THE PATRIOT
Published Weekly B\
THE PATRIOT PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Office: No. 15 Carpenter Avenue
Marshall Building, INDIANA. PENNA.
Local Phone 250-Z
F. BIAMONTE, Editor and Manager
V. ACETI, Italian Editor.
J. S. LYON. English Editor
Entered as second-class matter September 20, 1914,
at the postoffice at Indiana. Pennsylvania, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
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INDIANA, PA., FRIDAY. AUG 20, 1915
Editorial
Indiana's One Great Need
TN'IUANA is no doubt a thriving little town, or we
might modify that and call it a big town. It has
the reputation of being one of the most beautiful in
the state, and each year sees some new additions that
go to keep it in the front rank
You may step into some of the larger cities and
not find finer stores, more beautiful residences, or
nicer kept lawns. The civic pride is higher in Indi
ana than in many places of triple its size. We boast
of our paved streets, and well may we. Wc like to
tell of the many miles of cement walks, our churches,
our Y. M. C. A., our five banks with their aggregate
deposits of over $,6000,000, our municipal Iniilding.
the largest Normal School in the United States,
our city fire-fighting equipment, our hospital and we
point with emphasis to the source of our prosperity,
the coal mines, and rejoice that they are in the infan
cy of their development.
One thing more, important to the town, not so
much now as in the future, is the development of a
public park and playground; this is one thing we can
not boast of. In a few years, this, we think, will be
a vital issue to the people of Indiana. Every town
that has a fair sized park is to be congratulated, and
FOR SHERIFF
VOTE FOR
HARRY A BOGGS
Subject to the decision of the Republican Primary, Tuesday,
September 21 1915, 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
8om Reputation.
Btnx— What kind of & reputation has
JOnto got?
Jinx—So good that ho ean wear caff
buttons with, other people's initials and
get away with it. —St. Louis Post-Dls-
Ptch.
INVISIBLE ICEBERGS.
Conditions Under Which They Cannot
Be Boen on Clear Nights.
In a recent communication to the
New York Tribune Abbc*t H. Thayer,
the artist, asserts that many vessels
have been lost by collisions with ice
bergs because under certain conditions
of sky and light they are invisible. He
cites the fact that on the occasion of
the Titanic disaster, although the black
■hip was clearly visible to survivors at
• distance of several miles, they could
not see the white bergs against which
they actually heard the wash of the
sea.
Mr. Thayer claims that on a clear,
starry night the are so nearly j
the same color as the sky that they are
totally invisible and that the same is
the case under many conditions of
cloudiness, the only exception being
jen the side of the berg viewed is in
such shadow that it shows black
against the sky. In other words, it Is
impossible to see white against white.
In answer to the criticism of those
who say they never saw a berg at
night that was the color of the sky
the answer is that this is very natural,
because this is the very condition un
der which the berg is invisible. Mr.
Thayer makes the suggeston that a
very simple way to avoid the danger
of colliding with an invisible berg
would be to use a searchlight. The re
flection would show up the berg very
plainly.
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ROMANCE IN GEOGRAPHY.
Name# That Speak of Achievement and
of Desperate Need.
Geography is a fascinating study.
The history of the human race la writ
ten In large characters on the earth's
surface for the seeing eye.
Most people know that Pike's peak
commemorates the explorations of a
daring young officer early in the last
century. But how many know that in
the name of the Bill Williams river
lingers the only memorial to a famous
trapper and Indian fighter of Kit Car- !
son's time, to whom the Rocky moun
tain country was an open book before
•▼en Fremont "blazed the trail" to the
Pacific.
Business College Will Open Soon
Prof. A Ivan Leach, of Greensburg
was in Indiana yesterday making ar
rangements for the opening of his
Business College in the Y. M. C. A
. building, the date being set for Sep
tember 1. Mr. Leach says he has
every reasan to believe the coming
term will be a successful one and he
has already secured a large number
of registrations. Prof. Leach is also
owner and proprietor of commercial
colleges at Latrobe and Greensburg
which will open on the same date.
j
Ypres In England.
