THE PATRIOT
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Entered as second-class matter September 2G, 1914,
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Ttia Aim s! tlie Foreign Language Papers
ol America
To HELP PRESERVE THE IDEALS ANT) SACRED TRAD
ITIONS OF 1 HIS, OUR ADOPTED COUNTRY, THE UNITED
STATES or AMERICA; To REVERE ITS LAWS AND IN
SPIRE OTHERS TO OBEY THEM; To STRIVE UNCEASING
LY TO QUICKEN TIIE PUBLIC'S SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY;
IN ALL WAYS TO AID LN MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT
ER AND BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT.
'* m n awu^
| News From the Balkans J
The Balkan states, they hold debates,
And swing from side to side.
Historic Greece is now for peace—
A moment—that's denied.
Bulgaria her area
Considers too compact; t
fihe aches to dirk the Germo-Turk—
Let's verify that fact.
Koumania, too, is sure her due
Is all that she can take;
She's hip hurrah for the white czar!
Wake up! That story's faked.
The Balkan states are fixing l-ates,
And might> wise are they;
They'll tempt their fates and pass their
plates
When sure that it will pay.
—O. C. A. Child in New York World.
NATION STARTS WORLD
INDUSTRIAL INQUIRY.
Data Will Be Ustd In Efforts to Ex
tend Country's Foreign Trade.
%
Instructions to American consular
>nd commercial representatives in for
tiign countries calling for exhaustive
reports on Industrial organization and
the relations between industry and
government have been transmitted by
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce.
, The reports will form the basis for
a thorough investigation of industrial
and business systems throughout the
world undertaken by the federal trade
commission, with which the bureau is
co-operating. The trade commission
also plans to conduct a supplementary
worldwide inquiry through squads of
special investigators.
Commercial attaches in foreign capi
tals. as well as the consular officers of
the state department, have been in
structed to cover in their reports busi
ness organizations* manufacturing and
producing efficiency, merchandising
methods, business and industrial laws,
and particularly the relation between
business organizations and govern
mental authority. Instructions were
prepared separately for each of the
various countries.
Special Instructions have been issued
calling for reports on the so called
"cartel" system of business organiza
tion, as developed in Germany, under
which great combinations of capital
are fostered.
The reports also will be available for
use by the bureau and the commission
in their efforts to extend the foreign
trade of the United States. The com
mission already has held numerous
Itearings in this country on this sub
ject.
When You "See Stars."
The man who when struck violently
■on the bead says he "saw stars" is not
far from telling the truth. The fa t
is that there' is a phosphorescent pow
er in the eye which does not attract a
person's attention under ordinary con
ditious, but distributed ai. 1
reveals itself whenever the head gets
a sudden shook and sometimes even
in the act of sneezing. A blow on the
head results in a pressure of the blood
vessels upon the retina, causing either
total darkness or a faint blue light
which floats before the eyes, and it is
in *bis faint blue light the imagination
discerns the thousands of fantastic
forms i\nd tigures that by general ac
ceptance are termed stars; hence,
while the astronomical display so fre
■quently mentioned may be said to tie
•■entirely a creature of the imagination,
uhere is at least some foundation for
the idea.
A Canine Feat.
A blind man. guided by a large and
athletic dog, went down the street the
other day. Just as they turned a cor
ner the blind man's dog saw a dog it
knew and darted forward in away
that threw the sightless mendicant to
the ground. He was speedily assisted
to his feet, however, by a waggish
passerby, who remarked that he had
beard some remarkable stories of the
feats performed by dogs, but this was
the first time he had ever known one
(Co pall down the blind.—Exchange.
WRITING ON METALS.
By tho Use of Wax and Acids fetoMnga
May Easily Be Made.
Usually a man attempts to put his
name uu his metal possessions bj
scratching with a file or knife poini
and makes the poorest sort of a job
It is really very easy to write on auj
metal— the blade of a jackknlfe. I
watehouse, skates— lf one happens to
know how. and the attractiveness of
the inscription is limited only by the
artistic ability of the individual.
Cover the place where you wish to
write with a thin coating of melted
beeswax. When the wax is cold write
plainly with any pointed instrument,
being particular to cut the letters
through the wax to the metal.
Then mix one ounce of muriatic acid
and one-half of uu ounce of nitric acid,
or smaller quantities in the same pro
portions (and remember that those
acids are deadl>\ poisons), and apply
the mixture to the lettering with
feather, carefully filling each letter.
