Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Sept. 30, IW. lis TO EXCUSE SELFISHNESS ST. JOHN'S, N. F., Sept. 2». Harry Whitney, of New Haven, who today is sailing from here oil his way to Sydney and Boston aboard the steamship Jeanie. threw new light oil the Cook-Peary controversy just lie fore his vessel sailed. On the hour of his departure Whitney received a mess age from Peary, complaining that lie had nut fully informed him of Dr. Cook's belongings, the inference of this message being to the effect that it Peary had known about Dr. Cook's belongings which he left with \\ hitney and which Peary refused to take aboard the Roosevelt, lie might have changed his mind and taken them. PEARY IN ERROR. In commenting on this message, Whitney said: "Commander Peary is in error. I informed him fully con cerning Dr. Cook's belongings, as ful ly as I was able from my knowledge of the contents of the boxes. Not only that, but Captain Bartlett, of the Roosevelt, says all those things and helped me cache them at Etali, after Peary refused to take them on board." Whitney says Cook's Eskimos never told him that they had gone only "two sleeps" from land and that they had full confidence in Cook. HUBBARD FOR PEARY. Bar Harbor, Maine, Sept. 20. —Still refusing to declare absolutely that he disbelieves Dr. Cook's story of the dis covery of the pole,but intimating that he sides with Peary, President of the Peary Arctic club General Thomas 11. Hubbard today declared that the state ment of the latter will lie made public only when it has been approved by the officers of the Peary Arctic club in JNcw York. General Hubbard said to day : MAY NEED SOFTENING. "Now that Commander Peary and I have gone over the report together, it Will be submitted to the officers of the Peary Arctic club. Anton Raven, Henry Parrish and Herbert L. Bridginau. of New York, and Zenas Crane, of Dai ton. Mass. It may be that these gentle men may think some of Commander Peary's statements too fierce and in that ease the commander will be asked to modify the language to soften the report somewhat. But as far as the facts go, nothing will be done to de tract from the force of the rejiort or add to it. It will be just as much Commander Peary's statement of the case as if members of the Arctic club had not ma le a minor suggestion. 1 believe all th • stat meats Commander Peary male sin his arraignment of Dr. Cook are true and will be so accepted by the public." GHISTKK'S NOTK KS. Til VI.I. I'KKDITIIKS, I.KUATKKS A.VD OTHKIt pkksoss i \ rK it kst k i > —Not ice is hereby L'iven that the following named persons iii, | on the (hitt* attixed to their names, tile the accounts oft heir administration to the estate of those person s, deceit led, a nd <,uardian Accounts, Ac. whose names are hereinafter mentioned in the otticeof the Register for the l'rohate of Wilis and grant inx of Letters of Administra tion, in and for the County of Montour, and Unit t lie same will be presented to theOrphau's Court of said county, for c mtlrmntioti and allowance, on Mini, lay, Hie IKtli liny of Ocl. A. D., 11109, at the meeting o : lie Court In the afternoon. 1909. Sept. 11.—First and Final account of T. Judson Derr. Guardian of Helen F. Derr, a minor child of Cora E. Derr. late of Limestone township,Mon tour county, deceased. Sept. 18.—First and Final account of Thomas K. Gresh, Adminis trator of the estate of Wil liam Saul, late of Derry township, Montour county, deceased. Sept. 18.—First and Final account of M. Grier Youngman, Ex eotuor of the last Will and Testament of Franklin L. | Codicil, late of the Borough of Danville. Montour eouu- I ty, deceased. Sept. 18.—Final account of William i Kase West, Acting Executor of Stephen C. Ellis, late of Anthony township, Montour county, deceased, who was tuie of the Administrators d. b. n. c. t. a. and Trustees J of the last Will and Testa- j ment of Catherine Turner, j late of Anthony township, i Montour county, deceased. W. L. SIDLER. Register, j Register's Office, Danville. Pa., September 18th. 190i>. Bolingbroke's Retort. When Bolingbroke, who was at Aix- j la-Chapelle during the treaty of peace j at that place, at which time his at- j tainder was not removed, was asked | by an Impertinent Frenchman whether j he came there in any public character. Ills lordship answered: "Not at all. j I came like n French minister, witli no character at all." The Audience, The Actor (a terrible bore)— Awfully bad arrangements at Jayville. Pla.ve.i j ■"Hamlet" there last week. Somebody J shouted "Fire!" audit took twenty j minutes for the audience to get out. j His Victim—l s'pose the poor begg:tr j was lame—what? Strong Paper. A single United States treasury note i measures three aud one-eighth inches in width and seven and one-quarter inches in length. It will sustain with out breaking lengthwise a weight of forty-one