Part 2. MA GAZINE SECTION. The entre Lemocral, BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY AUGUST 2. 1906. Farm Notes, COUNTESS OF WARWICK, A STRIKING BEAUTY OF ENGLISH COURT WHO IS FRIEND OF WORKINGMEN. Mas riccomplished Great Philan- thropy, Foundling Girls' Schools in Dairying, Poultry, Etc.~FProminent in Politics. England has at least one titled woman whose wealth and position have not proved sufficient to blind her to conditions which surround less for- tunate men and women. She is the Countess of Warwick, long the reign- ing beauty of King kuward's court, and one of the most famous women in two continents, The Countess has recently come In- to prominence through her par...ipa- tion in the English elections and is a strong advocate and supporter of Will Thorne, candidate of the dock la- borers for a seat in the House of Com- mons. The Countess strongly sup- ports the contention of the laboring element for a labor party in parliament and. gowned In the most bewitching of Parisian frocks and in a red automo- bile she has been stirring things up pretty lively in the forty-five parlia- mentary districts in which repre- (38) sentatiy of organized labor were running for the Commons, SENT DELEGATI( This very cently sent women to the Unite labor here Each as In- trusted with a different mission. One visited stenographers and typewriters, another went to tailor shops and still another to the fact w hie men and won entire labor tie ered. penses the material brought back the laboring cl Not long ago a treme stage was a bundreds of wo their dinners i bear her speech. She was given a great ova tion, called the men “comrades and House of X TO AMERICA. wratice re deme Countess Ntates to study conditions ories Te young d and the was aaequately n are employe 1d COV- of the trip now delegation to using Addressed Her and without sdous crow tI | away” | slipped in to upset the calculations of a delegation of twenty-five | | measure contained the signature of the And . p | certify I'he Countess defrayed all ex-| . | states that the quest | described to party gtrain in friends” and urged them every effort labor parliament, “You workers clared the Countess succession of made were lustily boring men. The Countess of Warwick is one of | Eigland's most famous women fore the succession of her husband to the earldom she was Lady Brooke and gained the of Babbling Brooke” for told some t' ngs in connection the famous bac- earnt party at Tranby Croft whic h | proved one of the most sensational | news stories of the year. The Prince | of Wales, now King Edward vII, was a member of the party and a subse. quent witness In the case TO TEACH DAIRYING CHICKEN GROWTH In the past few years the Countess of Warwick has devoted nearly her entire time to phl.anthropic and char- ity work. and lace store but the venture proved unsuccessful. Later she founded a school and dalry work and poultry- keeping for young girls, a home for erippled children and a tecunical school. to get a de fn she la- | are the empire,” and this with sn rited cheered by g ved : assertions the 3 we nickname having with AND wo CANDIED FLOWERS. England Has Begun Strange De- mands for Sugared Blossoms From the United States. One of the latest developments of Jxury Is sald to be the candying of fragrant flowers, The potion is not altogether new, for violets have long been made Into confections for the palate, as well as into boquets for the olfactory organs, At any rate, it seems that the fash. fon bas acquired a new Impetus of late, and a eandied violet Is coming [for the King and Queen to visit the | shores of North America at the pres. | the moment supreme, as unassailable, She once managed a linen | bouche” to be presented to a lady. There is also, It is said, a demand for sugared rose petals, which Is being catered to by some enterprising artists in sugar. It ean hardly be pretended that flowers made into “sweets” are of any medicinal efficacy, though damask rose leaves have long held a recog- nized place in the materia medica. Whether the violet has any thera- peutic qualities does not appear, though the leaves (not the flower) have just now some reputation—out- gide the medical faculty--as a cure for cancer. The best that can be hoped for, if flowers are to be eaten as well as to be seen and smelled, is that they may in all cases prove to be innocuous. It is a nice question whether the perfume Is always a safe guide. Perhaps the modern craze Is, after | all, only a form of Inxury. A candied violet or a dish of rose leaves cun- ningly prepared for the tea table could not possibly enter into the category of cheap sweets for the millions, and it is understood that the sugar trust is not interested. me ce —— BREAKS BY CONGRESS Peculiar Mistakes Due to Tremen- dous Amount of Work Transacted Just Before Adjournment. the hurry and bustle of “get day in Congress, a few errors In irty leaders. One of these was the ming of the agricultural appropri jon bill by the President before that