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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09
SOL0NS OF NATION
BEGIN THEIR WORK
SKty-First Congress Meets in
Regular Session.
BRILLIANT THRoNG PRESENT
House Greets Speaker Cannon with
Great AppIause-Many "Taft Pol
Icy" Bills Introduced In Both
Chambers.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

Washington, Dec. 6.-At noon to-day
Vice President Sherman in the Senate
and Speaker Joseph G. Cannon in the
House called to order the Sixty-first
congress of the United States for its
first regular session. Really the first
session of this congress was the extra
ordinary one of last spring called to
revise the tariff.
Some interest was lacking In the
proceedings of the first day in the cap
itol because at the beginning of the
extraordinary session in March last
the speaker of the House was elected
Moreover, before the extraordinary
session was ended, Speaker Cannon
appointed all the committees which
are to take legislation under consid-
GRAFTON for the next two winters. The
appointment of the committees ended
the campaign on the part of the men,
bers for choice chairmanships and, il
the chairmanships were not forthcom-
ing. for seats In the more important
subsidiary bodies of the House.
Ready for Work at Once.
The members have had time to get
over jealousies and rivalries and so it
is that, SO far as committee work is con-
cerned, the House not only is ready
to proceed at once to consider legisla-
ton, but most of the members have
brought themselves into a frame of
mind to do what they are called upon
to do without regard to their past feel
I'M Of ir,sr nd
anger.
AS is always the case on the open
ing day of congress, admission to the
House and Senate galleries was by
card and only those fortunate enough
to know senators and representatives
sufficiently well to secure admission
tickets were allowed to witness the
proceedings.
Galleries Are Crowded.
The galleries of both House and
Senate were damned with people. All
classes of Washington society were
represented in the throng of visitors.
The diplomatic gallery in the House
and in the Senate as we'll. was filled
to it's fullest capacity with ambassa-
doris, ministers, attaches and the Ia
dies of the different legations. Mem
bers of the families of the president
and of the vice-president of the United
States occupied seats in the executive
galleries, and the cabinet and judici-
airy and army and navy circles were
we'll represented.
BY rule which was adopted not
I
floor of the House excepting when
they are to be used as tribute to
the memory to some deceased men,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09
Cotton Picked Clean.

The cotton fields of Mississippi, ex.
cept in few sections of the delta, have
been picked clean as a bone, according
Ia. travelling men who make it business
to study crop conditions in the territory
through which they travel.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

E It is evident that the immigration
laws OF the United States have some
thing to commend them to other coun-
tries. The Mexican minister to Cuba
is now here studying the workings of
the system at New York with view
to devising laws for his own nation
and for similar purposes. Many be-
lieve our restrictions are not sufficient
" severe and that unfit aliens creep
III through our immigrant stations.
But there must be merit in the plan
IN operation here when other coun-
tries seek to copy our laws.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

For the information of the uniniti-
ated we would state that pellagra. the
new corn disease, is not near rela-
tive of the jim-jams nor "dilirious
triangles"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09
Not Even Sandy.

MILFORD was sitting upon his fathers
knee watching his mother arranging
her hair.
Papa hasn't any Marcel waves like
that" said the father, laughingly.
MILFORD, looking up at his fathers
bald pate, replied: "Nope, no waves;
it's all beach. columbia Jester.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

A Chicago woman is suing for di-
vorce because her husband thinks
that 25 cents day is enough to live
on. What extravagant notions some
women have!
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

For few moments of sport West
Point has sacrificed cadet on the
gridiron. The country has lost stall
wart defender and parents beloved
son. Is the game worth the candle?
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

An alleged expert on the subject OF
theft. being under arrest for its prac-
tioe, asserts that it "is disease"
Even so, the traditional practice of
isolation looks like the best method
of controlling it.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

A worthy government official says
that fishermen are as great an asset
as. are the farmers. Show this to
your wife the next time you are In
vited on fishing excursion.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