pounds, crosswise a weight of ninety-one pounds. Tho notes run four to a sheet, a sheet being eight nud one-quarter inches wide by thirteen and one-half Inches long. One of these sheets lengthwise will suspend 108 pounds and crosswise 177 pounds. A TALK WITH SHEEDV Best Known Gambler Tells How He Became One. HIS GRAPHIC LIFE PICTURE. Circumstances Make a Man What He Is, Celebrated Man of Chance Once Told Archbishop Ryan of Philadel phia When They Chanced to Meet at Saratoga Springs. In a recent interview l'at Sheedy. the celebrated gambler and lover of art, told how he came to lead a life of chance. He told the story of his meeting with an old friend of his. Archbishop IJyan of Philadelphia, at Sai .togrt. Though they had goue to the springs for wide ly different purposes, the bishop nnd the gambler instantly struck hands. "Come in and see my nieces." The archbishop extended the invitation as one who would not be refused. "Well, if you insist. But first let's have a pint of wine, bishop," insisted the man of chance—"not whisky; that makes a man of our nation want to light. Make it wine, the only drink that makes a poor Irishman feel like a rich Jew." His Start as a Gambler. They joined the archbishop's nieces and the gambler's wife in the drawing room. Then came the archbishop's premeditated question: "Forgive me. Pat, uiy boy, but we all want to know why such a man as you ever became a gambler." "That question I'll answer, your wor ship, but you must first let me tell you how it seems to me. If I'm wrong, you may show me afterward. First let me tell you that I believe in God as much as you do. Now we're ready for the start. 1 claim to be a better man than you are. I can't help being a better man than you are. ' Now, listen aud I'll tell you the rea son in a little story. "You and I had the same start. We are of the same nation. We were of families in the same circumstances, who could give us little or no educa tion, so we trotted the same road un til we were fifteen. There we came to crossroads. We stopped and haggled about which road to take. You want ed togo to the right. I said, 'No; the left's the way.' You went your road as you thought best, aud I took the other road. 1 hadn't gone fifty yards before I knew it was the wrong road, but my pride, my dirty pride, wouldn't let me go back, and 1 admit it. "You have gone on and reached a high place and much honor. You've looked neither to the right nor the left, but straight ahead. I have looked up and down and back and every direc tion. and I've seen—God help me. what haven't I seen? But I've learned more than you have, bishop, for I've been to the college of experience. You never forget what you've learned there. "Pat Sheedy, the Outlaw." "You are an honored bishop of the church. I sun the man at whom every finger of scorn is pointed, upon whom every eye of suspicion is turned. 1 am 'Pat Sheedy, the outlaw.' "And now. bishop. I am coming to the point. We had another schoolfel low. We'll call him Michael Dillon. He loved a woman with a worship it isn't given to you to understand. "She married him, but after awhile she turned him out of her heart and out of their home. 'I hate you.' she said to this man who loved her. 'I don't want ever to see you again.' lie became a drunkard and a tramp. Years afterward she writes him. 'I was mis taken; come back to me,' and be starts to walk back to his home and his happiness. He has walked for a week. lie is footsore and hungry. lie meets you at this hotel tonight. You listen to him, but it is with a preju diced ear. You look upon him, but it is not with a warm eye. The derelict drifts on with no help from you. ne staggers out of your presence, and he rounds the corner of the veranda and comes upon me, another old schoolfel low. He isn't afraid to speak to me, the Isbmaellte. He tells me his story, and what do you think I do? " 'There can't be the shadow of a doubt about that, Pat,' said the bishop. "Better Man Than You." "Your excellency, if he met me he would ride the rest of the way home. He would get more than advice. That's the reason I claim to be a bet ter man than you. I've been to the college of experience, and I know. You don't know what has made any man become what he is. That is one of the things we learn to ask our selves In the college of experience. Why is this man what he is? What sorrow that we never guessed has put him where he is?" The next day the archbishop came to the gambler and offered his hand. "I've been thinking over what you said. You drew a picture of me last night. I believe God directed me here to learn of you, Pat Sheedy." "1 want to teach you that circum stances ni£ke a man what he is," Pat Sheedy said and has said a hundred times since. "We're not all pacers nor trotters. We have our own gait, and we go that gait, and that gait is j fate. Why. even fat is fate. I've | never eaten more than a bird. Why nm I dying of fat? It's my fate."