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Betiefonte, Pa., August 20,
1209.
THE
CORDON BLEU.
At First an Order For Women Cooks
Established by Louis XV.
When you hear a man spoken of as
a “cordon bleu” you know he is a
great cook, but few people have any
4dea of how and when the expression
originated. The cordon bleu was at
first an order for women cooks. It
was established by a king—which
makes it a real, proper order. Louis
XV. once asserted to Mme. du Barry
that only men could cook really well.
The famous beauty challenged the as-
sertion, but the king insisted that he
was right—that women might be all
right for beiling potatoes and per-
forming the simpler operations of
cooking, but that when it came to a
work of art it took a man.
Soon after this argument the royal
favorite invited the king to dinner. |
He praised every dish; he even ex-
pressed his august approval of the
menu as a whole. Then his hostess
triumphantly announced to him that |
the entire dinner had been prepared |
by women, from the arrangement of |
the menu and the selection of the
dishes to the preparation of the sauces
and the sweets and the serving of the
several plats. Accordingly she claimed |
the foundation of an order of merit for |
her female cooks. The claim was at |
once granted, and the cordon bled |
was first conferred upon the women of |
Mme. du Barry's kitchen,
Gourmets of today would be inclined
to say that, however great the cooks
of Mme. du Barry may have been in
their day, the dictum of Louls XV.
would be true today. There are now
few great hotels or restaurants in the |
world in which cookery is a fine art
where the chef is not a man.—New
York World.
THE CRUSH OF WORLDS. |
What Would Happen if 2 Dead Sun
invaded Qur Solar System.
It is possible, though it is not prove |
ed, that stars wma) sometimes ap-
proach one another and even “leap
madly from their spheres “What |
would happen were in tih.nown star |
or a dead sun to invade our solar sys- |
tem?" asks a writer in the Loudon Il- |
i
lustruted News, who auswers his que- |
ry in two ways. In the first place, the |
star might rush straight into the sun
and by the heat of the collision re-
duce the sun and all its planets to a |
nebulous mass without form or struc-
ture. But it is more mathematically |
probable that just as comets approach, |
circle and recede from the sun, so the
starry invader of our system would
approach our system and recede from
it, having altered it beyond recogni- |
tion. |
But what would be its effect upon '
our sun? The sun as we know fit!
today is explosively elastic. Great |
tongues of flame which would con- |
sume a little planet like ours at a!
mouthful continually leap from fit!
with speeds of several bun&ed miles |
a second. This enormous explosive
force is restrained only by the greater
force of the sun’s gravity. But if an
approaching star as great as the sun
came within striking distance of fit
then along the line joining the two
bodies. each would begin to pull the
other. as today the moon pulls up the
earth's oceans.
The mighty pull of the invading star
would neutralize the sun's gravity in
one direction, and the sun would, in a |
sense, explode. Out from our ances- |
tral sun and from opposite sides of
it would fly two great lengthening
arms of matter, reaching far beyond |
the farthest planet. As the star
passed, its moving mass would give a |
further twist to the sun and would |
pull the arms of matter into the shape |
of a great double spiral. Form and
motion would thus be imparted to the
nebula thus created, and from the
solar system thus extinguished in ca-
tastrophe a new sun, with planets con-
densing from the lumps and inequali- |
ties in the projecting arms, would |
arise.
CAPE HATTERAS.
The Shifting Sands and Point of This |
) Isolated Place. {
' There are few names more widely |
known in the United States or locall- |
ties about which a greater ignorance !
prevails than Cape Hatteras. Situated |
as it is at the angle where the long |
strip of sand beach from Cape Henry |
south turns at a right angle to the
westward, with the widest part of
Pamlico sound between it and the
mainland and with the beach both
west and north cut into several islands
by inlets from sound to ocean, its po-
sition is isolated. No means of trans-
portation exist along the beach, and
with the nearest railway station from
which a regular transportation route
is operated nearly a hundred miles
away it is an easier place to talk
about than to visit.
Like all sand promontories, the point
of the cape is always meving. An old
wreck imbedded deep in the sand and
showing oaly the stumps of her masts
and bowsprit and the rusty skeletons
of what were once her chain plates
and dead eyes is now a quarter of a
mile or more inland. Twenty years
ago she is said to have lain in the
water, where she struck or drifted
ashore, the land now outside of her
having been built up since by the ac-
tion of the wind and the waves.
