12 -Ss HOUSEHOLD TALKS Henrietta D. Grauel Handmade Novelties Yon remember those rolls of short ends of wall paper that are stored away in the back closet? Well, while this stormy weather lasts is a good time to get them out and make them into some pretty things. You will need some pasteboard for a foundation, ami paste. These with a pair of shears and a punch of some sort with which to make holes, are all that are necessary. Of course, later you will need some baby ribbon or even half inch wide ribbon, but the first thing to tio is to cut and cover the pasteboard. The colors in wall paper will rub off on anything they touch, especially while moist with the paste, so protect yourself with a dark colored apron. It is well too, to have a damp cloth at hand for, though heaps of fun, this work is sticky. One of the first things to make is a wastepaper basket. Cut the card board the size you want it and cut a base also. Cover with the paper, punch the holes where they «re needed and place to one side until the paste and paper are dry. Shirtwaist boxes, too, are quickly covered and so are hat boxes. The daintiest patterned wall paper will make backs for tally cards, and to these you must attach sheets of writing paper cut to the right size, then tie the little scon' pencils on with a color that matches nicely. Writing pads covered on the backs with the wall paper and protected on BANK STATEMENTS. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE First Nationn l Rank at Harrisburg, in the State of Pennsyl vania, at the close of business. Decem ber 31, 1911: RESOURCES and discounts $709,910 37 Overdrafts, unsecured 162 10 U. S. Bonds deposited to se cure circulation (par val ue) 100,000 00 IT. S. Bonds to secure U. S. deposits (par value) 35,000 00 Other bonds to secure U. S. deposits $20,000 00 Other bonds to secure Postal Savings 6.000 00 25,825 00 Bonds, securities, etc., on hand (other than stocks), including premiums on same 775.865 92 Subscription to stock of Feder al Reserve bank. $33.000.00; less amount unpaid, $27,500.00 $5,500 00 All other stocks, including pre mium on same. 42,705 00 Furniture and fixtures 15.26S 57 Other real estate owned.... 5.033 2S Due from Federal Reserve Bank 20,338 34 Due from ap proved Reserve Agents in Cen tral Reserve cities $46,525 94 Due from ap proved Reserve Agents in other Reserve cities,. 285,621 27 Due from banks and bank ers (others than above i,.- 53,436 97 Outside ' hecks and other cash items, $7,644.26; fractional currencv, *657.80 8,302 00 Exchanges for Clearing House 47.151 73 Notes of other National Banks 4,490 00 Federal Reserve notes, . ... SSO uo Lawful money reserve in 'lank. Specie $35,216 10 Legal - tende ncies, 19,559 00 tedeinption fund with 1". S. Treasurer (not ni>re than 5 per cent, in circulation) 5,000 00 Due from U. S. Treasurer,.. 2,000 uO Totai $2,249,491 65 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in sino,ooo no Surplus fund 450,000 00 Undivided profits, $47,481.72; re served for taxes. $1,753.21; reserved for- in terest. $2,770.16, $52,005 09 Less current ex penses, inter est and taxes paid 7,229 58 —— 44,775 51 Circulating notes SIOO,OOO 00 Less amount on hand and in Treasury fo; redemption or in transit, 1,950 00 _ 95.050 00 Due to approved reserve agents in central re serve cities, ...$10,299 17 Due to approved reserve agents in other re serve cities. ... 34.286 71 Due to banks and bankers ' (other than above) 150,974 58 Demand deposits: Individual depos its subject to cheek $527,658 25 Certified checks,.. 1,259 40 Cashier's checks outstanding, ... 19,120 37 United States de posits 46,260 50 Postal savings de posits 2,924 18 State and munici pal deposits.... 431,393 31 Certificates of de posit due on or aft r 30 days.. $99,111 44 Deposits subject to 30 or more days' notice, .. . 203.078 23 _ Total $2,249,491 65 State of Pennsylvania, County of Dauphin, ss: I. .lames Brady, President of the above name I bank, do solemnly swear that t ie above statement is t-iie to the best of my knowledge and belief. JAMES BRADY, ... ~ President Subscribed and sworn to before me this Bth day of January, 1915 G. L CULLMERRY, ~ Notary Public. 