TI1E CITIZEN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1010.
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TciAlrc B ReT F DAVISON
JJu!lj Rutland, Vt
THE KINQ'8 HEROISM.
International Bible Lesson for Oct
23, '10 (Luke 9:51).
This Is not an ago of heroic Christi
anity. Thero Is moro pulp than
pluck In the average professor when
self-denial Is roqulrod. Tho men and
women who not only rojolco In doing
their duty for Christ, but oven ro
jolco In overcoming obstacles In doing
It, are scarce. The piety that Is need
ed to-day Is tho piety that will stand
a pinch; a ploty that would rather eat
an honest crust than faro sumptuous
ly on fraud; a piety that has motivo
power enough on board to work up
stream against a Niagara current If
necessary; a piety that seta its face
llko a flint in tho straight, narrow
road of duty.
Example an Incitement.
That Is tho kind of ploty the king
of men had all through his life, and
moro especially toward Its closo. His
example Is a magnlllcent Incitement
to us to march unflinchingly forward
In the path of duty though It calls
for every ounce of heroism wo pos
sess. Only let us bo cortaln that tho
path wo chooso Is the path of duty.
There Is all tho dlfteronco In tho
world between real heroism that
treads tho path where duty calls, and
the wilful perversity and stubborn un
reasonableness that Insists on going
over a precipice simply because you
are warned not to do It. We must not
confound mullshncss with conscien
tious behavior.
Many a person mistakes perversity
for principle. They will do the most
unreasonable and senseless things,
merely to demonstrate the fact that
they have a back bone. They set
their faces llko the Old Man of the
Mountain and prldo themselves on
their Inflexibility, but there Is nothing
particularly heroic In conduct which
can go through Are and water to car
ry a point, right or wrong.
Christ knew that His hour had
como. All along tho road of life ho
had been marching with steady step
to the fate that awaited Him. Slowly
out of the future had como the con
sciousness of His tragic death. Lit
tle by little Ho had como to under
stand the mission of His life, and now
that Ho was fully conscious of tho
cross to which He was destined, He
steadfastly sot His face to go to
Jerusalem, for tho definite purpose of
precipitating tho collision and wind
ing up tho career. He was under the
ban of the, Sanhedrin but perfectly
safe as long as He stayed In Galilee.
But the moment He entered the
gates of Jerusalem He was as unsafe
as John Huss long afterwards when
he went to the Council of Constance;
or as a condemned heretic would
have been in tho old days If he had
gono and preached under the walla
of tho Inquisition, what they believed
to be his heresies. Thero were plen
ty of hiding places among the Galilean
hills, and tho frontier was closo at
hand. And yet. He steadfastly set
His face to go to Jerusalem, marching
straight Into tho lion's mouth.
Duty Must Be Obeyed.
"Why did ho do that? Simply be
cause It was duty. He was ready to
suffer, and ready to die, and He de
liberately set His face to go to Jeru
salem. The apostle Paul saw the foot
prints of his Master on tho soil of
Palestine, and when his friends plead
with him to give up his projected
visit to tho holy city, he said, "What
mean ye to woep and break my heart,
for I am ready, not only to be bound
but to die for the Lord Jesus."
Oliver Cromwell's men Just beforo
a great battlo used to look at tbelt
general and whisper to each other,
"See, be has on his battle-face."
When they saw the face set as If In
Iron they knew that defeat was Im
possible. It Is a good thing to have a
face that you can "sot" when neces
sary. We are too much accustomed
to think of Christ as the embodiment
of the gentle graces of human nature.
But this text says that He steadfast
ly "set" His face to go to Jerusalem.
And I Imagine thero came a look into
His oyo that had not been seen thero
before, and a tightening of the mus
cles of the mouth that showed His
disciples that the dye was cast. Thus
Pompy, when hazarding his lifo on a
tempestuous sea In order to be at
Rome on an important occasion said,
"It la ncceesary for me to go: it is
not necessary for me to live," Thus
Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon
burned the ships upon the shore
which brought his soldiers to land,
that there might be no possibility
of return.
