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Reporters work in Shirts.

The congressional reporters arc hired
by contract hy Uncle sam, seven helm.
detailed TO each house. Any day the
visitor to the Capitol may behold thcS.
men, their bodies tense. their pens fly
ing as they take down in shorthand the
national proceedings. Each man works
until he gets tired. and then he is re
lieNcd hy the next In line. and so on
AS soon as he Is finished. he hurrcs To
his Office which is In The Capitol, anG
proceeds to make dictaphone records or
his notes. from which they are written
out by corps OF typists. The re-
porter then reads the proof of the final
copy and. il necessary, sends il TO the
Office Of some member Of Congress who
desires 10 make few corrections in
his remarks. At 1880 the last page Of
the days proceedings is turned over to
the messengers Of the printing Office.
and II is delivered into the hands of
The COPY editor in that building.
While no part of the text is changed
or cut out after il leaves the Capitol
unless specially requested. the govern
mcnt has its own style of punctuat lion
and spelling to which each document
ana bulletin and report must conform
FROM the hands Of this copy editor.
then the Record goes directly to the
linotype machines. Of which there are
siNty-four. where II is set into type bv
AS many operators, several Of whom are
women. From this point on il receives
much The same trea tment as any other
newspaper. y matriN is made and from
inns plate is cast. which is carried
ny truck TO the press room. Here tho
giant steel presses fold, cut and deliver
on the average Of eight signatures. or
SiNtY-four pages of the entire edition
an hour. Again on an electric truck
The sheets are rushed TO the bindcrv
where tho pages are cIamped together.
ana then IL is but few minutes before
they are shooting over to the station.
Has Important Status.
Ia country where the national pre-
r"Sativc Of free speech is considered
one OF The most enviable assets. the
congressional Record has dignific,
and important political status. Ever
since 1889, when the United States gov
crnmen, was still looked upon AS an
experiment. a record has been kent of
inc daily sessions Of Congress- giving
IN detail each separate debate and
speech. This record was known n.
the Annals of Congress until the name
was changed 10 the Register of De-
bates. From that II developed into ne
Congressional Globe ana finally IL be-
came the Congressional Record, which
seems likely to remain its permancn,
cognomen. Bound volumes Of these old
papers are on flo in the Government,
Printing Office and are occasionally
sold to individuals at tho price OF $l5C
per volum{.
Although not attracting snh1lnxe
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impossible.

How did T3nks succeed in escaping punish
mont for exceeding tho speed limit?''
lie proved" said tho automobile tradesrpan.
that he was driving OF those you have
be ell thinking about buying, and the judge knew
at once he could havn been guilty
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IncOnsiStent.

The Health Department SAYS We must
Keep houses free of dirt and dust
And swat the nimblc ny:
!ut how can We this rule obey"
The city does not act that way,
And doesn't even try.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-01

Has tie Legislature of Virginia held annual
sessions since the war, and in what years were
there extra sessions? r. r ID
Anmgal SESSIONS. 1sc5-Gs. lsse-e7. 1ses,7o,
thrsuIh 1904. In these years. by means of
extra sessions otherwise, the Legislature
sat in each year The formal extra sessions
were 1850, 1852. 1854. 1887, 1901 1909 1909, 1901
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a pint OF very cold water). After an hour or
so OF this, dry gently. dab some fresh cold
cream over the skin then powder freely with
talcum to protect the skin from the light If
busters rise. do not open them at oncc bur
let them remain for several hours. Then prick
at lower side with needle YOU haze =, - farncd
or stuck through the SOAP. gently .ss out
water dry with soft clean towel and with
cold cream and talcum bcfor.
Sea Water for OLD Sorcs-rleasc
whether congresses with fresh
are advisable to stimulate healing AN
sore or ulcer the leg
Answer-Such dressing might convert q
chronic ulcer into "a healthy. healing ulcer in a
few days time.
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some time ago you were good enough t" give
Inc information now asked for again but
have lost The clipping. Please tell mo how far
to sea on. may See at these heights above the
icEci' ~ I"et; ~ lcct, 20 feet \. y. u.
In E"ur Ordcr Ais miles. 1.?2 miles, 80 milcs
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SI.fcr,N AnmrrciutInn.

