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Shooting Gallery Secret.

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?" ne
said.
1t was a 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. All
m er long people tried to hit this
ball-it was bigger and nearer than
any other target-and everybody
failed. Thousands of bullets we're
fired at the ball, thousands Of nickels
were spent on it, yet here it is still
untouched, my best breadwinner.
"All wise shooting gallery men
have a glass ball like this. 1t makes
such a tempting target, yet 1T is never
hit. It is never hit because the air
that precedes a gun charge is suf-
icient 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.
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FORESTS TURN TO PAPER.
Acres of Trees Consumed Daily III
Ephemeral Literature.

If one asked "the man in the
street" what paper was made of,
writes R. K. Duncan, in Harper's
Magazine, he would almost certainly
say rags" and for the fair white
sheet upon which I write this would
be true, but for paper in general the
answer would be absurdly inadequate
for there exists not n 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 a week, to
fulfil our needs. To feed these mills
science laid her hand on ce%llulose,
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 and
uncombined, but exists always in
crusted chemically with some other
substance. The substance of woody
fibre is thus always cellulose y, and
the problem for science was either to
manufacture paper directly out Of
cellulose x (lingo cellulose OF wood
fbre) or to devise some practical
method of extracting the K 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 n 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 a capital u 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 $4,000 tons
of this mechanical wood pulp to turn
it into paper. She imports also some
200, 900 tons of what is called Chem
ical wood pulp"-i. e., wood from
which the %incrusting impurities have
teen removed and which consists of
cellulose almost pure.
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PRESIDENT APPOINTS A DAY
Of General Thanksgiving For
Widespread WeN-Being.
Calls Upon the Nation to Make Crate
full Acknowledgment to the Al p
mighty on November Goth.

Washington, D. C.-The President
to-day issued a proclamation nam
ing Thursday, November 20, as a day
of thanksgiving. It's text follows:
"The time of year has come when,
in accordance with the wise custom
of our forefathers, it becomes my
duty to set aside a special day of
thanksgiving and praise to the AL
mighty because of the blessings we
have received, and Of prayer that
these blessings may be continued.
"Yet another year Of widespread
well-being has passed. Never before
in our history, or in the history Of
any other nation, has a people en-
joyed more Astounding material pros
pertty than is ours; a prosperity so
general that it should arouse in US no
spirit of reckless pride, and, least of
all, a spirit Of needless disregard of
our responsibilities; but rather a
sober sense of our many blessings,
and. a resolute purpose, under Provi-
dence, not to forfeit them by any &C
ton of our own.
Material well-being, indispensa-
BILE though it is, can never be any
thing but the foundation of true ma
tional greatness and happiness. If
we build nothing upon this founda-
ton, then our national life will be as
meaningless and empty a. a house
where only the foundation has been
laid.
Upon our material well-being
must be built a superstructure of in
dividual and national life lived in &C
cordance with the laws of the highest
morality, or else u prosperity it.
self will in the long run turn out a
curse instead Of a blessing.
1--WE should be both reverently
thankful for what we have received,
and earnestly bent upon turning 1t in
to a means of grace and not of de-
struction.
Accordingly, I hereby set apart
Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of
November next, as a day of thanks
giving and supplication, on which the
people shall meet in their homes or
their churches, devoutly acknowledge
all that has been given them, and to
pray that they may in addition re-
ceive the power to use these gifts
Alright.
"In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and. caused the seal
Of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the city Of Washington
this 22d day Of October, in the year
Of our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and six, and the independence
Of the United States the n hum
dreth and thirty-first.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"By the President: Elihu Root, Sec
rotary of State"
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1'THE LITTLE DONE, THE VAST
UNDONE."