We had a general in the Un
ion Army who gained a certain dis
tinction by his skillful management
of "masterly retreats." Dut the re
bellion was not crushed until a silent
little man came out of the West, who
calmly said, "we propose to fight it
out on this line, if it takes all sum
mer." To be able to set the face as a
Hint Is a wonderful faculty and an
evidence of rugged piety. There are
plenty of people who can be brave
when there is no danger, and cour
ageous when there are no foes to
fight but who fush out when the test
comes. They never can be depended
upon to go forward when going for
ward appears to mean struggle and
opposition. Dut it' 1b evermore true
.that only those who can sot their
faces as a flint when the occasion
calls for It, win out in tho battle of
Ufa.
F SUICIDE B(
v Me Declares our Infantry J
Doesn't Know How to March. )
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COPYRIGHT BY PACFf BROS.ffti,
Washington, Oct. 18. The nnnunl
report of Major General Leonard
Wood ns commanding olllccr of the
department of the east criticises the
marching ability of the infantry.
"The calls upon the infantry," Gen
eral Wood said, "are nlrendy severe
and will Increase rapidly In the 1m
medlnto future Incident to the gnrri
soiling of the Hawaiian Islands and
the isthmus of Panama. In tho Infan
try especial attention should be paid
to mobility. Our troops do not march
ns they should. This Is due almost
wholly to the lack of Interest In this
feature of Infantry. In this connec
tion company commanders must give
more attention to the feet of their
men and see to It that their' shoes lit
and that their feet are carefully looked
after."
TORPEDO BOAT BLOWUP.
Three Men Seriously Injured When
Water Evaporator Explodes.
Santa Barbara, Cal., Oct, 18. Three
men were seriously Injured by the ex
plosion of n salt water evaporator on
board the United States torpedo boat
destroyer Truxton off Santa Barbara.
They are Frank Lee Howard, lire
man, Salt Lake City; Harry W. Bai
ley, machinist, Washington, nnd Thom
as Joseph Kicrnan, electrician, Al
bany, N. Y.
The men were working in n boiler
room when the explosion occurred.
Boiling water nnd steam were hurled
on them.
The Truxton is one of six boats en
gaged In subcnllbor practice off the
Channel Islands last week.
HANGS HIMSELF WITH HOSE.
Millionaire's Manservant Found Dead
When Wanted by Mistress.
Greenwich, Conn., Oct. 18. The
women members of the family of C.
L. Gladsworth, the millionaire owner
of the famous May Manton pattern es
tablishment In Now York, looking for
the only manservant about their Sound
Beach place, found his dead body,
still warm, hanging from the celling
with a piece of rubber garden hose
about the neck.
The victim evidently took his own
life and most deliberately, for the two
ends of the eight ,foot piece of garden
hose were securely attached over a
beam.
CO-EDS WANT MAN COACH.
High School Basketball Team Scoffs at
Girls' Rules.
Now ltochelle, N. Y., Oct. 18. There
was a general revolt among the girls
of the New ltochelle high school when
Principal Arthur E. Cbuse recom
mended that a woman coach be hired
to direct the girls' basketball squad.
"Indeed, we won't play girls' rules,"
stoutly declared Miss Constance Mor
tln, captain of the sophomore class
team. "We will play boys' rules or
none at all. Why, what fun is thero
in girls' rules? They don't let you run
enough to keep warm on n hot day."
ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE.
Railroad Tracks In France 8trewn
With High Explosives.
Paris, Oct. 18. An attempt was made
to dynamite a railroad bridge spanning
the River Loire nt Minimus, in the
provinco of Bouches-du-Uhono, but tbo
damage was slight.
Dynamite had been strewn along the
tracks for some distance
The persistent appearance of bombs
has forced the government to extend
tho military surveillance to practically
tho entire railway system of France,
Including tho stations, bridges and
tracks.
MONETARY CRISIS IN TURKEY
Three Members of Cabinet Resign Be
cause of Complications.
Constantinople, Oct. 18. Tbo Turk
ish government Is facing a financial
crisis. Three members of tho cabinet
have resigned becauso of complica
tions over tho army budget,
Tho retiring ministers are David Bey,
Qnanco; Mahmoud Schefket Pasha,
war; Talaat Bey, interior.
