THE PATRIOT Published Weekly By 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. Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1914, at the postoffice at Indiana, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION ONE YEAR . . $l.OO | SIX MONTHS. . $75 Tbe Aim of the Foreign Langoage Papers of America TO HELP PRESERVE THE IDEALS AND SACRED TRAD ITIONS*OF THIS, OUR ADOPTED COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; To REVERE ITS LAWS AND IN SPIRE OTHERS TO OBEY THEM; To BTRIVE UNCEASING LY TO QUICKEN THE PUBLIC'S SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY; IN ALL WAYS TO AID IN MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT ER AND BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT. WHO'LL BE THE RIDER WHEN THEY'RE SADDLED? a —St. Paul Plonaar Praaa. . GERMANY Continued from Page 1 considered. Reports from Danish and Dutch sources declare the feeling of bit terness toward America in Ger many is increasing. War insur ance brokers at Lloyd's, who were disinclined to regard the situation seriously, are now alive to the pos sibilities of a German-American break. Cashmere Shawls. Weavers of Cashmere shawls take two or throe years to finish a pair of the very finest. Poisonous Flowers. Flwsrtrs of the jonquil, white hya cinth and snowdrop all possess a poi sonous nature, the narcissus being also particularly deadly, so much indeed that to chew a small scrap of one of the bulbs may result fatally, while the Juice of the leaves is an emetic. The berries of the yew have killed many persons, and it is known now adays that it is not safe to eat many peach pips or cherry kernels at once. The lobelias are all dangerous. Lady's slipper poisons in the same manner as does poison ivy. The bulbs seem to be the most harmful. Lilies of the valley are also as much so. There is enough opium in red poppies to do mischief, and the autumn crocus, if the blossoms are chewed, causes vomiting and purging. The leaves and flowers of the olean der are deadly, and the bark of the catalpa tree is very mischievous. The water dropwort when not in flower re sembles celery and is virulent—Coun try Gentleman. . Cutting Off Neees. Barneses 11. of Egypt cut off the nose of any person convicted of treason or arson. Actisanes, another Egyptian ruler, punished robbers in the same way. After each nose had been ampu tated back even with the bridge the culprit was sent to a colony of noseless felons, the place of banishment being known as Rhinoconum, from the na ture of the punishment Its colonists had undergone. In England in 1671 Lord Coventry, then "great keeper of the British seal." had his nose cut off by order of the king because he had dared to ask some questions about an actress then play ing at Drury Lane theater. A conscript who protested openly that he had been enrolled in the army of Frederick the Great In a fraudulent manner had his nose amputated by or der of that sovereign, who spoke of the punishment as an "indelible mark on the front side of the face." Uses of Biosrbonste of Sod*. Bicarbonate of soda should always be kept in an easily accessible place in the kitchen. Applied immediately to a burn and moistened it will relieve the pain. A pinch added to any fruits or vege tables will make them more palatable, and less sugar will be needed. Use a quarter of a teaspoonful to two quarts of fruit, fresh, or to one pound of evap orated fruit Fill new cooking utensils with cold water to which one teaspoonful of soda has been added and boil it. Then wash the utensils with good soap and water, dry. and they are ready for use. Bicarbonate of soda added to the water in which old vegetables are cooked will make them .green and fresh. It will also make tender a tough piece of stewing meat It will sweeten milk which is about to turn.—New York Sun. Did as Hs Was Told. One evening. Just as it was getting dusk, a laborer walked down the main street of the city. Coming to a poultry dealer's place, he stopped and gazed admiringly at the fowls and game dis played on the window slab. One tur key of about fifteen pounds weight took his fancy. After running his fingers through the coins in his trou sers pockets a few times he decided on having that turkey. Picking it up he entered the shop. The shopman was very busy. "Jest weigh this bird for me, will ye?*' said he. "Why don't you take your bird somewhere else to be weighed?" snappily replied the poulterer without looking up. "Oh. I kin do that all right," he replied, cheer fully picking the bird np and walking out with it.—London Tit-Bits. Bukowina'* Stormy History. Bukowina. the Austro • Hungarian province, has undergone sundry politi cal transitions. According to many Austrian authorities, it was wrested from Transylvania in the fifteenth cen tury by Moldavia, but It not long be fore that formed an integral portion of the latter state, to which it belonged until it was ceded to Austria by the Turks in 1775. Bukowina, which means "Beech Land." abounds in wood land and mineral wealth and rears large numbers of cattle and horses.— London Globe. Tho Puzzle. "I wonder how Flnbdub can afford an auto. Don't you?" "No, I don't wonder how he can af ford an auto. I know he can't afford an auto. But how do gazaboes like him manage to get hold of autos? That Is what flabbergasts me." —Louis- ville Courier-Journal. Shocking. "They tell me Dubbs Is in the hos pital. What happened to him?" "Oh, he saw a piece of wire lying in the street and tried to pick It up." "Yes, and then?" "He discovered that the wire was busy."