Montour American
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FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa. Oct ft, IVIO.
A CHAPARRAL
PRINCE.
I
We Came A-riding to Release a
Little Maid From Bondage.
By O. HENRY.
tCopyrlght, 1907, by the McClure company.]
Nino o'clock at last, and the drudg
ing toil of the day was ended. Lena
climbed to her room in the third half
Story of the Quarrymen's hotel. Since
daylight she had slaved, doing the
Work of a full grown woman, scrub
bing the floors, washing the heavy
Ironstone plntes and cups, making the
beds and supplying the insatiate de
mands for wood and water in that tur
bulent and depressing hostelry.
Lena lit the stump of a candle and
Bat limply upou her wooden chair. She
THE CANDLE WAS BCRNINO LOW.
was eleven years old, thin and ill nour
ished. Iler back and limbs were sore
and aching. liut the ache in her heart
made the biggest trouble. The last
straw had been added to the burden
upon her small shoulders. They had
taken away Grimm. Always at night,
however tired she might be. she had
turned to Grimm for comfort and hope.
Each time had Grimm whispered to
her that the prince or the fairy would 1
come and deliver her out of the wicked
enchantment. Every night she had
taken fresh courage and strength from
Grimm.
Ix-iia's home was in Texas, away up
among tbe little mountains on the I'e
dernalcs river. In a little town called
Fredericksburg. They are all German
people who live in Fredericksburg.
They are very thrifty people.
Thriftiest among them was Peter
Hildesinuller. Lena's father, and that
is why I.eua was sent to work in th"
hotel at the quarries, thirty miles
away. She earned >:i every week
there, and Peter added her wages to
his well guarded store.
Lena raised the lid of an old empty
case that had on< e contained canned
corn and got out a sheet <>f paper and
a piece of pencil. She was going to
write a letter to her mamma. Tommy
Ryan was going to post it for her at
Hallinger's.
The stump of candle was burning
low. so Lena hastily bit the wood
from around the lead of her pencil and I
began. This is the letter she wrote:
Dearest Mamma-1 wnnt BO inurli to sec !
you and Until and Cluus and Hclnrlch j
an<l little Adolf: 1 am so tired! 1 want
to see you Today I was slapped by Mr-.
Mnlnnev and had r.o supper. I could not
brills In enou -h wood, for my hand hurt.
She: took my book yesterday. I mean .
"Grimm s P:.lry Tales." which Uncle l,eo I
Rave me. 1: did not hurt any one for me
to read the book. I try to work as well
as I can, but there Is so much to do. I
read only a tittle hit every night. Dear j
mamma. I shall tell you what I am going ■
to do. Unless you send for me tomorrow
to bring me home I sh;sll goto a d«ep
place I know In the river and drown. It
Is wicked to drown, I suppose, but 1 want
ed to see you. and there Is no one else, 1
am very tired, and Tommy Is waiting for
the letter. You will excuse ine. mamma.
If I do it. Your respectful and loving
daughter. LENA.
Tommy was still waiting faithfully
when the letter was concluded, and
when Lena dropped it out she saw
him pick it up and start up the steep |
hillside. Without undressing she blew
out the candle and curled herself upon 1
the mattress on the floor.
At 10:30 o'clock old man Ballinger j
came out of his house in his stocking
feet and leaned over the gate, smok
ing bis pipe. It was time for the
Fredericksburg mail to come pattering j
up the road.
Old man Ballinger had waited only
a few minutes when ho heard the live
ly hoof beats of Fritz's team of little
black mules, and very soon afterward
his covered spring wagon stood in !
front of the gate.
Fritz Bergmann was a man of three j
sentiments—or, to be more accurate, !
four, tbe pair of mules deserving to j
be reckoned individually. Those mules I
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: were the filler interest and Joy of tils
existence. Next came the emperor of
| Germany and Lena Ilildesmuller.
"Tell me," said Fritz when he w.ts
! ready to start, "contains the sack a
letter to Frau Hildesmuller from the
| little Lena at the quarries? One caroe
! in the last mail to say that she is a
little sick already. Iler mamma is
; very anxious to hear again."
