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the light down upon the sitter. Over
this is put cover OF black cloth, that
the light may not come through and
STRIFE the lens of the camera.
White and black paper will answer
as well rs cloth. The camera must be
placed high enough on the tripod or
the hood be brought down low enough
SO that no light from the upper sash
may fall upon the camera lens. II the
camera is placed directly in front of
the window, the cloth covering the
lower sash will form the background of
the portrait. II the sitter sits with his
side toward the window, background
should be hung from the side of the
hood, coming down behind the sitter.
If at any time the light is too strong,
square of white muslin can be pinned
across the base of the hood above the
head Of the sitter. This will diffuse
the light somewhat and temper 1t.
With these suggestions the amateur
ought to be able by experimenting to
reach successful method Of portrait
taking in his own house. Some expert
menting is necessary, since in no two
houses are the conditions of light and
windows exactly the same.-Webb
Donnell, In the Household.
The so-called sensitometer number of
dry plates is delusion. Why plate
makers keep 1t up is one of the things
photographers cannot explain. One
firm uses 90 rs indicating about the ex-
IRENE of rapidity, another has 60, and
there is third with 40. What does it
all amount to, anyway? Dry plates take
on. rapidity with age, and a plate that
is medium" when new will be chain
lightning, or whatever else you want
to call it, after it has been kept long
enough. Some of the makers of the
best plates are dropping the numbering
and giving name to distinguish the
slower from the extremely rapid. That
is all right and answers all purposes.
A scratch on the negative can be fill
ed with Canada balsam thinned down
with chloroform, SO that 1t will print all
right. as the retroactive index Of balsam
is about the same as glass.
Dust out your holders and rub over
the sides carefully. Wipe off the plates
also before loading. The sprinkle of
fine holes often found on the negative
Is caused by dust.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-14

desires of her lord and master. Count
ess Tolstol is one of the most cultured
women In all Europe. When she was
IL she received Il diploma from the
University of Moscow. One year later
she married the Count after romantic
courtship, which has been reproduced
word for word in that of Levin and
Kitty in Anna Karenina." Among
her manifold duties is that of looking
after her husbands copyrights and roy
alties. and it is said not a penny escapes
her. In describing the Countess devo-
ton to him the famous sociologist says:
IF l were clarinet my wife would
spend all her time polishing and burn
ishing the keys"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-14

AS Il specimen of what candidates for
parliamentary honors have OCCASION
ally to put up with from their Support.
ers" the following little incident is
worth recording:
Visiting north-country colliery dur.
ing the mems dinner hour, a certain
candidate was advised by his agent to
ask "old Ben" supporter who hap
pened to work at the pit, to say a few
words to his mates.
After some little persuasion the old
man acceded to the request and this is
what he said:
"Weel, mates, | amt a-goin' ter tell
We as were getten real straight, fair,
honest candidate. You knows as well
as does as there amt no sich things
as honest politician breathin'. How.
sumever, I've heard both candidates,
an I've picked DOT wot think is the
best of sorry pair! Ye'd better vote
for him, chaps! This" indicating the
by no means comfortable candidate.
''this is 'im!"
That was all.
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a north window in dwelling house
admits too small an amount of light,
while the direct sunlight of south
window is as bad MS are out of door
conditions. The strong light of sun
ny window may be made to serve the
purpose of the portrait taker.
A dark cloth is pinned across the
lower sash, before which the sitter is
placed, either back to the curtain or
with the side of the body toward 1t, nc.
cording to location of the camera. In
front of the upper sash Of the window
Is constructed n hood. The framework
of this is of strips of wood put together
in the form shown in the illustration.
The curved pieces can be made of bar
rel hoops.
This framework is made to hang up
on hooks against the window casing. 1t
is covered with white cloth to reflect
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-14
RELICS in FOUR REVOLUTIONS.
iiverwAre that Was Brought to Col
onies 500 Years Ago.

