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Turning waste to Use.

Swimming river for living may be
said to be one of the most striking ex-
amples of the utilization of waste. This
is done in Paris. There Is one lndi-
vidual, at least, In the French capital
who makes 1t his daily business to skim
the Seine He Is out at early morning
In an old fat-bottomed boat, armed
with Swimming pan. With this he
skins off the surface of the river the
grease which collects there during the
night, and which he disposes of to a
soap factory. Generally he makes a
quarter or so by his mornings work,
which enables him to live.
In Paris also there are number OF
people who make living out of waste
corks, which they fish from the Seine.
They collect on the river bank at day
break, each with short pole, at the
end of which is small lmprovlsed net.
They set to work to gather In the float.
ing corks, subsequently selling them to
the cork merchants In the neighbor
hood.
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End of the World.

A scientific forecast of how the emo
of the world might come has been
given by Professor Ellard Gore. His
theory is that final cataclysm may pos
sibly be the result of collision be-
tween the sun and some dark, dead.
derelict planet
Although astronomers have no actu-
al proof that such dead suns exist
without life or light and careering
about In space, they believe 1t quite
possible. The result of collision be-
tween the sun and a dark planet
would be that the formers light and
heat would be enormously Increased
and the earth instantly destroyed by
combustion.
Professor Gore tells how we should
be warned of our approaching doom.
when about 100000 miles from the
sun, the dark body would begin to
shine by reflected light. In about ten
years 1t would have become so bright
as to be visible to the naked eve. In
fifteen years it would be brighter than
any object except the moon. Very soon
afterward would come the great catas.s
trophe of its collision, moving at 400
miles second, with the sun moving
at the same speed - Dundee Oh
server.
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VEGETABLE LITTLE USED.
How to Prepare Satisfy for the
Table.

How to Prepare Satisfy for the
Table.
Winter gives a restricted number OF
vegetables, many of which are lightly
esteemed because they seem coarse to
palates accustomed TO more delicate
| davors.
Satisfy, or vegetable oyster, though
thought tasteless by many housekeep-
ers who do not know how to cook it
properly, is one of the most delicate
and delicious of winter vegetables. 1t
cannot be cooked as carelessly as po-
tatoes, to be sure, but II prepared In
the proper manner will be found very
tasty"
Buy the white variety. Scrape the
roots and throw them at once into cold
water to which you have added vine
gar In the proportion of two table
spoonfuls to a pint of water. Leave
them in this at least five minutes. Then
they are ready to cook.
Cook them tender in boiling water;
drain and serve in white sauce. This
10 INC oi'iPiS9t way anu 'iie % ehihs
to do In preparing other dishes.
To fry, after boiled tender, cut In
three-lnch lengths, dip in an egg bat
ter, fry in deep fat, sprinkle with
chopped parsley and a little lemon
Juice. Drain on brown paper or a
folded napkin.
For fritters, CRATE the roots raw and
mix with the usual fritter batter.
To escallop, boil till tender, season
with salt, pepper, butter and cream.
Place in baking dish, cover with
bread crumbs seasoned and dotted with
bits of butter, and bake brown.
Try some of these ways and you
will no longer Ignore this vegetable.
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NEEDED relief. Charity must ally Itself
with common sense; must think Of
effectiveness. Charity Is called upon
to vote for good laws. Part of its
mandate Is to inspect Inspection and
hold officials to strict accountability.
The extension of high ideals and the
incubation Of rules of health and
thrift belong to Its range Of action.
To speak aloud for Justice to the weak
and ignorant may multiply good when
almsgivlng would be useless. TO see
that the general welfare Is promoted
by whatever strengthens and upllfts
not an occasional Individual but the
whole mass Of the lowly, is the be-
ginning of tho charity which would be
abreast Of knowledge and foremost
agent ef civilization.
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CHAPTER Xxx

