THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
A Condensed Account of Transac
Hons at the National Capital.
The Most Important I term Gathered
From Each Day's Session of
Senate and House.
The Waterways Report.
Washington, D. U. in a special ines-
nago President Roosevelt Wednesday
transmitted to congreHS tho prelimi
nary report of inland waterways com
mission which was appointed last
March. Following is an abstract of
the president's communication:
To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives: "I transmit herewith a
.preliminary report from the inland
waterways commission, which was ap
pointed by me last March in response
to a widespread Interest and demand
from the people. The basis of this de
mand lay in the general and admitted
inability of tho railroads to handle
promptly the trafllc or the country,
and especially the crops of the previ
ous fall.
"Our river systems are better adapt
ed to the needs of the people than
those of any other country. lit extent,
distribution, navigability and ease of
use, they stand first. Vet the rivers of
no other civilized country are so poor
ly developed, so little used, or play so
small part in the industrial life of the
nation as those of the United States.
"The improvement of our Inland
waterways can and should be made to
pay for Itself so far as practicable
from the incidental proceeds from
water-power and other uses. Naviga
tion should of course be free. But the
greatest return will come from the In
creased commerce, growth, and pros
perity of our people. For this wo have
already waited too long. Adequate
funds should be provided, by bond Is
sue if necessary, and the work should
lie delayed no longer. The develop
ment of our waterways and the con
servation of our forests are the two
most pressing physical needs of the
country. They are Interdependent,
and they should be met vigorously, to
gether, and at once. The questions of
organization, powers, and appropria
tions are now before the congress.
There is urgent need for prompt and
decisive action.
"Theodore Roosevelt."
A Patent Office Scandal.
Washington, . C Three arrests
here Thursday brought to light a scan
dal in the patent, office, which has been
under investigation since early in
February and which revolves around
an invention valued at more than fivo
million dollars. The parties arrested
are Xod W. Barton, third assistant
examiner or the patent office; Henry
"W. Everdlng, $l patent attorney of
Philadelphia, mid John A.Heany, an
inventor of York, Pa. They had been
indicted by the United States grand
jury for conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment and for destroying public rec
ords. Code Revision Bill Passed.
Washington, D. C. There were two
Hpeeches In criticism of the Aldrich
currency bills in the senate Wednes
day. Senator Culberson, of Texas,
criticised the measure and spoke in
favor of amendments he deemed nec
essary to make it of service. Senator
Nelson (Republican Minnesota) also
denounced the measure as of no Im
portance In its present form. The cur
rency bill was on motion of Mr. Al
drich made the unfinished business of
the senate. The bill to revise tho
criminal laws or the United States
was passed.
A Brownsville Vote At Last.
Washington, D. C That the shoot
ing In the affray at Brownsville, Texas,
on the night of August 13-14, 11)00, was
done by some npgro soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth United States infantry
and that the testimony taken before
the senate committee on military af
fairs fails to identify the guilty parties,
Is tho opinion of eight members of tho
committee. Four members of the com
mittee voted against tills decision and
one member did not vote.
One Thousand Million In Gold.
Washington, D. C. The strength of
the United States treasury at the pres
ent time was commented upon in the
house Wednesday by Mr. Boutell, of
Illinois. He said lie had just been in
formed by the treasurer that for tho
first time the gold coin and bullion in
the United States had reached and
passed the sum of $1,000,000,000, "an
event so extraordinary," ho said, "that
It will be chronicled and commented
upon with surprise and amazement in
every financial center in the world."
Mr. Boutell was greeted with applause,
' Standard Oil Judgment Sustained.
Austin, Texas. Tho supreme court
ot Texas Wednesday sustained tho
judgment of the lower trial courts
wherein they rendered a judgment for
$1,(500,000 damages and ouster from
the state of Texas against tho Water
Pierce Oil company for violating tho
Texas anti-trust laws. Tlio caso will
be appealed at once to the United
States supreme court.
EDUCATORS ADJOURN.
They Favor Teaching Agriculture In
Rural and Manual Training
in City Schools.
Washington, D. C The aovonth an
nual convention of the departmont of
superintendence of tho National Edu
cation association closed Thursday
night with a reception to the dologatcs
at the Corcoran art gallery.