We have the name of Ypres in Eng
land —in that of the Ypres tower at
1 Rye, in Sussex, though local talk
knows nothing of its proper pronunci
ation and broadly calls it the "Wipers
tower." It Is a twelfth century build
ing, the oldest secular building of all \
the Cinque ports, and was at one time
the only stronghold of the town, though
later walls and gates were built. The !
reason for Its name is to be fonnd in
the commonly accepted statement that
It was built by William des Ypres. 1
earl of Kent.—London Globe.
.
"Is It Possible?"
Prince George of Denmark was nick
named Est-il-possible by James 11. It
is said that when the startling events
of the revolution of 1688 succeeded one
another with breathless rapidity the
emotions of Prince George found vent
In the repeated exclamation. "Est-il
possible?" King James, enumerating
those who had forsaken him. said,
"And Est-il-possible has gone too!"
A Lamblike Lion.
"Well, did you have that social lion
at your reception that you were tell
ing me about?"
"Oh. yes. He was there."
"And did he roar?"
"No. His wife was also present, and
he could only bleat''—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
every city that cannot boast of at least a fifty acre
park is to be pitied. Sucb will be the position of In
diana if something is not done pretty soon in the way
of land purchase. The town is rapidly developing
and in a few years property will be so high that the
price will be prohibitive for a spot anywhere near the
center of town. Tins problem confronted the city of
Corning. N. Y.. a few years ago. A city of 15,000
population without a public park. The city fathers
put the proposition lip to the taxpayers and some 100
acres of FLAT land were purchased on the outskirts
of the city, with very few trees and not a shrub nor a
bush higher than a sprig of timothy. Today that city
has a park that any city might well be prowd of.
j with its beautiful driveways, terraces, lagoons, a
swimming pool for the boys and a wadeing pool for
the tots, a sand pile for the babies, swings and slides,
a band stand and picnic grounds that are in use near
ly every day in the summer.
In a few years this will be a crying need in In
diana. and the sooner we get it started the more
beautiful it will lie in that few years. A piece of land
may be developed in a short time with fast growing
shrubbery so that in a season or two it would not be
recognized as the same spot. ?iven an amateur land
scape gardner can work wonders with a plot of ground.
In our development of a city beautiful let us not for
get that a park, large enough to be called such, is
one essential thing to that end.
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Origin of Uncle Sam
"TXI RING the war of 1812, Elbert Anderson pur
chased, in Troy, N. Y., a large amount of pork
for the American Army. The pork was inspected by
Samuel Wilson, who was popularly known as Uncle
Sam. The barrels of pork were marked '-E. A. (El
bert Anderson.) U. S.. by a clerk who wished to play
a joke. When asked what the letters U. S. meant
(the abbreviation had never been used for United
States.) he said lie did not know unless it meant Un
cle Sam Wilson, the inspector. Since all the pork
was for the army, the workmen considered it quite a
joke on Mr. Wilson, and then gave his nickname to
the Union. The incident was recorded in all the
papers and from that time our couutrv has beeu
known at home and abroad as '-Uncle Sam." B. R.
& P. Ry. Employees Magazine.
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FOR SALE Old WANT ADS.)
Advertisements under this head lc
a word each insertion.
EOR SALE—Mare 7 years old or
four year old colt. Inquire of Joe !
Mazza, Homer City, Pa.
FOR RENT, September 1, —New
Brick Store Building 25 x 80, good
cellar 25 x 25 by 7 feet deep, located
in the heart of the business section, |
large display window. Inquire of
Rosa Bevacqua, Johnsouburg, Pa.
FOR SALE]—Corner lot in Chevy '
Chase, 65x150, for further informa
tion, apply at this office.
WANTED—An experienced cook
and housekeeper for a family of two.
Good wages for the right person.
