,079,-
$40, 176, 900 cubic feet of water, with
out counting the water received by
drainage or tributary streams. 1t
would take the canal under construct
ion In Illinois seven years to carry of
this rainfall alone at the rate Of 30o,-
900 cubic feet minute. The fact
should not be forgotten that the lakes
are fresh water oceans with enormous
powers of storage, and it 10 not cert
ain that a dozen ordinary canals
would pull upon them perceptibly.
They have gradual periods of rise and
fall, but scientific observers have not
been able to explain them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.

Protectionist sentiment continues
strong and active in the great West.
In the South it Is also developing
more and more. Why? Because the
value and benefit of manufactures
are better known and understood a.
mong places that have few or no fact
cries, than in the Industrial centers
of the East. The resolute, energetic
pioneers who are building up states
such as Montana, the Dakotas and
Washington, regard the establish
ment of new industries as the only
sound basis of prosperity. Such men
study practically the growth of COM
monwealths and become, as the result
active, zealons protec6ionists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

A man who doesn't care about
Boomers, anyway. Joseph b. Fore
aker, Ex-Governor of Ohio: II women
want to wear bloomers when riding a
bicycle l don't believe there is much
use in objecting They will do it
anyway, so there Is no special need
of saying anything for or against the
costume. do not believe, moreover,
that it is matter of much import
ance whether they do or not. 1t is a
matter of personal opinion, and the
woman is the same whether in skirts
or in trousers. or course we like to
see women attractive in appearance,
but il they WILL wear boomers, we
must bow to their will. 1t is really
no concern of ours after all: women
have a right, within the bounds OF
reason, to dress as they please, and
personally don't care what the wear
on the wheel. = From "Shall wheel
woman wear bloomers?@ In Demores'l
Magazine for October.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26
Four Big Successes.

Having the needed merit to more
than make good all the advertising
claimed for them, the following four
remedies have reached phenomenal
sale. Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption Coughs and Colds. each
bottle guaranteed: Electric Bitters,
the great remedy for Liver, Stomach
and Kidneys; Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. the best in the world, and DR..
Kings New Life Pills, which are a
perfect pill. All these remedies are
guaranteed to do just what is claimed
for them and the dealer whole name
is attached will be glad to tell you
more of them. Sold at l.. Fournier's
Drug Store. Large size soc and 81.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

Potatoes as Stock Food. At the
LEIPZIG experiment station in Ger
many potatoes have been fed to cows,
sheep and swine to test their value.
The result justifles the directors in
advising the use of potatoes when
they are very cheap and plentiful.
They should be cooked for swine,
and for fattening cattle they can be
fed either raw or cooked, when given
with hay, meal or other substances.
Cows in milk should be fed daily %
pounds of washed raw potatoes. The
larger potatoes should be cut. AS a
feed they are not good for young
lambs, nor for cattle under two years
Of age.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

The Currency Cloud is dispelling.
The outlook is becoming clearer. The
attempts made to concentrate public
attention on the currency question
have failed signally. 1t would have
gratified Free Traders to have sown
strife among the Protectionists by
creating new issues. Such strife might
have undoubtedly weakened the pro-
tectionist cause aud enabled Free
Traders to accomplish their aims
stealthily. But the patriotism and
intelligence of the people have saved
them from any such misfortune. Pro-
tectionists are earnest, active and
united. They are strong In numbers
and are gaining in strength all the
time. The are refraining wisely from
disputes over details and holding
firmly to the broad principles on
which protection to home industry is
founded. America Economist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

A short time ago a couple of dis
pirited horses drawing''a dilapitated
old wagon, and containing a detected
family of immigrants, passed through
Mason, Ohio, in the direction of Gin
cinnati. The appearance of the outfit
was sufficient to exile the sympathy
OF all who saw 1t, until their risibil-
tiles would be aroused by an attract
i've inscription on the rear of the
wagon:
Colorado has irrigation,
Kansas, wind and starvation:
Through Clevelands administration
England rules the nation,
Sending prosperity to damnation,
And me to mJ wlfe's rela lions
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

The pension-appeal of John Godfry
has been rejected by Secretary Rey-
nolds. Godfrey served in Co. f, Sd
Kansas volunteers, which was called
into service by the governor Of the
state. The secretary holds that no
person other than the president of
the United States has the authority
to call the militia of any state into
the United States service, and mi
litia organization called into service
by any other authority is not thereby
in the service Of the United States
for pensionable purposes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26


The Pension Office states that the
number Of pensioners has fallen from
1,0ll,79 in 1894 to 9S7.8l5 in 1895.
The official estimate is that in 1900
the figures will be S54, 461, and five
years later 701,4l3 The estimate OF
the pension appropriation in 1905 is
$4l, 200, 900 less than that of the
present year. This prospective sur
plus is viewed with great satisfaction
by the administration since its failure
to save money by suspending pensions
In haste and searching for cause of
suspension at leisure. The Repub-
lican party will achieve surplus by
another road long before the year
1905.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

Itsappears that Of the 1249 gradu-
ates of West Point who were living
when the civil war began, S21 were
in the army, 428 were engaged in
civil pursuits. OF those who had left
the service, 292 returned to fight for
the Union, and 90 entered the con-
federate army; and OF those who
were yet in service, 627 remained
true to the flag, and 1874 went over
to the other side. Out of $50 South
ern graduates, 1872 were in the Fed
eral army, and among them was
Gen. Thomas, the "Rock of Chicka-
manga"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Most Perfect Made.

A bulletin issued by the census de-
partment of Michigan gives the total
population of the state as 2,241, Gal,
of which 1870, 7S6 are natives and
$40, 855 foreign born. The state has
increased in population since 1890
but lat, 565, large proportion of the
number being accounted for by the
growth of the cities. Many Of the
agricultural counties show decrease
In population.