— ' New York Journal. Let the Debtor Beware. Briggs—A safe conversational rule j is, When in doubt talk of the weather. Griggs—Safe nothing! I met my tallot yesterday, and on ray speaking of the weather he replied, "Yes, it is unset tled. and that reminds nic of that lit tle bill of yours."—Boston Transcript. Chief of Police Hiram Davis and four other persons were in an auto near Pottsville when the machine turned a somersault while running down a steep hill. The party was go ing at a terrific rate of speed which accounts for th® automobile's action. George Davis was caught in nuder one of the wheels and his leg was badly mangled. The chief was also injured. Parts of the auto were smashed but the machinery was not damaged. SHERIFFS SALE! OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ! By virtue of a certain writ, of Fieri Facias issued out of the Court of Com mon Pleas of Montour County and to me directed, I will expose to public side at the Court House in Danville, Montour Conuty,State of Pennsylvan ia, on ■Saturday, October 23, 'G9 at 10:30 o'clock A. M., the following described Heal Estate: All the two certain and hereinafter described and mentioned contigious messuages, tenements and tracts or lots of land, now comprising one en tire tract of laud,situate in the Town ship of Libertv, County of Montour ami State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit: The first of the two said tracts beginning at a post in public road and thence by lands of ,T. C. Montgomery, deceas ed, now the premises of William Hen niuger, North one degree, East one hundred and eight and a half perches ro a post, thence by same South eighty nine degrees, East seventy and four tenths perches to a post on line of J. W. Shedden, now the premises of John Lunger, by same North one de gree, East forty-four perches to a post, thence by lands of Charles Hotten stein.now the premises of James Acor- North eighty-nine degrees, Wist one hundred and twenty perches to a post on line of land of F. Miller, now the premises of Harry Morehead, thence by same South seven degrees. East eighty-one and two tenths perches to a post on line of land of Ann McGin nis. now the premises of Jacob Dr< es. and thence by same South eighty-nine degrees, East twelve and four tenths perches to a post, thence South one degree, West seventy-two and three tenths perches to a ]xist in public road, thence along same South eighty nine degrees, East twenty-six perches to the place of beginning; containing fifty-two acres, more or less. It being the same premises which Monnaleious ! Moll and Margaret E. Moll, his wife, by their deed bearing date the ITtli ' day of August, A. D. 1867.du1y enter led and recorded in the Office for the Recording of Deeds. &c., in and for the County of Montour in Deed Book No. 1(>, Page 101, granted, bargained and conveyed unto Komanus Moll, present grantor, as by reference to the same being had will more fully and at large appear. The second of the said herein de scribed and mentioned two eontigious tracts of land, containing seven acres and one hundred and foity perches, situate in the Township of Liberty. County of Montour and State of Penn sylvania, is bounded an described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a corner of lands of Redding Herring in the public road, thence by the lands of the said Herring, now the premises of Alex Erh, South fifteen degrees. West tl.irty-four and two tenths perches to I a post, thence North eighty-tive de grees, West by lands of Thomas Yan | sant to a stone, and by same North I tifteen degrees, West thirty-three and a half perches to a post in said public I road, and thence by lands of Ann Me- Giuiiis and s:ud Moll. South eighty seven degrees, East forty-seven and one tenth perches to the place of be ginning: being the same premises which Thomas M. Vansant and Eliza Vansant, his wife, by their deed bear ing date the lirst day of April, A. I).. IST<>. duly entered and recorded in the office for the Recording of Deeds, &c., in and for the County of Mou lt our. in Deed Bool; No. 10. Pages I 182. &c.. granted and conveyed unto 1 Komanus Moll, present grantor, as h\ reference to the same being had will [ more fully and at large appear. On which is erected a TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE barn and usual out-buildings. Seized and taken into execution and to be soli! as the property of Chas. H. Cooper and Harriet Cooper. I). C. WILLIAMS. Sheriff. Frank M. Reber, Arty.. Milton. Pa. Sheriff's Office. September 28, l!)0i>. Taking After Father. "It has its father's nose!" "And its mother's eyes!" "And Aunt Alice's mouth!" "And Uncle Ebenezcr's ears!" Such, multiplied by about a hun dred. were the criticisms leveled by kind friends against the Fitz boodle baby. Then the unconcerned