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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09
FORESTS TURN TO PAPER.
Acres of Trees Consumed Daily in
EphemeraI Literature.

If one asked 'the man in the
street" what paper was made of,
writes R. X. Duncan, in Harper's
Magazine, he would almost certainly
say rags and for the fair white
sheet upon which / write this would
be true, but for paper in general the
answer would be absurdly inadequate
for there exists not one one-thou-
sandth part of rags" that would be
necessary. Our civilization exists
largely on a paper basis. and in Eng
land alone it requires $50 mills, pro-
ducing some 10000 tons week, TO
fulfil our needs To feed these mills
science laid her hand on cellulose,
which we cannot make, but can only
take from plants. In the plant the
cellulose of the cell walls, with the
exception of cotton. which is unique.
does not stand up pure and free aRd
uneombined, but exists always in
crusted chemically with some other
substance. The substance of woody
fibre is thus always cellulose X, and
the problem for science was either to
manufacture paper directly out Of
eeiuiose X tiingo cenuiose or wood
tibre) or to devise some practical
method of extracting the x substance
from the cellulose and thus obtain it
pure and free for paper. Both meth
DDS are practiced to-day Paper boxes,
wrapping paper and almost all the
newspapers of the land are made,
not of rags, but simply of disinte-
grated deal boards pounded and
mashed and amalgamated, into pa
per. Any one OF the large London
or American daily papers consumes
each day fully ten acres of average
forest. Such paper does not last.
The wood fibre out of which it is
made is, unlike pure cellulose, acted
upon by light and air and water and
the organisms of decay. This is bad.
but not wholly bad, for most of the
literature appearing on this paper is
made as mechanically as the paper
itself, and it is fitting that it should
be as ephemeral in fact as it is in
nature. But sometimes Literature
with capital II appears on this
wooden foundation-and that is a
tragedy. Had Mr.. Pepys written his
admirable dairy upon what we call
scribbling paper" we would to-day
have no Mr. Pepys England alone
every year imports some $50, 900 tons
of this mechanical wood pulp TO turn
it into paper She imports also some
100000 tons of what is called chem
ical wood pulp" II. G., wood from
which the incrusting impurities have
been removed and which consists of
cellulose almost pure.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09

Rf tlat bush The woman in black
pointed to the creamy roses on the
soldiers grave.
He came and took them from me,
bowed low, and mounted his horse.
Then | saw Benny's feet sticking out
from under the rug. Benny, Cor whom
they were searching. And l knew
that that officer had seen them, too.
I'D been literally sitting on Benny all
that tlme-making bench of him.
"oh, he did see them, grandpa told
me he did" broke in Helen. "and he
told me how sorry he felt for you. and
said he kept the roses a long time,
very long time And you were the
beautiful girl?"
The woman in black blushed and
looked very beautiful to Helen. Il
was the girl she said "And Benny
said nearly crushed the breath out
OF him, l was so heavy"
Benny was your brother?"
mo, he was my playfellow. and af-
terwards my husband.
we got him away that night, in
old Toms clothes.
Grandpa said he hoped you would,
for your sake. And he is"
Dead: has been these many
ysars." The woman in black touched
her somber dress reverently.
The thrum. thrum, thrum had been
sounding louder and the cloud of dust
had been coming nearer, along the
road. The little procession of vet
Grams turned up the avenue of the
cemetery. The woman in black and
the girl in white put the last linger-
ing touches to their floral tribute, the
roses from Virginia, and the lilacs
from York State. on the Federal SOL
dier's grave aad passed down the lit
tie narrow walk, arm in arm, as the
little procession Of veterans came up
the driveway. Agricultur-
ist.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09

The beach was empty The board
walk was dead The shooting gallery
man was packing to go South for the
winter.
DO you see this glass ball?" he
said.
It was ball of hollow glass. an
airy glass soap bubble. that had
swung all summer at the end of a
thread in the foreground of the clay
pipes, bells and whatnot that had
made up the gallery's targets.
This glass ball." the man went
on, is my great money maker. An
summer long people tried to hit this
ball-it was bigger and nearer than
any other target-and everybody
failed Thousands of bullets were
fred at the ball. thousands of nickels
we're spent on it. yet here it is still
untouched, my best breadwinner.
~All wise shooting gallery men
have glass BAH like this. 1t makes
such tempting target, yet it is never
hit It is never hit because the air
that preeedes a gun charge is suf-
ficient to blow the ball aside. out Of
the way. You might IRE a hundred
shots at it, but, like a living thing,
like a timid soldier. for instance, it
would dodge each shot. st Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09
Told From the inside.

