T1IB CITIZEN, FRIDAY, SETT. 30, 1010. aturday.Qight "cKoIlfC By Rv. F. E. DAVISON aifij Rutland, Vt THE KINQ AND HIS NUPTIAL AT-TENDANT3. International Bible Lesson for Oct. 2, 10 (Matt. 25:1-13). A wedding 1b always find every where an Interesting event, but In Oriental lands It Is attended with long-continued ccronioiilos and bols torous festivities, In which whole communities unite. References to marriage customs are frequently met with In the Now Testament, and Christ based eonio of His most strik ing utterances upon them. In the para "bio of the wise and foolish virgins ho emphasizes a great truth. A Marriage Custom. Ono of tho marrlago customs In tho East Includes a company of young women who attend tho homo coming of tho brldo, with songs and dances. They gather in some appointed placo and on a given signal, go out to meet tho bridegroom with flaming tbrchos nd conduct him to tho nuptial feast. Such a company, says Christ, wore tho ten virgins, flvo of whom wero wlso and flvo wero foolish. For somo Teason, In this Instance, there was do lay 60 long contlnuod that all tho watchers fell asloep. It was not un til the midnight-hour that the Bleep ers were awakened with the shout, Be 'hold, the bridegroom comotb. Then they all sprang up to trim their lamps, when to their consternation, five of tho attendants discovered that their lights had burned out, and thoy 'had no oil with which to replenish them. Tholr fatal folly consisted In their neglect to provide for the un looked for emergepcy. Thoy were not permitted to enter tho new homo with their empty lamps. Tho wise vir gins went In -with Joy and gladness and the door was shut. Character Not Transferable. In such dramatic languago Christ points out tho fact that personal piety and readiness to moct the bridegroom of our souls can neither be bought nor borrowed. He who Is wise must bo wlso for himself, the foolish can not have their lack supplied from tho fullness of the wise. The foolish virgins said to the wlso virgins, "give us of your oil for our lamps are gone out." Dut tho trans fer could not be made. It was too late to buy. It was Impossible to bor row, i This Is a startling, but perfectly logical and matter-of-fact statement Wo can do much for our fellowmen in this life. If mono is needed, we con give them that It employment is required, we can help them to that. If office is sought, we can assist them in that. Wo can feed the hungry, clothe the naked, give medicine to the sick and comfort to the sorrowing, but character cannot be transferred, personal piety cannot be handed from ono to another. If one Is wise bo must be wise for himself, but It one Is a scorner, ho alone shall bear it. No man will be admitted to heaven on his wife's tickot Credentials to Para dise are markod "Not Transferable." No person can by any possibility take enough of tho oil of grace with him on tho road to the kingdom bo that ho can loan It out to those loss fav ored. It la a moral Impossibility. Tho wise virgins without doubt sympa thized with tholr unfortunato com panions, but they could not help them. They could pity, but they could not relievo. Thoy could not permit tho shortsightedness of tho foolish to rob them of the pleasure of the marriage feast. Personal piety Is a personal asset and cannot bo transferred. Oil Only Thing Lacking. It will be noticed that there was just one thing In which these virgins differed. They were all virgins, thoy all started with lamps and oil, they all fell asleep, but when the crucial mo ment came live of Uiem found that their lamps had gone out, their oil was exhausted, and it was too late to replenish tho supply. Tho evil was not In falling asleep, tho evil consisted in falluro to make euro of a full sup ply of oil. Tho waiting period is tho testing time. If tho Almighty took every bouI into heaven at tho moment of conver sion, eternal llfo would bo attained more certainly. It 1b tho long and weary llfo time of waiting that causes bo many people to fall asleep. Thoy can run well for a season, but thoy grow weary In well doing, prodigally waste their oil, allow their lamps to dio down, flicker, Bmoko and go out. In spiritual things as in natural things it Is necessary often to Bnuff tho can dle, but not to Bnuff It out Tho good housokoeper regularly fills and trims the lamps. She does not wait until the gueBts begin to arrlvo boforo at tending to the lighting arrangements, Tho wnltlng period evidently ex hausts tho original supply of grace, the warning consists In taking It for granted that tho original supply Is sufficient Because you once were filled with tho spirit Is no ovldence that you aro to-day. Tho world Is full ol peoplo who havo fallen from grace, Onco thoy wero burning and shining lights, but tholr lamps are gono out If sudden summons should como to them to appear In tho King's nudlcnco chamber thoy would be Btartled Into consternation at tholr lack of tho all-essential thing tho light of life Fraught with tremendous force Is tho warning of tho Master, "What I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch I" 1 i COUNT TOLSTOI. Hussion Who Refuses Nobel Peaoe Priio For Second Time. St Petersburg, Sept 37. Count Tol stoi, on being Informed that bo would be made tho recipient of tho Nobel pence prize for the present year, de clared that he would ngnln refuse the honor, ns ho did In 1S07. He proposes that the priwj slwuld be given to the Doukhoborn, who carry out the teachings