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Old English Slaves.
Before the conquest and for a i
time after at least two-thirds of i
people of England were denuded of
the substantial attributes of freedom
The lords had the absolute dispo-- • ,v
them. They might he attached to :!
soil or transferred by deed, sale or < on
veyauce from one lord to anothe
They could not chance their place <>r
hold property—in short, they were
slaves under their obligation of per
petual servitude, which the consent of
the master alone could dissolve. T'':
system was not fairly abolished i
the reign of Charles 11.. and so late a®
1775 men were bought and sold in
Scotland with the estates to which they
were bound.
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j This new athletic field at New Haven will seat more than 70.000.
TRUTH.
Truth is so estimable a quality
that is will not permit of any tam
pering. Like a mirror, to breathe
upon it with cold falsehood only
makes it reflect a dim image of its
purity. An untruthful man is a man
always to be feared.
Woman's Weapons.
A number of married men were re
cently dining together at their club.
The question was asked, "What trait
in your wife do you consider the most
expensive one?" The answers were
as numerous as the men in the party.
With One it was vanity, another re
ligion or charity or love of dress. The
last man to whom the question was
put answered oracularly. "Her tears."
Different.
Seedy Chap (stopping pedes!-6;n)—
Pardon me, sir, but you look ven ;uuch
like a man I know.
Pedestrian—lndeed! Well, ye - ' look
like a man I don't want to know. Good
day!— Boston Transcript.
,1 The Hourglass.
Instead of being obsolete and simply
an interesting relic, the hourglass in
various forms is a twentieth century
necessity. A machinist authority
points out that for such purposes as
timing hardening and tempering heats
in twist drill manufacture, where sec
onds or minutes must be gauged accu
rately, nothing serves like the hour
glass with the right amount of sand
Accuracy to fractions of a second can
be had much more easily than by
watching the hands of a watch.
Sporting Note.
Speaking of mollycoddle games, how
would you like to play cricket on the
hearth?— Judge.
THE GERMAN CRUISER KARLSRUHE.
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This warship has been destroying commerce in the West Indies and near the coast of South America.
A Summer of Haze.
Europe and Asia were covered by
fog during the summer of 1783. Says
Gilbert White (letter 109): "The sum
mer of the year 1783 was an amazing
and a portentous one. * * * for. be
sides the alarming meteors ami tre
mendous thunderstorms. * * * the
peculiar haze or smoky fog that pre
vailed for many weeks in this island
and it every part of Europe
and even beyond its limits was a most
extraordinary appearance. The heat
was intense. Calabria arid part of the
isle of Sicily were torn and convulsed
with earthquakes." Cowper also re
fe i to this phenomenon in speaking of
s tfure. with a dim and sickly eye."
Rather Too Light.
The landlady who had not a reputa
tion for overfeeding her boarders asked
I her solitary boarder as he looked dole
j fully at his supper. "Shall I light the
gas?"
The boarder gazed at the scanty meal
and replied. "Well, no, it isn't neces
sary; the supper is light enough!"—
London Telegraph.
Stme as Being Away.
Neighbor's Little Girl—When did you
get back, Mrs. Browne? Did you have
a nice time?
Neighbor—Why, I haven't been away,
my dear.
"Haven't you, really? I'm sure 1
heard mother say you and Mr. Browne
had been at Loggerheads for tv week.' -
—National Monthly.
Always Apprehensive.
"My wife gets nothing but apprehen
sion out of life."
"How so?"
"She's afraid of cows in the country
and automobiles in town."—Kansas
City Journal.
Quite Enough.
Penman—Did you wade through that
List book of mine?
Wright—Yes. I did.
"Were you much stuck on it?"
"(>nly a dollar twenty-five."—Yonkers
, Statesman.
Good Manager.
"Is your son's wife a good man
ager?"
"Yes. She manages to make him
jump whenever she gives bim an or
der. which is more than I ever was
able to do."—Judge.
A Guide's Escape.
First Guide—How was your life
saved? Second Guide—He mistook a
cow for me.—New York Sun.
A Curious Superstition.
Many Greeks firmly believe to this I
day in a curious heathen notion, which
holds that the fate of every child is
controlled entirely by three mysterious
spirits, who are spoken of collectively
as the "moral." These three "fates"
are supposed to be invisible women,
who come on a visit of inspection j
shortly after the birth of each child.
They always come after sundown, says
the superstition, and the Greek parents
when a newly born baby is in the
house and a visit from the "moral" is
expected carefully leave the door open
and lay ii feast and money offerings
all ready for the "fates" when they
should arrive.
Bullet Wounds.
The entrance wound caused by the
modern small arm bullet is not a
grewsome spectacle. It is small, and
its appearance bas been compared to
that produced by the bite of a certain
parasite insect. Often there Is but
little external bleeding, but this is not
to be taken as a danger signal, at
might be popularly supposed.—Londot
Telegraph.
Some Loud Noises Cannot Be Heard.
