£ i ee ee I A i Ue —————," aa. "Bellefonte, Pa., October 18, 1918. THE LISTS COME IN. The lists come in! The lists of dead! The lists of wounded come! We see Old Glory overhead, We hear the throbbing drum. ‘We see Our Boys across the top And out in No Man’s Land— The lists come in—and then we stop, And then we understand! Aye, then we stop, and then we know Something of what they give! Our boys who go to meet the foe, That Freedom’s name shall live! There is no limit! Quick and strong They give the battle yell, And then go forth with laugh and song Into the jaws of hell! They give their lives, they give their hopes Of love, and cottage walls— Of little homes on sunward slopes, And children’s daddy-calls; Of necklaced arms and eyes alight, The tales they love to tell When by-lo songs are crooned at night— When they dare war’s red hell! That's all they give—And all we give— However much it be— So nothing! We may laugh and live And children in their glee Come arms held up for us to “Take!” At the end of the day. Our Father! For dear Jesus’ sake Help us to see—and pay! —Houston Post. Influenza a Recurrent Evil. Of all the ills to which human flesh is heir influenza has probably been more carefully recorded. The first authentic record was an epidemic of the twelfth century, which devastat- ed France, especially, but which spread over Italy, Germany and Eng- land. In 1311 France was again pros- trated by a plague which has been thought to have been of a different nature but which was called influen- | za. From that time the disease has appeared at frequent intervals in var- ious countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, no fewer than eight scourges of great severity occurring within 100 years. The first recorded pandemic (from the Greek “pandemos,” meaning all the people, that is, universal) arose in Africa in 1510, but soon appeared simultaneously in every country in Europe and Asia. It was of the type, however, which, in medical terms, is called “benign,” as opposed to malig- nant. A similar visitation occurred in 1557, this time the origin being in Asia. All Europe was affected, and there are records showing that at about the same time the outbreak took place in Asia America was also , affected. In 1580 came another pan- demic visitation, this time of great virulence, accompanied by enormous loss of life. There were severe epidemics in 1591, 1598, 1597 and 1626, and one in 1647 invaded the West Indies with great loss of life, Barbadoes and St. itts suffering fatalities to the num- er of 5,000 and following 100 years there were more than a dozen severe epidemics, and in 1732 occurred one of the most nota- ble pandemic manifestations of the affection, which was then generally designated by the French term, “la grippe.” It is not definitely known where the outbreak occurred, but it was probably in the West Indies. All | of those colonies, and most of the Americas were attacked, and the dis- ease then swept successively over Russia, Poland, Germany, Switzer- land, Holland, England, Scotland, France, Spain and Italy, in the order named; and it was readily assumed, as had been argued -previously, that as intercommunication was slow in those days, the disease could not have occurred from transmission, or intro- duction from one country to another. In the following 100 years there were no fewer than 15 severe epidem- ics, and in several instances there was a continuance for two years, as in 1781-82, 1788-89, 1799-1800, 1802-'03, 1847-48, when it was pandemic with great mortality. The greatest pandemic record of the disease was in 1889, which will be well remembered by millions now living, and from which civilization suffered for more than two years. It originated in so far as could be as- certained, in Central Asia, but it was evident that this isolated region could not be held accountable, as it appear- ed as though wafted on the wings of the wind, in Siberia, European Rus- sia, Sweden, Denmark, France, Ger- many, Belgium, England; and Asia Minor, Italy, Turkey and Greece, were attacked simultaneously with Germany and England. Soon it ap- peated at Tunis, then in Mexico, uth America and Australia. The outbreak in London was simultaneous with that in Boston, and that in San Francisco was contemporaneous with Buenos Ayres. It appeared ‘every- where in trading centers before i was manifest in country districts, and in the latter the disease was less vir- ulent than in the towns and cities. The apparently more complete univer- sality of this pandemic phenomenon may be partly due to superior means of communication and more thorough | th TepoRLs, | i e cause of the disease is, of course, in recent times, ascribed to bacilli, in this case the discovery of the particular bacillus of influenza be- ing made almost simultaneously by Pfeiffer, Kitisato and Canon, scien- tists working independently. It is de- scribed as a bacillus “working sing- ly, in pairs, chains, groups or ‘clumps,’ appearing as a straight rod, with rounded ends, non-motile and not forming spores,” as the scientists phrase it. “The bacilli are found chiefl mixed with other organisms, in the nasal mucus, or in the sputum from the bronchi, and even penetrating to the sub-mucous stratum of the mu- cous membrane. They are occasion- ally found in the blood in small num- bers.” - There you have it. You know what you have to fight. An expert definition of the symp- toms of a typical attack is that it us- ually begins with a headache and se- vere pain at the base of the brain; fever with a temperature of 102 or 6,000. During the in the respiratory passages, | 103 degrees; pain in joints, tender-; i ness of muscles, swelling of the mu-' | cous lining of the nasal passages, | { with an increased flow of mucus; | i weak pulse, general weakness, pros-' | tration, possible chills and tremors. | " But it is the consensus of physicians | | that during the prevalence of any sort ! of epidemic the nervous, reading | { symptoms, imagine or try to imagine, { that they are acquiring the disease, | 1 and all are sharply