the House of Representa course this oversight was but the question then arose wrtance of having the bill the Speaker and the Vice Their merely the bill has passed their houses, the important fact Speaker of Of corrected, Lives, as to the imp signed by President. that Wwtive signatures r that they have been passed by House and Senate, For this rea is not regarded as being abso-| dispensable that a bill should | signed by the presiding officer of we House. All that is necessary is to establish the fact that it has been so passed. Another “break” was the presiden tial approval of the sundry civil bill containing an item appropriating £3.000,000 for a site for a new de-| partmental building in Washington. | This item had been dropped out of the | bill in conference but the enrollment | clerks failed to notice the omission | and so included this item in the copy of the bill laid before the President for his signature. When the error was discovered, a resolution was adopted by both houses of Congress repealing the feature of the bill making the $3,000,000 appropriation. It Is not strange that these mis-| takes occur, as all of the employes of | both the Senate and House during the last few days of Congress have an wrmous amount of work shoved upon them, so that when Congress actually adjourns many of them are ready to] take to their beds for several days in order to recuperate BN NS,S.,DS CANADIAN RECIPROCITY. Northern Sister Would Like Such Arrangement; But is Waiting Move by This Country. A letter from Ottawa, Canada, on of reciprocrity | n Canada and the United] States is by no means dead, as was | clearly shown by the recent debate on the Canadian budget in a number of Spee which, while they admitted that the United States did not appear | to care for reciprocity, it would If it could be brought about on mutually | advantageous terms, oe a good thing for both sides of the line. Many of the crown ministers and even Sir Wil frid Laurier himself, the premier, and in England as the foremost | in the British Empire, are favorable to Capadian-Americarc re ciprocity, If it ean be bad Sir Richard Cartwright, minister of trade and commerce, said recen.y that there could be no better British policy than to do everything possible to encourage | Deiwes ' MOS, statesman Senator Lougheed, the concervative leader In the Senate, stated that he thought no higher work could be found by King Edward than to promote fhe good relations of the two peoples, wl o bind more closely together the two Anglo-Saxon nations He knew no happler way of strengt ening the bond between the Anglo-Saxon peoples on the North American Continent than ent time, If reciprocity Is not visibly to the front today It Is because public opinion In Canada reg rds reciprocity as unattainable and the position of the antl-reciprocity men who are for Hence, and for no other rearon, re- ciprocity sentiment Is put on the shelf until ealled for again, and an ostenta- tions appearance of indifference Is manifested In Canada which will be stifly maintained as long as the United States government makes no forward movement that public opinion in the Dominion ean accept as sincere and based on a spirit of reasonableness and fair play. To those who are able to read be. tween the lines, the announcement of the finance minister that the changes to be made In the Canadian tariff, when revision takes pace next session, must depend upon such new conditions As may § Hr occurred, Is obviously meant for the people at Washington who stand In the way of reciprocity, and those in Loendon who have blocked a mutual preference between the mother country and Canada. It Is a warning and may mean much, or little, | corner | Were | loco colored with lamp black, | good relations with the United States, | these to be regarded as an acceptable “bonne as circumstances or conditions dictate, A GROCERY IN CONGRESS. REPRESENTATIVE MANN PLAYS SALESMAN AND DRUGGIST TO UNMASK FRAUDS. Short Weight and Fraudulent Foods tne Lure of Many Department Stores and Mail Order Houses. Honest Dealers Handicapped by Deceptions, When the pure food bill was before the House of Representatives a few weeks ago, Intense interest was dis- played by the members of that body in a “grocery store” established by Representative Mann of Illinois, Mr, Mann had been given a special privi lege by the House committee having the bill In charge to demonstrate the manner in which the ordinary food REPRESENTATIVE MANN. adnlter Is de | products of the ated, and how frauded. The speaker's desk of a country the space re delicatessen with peas, are consumer in front of the sembled a small] store and a grocery Jams, jellies, tins of tomatoes, corn, | prepared spices, bottles of whiskey and wine, imnorted sausages, brandied cherries and other edibles and drink ables scattered over two tables Representative Mann proceeded to demonstrate to the House through these various food products the neces. sity for a national pure food law, One of the first articles