"Yes." said old man Fallinger. "thar's
a letter for Mrs. ilelterskelter or some
sich name. Tommy Ityau brung it
over when he come. Iler little gal
! workln' over thar, yon say?"
1 "In the hotel." shouted Fritz ns he
) gathered up the lines; "eleven years
old and not bigger as a frankfurter!
The close fist of a Feter Ilildesmuller!"
Up the road went the ilttle black
mules at their steady trot, while Fritz
i thundered a! them occasional words of
! endearment and cheer.
1 These fancies occupied the mind of
J the mail carrier until he reached the
; big post oak forest, eight miles from
Ballinger's. Here his ruminations
j were scattered by the sudden flash and
| report of pistols and a whooping as if
s from a whole tribe of Indians. A band
! of galloping ::at:rs closed In around
the mall \vn;;- u One of them leaned
j over the fr-.i.i covered the driv
; er with hi* ■ r atid ordered him
Jto stop < I!:i• • • »[ghl at the bridles
I of Donder ai.-.! iMt/.i-ii.
j "Donnerv.v: ii " shouted Fritz with
i all his treim aiu-us voice. "Wass Ist?
! Release your h.uils from dose mules.
Vc- vas der I"nltcd States mail!"
j "Hurry up. I)utch!" drawled a inel
j ancholy voice. "Don't you know when
! you're in a stickup? Reverse your
mules and climb out of the cart."
It is due to the breadth of Hondo
j Bill's demerit and the largeness of his
I achievements to state that the liold
! ing up of the Fredericksburg mail was
not perpetrated by way of an exploit,
i As the lion while in the pursuit of
prey commensurate to his prowess
: might set a frivolous foot upon a cas
ual rabbit in hi 9 path, so Hondo Bill
and his gang had swooped sportively
upon the pacific transport of Meinherr
Fritz.
The real work of their sinister night
ride was over. Fritz and Ills mail bag
and his mules came as a gentle re
laxation. grateful after the arduous
duties of their profession. Twenty
miles to the southeast stood a train
with a killed engine, hysterical pas
sengers and a looted express and mail
car. That represented the serious oc
cupation of Hondo Rill and his gang."
Trembling with outraged dignity
and no little personal apprehension.
Fritz climbed out to the road.
Perhaps the mail would not have
been tampered with had not Ben Moo
dy, the lieutenant, possessed certain
wisdom that seemed to promise mere
spoils.
"Say. cap." he said, addressing Hon
do Bill, "there's liable to be good pick
ings in these mail sacks. I've done
some hoss tradin' with these Dutch-
I men around Fredericksburg, and I
know the style of the varmints.
There's big money goes through the
mails to that town."
Hondo Bill, six feet two, gentle of
voice and impulsive in action, was
dragging the sacks from the rear of
the wagon before Moody had finished
his speech. A knife shone in his hand,
and they heard the ripping sound as it
bit through the tough canvas.
The Ballingcr mail sack opened like
a cocoon under Hondo's knife. It con
tained but a handful of mail. Fritz
had been fuming with terror and ex
citement until this sack was reached,
lie now remembered Lena's letter. He
addressed the leader of the band, ask
ing that that particular missive be
spared.
"Much obliged. Dutch." he said to
the disturbed carrier. "I guess that's
the letter we want. Got spondulics
in it. ain't it? Make a light, boys."
Hondo found and tore open the let
ter to Mrs Ilildesmuller. The others
stood about, lighting twisted up let
ters one from another. Hondo gazed
with mute disapproval at the single
sheet of paper covered with the angu
lar German script.
"That's Chiny writin',' said Sandy
Grundy, peering over Hondo's shoul
der.
"Ach, no. no, no—dot is German!"
said Fritz. "It is no more ns a little !
girl writing a letter to her mamma—
one poor little girl, sick and vorking
hard avay from home. Ach, it is a '
shame! Good Mr. Robber Man, you i
vill please let me have dot letter?" j
"What the devil do you take us for.
old Pretzels?" said Hondo, with sud- i
den and surprising severity. "You j
ain't presumin' to insinuate that we I
gents ain't possessed of sufficient jki- '
liteness for to take an interest in the j
miss' health, are you? Now. you go !
on.and you read that scratchin' out |
loud and in plain United States lan- I
guage to this here company of educat- |
ed society."
