i SENATE Balloting for the United States senator formed the interesting phase of the session of the senate on tho 17tfa The hour fixed for the ballot was 41 30 Lieutenant Governor Mc Gilton announced that the first can vass o the senatorial vote would be taken and Assistant Secretary Greevy called the roll Thirty two senators voted for Elmer J Burkett Senator Hart was absent The committee on revenue reported favorably on the bill of Senator Good to classify prop erty under the revenue law It was placed on general file Senate file 5 by Senator Epperson of Clay was placed on general file This bill pro vides tor complete records in suits involving land titles1 In other classes of litigation if a complete record is ordered it must be paid for by the litigants The matter of rules and committees was taken up The com mittee on mining and the committee on emigration were abolished and the committee on game created The judi ciary committee has eight members HOUSE The first three bills to pass the house were unanimously ap proved by that body on roll call on the 17th T ese were house roll 53 by Wilson appropriating 80000 for the payment of legislative salaries house roll 54 by Wilson appropriating 20 000 for tue payment of legislative in cidental expenses and house roll 55 by Wilson appropriating 18000 from t e Norfolk asylum fund to the Lin coln asylum fund The house having fixed theiiour of 11 oclock for voting on United States senator and that hour -having arrived proceeded to vote There were no nominating speeches The vote resulted Elmer J Burkett 66 Richard LMetcalf 9 Al fred Sorenson 1 and J A Douglas of Rock counly a member of the legis lature 1 The speaker thereupon de clared JMn Burkett the choice of the houseUarnes of Douglas moved that each of the house be allowed pay for sir days weekly the pages to receive 150 per day the elective officers 4 aria the appointive help 3 ThiSipreclpltated an economy fight McClay of Lancaster moved that the resolution be referred to the speaker The resolution was tabled Bills were Introduces To create a state regis trar of vital statistics and to provide for the appointment of local registrars for compensation of local registrars of 25 cents for each certificate to be paid out of the county funds for the regis tration of births and deaths and ior the payment out of the funds appro priated for the state board of health of the expenses incurred in keeping vital statistics To allow 2000 or more members of any fraternal insurance organisation organized under the laws of another state to withdraw from such organization and form a new society of their own and issue new certificates without re-examination of members To make void liquor licenses in case where license has contracted for exclusive purchase of liquorsfrom one or more persons and requiring that except in cities of the metropolitan class where the entire matter is left to tne fire and police boara wholesale and retail business may not be transacted under one license emergency clause To provide for the payment of road taxes in cash 4n all counties not under town ship organization and to divide the proceeds equally between the county road fund and the district road fund SENATE For the first time on the 18th tjiex senate in committee of the whole discussed bills on general file ahere were only two bills to be considered and both were ordered en grossed idr a third reading They Good of Nemaha pro viding tljatthe state board should havefOwer to equalize property by lowering or raising valuations upon the different classes and S F 5 pro vldingfor a simplification of the pre paration of evidence for an appeal to the supreme court After the reading of bills on second and first readings the senate adjourned to the house to become a part of the joint session that elected Elmer J Burkett United Stateenator A number of bills were Introduced among them being Ap pointing a state board of control for the soldiers homes and all charitable Institutions appointments to be made by the governor and the board to consist of three members each of whom shall receive 2500 a year and Eerteslx years The board shall make aif appointments for heads of institu tions Tq consolidate the Girls Indus trial school at Kearney transferring the inmates of the former to Kearney and renting or leasing the state build ings at Geneva Allowing county treasurers to do away with a needless record book and making valid all en tries made in the wrong book AI fitory is told by a London paper of a cabman who recently lost his voice vfhen a man wife brazen enough to ipayfcimonly the legal fare with out the customary tip The cabby looked at the coin in the -palm of his hand tind tried hard to summon up words capable of expressing a por tion ot what he felt Meanwhile the man iiad disappeared and when the cabby discovered this his language completely failed - him Finally a neighboring cabman came to his re lief Lave film to God Mike he Jsald lave him to God - M - LEGISLATURE o NEBRASKA A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth Gen eral Session v HOUSE After the house had been in session a short time on the 18th a recess was taken to meet with the senate in joint session for the election of a United States senator Standing committees reported favorably on H R 1 H R 5 and for more time on H R 3 the guaranty bond bill by Burns of Lancaster the bill by Kyd of Gage to re adopt Cobbeys statutes and the bill of Windham of Cass for six su preme court commissioners respec tively Bills introduced included An act defining the duties of railroad com panies in the shipment and