Inquire of Mrs. Griffith Ellis, 923
Church street. 33-2t
FOR SALE—Automobile in
good condition, at a reasonable!
j !
j price. Sam Maruca Mclntyre, Pa. j
WANTED—Laborers and chippers ■
Inquire Bollinger & Andrews Con
struction Co , Blacklick, PH.
Tha Popular Craza.
"Str," said the young man, "I want
to marry your daughter."
"You do, eh? What have you got to
offer?"
"Myself, which Includes & fair edu
cation, a good state of health, a rea
sonable amount of ambition, a credita
ble appearance, a modest salary and a
strong desire to come into your office
and get useful."
The older man shook his head.
"Not enough. Times are too hard. 1
can't afford a wedding."
The young man smiled.
"Now for my trump card," he said.
"Everybody Is eloping. We will elope
and save the expense."
The old man caught his hand.
"She's yours, son; she's your*!"—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Vegetable Chat.
**l see that some college professor has
been saying that he believes that vege- ;
tables can see and hear while growing
In the garden."
"Is that so?"
"Yes; not only that, but be beUevea
that ages hence they will he able to
converse with one another."
"Oh, that's old!"
"What's old?"
"Vegetables conversing. Pre often
heard 'Jack and the Beane-taUtT "
PEARL HARBOR.
Unci* Sam's Formidable Naval Base In
the Pacific Ocean.
When it was seen that Manila was
useless as a defense for this country
and would be a handicap instead of u
help in war Pearl harbor, on one of the
Hawaiian islands, nine miles from
Honolulu, was selected, and $13,000,-
000 was appropriated by congress for
its fortification. It has a better har
bor than either Gibraltar or Helgoland.
A concave sweep of laud makes the
harbor, which is crowned by a long
ridge of gigantic trees and rugged and
tumbled rock that terminates in an ex
tinct volcano, known as Diamond
Head. A frowning mountain side hides
a beautiful lake that is reached from
the sea by an inlet like the neck of a
bottle. It covers eleven square miles,
with a depth of about sixty feet over
nearly all of it. The neck that leads
to the sea is three miles Jong and hard
ly wider than necessary for vessels to
pass. Parallel with the coast is a coral
reef a mile wide. Through this a chan
nel a thousand feet wide has been cut
It has been equipped with one of the
most complete naval stations in the
world, a mile square in extent It has
a drydock, which is the largest in the
j world, a $400,000 ammunition plant
and oil tanks for vessels. The fortifi
cations, extending for fifteen miles to
Honolulu, consist of powerful batteries,
with cement emplacements below the
ground leveL The ends are guarded
j by two forts, neither of which can be
seen from the ocean. On the land the
guns are defended by a series of earth
works that form a crescent from the
harbor to Honolulu. In the extinct
volcano is a mortar battery. The four
mortars of this battery have an ex
treme coast range of nine miles, throw
ing twelve inch shells weighing 700
; pounds. The seacoast defenses have
fourteen inch guns, and the forts are
supplemented with submarine mines,
controlled by electricity.
Pearl harbor is about 2,000 miles
J from Unalaska and from Samoa at op
posite ends and a little less from San
Francisco. So with this impregnable
base a fleet can guard the whole range
of the Pacific for this distance and
have this safe retreat for refitting and
fresh supplies.—Technical World Mag
azine.
THE MAN OF FORTY.
A* a Rula, He Still Thinks He Can Pat
Off Doing Things.
At the age of forty a man has reached
a time of life when it is hardly one
thing or the other. The past years have
j not been so many as to permit one to
iay down his arms and retreat in quiet
to the shade. It is still not too late to
strive and perhaps to achieve. On the
other hand, so much dusty road has
been traveled that if one finds it has
not led him far on the way he meant to
go he can hardly delude himself with
the fancy that he can yet go back and
begin the journey anew. The pleasant
sense of superfluous time is gone; one
must hurry, and perhaps it is too late.
