HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS Experiments are under way by J the State Highway Department in j a dozen counties of the State to de termine the best methods of road construction, so that when the Commonwealth begins it general road building under the §50,000,- 000, which it is expect will be vot ed by the people next year, Pennsy lvania will not only obtain the best roads but those best suited to the locality in which they are to be built. This experimental work has been in progress for more than a year, and reports upon trailic and the manner in which the various roads are standing up are made every few days. In selecting the locations for ex perimental purposes the department picked out typical rural, manu facturing, automobile travel and suburban roads, and material was used which was belioved to possess qualities when laid that would best resist the wear and tear pec liar to each. In some of the farming com munities road compositions have been used which will enable good time to be made by ordinary nar row-tired market wagons and at the same time be easier on the horses' hoofs than the harder roads laid down in industrial sections where teaming is heavy. For roads much frequented by automobiles the State has been trying construc tion of a character which would re sist the suction due to large rubber tires. In suburban communities I thi aim has been to promote easy communication from fanning dis tricts and for store deliveries. On all experiments careful at tention has been paid to the extent and cost of repairs and efforts made to find a method to reduce dust to a minimum. The end of the year will see the State supplied with the most complete data possible on the subject. Many farmers, team owners and automobilists have as sisted in the work by sending notes on their observations of the roads to the State Highway Department. Members oft he Pcnnsyl . ania Motor Federation, who are working for tho adoption of the constitutional amendment ant homing $50,0( >o,0( >() bond issue, have been lending aid so that the State may secure the ve.iy best results for its money. The general interest in road con struction is growing every week throughout jhe country, and it is believed among the strongest sup porters of the proposed measure will be farmers, who realize the advant ages, in the way of better means to reach market towns or electric lines carrying produce, that will follow in tho train of a general system of first class State highways. Protecting Grapes From Bees State Zoologist H. A. Surface, at his otlice in Harrisburg, has receiv ed several letters as/ing how to protect grapes from bees. One writea from the central part of Pennsylvania says: "They are ruining them as soon as they be come thoroughly ripened. Can the grapee be removed and kept, wrap ped in paper or packed in saw dust?" The reply of Professor Surface is as follows : "You can protect grapes from bee- by either putting bags around the clusters, or picking them before they are over-ripe, and wrapping them up, and laying them away. The bees do not attack the grapes until after their skins have burst or are weakened by disease, or are opened by some insect like the wasp or yellow-jacket, and after the grapes have become bruised or opened the bees will, of course, clean them out. Pick them before they become over-ripe or burs, an 1 they will keep as well wrapped up and laid away." Nearly Five Hundred Dollars The value of the brick, tile, terra ■otta, pottery, and various other clay products made in California in 1911, according to the United states Geological Survey, was $4,915,80<>. this is an increase of $73,475 over the figures for 1910. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to article nine, section four, of the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, authorizing the State to issue bonds to the amount of lifty millions of dollars for the improve ment of the highways of the Com monwealth. Section 1. 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 Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania be, and the same is hereby, pro posed, in accordance with the eigh teenth article thereof: — That section four of article nine, which reads as follows: "Section 4. No debt shall be cfoat ed by or on behalf of the State, ex cept to supply casual" deficiencies of revenue, repel invasion, suppress in surrection, defend the State in war, or to pay cxisiing debt; and the debt created to supply deficiency in tev enue shall never exceed, in the grate at any one time, one million o£ dollars," be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, ei.cept to supply casual deficiencies of rev enue, repel invasion, suppress insur rection, defend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; aud the debt creat ed to supply deficiencies in revenue shall never exceed, in the aggregate at any ona time, one million of dol lars: Provided, however, 'mat the General Assembly, irrespective of any debt, may authorize the State to issue bonds to' the amount of fifty minions of dollars for the purpose of improv ing and rebuilding the highways of the Commonwealth. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section seven, article three of the Constitu tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per mit special legislation regulating labor. Section 1. Be it resolved by tho Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following Is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof. Amond ment to Article Three, Section Seven. Section 2. Amend section seven, article three of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: — "Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension, or impairing of liens: "Regulating the affairs of counties, olties, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: "Changing the names of persons or places: "Changing the venue in civil or criminal cases: "Authorizing the laying out, open ing, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, streets or alleys: "Relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and any other Stat6: "Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: . "Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: "Authorizing the adoption or legiti mation of children: "Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties, or changing county lines: "Incorporating cities, towns, or vil lages, or changing their charters: "For the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: "Granting divorces: "Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits, or school districts: "Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: "Changing the \law of descent or succession: "Regulating the practice or Juris diction of, or changing the rules of evidence in, any judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, Justices of the sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery, or other tribunals, or providing or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of Judgments, or prescribing the effect of judicial sales of real estate: "Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, Justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: "Regulating the management of public schools, the building or repair ing of school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: "Fixing the rate, of iuterest: "Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties In Interest, to be recited In the special enact ment: "Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneyß legally paid Into the treasury: "Exempting property from taxation: "Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing: "Creating corporations, or amend ing, renewing or extending the chart ers thereof: "Granting to any corporation, ISM elation or individual any special or ex clusive privilege or Immunity, or to any corporation, association or indi vidual the riglit to lay down a railroad track. "Nor shall the General Assembly in directly enact" such special or local law by the partial repeal e£ a g neral law; but laws repealing local 01 spec ial acts may be passed: "Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers and privileges in any case where the granting of such powers aud privileges shall have been provid ed for by general law, nor where the courts have jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked for."— so as to read as follows: — Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authori :nig the creation, extension or impairi.;j of liens: Regulating tliu aituirs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: Changing the names of persons or places: Changing the venue in civil or crim inal cases: Authorizing tf'.e laying out, opening, altering, or maintaining roads, high ways, streets or alleys: Relating to ferries or bridges, or in corporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streai s which form bounda ries between this and any other State. Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: Authorizing the adoption, or legiti mation of children: Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties or changing county lines: Incorporating cities, towns or vill ages, by changing their charters: For the open ,ig aud conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the placa of voting. Granting divorces: Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits or school districts: Creating offio s, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: Char' the law of descent or suc cession : Regulating the practice or jurisdic tion of. or changing the rules of evi dence in, any judiu.il proceeding or inquirj before courts, aldermen, jus tices of the reace, sheriffs, commis sioners arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery or other tribunals, or pro viding or'changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the ef fect of judicial sales of real estate: Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of tho peace, magistrates or constables: Regulating the management of pub lic schools, the building or repairing of school houses aud the raising of money for such purposes: Fixing the rate of interest: Affecting the estates of minors or persons under d!r.a:>i ity, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited In the special enact ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: Cxemi ting property from taxation: Regelating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing; but the legis.ature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries, the hours of work or labor, and make provision for the protection, welfare and safety of persons emploj'- ed by the Siute. or by any county, city, borough, town, township school district, village, or other civil di vision of the State, or by any contract or or sub-contractor performing work, labor or services for the State, 'or for any county, city, borough, town, town ship, school district, village or other civil division thereof: Creating corporations, or amending, renewing or extending the charters thereof: Granting to any corporation, asso ciation, or Individual any special or exclusive privilege or immunity, or to any corporation, association, or in dividual the right to lay down a rail road track: Nor shall the General Assembly In directly enact such sp -cial or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or spec ial acts may be passed: Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers or privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been pro vided for by general law, nor where the courts have jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked for. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, proposing an amendment to section three of article eight of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania (if the Senate concur), That the following Is proposed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Section 2. —Amend section three of article eight, which reads as follows: "All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or municipal e'ectlon, as circumstances may require. All 'h£ elections for judges of the courts for the several judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall be he'd on the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following the first Monday of No vember In each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law 0x a different day, two-thirds of al the members of each House consent ing thereto: Provided, That such elections shall always be held in an odd-numbered year," so as to read: Section 3. All Judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be eleoted at either a general or mu nicipal election, as circumstances may require. All elections for judges of the courts for the several judicial die tlUtt, MA tor county, city, ward, boi* and township officers, for regu lar u rrns of service, snaa ue ue.u Lli<j municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following tho lirst Mon day of November in each odd-number ed ) tar, but. the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two tin; da ol all liie members of each liouse consenting thereto: Provided, Tliat such elections sli.i i be iield in an odd-nutnbei'i d jour: Provided fur ther, That all judges lor the courts of the several judicial districts hold ing ott'ico at tho present time, whose terms of office may end ill an odd numbercd year, bhall continue to hold then' oltlces unt.il the lirst .Monday of January in tho next succeeding even numbered year. A true copy of Concurrent Resolu tion No. a. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwea.th. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section one ol article nine of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania, relating to taxation. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Semite and House of Representatives . ol the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: — Section 2. Amend section one of article nine of the Constitution of j Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levy ing the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws; but the General Assembly may, by general , laws, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, ! actual places of leligious worship, I places of burial not used or heid for private or corporate profit, and in-titu ! tions of purely public charity," so as j to read as follows: All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects, within the ter ! ritorial limits of the authority levying tfre tax, and shall be levied and col lected under general laws, and the ! subjects of taxation may be classified j for the purpose of laying graded or progressive taxes; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, ex empt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places | of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or cor porate profit, and institutions of pure j ly public charity. A true copy of Joint Resolution ! No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. [ Proposing an amendment to the Con stitution of Pennsylvania. Bo it resolved by the Senate and j House of Representatives of the Com- I tnon\#hlth of Pennsylvania in Gener al Assembly met. That the follow ing Js proposed as an amendment to i the Constitution of Pennsylvania, in ! accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Article IX. Section 15. No obligations which have been heretofore issued, or which ; may hereafter be issued, by any coun ty or municipality, other than Phila delphia, to pro viae for the construc tion or acquisition of waterworks, subways, undeigiound railways or street railways, or the appurtenances | thereof, sha 1 be considered as a debt • of a municipality, within the meaning of section eight of article nine of the : Constitution of Pennsylvania or of this amendment, if the net revenue I derived from said property for a per iod of five years, either before or after the acquisition thereof, or, where the same is constructed by the county or municipality, after tho completion theroof, shall have been sufficient to pay interest and sinking-fund charges during said period upon said obliga tions, or if the said obligations shall i be secured by liens upon the respec tive properties, and shall impose no municipal liability. Where munici palities of counties shall issue obliga tions to provide for the construction of property, as herein provided, said said municipalities or counties may also issue obligations to provide for the interest and sinking-fund charges accruing thereon until said properties shall hare been completed and in op eration for a period of one year; and said municipalities and counties shall r not be required to levy a tax to pay said interest and sinking-fund charges, as required by section ten of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl vania, until after said properties shall have been operated by said counties or municipalities during said period 'of one year. Any of the said munici palities or counties may incur indebt edness in excess of seven per centum, and not exceeding ten per centum, of the assessed valuation of the taxable property therein, if said Increase of indebtedness shall have been assented to by three-fifths of the electors vot ing at a public election, in such man ner as shall be provided by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. The Advertised Article y Is on* in which the merchant Jf himself has implicit faith— B else he would not advertise it. Iff You are safe in patronizing the H merchants whose ada appear in thla paper because their \ goods are up-to-date and never \ shopworn. iDOITNOW™!' ,□ . | PATHCS IN PARIS