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E . W . M . Low , President.
James M.Staver, Vice President.
Dill ECTOHH:
James M. .Slaver,
Fred 1 keler,
H. C. Creasy.
Clinton Herrincr,
K.W.M.Low,
F.O. Yorks,
Louis drops,
M. E Ktaek house.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1910
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
TOR REPRESENTATIVE,
WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON,
of Bloomsburg.
MORE AMENDMENTS.
State Department Preparing to Ad
vertise Changes in Articles In
Pennsylvania Constitution.
Preparations are in progress at
the State Department for advertis
ing four amendments to the State
Constitution which were passed for
the first time by the Legislature.
Before being enacted they must be
approved by a majority of the vot
ers at the next succeeding general
Election.
The law requires the advertise
ment of the amendments in two
newspapers in each county for three
months prior to the election of next
November, at which are to be cho
sen the Senators and Representa
tives who are to pass on the amend
ments in 191 1. If then approved,
it will be necessary to advertise
them again next year before the
fall election.
The first of the proposed amend
raeuts changes section 26 of article
5 of the Constitution in that por
tion which now reads as follows:
"And the Geneial Assembly is
hereby prohibited from creating
other cnurts to exercise the powers
vested by this Constitution in the
Judges of the Courts of Common
Pleas aud Orphans' Courts" so
that it shall read: "But, notwith
standing any provisions of this con
stitution, the general Assembly
shall have full power to establish
tew courts, from time to time, as
the same may be needed in any city
or county, aud to prescribe the
powers and jurisdiction thereof, and
to increase the number of Judges in
any courts now existing or here
after created, or to reorganize the
same, or to vest in other courts the
jurisdiction theretofore exercised
by courts not of record, and to
abolish the same wherever it may
be deemed necessary for the order
ly and efficient administration of
justice."
The second amendment, if adopt
ed, will repeal the provision requir
ing the payment of a poll tax as a
qualification of the right to vote.
The th'rd amendment relates to
the Courts of Common Pleas of Al
legheny County, and provides that,
instead of four separate Courts of
Common Pleas, successively num
bered, there shall be but one such
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"Just a little tickling in the throat ! " Is that what troubles
you? But it hangs on! Can't get rid of it! Home rem
edies don't take hold. You need something stronger a
regular medicine, a doctor's medicine. Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral contains healing, quieting, and soothing proper
ties of the highest order. Ask your doctor about this.
No alcohol in this cough medicine. . c. Amr Co., Lowell, Mass.
Constipation positively prevents good health. Then why allow it to continue? An active
liver Is a great preventive of disease. Ayer' Pills are liver pills. What does your doctor say?
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Myron I. Low, Vice President.
Frnnk Ikeler, (.'nsliiei
Myron I. Iiow,
H. V. Mower,
Frank 1 keler.
court, composed of all the Judges
in commission in said courts.
Section 8 of article 9 of the Con
stitution provides that cities having
a debt amounting to 7 per centum
upon the assessed valuation of the
taxable property therein may be
authorized by law to increase the
same 3 per centum in the aggregate.
The fourth amendment adds the
following provision to that section:
"Kxccpt that any debt or debts
hereinafter incurred bv the city
aud county of Philadelphia for the
construction aud development of
subways for transit purpo-cs, or for
the constrt'ction of wharves and
docks, or the reclamation of
land to be used in the construction
of a system of wharves aud docks,
as public improvements, owned or
to be owned by said city and coun
ty of Philadelphia, and which shall
yield to the city and county of
Philadelphia current net revenue
in excess of the interest on said
debt or debts and of the annual in
stalments necessary for the cancel
lation of said debt or debts, may be
excluded in ascertaining the power
of the city and county of Philadel
phia to become otherwise indebted:
provided: that a sinking fund for
their cancellation shall be establish
ed and maintained,"
New Martian Canal.
Announcement of final proof
that the planet Mars is inhabited
was made by Professor Percival
Lowell, the famous Martian expert
and director of the observatory of
Flagstaff, Arizona, on Monday.
Pioressor Lowell announced that
he saw a new canal spring into be
ing last summer, showing, he de
clared, that it had been just com
pleted by the Martians, water had
just been turned iuto it and vegea
tion had just sprung up in a hith
erto uninhabitable part of the great
desert which comprises most of the
planet's surface.
Not only did he see the new can
al, but he photographed it. Pre
vious photographs of this region,
made as late as May, failed to show
any trace of the new canal. The
fact that it developed betweeu May
and September, when it was first
observed, Professor Lowell regard
ed as positive proof that it was arti
ficial, and therefore that living be
ings exist on the neighboring plan
et. The new canal is 1000 miles
long and the strip of vegetation on
its banks, revealing its presence to
the eye and the camera, is about
20 miles wide.