Then comes the grief of perceiving
the waste, the loss, the utter futility of
postponements. The world is full of
good and wonderful things. What a
wealth of potential experience and emo
tions, and time and opportunity for so
little! And yet year after year one
goes on blindly and blandly putting off
to some more convenient or appropri
ate time, to that impossible period
when all will be exactly right, things
he wants to do and can do —a kind ac
tion, making a new friend, or altering
a whole career!
Once acquired, the habit of postpon
ing persists. Hope springs eternal, and
a man of forty finds himself counting
complacently on some day taking up
hunting or entering politics or clrcMns
the globe.—Robert L. Raymond, in the
Atlantic.
Meek Reproach.
Lady (w ho has given tramp a plate
of scrapsi—You must feel the humilia
tion of begging for food. Tramp—lt's
not that so much. mem. What hurts
me is that I'm depriving the pore ln
nercent fowls of a feed.—London Tele
graph.
The Evolution of the Hog.
The time iiouoreu razor backed hog
is giving place 10 tlie sieek porker, on
whose broad back a square meal could
be displayed without a drop of coffee
being spilled and with no danger of
even one of the dishes sliding to the |
ground. The rooter is being shouldered |
out of the way in Georgia by the hog
that doesn't have to root for a living
and is so fat that its efforts to root
would be ludicrous. Scientists say that
when any part of an animal is lou*.-
unused it tends gradually to disappear.
Does that mean that pig culture will
cause the final disappearance of the
nasal- protuberance of the hog with
which it formerly was accustomed to
root for its living?— Savannah News.
He Took It.
*lll not take 'No' for an answer. Miss
Bunker—Prlscilla," he declared brave
ly as he persistently pressed his suit.
"Then, sir," replied the cold and cul
tured Boston girl, rising proudly to the
; occasion, "will you in lieu of that much
hackneyed negadVe assertion accept
my positive declination to respond con
currently to the query propounded?"
And he did.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
WANT TO WRITE A NOVEL?
i Well, Here's Your Plot All Ready For
the Little Details.
Take one ocean liner plying between
Ban Francisco and the Philippines, i
Add a young main going to Hawaii on
business and an heiress and her aunt i
going nowhere in particular. Mix the I
two young folk gradually among th 6 ,
other passengers, with an occasional
half hour alone away from the watch
| ful eye of the aunt. Turn the ship into
the center of one tropical storm. Mix
gradually until they come to a froth.
| the sea and the howling of the winds.
Beat the vessel slowly against jagged
rocks until It Is well pounded up. j
Throw in looks of despair to suit the
taste. Add one blinding fiash of light- 1
nlng "that rent the heavens" to a
"convulsive heave of the stout old hul'
that had braved the *outhern seas for 1
years."
Pour a wave mountain high on the
ship, mixing the passengers briskly
together; then turn the entire mass
suddenly into the sea. Put the young
man's arm providentially against a
floating spar, chicken coop or a door
torn off a stateroom. Have another
convenient wave sweep the maid in
his direction. Put in a "strong young
arm." Add "then all grew black."
Drop in a sandy beach unexpectedly.
Put the hero on the beach. Have him
"come to" with the sun shining bright
or brightly. Close by put the maid,
a la the daughter of the skipper of the
schooner Hesperus, minus the salt sea
being frozen on her breast.
Inject into the situation at this point
one handy cave, with another ditto!
near by. Add signals daily to passing
j ships. After baking thoroughly for
six months ou the Island put in a res
cue after hope had been abandoned, a
trip to the good old U. S. A. and one
church close to the corner. Mix in
sufficient detail to suit, place in an at
tractive cover and serve to the public
at $1.35 per serve.—lndianapolis News.
Discreet.
Tourist (after a long discussion with
station master on the subject of catch- i
lng a steamer)—So you would advise
me to come back by the Sunday night
train In order to catch the boat on
Monday morning?
Station Master (severely)—A' wud
advise nae mon tae profane the Saw
bath. but All Jist repeat—lf ye wait
till the Monday ye'll nae get the con
nection.—London Punch.
Ha Took It.
While James H. Beard, the artist,
was painting a portrait of Zachary
Taylor hie said to him, "Well, general,
! I suppose you are to be our next pres
ident?"
