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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
Number Four.

a JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section eight
article nine. of the Constitution Of Penn.
sylvania.
Section l. Re II 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-
mia, in accordance with the provisions OF
the eighteenth article thereof
Amendment to Article Nine. Section
Eight
Section . Amend section eight. article
nine, OF the Constitution OF Pennsylvania
which reads as follows:-
Section s. The debt of any county,
city. borough. township. school district. or
other municipality or iuco ed dis
trlct. except as herein provtd snail new
er exceed seven per ccntum upon the as
sessed value OF the taxable property there
in, nor shall any such municipality or
district incur any new debt, or increase
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-
ceeds seven per centum OF such assessed
valuation. may be authorized by law to
increase the same three per centum, in
the aggregate, at any one time, upon SuCN
valuation" so as to read as follows;-
Section g. The debt of any county, city,
borough, township, school district, or 9TH
er municipality or Incorporated district
except as herein provided, shall never eX-
coed 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 cleo
tors thereof at 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 val
uation, may be authorized by law to In
crease the same three per centum, in the
valuation, except that any debt or debts
hereinafter incurred by the city and coun-
" of Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for transit
purposes. or for the construction OF
Wharves and docks or the reclamation 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 and county
Of Philadelphia current net revenue In ex-
cess of the interest on said debt or debts
and of the annual installments necessary
for the 0"Docllat'on Of said debt or debts
may o, ,&eluded I'm ascertain.nS the pow
cr of the elt nd county of Philadelphia
to heoHm, o#..crwise indebted: Provided
That a st.N.r.s fund for their cancellation
shau hy ,,. u.ishnd and maintained.
a true e.fy # Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary OF the Commonwealth.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
TEMPTING TABBY.
Ruse That Won a Satisfactory Pose
For the Camera.


For the Camera.
The repairs on the house were com
pleted and the shavings swept out: also
new coat OF paint added dressiness
TO the outside. What next but pho
tograph of its new angles? That be-
ing considered the question of mo
ment was how TO pose Katusha.
Rolled into Il ball every cat looks
like every other cat; hence it was Ka-
tusha in action that must grace the
foreground. Being abominably cod.
died and fat. action was the last thing
that appealed to Katusha. CoaXlag
and likewise prodding made no effect.
She had been known upon occasions
to be stirred by a morsel of dcIoctable
food. But fancy an aristocraI:c feline
pictured in the attitude of tearing at a
chicken bone! Impossible for Katu-
sha.
There arose an emergency and with
it the mistress. who disappeared into
the house and brought forth Il branch
of japanese paper cherry blossoms. y
wave of them before KatuSha's eyes
was like making some hypnotic pass.
She got up, stretched her body, while
her nose just reached the pinkish flow
ers. That was it! They appealed to
her aestheticism.
Snap went the camera, 1t was per-
feet. -' se.--~---- .-..'.-
How began the man of the
house.
"Just the alluring fragrance of q
silver of chicken secreted in the
bough," said herself as Katusha rolled
back into ball.-Kansas City Star
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
Proposed Amendments
To Penn'a Constitution

srd coordinate fHris1icilon. composed
o. fffan Judges nuCh The said courts in
phHnteirhiH shnH bo dranuatfd respect
fNefH He fhe c0Urt ~ common pleas Mum
Dor ono number two, number three.
number four and number five but the
nurifr Of enid courts may be bv law
Increased. from time o. time and eLaii he
g. like manner deeirnatrd rs successive
rumbor7 Tho number ~ Judges In anv
~ sHid courts. or in ruv county where
the establishment ~ Hu additional court
rHav Doc authorized hv fHw. u4v De m
creased from time 10 time and when
nHHr euch Increase eh1lf amount iu the
WHOLE 90 three such three Judges shall
compose n distinct ru1 separate court me-
aforesaid. which ehai bo numbered aq
f0rCaail On philadelphia HIl suits shall
te instituted iu the u.i1 courts az rlfr.-
mon pleas without designating The num-
ber ~ the said court and tho several
courts shall distribute and auporf.on tho
business among thom in such manner as
shall be provided hv rules - court and
each court 20 which any suit shall he
thus assigned shall have exclusive iuris-
venue MS shall he provided hv law.
In the county Of Allegheny an the
jurisdiction and powers now vested IN
the several numbered courts of common
pleas shall be vested In one court of com
mon pleas. composed of an the Judges in
commission I'm sa'd courts. such iurIs-
dictiou and powers shall extend 10 an
proceedings at law ana I'm equity which
shall have been instituted in the several
numbered courts. and shall he subject to
such changes ne may ne made by law.
and subject 10 change uf venue MS pro-
vidod by law The president Judge of
said court shall %" selected as provided
by law Tho number # Judges in said
court may 30 bv law increased from
time to time This amendment shall take
effect on the f-st day OF January sue
ceeding its adoption.
\ true copy Of Resolution No .
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
POWDER AND GUNS.
Evidence That They Were Used Long
Before the Christian Era.


