MAGAZINE SECTION. entre 41 BELLEFONTE, PA, THURBDAY, MAY 31, 1906. mocrat. Farm Notes, Chorce Fiction, Current Topics "HOUSE FOR FREE SEEDS. LOWER BRANCH OF NATIONAL LEGISLATURE PASSES THIS APPROPRIATION. Members of Congress “Haze” Ope ponents of Free Seeds.~Confusion Precedes Final Vote on Bill.—Agri- cultural Oratory When the House of Representatives took up the agricultural appropriation bill, quite a discussion arose over the elimination of the usual free seed item by the committee on agriculture, The House gave to the country during the days of debate, a spectacle that else- svhere than on the floor of that parlia- mentary body, would have been known as “mough house.” There was a great tendency to “haze” members when they spoke in defense of the action of the committee, Much was said about the attempt to strike down the hard-working farmer and take from him that Belping hand in the shape of free seeds which bad been held out to him for so many years. None of the advocates of free seeds emphasized the fact that the total val- ue of the package containing five small packets which forms the quota gent to each farmer cost the govern. ment 1 3; cents, and that each member had the enormous sum of $150 worth of these seeds to distribute among his entire constituency. The arguments advanced sought to prove that the withdrawal of this subsidy of less than 2 cents to each farmer would dri the entire agricultural voting strength of the country into bankruptcy. ELOQUENCE ON TAP. ve ANTI- MONOPOLY LAWS, Regulations in France Which Rigidly Prohibit the Cornering of Neces- sary Commodities, It seems that our anti-trust and mon- oply crusaders might learn something from the methods employed in our Sister Republic of France. There, capitalists are limited in their opera tions of “cornering” commodities. This applies particularly to those products which are considered necessities of life, such as grain and its products, bread, meat, wine, vegetables, butter, vinegar, coal, wool, silk, etc. Any “cornering” of such articles is a criminal offense in France, It has been go, with varying forms of penalties dedlt out, since 1793. The offense has been made so broad and sweeping that it now includes all persons who of prime necessity, whether it is their property or not. The criminal code prohibits mani. pulations tending to bring about an advance or fall in price that is not warranted by the law of supply and demand. The law does not include tobacco, of course, for tobacco is a government monopoly and controlled absolutely by it. The punishment met- ed out to the violators of this law con- gists of both imprisonment and fine, the term and amount being measured by the magnitude of the offense. In addition to this the offending manu- his factory or business establishment five years in the empic There handling” offending {individuals Every director in a managerial capacity responsible. For a second offense, De 80 severe that It n 14) snalty is would re Kome of the speeches made will go rolling down the “corridors of 4 as “specimens of that quence always on tap in the House Representatives when a grea fssue is up for consid Mr. Henry, of Connecticut, ted innumerable lette from his con- stituents and from organized granges urging the abolishment of the free-seed practice. Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming, delivered himself of a humorous gpeech In which he poked fun at the Department. Mr. Burleson, of Texas, opposed free seeds because he did not ’ time elo- of 1 2 ut, subn = believe the intelligent farmers of the | dency this year to all sorts of Blue and country expected the government to !Gray proceedings. The Grand Army Farmers, | posts and the Confederate camps have mixed themselves up in a most genial aid them In waelr business. under all circumstances, he said, had supported the government and never expected the government to support them. Mr. Burleson paid his respects, rather sarcastically, to certain mem. bers who advocated free seeds on the floor and then In the cloak rooms sneered at the “"Heubens” and “hay seeds” Mr. Bur SCENES IN ARLINGTON Where Are Buried 1. Monument to 2,111 “Unknown 2. Mansion House of Gen, Robert 8. Amphitheatre Where Memorial leson challenged anybody to show a single resolution passed by an organ- ized body of farmers favoring this “species of graft Mr. Mondell held the attention of the House until he had concluded, and his speech was the one cool, dispassion- | ate episode of the day. “The question 18.” sald he, “Shall we continue to en dear ourselves to the hearts of our constituents by distributing among them a few packages annually of seeds i of unknown vintage and uncertain heredity of the fragrant onion, the Jusclous rutabaga, and the humble but glorfous—'the kind that mother used to make—ple promoting pumpkin, or shall we, with Spartan self-denial, forego this ancient and potent promoter of our claims to statesmanship?’ Mr. Mondell concluded by convulsing the House with a famous writ ten by the “poet lariat” of his State on the subject under discussion by the House, When Mr. Cocks, the representative it- | i! : sult | any establishment. S—————— eae MEMORIAL DAY. No memorial Day, as it Is more has ever around, the institution of the observance, more than thirty-five years day, or generally known come since ago, he North and South, and | t now. There has been a decided ten war This does not mean that the special | value of the day, to the northerner, as a commemoration, Le services and Tn () death of the Union 86! fine edges On the contrary, gained in zest it NATIONAL CEMETRY 260.000 Union and Confederate Dead. Dead.) E. Lee Services Are Held. a ing of the Unlon and its sacredness, But the Union is now secure forever. The rancors of war time are dead. The work of the hero of that war is complete, There is now no further occasion for maintaining the conflict that he had part in, At the side of the soldiers’ graves, in this year of 1006, many stalwart grandsons of men who are buried there will stand with flowers In their hands. 1865 was a good while ago. A certain amount of the decorating this year will be done by veteran® great-grandsons. For there were old fellows in the ranks of Bull Run and at Gettysburg on both sides. But there were youngsters, too, and thousands of these we have with us still. They are honored above 811 other men, and pro- perly, on Memorial Day. It Is thelr day. Nothing ean be more Inipressive than their annual turnout. It is the nation's most beautiful spectacle, and the honoring of It weaves Into Amer: fean lives the enduring pattern of patriotism, A Boston has a public school teacher— Clara Doane-who Mise has taught continuously for fifty-seven years. fruit, | de- | stroy or permit to perish merchandise | facturer, merchant, or manipulator has | called for a forlorn hope. placed under police supervision, the ex- pense of which he pays for from two to is no more trouble corporations or is Decoration | 2° when n hetter state of foe ihe existed hetween between | the men who fought in the war, than has The soldier dled for the Union, and those who lay flowers on hisgrave eannotdo so without think- AT EIGHTY FIVE YEARS, SENA- OR PETTUS DISGUSTED AT BEING CALLED AGED. Constituents ldolize Him—But They are Preparing to Hold an Election to Decide on Successor—in Case He Dies. RED TAPE IN DAYS OF 61. The Best Way to Get Brooms Was to Beg the Money and Buy Them. menting on the sowalled ing reminiscences of the working of the “rep tape" during the days of 1861, “I was quartermaster sergeant in a New York regiment and had detalled to assist Something unusual is happening in Alabama The people unanimously want tinue to serve them in the States Senate as long as he lives, they are preparing to hold an election to decide npon his successor, The rea- son is that when Senator Pettus’ pres- | ént term expires, in 1909, he will be 88 years old, and the election i8 to be held because Alabamans fear he will not live longer than that, But “Grand- pa” Pettus is indignant. He says he is ag spry as he was at 60 and that he expects to live out the whole six years of another term. He is candidate for | re-election on the platform: “A man is as young as he feels.” Senator Pettus had reached the time for chloroforming, according to the so-called Osler doctrine, back in '63— about the time he was performing | deeds of daring in defense of Vicks- | burg, fighting with the Confederate army. It seems that the situation had | become desperate; volunteers were A brigade offered for the offered to lead, where fight was { mn, A Texans of reckless nd Pettus gervice, an And he dic h ‘ ol Otis 0 Ta n the