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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
MAN STANDS APPALLED,.

The past year has been marked
by a number of large disasters
tragedies that have brought sorrow
and desolation into thousands of
homes and have touched the public
to sympathy.
1t is less than a year since the
Titanic went down, tragedy so har-
rowing that the very men who wrote
the story wrote through binding
tears and with trembling hands the
horrors they related.
And now, in less than year from
that tragedy of the sea, other trage-
dies of the land have stricken some
of the richest sections of the coun-
try.
Omaha has been swept by storm,
her palaces have toppled like card
board houses and her business
blocks have shattered into shapeless
ruins.
Before we had caught our breath
from the horror of that tragedy an
inland sea swept over Ohio and In
diana, two of the richest states in
the union, and will leave them devas-
tated. Seventy thousand people
homeless in Dayton alone. The vast
treasure in life and property left in
the wake of the storm is beyond COM
putation.
1t is only at times like this that
men realize how small and insignifi-
cant is man and all of his splendid
work, after all.
Proudly we erect buildings so high
that man standing on the top of
them looks like a mere atom.
Proudly we build cities and put our
wealth in property and say to our
selves, I'VE have provided for the
future. Nothing can wipe awaye &
competence that is held in the land
Then nature, heretofore beneficent
blows a frowning breath on the
houses we have built, or pours a tor.
rent of water about them, and they
are no more. The fortune is blown
to nothingness or swept away in 9
mass of debris.
Yet, it is at such times as these
that the best brotherhood of mar
asserts itself The shackles of self.
ishness fall under the pressure of 6
great emotional the touch of &
sympathy that proves all the world
akin-and we give willingly oul
money, our time, whatever we have
to help those whom the calamity has
left helpless.
But the stricken ones who weeI
for those dead or missing or who see
the wreck of a life's building anC
striving swept away in the twinkline
of an eye look on with dazed eyes
and wonder why.
And nobody knows the answer tc
that question. We are too blind tc
see, too weak to know.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

According to prevailing standards,
when girl gives up a five-dollar-a-
week position as servant, which in
cludes board worth four dollars a
week, and takes a ix-dollar-a-week
position minus board, she is rising
in the world.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Ex-Governor Dockery of Missouri,
now third assistant postmaster
eral, wears old-fashioned long-legged
boots. 1t is not in the record wheth-
er he has ever trained his wife to
pull them off for him at night.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Secretary McAdoo is going to have
office-seekers present their applica-
tions in writing. This will be hard
on some of them, but they can al
ways hire a stencgrapher to type
write their letters.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Mr.. Wilson is evidently deter
mined to sharpen his razor on his
boots rather than be under obliga-
tion for gift strops,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

on the contrary, pleases and attracts,
and it forces itself on the attention
only when people are in a mood to
consider it's message.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

A serious blow is threatened the
tobacco industry in the reported
method of taking the poison out of
nicotine.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Edmund Allen of Philadelphia
has just celebrated his 93rd birth
day by distributing an extra weeks
salary to each OF his 800 employees.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

There is a growing number of peo-
pie who do not believe merit should
count in candidate for office.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Phone No. 39 when in need of job
printing. Work and prices are right.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

New York is the greatest market
for California fruit
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Phone job orders to the Tidings.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05
RUssIA's POLICE SYSTEM.
Il Has an Assistant In Every House In
st, PETERSBURG.

" Vas an Assistant N Every F1ouao IN
St. Petersburg.
The Russian police system is ex-
tremely complicated. for 1t practically
gives Russia an assistant policeman in
every house In st Petersburg. The
landlord has private porter or acts as
porter himself. A porter has authority
to make an arrest. and he Is obliged to
rush from the house to the street at
the sound Of police whistle
As there Is a policeman stationed at
every block. which is the limit Of his
beat. and as every policeman within q
certain radius may respond with the
porters to the signal. 1t takes but a
few seconds to get a platoon of uni
formed men. with almost a regiment
of porter policemen together.
Russia has also a most elaborate
system Of training It's policemen. and
some time ago there was opened at
St Petersburg fully equipped police
mans college. designed to train men in
all the various duties Of an officer Of
the law. At this college policemen are
made familiar with the tools used by
criminals. their teachers holding that
they cannot become proficient police
men in any other way.
The Russian policeman attends lee
lures at which burglars methods and
instruments are explained. so that he
can checkmate them. while he has the
advantage Of the criminal museum.
which is attached to the college. There
every appurtenance known to the
breaker of the law must be expert
mented with until its every use is thor
oughly understood. London Tit-Bits.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05
cnApreR .oa

