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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-31
mittee favors o'c-ock for the entire

The printing and binding discussion
will soon be on in full blast. The house
committee took up the subject yester-
day and appointed a subcommittee to
make 81 full and thorough investigation
of the conditions now prevailing. This
committee consists of Ayers of Chcka-
saw, chairman Wilson of Buena Nis
Ia Prentis of Tinggold. Anderson Of
Warren. Temple Of Clarke. Hlsinger of
Clarke OF Dallas addressed the commits
tee urging the passage of his bill abol
ishiEg the offices OF state printer and
binder. AIR. Temple made a speech OPP
posing this proposition and it was laid
over until after the investigation shall
have been made.
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MARK Els BY WIRE.
chicago I = STOCK.

Chieago. Ian. 81
tsdtisa Estimated ,aeeii,is, la5oo
good fa chGiae natives steady, others
s3usi DeeveS i.oe0G.g5 IONS ZOO 90
Texans .p0ula 70 Staek@rs. 3, 80 81.
Hogs Estimated recspts. 3oooo
t8tiye; steady 70 snade higher
mixed i5em5,so heavy 4-,om /. SEA-:
lisllp Ailg tssn
sh. ESTIMATED 9ceil1ts. spopo
bsg sleAilN. oti;teS slotS sheer, i.h0M
IS. lambs, 5eaM go.
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! ne aIpiiDNs - iIl.Ntss iNloL'tl d e rs
nearly e9srees as It Is possible 10 OBJ
,ain. The quotations are for prices paid
is dealers, corrected IS dnss,!ay after
aool..
GRAIN AND FEED.
W H Sloppy reports the following
Wheat -5$a54.
Oats 20
New conn.,
F:ys T.
HAY Tame. go: Wild $50. selling
price.
.ia.faths %
ClfYer-4. 30
Ylie Glucose sugar Refining COM
pany quotes a price OF % cents per
bushel foi corn OF Nc. 2 grade and bet
Ter and 2S114 cents for dry. sound. new
LIVE STOCK.
Receipts today. sSsI
Britain &, 90. are paying the follow.
ing prices for hogs II wagon load lots:
selected light, $40 to $50 pounds. 40.
see ted heavy over $50 pounds. 4.25.
Stags aud piggy sows graded accord
ing 10 quality after reduction. Rough
includes tniii ola sows. milky bellies
and hogs unfit for packing. Premium
hogs must be smooth ana fasiy we'll
Eatted.
Al hogs subject to government in
.pectlon.
PROVISIONS.
Marshalilown srocers quote the fol-
towing prices for court.v produce.
Poatoes % cents per bushel
Beans l.75m2.O0 per bushel in trade.
Eggs l6mll cents in trade.
Butter Dairy 1920 cents in trade.
POULTRY.
Commission and cold storage houses
are paying the following cash prices:
Ducks cents
chckens-5 cents.
Old turkeys cents.
Young. plump turkeys. cents.
HIDES. TALLOW AND WOOL.
H. Willard. Sons & Co. are paying the
following prices:
No ] Green Hides-6 cents.
No 2 Green Hides cents.
Pelts-40msO cents.
Horse Hides. 5O@2Cn
Rough Fat-Per pound, 1H cents.
No. ! Cake Tallow-3% cents.
Wool-12@1S cents
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| Whether or not Col Henry II. Rood
shall be confirmed by the senate To be
a member of the board of control to
succeed William Larrabee is ovcrshad-
owing and putting aside the consdera-
tion of ali other questions in the legis-
lature and in the lobbies of the hotels.
Both sides are making q determined
fight and both continue 10 expect to
win in the end. Tie friends Of the gov
error and his appointee are asking for
time in order that the matter may be
fully discussed in the state and that
the republican members of the senate
who contemplate voting against con-
fiimation may have a clearer under
standing OF wha. they are doing and
what Inc people Of the state think of
what they are doing. 1t is impossible
10 make a list OF the republican sena-
tors who intend TO vote against COLI
firma ton or OF The democratic senator's
who wil Vote Tor confirmation. Nelthc.
side IS giving out lists. and as there IS
still Il considerable doubtful list. Z
would hardly be fair 10 undertake to
say where the senators stand, beeauss
injustice might be done 10 many.
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Ex-e;oveinor Larrabee hit the oppo-
nsats Of CD. Rood sauareiy between
The eyes Yesterday by an authorized
statement % the effect that no safer
man could have beer found than Col.
Rood. that fa had long known him TO
be an honorable and able man He
fully endorsed the appointment, for he
Mas consulted about It by Governor
Shaw before II was made.
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The faliowiig prices quoted are as
nearly eosrsG as y Is possible ID OBJ
am The quotations are FOR Prices paid
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COMPLETE TREATMENT SIPS.