Mount vesuvius is having an erup-
tion regarded as the most serious
eince the violent one of 1906. Stimuli
taneously there have been heavy
earthquakes in Sicily, more particular
y On the slope of Mount Etna, another
noted volcano. The result was the de-
stFuction Of considerable property and
tn Killing OF at least one person.
Geismographs at Washington and else
Where have recorded disturbances
]attly, and quite possibly another PEI
Rod OF disturbance, manifested by
f<I65e outward actions, is going on
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

Alaska is said to be a future dairy.
ing country. 1t should produce high
grade ice cream.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

Unless football is made less dan
gerous game it will be placed on the
list Of prohibited sports.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

has bearing on the Christmas shop
ping question.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

How does lovely woman find the
time to work ten hours day and do
up all her hair?
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

Railroad reports show that old Gen
eral Prosperity is making use of his
return-trip ticket.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

Break one thread in the border of
virtue and you don't know how much
you may unravel.-Cunningham Gel
kie.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

Kaiser Wilhelm says he never will
fly. Just wait until the new aerial
safeties are out and we shall see.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

tanks, thereby becoming creased
lightning.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

high winds instead of fighting shy of
them
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

In changing cabinets Spain is mere
ly swapping horses in midstream.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

Now is the time 70 begin the safe
AMI sane Christmas shopping.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-09

rUBLrsnrD wEEKLr.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11

Laughing is barking. say the sci
entists. The neck and head are
thrown back while series of short
banks are emitted from the throat.
However musical the banks may be,
they are barks. The laugh begins
with a sudden and violent contraction
of the muscles of the chest and alb
domen. But instead of opening to let
the air pass out of the lungs. the vocal
cords approach each other and hold 1t
back. But they are not strong enough
to exercise such opposition for mere
than an instant. and the air which is
under pressure, promptly escapes. AS
it does so ii makes the vocal cords vi
brate producing the bark.
This obstruction and liberation OF
the air expelled from the lungs repeats
itself again and again at intervals of a
quarter of second. There are thus
in hearty laugh four banks a second
and If continued, they go on at that
rate as long as the air reserve In the
lungs holds out. The empty lungs
must then I'LL themselves. and this in
terval is marked by quick gasp for
breath. after which the barks are re-
newed. The barks occur in series
with gasps for breath at intervals.
When laughter is violent, the entire
body participates The upper part of
the trunk bends and straiRhtens itself
alternately or sways to right and left
The feet stamp on The floor. while the
hands are pressed upon the loins to
moderate the painful spasm.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
Design Tor Candle Shade with one.Fourth pattern.

IL. manner of fairs. bazars and
"a lawn parties are being held for
= one purpose or another and those
in charge are on the lookout for things
both novel and useful. Attractive
candle shades FIJI the bill admirably.
as they prove ready sellers. One of
the most effective and at the same
time inexpensive variety of shades is
made on a frame of heavy water
proof paper. painted Slck. with thin
paper. such as Japanese rice paper or
very thin water-color paper. painted
in beautiful bright colors and lined in
India ink 20 give the effect of loaded
glass. 1t is very simple to make and
charming when finished and lighted.
The design for round candle
shade is given and one-fourth of the
pattern. The pattern given is merely
repeated four times. with half-inch
seam at each end. to be turned in at
right angles to the shade and fastened
with brads. Another way to finish is
to leave a flap on one side only and
glue the other side over 1t. A strong
glue must be used; mucilage or pho
,ograph paste will not do.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
NMAKEs BETTER RAILROADS."
Western Writer Pays Tribute to
saiIroad Magnate as euilderUp
Of the Country.