Hondo twirled his six shooter by Its J
trigger guard and stood towering above '
the little German, who at once began
to read the letter, translating the sim- i
pie words into English. The gang of
rovers stood In absolute silence, listen- !
ing intently.
"now old is that kid?" asked non
do when the letter was done.
"Eleven," said Fritz.
"And where is she at?"
"At dose rock quarries—working.
Ach, mein Gott—little Lena, she speak |
of drowning. Ido not know if she vill
do it. but if she shall 1 schwear I vill j
dot Feter Hildesmuller shoot mit a
gun."
"You Dutcbers." said Hondo Bill, his |
voice swelling with fine contempt, j
"make me plenty tired, lilrin' out your !
kids to work when they ought to be j
Playin' dolls in the sand. Here bo£sjl'
Hondo Bill parleyed aside briefly
with his band, and then (hey seized
Fritz and conveyed hitn off Die road to
one side. Here they hound liiin fast
to a tree with a couple of lariats. Ills'
leam they tied to another tree near
by.
"We ain't going to hurt you had.''
said Hondo reassuringly. •• 'Twon't
hurt you to be tied up for awhile."
For more than two hours Frits sat
ngalnst his tree, tightly but not pain
fully bound. Then from the reaction
after his exciting adventure he sank
imr. slumber. How long lie slept he
knew not. hut he was at last awak
ened by a rough shake. Hands were
untying his ropes. He was lifted to
his feet, dazed, confused In mind and
weary of body. Rubbing his eyes, he
looked and saw that he was again in
the midst of the same '>and ef ter
rible bandits. They slio\*d him up to
tile seat of his wagon and placed the
lines in his hands.
"Hit it out for home. Dutch." said
Hondo Bill's voice cotninaodingly.
The little mules sprang ahead, glad
to be moving again. Fritz "rged them
along, himself dizzy and nuTldled over
j his fearful adventure.
I According to schedule time, he
j should have reached Fredericksburg
j at daylight. As it was, he drove down
the long street of the town nt 11
| o'clock a. m. He had to pass Feter
| Ilildesmuller's house ou his way to the
| postoffice. lie stopped his team at the
i gate and called. But Frau Ilildesmuller
j was watching for him. Out rushed
I the whole family of llildesmullers.
| Frau Ilildesmuller, fat and flushed.
inquired if he had a letter from Lena.
' and then Fritz raised his voice and
! told the tale of his adventure. He told
the contents of the letter that the rob-
I ber had made him read, and then Fran
Ilildesmuller broke into wild weeping,
j Her little Lena drown herself! Why
j had they sent her from homo? What
j could be done? Perhaps be
too late by the time they could send
I for her now. Feter Hlldesmullerdrop-
I«-(l his meerschaum on the walk, and
jit shivered to pieces.
"Woman." he roared at his wife,
"why did you let that child go away?
! It is your fault if she comes home to
I us no more!"
Every one knew that it was Feter
| Ilildesmuller's fault, so they paid no
| attention to his words.
A moment afterward a strange, faint
voice was heard to call "Mamma!"
' Frau Ilildesmuller at first thought it
was Lena's spirit calling, and then she
rushed to the rear of Fritz's covered
wagon and. with a loud shriek of joy.
caught up Lena herself, covering her
pa'e little face with kisses and smoth
ering her \v itli hugs. Lena's eyes were
heavy with the deep slumber of ex
haustion. but she smiled and lay close
to the one she had longed to see.
There among the mail sacks, covered
in a nest of strange blankets and com
forters. she had lain asleep until wak
ened by the voices around her.
Fritz stared at her with eyes that
bulged behind his spectacles.
"Gott in himmel!" he shouted. "How
did you get in that wagon? Am 1 go
ing crazy as well as to be murdered
and hanged by robbers this day?"
"Yon brought her to us. Fritz." cried
Frau.Hildesmuller. "How can we ever
thank you enough?"
