4 THE PATRIOT published weekly by THE PATRIOT PUBLISHING CO. Office: Marshall Bldg. Indiana, Pa F. BIAMONTE, Manager & Editor F. SMITH, English Editor A. L. FRASCONA, Italian Editor tered as second-class matter Sep tember 2G, 1914 at the post office at Indiana, Pennsylvania, under the act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $2.00 Six months . . . . $1.25 One Copy 5c C ott. TRUITT. Dentista Ufficio al 3.0 piano Haying "nd Trust Bldg. INDIANA, PA. Ore d'a'ficio: Dalle 8 a.m. alle 5 p.m ~ 7 p.m. „ 8 p.m. YISITE GRATIS v Old English Slaves. Before the conquest and for a long time after at least two-thirds of the people of England were denuded of all the substantial attributes of freedom The lords had the absolute disposal of them. They might be attached to the ■oil or transferred by deed, sale or con Teyance from one lord to another. They could not chance their place or hold property—ln short, they were slaves under their obligation of per petual servitude, which the consent of the master alone could dissolve. The system was not fairly abolished until the reign of Charles 11., and so late as 1775 men were bought and sold in Scotland with the estates to which they were bound. f ANIMALS FIGURE IN STORIES OF THE WAR. A cow strayed between French am' German trenches, which were only 10<> rards apart, and both sides agreed hat whoever hit a horn first would be rivileged to milk Bossy without mo The first shot came from the German Jines and killed the cow. A fat pig strayed into the Frei!ob lines, and the men of two differcn'. batteries claimed it. It was tied to the wheel of an ammunition wagon, and although shrapnel began falling all around, the argument over the ownership did not abate until an offi cer ordered the pig cut in two and di vided between the batteries, so the suen could return to their guns. By order of the majror of Brausberg. JSast Prussia, the cats are being thin ned out and the army helped at the same time, the skins of the felines be ing used for body belts and mittens tor the soldiers, who believe cat skins JWard off rheumatism. A carrier pigeon took news out of the besieged city of Przemysl in Ga licia to Vienna. Marquis, dispatch dog of the Twen ty-third French infantry, has been men tioned iu the orders of the day. He jwas sent with an important dispatch through a fire zone too hot for a man to attempt at the battle of Sarrebourg. and delivered it, but he was so badly Wounded he dropped dead as he reach ed his Journey's end. A Belgian farmer killed his last pig just before the Germans reached his farm. To save it he tucked the car enss in his bed, placed lighted candles near the sheeted form and was pray ing when a German soldier entered. Thinking they were in a chamber of death, the Germans withdrew and the farmer enjoyed his pork in peace. His Credit. "Is his credit good?" "nts credit has never been questioned—nor test ed."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Good Advice. Lord Kitchener's answer to tb young reporter who asked him for he autograph is wholesome advice for a! autograph hunters, "Young man, £• and make your own autograph worth having."—Youth's Companion. Upsetting His Theory. "The heavy explosions of a battle al ways cause rain. It rained after Wa terloo; it rained after Fontenoy; ii rained after Marathon." "But Marathon was fought with ■pears and arrows, my dear." There you go. Always throwim m* water on anything I have to say.' —Louisville Courier-Journal. Washington's Farewell Address. Against the insidious wiles of foreign Influence. I conjure you to believe me. fellow citizens, the jealousy of a free people to constantly awake, since tory and experience prove that for i Influence is one of the most bane foes of republican government Eu i has a set of primary interests eh to us have none or a remote re on. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissi tudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collusions of her American Restaurants. What disconcerts the European in the great American restaurant is the ex cessive, the occasional maddening slow ness of the sendee and the lack of in terest in the service. Touching the lat ter defect, the waiter is not Impolite; he is not neglectful. But he is too often passively hostile, or at best neutral He. or his chief, hns apparently not grasped the fact that buying a meal ia not like buying a ton of coal. If the pur chaser is to get value for his money h* must enjoy his meal, and if be is to en joy his meal it must not merely be effi ciently served, but it must be efficient Iv served in a sympathetic atmosphere. The supreme business