THE PATRIOT Published Weekly By THE PATRIOT PUB. COMPANY Office: No. 15 Carpenter Avenue. Marshall Building. INDIANA, PA. F. BIAMONTE, Editor & Manager JOHN S. LYON, English Editor V. ACETI, Italian Editor. Entered as second-class matter •ptember 26, 1914, at the postoffice Indiana, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Local Phone 250Z - Bell Phone 49-W SUBSCRIPTION ONE YEAR $l.OO. SIX MONTHS $0.50 It would certainly be some ad. if the present Pan-American financial - 4t conference held in The Dollar ' Washington this week South decides to adopt the America American dollar as a basis of currency. Say some few stray millions of those round "iron men" floating around those Southern Republics wouldn't be some reminder of the hustle and bustle as portrayed in the good old U. S A., would it? Who ever could understand those pounds, shillings and pence, anyhow? / With Italy already entering the great European conflict all eyes will now center on Greece, Bulgaria and - Roumania. At this Now Greece time the neutrality of 3.11 d the Switzerland is not to Balkan questoned, but at States? almost any time some starving German might torpedo a sweitzer cheese and throw the little country into the conflict. The King of Greece has given chis 1 personal word that his country will remain strictly neutral, but then, if we re member there was once a Treaty of 1 Luxemburg, and, also. Italy was a member of the Triple Alliance, but just now it would not appear, from this side of the puddle, that it would be condutive to real good health for some one or a dozen to raise a cry of "Long live Austria'' [ anywhere within gunshot of Creek side or Ernest. Treaties break as well as promises. Roumania and Bulgaria are to be reckoned with and when they jump the}' are pretty sure to be followed by Greece. Official information says that Rou- j mania and Italy have lons had an %/ o understanding that they should both ; enter the war at approximately the ! same time, but whether Bulgaria, j who has lost some territory to Rou- J mania, will allow her to enter the conflict is a matter of conjecture, even though she has given assurance that Roumania would not be attack ed. It is indicated that Bulgaria would side witli Turkey in case Rou mania entered the war, but otherwise would remain neutral. The entrance of Roumania, thus shutting off the wheat supply from Southeastern Europe would be a very important factor, and the cutting off of commerce to Austria and Ger many through the Mediterranean will soon be felt by the central powers, and may bring about a condition of peace sooner than has been expected. The whole Balkan situation seems to rest on whtther Russia will be, able to force the Dardinelles and take Constantinople. Then we ought to hear from Bulgaria and Roumania. Best stores advertise in The Patriot. •Subscribe for the Patriot $1 yeai MUTTON, Eccentric Henry Cavendish and Some of His Queer Ways. Whenever Henry Cavendish, the fa mous English chemist and physicist, entertained his guests he would alwayt give them the same fare—a leg of mut ton. A story goes that one day when four friends were coming it was asked him what should be ordered for din ner. He answered, "A leg of mutton." "Sir," was the reply, "that will not be enough for five." Well, then, get two," said the host. When this eccentric gentleman died he was the largest holder of bank stock in England. He owned £1,157,000 in different public funds, besides freehold property of £B,OOO a year and a bal ance of £50,000 on account. This large income was allowed to accumulate without attention. On one occasion, when the bankers had in hand a bal ance of £BO,OOO, they thought it well tc acquaint Mr. Cavendish with the fact "If It is any trouble to you I will , take it out of your hands. Do not come here to plague me." "Not the least trouble to us, sir, but we thought you might like some of it to be invested." "Well, what do you want to do?" "Perhaps you would like half of it invested?" "Do so, do so, and do not come here to bother me or I'll remove it," was the churlish finale of the interview. Cavendish was seventy-eight years ol age when he died in ISIO, and ho had never changed the fashion of his dress for sixty years.—London Graphic. Phantom Bubble In Sapphire. In the National museum at Washing yn is a sapphire weighing nine carats that incloses a bubble which changes of temperature cause to appear and disappear. Dangerous. "Sssh—this is a gossipy place." "Sssh—why?" "Sssh—even the rooms communicate with one another!"