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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-19

Waiter. how dare you? You
cropped SOME soup on my wiss's
.ress"
"oh that's AL right. sir Our soup
: IS clear as water and won't stain. y
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-19
Apother Righteous Decision.

The Illinois appellate court, in de-
cision handed down, holds that saloon
keepers are liable for the death Of their
patrons who meet death while under
the influence of liquor sold them by the
defendants. The case was that of Kate
Algood, who was awarded $4,000 dam
ages against a saloonkeeper OF Spring
field. for the death of her husband,
George Algood. who had been drinking
in the saloon and who. while on his way
home in an intoxicated condition, fell
from his buggy and received injuries
which resulted fatally.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-19
Beauty Diet

Fruits. vegetables nuts. berries and
salads, with brown bread, whole wheat
bread and cereals offer wide range of
health-imparting diets. Tomatoes
onions. lettuce spinach. carrots, aspar-
agus, peas beans and corn are all nutri-
tious and digestibls. An English rhyme
runs:
with spinach and .eek.
LILY checks in "A week
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-08-19
Norfolk and Western r. r.
LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY. RyPn
STREET STATInN

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T15y 60 a IN N, CHICAGO EXPRE-Buffet Par
p,,lI,et .ss,,rsourE 20 Lynchburg and Roar,olr,.
Is1, ,. an sleeper Roanoke to CoIur, rms 80
1 nel9 70 CINCINNATI. also Roanol, - E 80
phas. W chattanooga and Mem
r.t - - =, M Roanoke Express for Farmv1l.
49, r. Ocean Shore Limited A--s.
Norfolk $50 p NJ stops onlr ~ 't ID. arrives
~ 49, enc 40 su1olk. Connects with SteameS
and w tohl Providence, New York. BaItiiaors
Of Pc = NJ: for Norfolk and all stations cast
-. - - :. m NV ORLEANS SHORT IrSr pru
man man sleeper Richmond TO Ivnchbnr, pa. ~
vvure 20 Roanoke Lvnchburrs 20 On 80 49,
4-Stn pes and New Orleans. Cafe D5os,-s 80
1rains strives from the west z Is -
z; n and 80 y. m, from Norfolk II 10 ~,
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Do SO well today that you need not
long for tomorrow.
Some men only want your conf
dence to give 1t to others. u
II n man were his own enemy. what
stories he could tell on himself!
Don't Judge n man by his first friend.
ships in town; judge him by his last
Don't give your friends indigestion
by trying to poke people you like
down their throats.
When we think of the easc with
which we deceive others we should
think OF the ease with which others
may deceive us.
Good news travels; not so rapidly
us bad news, of course. but 1t travels.
DO good thing, and people win hear
of 1t in time.
Everybody understands that an old
boiler must be treated with care, but
very few understand that an old stom.
inch Is as dangerous rs an old boiler.
Atchison Globe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
spencer and the Grent riddle.

To every aspect OF. the problem of life
Herbert Spencer, must have given
thought, but he has plainly declared
that the human intellect us at present
constituted can offer no solution. The
greatest mind that this world has yet
proauced-the mind that systematized
all human knowledge, that revolutioniz.
ed modern science. that dissipated ma.
tcrlnlism forever. that revealed to us
the ghostly unity OF all existence. that
re-cstablished all ethics upon an I'm
mutable and, eternal foundation-the
mind that could expound with equal
lucidity and by the same universal
formula the history OF spat or the
history of sun. confessed itself be.
fore the riddle of existence scarcely
less helpless than the mind of child.
--Lafcadio Hearn in Atlantic.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
5 MISSIONARIES
KILLED in CHINA.
DR.. ELEANOR CHESTNUT, MRS,
{. 6. MAcHLE AND CHILD,
AND MR.. AND MRS.
PEALE.