Before the Christian Era.
There is abundant evidence that the
origin CT guupowder AMI artillery
goes far back IN the dim ages OF the
past.
The Hlndoo code. complied long be.
fore the Christian era. prohibited the
making of war witt cannon ano
guns or any kind OF firearms. Quintus
Curtius informs us that Alexander
the Great met with tire weapons III
Asia. and Philosuatus says that Alex
under's conquests Were arrested by
the uSe OF gunpowder. 1t is also
written that those wise men who lived
in the cities of the GanGes "oNct
threw their enemies with tempest>
and thundrrboltS shot from the
walls julius AfricanuS mentions
shooting powder in the year 30. It
was used in the siege of Constantine
pie in GGS. by the Arabs in 600, al
ThesSalonica IN 9Oi. Mt the siege Of
Belgrade IN 1913, by the Greeks IA
naval battle IN zoos. by the Arabs
against the lberians in 1l47 and at
Toulouse in 1918.
Ii appears TO have been generally
known throughout civilized Europe as
early as 1900. and soon thereafter II
made its way into England. where II
was manufactured during the re'g-
OF Elizabeth. and we learn that j
few arms were possessed by the Eng
.i~a IN I:ln and thLl tnr, were nset
al lHe na;lir ~ Cree! III 1916 -
IIS~trr., lra-HZlr".
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
ONLY ONE or HIS KIND.
The Reason the Judge Refused to
hana on 10 the Horse.

During the second cleveland cam.
paisn Colonel John T.. Irish the golden
toucucd oratue and Judge Kline of
Waterloo. Ia. the man with lungs Of
brass. were stumping Iowa IN behalf Of
the Democratic candidate
They were d~.ving in a buggy on the
road to sidney, a youns city IN the
southwestern part Of the state. when
they came 90 fork of the road where
there was no sign board. Which turn
to take was Z question. rs they had
barely time 10 make the town anyway
There's q farmhouse over there a
bit. Y,u sit still. and III 20 over and
ask questions" said Irish. and. climb
iug out. he started for the desired in
formation. He got It ana on his re-
turn saw the horse. evidently fright
,ncd at something. tearing down the
road at runaway speed. Instead Of try
ing TO stop the horse. Judge Kline
dropped the reins, climbed over the
seat and dropped OF the back of the
buggy into the road.
when Irish caught up to him the
judge was busily busting himself or
after his roll in the roadway. not in
the least disfgured by his acrobatic
stunt.
You're on the right fork of the road,
all right. judge. but why didn't you
hang on to the horse?" asked Irish
laughing heartily.
"Why didn't l hang on TO him."
rumbled Kline in his deep subce.lar
voice. III tell you why l didn't, my
Christian friend. There's lots of horses
in this world, but there is but one
Judge Kinne. Los Angeles Times.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
sHREW0 VICTOR HUGO.
Quiet Way In Which He Bullied the
Theatrical Managers.


