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LITTLE HELPS FOR THE AMATEUR. 
A good method of toning bromides 
brown is with copper ferricyanide, as every 
degree of tone, from blackish brown to 
brilliant red, is obtainable, according to the 
length of time the solution acts. Immerse 
the fixed and well washed prints in the 
following: Dissolve 140 grains of neutral 
potassium in 8 fluid ounces of water, then 
add 20 grains of crystallized copper sul- 
phate, and finally 9 grains of potassium 
ferricyanide. Keep the prints in motion, 
and allow the bath to act until the desired 
tone is produced; then wash thoroughly. 
The solution must be used while fresh. 
When negatives take a long time to print 
on account of being too yellow, as is some- 
times the case when developed with pyro, 
they can be toned to a suitable color in the 
following bath: 
Sulphocyanide of ammonium, 8 grains. 
Chloride of gold, 1 grain. 
Water, 2 ounces, M. 
What is commonly called green fog or 
iridescent stain, caused by the use of old 
plates, forcing under timed plates in devel- 
opment, or the use of plates that have not 
been properly stored, may be removed by 
bleaching the image in a solution of: 
oy io RRA Sa nae ea 5 ounces 
Ferrichloride OY eee? Go -@rains 
Bromide of potassium......120 grains 
When bleached, wash the plate well 
and re-develop in old iron oxalite devel- 
oper. This process is usually effective, if 
the stains are not too old. Very light stains 
may sometimes be removed by rubbing 
them with a tuft of absorbent cotton satu- 
rated with methylated spirit. 
In local reduction it is often. well to mix 
the reducer with glycerine to prevent it 
from spreading over portions of the nega- 
tive where it is not wanted. When fine 
lines or portions of the negative are to be 
reduced the solution should be applied with 
a fine camels’-hair brush, while the film is 
dry, but when large portions are to be re- 
duced the film should be wet. Excellent 
results may often be accomplished by local 
reduction, but some skill and great care 
are required to make the process a success. 
—Exchange. 

I thank you for the pair of shot gun 
wick plugs, manufactured by Hemm & 
Woodward, of Sidney, O., which were sent 
to me for subscriptions for RECREATION. 
They are the right thing, without a doubt, 
for proper care of barrels. 
C. N. Ong, Lacon, III. 

There is something about RECREATION 
that always appeals to a true sportsman, 
and makes those who are not sportsmen 
wish to be such. 
J. C. Wise, 2d Lieut. oth Infantry, 
Madison Barracks, N. Y. 
Perfect alt and 
Choicest Hops 
make Pabst Blue Ribbon the premier 
product of modern scientific brewing. 
The malting process invented and per- 
fected by Pabst takes twice as long as 
the process in common use. But malt 
is the soul of beer. It is what makes 
Pabst 
Blue Ribbon 
the Beer of Quality, rich, mellow, 
palatable and wholesome —the very 
life of the barley-grain caught and 
blended with the choicest hops in a 
brewery where purity and cleanliness 
are supreme from brewing vat to bottle. 
Pabst Blue Ribbon is the brew of 
all brews for the home and the club. 
Pabst Blue Ribbon is a malty beer, 
exquisite in flavor and full of health 
and strength. It is 

