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ter provides that each candidate must
make affidavit ito the fact that he has
not become candidate as the nominee or
representative OF or because OF any prom
ised support from any political party or
any committee or convention representing
or acting for any political party"
There follows a series OF provisions at
tempting to prevent any application or
machine" politics to municipal election
One section prohibits zach candidate from
the usa of more than one carriage to con-
vey voters to tho polls, ana stipulates
that the voters so conveyed must be TOO
infirm to walk. :,
The penalty for any offense IL disQuall-
fication from office. Similar provisions
in the Iowa law are too vague ana 700
reminiscent of the old-fashioned Foui1n
OF July Grafton to be of much PRACTICAL
value. Indeed, throughout the Colorado
Springs charter the greater specincness
and better legal workmanship are EVIL
dent.
Opportunity for the direct expression or
popular will is given by the new cnar. e, /.
The Iowa provisions for the recall, tne
intiativa and the referendum are all pres
emit though somewhat modified. Upon
netition of 20 Der cent OF the voters, any
one OF the nve commissioners may Dc
forced 10 stand for reelection at any inns
after the FIRST six months OF ms lncain-
hancv or office. The six months freedom
recall, an Innovation. Is designed TO ai'ow
the commissioner opportunity to work out
any policies which may at nrst appear 'n-
promising to the popular eyes.
petition of 15 per cont OF the voters
as against Is under the pes Molnes plan,
forces the council to submit any measure
to popular action at special eiec'ion'
Only one such special election, however
NAV be held within u months.
Upon petition Of per cent OF the eiec-
torate any proposed legislation originating
with the petitioners. will be submitted at
the next general election. Thus the new
form Of government secures maximum
Of direct popular control. without the un.
fairness, expense and turmoil OF frequert
elections. For "half a dozen professionni
settators to keep the city constantly
stirred up would be an impossipiiity:
what "stirring up would occur would
,, dovbtless have a very salubrious erect on
the politicaI life Of Colorado Springs.
Notwithstanding Its Wide adoption, mu.
n,clpal government by commission - YET
too Young to have proved itseif pahaoea
for ali OF the evils OF American civic RUE
THE new charter OF Colorado Springs.
however, gives promises Of solution OF
rome OF the more serious difficulties en-
countered by the two earlier experiments
+, in Texas and Iowa.
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$500 Guaranteed Silk Petticoats- 1898.

salons OF the most distinguished Amer
leans In our fair city. This IL not gaA-
liant.
For instance, there Is Misc Fanny
Reid,s musical salon. Surely this 10
worthy OF ali praise. II is not even men
toned Mr.. William Moore. who pc
longs to King Edwards set Is also
sighted. Miss F1thian ID mentioned, pc
cause her husband can sing. Mrs. Charles.
Carroll, II is true, has a mention. Prop-
ably her grandfather. the historian ano
ambassador. is responsible for the honor.
The oomtesse de acknowledgements
formerly Miss Bessie Curtis of New York
is CURLY referred to as an exceiene
addition to a dinner party. Madame DE
Moreles has honorable mention owing 10
the fact that she can play "briIse.
The Marquis de Charette. who recent
ly married Miss Henning. Is referred 10
al a man who can dance lncloentaily
the author pays a genuine compliment
TO the American dance known as the
.Roston." He gays IL has brought about
more marriages than all the deigning
dowagers put together. No. really. TINS
is not being truly chyalrous!
lean de Reske, the erstwhile tenor and
now the most EXPENSE singing teacher In
the world has gone into business. IL
is to avoid keeping books and making
out bills. He has invented the system
himself. / do not know II 1t ID pat
ented.
He now Issues to his pupils 1ooo-frac
tickets The holder OF each ticket ID
entitled to 10 lessons of half an hour,
or 20 OF a quarter of an hour each. Inc
concierge punches the tickets as the pu-
pills arrive. Thus there is no bookkeep-
er of secretary to pay. The idea is IN
eenious and economical.
On his list figure such well known
names as Mrs. John A. Drake, the
Duchess de Chaulnes, Mrs. J. Harrison
Power Mrs. William II. Clark, wife OF
the ex-senator of Montana. and many
others. It IL amusing to see line or
fashionable society women presenting DTS
of white pasteboard TO rubicond con-
cierge to be punched after the fashion
of the famous Duval restaurants which
issue meal tickets to hungry clerks.
Thus is the naughty concierge raised
to a position of power and Importance
which cannot but add to his native indie
pendence and pomposity.
De Reske Is certainly frugal In some
respects but this does not prevent his
giving big dinners in honor of the Grand
Duke Paul Of Russia and many other
mobiles. We meet Prince Murat at his
receptions, Prince de Fourstenberg'
Prince Troubstskey and other flotsam
and 1otsam of our OLD World nobility.
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''The Substance Of Things Hoped For"
From Success Ma Qaxina