of Christ. HUGHES FOE CHIEF JUSTICE. His Name Only One Disoussd at Cab inet Meeting. Washington, Sept 27. Governor Hughes' name was the only one men tioned for chief Justice of the supreme court at the cabinet meeting. TImj gov ernor's qualifications were discussed at considerable length, but nothing defi nite came from It The names of several other men were taken under consideration ns possibili ties for other vacancies on tlie supreme court bench. These included United States Senator George Sutherland of Utah, Chancellor Pitman of New Jer sey and Justice Swayze and It V. Lin. dabury, also of Now Jersey. Tho consideration of these names would seem to indicate that the presi dent desires to give the Third and Eighth Judicial circuits direct repre sentation on tho supreme bench. POWERS OF NATIONAL BANK. No Right to Pay Premiums on Policy For Its President Washington, Sept 27. in answor to many inquiries from banks Comptrol ler of the Currency Murray has ex pressed an opinion that a national bank has no power to use its funds in paying premiums on a policy of insur ance on tho llfo of its president or other officer not Indebted to tho bank, though the policy be payable to the bank. Powers of a national bank other than those expressly granted must bo such, Mr. Murray holds, as are reason ably Incidental to the exercise of the powers expressly granted. Insuring tho life of Its olllccrs, ho says, is not such nn Incidental power. SAVES SIXTY-EIGHT LIVES. F. C. Wilson of Bayonne May Get One of the Carnegie Medals. Bayonne, N. J., Sept 27. In recogni tion of his having saved sixty-eight persons from drowning, residents of Bayonne are planning to hnve the at tention of tlie Carnegie hero commis sion called to the heroism of Captain Frederick C. Wilson of that town. nis latest rescuo took place at tho dock of tho Terry & Tench Iron works, Bergen Point when three Ital ians, ono of whom could not swim, wero knocked Into Newark bay by tlie swinging arm of a derrick. All of Wilson's slxty-elght rescues have taken place either In the Newark bay or In the Kill Von Kull. SEEMS LIFELESS; HEART BEATS New Jersey Woman's Case Baffles Medical Doctors. Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 27.-Strickcn suddenly 111 at licr homo, 430 Fulton street, last Wednesday night Mrs. Michael Beglan, wife of a well known local contractor and prominent mem ber of the Elizabeth board of trade, has for more than 120 hours laid ap parently lifeless In bed. nor enso Is baffling tho local medical profession. Whllo sho Is apparently in a trance, her heart and lung nctlon are normal. - MOLLER WEDS TENANT. Son of Sugar King Secretly Married on Aug. 25. New York, Sept. 27. The secret marrlago of Charles G. Moller, Sr., a Bon of tho late Peter Moller, once tho sugar king of this country and him self a millionaire many times over, and Mrs. Jano rirennan, one of bis tenants, in tho city hull on Aug. 25 has Just become known. Moller, who is slxty-flvo years old, and his bride, who Is forty-llvo, went to Europe Immediately after tho mar riage. Census Returns. Washington, Sept. 27. Tho census bureau announced tho population as follows: ' 1910. 1300. Dubuque. Ift 23,491 3J,2U7 New Hertford, Mass 60,032 62,412 Bulern, Mam 43.C97 85,160 Taunton, Ui El, 23 ttOM sound warning to wage eii es What Democratic Victory M Mean to Pennsylvania, VAST INTERESTS AT STAKE Prosporlty Under Protection and Dis tress and Free Soup Houses Under Cleveland Regime, A boastful and blatant Democracy throughout tho country Is not only de claring that the next houso of con gross will bo Democratic, but Ib pre dicting that the Buccossor to President Taft will bo a Democrat Late election returns havo unques tionably given the Democrats groat encouragement and reports from cer tain states until rocontly reliably Re publican put tho rosult In November In doubt Thoughtful men, while dreading tho outcomo, are at a loss to understand how tho great American peoplo could return to power a party which has cnusod bo much misfortune and dlatross, both to the business In terosts and tho wago-earnera of thi Union. It has only been within the last few weeks that tho citizens of Pennsyl vania have apparently begun to real ize tho soriouB nature of the situation, and tho re are evidences upon every hand that the voters of tho Koystonp State will not bo carried away with the tide of heresy and fanaticism that Is swoeplng over tho country. Warnings are going out In every direction that Pennsylvania must Btand firm; that this bulwark of Re publicanism must remain unshaken and that evory vote must be polled, bo that the oloctlon returns shall sound a trumpet blast to the world that tho eane and sober citizenship of the Keystono State has rallied again around tho bannor of true Republican ism and protection. Pennsylvania as the foremost Indus trial state has more at stake than any other commonwealth, and her vast army of wago-earnors, the workers in the mills and the mines, realize the Interest oach and every one of them has In a continuance of Republican domination of tho affairs of the state and tho nation. A Pennsylvania Tariff. Tho tariff Is more of a vital issue today than it has been at any time in the last decade. Tho tariff act rocently framed and now In force wero drafted with partic ular reference to tho fostering of Pennsylvania interests, with Senators Penrose and Oliver and a united Penn sylvania Republican delegation un flinchingly adhering