ucrc are the methods which Dumas
the elder and Victor Hugo employed
when they had new play to offer TO
the thcater Dumas would write TO
the director of the Porte St. Martin
Nry Dear Fricud-I shall briag you on
Monday a play I'm five acts l shall need
Milo. Georges. Mime Dorval, Bocagc. Lock-
roy, Provost and Ave new scenes.
This extravaganza would alarm the
director, who would put off the pro-
luction of the play till better days.
Then Victor Hugo would appear and
shyly draw n manuscript out of his
pocket He would agree to everything.
The stock company would play his
piece admirably. since all he wanted
was good ensemble: no new decora-
tions would be needed nor any change
at all.
So the piece would be read. and rs
the roles were distributed Hugo would
say musingly. "Dieu. how fine Freder-
lex would be in that part" THAT Is
true" Horel would murmur, and few
days after he would announce that
Frederick was engaged. Hugo would
then demonstrate that this destroyed
the equipoise of the cast, and Raucourt,
Laferriere and Mile. Georges would
be engaged. Then Hugo would attack
the stage setting Old scenes that
the public had tired of were almost
an insult to these great artists. II
Horel showed reluctance at this, Hugo
would threaten TO withdraw his piece.
And so the game would go on till,
little by little, Hugo had obtained ev-
erything he wanted. even TO the
changing of the paper hangings in the
stage boxes,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
The Falkland Islands.

The Falkland islands are among the
least known and most out of the way
corners of the widely scattered Brit
ish empire. They form 4 sort of Brit
ish suburb Of the south pole. some 800
ca. Cape Horn. \ former governor of
the Falkland islands. the late Sir Will
liam Robinson. used to say that he
would have committed suicide while
there If he could have found tree tall
enough to hang himself on.-London
Standard.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13

Ilssisrtn's sornfs.

- All cHeHtfons, ffa*tffs Asp erHHn
PEHsoFs vTHRrsrEna Notice " hefrhY alNeu
that the following namrd persons did Un Ihe
date nni xed tu their names. Hie the accounts
Of their administration tu tla estate 1f fHuaa
persons. deceased and Guardian Accounts A.
whose nafnes Hrt hereinafter mentioned. In
the office ef the fselstef f4f fhs Probate of
Wills and granting ~ Letters Of Admlnisffss.
tion, boz Hud for tao Gouufe I'll Monfnnr H4H
that the same wiil tp presenfeItptbpUrrH
I0urt uf said pUunfF, fnf HunNffuuN a..H
allowance, on Monday, the tsth ass af
Oct H., 1910 90 the fueefIug u. fH
touft Boo tHe afternoon.
1910.
Aug. 10. First anl Final arcsupt II
Alfred a Hiecher. la.. utur
~ the last VIII aud Testa.
ment of jackson niecher.
late ~ Msu1ning Township,
Mont0ur County, deceased.
Aug. % First and Final account nf
James n, Williams, EXecut.
or of the last will and Testa.
meut of John T. Williams.
late of the Borough Of Dan.
Vile, Muutoug County, de
ceased.
Aug. 22. First and Final account Of
Dallas Snyder, guardian of
Charles snyder, son of Jacob
j. Snyder, late Of the Bor.
ough of Danville, Montour
County, deceased.
Sept II, First and Final account OF
Jonathan T. Bare, Executor
of the last VIII and Testa.
ment Of Caroline Fry, late of
Mshouing Township. Mon.
tour County, decease ed.
" II, First and Final account OF
Jonathan Il. Bare. Trustee
under the last Will and Test
ament of Caroline Fry, late
Of Mahoning Township, Mon
tour County, deceased, of
Mary Ann Elizabeth Bell. a
daughter .of said decedent,
now deceased.
II, First account of John ID. Ell
lis, Executor of the last Will
7 and Testament of John J.
Bardole, late of Anthony
Township, Montour County,
deceased.
II, First and Final account of
Frank Carey, Administrator
of the estate of Mary +.
! Welliver, late of Anthony
Township, Montour County,
deceased.
VIM. l.. SIDLER,
Register
Registers Office, Danville, Pa.
| September 18th, 1910
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
A Quick Lie.

! Presence of mind recently saved an
eminent actor his gold watch and
chain. While crossing bridge in a
thick night mist a suspicious looking
man suddenly loomed up out of the
obscurity. 1900
Can you tell me the time. gov'nor|
he gruffly inquired.
You are too late, my dear sir" re-
piled the actor suavely. a gentleman
who passed ! minute ago stole my
watch!-Exchauge, gssas,5is g. sss,,,..,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
Peru's Debt QuadrupIed.