—St Louis Post-Dispatch. Very Annoying. The eldest daughter says she wishes dishes were made of rubber so they wouldn't rattle so when maw is wash ing them and she has an early evening caller.—Florida Times-Union. T ruth. Truth does not change. What is merely our understanding of the eternal fact- —Youth's Companion. Fortunes In Farthings. It is well known that shopkeepers make pounds by ignoring farthings or by giving something for them that is worth far less than & farthing, but where shopkeepers make the pounds banks and the English government make their hundreds of pounds. If a farthing is due from you in taxes you are charged onepence. On the other hand, you are never paid onepence for a farthing. The same principle is applied to frac tions of pottnds. Banks in reckoning interest for themselves call any part of £1 a full pound, whereas In reckon ing interest for you odd shillings are left out of account. Thus for a de posit of £99 9s. lid. you would receive interest on £99 only. It is amazing how the state profits by not paying fractions of pence. The government has a special fund in which are placed the fractions of pence withheld in paying dividends on government stock. This fund amount ed to more than £150.000 in ten years before being used for other purposes As far as the government is concern ed. farthings mean a lot. —London An swers. His Little Lot. There were some interesting episodes in the life of Sir Charles Euan-Smith. Once in the martcet place of an Af ghanistan town he was fired at by a native. He lodged a complain* with the ameer, who appeared to take no notice of the incident, merely remark ing, "That's all right" Sir Charles complained again and met with the same reply, lie still thought that the ameer was treating a serious matter with less consideration than it deserv ed, but thought it advisable to say no more on the subject. About n week afterward he was invited by the ameer to ride with him. They rode for some distance outside the town, and they passed gibbet after gibbet. At length Sir Charles said. "Your highness has !>eeu busy of late." "Oh. no." replied the ameer; "they are your little lot." He had seized all the members of tho would be assassin's family and hanged every one of them. Be Natural. Holmes says that there are six peo pie present whenever two meet in con versation—the real A, the real B, A as he sees himself, B as he sees himself. A as B sees him and B as A sees him. The remark comes back when one goes out upon the street and considers himself and the other people who pass, particularly those who seem on the slippery road to success. It is not they themselves who go by; it is what they would have other people think them. If they are young and inexperienced they must tighten up their faces with an artificial solemnity; if they are get ting on in years they must affect an artificial snappiness. They wear their outward aspects like clothes. One feels like crying In the ears of young men: "Be natural. Live or die, sink or swim, survive or perish, but be yourselves."—New York Globe. Th* Primrose. The primrose has suffered injustice from the poets, who seem to regard it as a floral weakling. Shakespeare wrote of "pale primroses" that die "ere they can behold bold Phoebus in his strength;" Spencer regrets "so fair a flower" should perish through "untime ly tempest;" Milton laments the "rathe primrose that forsaken, dies," and many later poets have written of It in similar strain. Why? For the prim rose is a hardy plant and will be found where few other flowers can exist, on the mountain heights of Europe and Asia and even on the highest ranges of the Himalayas. And Disraeli recog nized its color In the fried eggs upon his breakfast table.—London Notes and Queries. H* W* Right. A man rushed to the entrance of a lunatic asylum in the middle of the night and yelled to the keeper to let him in. "Let me in!" he cried. "I have sud denly gone insane." The keeper woke up. thrust his head out of a first story window and bel lowed down in a rage: "What? Come here at this time of night? Man, you must be crazy!"— Brooklyn Eagle. The Unexpected. Amateur Photographer (touring in the country)— Pardon me, sir, but would you object to my taking your daughter just as she Is? Farmer Green —Well, this is sudden; but take her, and be happy. Keep yer eyes on him, Sal, till I scoot round for the parson.-- London Mail. Just a Suggestion. "I'm still waiting for you to pay me that $5 you owe me, Dubson." "Oh, don't let that worry you." "That's what I'm trying to do, bat I would feel greatly encouraged if you would let it worry you occasionally."— Birmingham Age-Herald. Curioue Fishing Plant. There Is a strange vegetable growth under the sea called the fishing plant, which opens and shuts periodically, like a big mouth. When fishes are near enough to this wonderful plant all of a sudden it closes its "mouth" and swallows them. The Rest Hour. "Bobby why aren't you playing with your cousin Ethel?" "Gee whiz, mother! Don't I get an hour off at noon?"— Puck. Poor Experience. "Experience is de best teacher," said Uncle Eben. "but gittin* arrested ain' no way to study law."