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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR AMATEURS.
1.-THE PHOTOGRAPHIC Lens
by l.. B. ELLIOTT
CRochester. n. "

Every one is more or less familiar with
the action OF a lens, yet an air OF misu'
ness always seems to surround THIS most
essential part of the photographers out
fit. The fundamental principles on wnicn
lenses are constructed and which severn
their use are not at all difficult to UNDER
stand. The action of lens in forming
a picture depends upon the fact that light
travels in straight lines until 1t meets
with an obstruction, and II the oostruc-
ton is one through which light can pass
i. e., transparent1the ray will be bent
out Of It's course while passing through
the substance and again diverted when 1t
emerses into the air. This phenomenon
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Course of Instructiss
BUDGET FROM BEAuh'h
Several Prominent Houst'aH'
In the City.

in the Guy :. Il
Beaumont, Texas. Apri'
Humphreville, the contractor Y"
down the vitrified briA pawn, Il
in the city en- route to HousV0'
Orleans, La h
Colonel W. l.. Thompson ana
cette, delegates from BesuIY
Transmlssissippi Congress, ~ !.
sion in Houston, returned m ~ :,
from that city. Speaking ~
in Houston, both MIR. Doues's s.i.}
mel Thompson pronounce y
cess. .,siurra
Thursday night at the opsIa,st;as
benefit of the public 's Ia, 3! b
The entertainments will cons.s ,., b
elocutionary recitals, charsos,g, 4
and will close with an ops
dren. .,sspt d;
erai manager Of the Gull, n'- ,gi
Kansas City railroad. CANE
morning from Houston; sir y
w. p. Cleveland. the ~ ~
grocer Of Houston, and m,n y
a prominent cotton broke, s,ti
came over this morning SAa
bine Pass on business
Hyatt. Texas. April is ... .ss,
King went to Beaumont 'n'' = /,
take his little son to hAvs ,. = J J
performed on his leg,
from a case of rheumausA
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SOME posrsoRIpTs.

In Ohio beauests 10 tho State and to Do
itical subdivisions have been exempted from
provisions OF the Observation-Disclosures tax
law.
OF age employed in the factories and work
shops OF the British Islands is about 10000
of whom II Der cent belong to trades unions
The government monopoly OF the LIQUOR
business which Russia began to introduce
il 1895 now extends to thIrty-1ye districts
The profits last year amounted TO s2iOo0,OOl
rubles.
wizards hotel at Washington. D. c., is tc
ba torn down this month. and the Virgins
hotel. modern mlliion-dollar structure. 4,
to DO erected in Its place. WILLARD has beer
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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

Beaumont has great natural advantage
but there are othege, so that We must be
prepared TO do something more than talk II wa
want 30 secure business enterprises that will
benefit Beaumont.-Beoumont Enterprise.
Ambitious towns must come to practical
recognition Of the idea expressed by the
Enterprise Il they want to survive with The
httast. This is peculiarly time OF the keen.
est rivalry between towns and between In,
dividuals. and the community which ofier.
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made up of $500 officers, an enlisted work
Ing membership of 1000 and about $780,
900 adherents. During our self-denial
week last year we collected S5OvOOO, of
which amount $4,000 was sent to the re-
lief of the starving people in India, We
have seventeen rescue homes for women
In the United States, and in all seventy
throughout the world. Al the present
time there are three colonies In the United
States all of which have been developed
during the last three years. They conn
prise 1000 acres in Arkansas Valley, Coo;
500 acres in Soledad. Cal. and $50 acres
in Northern Ohio. near Cleveland Dur
ing the past three years 1000 families
have been assisted in this manner, and
up TO date but ore man has left the colo
niles. We have sixty-two hotels scattered
throughout the United States, with ca
pacity for 5000 dodgers day."
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THE LAST DAN :,

