Ww while ‘ational nal ex- EE hand. Thomas’ ousehold he, sore Sold a )e. a ms ss——y )S. r, PRNR , up stair SET P. KE. H PA. all Lega ma?m at, Mal Hill ping \ .»ntrast to that of the late special | ed the majority. ? tional cuwe on the market. Ib is i taken internally in doses from 10) ¢ faces of l one hundred dollars for any case] No to cure. | the dish, and coyer with a layer of ~ WASHINGTON LETTER. gn Special io The C smmercial. . Washington, Dec. 13.—The atmos- phere around the Capitol is in marked session. The second session of the 63rd Congress opened with practically a full attendance in both the Senate and the House, and with a great ap- pearance of vim and zest for the work before it. The jaded Senate perked up and began the consideration of the banking and currency bill, which the majority undertook to crowd through before Christmas under the threat that unless the bill were passed there would be no holidays. There was opposition to the program of meeting at 10 o’clock in the morning instead of at 12, as usual, and of continuing until 10 or 11 o’clock at night. The republicans thought that this was too strenuous, and they complained that such a program would give them no time to attend to correspondence, committee meetings, orto the various matters which should occupy their attention. Protests were not Kindly received however by Senator Kern, leader of the majority, and his democratic col- leagues. They endeavored to force their plan upon the minerity, which snlked and showed resentment by re- peated demands for roll calls on the | plea that there was no quorum. On last Thursday evening when 11 o’clock the hour of adjournment approach- ed, the absence ef a quorum was noted and the minerity refused to | adjourn until Sergeant at arms sent) out and secured emough Senators bo! make a quorum. Eight Senators were found at a “get together’ bam- quet given at a hotel by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon. Senator Walsh was making a speech, and as soon as he was through the Senators were rushed intaxis to the Capitol. It broke up the banquet. Such imei- dents show the determination of the democratic leaders to get the mew currency and banking bill passed. HETCH HETCHY DEBATE. The Heteh Hetchy bill intemposed to cause delay in the currency legis- lation program, but as that was:to be disposed of on the 6th, it could not be said to be serious, although it annoy- Senator Works made a leng speech in opposition to the bill, which also had warm cham- pions. It provides, as is now very generally understood, thai the Gov-. ernment shall give the city of San Francisco reservoir privileges in a rtion of the Yosemite reserve,—not what is generally known as Yose- mite Park, but in the high Sierras which have heretofore been practi- cally imaccessible to tourists,—in order that it ma store water from the Toulumne river and pipecit to the t city by the bay, developing «inciden- tally a larce amount of water power ‘for eleetrical energy. Semater Works created a mild sensation by references to the ““lobby’’ that was working for the bill, mentioning partienlarly the name of Gifford Pinchot. &t was re- ported that Theodore A. Bell, the demoeratic political leader of San Franeciseo, was working just .as hard against it. Because of the opposition of the “nature lovers” to the use of a part of the public domaim - for the benefit of San Francisco, there has been created a wide-spread interest in this effort of San Franciceo to se- cure an ample and assured supply of pure water. ir There is more Catarrh in this sec- tion of the country than all other diseasds put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years \ doctors pronounced it a local disease. and prescribed local remodies, and by constantly faillng to cure with local treatment pronounced it imenra- ble. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and there- fore requires constitutional treat- ment, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manu- factured by F. .J. Cheney, & Ca, Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitu- drops to a teaspoonful, It acts di- rectly on the blood and mucous sur- the system. They offer : Send for circulars nd testimonials. F. J. CHENEY, & Co , Teledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 756 cents per bottle. Take Hall’s Family Pills for con- i ad Brown Betty. Butter the inside of a pudding dish and line with bread crumbs or pieces of bread, buttered. Pare, eore and cut the apples into small bits, fill cinnamon, sugar, powdered cloves, and a generous portion of bread crumbs. Bake, coyered, for 30 min- utes, and then uncover and brown. ee The Salisbury Cemetery Co., are selling desirable lots at an economi- cal price. John J. Livengood, Pres- Secretary -he had “wholly followed the Lord my INTERNATIONAL SUNDAYSCHOOL LESSON Department, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 21 DIVISION OF THE LAND. LESSON TEXT-—Joshua 14:1-14. GOLDEN TEXT—“Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” —Matt. 6:33. Following the defeat at Al we see Joshua building an altar at Ebal (ch. 8) and reading again “all that Moses commanded” (v. 35), to the Israelites and the strangers as well. Then fol- lows an account of his campaigns. A military eritic has classed Joshua with the Alexanders, Caesars, Napoleons, Wellingtons and Grants of all ages. His dealing with the Gibeonites and its after effects was one error in his campaign, for he failed to take coun- sel of Jehovah. At the close of the war (ch. 11) Joshua is ready to divide the long-promised inheritance, chap- ters 12-21. 1. Those left behind, vv. 1-5. Read carefully Numbers ch. 32 to recall the story of those who, like Lot of old, saw good grazing land and chose it in preference to that on the farther side of Jordan, that possessed by the “chil «dren of Anak.” Subsequent history reveals the foolishness of their choice, for they were the first to fall before the enemies of Israel when the kin dom was broken up. The Levites (v. 4) were not to have a portion but rather they were to ‘dwell in selected cities with suburban property. Caleb Not an Israelite. Il. Caleb «