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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH With The Legislature For The nlotarQ State of Utah The sessions of the legislature are beuomnig of more Interest each day, A hill introduced In the senate prohibits Resolutions Introduced. 8. J. It. 6, Smith (by request) Amending the existing law relating to the taxation of pumping plants and power plants used in irrigation. S. B. 132, Parratt Giving boards of education of cities of the first and second elass power to establish and maintain junior colleges. 8. B. 133, Welling Changing the A measure requiring motorists to an Kiunt of interest to lie paid in renot pass school busses, halted on high- demption of real estate from tax sales ways, has been approved by the house. to 8 per cent per annum. 8. B. 134, Caudland Providing for A dozen Mils seeking to take from the statutes of Utah obsolete and dead the organization, incorporation, manheld un- agement and cooperation of agricullaws, which either have constitutional or never have been tural cooperative associations not for made effective, were introduced In the jvecuniary profit, etc, 8. B. 135, Fowles Relating to fires, senate. These measures were by the senate judiciary committee, and they naming the state commissioner of inwere based on the recommendations surance as state fire marshal, definof the state code commission. Among ing his powers and duties, and namthe laws which the hills would repeal ing penalties. is that providing for the establishment S. B. 130, Farraft Amending law of a brunch to the stale miners hos- relating to the election and qualificapital. The state miners hospital has tions of members of boards of educanever been built. Other laws which tion in county districts of the first would be repealed by the code com- class. mission relate to the state memorial 8. B. 137, Welling Relating to the lo Utah soldiers ; preference right of of animals, propagation settlers on state lands; the state weldefining, regulating and licensing fur advertising of cigarettes, cigarette chewing or smoking tobacco on bill boards iu Utah. A resolution asking Congress to enact a law- - permitting federal loans to drainage or levee districts has passed the house. pa-per- s, r 3tf2LiriyaizMjACK3Qzr SCOTT WATSON Is going BOYD home back to her beloved Valley of the Shen- By ELMO ELLB g andoah. For nearly thirty yeurs one of the most famous spies In all American history has slept in what to her was alien ground In a little cerae- . tery near Kllbourn, Wis. Over her grave stood a simple stone upon which was this Inscription : "Belle Boyd. Confederate spy. Born In Ylrglnla. Died In Wisconsin. Erected by a comrade. But now plans are under way to rebury her in the soil of ber native state, In the South which the served so well. Belle Boyd's life span was a stormy The story of her girlhood she tells In a book, Belle Boyd lo Camp and Prison," which she wrote while she was virtually an exile In England after the Civil war. She fare conanission ; appropriation of state road fund and appropriation thereof to counties; federal aid for state roads and distribution thereof to counties; steel bridges and metal culverts; the school records of children In employment; boards of examiners In cities of the first and second class to conduct teachers examinations and issue certificates, and the filing of mechanics liens before doing work. The twelfth code commission measure Introduced ' Friday, would amend the law relating to compensation of executors and administrators. half-centur- IN THE SENATE Bills Introduced Providing that the board of pardons shall consist of tlif governor and the other members of the board of corrections. 8. B. 113, Maw ays: There la perhaps no tract of country In the world more lovely than the Valley of the Shenandoah. Thera ts, or rather I would aay there waa, o prattler or more peaceful village 1 T.rrrnnvnis' GYEAXjgZLBOzZiir, was born than Martlnsburg, where . . According to the cusIn 1144. tom of my country, I was sent at twelvs years of age to Mount Washington college, of which Mr. Staley, of whom I cherish a most grateful n recollection, was the principal. At my education waa supposed to bo Completed and I mads my entree Into tho world In Washington city with nU the high hopes and thoughtless Joy natural to my time of life. Washington Is ao well known to .English peopla that 1 will not pausa to deecrlbo its gayetles and pleasures. In tha winter of lS60-t- l, when I made my Drat acquaintance with I. the reason waa brilliant. The Mngresa halls were nightly dignified by tha presence of our ablest orators The salons of the and statesmen. .wealthy and tha talented were filled to verflowing, the theaters were crowded to excess, and for tha last time for many yaara to coma tha daughters of the North and tha South commingled In sisterly love and friendship. . ,t Then she tells how Virginia replied to Lincolns cull for volunteers by a Similar call for volunteers for Virginia. Both her mothers father and her own father Immediately enlisted ha the Confederate army, her father Joining the Second Virginia regiment. It was armed and Bays Belle: quipped with a subscription raised by myself and other ladles of the valley. The