AN ACT TO propose an amendment to Arit
Gle Of the Cons,iiudon of this State by
adding new Section. to he inown as 40Ai
and to provide for the submission Of said
amendment to Ahe qualified voters Of this
State for adoption or rejection.
SEcrIoS l. lie ii enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. (three-hiihs Of an the
members Of each Of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following new section be and
the same is hereby proposed az an amend.
ment to Article }. title Legislative Depart
msnt." Of the Constitution Of this State. the
same to be inserted after Section 40 and 70
be numbered 40A. and Il adopted by the
legally qualified voters thereof. as herein pro
vided. said section shall become a part Of
Article Of the Constitution Of Maryland
4oA The General Assembly shall enact
no law authorizing private property to be
tsksr for public use without just eonpensa-
ton. to be agreed upon between tine parties
or awarded by jury, being first paid or
pensation. but where such property is situ-
ated in Baltimore City and is desired by
this State or by the Mayor and City Council
Of baltimore, the General Assembly may pro
vide for the appointment of appraisers BY a
Court Of Record to value such property. and
that. upon payment OF the amount Of such
valuation to the party entitled to eompensa
tion. or into Court and securing the payment
Of any further sum that may be awarded by a
jury, such property may be taken.
SIC q And be Il further enacted by the
authority aforesaid That the said foregoing
section. hereby proposed as an amendment 10
the Constitution, shall at the mex, ensuing
general election. to be held on Tuesday next
after the hrst Monday in the month Of
November. 1918. be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection. in pursuance Of the directions con
tanned in Article "a Of the Constitution Of this
State. and At the said election the vote on
said proposed amendment to the Constitution
shall be by ballot and upon each ballot there
shall be written or printed the words ''ror the
Constitutional Amendment and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" as now provided
by law, and Immediately after said siection due
returns shall be made to the Governor Of the
vote for and aeains, said proposed amendment.
as directed BY said Article IA Of the constitu-
tion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05

AN ACT to amend Section } Of Article
Of the Constitution Of this State, and to pro
vide for the submission Of said amendment
to the qualihed voters Of this State for adop-
ton or rejection
SEc1ioN /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. ihree-6fths Of ali the
members elected to each of the houses con
same is hereby proposed as an amendment 10
Article Of the Constitution of this State. and.
if adopted BY the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein and by law provided. il shall
supersede and stand in the place and stead Of
Section OF said Article
skc. J. Ii shall be the duty of the Attor-
ney General to prosecute and defend on the
part Of the State all eases which at the time Of
his appointment and qualification aud which
thereafter may be depending in the Court OF
Appeals or in the Supreme couI, Of the
United States. by or sganst the State, or
therein the State may be interested; snd he
shall give his opinion in writing whenever re.
quired BY the General Assembly or either
branch thereof. the Governor. the Comptroller
Of the Treasury, any States Attorney, on
any legal matter or subject depending before
them or either Of them. and when required BY
the Governor or Ceneral Assembly he shsn sid
any States Attorney in prosecuting any sui, or
action brought by the STATE in any Court OF
he Stats and he shall commence and prose.
cute or defend any suit or seton in any Of
sid courts on the part Of the State which
tie General Assembly or the Governor. act
ing according to law. shall direct to be com
menced, prosecuted or defended, and he shall
have and perform such other daties and shall
at ..oia; such number Of deputies or assist
ants as the General Assembly may from time
to time by law prescribe; and he shall receive
for his services an annual salary Of three
thousand dollars. or such annual salary as the
General Assembly may from time to time BY
lsw prescribe; but he shall no, be entitled to
receive any fees, perquisites or rewards What
ever in addition to the salary aforesaid Tor
the performance Of any official duty; nor shall
the Governor employ any additional counsel in
any case whatever, unless authorized BY the
General Assembly.
SEc. q And be II further enacted, That the
foregoing section. hereby proposed as an
amendmsu; to the Constitution Of this State.
shall be. at the next general election for mem
bers Of the General Assembly, to be held in
this State, submitted TO the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rejection.
in pursuance Of the directions contained in
Article Il Of the Constitution; and n said
election the vote on said proposed amendment
shah be BY ballot and upon eseh ballot there
shall be printed the words 'Fof the Consiifu-
tionsl Amendment" and against the Consti
iutional Amendment" as now prescribed by
law, and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor Of the
vote for and asains said proposed amendment
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05

CHAPTER 4o7.