Resolutions were adopted placing
the department on record in favor of
the study of agricultural subjects in
the schools of the rural districts;
granting federal aid to the state nor
mal schools for the training of teach
ers in tho subjects of agriculture,
manual training and home economics;
t ho maintenance in all largo cities of
schools for the special care of back
ward children; the opening of largo
ungraded rooms In large cities for the
instruction of the children of immi
grants unable to speak the English
language; the maintenance of evening
schools for the Instruction of adult Im
migrants In the English language and
tho duties of citizenship; urging an in
creased appropriation for tho national
bureau of education and commending
the action of the National Civic Fed
eration; adoption of the plan for tho
sending of American teachers to Great
Britain and the European continent for
inspection of their schools.
A ST. LOUIS COURT IS VOID.
More Than 700 Cases Tried Criminals
Sentenced Are Illegally Re
strained of Their Liberty.
Jefferson City. Mo. An opinion,
written by Judge Ganft, was handed
down by tho supreme court Thursday
holding that the law creating tho court
of general sessions in the city of St.
Louis is unconstitutional and tho
court Is invalid and void. The pro
ceeding was based on the suit of the
school board of St. Louis against the
city of St. Louis In which It was
sought, to divert moneys collected by
the court of general sessions to tho
school fund, instead of allowing them
to go to the state, as provided by tho
law creating the court.
The bill creating the court of gen
eral sessions was passed In April, 1907.
Gov. Folk appointed Judge H. P. Rod
ger to preside and the first session of
court was held May 27, 1007. Over
700 cases have been tried in the court
since then.
According to the supreme court's de
cision criminals who are confined on
pleas of guilty and on sentences im
posed by Judge Rodgers are Illegally
restralnod of their liberty and are en
titled to freedom.
Drill Brought Up Gold.
New Cumberland, W. Va. The east
ern section of Hancock county near
Arroya, adjoining the Pennsylvania
state line, is in a state of excitement
over an alleged rich gold find. Tho
Sawmill Run Oil company is drilling
an oil well on the Miss Virginia Brown
farm at. Arroya and when from a depth
of 200 Teet the bailer was brought up
it was found to contain a solid sub
stance, in which tho glint of gold was
seen. Tho substance proved to be gold
ore, and the small quantity brought up
by tiie bailer was declared to be
worth $7.;"0, or at the rate of $7,000 per
ton.
Found a Lumber Combine.
Jackson, Miss. Chancellor G. Gar
land late Friday rendered a decree de
claring that the Missouri and Louisi
ana Retail Lumber Dealers' associa
tion is a trust and a combine and or
dered that the organization be ousted
from business in Mississippi. The as
sociation has been operating under
what is known as the "Mississippi
plan," which providoB for the boycot
ting of wholesalers or manufacturers
who sell direct to consumors.
Agree to Reduction of Wages.
Louisville, Ky. After an all-day con
ference between the officials of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad and a
general committee of adjustment head
ed by J. U. Koene, general chairman
of the Order of Railway Conductors,
it was announced Thursday night that
tho Loulsvlllo & Xnshvlllu conductors
have agreed to a reduction in wages.
The reduction consists of a return to
tho wages In effect prior to March 1,
1907, and will take effect March 1,
1908.
Largest Restaurant In the World.
New York. Plans have been drawn
for what will be tho largest restau
rants In tho world and on which work
will begin In tho spring. Tho build
ing which Is to bo 12 stories high, will
be located on Seventh avenue at
Times Square, running through from
Forty-first to Forty-second streets.
Three floors of the building will be
used for the restaurant, tho upper
floors being designed for offices.
Assaulted President Atcorta.
Huonos Ayres. Dr. J. Figueroa,
prosidont of the republic, early Friday
evening was the object of an abortive
attempt at assassination at tho hands
of a native of Argentina. He hurled a
crude bomb at tho president, as tho
latter alighted from his carriage In
front of his residence. The inissil did
not explode.
OUR COUNTRY BOYS
CHANCES THAT THEY SOME
TIMES OVERLOOK. I
BRAINS FOR THE BIG CITIES
Opportunities for the Rural-Born Youth
to Gain Success by Making
His Start in His Home
Town.