extermination of almost | foll Re 4 from Alabama to reeback with a company forty of his neighbors. He wa lad then of twenty but | ready had the war, in which At five his rec this Enjoys a game reads his Bible, loves flower l carries a red bandana wife sweetheart, has a fund of subtle humor, and being a Senator who works d a mers had al Mexican eighty “ adventures in he fought “1 11} IHRE » 4) runs ills, Reaper is twenty or off. That, his frie §00d enough platior = —- a Joys in Tree Plaaling. In the only ten early spring the Ig upon the and shrubs disappears n fakir takes his prun- and a ball of twine and goes tree fakir is fad for foreig: About : the me the the hi ais ENOW | tree {anything else | These he trims and in bundles for rem where they are to! When the spring ti home garden o«¢ es the tree fakir makes his appearan in He will show pictures of rare Japanese or Chinese or Mexican or East ghrith trees and offer to sup sprouts at a figure th ing. You see an opportunity to get plant worth $12 for $1, and then y think of the envy which that queer, | red-leafed, wide-spreading bush will excite in the breast of your neighbor— and you buy. By and by you shout with joy a call your wife out to see { leaves, and then you begin to brag look down upon your neighbors invite them in to see the wonder, you talk learnedly of horticulture Japan or the East Indies, And then your glerious ¢ree hursis into leaf—when you discover that you have bought an ordinary, common everyday sumach or a maple, or, per- haps, a scrawny little peach tree, Then you lle in wait for him, and you meet {with another disappointment, He doesn’t come around any more. i —— a — Afterthoughts. The ratio of married couples living to celebrate the golden anniversary is 1 to 11,000, wi purpose nd ties up val to the place 13 mmen e publi ply ¥ i most invit at is yt ! the tiny and Y An in According to Pekin reports, the Chi nese bandits are almost as active as East Side rioters In New York. - A Milwaukee poetess won a barrel of flour in a poetical contest. Few poets are so lucky in landing the dough. “Chicago bristles,” eays Henry James, proving that they took him on the usual sightseeing trip through the stockyards—hogs and cattle, The baby that was born in a parlor car on the Lake Shore road can claim that whatever success he achieves later in life was due to early training. Henry James calls himself a “frus trated American” Those of us who have tried to understand Mr. James’ books belong in the same class, The Washington State Supreme Court has given George H. Melse §14,- 000 for the loss of a leg. George's financial standing Is now assured, Dr. Wiley, the Government Chemist, a ator plants ma w pho prior gr gph Ly He Is, of course, after the cold facts. Edmund Winston Pettus to con- | United | ported the matter to the lieutenant he | the Southland than Mrs, M Yet | told me to stop off at the ordnance | lett, ord is said to be something 0 calls his hasn't time to think whether the Grim years pe PEN i" a trees of recruits,” he said, the first week 1 were out of brooms, “At discovered and the end of that we when 1 re store when I rode ln to get the rations, Yow President MRE. MM. © for half : 1 I made out dozen bro I got to tl fi requisition and he sign 1 i » Whe ns showe it ! it signed , RA finally old me form THONTK I told h recruits and nst d hunted up the 1 th get s 1) order 1 and that had not my party no foolseap m were | ery Washington and get some we 1 explained that this wonld take long and that the good If we brooms would did not get them asked If the leutenant mander of my corps. of course he was not ‘Then,’ told, ‘he must put under his For Officer Commanding.” ™ “1 went back to camp, writing out a new desired improvement made, returned to the ajor he that it was all wrong saying ‘required for such and company, six have concluded It I seratched out the ine and it. 1 was then told such corrections were not allowed, and a new requsi- tion was necessary. | drew up a hew and asked If It was all right The major reluctantly said he thought it would pass. 1 then rede back to camp and got it signed. Taking it to the ordnance store | was informed that nothing could be issued on such an wder. It had to be registered, 1 asked for further particulars, and was In. formed that thif could be done at the major's office. Once more { trotted back and eventually a corporal placed | my paper under a little stamp and in | flicted a mark something like a nos tary's seal. Again 1 went to the ord: nance store, “‘Is this all right now,’ I afked. “Yeu," answered the sergeant. ‘It's a bit irregular, but it will de.’ “‘May I have the brooms now? “You can’t have them at all’ an- swered the sergeant, severely, “‘Why, in Heaven's name, can't 17 “Because,” he replied as he turned away, we haven't any. We ae all out of them." " not do any sooner. He then was the com- I answered that When explained Instead a hrooms, with brooms should six.’ one a Serutinize your change carefully; a dan. erous counterfeit thousand dollar bill has wen discovered, Pirates have stolen a Standard Ol vespel, There Is apparently no longer houor along members of the profession, Dr. Wiley, chief chemist of the Agricul. tural Department, says that bottled whis key is the safest, Of course It is, as long as It stays bottled, The Chicago News says that a man y flirt with e of the girls all the time That ‘ho man Bas ‘a Tight 10 Airt with al the all hatte A veteran of the civil war, In com- | Panama | clrcumlocution office, gave some ams | been | in handling a bunch | United Daughters al Daughters to the sergeant in charge and he laughed at that comes by the for and be on on station- He told me to go or to send to I was name and after requisition had the | 8 of regiment rewrote whore birth ments and loving ing and dead object in uniting South as to bring m together, to pull shoulder houlder Confederate veterans NOCORRATY hers, has given tribnte monu- to both liv CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS. MES. GOODLETT OF NASHVILLE~ FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ORDER, | trove for Years to Unite Various | | Southern State Organizations— | Active Worker in Many Charitable | Institutions. Few have accomplished more for {living patriotism ns well as perpetuat ing the memory of the heroie dead, of C. Good founder United Southern the women of ther heroes, Ww | t¢ ’ with in extending # vors of to protect Confederacy: by Southern untiring effort after in reconstraction of the south in patient endurance of hardship and patriotic devotion dur- ing the struggle; memory of those who fell in the service of the Confederate States: and to cherish ties of friendship among the members of the society. 3 She worked for years striving to organize the United Daughters of tho Confederacy hefore her own association of which she was preai- dent would co-operate with her in call- on and inviting other > Confederacy to unite national At | ng Presi le ient of the she was a Conference nid to the needy gurvi war betw thie oon the States: historic places of the the part as well'in in the 10 record taken i women the war as to honor the of the the Tenn., president of Nashville, and first even convent ors of 1 a time, bes ng a Daught in forming this i association yr Tennessee Daughters, meme ber of the National of Charities and Corrections, the jonal Prisoners Associa and the National Humane Association, nd ein. cated up to the point where she could the advantage of he IL Of con * WOrk- at 1 n 11100, was solidat nfodor RELL nd far apar er ing g scattered who % work show ex ors wil i A + i H on- r founder, mplied with and led at Nasb- . 1000. 1180 thel Granted. family dinner Major k D. Grant told this Grant Frederi At the General story on himsell “1 was booked to speak at a large dinner in town and the toastmaster felt it incumbent upon him to make ani JIE RAth as smooth as possible, He therelo I 0) | strongly resembled him. This had the desired effect on the people present, and they gave me their best attention Although 1 spoke as well as 1 coul felt that everyone was disappointed n me and 1 sat down with relief that OV 1 a , ODLETY?, - federacy. of the Con dd of the No ’ Confederacy. f such force r bit character 1 | one it 0 a ng tra 1, ] 11 mon nen ror} ger wit ’ mid ha lished In a society that now num- a long pari con wived n short a time bers 40,006) 1 y Mrs Goodlett vers ! n is father? speaking of this cherished child of cent.” ” SEEING |S RELIEVING IT IS NOT AN EASY MATTER to make a million peoj ye that so good a magazine as Maxwell's Homemaker Mag agine ca® be pu! a year. 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