The little done sustaineth no mans soul;
IT knows it for an atom of a whole,
A tiny atom scarce worth heavens seeing,
Or mans acclaim or cen a moments
being; .
And this although a 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
The poems that the poets never write.
Yet dream and drink through many a sum-
mer night, =,
The statues chiselled when the imperial
mind
Is by no need of handicraft confined.
The vast that beckons, stoops, but nevo:
yields
It's 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
To bear with all the years injurious
length!
New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
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Household Hints.

Hot milk, heated to as high a tenn
perature as it can be drunk, is a
most refreshing stimulant in cases Of
cold or over fatigue.
Paprika, by the way, is as orna.
mental as it is useful. Almost any
vegetable with cream Or white Luz
is made doubly attractive when
sprinkled literally with the sweet red
pepper.
White and light gray fur, it is
said, may be beautifully cleaned by
rubbing well with equal parts Of flour
and fine salt. Shake we'll, as it Is
undesirable that any Of the mixture
should remain in the fur.
The woman with dull eyes should
never wear diamonds near the face.
Pearls soften the face o than any
other jewels. Amethysts and sap.
phires and such highly colored gems
should not be worn with red.
Never wash chamois skins in hot
water. Use cold water and avoid
soap, If possible. The skins clean
very easily, as a matter Of fact. This
applies also to chamois skin gloves,
which are so popular In summer.
Clean the bathtubs, stationary
washstands and sinks with kerosene,
as there is no better v%anquisher of
grease and dirt. Rub them we'll with
oil, allow it to dry and let the hot
water run until the oil has disap-
peared.
An ingenious woman suggests that
a soft brush, such as is used in var
nishing, is good for brushing bread,
rolls and pastry with melted butter,
If a string is put through the handle
and the brush is hung in a regular
place SO. much the better.
To keep dress skirts free from
wrinkles if there are no patent hang
ers convenient, they should be fold
ed in thirds, and a large safety pin
thrust through the folds. The safety
pin, when fastened, is used as a
hanger, and in this way the skirt
hangs straight, with no strain on any
part of the waistband.
Rice is invaluable for cleaning ca
rates and oil and vinegar cruets. Tor
the oil cruet use warm water and a
little washing soda to remove the Oil.
Then put in a tablespoonful Of rice
with warm soapsuds, shake vigorous
ly and rinse in clear water. Do not
use the soda in vinegar cruets. For
a water carafe use at least two table
Spoonfuls of rice and several Jumps
of soda.
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UTEsOFF MISREPRESENTATION
Troops Sent After Runaway In
dians in Wyoming.
Hold Useless Powwow With Captain
johnson and Then Resume Their
March Northward.

Omaha, Neb.-General Greedy is
sued orders for 100 soldiers from
Fort Meade, 8. D., to be rushed to
the end Of the railroad northwest Of
Deadwood. and thence by forced
marches overland to where the run
away Utes are encamped on the head
waters of. the Little Powder River,
in Wyoming. This detachment is to
head" of the Indians, and prevent
them from getting into South Da-
kota.. ..
This Is the third detachment to be
sent against the Utes. So urgent Is
the order that q portion of the men
will go in cattle cars, as the rail-
road cannot get enough passenger
coaches to Fort Meade by the time
they r needed.
In connection with the troubles
which the War Department is having
with the runaway Indians, a pa
thetic story was told by the Sioux
Indian interpreter to Thomas H. Tib-
bles, Of Omaha. BY adoption Tibbles
10 q u4SulDCl VI IuO OLuGlld ItlUS duh
Is known to every Indian in the West.
The interpreter said that several
weeks ago runners came from the
Utes to the Sioux Reservations in
South Dakota, bearing the story of
the complaints Of the Utes. They
told the Sioux that they were actually
starving, and offered themselves as
slaves to the Sioux, provided they
were permitted to come to live on
the Sioux Reservation.
The Sioux replied that If they
came on a visit to them they would
not be permitted to starve, but that
the Sioux did not wish slaves, and
that the Government would not per-
NIT them to give the Utes a portion
Of their lands.
Word was received here from the
seem of the Indian depredations in
Wyoming that Capt. G. P. Johnson,
Of Major Grierson's command, with
IN orderly and a scout, overlook the
Utes on Little Powder River, about
forty miles north Of Gillette.
Three hundred braves, we'll armed
and with a large supply Of ammuni-
ltOu, dllSuuSu Lu6 COuuCll,
around a circle in which Captain
Johnson and the chiefs Of the tribe
held their talk. ~
The Indians said they would well
come war, and would. not return to
the barren reservation which had
been allotted to them in Utah. The
older Indians told Captain Johnson
they would all die fighting rather
than return where there was moth
ing but starvation for them. They
insisted on continuing their way
either to the Sioux Indian country of
South Dakota or the Crow country
OF Montana.
AS soon as the powwow vas over
the Indians broke camp and started
northward again, while Captain
Johnson returned to Gillette and re-
quested the War Department to send
him more troops. ..
Ranchmen have reported the Utes
have had two war dances since they
started northward and are more de-
FAINT as they get further from civili-
cation. They rob sheep and cattle
camps with impunity, making such
q show of force that the men in
charge Of the camps recognize resist
ance is useless.
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Herb Soup.

