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.— — PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL" AMENDMENT NO. ONE. The following proposed amendment t* the constitution of the State of Nebraska* as hereinafter set forth in full, is sub mitted to the electors of the State of Ne braska. to be voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday, Novembei nth, A. r>. 1912. “AN ACT for a joint resolution propos ing amendment to Section 1 and Sec tion 10 Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Nebrasku, and supplement lug Article entitled Amendments.’ l e it Resolved and Enacted by the Legis lature of the Stute of Nebraska: Section 1. That at the general election r state and logislatlve officers to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, 1912, the following provisions he proposed and submitted as amendment to Section 1 and Section 10 ot Article 3 of the Constitution of the btate of Nebraska: Section 2. That Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ne braska is hereby amended to read as fol lows: Section 1. The legislative authority of the state shall be vested in a legislature consisting of a senate and house of repre sentatives, but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws, and amendments to the Constitution, and to enact or reject the same at the polls in dependent of the legislature, and also re serve power at their own option to ap prove or reject at the polls any act, item, section, or part of any act passed by the legislature. Section 1A. The first power reserved by the people Is the initiative. Ten per legal voters of the state, so distributed as to include five per cent of Ihe legal voters in each of two-fifths of the counties of the state, may propose any measure by petition, which shall contain the full text of the measure so proposed. Provided, that proposed Con stitutional Amendments shall reaulre a petition of fifteen per cent of the legal voters of the State distributed as above provided. Initiative petitions (except for municipal and wholly local legislation) shall be filed with the Secretary of State and be by him submitted to the voters at the first regular state election held not Jess than four months after such filing, ihe same measure, either in form or in essential substance, shall not be sub mitted to the people by initiative petition (either affirmatively or negatively) ortener than once In three years. If con flicting measures submitted to the people at the same election shall be approved, the one lecelvlng the highest number of affirmative votes shall thereby become law as to all conflicting provisions. The Constitutional limitations as to scope and subject matter of statutes enacted by the legislature shall apply to those enacted by the initiative. Section 1R. The second power reserved Is the referendum. It may be ordered by a petition of ten per cent of the legal voters of the state, distributed as re quired for initiative petitions. Referen dum petitions against measures passed by the legislature shall be filed with the Secretary of State within ninety days after the legislature enacting the same ad journs sine die or for a period longer than iiinety days: and elections thereon shill bo had at the first regular state election held not less than thirty days after such tiling. aecnon ic. Tne referendum mny be ordered upon anv act except acts making appropriations for the expenses of the state government, and state institutions existing at the time such act Is passed. When the referendum is ordered upon an act or any part thereof it shall suspend its operation until the same Is approved by the voters; provided, that emergency acts, or acts for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety shall continue in effect until rejected by the voters or repealed by the legislature. Fil ing of a referendum petition against one or more Items, sections, or parts of an act shall not delay the remainder of the meas ure from becoming operative. Section ID. Nothing in this section shall re construed to deprive any member of the legislature of tne right to introduce any measure. The whole number of votes cast for governor at the regular election Inst preceding the filing of any Initiative or referendum petition shall be the basis on which the number of legal voters re quired to sign such petition shall be com puted. The veto power of the governor >hall not extend to measures initiated by or referred to the people. All such meas ures shall become the law or a part of the Constitution when approved by a majority of the votes east thereon, provided, the votes cast in favor of said Initiative meas ure or part of said Constitution shall con stitute thirty-five per cent (35) of the total vote cast at said election, and not other wise, and shall take effect upon proclama tion by the governor, which shall be made within ten days of the completion of the official canvass. The vote upon initiative and referendum measures shall be returned and canvassed in the same manner as is prescribed In the case of presidential electors. The method of submitting and adopting amendments to the Constitution provided by this section shall be supple mentary to the method prescribed in the article of this Constitution, entitled ‘Amendments.’ and the latter shall in no case be construed to conflict herewith. This amendment shall be self-executing, but legislation mny be enacted especially to facilitate Its operation. In submitting petitions and orders for the initiative and the referendum, the Secretary of State and all other officers shall be guided by this amendment and the general laws until additional legislation shall be espe cially provided therefor; all propositions submitted In pursuance hereof shall be submitted in a non-partisan manner and without any indication or suggestion on the ballot that they have been approved or endorsed by any poWtical party or or ganization, and provided further that only the title of measures shall be printed on the ballot, and when two or more measures have the same title they shall be numbered consecutively in the order of filing with the Secretary of State and Including the name of the first petitioner. Section 3. That Section 10, of Article 3. of the Constitution of the State of Ne braska bo amended to read as follows: Section 10. The style of all bills shall be “Re it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,” and no law shall be ennfeted except by bill. No bill shall be passed bv the legislature unless by assent of a majority of all the members elected to each house of the legislature and the question upon final passage shall he taken immediately upon its last rending and the yens and nays shall ho entered upon the Journal. Section 4. That at said .election on the Tuesdav succeeding the first Monday in November. 1012, on the ballot of each elector voting thereat there shall be printed or written the words: “For pro posed amendment to the Constitution re serving to the people the right of direct legislation through the initiative and ref erendum.” and “Against proposed amend ment to the constitution reserving to the people the right of direct legislation through the initiative and referendum.” And If a majority of all voters at said election shall be in favor of such amend ment the same shall be deemed to be adopted. The returns of said election upon the adoption of this amendment shall be made to the state canvassing board and said board shall canvass the vote upon the amendment herein in the same manner as Is prescribed in the ease of presidential electors. Tf a malorlty of the votes cast at the election be In favor of the proposer amendment the governor, within ten da vs I fter the result Is ascertained, shall make Proclamation declaring the amendment to bo part of the Constitution of the State, "ud when so declared the amendment here in nroposed shall be In force and self-exe cuting. Approved March 2-t 101 f.” I. Addison Walt. Secretary of State, of the State of Nebraska, do hereby certify that tlie foregoing proposed amendment to iho Constitution of the State of Nebraska Is a true and correct oopv of the original enrolled and engrossed bill, ns passed by the Thirty-seeond session of the Leglsla- 1 tore of the State of Nebraska, as appears from said original bill on file in this office ' n»»d that said pronosed amendment is sub- j ml*tod to the qualified voters of the State of Nebraska for their adoption or rejection at the general election to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of November, A. T). 1012. Tn Testimony Whereof, T have hereunto s«»t my hand and affixed the Croat Seal of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lincoln »Ms 20th day of Mav, in the year of our r.ord. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Tnolve. and of the Independence of the Hnjtod Stares the One Hundred and Tb»»* and of this State the Forfv-sixth (ffenb ADDISON WATT. Secretary of State. At the new party convention yes terday sixteen delegates were elected to attend the national convention. Trrr.r.- .-iiirn <-Jtirn.ii-v ''i*iirmr'- i»w' in PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. TWC. The following proposed amendment U the Constitution of tue State of Nebraska, as hereinafter set forth in full, is submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska j to be Aoted upon at the general eiectioL to be held Tuesday, November 5th, A. 1). 1912. “A JOINT RESOLUTION on proposing an amendment to Section 4 of Article c of the Constitution of the State of Ne braska. Be it Resolved and Enacted by the Legis hit tire of the State of Nebraska.: Section 1. That at the general election for state and legislative officers to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday In November, 1912 the following be sub mitted as an amendment to Section 4 oi Article :t of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska: Sec. 4. At the first election of members of the legislature held after the adoption of this amendment members of the Sen ate and House of Representatives, shall be elected for the term of two years. BoiL senators and representatives shall each ro celve pay at the rate of six hundred dol lars for each regular session of the Legis lature, during their term, and ten cent? for every mile they shall travel in going to and returning