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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
SET HIM THINKING.
The Reason His Wife Gave For Dis
liking Postponements.

Just when Mrs. Ackroyd had finished
packing her trunks and after William
Ackroyd had bought railway tickets
for her and their two daughters little
Bessie came down with a severe case
Of whooping cough. The doctor posi-
lively refused to let the child start on
long journey, and even if he had
thought 1t safe for the little one to
leave home he assured Mrs. Ackroyd
that she would not be permitted to
take the patient into a hotel anywhere.
isn't it a shameT the distressed
lady walled. "Here we are with every
thing in our trunks, and my husband
has even bought our berths in the
sleeper"
ut is unfortunate, but | don't know
what you can do except sit down and
wait four or five days. 1t may be safe
then for you to start away"
When her husband got home that
evening Mrs. Ackroyd was weeping.
Don't take it so hard. dear" he said.
at might be a good deal worse Our
little one is likely to get along all
right. The doctor says the case isn't
an unusually severe one, and when |
telephoned him this afternoon he said
he thought 1t might be safe for you to
start away by the end of the week"
81 know. He told me the same thing.
But feel that We'll never go. never
postponed anything yet that didn't
turn out sadly. | once postponed
wedding, and the marriage never took
place"
Half an hour later William Ackroyd
was still sitting in a corner alone
thinking it over.-Chicago Record-Her-
aid
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Number Four.

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section eight
article nine. of the Constitution of Penn
sylvania.
Section l. BE 1t 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 3. The debt of any county,
city, borough. township, school district, or
other municipality or inco ted dis
trlct, except as herein proviG. shall new
er exceed seven per centum 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 public election in
such manner shall be provided by law; a;
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
valuation" so as to read as follows:-
Section s. The debt of any county, city,
borough, township. school district, or 9TH
er municipality or incorporated district
except as herein provided. shall never ex-
ceed seven per centum upon the assessed
value Of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt or increase its indebt-
edness to an amount exceeding two per
centum upon such assessed valuation of
property, without the assent of the 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
aggregate, at any one time. upon such
valuation, except that any debt or debts
hereinafter incurred by the city and Coun-
ty of Philadelphia for the construction
and devci Jpment Of Subways for transit
purposes, or for the construction of
wharves and docks, or the reclamation Or
land to be used in the construction OF r.
system Of Wharves and docks. as public
Improvements, owned or to be owned by
said city ana county of philadelpnia. ana
which shall Weld t. the city and county
of Philadelphia current net revenue in ex-
cess of the interest on said debt or debts
and of the auuug! installments necessary
for the cancellation Of said debt or debts
may be excluded In asCertainiug the pow
er of the city and county of Philadelphia
to become otherwise indebted: Provided
That sinking fund for their cancellation
shall be established and maintained
y true copy of Joint Resolution No. l.
ROBERT McAFEE
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
A ROMANCE IN SIGHT.

Started by the Unmaskins of the Pair
of Frauds.
Not until boarding houses cease to ex-
ist will all their romances be written.
Shabby romances. some OF them are,
like that of the young woman who got
so tired of being called poor thing
because she received no invitations
and had to eat all her meals at the
boarding house table that she took to
eating alone once in awhile at a cheap
restaurant and then brazenly lying
about the friends who had invited
her to dinner.
There was young man in that
house who never went anywhere eli
ther. The first night the girl stayed out
lifes desolation nearly overpowered
him. Even that poor little white
faced soul has made friends who want
her." he said. Nobody wants me.
I'm no good on earth"
Then on Fare occasions his place at
the table was vacant. New friends?'
asked the landlady.
"Yes," lied the young man.
One night the man and the girl met
in twenty-five cent restaurant They
blushed; they fenced; they finally con-
fessed.
Were a pair of frauds" said the
girl. ITS awful to think that tonight
when we go home we will have to
swear that we have been dining with
friends"
'Well," said the young man, "ain't
weY'-New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
The Orkney Islands.

"The member from the Orkneys" is
the only man in the British house ol
commons who can say he sits for 4"J
Islands. Only sixty of the islands are
inhabited, but the constituency em-
braces more than GoOO0 people.
The Orkneys were once given by
Norway TO England as security for a
queens dover and never redeemed. In
the islands the voters must go to the
polls by boats, and in some cases the
distance to be travelled is eight miles.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