Weather Probabilities.
Cloudy and unsettled; northeasterly
grinds.
v.- - .aw
Woman Oils If jr G ;l,!nj
and Then Ignites
ILL HEALTH EVIDENT GAUSE.
Her Screams, After She Locks Herself
In Bathroom and Applies Match to
Garments, Bring Brother-in-law
Too Late For Rescue.
Barre, Mass., Oct 18. Mrs. Eliza
Smith, wife of Postmaster Harry
Smith of South Barre, poured kero
sene oil upon her clothing nnd then
set fire to It, causing burns which re
sulted fatally within a short time.
Mrs. Smith, who was twenty-eight
years old, had been In 111 health for
some months. She locked herself In
the bathroom, nppllcd a match to her
clothing and then screamed so loudly
that George Smith, her brother-in-law,
heard hor and, forcing open tho door,
smothered tho flames by wrapping the
woman In a blanket.
DROWNED OR HAVE ELOPED.
Minister's Son and Telephone Opera
tor Missing at Ithaca.
Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 18. Howard M.
Jones, tho clghtcen-yenr-old sou of tho
Rev. It. T. Jones, and Miss Grace II1I
llck. an eighteen-year-old telephone op
erator, are missing from their homes,
nnd the facts seem to point to cither an
elopement or n double drowning.
They put out from Rcnwlck pier In
a rowboat, and that was tho Inst seen
of them. This morning the empty boat
wns found in tho middle, of the lake.
Mr. Jones admitted that his sou had
been friendly with Miss Hlllick and
that he had made no objection. Tho
families of both children refused to be
lieve that they have eloped.
The Tale of a Key.
Thero Is a roll top desk In an ofllco
near AVall street which can bo bought
cheap. The owner Is a commuter and
has desk room In a lnrge office. Ho
enme late the other day and discover
ed that he had forgotten his keys.
No key nt hand would unlock the
desk. The maker could not give aid
for an hour or more, and some papers
had to bo reached beforo noon. Tho
desk wns forcibly opened, nnd two
inner compartments were smashed.
Warm and tired from the exertion of
wrecking his property, the man took
off his coat and slipped Into an ofllco
coat, in the pocket of which his keys
Jingled. Tableau! Beforo going home
he confided to the ofllco "boy that ho
woudn't care if he hadn't told. New
York Tribune.
American Girl's
Pretender to
S .
The Duke of Vlzeu evidently has visions of occupying tho throne of Portu
gal with his wife, who was Anita Stewart of New York, sitting beside him ns
queen. Vlreu perhaps better known as Prince Miguel of Braganza is tho
eldest son and heir of the Duke of Braganza, the pretender to tbo PortuguesB
throne. The reign of the Braganza
the Duke of Braganza, after leading a successful revolution against the rule of
Spain, became King John IY. The dynasty continued until 1807, wlwn Napoleon
Invaded Portugal, declared that the Brnganza family no longer existed and
annexed the country to France. Since that tlmo the head of tho Brogunza
family has been called tho pretender and of late years has been cared for by
Austria. Prince Miguel and Miss Stewart Mere married in Scotland on Bept.
15, 1000. She is the daughter nnd ono of two children of William Rhlnclandcr
Stewart, a wealthy nnd public spirited citizen of New York, nnd Mrs. James
Henry Smith. Sho made her social debut during tho winter of 1004-fi, nnd
James Henry Smith, better known as "Silent Smith," tho multimillionaire
bachelor, gave her a grand ball at his Fifth aveano homo, formerly tho resi
dence of William O. Whitney. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart separated about that
tlmo, and two years later tho wlfo secured a South Dakota divorce. She wont
abroad immediately and thero married James Henry Smith. On March 28,
1007, Mr. Smith died in Jupan whilo ho was en routo to Now York with Mrs.
Smith and Miss Stewart. Mr. Smith's fortuno was estimated at nearly $100,
000,000. Of' this amount his widow inherited under tho will only nbout $3,000.