from the place of meeting of the legislature, on the most usual route. That neither members of the legis laturo nor employes shall receive any pay oi perquisites other than their salary and mileage. Each session, except special ses sion, shall not be less than sixty days. After the expiration of twenty days oi the session, no bills nor joint resolutions of the nature of bills shall be introduced, unless the governor shall by special mes sage call the attention of the legislature to the necessity of passing a law on the subject-matter embraced In the message, and the introduction of bills shall be re stricted thereto. Provided, that the general appropriation bills may be introduced up to and includ ing the fortieth day. Sec. 2. That at said election on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday In November, 1912, on the ballot of each elector voting thereat there shall be printed or written the words: ‘‘For pro nosed amendment io the* constitution fix Ing the term of office and salary for mem bers of the legislature," and "Against pro posed amendment to the constitution fixing the term of office and salary for members of the legislature." And If a majority of all the voters at the said election shall Ik In favor of such amendment the same shall be deemed to be adopted. The returns of said election upon the adoption of tills amendment shall be made to the State Canvassing Board and that Board shall canvass the vote upon the amendment herein in the same manner as is prescribed in the case of presidential electors. If a majority of the votes cast at the election be in favor of the proposed jimemlmeuf the governor, within ten days after the result Is ascertained, shall make proclama tlon declaring the amendment to be part of the constitution of the state, and when so declared the same shall be In force. Approved April 10, 1911.” I, Addison Walt, Secretary of State, o4 the State of Nebraska, do hert»by certify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Ne braska Is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled and engrossed bill, as passed by the Thirty-second session or the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, as appears from said original bill on file In this office, and that said proposed amend ment Is submitted to the uuallfted voters of the State of Nebraska for their adop tion or rejection at the general election tc be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of Novem ber, A. I). 1912. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my* hand and affixed the (treat. Seal of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lincoln, this 20th day of May, In the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thir ty-sixth and of this State the Forty-sixth. (Seal) ADDISON WAIT. Secretary of State. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. THREE. The following proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, as hereinafter set forth in full,* Is sub mitted to the electors of the State of Ne braska, to be voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday, November ulh, A. V. 1912. ••A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Sec tion nineteen (19) of Article five (5) of the Constitution of the State of Nebras ka creating a Hoard of Commissioners of State institutions. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section I. 1'bat Section nineteen (19) of Article live to) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, be amended to read as follows: Section 19. The Goveruor shall, prior to the adjournment of the Thirty-third ses sion of the legislature, nominate and, with the consent of two-thirds of the members of the Sennte In Executive Session, ap point three electors of the state, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party and no two of whom shall reside at the time of their appoint ment in the same congressional district, as members of a board to be known as a •‘Board of Commissioners of State Institu tions." Said members shall hold office as designated by the Governor for two, four and six years respectively. Subsequent appointments shall be made as provided and. except to till vacancies, shall be for a period of six years. Tile Board shall at all times he' subject to the above re strictions and limitations. The Board of Commissioners shall have full power to manage, control and govern, subject only io such limitations ns shall be established tv law. the State Soldiers’ Home, Hos pitals for the Insane. Institute for the Deaf, Institute for the Blind, Industrial Schools, Institute for Feeble Mluded Children, Nebraska Industrial Home. Orthopedic Hos pital. the State Penitentiary and all char itable. reformatory and penal Institutions that shall be by law established and main tained bv the state of Nebraska. They shall each give bonds, receive compensa tion for service, perform all duties and complv with all regulations that shall be established bv law. The powers possessed by the Governor and Hoard of Public Lands and Buildings with reference to the management and control of the Institu tions herein named shall, on July 1, 191.2. cease to exist In tile Governor and the Board of Public Lands and Buildings and sim]! become vested In a Board of Com missioners of State Institutions, and the said Board Is on July 1, 1912, and without farther process of law. authorized and directed to assume and exercise all the powers heretofore vested In or exerelseq |,y the Governor or Board of Public Lands and Buildings with reference to the Institu tions of the state named herein, but noth ing herein contained shall limit the general supervisory or examining powers vested In the Governor hv the laws or constitution of the state, or such ns are vested by him In nnv committee appointed by him. Section 2. That at the general election. In November. 