corps waa commanded by Colonel Nadenbush and belonged to that section of the Southern army, known aa the Stonewall Brigade." Martlnsburg being on the border line between the North and the South, It soon felt the ravages of war and Belles first service for the South was a a nurse In a hospital for Confederate soldiers In her home town When the Northern forces entered that town Belle came Into Immediate prominence by defying a Union captain who declared before leaving that he was an independent rebel lady." . alx-tee- . , ". Belle Saves Her Home Her attitude toward the Invaders Vt Martlnsburg resulted In the Federal troops determining to raise the Stars and Stripes over the Boyd home. Belles mother declared that every member of her family would die before they would permit that, whereupon a soldier, who Is said to have been Intoxicated, struck her to the Boor, lie was promptly shot down by the daughter. In retaliation the soldiers threatened to burn the house but Belle hastened to the Union commander and by bis orders tbe home was saved. - Soon afterwards Belle took advantage of the opportunity presented by her position within the Federal lines to begin her activities ns a spy. Her first attempt, however, was a failure. One day. after having exercised her charms to wheedle military Informs tlon from a Union otlicer, she en- a message to an old negro who was to carry It to the Confederates. The negress was captured and the message she carried traced to Belle Boyd who was arrested and taken before a Union colonel. That officer, probably Impressed by her charms no less than his subordinate, contented himself with rending her the articles of war about spies Instead of shooting her. He released her, warning her, however, that she would not escape so easily the next time. Undaunted by this experience Belle continued her work as a spy whenever the opportunity offered. . She constantly furnished valuable Information to Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Gen. J. E. B. Stuart while they were operating In the Shenandoah Valley and In one Instance sb'e is believed to have saved Jackson from a disastrous defeat. trusted mammy Belle Is Found Guilty On one occasion she entrusted a message to a supposed Confederate soldier who turned out to be a Union spy and who took the message te General Shields, Belle was arrested, taken to Harpers Ferry and then to Washington where she was confined In the Old Capitol prison. She was tried by court martial, found guilty, but after an Imprisonment of several months was given her freedom through an exchange of prisoners. As a matter of fact, the record of her various arrests Is none too clear. And for some mysterious reason she was repeatedly released although she was known to be a dangerous spy. Some of her exploits verge upon the legendary so that it la Impossible to set down any complete record of her life as a spy with any assurance that It Is accurate In every detail. About the only thing that Is cer tain is that her spirit was never brok en by any of her experiences and that s she did more defying of her captors than any other spy on record. Perhaps the highest tribute that was ever paid to her was the order of Secretary Stanton when she was arrested In Martlnsburg to which she had returned in 1863. Don't let tier get near enough to anyone to talk," he directed, shell charm the heart out of hts body. Eventually she was Imprisoned In Carroll prison In Washington, again placed on trial and sentenced to hard labor In Fitchburg prison. I.nter this sentence was commuted and she was released and sent South with orders never again to be found within the Federal lines. Some time later she took passage on a blockade runner bound for England. This ship was captured by a Union vessel and Belle first-clas- T&scamsm 8. B. Ill, Young Repealing section relating to judgments obtained in actions prosecuted by the industrial commission, the same having preference as taxes. Boyd was again a prisoner. However, she was treated more as a guest on the Union ship than as a prisoner. Here romance entered her life when she made tbe acquaintance of I.leut. Samuol Harding who fell In love with her. Belle reciprocated and after. being sent to Canada, she made her way to England. Harding joined ber there and they were married. When liar-dinreturned to the United States, he was arrested as a deserter and Ini prisoned for a time. There Is some dispute as to the later life of Harding and Ills wife. According to one account. Belle rejoined him In this country after President Johnsons amnesty proclamation had freed him, but for some reason tbelr happiness together was short-liveand she divorced him. Another account says nothing about a divorce but states that he joined her In England after he was released and that he died there In I860. , - d 8. B. 118, Irvine Amending law relating to power of county commissioners in levying taxes. 8. B. 119, Irvine Providing for a change In the tax levies in counties Take (o the Stage of different assessed valuations. 