—— Bellefonte, Pa., October 16, 1908. COOLNESS IN BATTLE. Bismarck’s Test of Von Koniggratz. Then he came to speak of the battle Moltke at of Koniggratz and especially of that “anxious moment” in it before the ar- rival of the crown prince in the rear of the Austrians, when sowe I'russiap at- tacks had failed and there were signs of disorder among the repulsed troops. “It was an anxious moment.” said Bismarck, “a moment on the decision of which the fate of the empire de- | pended. 1 confess I felt not a little nervous. I looked at Moltke, who sai quietly on bis horse and did not seem to be disturbed by what was going on around us. 1 thought 1 would test | whether he was really as calm as he appeared. 1 rode up to him and asked him whether I might offer him a cigar, since 1 noticed he was not smoking He replied that he would be glad if i had one to spare. 1 presented to him my open case, in which there were only two cigars, one a very good Ha. | vana and the other of rather poor qual ity. Moltke looked at them and even handled them with great attention in order to ascertain their relative value | and then with slow deliberation chose the Havana. ‘Very good,’ he said com- posedly. This reassured me very much 1 thought if Moltke can bestow so much time and attention upon the | choice between two cigars things can- | not be very bad. Indeed, a few min- utes later we heard the crown prince's guns, we observed unsteady and con- fused movements on the Austrian posi tions, and the battle was won." —Carl | Schurz in McClure's. WON THE VERDICT. The Jury Did Its Best to Make Good | Uncle Sam's Word. General Tom Edgar, the first white child horn on Galveston island (his birthday was in June, 1837), once nar rated his experience as a juror in the case of a negro on trinl for stealing n mule. It was in 1865, while United States soldiers were still in charge a! Galveston The npegro pleaded not guilty, but the testimony was pretty clear againgt him. His lawyer, ignor ing the testimony, based his defense upon the assertion that the negro could not possibly be guilty. “1s it not a fact,” he said, “that the federal government promised to ever: freed man two mules and sixty ares of land? No man can deny it, beeanse | it is a fact. My client has not receiv- ed his promised sixty acres of land He has not received his promised span of mules. He has indeed got but on: | mule, as these witnesses have testified. | and the United States still owes him another mule and sixty acres of land I leave it to von, gentlemen,” he said. | turning to the jury, “if the facts not prove conclusively that my client ig not guilty of stealing this mule and cannot under the circumstances have | bony wulity “hat argument,” said General E! gor. “tickled us so that we actually returned a verdict of not guilty. LL don’t believe the darky ever did get | the other mule and the sixty acres, but we did all we could to make Uncle Sam's word good.” —Success Magazine The Chimney. | Where wood is much used as a fuel | according to Suburban Life. considera. | ble soot collects in the chimneys, and it is a source of many fires. ¥he chim ney should be burned out once a year at least aud the work done on a damp day, or it may be swept out. A chim- ney is burned out by placing a bundle of straw or similar material in the bot- tom of the flue and firing it. To sweep out a chimney a small metal ball about four inches in dinmeter is hung on a | thin rope and pulled up and down iu! Ihe chimney until it is elean. When | not too high, the chimney can be clean- ed by a brush on a jointed pole. copes e— Birds That Play. Some birds, like all children, like (ov play, and Australia and New Guineu produce the “bower bird.” which build regular playhouses. These houses are not a part of their nests, but are con structed usually in the shape of cov ered archways of little boughs two or three feet long. eighteen inches high and about as wide. They use these houses simply for their games, as If they were clubhouses. Generally these! playhouses are decorated with bright colored shells and feathers, just as children decorate their playhouses. Lucky Future Generaticns. There Is a saying of Carlyle that the greatest hope of our world lies in the certainty of heroes being born into it That i's indeed a glorious certainty. but the reference might be enlarged. Birth itself, we venture to say. not of heroes only. but of the generations in their succession, is the infinitely hopeful thing. It is the guarantee that the world will never grow old; that it will never stand still; that no halt is to be called in its eternal progress.—Chris- tian World. Sure Sign. “Don’t sell that man another drink.” ordered the bors. “He's all right,” argued the barkeep “He ain't full.” “No: but he's beginning to tell what a nice family he comes of." —Louisville Courier-Journal. Agreed. He (at the end of fishing story)—My word, it was a monster. "Pon my soul, I never saw such a fish in my life! | tormantor, -*“that | your father to start the thing.” | paid a ' books! | Use le ——————— A PICTURE ROMANCE. The Frame That Startled Delacroix In the Paris Salon. Eugene Delacroix. founder of the French romantic school of art, was very poor in his youth. His first ple- ture of note was his “Dante and Vir gil,” painted when he was only twenty years old. 1t was extremely large. con- taining several figures the size of life, aud to buy the canvas and colors took all the money Delacroix had. A frame was out of the question, but a good na- tured carpenter gave the young artist four strips of lath, of which Delacroix made a rude framework for his mas- terpiece, which he then sent to the galon. But he had hardly a hope that his picture would be accepted. On opening day Delacroix went to the salon, but failed to find his paint | ing. He was wandering disconsolately | about, when he noticed a great erowd before a picture. He drew near. It was his “Dante and Virgil.” But it was in a magnificent, richly gilded frame, as fine a product of the picture mounter’s art as could be found in Paris. Aston- ished, he sought Baron Gros, he d of the examining committee. As soon as young Delacroix introduced himse!l Gros seized his hand and congratulated | ! him i with true Gallic enthusiasnu “But,” stammered Delacroix, “how about that splendid frame? 