10V?. there shall he submitted to the electors of the state for their ap proval or rejection the foregoing proposed amendments to the constitution In the fid lowing form: On the ballot of each elector voting for or against said proposed amend ment shall he printed nr written "For pro posed amendment to the Constitution cre ating a Board of Commissioners of State Institutions" and "Against said proposed amendment to the constitution creating a Board of Commissioners of State Iustltu Seetlon 2. If such amendment to Section nineteen (19) of Article five (S) of the Con stltntlon of the State of Nebraska shall ho approved bv a mniorltv of all electors vot ing at such election said amendment shall constitute Section nineteen (191 of Article live (.") of the Constitution of the state of Nebraska. Approved Amdi 10 1911.** I. Addison Walt. Secretary of State, of the State of Nebraska, do hereby certify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nebraska is a (me and correct eopv of the original enrolled and engrossed hill, ns passed hv the Thirtv-sooond session of the Legisla ture of the State of Nebraska, ns appears from said original hill on tile In this office, and that said proonsed amendment Is sub mltted to the qualified voters of the state of Nebraska for their adoption nr rejection at the general election to he held on Tups. dav *he Nth dav of November, A. D. 1912, In Testimony Whereof, I have herennta set mv hand and affixed the Great Seal of the p*ate of Nebraska. Done at Lincoln, this 20th dav of Mnv, In the year of onr Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve and of the Independence ef the Unit 'd states the One Hundred and Thirty. VIxMi and of this State the Forty-sixth. (Seal) ADDISON WATT. Secretary of State. Now is a good time to subscribe for The Frontier, $1.50 per year. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. FOUR. The following proposed amendment to th* constitution of the State of Nebraska, as hereinafter set forth lu full. Is submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska, to oe voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday, November 5th, A. D. 1912. “A JOINT RESOLUTION to propose amendments to Section five (5) of Article six (6) and Section thirteen (13) of Article sixteen 06) of the constitution of the slate of Nebraska as found in the Com piled Statutes of Nebraska foi 11HH) (Sec tion thirteen (13) of Article eighteen (18) of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for HH)9), relating to time of electing judges of the supreme court, fixing the time of the general election and providing for holding over of incumbents until their successors are elected and qualified. Be it Resolved ana Enacted by the Legis lature of the State of Nebruska: Section 1. That section Five to) of Ar ticle Six («> of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska be amended to read qa fellows: Section 5. That at the general election to be held in the State of Nebraska iu the year 1916, and each six years thereafter, there shall be elected three (3) judges of tin* Supreme Court, who shall hold their office for the period of six (6) years; that at the general election to be held In the State of Nebraska In the year 1918, and each six years thereafter there shall he elected three (3) judges of the Supreme Court, who shall hold their office for the period of six years: and at the gener al election to be httld In the State of Ne braska in the year 1920 and each six (6) years thereafter there shall be elected a chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who shall hold h!s office for the period of six «6) years. Provided, That the member of the Supreme Court whose term of office expires In January, 1914 shall be chief justice of the Supreme Court during that time until the expiration of his term of Office. Section 2. That Section Thirteen (13) of Article Sixteen (16) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska as found lu the ( om piled Statutes of Nebraska for 1909 (Sec tion thirteen (13) of Article eighteen (18) of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1909) be amended to read as follows: Section 13. The general election of tn!