Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-30

Under the magic power of his new in
struments, reinforced by powerful
electric lights, Mr.. Kytka showed era
sures that before had only been con-
iectured.
In order that there might be no posi-
bic escape from his arguments, Mr.
Kytka began collection of pencils.
A sample of every pencil obtalnable in
this country and Europe was secured
and the marks made by these pencils (of
which there are now more than 2,4OO)
were Analysed under different conditions,
photographed and photographed again
after erasure had been made.
The results obtained were a revelation.
Never had there been constructed so
elaborate a plant in this country or in
Europe. The police employed this
camera to assist in the Becker and Cree
gan case, where a check on the Nevada
bank was raised from Sl2 to So, 900.
The first work to be done was to show
that the check for S22 900 was a forgery.
The process employed was as simple as
it was effective.
The check was placed between two
sheets of glass and in focus before the
camera. 1t was then photographed, en-
larged several times with a strong re-
flected light from behind, emphasizing
not only the fibre of the paper, but the
lines on it. That photograph told the
whole story. The camera brought out
family the letters "lve" which had been
erased with acid by the forgers before
they changed the word twelve" to
TWENTY-FIVE thousand" What was
more, the ink in the first three letters
, was shown to be different from the rest.
The photograph showed, too, that the
original check had been blotted, while
the letters that had been painted in were
! allowed to dry. The patches that had
been used in filling the holes in the
paper of the check made by the per-
forating machine were also made evil
dent San Francisco Examiner.
PLATES FOR COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
j Regarding the new system of color
photography developed by NJ. Chas-
sagne, Consul-General Mason of Frank
, fort, Germany. says in an official re-
port
. For the information of Americans
: who may wish to know how and under
l what conditions the materials and right
to use this process can in future be oh.
tanned, it may be pertinent to state con-
clsely the plan upon which the syndicate
proposes to operate. a parent company,
located in England, will reserve the ex-
elusive right to prepare gelatin plates
and manufacture the liquids for use in
all countries. The liquids are to be
manufactured in special laboratory at
= Paris, under the supervision of NJ. Chas-
sagne. who becomes paid employee of
the syndicate for that purpose. No pat
ent or exclusive right in any country OF
province is to be sold, but in each for
eign country branch establishment
will be created, which shall draw its
supply of prepared plates and liquid:
from the parent house in England. II
desired, dry plates of any approved
= make may be sent for treatment, and
. WILDE returned after having been sc
prepared.
, For the privilege of owning and con.
Quoting one of these exclusive foreign
agencies, large bonus or cash payment
. is to be demanded, besides which the
syndicate will fix the retail price OF
plates and liquids. and claim percent
age of the net profits from each branch
concern. The amount of the bonus de
. manded varies, naturally, with the i'm
portance of different countries, but a:
an indication of the value set upon the
entire invention it may be stated that al
offer of 100000 for the exclusive tran
! chise in Germany, subject to the fore
= going conditions, has been refused.
p The relative properties of the foul
J. liquids employed in ordinary use arr
: four lltres of the colorless solution t
Il one litre each of the blue, the green anC
II the red, and this quantity of each will b,
Il sufficient to color 600 postives abov,
{ cabinet size. 1t is perhaps unfortunat,
II for the interests of science and art tina
: an invention of such wide-reaching in
Il terest and application has fallen so earl!
: into hands so adept and so financial,
, powerful, and has become from its in
ception capitalized and strictly guarded
: monopoly"
lie Thirty years is long time to fight 81
a. painful trouble as piles, but JacoI
- Mitchell of Unionville, Pa, struggle,
y that long before he tried DeWitt'