IIe--Miss Swectthing seems to have constant
succession Of admirers,
She--Well that shows they have at least
modicum of intelligence They can't stand for
her very long.
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DayiS's Physician.

Please tell ne the initials and rank OF tho
prison. T. s EEON EIE,;
John J. lie at the date brcvctcd lieu
tenant colonel
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The PcSSilni<t Says:

on MOVING Day not even professional ness
mist would have tho TO try to perpct ra [,
anything disagrceable. Enough is enough
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Italy says she declared war agains, Ger
many because Germany gave assistance to
ltaly's enemies We are with Italy, speaking
generally, but whom She asks her friends to
read that statement and keep straight face
She asks too much
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Please tel me where Walter Reed Hospital is
O. r. LINK.
In the District OF Columbia, five miles from,
N:Shins ion. The post solice. telegraph and
railway station is Takoma
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Queries and Answers


LISTS from s. r. Wilkerson. T.. r. Thomas. L..
worth selling.
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q m ilch OF ilis inrri.

Won Falkenhayn has found out, and Won
ildenburg is about to learn, that uneasy
Is thc.head that lies near the crown.
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Paris has decreed winter skirts shall bc
narrow. If there 10 be any reduction it
had 10 DO applied 10 the width for skirts
could hot be made much shorter.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
One or q
BY FREDERIC j. uAskrN

WASIIINtiTON. -. G, August 81
Among many other activities. Uncle
Sam Is the most prolific publisher In
the world--;,u achievement which has
been thrust upon MIN Dy nee. Atty
rather than built mp 10y ambitious zeal.
Every DAY continuous Hood Of copy
pours into his printing office from all
the government departments. covering
every Imaginable subject from The
gross consistency of olcomarcarine To
the relative heat OF stars. From III.
Capitol comes an iuccssant stream O:
hillS-small bills FOR the relief OF John
smith and HARRY Jones; large bills Tor
army appropriations ami shipping
boards: and int'r+pcrSch with thcs" ar"
hugo stacks az committee hearings re ~
curing immediate printing. As II this
were not enough 10 keep 5000 people
busy. At midnight is rushed ian tho copy
FOR the daily organ Of congress .hc
Congressional Record
Ii is the Record. mc.N gan anything
else, which best illustrates the mar
vcllous efficiency Of tucie SANS print
ing business. Although Tho COPY j.
never received until l. clock. ana thcn
il often held up for correction. the
Record must be or the presses and a,
the Union station to catch the mail
at ~ NJ Fortunately. the Cu!on sta
ton is only block away, aud II con-
underground passage Through this
electric Conveyors shoot tho sim warm
copies OF tho Record in mail BAGS from,
one building To another. thus saving
the usual delay OF local transportation
In addition 10 this. every possible time
saving factory device IS employed to
insure a speed maximum. The fastest
presses are used. and electric truck &
carry the Record in its various pro-
ccsscs OF manufacture from one part
Of the hnildinG to another. BY this
system, combined with the expert SKIN
az it's operatives, the printing office
turns ont the $1,000 copies Of tn. Con
grcssuunl Record every morning. rang
ing from ~ to rs pages. on time every
morning.
of these $4,000 copies each Senator
receives cirhty-scVcn and each Repre-
sentative !ifty-ninc There Is a lis, al.
32l paid subscribers 10 which IL must
be mailed daily, who pay for il by the
sessions for a long session and a
per shor, session. This slim s,Ibcrip.
ton list Is largely made i,p Of business
men throughout the country who are
interested in certain legislation Be-
sues these two sources OF iiStribul ion
there is the Congressional Record Office
II is sold 10 individuals at so much nor
page. but these sales are usually sli.b,
unless some particularly intcrcy;!rr
speech o. debate is recorded. and 40
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eminent about $500 600 a wear to mn.
!ish this newspaper, which make no
provision fo- the reporters fees.
charged up 10 the expenses OF Con
grcSS.
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Berlin now says the Won rirpitz mani
festo" only private telegram This
may be true: many q nation has 'disclaimcd'
a representatives action, when il found the
action had failed TO work Won Tirpit2's
hraYado didn't brighten anybody so Germany
says The ''manifeslo' was "A private enter
prise
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PUBLISHED every day in the year n south Tenth
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When we read that chauffeur, who had
In his possession a man and $4,000. delivered
them both up TO the police. marvel at
The cha Dncur's moderation. But. as the in
cidcHL occurred in San Francisco. it may be
assumed Dhq chauffeur had never driven a
taxi in New York
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II friends who favor with manuscripts and
illustrations publication wish have rejected hEt
cles returned they all send stamps for
that purpose.
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Assuming that King Constantine really is
running away, the question at once arises:
is he running from the Greeks. the Bull
garians, oc Queen Sophie?
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Threatened Calamity of Cole Blcase

FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER /. 1916.
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Questions ana AHrwcrs.
Sunburn--rlcasc tell six fool girls wha, vii,
alleviate sunburn. We went out to get tanned
all in day. Wen he grateful.
Answer--Io in the shade with cloths wrunr
from cold normal salt solution over the burned
places (henpfng teaypoonful OF salt dissolved in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-23
New York Futures
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans: Middling, 1886; re-
ceipts, 6372; sales, 2105; stock, 134,132
Galveston: Middling, 1870; receipts
1881; sales, 1900; stock, 163,290.
Mobile: Middling, 1880; receipts, 81;
sales, 1877; stock, 1888.
Savannah: Middling, 1850; receipts
534S; sales, 1922; stock, 1886.
Charleston: Middling, 15hc; receipts
1855; sales, so; stock ,36,30S.
Wilmington: Middling, 151sc; re-
ceipts, 1924; stock, 40,414.
Norfolk: Middling, 5.69c; receipts,
$50; exports, 1000; sales. 500; stock
1850.
Baltimore: Receipts. 80; exports, TIA;
stock, 1893.
Boston: Middling, 1s.15c; receipts
1873; stock, 1911.
Philadelphia: Middling, 1890; re-
ceipts, so; stock, 974.
New York: Middling. 1s.o5c; stock
1881
Minor ports: Receipts, 1914; stock
1878.
Total today: Receipts, 31,075; shipments
1714; stock, 6S0,2s1.
Total for week: Receipts, 233, 800; ship
ments, 1886.
Total for season: Receipts, s72,511; ship
ments, 800, 400
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-23
UND|SMAYEDBY
RISING PRICES
Manufacturers Cannot Fill
Orders Owing to Short
age of Labor

New York, September z.-Bradstreets
tomorrow win say:
Propelled by extraordinary extension in
buying power and undismayed by high
prices, trade, in a collective sense, has
risen to very high levels. veritable
ground swell of new buying having been
experienced at leading centers this week.
Jobbers, wholesale dealers, retailers and
manufacturers all share in the upward
movement and interior merchants, even in
zones where the wheat and cotton crops
are short, are buying freely, lest there
be not enough goods to go around later
on. Some cities report record sales by
retail dealers. Manufacturers M leading
Industries are handicapped by lack of
efficient labor. and though shipments are
heavy, order books remain clogged. In
that excellent barometer of conditions.
the steel trade, higher prices rule, de-
liperies are falling farther behind. do
nestle consumers fully recognize tina
futiIity OF waiting for lower quotations,
and the situation seems to have arrived
at the point where Europe stands ready
to step in with we'll nigh unlimited orders
if assurances can be made that the steel
will be forthcoming as needed.
Weekly bank clearings $685., 117ooo.
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COTTON PRICES SHOW
TENDENCY TO SAG.
The Close Was Lowest of
the Day, a Net Loss of
IL to Is Points