Allpw the acids to remain from on?
to ten minutes, according as the etch,
lug is to be light or deep. Next dip
the article in water, wash out the acids
and melt off the wax. and the thing is
done. A little oil should be applied as
n finishing touch. Gold, silver, iron
or steel can be marked in this way.—
Youth's Companion.
Berthoilet a<rid Robespierre.
It is said that the celebrated savan!
Berthoilet in the most dangerous times
of the republic sustained his fearless
love of truth. Some days prior to the
ninth Thormidor a sandy deposit was
found in a barrel of brandy intended
for the army. The contractors, sus
pected of poisoning, were immediately
arrested, and the scaffold was already
prepared. Berthoilet, however, exam
ined the brandy and reported it free
lrom all adulteration.
"You dare maintain," said Robes
pierre to him. "that that brandy does
not contain poison?"
As his reply Berthoilet drank off a
glass, saying, "I never drank so much
before."
"You have plenty of courage!" ex
claimed Robespierre.
"I had more when 1 signed my re
port," replied the chemist, and here
the matter terminated.
Seventh Century Needlework.
Before the end of the seventh cen
tury needlework was carried to great
perfection In convents, where it was
used for the establishment of the
church and the decoration of priestly
fobes. Artists did not think it beneath
their dignity to trace the patterns used
for embroidery in their natural colors.
A certain religious lady, wishing to
embroider a sacerdotal vestment, ask
ed no less a personage than St. Pun
stan. then a young man. but already
noted for his artistic skill and taste,
to draw the flowers and figures, which
she afterward worked in gold thread
—Exchange.
Easily Arranged.
A man took the following telegram
to a telegraph office: "Mrs. Brown.
Center Street: I announce with griet
the death of Uncle James. Come
quickly to read the will. 1 believe we
are his heirs John Black."
The telegraph clerk, having counted
the words, said. "There are two words
too many, sir "
"Cur out 'with grief. " was the re
ply.—Chicago News.
The Only Chance.
"Hurry. George, or we will be late
to the picture show."
"Oh, we don't want to get there be
fore it starts."
"Yes, we do. too— lf we don't I can't
see what the other women are wear
Ing."— Exchange.
Aye. There's the Rub.
If we had to turn our owu grind
stones we wouldn't have so many axes
to grind.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Wise Man.
Faiuxer Stack —You say you went
through an agricultural college? Then
you must know all about nitrates?
Stranger—Sure thing! YThtoe did
you want to telegraph to?— New York
Globe.
J America First j
[America first, last and all the time.—
President Wilson's speech to Washington
L>. A. It.]
He has put In terse words what we've
wanted to hear.
Our policy crystallized, clear, cut no.'
clear.
And sounded a warning to foes, f*r ot
near-
America first:
Ft's no mere set phrase when it's spoke;,
like this;
Words carelessly uttered. Ideas tut 01
miss.
Just small talk, forgot in security's bliss-
America first!
It stands for u nation, in majesty, might
That tolerates freedom when freedom is
right.
Put frowns on opinions, cults, deeds
black as night-
America first!
It means a great people that's welded
as one,
With purposes, motives, as clear as the
sun,
With nothing to hide, no inspection to
shun—
America first:
It puts In the shameful minority small
Tlie noisy self seeker, the demagogues all;
It makes the truo patriot loom up so
tall-
America first!
It rclegatee hyphens to where they be
long.
Though holding no homeland love trait-
Tous or wrong.
Three cheers for the phrase! Now! Come
oat with it strong—
AMERICA FIRfcJT!
—Ella A. Fanning in New York Times.
f Baboons.
Hagenbeck in hi/- book soys that bab
oons nre caught in traps made much
like the huts of savages. Food is put
Into the huts, and once the baboons go
Inside a trafxloor closes behind 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 heads through the walls
of the huts. One baboon was caught
three times In the same trap, and sev
eral when turned loose got back into
the same trap a second time. When
the baboons are carried away all their
comrades thereabout climb Into trees
and scream cut 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 hurled themselves upon the trap
pers. who had hard work to save them
selves with firearms and clubs. As the
trappers were forced back the victori
ous baboons tore up the trap and turn
el loose the captured baboons.
Chivairy.
"Do you know," said t he particularly
well groomed and elaborately viva
clous lady in tlie full bloom of ber sec
ond youth, "that I have the most won
derful gardener- in the world—the ten
derest hearted not only of gardeners,
but of men? He has always made me
up a very special bouquet 011 my birth
day and presented it to me in person.
But ever since 1 was thirty—well, he's
only given me a birthday bouquet ev
ery third year."—New York Post.
Heroes ar.d Villains.