SfiverwAre that Was Brought to Col
onies 800 Years Ago.
Some very old and interesting relics.
dating 300 years back, and which were
used by General Washington, are in the
possession of Rev. A. Il. Holderby, of
this city, says the Atlanta Constitution
They consist of an old silver service
and time-worn Bible. which are heir
looms in DIR. Holderby's family.
The heirlooms came originally from
France, whence DIR. Holderby's ances.
tors fed from the prosecutions of the
Huguenots. A silver sugar bowl. with
cover, a cream pitch. sugar tongs. sew
eral large and small spoons, and soup
ladle are among the pieces. They were
brought to America by General Daniel
Roberdeau. son of Isaac Roberdeau
native of Rochelle, who left France
upon the revocation of the edict of
Nantes and took refuge on the island
of st. Christopher in 1853.
General Roberdeau's father brought
over with him his silver plate, family
Bible and other yaluables. which DR..
Holderby, his grandson, has now in At.
lanta.
The Bible is 271 years old. 1t is In
old French and a little leather bound
volume. the first edition. as is said in
the publishers notice. in small and
portable form. The volume was said
to have been rescued from n bonfire in
Rochelle when the Bibles of the Hugue-
nots were ordered to be burned. II
was then wrapped In n napkin and hid
den beneath loose board in the floor
to be taken out for family prayers.
which We're obliged to be in secret. The
volume was afterward buried with the
silver dining wares. It's covers are
loose and worn, but the print is excel
lently preserved.
The four revolutions in which these
relics were buried were first in France
in 1850, then in Philadelphia in 1915,
In the war Of 1872. and lastly In Madl-
son. N. G., during the war between
the States. They were disinterred aft
err the secession, where they had been
buried in the garden of DIR. Holderby's
mother. In blowing to find them the
plowshare struck the tin box in which
they had been placed and the sugar
bowl received an indentation which 1t
now bears
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wanton Killine OF Birtls,

determination of birds Is not alone
the work of fashionable vanity but OF
fashionable gluttony. The seizure in Il
New York cold-storage warehouse OF
great numbers of dead birds during the
close season illustrates the easy eva
sion of the law by those careless of con
sequences.
In hotels travellers often find upon thu
bills of fare the names of birds un
known to ornithologists and dictionary
makers. When asked what kind OF
birds these represent the walters are
permitted to answer only by smiles ant
silence, or by confessions of ignorance
In the cold-storage house In New Yorb
were found SO many birds that the lie
gal fines would have run to millions Of
dollars. What would they amount t.
for the United States? AS a result O,
such practices everywhere those butch
ers and dealers who obey the law ar,
really punished for their honor, Will,
the reckless are rewarded by grea
profits.
We are fond of pointing out excellels.
spheres of work and usefulness 70,
those who are greatly troubled by 4
few deaths of animals in scientific lab
oratories. Why should this stupid and
rulnous war of determination of birds
with its great resultant suffering, moi
arouse the energies of the Society fol
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?-
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Just the Tune.

81 took out living picture show
once" said the theatrical manager.
land had several queer experiences.
I'VE always had trouble getting suit
able music, for one thing. l remember
that we struck certain town where
the music was furnished by seedy,
freckle-faced young man, who ofiiclated
at one of those bangety-bang pianos. I
asked him if he could think of music
suitable to each picture us it was dis
played.
"'oh, yes certainly he could. and
do 1t impromptu.'
1.-THE performance opened. He was
seated at the piano, and he turned to
look at the first picture. TWAS Adam
and Eve in the Garden of Eden
He didn't hesitate an instant Like
flash he turned and began pounding
out, There's Only One Girl In This
World for Me- Chicago Journal.
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49,
Homework that she might save the ex-
pense of servant. In her eyes her
beloved husband was the greatest
statesman in the world. While she adj
mired his statecraft she mended his
socks, cared for his wardrobe and sew
ed buttons on his clothing as though
she had been the humblest wife in the
Republic.
Through the thrift of this Invaluable
woman, 1t is claimed, Paul Kruger has
been able to save $25,O00OOO. Mrs.
Kruger saw to 1t that the household
always subsisted on the $1,000 n year
coffee money allowed by the Transvaal
Republic, while his 0he ex-President's)
salary of $4,000 was annually saved.
On this coffee money foreign diplomats
and distinguished personages were en-
tertained and yet none ever left the
hospitable old mansion hungry.
Mrs. Kruger never had more than
three dresses at one time and they were
invariably black. She was also salts
fed with two hats. and one of her
hobbies was that there should be no
feathers on them as she held it sin to
kill birds for the sake of adjoining hats.
A quaint, old-fashion.d, loving woman,
Mrs. Kruger was the reflex of many of
the characteristics of stern old loom
Paul" The war with England was a
great trial on Mrs. Kruger. Frequent
ly she was heard bewailing the awful
carnage and yet even In the midst of
her sorrow for the fallen burghers she
found eloquent words in which to ex-
press her sympathies for tho British
wives and mothers who had lost their
dear ones OH the broad vcldts. Then,
too. the long separation from her hus.
band, combined with the recent death
of her favorite daughter. completely
broke the gentle spirit and the spark
of noble life went out.
Mrs. Kruger was "Oom Paul's" sec.
ond wife, and was Miss Du Plesis, a
family of prominence In South Africa
and which gave to France one of the
greatest princes of the church and
State. the Cardinal Richelieu. Sixteen
children blessed their union, IL of
whom are still living.
When ex-President Kruger was in
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of increasing trade. Our manufacture.
will be stimulated and our shipping in
creased. Commerce is like Shak-
speare's quality of mercy-''it .blesseth
him that gives and him that takes"
We are sacrificing nothing in opening
our market to Porto Rico--we are be-
slowing benefits upon her and our
selves together Chicago American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-14
Taking Portraits at Home.