Two features connected with the
galling of the fishing skiffs used here-
abouts are new to me. One is that of
using a member of the crew as shift-
ing ballast. A plank is run out over
the side, the inner end caught under
the
' and weary from bunting and said to
| down, and they sald that they were
| going to send for a horse doctor, so of
| te appear as the leader of you people?”
| gaid, "1 bet $5 my name is the oldest.”
| Constitutional Amendments
! are proposed as amendments to the Con-
. svilvania, in accordance with the provi.
| sions of the eighteenth article thereof:—
| Amendment One—To Article Four, Sec-
| sald office at the next general election,
lee washboards, while on the outer
end. with legs dangling over the water,
sits the wan acting as ballast, and |
this not in racing. mind you. but in
every day sailing. The other is the |
practice of “nodding.” as 1 heard it |
called. In moderate weather. when the |
| skiff is only lightly gliding along, one |
man will stand up alongside the cen-
terboard ou the weather side and, fae-
ing outward. will steadily rock side-|
wise from one foot to the other with |
faster. And perhaps it does.—Char-
lotte Observer.
The Red Sea. |
In the Red sea reefs of bright pink |
coral are clearly to be seen. Much of |
the rocky bed of this sea Is the work |
of the coral insect. But probably the
true reason for the name of the Red
sea is because along its eastern shore
lies ancient Edom. This word signifies
“red.” It was given to the regiou not
from the color of its sandstone hills,
but from its people. These are the
descendants of him who came in faint
his brother. “Feed me, 1 pray thee.
with that same red pottage, for 1 am
faint:" therefore was his name called
Edom.
Only a Man.
Little Muriel flew into the house
flushed and breathless.
“Oh. mother.” she cried, “don't scold
me for being late to tea, for I've had
such a disappointment: A horse fell
course 1 had to stay. And after I'd
waited and waited he came, and. ob,
mother, what do you think? It wasn't
p horse doctor at all. [It was only a
manp!"—Everybody's Magazine.
A Concise Explanation.
“How does that man always manage
“1 suppose,” answered Farmer Corn-
tossel. “that it's simply because he's
smart enough to get ahead of us.”-—
Washington Star.
The Oldest.
Three old sports were chatting after
a copious dinner, when one of them
The bet was immediately accepted,
and be produced his card, reading “Mr
Abel.”
“Oh, dear $5!" said the second. show
ing his card. “1 am Mr. Adam.”
“Mine is the bet,” replied the other,
producing his card, and they could
read "Mr. B. Ginning" printed on it.—
Judge's Library.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMON-
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR
REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL AS-
SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUB-
LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRE-
TARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII oF
THE CONSTITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing, amendments to sections eight
and twenty-one of article four, sections
eleven and twelve of article five, sec
tions two, three, and fourteen of article
eight, section one of article twelve, and
sections two and seven of article four-
teen, of the Constitution of Pennsyl-
vania, and providing a schedule for
carrying the amendments into effect.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That the following
stitution of the Commonwealth of Penn-
tion Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight of article
four of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
which reads as follows: —
“He shall nominate and, by and with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of
all the members of the Senate, appoint
a Secretary of the Commonwealth and
an Attorney General during pleasure, a
Superintendent of Public Instruction for
four years, and such other officers of
the Commonwealth as he is or may be
authorized by the Constitution or by
law to appoint; he shall have power to
fill all vacancies that may happen, in of-
fices to which he may appoint, during
the recess of the Senate, by granting
commissions which shall expire at the
end of their next session; he shall have
power to fill any vacancy that may hap-
pen, during the recess of the Senate, in
the office of Auditor General, State
Treasurer, Secretary of Internal Affairs
or Superintendent of Public Instruction,
fn a judicial office, or in any other elec-
tive office which he is or may be au-
thorized to fill; if the vacancy shall hap-
pen during the session of the Senate,
the Governor shall nominate to the Sen-
ate, before their final adjournment, a
proper person to fill said vacancy; but
fn any such case of vacancy, in an elec-
tive office, a person shall be chosen to
unless the vacancy shall happen within
three calendar months immediately pre-
ceding such election, in which case the
election for said office shall be held at
the second succeeding general election.
