Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Sept. 23, 1909.
DENTISTRY APPLI
ED TD TREES
State Zoologist Surface found a let
ter in the mail sent to the division of
zoology of the Pennsylvania depart
ment of agriculture, asking how to
prevent decay ill a tree from making
further progress. The writer said:
"We have a cherry tree whose trunk
lias rotted considerably. What can be
done to save the tree? Is it a good plan
to cut out the dead part and fill up the
hole with cement?"
Professor Surface replied: "The pro
per treatment for the cavity of your
Cherry tree is to clean it out, remov
ing the decayed wood; then wash or
spray the interior with an antiseptic,
such as a two per cent, solution of
formalin, or a very dilute solution of
mercury bichloride, which is corro
sive sublimate : then paint it with ord
inary paint of any kind and finally fill
the cavity with any kind of cement,or
use one part of Portland cement with
about four or five parts of siuid.
'This is practically nothing else
than the principle of modern dentistry
applied to the preservation of the tree.
The dentist cleans out the cavity of a
decaying tooth, applies an antiseptic
to prevent further decay, and fills the
tooth with some substance that by
preservation will prevent the possibil
ity of further decay. We are coming
to see that the treatment of all living
tilings for ills and afflictions is based
upon the same fundamental biological
principle."
PERSONALS
Mrs. Clair Rick, Miss Margaret Rick
and Charles Rick, left yesterday for
their home in Jacksonville, Florida,
after a visit with Mrs. Riek's parents,
Mr. anil Mrs. ,T. F. Mourer, Straw
berry Ridge.
Tlieo. R. Angle, West Market street,
returned yesterday after a several days'
visit with friends in Bethlehem.
Miss Ethel Reed, of Philadelphia,
arrived in this city yesterday. She will
be employed by Mrs. M. L. Douglass.
Mrs. George Schinick and Mrs. Geo.
Waters, of Catawissa, siient yesterday
with Mrs. A. L. Snyder, West Mahon
ing street.
Rev. Mark E. Stock, of St. Peter's
church, York, spent yesterday with
his brother, Dr. G. A. Stock, Bloom
street.
Dr. McHenrv and wife of Benton re
turned home yesterday after a visit
with friends at Exchange.
W. H. Dililine and wife of Exchange
spent Tuesday night with friends in
Muncy.
Dr. ,T. S. Prout returned to Wicon
isco yesterday after a visit with his
brother. T. E. Prout, Grand street.
Eniil Gaertner, Front street, tran
sacted business in Shamokin yester
day.
Mrs. Mollie Sidler, of this city, and
guest, Mrs. Henry Trotter, of Phila
delphia, spent yesterday with friends
in Plymouth.
T. E. Prout, Grand street, was a
Shamokin visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah McCollum,Cooper street,
has returned after a visit with rela
tives ami friends in Montandon and
Northumberland.
Miss Maud Bennett left on Tuesday
for West Conshohocken, Philadelphia,
where she will enter Inwood sanitar
ium as an attendant.
HOW "0. K." CAME INTO USE.
Death of a Toledo Man Recalls Origin
of the Expression.
Cornelius Kendall, youngest son of
Orrin Kendall, from whose Initials the
use of "O. K." (meaning all right) Is
said to have sprung, was buried in
Toledo, 0., his death having takeu
place there a few days ago. In the
civil war Mr. Kendall was a member
of the Chicago board of trade bat
tery and was also a member of the
firm of O. Kendall & Sons, whose
bakery was in Chicago.
The firm furnished bread and crack
ers for the army, and on the crackers
were the initials "O. K." These crack
ers are said to have been the only ones
the soldiers relished, and their expres
sion "These are all right" later devel
oped into "These are O. K."
BUGPROOF POTATO.
Bay State Preacher Claims to Have
Banished Pest.
The Rev. Amos N. Soniers, a Unita
rian minister at Montague, Mass., re
cently stated that he has succeeded in
growing a "bugproof" potato. He said:
"The vines of my potatoes have a
peculiar odor which is offensive to
the potato bug, for it never goes near
them. I have taken bugs from plants
«)f the usual type In the next row in
my potato patch and put them in ray
new vines, and iu half an hour I can't
find one."
How He Raised 1:.
"How on earth did you ever culti
vate such a beautiful black eye?" ask
ed Brown's friend.
