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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-25
STOCKS BECOME
ACTIVE TOWARD END
Trading All Day Was Apa-
thetic-The Tendency Is
Reacti0nary

New York, December 24.-Stocl1s became
active and strong in the later part ef
today's session. There were several hours
of slow business and unimportant fluc-
tuations. For a time the tendency was
reactionary.
At the end of the session representa-
tive shares were substantially above yes
terday's close.
Reading was the center of speculative
interest and it made an unusual exhibition
of strength. The buoyant advance of this
share was associated with reports that
differences between the government and
the Reading company would be settled
out of court as was done in the case of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
company
Easier tone of the market early in the
day was largely due to easiness of east
ern railroad stocks. Selling of these
shares was Influenced by reports that tie
November statements of transportation
companies would show severe decreases
In earnings.
In the case of Baltimore and Ohio such
a showing has been already recorded.
Norfolk and Western was especially
heavy, dropping 31s points. The slump of
this share was attributed to reports which
found no attestaton to the fact that
Pennsylvania would relinquish control of
the company.
Signing of the currency bill and Pres
'dent Wilson's accompanying message,
failed to stimulate bullish activity into
firm tone.
A reason given for the early recession
in stocks was selling by disappointed
traders, who had counted on rise follow
ing the final steps in transferring the
currency bill to the statute records. The
trades apathetic attitude probably was
due to the fact that this influence had
been discounted in the recent upward
trend.
Southern Pacific reported "A decrease IL
net earnings for November of $685. A
heavy increase in idle freight cars was
shown in the fortpightly statement
The weekly steel trade reviews reported
that the holiday shut down. iron AMI
steel mills this year had probably never
been paralleled in length or in number of
plants involved.
Bonds were uneven Missouri Pacific
convertible 5s declined 8 points TO 67. Total
sales. par value, S1,S50,o00 United States
bonds were unchanged on call.
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, December FACTION. spot
fair demand; prices steady. .Middling fair.
75Sd. Good middling, 7.24d. Middliny.
IO2d. Low middling, esd. Good ordi-
nary, SID. Ordinary, 5.78d Sales, 5000,
including 1900 American. and 500 for specu-
lation and export. Receipts, COCO, incIud-
ing 600 American. Futures closed note
worthily steady. December, 66sd. De-
cember-January, 6671Ad January-Febru-
airy. 6.691ad; February March, 672o
March-April, 6.74d; April-May, 674i,
May-June, 6.73Ad; June-July, sid; July
August, 6.6Sd; Acknowledgements, 65sd
September-October, 6.41d; October-N Nov
ember, 632d; November-D December, 6. 2slbd:
December-January, 6.271zd; January-Feb.
ruary, 6271ad.
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EXPLOSIVES CAUSE
BIG EXCITEMENT

Cleveland, O., December 2S.-The
finding of IL six-ounce bombs labelled
Dynamite glycerine," in a safe in the
former quarters of the health depart
ment in city hall this afternoon pre-
cipitated panic among officials and
attaches. A report spread that an at
tempt to blow up the building had been
made.
The bombs will be turned over to
the city chemist for an analysis.
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steady, sc up: middling, y 11-16c. Sales
on the spot. 22J0 to arrive. 2925. Low or
binary. S 15-iec nominal; ordinary, &c
nominal good ordinary 11sse: strict good
ordinary, 11ssc; low middling, II 1-16c:
- 1t-16c: strict middling, u 15-16c; good
middling IS 3-16c; strict good middling.
1880; mlddling fair. 13 13-16c nominal:
middling fair to fair. IA s-16c nominal:
fair, il 9-16c nominal. Receipts 1916,
stuck % o1Q
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Steady; middling, 12%c; net
receipts, 1891; gross receipts, 1891; ship
ments, 7511; sales, 913; stock, 172, $40
Augusta: Steady; middlng, 125sc; net
receipts, 2687; gross receipts, 2737: ship
ments, 1916 sales, $50; stock, 1851
Memphis: Quiet; middling, 13Ac; net
receipts, 1929; gross receipts, 7ess; ship
ments, 1868; sales, $500; stock, 257, $50.
st. Louis: Dull; middling, 13c; net re-
ceipts. 1921; gross receipts, 5s06; shipments,
1885; sales, $50; stock 26,639.
Cincinnati: Net receipts, $50; gross re-
ceipts, $50; shipments, AS; stock, 1925.
Little Rock: Quiet; middling, 12ssc; net
receipts, ZIG; gross receipts, 1116; stock,
5641
Total today: Net receipts, 1874; gross
receipts, 1929; shipments, %, 472: sales.
5152; stock, 623,6S0.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, December ga steady
tone' continues in rough Honduras and
Japan rice, with light offerings clean
Honduras and Japan remained quiet but
firm. Quote; Rough Honduras, 1900
4.50c; Japan, 143. 25c; clean Honduras, 4GD
&C; Japan. 2a4@39sc. Receipts: Rough,
1893; millers, 1893. Sales: 3SS sacks rough
Honduras at 2.15@2. SOC; "a sacks japan
at 2.60@3.90c 1882 pockets clean Japan at
214Q2Bc.
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French Cruiser Leaves

