Bellefonte, Pa., August 27. 1909. THE SAFFRON PLANT. — it Is Among the Very Oldest of the Vegetable Products. The particular species of crocus that pas from time immemorial been cultl- vated for its dried stigmas, a product known under the name of saffron, is Crocus sativus, which is wild from - Italy to Kurdistan. Saffron may be reckoned among the very oldest of vegetable products, being alluded to in the Song of Solomon among other | spices of Lebanon. The name crocus | is Chaldean or Greek and was first used by Theophrastus of Eresus about 850 B. C., and that it was a well] known and admired flower in Greece | soon afterward is shown by Sophocles. ! who mentions the “crocus of golden | beam” in his “Cedipus at Colonos.” The word saffron seems to be a cor ruption of the Arabic name “al zahafa. | ran,” and the product itself was first | imported into England as a spice or condiment, being also used as a color | or dye for silks and other fabrics of | the eastern looms. At a later date, exactly when is not | known, the plant itself was cultivated | in England, more especially in Essex. | in which county the name of Saffron Walden remains in evidence of the fact. Again, we have in London Saf. fron bill, which formerly was a sit neluded in the bishop of Ely's garden | at Holborn, once famous for its saf. | fron beds as well as for its strawber rles. Today, however, saffron is but | little used.—London Chronicle. SUGAR AND CANDY. | os Satisfy the Cravings of the Children For Sweets. Children may eat too much sugar, | and they may also stay too long in| their bathtub, or in the creek when | they go in swimming, or get tanned or a headache from playing too long in | the sun, or chilled by staying too long | fn the open air, but is that any sound | reason way they should be deprived of | sweets, sunlight, baths and fresh air or discouraged from indulging in them? All that is needed, says Dr. Woods | Hutchinson in Success Magazine, is a little common sense regulation and ju- dicious supervision, not prohibition or denunciation. Most of the extraordi- nary craving for pure sugar and can- dy, which is supposed to lead the average child to inevitably “founder himself” if left to his own sweet will and a box of candy. is due to a state of artificial and abnormal sugar star. vation. produced by an insufficient amount of this invaluable food in its regular diet. Children who are given plenty of sugar on their mush, bread and but ter and puddings, a regular allowance of cake and plenty of sweet fruits are almost free from this craze for candy, this tendency to gorge themselves to surfeit, and can usually be trusted with both the candy box and the sugar bowl. Parker House Rolls. Materials.—Three tablespoonfuls of butter, one teaspoonful of salt, one-half cupful of lukewarm water, one yeast cake, two cupfuls of new milk, one ta- blespoonful of sugar, two egg whites and six cupfuls of flour. Way of Preparing.—Scald the milk and add to it the sugar, salt and but- ter. Let stznd until lukewarm, then add three cupfuls of flour and beat for five minutes. Add the dissolved yeas* and let stand until it is a very light, frothy mass, then add the egg whites, beaten to a stiff froth, and the remain- ing flour. Let rise again until it i: twice its original bulk, place on your molding board, knead lightly and then roll into a sheet half an inch thick. Take a large biscuit cutter and cut the dough into rounds. Brush with melted butter, fold over and press the edges together. Place in a buttered pan one inch apart. Let rise until very light and bake in a hot oven fifteen minutes. —National Food Magazine. A Duck of a Man. Ellen Terry and Mr. Balfour met for the first time at the table of Henry W. Lucy in London. During the en- suing conversation Miss Terry re- mained strangely silent. Presently the Unionist leader had to leave fo» the house of commons, and Ellen Terry at last found her tongue. Her host was relieved to find that she had not been bored. Bringing her closed hand down on the table, she exclaimed with a glance toward the door through which Mr. Balfour had passed, “I think that's a duck of a man!” LEST i. Advantages. : wy guppose you are glad to be free again?” The ex-convict sidestepped a trolley ear, dodged an auto and looked nerv- | Magazine | per's ously toward a clanging ambulance. “Qh, of course, of course,” he said «But let me tell you a man in priso feels mighty safe.”—Philadelphia Lec ger. A Drawback. «Your ocean trip was pretty nice, 1 g’pose?” “Oh, yes.” “Saw icebergs and such things, eh?” «yes, but 1 missed the billboards, 1 ean tell you."—Washington Herald Caution Extraordinary. “You have a night key?” “Of course,” answered Mr. Meekton, I'm so careless that Henrietta keeps it locked up in the safety de posit so that 1 won't lose it." —Wash- fagton Star. SARATOGA’S SPRINGS. The Water Was First Used by the In- dians as a “Cure.” The Saratoga Springs “cure” ante- dated the settlement of this commu- nity by the white man, when the High Rock spring was only a bubbling springlet, drunk at first by the Indians as a fresh water spring. Finding that their health was improved by the wa- | ter, they bethought them that it mus! have medicinal qualities, and from | that time all sick Indians were brought to High Rock spring for the healin~ of their ills The “outward and visi- ble sign” that impressed the red men | was the deposit of the salts of the! water about the spring in the form of | a cone, called tufa, which still exists | and from which it received its name and through and over which the water | bubbles to this day. In 1800 the Congress spring was dis- covered and became renowned the world over as a saline cathartic. This, combined with the sulphurous iro: water of the Putnam spring, wade Saratoga Springs famous as the lead- ing health resort of the United States The remainder of the thirty-five mir eral springs were discovered from time to time, and all have a wide therapeu- tic application in the treatment of al most all chronic diseases and are di- vided into four groups according to their component parts. These groups are: First, sodic, muriated, alkaline | saline, cathartic; second, sodie, calele, | muriated, alkaline saline; third, cha- | Iybeate; fourth, sulphur. — National Living Over Catacombs. Paris, in many of its districts, is built over the catacombs, says Har | Weekly. These vast subter-| ranean charibers and galleries produce | that peculicr cavernous sound which | i{s heard in the Luxembourg, Montpa' | nasse, Vaugirard, Montrouge and | Montsouris quarters when heavy carts | pass rapidly along the coarsely metaled roads. The streets are the like monstrous drums beating funer: marches to the grave over that vasi | common grave of ten centuries rr’ Parisians