« state shall be held on the Tuesday suc ceeding the first Monday In November In the year 1914 and every two years there after. All state, district, county, precinct and townships officers, by the constitution or laws made elective by the people, ex cept school district officers, and munlcjpij officers iu cities, villages and towns, shall bo elected nt a general election to be held as aforesaid. Judges of the supreme, dis trict and county courts, all elective county and precinct officers, and all other elective officers, the time for the election of whom is not herein otherwise provided for, and which are not included in the above ex ception. shall be elected on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday In November. 1913, and thereafter at the general election next preceding the time of the termination for their respective terms of office. Pro vided. That no office shall be vacated thereby, but the Incumbent thereof shall hold over until his successor is duly elect ed and qualified. Section 3. The form of ballot on the amendments proposed herein shall be as follows: “For proposed amendments to the constitution providing for general elec tlon once In two years” and ‘ Against pro posed amendments to the constitution pro viding for general election once iu two years.” Approved April 7, 1911.” I, AddlRon Walt, Secretary of State, ol the State of Nebraska, do hereby certify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nebraska Is a true and correct cony of the original enrolled and engrossed bill, as passed by the Thirty-second session of the Leglsla ture of the State of Nebraska, as appears from said original bill on file in this office, and that said proposed amendment Is sub inltted to the qualified voters of the State of Nebraska for their adoption or rejection nt the general election to be held on Tues day, the 5th day of November, A. D. 1912. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set mv hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lincoln, this 20th day of May, In the year of our Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve, and of tfle Independence of the United States ihe One Hundred and Thir ty-sixth and of this State the Forty-sixth. (Seal) ADDISON WAU\ Secretary of Srate. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. FIVE. The following proposed amendment to the Constitution or the State of Nebraska, aa hereinafter set forth in full, Is submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska, to be voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday, November 5th, A. L). 1012. *‘AN ACT for a Joint Resolution to pro post* an amendment to the Constitution of the Slate of Nebraska. Be it Resolved and Enacted by the Legisla ture of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That at the general election for state and legislative officers to be held In the State of Nebraska on Hie fcrst Tues day succeeding the first Monday In Novem ber, 1912, the following provision be pro posed an<L submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska: Sec. 2. Any city having a population of more than five thousand (5,000) Inhabi tants may frame a charter for its own government, consistent with and subject to the constitution aud laws of this state, by causing a convention of fifteen freeholders, who shall have been for at least five years uualified electors thereof to be elected by the qualified voters of said city at any geueral or special election, whose duty It shall be within four months after such election, to prepare and propose a charter for such c*ty, which charter, when completed, with a prefatory synopsis, shall be signed by the officers and members of the convention, or a majority thereof, and delivered to the clerk of said city, who shall publish the same In full, with his official certification, in the official paper of said city If there he one. and If there be no official paper, then In at least one newspaper published and In general circulation in said city, three times, and a week apart, and within not less than thirty days after such pub lication It shall be submitted to the quail fed electors of said city at a general or special election, and If a majority of such qualified voters, voting thereon, shall ratify the same. It shall at the end of sixty days thereafter become the charter of said city, and supersede any existing charter and all amendments thereof. A duplicate certifi cate shall be made, setting forth the char ter proposed und Its ratification (together with the vote for and against) and duly certified by the City Clerk, and authen ticated by the corporate seal of said city und one copy thereof shall be filed with the secretary of state and the other de posited among the archives of the city, and sl all thereupon become and be the charter of said city, and all amendments to such charter shall be authenticated In the samo manner, and filed with the secretary of state, and deposited in the archives of the city. Sec. 2. But If said charter he rejected then within six months thereafter, the Mayor and council or governing authorities of said city may call a special election at which fifteen members of a new charter convention shall be elected to be called und held as above in such city, and they shall proceed us above to frame a charter which shall in like manner and to the like end be published and submitted to a vote of said voters for their approval or rejection. If again rejected, the