In the New York City Home Tor the
Aged, a. deaf old gentleman was making
application preparatory to becoming an
Innate. As Is the usual procedure. he
was questioned as to age, income, nation
atty and religion. He seemed to be
able to get through with the first three
questions. but when asked his religion
he stared blanl1y at the superintendent.
The doctors and ordcrlies OF the homo
went through series of shouts ana ex-
planatory gestures, but without success
IA a last resort one Of the doctors drop
ped on his knees. and with hands up
raised to heaven tried to illustrate what
they meant by religion. A g1eam OF IN
telligencs came over the mans face. ana
he exclaimed joyously, 'Tammany HAITI
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assistance at this happy season. 1 would
suggest that he write at once to Mr.. q
Loring Brace. secretary Of the ChiIdren,s
Aid Society Of New York. and ask him
70 suggest the name OF some little child
10 wnom he can minister in the spirit of
the Lord of Christmas.
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THE best 1nV61tmeHt TOT JIG
New Year is Taylor Pneumatic
Jack Stock; over $4,000
worth sold in the past sixty
days; taken by practical rail
road and business men. Only q
few more shares to be sold at
$40 per share; will advance In
q few days. Call or address
Wallace & Haggard, 218 EN-
pire Building. Both Phones
No. $3.50.
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epltefuI.

From the Yonkers statesman.
Patience-I have been spending ~eek
looking for the traces Of my ancestors
Patrice--Indesd! Ana did your ances-
tors wear tracesf
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Obvious.

From the Bohemian.
TIN simply crazy to go on the stage
You must be-"
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A NEW COLOR|NG
FOR DIAMONDS
Make Them Blush Like The
Cheeks Of The Maid
GRAVE OF FRANKLIN'S SON
Has Been Restored In France Through
Generosity Of Philosophical Society
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Humbert's memoirs"
GRAVE OF FRANKLlN'S SON
BY MARQUIS DE cAsTELLANE.

