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The morning times., 1896-02-23
BABIES BEFORE | CAMERA
Some Fine Points in the Art for
Taking Them.
WAY OF THE SPECIALIST
All Women Have an Ideal They Like
to Have Met whether the Likeness
he Faithful or Not-Colored Ba bies'
Pictures Are satisfactory II Taken
Very Light.

To take an adults picture is a science.
To take "A baby's picture is IN art
To get correct reproduction of round,
chubby bit of humanity on a bit of paper
subjected To chemical processes and pasted
ona bit of cardboard is more difficult han
Ia harness zebra or TO change the purpose
of II cyclone.
1t is only after years of patient perse-
verauce and practice that the conscientious
photographer will allow himself TO have
''ba bies' pictues Il speciality" painted
on his window, and even then he don't
know but that the very next embryo OF
mankind that is carried over his threshold
will bave 10 be brought back half dozen
times before a likeness that could be dis
covered without labelling can be secured.
How did you come to make such a
speciality of babies" asked the reporter
nf Washington photographer, who has
been thirty years i'll the business, and who
has devoted Il great deal of pains TO little
peoples pictures in that time.
We'll, thought it-was an open field for
one reason answered he, land for an
other reason / am fond of babies; 50 / de-
cidcd to make that one of the principal
features of my profession. How much or a
success ! have been my pictures will have
10 testify.
But we never learn ii all, and to tell the
truth, the secret in the taking of babies
pictures lies almost wholly in chance. IL
you happen 10 catch a ayoungster in happy.
expressive interval. you have made your
self solid with that tots immediate ances-
tors for all time TO come. If chance don't
favor you. YOU will. generally speaking,
simply have TO wait until it does"
WATCHING A CHERUB'S ANTICS.
Then the photographer named n day. and
| kindly invited the reporter to spend so much
The morning times., 1896-02-23
FLEA WORKS THE HAMMER.
Wonderful Model of German Profes.
sor Operated by an Insect.
ST Louis Republic

Wonderful Model of a German Profess
sor Operated by an Insect
ST. Louis Republic.
At Essen, Germany. in the Great Krupp
gun works, which are situated a that place,
there is hammer that weighs fifty tons.
This hammer works in connection with an
anvil weighing eighty tons. which, in turn,
is placed on aii< anvil block weighing 20
tons. Prof. Schumann, trained flea
man" of BerRe, Switzerland, visited Essen
and the great lwar machine works Il few
years ago. Upon returning home he set
about making fs aniodel of the great ham,
mer which should be complete in every de-
tail, but on slcifaa minute scale that the
hammer could be raised by flea instead
of a 10O-horsepower engine, as in the
original. sHp .
In its completed state this wonderful
miniature modei-frame, hammer, pulleys,
etc.-weighs ,buto1 IL grains. The ham,
mer and anvil are both OF solid gold the
pulleys German; silver, and the frame
work platinum. A flea, trained by Mr.
Schumann, the maker of the model will,
at the word of command, hoist the ham
uler to the top of the frame, where it is
automatically set free, descending in pre-
cisely the same manner as the monster a fter
which it was modeled.-St Louis Re-
upblic.
The morning times., 1896-02-23
NJ. FLoQUET AND HIS WIFE.
A Married Life Much Like That of
the Disraelis
London Truth.