Thoro is no use in complaining bo
causo you perhaps were born on a
farm and fortune destined that you
must got your initial business expert
onco In the four-corners' grocery
store, or some other business estab
lishment In the homo town. Tito aver
age country boy has a kind of hanker
ing for city lire, nnd for a chanco to
climb to the. front. Some, however,
nover stop to think that If they are
built of the proper material they will
drift there without realizing tho
change. Yes, the country town is
the kindergarten of success, and if
you don't mako a winning there you
might as well make up your mind to
go back to the plow.
Business men, much like poets, arc
born, not. made, and if one has not
the talents requisite for success In
mercantile lire, ho will have a hard
road to success. Business principles
are the same the world over, and tho
little country storo affords the gaining
of knowledge that Is necessary to the
winner. Tho most successful mer
chants in the world gained their start
in the country store. The greatest
statesmen found their ambitions while
following the plow. Then the country
boy should not bo sorry thut he is not
in the big city. The one with brains
and ability In these days will win
out. The country is the tortile Hold
for the growing of brains for city
use. Therein is held In reserve tho
energy thnt goes to move the world of
business. Study Into the lives or the
great men or to-day, and you will
find threo-rourths of the most, suc
cessful ones the product, of tho farm
and the country town. Then, If you
aro a country-storo clerk, lie thank
ful, and If you use honest endeavor .In
time you will find that instead of you
Booking the city, tho city will be seek
ing you. Merit always HikIb ita re
ward. What you learn, learn well. Be
thorough in everything you do. Better
be a good grocery clerk than a poor
lawyer. Better be a good plow boy
than a poor clerk. Brains backed up
by industry and honesty of purpose
are essential to success. Hours spent
in study of whatever business you may
enter nre hours well spent. You can
never learn too much, If you only
learn rightly. Ambition is one or
the things that assists a in working
wonders. Have an aim in life, aud
let that aim be your loftiest ideal.
Once you decide upon a worthy accom
plishment never rest, until you suc
ceed. Tho small country Btoro or busi
ness place gives splendid opportunity
to study. It has advantages that, tho
city storo never affords. There are
spare moments that can be profitably
utilized. Make tho best of them,
and remember that a well-stored mind
is great capital in business, and the
talont that enables you to make the
heBt of what you know is an important
factor. Study, improve every min
ute; don't grumble; keep at work,
and your chance will come.
D. M. OA it a.
Stand by Your Home Place.
Stick up .for home Industry. IT there
Is a good food product, a household ne
cessity, boots or slices, clothing of
any kind, anything along the Hue of
manufacture made In your city or
town, sell it, us it; it. means keeping
money at home, and helping along the
employment of home labor. Make a
resolution to stand by homo trad;,
home industry and home protection,
and thus build up your town and ena
ble its manufacturers to get out a
better product.
Unwise Competition,
There cannot he a doubt but that
competition stimulates trade; but
trade is tho natural outgrowth of civ
ilization and found its origin when In.
telllgent man discovered that lie had a
few wants, and that they could bo sup
plied by commodities others possessed
and which he did not have himself,
and that he had a surplus or things
that ho could trade for articles others
had and which lie needed. Thus It can
be seen that want, demand, supply, all
go to make up that which is tho life
or trade. Competition is merely an
indication of a man's ambition to ex
cel his neighbor, to gain more In bar
tor and trade than what would in
ordinary chatinels come to him. It Is
merely to seek, to reach cut after
things desired. From the fact t'ftat 90
per cont. of those who engage in tho
mercantile business fall, It seems
more appropriate to say that competi
tion, unhealthy and not directed by
Bound Judgment, Instead of being tho
life of trade, is ono of its fatal dis
eases. Never do any worrying to day that
can be put off till to-morrow.
PLEA8URE8 OF FARM LIFE.
Science and Invention Revolutionize
Methods in Agricultural Districts.
Old-faHhloned lire on the rami is
fast disappearing. Things have quick,
oncd some and science lias wrought
changes for the better. Drudgery has
boon obliterated through Improved
machinery and there is no reason why
tho farmer of to day should not lead a
life of comparative gentle ease. In
stead of following the plow ho rides
the plow The sowing or the crops
and all this cultivation Is done by ma
chinery. It is no uncommon thing to
find the rami house equipped with all
modern conveniences known to tho
city rolks, gas or electric lights, hot
and cold water and every sanitary In
novation. Tho telephone aud tho
rural delivery bring the rami close to
tho town, and no longer need tho
average farmer be behind the times as
to passing events. Ho lias sufficient
leisure at ills homo fireside to acquire
a greater fund of Information from tho
daily papers and other good literature
which lie receives than lias the busy
merchant or professional man who ro
sides In the city.
