Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1888 — A Minneapolis Bible. [ARTICLE]

A Minneapolis Bible.

“What a beautifully “bound Bible!” said the new minister, calling on a Minneapolis family'. “Yes,” said the.lady of the house,, “my husband don’t do things in any plain-sheep mariner. The best calf, with red morocco trimmings, ain’t none too good for us. He had this bound' especially for our own use. ” “Ah! very good. Very good. By the way, let me call your particular attention to a passage of Scripture this morning. Let me see. “Why, what does this mean ? This is an imperfect copy.. The entire book of St. Paul is left out.” “Certainly; that is my husband’s idea.” “Your husband’s idea! Why that issacrilege. ” “Oh, not at all. This is an age of reason. My husband is a strong Minneapolis man, and got this Bible up for home reading in a Minneapolis iamily. This St. Paul racket has been running a little too strong lately. ” “Wfell, I’m amazed." “Bur we’re liberal. "We’re charitable. We’™ been contributing a heap of money to the foreign missions lately, tmfcnereafter we shall send it all to the J3t. Paul heathen.” —San Francisco Examiner. In these days of “crazy” quilts a sington ait spread is something of a novelty. Cut the best parts from old silk sacqueaand dresses into pieces six inches and outline a figure on each one. Join all with black velvet or ribbon of a contrasting color. A very tasteful one was made from an old-fashioned, seeded, yellow silk and a plain brown one which the owner had discarded when she went into mourning. Un-, bleached muslin ones, outlined with marking cotton and joined with two-inch-wide strips of Turkey red, make an excellent* counterpane and are particularly nice lined with a honey-comb quilt. With two of these and unbleached pillow cases bearing a design, or a motto, the bed is always dressed and there is no necessity for “shams.” Suitable mottoes for bed, sofa, or hamnflfcck pillows are “Angels o’er thee vigils keep," “Sleep, darling sleep, ” “Sleep, thou art the friend of woe, ” and for a de-] sign of poppies, “I have brought to thee, weary heart,” “Sweet poppies steeped in sleep. ”