— Harvard Lampoon. A Lac and a Lack. "In India a lac of rupees is a for tune." "And in America a lack of dollars is a misfortune."—Boston Transcript Trust not too much in an enchanting face.—Vergil. The Only Chance. "Hurry, George, or we will be lab to the picture show." "Oh, we don't want to get there be fore it starts." "Yes, we do, too—if we don't I can' see what the other women are wear ing."—Exchange. T vtv patriot BED OF THE THAMES. It Often Yields to Dredgers Relics of ths Ancient Romans. "Yes. sir." said the skipper of a Thames dredger as be wiped his grimy hands on the legs of his trousers, "there are many worse Jobs than dredg ing. It Is Interesting and exciting work, too. for one never knows what the bucket scoops are going to pick up, "Do we make anj rich 'captures?' Occasionally we do. but of course we bring up more mud than anything else Bnt, personally, I believe that the bot torn of ibe Thames is a small gold mint in disguise, but one that it is impos sible to 'work.' A 'nugget* is broughi up now and again, and a 'nugget' may mean a gold watch or coins. "Some time back a bucket SCOOT brought to the surface a small sack and this sack contained a number of watches, mostly minus the cases. Evl dently they had beeu thrown Into tb< river by thieves, who had no use fo; ' them. "Human bones are brought to lighi at infrequent intervals, and so are old j metal implements. Roman coins arc fairly plentiful close by Billingsgate 1 and London bridge, and some of the copper ones which have been recov ered are as clean as new coins from the mint. Julius Caesar coins and weapons have been found in the upper rivor an.l some stone age implements down by Hampton court."—Loudon Answers. Room For Improvement. 1 certain estimable old gentleman is t all times worth listening to. though occasionally his grammar is scarcely perfect He was dining on one occa lion with the local squire, when, much X> the disgust of his worthy host, a trifling error on the old gentleman's part was pounced upon and loudly re peated by the son and heir of the house. There was a painful silence, broken at length by the host "My son," he remarked quietly to the 'oung fellow, "there are times. 1 ad Ailt, when our old friend's speech is v. little peculiar. At such times you might be of mutual assistance to each other." "In what way, sir?" asked the son. "Well." was the severe rejoinder, "you might give Mr. X. a lesson or two in grammar. In return for which I have no doubt be would assist you Ito patch up the holes in your man ners."—Loudon Tit-Bits. The Plantagenets. * A flowering English shrub, the broom plant, is called in French "plantnge • nesta." From It the kingly family of Plantagenet took its name. It is said I to have been first used as n badge by them because the Count of Aujou had himself scourged with its branches The name was taken by Henry 11. . king of England, in 1154, he being the son of Geoffrey of Anjou. who wore in . his helm a spray of the broom when he started for the Holy Laud. The best ) known of the Plantagenets was Rich . ard 1.. king of England, called "the Lion Heart." > Very Queer. "My husband has been out late every 'evening this week, attending impor tant clilb meetings." | "Yes, so has mine. They belong to the same club, you know." 1 "Why, how queer! My husband says > be hasn't seen your husband in six months!"— Cleveland Leader. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. Perfection to Which the Mechanical Arm Has Been Brought. They are making artificial limbs with such perfection today that a technical observer who is also an enthusiastic baseball "fan" declares that he would not be surprised to see in the not far dis tant future some wooden armed pitcher making a good record. What is known as "glass arm" would be effectively su perseded by "wooden arm." Though this is a daring leap of the imagination, which, however, need not worry the perfectly good armed pitch- ! era of the big leagues, still some of the things that can be done with artificial arms are simply amazing. Here you see a man lighting a cigar and with a naturalness of action and pose whicb would deceive the casual observer. The mechanism is controlled by cer tain motions of the stump of the flesh and blood arm, aud no little knack is necessary to the successful working of the artificial member, and yet withal it is not very difficult to acquire. It is said that the man who is light ing his big cigar can pick a pin from the floor without difficulty, but it is not on record that be can give the "pep" to a ball so that it will speed by the batter like a projectile from a high powered gun. As a matter of fact, lie is thoroughly satisfied the many very necessary things that can be done with the mechanical arm ! without venturing afar into the luxu ries and excitement of outdoor sport.