warned against this foolish play of morbid fancy. | The rest cure is recommended, with | such medicines as the best doctors may prescribe, usually quinine, first and foremost; but at different stages | of the disease the physician may, ac- | cording to the condition of the pa- tient, administer intipyrin, pheniticin, ' salypirin, salycilate of sodium, iodine, | digitalis, benzol, carbolic acid, ipe- | cacuanha, camphor, alcohol, strych- | nine. These are merely mentioned to | indicate what a formidable array of drugs have been, or may be, called in- to use, but most of them dange¥ous | in the hands of any but the most skilled physicians. The fact is, that although the bacilli have been at work | for hundreds of years, they have not | been scotched, to say nothing of their | killing. The disease is, at worst, fa tal only to a small proportion of those | attacked, and usually it is only the ! weak system that succumbs. There | is nothing that should in the sligriatest | ! degree suggest reason for panic. | | | | | ; ; | i i Her Great Sorrow. ! “I never have any luck. Everything goes against me.” | “What’s the matter now?” i | “The doctor says my husband must | give up smoking.” : i “Well, you ought to be glad if he! i ! follows the doctor's orders.” { “Glad! Just as Iwas within 500 | coupons of getting a new set of cut-| ! glass tumblers.” \ | | CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO | i THE CITIZENS OF THE COM- MONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION, AT THE ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEM- BER 5, 1918. BY THE GENERAL: A SSEM- i BLY OF HE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN PURSUANCE OF SENCLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU- prota AMENDMENTS TO _ THE Number One, A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to article mine, section four of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; au- thorizing the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the improvement of the highways of the Commonwealth. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen- ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen- eral Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of ¥Penn- sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro- posed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: — That section four of article nine, which ‘reads as follows: “Section 4. No debt shall be ereated by or on behalf of the State, except to | supply casual deficiencies of revenue, re- ‘pel invasion, suppress insurrection, de- fend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt created to supply _de- | ficiency in revenue shall never exceed in! the aggregate, at any one time, one mil- lion dollars,” be amended so as to read as follows: ! i Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, except to . supply casual deficiencies of revenue, re« el invasion, suppress insurrectiom, de- | end the State in war, or to pay existing! debt; and the debt created to supply de- ficiencies in revenue shall never exceed in ‘the aggregate, at any one time, one mil- |lion dollars: Provided, however, That | the General Assembly, [rejeiive of any idebt, may authorize the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of ‘dollars for the purpose of improving and : rebuilding the highways of the Common- OR i wealth. Section 2. Said proposed amendment i shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the State, at the general election to ‘be held on the Tuesday next following {the first Monday of November in the year {nineteen hundred and eighteen, for the | purpose of deciding upon the approvi] of sa and ratification or the rejection | amendment. Said election shall be t opened, held, and closed upon said elec- tion day, at the places and within the ‘hours at and within which said election iis directed to be opened, held, and closed, and in accordance with the pro- visions of the laws of Pennsylvania governing elections and amendments thereto. Such amendment shall be printed upon the ballots in the form and manner prescribed by the election laws of Pennsylvania, and shall in all re- Spects conform to the requirement of such aws. A true copy of Joint Resolutiom No. 1. CYRUS B. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eight, article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania im Gen- eral Assemniy met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Constitution of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth ar- ticle thereof: — Amendment to de Nine, Section ght. That section eight of article mine, of tie Constitution be amended by striking out the said section and inserting im place thereof the following: tion 8. The debt of shy county, city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or incorporated dis- trict, except as provided herein, and in section fifteen of this article, shall mever exceed seven (7) per centum upon the assessed ‘value of the taxable “pi therein, but the debt of the city of Phila- delphia ay be increased in such amount that the total city debt of sald city shall not ex ten per centum (10) assessed value of the taxable roperty therein, nor shall any such municipality or district incur any new debt, or in- crease its indebtedness to an amount ex- ceeding two (2) per centum upom such assessed valuation of property, wwithout e consent of the electors thereof at a ublic election in such manner as shall provided by law. In ascertaiming the Dorling capacity of the said city of Philadelphia, at an time, there shall excluded from the calculatiom and deducted from such debt 50 much of the debt of said city as shall have been in- curred, and the proceeds thereof in- vested, in any public improvements of any character which shall be yielding to the said city an annual current met reve- nue. The amount of such deduction shall be ascertained by capitalizimg the gnnual net revenue from such fmm prove- ment during the year immediately pre- ceding the time of such ascertainment; and such capitalization shall be