A red-faced man was holding the
attention of little group with some
wonderful recitals.
THE most exciting chase l ever
had, he said. happened short
time ago in Russia. One night. when
sleighing about ten miles from my
destination 1 discovered, TO my in
tense horror, that I was being fol-
lowed by pack Of wolves. l fired
blindly into the pack, killing one of
the brutes. and to my delight saw
the others stop to devour it. After
doing this, however, they came on
again. kept on repeating the dose,
with the same result. and each res
pite gave me an opportunity to whip
up my horses. Finally there was
only one wolf left, yet on it came,
with its fierce eyes glaring in antici-
patton Of good hot supper"
Here the man who had been sit
ting in the corner burst forth into a
at of laughter.
Why, man, he said, by your
way of reckoning. that last wolf must
have had the rest of the pack inside
of him"
Ali" said the red-faced man
without a euiver, now remember,
1t did wabble Bit -Har-
Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09
Testing Missionary's Patiene

The Rev. Frederick B, Bridge
man, the noted and successful mis-
sionary to the zulus, was talking in
Philadelphia about missionary work.
Il sm very hopeful Of it, he said
= may be little too hopeful be-
cause l have had such good success.
1t is better, though. to be too hope
ful than too doubling.
Much depends upon the character
Of the people one works among, and
| can sympathize a little with mis-
sionary who returned home from
China in very respondent mood.
"a Chinese convert stole this mis-
sionary's watch and then came back
10 him the next morning to learn
how to wind 1t up"-Bostcn Globe,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09

In Brussels. Malines and other Bel
gian towns a novel method OF not
only gettipg rid of smoke but turn
ing it to good account has recently
been employed The smoke is driven
by ventilating fan into filter
filled with porous material, over
which a continuous stream of petro-
leum, benzine, alcohol or some liquid
hydroearbon flows The result is
that the smoke is entirely suppressed,
while the filter yields a gas Of great
heating power, which can be used
for domestic purposes and for driy-
lag gas engines. The hltering ma
lerial Itself also becomes a good COM
busdble during the process. Chica-
10 Journal.
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La PLATA, MARYLAND. FRTD
"THE LITTLE DONE, THE VAST
UNDoNE."

The little done sustaineth no mans soul;
It knows il for an atom Of a whole,
A tiny atom scarce worth heavens seeing,
Or mans acclaim or cen a moments
being;
And this although fellow or a State
Hold the accomplished thing as truly great.
Nay, not the thing that's done, but what's
undone
Gives strength and comfort underneath the
sun;
The poems that the poets never write.
Yet dream and drink through many a sum
mer night,
The statues chiseled when the imperial
Is by no need of haudieraft confined.
The vast that beckons, stoops, but never
Yields
Its. fuller brightness in these earthly
fields
These are the things that lift the spirit up
And place unto its lips the living cup.
That give unto the soul Of man the
strength
70 bear with all the years Injurious
length
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09
Kaiser wouldn't Stand Brown noo,

The enthusiasm Of the good Me-
wegians for Queen Alexandra is tGe
more remarkable as. in the mat,
of crowned heads. they have some ex.
euse for affecting to he blase.
The German Emperor. of course
is a regular frequenter of the fiords,
but he allows no liberties to be taker
with his sacred person. On one oe.
casion when the Hohenzollern an.
chored off little town. the German
consular agent as ia duty bound.
went aboard to pay his respects: but
not beng possessed CT a Uniform, it
did not appear to him necessary to ap.
pear at midday in the comic opera
kit Of evening dress on board the YES.
sci.
He therefore presented himself in
an attire that compromised the OH
ciar correctness OF a frock coat by
brown boots. His Majesty, however,
resented the informaIity, called the
attention of the. Consui-General at
Bergen to the solecism, and au.
nouneed his intention of ccasing to
honor the place with any further
yisit.-London P. 7. o.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09