During a recent parliamentary dis
cussion of the financial situation the
Peruvian minister of finance admitted
that the national debt had quadrupled
since 1907. while the budgets annually
showed deficit. He proposed q nev
loan of S9,000,000. 1t is doubtful jF
the lawmakers will approve the suc-
gestion,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
A GREAT-GREAT,
GRANDMOTHER

For one to number among her liv-
ing relatives a grand mother is moth
ing unusual to have a great grand
mother is less common, but TO have "A
great great grandmother 20 keep YOU
right by adding TO the advice of all
the rest. the lessons CLEANED from her
wide experience is something out of
the ordinary and distinction 10 be
coveted Such a fortunate one is Ellen
Elizabeth Mitchell. aged seven months,
the daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs. Thomas
Mitchell. Mill street
Because of her tender age perhaps
Ellen is not able to appreciate the
honor but it is hers none the less
To make the case even more unusu-
al, all the representatives of the five
generations reside in Danville and
four generations were present at the
Mitchell home to pay their homage
when Ellen first claimed her rightful
portion as the wonder of them all.
The great great grandmother is Mrs.
Ellen Watson, whose home is on
Church street. She is a remarkable
old lady in every respect. Her eighty
three years seem to rest but lightly
upon her and her health is of the best.
Her eyesight is as keen as it was years
ago when she was just plain every
day grandmother, and she follows the
trend of current events with the live
liest interest. She even confesses to a
slight, a very slight interest in politics.
Her hearing is unimpared and her
carriage erect. She is fond of out-of-
doors and scarcely day posses but
she calls on one or more of her de-
scendants. She is fearfully proud of
her position as head of the family al
though she doesn't permit the attend
ant responsibilities to fret her in the
least.
Mrs. Watson was born:in New York
City in 1928 the daughter of MI. and
Mrs. John Lenahan. When she was
about three years old her parents NOV
edEto Danville, living for short time
about three miles east of town. The
digging of this portion of the old
Pennsylvania canal was then in pro-
gress and so remarkable is Mrs. Wat
son s memory, that she recalls distinct
ly seeing her father diggingA.with the
others in the ditch, his first position
here. With the exception of a few
years spent in Clearfield County she
has been a life long resident of this
city.
Mrs. Watson has been married three
times, her descendants being the issue
of the first marriage to John Hunting
ton, in 1880. Mr.. Huntington died CT
pneumonia while serving his country
in the Civil war Eand in..sslS Mrs.
Huntington became the wife of ThoT-
as X. Knight, an Englishman, the IL
living in Danville. He died in 1885
and one year later his widow married
Thomas Watson a .Scotchman vito de-
parted this life in 1889.
Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Sarah Davis,
her sister-in. law, aged 81 years, live to-
gether, do all their house work them
/ selves, and are as active and happy
! and healthy as many women who have
not passed the half century mark.
I The great great grandmother and
hcI sgreat great granddaughter, who / y
| the way. as fitting tributeg TO the
/ former, bears the name of Ellen, are
I great chumS and the parents, grand.
mother and great grandmother are fore
/ ed TO take back seat. 1t is the earn
est hope of all that the years of the
two together may be many.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
Secretary of the Commonwealth


J'!Ni iSl-SplJ II'1N
Proposing an amendment 10 the Consu-
tuition Of tire Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania SO as to consolidate the
courts Of common pleas Of Allegheny
County.
Section / Re It resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives. Of the
Commonwealth Of PENNSYLVANIA I'm Cen
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution Of Penn
sylvania be. and the same is hereby. pro-
posed, IN accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof
That section six Of article five he
amended. by striking out the said soc
tion, and inserting in place thereof the
following.
Section 6 In the county Of Phlladol-
phia all the jurisdiction ana powers now
vested IN the district courts and courts ct
common pleas subject 70 such changes
as may Dee 'rade by this Constitution or
by law shall be in Philadelphia vested iu
fyG dLst!ncL- ,,-.4 sG4@JatG- courts OF e4u,t!
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
FLIES ALPS ON DEATHBED.
Terrors Of Chavez's Famous Trip Told
In Dcliriun.

The last hours of George Chavez.
the Peruvian aviator, who died of IT,
juries received in alighting after his
flight over the Alps, were pathetic.
As ne lay in delirium in a hospital
at Domodossola, Italy, he constantly
repeated his famous and fatal flight
over the Alpine passes saying:
"Still more snow, more glaciers, an
other towering peak ahead. Good God,
it's frightful. When will 1t end"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
The Aftermath.