New Orleans, September 22.-Cotton
turned soft today under heavy selling
the greater part of which appeared to
be weekend evening up for long &C
count. This liquidation probably was
stimulated in some measure by the fact
that tomorrow is a holiday in Liver
pool, but also there was disappoint-
ment on the long side because of a
private bureau condition report show
ing a loss of only 1.6 points for the
month. The small export movement for
the week, only 5S,936 bales, was com
mented upon in a bearish way as also
was the large movement into sight and
the increase in interior stocks. The
close was at the lowest of the day, a
net loss of 10 to Is points.
The tone was steady in the early
trading and prices were at the advance
owing to the better cables than ex-
pected and reports of a strong demand
for spots in the interior. The active
months gained IL to IA points before
they met selling of consequence.
Around the middle of the morning the
tenor of spot accounts changed, Texas
sending in messages TO the effect that
the basis was about 10 points easier.
The market was unsettled from then
on with tendency to sag.
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UPWARD TREND Of
PRICE OF WHEAT
Market Stimulated by Better
Export Demand and For
eign Purchasing

Chicago, September 22.-Aggressive buy
ing of wheat resulted today from unfa-
vorable crop conditions in Argentina and
from export transactions that aggregat tie
100000 bushels. The close although un-
settled, was 1-3c to BIC net higher. with
December at 1855 to 81 5s7s and NAV at
s1.535s. Corn gained ssc to 1Isc. and oats
&c to &c. In provisions final quotations
ranged from 121zc decline to an equal
advance
Except just at the close wheat prices
were on the upgrade virtually through
out the session. scarcity of offerings
was evident right at the outset, and it
ing in a stampede because of advices that
rains in Argentina had failed to effect
the drouth, the lack of moisture being
in the north, whereas the rains had
fallen in the south and west Further
upturns in values came about from as
sertions that mills in the Dakotas were
shutting down, owing to difficulty in OBJ
tanning supplies, but a great stimulus lay
in the fact that the export demand had
broadened to material extent and that
substantial part of the foreign purchas-
ing was for Shipment to France.
Wheat strength was also a bullish fac
tor.
Oats rose chiefly in consequence of the
upturns in other cereals. Export houses
were fair buyers of future deliveries.
Provisions were inactive. An advance
in the hog market, though prevented
any general setback in prices.
Future quotations were as follows:
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WEEKLY REVIEW
OF COTTON MARKET
Firmness Continued During
First Part of Week and
Close Was Steady

New York, September 22.-The cotton
market showed continued firmness during
the greater part of the last week, with
January contracts selling up TO l640c at
the opening today, or approximately $3.50
a bale above the low level reached on
the recent reaction. Rather sharp set
backs followed under heavy realizing
this aftrnoon when sentiment was un-
settled by the publication of more opti-
n.lstic private condition figures and
rather bearish weekend statistics. The
advances during the earlier part of the
week were encouraged by builish mid
month crop reports the failure OF hedge
selling to develop on a more important
scale, and the appearance of continued
trade buying on moderate setbacks Much
o. the selling on the decline of about 11zc
a point which had followed the advance
to 1910 at the beginning of the month
had been based on expectations of in
creased southern offerings as a result
of continued rapid ginning and the
steady ruling of the southern spot mar
kets, undoubtedly started covering by
both long and foreign shorts. The de-
mand from such sources seemed to sub
side as prices approached the previous
high level today, however. and an easier
technical position doubtless figured in
the closing reaction. OF the two pri-
vate crop reports issued early in the
week. one made the condition 81 per cent,
indicating a deterioration of 81 for the
first half of the month, while the other
was 594, or a falling off of about SO
per cent. compared with 1o-year aver
age of about per cent for the month
of September. These reports strength
ened predictions of a bullish october bu-
reau, but there were rumors today that
preliminary returns to a southern author
ity indicated falling off of less than 2
per cent, which suggested that there had
been some improvement in the crop dur
ing the last few days. Southern advices
have indicated very rapid progress with
ginning, and stocks of cotton counted
at interior towns showed an increase of
900 bales, compared with 1900 last
year Reports of a slightly easier turn
in ocean freight rates for immediate
shipment led to expectations of larger
clearances for the balance of the month,
and domestic mills have been reported
large buyers in the south.
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HEAVY REALIZING
ON COTTON MARKET
General List Closed Barely
Steady at a Net
Decline

