—POLITICAL AKNONCEMEKT - FOR STATE SETATOR WILBUR P. GRAFF OF BLAIRSVILLE BOROUGH Subject to the decision of the Re publican voters of the 37th Senator ial District, composed of Indiana and Jefferson counties, at the Spring Pri mary Election Tuesday, May 16th, 1916. Your Support and Influence is Solicited (Political Advertisement.) For Representative in Congress S. Taylor North of PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. Subject to the decision of the Re publican voters of the 27th Congres sional District, composed of Indiana, Jefferson, Armstrong and Clarion counties, at Spring Primary Election Tuesday, May 16th, 1916. Your Support and Influence Solicted. mm- i i' □(Political Advertisement) For Congress Nathan L.Strong of Brookville and Kittanning Subject to the decision of the publican Voters of the 27th Congres sional District, composed of the count ies of Armstrong. Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson, at the General Pri mary EUction, Tuesday, May 16, 1916. Your Vote and Influence Respect fully Solicited PENNSYLVANIA NEWSJN BRIEF interesting Items From All Sec tions of the State. CULLED FOR QUICK READinG News of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout the Keystone State. Lancaster will organize a women's preparedness society. R. C. Liggett, York, has been ap pointed factory inspector. Erie was isolated electrically and lost $150,000 by the blizzard. Latitz has voted a loan of $95,000 to erect a new school building. Four motorcycle police men mill be added to Reading's police force. Licenses for 600 dogs have been se cured by their owners in Pottstown. County commissioners have paid off $65,000 of Lehigh's bonded indebtness. Pittsburgh hospitals have under ad visement a plan to raise their rates. An $BO,OOO loan for street paving is to be submitted to the Steelton vot ers. A sewer plant is being installed at the National Farm school at Doyles town. A curfew law is being agitated by the Interborough Civic club in Mauch Chunk. A limestone quarry has been locat ed on the farm of W. H. Kintner, at Durham. Two millions will be spent on im provements to Johnstown's Midvale steel works. Alderman M. J. Lewis, Wilkes-Bar re, is a Republican aspirant for con gressman-at-large. Captain William L. Blair, Sunbury, commanding Company K, separate battalion, has resigned. Playing with matches, five-year-old Sarah Rupp, daughter of John Rupp, of Icklesburg, was burned to death. Prohibition rule in West Virginia is driving hundreds of skilled coke work ers and miners into Fayette county. Richard Adler, a hermit, was found dead in his shed, near Marietta, evi dently self-slain by an accidental shot. Charged with burning his own barn, near Reinholds Station, Lancaster county, Jerome Moyer is under arrest. The Morgantown & Wheeling rail way is to be completed, to open 200,- QOO acres of Green county seam coal. John Lukash was instantly killed when a cable broke releasing a car which ran over his body at Nesque toning. The Misses Nona P. Brown and Su san R. Slaymaker head a committee to gather funds for French orphans in Lancaster. Driving in front of a passenger train at a grade crossing in Sunbury, David Fasold, seventy-two years old, was _ . s a TO MUSIC LOVERS. ——— We still have a large number of "Sterling 1 ' Pianos and Player Pianos o select from. This stock MUST be reduced before we move to our new quarters in the Daugherty building Philadelphia street, opposite the Moore Ho tel. We handle only the world renowned "Sterling 11 instruments, manufactured by the Sterling Piano Company, which originated the "factory to home 11 idea in piano selling. Pianos and Plaver Pianos: Half-Price The regular price of the "Sterling 11 Piano is about 30 per cent, cheaper than the regular retailers price, because of the saving possible by selling directly to your home from the factory. Further Cut of 20 S 0t Will be made on all Pianos and Player Pianos sold during the balance of March. Better make your selection early. Terms cash or small Monthly payments. Sterling' Piano Cn % Geo. D.Leydic, Sole Agent North Sixth Street, opp. Court House ® —— -g Drying his wet but oily clothes by the fire at Sandy Run, near Hazleton, Miner Harry Alberts was set afire and badly burned. Laurence Schflapplg, of Sharterville, has died from being gored by a mad bull at the State asylum, Werners ville, six weeks ago. Struck by a pellet from an air gun, Oscar Bacliman, a messenger boy, at Exeter colliery, Pittston, lost the sight of his deft eye. The Waynesboro school board has given the contract for a new school house. It will have an auditorium and four rooms. Fifty deer from Michigan are being distributed by game wardens in state game preserves in Carbon and other eastern counties. Five coaches loaded with Norwegi an immigrants passed through Con ! nellsville, routed west, the first since | the w r ar started. Inspector H. B, Roshon reports con demning 4500 pounds of meat and 125 pounds of fish during the month of j February in Reading. Contracts from Pittsburgh, Cleve- I land and Buffalo districts, calling for I 500,000 tons of structural steel, have been placed in Pittsburgh. The proposed loan of $40,000 for , building a new high school in Kutz [ town is expected to be approved at the special election on April 12. The winter short courses in agri culture and home economics at the ! State college closed with 131 students, including twelve women enrolled. Indictments