of a good waiter is to create this atmosphere. True, that even in the country which has carried cookery and restaurants to loftier heights than any other—l mean, of course. Belgium, the little country of little restaurants—the subtle ether which the truly civilized diner demands Is rare enough. But in the great res taurants of the great cities of America , It is, I fancy, rarer than anywhere else. —Arnold Bennett in Harper's Maga zine. His Unlucky Day. Even the least superstitious are often struck by the misfortunes which at tend some persoi on certain dates. A large firm in the city has in its em ploy a living instance of the fact. On June 12 an employee lost his left arm by coming in contact with machinery The accident disabled him for his then employment, and be was given that of ft messenger. On another June 12 he was run over in the Strand while on an errand. Result, a broken leg The next accident was a fall on the ! stairs in the firm's buildings—again j June 12—the right arm broken this time. The fourth mishap on another anniversary broke three ribs. The firm took the case into consideration and Issued an order that in future the employee was to take a holiday on that an order with which he has now complied for several years.—Lon don Tit-Bits. Helping the Poet. Longfellow, the great poet, was not ed for his fondness for children, and this extended to all little folks, wheth er of his family or not. There was om little boy of whom he was very fond and who came often to see him. One day the child looked earnestly at the long row of books in the library and at length asked. "Have you 'Jack the Giant Killer?*" Longfellow was obliged to confess that his great library did not contain that venerated volume. The little fellow looked very sorry and presently slipped down from the poet's knee and went away. But the next morning Longfellow saw him coming up the walk with something tightly clasped in his little fists. The child had brought 2 cents with which Long fellow was to buy a "Jack the Giant ■, Killer" of his own. Napoleon and Tobacco. Napoleon, who tried to smoke once and then with dire results, instituted the French tobacco monopoly, which the German government now proposes to adopt so far as cigarettes are con cerned. At a court function held early in 1810 the emperor remarked a lady wearing jewels of such magnificence that he inquired how her husband made his money. "He is a tobacco merchant." was the reply, which led him to seek further information as to such a profitable business. Before the year expired Napoleon issued a decree restricting the sale and manufacture of tobacco exclusively to the state. It has remained a monopoly ever since and for many years past has brought in an annual revenue of over $80,000,* 000. I Dog Spooks. The phantom dog specter was one of the hardest of old English supersti tions. Almost every county had its black dog which haunted its lonely spots and was the dread of every na tive. Most of them were regarded as devils, but some were held to be the spirits of human beings, transformed thus as a punishment. Lady Howard, a Devon notable of the days of James 1., for instance, was said to be com pelled to haunt Okehampton in the form of a dog as a punishment for her cruelty to her daughter. THE PATRIOT (fell! ill 0 M Kill log ii. D. Have you rend the Constitution ,[ the United States? R. Yes. D. What form of Government is his ? R. Republican. D. W T hat is the Constitution of the 'nited States? R. It is the fundamental law of this ountry. D. Who makes the laws of the nited States? R. The Congress. D. What does Congress consist of? R. Senate and House of Representa ives. D. Who is the chief executive of the Jnited States? R. President. D. For how long is the President oi le United States elected? R. 4 >*ears. D. Who takes the place of the Presi nt in case he dies? R. The Vice President. 0. What is his name ? R. Thomas R. Marshall. D. By whom is the I Resident of the "nited States elected? R. By the electors. D. By whom are the electors lected? R. By the people. D. Who makes the li.ws for the State of Pennsylvania? R. The Legislature. D. W r hat does the Legislature con sist of? R. Senate and Assemblv. D. How many States in the Union? R. 48. D. When was the Declaration of ndependence signed? R. July 4, 1776. D. By whom was it written? R. Thomas Jefferson. D. Which is the capital of the Jnited States? R. Washington. D. Which is the Capital of the State >f Pennsylvania? &. Harrisburg. D. How many Senators has each itate in the United States Senate? R. Two. D. By whom are they elected? R. By the people. D. For how long? R. 6 years. 