to tho policy of protecting the business and Industrial onterprUos of their homo state, until the bill became a law with theso In terests all protected. If this tariff, with tho few minor changes proposed, shall bo allowed to Btand, Pennsylvania wage-earners and Pennsylvania capitalists can look for ward to an unprecedented period ot prosperity. But the advance agents of business demoralization, of closed mills and mines and of shut down factories and workshops of every description are abroad In every state. They are preaching Democracy and disseminat ing false and misleading doctrlnce. and especially aro they holding out falso hopes to the worklngmen, upon whom they count to swing the elec tions In evory debatable district. To the Democratic politicians they are holding out promises of postmaster ships and other federal patronage. Thoy make no mention of the sor rows and sadness that followed tho last national Democratic triumph Id this country. Thoy do not toll of the popular distress and the destruction of manufacturing, commercial and all otbor lines of business brought ubout through the enactment of tho Demo cratic tariff bill. Thoy show no pictures of the free soup houses that had to he established by charitable Individuals and, In some caBes. by municipalities where thou sands of men, women and children were out of employment for many months, many ot them lu u starving condition, children without Btioes or clothing, and families evicted toi non payment of rent. Pennsylvania votorB will bo called upon at tho coming election to Bend men to congress who will stand by the Taft administration and resist every effort to change or amend the tariff especlall) those provisions inserted to protect Pennsylvania capital and Peniibylvanlu wage-earners Elect Republicans tc Congress- Pennsylvania mubt elect Republican congressmen to block the schemes of tht Democrats, who will without doubt be sent from many doubtful districts in othor states. Pennsylvania must, by tho size of her Republican majority for John K Tener, nominee for governor, and his colloaguos on tho Republican state ticket, emphasize tho foalty of tlila Btato to tho causo of Republicanism and the loyalty of tho Republicans of the state to tho national admlnlstra tlon. Should tho Democrats bo successful In Novombcr In electing a majority of tho members of tho noit national bouse of representatives, a disastrous period of two years to the mercantile and manufacturing Interests would In evitably onsuo, and- If this period bo followed by tho election cf a Demo cratic president a calamity would be fall tho country far rfeatcr thnn w experienced following thp uitt .k-o. trntlc .residential victory. V. a-t -.ngs now going 6ut to wage ersri.'.rt! from tho most Intelligent :l tho mon ainilated with labor organlza tlons point out that now Is the time to nvort tho disaster. Business men, appreciating tho com mercial and Industrial heights thW country has rcachod during the last twelve years, and tho scope and mag hltudo of our foreign trado, demand thnt Pennsylvania shall remain stead fast to tho cause of Republicanism for their own protection and tho safety and salvation of tho millions of clti ions of this prosperous commonwealth Pennsylvania, the Gibraltar of na tional Republicanism, It Is predicted, will roll up a tromendous Republican majority on Nov. 8 and will send prac tically a solid Republican delegation to congross. ERRY IS JOLTEO BY MANY BOLTER! Ho) Over Desertion by Formal Treasurer Sheatz. HE HELPED FORM PARTY Control of Movement by Bryan Demo crats Too Much For Independent Republicans. A series of desertions from the Key stone Party last week greatly embar rassed the Berry campaigners. The trouble was due to the fact that tho coterie of Dryan Democrats who have captured the Independent organl zation persist In Indorsing Democrats for congress and the legislature. This is resented by Independent Republl cans, few of whom have any heart In the movemont Blnco a Democrat, Berry, was put at the head of their Ucket. Tho most sensational break from the Berry forces was the resignation of former State Treasurer John O, Sheatz, who was ono of the organiz ers of tho Keystone Party and was chairman ot Ito first committee on or ganization. Sheatz wanted an Independent Re publican named for governor by the Keystono Party. He took an active part in the convention, but he and hlB associates were defeated by the Demo cratic combination headed by Eugene C. Bonnlwell, who landed Berry at the head of the ticket. Then thoy put up CaBey and Scully for seeretary ot internal affairs and state treasurer re spectively, leaving but one lndepend ent Republican, GIbboney, on the ticket. He 1b supposed to be running for lieutenant governor. Too Much Democracy. Following up their victory In the convention the Berryltes havo Indors ed a big batch of Democrats for con gress In resigning from the Keystone county committee of Montgomery. Charles Heber Clark, who was a prominent delegate In the Keystono Party's state convention, wrote n scathing letter In denunciation of thf Indorsement ot Dlffendorfer, Democrat, for congress on the Keystone tickot. In which, among other things, he says: "I will never permit myself to hp used for the undermining of the na tlonnl house of representatives ot that protective tariff system which, In my Judgment, Is of vital Importance to the welfare, not only of wage- earners. but of all the people of tho