HONG KONG. Nov. s.-Five Amer.
lean missionaries. DR.. Eleanor Chest
nut. Mrs. E. G. Machle and child
and Mr., and Mrs, Peale are reported
to have been murdered on October
IS at the mission at Lienchow. town
of twelve thousand people, in the
western portion OF the province of
Kwang Tung. at the head of the Gulf
of Tong King. not far from the treaty
port OF Palhoi.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. Nov. 3.--Mrs.
E. Q. Nachle is known in Cincinnati,
two brothers-in.law and one .sister-in,
law and her motherin.law living
here. She formerly lived In Phila.
delphia, She was married In 1889 to
Dr. Il, O.. Machle, and in the same
year was sent as missionary to
China by the Board of Foreign Mis-.
sions Of the Presbyterian church,
In the last letter received from
Mrs. Machle she stated that she was
on her way from Mount Kellett. near
Hong Kong, to the missionary sta.
-tlon al. Lienchow, presided over by
her husband. DR., Edward C. Fachie.
DIR. Edward G. Machle was not long
ago in Cincinnati to visit his broth,
ers. The settlement at l.ienchow is
a Presbyterian one. Mrs. Machle
was thirty years of age, and one
child referred 10 is Amy. aged eight.
DR.. Eleanor Chestnut. referred to
as murdered, Is also known in Gin.
cinnati, where she has visited when
home on fiirlough. She is from the
East IS
During the Boxer outbreak several
years ago DIR. Machic was captured
and would have been massacred had
1t not been that mandarin. whose
life had been saved by DIR. Machle,
intercededS for him and rescued him
from the mob.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

The Servian peasants have curious
old ceremony of invoking rain which
they carry out during dry weather.
The women of the village dress girl
in lenves and grass from head to foot
and lead her from house to house. At
each door the occupant pours bucket
full Of water over her head, while her
companions, who are mostly girls of
her own age, chant prayers for the
wished for showers. Invisible clouds
Of rain are believed by the peasants to
follow the girl. whom they name ..Do-
Cola" and to refresh the fields and
vineyards.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

Among the worlds queerest books is,
'"Pharamond: or. The History of Francs
"A Fam'd Romance, In Twelve Parts
1t was written originally by the 5au-
thor of 'Cassandra and Clcopatrn.' :"
and 1t was "Englishcd" by J. Phillips.
Gent, and published in London in folio
in 1871 'Pharamondr runs to Lib
closely printed folio pages, which con-
thin in all some 1,0I3,205 words. That
Is to say. It equals In length ten mod.
ern novels of about 100000 words
apiece. Sir Philip sldney's Arcadia.
works out, interspersed poetry and all,
at some 100000 words. or four modern
novels.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
CHILDREN POISONED.
Mysterious Death of Two Boys causss
Comment at Charleston.

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Nov. IA
mysterious case OF poisoning of chit
dren is causing much interest acre
Yesterday three children. Walter. Her
bert and owen Thumm, agsd respcc.
lively eight, ten and thirteen. ate their
meal as usual with the rest Of the fam.
ily. Soon they were taken sick AID
the first two died. while the third will
recover There were symptoms of ar
senical poisoning. None OF the 9th
ers. including a girl younger than any
Of the boys, were affected. An autopsy
is being made to discover the canse. of
death.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

"The Beauty Doctor" which comes
to the Grand Opera House next We'd
nesday is probably the only one of the
later musical comedies that can boast
of four comedians with equally good
parts. /. The tendency to run to zone
man" plays is SC. prevalent that it is
hoped this departure in "The Beauty
Doctor will become infectious.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
n rnx. to Adx.r,i.e.

An Oklahoma girl advertised for a
husband and got him. The total ex.
pense for advertising. wedding outfit,
etc. was $11. He died within year,
leaving her an insurance policy Of
$4,000. And yet some people claim
that 1t doesn't pay to ADVERTISE
Sparks (okla.) Review.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
NOTICE.

The city taxes for the year 1905 are
now In my hands for collection, and
all persons paying the same during
the month OF October will be allowed
a discount Of two and one-haif t21a)
per cent. but no discount allowed at.
ter the s1st day Of October.
8 ,JNo. s. SCOTT,
City Collector.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

United States District courts-The
Northern District.
Judge-Alston G. Dayton.
Cierk-Jasper Y. Moore.
District Attorney--Reese Blizzard.
Assistant District Attorney-E. M.
showalter.
o. g. Marshai-C Charles D. Elliott.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
Exchange.

The; Woman Aid Society OF the NJ.
4. Church South VIII hold an exchange
in the vacant store room. next to the
Marietta Hotel. on Saturday, Noyem-
Der :. 1905. For sale-pies. cakes,
bead. doughnuts. homemade candy.
etc.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

.fPapai" little Johnny began.
Now what do you want? r. asked his
suffering father, with the emphasis on
the now.
"will my hair fall on when it's ripe,
like yours?' =,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
WASHING WITHOUT WATER
10 Like Trying. to Get RIA Of lDandru1
without HerpicIde.