"Oh," replied Brown, who had unin
tentionally been illustrating the fall of
man on roller skates, "I raised it from
a slip."—Everybody's Magazine.
BODY WILL
AH TODAY
The body of Mrs. Jane M. Carr.who!
lost her life in Allehgeny, Tuesday
morning, when the dwelling of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
John limis. was destroyed by tire, will
lie brought here for burial, arriving at
South Danville on the 5:57 train this
evening. The funeral will take place
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock from
the First Baptist church. Interment
will be made in Fairview cemetery.
Undertaker George W. Roat was in
communication with Mr. lunis over
long distance 'phone yesterday morn
ing. Additional information concern
ing the shocking affair reveals that
Mrs. Carr lost her life by returning to
the burning dwelling to save her bible.
The body was so badly burned as to be
unrecognizable. The dwelling was de
stroyed. The members of the family
lost all their clothing and it was this
circumstance along with others
brought about by the fire that has
caused a delay in bringing the body
east. The party will not be able to
leave Pittsburg until this morning.
Before leaving Danville for her new
home ill Allegheny last spring Mrs.
Carr, as though she might have had a
premonition of her death at an early
day, made full arrangements for her
funeral, employing an undertaker and
giving him full instructions for bring
ing the body to Danville and observ
ing the last rites. Not a single detail
was omitted. Her sudden and tragic
death to some extent has interfered
with the carrying out of all her plans,
but in the main it will be possible to
respect her wishes. The services in the
church and interment in Fairview
cemetery, beside her husband, will be
carried out precisely as she planned.
Dickens and Diet.
Dickons is the novelist of the meal
No other writer, pile he up never such
lists of delicacies fit for Lucullus, has
the gusto in describing humble feasts
which gives the very reader an appe
tite. Thackeray, for all his "Ballad of
Boulllabaise," never touched the hem
of his garments in the recording of
meals. Who that has read them can
ever forget, for instance, Mrs. Gamp's
directions to the chambermaid for her
nocturnal refection, or the tea which
awaited Joe Wlllett and Dolly on their
return to the locksmith's dwelling on
the occasion of Miss Migg's final rout,
or the unassuming meals recorded in
"David Copperficld," or the more pre
tentious feasts in "Pickwick," not for
getting the leg o' mutton "swarry" to
which Mr. Weller was invited by the
elite of Bath footmen? And has not
every reader of "Martin Chuzzlewlt"
allowed a tender smile to curl his lips
over the evolution of that incompara
ble pudding in the preparation and
consumption of which sAcli damage
was doue to John Westlock's affec
tions? So go and read—and acquire
your appetite.—London Chronicle.
PLACES FOR DEAF MUTES.
Secretary Nagel Would Employ Them
In Tabulating Census Figures.
Deaf and dumb persons are to have
a chance in the government service if
Secretary Nagel's plans for the next
census work out. He stated recently
that in the handling of the punching
and tabulating machines there is much
work a mute could easily perform, and
he thought it was time tlfe government
took some pains in giving them oppor
tunities for such work aB they are ca
pable of.
Some of the tabulating machines, it
is now thought, can be built in the
government workshop adjoining the
census office, and In this way Mr. Na
gel expects to save the government
nearly $1,000,00(k Heretofore the ma
chines have been leased for the rush
weeks of the census.
Chief of the Orchid Tribe.
The giant orchid is the chieftain of
the orchid tribe. It attains propor
tions which make all other orchiOs ap
pear as miniatures in comparison.
A gigantic specimen may be seen
in Ceylon which is credited with being
the largest in the world. It under
went a growth of forty years before it
first flowered, it bears about seventy
stems or pseudo bulbs, which vary
from six to ten feet in length, each
carrying over a hundred ribbon-like
leaves, which are from twenty to thir
ty inches long. The enormous flower
stalks are from five and a half to eight
feet long, each bearing about a hun
dred flowers. The plant remains in
flower for about two months, and as
many as 3.000 flowers may be counted
on it at once. The flowers, which are
scented, measure individually five and
a half to six inches across, their color
being yellow ground with large pur
plish or chocolate blotches.—London
Strand Magazine.
Domestic Scheme.
Mrs. n.— Why are you so very fond
of oriental rugs?