This closer communion with tho
world at large lias revolutionized farm
life aud lias robbed It. or many unde
sirable phases. No longer does tho
farmer tool abashed when among
townspeople on account of his lack of
information; rather ho Is proud or tho
fact that he is quite an up-to-date and
well Informed nB any Intelligent citi
zen, It matters not whore he may ro
side. Tills feeling on the part of the
farmer has changed his attitude
towards tho homo town. lie has come
to a realization that the distance be
tween the farm and the town has been
annihilated and that his work on the
farm is an important, thing in the
maintenance of the near-by town. Ho
Is interested in good roads, he Is in
terested in all local Improvements.
These aro matters of Importance to
him Just as well as things directly re
lating to his farm. The rarmor Is be
ginning to realize, even more than tho
merchant, the relationship of the agri
cultural district to Hie home town.
It is now up to the residents of the
villages and tho small cities to study
into conditions and to place the proper
estimate upon the importance of th-
farmers' work in town maintenance.
HOME NEWSPAPERS.
They Bring Many Benefits to the
Town and to Their Patrons.
ir tlio avorago merchant would calm
ly study over the matter of benefits
that can lie brought around by the
home, paper, the editor would recelyo
a more liberal advertising patronage.
The country-town paper fills a pe
culiar field. There Is no substitute
for It. It is the purveyor of local
news, tho criterion of the degree of
prosperity of the town. Week after
week the editor talks to u thousand
or more people of tho community. Ho
is the molder of public opinion, and
ills paper Is not. ulono his own mouth
piece, but the megaphone of tli
whole surrounding country. People
read daily papers that aro published
in tho large cities for the largo amount
or current general news; tho local
paper is read for tlio little doings in
the local field. Rarely docs tho sub
scription list represent dollars enough
to pay running expense. Tho paper
must have advertising to be a success.
Let It be announced n slnglo time that
there will be an auction sale of John
Jones' live stock, agricultural Imple
ments and other wares, and see how
many will be at. the auction. This
proves its value as an advertising me
dium. Note tho most successful
storekeeper in any town, and you will
find he is the most liberal patron of
the home paper.
An Indian Legend.
Tiie Indians say that elophants aro
the romnlns of the "Fathers of Oxen,"
who lived long ago whon men wero
giants and tho Great Spirit destroyed
thorn all with Ills thunder bolts.
Money III Spent.
One of the ways that country town
business men generally spend a lot
of money with inadequate returns, and
in many cases with no benefit, Is in
fake advertising. Thoro aro hotel
registers, programs, pictures to ho
placed In public places, etc., and
hundreds of other methods designed
principally to separate the business
men from their cash. Those schemes
are generally worked by grafters from
out of town, and there Is not a mer
chant who has been In business half
a dozen years but lias boon struck by
dozens of them, and if lie has succeed
ed In escaping without being a loser
he lias played lucky. Tlio only good
and sato way to advertise Is in tlio
home paper, aud by means recognized
as regular, the use or poster's, loiters,
etc., but or all, the local paper Is tlio
host medium,
Sounded Like It.
Mis. do Style (listening to daughter
practicing on piano) Sliuro, Patrick,
music is tho food of lovo.
Do Style Food, Is It V Thin thoi
must be steak Mary's poundin' on tho
plaunv. Judge.
Jesus Feeds the
Five Thousand
Saaday Scbeol Lesson for Marck 1, 190t
Specially Prepared for This Paper
LKHHON TI'.XT. John i'.;l2l. Memory
verses, It, I J, I'nrnllel'iu'eountM, Matt. 14:
1.1-21; Mark W-M-U. Luke 9:10-17.
OOLDKN TIJXT, -"lie hIiiiII ford HI
(took lll;u u nliephoril." IhhIiiIi -10:11.
TJ.MI0.A year after tho lust lesson on
tlio healing at Hcthsodu. Kiuly In tlio
third your of .Ipmih' ministry, soon after
the martyrdom of Joint tin- HnptlHt. Tint
Passover thin your, A. I), lit), liCKan April
l(. At tho time of this lorisou the peo
plr from (lallloe and beyond were on
their way to Jerusalem.