London Ifutn.
Mrs. Crawford, who had the pleasure
of an intimate. personal acquaintance with
the late M. Floquet and his wife, thus
writes of them from Paris.
> NJ Floquet was seconded, as few public
men ever were, by his wife. Nine Floquet
had when she married him just before the
war beauty. grace, intellect. diplomatic
clevernesS and large fortune. She be-
longed 10 a powerful Republican clan.
Her devotion to Floquet had no limit. She
was passionately ambitious for him and
not in the least for herself. He had eio-
quence and wit. but no in sight into char
acter or mems motives. Her perspicacity
was unerring. He. throughinn ocence, could
be duped by knaves. for he was guleless
from youth TO age. All her resource was
employed TO protect him.
Nine. Floquet hau no children, but showed
herself truly maternal when her husband
filled great situations. When he was pre-
feet of the Seine she opened sthe Hotel de
Vile with matinee to $4,000 school
children. Her Christmas trees at the
Palais Bourbon were for the children OF all
the officials tBcre-high and humble. She
was so charitable at the ministry OF the
interior as to mukc the place OF minister's 3
wife there extremely difficult. If in
tcnsely ambitious for her husband, she was
unworldly and yet.of the world She did
not dra W the line i'll her grand Palais Bour-
bon at the wives of country deputies, who
were sure TO wear homemade artificial
flowers. NJ .Flnquetm shrunkundcr
the attacks of Drumont, Delahayc and their
friends, had she not infused her spirit into
him. dishonest man in his place would
not have minded The wife knew him bet
fer than he knew himself. His election
into the Senate came too late. Heart dis
ease had declared itself, and the first
cold he caught killed him
The morning times., 1896-02-23
OpiritualiSt0 00lUmn
O. sss2zzs
SPIRITUALISM; SCIENTIFIC AND
PHILOSOPHICAL.
BY PROF. w. NJ. LOCKWOOD OF CHI
CAGO, ILL.


What splritualism is, as understood by
the average mentality OF he age, and what
1t is as comprehended by those philosophic
thinkers who have been its ablest advocates
during the last decade, may be best under
stood undar the terms of Imagination ver
sus demonstration; or, the picturing ten
dency of the mind as applied TO the popu-
lar conception OF spirituaiism as opposed
by the formulas OF verfication as applied
by its best-informed teachers.
AS all rel igions have their origin in specu-.
iative conceptions of the unknown, it is
quite natural for the popular aud unphilo-
sophie thinker to regard spiritualism as an
off-shoot OF some of these speculations,
and TO look upon it as an incongruous
hodge-podge OF transcendental idealism.
TINS VIEWS Strengt hened by the fact that all
Bibles, all so-called sacred cosmogenies,
refer 10 spiritual phenomena and influences
as the agency through which the gods as
sociated with man; ard. while many will
receive this as plausible, as applying to
Bible times and data. they are not willing
TO apply it as truth OF equal Importance
today. Notwithstanding which the history
of spiritual phenomena ferred to in
sacred writings has left its influence upon
the mentality OF the age.
Spritualism as Il religion is CreedleSs.
1t simply affirms knowledge of personal
! existence beyond the horizon Of the grave,
and OF the ability of the disembodied ego
| to impress the mentality OF the human, and
| the spiritualist holds To the fact that such
association obtains. This brief poStulate
! contains the real essence OF the spiritual
| philosophy. Hence, any person accepting or
! believing in this relation is, in realty. u
| Spiritualisi, although identified with church
schisn and religious propagandism. There
fore, it is not surprising that spiritualism
| has her silent votaries in every creed and
! cline. An ideal of a future state of in
dividual existence, of happiness and peace
| full rest. is common To nearly all religions,
and in this respect spritualism differs only
! in believing that progression eternal is an
additional truth.
But there are two phases OF spiritualism
pre-eminent in public thought, each of
! which has its special advocates. The first,
or phase most commonly met i'll this country,
is the religious, or Bible spiTi,ualist; the
second, or latter phase. is known under the
name of the philosophic or scientific. We
have neither time nor space in an article
The morning times., 1896-02-23
TYPEwRITER FOR THE BLIND.
The Unfortunates May BE Able to
Take Rapid Dictation-
Ha arrford COurauf