"Tell mamma how you came in
Fritz's wagon." said Frau Ilildes
muller.
"1 don't know." said Lena, "but I
know how I got awav from the hotel.
The prince brought me."
"By the emperor's crown!" shouted
Fritz. "We are all going crazy."
"1 always knew he would come,"
said Lena, "sitting down on her bundle
of bedclothes on the sidewalk. "Last
night he came with his armed knights
and captured the ogre's castle. They
broke the dishes and kicked down the
doors. They pitched Mr Maloney into
a barrel of rainwater and threw flour
till over Mrs. Maloney. The workmen
In the hotel jumped out of the win
dows and ran into the woods when the
knights began tiring their guns. They
BEGAN TO READ THE LETTER.
wakened me up. and I peeped down |
the stair. And then the prince came
up and wrapped me in the bedclothes
and carried me out. He was so tall
and strong and fine! Ilis face was as
rough as a scrubbing brush, and he
talked soft and kind and smelled of
schnapps. Ho took me on his horse I
before him, and we rode away among
the knights. lie held me close, and
I went to sleep that way and didn't
wake up till 1 got home."
"Uubbish!" cried Fritz Hergmann.
"Fairy tales! How did you come from
the quarries to my wagon?"
"The prince brought nie," said Lena
confidently.
And to this day the good people of
Fredericksburg haven't been able to
make her give any other explanation.
Clap an extinguisher upon your lrom
If you are unhappily blessed with u
vein of It.—Lamb.
SWISS JAIL LIFE EASY;
CONVICTS WON'T ESCAPE.
Board and Room In Prison, Work and
Loaf C.tsid*.
Frison life in Switzerland la a lux
ury instead of a punishment. The
comic opera jnll at Thorburs, where
the inmates did as they pleased, haa
only recently been suppressed by the
P.orr.o authorities, yet details are pub
lished of a similar institution at Sar
nen. in the canton of Oswald.
Sarnen is apparently an ideal penal
resort, for the happy criminals who
nre sentenced to terms of "detention"
in that institution have a far better
time than hundreds of "free" Swiss
citizens who are forced to earn their
bread.
A correspondent of a Lausanne pa
per states that he was passliiß through
Sarnen when he saw a number of men
dressed in dark blue clothes with
white stripes walking about the vil
lage smoking and joking.
Others were seated in a cafe, and
some were working in leisurely man
ner carrying bricks for the construc
tion of a new building. To his aston
ishment the correspondent found that
the men were convicts from the can
tonal prison close by.
These convicts are permitted to leave
the prison early in the morning and
find work around Sarnen or walk
about the country until nightfall, when
they return of their own accord to the
prison.
They are uuaccompanled by warders,
and there is nothing to prevent their
escaping, but they are far too com
fortable to think of relinquishing their
quarters, for they have as much liber
ty as other men and are, moreover,
fed and lodged for nothing.
The money earned by these convicts
who choose to work can bo spent as
they like. One convict who is em
ployed as a gardener by a local magis
trate sends his monthly salary to his
wife and children.
Two or three convicts "escaped"
some weeks ago. but they eventually
returned to the prison in a half fam
ished condition, and after being se
verely reprimanded they were allowed
to return to their apartments.
CHIMNEY SWEEP A SCHOLAR.
England Also Discovers Canalboatman
Who Loves Mythology.
| Some Loudon papers commented
I with more or loss facetiousncss upon
j th(> report from New York that a bar
i her was studying for a degree at
| Ilar ard. Since tlten I.ondou reporters
! hav ' discovered that there are erudite
I men in humble places even over there.
' Walter Ilunt. a chimney sweep, lias
taken a course of university extension
lectures, which he passed with honors.
! Before he became a chimney sweep he
was a sailor. A Yorkshire canalboat
-1 man has been discovered who is a
i profound student of Greek mythology.