procedure herein des ignated may be repeated until a charter is finully approved by u majority of those voting tliereon, and certified (together with the vote for and against) to the secretary of state as aforesaid, und a copy thereof deposited in the archives of the city, whereupon it shall become the charter of said city. Members of each of said char ter conventions shall be elected at large; and they shall complete their labors within sixty days after their respective election. The charter shall muke proxier provision for continuing, amending or repealing the ordinances of the city. Sec. 4. Such charter so ratified and adopted may he amended, or a charter convention called, by a proposal therefor made i.y the law-making body of such city or by the qualified electors in number not less than five per cent of the next preced ing gubernatorial vote in such city, by pe tition filed with the council or governing authorities. The council or governing au thorities shall submit the same to a vote of the qualified electors at the next general or special election not held within thirty days after such petition Is filed. In sub mitting any such charter or charter amend ji cuts, any alternative article or section m.iy be presented for the choice of the voters and mav be voted on separately without prejudice to others. Whenever the question of a charter convention Is carried bv a majority of those voting there on, a charter convention shall be called through n special election ordinance, and the same shall be constituted aud held and the oronosed charter submitted to a vote of rue nnauneii elector*, »ppro%*« sr r~ looted, as provided In Section two hereof. The City Clerk nf Mid City shflll publish with his official certification, for three times, a week apart. In the official paper of said rltv, If there be one. and If there be no official paper, then In at least one newspaper, puollstod and In general cir culation In said city, the full text of any charter or charter amendment to be voted on at anv general or special election. No chapter or charter amendment adopted under the provisions of this amendment shall be amended or repealed except by electoral vote. And no ruoh charter or charter amendment shall diminish' the tax rate for state purposes fixed by net of the legislature, or interfere In any wise with the collection of state taxes. Sec. 5. That at said election In the year 1012, on the ballot of each elector voting thereat, there shall he printed or written the words—“For proposed amendment to the Constitution allowing cities of more than five thousand Inhabitants In this state to frame their own city charter” and “Against proposed amendment to the con stitution allowing cities of more than five thousand Inhabitants in this state to frame their own charters.'* And If a majority of all voters at said election shall be for stieb amendment the same shall be deemed to be adopted. Approved March 29. 1011. . T, Addison Walt, Secretary of State, of the State of Nebraska, do hereby certify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nebraska Is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled and engrossed bill, as passed by the Thirty-second session of the Legisla ture of the State of Nebraska, as appears from said original bill on file In this office, and that said proposed amendment Is sub mitted to th< qualified voters of the State of Nebraska for their adoption or rejection at the general election to be held on Tues day. the 1th day of November, A. P. 1012. In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto sot mv hand and affixed the Great Seal of flu* sinto of Nebraska. Pone at Lincoln, this 20th dnv of May, In the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve. and of the Independence of the fTnlted States the One Hundred and Tlilr tv-<rtTfh and of this the Forty-sixth. (Seal) APPTSON WATT. Secretary of State. Inman Items. Ed. Clark was an O’Neill visi tor last Friday. Rev. Levi Garnet is in Inman this week, visiting his family. Clark D. Clarridge had busi ness in O’Neill last Saturday. George Wilcox went up to O’ Neill last Thursday, to look after some business. Henry Fraka, who has been visiting at Norfolk the past week, returned home last Saturday. W. W. Watson and son, Ira, went up to Long Pine last week in their car. They returned Mon day. The L. D. S. gave a ice cream social last Monday at the home of Nat Butler, all enjoyed the evening. Mrs. Roy Sharp and children left for Battle Creek last Satur day to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hodman. The Misses Blanch and Grace Keyes returned from Wayne last Saturday, where they have been attending college. Mr. and Mrs. James VanEvery were down from O’Neill last Sunday, to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. VanEvery. Rev. George will be in Inman the 4th of August, at the M. E. church, at evening service. Every body come out and hear Bro. George. Mr. and Mis. William Town send came down from O’Neill last Sunday to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Kelley and family. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Goree, who have been visiting with their daughter, Mrs. Frank Perry at Norfolk, returned home last Sat urday evening. Miss Maud Swingle, who has been visiting with her grand mother, Mrs. S. L. Conger and other relatives for the past month, returned to her home at Plain view last Saturday. Opportunity Items. Still more rain. Geo. Bradt left for New York on business one day last week. Walter Dowing, our general merchant and post master, went on a business trip to O’Neill last Frida}-. On last Friday at n a. m. a slow steady rain set in and kept up for several hours. The re salt will be to still further im prove pastures and meadows and promote rapid growth of the corn crop. ' Berger Bros, were doing a little haying last week. Will harvest the rest of their oats, which was later in getting ripe than the others and also their wheat, which they say is fine. The rest of the farmers will also harvest the balance of their small grain this week in this locality. ' i inffc ... nil i In fulfillment of our promise, we will give a report of the speci mens that we sent to the U. S. Geological Survey, of which we have just received a report of the same. While the report is not what we had hoped to hear, yat we were none the less gratified to find that it exceeded our ex pectations. Among the several specimens there is; two agates, one agatized petrified moor, one mica schist, and last but not by any means least in importance was one amethystine quartz, the rest of the 13 pebbles was practi cally the same as those mention ed in a previous report. As to the amethyst stone, it was too small as to size to be very valu able, but as to quality it is all O. K. We have it still and it can be seen at anytime by anyone that will take the trouble to call. It certainly is a beauty, consist ing, as it does, of a stone of re markable clearness, and reflect ing a color of russet gold. What is of more importance, however, is the probabilitythat other pebbles of great value may be found here and its presence would certainly indicate that much. In order to determine, however, the presence of these stones in large quatities, we would need to do some ex cavating work in order to reveal what there is below. For this pur pose some capital is needed, also some knowledge of the science of minerology. In the early history of this county, the old settlers in many instances, picked quite a large number of pebbles and no doubt carried them away with them when they left this county. It quite likely that some possessed specimens of considerable value, i regard my discovery of very much importance as I am con vinced that a thorough investiga tion of the places that are similar to the places where I found that amethyst, would reveal beds of precious stones in sufficient quan ties that would pay to mine, and that would greatly enhance the value of real estate here. CHINESE SIGNBOARDS. Poetic Geme to Attraot Business to Shops In Peking. W. Simpson In “Meeting the Sun” writes: "I saw in Peking a list of signboards, and a few samples of them will Illustrate their general character: ‘Shop of Heaven Sent Luck,* ‘Shop ot Celestial Principles,' "The Nine Felici ties Prolonged,’ ‘Mutton Shop of Morn ing Twilight,’ ‘The Ten Virtues All Complete,’ ‘Flowers Rise to the Milky Way.’ “In these signs we can see that the Chinese can combine the soul of a poet with the pocket of a shopman. Con trast such efforts with *The Noted Eelple House’ of the London streets, and one must feel that we are outer barbarians. Carlyle quotes a Chinese signboard, ’No Cheating Here,’ but 1 could not find anything like It In the list ‘Good and J ust According to Heav en’ ought to satisfy the Ideal notions of the author of ‘Sartor Resartus.’ ” “The Honest Pen Shop of LI" Implies that other pen shops are not honest The “Steel Shop of the Pockmarked Wang” suggests that any peculiarity of a shopman may be used to Impress the memory of customers. Snub noses, squint eyes, lame legs and hump backs might all be used In this way. A charcoal shop calls Itself the “Fountain of Beauty,” and a place for the sale of coal Indulges In the title of "Heavenly Embroidery.” An oil and wine establishment is the “Neighbor hood of Chief Beauty,” a description the realization of which It is hard to conceive anywhere In Peking. "The Thrice Righteous" one would scarcely expect from an opium shop.—LondoD Globe. Blocked by an Iceberg. Discussing the Iceberg question, Pro fessor John Milne of London writes that the year he visited Newfoundland one of these ice mountains had stuck In the Narrows, which Is the entrance to St. John's harbor. The capital of Newfoundland was bottled up. "A fort pounded at the Intruder for a time, but it might as well have pounded at the Karakoram mountains The monster stopped all traffic either In or out On the third day, however, It heeled over and sailed away." Awful Ignorance. Young Man With Lavender Tie, Pink Shirt and Bright Purple Socks—Say, Jim Lawrence Is a queer duck. He pronounces Ids words so queer! The other day be was telling some girls about going to the Blank Inn for a "tahbledote” dinner. As soon as we left the girls 1 asked him whut be meant and come to Qnd out he meant table de hotey! Ha, ha, ha 1—Chicago Tribune. 