Experimenters in vibration have
found that no sound, no matter how
loud it may be, can be heard unless it
lasts longer than one-fortieth of a sec
ond. They have found that both the
number of vibrations and the duration
of sound influence its audibility, prob
ably the latter more than the former.
This means that there are untold num
bers of piercing sounds with infinites
imal vibrations and short duration oc
curring every moment about us. For
tunately we are unable to hear them,
else we should be driven crazy in a i
short time. The ear apparatus Is so
constructed that it records ouly those
sounds that last one-fortieth of a sec
ond or over.—Chicago Tribune.
An Ungallant Rascal. i
"I suppose." said tije angular spin- I
ster, ''that you never had a romance?"
"Dat's where youse is wrong," re
plied the unlaundered hobo. "I wunst
had a sweetheart wot wuz a dead
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ringer fer youse."
"And did she die?" asked the angu
lar spinster as she helped him to an- !
other hunk of pie.
"No, ma'am," answered the hobo, j
"When leap year come round she
j asked me t' marry her—an' I run away
from home."—Chicago News.
Beat Solomon a Mile.
She—That's Mr. Osborn over there.
He married a million. He—You don't
say! Well, that beats Solomon.
THE PATRIOT
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GENERAL VON KLUCK.
GREAT VICTORY CLA MED
Kaiser's Own Regiment Captures
Strong Point In Argonne Region.
Berlin (By Wireless to London),
Dec. i.—The German official state
ment claims the capture of a strong
I French position in the Argonne forest
1 by Emperor William's own regiment
The text of the communication reads:
"In the western theater of war the
enemy made insignificant advances
which were checked.
"In the forest of Argonne a strong
point of support of the enemy was
taken by the Wurttemberg infantry
regiment No. 120, his majesty thr
kaiser's own regiment. On this oc
casion two officers and about 300 of
the enemy's troops were made prisot
ers.
"There is no news from East Prus
sia.
"In northern Poland the battles are
taking their normal course.
"In southern Poland the enemy's at
tacks were repulsed.
"The report circulated in the for
eign press that _the 23,000 prisoners
Edison and the Bee.
It is recorded, that Thomas A. Edison,
after watching the tremendous energy
of a busy and noisy little bee, re
marked:
"A real plane, a heavier than air
machine of great weight, can be built
as soon as we obtain something that
beats the air at the rate of 200 time 3
a second. That bee weighed 7,000
times more than his wings. If we
can only get to that, get to that—the
greatest thing for the smallest wing
that is the thing. The bee's wings
beat the air 300 times a second."
Well Named.
"Why do you call your horse Lion?"
"Because he is such a roarer."—Balti
more American.
Scotch Not to Blvme.
The harp, says an English writer
was the bighlauder's instrument be
fore the bagpipe. That point was in
sisted upon by a Scotsman of fifty
years ago, the lord advocate of the
time, who was anxious to disclaim bis
country's responsibility for the bag
pipes and to show that they were
"English, essentially English." Heap
pealed to Shakespeare, who often men
tions the pipes, but not once in "Mac
beth." his only Scottish drama, it is
in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire that he
localizes the instrument. James IV.'s
accounts contain an item for "Inglia
pyparis," while our Edward 1. hail his j
court pipers, and from his time on tc ;
Elizabeth's mention of such officials 1
constantly recurs. Most Englishmet
are thankful to have given the pipes .
safe conduct across the border.
The Will to Do.
Why is it that we, in the very king' j
dom of grace, surrounded by angers j
and preceded by saints, nevertheless
can do so little and. instead of mount
ing with wings like eagles, grovel in
the dust and do but sin and confess
sin alternately? Is it that the power
of God is not within us? is It literally
that we are uot able to perform God's
commandments? God forbid! We are |
able. We have that given us which
makes us able. We do have a power
within us to do what we are command
ed to do. What is it we lack? The
power? No; the will. What we lack
is the simple, earnest, sincere inclina
tion and aim to use what God has giv
en us and what we have in us.—John
Henry Newman.
Too Regular.
Not long ago a worthy woman of an
lowa town who had lost three hus
bands coyly admitted her intention to j
marry a fourth.
"Congratulations. Mary, congratula
dons.'" cried a friend one day as she
burst in upon the prospective bride.
The latter sighed. "Oh. the wed
dings are all very well," said she, "but
what I do object to are the funerals."
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Spoiled Everything.
"What became of your Uplift socie
ty?"
"It went to smash."
"How's that?"
"Why. the very people we were go
ing to uplift were the first to rush in |
and loin."—Kansas City Journal.
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Soldering Aluminium.
When holes appear in aluminium
utensils it is not necessary to discard
the dishes as no longer useful, for by
a simple method they can be made to
take solder. Insert a brass or copper
rivet in the hole, flatten both ends and
then solder over both the inside and
the outside surfaces in the usual man
ner. If you wish to solder a piece to
a souud part of the utensil use a sharp
awl to punch holes for holding spots o
copper or brass. If the aluminium is
very thick cut the holes with a small
drill held in a carpenter's bit brace.