with its millions of skeleton dead. That quaint little Gothic house | at the corner of the Boulevard Ras | pail, which many an American artist must remember from his student days. | actually has a private staircase lead- | ing to the catacombs from beneath 0 | | hermetically closed stone slab just in | front of th doorstep. ———— Constitutional Amendments ROPOSED 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 twentv-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 | are proposed as amendments to the Con- | gtitution of the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, in accordance with the provi- sions of the eighteenth article thereof:— Amendment One—To Article Four, Sec- 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 the recess of commissions which shall expire at end of their next session; he Poe to fill any vacancy that : § during the recess of the Senate, in the office of Auditor State Treasurer, Affairs Secretary or Superintendent of Public Instruction, in a judicial office, or in any other eleo- tive office which he Is or thorized to fill; if the vacancy shall hap- pen during the session of the Governor shall nominate to the Sen- ate, before their final See x hi eh i 8 3 E : sii g THEE i like ; a =£ ‘ 6 g | i g g £ f h | i : : : | 4 by 353s E i ie: | for a term of flve years. | Constitution, ——————————————— Ee —— mmr oe | oe or | constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendments | === | 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 Audl- | 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 Internal 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 Gemeral or State Treas- urer shall be capable of holding the’ same office for two consecutive terms. | Amendment Three—To Article Five, Sec- | tion Eleven. Section 4. Amend section eleven of ar- ticle five, which reads as foilows:— “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 shal be directed by law, and shall be commissioned by the Governor No township, ward, district or borough shal! elect more than two justices of the peace or alder- men without the consent of a majority of the qualified electors within such town- 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 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 vownship, 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, Sec- 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 vil causes, with jurisdiction not exceeding one hundred dollars; such courts shall be heid 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 sald magistrates no voter shall vote for more than two-thirds of the number of persons to be elected when more than one are te be chosen; they shall be compensated only by fixed salaries, to be pald by said county; and shall exercise such jurisdiction, civil and criminal, except as herein provided, as {s 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 Philadeiphia there shall be estab- lished, for each thirty thousand inhabit. | ants, one court, not of record, of police | and civil eauses, with jurisdiction not | exceeding one hundred dollars; such | courts shall be held by magistrates whose term of office shall be six years, and they | ghall be elected on general ticket at the | municipal election, by the qualified voters at large; and in the election of | the sald 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 com- | 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 clvil jurisdiction or conferring political duties, as may be made by law. In Phila- delphia the office of alderman is abol- ished. 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 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 Fre ; : | | elected or appointed as may be directed | appointment of an elector of the proper gaged in making up and transmitting re- turns, except upon warrant a court of record or judge thereof, tion fraud, for felony, or A —————————————— EE ——————————— breach of the peace. In cities they may 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 same class. Each elector shall ha right to vote for the judge and s for felony, or for wanton breach of the In cities they may claim exemp- tion from jury duty during their terms of | service. Amendment Eight—To Article Twelve, Section On e. Section 9. Amend section one, article twelve, which reads as follows:— “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 by law: Provided, That elections of State officers shal! he held on a general election day, and elections of local officers shail 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 officers shall be elected at the general elections and shall offices for the term of three 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 law,” so as to read:— County officers shall be elected at the municipal elections and shall hold thei: offices for the term of four years, be- ginning on the first Monday of January next after their election, and until their successors thall 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 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, fn 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 | filled. 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 combvlete opera- tion, It is hereby declared that— In the case of officers elected by the all terms of office fixed by act of odd number of years gy Brg i S 2 2g e ? § e 3 g 8 : 5 3 : 2 § el gel | i § g i : £8 : : 3 §3E it 4.3 : % g ! : i : : | Eg i i : E i t i & | | g gigs hi i iH His g3id fsit ; j EH £5 tH eg : £ i | | : ; ipdiEl Ti thygep fif sal i i Ho tehsil i £ g | Children Cry for of tor an elec | Eatoher’s Castoria. hold their i Lyon & Co. Lvon & Co. — LYON & CO. - Sale OF ALL SUMMER GOODS. Clearance We will continue our great Clearance Sale of all Summer Goods. We must have room and all the hot weather stuffs Must be Sold now. We are making large reductions on all the prices. Goods that have been sold and small lots left,and short ends of dress patterns and less, must be sold regardless of their cost. You can buy the best qualities now at the price of a cheap grade. ABOUT 12 WASHABLE COAT SUITS, white and all colors ; all sizes in the lot. less than cost to sew them. Prices Still all sizes in those Fine Shirt Waists. Price so low it would not pay for the material in the waist. We are showing new FALL DRESS GOODS Coat Suits, and Rain Coats which makes us anx- ious to have the room of summer stuffs. See our new Fall lines and get the great bar- gains in our Summer stocks. Everything must be sold now. Fall goods are pushing them out. 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. Best Bargain of the season. YEAGER’'S SHOE STORE. successor to Yeager & Davis. Bush Arcade Building, BELLEFONTE, PA.
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