Ia ke hdfiu DlCIatlon-
Hartford COurant
A system. of tyPewrtiHg for the blind is
in use i'll the Connecticut Industrial Insti-
fute for the Blind, which enables person
wholly blind to take from dictation with
great rapidity, and overcomes in great
degree many-of the disadvantages persons
of this class are forced to endure. 1t is
10 effect an application of mechanical
device to the BraiIie system OF writing
which is the standard taught IN schools and
INSTITUTIONS for the blind.
TIE Braille system is made upnf a slate,
or ievclsurfaee. which is divided into sew
eFaI eeHs or divisions. Each OF these
divisions has six fluctuations in the form
OF a square, and 20 write by using this slate
sheet Of paper IS placed over it. ard
with stylus pHBetares are made in these
identationS- The alphabet. not unlike the
Morse alphabet for teiegraphy, is made up
by coinbFnationssof these six indentationS.
which as they appearonjhe wrong side Of
the paper, present raised surface. which
can be read by the touch of the blind.
The new device, which is applied to the
! Braille system, consists III the main in
six keys operated like those OF a typewriter,
! the punctureS being made by the mechan-
J ism instead of by the stylus. The rapidity
/ of writing by this process is Only limited
I by the ability OF the operator TO finger
the keys and apply the combinations.
| In this connection it Is interest ing to
note a recent inven tion OF Thomas j Ben
nett OF Lyons Plain for a typewriter for
the blind. This is an arrangement of two
/ parallel wires so that they are easily ad-
iustible down a page of letter paper The
writer, who may have learned the art Of
writing before he became blind, is able
| by this device to keep his line straight and
by movement OF the wires when line is
finished give to a page of his manuscript
uniform and handsome appearance. 1t
| is not intended as an aid to those who have
been blind from infancy.
The morning times., 1896-02-23
THE LAST HALE DOZEN.

Half dozen more babies were brought
in while the reporter stayed In every
instance the photographer sought TO get
ou the good side OF the men and women Of
the future by his kindly smiles and by his
grotesque conduct. Generally he was
su ccessfuI.
"Children from two to four years of age
are the most difficult to picture said
the photographer. They are old enough
to know fear in its every sense then, and
they are very shy Of strangers as a rule.
Then. their parents generally want them
photographed in a standing position. where
it is almost impossible for them TO remain
still. Babies are always nice, but they are
hard TO photograph"
The morning times., 1896-02-23

tanning babies before the camera?' the re-
porter asked, later.
NO." said the photographer, ave still
use a bell, a rattle, our hands, or hand
kerchier; in fact, anything that will make
a noise, just as they did thirty years ago.
The baby is the same as it was ten centuries
ago.
THE NUDE IN BABY PICTURES.
"It very frequently happens that people
want q photographs OF a nude baby, or al
most that / always discourage the idea,
because it is almost impossible to get
gratifying picture of that kind. / always
tell them the photographer has five pic
lures instead of one to make. A naked
baby is always in motion, and you have the
head hands and feet to watch at the same
time"
a colored woman with a pickaninny OF
inky hue came in. A bright handkerchief
dexterously waved served To put pho
tographer and baby Immediately on the
same plane of friendship, and the sitting
was quickly over. AS the artist looked at
the plate later he remarked: ''That Is good.
The picture is going to he very light
''But never saw blacker baby said
the reporter.
'Oh, l know that; but you can never get
picture too light for the colOred mother,
no matter how black the subject is. The
pictures Of colored babies are hard to take
ordinarily. You very frequently get moth
ing but shadows, with spot of white where
the light strikes the nose.
''Thc matter OF truth of reproduction is
not confined to colored people alone,
however. The average patron OF the ga
Iery, aud the ladies especially, viii not
care whether the picture looks like them or
not. they simply say: Give me good
| picture
LAS l remarked before. the parents OF a
1 baby are not after q ailhfu1 picture.
they simply have an ideal, and they see
no reason under the sun why it cannot
be realized. Their ideal can almost always
| defined by the word cute
A sickly looking baby OF not more than
two months in &c was brought by a neatly
dressed butsorrowful looking young woman.
| Edith is sick" said she, with much sad
ness in her voice. THE doctor said she
could not possibly live more than another
month, and we wanted her picture"
The little thing was peevish and fretful
and squirIned about and cried when left
alone. Finally the mother had TO take it
in her arms and the tiny face was photo
graphed as it pressed gently against her
own.
The morning times., 1896-02-23
A Good Definition.