Consisting OF CuT1cuRA Soar (25c.), to
cleanse tho skin OF crusts and scales and
soften the tliickened cuticle, CUTIcuRA
Ointment (50c.). to instantly allay itching,
irritation. and Inflammation, and soothe and
heal, and CuTIcuRA RESoLvENr (5Oc.), to
cool and cleanse the blood. is often sufficient
TO cure the most torturing, distiguring skin.
scalp, and blood humors, rashes, and irrita-
tons with loss OF hair when physicians, hos
a IS,,r.
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The Oldest inhabitant must at last take
off his hat TO the wise men who have been
digging in the ancient dirt of Babylonia.
He must admit that things have happened
in the world that he does not remember,
no matter how much he may strain his
memory
Word comes that the explorers sent out
by the University of Pennsylvania have
unearthed the library Of the great temple
of Bel at Nippur, and have discovered
more than IL, 900 engraved tablets, not
one of them of later date than 22SO b. I.
Nippur is the oldest known city IN the
world. IL dates back to at least $3.50
wears before Christ, but the modern world
has known nothing about it except within
the last ten or twelve years.
What Jerusalem is to the Christian
world Nippur was to the world and to the
people which existed 1000 years and more
before the coming of Christ. The great
temple of Bel in Nippur was the centre Of
the religion of those days, and in the newly
discovered library it is expected tablets will
be found which will throw new light on the
subject.
Enough has already been discovered and
translated to fill modern scholars with
astonishment. Civilization had reached a
point in ancient Babylonia 5000 wears ago,
which nearly approximates in many ways
the highest civilization of the present day,
while a citizen of Nippur in the year 1000
b. G. would have looked on more than
half the present inhabitants of the world
as utter barbarians.
There were, for instance, in Nlppur
bankers and real estate agents, for their
account books have been found and de
cphered. 1t was quite possible for gen
tleman living in North Babylonia to place
his landed estates in the southern province
in the hands of an enterprising real estate
man in Nippur, who would attend to the
leasing of the land, collect the rents and
make prompt and regular remittances.
fBathhouse John may have imagined he
was starting in comparatively new bust
ness when he printed "Investment Banker
on his La Sale street windows, but there
were investment bankers in Nippur thou
sands of years before the wise men followed
the Star to Bethlehem.
The tablets found in the temple at Nip
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The Iron Trade Situation.
From the Chicago Record, Rep.

Last week conference of the iron men
revealed that the iron trade is not as active
as it was a year ago, and that, to say the
least, it is moi improving, But while this
is true, it was also made apparent at the
meeting Of iron men that buyers of iron
manufactures are avoiding purchases be-
cause of the high prices demanded by the
iron concerns.
While it is not possible to reach con,
elusive analysis of the iron situation, it
must not be overlooked that the influences
controlling iron at this time are different
from what they were when iron acquired
its character as the barometer of trade.
The meeting in the Rookery alone was con
vincing evidence that iron prices are now
made by few powerful individuals who,
if prices are low and the demand is light
Gan and do shut down furnaces and mills
until scarcity increases the demand and
makes higher prices. In the time when
the iron interests were not solidihed and
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co cooperating to maintain prices the iron
market depended on the supply and de
mand and competition. Under such con-
ditions iron prices might fairly be accepted
as revealing trade conditions and prospects.
But prices that are created or modified at
will by the iron magnates connot be accept
ed as reliably significant of trade tendencies.
But the shutting down Of mills to create
artificial scarcity and abnormal prices may
bring about conditions that will be at least
harmful, if not disastrous, to business
prosperity If the iron men would content
themselves with reasonable profit they might
wisely use iron prices to steady manutac-
turing and commercial conditions. Instead
of so doing the policy of the iron men aP-
pears to be such that iron will be used to
disturb what ought to be made settled
prosperity.
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7 Weck DAYS OnIy
sunday Trains.