baby began to calmly chew his big toe. "Ah!" murmured Mr. Fitzboodle. "Baby is certainly endowed with some of my wife's chief characteristics!" • "Not to mention you, Fritz Fitzboo dle!" snapped his wife. "Baby never opens his mouth without putting his foot lu It!" Maternal Instinct. We talk about "maternal instinct." There is no such thing. To bo sure, there are things that have to do with young which females possess and males lack. The wasp lays its egg on the body of the caterpillar for the larva it will never see. The hen sits twenty one days on any roundish, whitish ob ject of the proper size. I have seen at a children's party every little girl leave the supper table on the advent of a baby and every little boy go stolidly on with his supper. But each kind of mother lias its own bundle of instinc tive reactions. There is no "maternal instinct" in the abstract.—McClure's Magazine. Perhaps. "Now, look here. Algernon," said parent to his son sternly, "when I was your age I was at the head of my class." "Ah." responded the lad, "perhaps teachers were easier to fool then thai: they are now!" Severe. "I wish I had a fortune, I'd never paint another picture!" declared an artist to a brother of the brush. "Well, there are lots of people who would give you one on that condition}" Equality may be all right, hat no hu man power can convert it into a fact.— Baliae. . *% tiai/aius • iiiiusupiici • "Ilow'd you like to be a senator?" inquired the first wanderer. "I'd like it first rate," responded the second wayfarer. "Still, a hobo's life has got its good points. He ain't got no constituents to kick about his in activity."—Kansas City Journal. Orders are coming in so fast to the Carnegie Steel company that the Homestead Bessemer plant will be put into operation. All but one plant own ed by the company will then be run ning. WRIGHT FLEW AROUNDJ-IBERTY NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Wilbur Wright circled the Statue of Liberty in his aeroplane today. Start ing from Governor's Island he sailed through the air around Ellis Island, where his manoevres threw many im migrants there almost into hysterics, thence over to Bedloe's Island, where he made a complete circuit of the Statue of Liberty, after which lie flew back to Governor's Island, landing ex actly on the spot ho started from. The entire flight consumed but seven min utes, thejaeroplane moving at terrific speed in the gentle breeze that prevail ed. MADE INITIAL FLIGHT. Wright has been anxious to be the first aviator to pilot a heavier than air machine around the famous figure of Miss Liberty and announced when he arrived licrc that this would be one of his first objects. When he made an in itial flight about the bay early today, however, without attempting the feat, it was believed that he had decided to reserve^he performance until it could be made a part of the regular pro gram. UNMOVED BY APPLAUSE. The fact that he had been in the air, however,"attracted an enormous fleet of excursion craft to the upper bay, while the Jersey ami Manhattan shores were crowded by the eruions. Under the stimulus of this audience the quiet Oh loan decided to try his second flight of the day and at 10:18 he arose swift ly into the air from the landing place at army headqarters. His motor was working like a charm and he turr d his machine toward the Staten Island shore down the bay. He did not go far in that direction, however, as he de scribed a giant half-circle and sent his craft over toward Ellis Island, the"in spcetion and landing place of millions of immigrants, who have landed on American shores. There were a great inanyjforcigners nil the island and the sight of the stiange machine in the air caused alarm to them until the in terpreters explained to them what was going on. Wright kept on over toward Bedloe's Island and at 10:22 lie made a complete circle of Liberty statue starting back at once to the testing ground where he landed 011 the exact spot from which he had started at 10:2.". The aviator was given an en thusiastic; reception on lii~ trip but ie was its self-contained as ever when he landed. FALL FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER 4 North American's Special Edition to be Issued on Tile North American auuoui ccs that Fashion number will be is sued on Monday, October 4, in con junction with the lews edi tion for that day. In the esteem of The North Ameri can,fashions are legitimate news. «i.d therefore the latest word about fash ions is quite as worthy of circulation as the reports of the latest experts of aviation. The paper maintains a large special staff in Paris, and from these experts comes a striking array of photographs and drawings of the very last crea tions of the foremost dictators of Par isian styles. They are put out first in America through The North American and will be seen in its Fall