THE woman you want went in there =
1t was Mendotti, one of Cassagne's men
who spoke to his employer, as both stood
in the deep shadow of tree, whose fur
thest branches spread over the narrow
street and beyond high brick wall op-
posite.
"She went in there, not twenty minutes
ago" repeated Mendotti, pointing with
his finger to wooden door, which was
let into the wall IL at once sent YOU a
message. | have not moved from here
except to do that. She's in there yet. l
don't know whose house it is"
But l do. 1t Is the residence of Col
bert-Remplin the rich banker of the
Place de POpera. That door leads into
his garden. Tell me how she got in. Did
she have a key?'
NO a woman admitted her."
what kind of woman was she?"
"An elderly woman. She looked as
though she might be a housekeeper, or an
upper servant. l crept up near enough
to hear her say, My mistress is busy
now, but she will see you in a few min
utes. Go into the summer house,"
Cassagne thought deeply for a minute
or two At last he said:
run around in front of the house and
see what is going on. The house is well
lit up. The Colbert Remplns are not
people who entertain much: but there
must be something on tonight. Do |
not hear the sound of music? Whoever
Is to meet the woman" continued the de-
tective, lis to meet her In the summer
house. oh, to be able to scale that wall,
and get into those grounds !"
Looking around him his quick eye fell
upon the tree Immediately over their
heads, along the branches of which he
thought he might possibly work his way
and so drop into the garden
The night was tolerably dark. But
few people were passing in that fashion |
able quarter. After a moments heslta- |
tion he determined to attempt 1t. After |
first instructing Mendotti to await his re-
turn, he then climbed upon his assistants
shoulders, and was just able to reach the
lower limb of the cedar.
Il am all right" he whispered, and he
commenced to work his way very eau
tiously along one of the branches. 1t
bent tremendously with his weight but
he put up his hand and drew down an
upper bough. Thus distributing the bur
den, he managed to pass the wall, and
continued to creep along the branches
until, they gradually bending with their
load, he was enabled to Drip noiseessly
into the garden.
i will go and wait ;os my lady In
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One Of the best-known dining places
In the world Is about TO be sold. The
star and Garter" OF Richmond I'm.
near London. is familiar through pic
ture. poetry. prose and experience. In
1913 the original house was erected
on a lot OF ground leased for two
pounds sterling year. Twenty years
later the little Inn had expanded into
the chief hotel In the vicinity OF Lon
don. Most OF the famous characters
OF the world, and many OF those OF
fiction. have dined at the Star and
Garter. Kings and princes have been
It's patrons. Louis Philippe lived there
for six months after his flight from
Paris, and Napoleon III had apart
ments there. Indeed, at one time or
another. almost every distinguished
man OF the day has visited the great
Richmond HID hostelry.
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In consular report from German.
which was published some months ago
tho statement was made that not onl,
II every wreck, collision or minol
railroad accident Thoroughly lnvestI
gated" In that country, but that 'ln
vnrlablv some one Is held responsible
and punished for the occurrence" ex
ccpt where the proof Is conclusive that
human Vigilance and care could not
have Hverted II. II Is strange aud per.
! picking TO contrast this condition with
the situation In this country. Apart
from the fact that as yet no provision
hns been made for thorough govern.
mental investigation OF accidents and
for reports definitely fixing RESPONSE
| billy there Is the grnver circumstance
that no one here is apparently In dan
ger of punishment for his share Of re-
sponslblllty for a railroad accident. So
far no one has ever been convicted
for negligence causing n wreck, and
the result of recent trials is very sig
nliicant, 10 say the least. The other
day jury acquitted the engineer, con
dnctor and brakeman who had been
Indicted for the Terra Gotta, ID. O.,
wreck OF year ngo, one OF the worst
railroad disasters in the history OF
such calamltles, The evidence in re-
gard TO the signals was conflicting, and
the engineer proved that he had worked
extra hours-of his own free willard
gone long without sleep Immediately
before the accident. Some weeks ago
New York court ordered verdict
OF acquittal In the case of the vice
president and general manager of the |
New York Central, who had been in
dicted for negligence In connection |
with the terrible Woodlawn wreck. |
No direct responsibility had been
traced to the defendants, who, In the |
opinion Of the Judge. could not be ex-
pected to know the exact condition OF |
every curve, switch. mile Of track, ETC., |
on a great line. The superintendent
Of the operating department had also
been Indicted. but the prosecution had
dismissed that true bill In order to /
secure the testimony OF the inferior Of
hclal against the superior The engin-
eer had not been indicted because he
was inexperienced and green" There
are TO be no more prosecutions In
either case. though criminal neglect
and lnefliciency unquestlonably figured
In both disasters. Compare this with
-. /
h Invariably punished" Where lies
he fault-ln our laws, procedure, pub
ic oplnlOn1
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Case of the Black Mccartney.