8. B. 120, Ryan Relating to powers of the board of equalization and assessment to Increase or lower assessments in any taxing unit. 8. B. 121, Ryan Creating a state tax revision commission, defining the duration of Its existance, powers and duties, etc. 8. B. 122. Mmeer (by request) Providing for tbe examination and licensing of chiropodists ; defining chiropodists, and prescribing the penalty for violation thereof. state 8. B. 123, Maw Amending law relating to licensing of registered pharmacists to require a high school education, etc. 8. B. 121, Maw Relating to the discharge of obligors hound for the same debt or liability and to make uniform the law relating thereto. S. B. 125, Maw Relating to transactions between a jierson acting on his own behalf and the same erson acting Jointly with others, and to make uniform the law relating there- rate the next that la heard of Belle Boyd la her entrance upon a At any theatrical career and her becoming the leading lady at the Academy of Soon afterMusic IU New Orleans. wards she married Col. John Swain-stoHammond, but they soon drifted apart and were divorced. She married a third time, her last husband being Nathaniel R. High, son of a Toledo High accompanied ber clergyman. upon ner tours about the country as an actress and a lecturer and was with her when she came to Kllbourn, Wis., In 1900 to fill a theatrical engagement. She fell 111 there and died on June 11. She was burled In the Spring Grove cemetery there and for some time her grave was unmarked. Final ly two members of the Woman's Belief corps in Kllbourn purchased a board on which was placed the following Inscription : One Flag, One Country. Marie Isabel High. Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy. Born May 8, 1S43. Died June 11. 1900." Later a stone was purchased by W. A. Ever--; man of Greenville, Miss., and that Is the stone which now stands at the head of her grave. Each year at. Memorial day members of the G. A. R. and the Womans Relief corps decorate the grave as reverently as they do those ;f their own soldier dead. But If present plans are carried out that labor of love will no longer be necessury. For Belle Boyd ts going home back to her beloved Valley of the Shenandoah. And In the future her own people of the South will care for her grave and over It one day In each year will droop the Stars and Bars, which she served so well so many years ago. S. B. 128, Parratt Repealing the old law relating to the establishment and maintenance of kindergartens. S. B. 139, Judiciary Committee Repealing the law establishing and relating to the branch of the state miners hospital. S. B. 140, Judiciary Committee UeitealLng the law relating to the state memorial to Utah soldiers. S. B. 141, Judiciary Committee Regaling law relating to preference right of settlers on state lands. 8. B. 142, Judiciary Committee Repealing law relating to the slate welfare commission. S. B. 143, Judiciary Committee Ueiiealing act relating to a statue of Indian Chief Washakie. S. B. 144, Judiciary Committee Ueiiealing law relating to appropriation of state road fund and apportionment thereof to counties. 8. B. 145, Judiciary Committee Repealing law relating to federal aid for state roads and distributing there of to counties. 8. B. 146, Judiciary Committee Repealing act relating to steel bridges and metHl culverts. 8. B. 147, Judiciary Committee Repealing the law relating to the school record of children in emplo- 8. B. 115, Hollingsworth Amending law relating to the sale of goods and defining ..who may negotiate a document of title and when the validity thereof is not impaired. 8. B. 116, Hollingsworth Relating to warehouse receipts and defining yment who may negotiate a warehouse reS. B. 148, Judiciary Committee ceipt, etc. Repealing law relating to a board of examiners in cities of the first and 8. B. 117, Smith (by request) second elass to conduct teachers exa ere-law for the Amending providing tlon and organization of Hie state aminations and issue certificates. 8. B. 149, Judiciary Committee hoard of agriculture and fixing the compensation of members of the Repealing law relating to filing of ncehanes liens before work is done. board. -- g farms, etc. to. S. B. 126. Maw An act to validate certain written transactions without consideration, and to make uniform the law relating therein. 8. B. 127, Young Amending the existing law relating to the seining of fish, 8. B. 128, Mar-de- n Changing the existing law relating to the tax rate for county purposes. 8. B, .329. Marsden Providing for an amusement tax. ' 8. B. 131, Maw Establishing and standardizing the weight of loaves of bread and regulating t lie sale thereof. Centuries Unable to Dim Laurel Wreath Laurel wreaths should- - be Immortal, and it Is appropriate that a In a re! wreath recovered from an Etruscan tomb over 2,090 years old should still be green. Who Its hero was we cannot tell. His skeleton was wrapped In veils of white and blue. .There were leal lier objects whose purpose la unknown, ornamented with geometrical designs, purses containing glass beads belts with copper clasps and buckles, and tbe laurel wreath, bui no name. The tomb Is one of a great number at Vulcl, in Tuscany, Italy, whose existence was first discovered bun dred years ago. The wife of Napme ons brother, I.ucien, was wntchlnc . yoke of oxen plowing in a field when they suddenly disappeared, and it was found they had broken through Into an Etruscan tomh. Over 