Half pint finely shredded spinach,
%one-fourth pint shredded sorrel, one
fourth pint blanched and sliced leek.
the white heart leaves of a head Of
lettuce, four potatoes, medium size,
three level teaspoons salt, four table
spoons butter, one tablespoon chervil,
two quarts boiling water, half pint
bread cut into dice and fried in but
ter or Drowned in the oven Have
the sorrel, spinach and lettuce fresh
and tender and free from tough mid
ribs. Wash and shred. Cut the
washed leek into thin slices. Put in
the stewpan with the butter and cook
fifteen minutes, being careful not to
brown. Now add the potatoes, salt
and boiling water.
Place the steWpan where the con-
tents will boil quickly, and when the
soup begins to boil draw the stewpan
back where the contents will boil
gently for an hour. At the end of
this time crush the potatoes with a
fork, add the chervil and simmer five
minutes longer. Turn into the soup
tureen, add the crisp bread and
serve. If preferred the soup may be
rubbed through a pouree sieve, re.
turned to the fire, and when boiling
hot be poured on the yolks of two
eggs which have been beaten with
two tablespoons of milk.
This soup may be varied indef-
nitely. Any number of green vege-
tables can be employed in making it,
care being taken to use only a small
quantity of those Of pronounced fla
vor-New York Witness.
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FARMERS PLAN BEEF WAR.
Start Movement For Curing Meats
For Home Consumption.

Topeka, Kan.-The National
Farmers Congress, in session here,
resolved to make a vigorous war on
the beef trust. The war cry Is cure
your meats for home consumption,
ship through country agents, and to
terminal commission agents, who
shall be members Of the co-opera-
tive societies" These are features
which will lead to securing better
prices for cattle than can now be Sc
cured through the commission firms
operating at packing centres.
The business of the cattle COM
mission firm is not the only one to
suffer, for the fruit growers plan to
reap a part of the reward which, Is
now going to the commission fruit
firms by establishing cooperative
agents and fruit warehouses in the
large cities in the fruit districts. AS
relief from the arbitrary fixing of
prices for meat, which has worked
to the injury of both consumer and
producer, the committee recon-
mended agents for shipping and re-
ceiving.
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TWO DIE TO SAVE SISTER.
Elder Child Carries Both to Spring
Dies After Rescue.