land. I urn confident that tho election of a majority of Democrats, or even a ma jority ot fanatical tariff revisionists, to the next congress will produce widespread depression of business and millet hurt upon multitudes ot In nocent peoplo. My hands shall bo free from tho guilt of helping to pro duce that great calamity." On the following day, former Stnte Treasurer Sheatz Bent u letter to Stato Chairman Thomas L. Hicks request ing that his name be taken from the list of tho committee Mr Sheatz In commenting upon his action said ho resigned because he Is u Republican He found that his businoss associates In Philadelphia, members of tho Manufacturers' club, the Union League and other organiza tions, are virtually all going to vote tor John K. Tenor for governor nnd the full Republican tickot Many Inde pendents who started out with tho Keystono Party when Mr Sheatz was temporary chairman of th state com mlttee of tho Keystono Party and for mally opened the stato convention, have since come out tor Tener for gov. rcor Former Congressman H. B Parken of Tioga, who waB named on tho Koy atone Party state committee wa3 among tho first to declino tho appoint merit. He Is a Repullican who cannot stand for the Berry-Bonnlwell Demo cratic outfit The Borry movement la practically without organization. In many coun ties thoy havo been unable to organize meetings, and In others Berry bos gono to find no preparations made to receive biro or to notify tho people that he was coming. PPOPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ' THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TED TO THE CITIZENS OP THISl COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN-i SYLVANIA. AND PUBLISHED BY I ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OFi THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF. THE CONSTITUTION. i Numbor One. I A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION j Proposing nn amendment to section twenty-six of article flvo of the Constitution of tho Commonwealth ' ot Pennsylvnnlo. Resolved, (If tho Senate concur), That the following amendment to section twenty-six of article five of tho Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and tho snmo Is hereby, proposed, In accordanco with the eighteenth article- thereof: That section 2G of Article V., which rends ns follows: "Section 2G. All laws relating to courts shall be gen- eral nnd of uniform operation, and the organization, Jurisdiction, and powers of nil courts of tho same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, and tho force and effect of tho process and Judgments of such courts, shall be uniform; and the General Assembly Is hereby prohibit ed from creating other courts to ex ercise tho powers vested by this Con stitution in the Judges of tho Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts," be amended so that tho same shall read as follows: Section 2C. All laws relating to courts shall bo general and of uni form operation, and the organization, Jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of tho same class or grade, bo far as regulated by law, and the force and effect of the process and Judgments of such courts, shall bo uniform; but, notwithstanding nny provisions of this Constitution, tho General As sembly shall have full power to es tablish new courts, from time to time, as the same may bo needed In any city or county, and to prescribe the powers and Jurisdiction thereof, and to increase the number of Judges in any courts now existing or hereafter created,, or to reorganize tho same, or to vest In other courts tho Juris diction theretofore exercised by courts not of record, and to abolish the samo wherever It may be deemed necessary for the orderly and efficient administration of Justice. A true copy of Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, so as to eliminate the requirement of pay ment of taxes as a qualification of tho right to vote. Resolved (If the House of Repre sentatives concur), That the follow ing amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia be, and the same Is hereby, pro posed, in accordance with the eigh teenth article thereof: That section one of article eight be amended, by striking out tho fourth numbered paragraph thereof, so that the said section shall read as fol lows: Section 1. Evory male citizen twenty-one years of age, possessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, sub ject howevor to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact. First. He shall havo been a citizen of the United States at least one month. Second. He shall have resided In the Stato one year (or if, having pre viously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he shall have removed therefrom and returned, then six months), Immedi ately preceding tho election. Third. He shall have resided In the election district where he shall offer to vote at least two months Immedi ately preceding the election. A true copy of Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary ot the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Con stitution of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, so as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Al legheny County. Section 1. Be It resolved by tho Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia in General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Con stitution ot Pennsylvania be, and the samo Is hereby, proposed. In accord