To the Wholesaler.
In placing INDIANA MACARONI on the market we are con
fident that the quality of our product will create a big demand. Our
plant is equipped with the most modern machinery, and our
Mr. L. Giammerini has expert knowledge and experience in Macaroni
preparation.
To the retailer.
If you are unable to procure INDIANA I-ACARC?.! from
your wholesaler, or if we have uo representative in your town, write
us and we will refer your name and address to your nearest wholesaler.
If you desire a special kind of Macaroni, we can supply you. It will
pay you to stock the highest grades. If our product is given an < npor
tnrrtv, we are convinced that, your costuiucis will a!w.<vs •. k for
INLIANA MACARONI. _
To the Consumer.
INDIANA MACARONI is made in the same wav as the ge
nuine Italian Macaroni. Macaroni, like bread, is best when fresh, and
of course being made in Western Pennsylvania, you can buy INDIANA
MACARONI when only a few days old.
It vou want absolutely the highest quality, ask for INDIANA MA
CAROM.
i If you want good fruits go to ROSS' STORE \
| corner Sixth and Water st. or call Local \
| 'phone 267 W. 'j
We get fresh fruits of all kinds twice a |
I week.
gj We specialize on California fruits.
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Belgian Scouts Use Tree te,
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This picture shows one way the Bel
gian sharpshooters fight in Flanders.
The soldier up the tree took advantage
of the peculiar shaped trunk and
branches, which formed a natural plat
form and protection for him. His com
panion shot from the bottom.
RIGHT LIVING.
Live right today and it will be a
step toward living right tomorrow.
No man has any right to expect to
live differently tomorrow from the
way in which he is living today.
hathechoosesfortoday he chooses
for tomorrow. What he overcomes
today he is overcoming for omor
row. Yet most of us live as tl ough
we did not believe this, and \ve try
hard to persuade ourselves thai we
are safe in so living.
Our Firat Sawmill.
It is said that the first sawmill in
the United Stat*"® was at Jamestown,
from which sawed boards were ex- .
ported in June. A water power
sawmill was in use in 1(125 near the
present atte of Rlebmond.
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The Egyptian Lotus.
The lotus figures to a very great ex
tent In ancient Egyptian sculpture,
though the flower is often crude and
difficult to make out. The fruit of the
Egyptian lotus was forbidden us food
!to disciples of Pythagoras. The lotus
was dedicated to the goddess of fe
cundity, Isis, and buds are said to have
been found in the tombs of ancient
Egyptian kings. EgyptologLsLs have
decided that the lotus of Egypt was
the common white water lily of the
Nile and not the true sacred nelumbo
of the far east.
A Great War "Scoop."
, Days have changed for the war cor
respondent since Archibald Forbes was
praised in the house of lords by Lord
j Salisbury and received by Queen Vic
toria at Buckingham palace in recog
j nition of his exploits as a news gatber
i er during the Itusso-Turlrish war of
1877. Forbes' greatest exploit was his
ride from Shipka pass to the nearest
telegraph station at Bukharest and his
reception en route by the czar, to
whom he was the first to communicate
news of the Russian victory, the for
mer trooper of the Royals having out
distanced not only all rival correspond
ents, but the official messengers as
well.—London Mail.
Last Wish of a Poet.
1 wish to lie on the north side of
the churchyard about the middle of
The ground, where the morning and
evening sun can linger the longest on
|my grave. I wish to have a rough,
' unhewn stone, something in the form
of a milestone, so that the playing boys
may not break It in their heedless pas
times, with nothing more on it than
this inscription: "Here rest the hopes
and ashes of John Glare." 1 desire
that no date be inscribed thereon, as 1
wish it to live or die with my poem j
and other writings, which, if they have
merit, with posterity it will, and rf
they have not it is not worth preserv
ing.—dohn Clare, ISG4.
Hard to Explain.
It was a soulful night, and they sat
together in the parlor. The following
conversation was going on:
He— l gave you that parrot as a
Vt'thday present, did I not, Matilda?
She—Yes; but surely, Albert, you are
not going to speak of your gifts as
if— He—lt was young and speechless •
at the time? She—Yes (with increas
ing wonder), and It has never been out
of this parlor. He—There are no oth
er young ladies in this house? She-
No. there are not. He —Then why—
why, when 1 kissed your photograph
in your album while waiting for y<m
did that wretched bird imitate yo r
voice and say. "Don't do that. Chart
please don't?"— Exchange.
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AFFLICTIONS.
Afflictions sent hy Providence
melt the constancy of the noble
minded, hut confirm the obduracy
of the vile. The same furnace that
hardens clay liquefies gold, and in the
strong manltestations of Divine pow
er Pharaoh found his punishment,
hut David his pardon.—Coiton.
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