and coordinate Jurisdiction, composed
of three judges each. The said courts in
Philadelphia shall be designated respect
lively as the court of common pleas num-
Der one. number two. number three
number four and number five, but the
number of said courts may be by law
increased. from time to time. and shall be
in like manner designated by successive
numbers. The number of judges in any
of said courts, or in any county where
the establishment OF an additional court
may be authorized by law. may be in
creased. from time to time, and when
ever such increase shall amount in the
whole to three, such three Judges shall
compose n distinct and separate court as
aforesaid. which shall be numbered as
aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits shall
be instituted in the said courts of com
mon pleas without designating the num-
ber of the said court, and the several
courts shall distribute and apportion the
business among them in such manner as
shall be provided by rules Of court and
each court 20 which any suit shall be
thus assigned shall have exclusive juris-
venue shall he provided by law
In the county of Allegheny all the
jurisdiction ard powers now vested in
the several numbered courts of common
pleas shall be vested in one court of COM
mon pleas. composed of all the judges ir
commission in said courts. Such turis.
dict!on and powers shall extend to al
proceedings at law and In equity which
shall have been instituted in the severa
numbered courts and shall be subject tc
such changes as may be made by law
and subject to change Of venue as pro
vided by law. The president Judge o.
said court shall he selected as provided
by law. The number of judges in sait
court may be by law increased from
time to time This amendment shall takt
effect on the first day of January sue
ceeding its adontion.
A true copy Of Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAF'EE.
Secretary OF the Commonwealth.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
PICTURE MEN THE GOATS.
Jeff and johnson May Count Money
and Laugh Themselves Sick.


The moving pictures of the heavy
weight fight are moving over a rocky
road. There are number of things to
detract from their value. First and
foremost is the fact that johnson won.
Second is the fact that Johnson stall.
ed, allowing Jeffries to stay until the
fifteenth round. Third, the pictures
have received a bad impression
through the fact that a number of
cities have already barred them.
However. the fate of the pictures
need not worry the lighters. Jeffries
is in California and Johnson is In the
east, and both are still busy counting
their money. The negro is now reput-
ed to be worth quarter of million
dollars, Jeff's assets are not far from
that
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Number Three.

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, so as to consolidate the
courts Of common pleas of Allegheny
County.
Section l. BE it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 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 be
amended by striking out tho said sec
ton ana inserting in place thereof the
following.
Section IN the county of PhiladeI-
phia all IL" Jurisdiction and powers now
vested In tn" district courts and courts of
common pl"nr subject 10 such changes
as may be node by this Constitution or
by law shall he in Philadelphia vested in
five dizt!r- .-..l separate courts of equal
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Oriqin of a Famous Sayinu.

Euclid, who is sometimes called the
father Of mathematics. taught this
subject in the famous school at Alex.
andria. Being asked one day by the
king of Egypt Ptolemy Soter) whether
he could not teach him the science Il.
a shorter way, Euclid answered IN
words that have been memorable even
since, Sire, there is no royal road TO
learning" Not many scraps of conver-
sation have lived, as this reply has, for
2,2O0 years.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

AGENTS WANTED Earn s25 to $50 weekly
elling our New Styles, Mexican and Swiss
Embroidery Waist Patterns, Princess Dress
es, Art Linens and various novelties. Cata-
logue free. National Importing CO., Desk
g., 600 Broadway, New York.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
lNDIA'S CENSUS BIG JOB.
A Million Enumerators Required I;
Gather Statistics.


Gather Statistics.
Nearly 100000 enumerators are re,
quired to take the census of India. Ths
Indian census schedule is printed II
seventeen different languages and in.
cludes, in addition to the ordinary in.
quiries, questions concerning religion
and caste. Some schedules require
careful checking.
Devout enumerators occasionally r'
turn the village shrines and temples
occupied houses" the business of tn.
occupant being described as "grantiI
boons and blessings" or "subsistenc
on contributions from tenants"
The Obligng Proprietor.
Wont you please give me an or
der?" pleaded the persistent drummer
Certainly" replied the crusty pr
Drietor. Get out"'-Lippincott's
Heaven often smites in mercy. eve
when the blow Is severest-Baillie.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
WANTED.

We want general agent in Danvi
to represent our company exclusive
Liberal commissions paid and strictly =
to date policies. Write for particul.
Meridian Life Insurance Co.,t5O5 Fri
Bldg, Pittsburg, Pa.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Luck.
what is Iuck9

Tonmy-Pop, what is luck?
Tommy's Pop-Luck, my son, is what
comes TO a man who has the oppor-
tUnity of buying something for mere
song, but who can't slng-Philadel-
phia Record
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
1900 FROM HERE
RAD LOTS OF FUN
Continued from 1st Page.

