Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-06-20
WANDERING WORKERS.
Many Skilled Mechanics Like to Travs
Over the Globe.


Over the Globe.
In New York may be found skilled
mechanics who have been wandering
over the globe for half a lifetime.
There are few trades in which a skill.
ed man with the mastery of several
tongues cannot earn a living In almost
any considerable city of the world.
Most of the mechanics who move
thus freely about the world are cont
mental Europeans. Woodcarvers, stone
cutters, electrical workers of various
kinds and garment cutters are among
the mechanics that move about most
freely.
The great temptation to such a wan.
derer Is the trip around the world. The
thing is not really difficult He can
cross this continent profitably in a few
months, with stop at Chicago and
perhaps another between Chicago and
San Francisco. A stop Of a few weeks
or months at San Francisco will put
him In funds for the voyage to Aus
tralia.
There are four or five Australian
cities In which skilled man Is sure of
profitable employment After Austria
liza there are the great Anglo Indian
cities.
The journey to Europe can be made
with stop at Cairo If one chooses to
make little detour, and then Paris
awaits one only few hours beyond
the end of the Mediterranean. Here
are cheap living and good wages. In
a few months one is more than equip
ped for the voyage to New York.
One has only to keep sober and know
how to save money in order to make
such journey around the world with
entire success. 1t does not mean un-
comfortable living. In fact, the Jour.
neyman must be well dressed and
must present good appearance to get
on. At the height of the season hardly
any city has enough skilled garment
cutters, for example, and the wander.
ers are always welcome when they
reach a new town.-Washingto Post
Dasuerre's Process.
The Photographic process devised by
Daguerre was substantially as follows:
A sheet of planish copper, plated with
silver and we'll cleaned by treating
with diluted nitric acid and washing
with water, was exposed to the action
of the vapors of iodine. BY this expo
sure thin film of iodide of silver was
formed on the surface, certain mechan-
ical precautions being taken to insure
that it should be uniform in all parts.
The sheet thus prepared was then plac-
ed In a camera substantially the same
In principle as the Photographic cam
era In use today and was exposed to
the object for from eight to ten min
utes. The plate was then covered and
removed from the camera to a dark
room, where 1t was exposed to the ac-
ton of the vapor of mercury, aided by
the application of gentle heat, BY
which the image was developed. It
was then fixed by immersion in a solu-
ton of hyposulphite of soda. which dis
solved out all the unchanged silver
iodide. Washing with water followed,
and the finished picture was protected
by cover Of glass and suitably in
closed in frame, one that could be
closed, to protect it from fading under
the action of the sunlight
Planting a Garden.
God Almighty first planted garden.
And, indeed, ii is the purest of human
pleasures. 1t is the greatest refresh
ment TO the spirits of man. without
which buildings and palaces are but
gross handiworks, and a man shall
ever see that when ages grow to civil
tty and elegance men come to build
stately sooner than to garden finely, as
II gardening were the greater perfec-
tion.-Lord Bacon.