. Mrs. DuPuy-I was so surprised TO
hear that Edith and Mr. Sissingham
were married. You know they always
used to claim their attachment was
merely platouic. Mrs. Kolkremes-
Yes. | remember. Hut now. I fear,
~, uuurunt claim It was even that.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13

The Elderly Lady-They say his
wife has money. The Younger-Well,
that isn't his fault. They've only been
married q short time.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
TELEPHONES Need Precious Metal.

Few persons realize what an cnor-
nous amount of the precious metals
and even precious stones. such IS dia.
m0nda. are used IN the manufacture OF
telephohr apparatus In single year
one company uses upward OF a ton of
platinum for this class of apparatus
alone And platinum costs 80 ger cent
fAore than pure gold.
a ?ungent Player.
The comedian had his benefit and
thankful for the patronage of kind
friends in front let off this i'm
promptu. which was applaudcd:
Like CRATE fun OF Goals / glow,
A great full house to see.
And were / not grateful. too,
4 great foot | should be.
More Important.
see here. waiter. found a collar
button IN this pie"'
Didn't see nothin' of an umbrella,
did yu'. boss? Dab was one los heah
las night Scribner's Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
BULLETIN
OPENING OF THE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA
STATION IN NEW YORK.
STATION IN NEW YORK.

On Sunday November 81 full train service will be III
auguraed by Pennsylvania Railroad to and from its new
station at Seventh Avenue and Thirty Street New
York City.
The location of the Pennsylvania Station, one block from
Broadway two blocks from Fifth Avenue i'll the heart OF
the hotel club and theatre district of Manhattan Within
short radius located the majority of the big retail stores
and The Seventh Avenue surface cars and the
Eighth Avenue surface pass its doors; the Thirty
Street surface (crosstown) pass its Thrtourth Street
entrance the Sixth Avenue Elevated and Hud
son and Manhattan Tubes short block from its main en-
Time tables showing the service to and from the Pennsy
vana Station being arranged and may be obtained at
Ticket Offices before the opening of the Station.
Connection will be made at Manhattan Transfer (near
Newark with local and from the downtown stations
bv way of Jersey City downtown New York
gers who desire may continue the Corandt and Des
rosses Street Stations the Hudson Terminal Station OF
the Hudson and Manhattan Tubes.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-13
A Reliable
Remedy
EIy's Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relic! nj GAGE.

1t clean ses, sJothes.
heals and projects
the diseased merg-
brane resulting from
Catnrrh and drives
away u Cu!3 ia tne
Head gr. aiy. 80
stores toe s .;sss O. 1
Taste and Is al-ii. j..
gists or hvI, all. Iu
Ely Brothers, 5G Va,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
The Several State funds

Pierre-The report of the condition
OF the state treasury, a shown by tle
state for the last month. inGi ates a
total Of $317.401 in all funds, but
Of this the general FUND has only
slf.623. The call OF taxes for De-
cember Will soon begin to come in,
and hat fund will be largely in
creased before the first o. the year.
The income fund for the schools Of tie
state contains SIPS. $50. but this W II
be sent ont to the schoo ont the
middle of this month. and will not be
idle long The twine plant fund car
ries SIS, 0S5. The game fund does
not show any great increase on ac-
count of the game licenses of this
year, having but $11.637 at the pres
ent time, but as tile county treas"r-
ers will likely remit the game fund
this month IT the time Of remittan es
Of other moneys that fund IS likely to
60 TO SIC, 600 by the first of the yea.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
Sink Well and Save Fish

plankinton Through the efforts OF
r. w. Taubman and other sports
men Of this part c. the state. an
artesfan Well now Is nearing con-
pletion at Fish Lake. a fine body 81
water some miles from here, ana as
4 result Millions Of fish viii he saved.
During the past summer the water IL
the lake reached so low a stage that
1t was certain it would freeze to the
bottom this winter if something was
not done and that the countless fish
which it contained would be killed
Mr.. Taubman took the matter in
hand and secured a sufficient fund by
voluntary ocntribut ons to have the
artesian well drilled At a depth o.
$50 feet the drillers struck a flow o.
300 gallons per minute. The immense
fow from the Wei will raise the wa
ter in the lake 10 it's former stage and
make it an ideal place for fishing
text summer.