frightened to strike at. But the de-
lightful part of it was that the people
in the grandstand were as much mys-
titled as were the batters. Even Um-
pire Wilson laughed as he acknowledge
ed that the shoots and twists on Nc
Hales curves were too fast for even
him to see.
Not a chance during the game did
Bloomsbury have chance to crow.
From Catcher Mays to Centre Fielder
Rankin they played the best they
knew, but there was not a position in
the field in which Danville did not
outshine.
Next to McHale, Livengood and Cap
tain Nipple share second honors. The
formers five assists included some of
the quickest coups of the contest and
he scored a run in the fifth innings
after he had beaten out an intield hit
Nipple was never in better form, his
sixteen put outs on first constituting
good share of the work, while his
single and two bagger added luster to
his fame as a sticker.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

bloomsbury .....,O 0 0 0 O-l
Earned runs-Danville 4, Blooms
burg |. Left on base-Danville .,
Bloomsbury s. Sacrifice hits-Bren-
nan, Rankin, Henry. Two base hits
Nipple, Brennan. McCarty, Carr,
Mays. Struck ont by McHale 6, by
Shawkey 6. Bases on balls-off Nc
Hale 2. Stolen bases-Nipple, Liven-
good, Brennan, Wanger, McCabe, Nit
chell. Time of game. .: 10. Umpire
Wilson.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
A Bird In the Hand.

A woman is a person who would
rather have her husband at home O
nights than In the Hall CT Fame. Y
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
ca ! TARRl
.AY FEVEl

Taste and Smell. Full size 80 cts, at Drul
gists or by mail. In liquid form, 75 cent
Ely Brothers, So Warren Street, New Yot
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
A Reliable
Remedy
EIy'S Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief al Once.

1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
TOOK ONE IN THE GET AWAY.

| TOOK ONE in l1E GEL AWAY.
Bloomsbury bright hopes began to
grow dim as soon as the game opened,
when Umlauf hit to right for single
He scurried to third on Nipples Texas
| Lacquer over second. Captain Chester
then purloined the second bag, and
with things thus Wagner smiled as he
drove a clean single just inside of the
third bag, which scored Buck" Nip
pie being caught at the plate on a
close decision. McCarty flied out to
right.
The second session records Blooms
burg's only tally. Henry opened with
two bagger over Wagner's head, and
remained on second while two men
went down Then Doudican drove a
liner over the second bag, which scoI-
ed Henry. McHale decided that was
enough, and promptly struck out Sha-
wkey, just as the Bloomsbury rooters
were beginning to think they had Dan
Vile started on the toboggan.
The only other time when Blooms
burg became dangerous was i'll the
sixth, when with one down Kari and
| Rhodomoyer both singled. Henry made
second out aud Mays followed with
hit near third base, loading the cush-
| ions With three on and the crowd
yelling for runs, Mitchell walked up
! To FL ,,1a 20, Il,
Hale sent the ball straight for the
plate, but before it got there it started
getting farther and farther away.
! When Mitchell struck at it, he was
reaching as far as he could and Just
caught it in the end of his bat for q
Little roller to Livengood.
/ After the first, Danville's next tally
| ing was done in the fifth. McHale
opened this session with hot single
through the short field. Umlauf was
called out for being hit by batted
ball, but Livengood' and Wagner S
single and Nipples double in quick
succession completed the damage to
the extent of two scores. In the seven
tn Brennau's and McHale's two bag
gers were good for one more tally.
In the eight McCarty doubled to
center. Brennan sacrificed him to third
bat was caught at the plate on Mack 5
grounder to second. Mack then essay
ed to steal second. Mays BAN toss let
him to third and he came home while
the ball was being relayed in from
center field
In the last innings the rattles were
loosened and the bass drum called in
to play to rattle the invulnerable Nc
Hale. The coachers yelled and the
crowd hooted, but it was all half heart.
ed. BY that time the most sanguine
knew that not even DR.. Munyon could
supply any hope.
1t was all over in a few minutes.
The band struck up "A weak toned air
and the trick had been turned. Blooms.
burg had been taken into camp so com.
pletely that they were speechless. But
they'll get their voices back-you will
hear the yell later.
The score:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

Heaven often smites in mercy, eve
when the blow is Baillie.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
BLOOMSBURY