There were two McCartneys in Room
D. In the bosom of her family and
In hopeful hours, Frances Reid called
them the Red and the Black, and told
stories that greatly amused her hear
ers. The Red, so named from the color
of his tousled locks, was needless, mis-
chievous, incredibly unfortunate, but
| possessed of smile that assured him
| the forgiveness of all the world; the
| Black was detiantly lazy, snatching his
| information from the recitations of 9TH
ers, and sitting bored during study
hours, yielding not to argument, to en-
treaty nor to threat, yet curlously new
er missing a day.
Once Frances had called upon his
mother. She was found taking her
ease upon the doorstep with the air
Of one possessed of boundless leisure,
although glance at the interior be-
hind her suggested many possibilities
in the way of duties. She beamed af-
fectlonately upon Frances when she In
troduced herself
"Sure, it's yersilf that Danny do be
talkin' about all the time, darlint,"
she said, "but he didn't tell half, the
gossoon! tTis a wonder all the city
don't be goin to school to ye."
II came" Frances fastened to say,
"to ask if you couldn't make Danny
study at home. He is very bright, and
If he would only study"
She broke off In amazement. Den
ny's mother was shaking with laugh
ter.
Him study? Danny study? Sure,
darlint, ye don't know what we're say
In. Danny amt wastin' his brains wild
study. He's going to be boss
"And the worst of it is" Frances
would declare, telling the story, ''that
I'm afraid It's not unlikely"
Well, there was nothing to do except
to plod patiently on. The Red at least
tried-when he did not forget-but
the Black. Frances, after an espe-
,lally difficult day, buried her aching
head In her arms and wondered IL
here was any use In trying. A noise
n the yard under her window brought
Ter to her feet. 1t was probably the
Red In another fight, she thought,
Yearly.
1t was fight, but 1t was not the
Red. 1t was the Blacks voice that
anne up to her:
Take that, ye coward, an that, an
lie to Miss Reid again If We dare!
What business is 1t of mine? 1 guess
ell find out if We try again. Miss
'eids boys are goln' to be straight
Thile I'm here, that's ALL"
1t was terrible breach of discipline,
ut Frances stepped softly back from
he window. All the lessons were not
the school books, after all.-Youth's
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Boys, Use of Barometer..

Every English schoolboy who can af-
ford II has a barometer that he keeps
hidden under his bed or In his trunk,
for In all English schools bnrometers
are strictly forbidden TO the pupils.
Why should they be forbidden? Why
should they be desired2 Through the
autumn and winter the English school
boy plays football every afternoon,
weather permitting. He must play two
hours each clear day. These two hours
are taken OF his Rotations. They
make his school tasks two hours light
cr; hence when he knows beforehand
that the next day will be clear he may
spare himself two hours of useless
study the night before. His barometer
pointing 10 fine" saves him a lot of
toll. But when the instrument points
to change then the schoolboy knows
that there will be no football. He Of
ten sells weather predictions at pen
NY apiece. Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Clean sport never had more distln-
guisbed friends and patrons than now.
President Roosevelt, ex- President Cleve-
land. DIR. Henry van Dyke and the
best OF the nature writers can fish and
hunt and give fair account OF them
selves In their relation to beasts and
fishes. At a recent convention of an
glers Doctor van Dyke defined a true
sportsman as "a man who finds his
recreation in Il fair and exciting effort
to get something that is made for hui
man use in a way that involves some
hardship, little risk, good deal of
skill and ability, and plenty OF out.
of-door life" Mr.. Cleveland sent his
word OF protest against FISHING hog.
gerry" and Mr.. Roosevelt's utterance
on the subject is Characteristic: ''To
make very large bag, whether of deer.
or prairie-chickens, or ducks, or quail
or woodcock, or trout, Is something of
which to be ashamed and not to boast I"
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The Roupell Mystery
q r a n v II e

Here, little girl. Ive-I've lost my al
] petite"
GIVE it to me-" cried the gaunt won
: an. II will divide It fairly"
NO, let the children have that" re
piled the man with the bag. "Cut an
other slice for madame"
The woman burst into tears. Evei
the man with the cap and apron wa
affected but it was at the generosity o
the man with the bag.
II was getting late The Rue Ban
quere was becoming deserted. The buck
sters outside had covered up their wares
and we're beginning TO take their depart
ure.
The man with the bag, however, still
loitered in the cook shop. He had made
few purchases, and had chatted pleas
antly with the man in the cap and apron
on the latest local sensation, a raiding
which had resulted in the death Of two
officers.
Not but what 1t serves them right,
remarked the man with the bag. why
don't these swells of the police let Belle
vile folks alone?"
And they must have known the kind
of place into which they were going"
M. ~ ~ '"e
sentiments. OF course thew did Madame
was woman of good sense. If madame
had her way. PERHAPS. she would have
the police let the neopIe of Relleville
alone altogether and never come near
them. Madame was emphatic that she
would, for some of the worst of them
were her best customers" she remarked,
laughing.
Il am in the door and window bust
ness" replied the man with the bag, sig
nihcantly.
II thought you were not in straight
line when | first saw YOU" said the cook
Your hands amt rough enough, and you
look altogether too fat. Workmen don't
live as you've lived"
"Oh they feed us well enough where
I've just come FROM" replied the work
man and he kept his eyes steadily fixed
on madam's face 1--WE Just spent five
years in the prisons of Toulon-why,
what's the matter, madame? You never
had anyone there, did you-no friend of |
yoursP
But madame was deadly white, and |
systematically at the greasy |
at is nothing she gasped at length
at is the heat-it isl am not we'll
Monsieur will call again 7 hone no wilI
be a good customer We have MANY lilo
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In our day charity is not supplanted
or superfiuous. The difference is that
1t must be supplemented with intelli-
gence. The careless good nature which
throws a coin at the insistent beggar
is not charity, but an evil The tenn
porary impulse which carries food or
flowers once and then forgets all about
1t is not real kindness 1t promises,
and does not perform. 1t begins, and
does not sustain. 1t may cause want
by professions which keep away the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-03-26

The mother OF Governor Folk says
he was never spanked because he never
deserved TO be. This VIII be discour-
aging to the people who cling to the
theory that boys who are expected to
mount TO anything win be boys.
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A noted millionaire, when asked on
bis SEVENTEEN birthday for n recipe for
happiness replied without hesitation:
ITO obey the Judge within and make
others happy" This Is the good old
rule OF an unseltlsh life and clean
conscience that has not been improved
In all the years since It was formu-
'ated.
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when He Propoxed.
He had just proposed