Vera Cruz. December 23.--The French
cruiser Condo sailed from here this aft
ernoon for Tamplco, the commander
having received an urgent call from
that port. Sir Christopher Craddock. In
command of the British warships. and
five of his officers will leave tomor-
row morning for Jalapa on pleasure
trip.
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NOTICE TO PROPERTY o,

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS
RESOLVED, THAT FROM AND Az
TER JANUARY 1, 1914, PUBLIC M
PROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS ON
WHICH ORIGINAL 20 DAYS PERIOD
FOR PAYMENT BY INsTALLMENTS
(1O-YEAR PLAND HAS ExPIRED.
MUST BE PAID IN CASH.
A. q. LANE,
JAMES wEATHERLY,
GEO. II. WARD.
COMMISSIONERS.
ABOVE RESOLUTION MEANS THAT
THE 1O-YEAR INsTALLMENT PLAN
WILL DE ALLOWED ONLY WHEN
APPLICATION FOR SUCH PLAN IL
MADE WITHIN 20 DAYS AFTER THE
ORDINANCE Is ASSESSED.
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Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington, December 24-The condi-
dion of the United States treasury at the
beginning of business today was: Net
balance in general fund, Sill 1884, 72; total
receipts yesterday, s1,2is.S21: total pay
n,ents yesterday, $1,909.s72; deficit this
FISCAL Year. SIS. 232, 1S5, against a deficit of
&,1l4.145 last year. exclusive OF Panama
GENIAL and public debt transactions.
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March offered at s1437; electrolytic, 14S7
m14.5Oc; lake, 15dl5.5oc nominal; casting,
1fd14. lie.
Tin steady; spot to December, $36 $50
81; Januafy, $36. 75Q37. II; February, 5000
d37.25 March, $36. 90a3725.
Anthony dull Cookson's. S7.45Gi7.60.
Iron quiet, unchanged. London prices
closed as follows: Copper steady; spot,
e6i 15s; futures, G65 IS. Tin steady; spot.
e167 los; futures, s169 5s.
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Money on Call

New York. December 24.--Call money
firm, 3A@4 per cent; ruling rate, 3Ik clos
ing bid, 3iaQ4 per cent; time loans easier;
60 to 80 days. 5 per cent; SIX months,
4aia5 per cent; prime mercantile paper.
5%dG per cent; sterling exchange easy;
&C days, s4.S1.15; demand, $i.S5.15; COM
mercial bills, s4.S0A Bar silver. 5715c.
Mexican dollars, HE. United States
bonds steady; railroad bonds uneven
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Red snapper. s1aG10c In Dbl. lots; gray
snappers or groupers. 61lQ7c; Spanish
mackerel. SQ10c in Dbl. lots. pompano,
30c; red bass. 6hc; mixed fish. Sc; small
crockers. 6lsc: in parrel lots; mullet &c;
small trout, sac; fresh water cat, dressed.
1211c; lady fish. sac; salt water rat, SIC
speckled trout, 121sc. New Jersey oysters
$1.5o, I.65@1.75. Shrimp, 10c Id.
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Norfolk, Va, December 23.-An uni
IDENTIFIED steamer is ashore half a mile
below Little Island. Life savers and
the revenue cutter Onondaga have gone
to her assistance. Life savers have been
unable to identify the vessel owing to
dense fog.
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Live Stock Market