Men are not made heroes by the per
formauce of an act of heroism, but
must be brave before they can pel form
It; so they were not made villains by
the commission of a crime, but were
villains before they committed it.—Rus
kin.
Is This £O, Ladies?
"Tbey say that a Martian year has
*vcr GOO days."
"Possibly it Is in Martian years that
our ladies give their ages."—Boston
Transcript.
Tiie Exception.
"If at first you don't succeed, try.
try again."
"That's good theory, but it isn't al
ways wise practice."
"Why not?"
"I once tried to paper a room myself.
I didn't succeed, but 1 assure you that
my experience taught me never to try
it again."—Detroit Free Press.
Killed by Fear.
Frederick 1. of Prussia was killed by
fear. His wife was insane, and one
day she escaped from her keeper and.
dabbling her clothes with blood. rushed
upon her husband while he was dozing
in his chair. King Frederick imagined
her to be the "white lady" whose ghos;
was believed to invariably appear
whenever the death of a member of
the royal family was to occur, and he
was thrown into a fever and died in
six weeks.
A Henpecked Bird.
The male rhea. a feathered inbab
Itant of South Africa, is very much put
upon, for four or five hens combine to
gether and lay their eggs in one nest
till the total reaches twenty or more,
when the females depart, leaving a
male bird to sit on the eggs and attend
to the wants of the young birds.
Mean Retort.
"He says he inteuds to be the archi
tect of his own fortune."
"I predict a terrible stagnation in the
feuilding line."—Judge.
Good Reason.
Indignant Customer Barber, why
did you drop that towel on my face?
Barber—Because it was hot. sir."—Bos
ton Globe.
Prejudice squints when it looks and
Ues when It talks'.—Abrantcs.
SUFFHAQiSTSMUST
I WAIT m YEARS
Jersey Wo:sq, Defeated, Be
gin Oli NSn dSipigl).
I QTHEPi eoaTESTS DOMING.
New York, Macsachusttts and Penn
sylvania. Which Vote on Question
Nov. 2, Watched the Jersey Election
Closely—What the Leaders on Both
Sides Said After Vote Was Counted.
New Jersey suffragists who were de
' feated at the polls in the recent eleo
| tion must wait five years before they
can bring tho question before the peo
ple again. The constitution can be
changed only once in five years, con-
I sequcntly ike women have to wait
The organizations that worked so
hard for the ballot however, hafe al
ready begun thou* light for victory
whenever another opportunity comes.
Mrs. Lillian Feickert president of the
i New Jersey fciuffrage association, said:
"This will not end the light in New
Jersey. We feel much encouraged by
the great number of votes received,
and this will impel us to continue the
battle in thi3 state.
"Instead of quitting, as our oppon
ents have said we would, we have new
plans in view. When the New Jersey
! legislature opens next spring we will
| present a solid front for an amendment
I to the state constitution to give wotn
i an the right in New Jersey to partici
! pate in the ['residential election."
What the Ar.tis Say.
Mrs. Edward Yarde Breese, president
of the Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage, said:
"The election in every way justifies
our position. We hope that the result
will put an end to the activities of the
suffragists. Perhaps now they will
turn their energies and their executive
ability to a nonpartisan effort toward
solving some f the great social, civic
and economic problems ' of the day
The defeat of the cuffragists is due to
the fact that the men of New .Jeivey
i of all political parties decree that wom
an suffrage must not Le permitted. In
the eastern states the conditions are so
different from what they are in the
west that I doubt if there will ever
j come a time when the women will
have a vote or that the majority will
want it. The population of the east
ern states is so much greater than that
of the western and there are so many
points of difference that it lurdly
seems possible that there will be any
change on the suffrage question."
The anti-suffragists claim that the
result in New Jersey is indicative of
the results in New York, Massachu
setts and Pennsylvania in the elec
tions tn hf held Nov 2
II We Who Walk In 1
| Very Quiet Ways U
win-atmen<iiiiii' i ime^Mwrniaf
We who walk in very quiet ways,
To whom the word of strange and vio
lent death
Comes over garden walls on sunny days,
When all the fruitful earth seema to
have breath—
We cannot think blood stains the trod
den wheat.
We cannot think that apple trees aro
torn
And streets like our own little village
street
Lie ruined and forlorn.
Our harvests wait unspoiled the reaper's
hand.
Our children play unravished in the sun,
We walk with quiet men who understand
Tomorrow's work is what today begun,
Yet over common task and ear. Ie s word
Ring out such sounds as we have never
heard.
—Louise Driscoll in New York Tlm.-s.
OUR MiSMAtiE" .
The Mesa VercJc Cliff B-v. c - .-. o
Really Compie.w i'mvr;..
