SOUS OF NATION
BEGIN THEIR WORK
Sixty-First Congress Meets in
Regular Session.
BRILLIANT THRONG PRESENT
House Greets Speaker Cannon with
Great Applause—Many "Taft Pol
icy'' Bills Introduced in Both
Chambers.
By EDWARD B. CLARK.
Washington, Dec. 6. —At noon to-day
Vice President Sherman in the Senate
and Speaker Joseph G. Cannon in the
House called to order the Sixty-first
congress of the United States for its
first regular session. Really the first
session of this congress was the extra
ordinary one of last spring called to
revise the tariff.
Some interest was lacking in the
proceedings of the first day in the cap
itol because dt the beginning of the
extraordinary session in March last
the speaker of the House was elected.
Moreover, before the extraordinary
session was ended, Speaker Cannon
appointed all the committees which
are to take legislation under consid
eration for the next two winters. The
appointment of the committees ended
the campaign on the part of the mem
bers for choice chairmanships and, if
the chairmanships were not forthcom
ing, for seats in the more important
subsidiary bodies of the House.
Ready for Work at Once.
The members have had time to get
over jealousies and rivalries and so it
is that, so far as committee work is con
cerned, the House not only is ready
to proceed at once to consider legisla
tion, but most of the members have
brought themselves into a frame of
mind to do what they are called upon
to do without regard to their past feel
ings of disappointment and perhaps,
anger.
As is always the case on the open
ing day of congress, admission to the
House and Senate galleries was by
card and only those fortunate enough
to know senators and representatives
sufficiently well to secure admission
tickets were allowed to witness the
proceedings.
Galleries Are Crowded.
Tho galleries of both House and
Senate were jammed with people. All
classes of Washington society were
represented in the throng ut visitors.
The diplomatic g'j,lVery in the House
and in the Senate as well, was filled
to its fullest capacity with ambassa
dors, ministers, attaches and the la
dies of the different legations. Mem
bers of the families of the president
and of the vice-president of the United
States occupied seats in the executive
galleries, and the cabinet and judici
ary and army and navy circles were
well represented.
By a rule which was adopted not
long ago, flowers are barred from the
floor of the House excepting when
they are to be used as a tribute to
the memory to some deceased mem-
Vice-President Sherman.
ber. The result of this rule is that
now on the opening days of congress
the desks of the members are bare of
floral decorations. In the old days
both House and Senate were turned
into conservatories for the time of
the opening proceedings.
At sharp noon Speaker Cannon
called the House to order and asked
the chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden,
to offer prayer. In his prayer which
was in u sense a Thanksgiving offer
ing, the chaplain referred to the pros
perity of tho country, the opportuni
ties of the present and the bright
hopes and promises of the future.
Absentees Are Few.,
As soon as the prayer was ended
tho clerk of the House called the roll
of membership by states and it was
found that there were only a few ab
sentees. The roll call ended the read
ing clerk of the Senate who had ap
peared in the House was recognized,
and he announced that the- Upper
House had passed a resolution, to in
form the House of Representatives
that a quorum of the Senate being as
sembled, that body was ready to pro
ceed to business. The House also
was told that the Senate had appoint
ed a committee to join a House com
mittee to Inform the president of the
United States that a quorum of each
house was present and that congress
was ready to receive any communica
tion that he 'may he ploa:ied to
make." On receipt of this message
from the senate, Speaker Cannon ap
pointed a committee to join a like
committee of the Senate to wait upon
the president. The members of the
body directed to notify Mr. Taft that
the House was in session were by the
appointment of the speaker, the He
publican leader, Sereno E. Payne, and
the Democratic leader, Champ Clark.
The first day in the House as usual
brought out hundreds of legislative
measures in bill form, all of which
were read by their title only and re
ferred to the proper committees. It
was evident from the tone of the bills
introduced that some scores of repre
sentatives were anxious to father
measures which had be< i recommend
ed by President Taft as being neces
sary to carry out proposed policies of
progression. The bills ranged from
those intended to correct alleged ex
isting evils in interstate commerce to
those to give increases of pensions to
veterans of the civil war.
Applause Greets Speaker Cannon.
If Speaker Cannon anticipates any
particular trouble with the "Insur
gents" of the House at the coming
session, he gave no evidence of it
when lie took the chair as presiding
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon.
officer. He was greeted with great
applause from the galleries and from
the floor of the House, many of the
Democrats and insurgents joining in
the demonstration, though in either
case possibly the hand-clapping was
given as an evidence .of for the
office of speaker, rather than as evi
dence of any overweaning affection
for the speaker himself.
With the committees ready to begin
work, the House will settle down to
its winter's business at once. No bills
will be passed immediately because
all measures must be considered
in committee, and the meetings of the
committees will be held daily from
now until the Christmas holidays and
some of the more important House
bodies will sit during the recess.
When congress reassembles in Janu
ary many of the committees will be
ready to report bills, and the debates
of the winter will begin.
Opening of the Senate.