AN ACT to amend Section 81 Of Article
III, title Legislative Department." of the
Constitution Of this State. and to provide for
the submission Of said amendment to the
qualified voters of this State for adoption or
rejection.
SRczroS I. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. (thrce-hfihs Of all the
members Of each of the two houses concur
ring), That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section ~ Of Article III. title Legislative
Department." of the Constitution Of this State,
and IL adopted BY the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided. it shall supsrsede
and stand in the place and stead of Section ~
Of said Article III
SIC. ~. Asy bill may originate in either
House Of the General Assembly and be altered,
amended or rejected BY the other, but no bill
shall originate in either House during the last
ten days Of the session. unless twothirds of
the members elected thereto shall so determine
by yeas and nays; nor shall any bill become
law until il be read on three different days OF
the session in each House. unless two-thirds
Of the members elected to the house where
such bill is pending shall 50 determine BY yeas
and nays. and no bill shall be read a third
time until II shall have been actually sngrosssd
or printed for third reading
SEC. .. And be II further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the aforesoing sec
ton hereby proposed as amendment to the
Constitution Of this State shall be at the next
general election for members Of the General
Assembly Of Maryland. to be held in this
State, submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption OF rejection.
in pursuance Of the directions contained in
Article XIV Of the Constitution Of this State,
and at said general election the vote on the
said proposed amendment shall be by ballot
and upon each ballot there shall be printed
the words "For the Constitutional Amend
ment" and Against the Constitutional Amend
ment" as now prescribed by law. and iume
diately after said election due returns sAaI be
made to the Governor Of the vote for and
against the proposed amendment as directed
BY said Article XIV Of the Constitution.
Approved April g. 1912.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05

Among the superstitions Of the Sene-
IA fndlnns was this most beautiful
one; When young maiden died they
imprisoned a young bird until 1t first
began to try its powers Of song, and
then, loading 1t with caresses and mes
sages, they Ioosed its bonds over her
grave in the belief that It would not
fold its wings nor close its eyes until II
had flown to the spirit land and deliv-
cred its precious burden of affection to
the loved and lost one
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05

CHAPTER oos.

AN ACT to amend Section Of Article /,
title effective Franchise" Of the constitu-
tion Of this State, 80 as to permit the General
Assembly to excuse the vote seller from any
penalty for selling his vote and place the
penalty for the purchase Of votes upon the
vote buyer alone. and to provide for the sub
mission of said amendment to the qualified
voters Of this State for adoption or rejection.
sAeriox /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, (three.ffths Of all
the members Of each of the two houses con.
eurrngl. That the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section } Of Article l. title Elective Fran
ehise," of the Constitution Of this State. and
il adopted by the legal and qualified votsrs
thereof herein provided said section shall
superseds and stand in the place and stead Of
Section Of said Article / Of the Constitution
Of Maryland.
SEC ). II any person shall give. or offer to
give, directly or indirectly any bribe, present
or reward, or any promise. or any security, for
the payment OF delivery of money. or any
other thing, to induce any voter to refrain
from casting bis vote. or to prevent him in
any way from voting, or to procure vote
for any candidate or person proposed, or
voted for as an elector Of President and Vice.
President Of the United States, or Represeu.
tative in Congress or for any Office Of profi
or trust created by the Constitution or Laws
Of this S.ate, or by the Ordinances, or au.
thority of the Mayor and City Council Of Bal.
timore. the person giving. or offering 10 give
and the person receiving the sane. and any
person Who gives or causes to be given, an
Illegal vote. knowing il to be such, at any
election to be hereafter held in this State.
shall, on conviction in Court of Law. in add.
lion to the penalties now or hereafter to be
iml osed by law, be forever disqualified to hold
any Office Of proh, or trust. or to vote at any
election thereafter.
But the General Assembly may in its dis.
elton remove the above penalty and all other
p naities upon the vote seller so as to place
the penalties for the purchase of votes on the
vote buyer alone.
SEC a. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That the said foresoine
section hereby proposed an amendment tc
the Constitution shall at the next election 70.
aismbsrs Of the General Assembly of ,his
State to be held on the Tuesday next sftet
The first Monday in the month Of November.
nineteen hundred and thirteen (i9i51. be sub
milted to the legal and qualified voters thereof
Tor their adoption or rejection. in pursuance Of
the directions contained in Article IA Of the
Constitution Of this State; and at the said
election the said proposed amendment shall bs
printed upon the official ballot and the vote on
said proposed amendment to the Constitution
shall be By ballot. and upon each ballot shal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05
CHAPTER SIS.

AN ACT to amend Section 7i Of Article
= title Judiciary Department" subtitle "Par
III. Circuit Courts" Of the Constitution Of
this State, and to provide for the submission
Of said amendment to the qualified voters Of
this State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted BY the General
Assembly Of Maryland. three hfths Of all the
members of the two houses eoneurrine, That
the following section be and the same is here
by proposed as an amendment to Section q
Of Article =. title Judiciary Department. T"
subtitle Part III. Circuit Courts" of the
Constitution of this State. and II adopted by
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05
PATH oE The SUN.
he Relation to the EquinOsss and IN
Solstiees.