1 had ne money to frame it, and"”— “Make your mind easy,” said the | baron. “Your lath frame fell to pieces, but the committee was determined that ! such a chef-d’oeuvre as you have paint- | ed should be placed on exhibition, and | we framed your ‘Dante’ at our own es- | pense.” —Exchange. Paid Up. 2 year or two ago the son of a prominent banker of Iowa undertook, | with all the brashness and confidence of youth, the launching of a new morn- ing paper in a town already well sup- | plied with newspapers, It was understood by his friends that | the young man had, in fact, started his | enterprise on “a shoestring” —a few hundred dellars advanced by his fa- ther. So it was with much facetious ness that the youthful proprietor and editor was approached from day tc | day by the aforesaid friends. “So you | . call yourself an editor!” exclaimed one | of them, with affected contempt. “Of course 1 do,” returned the brash’ young owner. “I'm the whole thing on | this paper. And 1 don't owe a therefor.” “Everybody continued his got £200 knows," yon “Sure!” sald the proprietor and edi tor. scription for the Beacon is Long Flights of Birds. Birds of passage make their longest flight somewhere near Bering strait A naturalist says that probably the | longest continuous flight made by the feathered travelers in their peregrina- | tions Is accomplished by some of the | shore and water birds that nest in the | islands of Bering sea and spend the | winter at Hawall and Fanning island 2.900 miles away. As some of the birds live entirely on the shore and are probably unable to rest on the surface of the water, they must accomplish the | whole distance in a single flight, yet they make their way to their destina | tion with absolute precision.—Chicago Tribune Cheese Crackers. Cheese crackers are better when made the day they are to be eaten. American grated cheese and saltine crackers. For each two table spoonfuls allow one of creamed butter. rubbing them together till perfectly smooth. Spread evenly on the wafers and set them in a moderate oven to glaze the cheese. Watch carefully to prevent burning. There is nothing nicer to serve with n pl#in salad. —New York Post. She—-No; 1 don't believe you ever did.—Punch. . Constitutional Amendments MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF T#i8 COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP- PROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN- i COMMON- H, IN PURSU- ANCE OF ARTICLE XVill OF THE CON- STITUTION. NUMBER ONE. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania so as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, and to give the General Assembly power to es- tablish @& separate court in Philadelphia county, with criminal and miscelianeous jur- isdiction. Section 1. Be It resolved bY ne Senate and House of Representatives in neral Assembly met, That the following amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and the same are hereby, proposed in accordance with the hteenth article thereof:— t section six of article five be amended by striking out the sald section and Inserting in place thereof the following: Section 6. In the counties of Philadelphia and Allegheny all the jurisdiction and powers now vested in the several numbered courts of common pleas, ghall be vested Ia one court of common pleas in each of said counties, com- posed of all the jud in commission in sa courts. Such jurisdiction and powers shall extend to all proceedi at law and In equity which shall have been instituted in the sev- eral numbered courts, and shall be subject to such c as may be made by law, and subject VI to of venue as provided by law. The president judge of each of the said courts shall be selected as provided by law. The number of judges in each of sald courts may be, by law, increased from time to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first Monday of January its adoption. Section 2. That article five, section elght, nd. an addition thereto read as follo cent | from | “Furthermore, the old man’s sub- | marked | hundred years ahead on my | WEALTH OF PENNSYLVAN PUB- LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SEC ARY OF THE Ww. PURSU- pall IN ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON- STITUTION. TWO. 4 JOINT RESOLUTION an amendment to Pennsylvania in Assem section eight, article nine, of Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, “Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or incor ted district, except as herein provided, Il never exceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein; nor shall any such municipality or district incur any new debt or increase its indebtedness (0 an amount ex- cecling valuation of property, without the assent of the electors thereof at a public election, in such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, the debt of which now e seven per centum of such assessed tion, may be authorized by law to increase at any one time, upon such valuation,” be amended, In accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article of sald Constitution, so