Danville. ..........1 0002 0 / 0-5
Bloomsbury ......0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24

speaking of the new House COMMITTEES
on rules. whose membership has just
been doubled. as q result of the recent
insurgent outbreak. II is little, if any.
exaggeration to call this body of men
the Houses board of directors, for, ex-
cept on the Wednesdays reserved for the
taking up of bills in order from the
calendar. it's power will be absolute in
directing the course of legislation, and
no bill can he brought up for consid-
Grafton without its approval. The former
committee on rules consisted of the
Speaker, two other republicans and two
democrats, but, as most readers know
the Speaker has been made ineligible
for the enlarged committee. All of the
other members of the old committee
have been reelected and six new mem
bers have been added to complete the
full membership of ten, including six
republicans and four democrats.
The whole nation wants TO know what
manner of men are these ten LAWYERS
who will determine the legislation of the
peoples direct representatives. All but
two were college graduates before COM
mencing their law studies One was a
college president, one is Yale B. A..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24

eight years Then. when only twenty
eight. he was elected district Judge. hold
years ago. He is now forty-seven and
serving his sixth term. He was one of
the "triumvirate" on the rules committee
just before it was enlarged He and
Dalzell are the two republican hold
overs.
The other Smith-Sylvester C-was one
Of the many farm boys who went to
the district school between chores and
then became famous. He took a finish
ing course at an academy in the nearest
town and when twenty-one and free, -
put out for California. This was in 70.
He took up a piece of land, laid out a
farm and got a country schoolmastership,
which helped keep the wolf from the door
while he studied law. 1t was hard work,
but he got admitted when twenty-seven.
1t was then that he located in the Cali
fornia district which he now represents.
A question of water right was then en-
crossing the attention of the farmers in
his locality. They were huStlers, and
knowing the value of publicity bought a
plant with which to establish a paper
which would represent their views on the
matter in dispute. They selected Smith to
edit this journal. This was twenty-four
years ago. After three years he had
bought the paper himself. and later made
it a morning daily. He is still its prin-
cipal owner. He came to Congress by
way of his state senate, and is now serv-
I1S Ills llllTu teIHl III the udtlOIldl I1OuS6.
He is fifty-one years old.
The Yankee member of the new House
directorate is George P. Lawrence, who is
now serving his seventh term. He is the
Son of a doctor Of Adams. Mass. and
was educated both at Amherst College
and Columbia Law School He was
Judge for nine years, then entered the
state senate. of which he was elected
president by unanimous vote. Then he
came to Congress in 1897. He is fifty
years old and lives in North Adams,
section of his birthplace.
The good patriot father Roger Sher-
man. one of the committee of five who
drafted the Declaration of independence
and one Of it's signers, has a great-great-
grandson on the committee. This is
Henry Sherman Boutell of Chicago. He
was born in Boston fifty-four years ago.
but was taken by his parents to Chicago
when seven years old. He is an A. B.
and A NJ. of Northwestern University,
after leaving which he went up to Har-
ward. Joining the class of '76, to which
Justice Moody, Walker Blaine and Per-
cival Lowell also belonged
He was bent upon the higher education
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24

for after getting another A. B. he re-
manned In Cambridge year studying for
an A. NJ. In constitutional history and
International law, which he got in 1877.
He came to Congress in .97 by way of the
Illinois legislature, where he was one OF
the '1o2 who elected John A. Logan to
the United States Senate. in 1885 He
nominated Speaker Cannon for President
at the convention which named Taft.
Among Champ Clark's three collea CUES
on the committee he finds a fellow Ken
tuckian, Oscar w. Underwood, who was
born in Louisville forty-seven years ago.
But. like his democratic leader, Mr..
Underwood left his native state After
going through the University OF Virginia
he went to Birmingham. Ala.-his present
home-to practice law and enter
the House when only thirty-two. and il
now serving in his eighth consecutive
Congress.
There is a Hoosier democrat, too. on
DalZells board-Lincoln Dixon, who WAS
born the year of Abraham Lincoln's
first nomination, and who, although
named after the first republican Preei-
dent, grew up to he a democrat He
was born in his present home town Of
North Vernon. Ind. and after taking his
A. B. at his state university became prose
cutting attorney when twenty-four and
held the Office continuously until elected
to Congress in 1904.
The youngest man on the committee.
and its only Roman Catholic member, Is
John j. Fitzgerald OF Brooklyn, who is
only thirty-eight. He was born in Brook
lyn. took a B. A. and NJ A. at Man
haitian College. went through the New
York Law Cchool, received the degree OF
Bachelor of laws cum laude'' from
the state regents when twenty
one. got right into New York
politics and was elected to Congress when
only tweny-six, or one year over the
age limit. In the House he soon earned the
reputation of a skilled parliamentarian
and also the sobriquet Fighting Fftz-
gerald At the beginning of the special
tariff session last year, when the combi-
nation of democrats and republican in
surgents had defeated the adoption OF
the rules of the Sixtieth Congress. and
were in readiness to reduce the Speakers
power, it was Fitzgerald who. followed
by twenty-two high protection democrats
of New York and the south, made the
sortie which saved the day for Uncle
joe" Fitzgerald was Champ Clark's
sole democratic colleague Upon the former
rules committee.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS