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8"uopsis of the Proceedings of th National Rouse ind Senate. .Saturday's Session. The House of Representatives Sa urday was in. ; .old,-time form. ,Nc particular programme had been,map Pod out, but under a call of e01it tees several measures in which the members were especially interested, and in some cases vitally cncerned, Were considered. With- few excep tions they engendered- the liveliest sort of debate, and it was disclosed that the forces for 'or against them were fully lined up for the fray. Parliamentary tactics were freely re sorted to, with the result that five times, the roll was called. The first- rangle becurred on a reso lition, firing the boundary line be tween the States of Colorado, Okla homa 'and Iew Mexico, which was agreed to by a majority but not with ut wo roll calls. The House then a decisive v.ote refused to further iAsider the bill providing for arbi settlement of disputes between oyers and employes. - xt turning attention to the bill ,oviding for the protection of aliens n the United States the subject was hreFhed out at length. The measure pad rough sailing and it was passed y a slim majority after the roll had been called twice. The Brownsville Affair. -ThM'Brownsville affair consumed iearly the entire session of the Sen ate Monday. Senator Foraker obtain ed the' floor early in the day and read letters from a former soldier of the Twenty-fifth Regiment telling of the procedure of government detec tives in attempts to get confessions from him. Mr. F6raker introduced an Amendment to his original bill for the re-enlistment of these soldies providing that a commission of three retired army officers be created to de termine whether discharged soldiers are innocent of complicity in the shooting up' of Brownsville as a pre requisite for their re-enlistment in stead of leaving that duty with the Presidnt -rarner a re ;iving tent's af rair was read and Mr. Foraker again took the floor to comment upon the message. Senator Carter announced that he would sneak upon the postal savings bank bill and would ask that it he made the unfinished business of the Senate. -n the House. dering bills dealing with District of Columbia il.sed i measure provid V(,it gas in Washington. _ woes to the Senate as spther bill abolishing "buck - .is 'in the District. I providing for free lectures public schools was voted .ttempt by Represerntative ef Texas, to obtain a change in* r'ference to a bill prohibiting the wkeingor future contracts on agriculturial products brought forth the promise from Chairman Scott, of the au-ricultural committee, that his committee would soon grant hearings to farmers' unions and others on this subject. The House voted to ad.journ Saturday, December T'9th, to Monday, January 4th, and adjourned for the day at 5 p. m. * A Special Message. On Tuesday Congress received a special message from the President bearing upon the Panama Canal 'mat ter. The message was directed against the New York World and was very bitter, demanding that the editos of The World be put in prison and otherwise punished. Repeated peals of laughter greeted the reading in the Senate of the open. ing paragraph of the President's ines a on the Panama canal charges. ,As' he secretary read the statement * that the charges were "'false in every ~:parteular,'' Senator Bailey laughed ~otright as he was passing 'along the rear'of the chamber to his scat. 0th er Senators on both sides of the chain ber joined with him, and when the reader reached the ptatement that a statement in a newspaper which he mentioned would not be believed, there was general merriment from both sides .of the chamber. ~3There was only a small number of tSenators present when the reading was begun and it was hurried throuigh, the papers accompanying the message mot being- read at all., The House Intarested. Jt ~The message elicited. the greatest AInterest in the House of' Representa. ~tives. The members gave close at. V tenition during the reading of the doe. dnompaiyink tlie Probiant 's mes a nan.Irze bundle o ouet AVERICANS INVET Por the First Time They Outstrip Foreign ire Retired-Young Americm 'Wan, Uat Must Have New - York C1ty.---TheQcoming to the forefront of the electrical toys in this Year's Christmas display is a signal for the foreign toymakers to watch .out for American competition. Prac., tically all the devices with motor and dynamo attachments are of dom'estic make. Until very recent years nearly all the playthings sold in this country were imported from France, Germany and Austria, with a few from Eng land, but now it looks as if America were taking up the trade In earnest, and It ts a far larger Iidustry than the casual shopper would ever dream. Last year Germany, which leads-in toy manufacturing, exported $15, 000,000 worth, while France, which ranks second, sent out $7,500,000. Estimated on the fict that wie Import ed betWyeen 10,000,000 and 12,000, 000 toys and dolls, not counting a thirty-five per cent. duty, it ,is reck oned that last year's retail sales of foreign and domestic playthings came to at-least $30,000,00.0. It was with the introduction of ex pensive iron toys that America began to supply some of Its own dlemand, so that now, while the domestic products do not equal the Imports, they, make a considerable factor, and threaten more and more to drive out the for eign makers. This is strikingly shown In the new electrical toys, which depend so largely for their success on the Inge niulty of the inventor-the forte of the American mechanic-rather than on the technical skill of the ordinary workman-a weak point here. ficeny f hr acor had.- o betterCtoyo. Howevere-someelve Americ an ew Yorchitpolieschmen o sub forfrtutf electricfo tmecnhais orety ortejo h Americancoptin.ra tiaoy adla the device wthmotrandt dyham aatachgsae of rcadomak t ery pracent yathrd nerlaills the. ply'ming thedcarhs veryungty awter mporteak from shnce, thersmay andAsriato with oeat he arm suc landsfutny. Beitdes tastig hAmeinto wee mties up the tradtch, ea-t poand roundfa lagrousthr tare Lati yea Gphmern, whichles dy 000,0 weorth swhil burac,whiand can secnd, ucet dorrtck,500,000. Etimate on the fcteditofe imprt-a 000ea ty.n ol,ntcutn thityfive moper sifcent uy if Ismech oned i thls eran etrbail rasn. foreig cand omrundt ptacks adeo th boat, whil the intoducin of te peansetiro toys ferybat Aeica motgon thenoit eultes acrs the maer raer condngate fctor, and thresaton. Thishwvr is ri kedgly ahainth nut ofi the inentor-thfortf anofr hrun by rw and mestchbanism derh duty as ablrer, tohoutin thatrhet bedus o te geaertehical pro Hardeny,o hrfactryns. Audoyn fromting a dedhol oul drc he and's whchrequire a wskiled mhan her, makin it .pobl fondinegGer afctr to tur out heaper and, bette ys.ii'ex mechani hit up- th scheme of sub gatly tote o the m ra boand a h sm imwo gralyt y ' tod ta bese d mt re without lation. as nothing' .hlc4s4 s ed dir the pdrdons *ho id the &A000,000 poid by tbe- 1itler States. u there w1ksincluded a.listiof about 7,000 stockholders in the old and new Panama canal companies. all-of them citizens of Frane and',of the Colom bian reptiblic. There Ws.. not the name of a citizen of the United States in the entire list. Oramp Gets Coutmet. Washington, Special.-The William Cramp & Son Ship and Engine Com pany, of Philadelphia, submitted the lowest bid for the construction of a steel collier for the navy, authorized by Congress, May 13th, .1908. The bid was for tho construction in twen. ty months for $775,000. The next lowest bidder was the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, which offered to build the vessel foi $790,000 in sixteen months. The other bids ranged from $805,000 tc $1,074,000. 1,000,000 Users of Opium in America Chicago, Special.-' 'Insanity grows three times as fast in pi-opOrtion as the increase in population -'in the United States.' Dr. David Paulson; president of the Ati-Cigarette League, - made this statment,: "China," he continued, "used 26 grains of opium last year for every m1an, woman and child. There are at least 1,000,000 opium users in this country." Five Millons For Canal. Washington, Special.-A request for an urgent deflciencrg appropria tion of $5,558,000 to carry on the work on the Isthmian canal at the present rate during the balance of the fiscal year and for new projects was received by the House tiday from the Secretary of War. Last year a deficiency appropriation of $11,990,000 was made. Former Governor Fleming of Florida Dead. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-Fran cis Philip Fleming, Governor of Florida from 1889 to 1893, died at his residence in this city Sunday at 1:30 p. m. Ex-Governor Fleming is a native Floridian and served in the Confederate army through the civil war with distinction. After the war he was adimitted to the bar and soon became one of Florida's ables law years and politicians. Judge Purnell Passes. Raleigh, N. C., Special.--After a prolonged illness due to paralysis and cancer of the kidneys, United States Judge Thomas Richard Purnell died at his home in this city Saturday mornin'g at 7:30 o'clock. He was '3 years of age and was a grandson of Governor Dudley, of Wilmington, who was the first Governor elected it North Carolina by popular vote. He had been a Federal Judge for nearly twelve years, having been appointed to succeed .Judge A. S. Seymour, die Robbers Hold up Oregon Train Portland, Ore., Special.-Robbers successfully held up an O:egon Rail-. road train nearehere. The amount of money obtained is not- known definite ly but it is 'feared that it is large. The train had many Chicago pas sengers who lost money and valua bles. The handits flagged the train about six miles from the city, clean ed up the express car and wvent through the passengers. For Naval Militia Cruise. Charleston, Special.-Commnander DuBlos is working'for a cruise for the four naval divisions of the State from Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Gecorgetown1 and Beaufort. Hie has his eye on the Texas, which may be used for a naval militia cruise, and will endeavor to gei, an appropriation for the cruise so that the men's ex penses may be paid and copes tion given them for the services while on- tihe cruise. COW AND OALW. iSome of the troubles ofl both cow and calf are due to fasteting the cow so she can not reach. her calf whenever ahe desires. While go ma terial harm will come from keeging the cow fastened during most of the months of pregnancy, it (a an e1Qld lent plan to give. her a box ,staldu . ing t)ue month 'before she drops herf calf, and "all through the period shie. is nursinlg it. Be sure that the sta1l is a roomy one; keep it clean and' well provided with bedding. If it can be located wher9 a fair a'ifount of mu wl shine oh it, so much the bet cow and calf. It is just as Pv w care for a cow placed ,In a x mili, and one will find the caif h li bettor cared for and much -:bap heinttper can reach it eat will, the pwwill be mUeh.b$ , ;f tt m, by Bush,. in the New York World. W0ODERUL TOYS. hakersqby Useof Electriolty---.Oldtimers Is Curs That ire Run by a Spring, a Third Rall. device will last a year, wh.-ile the batA tery will wear out in a week. The boy fixes his. longing instead on a tiny model of the Zeppelin airship, dit ferently propelled, but a perfect copy in appearance. Aside from the mass of electrical toys there are a few mechanical de vices of American invention exhibited In this year's Christmas stock of toys. One is a "Jac)c-in-the-box" top, which starts spinning in the case, then lifts the lid and hops out without stopping Its motion. There is also a lazy boy's top, which winds its own string while spinning. There. *Is a whale, -which swims across a tub of water, spoutIng gorgeously on his Journey. "Mr. Jigger" Is a many-Jointed, wooden figure which jigs to any tune whistled or sung by merely rapping a board in time.. The uncanny dancing mannikin drawt crowds which ta:z the imagination of its barkter, who pro claims its virtues as antnfant pacifter. "Your'baby begins to cry. Place this on the sewing machiine, and, holdIng the board with one elbow, be 'I. gin to rap." The demonstrator f3l lowed his own directions, producing an unholy clatter, to which the man nikin jigged. "The baby sees him dance. He stops crying. .He begins to crow"-and the zealous salesman pounds harder than ever. ."Not on your life,"- contradicts a sturdy looking mitron, raising her voice above the noise. "You're a real fsmart young man, no doubt, but any human young one I ever see would yell murder. I've brought up six, and, ought to know,." Asie faro themas ofectial u toysthere purchasig few tehnca deo inratos year's Cithpmnaph to overs O hl vr ne is cateringte-b~c to whc sAmrscspnningy, thecse nthen liftuc foits oin. There is lstlz o'ne fomhpns, which widtw trns while esinnin. DTin heria whate, whichh swimacose mecansd tubohae, pingh gorge ofus an gi ornade. frh woodlen fiuraihpis to okaqt any tune yearste orosungoy merel appding way boar the Ameichme. unan acn imiato f it barr,twon ino clardrobeit's te asame oldan dacifiend ingurmachneyo beadinsxery. toltach theittl grn the e bus hines methds ol oday. thebody tre o aeal beo gin ntora. Thelinatonst rorbably thwed his ownus diertyoal, dolnm anuomlGermatt, twheh,the Emero Drki jies cdr"Th bhtand see okhi dnce foIte stosiryig egn toll are"nw the zealos salntryan pound haro tais ever. snd "uNot out youra life" corandimcta turdyM lop,n mprodn raiin thery voicerabovestceaniise.a"You'rehatreal sthr yougra n doubt, Fbuth-any adougt to ehakn.Frne Fohein mton shcess ohe Tedayu wirtht purcasning adahhumn-a msttorstats the phongap oov ier hiconfsitao. cnicngmo h ile evary oe yiu catehisring,h frompone ofpanese whichris sm-t hraelts. uring tahcnatio war the yea te "rospong hs nd ts Tway tthe Americag hoben.d hle byAsig from sligruhn variatios wyadrbe iro's the aeodt dl,ean The aeooll-hore, pehsta lec-n tuhed literl the beusiness thobda ofte tdy anody tig. Jto apa to her aturallinrintions robablytei this is b-csener ,paly dll co ing for ternlgs. kroee a olls t ae w,ntiscutya caie ro -tris Theothousad INTHRNAT )NAT, tRSON Col. UENTS 'OR DECEBR 27. Kiview of tie Elevenjcssons For (the lar's Last Quartea%-Read Proi. Ch1 4--Golden Text' Prov. :23 --.Voinmentary. GoldeI.Text--"Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life."