TME 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 Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1914, at the postoftice at Indiana, Pennsylvania, under the Act of iMarch 3, 187*9. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Ono year $2.00 Six mouths $1.25 One Copy 5c PREZZO D'AKBONA>IKSTO Un anno $2.00 ; Sei mesi .$1.25 Una copia $0.05 Marshall Bldg., Stanza N. 12 INDIANA, PA. Local Phono 250Z Realism. s A certain fiction writer applied to a friend, un interne in a hospital, for eome local color for a tale be had based upon an occurrence in such an Institution. The interne couldn't think of any thing ef moment, hut 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. "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. The Periscope. Permit me to Introduce myself to the public generally. Modest and re tiring both by nature and occupation. I have hitherto refrained from obtrud fog myself upon the attention of the multitude. My name is Periscope. My principal object in life is to rise to every neces sary occasion. When this demands my more or less Immediate presence l occupy myself by holding up the rnir ror. not to naturm but to the enemy Like an occasional idea which renders superfluous old systems of philosophy, ! I have come to render superfluous an entire cycle of inventions. 1 am the last triumph of mind over matter. 1 reflect, and a thousand men go down to their fate. Within the blue zone of fy horizon, subject to my orders, flits angel.of death.. (tti II i ii D. Have you read the Constitution of the United States? R. Yes. D. What form of Government is this ? R. Republican. D. What is the Constitution of the United Statqs? R. It is the fundamental law of this country. D. Who makes the laws of the United States? R. The Congress. D. What does Congress consist of? R. Senate and House of Representa tives. ' i D. Who is the chief executive of the United States ? R. President. D. For how long is the President of the United States elected? R. 4 years. D. Who takes the place of the Presi dent in case he dies? R. The Vice President. D. What is his name ? R. Thomas R. Marshall. D. By whom is the I*resident of the United States elected? R. By the electors. D. By whom are the electors elected ? R. By the people. D. Who makes the laws for the State of Pennsylvania? R. The Legislature. D. does the Legislature con sist of? R. Senate and Assembly. D. How many States in the Union ? R. 48. D. When was the Declaration of Independence signed? R. July 4, 1776. D. By whom was it written? R. Thomas Jefferson. D. Which is the capital of the United States? R. Washington. D. Which is the Capital of the State of Pennsylvania? R. Harrisburg. D. How many Senators has each State in the United States Senate? R. Two. D. By whom are they elected? R. By the people. D. For how long ? R. 6 years. GOOD HABITS. Good habits bring a personal freedom that it is impossible to ob tain otherwise. The man who has the habit of doing anything that he ought to do with clocklilce reg ularity is saved from a ga'ling bondage of uncertainty, hesitation, energy wasting debate with him self, renewed day after day and j j growing more of a burden as life advances. Same as Being Away. Neighbor's Little Girl—When did yon 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 a week.' ! —National Monthly. 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 an'i the outside surfaces in the usual man ner. If you wish to solder a piece t< a sound part of the utensil use a shar awl to puucli holes for holding spots o copper or brass. If the aluminium i j very thick cut the holes with a smal drill held in a carpenter's bit braes. Well Answered. Restaurant Patron (caustically)—l am glad to see your baby has shut up. madam. Mother—Yes, sir. You are the only thing that's pleased him since he saw the animals eat at the zoo.—Puck. Fires In the Philippines. The fighting of fires In the dry nea son is a grave problem in the cities and pueblos of the Philippine Islands House construction is light, the roofs j being made from nipa palm leaves, the framework of bamboo and the sides of either nipa or sawali—a woven prod uct of certain species of bamboo. When this material has been exposed contin uously to the sun for several month* it becomes as inflammable as tinder Fires that break out in the nipa dis tricts always gain great headway be fore any kind of an alarm can be sent in even where there is a fire depart-1 ment. Fires in such districts spread with great rapidity. In thickly popu lated areas it is not uncommon for a fire to burn several hundred houses be fore it is stopped. jii mi iioi. D. How many representatives are there ? R. According to the population one to every 30,000. D. For how long are they elected ? R. 2 years. D. How many electoral votes has the State of Pennsylvania? R. 34. D. Who is the chief executive oi the State of Pennsylvania? R. The Governor. D. For how long is he elected? R. 4 years. D. Who is the Governor? R. Tener. / D. Do you believe in organized gov- j ernment ? R. Yes. D. Are you opposed to organized government ? R. No. D. Are you an anarchist? R. No. D. What is an anarchist? R. A person who does not believe is 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 mon 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 laws} of the United States? R. No. D. Who makes the ordinances for the City? R. The Board of Aldermen. D. Do you intend to remain per manently in the U. S.? U Yes. f-j r .!!