on sunday trains will leave Hillen Station at H.5
q. and 2-i a. m. Westminster lilo a. m. ali D.
IN arriving Ht Union Bridge at HIS II. M and LSo
D. IN. Leave Union Bridge al q. q a and 4.05 !.
m. Westminster f.-ua NJ. and 4.3i ?. M, arriving
al Eilicu station ~ 9.u7 "A. IN and 81 p. m.
Frederick Division Pennsylvania r. X. daily ex-
cept sunday Trains for Frederick leave Bruce
vile 40 -, G.s-' and 10. n a m. ami ~ and $50
T. Irtlus tor EuvytOwu, Ltttle>iuwi aud
Columbia iysVc truccyiilr 90 q. ana ST. 4,
TErnglh Trims Tor Hanover AMI GCttySburg and
points nu baltimore and harrisburg Division leave
Baltimore. daily, except sunday, nj 80 Il. m. and
&s2 p IN. Through clrS for Gettysburg and inter
mediate points leave Baltimore also daily, eNcept
sunday. at a. y o. N.
Passengers ter ami from Cher Run. Williams
port T. Y. and intermediate points, from and tOI
stations east OF lia-erSowu, change a liagerStOwn.
Dricr> for baggage calls can he left at Ticket
Oaiec No. III East Ia timore street. Baltimore.
r. NJ. HOOD. General Manager.
OCiG b, ~. GRISWoip. Gen'l. Passenger Agent.
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DRIVATE SALE.

The undersigned, agent, has for sale the
following described properties;
Dwelling house, No. 43, on Liberty a.
street, Westminster; frame, part brick ~.
and part weatherboarded; rooms and wide
hall on LIST floor; rooms and bath room on
ID floor; cellars under whole building; gas and
water; well arranged in every respect.
Lot No. 81, Liberty street; good newly
built stable in rear on alley.
Three lots on Fair Ground containing from
to % acres each; now in grass; will be sold
separately or Jointly as desired.
Also farm of 81 acres, short distance from
the city Of Westminster; improvements are
large brick house, stable aud other outbuild
ings. This land is of good quality and in
good condition; well watered, tic. Will sci
it in whole or any part of it desired. There
are several fine building sites upon il
Terms to suit.
f. LYNCH, Agent,
sept 30 If Westminster, Md.
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NIPPUR' s LIBRARY.

The Recent Discoveries Of Professor Hill
precht-The Oldest Known City IN the
World-The Buried Treasures Being Found
There by the Explorers of the University
of Pennsylvania.
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Crackers Is. = Toe pound.
White Fish aud Mackercl.
Granulatcd Sugar. 6 and 6lc pound
SoA 4 Sugar. dc pound.
Light Brown Sugar &c pound.
DARK Brown Sugar, 5te pound.
FEED DEPARTMENT consists Of Mid.
dEugs. Bran. Corn Chop. Mixed Chop, Corn,
Oats. Screenings, Wheat aud Cracked Corn.
Fine and Coarse salt
Crooks. Jugs, Bailed Hay aud Straw.
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r5ai Fr5.t Jars, dozen
. qHAg. Fra.g Jars, doErn.
3 s3nl Frs.s Jars. dnaeu.
Half gallon Fuii Jars, dozen.
Jas Iors. ~ dozen. Jar Gums, Sc dozen.
F1 Paper, 8 sheets ior DC
JrIt. lumbler.. 21c dozen,
TIA Cans. s5e dozen.
Wax STRING. Sc dozen.
Coffee. Tie. he, iae i~c poaud
Dss.i Flour. 4Jc SRck
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I soPARrNERsH1P NOTICE,

y
We. the undersigned, have this day formed
a cnpartnership uRder the firm name of Ref
snider Il Crimes for the Practice of Law
An business iulrustcd to us will receive
prompt and careful attention.
CHAS. +. RElFSNlDER, JE.,
L. .. GRIMES, JE.,
Dec u, 1899.
Office 232 East Main street.
dec23tf Westminster. Nd.
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4 SSIGNEE OF ASSIGNEE OF
~ MORTG AGES SALE
A DESIRABLE FARM,
Al Shiloh ig Unmu,trad Df,irict.