6.MK) tombs were opened In the next quarter of a century, their contents being distributed over Europe, after which the tombs were filled up. When your Children Ciy for It Baby has little upsets at times. Alt jrour care cannot prevent them. But you can be prepared. Then you can do what any experienced nurse would do wiiat most physicians would tell you to do give a few drops of plain Castoria. N sooner done than Baby is soothed ; re- lief is just a matter of moments. Yet you have eased your child without use of a single doubtful drug ; Castoria is vegetable. So its safe to use as often as an Infant has any little pain you cannot pat away. And its always ready for the crueler pangs of colic, or constipation or diarrhea ; effective, too, for older children. Twenty.five million bottles were bought last year. For Wounds and Sores Hanfords Balsam of Myrrh lloney bock for lint bottle If sot salted. All dnlsfW Sour the Tiger of France," Clemenceau, said In a recent interview: Once for all, I want to tell you that 1 am through with politics. Some peoI will ple chink there is glory in tell you what It is, politics. It is rhubarb. Americans call it applesauce. I call It rhubarb because rhubarb is worse." it Shes Yours If I asked you to marry me, dear, what would you say? She Guess. lie Well er what would it rhyme He with? She Guess. Answers. Friend Nature If nature ts so willing to help when real troubles face us, we can surely count on her when minor cares and come. American disappointments Magazine. Not Really New Inventors claim to have produced n mechanical man who can talk without thinking. Something like this haa ; been heard of before. Evidenee "Wombat must le a kind man, : "Eh?" The eat always meets him at the door. Louisville Courier. Maont Movements The Naval observatory says that the' moon does not revolve In the plane or the earths equator, but in a plane in ellned to the plane of the. equator ai. an angle that varies approximately from 18 to 29 degrees. Ia any nuinili the moon may be seen at least IS do grees south of the celestial equator, and after two weeks at least 18 degrees north of the celestial equator. Id some years, as 1913 for instance, the moon may he seen nearly 29 degrees south' of the celestial equator. The moons rapid northerly progress occurs about one week later than lis farthest south, and about one week earlier than Its farthest north. Makes life Sweeter Too much to eat cause sour stomach, but one thing can correct it quickly. Phillips Milk of Magnesia will alkalinize the acid. Take a spoonful of this and the system is soon sweetened. Phillips is always ready to relieve distress from ; lo check all acidity; or neutralize nicotine. Remember this fur your own comfort ; for the sake of those around you. Endorsed by physicians, but they always say Phillips. Dont buy something else and expect the same results : pleasant-preparation- pver-enting- , Assam Bridal Custom has imposed upon brides in Assam a considerable amount of troti bie before their prospective husbands are safely tied up. On her weddiug day tire bride is garishly attired In a gown Basiling with brilliants, and with a hand .of Jewels holding up her veil. She goes to the house of the bridegroom-to-be. The door is open. The and her attendants rush in and earth the bouse. The search con Custom tinues until the bride discovers the seemingly reluctant bridegroom. When found lie resists vigorously before the bride finally overcomes him and carries him off in triumph. The growing of tea is the sole occupation of Assam, and it is after the hustle and hustle of the harvest that the Assam man, or rather Assam woman, takes her mute. Practically 50 per cent of the total number of voters In the United States are women. Lovelier Lady If llnotypers must make errors. It was appropriate that one of them, setting a story about a man seeking a divorce, made it read that the plaintiff asked the court for a change of Venus Buffalo Evening Latest Toad Story j News. Tree Rings Formation The forest service says that when weather, moisture and sMl conditions are good the rings on trees are wider, and there Is a higher proportion of summer wood in the ring. j j Mrs. Sarah Clmloupkas. of Wyoming, Iowa, is telling a toad story. Her toad, a tree toad, she says, croaks though it has boon Imbedded In the concrete -- basement wall of tier home 11 yeurs. The toad was not heard until a year after the house was built, and is silent iu the winter, but through Hie spring, summer anil full it is noisy. Three years ago, according to Mrs. ChahmpUas, he toad was silent and she thought It was dead, hut a few days later she heard it again and today It is croaking as merrily us ever. 1 Field Hockey Old Game Everyday discoveries are being made with regard to ancient people. When some workmen Were clearing out the rubbish from one of t lie walls of the Acropolis in Alliens, for which by the way, Themistocies anything that came handy, they came across two nmrbl- tablets sculp! im-iin relic f. And one of these tablets .v represented two youths holding sticks in their hands ready to hit the bail, which lies between them. Vlelst a third is in the act of giving the signal d - to la gin. i too rich a diet or too much smoking. Lots of things ' |