Taking Portraits at Home.
One of the most interesting features
OF amateur photography Is the taking
of portraits. This work is of two kinds
the out of door snap shot portraiturc
that Is often very successful, SO far as
the likeness" goes, but always hicks
the fine balancing of light and shade,
and the artistic finish of portrait that
is taken where the amount and the di-
rection of the light can be controlled.
For the majority of amateurs the
light that comes from the ordinary
house window must be utilized.
The trouble encountered here is that
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Impentling Reciproci,s.


The news from Berlin with reference
to the rates of the proposed German
tariff Is somewhat sensational. For ex-
ample, 1t is proposed to raise the rate
on cattle imported from nine marks to
one hundred marks per ton. This is
the extreme advance reported, as the
rate on swine is simply doubled On
wheat the raise reported is from thirty
five marks a ton to siXty-tive marks as
maximum, and fifty-five marks as a
minimum. The minimum rates to be
granted to those countries that make
reciprocity treaties with Germany But
on animals and provisions there are to
be no minimum ratcs-in other Words
no basis for reciprocity.
Let us see what these proposed rates
Will mean. A mark is valued at 23.S
cents in our currency, so that hun
dred marks are equal TO $3.50. This
is the proposed charge upon a ton Of
cattle or hogs imported into Germany.
1t cannot be lessened. If the proposed
law passes, by commercial treaty, be-
cause there is no minimum rate given.
There is, therefore, no basis for reci-
procity. On wheat there will be mar
gin of ten marks (S23Sy Il ton. That
is the only reduction that reciprocity
will be able to compass If the new
rates prevail.
As to these details there may he room
for doubt what the tariff will really be.
But as to the general proposition that
no basis for reciprocity is proposed on
some articles. and very small one on
others, the news is probably correct.
1t is worthy of notice TINT this is pre-
cisely what many of the pretended
friends of reciprocity are proposing in
this country. They say they will make
concessions on imports of articles not
produced in this country in order to
secure the introduction of our goods
into foreign markets free of duty. The
truth is, the articles we do not produce
are on the free list now, for the most
part, so this Is no basis of reciprocity
ut all. Germany responds TO this by
proposing tariff which will leave no
basis for reciprocity on some articles
which we particularly desire to send
to that country, and very insignifi-
cant margin on others. Thus the pro-
tectionists of the two countries play in
to one another's hands by keeping the
word of reciprocity to the car. hut
breaking it to the hope. Courier r1
| nal
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picturesque figure
from the worlds
stage. AS the wife
of the President of
the Transyaal Re
public, she was the
first lady of the
land, yet the wives
of the common
burghers on the
great veldts were
not as plain and
unassuming as she.
Frugal in her hab-
its, Mrs. Kruger
did much nf her
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NAnew the Ropcs.