---8
Without Gierpicide.
Did you ever see any one trying Ia
wash themselves without soap or
i, u you did what would you say Of
i is every bit as foolish to try to get
ness by feeding the germs which cause
IT, with Canthrarides. vnseiine. Ciycer-
Inc and similar substances which form
the principal ingredients OF most So
called Hair vigors. q.
Newbro's Herpicide Is successful ne,
cause It attacks and kills the parasitic
germ which feeds on the hair roota
IL Is the original and only genuine
scalp germicide manufactured.
Sold by leading druggists send 1oc IN
stamps for sample to The HerpIcIdc Co.
E. A. Billingslea & Co, special
agents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

The Southern District.
Judge-Benjamin F. Keller. y
Clerk-Edwin NJ. Keatley.
District Attoney-Elliott North
colt.
q. 8. Marshal-John K. Thompson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
THE WEST VIRGINIANPS
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

President Of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, If New York. I
Vice President-Charles w. Fair
banks. of Indiana.
Secretary of state-Elihr Root. Of
New York.
Secretary of the ,rreasury-Lesiie
n. Shaw. of Iowa.
Secretary of war-wm. q. Taft. OF
Ohio.
Attorney General-w. q. Moody. of
Massachusetts,.
Postmaster General - George B.
Cortelyou. Of New York.
Secretary of the Navy-Chas, j..
Bonaparte. of Maryland.
Secretary Of the Interior-Ethau
Allen Hitchcock, OF Missouri.
Secretary OF Acknowledgement
Wilson. Of Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Victor II, Metcalf, of California.
President Of. the Senate pro tenn
pore-William P. Frye, Of Maine.
Speaker Of the House of Represen
tatives-Joseph G. Cannon. of Illinois.
Supreme Court Of the United States.
Chief Justice----1lvilie w. Fuller.
Associate Justices-John NJ. Harlan
David ]. Brewer. Henry B. Brown. Ed
ward D. White. Rufus W. Peckham,
Joseph McKenna, VIM. r.. Day, Oliver
Wendell Holmes. Jr.
United States Circuit Judges-Na
than Con and Jeter c. Pritchard.
United States District Judges-Al.
ston G. Dayton and Benjamin F. Kel.
Ter.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

The world. which took but six days
to make, is Ike to take 6.0oo to make
out. browne.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

The West virginian has something
for every member of the family.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

q. 8. Marshal-John K. Thompson.
United States Senators.
Stephen B. Elkins and Nathan B
Scott.
Representatives In Congress.
First district-Blackburn B. Dove.
ner.
Second District.
Third district-Joseph H. Gaines.
Fourth district-Harry c. Wood.
yard.
Fifth district-James A. Hughes.
State Government.
Governor-wm. NJ. o. Dawson.
Secretary of state-Charles. W.
Swisher.
Superintendent of schools-Thomas
G. Miller.
Auditor-Arnold C. Scherr.
Treasurer-Newton Ogdin.
Attorney General-Clark w. May
Adjutant Generals. b. Baker.
Commissioner Of Banking-M. A.
Kendall.
Commissioner of Labor. v. Bar
ton.
Chief Mine fnspector---J. w. Paul.
Supreme Court Of Appeals.
George Poffenbarger. president;
Henry c. Mcwhorter. Henry Brannon,
Frank Cox. Joseph NJ, Sanders.
Clerk-William B. Mathews.
County Government.
Judge of Circuit Court, Fourteeath
Judicial Circuit--John W. Mason.
Judge of the intermediate cous =
q. s. Kendall.
Prosecuting Attorney = Scott C.
Lowe.
Saskatchewan R. Furbee.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court-R. B.
Parrish.
Clerk of the County court-aeo. M.
Jacobs.
County Surveyor. a. wilcox.
County Superintendent of Free
Schools-Carter I. Faust.
Assessors Gilbert Holman. Eastern
district; A. ]. Mcdaniel, Western
district.
Legislators.
State senator-Joseph H. McDer-
mott.
Members Of the House of Dele
gates-Thomas W. Fleming, James
B. Fo1 and Lamar c. Powell.
County Court.
W. E. Cordray. president; 9. E.
Fleming, c. P. Moore.
FaIrmont District.
Justices Of the Peace-L. @. Ben
nington, E. 8. Amos.
Constables-Clark W. Walker, J.
Lee Parker.
Board Of Edueation-Fa irmont lnde.
pendent District
q. N. Showalter. president; N. J.
Lantz, W. 3. Arnett, T. W. Boydston,
secretary.
City Government.
Mayor-George W. Kinsey.
City Clerk. Engle.
City Collaboration s. Scott.
City Treasurer. q. Powell.
City Engineer. M. Prickett.
City Assessor-w. A. Crowl.
City Solicitor-A. o. Stanley.
Chief Of Fire Department T. Franz
Reed.
Water commissioner-,. Howard
Swisher. (.
Street commissioner-Ge q Rich !
srdson.
Health 0ficerJ. J.. Lee.
Chief Of Poues-yanss \ Morgan
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03
The rReAsuaeR,s REPORT.
For the Month Of October Shows
over Million and Half In the
Treasury.

%
CHARLESTON. Nyo. s.--The fol.
lowing statement of the Treasury de-
partment for the month of October
was made out Wednesday:
State Fund.
Balance In State Fund,
September 30, 1905. .$314,T3 0S
Receipts for the month";. $3.50 40
Total ......... ..... ss71,G15 sd
Disbursements for the
month ........ 80. s2Gs.lo4 IS
Balancein the State Fund
October 81. 1905 ~. sio2.5io SO
General School Fund.
Balance in General
School Fund, Sept, 80.
1906 ...... ....s... ssi2.7s1 CT.
Receipts for the month 21.947 10
Total .......... ~. ses4.72s n.
month -. $50. 7s.52s IS
Balance In General School II
Fund October 81. 1905 $55s.204 %
Reeapitulation.
,Balancein State Fund.
October 81 1905 NJ. s1O2.51O SO
Balance in Beneral School
Fund ....... ~. 55s,2o4 80
NJ X 80 ----.----
Balance In the Treasury sG6o,7l5 SIS
Invested portion Of The
School Fund ~. ". 81 .000. 900 90
Total all Funds in Treas
ury and Invested ~. 81 ,GG0,715 So
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-03

rry a west vIrgInIan want I'D.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-03
An Old Master.

The Rev. Russell Day. an Eton mas- ter of the last century, was very strict, and to gain his approval in saying les son. was almost an impossibilty. at least the author of Memories of Eton and Etonians" says he found 1t SD Little Day" or "Parva Dies" as he was generally called. never promptei boy, and at the very first mistake or if the boy forgot word. he was dis missed at once with:
 Write it out. my friend
 AS this same writing out took twen- ty minutes at least, most of the boys were in the habit of writing it out be forehand i'll preference to spending a long time trying to learn it and then being called upon by my friend'' to write it out at the first breakdown
 Mir. Day used to suffer from gout or neuralgia pains. and there is story that once having ordered boy to write it out and then having a sud- den twinge he followed it up with twice my friend and when the boy showed some surprise he continued, as mother twinge came on, "and once in he Greek character
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-03
Where Beecher Got His Sermons.

Where Beecher Got His Sermons.
 Wherever he went Beecher continued his study of life through observation. Nothing else was half so interesting. To him man was the greatest study in the world. To read human nature. to place the right values upon men. to emphasize the right thing in them. to be able to discriminate between the genuine and the false, to be able to pierce their masks and read the real man or woman behind them, was an accomplishment which he regarded as one of clergyman's greatest weapons.
 Like Professor Agassiz, who could see wonders in the scale of a fish or a grain of sand, Beecher also had an eye like the glass of a microscope, which reveals marvels of beauty in the dross and common things. It had magni- flying power which sees the miraculous and beautiful in the commonplace He could see beauty and harmony where others only saw ugliness and dscord. because he read the hidden meaning ill things. Like Ruskin, he could see the marvellous philosophy. the Div inc plan. in the lowlest object. He could feel the Divine presence ill all created things.-Orison Swett Warden in Sue cess Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-03
CARE OF FURNITURE.
.cep New s'icces as Long as Possible
 Without RestOratives.

New .u@.itir" sa9uld be kept as lone
 s possible y:iihout the llse of restos.,
 'yt's. Furniture which has been fl
 ,le,! with sliela' or varnisil. whethc'
 Il < o>sy OF G,s.I finish. should never
 ..eause,i with soap and water Soap lade to cps oly sabst@nce> ;a4i t. aats out t,.a Ctl from ;he waXcd. oi.e or ,s;!ieii..deas4 surface and works es structioa. If all oil restorer seems reress.fy. raw i.i.see,i ol aAd raw t. pe1..nc in c!Hal parts applied ell n.Rcc of cheesec.oth will be foun most often Of sprt';ce.
 For carve, portions which require ,.aiiy attention soft brushes, such as arc. used fer the cleaning of silver, are the best agent. Brush the ornamented portions thoroughly With dry bfu Il and use a second for the real cleaning. Dip tie second in tuspent.ne and us2 without fear of scratching the surface of the woou.
 Where white spots appear on sur faces from the dropping of liquids or from heat the immediate application of raw lnseed oil generally restores the color. The oil should be left on the at fected spot for several hours or ovr- night. Alcohol performs the service if applied at once to rosewood or highly finished mahogany. In each instance when the color has returned the spot chould ha ronOliShpd with a niece of cheesecloth moistened with turpentine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-03
S FIRM ROOSEVELT Is FIRM. NO COMPROMISE ON RATE REGu- LAYTON CONTINUES TO BE
 HIS SLOGAN.
Elkins Opposed to the Bill, and as Chairman of Committee Has Fs~.~s, ia sT@ IeL.L@-1zL
 Great Powers.