'Can you tell me, professor" asked
Grigsby, what an 'extempore pianist is?
I see that the performances of such a pian-
ist are advertised
Certainly said the professor; 'ex, out
Of: tempore, time; an extempore pianist is
one that plays out OF time."-Detroit Tri-
bune. 49,
The morning times., 1896-02-23
Evils of the Microscone.

Johnnie, here you are at breakfast
with your face and hands unwashedr'
''I know, mamma, | saw the little things
that live in water through papa's little
microscope last evening and I'm not going
TO have them crawIin' over my face with
their funny little legs. s."-Dcmorest's Maya
zine.
The morning times., 1896-02-23
Not Very Consistent

'If you don't see what you want, ask
for 1t, :" IS the sign displayed over grocer's
counter. And when a man went in and
asked payment ON n bill that had been
running for six months. he was shown out
through the front door. He is now of the
opinion that grocers are not consistent
Pearsons Weekly.
The morning times., 1896-02-23
A Close Figurer.

II am astonished,' said the man who had
finished his new house. 1.-THE cost is actu-
ally within the estimates"
II used TO make rebuilding estimates for
an insurance company" explained the
architect India napohs 10 urnal
The morning times., 1896-02-23
A Mistake.

Haverly-What was all that disturbance
at old MaritaPs golden wedding?
Austen-It was caused by Colorado
man, who had come under the impression
that it was silver one.-Brooklyn Life.
The morning times., 1896-02-23
Same Old Elephant

81 am told that the elephant is NOT so ex-
pensive in the East as it used to be-
Perhaps not; but notice that in this
town it costs just as much as ever to see the
animal.n-New York World
The morning times., 1896-02-23
Got Them to Burn.

The Office Boy-Der editor is busy; just
drop yer stuff III dersslot.
Miss Poesy THE sweet singer OF Sing
sing)-TelI me, does he get many poems?
The Office Boy tdisgustedly) p oems?
Why he's got 'em to burn!-Puck.
The morning times., 1896-02-23
A Modern Tinnle

Gertie-Oh. auntie! Mrs. Newgold gave
such lovely pink tea last evening.
Aunt Selma (from the country Lord
sakes, child what win you fashionable folks
drink next?-New York World.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

From a letter written by Rev j.
Gunderman, Of Dimopdale, Mich, we
are permitted TO make this extract F:
III have no hesitation in recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
suits were almost marvellous in the case
Of my wife, While I was pastor OF the
Baptist church at Rives Junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding La Grippe. Terrible parox
ysms Of coughing would last hours with
little Interruption and it seemed as II
she could not survive them. A friend
recommended DR.. Kings New Dis
covery; 1t was quick In it's work and
highly satisfactorily IN results" Trial
bottles at Murphey-Va Petten Drug
Co.'s Drug Store at Las Vegas
and East Las Vegas and at wholesale at
Browne & Manzanares 20. Regular
size SOC. and 81 90.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

The wife of Mr.. Leonard Wells, Of
East Brimfield, Mass, had been suffer-
ing from neuralgia for two days, not
being able to sleep or hardly keep still,
when Mr.. Holden, the merchant there,
sent her a bottle Of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, and asked that she give it
a thorough trial. On meeting MI.
Wells the next day, he was told that
she was all right, the pain had left her
within two hours, and that the bottle
of PAIN Balm was worth S. 90, If it
could not be had for less. For sale at
30 cents per bottle by X. d. Goodall,
Depot drug store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13
To BE A MODEL.
She Wanted to Leave Housekeeping and
Pose For Pictures.