81 suppose said the tenderfoot to
Two-Tooth Thompson, Il suppose that
you are what we Fasteners call a bad
man."
well, ! don't exactly know" replied
Mr.. Thompson, but I'll say this for
myself, don't need no guide when I'm
huntin' fer trouble. Baltimore Amerl-
can.
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Excused.

Lawyer-Do you know anything
about this mans private life?
Witness-No. sir.
But haven't you been associated
with him In business?
"Not in the way you mean? 1 was
one of the directors of the bank in
which he was teller."-Detroit Free
Press,
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COUNTESS ToLsTol.

Wife of the Noted Russian Reformer
and Her Rare Devotion.
Countess Sophia Andrerona Tolsto!,
wife of the great Russian reformer and
author, is a meek, mild woman, whose
entire life has been spent, since her
marriage, in ministering to the wants
of her husband, and in rearing her nu-
merous offspring. The Tolstois have
had three children, and for these until
they were 10 years old the Countess has
made all the wearing apparel. She acts
ms s< ,retary and critic to the Count and
chiefly concerns herself with the table
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-14
A cowARDLY SOVEREIGN.
III. sultan's Unhappy Life Through
Fear Of Assassination.

The most arrant coward among the
royal folk of Europe is Abdul Hamid,
Sultan of Turkey. A record of his life
would be drama of cowardice, and
the most fearful of dramas at that. Ter
ror of man, of disease, of the calamities
Of nature. of aught spelling death" is
the trait In the Sultan's character that
dominates all the others.
One day NJ Vambery, the Hungarian
orientalist, was received informally Mt
the palace. This was not an unusual
thing. MS Prof. Vambery had been Abb
duIs tutor. Quite naturally, then, the
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formed at Hilversum. in Holland, of
his wife's death he wept bitterly and
requested that he be left alone. Her
son-in-law. Eloff, and many other mem
hers of the family We're at Mrs. Kru.
gers bedside when she died.
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Cedar Rapids correspondence:
A. B. Cummins OF Des Moines was
nominated for Governor on the first bal
lot by the Republican State convention.
His victory quickly followed defeat of
the combined opposition in test vote on
contesting delegations from Carroll and
Jackson counties.
Disintegration of the anti Cummins or
ganization began the night before the
convention with the onslaught upon the
ranks of John Herriott OF Guthrie, one
of its many candidates for Governor, and
his practical withdrawal from the field,
despite his personal assertion that he was
still in the race. Incidentally his adher-
ents were rewarded when he was given
the second place on the ticket.
AT 11:15 the convention was called to
order by Chairman Weaver of the State
central committee, he asking the dele
gates to rise while Rev. s. b. McCor-
mick of Ceda. Rapids offered prayer. AT
the conclusion of the invocation Chairman
Weaver introduced as the temporary
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THE FUGITIVE.

a hunted thing, through copse and wood
Night after night he skulked and
crawled.
To where, amid dark homesteads, stood
One gloomy garden locked and walled.
He paused in fear each step he took,
And waited till the moon was gone;
Then stole in by the little brook
That still laughed down the terraced
lawn.
And up the wcll-known path he crept
And through the tangled briars tore;
And he, while they who sought him slept,
Saw his ancestral home once more.
There song and lights were still astir.
And by her he could see one stand,
(And he had Jared 80 far to herb
Who spoke with her and took her hand.
Then back by copse and wood he crept
While yet the dawn was cold and dim
And while in her white room she slept,
Twas his old hound crawled back with
him
Century.
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Norwegian legislators propose that
girls who do not know how to knit,
sew, wash, and cook should be refused
permission to marry. Daughters Of
wealthy men are moi to be excepted.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-14

