Brighouse Gazette and Local Railway Guide. — 1898-10-01 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

JOURNAL. (7d.)—The solid useful character is maintained and the articles also infused with the things of latest events and occurrences : connected with the questions of the reeent war, 'Military rifles and how they they are made,' 'Promotion in the United States Navy,' (Duncan Cumming) ; with China ' Modern Pirates; with the imperial visit to Jerusalem ' Traces of the middle ages in Palestine '; the industries of Ireland In a paper about The Poplin manufacture' by Mary Gorges. Of a practical tendency are remarks about Cold storage and our food supply—a matter which hae engaged no little attention and aforethought for some years and comes to the front in this last three months throughout Europe. The educationalists will find something to think about In the florid description under the title ' The Oxford of Seetllnd,' where outer extracts and modern opinions are In chase kr the honours of rightly tenth/ about the conditions and possibiliti“s of the ancient seat of learning." The haunted chamber at Mamie Castle 'is a serious attempt to found truthful ground for a legend ar d—without any attempt to lay the ghost,—to make it plain what the ghost was and is. The story by John Stafford, The Golden Bars' in four chapters, attains as near sensationalism as can be permitted In the pages of ChamberA'y Journal : not that the happy ending cf narratises after a startling position was unknown in volumes of the earliest series : by no means :we remember tbe thrilling position of one read to us in our ' ratty ' evenings, which told of a tension where no escape but death seemed possible : it abruptly ' elided ' with the fact that the assumed murderer (coming with a dagger) 'cut down his rope of onions !' This month, there is also an excellently , written short love story Arcades Arnbo.'  TH F. PRACTICAL PHOTOGRA PHER (61).-2siparty forty ilium rations:---a dozen of these, examples from the work of Our Leader,' Valentine Blanc,,ard, covering a lengthy period as to years, and all of them of some value in the present estimation of art, pose and effect : including also portraits, grouping, treet views, landscape : many pages are given to the notice submitted ; the retired veteran has played his part and left tbe stage to others. T. Perkins has some paragraphs, the result of experience in ' Mounting photographs,' pleading mainly for what is genuinely honesr, Skies (by which understand clouds and vapours) still carry t.e attention of photographers of nearly all gra lee end gradations : E. F. Calland has something to say about the differences in photographers and painters' skies : some day there may be a discovery which will make a cloud sky in a picture as beauti• ful as can be made, this is, to give some imprrssion of what it is in fact. In the little matters of por• tralture there are all aids sought op : it is now suggested that as a phonograph Las been sacceesful in securing the attention of tt, bah, while being photographed, go a similar machine might be aided to the practical studio, Some farther par. finial." are given as to the mewling and intent of the Yorkshire Photograpnic Exhibition, which will be held in the City Art Gallery, Bradford, afterthe close of be London Exhibitions, and is expected to remain open till into next year, so as to be one of the holiday attractions which people want to know of after Christmas.