Mr.. Edward H. Hartman is on
trip to Europe. Ordinarily there
would need be nothing added to this
announcement beyond an exhortation
to Emperor William to chain down his
railroads and to other monarchs to
put their crowns and other valuables
in the safe at night. But Mr.. Harri-
man is going of on a pleasure trip,
and SO many mean things have been
said about him that it will not hurt
any to change the tune moment
while he is out of the country and
not able to take any advantage of
the lapse from the cold attitude of Sc
verify that is usually used in men,
tioning the name of Hartman.
OF all the great railroad men de-
veloped in this generation, Z. H. Har-
riman is easily the biggest and the
best, says a writer in the Hutchinson
(Kan.) Daily News. The head of a
railroad company, under the rules of
the game, must work for mis- stock
holders, whether it is for the advan-
tage of politicians, shippers or con-
sumers. 1t is his job to do the best
he can for the interests entrusted to
HIS care. hol Oulg a
tinancier but he is a builder and an
operator. Lucky is the town, city
or community that has Hartman
road. He insists on good roadbed,
level track, safe track and the con-
venience and comfort of the traveller
and the shipper. The Hartman roads
are noted as the best in the coun-
try. When Hartman gets hold of a
one-horse or played-out track and
right of way he proceeds to put 1t in
first class condition. He does not
raise the rates of fares, although he
doubtless charges "a plenty" but he
insists that enough of the funds go
into real provements TO make a
railroad. and that is where he stands
ahead of a good many others and why
Harrimanism is not such bad thing
as some people have been led to think.
He makes better railroads. and there
is more need fV improvement that
way than there is in some others
which are being discussed. So far
as we can see, he believes in giving
every interest along his road a fair
deal.
He is a public benefactor from that
standpoint. He uses his power fairly
He is a great man, and as good or
better than the ordinary citizen who
looks upon him as the personifcation
of the money power. seeking whom
it may devour. He is a strong man
in the financial world, but that should
not be against him, when the finan-
cial world is the object which most
of us want to reach. He is a good
American and he spends his money
on American railroads. not on foreign
titles, race horses. old editions or
other bad habits. If he is not per
fect-and we don't think he is-he is
no exception to the rule and is worthy
of the praise Of his fellow citizens for
the good he does and has done
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
BETTER THAN HOT REPAsrs.
Some Cool Dinners That Asreeably
Fill the Bill When the Their
mometer Is "AWay Up"

Savory Beef.-Buy a pound of bot
tom of the round and grind In your
meat chopper. Butter baking dish
well. line with layer of meat, then
add a layer of macaroni, cooked for
80 minutes previously in sailed water,
and then one of tomatoes; repeat un-
til dish is full. use a third of pack
age of macaroni and one can OF to-
matoes. and season each layer well
with salt and paprika. Cover with
cracked crumbs dotted with butter
and bake ~ hours.
Salmon Cream.-Take one pound OF
salmon, either canned or fresh boiled.
and flake it. Make a white sauce OF
one pint of milk, salt and pepper to
taste, thickened with one heaping Ia
blepsoonful of flour, add the salmon
and. when thoroughly heated. can
of peas or one-half peck green ones
Serve on toast. This should all be
made In the double boiler.
Rice and Honey.-Wash cupful of
rice. put in a double boiler and add
pint and half of milk. Steam till
the rice has absorbed all the milk, and
then add one-half pound Of seeded
raisins. Serve with strained honey.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
The Evening Hood.

In spite of the warm weather there
is no abatement of the popularity of
the Gening hood. which is an ideal
head covering for girls flying about
in motor cars to parties. To be both
utiiitarian and picturesque is recon-
mendation enough for any article of
apparel. and the hoods have this
merit, for they admirably keep the
hair from blowing. while affording &
most charming frame for the youth.
feS face. Made of dainty null and
delic:.te lace, the summer ones will
be particularly fetching.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11

The first step is to trace the pattern
on the heavy water color paper by
means of carbon paper. then paint it
blac'. and cut it out. The frame will
then look like the small diagram in
the upper right-hand corner Of the
sketch.
Next the panels may be traced and
painted in water color. using these
coIors: Clouds. white; sky. light CO.
bait blue; water. darker blue; trees.
green; land in foreground. shade
darker green; hills - middle distance,
yellow green; hills in distance. VIC.
let; castle. medium gray. with roofs
in soft old terra Gotta; windows, pur-
pie; bridge. darker gray than castle,
underneath part of bridge purple; re-
Election of bridge in water, purple;
reflection of clouds in water, white.
When the paint is perfectly dry go
over all the lines with India ink and a
coarse pen. The panels are now ready
to glue into the frame.
The tiny thumb sketch In the up
ISr left.hand corner of the cut shows
the completed shade.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11