Mrs. R.—l'll tell you a secret. The
dirtier they get the more genuine they
look. You've no idea how much
sweeping that saves.—Cleveland Lead
er.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
UNION COUNTY FAIR. BROOK PARK
Near Lewisburg, Pa.
September 28th to October Ist, 1909
Excursion tickets will be sold from Bellefonte, Newberry, East Blooms
burg, Mt. Carmel and intermediate stations to Brook Park, September
28, 211, ISO and October 1, good to return until October 2, at
REDUCED ItATES
(Minimum Rate 25 cents)
Special trains will be run on Thursday and Friday, September 30th and
October Ist iietweeu Lewisburg and Brook Park every half hour from
0:110 a. iu. to 5:30 p. ni. See small hand bills.
J. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD,
Passenger Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent.
DANVILLE WON
IN THE PLAY-OFF
W. L. P. C.
Danville 19 6 .760
Nanticoke 19 .731
With a mighty slash Danville yester
day cut the Gordian knot that tied up
the locals in the thirteen innings, 3 to
8 contest with Berwick last Saturday.
The score yesterday was 11 to 4,which
represents about half the number of
taliles each team should have had.
Par from resembling the close,tcamv
work of Saturday yesterday's game
was a sort of a juggle by both sides.
The total number of errors made by
both sides equalled Danville's runs.
"Peck" Rowe, having recovered
from his injury of last Saturday when
he was struck by a pitched ball, was
in the box yesterday for Danville. He
was hit freely by Berwick, a total of
JO bingoes being recorded. Six of these
were in the first and eighth innings.
Blockus again pitched for Berwick,
but without the power he exhibited in
last Saturday's game. Danville, ap
parently, hit and scored at will.
The locals put the game oil ice in
the second innings, scoring five after
having taken one in the first.
DANVILLE.
R. H. O. A. E.
Hess, 8b 11 0 2 0
Livengooil, 2b 1 2 3 5 1
Umlanf, ss l 2 ;i 5 o
Coveleskie, rf 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas, lb 2 2 14 0 .'5
Mackert, If 2 11 0 0
Dooley, c,... 2 2 5 3 0
Metzler, cf 1 2 1 0 0
Rowe, p 11 0 3 1
11 13 2* IS 5
BERWICK.
R. H. O. A. E.
Ash, ss 1 2 1 5 2
Fisher, lb 1 2 11 0 1
Morris, c 1 2 7 11
Gilbert, cf 0 0 0 0 0
Mover, rf 0 11 0 0
Savage, 3b 1 0 2 0 1
Converv, 2b 0 8 12 1
Evans, If 0 0 0 0 0
Blockus, p 0 1 0 5 0
4 10 *2B 13 ti
•Bunted 3rd strike.
Berwick 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 o—4
Danville 1 5 0 0 1 i 2 1 x—ll
Stolen bases, Livengood, Rowe,
Thomas 3, Umlauf 3, Mackert. Dooley.
Left oil bases, Danville T, Berwick 2.
Two base hit, Livengood. Sacrifice
hits, Livengood, Umlaut'. Double
plays, Hess to Livengood to Thomas,
Morris to Fisher. Struck out by Rowe
5, by Blockus (i. Base 011 balls off
Rowe 0, off Blockus 5. Passed balls,
Morris 2, Dooley 2. Wild pitch Block
us. Time of game, 2 hours. Umpire,
Hagemyer.
To Transmit Vision.
Mexico City, Sept. 22.—Alberto
Sanchez,an electrical engineer, at pre
sent an inmate of Belem prison,claims
to have invented an apparatus where
by vision as well as voice may lie trans
mitted over an ordinary telephone
wire.
He calls the invention a teJeradiopti
con.and the prison officials admit that
successful tests have been made with
models.
It is said tlie contrivance resembles
short opera glasses attached to a bat
tery.
Birthday Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Nevius enter
tained a number of young people at
their home. Ash street, Monday even
ing, in honor of the sixteenth birthday
anniversary of their daughter Emma.
Miss Nevius was the recipient of a
number of beautiful gifts. Those pres
ent were Misses Margaret Kapp,Nellie
Fry, May MeKinney, Anna Goodall,
Emma Nevius, Rachel lekes, Mary
McWilliams, Messrs. James Boyer,
James Evans, Walter Mullen, Frank
Gearhart, Lewis Williams, Scott Gib
son, Edwin Eyerly, Harvey Jones,
Sheldon Nevius, Mrs. John Mullen.