Vice-President Sherman called the
Senate to order at noon. Rev. Ed
ward Everett Hale, the chaplain of
the Senate, having died during the
summer recess, his place as chaplain,
temporarily was taken by a local
clergyman who offered prayer. In the
Senate the roll was called and it was
found that nearly all the Senators
were in their seats. The resolutions
were adopted to the effect that com
mittees be appointed to inform the
House and the president that the Sen
ate had assembled and was ready to
begin the business of the session. As
wa3 the case in the House many bills
were introduced for consideration dur
ing the winter by senators who, like
the representatives, desire to have a
hand in forwarding administration pol
icies.
After a comparative short session
"in the open," the galleries were
cleared and the Senate went into ex
ecutive session behind closed doors
for the purpose of considering nomina
tions for ofllce sent to the Upper
House by President Taft.
Curiou3 Trees.
Among the curiosities of tree life la
the sofar, or whistling tree, of Nubia.
When the winds blow over this tree
it gives out flutelike sounds, playing
i away to the wilderness for hours at a
time strange, weird melodies. It is tho
spirit of the dead singing among the
branches, the natives say, but the sci
entific white man says that the soiwds
are due to a myriad of small holes
which an insect bores in the spines
of the branches. The weeping tree of
the Canary islands is another boreal
freak. This tree in the dryest weath
er will rain down showers from its
teaves. and the natives gather up the
water from Ihe pool formed at the foot
of the trunk and find it pure and
frefill. The tree exudes the water from
innumerable pores at the base of the
leaves.
An Easy Duty.
"The late Gov. Johnson was a witty
as well as a "wise man," said a resi
dent of Minneapolis.
"Once, at a dinner, a New York, mil
lionaire said about his taxes:
"I've got a little piece of property
that brings me in a fair rental, and
the tax-gatherers haven't spotted it
yet. I don't know whether I ought to
tell them or not. What would you do,
Gov. Johnson?'
"Tiie governor's eyes twinkled.
" 'lt's the duty of every man,' he
said, 'to live unspotted. Still, if 1
were you I'd pay up.'"
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909.
LOST REGISTERED LEnERS
FOUND IN QUEER PLACE
Missed From a Mangled Mail Bao>
They are Recovered From
Car Trucks.
It does not always follow that the
disappearance of registered mall
packages Indicate a robbery of the
mall. This was demonstrated on
The Overland Limited train No. 2
Friday, November sth, when a pack
age of live registered letters from
Schuyler disappeared between that
point and Omaha.
The recovery of the lost packag®
was as strange as its disappearance.
The Schuyler pouch is picked up
from a crane by means of a pouch
catcher as, the train passes. This
pouch catcher is attached to the mail
car and hooks onto tho pouch sus
pended from the crane as the train
passes. In this particular instance
the pouch catcher did not make a
good catch and the pouch fell under
the wheels of the train and was cut
in two. The mail was scattered along
the track for a considerable distance,
but the five registered letters, which
were in a packet, could not be found
when the other mail was picked up.
The impression at once prevailed that
the registered package had been found
and kept by some one and it was re
ported as lost.
Postoflice Inspector L. A. Thomp
son was started out to investigate. His
first visit was to Council Bluffs to
make inquiries of the postal clerks
on the car, and scarcely had he
reached there when fc.e received word
that the registered package had been
found by the car cleaner resting snug
ly on the trucks under the dining
car, where it had been blown or
thrown when the mail pouch was
flung under the wheels at Schuyler.
That the package was not injured
in tho slightest, nor jarred from its
position on the trucks, is simply an
other tribute to the Union Pacific's
unsurpassed roadbed and perfect track.
BUT SHE HAD ENOUGH.
iMyy§
Johnny—Mother, let's go in here and
buy a baby; they're cheap to-day.
Country Neglecting the Children.
If the percentage of tuberculous chil
dren recently ascertained by an inves
tigation in Stockholm, Sweden (I.CI
per cent.) were applied to the schools
of the United States there would be
27:5,700 children between the ages of
eight and fifteen who are positively af
fected with tuberculosis, according to
a statement of the National Associa
tion for the study and prevention of
tuberculosis. As contrasted with this
figure, there are only 11 open-air
tuberculosis schools in operation in
the entire country, and nine more un
der consideration. At the lowest esti
mate, even with all the schools now in
operation and those proposed, accoin
modations will not be provided for
c iur-tenths of one per cent, of the
children who need this special treat
ment.
Purchasing Power.
A young gentleman of our ac
quaintance, who had just reached the
age of six, was recently waiting with
his mother for a train at a railway
station, when he noticed a penny-ln
the-slot weighing machine. He asked
his mother a great many questions
about it, and at last received permis
sion to drop in his penny and be
weighed. Having obtained that im
portant information, he said: "How
much would I have weighed, mamma,
if I had dropped in a dollar?" -
SECRET WORKERS
The Plan Upon Which Coffee Operates.
Coffee is such a secret worker that
It is not suspected as the cause of sick
ness or disease, hut there is a very
sure way to find out the truth.
A lady in Memphis gives an inter
esting experience her husband had
with coffee. It seems that he had been
using it for some time and was an
invalid.
The physician in charge shrewdly
suspected that coffee was the "Worm
at (he root of the tree," and ordered
It discontinued with instructions to
use Postum regularly in its place.
The wife says: "We found that was
the true remedy for his stomach and
heart trouble and we would have glad
ly paid a hundred times the amount
of the doctor's charge when we found
how wise his judgment was.
"The use of Postum instead of cof
fee was begun about a year ago, and
it has made my husband a strong, well
man. He has gained thirty-five pounds
in that time and his stomach and heart
troubles have all disappeared.
"The first time I prepared it I did
not boil it long enough and he said
there was something wrong with it.
Sure enough it did taste very flat, but
the next morning I followed directions
carefully, boiling It for fifteen minutes,
and he remarked 'this is better than
any of the old coffee.'
"We use Postum regularly and never
tire of telling our friends of the bene
fit we have received from leaving off
coffee."
Look for the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever ren<l the above letter? A nrn
one nppenrs from time to time. Tliey
are Krnulne, true, and full of huuiaa
Interest,
BENEFIT OF HOME TRAINING
Probability That Father "Improved"
on Anything Willie Had Heard
on the Street.
When Willie's father came home to
supper there was a vacant chair at the
table.
"Well, where's the boy?"
"William Is upstirs in bed." The
answer came with painful precision
from the sad-faced mother.
"Why, wh-what's up? Not sick, is
he?" (An anxious pause.)
"It grieves me to say, Robert, that
our son—your son—has been heard
swearing on the street! I heard him."
"Swearing? Scott! I'll teach him
to swear." And he started upstairs
in the dark. Half-way up he stumbled
and came down with his chin on the
top step.
When the atmosphere cleared a lit
tle Willie's mother was saying sweet
ly from the hallway: "That will do,
dear. You have given him enough for
one lesson."—Judge.
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
In Shreds—ltching Was Interna—
Sleep Was Often Impossible.
Cured by Cuticura In Three Week*.
"At first an eruption of small pus
tules commenced on my hands. These
Eprcad later to other parts of my body,
and the itching at times was intense,
EO much so that I literally tore the
skin off in shreds in seeking relief.
Tho awful itching interfered with my
work considerably, and also kept me
awake nights. I tried several doc
tors and used a number of different
ointments and lotions but received
practically no benefit. Finally I set
tled down to the use of Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills,
with the result that in a few days all
Itching had ceased and in about three
weeks' time all traces of my eruption
had disappeared. I have had no trou
ble of this kind since. H. A. Kruts
kof?, 5714 Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111.,
November 18 and 2S, 1907."
Potter l>rug & Chum, Corp., Solo Props., JUoctoa,
THE BOY AND HIS AUNT.
Little Nephew—\untie, did you
marry an Indian?
Aunt—Why do you ask such a silly
question, Freddy?
Little Nephew—Well, I saw some
sc«lps on your dressing table.
Dr. S. F. Spohn, President of the
Spohn Medical Co., proprietors of
Spohn's Distemper Cure, was recently
elected mayor of Goshen, hid., by a
good majority. Mr. Spohn was for a
number of years County Supt. of
Schools, making such a record that his
neighbours and friends, regardless of
political lines, insisted on his accepting
the nomination for mayor.
Foreign Trade of United States.
Great Britain buys more goods from
the United States than from any other
three principal countries in the world
—5620,000,000 worth in 1908; $10,000,-
000 more than from France, Germany
and Holland combined, according to
the July report of the department of
trade and commerce of Canada.
Refrigerated Staterooms.
Refrigerated staterooms are fourd
on three new ships engaged in the
fruit service between New Orleans
and Colon. Each room is fitted with
a cooling "radiator" operated in con
nection with the refrigerating system
that has been installed lor preserving
fruit in transit.
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
Bears the s/tf
Signature of Cjui&y. S-CO&&V.
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Marks on Silverware.
"Sterling" as used In connection
with silverware means genuine silver.
The addition of the word "patent" is
to indicate that the particular design
of the article on which the word ap
pears Is patented and that the article
is genuine silver.
Resinoi, the Best Healing Ointment
That Can Be Found.
I have used Resinoi Ointment now
for two years and shall never give it
up. I wouldn't be without it, being
the best healing ointment I have
found yet. John B. Dain, London, Eng.
The Sad and Splendid.
Solomon was in despair.
"My wives gave mo 700 samples to
match on my way down town this
morning," he cried.
Herewith he became co.or blind.
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.
Dr. Deti'lion's Ucllet for Rheumatism
'inil Neuralgia radii-ally cures in 1 o 3
days. Its action Is remarkable. Removes
the cause iiml disease quickly disappears.
First dose benefits.7se and sl. All druggists.
Getting whipped when a boy hurts,
but it doesn't hurt half as much as
the wearing out process that he ex
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fashioned di-ep-soaled cold, take Allen's I.IHIK Hal
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A woman would rather suspect hei
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