There are yet . few osi''' !.
last sleeper added to The
sion to Mexico. It nns' J
cided today whether or n0' & Il.
be taken. II you expect . .
wire or call early today =
Office Of The Post
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constitutes refraction. and is easily dem
onstrated by the familiar experiment OF
placing a pencil in glass of water aud
viewing 1t from above and from the side
In either case the straight rod appears
to be bent In reality of course, only
the rays of light reflected by the pencil
have been bent by the water. Had the
glass been filled with some fluid lighter
than water, such as alcohol. the pencil
would have appeared less bent, while had
the substance been more dense, for in
stance chloroform, 1t would have ap-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

lenses, constructed for the puma,
one compound lens. The simplex
that known as "rectilinear," ID s3|
meniscus achromatic lenses eills
tens" are mounted in tuba VI
concave surfaces facing each atiE
The rectilinear lens is vastly d,
to the single lens, excelling d 4
properties which we have metliz
connection with lenses. II al
could be photographed at I Disc
100 feet or more from the csnul
lenses might do quite well, b! u
rs desired to make at one time hi7
lures of all objects from lmmeazi
front Of the lens to the Creates v
Il is important to have lens VIII
do SO without unduly reducing "
Depth Of focus, as this properly Il
varies directly with the foccs Of u
being greatest in the shurlf
lenses. The depth OF focus al
creased in any lens by stopping !
that is, cutting of tho nagtf
and reducing the speed. RSa
lenses have only half the fcal y
single lenses having the sams nis
Gle, hence are much more RAPID "
a much larger picture and han
depth Of focus. They also pa1
other feature of greater innpwunt1
ability to reproduce straight lima q
ly. In the single lenses the ds'sQ
the image is such that when rns4
ing a building or other o1m
parallel lines, the lines appear 2
together at the margin Of ~ a
while in the rectilinear lens 20 VI
cortion occurs. The rectline'r W
its defects, being unable to rsprea,aaI
at different angles with equh Y
ness.
In the manufacture OF lensea > ~
OF 1000. 000th OF an inch is n ~.
tectable as hands breadins "
in ordinary measurement Az q
lenses are rejected. Herein y
snare for the unwary purSAasef \
scrupulous manufacturer MAJ uS
with slight defects such o. us
cUuiu uOL 1-utStll bStce, 49, -.
that the purchaser OF such l.p
find himself with an instruns,a',
which 1t is impossible to crtaia y. Y
results. although It may % n H
perfect. 1t Is for this reason , ~
lenses by makers OF estaplsa"
rity should ever be considsrea
-.
Course of Instrucnes
Mondays: American Polhiel
Tuesdays: Recent Scienunc ~,
Wednesdays; Twenty Lesson. ~. y,
Conversation. Thursdays: n ~,
Studies for Girls. Fridays: u
for Amateurs. Sundays Sca''
Literature.
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telephone Numbers: ss.ssr,.. ~

The City.Ths Post Is delivered to any part Of the
city BY carriers. per month $500; three months
$500, six months 5000: one year. $1,000.
M. Theodore Ber.ng has charge Vt ue city
circulation and collecting MesSrs, Theodors
Boring. Chns Lott and Paul Hobby are tina au-
thorizei collectors OF all city bills tooih ajvetts-
Ing and subscrpuonl aud no money should be
paid TO any other than those named, unless
special written authority signed by me business
manager Is shown. Al accounts Of any size
should be paid by check in favor OF The Hous-
ton Printing Company.
Subscribers falling TO receive The Post regularly
will please notify the ONCE promptly. Every
paper is expected to be delivered not later than
o:3o o'clock a. m.
Under no circumstances will orders given by
employees on the office be recognized and
paid. or accepted in payment OF accounts.
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snlvation ARMS Hotel..

YAH tEauvlsco Fost,
The Salvation Army OF the United
States today" said Lieutenant co,oasl
William Brewer. editor in chief Of the
War Cry, now visiting this city. rs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20
COURSE IN PHOTOGRAPHY FOR AMATEURS.

edges together, as the case may pc. - -
the bases are placed together rays "a
light passing through each prism wV snl
cross at some point. while In the o'he'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

curved instead Of fat their effect on light
passing through them would not De al
tered. We therefore have in these eH,
amples the basis Of the two principai
Kinds of lenses. the convex converging lens
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

case the rays would continually diverge.
(see Figs. and 81.
II the surfaces Of the prisms were
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

(copyright, 1900 by Seymour Eaton')
The Houston Posts Home Study Circ'e'
Directed by Prof. Seymour Eaton'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

IN J PINS y,es. PRESIDENT ssr.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20
PRAISES Fur Inc POST.

Weatherford Democrat: The Houstoe
Post celebrated It's fifteenth anniversary
Sunday by issuing mammoth siXty-eight
page edition, printed IN two colors. IT
was the largest paper ever printed in
Texas and was credit to the city Of
Houston as well as its publishers. Tho
growth OF The Post has been phenomenal.
showing that a great daily may prosper
while remaining true to the interests OF
the masses of the people in the advocacy
of political and business policies.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

II is all right to talk politics aud discuss
Bailey and Chiffon, but in the meantime
let's oil up few OF these old ponds about
the public streets and clean things up little
all about neutrality-suspicious. Sentinel.
Aud unless Nacogdoches differs from all
other towns, great and small. enough force
could be found on tho corners talking poli-
ties" and with apparently nothing else to
do. to MI UP all the ugly holes aud clean up
all the ugly spots within a radius of Ave
males OF the business center And the change
OF occupation would BIO a paying reform for
the community as well as the new street
| brigade"
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About the hardest death caused by Joe
Bailey's triumph seems to be that OF the
| Austin Tribune
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

Turkey should remember that information
ally debtors prisons are still maintained.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

Referring to General Gomez's declaration
that Cuba was under the heel" of the
United states the Kansas City Star remarks
that Il was under this "heel" that Cubnns
received bread when starving and have re-
cciyed dellvtrnnce and, protection. rhe is
all true. but to confer benefits. it must be
remembered does not carry with II the right
to onslave, We must drop all idea OF max
ing charity the price of liberty II We would
have the gratitude OF Cuba.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

As showing the value OF good and pros
porous newspaper properties. II may be
stated that the Atlanta Journal was recently
sold for the handsome sum Of s2I6.o0o. There
are at least three newspapers in Texas either
of which is worth moro than the Journal,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

It is folly to charge that President Nc
Knley is trying to dictate the vice presi-
Dental nomination. He is ready to accept
any good republican who can I'LL the bill-San
Antonio Light.
/ That's the situation in nutsheil--nny man
who can "Hll the bill" And the bill, you can
rest assured, will be large one and placed
| N the hands OF the boss collector for definite
arrangements aa TO its calling" as soon as
tho convention meets.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26
MARKET COMMITTEE
To Meet To-Night-An Investigate
tn he Made.

To Meet To-Night-An Investigation
to be Made.
The Council Committee on Markets
is called to meet tonight at 1880
o'clock for the transaction of routine
business, and also for the investigation
of rumors in which hint at bribery
or attempted bribery is made.
The disclosures before the committee
promise to have a sensational tinge.
Mr.. w. L. Tanney, painter, has been
summoned to appear and tell what he
knows concerning the rumors in cir
culation 1t is understood that Mr.
oanney will testify that city official
asked him for SIS, which amount he
alleged that he paid to the Market
Committee to influence the committee
in recommending a contract with Mr..
Tanney for the use of the Second ward
market house roof for advertising pur-
poses.
It is further understood that Mr..
Tanney will say that he asked for
a receipt for the money, and that up
on its being declined, he refused to
pay the money.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26
NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.
A Collection of Small Events o
Each Passing Dag.

A donkey was disembarked from
the steamer keystone here Sunday
afternoon, and it required the COM
bined efforts of eight men to induce
him to land.
The B. & o. has ordered the work
OF razing the old buildings at Main
and Sixteenth streets, which were pur-
chased for the contemplated improve
ments at that point.
The members of the Jr. o. U. A. M.
of this city will observe next Sunday
as Memorial Sunday, and will attend
services in a body and listen to spe-
cial sermon. The church and pastor
have not yet been chosen.
The opening of Wheelings~ big de-
partment store-Stone & Thomas
takes place all this week, beginning
to-day. The Opera House orchestra
will render a special musical pro-
gramme every afternoon from 1870 un-
til $50 o'clock.
The trial of the suit of DR.. S. K.
Hissom against his father, ]. R. His
som, for 100000 damages for false
arrest and Incarceration in the Spen-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26
ONE TRACK COMPLETED
On the New b. & o. Bridge Across the
Greek.