In many places on the Continent,
nptebiy Norway and Sweden and IIol-
land, industrial motor beats are in
cf7a eridenes. The motor harges in
she Netherlands are steadily rising
ls Numbers and popularity and in
tle former mentioned countries fsa-
lag 5oats-aad goods carrying boats oi
iarious types are now to be counted
Z. manifestations Traction
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09

The fact has often been commented
on that catalogues of earthquakes
appear to indicate a greater frequen-
cy of such disturbances of the crust
Of the globe in winter than in sum
mer, and various explanations have
been suggested. But Mons. Monies
sus de Ballore. in a recent commune
cation to the Academy Of Sciences in
Paris, smaintains that the increase in
the mean number Of earthquakes in
the colder season is apparent and not
real, and he explains the anomaly by
the suggestion that, such movements
being more readily noticed inside
habitations than outdoors, the num-
ber recorded is naturally greater at
the time when people remain longest
indoors.
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snake i Ne.l; chIna Egg in snaIe.

Mrs. H. NJ Tolson. of Stafford
County. va, had bad scare yester
day She went TO her hcn-house and
saw what she supposed was 4 black
hen lying dead in the nest. She at.
tempted to take it up. but as soon
as she touched the object she dis,
tcreesd it was q large blacksnake
Gailaa up in the nest.
The snake had eaten all the eggs il
tolid find and also swallowed china
ne&-egg Mrs Tolson made rapid
Isireat. The snake measured nearly
elk feet It was killed d-Washing.
ton Post.
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TT TAXES HIM oNrR.

MeJigger Dudley goes to work
every day over in Camden now and
1 think he's sore on his job.
Thingumbob-''No it isn't his
Job SO much as the ferryboat"
McJigger-"E Eh2 How do you
mean"
Thingumbob--"That's what makes
him Cross. ."-Philadelphia Press, mv
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09

A wakeful and night-erying baby
is, nine times ont OF ten. badly fed
baby. His wakefulness and his cry
ing are the calls for relief Of poorly
digesting stomach and bowels The
food is given too often or in too
great quantity, or it is of poor quail
fly. and this may be the case when
the baby is nourished in the natural
way as well as when It is fed from
a bottle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09

Sometimes night terrors are
purely nervous affection like epilep-
sy, and sometimes they persist, like
a bad habit, after the existing cause
has been removed or has disappeared
OF itself The child who cries out in
the night should not be shaken and
scolded. for if the cause is nervous,
this will only make the trouble
worse, and if there is a physical
cause for the trouble it should be
sought for and remedled
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I5i5i17 3 a.11.S.Sz..s,- ~ !,
P6pdIar Science


Ballooniug will never amount to
anything in the field Of utilities until
we can either give direction to the
winds or stop the drift to leeward
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09

Travellers have noted that Damas-
Gus blades are made only when the
wind is from the north The expert
ments Of NJ. Anozoff were suggested
by this hint, and have consisted in
hardening steel instruments by cool
ing them in a powerful current Of
compressed air instead OF qnenehing
in water. The trials indicate that
for very sharp tools this method is
superior to any other The effect
varies with the thickness OF the mass
to be hardened, and increases with
the eoldness of the air and the rapid.
ity Of the stream.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-09

An analysis Of the ashes Of the re-
cent Vesuvian eruption shows, we are
told by the Revue Scientifque
(Paris, August 1S), that they ap-
pear to contain substances that might
make them useful to farmers as a
fertilizer. This explains why, after
the eruptions of Pslee and Vesuvius,
the slopes of these volcanoes
after a few rains. became covered. it
would appear, with luxuriant vegeta-
tion, so that their destructive activity
is scarcely recalled They cause
crops to grow that they may destroy
them at the next eruption and
fertilize the soil afresh. ."-Transla-
tion Made For The Literary Digest
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-10

eThn Holy Guy" will be The at'fa".
sion Vi the Duncan "a DecenbeE u.
Thls In certainly "ne ut the finest
and most gorgeous STAGED produc'
siona ever ~pg.seated In this city. TIL"
MAY In q revelation tn tho 'heat"r
goeEx. inasGnach that The story 0f the
play deals With an entlrely different
theme than any yet attempted. every
character aud scene I'm this beantL
fal drama are portrayed of true Blu.
iaeal history. a play that In ehamte. In.
struetive and leaves great moral les,
non behind II. The coEtuming and
stage accessories are truly magnifl,
cent and the characters. tweuty~slx
I'm all. are portrayed by actors OF rec.
ognized ability. who truly are con.
seleati0us in their work. and fully
equal 90 fhe roles assigned them.
The cast 10 headed by Miss Laeila
Mercy. a. Salome. the daughter Ol
HsFodias. Such n production ~ Tht
Holy City leaves an impression that
win long be remembered and In ons
~ the few great productions thaI
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-10
HOPI ADULTS CONDEM.
NED TO GO To SCHOOL