Fashion number weeks in advance of their ap pearanee in other publications in this country. Undoubtedly there will he a big de mand for this issue of the paper. It will be a regular bargain day,the buy er getting the news as well as all the latest fashions of the day.Newsdealers will supply the increased demand if orders are placed in advance. John D. Scares Sunday School Scholar. "We should try to help each other not only In Sunday school, but In our daily life," said John D. Rockefeller at the close of tho services at the Euclid Sunday school in Cleveland on a recent Sunday. "We should not be like the nagging mother who always kept saying 'Don't!' to her little boy till he really did not know what to do. Nor should we bo like the Sun day school teacher who asked his class, "Who made the world?'" Mr. Rockefeller descended from the platform and shook his finger in the faces of the surprised boys in imita tion of the teacher he was telling about. One youngster, scared at Mr. Rockefeller's gesture,cried out, "Please, sir, I won't do it again!" Education In Russia. The Russische Correspondent has an article on the decline of education in Russia, In which the writer says: "Our government is not remarkable only as nn executioner: it kills learning also. It is now much easier to establish an ultra Russian dramshop than a public reading room. The following figures as to popular lectures on agriculture In one district tell a tale as to which there need be no comment: Lectures delivered in 1000, 250; 1001, 417; 1902, 543: 1003, 731; 1904, 512: 1005, 249; 1000, 35C; 1907, 174, and 1008, none." Assuring. nave courage, count. Father won't hurt you! Why, he told me only yes terday that if he had to pay so much for you he certainly wouldn't do any thing to damage you.—Life. Remembered. "Did your uncle remember you in his will?" "Yes. lie directed his executors to collect all the loans he had made ro*." —Boston Transcript. Proposed Amendments To Penn a Constitution i ■pßOPOSF.n AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMON- i WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL AS SEMHT.Y OF TIIE COMMONWEALTH I OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND PUB LISHED i!V 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 nnd 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. nnd providing a schedule for carrying the amendments into effect. Section 1 fie it resolved by the Senate end House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen eral Assembly met. That the following are proposed as amendments to the Con stitution 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 tour of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "He shall nominate and. by nnd with the advice and consent of two-thirds of ; nil the members of the Senate, appoint j a Secretary of the Commonwealth and . nn Attorney General during pleasure, a Superintendent of Public Instruction for ; four years, nnd 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 nil all vacancies that may happen, in of fices to which he may appoint, during 1 the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; he shall have , power to fill nny 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. In a Judicial oftk e. or In any other eleo- { tlve ofllce which he is or may be au thorized to All; 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 in any such case of vacancy. In an elec tive office, a person shall be chosen to said offlc* »it the next general election, 1 the vacancy shall happen within three calendar months immediately pre ceding sum 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 nominations of the Governor, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and shall be entered on 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, nnd such other officers of the Commonwealth as he is or may bo 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 S. nate, 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 i • • s of the Senate, In th« ofllce of Auditor General, State Treas urer. Secretary of Internal Affairs or Supcrintei.dent of Public Instruction. In a Judicial office, or in any other elective office which he is or may be authorized to fill, if th- vacancy shall happen dur- 1 lng th" • of the Senate, the Gov ernor shall ruinate to the Senate, be fore th< ir t Mil adjournment, a proper person tot i: said vacancy; but in any such case ot vacancy, in an elective of fk < . a p'TMi'i shall be chosen to said of tV> on the next election day appropriate 'to such . according t«» the provisions of this Constitution, unless the vacancy i shall happen within two calendar months j lmmodiatc!