Chicago. December 2-Hogs Receipts,
% COO bulk of sales, $4,000. 80; light, s735
@7.75; mixed, S7.45G7.S5; heavy, $7.50p7. 50 !;
rough, $7.50d765; pigs, $650@750
Cattle: Receipts, 1000; strong; beeves,
$655d9.70; Texas steers, So S0ll7. so; stock
ers, $5q7.55; cows and heifers, So. 4548. So
calves, $650q11.
Sheep: Receipts, 1900: strong; native
sheep, $4,000; yearlings, S5.70l7. 10; lambs,
native, s6,6o@S.S5.
st. Louis, December 24.-Hogs: Receipts,
$500; higher; pigs and lights, s65097 .95;
mixed and butchers, S7.70aS.O5; good
heavy. $7.9OQS.O5.
Cattle: Receipts, 100, including 300
Texas; steady; native beef steers, $500
go; cows and heifers, s4.25aSiO; stock
ers, $5a7.50; Texas and Indian steers. So Is
az cows and heifers, $446; calves, ma
tive, $6q11
Sheep: Receipts, 1900; steady; native,
muttons $3.75q5; lambs, s5.25QS.25.
Louisville, KY, December 24.--Cattle:
Receipts, $50; slow; range. $2.5Oqs.
Hogs: Receipts, 1000; steady; 10c up;
range, $4.5007.9O.
Sheep: Receipts. %; steady: lambs, &c
declined; sheep, 31Ac declined.
Kansas City, December 24-Hogs: Re
ceipts, 5000; steady; bulk, $7.45a7.75; heavy,
$7-7o@7s0; packers and butchers, 1850
7.75; light, $7.35a770; pigs, s6.75Q7.
Cattle: Receipts. HOO, including 100
southerns; strong; prime fed steers, $4,000
8; dressed beef sters, S.25@S. 49, southern
steers, $5.5CQ7.25; cows, "a. 1901; heifers,
Sc. 50G375; stockers, S.. 5OD7. 49,
Sheep: Receipts. 300; steady; lambs,
$7.25@S; yearlings, $5.5097; wethers. $3.50
$3.50; ewes, $4l475.
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Kansas City Grain

No. hard, S21AEaSS15c; No. red, 9Od91c
Corn: No. mixed, &c; No. white, Tic.
Oats: No. white, 41QHlAc; No. mixed,
39z4c.
Kansas City, December 24-May wheat,
S5a4c; July. s21aQS25sc; December, 671sc;
May 7l15c.
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We have customers
desiring loans on
bank stocks. bonds
and re al Q stat o.
These loans will net
you 6, Z and 8 per
cent. Correspondence
Invited.
MINGE MORTGAGE
& REALTY CO.
W1-2-3 JeffernOn Co.
Bqnk Bldg.
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Selma Market

Selma. December Special --spot
cotton In the Selma market was quoted
today as follows: Good mlddling, ~ 7-16c;
strict middling, L 5-16c; middling. u s-16ci
strict low middling, IL 15-16c.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square, ".
Y. Members New York Cotton EX-
change. New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
New York Produce Exchange. Asso-
citation orders solicited for the pur-
chase and sale of Cotton and Cotton
Seed Oil for future delivery. Special
attention and liberal terms given for
eonsigpments of spot cotton for de-
livery. Correspondence invited.
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Liverpool Grain

Liverpool. December 24-Wheat: Spot
steady; No. Manitoba, rs ed; No. 2, IS
Md; No. g. IS lloyd; No red western
winter, rs 4l4d. Futures dull; March. rs
1esd; May, rs Id. Corn: SPOT firm:
American mixed, Is Sd; La Plata futures
dull; January SIS I'D; February. 5s 29sd.
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Flour and Rrcadstusf.

6eif rising flour, S.60; Tennessee flour
$5.15: pure wheat shorts, SS4;
pure wheat bran. $50; c.. s.
meal IA per cent, $Sl; C. S. feed meal
per ton, s2s. c. s. hulls. sl4 ton;
No. l timothy hay, per ton.
$25; mixed alfalfa ard johnson grass,
per ton. s22. C. S. hulls, s14 ton;
johnson grass, per ton. ST: mixed feed.
s34; oats. 5Sc bu.: corn. CSC; corn meal.
$1.s5 per 90 lbs.
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REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD. 3.

