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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, OCTOBER 5, 1811.
MOVING PICTURES
Ingenious Methods of Producing
Startling Effects.
TRICKS OF THE CAMERA MEN.
Expedient« by Which Puzzling Situa
tion« and Incident« That Seem to
Contradict the Law» of Nature Aro
Recorded on the Finished Film.
RED TAPE IN GERMANY.
ART IN ICE.
Wonderful Palaeo That Was Built by
Czarina Anne of Russia.
The use of Ice for architectural pur
poses is an art that has been carried
to a high stat» of perfection In north
ern countries, and some almost Incred
ible feats have been accomplished In
this curious branch of Industry.
Probably the most remarkable build
ing constructed wholly of Ice was the
palace built on the Neva by Czarina
Anne of Russia in 1731). Tbe first at
tempt to construct this building was
unsuccessful, as tbe slabs of ice were
too thin and the building collapsed lu
the first thaw. Subsequently large
blocks of ice were cut and squared
with great care and laid on one an
other by skillful masons, who cement
ed tbe joints with water, which Imme
diately froze. Tbe building when com
pleted was fifty-six feet long, seven
teen and a half broud and twenty-one
high. It was of but one story. The
facade contained a door surmounted
by an ornamental pediment and six
windows, the frames and panes of
which were all of ice. An elaborate
balustrade, adorned with statues, ran
along the top of the facade, and au
otber balustrade surrounded the build
ing at tbe level of tbe ground. Tbe side
entrances to the Inclosure were flanked
with pillars supporting urns, the lat
ter containing orange trees, whose
branches, leaves and flowers were all
of Ice. Hollow pyramids of Ice on each
side of tbe building contained lights
by night. Tbe grounds were further
adorned with a life size figure of an
elephant, with bis mahout on bls back.
A stream of water was thrown from
the elephant’s trunk by day and a
flame of naphtha by night.
A tent of ice contained a hot bath.
In which persons actually bathed.
There were also several cannons and
mortars of Ice, which were loaded with
bullets of ice and iron and discharged.
The Interior of the building was com
pletely furnished with tables, chairs,
statues, looking glasses, a clock, a com
THE GUESTS PAY.
plete tea service, etc., all made of ice
and painted to Imitate tbe real objects.
Demanded Tip« For the 8srv«nts at A bedchamber contained a state bed
the Court of Napoleon III.
with curtains, a dressing table with a
"Before we left Compiegne at the mirror, pillows, bedclothes, slippers and
conclusion of our visit at the court of nightcaps, all made of Ice.
There
Napoleon Ill..’’ writes Mme. de Heger were Ice candles, burning naphtha and.
mann-I.indencrone In Harper's, "when most wonderful of all, an ice flreplace
we were taking our morning tea we containing burning Ice logs—1. e.. blocks
were interrupted by the coming In of of Ice smeared with naphtha and then
ihe major doiuo, who handed us a pa kindled.—Scientific American.
per. We were not unprepared for this
visit, ns we had been told by one of the
The Doctor’s Fee.
guests who hnd been here before that
There came a letup in tbe rush of pa
every one was expected to remain In tients. and the doctor opened two small
their rooms until this Important per envelopes lying on his desk.
sonage had made bls rounds In order
“It’s all right,” he said. "1 wasn't
to collect the pourbolre. I say pour- sure.
Without offending I couldn’t
bolre because what one generally gives open the envelopes In tbe presence of
separately Is lumped Into one sum. the persons who gave them to me.
This paper, which he handed to us al They contain the fees left by two
most at the jxilnt of his hallebarde, Englishmen who called close on each
proved to be a gin scritto receipt for other’s heels.
English etiquette is
tXX) francs—our [>out-bolre!
rather embarrassing for a physician
"We were rather a subdued party in who is used to patients who hand
the train. The conversation mostly over their money with the denomina
turned ou the subject of pourbolres. tion right on top. American fashion.
The pussier decided the exact amount In England it would be considered an
that each ought to give. For Instance, insult to give a physician bls fee un
he knows an umbassador ought to give wrapped. You can't insult an Ameri
".000 francs. For a minister of state can physician that way. but newcom
’.000 francs suffice. Unofficial people ers credit him with an excess of sen
like ourselves eunuot be ex[>ected to be sibility and give him a good many un-
out of pocket more than 000 francs. easy moments wondering if he hasn't
As for the poor nobility of France, been underpaid.”—New York Sun.
they escape with 600! Some were of
opinion that It was pleasanter to give
Penn Vary Much ■ Londoner.
en masse In one big sum than to give
William Penn, tbe founder of Penn
In driblets, others thought It more satis
fuctory to baud one's offering person sylvania, was born on Tower Hill on
ally to the different servants, but we Oct. 14. 1044. was christened In All
Hallows church, became a studeut
all with one voice voted the officious
of Lincoln's Inn. and then. Joining the
lieadle an Imjiosltlou.”