Taft's Sunday Hair Cut.
The Massachusetts law forbids all
work excep' for necessity or charity
on Sunday, but President Taft had his
hair cut on last Sunday at Beverly.
Both the barber who did the work,
Mattls S. Enos, and the president
would have been subject to a fine of
$5 each if the Beverly police could
have heard of the dark, secret goings
on at the Taft home. "Mr. Taft Is a
very fine man," said Enos afterward,
"lie smiled and joked and talked with
his family while I cut his hair and
was wry ger.ial indeed."
Beechnut Year In Maine. *
This is a "beechnut year" in Maine.
The deer like to feast on beechnuts,
and hence the prediction that the»o
will he plenty of big game on the
beech ridges after the first frosts come.
Ditto, bears like beechnuts.
IS. JANE GARR
BURNS TO DEATH
Mrs. Jane M. Carr, willow of Samuel
Carr, was burned to death in Allegh
eny City Tuesday morning. The un
fortunate woman was living with her
(laughter, Mrs. Belle lunis, in Alleg
heny, whose house burned down, caus
ing the fire in which the aged woman
j lost her life.
The information at hand is most
meagre. A telegram received by Un
dertaker George W. Boat about noon
Tuesday stated that Mrs. Carr had
been burned to death. A telephone
message received by John Cair, son of
the deceased, conveyed the additional
information that the dwelling of Mr.
and Mrs. John Innis had burned down
! and that Mrs. Carr had perished in the
fire. The 'phone seemed to work badly
j and the above meagre information was
all that could be gleaned.
| The remains will be brought to Dan
j ville for interment,but just when they
will arrive can not be stated at this
time.
! Mrs. Carr was a life-long resident of
I this place. She was aged 80 years, 10
j months and 15 days. Her husband,
j Samuel Carr,died about eighteen years
! ago. One son, John Carr, of this city,
and one daughter, Mrs. John Innis, of
Allegheny, survive. The deceased was
| a sister of Samuel J. Welliver, the
I hardware merchant, and E. C. Wel
liver. of this city, and of Mrs. Charles
j Ammeriuan of the south side.
| She resided in this city until last
! spring, when she left for Allegheny to
live with her daughter. She was a wo
| man of the most estimable character
| and the news of her shocking death
| will be received with the greatest sor
; row.
I
The Great Bloomsburg Fair.
j The annual Fair of the Columbia
j County Argicultural Society which
i will be held at Bloomsburg,Pa., Octo
j her 12, 13, 14 and 15, marks the 66tli
\ milestone in the prosperous journey of
! success of this splendid exposition.
While the management is ever alert
j for all that pertains to the excellence
and success of the Fair, still special
| pains are being taken that this year's
j event shall be of unusual merit and
! excellence. There will be mammoth
displays in every department,excellent
; special attractions, a clean and enter
raining Midway with the latest novel
ties, a splendid program of races, the
best band music,all combining to make
this the most complete and popular
Fair in Central Pennsylvania. Every
body needs an outilig at this most de
lightful season of the year, and this is
ajverv cheap, easy and pleasant place
to get it. Make your arrangements to
! attend the Old Home Week at the Big
j Fair.
WOMAN FELLS MINK.
Hearing a commotion in her chicken
coop Mrs. Albert Bodgers, of Blooms-
I burg. made an investigation and found
ian exceptionally large mink creating
havoc in the coop.
Realizing that she would have small
; chance to capture the mink in the
small coop she stationed herself out
side, arming herself with a stout club.
I As the mink emerged she dealt it a
j heavy blow, killing it instantly. It
| proved to be an exceptionally beauti
j t'ul specimen of mink.
HURT IN RUNAWAY.
i Frightened by an approaching train
>at Bloomsburg, Tuesday evening, a
1 team attached to an omnibus started
iat break-neck speed through a bridge
j nearby with no driver on the seat.
5 Five passengers jumped and all except
i a three-year-old child received injuries
iof a more or less serious nature. The
■ injured are: Mrs. William Casey.Mrs.
I Harry Miller and John Lamed, of
! Bloomsburg, and J. C. Creveling, of
| Espy.
