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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
III.-DARK LIGHTNING.

Lightning ppear to Us in various
forms. 1t a recently classified as
follows: Forked or jagged lightning,
branched lightning, heat lightning,
sheet lightning, globular lightning.
dark lightning. Forked lightning is the
sua Severe kind. Branched lightning
intertwines and chases over the whole
sky, forming an interlaced network.
Heat and sheet lightning are but the
general illumination of the cloud sheet
from internal or distant discharges.
GlObular lightning is that peculiar and
infrequent phenomenon in which a ball
of fire seems to move with compare
tive slowneSS or to roll about over the
ground like a football. Persons are
occasionally found who aver that they
have lodged " jumped over these
fiery footballs, which then burst What
they are has not yet been determined,
and there are not a few people who
doubt their existence. Dark lightning
there is no such thing in nature as
dark lightning. BY the term dark
lightning is meant a certain peculiar
effect often produced upon a photo
graphic film by lightning discharges.
The name is due TO the fact that the
Photographic image Of a lightning
fash, instead of being brighter than
the surrounding SKY, IS darker. InlS
refers. Of course, to the print, not to
the negative.
Photographs Of Lightning.
Within the last ten years it has be-
come more and more common to at
tempt to obtain photographs of light
ming discharges. A great many good
ones have been obtained and they have
led to the increase of our knowledge as
TO h behavior of lightning. For OBJ
vious reasons these attempts are usual
ly made at night. The camera is
pointed in the direction Of the storm,
the lens uncovered and the slide drawn
Then, after the occurrence Of one or
more good flashes, that plate IS re-
moved and a fresh n exposed
Multiple Flashes.
Many instances might be given of the
occurrence of several flashes side by
side, sometimes as many as ten or fif-
teen, over exactly similar paths. If
the camera were moved with sufficient
rapidity, any severe flash would pro-
duce an image somewhat like TINS, De
cause of it's oscillatoTy character. II
the amer is not moved. however, this
cannot be the cause. The explanation
is probably as follows: a single light
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
U OIL FOP A


Since California has become an oil
producing state some experiments have
been tried in road Improvement
through the agency Of crude oil. This
IS the result Of similar experiments in
Pennsylvania several years ago. from
which satisfactory results have been
reported.
A leak in an oil pipe covered an ex-
~ceptionally bad piece Of roadway with
crude oil before the waste was dis
covered; this piece of road became the
best part Of it, and naturally attracted
attention to the use and cost of oil in
-road-patching. Every trial was at
tended with success and the perma-
nence of the Improvement rendered the
question Of expense d secondary mat
ter.
But where oil is produced it isn't ex-
p%ensive. A barrel of crude oil. costing
at the wells 90 cents, was sufficient for
the treatment OF a strip of road 100
feet long and twelve feet wide. The
9il mingles with the earth and forms a
waterproof crust, with a surface al
most as smooth as asphalt.
II the p~rospectors now exploring the
Utah field are successful in discovering
oil here. its use upon some of our
highways would be an advantage to
the state if there were no other value
TO place upon the product. In the
event Of failure to find oil there are
reasons to believe that brine from the
lake, sprinkied over the streets and
highways of this valley, will be a
means Of turning bad roads into good
ones at a nominal expense. And there
are many highways and byways here
abouts that furnish room for consider
able Improvement.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
SOCIETY NOTES.

Miss Hattie Jennings has returned
from New York, where she has been
spending the past few months visiting
relatives
w. ]. Lawrence left yesterday for
Eureka.
Mrs. A. Scoville of Bingham left yes
terday for GlenwoOd Springs. Colo, in
company with her daughter, Mrs. Turn
bull Of Leadville.
8 @ o
The Opal club will meet at the
Ladies Literary club on Wednesday
evening. There will be cards, dancing
and refreshments.
Miss Hazel briggs entertained a de-
IightfuI party last week Games We're
played and many musical selections
were rendered after which a dainty
cupper was served. The invited guests
were Misses Pearl Pratt, Hattie briggs,
SybiI WetzeI, Margaret Ryan, Vilate
Eardly, Louie Morris, Alice Barton,
Mamie Silver. Ethel GrOesbeCk, Jean
Silver. Addie Cannon, LeOna Tay-
lor and Bertha Meve, Messrs.
Ashly J. Wallace, Wood, Pratt. Quayle
cannon, irwin McNleCe, julie NC
Nurrin, Fred Cane, Ford briggs,
RoscO Anderson. Melvin Rich and John
ThTOup.
o o @
Miss LeOna Taylor was the hostess Of
a very delightful party Friday evening
Games were played and many musical
selections were rendered after which a
dainty luncheon was served. The in
vited guests were Misses SybiI Wetzel,
Margaret Ryan, May Taylor. Mamie
Silver. Jean Silver, and Hama
BeardShaI. Messrs. julie Mcmillan,
Ashley Wallace, David Beardshal, Fred
Cane, John Taylor and John Throup.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