taken up by the Congressman was the ordinary condiment—pepper—which to the lay mind is considered too cheap for any manufacturer to spend time in adul terating. He read circulars from nu merous concerns offering for sale a certain grade of adulterant which could be used to produce pepper or almost any other of the eplces with some slight modification. As he scat tered a package of this over his desk the members in the vicinity started back in order to avoid the usual sneez ing which follows the inhalation of a small quantity of pepper. tut they were reassured by the “groceryman” that it was not harmful, for while it was called pepper it was nothing but ground olive pits. He convulsed the House when he read the price list of adulterants showing that they were offered to the trade for £20 a ton in five-ton lots, and that at that rate they guaranteed to make the finest black pepper which, as everyone knows, is sold by the ounce He made the statement that even the pepper berry itself was adulterated by a cleverly contrived manufacture of tap gection { man, {| bartender, there were a dozen cerenls, Possibly the most striking demon- stration of the afternoon was one with a bottle of red cherries. These cher ries, it was explained, were picked green, and that after being bleached out white by the of a powerful acid, had been colored the brilliant red by the use of coal tar dye—a deadly poison If used In large quanti ties. Representative Mann dipped a plece of white cloth in the “juice” of cherries, and it partook of a brilliant red as though it had just come from a dyers, Olive oil, explained Mr. Mann, Is a product which is in most cases, adul terated. In many Instances the coun terfeit Is merely American cotton seed olla wholesome and satisfactory dressing for salad, but it costs about 1% as much as real olive oll, and the American buyer certainly does not use | ages upon a balance scale in care to purchase a dressing for four times its actual worth. HIVELESS IHHONEY. One of the freak exibits was na} bottle of “honey” which, in order to | complete the assurance of the buyer) that the article was genuine, contained, | as If by accident, the body of a real bee, yet the whole mess was pure and simple glucose, and had never been near a hive, much less a comb, The hive probably was a ten story fac tory In one of the large cities, A bottle of “Freezine” was exhibited by Mr. Mann, who explained that this remarkable article was guaranteed to preserve meat from the action of the air and stop decay. While he ad mitted that it would stop the action of nature on meats, he claimed that the preservative itself was actually poison. ous, containing sulphide of soda with red conl tar dye and could not be used safely upon human food. The public Is unwittingly defrauded to a great extent through short weight and short measure in package goods, explained Mr. Mann, and he insisted that the manufacturers should be com- pelled to state on the label the quan tity contained In the hottle or carton. In line with this was a deamatie dem onstration when the Chicago pure food expert held up before the House a { irnres that while we used last year {m1 tn VW AARASE ASE TL NAS RIALS FS By Sir A, @ onan Noule fi i ¢ Q — {. - YW A Copyrighted 1894. By Harper & Biihers. Synopsis of preceding chapters at end bottle supposed to contain no vinegar, which when poured large graduate did not nearly reach the quart mark thereon—in fact was three | inches below it. Ralsing, currants and numerous other articles of food are apparently put up in pound packages and so the buyer considers, but in fact few of those on the market really con tain a full pound. | DEPARTMENT STORE BARGAINS “ik the department stores mail order houses.” sald the demo strator, “which make profit from short welght and under bottle We are seeking to mate grocery and from men who money by depriving things they think the) All that we urge imate weight or measure 1 upon each one of these then, If the public a smaller package at it may but the and dealers must not ceive the people as to how much they are buying.” BREAKFAST FOODS A DELUERION On the tables where Mr, Mann, abl but silently assisted by Mr. Stevens of Minnesota, acted now as now as draggist, and quart of into a in cans ZAM protect the hon are is do so, Croce iN How ‘ packages of breakfast foods familiar labels, A referer weights and skilful dropping pa dl him enabled Mr. M to show in a great many cases the pul full price for an abnormal amount of pasteboard box. In scarce any case | did the prepared food weigh twice as| much as the box, and In many in stan § food and package were in near- ly equal proportion, Everybody knew, as Mr. Mann| stated, that 25 per cent, of all coffee used In the United States is sold as a mixture of Java and Mocha, He was prepared to show from official Ln He the | r f this install CHAPTER Nir XI. For a time and downeast, upon the pon Ford and ’ four rode Fries i leyne co « gi tz al narked, putting on his h it was taught to