Quakers, he abandoned the law aud
preached along with George Fox In a
The Stickleback Legend.
The stickleback Is one of the specie« meeting house off Lombard street. He
of fish that build nests. There Is a once occupied a bouse In Norfolk
legend that the stickleback builds a street. Strand, chosen on account of its
nest because during the deluge It closeness to the river, which facilitat
pulled the tow out of the bilge bole of ed escape from duus. and he was im
the ark. and If It bad uot been for tbe prisoned both at Newgate aud in the
hedgehog, who plugged up tbe leak Fleet. So Penn was. after all, very
with his own laaiy. Noah and his sons much ■ Loudouer — London Standard.
A Railway Ticket, a Controversy and
a Delayed Train.
Io an account of the duchy of Teck
and its Inhabitants by the Bev. 8. Bar
ing-Gould an amusing experience Is
thus described by the author:
“We are wont, we Englishmen, to
grumble at red taplsrn. but with us It
does not go beyond the government
offices. In Germany It Is everywhere.
1 had an instance of It between Ober
Lenningen and Owen. 1 had asked nt
tie former place for a third class
ti ket to Owen and had stepped into
a third class carriage. On these branch
11:.es nearly every one travels fourth
, I i-ounted twelve compartments fourth.
I cine third and three second. These
was no first class compartment. Be
fore reaching the next station—In fact,
a mile from Ober Lenningen-the In
spector came round.
"'Hah. you have a fourth class
ticket and are In a third class com
partment! The tine Is ti marks.'
"I explained and offered at once to
pass Into an Inferior carriage or pay
the difference.
" •That will not do. You have In
fringed the law and must pay 6 marks.'
“1 get out at Owen and will explain
mutters to the station master.
“1 did so.
“ 'The flue Is fl marks.' said this lat
ter peremptorily.
“ 'But.' said 1. '1 demanded a third
class ticket and was given one for
which 1 had not asked. This was an
oversight of the clerk.'
“ 'You should have examined your
ticket.’
“The train was delayed five minutes
while the matter was thrashed out on
the platform, the travelers craning
their necks out of the windows of
their res|>vctlre carriages, looking on
and listening with lively Interest. At
last reluctantly the station master
yielded. 1 must pay the difference.
“'What Is it?’
“ ‘One penny!’"
The Ingenuity of man la exercised
to a wonderful degree In the creation
of novel and seemingly Impossible
situations and episodes for production
In tile rnovlug picture shows, and audi
ences are ofleu bewildered In try lug
to decide how the curious effects,
which nt times aeetu to contradict the
laws of nature, are secured. Yet. like
the conjurer s tricks, it Is all very alm
pie when the veil Is lifted.
There are some scenes depicted
which, while amazing enough In their
way, do not puzzle the critical be-
Jolder in solving the ways and means
of their making. There are the railroad
uccident. obtained by means of chil
dren'» toys; the warships and the
aeroplanes, which are also photo
graphs of playthings; the burglar In
his unheard of performance of climb
ing the front of a house, and—last, but
not least—the man clinging to the cell
ing of a room. The pictures explain
themselves.
But when we see a man Jumping
out of a fourth story window, see him
fall fifty feet to the ground and then
get up and run away unhurt, we ask.
How is this possible? The origin of
the picture Is very simple. The fugi
tive jumps out of a low window In
the studio, which ts fitted up In the
style of the desired room. Then the
photographing process Is interrupted.
The next picture is taken in the street
in front of a real house. A life sized
puppet Is dropped from one of the
windows. When It has reached the
ground the machine stops, the actor
puts himself In the place of the figure.
Hie reel la started again, the man gets
up and runs away.
In like manner auto accidents and
similar episodes are arranged.
Another Impossibility—a man swims
through a river nud on the other side
he climbs a ten foot wall without dif
ficulty. Origin of the pictures: The
man is photographed sliding from the
wall Into the water, but In taking the
picture the reel Is turned wrong way,
n the motion Is reversed when the
picture Is reeled off In the right direc
tion.
t he last obstacle in representing the
seemingly imtsisslble was cleared
away whim some clever mind conceiv
ed the Idea of stopping the photograph
ing process, not after a series of pic
tures, but after each single picture
or after each two or three of them.
The work Involved was enormous, as
eighteen pictures are tnkeu every sec-
oud that Is to say, about 50,000 pic
tures are required for a reel, which Is
to nniuse the public only ten minutes!
Hut human perseverance has accom
plished the task, and the results ob-
t- .tied are extraordinary. The follow
ing examples will prove It:
\ pile of small stones Is put on a
black table, and the apparatus is fas
tened vertically above the stones.