that said section, when amended, shail read as follows :— Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, or other Jownsnip, school district, municipality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed ten per centuin upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein; nor shall any such municipal- ity or district incur any new debt or increase its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valustion of property without the assent of the electors | thereof at a public election, in such manner as shall be provided by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth, | AMENDMENT K: TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF i THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP- | PROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN- ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON- | WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, PUB- | LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY | OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU- | ANCE OF ARTICLE XVill OF THE CON- STITUTION. | NUMBER THREE. i A JOINT RESOLUTION | Proposing amendments to sections eight and | * twenty-one of article four, sections eleven | and twelve of article five, sections two, three, and fourteen of article eight, section one of article twelve, and sections two and seven of article fourteen, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and providing a schedule for carrying the amendments into effect. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, ‘That the following are proposed as amendments to the Constitution of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article there- of i= . Amendment One—To Article Four, Section Bletiion elgm of articl Section 2. Amend section eignt Of article four of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which WH reads as follows De “fle shall nominate and, by members of the Senate, appoint a Becretary eral during pleasure, a Superintendent of Pub- le Instruction for four years, and such other officers of the Commonweaith as he Is or may be authorized by the Constitution or by law to appoint: he shall have power to fill | all vacancies that may happen, in offices to which he may appoint, during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which i shall expire at the end of their next session; | he shall have power lo fill any vacancy that may happen, during the recess of the Senate, | in the office of Auditor General, | urer, Secretary | intendent of Public office, or in any other elective office happen during the session of the cancy shall Senate, the Governor shall nominate to the Senate, before their final adjournment, & over person to fill sald vacancy: but in any proper, Dereon vacancy, in an elective office: a pers shall be chosen to sald ctice a | the next general election, unless the vacancy | shall happen within three calendar months | immediately preceding such election, whi case the election for said office shall be he s Beco succeeding general election. In at the ‘second \ nominations the a 11 #it with open doors, and, in confirm small : nominations ol the Gover: iL B! PAs 0! the vote shall be taken by Ye 4 pri and shall be entered on the journal, i as to read as follows:— | *°He shall nominate and, by and with the ! advice and consent of two-thirds of all he | members of the Senate, appoint @& Secralary of the Commonwealth and an Attorney Ge . | eral during pleasure, a Superintendent o | | | acting or executive or rejecting the public Instruction for four years, and such Pa officers of the Comm nwealth as he Is or may be authorized by the Constitution or { by law to appoint: he ghall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen, in oH oes to» which he may appoint, during the rec or of the Senate, by granting commissions whic h shall expire at the end of their nest sesgioh} he shall have power to fill any vacancy tha | in the office of Auditor General, r i Ba Secretary of Internal Affairs or Super. endent of Public Instruction, ee or in any other elective office which he is or may be authorized to fill; if the vacancy shall happen during the session of the Senate, the Governor shall nominate to the Senate, before their final adjournment, a proper per- son to fll said vacancy. but in any such case of vacancy, in an elective office, a person shall be chosen to said oflice on the next elec tion day appropriate to such office, to the provisions of this Constitution, unless the vacancy shall happen within two calendar months immediately preceding such ejection day, in which case the election for sald office shall be held on the second succeeding election day appropriate to such office. In shall sit with open doors, and, in confirming the vote shall be taken by yeas nays, an shall be entered on the journal. Amendment Two—To Article Four, Section Twenty-one. Section 3. Amend section twenty-one of article four, which reads as follows :— . “The term of the Secretary of Internal Af- fairs shall be four years; of the Auditor Gen- eral threc years; and of the State Treasurer two These officers shall be chosen eral elections. No person elected to the office of Auditor General or State ‘Treasurer shall be capable of holding the same office for two consecutive terms,’ so as to read: — The terms of the Secretary of Internal Af- fairs, the Auditor General, and the State Treasurer shall each be four years; and they shall be chogen 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 ears, and his successors shall be elected at the general election in the year one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and in every fourth year thereafter. No person eiected