PLAC'13. An iiiieiiltlvatett grazing ro
glon nn tlm outskirts of netliHntila (LtlKu
!;10), railed tlio I'liiln or Hiilallui. It
lay on I ho northeast shore of the Hen
nf Galilee, n( (ho foot of the mountains.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
V, ft. "Jesus then lifted up his eyes,
and saw a great, company como unto
him." "And ho had compassion on
Micui because thoy wero as aheep not
having a shepherd." (Mark i:.I4).
Their bodily hunger and disease wero
but types of the deeper hunger and
tho deadlier disease of sin.
He showed his compassion in two
ways. (I) "Ho wolcomod them and
spako to thorn of tho kingdom of God."
(2) "Them that had need of healing
ho healed." (Luke ft: It).
The whole world Is a weary and
hungry multitude, aud Jesus lias com
passion on them (Isa. 4.1:13; H5: t, 2;
Mai. :i:IT; ICpli. 12:1, fi; John :t : 1 G ;
Psalm lull, etc.).
The holds are white.
In ovory land thero aro many por
soiv.j unreached by the Gonpol so fat
tfS bringing their hearts and lives to
Christ.
In many lands t hero nre millions
who nover even hoard of the Gospel,
and yet. who need tho blessings which
Christianity has brought, us.
What nre these among so many?
And still we ask tho same question,
as we stand in tho presence or tliu
evil to bo overcome, tho work to bu
done, the multitudes to bo converted
to Christ, tlio power or tho oneiny. ir,
indeed, "tlioso" .wore all, ir thoro worn
no Holy Spirit . no omnipotent. Christ
working In and through thorn, thou
our effort would bo but "to dam the
Nile with bulruBlios," or Irrigate Sa
hara with a garden Iiobo.
What it little boy can do. A name
loss, poor boy, but his record is im
mortal. "Thank God thoro Is a lad
everywhere! No scene or Incldont Ih
complete to mo without a boy in tho
foreground, it is the glory and charm
of life that ho is always in evidence.
Tho real helpfulness of tho avorago
hoy is one of the sublimities ot tho
universe."
Ho distributed to the disciples, as a
matter or convenience, and as an ob
ject, lesson both to thorn aud to tho
people. The divine gifts were- con
veyed through hiijnan instrumentality,
aB In the cuso or spiritual food.
The organization was (I) that or tho
people in companies; (2) the apostles
ub distributors of tlio bread, and work
ers together with God.
There aro organized societies in
each denomination for the extension
of tho Gospol to those in need at home
aud abroad. Kvory church and each
Individual In them should sustain
these organizations to their utmost
ability. The Sunday school should
also give to the groat, denominational
societies regularly, and usually in tho
months in which the collections aro
taken up in tho church. Note also oth
er organized methods of extending the
Gospel, as the Voting People's Mis
sionary Movomont (156 Fifth avenue,
New York); tho ChrlBtian Endeavor
movement; both of which are marvel
ous interdonomiuatlonal organizations
of groat power and usefulness,
It is said that tho Women's Hoards
of Missions are tho most effectually
organized Bocleties in the world ror
the spread of tho Gospel, excepting
only the Jesuits.
Laymen's Missionary Movement.
A movement has been started within
a year to organize the laymen of each
church in eacli denomination for
awakening interest in missions, pro
viding a means of obtaining from
eacli layman an increasing amount
given to missions, aud thus "sccuro
groups of laymen to promote cam
paigns of intelligent and generous in
terest In foreign missions, with spe
cial reference to the men of tho
church, the expense of theso move
ments to be borne whenever possible
by such groups of men, so that the
funds of the boards shall not bo
drawn upon."
The Young People's Missionary
Movement, organized by tlio homo
and foreign missionary hoards of tho
Protestant churches of the United
States and Canada, less than fivo
years ngo, represents the best de
velopment of co-oporntlve educational
work on tho part of these boards. Last
year, there wore more than 00,000
young people systematically studying
home aud foreign missions. It fs pro
posed now to extend tho work -which
lias been so successful among tho
young people's societies of tho
churches to the Sunday schools.