On the New b. & o. Bridge Across the
Creek.
Although it rained all day yesterday
the Youngstown Bridge Company had
a force of men at work, in gum coats
and hats, completing one track Of the
big five track B. & o. bridge across the
creek. Last Sunday they completed
this track across the south span of the
bridge and yesterday the track was
completed across the north span. Dur
ing the week the company had their
men engaged in placing spans for three
tracks across the north span and rivet-
ing them, the one track distance apart.
Saturday one of these prepared spans
was laid with ties. Yesterday morn
ing they tore the old bridge across the
north span down and moved this span
into the position formerly occupied
by the old bridge and laid the rails,
completing the first track OF the new
bridge. Two more tracks will be com
pleted during the coming week and the
stone work will be completed II the
weather Is good The work or filing
behind the retaining walls was dis
continued on account Of the height of
the creek.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26
most pretentious EFFORTS Of her theatri.

most pretentious efforts OF her theatre
cal career. The part is very con-
spicuous one, and usually played by
a person of mature years. Owing to
an arrangement existing between
Manager viii H. Myers and the au-
thor, Mr.. Haworth, from whom the
play is secured at an immense royalty,
no ladies tickets will be issued for
Monday evening. the price being the
same for that night as for the ensuing
nights
Vaudeville Tonight.
A season OF polite vaudeville will
open at the Opera House tonight.
Heading the bill is Nine Adelaide
Hermann, widow of Hermann the
Great in her spectacular Oriental
conception of illusion entitled, "A
Night in JaRn-" She is as attractive
personally and more skillful profess
sionally than when she reproduced the
most noted of her husbands enigmat-
ic tricks. With paper, with endless
tape, and the simplest of apparatus
she evolves wonderful things. She
not only surprises but attracts with
her grace and fascinates with the
beauty of her presentation. The
charm of her personality permeates
every act. The bin win present the
Bassc<t-Marshall Co., in songs and
dances, introducing the Street Ur-
chin Quartette. Mcmahon and King.
black face comedians. will give their
sketcS, Down at the Railroad Sta
ton" Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Barry
amuse with their comedy sketch, Mrs.
Wilkins Boy" Harry Towards train
ed dogs, monkeys and ponies win in
terest the matinee contingent OF wo-
men and children especially, Rack
EFT and Hayard evolve limitations and
thinner, the juggler, are others.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26
CHANGES OF TIME
On the Local Railroad Goes Into Eff
feet To-Day.

On the Local Railroad Goes Into Eff
feet To-Day.
All the railroads entering Wheeling
have adopted new winter time tables
which go into effect to-day The
changes made by the B. & 0. have
been heretofore noted by the Register
On the Ohio River road, the Cincin-
natl express will depart at 9:45 in
stead of 10 o'clock, and will arrive ten
minutes later. The Parkersburg ex-
press will depart at $50 p. M, ten
minutes earlier than usual.
On the Pan Handle, the train fol-
the East, departing at $50 p. m. will
depart ten minutes later. Slight
changes are made in the arrival oil
trains
On the c. & P. the Steubenville train
heretofore departing 600 p. M, is
changed to 6:39 p. M, and the train
for the ,ast, heretofore departing al
4:53 p. M, will depart at 4:3S p. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26

There is a great deaf of quiet specu-
lation being INDUCED in by the public
concerning the probable appointments
to be made by Sheriff-elect w. w. r.
win. When a Register reporter APP
preached Mr.. Irwin last week with
some OF the rumors in circulation, he
was Informed that no selections had yet
been made. g"Why have not even re-
ceived a certificate of election" said
Mr.. Irwin. The Sheriff-elect will have
no difficulty in securing material.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26