to the office of Auditor General or State Treasurer shall be capable of holding the same office for two consecutive terms. Amendment ThreeTo Article Five, Section even. which reads as follows:— A vant as otherwise provided In this Con- stitution, justices of the peace or aldermen shall be elected in the several wards, districts, boroughs and townships at the time of the election of constables, by the uniified electors in such manner as shall be directed by law, and shall be commissioned by the Governor for a term of five years. No town- ship, ward, district more than two justices of the peace or alders men without the consent of a majority of the qualified electors within such township, ward or h: no person shall be elected to such office unless he shall have resided within the township, borough, ward or district for one year next preceding 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 rovided in this Con- stitution, justices of the peace or aldermen shall be elected in the several wards, dis- tricts, boroughs or townships, by the qualified electors thereof, at the municipal election, in such manner as shall be ' and shall be commiszioned by the Governor for a term of six years. No township, district or borough shall elect more than two justices of the peace or aldermen without the consent of a majority of the qualified electors within such township, ward or gh; no n shall be elected to such office unless shall have res ied within the township, bor- ough, ward or istrict for one year next pre- ng his election. In cities containing over fifty thousand inhabitants, not more than one alterna shall be elected in each ward or istric Amendment Four—o Article Five, Bection ve, Section 5. Amend section twelve of article five of the Constitution, which reads as fol- follows :— “In Philadelphia there shall be established, for each thirty thousand Inhabitants, one court, not of record, of police and civil cau tiouse of Representatives of the Common- | Yeurs. | by the qualified electors of the State at gen- | Section 4. Amend section eleven of article | or borough shall elect! two per centumn upon such assessed | | | valua- | the same three per centum, in the aggregate, | | on the i i i | i 1 i | | | | | i | advice and consent of two-thirds of all the | of the Commonwealth and an Attorney Gen- | State Treas- | of Internal Affairs or Super- | Instruction, in a judicial | he is or may be authorized to fill; ifthe Vva-| | for in this Constitution, | township dollars trates whose term of office shall be s and they shall be elected on general ticket at qualified voters elected when more than one are to be chosen; they shall be compensated only by fixed sal- aries, to be paid by said county; and shall exercise such jurisdiction, civil and criminal, exce as herein provided, as is now exer- cl by aldermen, subject to such changes, not involving an increase of civil jurisdic- tion or conferring political duties, as may be made by law. In Philadelphia the office of alderman is abolished. Amendment Five-To Altice Eight, Section 0, Section 6. Amend section two of article eight, which reads as follows:— “The generul election shall be held annually ‘uesday next following the first Mon- day of November, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consentng thereto,’ so as to read: The general election shall be held biennially | on the Tuesday next following the first Mone day of November In each even-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix » different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consenting thereto: Provided, That such election shall always be held in an even-numbered year. Amendment Six—To Article Eight, Section ree, Amend section three of article which reads as follows:— elections for city, ward, borough and officers, for regular terms of ser- vice, shall be held on the third Tuesday of February,” so as to read:— All judges elected by the electors of the State at lerge may be clected at either a general or municipal election, as circum- stances may require. All elections for judges of the courts for the several judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borouy\, and township officers, for regular terms of rervice, shall be held on the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November in each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the mem. bers of each House consenting thereto: Pro- vided, That such election shall always be held in an odd-numbered year, Amendment Seven—To Article Eight, Fourteen, Section 7. eight, “All Section Section 8. eight, which reads as follows: “District election boards shall Amend section fourteen of article | consist of a i judge and two inspectors, who shall be chosen | annually by the citizens. have the right to vole for the judge and Each elector shall | one Inspector, and each inspector shall appoint | one clerk, The first election board for ‘any new district shall be selected, and vacancies in election boards filled as shall by law. Election officers shall be privileged from arrest upon days of election, and while engaged In making up and transmitting re- turns, except upon warrant of a court of record or judge thereof, for an election fraud, for felony, or for wanton breach of the peace. in cities they may claim exemption, from jury duty during the terms of service,” su as to read l—- District election boards shall consist of a judge and two inspectors, who shall be chosen biennially, by the citizens at the municipal election; but the General Asembly may re- quire sald boards to be appointed in such manner os it may by law provide. Laws regulating the appointment of said boards may be enacted to apply to cities