Washington, N. Frames, thir-
teen years old, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Mowery, living near
Hackettstown, poured kerosene in
the stove. The explosion set fire to
the clothing of her little sister Jen-
ME, aged three, who had blown with
all her might to make the fire go,
and was standing nearest the stove.
Della Mowery, aged SIX, grabbed
Jennie and tried TO smother the
flames. She only set fire to her own
clothing.
Frances, herself unframed, lifted
the two burning children, one in each
arm, ran to the farmhouse spring
and jumped in. Neighbors, sum-
moned by their screams, pulled out
the charred and blistered little
bodies. Della died almost imme-
diately and Frances within two
hours. The baby may recover, owing
to the sacrifice of her two sisters
The father was working in the
woods and the mother vas nursing
a sick neighbor. Samuel Mowery,
grandfather of the children, was
burned to death in a forest fire two
years ago.
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OF that 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 1 saw Benny's feet sticking out
from under the rug, Benny, for whom
they were searching. And I knew
that that officer had seen them. too.
I'd been literally sitting on Benny all
that time-making Z bench of him."
ooh, he did see them, grandpa told
me he did," broke in Helen, land he
told me how sorry he felt for you, and
said he kept the roses a long time, a
very long time And you were tho
beautiful girl?"
The woman in black 0lushed and
looked very beautiful to Helen. Il
was the girl" she said. And Benny
said I nearly crushed the breath out
OF him, 1 was so heavy"
Benny was your brother??"
mo, he was my playfellow, and af-
forwards my husband.
I'VE got him away that night, in
old Toms clothes"
Grandpa said he hoped you would,
for vour sake. And he is"
Dead; has been these many
-sars." 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 venue of the
cemetery. The woman in black and
the girl in white put the last linger-
ing touches to their lcral tribute, the
roses from Virginia, and the lilacs
from York State, on the Federal SOL
dier's grave AID passed down the lit
tie narrow walk, arm in arm, as the
little procession Of veterans came up
the Observation-Disclosures Agriculture
iSt.
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FOREIGN.
The French Cabinet resigned.

The French Cabinet resigned.
Unless Japan objects, France mas
decided to send NJ. Gerard to that
country as the first Ambassador.
Peasants of Molkhin, Russia, have
resolved to stop paying rent to the
landed proprietors.
The Vatican has been asked by
Catholic residents Of Malta to assist
in the local religious question.
Three Terrorists were killed N
Warsaw, Poland, by troops while en-
deavoring to rob a store.
Thomas J. Ryan, Of New York
City, obtained a valuable concession
in the Congo Free State from King
Leopold of Belgium.
Sir Richard Tangye. head OF the
en-ineering firm of Tangyes, died at
Lof On, aged seventy-three.
French radicals have decided to
introduce a bill in Parliament for
the immediate confscation OF all
Catholic Church property.
The Bank of England raised the
rate of discount to six per cent, N
order to protect its gold reserve.
The Red D liner Philadelphia
reached San Juan, P. R., from La
Guayra and reported the loss of a
Dutch steamer; the Philadelphia was
blown ashore near La Guayra.
Attacked by pleurisy, Eugene
Colgate, of New York, died at
Geneva, Switzerland. He contracted
a cold while playing golf.
China has entered a protest at
Berne, Switzerland, against the con-
t, .ued control by the Japanese. OF
the Manchurian telegraph lines.
Commander Switzerland reported
that the Dominican rebels near
Monte Cristi had broken their agree
ment to surrender.
John Gadomski, editor of the Ga
ketta Polska, at Warsaw, and the
most prominent of the Polish news
papermen. who was shot by. bandits.
Is dead.
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Washington, D. C.-The prospec-
tive Cabinet changes to follow the re-
tirement of Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary
Of the Treasury, and William H.
Moody, Attorney-General, were Of
fcially announced at the White
House. Confirmation was given to
the statements heretofore printed
that George Bruce Cortelyou, of New
York, would take the Treasury port
folio, and that George Won L. Neyer,
!. Of Massachusetts, now Ambassador
to Russia, would be appointed to sue
coed Mr.. Cortelyou as Postmaster
General. The only surprise in the
announcement is that Oscar Solomon
Straus, of New York, would enter the
Cabinet as Secretary Of Commerce
and Labor. The formal statement of
the change is as follows:
Secretary Of the Treasury, George
B. Cortelyou, of New York; Postmas-
ter-General, George Won L. Meyer, Of
Massachusetts; Attorney-General,
Charles J.. Bonaparte, of Maryland;
Secretary of the Navy, Victor l.. Met
calf, of California; Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, Oscar s. Straus, Of
New York. e.
At the time the official announce
ment was given, it was said infor-
mally at the White House that Attor-
ney-General Moody would retire on
January 1, 1907, and Secretary Shaw
on March 4, 1907. Most Of the
changes will take place, therefore,
at the beginning Of the new: year.
When Mr.. Bonaparte entered the
Cabinet as Secretary of the Navy, 1t
was the understanding that he would
become Attorney General If a vacancy
occurred in that Office. Mr.. Metcalf's
tendencies have always been toward
the Navy Department, and he was
greatly disappointed when Paul Nor
ton was given the Naval portfolio at
the same time that Mr.. Metcalf was
asked to enter the Cabinet as Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor. Mr..
Meyer, who is a rich man, was under
stood to be anxious to become Secre-
tary Of the Navy, but there is no rea-
son to suppose that he will not be
Just as well satisfied in the Postofice
Department. ~
The chief interest in the changes
is in connection with Mr.. Cortelyou
and Mr.. Straus. Both are from New
York, and as Mr.. Root, the Secretary
of State, Is also a New Yorker, the
unprecedented case will be presented,
when the changes occur, Of having in,
The Cabinet three mel fromthe same.
&k-l-lFl--sf kL~ME 49, $780, n.<A ~,
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Stewed Red Cabbage.