Hon. Fred Ikeler.
Hon. Fred Ikeler will deliver the
| address at the East End Mission chapel
I next Sabbath afternoon at o'clock.
I There will be a Bally at that time,
j and Miss Margaret Ammerman will
| sing. All are invited.
BUENOS AIRES.
1 A City With All the Finish of a Parit
or a Berlin.
Buenos Aires, the capital of the Ar-
I routine Republic, is in some respects
; the most cosmopolitan city in the
world. N'o important European nation
but has contributed its capital and its
| people to the upbuilding of this great
j metropolis. It also has the distinc
j tion of being the second city of Latin
population in the world, being larger
than the largest cities In Italy and
| Spain.
There is perhaps no city which ex
hibits 11 greater variety of pleasing
contemporary styles of domestic ar
chitecture. The city council tries to
encourage beautiful building by an
nually offering a gold medal to the ar
chitect who is found to have planned
the most attractive facade and by
freeing from the building tax the
building thus favored.
The outward aspect of Buenos Aires
is rather that of a European than of
au American capital It has all the
finish of a Paris or a Berlin. The ab
sence of the irregular sky line, caused
In North American cities by the ex
treme height of some business build
ings as well as the fact that the
ground of the city is quite uniformly
built upon, even in the more outlying
regions, keeps the city from present
ing that unfinished appearance which
even our largest cities have.—World
Today.
Proposed Amendments
To Penn'a Constitution
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THB
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR
REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL AS
SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUB
LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRE
TARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN
PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing: amendments to sections eight
and twenty-one of article four, sections
eleven and twelve of article five, sec
tions two. three, and fourteen of article
eight, section one of article twelve, and
sections two and seven of article four
teen, of the Constitution of Pennsyl
vania. and providing a schedule for
carrying the amendments into effect.
Section 1. He it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met. That the following
are proposed as amendments to the Con
stitution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. in accordance with the provi
sions of the eighteenth article thereof:—
Amendment One—To Article Four, Seo
tion Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight of article
four of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
which reads as follows:
"He shall nominate and. by and with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of
all the members of the Sonate, appoint
a Secretary of the Commonwealth and
an Attorney General during pleasure, a
Superintendent of Public Instruction for
four years, and such other officers of
the Commonwealth as he is or may be
authorized by the Constitution or by
law to appoint: he shall have power to
All all vacancies that may happen. In of
fices to which he may appoint, during
the recess of the Senate, by granting
commissions which shall expire at the
end of their next session; he shall have
power to All any vacancy that may hap
pen, during the recess of the Senate, In
the office of Auditor General, State
Treasurer. Secretary of Internal Affairs
or Superintendent of Public Instruction,
In a judicial office, or in any other eleo
tlve office which he is or may be au
thorised to fill: if the vacancy shall hap
pen during the session of the Senate,
the Governor shall nominate to the Sea
ate, before their final adjournment, a
proper person to fill said vacancy; but
In any such case of vacancy. In an elec
tive office, a person shall be chosen to
eaid office at the next general election,
unless the vacancy shall happen within
three calendar months immediately pre
ceding such election, in which case the
election for said office shall be held at
the second succeeding general election.
In acting on executive nominations the
Senate shall ait with open doors, and. In
confirming or rejecting the nominations
of the Governor, the vote shall be taken
by yeas and nays, and shall be entered on
the journal." so as to read as follows:
He shall nominate and. by and with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of
all the members of the Senate, appoint
a Secretary of the Commonwealth and
an Attorney General during pleasure, a
Superintendent of Public Instruction for
four years, and such other officers of the
Commonwealth as he is or may be au
thorized by the Constitution or by law
to appoint: he shall have power to fill
all vacancies that may happen, in offices
to which he may appoint, during the re
cess of the Senate, by granting commis
sions which shall expire at the end of
their next session; he shall have power
to fill any vacancy that may happen,
during the recess of the Senate, in the
office of Auditor General. State Treas
urer, Secretary of Internal Affairs or
Superintendent of Public Instruction. In
a judicial office, or In any other elective
office which he is or may be authorized
to fill: If the vacancy shall happen dur
ing the session of the Senate, the Gov
ernor shall nominate to the Senate, be
fore their final adjournment, a proper
person to fill said vacancy; but In any
such case of vacancy, in an electtve of
fice, a person shall be chosen to said of
f.ce on the next election day appropriate
to such office, according to the provisions
of this Constitution, unless the vacancy
shall happen within two calendar months
Immediately preceding such election day,
In which case the election for said office
shall be held on the second succeeding
election day appropriate to such office.