2 -My commission will expire February Correct—Attest: H. BACKKXSTOE, J NO. FOX WEISS, A. C. STAMM, Directors. Auto Victims Out of Hospital Miss Lillian Swails, 1410 Oreen street, and T. Klder Cleckner, 1112 Green street, who were injured in the auto crash at Front and Walnut streets Friday night, January 1. were dis charged from the Harrisburg hospital this afternoon. Both are well on the way to recovery and are able to walk. the upt>er side with blotting paper are lasting and useful. A sewing convenience made with cardboard and t'ancy paper is made like i fire screen, but across the top are several spindles for holding the spools of thread and little bags hang from each corner for the fancy work or sew- Strii-s of heavy paper or light cloth are fastened so they form straps for the scissors and needle papers. These sewing cosies, as they are called, are liked because they take up so little room and yet present every thing to the hand of the seamstress. Very elaborate ones in three sections are sold in art stores and from these you can see how to make vours. DAILY MENU Breakfast Sliced Oranges Creamed Rice Kggs Toast Coffee Luncheon Fried Oysters t 'reamed Cabbage Brown Bread White Bread Canned Fruit Tea Dinner Pea Puree Bread Sticks Broiled Steak Garnished with Cress Stewed Corn Baked Potatoes Boiled Apple Dumplings with Sauce Coffee PEACE CELEBRATION STARTS Salute of 21 Guns Fired at Moment When Jackson Triumphed Over British 100 Years Ago New Orleans. Jan. B.—Celebration of the centenary of peace between Great Britain and the United States was begun here to-day with a salute of 21 guns timed to end 100 years, to the moment, after Andrew Jackson tri umphed over the British army at Chal mette. Other certtmonies of the three days' celebration included the unveiling ot' a statue of Jackson on the sipot where the general had his standard at Chal mette and the formal exchange ot' greetings between Assistant Secretarv Peters, of the Treasury Department, who is President Wilson's personal rep resentative and the envoy of King George, Consul C'arew-Hunt. Many prominent Canadian an i Amer ican peace advocates were here for the series of exercises which were to take place at sites and in buildings made famous by events of a century ago. FREIGHT KATE INCREASE Order by Interstate Commerce Commis sion Concerning Eastern Railroads By Associated Press, Washington, Jan. S.— In an order is sued to-day by the Interstate Commerce Commission, supplementary to the or ders granting an increase of five per cent, iu certain specified freight rates, the eastern railroads were directed to preserve "existing groupings and re lationships, even though by so doing some rates are increased slightly more than five per cent." in the opinion of the commission such relationships "in the interests of carriers and of competition between ship; era and receivers'' ought to be maintained. ORDERED TO LEAVE CHILE Deposed President and Would-be Suc cessor Must Quit Country Santiago. Chile, Jan. 8. —The govern ment to-day ordered Guillermo Billing hurst, former President of Peru, and Or. Augusto Durand to leave Chilean territory within eight days. President Billinghurst was deposed in a brief revolution in February last. It was expeted that Dr. Durand'would succeed him, but he was arrested and deported. STEAMSHIPS. B E R M U OA Theae Ckarmins lulnmln Are \ow •t Tlflr Brut S. S. 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R., New Ttrk Or any Railroad Ticket Office or Authorized Tourist Agency V Artistic Printing at Star-independent. HATtmSBFRG STATMNDEPENPEJN'f, FRIDAY EVEN TNG, .TANFAKY 8, IPIS. A — 7 . su/rm p trc. (CONTINUED.) "Here's a box," said I; "let* sit down while we eat. We #re safe enough. If any one had heard the "Proceed. I Have the Courage to Trust to Your Guidance." racket in the coal bin, the cellar would have been full of police by this time." And there we sat, calmly munching the apples, for all the world as If the iron hand of the law wasn't within a thousand miles of us. It was all very amusing. "Are —are you the man they are hunting for?" she asked abruptly. "I never stole anything more terri ble than green apples—and ripe ones" —with a nod toward the apple bin. "Pardon me! I feel very guilty in