Paris, January 1.-(Special)-A most
curious and interesting discovery in re-
lation to the ooloring of diamonds has
been successfully submitted to the Acad-
envy of Science by the savant, Monsieur
sarcedote. He has proved that a dia-
mond exposed to the action of catholic
rays takes on beautiful and delicate
rose tint.
Should one continue to expose the dia-
mond TO those rays Especially those OBJ
tanned from the negative pole of the gal
vanic battery the color of the gem goes
on purifying until it becomes as delicate
and fresh as a dairy maids cheek. Still
further exposure to the rays gives 1t
the color of red MADEIRA wine.
Academicians declare the process actual
ly increases the value of the diamond
three fold. Furthermore it has been
demonstrated that the tints thus OBJ
tanned cannot be removed short of 300
degrees of heat
Sometimes our academicians sleep over
the dictionary, but 1t must be agreed
they have a veritaple eye for beauty.
Thanks to the generosity of the Phlo-
sophical soicety of Philadelphia, the
grave of Benjamin Franklin's grandson
has been restored. This grandson of
Franklin is buried in our historic bury
ing place. Pere Lachaise. To many Amer
leans his grave (marked William Temple
Franklin) is as interesting as that of
Abelard and Heloise
A neglected grave is unseemly any
where and particularly as in this ceme-
terry where everything is well kept
and so beautiful. The monument of
Franklin was fast falling to decay and
the grave was dilapidated in the ex-
IRENE.
Pere Lachaise is called after the con-
lessor OF LOFTS XIV and we Parisians
take great pride in 1t. Hence all hon
or to the men who have restored this
famous tomb. And special recognition is
due to Mr.. Augustus Biesel attache of
the American embassy, for 1t was he who
first called attention to the neglected
grave.
1t is interesting TO note that Mr.. Diesel
has served his country under 10 am
bassadors. Here is the list:
Mr.. z. B. Washburn, z. F. Voyes Levi
P. Morton, Robert NJ McLane, White
law Reid, Jefferson Coolidge, James E.
Eustis. Horace Porter. Robert McCor-
mick and Henry White. And Mr.. Diesel
declares he is ready to serve under 10
more. beginning with Mr.. Robert l. Ba-
con.
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sOh, that mine enemy should write
I bookr' Baron G. de Porrel has writ
ten a book The subject is the salons OF
Paris
without meaning 1t the good man has
stirred up several hornets nests, one not
ably in the American colony of Paris
The book IL really interesting as far
a. 1t goes. Only 1t does not go far
enough. 1t simply ignores some OF the
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who oontured up the mythical era WORDS
and defrauded the public Of several hun
dred millions, had nothing to show TO sus-
tain the fraud but a bit of worthless pa
per which she kept locked in a safe. The
inprudence of the fraud passes all
bounds.
This famous woman Is now about TO
publish her Memoirs" Get me add. she
served a term in prison-five years.
Think The announcement follows fast
upon the forthcoming publication of Mad
anne Steinhel's memoirs. Thus two
heroines of two celebrated law suits are
ready to tell some tales out Of school.
do not think. however, they can sum
up as many spicy adventures as are
contained In the memoirs Of Lady Cardo-
ga. IL the tales of the English dame
be true, the ethics of the early Victorian
era have no more to boast of in the
way of morality than have those of pres
ent-day Paris
Therese Humbert promises some genuine
revelations. Among other things she
promises to prove by documentary evil
dence that she is the daughter of the
Empress Eugene She declares she can
prove that Marshall Bazaine, who be-
trayed France at Metz, is her long lost
father
petite of an expectant public, that she
receives an annual pension from Eugene,
paid to her regularly by M. Pietri, who
is the secretary of the Empress. She goes
further still and proclaims herself sole
heiress of Eugene, promising to pay Off
all her indebtedness.
OF course. 1t goes without saying the
book VIII not be given to the public
until after the death OF the Empress.
Eugene is 49, Perhaps we shall not
have long to wait But 1t is little late
IN the day to attack the reputation OF
Eugene. who, when Napoleon III asked
how he could win her. replied: by lead
: ing me to the altar. Sire
What has become OF the millions
nay billions which we were promised
would result from the sales of the prop
erty of the church? Old age was to
be pensioned from the proceeds. But VIII
It be2
Mr.. Combes, former prime minister, Is
heading commission to examine the
proceeds of those sales. The secretary
Of the commission has tried to explain the
batter to me. He says the lawyers and
hquidators have put all the money IN
their own pockets.
One commissioner has run away en-
tirely; another has resigned some are
being prosecuted and many discharged.
This mix-up has caused many people
who made gifts to the church to with
draw them. Catholics are induced not
{ to bid at any OF the auctions. Thus the
property went for next to nothing.
Now the clergy of France are shock
ingly poor; old age pensions have not
and will not be granted, and no one
-neems to be benefited except few law
yersNspd iiquidators. Ex-Prenisr conbes
who cAnnot find any money at all is
1ustiy incensed. The Pope is sad. Meth
or he nor M. Combes seems to have
shown much craftsmanship.
"Oh. that mine enemy should write
Z bookr' Baron G. de Porrel has writ
ten a book The subject is the salons OF
Paris.
without meaning 1t the good man has
utirrec up several hornets nests, one not
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-06-23
THE WORLD TONGUE.
Hardly a Land In Which English is
Not Now Heard.

The traveller of today, unless he is
going to Tibet or Tierra del tuego,
can get along very well with a knowl-
edge of the English language The
farther he goes the more he is sur
prised at finding that English is real
ly ''the" world tongue. In FEance and
Spain aud Italy the American traveller
is craftily spotted" He is approach
ed on the streets by those who would
for consideration make him feel
quite at home. One of his chief wor,
ries Is to escape the pests who can
speak English and who wish TO ap-
prise him of the fact They may not
necessarily desire to mulct him. Some
times they are seeking merely to
"show Off" At any rate. they classify
distinctly as bores. One may 20 to
Smyrna or Constantinople or Beirut
and still find the streets plentifuily
full of English speaking nusances. At
Jerusalem he will be fairly flooded
with English. He may penetrate even
TO Damascus, and he will find at least
befezzed hall porter who can con-
verse glibly with him and any num-
ber of fiuently willing dragomans. He
may go to Cairo, and in the shadow of
the pyramids he will find blue gowned
Bedouins speaking more than passa-
BILE English. He may go hundreds of
miles up the Nile and may be steered
through the locks Of the first cataract
by friZZly haired Nubian boatmen who
make insistent demands for backsheesh
in very ineligible terms. He may
wander donkey back to the tombs Of
the kings in the Sahara desert and be
painfully disillusioned by few words
of concise information or explanation
by some barefooted, dusky tent dwell
er-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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DANV|LLE LANDS
At SHAMOK|N