In acting on executive nominations the
Senate shall sit with open doors, and. In
confirming or rejecting the nominations
of the Governor, the vote shall be taken
by yeas and nays, and shall be entered
on the journrtl
Amendment Two—To Article Four, Sec
tion Twenty-one.
Section 3 Amend section twenty-one of
article four, which reads as follows:
"The term of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs shall be four years; of the Audi
tor General three years: and of the State
Treasurer two years These officers shall
be chosen by the qualified electors of the
State at general elections. No person
elected to the office of Auditor General
or State Treasurer shall be capable of
holding the same office for two consecu
tive terms," so «s to read:—
The terms of the Secretary of Internal
Affairs, the Auditor General, and the
State Treasurer shall each be four years;
and they stoall be chosen by the qualified
electors of the State at general elections;
but a State Treasurer, elected in the year
one thousand nine hundred and nine,
shall serve for throe years, and his suc
cessors shall be elected at the general
election In the year one thousand nine
hundred and twelve, snd in every fourth
year thereafter. No person elected to tiie
office of Auditor General or State Treas
urer shall be capable of holding ths
same office for two consecutive terms.
Amendment Three—To Article Five, Sec
tion Eleven.
Section 4 Amend section eleven of ar
ticle five, which reads as follows:
"Except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution justices of the peace or al
dermen shall be elected In the several
wards, districts, boroughs and townships
at the time of the election of constables,
by the qualified electors thereof, in such
manner as shall be directed by law, and
shall be commissioned by the Governor
for a term of five years. No township,
ward, district or borough shall elect mors
than two justices of the peace or alder
men without the consent of a majority
of the qualified electors within such town
ship. ward or borough; no person shall
bo elected to such office unless he shall
have resided within the township, borough,
ward or district for one year next preced
ing his election. In cities containing over
fifty thousand inhabitants, not more than
one alderman shall be elected in each
ward or district ." so as to read:—
Except as otherwise provided In this
Constitution justices of the peace or
aldermen shall be elected In the several
wards, distriets. boroughs or townships,
by the qualified electors thereof, at the
municipal election, in such manner as
shall be directed by law. and shall be
commissioned by the Governor for a
term of six years No township, ward,
district or borough shall elect more than
€%o justice s of the peace or aldermen
without the -onsent of a majority of the
qualified electors within such township,
ward or borough; no person shall be
elected to su. h office unless he shall have
resided within the township, borough,
ward or district for one year next pre
ceding his •! •« tion in cities containing
over fifty thousand inhabitants, not more
♦Jaan one u Merman shall be elected In
each ward »: district.
Amendment Four—To Article Five, Sec
tion Twelve.
Section 5 Amend section twelve of arti
cle five of i le Constituton, which reads
as follows
"In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished. for each thirty thousand Inhabit
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and civil causes, with jurisdiction not exceed
iug one hundred dollars: such courts shall
be held by magistrates whose term of office
shall be live years and they shall be elected
on general ticket by the qualified voters at
arge: and in the election of the said inagls
trates no voter shall vote for more than two
thirds of the number of persons to be elected
wherT* mor< r ~f7Tan oTTe'TTre *o~ be cTioscn; I
they shall be compensated only by fixed |
salaries, to be paid by said county; and
shall exercise such Jurisdiction, civil and
criminal, except as herein provided, as
Is now exercised by aldermen, subject to
such changes, not Involving an increase
of civil jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, as may be made by law. In Phila
delphia the office of alderman Is abol
ished," so as to read as follows:
In Philadelphia there shall be estab
lished, for each thirty thousand Inhabit
ants, one court, not of record, of police
and civil causes, with Jurisdiction not
exceeding one hundred dollars; such
courts shall be held by magistrates whose
term of office shall be six years, and they
shall be elected on general ticket at the
municipal election, by the qualified
voters at large; and in the election of
the said magistrates no voter shall vote
for more than two-thirda of the number
of persons to be elected when more than
one are to be chosen; they shall be com
pensated only by fixed salaries, to be
paid by said county; and shall exercise
such Jurisdiction, civil and criminal, ex
cept as heroin provided, as is now ex
ercised by aldermen, subject to such
changes, not involving an increase of
civil jurisdiction or conferring political
duties, as may be made by law. In Phila
delphia the office of alderman Is abol
ished.