By virtue Of the po~er and authority con.
tanned ia a mortgage from Andrew Shaler and
Rcbecca Shuffer, has ~iie Ia Mary Ann Payne.
bearing date September 9Th, ls55, and r.
corded among the Real Estate Mortgage
Records ~ Carroll County, 10 labcr b. +. C.
No 81. folio 3u8. &c. and by her assigned Ia
the Westminster Deposit and Trust COMPANY,
body corporate, On February 2sgh, 1889, and
BY said body corporate, assigned to the under.
signed on the 24ih day ut September, 1900;
the undersigned, assignee, Will sell at public
sale. on The premises, on
SATURDAY. 18th day Of OCTOBER, 1900,
stI2m.,
~ ACRES AND 80 SQUARE PERCHES
of land. more or less, being part Of the land
described in said mortgage The improve
ments thereon CONSIST OF Il sub,
s,aulial story Dwelling, barn. A. ~ =
wagon shed, corn crib, meat 80
house and other necessary farm e. r1 ssezz,1
buildings; good apple orchard; about II acres
ia good timber, the balance Ia high state OF
cultivation. This property Is located on a
county road; is convenient to churches aud
schools, and adjoins the land OF David II.
l.cister, Nicholas j. Walsh and others.
Terms of Sale.-One-Jhird cash on the day
of sale or upon the ratification thereof, one
third IN six months and the other one-third
in twelve months from the day OF sale; the
credit payments to be secured by the notes OF
the purchaser or purchasers, with approved
security, bearing interest from day of sale; OF
all cash at the option Of The purchaser.
MICHAEL +. WALSH,
Assignee Of Assignee of Mortgage.
sep2q-ts Nicholas J. Walsh. Auct.
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BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.

S Building Lots for Sale in Westminster;
terms to suit purchaser. Apply to
MICHAEL +. WALSH,
Attorney -at-Law,
iun-l6-uf Westminster, Md.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The respective crcatIurs Of Irene {. Ben
aesi. DAVID cu~an. Jg. aaI hAIsy Bennett
CoWau. h,s siic. are hereby notified lu Ole
their claims. ~i,h lh~ yuachers thereof, ~',h
she CLERK - the Cigc4ii Court for Carroll
County. Wiihip i@o months lrnm he z3th day
of October 1900
CHARLES r. FINK,
DAVID y. HENSlNG,
JOHN MILTON HEIFSNIpER,
EDWARD o. WEANT.
JOHN NJ ROBERTS aad
THOMAS J. CpONAN,
oct d It's Irusieez-
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k.sssS


,idss shaded by b-auutal Trees. Thu, puaPcrtv
IS improved by . ts.i story Slate u1"iri tugA
stable. unsurpassed lu this cats tor roatr
nsesic,-s. Ani b other bgii-'ur< Thus gTup
erty has . iy,aiAgv 40 Willis str,-t 50 aiou
les fr,.i 18th a depth 81 los tert THIS %
siIhaHt gae,giou oge 81 the hursi rrzii"uo'
properties, tu Westminster. ASH &. bralsri By
hot vaIgr.
t1f 4 ;et nl land fronting nu C-uJu
,trrrg Bee said Clig srf W r-tuiusirs. csntA.uIul
ai-sal ONE HALF Az ACRE oi land
saore ~ less and 'siag immediately lu r.a'
ni IT., lasJ Atos, mentioned property. Tan
lal ,s aaimproyr4 bal uaicr go,I ienesus ans
Is az excellent tgilttuk iui.
Trsns 81 Salr -oH-. iaJri - she pareha-'
uiuney su M. 3ay a{ SAI- % Dn the u.ubraiIoi
iheren, by she Cirraii Cuari Tor Carroll touU
Is. ID Eqa,y. Auj ghe r-,ldae 'n gHu squa
payment, af - aHi tselgr muaThs frpm ;h'
day 81 sale, ihy credit Iayulrats go lvar boo
irrysl frun iA.r jAy Of sale, Nud ihc lAEtueH
7 thereof secured by the notes ID the purchaser
~iih approved srcsuiy. bcArug interest iT"a
the dag Of sale; 90 al cash 81 the option 80
Z ihr purchasers.
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fNEO. T.. SrOCKSDALE.
" ATrORNEG-AT-LAW
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.