lie mad just proposed.
She was an helress, while he was
poor, but otherwise honest.
But" she protested, do you expect
to support a wife on your salaryT
WELL he replied, 81 didn't propose
to do anything like that"
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Young Alfred Vanderbilt viii begin
next spring TO drive coach daily
from London 10 Brighton England,
Wouldn't this tickle the old commo-
lore II he could know about It?
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Answer TO William Allen Whites
memorable query ms to what is the
matter with Kansas; Total value OF
Kansas farm products and live stock
for the year s463,64sG06, an Increase
OF nearly 100000 over preceding
wear.
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The shopping cure for insane wo-
men Is being tried in st. Louis with
marked benefit to the patents, but II
is bit early TO prognostIcate the eff
'ect on the clerks waiting on them,
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A lady poet who sings In Texas dc
clares that at Is pleasant TO die for
those we love" II II is not imperti-
nent we would like to ask whether
Nhe has ever tried II.
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IL IS given out that King Alfonso
may visit Latin America this year. II
he can find II convenient TO visit Yam
kee America as wen, he may be sure
OF welcome that will make his hair
curl. There is no grudge IN this coun-
Try against the young man.
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In opening the Japanese diet the en-
peror dwelt upon the fact that Japan
was at peace with the other nations.
II Is fortunate thing for him that he
toesn't need the lingo vote.
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A Philadelphia man has just given
his daughter n 100000 coming-out
party. That's right Put the money
n circulation.
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One afternoon three small children
were popping corn, taking turns at the
pepper.
''Oh, mamma" exclaimed little Doro-
thy, clapping her hands gleefully, 'ev-
cry one of my corns Matched out ~
Chicago News.
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Not the Same.

Merchant thought you told me he
was man of very good character.
Quibble-I guess you misunderstood
me, l said he was a man of good rep
Philadelphia Press.
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Ladoga is the largest fresh-water
lake in Europe. Its area Is 1000 square
miles. Seventy rivers run into lake
LadoGa
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-03-26

One OF the best resolutions any man
can make is that he Will do his best
to obey the spirit as well as the letter
Of the law
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Ed SKINNER, Publisher

The man WHO loves more than
tongue can tell is usually tongue-tled.
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English newspapers viii have to for
gives us because we can't share In
their fears that the Pacific fleet Is go
ing TO get hurt.
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Many an aIrshIp has the best Of It
with some OF the presidential booms
"a the matter Of smiling.
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A Toronto doctor says the automo-
bile is the agent OF health. Correct.
Dodglng Is fine exercise.
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Hate man long enough, and some
thing will happen to him to make you
think your hatred amounted to some
thing.
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Prices of all things are to be lower.
Even the handshake has begun TO come
down.
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Fortunately children do not learn to
talk until after the tooth-cutting pc
riod.
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Everything the people should do by
hard work, they are now trying to do
by law.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-26

posed Tor q moving picture machine.
ana Whom They tad received Husl iu-
structions from Referee Mcintosh.
retired Co thrlf
Then the battle began
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-26

The best of meals at reasonable
rates at the Columbus Hotel.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-26

Consumers should be on their
guard against food articles that
are made by ignorant persons
IN a haphazard manner, as they
are likely to prove deleterous
to health.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
In snite of RoonexeIt.

Philadelphia Recofd.
 Of course. it is Theodore Roosevelt's day to shout and we would not If we could infiict upon him the terrible pun ishment of silence. But the election Is not much of a victory for him after all. The country elected Mir, Taft. not because he was Roosevelt's candidate. but in spite of it. After the turmoil and agitation and distrust which he has succeeded in infiietIng upon the country the voters took MT. Taft be- cause he was the most conservative of all the candidates in the heId. There was legislation in restraint of corpor- ations and there were prosecutions of corporations before the Roosevelt era, and they aroused no public distrust and did not knock the bottom out of the market. Cleveland and Mckinley and Harrison maintained the right of the community to protect itself from mis- managed corporations, but they did not threaten anybody; they did not at- tack wealth, property. or even corpor- ate management. Under MT. Taft islation and there may be prosecutions of railroads and industrials. But there will be no such language in messages Co Congress. in speeches and In letters for publication. as the Pres ident has oeen distinguished for, and the ordinary course of tegislsti0n and litigation will proceed as it did before Theodore Roosevelt anointed himself al the apostle of righteousness, the general mana ger of the United States and the placator of the social revolu- tion which, so far as 1t exists at all is of his own creation.