When his boat is moored to the
wharf awaiting a cargo he beguiles the
weary days by reading up his pet sub
| ject in the local reference library and
| taking copiotis notes. One of his favor
ite works is Itunsen's "Egypt's I'lace
In Universal History," and some time
ago he started upon the fifty volumes
jof the "Archaeologin." This erudite
' canaler is also alleged to have loft his
i "observant thumb" upon a translation
of Herodotus
Tennyson Disturbed
This Story is told in Itobcrt 11. Slier
nrd's book "My friends the I'renrh '
"A granddaughter ot Wortisworr.':
being full of nduilratiou for the youiiu
poet who was to siiii-eed her gr:i. u
father in laureate honors, was <>n •
: taken to see Mr. Tennyson by Mi-
Taylor. the wife ot another poet
some distinction Tennyson iveive.
, them very bully, showlug great irr:
tatloti at being disturbed, and who:
Mrs. Taylor rallied him on his m.'iiiiir:
he said: 'Madam, I am a poor in::
I and as 1 can't afford to buy the Tiuit >
I hire it trom the stationer's. lit
charges me si penny for it. which em
ties uie to keep It for an hour Win
will people always select just tli.it
hour to come and call upon me';' Alt. •
which he iiung out of the room, lei:!
Ing Mrs. Tennyson to apologize for itt
! brusquerie."
Currency In China.
Writing from the Interior of China, n
traveler says: "Currency is primitive
to a degree. Lump silver only is used
and copper 'cash.' Coined money !'•
not current. Even in iionati city,
which Is distant only two days by r::,
from Fekiu. lump silver, the same cum
brous currency that has been used for
centuries, is still employed. It is cut
into small pieces by hammer and chis
el. Every town and village has its
own weights and scales, and there is
no pretense at uniformity."
The Man and the Parrot.
Exasperated Purchaser—Didn't you
guarantee mat this parrot would re
peat every word he heard?
Bird Deaicr—Certainly I did.
"But he doesn't repeat a single word.
"He repeats every word ho hears,
but he never hears any. He is as deaf
as a post."
When a fool gets angry, ho opens hli
mouth and shuts his eyes.
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Proposed Amendments'
To Penn a Constitution
pROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
A CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZRNS OP THIS COMMON
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR
REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL AS
BKMHLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND PUBLISH
ED BY ORDUR OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section twen
ty-six of article live of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Resolved (if the Senate concur). That
the following amendment to section twen
ty-six of article live of the Constitution j
of Pennsylvania be, and the same is here
by, proposed, in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof:—
That section 26 of Article V., which j
reads as follows: "Section 26. All laws re
lating to courts shall be general and of
uniform ci . t it:on. and the organization,
jurisdictiiir., :'d powers of ail courts of
thv s line <•' ■ or grade, so far as regu
lated Iv !.-•.» t!«i the force and effect of
il • .•!••»( i Judgments of such courts,
C . . and the General Assem
i'y h prohibited from creating
i \erclse the powers vested
bv *h»s < • tut ion in the Judges of the
i oi.rit- «.:! otninon Pleas and Orphans'
Courts," !• • »m» ruled so that the same
thiiil : e.id follows:
Section IN. All laws relating to courts
shall be general and of uniform opera
tion, and the organization. Jurisdiction,
and powers of ail courts of the same class
or grade, so far as regulated by law, ami
the force and effect of the process and
judgments of such courts, shall be uni
form; but, notwithstanding any provi
sions of this Constitution, t lie General
Assembly shall have full power to estab
lish new courts, from time to time, as the
same may be needed In any city or coun- ,
ty, and to prescribe the powers and Ju
risdiction thereof, and to increase the
number of judges in any courts now ex-
Luting or hereafter created, or to reorgan
ize 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 neces
sary for the orderly and efficient adminis
tration of justice.
A true copy of Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEB,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Const!- '
tutlon of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, so as to eliminate the require
ment of payment of taxes as a qualifi
cation of the right to vote.
Resolved (if the House of Representa
tives concur). That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania be. and the same
Is hereby, proposed, in accordance with •
the eighteenth article thereof:
That section on"of article eight he •
amended, by striking out the fourth I
numbered paragraph thereof, so that the '
said section shall read as follows:
Section 1. Every male citizen twenty- |
one years of age. possessing the follow- j
ing qualifications shall be entitled to I
vote at all elections, subject however to
such laws r. nulling and regulating the
registration - 112 electors as the General
Assembly mav enact.