transport ation of live stock and providing pen alties for the violation thereof Re quires railroads to allow one round trip pass for each car of live stock and an additional return trip pass for each two cars in addition shipped at same time makes roads liable for damage to stock on request to furnish such transportation requires caboose on stock trains stock to be transport ed at average speed of not less than sixteen miles an hour An act to pro vide for participation by the state of Nebraska at the Lewis and Clark ex position and -for the appropriation of 15000 therefor An act to provide for consolidation or reinsurance of the risks of fraternal beneficiary societies with or by other societies or organ izations and providing a plan there for Requires approval of the state auditor and a two thirds vote of local or supreme lodges or societies con cerned An act to regulate the sale of cocaine morphine and opium requir ing a physicians certificate for pur chase Imposing penalty of 20 to 100 An act to appropriate the sum of 3000 for the purpose of constructing additional fish ponds etc at the state fish hatcheries at South Bend An act to declare void sales trades or other disposition of stocks of goods or por tions thereof in bulk Identical with senate bill SENATE The first bill that pass ed the senate occurred on the 19th and that was a revenue law amend ment Senate file No 3 by Good of Nemaha was indorsed after third reading This bill provides for a class ification of property When the state board of equalization raises the valu ation of property in a county if the bill becomes a law the valuation of property may be raised It is claimed that this bill will prevent all the tax payers from suffering from the shirk ings of a particuar class of property owners Senator Cady requested that the judiciary committee prepare a bill listing all property that is exempt from taxation The senate went Into the committee of the whole with Senator Fries of Valley in the chair Senate file No 5 by Senator Epper son was taken up It provides that complete records shall only be taken in the cases of real estate litigation involving titles in other suits The measure was ordered engrossed for third reading The following bills were introduced into the senate To per mit errors in assessment to be cor rected by the local board of equaliza tion To permit cities towns and vil lages to engage in commercial light ing and to vote bonds for electric light plants The bonds must mature in twenty years and may bear as high as 7 per cent interest To provide for a state registrar of vital statistics HOUSE The house was in session for less than two hours on the 19th and then adjourned for the day House roll No 6 by Kyd of Gage to change the method provided for -the drawing of jurors in Gage county was re commended back for indefinite post ponement by the standing committee and the report was adopted Most of the morning was spent in committee of the whole with Perry of Furnas in the chair In considering house roll No 13 by Voter of Cedar This is to give landlords a lien for rent upon all crops grown upon the leased premises and to provide for enforce ment thereof under the same pro cedure as governs in regard to chat tel mortgages The bill was recom mended for passage Voter explained at some length the provisions of the bill and declared it was a necessary measure for the protection of land lords against dishonest renters He de plored the fact that similar measures had always been defeated in previous sessions The clerk read to the house a letter received from Congressman Hinshaw of the Fourth district as fol lows I am in receipt of a resolution adopted by the house of representa tives expressing approval of the views of President Roosevelt on dealing with corporations as outlined in his last mesage to congress and request ing that the Nebraska delegation shall sustain the president and vote to in crease the power and authority of the Interstate commerce commission as Lord Howard De Walden of Eng land has made himself pre eminent in the art of fencing He is one of the best swordsmen in Britain and is al most as much at home with the an cient swords of the ages of romance as with modern weapons Through this idea of practicing with old fash ioned arms Lord Howard waa led on to collect them and he has already added several exquisite specimens to bis old armor One of these is an in laid sword once the property of Louis XVI of France conditions may require i desire to say that I am fully in accord with tho views of the president on the ques tion Lave had frequent Interviews with him upon this subject and shall endeavor to do my duty toward legis lation to give additional powers to the interstate commerce commission Bills introduced included To require all buildings except private resi dences above three stories in height to be equipped with Are escapes present limit is four stories also re quires fire escapes on theaters emer gency clause To protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies and to prohibit the giving or receiving of rebates on the transportation of property SENATES Senator Thomas of Douglas county Introduced his voting machine bill on the 20th and the Douglas delegation it is understood will urge its passage The bill among other thngs provides for a voting machine commission to be composed of the governor the secretary of state and the state auditor who shall have charge of the matter These have the right to employ or appoint three dep uties to have supervision of the ma chine Several committees reported favorably on bills The