asking you such a question. You haven't told me your name." "Haven't I? My name 1s Richard Cornstalk. My friends call me Dicky." "Dicky," she murmured. "It's a nice name." "Won't you have another apple?" I asked impulsively. "My appetite is appeased, thank you." An idea came to me. "Hamilton said there were three tens of hearts. That meant that only one was out of irder. Where did you get your card?" "TMt I shall tell you—later." "But are you really an impostor?" "I should not be in this cellar else." "You are very mystifying." "For the present I prefer to remain so." We tossed aside the apple cores, rose, and went on It was the longest celler I ever saw. There seemed ab solutely no end to it. The wine cellar was walled apart from the main cel lar. and had the semblance of a huge cistern with a door opening into it. As we passed it, the vague perfume of the grape drifted out to us. "Let's have a bottle," I fcogan. "Mr. Cornstalk!" "By absent-treatment!" I hastened to add. j "You will make a capital comrade — if we ever get out of this cellar." "Trust me for that!" I replied gaily. ' "Be careful; there's a pile of empty 1 bottles, yearning to bo filled with tomato catsup. Give me your hand." ! But the moment the little digits closed over mine, a thrill saized me, and I quickly bent my head and kissed the hand. It was wrong, but I could i not help it. She never spoke nor withdrew her hand; and my fear that she might really be offended vanished. "We are nearly out of it," I said ex- : ultantly. "I see the cellar stairs on ahead. If only those doors are open!" ! "Heaven is merciful to the i'ool, and j we an? a pair," she replied, sighing I gratefully, "it seems strange that no body should be in t.lie cellar on a night ! like this. Hark! They are playing i again up stairs in the ball room." "And wondering a whole lot where that third ten of hearts has gone." "But, listen. How are we to get back to the troliey? We certainly can not walk the distance in these clothes." "Oh, that carryall will come to our i rescue. We are weary and are leav ing early, don't you know. That part Is simple; the complicated thing is to shake the dust of this cellar." "What a big furnace!" she ex claimed. as we came into view of the huge heating apparatus. "And there's more coal." A man stepped out from behind the furnace and confronted us. A red bandana covered the lower part of his j face and his hat was pulled down over his eyes. But I recognized him in- ; stantly. It was the fellow with the villainous pipe! Something glittered i ominously at the end of his out- j stretched arm. "If you make any noise, sir. I'll ; have to plug you, sir," he said in j polite hut muffled tones. The candle slipped from my Angers, and the three of us stood in darkness! CHAPTER V. There was a clicking sound, and the glare of a dark-lantern struck my blinking eyes. "Pick up the candle, sir," said the tranquil voice from behind the light. I obeyed readily enough. Fate was downright cruel to us. Not a dozen feet away was liberty; and now we were back at the beginning again, with the end nowhere in sight. "Shall I light it, sir?" I asked, not to be outdone in the matter of formal politeness. "Yes, sir, doubtless you will need It." I struck a match and touched the candlestick. "Burglar?" said I. (For all my ap parent coolness, ray heartbeats were away up in the eighties!) The girl snuggled close to my side. I could feel her heart beating even faster than mine. "Burglar?" I repeated. "Indeed, no, sir," reproachfully. "Mine is a poHtical job." "A political job?" thunderstruck. "Yes, sir; I am an inspector of cel lars." —grimly. "I couldn't get around to this here cellar earlier in tue day, sir, and a fellow's work must be dohe." Here was a burglar with the sense of humor. "What can I do for you?" I asked blandly. "Firstly, as they say, you might tell me what you and this lady are doing in this lonesome cellar." "Say 'sir,' when you address me." "Yes, sir." * "The lady and I were playing hide and-seek." "Nice game, sir," —grinning. "Were vou trying to hide under the coal?" "Oh, no; I was merely exploring it." "Say 'sir,' when you address me." "Sir." v "You're a cool hand, sir." "I am gratified to