First He shall have been a citizen of .
the United States at least one month.
Second. He shall have resided in the !
State one year (or if. having previously j
been a qualified elector or native-born 1
citizen of the State, he shall have re- i
moved therefrom and returned, then six
months), immediately preceding the elec
tion.
Third. He shall have resided In the
election district where he shall offer to j
vote at least two months immediately
preceding the election.
A true copy of Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEB.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Propnslnc .-m amendment to the Cnnstl
tutlon of tho Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, so as t«» consolidate the
courts of common pleas of Allegheny
County.
Section 1 Pe it resolved by the Senato
and House »( Representative* of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Gen
er.ll Assembly met. That the following
amendment to the Constitution < 112 Penn
sylvanla be. and the same is hereby, pro
posed. in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof: -
That section «i\ of rticle five h*
amended, by striking out the said see- j
tlon. and In erting in place thereof the i
following:
S'-ctlon t» Tn the county of Philadel
phia all th»» Jurisdiction nud powers now
V'"Sted In the district courts and « ourts of
common plea subject to such changes
as may be P <le by this C< n !;? itlon op
by law. sh.-ll be in Philadelphia veste I in
fiXW ttwurti
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
USE OLD DAVIS HOWL
Bathe and Collect Oysters and Cribs
Near New Orleans.
The veterans of the Confederate ar
my are boused In the home which was
once the house of Jefferson Davis, on
the gulf of Mexico, not far from Now
Orleans, where they can see the blue
expanse of water, bathe to their
hearts' content and in spare moments
collect oysters or catch crabs from the
piers in front.
Beauvoir is an ideal spot for an old
man's home. It was given to Mr. Davis
by a southern woman —ho admired
him greatly, and for u"ny years he
and his family lived there when they
were not in the larger cities. It is
one of the many southern iiomes on
the Mississippi and Louisiana stretch
of the gulf of Mexico, with their shell
roads in front and wide domains cov
ered with trees behind.
It is built in the usual style of that
region, with a long, wide hall extend
ing through the middle of the house
and opening onto a veranda or gal
lery which runs across the front The
hall is used as a living room, and off
from it arc bedrooms. In the yard is
a guest house, where Mr. Davis enter- |
tained bis friends, and a small but
well stocked library is housed in u cot- |
tage which fell to the Davis family
with the house.
Rut the estate of Beauvoir is not the
only attraction the veterans enjoy, for
it is situated in one of the most unique
regions of the United States. This
part was the home of the Arcadians
who migrated there from Nova Scotia,
and it Is also the home of many aris
tocratic Creoles who live there the
whole year or own picturesque sum
mer cottages, retiring to New Orleans
or Mobile in the winter.
What Did It Mean?
A notice board In a Scottish kirk once
bore, it is said, the following amazing
sentence: "This church is licensed for i
the solemnegatlon of marriages"*
Listen to others, but do not blindly i
depend on them.
and co-ordlnat#* jurisdiction. composed
nf three judges each. The said courts In
Philadelphia Phall bo designated respect
ively as the court of common pleas num
i ber one. number two. number three,
number four, and number five, but the
number of said courts may bo by law
i Increased, from time to time, and shall be
In like manner designated by successive
numbers. The number of Judges In any
of said courts, or in any county where
the establishment of an additional court
1 may be authorized by law. may be in
, creased, from time to time, and whc i
-1 ever such increase shall amount in the
whole to three. Mich three Judges shall
compose a distinct and separate court as
aforesaid, which shall be numbered as
j aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall
be instituted in the said courts of com*
I rnon pleas without designating the num
; ber of the said eourt. and the several
courts shall distribute and apportion the
I business nmonc them in such manner as
i shall be pro\ Ked by rules of court, and
on eh court, to which any suit shall be
thus assigned shall have exclusive juris
diction thereof, subject to change of
venue, as shall be provided by law.