-Prov. 4:23. The lessons of the quarter extend over a period of 31 years. They ar.e all concerned with the life and words of David and Solomon. A profitable review could be conducted along the line of what the lessons teach about God.' Another would be to study the teaching about sin, its consequences and pardon. Material for such re views can be found in the notes. Still ainother revelw would be to get each ,member of the class to give the cen tral teaching of the lesson. A num ber of opinions will be. given about the teaching in each lesson. The fol loving are given simply as sugges tions: Lesson I.-The necessity of serv ing God in the precise way His Word instructs. - Lesson IT.-God's superabounding grace; David purposed to build God a house and God covenanted to build him a house and to establish his house and his kingdom fbrever. . Lesson III.-David's kindness to Mephibosheth, a type of our David's kindness to us. Lesson IV.-If we seek to cover our sins from God. He will uncover them and fill our hearts with heavi ness, but if we uncover our cins be fore God with frank and full confes sion, God will cover them up and fill our hearts with praise and light. Lesson V.-Whatsoever a man sow eth that will he also reap; a sinful father will reap in his wayward chil dren an awful harvest of the sins he has sown; the king who is disloyal to God will reap the disloyalty of his people. Lesson VI.-The man who destroys the love and peace and joy of anoth er's family will reap heart-breaking agony in his own house. Lesson VIf.-Jehovah is the believ er's Shepherd. Every want will be met, every fear will.be banished, ev ery longing will b > satisfied. Lesson VIII.-God keeps His prom. ise in spite of all the schemes of men to thwart it. Lesson IX.-There is utter ruin for the individual, and for the nation, in the wine cup. Lesson X.-We should desire wis dom that we may serve God effective ly more than we desire long life or wealth. Lesson XI.-When a house is set. apart for God in the way appointed He will fill the house with His glory. The Source of Unhappiness. Self-centred life is everywhere the great die' hlnfninAR. It def tims forE It coIl - - God is i peace of It leacts nusuau~us w ,. or unkind to their wives, and wives to regard their husbands only as the chief of their own conveniences. It leads children to demand that the whole of the family arrangement shall be managed with reference to. their personal pleasure. It b)reeds social jealousies and neighborhood quarrels; it breaks up church choirs; scrambles for the chief. seats 'in the synagogues and sets church members to praying, "Lord, grant that we may sit on Thy right hand and on Thy left in Thy king dom." It leads Diotrephes to love the pre-emninence. It is to the credit of the religion of Christ that,selfishness cannot live in peace with it.--D. W. C. Hiuntingdon, ~D. D. Infiulte Possibilties For the Believern The hoi!'ness of men on the earth is not beautiful, and like the i.oliness of angels, and like its Divine Auth or; but its character is progressive, and its course is onward and upward to perfected excellence. From its first act of prostration before the mercy seat, where it lifts its hands and heart to God; where it pours in to His ear its voice of alternate pen itence and praise, and where, in full view of the -blood of the covenant, its faith takes hold of His righteous ness and H-is promise: it rises, though it may be in uhequal progress, high er and still more high, till at last its anticipations are realizied in views that are to be never obscured, in af fections of unmingled purity, and in the fulngas of joy. Wondrous words are those uttered( by- the apostle when he says: "I-. loved, now are we the sons of God; '.' and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we khiow that when Hie shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as Hie is."-~-H. B. Smnith. Recspectabilithes. The tabilities hold more mena up tspirli klities, but were~ )~he tahai to-day the re 0-m rrow weuld fail. ' 1reached by Un Lioin Church,