The Evanston News-Register keeps
track of political affairs in Utah and
likewise possesses a keen Of hu-
NOR. as the following indicates: IF
one desires a sure cure for indigestion,
il is but necessary to read the editorials
of n year ago in the Salt Lake Trib-
une and compare the same with those
now appearing daily. Honesty was
the master then. but money is the
master pen today"
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was difused by holding a sheet OF
ground glass in front Of the lens II
nally a second set Of sparks was pho-
tographed- The results were similar.
These two experiments enabled me
TO reproduce the phenomenon or a
the reversal OF one flash by the diff
fused glare of another"
Woods Experiments.
The matter has been taken up re-
Gently by Professor Wood Of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin to find the cause
underlying the action discoYered by
Clayden. He repeated Clayden's eX-
periments and obtained the effect
without difficulty. 1t remained only 70
discover the exact property 10 when
this effect was due.
The plate obtained by Wood, which,
for reasons already given, it is impos-
sible to reproduce here successfully,
shows a series of spark images, some
normal, some partly reversed, ana
others wholly reversed Inc
sparks were all of equal intensity, but
after each discharge the iris diaphragm
of the lens was closed q little. II Will
be seen that the borders OF the bright
sparks are reversed. In some the
image is reversed with the exception OF
a narrow thread down the core. The
images were impressed in succession
on the plate by moving ii in the cam
era. : ; OF course, h room was
in total darkness After exposure the
plate was exposed 10 the Unused
light Of a candle for 2second or two,
n then developed.
In this series Of pictures the edges
of the bright images Of the sparks are
reversed. the intensity OF the border
- ~ s--1no hasn~ 1aEE than at the
core. As the intensity of the spark
becomes less and less the bright CEN
trail core dwindles down to a mere
thread, and eventually disappears, the
sparks image being feeble enough to
reverse over its entire area.
This explains why the dark light
ming flashes are usually ramiications
Of the main fash The ramihcations
are less brilliant discharges and re-
verse, while the main n is too bright
to cause the effect"
Other experiments appeared to show
a difference in action between two
lights from different sources, sufficient
to produce the same amount Of black
ening or development: but further
careful work made it evident that the
time element was the important fac
tor. and that the effect did not depend
upon any peculiar property Of the cleo
IIlC SpaIh. OluCT lndl us 6ACCCulASAg
short duration.
This idea Was confirmed by using an
arc as a source of light. The extreme
shortnesS OF exposure was attained by
means of a stationary and a revolving
slit, through which the light passed
only when they conceded. The plate
was allowed to fall in front of these
Sits. and an exposure Of 1850 0 Of a
| second was thus obtained The ef-
fects produced were exactly similar TO
those obtained when the spark was the
source Of light.
Wood concludes that the action of
| an intense light on a plate for a very
brief time interval decreases the SEN
s~itiveness of the plate to light; and
he says: st am not prepared TO say
what the nature Of the change effected
in the plate is. Possibly someone ia
miliar with the theory Of sensitive
emulsions can answer the question"
Experiments which. it is stated, are
now in progress may help to this final
| answer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
NEEDS OF THE WEST.

The Randolph News asks a pertinent
question and states a lamentable fact
as follows.
What good reason can be advanced wing
the western states and territories should
continue TO contribute to building such
improvements for the east and the south
OF the expenditures for such purposes?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

The dissolution of the republic may be
looked for soon. for it itself has said it,
Tribune.
Our morning contemporary is sit"
only the other day it saw spots upon
the sun of our republic" and declared
that this nation was in such i'm
minent peril as it is today" That was
said during enc of its lucid intervals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Many Republicans claim that Kings
victory was tie best thing that could
have happened for the Republican
Marty says the Mani Messenger. Why.
of course it is. The Messenger refused to
believe it until the returns were in,
but it knows that a large number of
Republicans in the state are secretly
satisfied over the result
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Office
of the Weather Bureau.

Salt Lake City, Utah, April 8, 1900.
Maximum temperature, sc degrees; min
imum temperature, 30 degrees: mean
temperature, 3 3degrees. which is IA de-
Rrses below the normal; accumulated eX-
s. degrees: accumulated excess of tenn
perature since Jan. I. 565 degrees. Total
DrecipitatiOn from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m, "a
inch: accumulated excess of precipitation
since first of month, s. 0inch; accumulated
deficiency of precipitation since Jan. l,
1.SS inches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
lar government without reference
popular approval.