Washington, Dec. 2.-"No compro- mise,' says President Roosevelt, re- re rring to tn, "a -lwaS rate q.ssTion Last niet.t Mir Roosevelt called d cell ference of his trusted advisers. There were present in the presidents H. brary after dinner till late hour Secretaries Root and Taft, Senator Knox and Commissioner of Corpora tions Garfield. Today it was semi officially announced that the rate question had been under consideration and that the presidents decision, un- der the advice of his friends, was to stand firm for the principle origin ally advocated by him, and to reject all overtures for compromise.
 It is generally understood that chis is a tactical movement on the presi- dents part, and good one There has been so much talk of compromise and so much pressure of one sort or dt1Olu6I udS USSu put Oii A'Ai' ANooSN velt to induce him to modify his at titude. that it is considered admir- able politics for the president to let it be known just now that the talk of compromise does not come from him and is not encouraged by him or his friends So far the present, at least. i'll success attends the ingeni ous scheme of the opponents of rail- way rate legislation to frighten the president into some concessions by dangling the scare crow of party dis rrption and disaster before his eyes. The presidents message is to go to congress in few days. and it is gen erally expected to present full and decisive exposition of the presidents views on this subject without any marked change in principle from the eNpress on fe made year ago and which he ias since repeated in public addresses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-03
A CASE OF
Many More Like 1t in Pine Bluff

The following case is but one '>r
 anv s''"i'ar occnrrino daily in Pir> Bluff. It is an easy matter tc verfv ts correctness. Sur"ly you can n ask for better proof than conclusive svidencc
 F. Neis we'll known house movor -. residing out near the watnrNor'se says:
 "I found after thorough trial tha+ noans Kidney Pills ore a most exc lent and successful remedy for ti7 "ey trouble There was rot so nan6 ! ackache the orinc pal indication '' .ne in connection with kidney secr" lions which were tee frequent in ae ion and at ether dimes too scantv used medicines of various k.nds hu hey did not reach the cause. Lear'' ie" ahouf Doan's Kidoev P lls pro cured a box at the Mann-Tankors ofug company. POI West Second ave. tue, and commenced the troatmont The result was entirely satisfac-or am glad to reccnmend the reme6, Ii is wonderful medicine and O. about which eve"vbodv should k""w.
 For sale by all dealers. Price 5t cents. FcsterM burn company pr'f falc, New York, sole agents fer t''. Trited States
 Remember the name-Doan's- take no substitute.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-03

within the mits of the United States vas only thirty-four years after the arrival of the Pilgrim fathers on the shores of New England. While their frs, con ing was not of great signin. canoe in itself, the thread of events that impelled them was dyed in the blood of martyrs for soul liberty un- der the lnquisition in Spain and Por iueal and finds fitting place in the composite fabric of our continent history and in the development of o6r C vii and religious liberty.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-03

Advertising has come to be one of he most important industries of the age. Ii is a business requiring all the brains and energy which man has to devote to any occupation.-New York Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-03

Congress is to meet on Monday, and the presidents message is to be read Cn Tuesday. Representative Cannon of Illinois. will, of course, be re-elect- ef speaker of the house. There is 10 opposition to him. The proba- bilities are that Mr. Cannon will re Ia n the speakership as long as he lives, provided the Republicans are able to hold their majority in the low CT branch. and that is a very uncer- tain proposition. It is not too much to say that in the prevalent Washing ton opinion. Mr. Cannon is a great success as a speaker of the house. One thing his admirers like in him is that he keeps open house, and is all ~aps accessible in his office to every member or other person that wishe:; to consult him. Another is that he maintains the independence of the high office of speaker of the American house Of representatives, ana does not permit it to be unduly influenced from the other end of the avenue. At the same t.me he is fair and frank with the president. On Monday next .Uncle Joe" starts in on his thirty first year as 3 member of the lower branch of congress.