estimated by ascertaining the principal amount which would Field such sunual, current nét revenue, at the average rate of in- terest, and sinking-fund charges payable upon the indebtedness incurred by said city for such purposes, Rb the time of such ascertainment. e method of determining such amount, 80 to be de- ducted. may be prescibed by the Gen- eral Assembly. n incurring imdebted- ness for any purpose the city of Phila- delphia may issue its obligations matur- ing not iater than fifty (0) years from the date thereof, with provision for a sinking-fund sufficient to retire said ob- ligations at maturity, the payment to such sinking-fund to be in equal or graded annual or other periodical _instal- ments. V here any indebtedness shall be or shall have been incurred by said city of DI’hiladelphia for the purpose of the upon the EERE CATR FIV R XOXE ERED) \T\J tS WTS MOC ALEX “Don’t have to make so many trips now” You should have a Perfection Oil Heater, too. No one is sure of getting a full supply of coal this year. A central draught lamp that produces a soft, clear and restful light. Many beautiful designs to choose from. Safe and easy to keep clean. See your dealer. kerosene. Go to your dealer now and select your Per- fection Oil Heater. —$5.65 to $10.00. Rayo Lanterns Give the most light for oil consumed. Cold and hot blast styles. Easy tolightand clean. Stay lighted in the strongest wind. See your dealer. When you have a Perfection you can keep warm and comfortable with less coal. And that is what everyone should try to do. A Perfection is safe. any kind of kerosene, but Rayoplight will give you the most heat. this special name because it is a special kind of It has unusual qualities that give unusual results. charred wicks, but an even, steady heat or a clear, mellow light—always. Use it in your lamps and lanterns. The Atlantic Refining Company Everywhere in Pennsylvania and Delaware Of course you can use ATLANTIC It is known by No odor, smoke, sputter or They are reasonably priced construction or improvement of public works of any character from which in- come or revenue is to be derived by said city, or for the reclamation of land to be used in the construction of wharves or docks owned or to be owned by said city, such oblgations may be in an amount sufficient to provide for, and may include the amount of, the interest and sinking-fund charges accruing and which may accrue thereon throughout the period of construction, and until the ex- piration of one year after the completion of the work for which said indebtedness shall have been incurred; and said city shall mot be required to levy a tax to pay said interest and sinking-fund charges as required oy section ten, article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, until the expiration of said period of one year en completion-of said werk PK, came wd) A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2] CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COM- MONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU- ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON- STITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eleven of article sixteen of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eigh- teenth article thereof :— Amend section eleven, article sixteen of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: “No corporate body to posses bankin and discounting privileges shall be create or organized in pursuance of any law without three months’ previous public notice, at the place of the intended loca- tion, of the intention to apply fer such priviliges, in such manner as shall be pre- scribed by law, nor shall a charter for such privilege be granted for a longer period than twenty years,” so that it shall read as follows: The General Assembly shall have the ower of general law to provide for the ncorporation of banks and trust com- panies, and to prescribe the powers thereof. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. CYRUS E. WOODS. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section six- teen of article three of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re entatives of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted erty | by ' the authority of the same, That the following is Jropesed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the pro- visions of the eighteenth article thereof: — That section sixteen of article three, which reads as follows: “Section 16. No money shall be paid out of the treasury, except upon appro- riations made by law, and on warrant ‘wn the proper officers im pur- suance thereof,” be, and the same is hereby, amended 80 that the same shall read as fellows: ection 16, No money shall be paid out -of the State Treasury, except in ac- cordance with the provisions of an act of Assembly specifying the amount and finesse of the expenditure, and limitin he time in which said appropriation sha be expended. All public money shall be aid the State Treasurer on warrant rawn by the Auditor General. true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to article nine, section eight of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen- ate and House of Representatives in Gen- eral Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn- sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro- posed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: — That article nine, section eight, be amended to read as follows: Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or incorporated dis- trict, except as provided herein, and in section fifteen of this article, shall never exceed seven (7) per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, but the debt of the city of Phila- delphia may be increased in such amount that the total city debt of said city shall not exceed ten per centum (10) upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district incur any new debt, or increase its indebtedness to an amount exceedin two (2) per centum upon such hg valuation of property, without the con- sent of the