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 buiK as soon as we obtain something that beats the air at the rate of 200 time* 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." Some Loud Noises Cannot Be Heardb 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 short time. The ear apparatus is so constructed that it records only those sennds that last one-fortieth of a sec ond or over.—Chicago Tribune. Realism. A certain fiction writer applied to a friend, an interne In a hospital, for some local color for a tale he had based upon an occurrence in such an ; institution. The Interne couldn't think of any thing ef moment, but the writer jog ged his memory thus: "Surely you know of some realistic bit here that I could use." "I have It!" suddenly exclaimed the interne. "Yes," eagerly came from the writer. 1 "Here is realism with a vengeance," said the youthful interne. "One of our patients walked in his sleep because he dreamed he had no car fare."—New York Globe. ■ ■ A Summer of Haze. Europe and Asia were covered by fog during the summer of 1783. Says Gilbert White Getter 109): "The sum mer of the year 1783 was an amazing and a portentous one, • * • for, be sides the alarming meteors and tre mendous thunderstorms, * * * the peculiar haze or smoky fog that pre vailed for many weeks in this island (Sngland) and in every pert of Europe and even beyond its limits was a most extraordinary appearance. The heat was intense. Calabria and part of the isle of Sicily were torn and convulsed with earthquakes." Cowper also re fute to this phenomenon in speaking of ure, with a dim and sickly eye." here" 0 " re P resent v 4 LV HE CHIEF ecutiv. of the State of Pennsylvania* R. The Governor. D. For how long i, he elected? R. 4 years. D. Who is the Governor* R. Tener. D. Do you believe in organized gov ernment ? R. Yes. D. Are you opposed to organized overnment? R. No. D. Are you an anarchist? R. No. D. What is an anarchist? R. A person who does not believe ift organized government. D. Are you a bigamist or poliga mist? R. No. D. What is a bigamist or poliga mist? R. One who believes in having mors than one wife. * D. Do you belong to any secret So- . ciety who teach to disbelieve in or ganized government? R. No. D. Have you ever violated any lawa of the United States ? s R. No. f D. Who makes the ordinances for the City? R. The Board of Aldermen. D. Do you intend to remain per mar.nutly i n the U. S.? v-* A NO VISITS BY WOMEN. German Commander Says Prisoners' Camps Are Not Fanily Rendezvous. Freiberr von Bissing, acting com manding general of the Seventh army : [ corps, has issued the following procla mation forbidding German prisoners' i , camps to German women: 1 "Women might as well save them selves the trouble of asking permis sion to enter the prisoners' camps even though their husbands are on military duty there. Women have no business in prisoners' camps. Such places are no family rendezvous. Also visits in barracks, training camps or drill grounds cannot be permitted to the women, not even oa Sundays. The in terest of the military service knows no considerations of feelings and senti mentalities. "This may not seem very polite to the women, but they should be glad , that it is this war service which pro tects their home and which keeps the misery of war from Germany. So, women, stay at home!" AT 89 HE'LL QUIT TOBACCO. Vermont's Oldest Living Ex-Governor Also to Give Up Bridge. Vermont's oldest living ex-governor. John W. Stewart, ohperved his eighty ninth birthday quietly. When asked | if he had any message for his friends Mr. Stewart said: "Tell them that I practiced law for fifty years, and then I took up bridge whist playing. I am probably the poorest player in the world and may for this reason go back to the practice of law." He also announced that after having smoked robacco for seventy years he intends to give up the habit Fort Sumter. Far four years Fort Sumter, in i Charleston harbor, resisted every at tempt at its capture. For 280 days the fert was actually under fire. "The du ration of the three principal and eight minor bombardments was altogether 157 days and 110 nights. The total weight of metal thrown against the fort from land and sea aggregated 3,500 tons, and of this great mass the fort was actually struck by 2,400 tons. The number of projectiles fired against the fort was 40,058.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Word Magnet. Magnet is derived from the name of the city of Magnesia, in Asia Minor, where the properties of the lodestone are said to have been discovered. 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