senate ad journed shortly after 11 oclock until Monday The following bills were in troduced An act relating to negotiable instruments being an act to establish a law uniform with the laws of other states An act to apportion the state into jndicial districts and for the elec tion of officers thereof To appro priate the sum of 3000 for construct ing additional fish ponds and making general Improvements at the state fish hatcheries at South Bend Pro viding for the stocking of private ponds with fish or spawn under direc tion of the game warden An act to provide for the publication of the proceedings of the regular and special meetings of the directors of irriga tion districts An act to prohibit the keeping or selling of intoxicating liquors as a beverage within four miles of United States fort army post or soldiers home HOUSE On the 20th the house held another short morning session ad journing at noon H R 18 by Kyd of Gage a bridge bill was made a spec ial order for Tuesday when the house goes into committee of the whole The idea of this measure as ex plained by Kyd is to make all con tractors bid to plans drawn by the county commissioners for the con struction of iron bridges Bills were introduced An act to equalize the distribution among counties of the onefourthi of the school fund ignor ing the provision of distribution on a population basis An act to compel railroads to put hinged gates over nrivate railroad crossings Providing that mill sites shall revert to origin al owners when mills are not operated for ten years or rebuilt within two years after destruction An act to al low any constable in the county to serve papers issued from a justice of the peace court in cases involving peace warrants Providing for the elec tion of six justices of the peace and six constables in Omaha the con stables to be elected every four years Authorizing any constable in the county to act where the constable of the court or precinct is disabled The house adopted a report of the printing committee awarding the con tract for 1000 copies of the gover nors annual message to the State Journal company which was the low est bidder The price was 125 a page The message will contain about thirty five pages New Judicial Apportionment The judicial apportionment bill in troduced in the senate on the 20th by Breese of Sheridan provides for fif teen districts and that the present incumbents shall not be disturbed The bill divides the state as follows Where there is no number to indicate the district shall have one judge First Richardson Nemana Johnson Pawnee Gage and Jefferson two judges Second Otoe and Cass Third Lancaster three judges Fourth Douglas Sarpy Washington and Burt seven judges Fifth Saunders Seward Butler York Hamilton and Polk two judges Sixth Dodge Colfax Platte Merrick and Nance two judges Seventh Saline Fllmore Thayer Nuckolls and Clay Eighth Cumlne Stanton Dixon Da kota Cedar and Thurston Ninth Wayne Madison Antelope Pierce Knox Holt Boyd Bock Brown Keva Paha two judges Tenth Adams Webster Kearney Franklin Harlan and Phelps Eleventh Boone Hall Wheeler Gree ley Garfield Loud Valley Howard Blaine Thomas Hooker Grant two judges Twelfth Buffalo Dawson Custer Sherman Thirteenth Lincoln Logan Keith Cheyenne Deuel Scotts Bluff Kimball Banner McPherson Arthur Perkins Fourteenth Gosper Furnas Frontier Red Willow Hayes Hitchcock Chase Dundy Fifteenth Cherry Sheridan Dawes Sioux Box Butte Bank of England Trade Obsequious Clerk Of course mad am I cant sell you a tail like the one you have on at the same price Womans Home Companion It is estimated that a fog in London entails an expediture of 115800 for a single days extra lighting Speaker Cannon is now wielding a gavel made from a piece of dogwood which grew on the farm where he was born near Guilford N C John C Fox of that place presented it to Mr Cannon Uncle Joe was de lighted to get the relic and assured Mr Fox that he would take the best care of it But you know he added the life of a gavel in the house of representatives is a short merry and difficult one It has a rough road to travel and is subject to a great many hard knocks It doesnt lead the sinv Die life by a considerable sight ORGANIZE TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS Committee of International Congress Plans Thorough Edu cational Campaign U3bMWjWteSWtfljW Early In October there was held In St Louis at the Hall of Congresses In connection with tho Worlds Fair the American International Congress of Tuberculosis which consisted of representatives gathered from all parts of the American continent to discuss the best means of preventing and curing this dreadful disease Spe 2ial attention was given to the subject of prevention The congress was in session three days Many important questions were discussed and commlt ees were appointed for the purpose of carrying forward an active cam paign against this most terrible of all the foes of human life The commit tee of publicity was charged with the duty of organizing a proper educa tional Campaign in connection with Chautauquas conventions associa tions and fraternities of various sorts for the purpose of placing in the hands of the public information re lating to the best means of preventing and combatting this scourge Those who are especially interested in this phase of the question should address for further information the American Congress on Tuberculosis Committee on Publicity 28 Thirty Third Place Chicago 111 Movement to Suppress Tuberculosis Science has demonstrated beyond question that pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption of the lungs