Mecca of Divorce Seekers.
Reno, Nevada is actually becom
ing flooded with divorce seekers
from every section of the United
States and even from Europe
Hardly a day passes but what the
strange faces of new arrivals, among
the feminine sex especially, of pros
pective divorcees arc seen. The
rapidity with whirh those who are
seeking relief from disjointed do
mestic ties are coming to Nevada is
startling.
It is estimated that at least fifteen
such discontented souls make their
advent at Reno each week. There
were the other day fifty-six divorce
complaints yet untried by the
two district judges. One day re
cently there were four new com
plaints filed aud two decrees grant
ed. There is not a desirable cottage
for rent in Reno today, as the sup
ply does not equal the demand.
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WASHINGTON
From our ttegular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 26, 1910
No one who has closely studied
the operation of a great business
but has been impressed with leak
age and wastefulness. The gov
ernment of the United States is the
greatest corporation in the world.
It is also the most extravagant and
the most wasteful. Any other bu
siness corporation, railroad, min
ing, or manufacturing, conducted
with equal thriftlessness would go
to the wall. The only reason why
the United States government cor
poration has not gone to smash is
because it subsists on taxation and
has the richest resources in the
world to draw from; and this is not
all it has the highest tariff of the
world and compel.-! all other gov
ernments to pay for its support.
But notwithstanding these rich re
sources, the expenses of the gov
ernment ate growing rapidly, until
billion annual annrnriations hive
become commoni l ice, and it is es
timated tliat each vear exne-tises
exceed the previous year by at least
ten millions of dullnrs. I'.nt whv
may not a government be coiiduct-
e 1 with the decency and economy
that characterizes prosperous busi
ness enterprises? Such a govern
ment wonid be ideal, and some
governments in the wend approach
this ideal much more nearly than
that of the United States. The
civil list of the United States con
sists of "not less than four hundred
thousand persons. This does not
include cither the Army or Navy.
They are the clerks, postmasters,
the bureau officers, the judies and
other officers of the federal courts,
the internal and customs revenue
officers, etc., etc They all have
good salaries, as is proved by the
long line of applicants for every
vacancy that occurs in the govern
ment service, but they are clamor
ing for larger salaries aud for pen
sions. No government pays its
employees as well as does that of
the United States. If we had a
more permanent government, I
mean if the ruling personnel of our
government were less shifting
through continuous changes by
elections; if our national legislators
were able to pay less atteulion to
pleasing their home constituencies
and could devote more of their time
to the national government; in
short, if there were less interest in
political scramble for place and if
the whole country would send its
aolest aud best men to Washington
and keep them there in spite of the
clamor of unqualified self seekers
for their places, then we might in
deed hope for a better government,
for there is no doubt that it takes
several sessions to educate a Con
gressman, both as to national needs
aud the way to attain them.
The biggest undertaking in ecou
omy by this government will be
launched when Senator Aldrich's
bill creating a government commis
sion to reduce the enormous uu
weidy and expensive government
system to business like methods is
accomplished. Three Senators and
three Members of the House are to
be appointed, and Senator Aldrieh
says that it is possible to save three
hundred millions of dollars ($300,
000,000) a year. He has announc
ed what your correspondent has
been writing for thirty years that
the Uuited States government has
outgrown its present business meth
ods. Durinr the lifetime nf A. T.
Stewart, the great New York mer
chant, I wrote often in these letters
that if he had the contract of run
ning the government, he could do
it with one fourth the number of
employees and with one fourth the
exrense it then cost; and if Senator
Aldnch were now permitted to
manage it with the thrift that thir
ty or forty years ago made his groc
ery business in Rhode Island So
profitable, there is no doubt that
the country would be able to save
three hundred millions of dollars a
year. But art is long and time is
fleeting, and Senator Aldrich's sen
sational announcement with sensa
tional head-lines in fifteen thousand
or more papers in the United States,
will cause but momentary interest,
and the personnel of the redundant
Civil Service will sit tight in its en
trenchments and await the deluge,
the Revolution.
But reforms are realities. They
are not visions ot optimists, Gov
ernment clerks are no louger ap
pointed because of their beauty, or
because they are relatives of Sena
tors, M. C.'s or Cabinet officers.
Civil Service reform is a real pres
ence. The personnel of the 400,
000 employees is an improvement
on their predecessors of forty years
ago. " Pretty girl clerks in stunning
gowns and diamonds are much less
conspicuous in the corridors of the
Treasury Department and Post Of
fice Department, than they were in
Grant's administration, and the
clerk to day can actually write and
Mysteries of the Dinlng-Car.
"The kitchen of a dining car is a
most exaggerated example of the
economy of space," says l' M.