~ HridtloU 70 the EquiUoNea and the
Solstiees.
The suns path Is called the ecliptic.
1t Is great circle Of the celestial
sphere. cutting the celestial equator at
two points is0 degrees apart and max.
ing with It nm angle Of 23ls degrees
known as the obliquity Of the ecllptic.
The crossing points are called the equl.
noxes. because the days and nights are
then equal. md the points midway be
tween the equinoxes are the solstIces.
because the sun then seems to stand
still for a few days.
The ecllptic Is so called because
eclipses occur only when the moon is
crossing It or is near 1t. for the moons
orbit cuts the ecllptic In two points.
called nodes or knots. and at other
times is above or below II. II the
moon. when In either node. is In line
with the sun and the earth we have
an eclipse, either total or annular II
she is near her node we have a partial
eclipse.
The moons nodes are not stationary.
but move backward on the moons
orbit. completing a revolution In about
nineteen years. when the eclipses Of
the period recur In the same order and
at about the same Intervals as before.
This period Of eighteen years and elev-
en- days is called the saros. It was
known to the Chaldeans and the
Greeks and gave them their data for
computing eclipses.
Any intelligent person can trace the
suns path In the heavens. II the sun
rises exactly In the east and sets in
the west It is the time Of the equi
noxes. II the sunrise and sunset
points are farthest north and the sun
at MONDAY is highest In the heavens
1t is the time Of the summer solstice
II the sunrise and sunset points are
farthest south and the sun Is very low
in the heavens at MONDAY 1t IL the
time of the winter solstice.-Harper's
Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05

Sunshine and fresh air are the
greatest enemies of tuberculosis" says
a medical authority. So sit on the
sunny side of the house. the car. the
office or the fishing pool. Get out in
the field with the birds and the beasts
Face the breeze and don't be afraid Of
the gale, Roll the window shade ever
up and never down. Make your sun
shade over into cane. Remember
Or. Sunshine Is not only an enemy to
tuberculosis. but to more diseases than
you can remember to name, including
the ingrowlng crouch and many other
things So let him shine ini-Detroit
Free Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05

the legal and qualified voser1 thereof as herein
provided. il shall supsrsede and stand in ths
place tnd stead Of Section n Of said Article 4
Sac. a. For each Of the said circuits
tsxeeptins sae eighth and third there shall
be chief judge and two associate Judges. Z,
be styled Judges Of the Circuit Court to b,
elected or appointed as herein provided. an,I
for the third circuit there shall be a Chief
Judge and three associate judges to be styled
Judges Of the Circuit Court to be elected or
appointed as herein provided
And no two Of said associate judges for
any Of the said circuits. except the third cir
cult shall, at the time Of their election or ap
poiniment or during the term for which the,
may have been elected or appointed, reside IN
the same county. If two or more person.
shall be candidates for associate judge in th,
same county in any Of the circuits. except the
third circuit. that one only in said county
shall be declared clecsed who has the highest
number Of votes in the circuit In case any
two candidates for associate judge in any Of
the circuits. except the third circuit. residinr
in the same county. shall have an equal mum
Der Of votes greater than any other candidate
for associate judge in the circuit. Il shall be
the duty Of the Governor to order new cleo
ton for one associate judge; but the person
residing In any other county of the circuit
and who has the next highest number Of
votes shall be declared elected. The said
Judges shell hold not less than two terms o.
the Circuit Court in each Of the counties CON
posing their respective circuits. At such times
which Jurors shah be summoned. and In those
counties where only two such terms are held
two other and intermediate terms, TO which
jurors shall not be summoned; they may alter
or fix the times for holding any or al terms
until otherwise prescribed. and shall adopt
rules to the end that all business not requiring
the interposi,ion Of the jury shall be. as far
as practicable. disposed Of at said intermediate
terms
One judge in each Of the above circuits. in
eudns the third circuit. shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction Of any business;
and the said judges, or any of them. may hold
special terms Of their Court, wherever in their
discretion. the business Of the several eonnties
renders such terms necessary.
The additional associate Judge for the third
circuit herein provided for. shall be elected
by the qualified voters Of Baitimort and Har-
ford Counties. at the first election that shall
be held in said counties subsequent to the
adoption Of this amendment and the judge 40
elected shall be subject TO the same eonstitu.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-09-05
Not . Bit Like Cricket.

The Englishman was attending his
first ball game. He seemed very un-
easy after the fifth inning and finally
said to his American friend:
Il say. old chap. when do they serve
the tea p
They don't serve tea at ball
game" laughed the American.
mo tea between innings7s gasped
the Englishman. "rhen what's the OBJ
ject of the blooming game 1"-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.