—good-by. My task is dona. I've swung the circle of the sun. I've given all that Life bestows, I've dealt Fate's cards to friends, to foes. I've touched you each with joy and care. Drawn wrinkles here, smoothed wrinkles there. And if I've frosted temples gray, I've made warm lips to kiss away The chill. Tho' Death, tho' strife I've visited —I've granted Life. I'm Time. I've robbed your cradle dear, Yet I ask you—your dying Year, Have I not filled it? Answer free, If I've robbed you have not you cheated me? Have not you sought to kill me—Time? Have not you wasted me—God's gift sub lime? Misspent me, mocked me. wished me on my way, Loathed and reviled me—pvayed another day. And when I granted it, mocked that one, too, Are we not quit at evens—l ano you? Tis Kismet —Fate. Old World, good-by, My cycle's done —I faint —I die. \\< | if J , \\\ v ' I VI h/ , 1 ; \ • I 1 Oh, World! dear World—at last my dream i is true, Through all eternity I've longed for you, Impatient of the years I had to wait. Each nerve aquiver, lest I be too late. And now I'm here —and all of you are mine For my brief reign. Yet, also, lam thine. For use—abuse—but treat me as you may Remember this—l'll give and take away. And but this moment born—but half awake, I'll tell you now what I'll both give and take. I'll take a life from out you here and there. I'll give—a lover true —a sweetheart fair. Half of your fondest hopes I'll steal away, I'll grant a grain of wisdom day by day. And tho', perchance, I should take Peter's all. With lavish hands I'll shower it on Paul, I'll smite some of you with an iron glove, I'll nurse some others with my tenderest love, I'm 'both your queen and slave. I now j make way. j This night is yours. Tomorrow you'll repay. Bring forth the jesters. Fill tho cup of cheer. You've waited me forever. World, I'm here. The 1915 Boy. "I will not put pins In my dear teach er's chair." (Tacks will hurt just as much, anyway.) "I will not quarrel and fight with my big brothers in 1915." (What have I got a little brother for?) "I will not play hookey from school to go fishing or 6wimming." (That is, in the winter time.) "I will be a regular attendant at Sunday school." (At Christmas time and just before the summer excursion, of course.) "I will not take mother's currant jelly from the pantry without per mission." (Her raspberry jam is good enough for me.) "I will be kind to dumb animals, such as tigers, lions and elephants." (Stray cats and dogs, however, had better keep out of this neighborhood.) "I will not (Oh, gee, that's enough j They say the good die young, and 1 want to live until I catch that red headed boy on the next block who; stuck his tongue out at me yester day!) Will Sliced . .i Lj si D strict At! r:)i '' . ■ 'Vir W-'N ' \ \ \ .:fy Photo by American Press Association CHARLES A. PERKINS. Charles Albert Perkins will be dis trict attorney of New York count Jan. 1, Mr. Whitman has announced He will hold office one year unle.n elected to the office at the genera election next fall. Mr. Perkins will ge to Albany with Mr. Whitman and th. first official act of the new governor will be to appoint him. 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 as food to disciples of Pythagoras. Tho lotir was dedicated to the goddess of fe cundity, Isis, and buds are said to have been found in the tombs of ancient Egyptian kings. Egyptologists have decided that the lotus of Egypt was the common white water lily of tin- Nile and not the true sacred nelumbo at the far east. Got All He Asked For. Another "meanest man" has been found. He lives in the city and con ducts a thriving business. The other day a seedy individual approached him and said: "Say, mister, I'm hungry and would like to get a nickel to get a cup of coffee and a roll. I have four pen nies and only need one more. Please give me a penny." The man after searching himself said: "I haven't got a penny. All I have is a nickel. Give me your four cents in change, and I will give you the nickel." The beggar requests that his name |be not mentioned in connection with the Item. —Cincinnati Enquirer. A Doleful Mood. The proprietor of a Paris cafe no ticed that after he had refused to give his pianist an increase of salary the number of his customers dwindled rapidly. It was only when all but one diner had deserted him that he discovered that the pianist had been Inflicting Chopin's "Funeral March" on the audience nightly. The pianist, who was proceeded against in the law courts and was fined 5 francs, pleaded that he played according to the mood he felt in after his request had been refused. Fort Sumter. For four years Fort Sumter, In Charleston harbor, resisted every at tempt at its capture. For 280 days the fort was actually under fire. "The du ration of the three principal and eight minor bombardments was altogether 157 days and 116 nights. The total weight of metal thrown against the fort from land and sea aggregated 3.5C0 tons, and of this great mass the fort was actually struck by 2,400 tons. The number of projectiles fired against the fort was 46,058.— Philadelphia Ledger. An Ungailant Rascal. "I suppose." said the angular spiD 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 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. "When leap year come round she asked me t' marry her—an' I run away i from home."—Chicago News. GERMAN FLAGS CAPTURED BY FRENCH. • 1814. by American Press Association. These colors, taken In the battle of the Marne, are on exhibition in tho OhapoUf lot Xmraildes la Pnrfai * 1 AT THE AUDITORIUM JANUARY, II th HER PERSONALITY FASCINATES HEARERS MARGARET BTAHL. THE right to the title of the great est woman reader of plays on the Lyceum platform has been fairly won by Margaret Stahl in a free field without favor. Her name carries with it the promise of an even ing of rare enjoyment, wherever the Lyceum is known. Her splendid per sonality fascinates her hearers, and the charm of an elemental woman hood that is bigger than all art, and tetter than all acting, overwhelms them. Her art extends no less to the presentation of her work than In lta selection, her repertoire being chosen with discriminating taste, plays which have a universal appeal, and whoa* lesson Is an uplifting one, being chos en. The number of return engage ments which she has won in recenf years on some of the most discrim. inating courses of the country is a< indication that she is growing in fam( and favor and her art is deepening and widening. Her appearance hen in the future insures an artistic treat W. M. MAHAN j| Avvocato in Cause Civili e Criminali Giudice di Pace ■> | Ufficio ai Marshall Building ■ Ù CARPENTER AVE. INDIANA. PA.i Igk; P M- Telefoni: Bell-Locai • t Tutti quegli italiani che desi derano fare la carta di ciftadi. nanza americana, possono rivol gersi al nostro ulficio, che un nostro impiegato si incaricherà di esplicare tutte le pratche ne cessarie SENZA ALCUN COMPENSO. * -k-k-k*i*rkitick~k ★ ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ * * |i:iifi= l'èiilì)' m na ®i6ie li ipinel Spedizione di Moneta in qualsiasi Citta* o Borgata y^, d'ltalia per mezzo dell'American Express Co. e servizio colle Casse Postali del Regno con il migMor Jr* c ambio del giorno. 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