Mas WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has BEEN
used Tor over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
SEJsTHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS. II
soOTHEs the CHILD, sOFTENS the GUNS,
AIIAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLO, and
solute,v harmless Be sure and ask for Mrs,
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take ro'othen
kind Twenty-Five cents bottle
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery, December 24-(speeial)
Spot cotton was quoted here today as
follows. Strict middllng, u 3-1Gc; middling,
l2c; strict low middling, 1l1sc; low mid
ding 10s4c.
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Primary Receipts

Chicago, December 24-Primary re-
ceipts of wheat today we're 1,04t, 900 bush
els; a year ago, holiday. Seaboard clear
ances of wheat and flour equalled 4S4, 900
bushels.
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st. Louis Produce

st. Louis December 24.--Poultry UNI
changed except turkeys. Turkeys, 1910;
ducks, loo. Butter unchanged. Eggs,
3613c.
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Foreign Exchange

Paris, December 24.-Rentes. s5f &c; ex-
change on London, 25f SSc
Berlin, December 24.-Exchange on Lon
don, 2Om cop; money, 1 per cent.
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New York, December 4-Cotton goods
and yarns were steadier during the day
A prominent number of imported French
serge has been advanced l cent a yard
for fall. Worsted yarns were easy. Bur-
laps were quiet.
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Memphis Cotton Market
Dry Goods

Memphis, Tenn, December 4-Cotton,
spot steady, unchanged. Middlng, ID 1-4c
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Poultry snd Eggs

Hens, per pound, 14W15c; flyers, II
11a lbs. average 19a2Oc; ducks. 15c ID;
guineas, 30c; roosters, 35c; geese. h., 121ac
live turkeys. 19c; dressed turkeys, POO
22c; fresh eggs. candled. 3Oc; extra grad
ed candled eggs, 34Q5421ac.
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Chicago. November 24-Cash wheat:
No. 2 red, S41aq951kc; No. hard, $3.50
SSslc; No. northern. sS@s9c: No, spring,
sSdS9c. No corn. No oats. No rye.
641s465c. Barley 5OI75c. Timothy, $500
1910. Clover I1250014 So Pork $40 500
21oo. Lard. s10.65; ribs s10.5O@12. TN
Afterward wheat hardened somewhat
1t failed to hold. Closed quiet, unchanged
to Is off. Corn values later sank on mea-
ereness of shipping orders. Closed easy
1s to Ia to q net lower.
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Metal Market

New York. December chopper steady;
standard spot unquoted. December to
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Creamery Products

Country butter. 20025c: fresh creamery
butter. 3Sc; process butter. S0c cheese, lie;
imported Swiss cheese. sic; German brick
cheese zoe; hmburger cheese 19c; import
ed Roquefort. Csc; Neufchatei cheese. per
dozen. 45c; Pimento cheese, s1.35.
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st. Louis Grain

ST. Louis, December 24-Cash wheat:
No. red, 941e@S64c; No. hard, S6d931sc
Corn: No. 2, CSC; No. 2 white new, Csc
No. old, 73c
OATS No. 2, 4Oc No. white, 42c.
ST. Louis, December 24.-Close: Wheat,
December, S794c, May, 907s@91c Corn
December, 671kc; May, 71ss@711ac. Oats:
December, 4oc; May, 42AQ42ssc
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Mat

Lard, 12asc: compound. 10hc; dry salt
short ribs, 1890; bellies, 13.671Rc; ham
butts. -s.6oc. Boston butts. Ice: pork loins,
17isc; spare ribs. 13c; breakfast bacon.
27G2sc: SMOKED bacon. lie; regular ham.
171sc; skinned ham. 17Ac.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, December 24-Cotton seed
oil was higher early on pre-holiday coy
ering. but sagged off towards the close
in absence of outside support closing I'M
changed to l point net lower. Sales 46O)
barrels. Prime crude, 5.40Q5.47c; prime
summer yellow, 6.60Q6. 90c; December,
6.6Sc; January, 670c; February, 6.S5c
March. 6.97c: April. 707c; May, .7.17c.
June. TIC: July, 7.27c; prime winter yell
low, 7.00a7.5sc; prime summer white, 1909
1850.
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Linseed Oil Market

Duluth, Mimi, December 24.-Cash lin
seed, $l.4S. December, s1.45ss; May, s1.51.
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Coffee and Sugar
Arbuckle coffee. 2l.s0c: Luzanns, 10 pes
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Fish and Sea Food.

pound. Sugar standard sranulated. bAe
per pound.
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Drs. D0zier & D0izer
SPECIALISTS
2020M First Avenue
birmingham, Ala.