— Buffalo News. WOMEN OF EUROPE. An Italian Critic Says Those of Spain Are the Most Beautiful. A celebrated Italian writer of Flor ence has been favoring the world with his opinion of some of the women of Europe. He considers only four na tions, and of these he selects Spain as most worthy of the crown for feminine beauty. He says: "The Spanish woman is bewitchingly beautiful. She has small hands aud feet aud large eyes like the open win dows of a sunburnt marble palace, a figure full of grace and life and long, j dark, wavy hair. She is very religious, very iguorant, very jealous, very sen sitive and very proud." Of the British woman he says: "Her hair is like gold. She has heavenly eyes, a peachlike complexion, a delicately formed nose and good teeth. She is reserved, very active and generally a slave to etiquette." As to the Frenchwoman he is less complimentary. It is thus that he de scribes her: "She is a cat and a ser pent, a palm and a violet, and when she is not pretty she is charming. She is amiable, a dreadful coquette and generally false." His summary of the Russian woman is that she is "of an oriental type which had been prematurely transported into Europe. In her are combined the ex traordinary charms of a savage and the civilized woman."—Pearson's. Turner's Little Afterthought. An English critic's reference to Tur ner's fine picture "The Wreck Buoy" reminds a faithful newspaper reader of a curious anecdote in connection j with 1L When Turner lirst sent this picture to the Royal academy it wan hung among several brilliantly colored pictures. On varnishing day Turner found the effect of his dull gray ren dering of a stormy sea altogether spoiled by its bright surroundings Without a moment's hesitation he painted in the lighted buoy in the fore ground, and its dab of crimson light showed so brilliantly in its gloomy set ting that Turner's picture became the prominent one, and its rivals on each side were cast into the shade. It is curious, if true, that the most notice able feature of the picture should hare been an afterthought. Eskimo Courtship. If European death scenes astonish, the consenting "Yes" of a bride at mar riage shocks an Eskimo woman. Not only must a bride show herself uncon. senting; she must, if she respects her* self and tribal traditions, scream and struggle with all her might when her wooer or his envoy enters her family residence and, laying hold upon her, drags her, usually by the topknot, to her new home. She may be presented with a new lamp and water pall by her bridegroom, and she is as a gen eral thing mightily pleased at her change of estate. But she is far too circumspect to show her pleasure or affection and keeps up a noisy demon stration until she feels that she has done all that ft well bred maiden should do. Ownership of the Air. Our ancestors must have foreseen the aeroplane or they would not have embodied in the law the principle that he who owns the land owns the col umn of air above "usque ad coelum," or up to the skies. This can be traced back as far as the reign of Edward 1., and from this time every authority to the present court of appeal has em phasized the right of every citizen not only to be king of his own castle, but of the sky above it—London Chronicle. Where Was Walssf Spencer Leigh Hughes, M. P„ tells of the following amusing experience: He was once passing the war office, building in Whitehall when his com panion, a Scotchman, pointing to the emblematic devices engraved over the door, indicated the Scotch thistle, the English Uon and the Irish harp. "Where is the emblem of Wales?" ask ed his friend. "Oh." Mr. Hughes re plied, "I expect there Is a leak In the roof."— London Express. I ® j TIPOGRAFIA | | ; := "IL 5 PATRIOTA" p ] 5 IN. 15 Carpenter ave. INDIANA, PA. j A 5 J * # j Biglietti da visita Regolamenti [Carta intestata 4 Partecìpazionì di matrimonio | T } Statuti Opuscoli Inviti ! 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