Amendment Five—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Two.
Section 6. Amend section two of article
eight, which reads as follows:
"The genera] election shall be held an
nually on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday of November, but the Gen
eral Assembly may by law fix a different
day. two-ttiirds of all the members of
each House consenting thereto," so as to
read:—
The general election shall be held bi
ennially on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday of November in each
even-numbered year, but the General As
sembly may by law fix a different day,
two-thirds of all the members of each
House consenting thereto: Provided,
That such election shall always be held
in an even-numbered year.
Amendment Six—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Three.
Section 7. Amend section three of article
eight, which reads as follows:
"All elections for city, ward, borough j
and township officers, for regular terms
of service, shall be held on the third
Tuesday of February," so as to read:—
All judges elected by the electors of the
State at large may be elected at either
a general or municipal election, as cir
cumstances may require. All elections
for Judges of the courts for the several
Judicial districts, and for county, city,
ward, borough, and township officers for
regular terms of service, shall be held
on the municipal election day; namely,
the Tuesday next following the first Mon
day of November In each odd-numbered
year, but the General Assembly may by
law fix a different day, two-thirds of all
the members of each House consenting
thereto: Provided. That such election
shall always be held in an odd-numbered
year.
Amendment Seven—To Article Eight, Sec
tion Fourteen.
Section 8. Amend section fourteen of
article eight, which reads as follows:
"District election boards shall consist of
a Judge and two inspectors, who shall
be chosen annually by the citizens Each
elector shall have the right to vote for the
Judge and one inspector, and each Inspect
or shall appoint one clerk The first elec
tion board for any new district shall be
selected, and vacancies In election boards
filled, as shall be provided by law. Elec
tion officers shall be privileged from ar
rest upon days of election, and while en
gaged in making up and transmitting re
turns. except upon warrant of a court
of record or Judge thereof, for an elec
tion fraud, for felony, or for wanton
breach of the peace. In cities they may
claim exemption from Jury duty during
their terms of service," so as to read:—
District election boards shall consist of
a Judge and two inspectors, who shall be
chosen biennially, by the citizens at the
municipal election, but the General As
sembly may require said boards to be
appointed in such manner as it may by
law provide. Laws regulating the ap
pointment of said boards may be enacted
to apply to cities only: Provided. Tlvit
i*uch laws l>e uniform for cities of the
same class Each elector shall have the
right to vote for the judge and one in
spector. and each inspector shall appoint
one clerk The first election board for
any new district shall be selected, and
vacancies in election boards filled, as
shall be provided by law Election offi
cers shall be privileged from arrest upon
days of election, and while engaged In
making up and transmitting returns, ex
cept upon warrant of a court of record,
or judge thereof, for an election fraud,
for felony, or for wanton breach of the
peace In cities they may claim exemp
tion from Jury duty during their terms of
service.
Amendment Eight—To Article Twelve,
Section One.
Section 9. Amend section one, article
twelve, which reads as follows:
"All officers, whose selection is not pro
vided for in this Constitution, shall be
elected or appointed as may be directed
by law." so as to read:—
All officers, whose selection is not pro
vided for in this Constitution, shall be
elected or appointed as may be directed
by law: Provided, That elections of State
officers shall be held on a general election
day.and elections of local officers shall
l>e held on a municipal election day, ex
cept when, in either case, special elections
may be required to fill unexpired terms
Amendment Nine—To Article Fourteen,
Section Two.
Section 10 Amend section two of article
fourteen, which reads as follows:
"County officers shall be elected at the
general elections and shall hold their
offices for the term of three years, be
ginning on the first Monday of January
next after their election, and until their
successors shall be duly qualified; all
vacancies not otherwise provided for.
shall be filled In such manner as may be
provided by law." so as to read:—
1 County officers shall be elected at the
municipal elections and shall hold their
offices for the term of four years, be
ginning on the first Monday of January
next after their election and until their
successors shall be duly qualified; all
vacancies not otherwise provided for,
shall be filled in such manner as may be
provided by law.