A New York paper tells about "a
wealthy old man being hypnotized by
an actress" which is a very graceful
way Of expressing a very common in
cident.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

The police claim to have a the
mysterious burglaries going OH D this
city A clew is good. but it ID be
better to get the burglar.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Dewey says his wife's religion is her
oWn affair. Quite right. But an i'm
preston is also gaining ground that his
politics is listed among her aff9
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
An Intellect Undermined.
1Chicago Record.l

Kind GentIeman-My man, you are on
the wrong path. / a v watched you;
Won ought OF do differently.
Beggar On the Corner-Fhat's so, mis-
fer. this we're bein' bin one day an def
an dumb the mex has might nigh wore
me out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
RECENT
COVER

Note.-These papers on practical sci
ence have been prepared for The Her
aids Home Study Circle by Professor
William J.. Hopkins Of Drexel institute.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Austin. the capital of the Lone Star
state, is in that unhappy condition of
having water, water, everywhere. hut
not a drop to drink
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

David B. Hill has re-entered the n,,b
lie y like a cinder from the rapidly
moving train of political events.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Kansas City expects unusual prosper
i'y at the hands Of Democracy judging
from the altitude of hotel rates.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Note-These lessons have Deen prepared for
THE RECORDS Home Study Circle by Prof Benno
klrsehbaum of Philadeiphia They are INTENDED
primarily for Americans who purpose attending
fhePaTis exposition. The lessons Include ID COM
non French WORDS and phrases. cd easy converse
lion and 81 simple reading lessons
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Quay is dear to the administration
because he has an excellent recipe for
maintaining the appearance of a popu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
THE STATE PRESS.

Beaver Blade: The people of southern
Utah didn't care who vas showed under
so they got the snow. Snow is worth
more than congressman in this section Of
the state.
Mt. Pleasant Pyramid: The opening gun
of Utah's 1900 campaign has been fired,
but il will be like a firecracker alongside
of a thunderbolt when compared with
what is in store for us this fall.
Logan Journal: The long and short Of
the matter is thai expansion in the Re-
publican sense is not possible without i'm
perialism. No one raj free intercourse
with the Philippines, and unless congress
has the power TO regulate this, we must
get rid of these islands by means of a
protectorate or something of that sort.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

20. 1 converse neither in German nor in
French.
Je ne parie nj f~raacais nj allenand
-nee - nee
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10
USEMENT

BUSINESS took a great stride at the
Grand last night, n Manager Mu,-
VeyS face was relieved of its anxious
LOOK. In spite of the weather, the house
was full and the audience was extreme
~ eihohSIfatlVe over Knobs O. Ten
neSsee." The play is one of the good
old melodramas, with viIliany foiled at
every step and virtue su~perlativelv fri
unphant in the end. 1t is modelled m
on familiar lines, and tells a story of
moonshlneTs in the Tennessee Eoun-
talnS- The cast is a capable one. fead-
ed by Mr.. Robert Germaine. who has a
good presence and voice. Miss Toncrav
as the heroine also found great favor
with the audience. The piece runs to-
night and tomorrow night, with a pop
ular matinee on Wednesday,.
The sale Of seats for P~aderewski's re-
clta1 began yesterday at a lively rate
at the Theatre. The front rows of am
the circles and the center Of the paruuet
were soon sold. MI. Peery had the
choice of seats, and engaged stall D.
The sale will continue every day this
week.
The sale of seats opens at the Salt
Lake theatre this morning for the Ward
and Vokes engagement, which begins
Thursday night. These reliable come
dlans have already established such a
reputation that the mere announcement
of their coming is sufficient to create a
demand for seats.
"Pinafore" was repeated at Christen-
sens last night, and the remarkable
success achieved by the company makes
1t probable that the opera will be re-
peated in the near future.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

ming discharge, in passing through the
air, heats the air very greatly and
thereby creates a path of weakness
through which a second discharge can
pass more easily. Moreover. in the
sever portion of the storm the vino
is usually blowing with high velocity.
This heated and weakened streak in
the air is thus carried bodily onward,
with little or no distortion in shape for
several seconds, at least; and if the
electrical action is powerful enough,
successive discharges will pass through
the same portion of air, which has
meanwhile moved onward, possibly ten
or fifteen feet. Such action will pro-
duce in the photograph the effect of a
multiple fash.
Dark Lightning.
In addition to the effect just men
toned, it is often noticed that there
exist, OF the same photograph, some
white streakS, images of lightning dis
charges of the usual character, and one
or more fainter streaks Of the charac-
teristic form, but darker than the
darkness of the sky. These dark streaks
often appear to be branches or Off
shoots Of the bright fash. The differ
enceS in tone in such photographs are
s. slight that it is impossible, for rea-
sons which will appear in a later pa
per, to reproduce them successfully in
a newspaper. Distinctions which are
perfectly we'll marked on the negative
would probably not show in the printed
reproduction.
The Clayden Effect.
The cause of these dark flashes was
for some time obscure. A partial ex-
PLANTATION was given ten years ago by
Professor Clayden Of the Royal Albert
college, Exeter. He observed that if a
plate which had received the impress
sion Of a lightning flash or electric
spark was subsequently slightly logged.
either by exposing it to feeble difused
light or by leaving the lens of the cam
era open. the fash or development
came out darker than the background.
If, however, the Jogging took place be-
fore the image Of the spark was i'm
pressed, the flash came out brighter
than the background, as in ordinary
pictures Of lightning. This is, there
fore, not the usual effect Of photo
graphic reversal. in which a very in
tense light, in the latter part of its ac-
ton, undOes the work which was per-
formed upon the film by the first part
n blotS u or completely reveFSes
the image The order in which the
lights are used 10 important.
To quote from Professor Clayden: "a
plate was then exposed in the camera
to q series Of sparks, then TO the direct
light of more sparks without the inter
position of the lens, and finally to a
second set Of sparks. The image of the
first set show reversal, while those of
/ the second are direct.
Next a plate was exposed TO one set
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-. THE HERAID'S.
Home Study Circle.
copyright. 1888. by Seymour Eston.y
Directed by Prof. Seymour Eaton