ance with the eighteenth article thereof: That section six ot article five be amended, by striking out the said section, nnd inserting In place there of tho following: Section 6. In tho county of Phila delphia all tho Jurisdiction and pow ers now vested In tho district courts and courts of common pleas, subject to such changes as may bo made by this Constitution or by law, shall bo In Philadelphia vested in flvo dis tinct and sepnrnte courts of equal and co-ordinate Jurisdiction, com posed of three Judges each. Tho said courts In Philadelphia shall bo designated respectively ns tho court or common pleas number ono, num ber two, number three, number four, and numbor flvo. but tho number of said courts may bo by law increased, from tlmo to tlmo, and shall bo In like manner designated by successive numbers. Tho number of Judges In any of said courts, or In any county where the, establishment of an addi tional court may bo authorized by law, may bo Increased, from tlmo to tlmo, and whenever such Increase shall amount In tho whole to three, such threo Judges shall compose a distinct and separate court ns afore said, which shall be numbered as aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall bo Instituted in tho said courts of common pleas without designating tho number of tho said court, and the several courts shall distribute nnd apportion tho business among them in such manner as shall be provided by rules of court, nnd each court, to which any suit shall bo thus as- signed, shall have exclusive juris diction thereof, subject to change of venue, as shall bo provided by law. In tho county of Allegheny all tho Jurisdiction nnd powers now vested In tho soveral numbered courts of common pleas shall bo vested In ono court of common picas, composed of all tho Judges in commission In said courts. Such Jurisdiction and pow ers shall extend to all proceedings at law and in equity which shall have been Instituted in the severnl num bered courts, and Bhall be subject to such changes ns may bo made by law, and subject to change of venue ae provl led by law. Tho president judge of said court shall bo selected as provided by lnw. Tho number of Judges In snld court may bo by law increased from tlmo to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January succeeding Its adoption. A true copy of Resolution No. 3, ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. A JOINT RESOLUTION Number Four. Proposing an -amendment to section eight, article nine, of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Bo It resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of tho eighteenth article thereof: Amendment to Article Nine, Sec tion Eight. Section 2. Amend section eight article nine, of the Constitution ot Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: "Section 8. The debt of any c6un ty, city, borough, township, school district, or othor municipality or in corporated district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or dis trict Incur any new debt, or Increase Its Indebtedness to an amount ex ceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, with out the assent of the electors thereof at a public election In such manner as shall be provided by law; but any city, tho debt of which now exceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by law to Increase the same three per cen tum, 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 dis trict, or other municipality or Incor porated district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon tho assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or dis trict incur any new debt, or Increase Its Indebtedness to an amount ex ceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, with out 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 exceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may be authorized by low, to Increase tho samo threo per Cen tum, in the aggregate, at any ono tlmo, upon such valuation, except that any debt or debts hereinafter Incurred by tho city and county of Philadelphia for the construction and development of subwayB for tran sit purposes, or for the construction of wharvs and docks, or the re clamation of land to be used In tho construction of a system of wharves and docks, as public Improvements, owned or to be owned by said city and county of Philadelphia, and which shall yield to the city and county of Philadelphia current net revenue in excess of tho Interest on said debt or debts and of tho annual Installments necessary for the can cellation of sold debt or debts, may be excluded in ascertaining the pow er of tho city and county of Philadel phia to become 'Otherwise Indebted: Provided, That a sinking fund for their cancellation shall be established and maintained. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. TWELVE muslin trespass notices for $1.00; six for seventy-five cents. Name of owner, township and law regarding trespassing printed thero on. CITIZEN office. t The Jeweler $ would like to sec you If f you arc In the market: t for "T" JEWELRY, SILVER-- WARE, WATCHES,; f CLOCKS. DIAMONDS, AND NOVELTIES "Guaranteed nrticlcs only sold." -H-H--H AHRIVAli AJfD DEPARTURE OP ERIE TRAINS. Trains leave Union depot at 8.25 n. in. and 2.48 p. m weok days. Trains arrive Union depot nt l.fO and 8.05 p. m, week days. Saturday only, Erie and Wyoming arrives at 3.45 p. m. and leaves at 5.50 p. m. Sunday trains leave 2.48 and ar rive at 7.02. t