One phase of the recent disturbance
in the Hopi village of Oraibi, Ariz.,
which has not yet become public In
the west, IL given In the following In
teresting story from the washington
Star of recent date:
Commissioner Leupp Of the bureau
Of Indian affairs has just sent two
had" Indian chiefs. or head men. to
school with their entire families un'
der circumstances that have caused
those who know Of the action to smile
al the sagacity Of the commissioner,
Mr.. I.eupp himself thinks II Is a good
Joke on the two unrufy braves, as we'll
as one that will be for their lasting
good and that OF their families.
Not long ago Chief TawaQuapeewa
and Head Man Frank Sewenimtewa.
belonging to the Hopi tribe. and sta
toned at Oraibi, Ariz. got into a
scrap" with other Indians of the same
town and succeeded in stirring mp
things pretty generally. These two.
however. professed to be friends OF
the government school system. and In
their contention with the other IT
dams claimed that they stood in this
relation toward the Great White Faith
or at Washington.
So fierce did the affair become.
however, that the two braves would
have used their pistols had not the
employees Of the Indian bureau who
were on the ground stepped In and put
a stop to Il, A report OF the affair
was Immediately sent I, Commission
er Luepp.
The commissioner only recently re-
turned from a long trip Of inspection
OF the agencies and is pretty thorough
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-10

the salopn 40 he was In danger 81
being shot II no did 81 Upon this
circumstance the territory viii prob
ably haag its CASE against neiknap.
who. II h thought. knows more about
the snoding. Also, II IL said. Belknap
vas tho first 20 respond 10 Padilla's
assistance and remarked when be
reached The stricken man: II told you
so: | tola you no."
Oh Harris Fire the shot7
Virgil Harris 10 charged with firing
i, he shot which struck Padlila, III feel
Ing Is said 10 have existed between
Harris and padilla over a woman who
Ia reported to have forsaken Padlila
for Harris. Padilia, according to re-
Iport. drove the woman from the log
ging community because II was report.
ed 10 hin that he had been seen In n
compromising position with q lumber
foreman named Barney. The woman
and Harley are alleged tn have been
intoxicated. The territory believes II
will be able to establish this motive
for the deed at the trial. so far az
has been learned. there were no eye
witnesses to the shooting and the
evidence will be largely circumstan
Itial,
Padilla will be the chief witness
In the case for tho territory when thu
ease comes for trial. At this time h.
Ia alex al the hospital and will prob
ably be unable TO DO at tho trial. whici
will necessitate his Testimony beini
taken Ia deposition or a bed room
%session q the district court until hi
evidence is addueed.
Sheriff naca OF Valencia county /
searching for witnesses IN the cas-
with snhpoenas. There will be a rath
or large number Of these. II Ii said
II Is ruaored that he also has wal
E rants for the arrest Of several othe
persons alleged TO have been impl
} Gated in the shooting. hut this Is d.
MED al The office of the sheriff =
B"rnalillo county.
Resort Had Bad Reputation
A s,ory In connection with III
+ shooting of padilla has It. that fon
B men wers stationed OF as many di
ferent triils which led TO his saloo
with rifles and Il was their avowe
l Intention 10 get" him. This was don
r so that he would be sure to pass on
e Iof the concealed riflemen II he wer
Ito the saoon. there being four route
0 Ito the pace from Ketner.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-10