New York, September 22.-An early sd-
vance attracted heavy realizing in the
cotton market today, with January con-
tracts selling off from 1890 to Isle.
and closing at 16.12c. The general list
closed barely steady at a net decline
o. II to IA points
The market opened firm at an advance
of to II points in response to higher
Liverpool cables and a renewal of yes
terdays buying movement December
contracts sold at 16S2c on the call and
March at 1880. while the advance car
red January up to within 8 points of
the high record for the season Trade
interests were buyers on this advance.
anc southern selling did not seem to be
mitch in evidence, but there was quite a
general disposition to realize profits for
over the weekend. The selling became
more active and general following ru-
mors that a prominent southern stats
teal bureau estimated the condition of
the crop as of September 20 at ell per
cent. compared with it's report of SIT
toward the end of August. This indicated
much less than the normal deterioration,
while 1t also suggested a considerable
Improvement in crop conditions during
the last few days, and may possibly have
shaken confidence in the bullish view OF
the probable October bureau. At any
rate, the market weakened with prices
selling back to about last nights closing
figures before the end of the morning.
Slight rallies followed on covering, but
the market eased off again and was un-
settled during the afternoon with selling
encouraged by the easier ruling of New
Orleans, the rapid increase reported in
stocks at interior points for the week,
and the comparatively light exports. The
break carried December off to 16.01c and
March to 1926. or about % to 30 points
below the high level of the morning,
and the close was within a point or two
of the lowest Liverpool was a consid-
cradle buyer early. Private cables re-
ported rather uncertain tone in the
English market with business compare
lively quiet and with traders waiting for
a better line on the end-month condition
figures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-23
HISTORY MADE ON
STOCK EXCHANGE
u. S. Steel Scored Unprece-
denied Gains and Other
Shares Advance

New York, September 22.-The record of
today's session of the stock exchange
promises to form a part of the impor-
tant history of that institution. Trad
ing assumed the huge proportions of L.
$4,000 shares, making the fourteenth con-
secutive five-hour day in which opera
lions have exceeded 100000 shares.
Almost from the outset the movement
was led by United States Steel, which
scored a gross or extreme gain of 4s4
points to the unprecedented price of
1145s Steels contribution to the day
amounted to about 20 per cent of the
! whole.
Trading differed from that of the two
days Immediately preceding, in that little
irregularity was perceptible at any times
The movement. was one of almost steady
advance, although rails, which helped
to buttress the market of the forenoon
sold off quite generally at the close
Prior to that time New York Central
Reading and Canadian Pacific had shown
gains of 2 points each, with point or
more for Union Pacific, St. Paul, coal
ers and some of the minor roads.
Equipments, shipping shares, SUGARS
petroleums, with Texas company up Z
points, helped to swell the enormous to-
tai. Unclassified shares of the more OBJ
soure variety augmented the number of
different issues dealt in, these exceed
ing any session of the last three weeks
Realizing sales and short selling were
almost continuous but their effect, ex-
cept in several isolated instances, was
almost negligible.
News bearing upon the market was
mainly favorable including the reports
OF the mercantile agencies, which re-
ferred to favorable trade conditions. For
eign exchange markets were dull, with
nc material alteration in rates.
Bonds were strong, with total sales,
par value, of s4,935 600 United States
bonds were unchanged on call.
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Flour and Feedstuff

Self-rising flour, high grade. 1856;
medium grade, $S.65; Tennessee flour,
IS 40; Michigan flour, $40; hard winter
wheat flour, $3.50; spring wheat flour.
$40; Illinois flour, $40; Idaho flour.
$3.50; pure wheat shorts, $36Q3S; pure
wheat bran. $31; cotton seed meal. ~ per
cent, $34; Creme cotton seed meal, $685. cot
ton seed huls, SCI; lintless hulls, s13; No.
timothy hay, S22; new pea green alfalfa,
SO; southern alfalfa, $40; mixed alfalfa
and johnson grass. $l9. Caffir corn and
milomaze, So; No. Johnson grass, s14;
wheat straw, S13. Wheat, per 100 lbs,
$3.50. Mixed feeds, $500; No. 2 white,
oats, per bushel, &c. Corn, per bushel,
$1.16 Cornmeal, 2-bushel sack, $2.15;
corn chops, 100-lb. sack, $2.15; corn feed
meal, $34. Poultry food, 2.35 per sack;
dairy food, s31.