Amendment Ten—To Article Fourteen,
Section Seven.
Section 11 Amend section seven, article
fourteen, which reads as follows:
"Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall be elected in each
county where such officers are chosen, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five and every third year there
after; and in the election of said officers
each qualified elector shall vote for no
more than two persons, and the three
persons having the highest number of
votes shall 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 va;:tncy 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
tounty where such officer® are chosen.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and eleven and every fourth year there
after; and In the election of laid officers
each qualified elector shall vote for no
more than two persons, and the three
persons having the highest number of
votes shall be elected; any casual vacancy
In the office of county commlisoner or
county auditor shall be filled by the court
of common pleas of the county In which
such vacancy shall occur, by the appoint
ment of an elector of the county
who shall have voted for the commis
sioner or auditor whose place is to be
filled
Schedule for the Amendments.
Section 12. That no inconvenience may
arise from the charges. in the^Constitu-
Hon of TRe CommonwealtTi, nnrl Tn "ofSet
to carry the same into complete opera
tion, It Is hereby declared that—
In the case of officers elected by the
people, all terms of office fixed by act of
Assembly at an odd number of years
shall each be lengthened one year, but
the Legislature may change the length
of the term, provided the terms for which
such officers are elected shall always be
for an even number of years.
The above extension of official terms
•hall not affect officers elected at the
general election of one thousand nine
hundred and eight; nor any city, ward,
borough, township, or election division
officers, whose terms of office, under ex
isting law, end in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and ten the municipal election shall be
held on the third Tuesday of February,
as heretofore; but all officers chosen at
that election to an office the regular term
of which is two years, and also all elec
tion officers and assessors chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and eleven. All offi
cers chosen at that election to offices the
term of which is now four years, or Is
made four years by the operation of
these amendments or this schedule, shall
serve until the first Monday of December
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen. All justices of the peace,
magistrates, and aldermen, chosen at that
election, shall serve until the first Moiv
day of December in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and fifteen. After the
year nineteen hundred and ten, and until
the Legislature shall otherwise provide,
all terms of city, ward, borough, town
ship, and election division officers shall
begin on the first Monday of December
in an odd-numbered year.
All city, wnrd, borough, and township
officers holding office at of the
approval of those amendments, whoss
terms of office may end In the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until th«
first Monday of December of that year.
All judges of the courts for the sev
eral judicial districts, and also all county
officers, holding office at the data of the
approval of these amendments, whose
terms of office may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of January, one thousand
nine hundred and twelve.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
All For the Men.
A parson was sent fur by a dying
parishioner, who had always sternly
refused to have anything to do with
him before. He hurried to her bed
side, found her in a post contrite
mood and made the best of his oppor
tunities in a long extempore prayer,
ending with a sonorous "Amen!"
The last word made her sit up with
sudden energy. "Aye," she exclaim
ed, "that's it! Ifs a' for men and
nowt for us poor women in this
world!"
The American Youth.
If the truth were told most young
American men are not especially inter
esting. They do not keep up their
reading. They have a national ob
tundity when it comes to music, to art,
to literature, nor do many of them
take any of these tilings at all serious
ly. The young among them are not
! good conversationalists. Our cleverest
! men are monologists pure and simple.
| They lecture admirably. They are
! born orators along modified lines. They
I are inevitable story tellers. None of
' this is conversation, and women like
I conversation, like its courtesies, which
I at least pretend n little interest when
their turn comes in the game. Knowl-
I edge of people and affairs outside our
i own country pricks more than one
! bubble about our young men.—Anna
| A. Rogers in Atlantic.
Discipline!
From the class room occupied by the,
roughest boys in the Sunday school
came a great uproar. A secretary In
the next room went to investigate
j Complete silence followed the opening l
of the class room door.
I "Have you a teacher?"
I "No."
"Do you want one?"
"No."
"Then be quiet or ynu'll get one."
I Result, comparative peace.—Manches
j ter Guardian.
Looking Out For Grandma.
j They are considerate youngsters in
( Nottingham, as most people know,
j says London Tit-Isits. A little boy
frhose grandmother bad just died
i wrote the following letter, which he
duly posted:
j "Dear Angels—We have sent you
I grandma. I'lense give her n harp to
j play, as, she is short winded and can't
, blow a trumpet."
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