Required: A crisp, red cabbage.
half ounce of butter, three-quartel
pint of stock, a gill Of vinegar, q
tablespoonful of castor oil, a slice O!
ham. Wash the cabbage thoroughly
then cut it into very thin slices; put
them in a pan with the ham cut II
small pieces, the butter, quarter pin
of stock and the vinegar. Put thu
lid on the pan and let it's contents
simmer gently for about n hour
When the cabbage is quite tender ado
the rest of the stock, the vinegar and
the seasoning. Stir all over the fire
till almost all the liquor has boiled
away. Serve it in a hot vegetable
dish.
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r LOST LEFT ARMS.
Had Them Hanging From Window OF
Overturned Car.

Schenectady, N. Y.-One Of the
big trolley ears running from this
city to Troy failed to take the curve
at Union and Mcclellan streets,
dashed irto a pole and turned over
on it's side. Three passengers sitting
with their arms out of the window
were the principal sufferers, these
being:
William Lacore, Cohoes; left arm
mangled, amputated near shoulder.
Frederick Jones, Troy; left arm
completely severed; in serious con-
dition.
William H. Riley, Troy; left arm
mangled, amputated near shoulder.
Others hurt were s. ]. Maxwell
and John Brand. who have internal
injuries.
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Testing Missionary's Patience.

The Rev. Frederick 3. Bridge
man, the noted and successful mis-
sionary to the Zulus, was talking in
Philadelphia about missionary work.
II am very hopeful of it," he said.
ct may be a little too hopeful be-
cause I have had such good success.
It is better. though. to be too hope
full than too doubling.
Much depends upon the character
of the people one works among, and
l can sympathize a little with a mis-
sionary who returned home from
China in a very respondent mood.
"a Chinese convert stole this mis-
sionary's watch and then came bace
to him the next morning to learn
how to wind it up.''-Boston Globe.
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About Noted People.

In a report to the Tax Commits
sioner of Richmond, Va, Thomas F.
Ryan gives his annual income as
s15O,OO0. The tax on income Is 81
a thousand.
BARLEY Harper, of Lima, Ohio
saved Vice-President Fairbanks from
drowning when he and Mr.. Fairbanks
we're boys together in Union County,
Ohio.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew. i'm
proved in health, presided at the
meeting of the New York Central
Board for the first time since last
March.