electors thereof at a public election in such manner as shall be pro- vided by law. In ascertaining the bor- rowing capacity of the city of Philadel- hia, at any time, there shall be deducted rom such debt so much of the debt of said city as shall have been incurred, or is ‘about to be incurred, and the proceeds thereof expended, or about to be expended, upon any public Improvement, or in the Sonstruction Puichase, or Sondennation any pu h y, or part thereof, or facility therefor, if such public improve- ment or public utility, or part thereof, | whether separately or in connection with any other public improvement or public utility, or part thereof, may reasonably be expected to yield revenue in excess of operating expenses sufficient to pay the interest and sinking fund charges thereon. The method of determining such amount, so to be deducted, may be prescribed by the General Assembly. In incurring indebtedness for any pur- pose the city of Philadelphia may issue its obligations maturing not later than fifty (00) years from the date thereof, with provision for a sinking-fund sufficient to retire said obligations at maturity, the payment to such sinking fund to be in equal or graded annual or other period- ical instalments. Where any indebtedness shall be, or shall have been incurred by said city of Philadelphia for the purpose of the construction or improvements of ublic works or utilities of any character, rom which income or revenue is to be derived by said city, or for the reclama- tion of land to be used in the construction of wharves or docks owned or to be owned by said city, such obligations may be in an amount sufiicient to provide for, and may include the amount of, the interest and sinking-fund charges accruing and which may accrue thereon throughout the period of construction, and until the expiration of one year after the com- pleden of the work for which said in- ebtedness shall have been incurred; and said city shall not be required to levy a tax to pay said interest and sinking-fund charges as required by section ten, article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, until the e3piration of said period of one year after the completion of said work. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION An amendment to section one of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl- vania, relating to taxdtion. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com- monwealth of ennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in ac- cordance with the provisions of the eigh- teenth article thereof:— That section one of article nine, which reads as follows: “All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the terri- torial’ limits of the authority Jevyig the tax, and shall be levied ‘and 1 under general laws; but the General As- sembly may, by general laws, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious wor- ship, places of burial not used or held for [Private or corporate profit, and institu- ons of purely public charity,” be amended so as to read as follows: All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same elass of subjects, within the terri- torial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws, and the subjects of taxation may be classified for the purpose of laying graded or progressive taxes; but the General Assembly may, bT general laws, exempt from taxation public prop- erty used for public purposes, actual places of Togs worship, places of urial not used or held for private or cor- porate profit, and institutions of purely public charity. Section 2. Said proposed amendment shall be Submited to the qualified electors of the State, at the general election to be held on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November in the year nineteen hundred and jiheteen, for the purpose of deciding upon the approval and ratification or the rejection of said amendment. Said election shall be opened, held, and closed upon said elec- on day, at the places and within the hours at and within which said election is directed to be opened, held, and closed, and in accordance with the provisions of the laws of Pennsylvania governing elec- tions, and amendments thereto. Such Shoes. Shoes. {EAGERY SHOE STOR School Shoes FOR BOYS, The kind of shoes that wear, made by the J. E. Dayton Com- pany, and guaranteed to be all solid leather, high and low tops, $4.50 Per Pair. Purchase your Rub- bers now. YEAGER'S SHOE STORE THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN Bush Arcade Building 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA. Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work. amendment shall be printed upon the bal- lots in the form and manner prescribed ! by the election laws of Pennsylvania, and | shall in all respects conform to the re- quirement of such laws. ! A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. CYRUS EH. WOODS, I Secretary of the Commonwealth, 63-31-13t LYON @& COMPANY. New Silk. Crepe de Chines in all the dark shades and light colors. New striped Silks for skirts. Duchess Satins in all the new colors and black. All shades in plain Taffetas and Messalines, Georgette Crepes, Silk Voiles, and Chiffons to match all colors. Ladies’ Coats. Now 1s the best opportunity to buy Women’s, Misses’ and Children’s Winter Coats and save many dollars. A splendid variety in all colors; belts, deep cuffs, large pockets, Kit Coney for collars, plush and cloth collars. Rugs, Carpets, Linoleums. Months ago weSpurchased a large stock which are marked below to-day’s wholesale prices. Shoes. Shoes. We have just received another lot of new Shoes for men, women and children. Very smart new High Shoes for women in tan, brown and black. Children’s Shoes in tan, brown and black. Men's fine Shoes in black and tan in the new English last, from $4.00 up to $7.00. Misses’ Shoes from $2.50 up. Men’s Working Shoes in tan and black from $2.50 to Infants’ Shoes in black, tan and white, 50 cents up. Lyon & Co. «uw» Bellefonte. Vt
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