Danvilie invaded the coal regions
yesterday afternoon and forcibly separ-
ated Shamokin from the hefty end of
red hot base ball game. Danville
scored three runs, none earned, and
all in the fourth innings, while Sha-
mokin, aided and abetted by Umpire
Dubbs, got one tally across the pan in
the eighth.
Those who have been pining for the
good old fashioned base ball weather
got it yesterday, and old Soils efforts
seemed to be appreciated for about
half dozen automobiles burned up the
gasoline ON the Shamokin hill.
The game was mighty good one in
all except the fourth when four errors,
hit by pitcher, a passed ball and a
hit, instituted procession of Dan
vile foot wear around the squared
circle. Captain Nipple was first up in
this innings and Whitmire hit the bat
ter with pitched ball. A bunt by
Wagner was juggled by Whitmire,
while the red shirted one meandered
to his station. On Hagy's sacrifice
Whitmire threw low to third, Nipple
scoring. Veith then rolled hot one
down to second which Thomas toyed
with too long, Wagner scoring At
this point Hagy got caught between
third and home and Mackert went
down short to first, before Keating's s
hit to right field scored Veith.
Shamokin wasn' t sleeping. They had
the innings and had Danville in some
pretty tight holes. In the fourth es-
pecially Kulp's soldiers came near to
scoring when Thomas reached third
base with none out, but was caught at
the plate.
In the eighth the region tossers made
their only score. Mays opened with a
two bagger into left field. After Whit
mire had famed, Carr hit to left field,
and Mays circled for the plate Keat-
ing had Mackert's throw and tug the
runner four feet off the plate, but imp
couldn't see it that way, and the run
counted.
Brennan pitched good game for
Danville. holding Shamokin down to
four hits. Heating, Shamokin boy,
whom Manager Hoffman was trying
out yesterday, made a right good
showing behind the plat.
Buck" Umlauf yesterday seemed
to find his batting eye, after having
several off days. He assembled three
of Danville's six bingles. The single
individual feature of the game was a
running catch of Mackert's which got
hearty round of applause from the
fans.
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AN INTERESTING
HOME WEDDING

The cozy home of Squire and Mrs.
D. +. Bare, Lower Mulberry street.
was the scene of a pretty wedding yes.
terday forenoon, when their dauphter
Miss Gertrude, became the bride of
Cleaver Wagner
The ceremony took place at / o O'CLOCK.
and was performed by the Rev. J. II.
Musselman, pastor of Pine Street Luth
eran church, The wedding march was
rendered by Miss Eleanor Robinson of
Roxborough. The bride wore white
mousseline and carried a bouquet of
brides roses. There were no attend
ants.
The parlor in which the ceremony
was performed was very beautifully
decorated with flowers. Following the
ceremony sumptuous wedding din
ner was served. The newly welded
couple left on the 1910 PENNSYLVANIA
train for Washington and Philadelphia
Returning from their trip they will
reside in Danville, where the groom
holds position as jeweler.
The bride received large number
of presents. She is a most highly
esteemed and cultured young woman
she is a member of the Pine Street
Lutheran church and is the center of
large circle of devoted friends. The
groom is young man of excellent
habits, talented and prosperous.
In addition to the father and the
mother of the bride the following per
sons were present at the nuptials Mrs.
j. II. Musselman and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs Archie Wagner and son, Sid
ney, of Washingtonville Misses Elear.
or and Ferne Robinson of Roxbor-
ough; Mr.. and Mrs. John Starr, OF
Mahoning township; Mrs. Brooks of
Bloomsbury; Mrs Paules and daugh-
ter, Miss Mary, Miss Bessie Seidel,
Harry Camp and Leon Meyer, of Dan
vile.
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The laxative Barber.