—Washington Star. Saianea and Nat]ana. True revolutionist*, balleva me, £ba real men of action, who are promoting truth and Justice for the morrow, are scientists. Governments fall and pass away; nations grow, shine with splen dor and decay. But what matter? The discoveries -of science will go on. will increase, will give mankind more and more light and certainty. The close of a century is a small matter; the march of human progress will always be re sumed; human nature will Insist on having knowledge, whatever may be the obstacles. It is foolish to object that we can never know anything; we have got to know all we can that we may attain the greatest happiness. And therefore I say, How foolish are all the political disputes that excite nations! While the salvation of prog ress is supposed to be involved in the fate of a ministry, it is really the sci entist—th e man of learning—who will be the master of the future when he shall be able to enlighten men with a new spark of truth. All Injustice shall cease when truth shall reign.—Emile Zola. A Doctor of th* Old School. Doc Robinson never looked wise and kept things to himself about a case. He'd let one tell him every little symp tom and listen respectfully, and he'd never go and whip out one of those surveying Instruments and go all over a patient as if he were laying out a new state road. No! He'd crack jokes, gossip delightfully and suddenly turn around and ask Margaret If that wasn't a brand new dress she had on. feed little peppermint candies to the chil dren and sit with several on his knees while he talked, ne made his call a pleasant affair. Every one in the house enjoyed it and got the benefit of It— even the invalid. "Well," he'd say re luctantly, "Kit and I've got to jog along, though it's mighty comfortable sitting here by your fire. We gotta go 'way out on the Cider Mill road."— Helena Smith-Dayton in Cartoons Mag azine. The Habit of Saving. The United States is thriftier than it is commonly given credit for being be euuse statistics most frequently quoted do not give all savings deposits and be cause a vast deal of savings goes on outside of savings institutions. Yet it does not live up to its opportunities by a long way. One of the country's ablest business men said not long ago lhat any one could tell whether he was going to succeed or fail by his ability to save. If he could not save he could not succeed. At any rate. Inability to save for a man with an income above the bread line and no unusual ill luck implies a lack of self control that is not conducive to success. Like nearly everything else, it is a matter of habit, and with a little de termination to begin with the right habit is as easily formed as the wrong one. Try It—Saturday Evening Post Gladstone Nsvsr Prims Minister. Gladstone would probably have pro tested if any official document had de scribed him as one of the principal sec retaries of state, for he was keen on correctness in such matters. When giv ing evidence in a trial he was asked whether he was first lord of the treas ury. He demurred at once to this de scription and explained that he was one of the commission for executing the office of lord high treasurer, "and I believe my name stands first on the list." In the same way It could be ar gued that Gladstone was never prime minister, for that post was first recog nized officially eight years after his death. Sir Robert Walpole told the house of commons that he claimed no such title, and Lord North would not permit its use even In his own family. —London Spectator. Whin Van Tromp Died. Texel, the low lying tsland at the en trance to the Zuyder Zee. was the scene of much fierce fighting between Dutch and English in the seventeenth century. It was off Texel that one of the greatest of Dutch admirals. Van Tromp. lost his life In 1653 in an en gagement with the British under Blake, and near the same spot, almost exactly twenty years after. De Ruyter was defeated In a desperate conflict with the British and French under Rupert and D'Estrees. On Oct 11. 1797. Texel again witnessed a heavy defeat of the Dutch, this time by Ad miral Duncan.—London Mall. Briar is Really Hsath. Brier pipes are not made from th wild rose brier. The name Is a cor ruption of the French word bruyere (heath). The earliest brier pipes were introduced into England in 1859 and were made from the roots of the French white heath (Erica arborea).— New York World. Good Likeness. "Did Miss Sour girl have her photo graphs taken yesterday?" "Yes." "Good likeness?" "Yes, must have been, for she re fused to have them and demanded an other sitting."—London Globe. Suitable. "What kind of an apartment did the singer get?" "I suppose nothing less would satisfy her than a suite thing In A flat"—Balti more American. Wise Girl. Maud—Would you object to a hus band who smoked in the house? Marie— Most decidedly. But I shall keep quiet about it until I get one.—Boston Tran script Gravity is the ballast of the soul, which keeps the mind steady.—Fuller. THESTORE |! North Homer City j[ Sara* Aperto al Pubblico Mercoledì* 15 Marzo INVENTORE Continued from Page 1 ers. Va. C. Ayers, Altoona, window sliade and curtain support; Jno. C. Baekus, Smethport, sasliloek; Jno. S. Bancroft, Allentown, gal- ley mechanism for type composing machines (sold) ; Geo. C. Debay, Cheswick, glass manipuating ap paratus (sold) ; Oliver Fobes, New Castle, motorcycle starter; Jos. W. Gamble. Tellsville, valve (sold) ; Hugo Gottsehalk. Burnham, appa ratus for mixing dough (sold) ; Chas. F. Laganek. Butler, comput ing mechanism (sold) ; J. W. Lat tig, Glenside, electrically controli ed meter system (sold) ; Geo. D. Lewis. Genesee. pressure regulat or for pneumatie tires; Chas. A. Painter. Jr.. Pittsburg, door latch. ToTTirrT Giova n o t ti IL GIORNO del DOLLARO E' GIOVEDÌ' 16 MARZO 3E3E2E9E 3S3SESC Unitevi alla Folla Cappelli, Panlalnni, Camice, Calzoni, Maglie, Cravatte, Mutande,. Guanti, Calze etc. Raddoppiate il vostro dona ro la giornata del Dollaro Dinsmore Bros. ■
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