Graves in the 11 Oman's Home Com
panion for March. "Kvery inch is
used. Water-tanks are suspended
from the ceiling. One wall is lined
with the big range and heating
ovens, while on the other are storage-boxes,
receptacles for pans,
pots and other utensils, and h tow
of cupboards up under the ceiling.
At one end, between the kitchen
and the dining-car proper, is a lit
tle pantry which serves as a sort of
vestibule. That is where the wait
ers place their orders and receive
dishes.
"F.verv sonarate article of food
and equipment has its place, r.very
comer and nook in the car 1 as a
particular function. The silver is
in one place, the milk and cheese
in another, the meat in another,
and so on through the list. Ivvery
thirg perishable is kept in a rclrig
erator. "Wnile the car is 'in action' the
conductor, from his position be
tween dining-room and kitchen,
keeps his eyes upon the ten tables
and endeavors to see that none of
the diners is neglected. For all the
supplies on the car he is held to
strict account. On his 'trip sheet,'
as it is called, is put a list of every
thing taken on the car when it
starts out. A recoiel of all articles
sold is entered upon the sheet, and
when the car comes 'home' ngiin
all that has not been sold must be
on hand.
"The enninment of a dinintr-car
.-j-.-j
conforms to standards just as do
locomotives, trucks, rails and ties.
Dislus are made according to estab
lished patterns, each piece of china
liavi.'g the company's monogram
upon it. The same is true of thi
linen, silver, nunti holders every
thing. Thus a loss can be easily
traced. The waiters are allowed
twenty dollars a mont'i for break
age. All damage in excess of that,
though, they have to pay for, and
the cost is divided among them
equally."
Future Magnitude of the Postal
Service.
"A member who serves here as
long as the Speaker of the House
his been in Congress will see the
receipts and expenditures of the
Postoffici Department as large as
the entire expenses of the govern
ment today." declared Chairman
Weeks, of the Committee on Post
offices and Post Roads, in explain
ing the estimates for the postal
service during 19 11.
"He will see the number of em
ployes, which now exceeds the
forces engaged at Gettysburg by
50 per cent , increased to a million
of men," continued Mr. Weeks.
Speaking of the problem before
the government in the upbuilding
of the postal service, Mr. Weeks
suggested that if that service were
in the nature of a private business
those responsible for its success
probably would find the right man
to manage it and would pay him a
salary of $50,003 a year.
Regarding the difference between
rates ''barged the government for
postal service and that charged ex
press companies, Mr. Weeks said
the requirements of t..e govern
ment were much more severe than
those of express companies. "The
probabilities are that the pay of
railroads is substantially near whit
it ought to be." said Mr. Weeks.
"There are members of the com
mittee who believe the pay of some
railroads is less and 0:1 others
greater than it ought to be."
Interrupting, Representative
Sims, of Tennessee, said he took
exception to the ttatetnent of the
Postmaster General that the net
annual loss to the government on
the rural free delivery service was
$28,000,000. Mr. Sims complained
of the method by which the Post
master General had estimated the
revenue derived from the rural free
delivery.
Embarrassing.
"Paw, I want to know what you
think the tourtu dimension is."
"It's a figure of speech, Tommy.
employed to express the idea of the
size to which a man feels himself
shrinking when the pastor of his
church happens to catch nim in the
act of making a quick sidestep into
a saloon." Chicago Iribuve,
spell. Abroad, in consular offices,
we no longer have so many pohti
cal failures Jx-congressmen, ex
judges, f.nd out-of-pockets of all
kinds, knowing not the language
of the couutry to which they are
sent.
Children Cry
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in Table Linens and Allied Linens.
Come. Select your linens. This is a linen buying time
because it's money saving time. There is safety as well
as savings in buying linens here. Wc will tell you wheth.
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$6 inch bleached
60 inch bleached
66 inch bleached
72 inch bleached
70 inch bleached
72 inch bleached
98 cents.
72 inch bleached
1.29.
72 inch bleached
72 inch bleached
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Unbleached Table Linens
in. unbleached tabic linens, regular value 25c now c
60 in. unbleached table linens, regular value 39c now
60 in. unbleached table linens, regular value 50c now !i;e
70 in. unbleached linens, regular value 56c now 49c.
60 in. unbleached linens, regular value 60c now 50c!
64 in. unble iched linens, regular value 75c now 58c!
Ready Made Towels Included in This Sale
Plain all linen huckaback towels 1S.X36 in. very heavy
regular value 50c.. now 39c a pair.
Plain huckaback towels 17x36 in. regular value 30c , now
22 cents a pair.
Regular 30c Turkish bath towels reduced to 22c a pair
Regular 50c Turkish bath towels reduced to 44c a p ur
Plain huckaback towels 17x32, regular value 20c apiece
now 1 8c a pair.
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