THE talkativeneSs of BARRIERS long
has been the subject for puns and
jokes" said a barber Il had always
fancied the matter one of recent origin
until the other day. You know in my
profession we have a great deal Of
spare time. Well. the other day l was
sitting on the bench waiting for the
shaves and hair cuts to come in and
10 while away Tie time was glancing
through copy of Plutarch's Archie
laus. imagine my CONSERVATION when
happened un Il line reading:
"A praGng barber asked Archelaus
how be would he trimmed He an
swered. "ln silence
We'll. that got me. never knew
they even had BARRIERS that long ago.
| always supposed the ancients let
their whlskers grow and that they
wore curly locks as long as their to-
gas, but ii seems that the barber is
an ancient relic and that his talking
proclivities are matter of history.
IN have TO give It TO the humorists
there.
But, say" he whispered, that man.
icure girl over there has got us beat to
a frazzle. wonder if there's anything
in Plutarch about her"-Kansas City
Star
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......P PERSONALS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Curry, of Brook
lyn, are spending week with rela-
tives in Danville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Diehl, East
Market street, are spending this week
in Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
DR.. @. Raymond Harrington has re-
turned from Philadelphia where he
attended the reunion of the Dental
Glass 1907, u. of p.
Miss Daisy Gass has returned to
Sunbury after visit with Mrs. Harry
Fields, Mill street.
Nathan B. Cohen, of Scranton, a
former resident of this city, was in
DRnville on business yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. II. Foust and Mr..
and Mis-. Robert Farley left yesterday
for a weeks stay at New York and
Coney Island.
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THE ENGINEER
BEGINS WORK

Borough Engineer George f. Keefer
made survey of East Market street
between Pine street and Cooks court
yesterday preparatory to the paving of
that section, the contract for which
has been awarded to W. H. Lyons of
Sunbury.
This is the first actual work done in
connection with the proposed recon-
struction of the street which has been
on the tapis for nearly three years. 1t
was learned yesterday that the con-
tractor may begin work at any time,
as soon as all the papers that figure in
the affair are executed. A single day
will suffice to wind up matters.
The presence of the trolley, the pro-
prietor of which is responsible for a
part of the paving, necessarily COM
plicates matters to some extent, as
council insists on being fully protect
ed in the premises to the end that,
should any breach between the con-
tractor and the trolley company occur,
the borough can not be held RESPONSE
BILE for the entire paving. 1t is not
thought, however, that there will be
any difficulty in reaching an agree
ment
The stakes set by the surveyor yes
terday show that the curb ON the paw
ed section on each side VIII set out in
the street at least three feet further
than at present, affording wide side
walks and reducing the width of the
driveway correspondingly. Besides
running the curb lines yesterday the
engineer was also surveying for the
grade. Apparently there will be no
cuts of fills on the section to be paved
that will amount to anything.
Now that paving on the section de-
scribed seems assured there is curios-
ity to know what is to be done with
the rest of East Market street, the con-
dition of which needs no description.
Obviously paving on any other section
is out of the question during the pre-
sent year The portion above Cook S
court is the worst and, if this is not
repaired, by next spring it will be
nearly impossible. Council desires to
extend the paving east and west as
soon as the property owners become
sufficiently interested. In the interim
the borough will have to meet the
problem of keeping the street pass
able.
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A NEW SCALE
AGREED UPON
READING, Pa. June %.

hEAblNN, Ia. June x.
The new schedule of wages agreed
to between the adjustment committees
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men and the Order of Railway Con-
ductors and General Manager Dice, of
the Reading Railway company, was
made public here today. 1t gives some
of the increases from to 20 per cent. -,
only few as high as the latter figure,
according to the different classifica-
tions. Some get no advance.
With the Philadelphia and Reading,
Central Railroad of New Jersey and
the Pennsylvania making settlements
with the trainmen, the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen and the Order
of Railway Conductors will have sue
cessfully completed the movement
started last fall for better wages on
all of the railroads east of Chicago
and north of the Chesapeake and Ohio.
The engineers and fiIemen of the
Reading ale now presenting their de-
mands to the officials.
The demands that have been asked
by the Brotherhoods are in line with
those made on other eastern railroads.
The Reading has never paid it's en-
ployes as much as "a number of the
larger trunk lines, but the trainmen
considered that conditions have chang
ed during the past five years and be-
lieve that the company is able to pay
as much as the rest.