Special and prompt attention given TO coll
lcctions and settlement of estates.
OFHCE-Albaugh building, Court street,
Westminster. Nd.
R=yrCan be seen at my residence in New
Windsor every evening.
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CHARLES T.. FINK.
DAVID y. uENSlNG.
JOHN MILTON REiESNluEE.
EDWARD D. WEANT.
john VI. ROBERTS and
THOMAS J COUNAN,
Irasires Aad Attorneys Dos Fact
William I Wilson. Aacuuaeer.
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NIVIDEND NOTICE.

DUBLIC SALE.-At my residence in
i Shiloh on Saturday, October -, ~ Il
m, will sell all my personal property, con
sisting OF Stock and Implements. For par
ticulars see bills.
REBECCA SHAFFER.
Nicholas J. Walsh, Auctioneer. oct est
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UTESTERN MARYLAND RAIL
wv ROAD.
Cd Go
CONNECTING WITH

JVNN
p. Il r. r. at Shippensburg and Gettysburg;
Norfolk & Western H. K. at Hagerstown;
b. & o. Railroad at Hageratown and Cherry
Run: Penna r. Il. at Bruceville and
Hanover; p. W. & B., n. c. and B. 4 p.
Railroads at Union Station, Baltimore, Nd.
Schedule in effect September so, 1900.
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TNRUSTEES AND ATTORNEYS
i PUBLIC SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE,
In New Windsor District, aud in Westminster,
Carroll County, Maryland

Bv virtue Of the several DEGREES passed by
the Circuit Court for Carroll county. in Equity,
in cause No. 3799 Equity in said Court, where
in the Union National Bank OF Westminster,
Maryland aud Others are plaintiffs, and Irene
{. Bennett and others are defendants, the un-
designed. trustees, and by power of attorney
from Blanche Bennett Coouan aud husband
To David \. Henuiug and others, dated sep
TENDER %. 1900, and recorded among the
Land Records Of Carroll county, in Liber j..
II. B., No. 81, folio 30i, etc, aud also by
mower of attorney from Margaret f. Sutley
and husband to David y. Henuiug and Others,
dated September 20, 1900. aud recorded as
aforesaid IA Liber j. II. b.. No. 81, folio 3Os.
etc. the undersigned attorneys Ia fact. Will
offer at public sale on the premises, IA New
| Windsor District, Carroll county, Maryland,
on
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 27,h, 1900,
at two o clock =. M, all that tract or parcel
ct land containing
TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND,
more or less. of which Pukney J. Bennett,
deceased. died seized aud possessed, and SIT
uaied on the Sam : Greek road about five
miles from Nea Windsor aud about one half
mile from nenulugs. This farm Is improved
bv fine double brick dwelling
house. two weaiherboaried 4 49,
tenant houses. one log tenant 80 -
house, old creamery. hne bank 1&kasr3aM
barn. one Of the largest IA the ueighborhoud.
wagon she'd with tao corn cribs attached,
double corn crib. hog house, spring house
aud other necessary buildings.
There j, = Gue spriug near the house, also
a puup aud well At the barD, a, we'll as uln-
ming Waier at the barn. AhuIt loo acres are
under cultivation and iU hnc condition and
the r-si 3 10 excellent Hickory AMI Oak ilm-
Der. About - acres Of lAud ls hnc meadow.
The farm aiipin, The lands OF Wallace Nail,
Isaac kilcr. Charlie, Rnsp and Others.
This is sIEisirstigaablg one of M hHSst
fIrlas "a tie county aa5 's desiu,h'y located
o. churches. schools sud Store
And uu ih. 2p,b DAY or OCTOBER,
MONDAY. lao. al three % clock, g. ui.. fhr
andrr.f .ur-i. trustees ,Hd attorneys iH fact
NIH aHeg al pahhe sale. a the tuar5 hoa~r
pu-s-. ,u the Csty 81 Westminster. Carroll
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Mss2&lA,