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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans. December 24.-spot cotton
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-07-18
A MATTER OF N
By MABEL M. GARRISON

positive warning against Mrs. Chez
yer. Ordway kept the note a secret
for two days, then showed it to the
Oma it condemned. She looked trou.
bled, but told a very straight story
which agreed especially with Ordway's
opinions in matters between m
She said that she had robbed the
writer Of a lover.
Ordway at last found the young Wild
w so necessary to him that he asked
her to be his wife. She declined at
first, giving as a reason that she would
bring him nothing; indeed, could not
make even a respectable show at the
wedding. Ordway told her that be
could support her comfortably and
gave her a check for 81, 900 to spend
on a trousseau. This, after many prot:
eStations. she finally consented to ac
cept. and the matter was settled.
The next evening at 3 he went to the
widows apartments to consult with
her as to her preference in the matter
Of an engagement ring. There was nc
reply to his ring at the door. Convinc-
ed that there was no one within. he ap-
piled for information at the Office Of
the %janitor.
The lady moved out this morning,
sir"
Ordway caught at a banister for sup.
port.
did she leave any message for-fo1
me-
she left no message for any one.
sir
That was the last Of Mrs. Cheever for
Ordway.
He did not inquire at his bank if his
81 900 check had been presented, but
he found it charged against him when
his account was balanced. He kept
away from his friends as much as pos
sible. and when rallied with queries as
to when he was going to be married
turned away with a sickly expression.
One morning at breakfast he opened
a note from the omar who had intro
duced him to Mrs. Cheever ~apologizing
for her part in a plot that had been
concocted b. the ladies Of the dinner
party in which he had expressed his
views Of women's testimony with re-
gard to women One Of the party said
she knew q woman of twenty-three
who had divorced three husbands and
had one or two left who would be a
value of his Judgment of woman upon.
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t-\I'T-It'S Sulu AuStlu
Ordway, that Nee Hargraves
has become engaged while l
have been away
Yes said one Of the ladies', land
he's throwing himself away"
"In the opinion Of the men or the
women"
II never speak in praise or con
demnation of another" replied the lady,
except for myself alone
"And. without referring to you at all.
l must say that ! V take a wo-
mans opinion of another wOman.'
why sol" asked several ladies at
once.
A woman is Influenced by her likes
and diSlikeS. She has no sense Of real
justice"
and would you rely on a mans
opinion Of Il woman:'
"A nan of mature age"
yourself. for i~nstance""
81 am forty: too old to be caught by
sentiment. too young to be fooled as an
old man"
This bit Of conversation took place
when the ladies at dinners were accus-
toned to leave the mel to smoke with
their coffee.
1t vas about a week later that Ord
way received an invitation from one Of
the party informally for a game of
whist. He met there a widow, Mrs.
Cheever. somewhere between twenty
two and twenty-five years old. She
was modest and shy almost to timid-
ity. Nevertheless there was something
about her that grew upon Ordway.
Ordway asked permission to call and
became a frequent visitor at her home
a suit Of apartments in which she lived
with a wan He took her out occa,
sionally either to drive or to places OF
amusement, and it was not long before
his friends began to speculate upon 6
prObaDle engagement. One morning
he was surprised to receive a note from
the lady who introduced him to Mrs
Cheever, in which she said substantial
ly that, having heard of his attentions
she wished to diSclaim any intention
to recommend the lady she had intro
duced as a suitable person for him t.
marry. If he made a match with Mrs
Cheever he must do so on his w re
spOnsibility. Ordway was surprised.
Later on he received a second not,
from another of the women he had me
at the dinner party. This note was
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Old B~edspreads.

A h~edspread worn at the edges. but
with the center in good condition, may
be converted into Il pretty tablecloth
by trimming off the worn portion and
dyeing any preferred color with a good
dye. Turn a two inch hem. adding, if
Il more elaborate finish be desired, az
Inexpensive cotton fringe or a crochet
Ell edge OF the same or a contrasting
shade. \ large spread may sometimes
furnish sufficient good material for a
couch cover or slumDer throw, finish
ing as above described. If designed
for use in a room with many windows
dye q shade darker than that perma-
nently desired. since most cotton fab
RIGS, home dyed or otherwise, fade
somewhat in a strong light.
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The Fashions and the Home
IN THE KITCHEN.
Observation-Disclosures

When cleaning knives mix a little
common baking soda with the securing
brick and you will lind the knives
clean much easier.
After tins have been washed and
dried place them near the fire for a
few minutes before putting them away,
as this prevents them from rusting.
To save smartinS eyes when peeling
onions use a pan full Of water and peel
the onions under water. If the onions
are to be fried dry them before slicing.
When you have It quantity Of meat
left over from the previous meal and
desire to make hash or croquettes,
boil the meat for AN hour or two. This
renders the meat tender and the GRO
quotes will be far more palatable than
II the hard dry meat is simply chop
ped up, Is most houSekeepers do.