learn that our ad miration is mutual. But what are you doing here?" "I was ascertaining if the law was properly observed, sir," shaking with silent laughter. "But what puzzles me," I wen* on, "is the fact that you could gather the gems in that garb." For I was posi tive that this was the Galloping Dick every one was looking for. "I don't understand a word you say, sir. I'm an inspector of cellars, sir, not a jeweler. So you and the lady was playing hide-and-seek? Come, now, what is your graft? Is all the push here to-night?" "That depends,"—cursing under my breath that 1 wore a gown which ham pered my movements. For, truth to tell, I was watching him as a cat watches a mouse. "Well, sir, we of the profession never interferes with gentlemanly jobs, sir. All I want of you is to help me out of here." "I am not a burglar." "Oh. 1 understand, sir; I understand completely. A gentleman is always a gentleman, sir. Now, you can re turn to that coal bin. I was just about to make for it when you lit that can dle." "Why not leave by the cellar doors?" "I have my reasons, sir; most satis factory reasons, sir. I prefer the win dow. Get along!"—his tones suddenly hardening. 1 got along. "The lady may sit down, sir," he said courteously. "Thank you, I will,* replied the girl, plumping down on an empty wineoase. (She afterward confessed that if she had not sat down on the box, she would have sat down on the cellar floor, as a sort of paralysis had seized her knees.) I stepped into the coal bin and rested the candle on the little shelf for that purpose. I was downright anxious to see the fellow safely away. There wasn't room in that cellar for the three of us. His presence doubly en dangered us and multiplied the com plications. I was in no position to force the gems from him. A man who has ten thousand dollars' worth of jewels on his person doesn't stop at shooting; and I possessed a healthy regard for my skin. I opened the win dow and caught it to the ceiling by a hook I founS there. "There is a stout screen, my man." "Take this, sir, and cut it out," — handing me a pair of wire clippers, holding his lantern under his arm meanwhile. The muzzle of the re volver, during all this time, nefer wavered in its aim at my head. I went to work at the screen and presently it fell inward. "Is that satisfactory?"—with im pressive irony. "You are the most perfect gentle man that I ever see. sir'" The girl laughed hysterically. "Now what?" The fun was begin- Ding to pall on me. "Step out of the bin and stand aside. Sit down by the lady. Maybe she's a bit frightened." I obeyed him to the letter. "Thanks!" With the agility of a eat he leaped up and wriggled through the window. He turned. "Good night, sir. Sometime maybe I'll do the same for you, sir." "Go to the devil!" I snarled. "My, my! What a temper, sir! I wouldn't have thought it of you, and a nice lady in speaking distance!" He disappeared. The girl laid a hand on my arm. "You have acted very sensibly, Mr. Cornstalk. If you had not, it is quite certain he would have shot vou." "It would have been a good thing for me if he had. He has gone, and the jewels gone with him. I hadn't the least chance; the wretch! He probably came disguised as a plumber, and nobody suspected him." "But if he possessed the ten of hearts, why should he have left thi» way?" "Possibly my idea was only an imi tation of his. There must have been at least a dozen tens of hearts. My dear young lady, I would give a gooi deal if you were well out of this. I believed my plan was for the best, and instead I have simply blackened the case against us. I have been too ad venturous. The situation looks very serious Just now. Of course, in the long run, we shall clear ourselves; but it will take some fine arguing to do It, and possibly half a dozen law yers." "It is a terribly embarrassing pre dicament; but since we started out together, we'll hang together." She held out her hand to me. "It will be fun to extricate ourselves with full honors." "You're a brick!" And I pressed her hand tightly. gaaaaaßaaaaaaaagaaaaaaaaaßaaßaaaaßßamgia IC. E. AUGHINBAUQH THE UP-TO-DATE PRINTING PLANT | | J. L. L. KUHN, Secretary-Treasurer ' |j 1 PRINTING AND BINDING | |(j Now Located in Our New Modern Building | 46 and 48 N. Cameron Street, Near Market Street | i|| BELL TELEPHONE 2013 j|'- |i ====== f .. jwj Commerical Printing Book Binding p.; rff We are prepared with the necessary equipment Onr bindery can and does handle large edition ffi I°*, f. 0U "? ay wallt — cards - work. 