\ pr- '-ed.: ; such election day. ' in which «. the flection for said office I shall be h- on the second succeeding I election dn> appropriate to such office. In acting < i executive nominations the i Senate hall sit uith open doors, and. In conftrnui,' or rejecting the nominations of the Governor, the vote shall be taken by yeas and i. iys, and shall be entered on the Journal. Amendment Two—To Article Four. Sec tion Twenty-one. , Section .1 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- I tor General three years; and of the State Treasurer two years These officers shall be chosen by the qualified electors of tho , State at general elections. No person ' elected to the office of Auditor General lor 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; 1 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 ths 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 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 ship. ward or borough; no person shall be elected t<> 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 i»y the Governor for a term of six years. No township, ward, district or borough shall elect more than tHro JU tic< t tho peace or aldermen without th.- 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 tiihn one alderman shall be elected in each ward or district. Amendment Four—To Article Five. Se< 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 civil causes, with jurisdiction not exceed • ing one hundred dollars: such courts shall be held by magistrates whose term of ofllce shall be five years and they shall be elected l on general ticket by the qualified voters at arne; and in the election of the said magis trates no voter shall vote for more than two thirds of the number of persons to be elected whert "" rriSTi s " TTTnn oTT> "flr'o to be clto*' n, 1 they shall be compensated only by ilxed salaries, to be paid by said county; and shall exercise such jurisdiction, civil and i criminal, except as herein provided, as is now exercised by aldermen, subject to I 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 ished," so as to read as follows: In Philadelphia there shall be estab lished, for each thirly 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 j term of office shall be six years, and they shall be elected on general ticket at the municipal election. by the qualified j 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 com pensated only by fixed salaries, to be paid by said county; and shall exercise i such jurisdiction, civil and criminal, ex cept as herein provided, as is now ex ercised by aldermen, subject to such i changes, not involving an increase of civil jurisdiction or conferring political j duties, as may be made by law. In Phila- j 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: I"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 tlx a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consenting thereto," so as to read:— ; The general election shall be held bi j ennially on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November in each even numbered year, but the General As- I eembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each I House consenting thereto: Provided. I That such election shall always be held j in 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 I of service, shall be held on the third i Tuesday of February," so as to read:— ' All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or municipal election, as cir cumstances may require. All elections for judges of the courts for the several i Judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township otllcers for regular terms of service, shall be held on the municipal election day; namely, i the Tuesday next following the first Mon day of November in each odd-numbered ! year, but the General Assembly may by iaw fix a different day. two-thirds of all the members of each House consenting thereto: Provided, That such election shall always be held in an odd-numbered j year Amendment Seven—To Article Eight, Sec tion Fourteen. Section 8. Amend section fourteen of article eight, which reads as follows: ■ "District election boards shall consist of a Judge and two inspectors, who shall bo chosen annually by the citizens. Each elector shall have the right to vote for the Judge and one inspector, and each inspect or shall appoint one clerk The first elec tion board for any new district shall be selected, and vacancies In election board? i filled, as shall be provided by law. Elec . tion officers shall be privileged from ar rest upon days of election, and while en gaged in making up and transmitting re turns. except upon warrant of a court i of record or judge thereof, for an elec* tion fraud, for felony, or for wanton 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 el-< tion; but the General As sembly may require said boards to be appointed i;i ::r< h manner It may b> law provide. Laws rrgulitir.g the Ap pointment O. said board:; may be enacted to appl - t-» ■ -it lea only: Provided. That such Ir.v.v uniform for cities cf the Fame cla -s I'nch 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 vac-ancles in election boards filled, as shall be provided by law Election offi cers shall be privileged from arrest upor. 