Tn the county of Allegheny nil the
Jurisdiction and powers now vested in
the several numbered courts of common
pleas shall be vested In one eourt of com
mon pleas, composed of all the judges in
commission in said courts Such Juris
diction and powers shall extend to all
proceedings at law and in equity which
i shall have been instituted in the several
numbered courts, and shall be subject to
such changes as may be made by law.
and subject to change of venue as pro
vided by law The president judge r 112
said court shall be selected as provided
• by law. The number of Judges in said
I court may be by law increased from
time to time This amendment shall take
effect on the first day of January suc
ceeding its adoption.
A true copy of Hesolutlon No. 3.
ROBERT McAFKR.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section eight,
article nine, of the Constitution of Penn
sylvania.
, Section 1. Ho it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met. That the following is pro
posed as an amendment to the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, in accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof:—
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight, article
nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania
which reads as follows:
"Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school district, or
other municipality or incc *ed dis
trict. except as herein provid hall nev
j er exceed seven per centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property thcre
! In. nor shall any such municipality or
I district incur any new debt, or increase
i its indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed val
uation of property, without the assent of
| the electors thereof at a public election in
; such manner as shall be provided by law;
but any city, the debt of which now ex
coeds seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law to
Increase the samo three per centum, in
the aggregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation," so as to read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county, city,
: borough, township, school district, or oth
er municipality or incorporated district,
j except as herein provided, shall never ex
-1 ceed seven per centum upon the assessed
value of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt, or increase its indebt
' edness to an amount exceeding two per
! centum upon such assessed valuation of
, property, without the assent of the elec
tors thereof at a public election in such
1 manner as shall be provided by law; but
any city, the debt of which now exceeds
I seven per centum of such assessed val
uation, may be authorized by law to in
crease the same three per centum, in the
aggregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation, except that any debt or debts
hereinafter incurred by the city and coun
ty of Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for transit
purposes, or for the construction of
j wharves and clocks, or the reclamation of
land to be used in the construction of a
1 system of wharves and docks, as public
improvements, owned or to be owned by
! said city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall vieid to the city and county
I of Philadelp. a current net revenue in ex
cess of the i te . on said debt or debts
I and of i ■ ••• un.i installments necessary
I for the : on of said debt or debts.
I may l»» . \. in ascertaining the pow
i iv "112 tie.i jit .1 county of Philadelphia
! t » be» ■ r\v indebted: Provided.
Tl;;.t a I" .nd for their cancellation
sli ! b • ' hiish'd and maintained.
A true . . : Joint Resolution No 4.
ROBERT McAFEK,
F c :-v of the Commonwealth.
FIBER PREVENTS DROWNING.
Lighter Than Swansdown, but Two
Pounds Float a Man.
One of the most Important life sav
ing discoveries ever made has just been
tested on the Thames at London. A
vegetable iiber has been found lighter
in color than llax and lighter in weight
than swansdown, and less than two
pounds of it will save any man or
woman from drowning.
All the circumstances which fre
quently accompany a boating disaster
were reproduced at the test. Two men
set out in a canoe from a houseboat in
the neighborhood of Laleham. There
was only one other craft on the reach
at the time, a large steamer laden with
passengers taking a trip upstream.
The majority of them leaned over the
rail and watched the canoe.
Suddenly they were horror stricken
, to see—what is so often a prelude to
! a boating tragedy—one of the young
men standing up in the canoe. In a
moment the guuwale was under wa
ter and the two tnen were overboard
Everybody expected to see them sink.
They had not noticed that two white
cushions had fallen in as well.
A moment later both men snatched
hurriedly at the cushions, and, to the
surprise of the steamer passengers,
once they had seized a corner of theso
white cushions they were safe. The
weight of the two men, and they were
1 both fairly heavy, seemed to have no
effect whatever on the cushions, which
were stuffed with kapok, the new life
saving liber.
A Drop In Rhetoric.
"I remember," said an official of the
East Indian service, "the speech of an
Anglo-Indian who was delfltated by a
certain district to place before the gov
ernment's notice the horrible slaughter
of their stock by tigers. A very no
ticeable titter could be heard in the
audience when the delegate shouted
very dramatically:
" 'Sir. Chairman, the tiger is the
most ferocious animal that prowls and
runs at large in India. He creeps
from his lurking place at the hour of
midnight, when all nature is locked
in the arms of Morpheus, and ere the
portals of the east are unbound or
bright Thoebus rises in his golden
majesty whole litters of pigs are de
stroyed.' "
ItOlMfah.