4 __ mrnmx—ai—- - BANK OFENGLAND Tragic and Romantic Episodes in Its Historic Career. DEADLY BATTLE WITH A MOB. The Bloody Climax to the Attempted Raid by the Lord Gordon Rioters—A Financial Coup That Was 8poiled by the Ouchess of Marlborough. No other banking institution has so romantic a history as that pertaining to the Bank of England, the “Old Lady of Threadneedle Street’^ One of the bloody episodes in the his tory of the bank is that embraced In the story of Charles Walter Godfrey, one of its early partners in the bank. It appears that Godfrey -while crossing the channel in the midst of a terrific storm and laden with £60,000 In drafts for the aid of King William, who was just then besieging Namur against the forces of Louis XIV., insisted upon his right to deliver the warrant for the motley Into the hands of the king, then In the trenches under hot fire. As be banded the document to the king, say ing. in response to William's growl of remonstrance, “Am I, then, more ex posed to danger than your majesty?” a cannon bail swept away his head. Not so very many years ago there stood over the massive fireplace in the directors’ room of the bank three rusty specimens of the old “Brown Bess,” to gether with a number of roughly Bhaped bullets. In these relics was em bodied a picture of the November night In 1780 when the mob of Gordon riot ers marched down from Newgate, set ting fire to every Catholic chapel on the way and advancing with a force of 5,000 upon the bank itself. The clerks, armed with muskets, were unprovided with shot Before them lay rows of leaden Inkstands, suggesting the possibilities of a new use. In less than half an hour the Ink stands had been melted and turned Into bullets. The muskets were load ed. At every window of the bank stood two marksmen, their guns train ed on the mob below. let the rioters came on until they were within ten yards of the bank gates. Then sharp and clear above the frightful din rose the order to fire, and from the win dows poured a deadly volley. When the smoke finally cleared away 250 lay dead or dying In the open space now covered by the esplanade of the Royal Exchange. The attacking army wavered, stopped, broke line and fled, and the Gordon riots were at an end. During the first part of the reign ol George II. It was the practice of all banks to give a receipt In payment ol a deposit the receipts being passed from hand to hand and serving the same purpose as the check of today. At that time Childs’ bank, a private concern, which had the backing of a great part of the English nobility, ex hibited such signs of future greatness that the Bank of England became greatly alarmed, especially In view ol the fact that the “C'.d Lady’s” notes were at a discount of 10 per cent. So little by little, through their agents, the managers of the Bank of England bought up every receipt bearing the Childs signature, allowing the collec tions to accumulate each year until the time should be ripe, during a shortage of gold, to present the receipts In one great mass for paymenL It was deem ed a certainty that Childs’ would not be able to meet the demand and would thus be ruined. The principal figure In the drama that ensued was no other than the fa mous Sarah Jennings, in whom Childs' bank found its stanchest supporter. One night there came a wild clanging at the bell of the great gate of the town of Blenheim—a clanging that soon awakened every one In the town, A white faced, travel stained man stag gered Into the ducal ball, begging an audience with her grace. When the duchess, in her dressing gown, appear ed, demanding to know the reason foi this unseemly visitation, the man ex plained that the Bank of England held the Childs’ receipts in the amount ol £620,000, that those receipts would be presented for payment at noon follow ing, tbnt there was not at Childs' enough gold to meet them, that un less the demand could be satisfied with in eight hours Childs’ was ruined and that there was but one person In the world—her grace—to whom they might turn. Whereupon the redoubtable duchesi sat down and wrote out a check, which she banded to the agent. It was an order on the Bank of England for the payment of £700,000. He was Instruct ed to take this check to the Bank ol England and to say that if It hesitated for .a single Instant In paying It th< duchess would proclaim It as a de faulter. At 12 o’clock that day there appear ed at the Childs’ counter an agent ol the Bank of England bearing a big bag ful of receipts and blandly suggesting immediate payment. At the same mo ment the Childs’ agent was la Thread- j needle street receiving cash on th« check of the duchess. The cashiers at Childs’ naturally tool their own time in scrutinizing the re eelpts. spending fully half an hour ayei the first batch alone. They were at thi end of the first hundred when their messenger arrived. Then they quick ened the procedure a little, and wlthis ten minutes the Bank of England had been paid In its own coin. The nel result was that Childs’ was many thou sands of pounds richer.—Harper’s. We never see the target a man almi at Id life. We see only tha target hi hits.—Jordon. ... j --—- , di