Choose a large eggplant and cut it
n half lengthwise. Scrape out the in.
side and to the pulp add two chopped
-omatoes. a minced pepper, and half
'upful of bread crumbs. Season to
aste and fill the halved shells of the
eggplant with this mixture, molding
t high. Sprinkle with crumbs, dot
with bits of butter, and set in a bak-
ng pan. Pour cupful of hat water
ibout the eggplant and roast for an
hour. basting every Is minutes with
butter and water. Transfer to a hot
dish and pour tomato sauce about the
vegetable.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
Bags of Patent
Leather and
Others

There has been a new favor &C.
corded to patent leather and many of
the smartest new bags for practical
use are in this leather. 1t does not
wear SO well as many other black
feathers, but 1t has brightness for
eisn to any of the other feathers. save
morocco. a youthful air, and made up
in attractive shape VITA lining Of some
gay color. 1t certainly deserves popu-
larity. even II 1t does show wear ra-
Their quickly.
The patent-leather bags are in al
most every case more effective than
any of the other feathers. The de-
tails of the bags give them individ-
uality even when shapes vary little
and the last word seems to have been
said in the matter of fittings
For luncheon downtown there is a
smaller bag (also used for matinee
purposes). containing the indispens-
able vanity equipment. mirror. pow
der pun or cloth and possibly other
glasses and fan. too.
For visits a fiat envelope bag or
small handsome bag with handle is
the thing II one carries anything In
leather. A purse or bag Of netted
gold. silver or gunmetal is often pre-
ferred. but II should be large enough
to hold cards as well as handker-
chief. and II one is travelling by car a
small change purse.
Lizard skin is considered a good
skin for dressy &casions. but the
leather workers are SO clever in their
use of dyes now that one may have a
bag to match almost any costume.
The very pale biscuit and gray tones
and white are used for beautiful
purses and small bags, often gold
mounted and having precious stones
set in their clasps. A new shape as
shown by pne well-known leather
goods firm shows a succession OF
overlapping flaps inclosing separate
pockets. This model has taken ex-
tremely well. Another wellliked mod.
ell has its original note in the smooth.
plain mounting of metal curving down.
ward slightly in the middle. and in
the plain metal handle. which seems
continuation OF the mounting. From
this same shop comes a bag with
right angle double handle of leather
beneath which the bag is cut down a
little. the sides being left higher. The
flap of a small change compartment
buttons down on the outside of the
bag.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
MAR


Shirrings are on their way back.
The separate coat is more fashion
able than ever before.
Gray, tan, khaki and even darker
shades are more worn than the white
linens.
Belt buckles, necklaces. hatpins.
and stickpins are ablaze with anne
thysts.
The ne-piece princess dress is sup
planting the separate waist and skirt.
White buckskin shoes with wide
buckles of FURNISHED gold are smart.
Stockings match every variety of
shoes and the more fashionable dress
shades.
Soft. cool blouses of China or jap
anese silk are popular for summer
wear.
New silk parasols have handles to
match, made Of enameled or lacquered
wood.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
Proper Service
at Dinner
Table

The young housekeeper. setting up
her own establishment, sometimes
finds 1t difficult to instruct the maid
who serves the family meals to do the
work noiselessly and properly. Per-
haps the first principle to learn Is
that everything should be handed to
the left side of the person who is sit
ting. which enables them to serve
themselves easily with the right.
In laying the table one must have
an eye to preserving balance with ev-
erything that is put on. That Is. If a
salt cellar is placed at one side there
must be another in the corresponding
place on the other. A fern or dish
of fruit or even an empty dish. II 1t
is a pretty one. must always be placed
in the very center. Around that are
the extra forks and spoons. as attrac.
tive as you can arrange them.
In front of the places of persons
who are to be seated there must be a
plate. The knife is put at the right
side and the forks at the left, the
tines pointing up. II there is soup
spoon it goes beside the knife. The
oyster fork also is next to the spoon
and knife, but that for oysters Is the
only fork that is placed at the right.
All the others go to the left II more
than one is required. as for salad
after the meal. the larger fork goes
next to the plate. Spoons for dessert.
whether they are large or small. are
over the plate; that is. are across the
top. The napkin should be folded
with two points under and laid in the
plate, square of bread being tucked
away in it If the meal is dinner.
Few housekeepers have more than
the roast on the table these days, veg
etables being at the side table from
which they are handed by the maid.
who returns them there after each
person has been served.
II they are to tse kept on the table
one would be at one side. another at
the other side of the meat. or two
dishes might be put ct the foot Of the
table. That is a matter of individual
preference which each hsusekeeper
decides.
The maid serving should wear
small white cap and big apron with
bib and straps over the shoulders and
crossing at the back.
Quiet IN the dining room is a thing
that must be striven for by the maid.
A noisy person is an abomination and
the rattle of dishes and clash of silver
should not be permitted.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11