is both a preventable and a curable disease This disease is produced by germs which find their way into the body through abrasions of the skin through the mucous membrane of the mouth or the intestines and through the lungs The germs of the disease are found in the sputum of persons suf fering from tuberculosis The germs are also found in the flesh and milk of animals suffering from the disease The germs are found nearly every where These germs cannot live in the tissues of a thoroughly healthy person as the cells of the body are capable of destroying the germs but when the body is weakened by indi gestion by the habits of breathing foul or bad air by anything which im pairs the health the tissues lose their power to destroy germs so that when they enter the body they find lodge ment grow and develop and tubercu losis of the lungs bowels or of some other part is the result Statistics show that at least 150000 persons die of this disease in this country annually Four or five times that number of persons are sick all the time with this disease Tubercu losis kills more than any other mal ady Experience has shown that the disease is not incurable as has been generally supposed but is a very cur able malady if taken in time and if the right treatment is applied Not less than one hundred thousand lives could be saved every year by the ap plication of proper means for prevent ing and curing this terrible disease Danger in Alcohol in Cold Weather When the skin is warm it is red or pink in color The cold air of winter causes the skin to become whiter in color This is due to the contraction of the blood vessels of the skin The amount of blood passing through the skin is decreased and the amount of heat thrown off into the cold air is likewise decreased If a glass of wine or brandy is taken the skin becomes red The sensation of warmth pro duced is delusive The victim im agines himself warmer Indeed the skin is warmer but at the same time a great increase is observed in the heat thrown off from the skin The result is an enormous loss of heat to the Inside of the body Dr Parkes the eminent English sanitarian says All observers con demn the use of spirits and even of wine or beer as a preventive against cold The names of Dr King Dr Kane Capt Kenjedy and Dr Hayes may also be cited as holding to this opinion In the last expedition in search of Sir John Franklin the whole crew were teetotalers Prof Miller states that the Russian military authorities interdict its use absolutely in the army when troops are about to move under extreme cold part of the duty of the corporals being to smell carefully the breath of each man on the morning parade and to turn back from the march those who have indulged in spirits it having been found that such men are pe culiarly subject to be frostbitten and otherwise injured Dr Carpenter Is authority for the statement that the Hudson Bay com pany has for many years entirely ex cluded spirits from the fur countries of the north over which they have exclusive control to the great im provement as Sir John Richardson observed of the health and morals of their Canadian servants and of the Indian tribes Health By Training Health getting for the chronic in valid is simply a matter of training of health culture under favorable condi tions which include the discarding of all disease producing habits such as the use of tobacco tea coffee and all irritating indigestible and disease producing foods The free use of flesh foods is no doubt a cause of liver and kidney dis ease as well as of stomach disorders The uric Wd of flesh rood is also a cause of rheumatism ana gout as well as nervousness and calculles For substantial and permanent re covery the best method is training Weak muscles must be trained to act with energy Weak nerves must be toned up and steadied The weak stomach must be trained to normal ac tivity and the whole body must be brought in harmony with the forces which make for health Buttermilk for Consumptives Buttermilk is an excellent food for tubercular patients It may be taken in the quantity of one to three quarts a day according to the amount of other food taken The patient may take two meals three meals or four meals a day according to the quantity of food taken at each meal and the kind of food A safe rule is never to allow a consumptive to go hungry He should eat whenever he has appetite so that the full digestive power of the stomach may be utilized in furnishing the body with constructive material Wanted An Appetite Dont be without one Why go to the dining room under protest Dont try to buy appetite at a dollar a bot tle Earn it One should enjoy eating and he will if he has a natural appe tite such as comes to one who works for it The outdoor life creates appetite and a cold morning bath awakens the brain lungs heart liver stomach and the appetite An ice bag over the stomach for half an hour before meals is a good natural appetizer for a bed ridden invalid Another method is a hot application over the abdomen for five minutes fol lowed by an ice rub over the same parts for one or two minutes This not only produces an appetite but stimulates the flow of the digestive juices and thus furnishes the ability to digest Diet for Tuberculosis The tubercular patient needs pro teids or tissue building foods but only just the amount which can be assimi lated and utilized by the body Any excess must be treated like poisons and hence must be a burden to both liver and kidneys and a waste of vital energy Proteids must be taken not only in moderate quantity but in the purest form possible The vegetable