Many visitors to i.# i:eLii>t'>ric cliff
dwellings of the Mesa Vvr ie .National
park, in southwestern Colorado, says a
government publication, are astonished
to find that what is cuiuujouly de
scribed as a dwelling is not properly
a dwelling at ali, but u village or city.
The celebrated Cliff Palace is uot a
palace. Neither is Spruce Tree House
a house, nor Balcony House a house.
Each of these is a complete town
which once, in the dim ages before the
earliest Indian tradition, was an or
ganized community, often of consider
able size.
The arrangement of houses in a cliff
dwelling of the sks- of Cliff Palace, for
example, is characteristic and inti
mately associated with the distribution
of the social divisions of the inhab
itants. The population was composed
| of a number of units, possibly clans,
each of which had its own socinl or
ganization more or less distinct from
others, a condition that appears In the
• arrangement of rooms. The rooms oc
cupied by a clan were uot necessarily
j connected, although generally neigii
; boring rooms were distinguished from
one another by their uses.
morning.
A perfume of flowers is wafted gent
ly from the mountains. The sun is
new risen, and the dew still glistens
on the leaves of trees and the petals
of flowers. A road like a gray ribbon
thrusts into the quiet mountain gorgc
—a stone paved road which yet looks
as soft as velvet, so that one almost
has a desire to stroke LL Maxim
Gorky.
1 Queslois 119 M dllli 11 In.
D. Have you read the Consti-;
; rution of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. What form of Government,
is this?
R. Republic.
D. What is the Constitution ol
the United States?
R. It is the fundamental law ol :
tni3 country.
D. Who makes the laws of tin
united States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress cousisi
of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President.
D. How long is the President
of tlie United States elected?
R. 4 years.
1). Who takes the place of the
President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
v R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of
the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
eleted? e
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist off
R. Senate and Assembly.
1). llow many State in the un
ion?
R. 48.
D. When was the Declaration
of independence signed?
R. July 4, 177 G.
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. Harrisbnrg.
D. llow many Senators lias
aeh state in the United States
Senate?
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!i ..Tlie Indiana Macaroni Company..
OUR MACARONI
Can be Bought at the Following Stores: *
Tlie Troutman Department -Store, Steveaon
Myers, Plotzer Meat Market.
They are FRLStI. Made in Indiana
A Lost Mine.
Am >ng the famous lost mines ->f the
western vor- i and one which is again
being song!it ;; the Tisingn'l of Costa
Rica. It b ;-j?d to have yielded grc ■-
quantities go d in the time <>f t e
Spanish tlomUmtion Alter qnellh g
the Indian uprisings, however, t •
Spaniards failed to relocate the n 'J
It Is thought that it Hex bidden in t-i"
bed of one of Ihe larger stream
Many lege:?!; aw heard coaling v,i!i
its wonderful ri.h: and many at
tempts liavo been r: do to find it. but
so far without avail.—Argonaut.
Well?
Solomon wan the wisest as well :\-
the most married of m n—think t;
' over.—Florida Times-Uniou.
R. Two.
I). By whom are they elected f
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. 6 years.
I). llow many representatives
are there? ..
R. 435. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211,000, (the
ratio fixed by Congress after e*oli
decennial census.)
D. For how long are they elect
ed?
R. 2 years.
D. llow many electoral vote*
lias the state of Pennsylvania?
R. 38.
I). AY ho is the chief executive
of the state of Pennsylvania?
R. Tlie Governor.
D. For how long is he elected?
R. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor?
R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
government ?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to orgaiiir
■ 1 government?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist ?
R. No.
D. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not bc
ieve in orgauized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or
gamist ?
R. No.
D. What is a bigamist or p*lfr
gan: ist ?
R One who believes in having
more than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any secret
Society who teaches to disbelieve
in organized government?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated any
lews of the United States?
R. No.
1). Who makes the ordinances
for the City ?
R. The board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. S. ?
R. Yes.
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Takes a Sip of Tack*,
While she attempted to take a c*rlnk
from what --be thought was a glmw of
water while in the d*rk at hpr home hi
Point township. Northumberland cu
ty. Pa.. Miss Alice Rboades. eighteen
years old. swallowed several hundred
tacks and pins. She was taken to the
Marr M Packer hosoital. Han bury.
Too Deep Fer Him.
A Britisher was announcing his
views on things In general and som
med up his own position by the state
ment, "Well. I've seen life." "But,**
■aid his Ameriean friend, "one of yoor
own bright poets has said. 'Life's a
" The Britisher is still exploring
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