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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

of sparks and without removing It
from the camera the light Of some more
was diffused by holding a sheet OF
ground glass in front of the lens. 81
nally a second set Of sparks was pho-
tographed. The results were similar.
These two experiments enabled me
&c reproduce the phenomenon OF a
bright flash crossing a dark one, ana
the reversal OF one fash by the diff
fused glare of another"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Miss Hattie Jennings has returned
from New York, where she has been
spending the past few months visiting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Note-The English translation OF this ex-
ereise will be found in the following lesson,
tbwil be published on next Tuesday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-10

Whenever negations. such as pas mot,
rSas t~nothlng). jGmdis (~never), are used to-
getlcr with a verb, the word ne is required.
Ne can be used with verbs only, and must
precede them, as:
Je mai pas; Ihaye not; nay pah.
Ne Susie pas2 am l nota
Nuh swee-zjuh pah.
N'avais-je pasa had 1 notl nah-vay -
Je metals pas; Twas not:-nuh-tav pah.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-14
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-14
Executors Sale of Land.

DURSUANT TO AUTHQRITXG1ESN
-I--us under the will OF George Dominick.
de ceased. we will sell on Tuesday, the ll.h
day of December. 1900. at Perry, in Aiken
county. at II o'clock in the forenoon;
AL that tract OF land situate in the coun-
ty of Aiken, about three miles from Said
station or town OF Perry, containing some
two hundred and eighty.fve acres. more
or less. bounded by North Edisto rver, by
the public road known az the Columbia
Road and by the lands of - Bageott
This land lies Immediately adjoining Hor-
sey's Bridge.
The terms of sale will be one-half cash:
the balance On credit Of one and two
years In annual installments, with interest
on each iEstallment from day OF sac. The
or dit portions must be secured by the
bond of the purchaser and a mortgage OF
the premises. The purchaser will be re-
auired to pay for stamps and papers, aud
will be allowed to forestall the credit por-
ton in whole or in part. A plat of the
land will be exhibited on the day Of sale.
JOHN W DOMINICK.
GEORGE P. DOMINItK,
JOHN L. HUNTER,
Executors OF George Dominick.
November Z, 1900. 5w4.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-11-14
Il is sffirmed that the ervoys have

II is sffirmed that the ENJOYS have
agreed upon the terms Of the de.
mands upon China. The following
is TIE basis Of preliminary treaty:
China shall erect monument to
Baron Won Ketteler on the site where
he was murdered and send an impe-
rial p,ince to Germany to convey Sd
apology. She shall ipfict the death
penalty upon IL princes and officials
already named and suspend provin-
cial examination for Eve years where
the oatrsges occurred. Iu future all
officials failing TO prevent anti for
eign outrages within their jnrisdic-
lou shall be dismissed aud punished
This a modification of Mr.. Conger's
proposal }
"Indemnity shall be paid to the
States, corporations and individuals.
Tie tsang-li-yamen has been
abolished and it's functions vested in
a foreigl minister. Rltional inter
course shall be permitted with the
emperor, as in civilized countries.
The forts at Taku and other forts on
the coast of Chi Ii shall be rszed
and the importa'ions of war material
prohibited. Permanent legation
guards shall be maintained and also
guards Of communication between
Pekin and the sea.
Imperial proclamations shall be
posted for two years throughout the
empire suppressing boxers.
The indemnity is to include com.
pensation for Chinese who suffered
through being employed by foreign
ers, but not compensation for native
Christians. The words missionary
and Christians do not occur in the
note"
Conmenting upon what it calls Mr.
Copger's "excellent suggestion for
the dismissal of I, fiji .ials permitting
lu,i foreign ousrages," the Times re-
marx that this is the only consider