pho trr,Nn ne no. ts,r, IL,
- WaaI...,. NJ 49,. .. ~ ~, ,'
position. delivered an address. which was
we'll received and freonentlv ipterrnnte,i
by outbursts of anplause
The greatest outbnrs, Of opplouse TINT
greeted Mr.. Davis remarks followed his
assertions that the Nicaragua canal
should he constructed IN American soil
and protected by American fortifcat,ons
and American guns. So vigorous n cheer
of approval greeted the sneaker as ba
spoke that there could be no doubt of the
H. 80, -: ~ ep"p''eaas on
Wv @"a.
me roll OF CONGRESSIONAL districts was
called to secure the names OF the menu
pefs OF the various committees, and at tho
conclusion OF the can an adjournment
was teen until O'Clock.
The fight in the committee on creden-
tials kept the convention ticket makers
waiting until nearly 5 o'clock. The delay
was on the contest in Carroll and Jack
son, the committee being unanimous
against the six delegates claiming seats
from Polk County, the home of Mr.. Cum
minis, in the interest of Sidney A. Eos.
ter. The report on Carroll and Jackson
vas ~ UNI euiii'ihs.
me report of the committee was pre-
scented to the convention by Lewis Miles
of Wayne County, and minority report
by Senator Thomas d. Healy of Webster
County No time was lost in joining the
delegate understood If wac , test voto.
and the roll call was taken amid the
greatest excitement. The result was S4o
to 100 IN favor of the Cummins faction.
Gi,t of the Platform.
The formality Of selecting n permanent
organization. with former Sneaker n w
Byers of Shelby. one Of the Cummins
leaders. MS nermanent chairman w.s
Quickly effected rho committeo -, roso.
Iutions tbcn renorted tbrouch ito chair.
man. Georre E Roherts d;rector of tho
mint The platform ,ouds tbo n.t;ono,
and State administrations DECLARES Gov
Shaw In no "iustlv leader of n.t;on,
influence and renown. y emnh,s;ze. fealtv
TO the gold standard. denonnces Southern
laws for the Acknowledgement of the ne
groes, and favors such tariff changes as
may be made advisable by changing con-
ditions. while at the same time reiterat-
ing adherence to protection aud pointing
to the readjustments possible under reci-
procity.
Chairman Byers then called for the bal
lot on Governor. When the nomination
of Mr.. Cummins was assured there oc-
Cured the widest demonstration ever
seen in an Iowa convention, the cnthusi-
astic Cummins men taking several min
utes to express their JOY The vote re-
cummlns .scoconser 40
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QUAINT. LovAeLE WOMAN.

Mrs. kruger, COON Panl's" Devoted
Wife, Who Died Recently.
The death at Pretoria of Mrs. Kruger.
wife of ex-Presldent Kruger, of the
South African Republic. removed a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-14

'Do they allow swearing where you
work. Swearing? They won't even
let n man look as If he wanted to
swear"
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The HEARTS Movement

The heart beats ten strokes minute
less when one is lying down than when
in an upright posture.
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Slaughter of Elephants.

Sixty thousand elephants are annu
ally slaughtered in Africa for the sake
Of their ivory.
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CUMM1Ns IS CHOSEN.
NAMED FOR GOVERNOR BY IOWA
REPUBLICANS.

conventionGive. Hcrriott Second Plaes
Platform Endorses NJ kinley and the
Town Delegation in congress.-weaver,
Brown, Barrett. the Other Nominees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-14

The rooster makes two-thlrds Of the
noise, but the hen does all the work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-14

The man who fears seldom inter.
feres.
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Plain DUTY at Inst.

Plain Dutv at Last.
On the third anniversary of the land
ing of the American troops in Porto
Rico, President Mckinley issued proc
lamation fulfilling our ''plain duty" to
give the island free trade in the Ameri-
can market. 1t is thought that the coin
cidence of these two memorable events
will make the day great popular ami
versary in Porto Rico.
Free trade will mean much for the
Porto Ricans, and also much for us. In
the first place, it will give the island a
prosperity which in few years will
make 1t the envy of all the rest of the
West Indian archipelago. Not only st.
Thomas, but Martinique, Jamaica and
the rest of the European colonies will
feel drawn by Irresistible attraction to-
ward us. Annexation sentiment will
be strengthened, too, in Cuba.
Again, Porto Rico, fiourishing and
happy, will become an Interpreter for
us to all Spanish-America. She will
help to clear up MISUNDERSTANDING.
She VIII speak to the Latin American
republics in their own language and
tell them that they have nothing to
fear from American ambition.
Finally, the continent will share
equally with the island in the benefits