Not very long ago, while a prominent
artist was busy at his easel, the brass
knocker raped three times, and rising
he opened the door. "Who is it?" he
said, not very pleased at the interruption.
"Do you want a model?" was the re-
Spouse.
He looked at her with the rapid
glance of the man who knows the mean
ing of form and color and the value OF
every feature. Apparently there was
nothing tt recommend her. The face
was not beautiful, the skin and features
were coarse, there was no pomegranate
on the lips, no rose petal on cheek nor
shell tints in the ear. The hair was a
dusty, yellow gray, the eyes dull and
heavy, the mouth and jaw thick u
hard. All of this detail he saw as she
passed through the door unlimited.
"What are your recommendationsT
he asked her half sneoringly.
1T have a good figure she answered.
promptly.
"Are you a professional model" was
the next query.
IT have never posed at all, she re-
Piled. "I'm a housemaid. I read some
thing in the paper about the lots OF
money the models made, and / thought
I'd like it better than being out at serv-
ice."
The artist looked at the young Irish
oma a moment, and glancing about
the room, wondering what to say to
her, his eyes fell upon his half clad
model seated upon the stand. miss
b." he said, twill you tell this young
woman about the life? She wants to be
q model"
Miss B., with an easy, natural move
ment, threw the end of her garnet vel
vet toga across her shoulders and gave
the visitor such a lengthy description OF
the trials, ~hardships and troubles OF q
models life in the studios that when
she advised the artistically inclined
housemaid ito go back to making, beds
and scrubbing and waxing floors the
latter concluded she had better "bear
the ills she knew than fly to those she
knew not of aud took her departure as
abruptly as she had come Philadei-
phia Press.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13
How to Prevent Group.

Some reading that will prove inter.
esting to young mothers. How to guard
against the disease.
Group is a terror to young mothers
and to post them concerning the cause,
first symptoms and treatment is the OBJ.
ject OF this item. The origin of Group
is a common cold. Children who are
subject to it take cold very easily and
Group is almost sure TO follow. The
first symptom is hoarseness; this is
soon followed by a peculior rough
cough, which is easily recognized and
will never be forgotten by n who has
heard it. The time to act is when the
child first becomes hoarse. II Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is freely given
all tendency to Group will! soon disap-
pear. Even after the croupy cough has
developed it will prevent the attack.
There is no danger in giving this reme-
dy, for it contains nothing injurious.
For sale by X. D. Goodall, Depot Drug
Store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

Electric Bitters is a medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gen.
orally needed when the languid, ex.
hausted feeling prevails, when the liver
is torpid and sluggish and the need Of
a tonic and Alternative is felt. "A prompt
use of this medicine has often averted
long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers.
No medicine will act more surely In
counteracting and freeing the system
from the malarial poison. Headache,
Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness
yield to Electric Bitters. 30 cents and
$1.00 per bottle at Murphey-Van Pet
ten Drug Co.'S. drug stores, Las Vegas
and East Las Vegas, and at wholesale
by Browne & Manzanares Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

The Hermitage is g now hotel situated at
the fopt o. Hermit's Peak, or the Sapello
river, up among the pines. 1t has many
advantages not usually found Mt summer
resorts, a good hotel with modern improve
ments and we'll furnished rooms, a post.
phone connection 10 had with Las Vegas.
The table Is bountifully supplied at ell
times with all that the season affords.
Guests wishing to come, can telephone and
a conveyance will be sent for them. Rates,
$7.00 per week. J. Y. LUJAN Proprietor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

Are you baldP Is your clothing con-
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animal matter falling from a diseased
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

The burden of labor is constantly
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nothing new has yet been discovered
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13
Piles, Piless P1Ies.

A sure cure for Blind, Bleed
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worst cases OF ten years. standing by
three or four applications. No one
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Our agent, Mr.. Goodall, will warrant
every box. Price $1.00. Sold at
Depot drug store Las Vegas
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

Many people, when a little consti-
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

Last week, Ethan Castro, OF Lords
burg, was ver in the Cooks. peak
country after horses. He was riding
one horse and leading another. Ia
crossing a gully the led horse gave a
jerk which unseated Castro. As he fell
he threw out his left arm and landed on
his wrist, breaking some Of the bones.
He went to DemiDg where he received
the proper medical attention.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

"Turn the rascals out''-the familiar
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

Many lives of usefulness have been
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-13

Chronic constipation is a painful,
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