And uu rs. @s,b DAY or OCTOBER,
MONDAY, lao At three % ciock, g. ui.. she
andrr.f gusei. trustees sud attorneys "a TACT
NiU oder al pahHe sale. a the tuurt House
Bu.s-. rn the C,iy 90 NesIminstrr. Carroll
county. the iaIID~5nE real properly.
an An thai ,alahie property occupied Icy
David Couan, IT.. sltaair az ths ,nyacr ui
Will, aud Cruiry streets. Ia the Cllyui West
minister. aud iatprlvr.i hy a superior - AMI
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81 ACRES AND 80 SQUARE PERCHES
Of land, more or less, being part Of the land
described ia said mortgage. The improve
Evening star., 1900-12-01
PRETTY HOMEMADE GIFTS
DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING THREE
TASTEFUL ARTICLES.
All of Them Within the Skill and
Purse of the Average Giver
-Materials Used.

Written for The Evening Star.
New ways of using crepe paper for deco
rative purposes are always suggesting
themselves to the imaginative mind. One
of tho latest Is a twine holder made frcm
a little doll dressed in the figured paper.
1t makes very pretty and useful Christ
mas gift, and Is at the same time inexpen-
sive. 25-cent doll, half a roll Of crepe
paper, ball of twine and a couple Of yards
of ribbon are the only requirements.
Remove the legs from the doll and sew
firmly to the end of the body little silk
bag just large enough to hold the twne
ball loosely. Then dress the doll in a big
full skirt and two full capes. Fasten the
capes at the neck with a long bow OF rib
bon. jaunty little hat made of tufted
crepe paper and trimmed with ribbon bows
adds the finishing touch. Sew the hat to
the head and leave one long loop of rib
bon by which to hang to the wall. Dolls
dressed in the crimson crepe paper are
very pretty, and look we'll with black rib
bons. Larger dolls made with two twne
bags to hold string of two sizes are very
useful. These always sell well at church
fairs.
A pretty ribbon blotter for a ladies' writ
ing table can be made by covering a pie e
of stiff cardboard the size that the blotter
Is intended to be with silk some prettily
colored linen. Then cut six sheets of blot
ting paper a fraction smaller than the pad
and fasten them to it with broad bands
of satin ribbon, embroidered in some alnty
pattern. The ribbon should be firmly
sewed down SO that it will hold the blotters,
but must not be drawn so tightly that
soiled blOtters cannot be removed, and new
replaced. A. big bow of ribbon tied on
one side adds to the richness of this gift.
Frames are always welcome Christmas
gifts, and they can be made in so many
forms that they are almost sure to suit all
tastes. A new and very pretty one is made
of Japanese crash, and decorated with a
design, cut from a wall paper and applied.
In all cases it is better when making a
homemade frame to have the form cut by
a regular frame maker. 1t only costs a
few cents and is so much more satisfa ctory,
as it is almost impossible to get the edges
regular, without the proper machines, and
nothing could look worse than an uneven
frame japanese crash costs about a dol
lar a yard and one yard will cover a dozen
frames of cabinet size. The large designs
in the wall paper with a decided colOrlng,
are the most effective for applying. If the
flowers and leaves are carefully cut out,
they can be arranged to form very
pretty spray, and if well done they will look
just like a water color. Sometimes wall
paper is found rich enough to make the
entire covering for. a frame. These are
usually improved by having the back wash
ed in with little water color. Blotters
and scrap baskets made in the same way
are equally effective. The frames If in
tended for steady use. should all be bound
and glassed. They will last Indefinitely,
and cannot be injured by dust. L. 3. G..