000, whilo Miss Stewart received only the lifo Interest at 4 per cent on bonds
valued at $402,001.
Truly Answered.
Bats trailing In the Med way In for
mer ynnra rejoiced In rather curleuH
nnmcs. nnd the following wan only
one of the many nmutdug lihldcuiw re
sulting from this:
A lM.it limned Wlmt'H Tliut to Ym?
piiNsliig :i loekynrd at nighttime wi
I hulled iu usual by the const guards
num.
"Boat ahoy! Your enptnlu'x mime?"
"Ciipiuln X."
"And what are you laden with?"
"Cor.ls."
"Where hound for?"
"Clmthnm."
"Ship's name?"
"What's That to You?"
"I asked you the name of tho ship."
"What's That to You?"
"You hliall bo reported for your
insolence!" roared tho coast guards
man. Again he put tho question, and,
receiving the same reply, tho boat was
commanded to remain where she was.
In the morning two boats were seen
keeping gunrd. Tho officials, as they
boarded tbo vessel with full authority
to seize the offenders, observed for tho
first tlmo tho name painted In largo
letters. Amid the laughter and Jeers
of tho crew of tho What's That to
You? they pulled moodily away. Lon
don Telegraph.
Political Passions of 1844.
There were elements of plcturesque
ness nnd drama In tho politics of the
beforo tho war tlmo which are lack
ing nowadays. Mnrlon Hnrland tells
In her autobiography of a Whig rally
which makes tho political meetings of
today seem tame, cut nnd dried af
fairs. It was In 1811, tho year of
Clay's defeat, and feeling ran high.
At that particular tlmo John Tyler
wns perhaps tho most unpopular man
in tho Union. In the progress of his
review of national affairs the-orator
at last came to tho hated name. In
stantly uprose tho majestic figure of
Captain Cocka, the local eccentric,
clad In the scarlet English hunting
coat ho invariably wore.' "The Lord
have mercy upon tho nation!" ho
cried, his voice solemn with wrnth
and sonorous with tho mint Juleps for
which the Bell was noted. "Fellow
citizens. I nlwnjs cry to high heaven
for mercy upon this country when
John Tyler's name Is mentioned!
Amen nnd nmen!"
WATCH OUT FOR COUNTERFEIT
Secret Service Reports New Spurious
Bill In Circulation.
Washington, Oct. 18. The treasury
department hns been ndvlsed of n
fresh counterfeit. Tho secret service
describes the spurious issue as fol
lows: "New counterfeit ten dollar United
Blntes note, series of 1001, check let
ter B. J. W. Lyons, registrar of tho
treasury; Charles II. Trent, treasurer
of tho United States; portraits of
Lewis and Clark. The number of the
note, which is T27270778. Is printed In
blue Ink In the upper right end."
Husband Is
Portugal's Throne
family in Portugal began in 1041, when
PPOPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR
APPROVAL OR REJECTION, BY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY
ORDER 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
twenty-six of artlcla five of tho
Constitution of tho Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, (If tho Senate concur),
That., the following amendment to
section twenty-six of article flvo of
tho Constitution of Pennsylvania be,
nnd the same Is hereby, proposed, In
accordance with the eighteenth artl
clo thereof:
That section 2G of Article V., which
reads as follows: "Section 20. All
laws relating to courts shall bo gen
eral and of uniform operation, and
the organization, jurisdiction, and
powers of all courts of the same
class or gradc, 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
orcise tho powers vested by this Con
stitution in tho judges of the Courts
of Common Pleas and Orphans'
Courts," bo amended so that the samo
shall read as follows:
Section 20. All laws relating to
courts shall be general and of uni
form operation, and the organization,
jurisdiction, and powers of all courts
of the same class or grade, so far as
regulated by law, and tho force and
effect of the process and judgments
of such courts, shall bo uniform;
but, notwithstanding any provisions
of this Constitution, the 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 the samo,
or to vest In other courts tho Juris
diction theretofore exercised by
courts not of record, and to abolish
tho same wherever it may be deemed
necessary for tho orderly and efficient
administration of Justice.