In acting on executive nominations the
Senate shall sit with open doors, and, in
confirming or rejecting the mominations
of ‘the Governor, the vote shall be n
by yeas and nays, and shall be entered n
the journal” so as to read as follows:—
He shall nominate and, by and with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of
all the members of the Senate, appoint
a Secretary of the Commonwealth and
an Attorney General during pleasure, a
Superintendent of Public Instruction for
four years, and such other officers of the
Commonwealth as he is or may be au-
thorized by the Constitution or by law
to appoint; he shall have power to fill
all vacancies that may happen, in offices
to which he may appoint, during the re-
cess of the Senate, by granting commis-
sions which shall expire at the end of
their next session; he shall have power
to fill any vacancy that may happen,
during the recess of the Senate, in the
office of Auditor General, State Treas-
urer, Secretary of Internal Affairs or
Superintendent of Public Instructien, in
a judicial office, or in any.other elective
office which he is or may be authorized
to fill; if the vacancy shall happen dur-
ing the session of the Senate, Gov-
ernor shall nominate to the be-
fore their final adjournment, a proper
person to fill vacancy; but in any
such case of vacancy, in an elective of-
fice, a person shall be chosen to sald of-
fice on the next election day appropriate
ccording to the
shall be held on the second
|
election day appropriate to such office.
In acting on executive nominations the
Senate shall sit with open doors, and. In|
confirming or rejecting the nominations
of the Governor, the vote shall be taken
by yeas and nays, and shall be entered
on the journal. |
Amendment Two—To Article Four, Sec-
tion Twenty-one.
Section 3. Amend section twenty-one of |
article four, which reads as follows:—
“The term of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs shall be four years; of the Audi
tor General three years; and of the State
Treasurer two years. These officers shall
be chosen by the qualified electors of the
State at general elections. No person
elected to the office of Auditor General
or State Treasurer shall be capable of’
holding the same office for two consecu-
tive terms.” so as to read:— |
The terms of the Secretary of Interna!’
Affairs, the Auditor General, and the
State Treasurer shall each be four years;
and they shall be chosen by the qualified
electors of the State at general elections;
but a State Treasurer, elected In the year |
one thousand nine hundred and nine,’
shall serve for three years, and his suc- |
cessors shall be elected at the general
election in the year one thousand nine
hundred and twelve, and in every fourth
year thereafter. No person elected to the
office of Auditor General or State Treas |
urer shall be capable of holding the
same office for two consecutive terms.
Amendment Three—To Article Five, Sec- |
ticn Eleven. |
Section 4. Amend section eleven of ar-
ticle five, which reads as follows:— |
“Except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, justices of the peace or al- |
dermen shall be elected in the several!
wards, districts, boroughs and townships |
at the time of the election of constables, |
by the qualified electors thereof, in such
manner as shall be directed by law, and |
shall be commissioned by the Governor!
for a term of five years. No township, |
ward, district or borough shall elect more |
than two justices of the peace or alder-
men without the consent of a majority |
of the qualified electors within such town- i
ship, ward or borough; no person shall!
be elected to such office unless he shall
have resided within the township, borough, |
ward or district for one year next preced- |
ing his election. In cities containing over |
fifty thousand inhabitants, not more than |
one alderman shall be elected in each |
ward or district,” so as to read:—
Except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, justices of the peace or
aldermen shall be elected in the several
wards, districts, boroughs or townships,
by the qualified electors thereof, at the
municipal election, in such manner as
shall be directed by law, and shall be
commissioned by the Governor for a
term of six years. No township, ward,
district or borough shall elect more than
two justices of the peace or aldermen
without the consent of a majority of the
qualified electors within such township,
ward or borough: no person shall be
elected to such office unless he shall have
resided within the township, borough,
ward or district for one year next pre-
ceding his election. In cities containing
over fifty thousand inhabitants, not more
than one alderman shall be elected in
each ward or district.
Amendment Four—To Article Five,
tion Twelve.