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This time we reached the stone steps without interference. 1 gave tha candle to the girl, cautiously put a shoulder against one of the doors, and gave a gentle heave. It was not) locked. Through the thin crack I looked out upon the bright world of moonshine and crystal. Instantly £ permitted the door to settle into its accustomed place. I readily under stood the burglar's reasons. Seated upon a box. less than a dozen feet away, and blissfully smoking one of the club's cigars, sat a burly police man. So they had arrived upon the scene! "What Is It?" asked the girl, as I motioned her to retreat. "The worst has come; the police!" —dramatically. "Gracious heavens, this is frightful! We shall never get out now. Oh dear! Why did I ever come? It will be in the papers, with horrid pictures. We ought not to have left the ball room. Our very actions will tell heavily against us. Awful!" "Now, don't you worry. They will not take any notice of you, once they set eyes upon me. Homo sum! They are looking for me. There's only one superfluous ten of hearts. I have it." "But I shall be found with you, and the stupid police will swear I am an accomplice." She wrung her hands. "But no jewels will be found upon us," I argued half-heartedly. "They will 3av we have already dis posed of them." "But the real burglar—" "They will say that he came into the cellar at our bidding." This girl was terribly reasonable and direct. "Hang It! I know Teddy Hamilton, the M. F. H. He'll go my bail, and yours, too, for that matter. Come, let's not give up. There must be some other way out." "I wish I might believe It. Why did I come?"—a bit of a wail stealing into the anger in her voice. "This Is Tom Fool's Night, and no mistake," I assented ruefully. "But I am a bigger fool than you are; I had an alibi, and a good one." To Be Continued. f The above story "Hearts and Masks," will be shown at Photo play Theatre in motion pictures In the near future. « CROWD SEES GIKL BOBBED Philadelphia, Jan. B.—ln view of a dozen persons who were waiting for a trolley car yesterday afternoon, at Six teenth and Norris streets, a highway man attacked Miss Helen Blair, of 1533 Norris street. After knocking her down and taking her hand bag, the man escaped. Coming from her home, Miss Blair was walking west on Norris street, when the robber approached her from behind and threw her to the street. The young woman lost about $2, was slight ly bruised by her fall, and suffered from shock. READING CASES EXPEDITED Philadelphia, Jan. B.—Three indict-1 I incuts returned oy i lie Federal IJ rand ; Jury last Wednesday against the Phila | delpliia and Reading Railway Company, j charging failure to file tariffs of coal rates in connection with its barge lines j I from this city to points in New Bug- I land, will be disposed of as quickly as { possible. This was shown yesterday j j when United States District Attorney I ' Francis Fisher Kane said he expected to call the cases for trial at the March 1 j term of the District Court. No delay is expected, ns both the j I Government anil the railway corpora-j | frimi are anxious to have an early ju J dicial decision on the legal questions | involved. An Ancient Builder Profoalbly t'he greatest -builder the world ever had was Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon from (I(I-1 to 561 B. C. j | There is scarcely a ruiu in Babylonia | which does not show traces of his ' work. Nearly everywhere in Mesopo j tamia and even in Persia are found j I bricks bearing his name. He delight-| |ed in restoring the old temples, lie! i surrounded defenseless cities with walls and moats, 'lie confined the rivers to j t'heir courses with huge brick embank- | meats. Shortly before his time Baby- l lon was completely destroyed, but he j rctouiltj and enlarged the city. 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