y acquainted alta pFesafaang eOaAa
tsaB&- W7Aes he asaFnea ut the fEacas
be knew that something Oagas % BE
done to discipline uke twe bEsFe.
wtsh sAe mnprunaa2ncaAle nasaes. for.
although they did profess 10 - fTieG1s
II tie government. their method of
showing friendship was Objectionable
The commissioner also rad his doubts
IA To the actual fEienalasess a
Tawaqaapsewa AID Seweninaswa 10
ward the school syssel~
! lie finally decided 70 take them II
their wOFd. and issued direeas0ns that
4 both belligeTent braves and their en-
tire families h. sen 10 sch0oi 10 be
kept ont Of tEuahie.
Oft they went. together With evevy
thing that belonged TO them. and word
has just reached the indian office In
Washington that the little eaValeade
AZ a dozen at persons, Including
the tao lad chiefs. two sympathetic
wives and the rest IN children Of all
ages. has arrived ut Riverside school.
In California.
The two families have been install
ed In quarters side by side, and all oil
the members have b4gan to go "a
school regularly. The older at the
two bad" braves Is about '~hirty-eigh'
years of aee and the other Is several
years his junior: bat they are learn
tins their A. n. C's along with theiI
wives and children.
Just what these Hopis think u gov
."rnnent education after having triet
u Commissioned L%dpp does no'
know. but he Is sure the joke Is 0I
them.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-10

office III th" Head Clerk. NJ ". vi \.
Rnrk Island. ~ ibv q. 1$"G.
Esteemed NeighhoT
| herewith hand ION American ~
press money order fmr SIS, Icing
the nf y1ur Camps cuntri-
hu'iOh 10 The National FTateTnal San.
ti0Ttum fund. aprI.I an behalf Of which
~ss issued 10 all local camps snme
time agO. by authority Of the execu'
tive council. The following quotation
from the record proceedings II the
council at the SAlember, 1906, SEES
sion, will iadicat% you tho reasons
for the action taken aS regards this
sanltOrium enterprise:
While u Is conceded that this move.
ment on the part Of the fraternlties
to establish a sanitnrium would result
in great good Ia many Of the mem,
hers of this society who are not able
to take advantage OF the most favor
able climate and who have not the ia,
cillties for proper treatment. still af
ter a years effort 10 establish such a
sanatorium. the executive council Is
satisfied from observation and inves'
~tigati0n that there Is not sufficient
enthusiasm or interest In the project
and that there In not a sufficient num-
her OF fraternal societies interested In
the matter to warrant the belief that
the amount Of money necessary Ia
complete the sanatorium ri he rails
ed among such societies. In view OF
these facts the executive council feels
that 1t should not ask further contri-
buttons from the membership OF the
society. and that the money contribut
el by local Camps toward this enter.
prise should be returned 10 them
Therefore. on motion. Il was declared
to be the Of the executive coun
ell that the Modern WOodmen Of Amer
lea withdraw from the said National
Fraternal Sanitorium association ant
Selghb0r Murphy Ia hereby requested
TO resign from the board of dircctorl
J OF said association. and Head Clerl
, Halves Is hereby instructed 20 return
, to contributing Camps the amount o
= money now In the National Fraterna
: Sanitorium fund.
Il Tho conncil regrets very much heinl
forced To the conclusions thus express
= cd. hut It was In duty bound, first O
all, TO protect the interests IT the sc
Ciety and its membership. The cour
ell directs me TO cypress "a you col
dial appreciation Of yonr Camps FRI
}tcrnal and liberal rrsronse 10 tho al
=. peal issued: and Il l. hoped that a
some future time the society will h
, In a position 10 maintain it's own saI
., forum. when. measured hv tho su'
cess Of o enterprise with whic
a our Ncighhors have officially ident
:. fled themselves in the past. ther
will he no question as 10 its enti'
success.
FraternalIv Yours,
= n W. HALVES.
Head Clerk, NJ. W. Of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-10

Pna8laa's aa14EuA has hssa The Place
al many hHawis AaA fights N orr
musaes during the past two Years. A
nan maan#a Pete slo~aEa wa& killed
there In . fight wtth Padllas's hsF-
senAer ahmsas six msoBths sen The
bartender l. DOS dotng time far the
crime in the penitsniAaEy ii Santa Fe-
PaaaEla IN said 10 have many ens"
mies In the laEnkaeE regs0E- Several
attempts have heeH made het0Ee 90
get him 10 quit the vicinity, but nh
a then UeEe % q avail The attempt
20 wreek his sal0saD With dynamite
j onlY ble~ a RaTt of she Foundation
OaR from under the building