Then a short turn of the crank, and a
few Identical pictures of the stone pile
are taken One of the stones Is then '
removed from the pile; another short
turn, which gives two or three pictures
showing the first stones separate from
the pile The process is repeated un
til the stones laid aside by hand show
the writing, “Good Night!" The fin
ished film does not show the blind
that removed one atone after auotber,
loit creates the Impression that the
■tones arrange themselves In the form
of magic writing.
Instead of the stones, a lump of clay
may lie placed on the table and «ome
kluu of a figure Is gradually modeled would have had an exciting time bal
from it by hand: but. this hand being ing out their tioat Wheu Noah found
Invisible. It seems as If the figure out who bed done the deed he ordered
formed Itself.
us a punishment that tbe culprit
In the same way a herring can grad should tie com|»>ll«*d each year to build
ually be sent back Into the tin can a neat, while ether fishes would have
from which It was taken. — Garten- au easy time of IL
laube. Iz-lpxlg.
Her Act.
"Well, have you hoard the news.”
A Trifl» Withered.
In his native tongue no one could asked a friend brightly. “My wife
have made more graceful speeches and 1 are going on the vaudeville
than M Blanc, but when he essayed stage. A clever friend h-is written un
compliments In English he was not act for ns and we are going to put It
ou next week "
quite so successful.
“Good work, old man." we exclaimed
"Have 1 changed In the five years
since we met In I’sriar asked an enthusiastically. “What Is IV—n song
elderly woman who desired above all and dance act or a society sketi lit"
things to l>e thought younger, much
"Neither—It 1» a monologue.'*
younger than she was.
“A monologue? 1 thought you and
“Madame.“ said the courtier, his your wife were I m I h In tbe act."
"We are. But—do you know my ■
hand ou his heart, “you look like a
rose of twenty jr vers!"-Youth's Com- wife?*'—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
p:l ulou.
•
Physical Difficulty.
"Is It anything aerioua, doctor?*
A Drain sn th» Company.
tin his way home from th« theater, asked a youth of a doctor after the •
where he had seen a performance of latter bad examined him.
“t>t hello," Robby was unusually quiet.
“No. no; not at all." replied the med
■Didn't you enjoy the play?” grand
•cal man.
“Nothing serious— Just s ;
frther asked, at laat.
little stiffness In the back of your neck
Oh. yes. very much.“ replied Bobby. my lad. But you must keep an eye on '
"Rut. grand|«pa. th»r»'« one thing I IL"—Ixmdou Telegraph
«lou t quite understand. Ihtea th» black
t au kill a lady every ulgbtr*-Youth's
Came Partly Tree.
('em pa ulou.
"Before marriage I used to dream of
life In a fine tiume. with itxteen serv
anta.”
Twe »f a Kind.
"Dreams never come true."
You fondi» that pug puppy," com
•They do. parttally. We live tn a fiat
plained the lover, “until 1 am actually
lea loue of him."
■•tend of a house, but we've bad tbe
“You're all alike." answered the girl. •Ixteeu servants. "-Washington Her
“This puppy la Jealous of yeu "-Cleve
land ruin Dealer.
A Sure Sign.
Range—Are you ■ good weather
lie who conceals a useful truth Is
<“pi»lly guilty with the propagator of prophet? Binge—Only when tbe baby
•wallows a safety pin Tbeu I know
an lajurtoue falsehood-Augustine
there « to bn a equalL
MADE
A Cruet Stand.
Several villagers were discussing a
departed sister, who had been given to
good deeds, but was rather too fond of
dispensing sharp spoken advice.
"She was an excellent woman.“
tbe deceased lady's pastor. "She
constantly In tbe homes of tbe
and afflicted. In fact, she was the salt
of tbe earth."
"She was more than that" remarked
a villager. "She was the vinegar, the
pepjier and the mustard as well. She
was a perfect cruet stand of virtues."— ■
London Tit Bits.
Street Through a Church.
One of tbe best known Instances of
churches with streets through them Is
that of St John the Baptist's church
tn Bristol. England. The church Is ait-
uated right over tbe ancient gateway
Into tbe city on tbe Avon, and tbe tow
ering spire, standing high above tbe
neighboring bouses and streets, te a re
markable sight as one surveys It from
the roadway below.
Mommsen’s Peculiarity.
On his eightieth birthday Theodor
Mommsen, the historian, received a
visit from a great delegation of stu
dents. who marched out to his borne,
but he could not bo Induced to leave
ble work to greet them "They «ee me
•very day at the university." be said.
“Why do they want to disturb mo
■Mrr
Inquisitive.
'"That fellow is a positive Joke."
“Relative of yo^r wtf,-, or
}ob than nwr’-Dotrolt Free
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