Section 5. Amend section twelve of arti-
cle five of the Constituton, which reads
as follows :—
“In Philadelphia there shall be estab-
lished, for each thirty thousand inhabit-
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and qvil eauses, with jurisdiction
exceeding one hundred dollars;
courts shall be held by magistrates whose
term of office shall be five years and
they shall be elected on general ticket
by the qualified voters at large; and in
the election of the said magistrates no
voter shall vote for more than two-thirds
of the number of persons to be elected
when more than one are to be chosen;
they shall be compensated only by fixed
salaries, to be paid by said county; and
shall exercise such jurisdiction, civil and
criminal, except as herein provided, as
is now exercised by aldermen, subject to
such changes, not Involving an increase
of civil jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, as may be made by law. In Phila-
delphia the office of alderman is abol-
fshed,” so as to read as follows:—
In Philadelphia there shall be estab-
lished, for each thirty thousand inhabit-
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and civil causes, with jurisdiction not
exceeding one hundred dollars; such
courts shall be held by magistrates whose
term of office shall be six years, and they
shall be elected on general ticket at the
municipal election, by the qualified
voters at large; and in
the said magistrates mo voter shall vote
for more than two-thirds of the number
of persons to be elected when more than
one are to be chosen; they shall be com-
pensated only by fixed salaries, to be
paid by said county; and shall exercise
such jurisdiction, civil and criminal, ex-
cept as herein provided, as is now ex-
ercised by aldermen, subject to such
changes, not involving an increase of
civil jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, as may be made by law. In Phila-
3eiphia the office of alderman is abol-
Amendment Five—To Article Eight, Sec-
tion Two.
Section 6. Amend section two of article
eight, which reads as follows:—
“The general election shall be held an-
nually on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday of November, but the Gen-
eral Assembly may by law fix a different
day, two-thirds of all the members of
each House consenting thereto,” so as to
Bec-
The general election shall be held bi-
ennially on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday of November in each
even-numbered year, but the General As-
sembly may by law fix a different day,
two-thirds of all the members of each
House consenting thereto: Provided,
That such election shall always be held
fn an even-numbered year.
Amendment Six—To Article Eight, Sec-
tion Three.
Section 7. Amend section three of article
eight, which reads as follows:—
“All elections for city, ward, borough
and township officers, for regular terms
of service, shall be held on the third
Tuesday of February,” so as to read:—
All judges elected by the electors of the
a judge and two | who shall
be chosen annually hy the citizens. Each
| Constitutional Amendments | Constitutional Amendments
| |
breach of the peace. In cities they may |
claim exemption from jury duty during,
their terms of service,” so as to read:— |
District election boards shall consist of
a judge and two Inspectors, who shall be
chosen biennially, by the citizens at the
| municipal election; but the General As-
. sembly may require sald boards to be
| appointed in such manner as it may by
law provide. Laws regulating the ap-
pointment of said boards may be enacted |
to apply to cities only: Provided, That
such laws be uniform for cities of the
same class. Each elector shall have the
right to vote for the judge and one In-
spector, and each inspector shall appoint’
one clerk. The first election board for
any new district shall be selected, and
vacancies in election boards filled, as
shall be provided by law. Election offi- |
cers shall be privileged from arrest upon
days of election, and while engaged In.
making up and transmitting returns, ex- |
cept upon warrant of a court of record,
or judge thereof, for an election fraud,
for felony, or for wanton breach of the
peace. In cities they may claim exemp- |
tion from jury duty during their terms of
service. :
Amendment Eight—To Article Twelve, |
Section One.
Section 9. Amend section one, article
twelve, which reads as followsi—
“All officers, whose selection is not pro-
vided for in this Constitution, shall be!
elected or appointed as may be directed |
by law.” so as to read:—
All officers, whose selection is not pro- |
vided for in this Constitution, shall be |
elected or appointed as may be directed |
by law: Provided, That elections of State |
officers shall be held on a general election
day, and elections of local officers shall!
be held on a municipal election day, ex- |
cept when, in either case, special elections |
may be required to fill unexpired terms. |
Amendment Nine—To Article Fourteen, |
Section Two. |
Section 10. Amend section two of article
fourteen, which reads as follows: — |
“County offigers shall be elected at the |
general elections and shall hold their
offices for the term of three years, be-|
ginning on the first Monday of January
next after their election, and until their |
successors =hall be duly qualified; all]
vacancies not otherwise provided for,
shall be filled in such manner as may be |
provided by law,” so as to read:—
County officers shall be elected at the!
municipal elections and shall hold thelr
offices for the term of four years, be-
ginning on the first Monday of January
next after their election, and until their
successors shall be duly qualified; all
vacancies not otherwise provided for,
shall be filled in such manner as may be
provided by aw.