1 hope not," grunted the bluff old
hero. "No military man has any busi
ness in the presidential chair, but if
they offer it to me I suppose I'll be
fool enough to accept it."
And be was.
TWO BILLIONS OF
BOLD IN AMERICA
Greatest In History, Exceeding
Siocx of Any Two Nations.
PER CAPITA WEALTH $35.33
%
Twlve Million Dollars Roll Into Our
Coffers Every Month, While Trade of
Almost All Other Nations Show De
crease —England Has About $BOO,-
000,000.
The United States has today the
greatest supply of gold In its history,
greater than any other nation ou earth
and probably greater than any two oth
er nations.
The gold held In the United States In
the form of cash or bullion Is $2,00(1,-
899,539. At the last report England
had about $300,000,000. Practically the
entire supply of gold in England Is said
by experts to be government controlled.
By the last report, in 190 T. Germany
held $1,044,000,000 gold. The supply
In the United States that year was $l.-
612,000,000. Other leading countries of
Europe held approximately the follow,
tng amounts:
France W06.000.000
Russia 907,000.000
Great Britain 664,000,000
Austria 803.000.000
Italy 205,000.000
The large Increase in the stock of
gold In the United States represents
| the losses of the precious metal to
this country by the principal nations
In Europe on account of the vast bal
ance of trade In our favor.
Greatest In World's History.
The supply of gold in the world Is
said by experts to be the greatest to
day In the world's history. The pro
to ites Zitmt half of the last
i century was at the rate of $15,749,000
a year. Then c*>ine the discovery of
gold In California, and Its production
Jumped to an average in the next tifty
years of $124,892,000 a year.
The United States Is accumulating
gold now at the itate of about $12,000.-
000 each month, based ou the returns
for July.
The gold supply of the United States
Is distributed as follows:
Treasury assets in cash or bullion,
$226,076,821; held by federal reserve
banks and reserve agents, $6,629,902:
In circulation. $596,561,647; the balance
in coin or bullion In the mints.
The amount of money of all kinds
per capita In the United States on
Aug 2 was £15.33 as against $35.59 on
July 1 and against $33.96 In August
1 914. and $16.92 on Jan. 1. 1879
Discouraging.
"Ton love me, darling?" he asked.
"A little," she replied.
"Ah, but do you not think your lore
will grow?"
"Yes, but I'm not sure which way."—
Exchange.
Trapping Baboons.
Hagenbeck in hi.u lx>ok says that bab
oons are caught in traps made much
like the huts of savages. Food Is put
into the huts, and once the baboons go
Inside a trapdoor closes beblnd them.
Outside baboons make a great to do
and urge the prisoners to escape.
When the trappers come the captured
baboons are terror stricken and try to
force their beads through the walls
of the huts. One baboon was caught
three times In the same trap, ond sev
eral when turned loose got back Into
the same trap a second time. Wben
the baboons are carried away all their
comrades thereabout climb Into trees
and scream our to the prisoners, who
answer In sad, mournful voices. On
one occasion some big Arabian baboons
were trapped, when 2.000 or 3.000 bab
oons burled themselves upon the trap
pers. who had hard work to save them
selves with firearms and clubs. As the
trappers were forced back the victorl- !
ous baboons tore up the trap and turn-,,'
ad loose the captured baboons. Per Nuovo Sindaco
LOUIS FRANK K. candidato a Sindaco della città
di Jolmstown. non-partigiano, è uomo di buon
giudizio e tatto 11011 comune. Fgli è imparziale
con qualsiasi nazionalità, Religione e associazione.
Il sig. Franke è uomo di intelletto e farà di tutto per
mettere tutte le sue energie pel benessere del popolo.
Cercate di conoscerlo, provate parlargli, e vedrete che
Dietro tutte queste ottima referenze il Sig. Franke (P
merita tutto il vostro appoggio. Votate ed esortate i gMHBEIé^.
Louis Franke