A true copy of Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho 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 tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia be, and the same Is hereby, pro
posed, in accordance with the elgh
teenth article thereof:
That section one of article eight be
amended, by striking out the fourth
numbered paragraph thereof, so that
the said section shall read as fol
lows:
Section 1. Every male citizen
twenty-one years of age, possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, sub
ject however to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration of
electors as the General Assembly may
enact.
First. He shall have been a citizen
of tho United Statqs at least one
mouth.
Second. He shall have resided in
the State 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), lmniedl
ately preceding the election.
Third. Ho shall have resided in the
election district where he shall offer
to vote at least two months Immedi
ately preceding tho election.
A true copy of Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stltutlon of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, so as to consolidate
the courts of common pleas of Al
legheny County.
Section 1. Bo it resolved by tho
Senate and Houso of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nla In General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to tho Con
stitutlon of Pennsylvania be, and the
samo is hereby, proposed, in accord
anco with the eighteenth article
thereof:
That section six of article five be
amended, by striking out the said
section, and inserting in place there
of tho following:
Section 6. In the county of Phlla-
delphla all tho jurisdiction and pow
ers now vested in tho dlBtrlct courts
and courts of common pleas, subject
to such changes as may be made by
this Constitution or by law, shall be
in Philadelphia vested in flvo dls
tlnct and separate courts of equal
and co-ordinate Jurisdiction, com
posed of three Judges each. The
said courts in Philadelphia shall bo
designated respectively as the court
of common pleas number ono, num
ber two, number three, number four.
and number flvo, but the number of
said courts may be by law increased,
from tlmo 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 add!
tional court may be authorized by
law, may be increased, from time to
timo, and whenever such increase
shall amount in the whole to three,
such three Judges shall compose a
distinct and separate court as afore
said, which shall be numbered as
aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits
shall be instituted in the said courts
of common pleas without designating
the number of the said court, and tho
several courts shall distribute and
apportion the business among them
in such manner as shall be provided
by rules of court, and each court,
to which any suit shall bo thus as
signed, shall havo exclusive juris
diction thereof, subject to change of
venue, as shall be provided by law.
In tho county of Allegheny all tho
jurisdiction nnd powers now vested
In tho several numbered courts of
common pleas shall be vested In ono
court of common pleas, composed of
all the Judges in commission In Bald
courts. Such Jurisdiction nnd pow
ers shall extend to all proceedings at
law and In equity which shall havo
been Instituted In the several num
bered courts, nnd shall be subject to
Buch changes as may bo made by law,
and subject to change of venuo as
provided by law. The president
Judge of said court shall bo selected
as provided by law. Tho number of
judges In said court may bo by law
Increased from tlmo to tlmo. This
amendment shall take effect on tho
first day of January succeeding its
adoption.
A true copy of Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Number Four.
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine, of the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania.
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 is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with tho provisions of tho
eighteenth artlclo thereof:
Amendment to Article Nine, Sec
tion Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight
article nine, of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows:
"Section 8. The debt of any coun
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or in
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the nssessed 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 law
to increase the same three per cen
tum, in tho 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 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, the 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 vnluatlon, except
that any debt or debts hereinafter
incurred by the city and county of
Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for tran
sit purposes, or for the construction
of wharv s and docks, or the re
clamation of land to be used In the
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 ana
county of Philadelphia current net
revenue In excess of the interest on
said debt or debts and of the annual
installments necessary for the can
cellation of said debt or debts, may
be excluded In ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Philadel
phia to become otherwise indebted:
Provided. That a sinking fund for
their cancellation shall be established
and maintained.
A truo copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
TWELVE muslin trespass notices
for $1.00; six for seventy-five cents.
Name of owner, township and law
regarding trespassing printed there
on. CITIZEN office.
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ERIE TRAINS.
Trains leave Union depot at 8.25
a. m. and 2.48 p. m week days.
Trains arrive Union depot at 1.C0
and 8.05 p. m. week days.
Saturday only, Erie nnd Wyoming
arrives at 3.45 p. m. and leaves at
5.50 p. m.
Sunday trains Ioavo 2,48 and ar
rive at 7.02.
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