Amendment Ten-To Article Fourteen,
Section Seven.
Section 11. Amend section seven, article
fourteen, which reads as follows:—
“Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
county where such officers are chosen, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five and every third year there-
after; and in the election of said officers
each qualified elector shall vote for no
more than two persons, and the three
persons having the highest number of
votes shall be elected; any casual vacancy
in the office of county commissioner or
county auditor shall be filled, by the
court of common pleas of the county in
which such vacancy shall occur, by the
appointment of an elector of the proper
county who shall have voted for the
commissioner or auditor whose place is
to be filled,” so as to read:—
Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
county where such officers are chosen,
in the year one thousand nine hundred
and eleven and every fourth year there-
after; and In the election of said officers
each qualified elector shall vote for no
more than two persons, and the three
persons having the highest number of
votes shall be elected; any casual vacancy
in the office of county commissoner or
county auditor shall be filled by the court
of common pleas of the county in which
such vacancy shall occur, by the appoint-
ment of an elector of the proper county
who shall have voted for the commis-
sioner or auditor whose place is to be
Schedule for the Amendments.
Section 12 That no inconvenience may
arise from the changes in the Constitu-
tion of the Commonwealth, and in order
to carry the same into comblete opera-
tion, it is hereby declared that—
In the case of officers elected by the
people, all terms of office fixed by act of
Assembly at an odd number of years
shall each be lengthened one year, but
the Legislature may change the length
of the term, provided the terms for which
such officers are elected shall always be
for an even number of years.
The above extension of official terms
shall not affect officers elected at the
general election of one thousand nine
hundred and eight; nor any city, ward,
borough, township, or election division
officers, whose terms of office, under ex-
{sting law, end in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and ten the municipal election shall be
held on the third Tuesday of February,
as heretofore; but all officers chosen at
that election to an office the regular term
of which is two years, and also all elec-
tion officers and assessors chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Mon-
day of December in the year one thou-
sand nine hundred and eleven. All offi-
cers chosen at that election to offices the
term of which is now four years, or is
made four years by the operation of
these amendments or this schedule, shall
serve until the first Monday of December
fn the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen. All justices of the peace,
magistrates, and aldermen, chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Mon-
day of Decrmber in the year one thou-
sand nine hndred and fifteen. After the
year nineteen hundred and ten, and until
the Legislature shall otherwise provide,
all terms of city, ward, borough, town-
|
i
on the first Monday of December
in an odd-numbered year.
All city, ward, and township
officers holding office at the date of the
of these ts, whose
terms of office may end in the year one
thousand nine and eleven, shall
Children Cry for
Fletcher's Castoria.
Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
LYON & CO.
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR
Clearance - Sale
OF ALL SUMMER STUFFS.
Only a few items to show you the big money
saving you can do by buying here.
A large assortment of fine Organdies, all colors,
that sold at zoc and 25c, now per yard roc
One lot Organdies, not so fine, thatsold at 1234 ¢
and 135c, now per vard 8c
A large assortment of fine White Goods in stripe
and check, that sold at 15¢c. and 20c., now per
yard 10c
We have no space to tell you of everything re-
duced, such as Dress Ginghams, Percales, Wool
Dress Goods, Silks, all the new shades in Messa-
lines, Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, Men's fine
Shirts and Summer Underwear, Summer Suits.
All Low Shoes in black, white and russet, at big
reduction prices.
Ladies’ Washable Coat and Jumper Suits, in
white and colors, that sold at $5 and $6, now go
at $2.75 & $3.90.
All Ladies’ Shirt Waists at closing-out prices—
must be sold now. .
We must have the room for our new Fall Goods.
It will mean a big saving to come into our store
before you buy.
SUMMER GOODS MUST BE SOLD NOW.
LYON & COMPANY,
47-12 Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pa.
Bellefonte Shoe Emporium.
A Big Reduction
IN
Ladies’ Oxfords
Ladies’ $2.00 and
$2.50 Oxfords now
$1.48 A PAIR.
YEAGER’S SHOE STORE.
successor to Yeager & Davis.
Bush Arcade Building, BELLEFONTE, PA.