kingdom presents proteids in combination with fats in great abundance and in nuts whicli can be made easily digestible by thorough chewing or by proper preparation The yolks of eggs afford also a com bination of fats and proteids which is admirably suited to the tubercular pa tient Milk especially rich milk is another food adapted to this class ol patients when it does not produce biliousness through indigestion Many tubercular patients have dila tation of the stomach Such cases must avoid milk Nearly all can take nuts if the right kind is selected and great care is taken with the mastica tion Pecans hickory nuts almonds and Alberts pinons or pine nuts are the best varieties Half a pound ol nuts may be taken daily by the con sumptive not only without harm but with great benefit if combined with other foods A diet consisting of nuts well toasted bread and fruits is a per feet dietary for the tubercular patient The yolks of a dozen eggs may be used in place of nuts WHOLESOME RECIPES Lentil and Nut Loaf To one pint of rather dry lentil pulp add one cup of grated Brazil nuts and sufficient stale breadcrumbs to make a stiff mixture Season with salt and sage if desired Press into a bread tin and bake in a slow oven one hour or longer Fruit Soup Into one cup of warm water put one rounding tablespoonful of sago and cook in a double boiler one half hour Then add two or three whole cooked prunes one fourth cup stewed raisins two tablespoonfuls stewed cranberries one teaspoonful lemon juice and sugar to suit the taste Allow it to heat until the fruit is hot and serve Vermicelli or pearl barley may be substituted for sago and dried cherries with strawberry and lemon juice used in place of the fruits mentioned Snowballs with Prunes Steam rice one hour or until tender then form into balls with one large or two small prunes in the center Serve with a hot sauce made by warming for a few minutes one half cup of meltose to which the juice of one lemon has been added and a little prune juice to make it of a consistency to pour easily Banana and Nut Salad Peel three bananas and slice thin add one half cupful broken not chopped walnut meats Pour over this two thirds cup of the dressing and mix well Serve on platters garnished with lettuce leaves Peas Croquettes Boil until thor oughly done two cupfuls of Scotch peas Rub through a colander and add two well beaten eggs a little minced parsley a small grated onion salt to taste and dry bread crumbs enough to make quite stiff Form into croquettes roll in beaten eggs and breadcrumbs and bake in oven about ten minutes A cup of chopepd wal nuts will improve the croquettes Savory Lentils Cook two cupfuls of lentils until well done Rub through a colander and add salt and sage to taste To serve heap in the center oi the dish and pour tomato sauce a around it JESSAC7 i 1 GREALPERER LAY HELPLESS AND SPEEOHLSSS POS HOURS AT A TIME Slaking Spoils Headaches Rheumatism AH Caused hy Poor Blood Cored Jijr Br Williams Ilnk Tills When Mrs Williams was asked 4tor Eomo details of the fearful illness from which she had so long suffered she spoke as follows Ever sinco I had nervous prostration about thirteen years ago I haro had periodical spells of completo exhaustion Any excitement or unusual activity would throw mo into a state of lifeless ness At the beginning my strength would corao back in a moderate time but the period of weakness kept length ening until at last I would lio helpless as many as three hours afc a stretch- Yoa were under medical treatmont of course Yes when I became so had that I had to give up my housework in May of 1903 I was being treated for kidney trouble and later tho doctor thought my difficulties came from change of life I was not only weak but I had dizzy feelings palpitation of the heart misery after eating hot flashes nervous head aches rheumatic paius in the back and hips The doctor did me solittlogood that I gave up his treatment and really feared that my case was incurable What saved you from ynur state of hopelessness In July of 1903 I had a very bad spell and my husband came in one day with a little book which told of romarje ftble cures effected by a remedy for the blooiand the nerves Dr Williams Pink Pills He bought a box for mo and that was tho beginning of my return to health My appetite grew keen my food no longer distressed me my nerve3wero quieted and my strength began to re vive How long did you take this remedy For two mouths only At tho end of that time I had regained my health and cheerfulness and my friends say that I am looking better than I have done for the past fifteen years Mrs Lizzie Williams is now living afc No 416 Cedar street Quincy Illinois The pills which she praises so highly cure all diseases that come from im poverished blood If your system is all run down Dr Williams Pink Pills are the very best remedy to take Any drag gist can supply them The famous diamond Star of South Africa belonged originally to a witch doctor A farmer named Nieuwkerk traded a wagon and sever al oxen for it and sold it for 55000 15 YEARS OF TORTURE Itching and Painful Sores Covered Head and Body Cured in Week By Cuticura For fifteen years my scalp and forehead was one mass of scabs and my body was covered with sores Words cannot express how I suffered from the itching and pain I had giv en up hope when a friend told me to get Cuticura After bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Curti cura Ointment for three days my head was as clear as ever and to my surprise and joy one cake of soap and one box of ointment 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