me by the himself. ut how fares father? Methinks that 1 ruth upon you, wsecing ie Chandos with should that 1 it you, Lav am myself like one who looks through a born the | Yet, by Be. Paul! shore in| a long stride between the man who hath | and him who is walled window while his neighbors have cle Ar crystal 2 horn « ment iD on sYery “Alax. fair sir!” eried the blind man viment, | good-bye to yon, - | keeping I” Wh “I have not seen the blessed blue of bea- | woman, be lifted casional thwack the foree » might have beea for aM lo pre with all trees cemed like ly Nigel, doth been thing hap be what ther than ‘ rade. * sai 2 proper spirit for her yea and cannot abide to be thwarted It indly and homely to me to hear her voice and to feel that she is behind me But 1 must leave you now, mother, for the way is over-rough for your feet; but 1 will bring you back a silken gow if there be one in France or Spain, I will bring Jinny a silver penny: so and God have you in his ipping up the little her lightly to his lips, 7) \ A | 4 CLOSE AT HIS HEELS FOLLOWED A LITTLE WRINKLED WOMAN, wore that a billion pounds of coffee, while about 200.000.0000 pounds were supposed to be Mocha and Java, there were actually imported into this country last year only a fraction over 2,000,000 pounds of Mocha and 10,000 000 pounds of Java, or approximately less than 13,000,000 pounds, or only 6 per cent, of the popular blend. It Is staggering to know 04 per conte of the people who think they drink Mocha and Java every day have been de celved, and yet the facts seem to be rather plain, Figures lke these, however, al though ordinarily Impressive and con vincing, did not attract so much at tention In the House, because the members were so absorbed In the prac tieal demonstration of the extent to which fraudulent manufacturers of food products have been willing to go In the way of swindling the public. — Praise. New Yorker—To tell the truth, we are proud of this hotel Chieagoan—Well, I can't blame yon altogether, old man. 1 honestly think myself that it's the finest between Chicago and London, ven this twoscore years, since a levin- flash burned the sight out of my head” “You have been blind to much that ie goodly and fair,” quoth Bir Nigel, “but you have also been spared much that is sorry and foul. But, by St. Paul! we must on, or our Company will think that they have lost their captain somewhat early in the venture. Throw the man my purse, Edricson, and let us go.” Alleyne, lingering behind, bethought him of the Lady loring's counsel, and reduced the noble gift which the knigut had so freely bestowed to a single penny, which the beggar, with many mumbled blessings, thrust away into his wallet Then, spurring his steed, the young squire rode at the top of his speed after his companions, and overtook them just at the spot where the trees fringe off into the moor anu the straggling hamlet of Hordle lies seattered on either side of the winding and deeply ratted track, The Company was already well-nieh through the village: but as the knight and his squires closed up upon them, they heard the clamor of a strident voice, followed by a roar of deep-chested lauchter from the ranks of the archers. Another minute brought them up with the rearguard, where every man marched with his beard on his shoulder and a face which was agrin with merriment. By the side of the column walked a huge redheaded bowman, with his hands thrown out in argument and expostulation, while close nt his heels followed a little wrinkled woman, who poured forth a shrill volley and then, taking his place in the ranks again, marched on with the laughing Cow pany. “That was ever his way,” she cried, appealing to Sir Nigel, who reined up his horse and listened with the gravest cour texy. “He would jog on his own road for all that 1 could do to change him. First he must be a monk forsooth, and all be cause a wench was wise enough to turn her back on him. Then he joins a ras eally crew and must needs trapse off to the wars, and me with no one to bait the fires if 1 be out, or tend the cow if I be home. Yet I have been a good mother to him. Three hazel switches a day have 1 broke across his shoulders, and he takes no more notice than you have seen him to-day.” “Doubt not that he will come back to you both safe and prosperous, my fair dame.” quoth Bir Nigel. “Meanwhile it grieves me that, as | have already given my purse to a beggar up the road, I" “Nay, my lord,” said Alleyne, “I still heve some moneys remaining.” “Then 1 pray you to give them to thia very worthy woman.” He cantered on as he spoke, while Alleyne, having dispensed two more pence, left the old dame stand ing by the furthest cottage of Hordle with her shrill voice raised in blessings instead of revilings That night the Company slept at St Leonard's, in the great monastic barns and spiearium-—ground well known both to Alleyne and to John, for within sight of the Choice Fiction, Current Topics.
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