Trim most of the fat of a beefs
heart; cover with water and boil I'M
til tender. After it has cooked "a
while. add salt. Slice an onion, also
one green and one red pepper; fry
them together until brown; add them
to little over half a can OF
strained tomatoes. Add this to your
beefs heart. When it has boiled ten
der and water is low. let cook awhile
and. Just before serving, thicken a
little. Serve on platter whole or in
slices and pour gravy over it. Heart
must be cooked very tender to be a.
its best.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11

Most gloves absolutely refuse to be
presentable after having been wet
with rain. For some reason it is al
most impossible to efface the wrink-
ling and shrinking and hardening eff
feet of the water. The best plan is to
place the gloves in cool. dry room
never near fire-and. when dry.
massage little olive oil into their skin
before putting them on again. This
will return the soft texture II any
thing will. but the gloves will never
really be the same.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
The Way He Did II.

Jenkins-Well. sir. | gave 1t to that
man straight, | en- tell you. lie is
twice as big as IN. too. but ! told
him exactly what thought of his ras-
cally conduct right to his face, and 1
called him all the names in the die
tionary, and lot of others as well.
Studds-And didn't he try to hit
you. jenkins?
.jenkins-No. sir. he didn't. And
when he tried to answer back. ! just
hung up the telephone receiver and
walked away
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11

Mash the yolks of hard-boiled eggs
to powder and moisten with olive oil
and few drops OF vinegar. Work to
1 paste. add salt. pepper and French
mustard to taste. with drop or two
If tabasco sauce. Now chop the whites
of the eggs as fine as possible Tor I'M
til they are a coarse POWDER and mix
them with the yolk paste. If more
seasoning is necessary add it before
spreading the mixture upon sliced
graham bread.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
Up on Hoyle and Blackstone.

Sir Frederick Thesiger. while en-.
gagged in the conduct of a case OBJ
jected to the irreguiaIity of the coun-
sci on the opposite side, who. in ex-
amining his Witnesses, put leading
questions.
81 have right answered the coun-
sci. TO deal with my witnesses as
please"
ITO that offer no objection" ret
torted Sir Frederick; you may deal
as you like. but you sha'n't Lead
London Tribune.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
sweetmeat Recipe.

Ginger Pears are delicious sweet
meat. Use hard pears. peel. core and
cut them into very thin slices. For
eight pounds of fruit. after 1t has
been sliced. use the same quantity of
sugar. the juice of four lemons, one
pint of water and one-half pound of
ginger root sliced very thin. Cut the
lemon rinds into long, thin slices. Put
all into porcelain preserving ket-
tie and boil slowly for an hour.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11

Boil a measure of spinach in enough
water to cover it. with a pinch of salt
and another of soda. In ten minutes
press the spinach through strainer.
then rub through wire sieve. Add
two well-beaten eggs and cup of
milk, a dash of nutmeg and pepper
and salt. Mix thoroughly and bake in
buttered souffie dishes.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11
Hot Sauce for Outlets,

After frying the outlets. make a lit
tie brown sauce by stirring into the
fat dessertspoonful of -four. When
Drowned add quarter of a pint of
water, and stir till it boils. Add one
Tablespoonful of chopped piccalilli or
chutney, and tablespoonful of
chopped parsley and serve.
The Lamar register., 1909-08-11

The most delicious ice cream in
the world is made from pure sweet
cream. Mix this with ground almonds.
sweeten with powdered sugar. and
freeze as usual. Lady fingers go well
18th this. Indeed, sponge cake is al.
Ways better with any cream than
pound cake.