PAWNSHOP ! French Marquise Bequeathes $20,000 j to Be Used to Redeem Pledges of the Poor. The Marquise do Guerry has be queathed nearly $20,000 to the city of Parts for the redemption of small objects pledged in the state pawn shops by the poor. The legacy has its origin in a visit paid one day by the marquise to the chief depot of the Mont de Piete, as the state pawnbroking establishment is called In Prance, where her atten tion was attracted by a silver chris tening set, consisting of a knife, fork and spoon, such as is given to a child on its baptism or first communion. The set was tarnished with age and the ticket showed it had been in pawn for half a century. The marquise was told that regu larly for many years since 1860, when the little christening gift was pawned, either the father or the mother of the recipient had come and paid the tri fling interest on the pledge, doubtless a relic of a dead child. Each year the TV'"\ or his wife- was a little older, a little shabbier, a little sadder, but the interest was punctually paid. Then the man ceased his annual visits and only the woman came, un til she, too, failed to appear. Neither was ever seen again, and the little christening gift remained in its wrap ping getting blacker and dustier until it was seen by the Marquise do I Guerry. TO RESTORE GARDEN OF EDEN Sentimental Feature Connected With Great Irrigation Project in Asiatic Turkey. The restoration of the Garden of Eden is a sentimental feature of the j great irrigation project by which Sir | V illinm Willcocks hopes to bring.back i the early fertility to a great region in Asiatic Turkey. The country bor dering the lower Euphrates and Tigris •rivers was long a center of prosper ity and wealth. It was made to flour ish by extensive irrigation works, the ruins of which still exist, but the lahd is now barren by drought, though much of it is swept by occasional floods. The engineers propose to re> construct the ancient works on an enlarged and improved plan. They have found a depression in the des ert, into which the overflow from the Euphrates can be led, and they ex '■ poet to be able to regulate the Tigris, j though this is a more, difficult feat 1 that the ancients never fully accom- I plished. The probable great produc | tiveness of the delta of the two rivers under suitable irrigation is indicated ! by analyses showing the soil to bo j richer than that of Egypt or the Su dan. It is believed that the Garden of Eden will be found just north of Ur, at the ancient junction of the Tigris and Euphrates. Ur Is supposed to have been a maritime town, but its remains are now six miles west of the Euphrates and 125 miles from the sea. Crawl on All Fours to Get Tall. A man's organs and those of his bones which are not subjected to pressure grow continuously until he Is forty years old; that is to say, the herrt should become stronger, the ca pacity of the lungs increase, and the brain should develop steadily until tho fourth decade of life. Also one should wear a larger hat at the age of forty tiian at thirty. A man ceases to grow tall, however, at the beginning of tho third decade, because after that time the downward pressure exerted by tho weight of the body while in the erect position compresses the vertebrae, or small bones in the spine, tho discs of cartilage between them, the pelvis and the thigh bones, and this pressuro overcomes tho natural elasticity of tho discs and the growth of these bones. However, a British scientist contends that were a man a quadruped and therefore freed from the aownward pressure produced by his weight upon his splnnl column, he would continue to grow In height for ten years longer than he does at present, since it lias been found that bones not subjected to compression increase up to the fourth decade. 7 •• *b* ■ • ' v ':*b'' 7*9* 7'T 7** 1 "* "4^' W^SwFS^^**>&• •>s<-•>£<•""<£<• *Hk"' fl s • •""<£<• Dependable §§ ||| 1| We handle goods that are cheap, hut not §*s>| cheap goods. Wo, want our goods to become Hon** your goods and our store your store. If it is ppj Clothing, Hats, ||| t|t Suit Cases, ,« 111 Shoes, Etc. s Wc arc offering fine Shoes at $1.98 ?|P Boys' Suits from $1.98 to $4.98 §|| Boys' Knee Pants 23c and 49c gjjj|j 59£3|g Why spend your money for postage and send to mail order houses when I can furnish you with the same goods for less money ? jjg MAX MAMOLEN, LAPORTE. g ■ promptly obtained in all Sj TRADE-MARKS Hint Copyrights registered. ■ ■ Send Sketch. Model or Photo, for FREE RE- H ■ PORT on patentability. Patent praetieo ex- ■ BR clusively. BANK REFERENCES. ■ » in stamps for Invaluable book ■ fi tv\! l, ? W TO °® TAIM SELL PATENTS, H «! \\ liieli ones will pay. How to get H paitiier, ■ H| patent law ami oilier valuable inlotioation. ■ ID. SWIFT & GO. I J.J PATENT LAWVCRS. ■ S3 03 Seventh St., Washington, D. C. M DEMONSTRATER WANTED A good man to demonstrate the National Vacuum Cleaner in Sul livan County, A fine proposition to tlie right party. Address, THE REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte, Pa. M. BRINK'S PRICES For This Week ton 100 lb Corn Meal 34.00 1.75 Cracked Corn i' 4 00 1.75 Corn ;j4 00 1.75 I*i ire Corn &Oat sCh op 36. 00 1.85 Sacks each 6c with privilege of returning without expense to me. Schuinachei Chcp S2 00 1 (55 Wheat Bran 25.00 130 Oil M<?al 39.00 200 Gluten 32.0') 1.65 Brewers Grain 27.00 1.40 Choice Cottonseed Mcal34 00 1.75 Oyster Shells 10.00 60 Portland Comen per tout 8.00 40 (rebate 1 e each for sacks re nrne't) Beef Scrap 3.00 Mixed grains for hens 2 00 New Oats arrive in Sept. or Oct. .42 14(1 lb Lag Salt coarse or fine .60 100 Hi bag Salt * .45 Hour per bbl. sack Slum acher Patent 6 00 1.60 Marvel 0 60 1.70 Luxury 5 50 1.40 \ eal Calves wanted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Lhe fowls ai d ( hicl (MIS on Wedneslay. i BRINK New Aliany Fa. 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