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 pence. In cities they may claim exemp tion from Jury duty during their terms of II t v: • e Amendment Eight—To Article Twelve Section One Section 9. Amend section one, article twelve, which reads as follows: "All officers, whose selection is not pro ' vided fur 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 «>r appointed as may be directed by law Provided. That elections of State otllcers 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 election* 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 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 shall be duly qualified; all vacancies not otherwise provided for. shall be tilled 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 their 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 iaw. 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 lelected; 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 till, d," SO as to read: Three « y commissioners and three county auci tors shall be elected in each tounty where such officers are chosen, In the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven and every fourth year there after; and In thi 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 commlisoner 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 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 from tpa changes In the^Constl^u flon of Hie Commonwealth, and In "orTTer to carry the same into complete 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 isting 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 in 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 December in the year one thou sand nine hundred and fifteen. After the year nineteen hundred and ten, and until the Legislature shall otherwise provide, all terms of < ity ward, borough, town ship, and election division officers shall begin on the first Monday of December in an odd-numbered year. All city. ward, borough, and township officers holding office at th<- Jato of the approval of these amendments, whose terms of office may end in the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall continue to hold their oflices until the first Mi i day of December of that year. All judges of tho courts for the sev eral judicial districts, and also all county officers, holding office at the date of the approval of these amendments, whose terms of office may end in the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall continue to hold their offices until the first Monday of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. ROBERT MCAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. A One Volume Man. ' A curious example of generous ob stinacy was a stout English country i man who inquired for a nice book to ' read—"one with a story In." On sev -1 oral being placed before him, he exam ined them attentively and picked out the middle volume of a "three decker" | with the remark: "This 'ore's my sort. I What's the price?" I "Oh," was the reply, "this is only tho i second volume. The story goes through ! three. The set is half a crown." "Ilauve a crown! Well, I'll gie ye that for that one book. It's a pretty l one enough." "But won't you have the other two as well? You'd better." "Naw. I don't like th' of a story. I can't get it. An' I don't like th' endin'. I don't know as 'ow it's comed about. But in th' middle un I'm into th' thick of it right off. No, I'll tak' th* middle un. It'll : set me up for a month." And, cram ' mlng tho book into his pocket, he put j down his half crown and disappeared with a "Good night" before the other volumes could be given to him.—Cham bers' Journal. Saracen's Head Tavern. The Saracen's Head, Snow Hill, now closed, reached back to a respectable antiquity. In "Dick Tarlton's Jests" it is referred to as "the SaraceD's Head without Newgate." and Stow calls it "a fair and large inn for re ceipt of travelers." which "bath to sign the Sarazen's Head." Its pre eminent interest, however, is natural ly Dickensian. and the novelist has given a vivid description of the old inn as it was when Nicholas Nickleby and his uncle interviewed there the master of Dothcboys Hall. There are various accounts of the origin of the sign of the Saracen's Head. One i:> that it was set up as a compliment to the mother of Thomas a Becket, who was the daughter of a Saracen. lu Seidell's "Table Talk" we read, "When our countrymen came home from fighting with the Saracens * * * they pictured them with huge. bi:, r . terrible faces, as you still see the sij;:i of the Saracens Head is. M —London | c*tv>niele. The Worm. 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