To All Chkihtoks, Lsmatkk* aniiotukh
pkhsons intkkkktkd—Notice ih hereby given
that the following named persons did on Ihe
date affixed to their na met*, tile the accounts
of their administration to the estate of those
persons,deceased,and (iuardian Accounts, Ac.
whose natnes are hereinafter mentioned, in
the office of the Register for the l'robate of
Wills and granting of Letters of Administra
tion* In and for the County of Montour, and
that the same will be presented to the orphan's
Court of said county, for confirmation and
allowance, on tlondny, (lit* l?tli »l».y of
Oct A. !>,, I'.no, at the meeting «> the
Court in the afternoon.
1910.
Sept. 17, First and Finn] account of
Jonathan P. ttart, Ex»c;uor
nf the last Will and Testa
ment of Caroline Fry,late of
Mahoning Township, >ion
tour County, deceased.
17, First and Final account of
.Jonathan P. liare, Trustee
under the last Will and Test
anient of Caioline Fry, lata
of Mahoning Township,Mon
tour County, deceased, of
Mary Ann Elizabeth Hell, v.
daughter ' t of said decedent,
now deceased.
" 17, First account of John D. El
lis, Executor of the last Will
and Testament of John J.
Bardole, late of Anthony
Township, Montour Oountj,
deceased.
" 17, First and Final account of
Frank Carey, Administrator
of the estate of Mary F.
Wei liver, late of Anthony
Township, Montour County,
deceased.
WM. L. SIDLER,
Register.
Register's Office, Danville, Pa.
September 17th, 1910.
SEALED PROPOSALS.
Harrisburg, Pa.
I Sealed proposals will be received at
| the office of the State Highway De
partment in the Capitol Building,
Harrisburg, Pa., until two o'clock in
the afternoon of October 19, 1910,
j when bids will be publicly opened
and scheduled, for the construction of
1,800 feet of road, extending from the
end of present macadam road to a
point near Foust street, in Danville
Borough in the County of Montour
I under the Act of Assembly approved
May Ist, 1905.
j Plans and specifications can be seen
j at. the office of the Stare Highway
Department, Harrisburg Pa., Each
j bid must be made upon a blank fur
! nished by the State Highway Depart
j ruent (which blanks will be supplied
i upon request) and enclosed in a sealed
J envelope endorsed: "Proposals for
reconstruction of road in Danville
Borough, Montour County."
JOSEPH W. HUNTER,
State Highway Commissioner.
OLD TIME LONDON.
The Days Whsi Msn In the Pillory
Wore Pelted With Eggs.
Loudon in 1700 was a comparatively
; small city of about 000,000 inhabitants,
| the rough and ill kept main roads to
i which had been but slightly improved
since Tudor times. The ghastly spec
tacle of many of the trees on the South
warlc road bending under their burden
of hanged men had Indeed been slight
ly modified, but none the less the de-
I composing heads of "traitors" still fill
| ed the atmosphere about London bridge
' and Temple Bar with myriads of bane-
I ful microbes.
i Our Immediate forbears were evi-
I dently not overparticular about sights
and shiells. They were accustomed to
see men sitting in the pillory pelted
; with rotten eggs and possibly Included
among their immediate circle not a few
who had been deprived of their noses
and ears for expressing too freely their
opinions, political and religious.
The drains were in an appalling con
dition. The innumerable churchyards
were so full of eotiins that they often
j projected through the turf. I'.ear and
bull baiting, dog tights and boxing
1 matches were attended even by royal
ty as late as IS2O, and live years later
all the "dandies" in London were pay
ing high prices to stand in the carts
rounil Tyburn to behold twenty-two of
their fellow creatures hanged for mis
demeanors which in our time would
1 be punished with a few days' impris
] onment.—London Saturday Review.
Hedging.
; Clergyman—Will you take this wo
j man until death? Prospective Bride
groom—lsn't there any minimum sen
tenrc?—New York I'ress.
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