only: Provided, 1 sth laws be uniform for cities of the oF class. Each elector shall have the right to vote for the judge and one inspector, and each inspector shall appoint one clerk. The first slegtion board for any new district shall be selected, filled, ax shall be provided by law. Election officers shall be privileged from arrest upon days of election, and while engaged In making up and transmitting returns, except upon war. rant of a court of record, or judge thereof, for an election fraud, for felony, or for wanton breach of the peace. In cities they may claim exemption from jury duty during their terms= of service Amendment Eight—To, Article Twelve, Section ne. Section 9. Amend section one, article twelve, which reads as follows:— “All officers, whose selection is not provided for in this Constitution, shall be elected or appointed as may be directed by law." so as to read:- All officers, whose selection l= not provided shall be elected or appointed as may de directed by law: Pro- vided, That elections of State officers shall be held on a general election day, and elee- tions of loeal officers sha!l be held on a munl- cipa! election day, except when, in either cage, special elections may be required to fill unex- { pired terms. ; pe ne the recess of the Senate, | may happen, during © a rn. | in a judicial | according | acting on execulive nominations the Senate | or rejecting the nominations of the Governor, | Amendment Nine—To Article Fourteen, Section Two. Section 19. Amend section two of fourteen, which reads as follows:— “County officers shall be elected at the gen- eral clections and shall hold their offices for the term of three vears, beginning on the first Monday of January next after their election, and until thelr successors shall be duly quali. fied; all vacancies not otherwise provided for, shall be filled In such manner as may be pro- vided by law,” so as to read:— County officers shall be slected at the munici- pal elections and shall hold their offices for the term of four years, beginning on the first Monday of January next after their election, and until their successors shall be duly quali- fled: all vacancies not otherwise provided for, ghall he filled In such manner as may be pro- vided by law. Amendment Ten—To Article Fourteen, Section Seven. fection 11. Amend Section seven, fourteen, which reads as follows:— ‘““I'hree county commissioners and three coun- ty 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 thereafter; and In the election of sald 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 oflice of county commissioner or county auditor shall be filled, by the court of com- mon 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 filled,’ so as to read:— Three county commissioners and three county auditors shall be elected in each county w such officers are chosen. In the year one thou. sand nine hundred and eleven and every fourth year thereafter; and in the election of sald officers each qualified elector shall vote for ro more than two persons, and the three pH sons having the highest number of votes 1 be elected: any casual vacancy in the office of county commissioner or county auditor shall be filled, by the court of common pleas of the county in which such vacancy shall occur, by the appointment of an elector of the proper county who shall have voted for the commis- sioner or auditor whose place is to be filled. Schedula for the Amendments, Section 12. That no inconvenience may arise from the changes in the Constitution of the Commonwealth, and in order to carry the same fe complete operation, It Is hereby declared, that— In the casze of officers elected by the people, all terms of office fixed by act of Assembly at an odd number of years shall each ba 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 extemsion of official terms shall not affect officers elected at the general ejec- tion of one thousand nine hundred and eight: nor any city, ward, borough, township, or . tion division officers, whose terms of officr, under existing law, end in the year one thou sand 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 lar term of which Is two years, and also all election officers and assessors chosen at that election, shall serve until the article article hi, - th tom f the mendments years J on of se a or thie chad anal) Monday of December in the ne sand nine hundred and thisicsv, Al chosen at that election, shall serve until the first Monday of ber In the one thousand nine and Xfter the r nl and ten, and until the Tegisisture shall otherwise provide, all terms olty. i p. and election division officers shall on the first Mon- day of December in an Ruipered year. All ecity, ward, ip offi cers holding office at the date of the ap- proval of t whose terms office may end 1d a a Ne r one thousan hundred and eleven, han Rota thelr offices until the first Monday ber of that ir, yea Al "4 of the courts for the several of alstricts. ana Alec an county officers » fi y January, nine hundred and twelve, A true copy of Joint Resolution No, 8. ROBERT McA CATER, Secretary of the Commonwealth. and vacancies in election boards | be provided | 47-12 Lyon &. Company. When you Come to Town don’t forget to come and visit our great store. We have bargains for all. -00 We are showing the finest line of Ladies and Misses Coat Suits Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s new style Win- ter Coats. A fine assortment of the newest weaves in DRESS GOODS and Cloths. 0 SPECIAL. We have just bought from an Eastern manufactur- er 130 pairs of Children’s Shoes, sizes from 4 to 8 1-2. These shoes were sold for $1.00 per pair. 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