Ger Insane Asylum, will come up in
the Circuit Court this morning. At
the previous hearing the jury failed
to agree upon verdict.
The Board of County Commission
ers was in session for short time yes
terday, completing its labors as board
of canvassers. The Board signed the
certificates of election of all who were
successful at the polls. About 275
certificates in all were issued, and the
| work required about two hours.
In the County Clerks office, Sat
urday afternoon, a deed was recorded,
dated November %, 1900, conveying
from R. ]. McCullagh and Thayer Mel
vim, administrators, C. t. a., of the
estate of Edward Reid to Lucius Hoge,
the property on the west side of Main
street directly below the ground re-
Gently purchased for the Locke Shoe
Company. Consideration, $4,000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26

lied labor does not realize the power it
could WELD. II all the members would
vote as they talk there would be less
necessity for adopting resolutions con-
demning certain legislation. 1t is APP
parent that we could have three labor
representatives from the Panhandle in
the next Legislature if workingmen
voted as a unit. The old parties have
too strong a pull with the laboring
man.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26
WORK OF FIREBUGS.
ConhaEration Started in an Old I'm
occupied House Last Night.

occupied House Last Night.
An alarm from box 81 called por-
ton of the fire department to Main
and Twenty-sixth streets last night at
$50 o'clock. The flames had gained
considerable Roadway in an old and
unoccupied two-story frame dwelling
at No. 2602 Main street. The flames
were soon extinguished but not until
after they had eaten through the
wealth boarding in several places
Chief Kline is Of the opinion that
the house was set on fire maliciously.
The flames started under a back stair
case in the kitchen and all about the
place kerosene had been poured. 1t
could not be learned who owned the
property. The damage was very
slight.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26
THREE POLICEMEN FIRED
FOR PERNICIoUs POLITICAL AcTIv-
ITY IN THE INTEREST OF THE
WRONG CANDIDATE.
WORKED AGAINST cLEMANs
And For Bennett--The Chief Appoints
Men to Fill the Vacancies-Trades
Assembly Again Endorses Candi-
dates Notes Concerning the
Municipal Campaign-Other PoIit-
teal Matters.

For many months it has been known
that officers serving on the force under
W. NJ Clemans have been quietly work
ing in the interest of the candidacy OF
Thomas D. Bennett. The fact was
whispered to Chief Clemans, but he
hesitated to act upon the advice of his
friends and summarily bounce" the Of
tending policemen. Some of them have
evidently been placed in rather en-
barrassing position, and it IS said that
it is not so much a question of loyalty
to Clemans with many of them as
matter of guessing out the possible win
ner at the primaries. Many prominent
officers were appointed by Bennett and
retained by Clemans. Mr.. Clemans'
frienos say it is all right for policemen
to support Bennett, but that they can
not consistently do it and remain upon
the force They term this conduct not
only political, but personal ingratitude.
The climax came when Chief Clemans
was informed that Officer Jos. Dudley,
of the Eighth ward, was lacking up
cards announcing the candidacy OF
Bennett. 1t was decided to make an
example of the offending policemen,
and as a result of this determination
there will be three new men on duty
to-day.
The officers who were notified of their
dismissal last nightwere Dudley, of the
Eighth ward, walker, of the Second,
and Landmyer, of the Island. Chief
Clemans last night announced that he
would fill the vacancies this morning
with the following appointments:
Eighth ward, Louis Rembach; Second
ward, James Fleming; Island, James
McClatchey. The new men will go on
duty to-day.
1t is understood that the three men
who were removed were given to under
stand that there were no charges of
failure to perform their duties, the only
reason for dismissal being their activ-
ity in the interest of rival candidate.
1t is also limited that there may be a
fight in the police committee, and also
possibly in Council, when the new men
are presented for approval
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26

The Trades Assembly again endorsed
several candidates yesterday. This
body goes through the formality of en-
dorsing members of labor unions who
aspire to public Office, but the indorse-
ment does not carry votes with it. A
prominent member of the Assembly
said recently to Register reporter:
ITS only an empty form, and l hardly
expect anything better In the last
campaign we endorsed Kunkle and
Carenbauer, and some of the very men
who voted in the affirmative, voted
against them on election day Organ
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26
Hays Hair Health.

Hays Hair Health is a healthful
hair food, restoring youthful color and
beauty to gray and faded hair. Re-
moves and prevents dandruff and stops
falling and breaking of the hair. 1t is
not dye and positively will not dis
color the scalp hands or clothing.
Try it and you will use no other. Ask
your druggist for it and do not accept
any inferior substitute.