are pending against twenty justices of the peace, accused ; of frauds in connection with bills for bounties for killing wild animals. A tax rate of 7% mills has been ap proved by councils in Royersford. Plans for street paving were postpon ed until sewers can be constructed. Huntingdon county will be "dry" another year, the license application of L. R. and W. S. Leister, the only one in the county, having been refus ! ed. The new wage scale —$5 a ton —for puddlers for the Reading Iron com pany has gone into effect and is the highest ever paid to puddlers at Read ing. P. H. Breidenbaugh, Martinsburg, Blair county, has been appointed a j clerk in the state compensation bo- reau, to succeed" the rate Major M. A. Gherst. The big breaker of the abandoned Black Ridge mines of the W. H. Mc- i Turk Coal company will be disman tled and shipped to Shamokin and re erected. (Continued on Page 3) In Sympathy. The two men had met at a dinner party and were talking In a corner by themselves. "You see that tall woman with the sharp nose and the critical eye?" ask-j ed one of them. "Yes," said the other quietly. "Well, I"ve watched her for quite awhile. She's always got her nose Into somebody's business. She's the last woman I'd marry." "Which shows how strangely in sym pathy we are." said the other without resentment "She's the last woman J did marry "—Exchange. The Lacking Stroke. "Do you think it would improve my style," inquired the varsity man who had got into the crew through favor itism. "if 1 were to acquire a faster stroke?" "It would improve the crew." replied the candid trainer, "if you got a para lytic stroke."— London.-Tit- Bits. Hen Trickery. Since Australia is at the antipodes from us the hens there naturally lay best from May to November, contrary to the habit of bens here. It is now sug gested that if a lien after her annual laying period in the southern hemi sphere were rushed across the equator to the United States she might lay dur ing the rest of the year at the same rate and thus establish a new "record" for a year's production. Still, it looks ! |ike a mean trick to play on a poor hen. •-Youth's Companion. A oure proot. "The new family who have just moved in have something in their Lives tbey want to hide." "Why do you think so?" "Because their hired girl is deaf and I dumb."—Baltimore American. A Lost M i no. Among the famous lost mines of the western world and one which Is again being sought Is the Tisingall of Costa Rica. It is said to have yielded great quantities of gold in the time of the Spanish domination. After quelling the Indian uprisings, however, the Spaniards failed to relocate the mine. It Is thought that it lies hidden in the fled of one of the larger streams. Many legends are heard dealing with its wonderful richness, and many at tempts have been made to find It, bnt so far without avalL—Argonaut •iS trade murks and cojyrlerht* obtained or no | gr ft-e. -ti.J uitxiei, sketches or photos end do r • r F2EE SEAR CH and report M on patentability. Bank references. 5 SB PATENTS BUILD FORTUNES FOR I K you. Our free booklets tell how. what to invent E 98 and save you money. W rite today. 8!?, SWIFT & CO.! PATENT LAWYERS, cut. as h i n g t c n, p. C. A tei in i m miii sh aw. D. Have you read the Consti tution of the United States? R. Yes. D. What form of Government is this? R. Republic. D. What is the Constitution of the United States? 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 Rep resentatives. D. Who is our State Senator? R. Theo. M. Kurtz. D. Who is the chief executive of the United States? - R. President. D. How long is the President of the United States elected? R. 4 years. D. Who takes the place of the President in ease he dies? R. The Vice President. D. What is his name? 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 elcted? e R. By the people. D. Who makes the laws for the strte of Pennsylvania. R. The Legislature. D. What does the Legislature consist of? R. Senate and Assembly. D. Who is our Assemblyman? R. Wilmer 11. Wood. D. How many State in the un ion? 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 ? f! SALE ond WANT IBS. Advertisements under this head lc a word each insertion. FOR SALE—Corner lot in Chevj Chase, 65x150, for further informa tion, apply at this office. A WANTED—Slavish or Polish men, well acquainted in Indiana and mine camps. Can make $25 to $3O per week. Call 15 Carpen ter avenue, Indiana, Pa. FOR SALE —Good automobile, 1914 Vulcan Roadster. A-l run ning condition. Will demonstrate. Sacrifice, $250. Need money. Call or write J. M., care "Patriot." 15 Carpenter avenue, Indiana, Pa. Wanted — Girl for general housework. Small family, no chil dren. Foreign girl preferred. In quire at Patriot office. Don't Worry. Mrs. Wullaby—De agent says if we ain't got de rent nex' Monday we's got to git out. Sam Wullaby—Nex' Mon day? Den we doan' need to worry fo' de nex' fo' days.—Puck. There are only two roads by whicb any important goal can be reached— sheer strength and perseverance. - Goethe. R. Two. D. Who are our U. S. Senators? R. Boise Penrose and George T. Oliver. D. By whom are they elected? R. By the people. D. For how long? R. 6 years. D. How many representatives are there? .. R. 435. According to the pop ulation one to every 211,000, (the ratio fixed by Congress after each decennial census.) D. For how long are they elect ed? R. 2 years. D. Who is our Congressman? R. S. Taylor North. D. How many electoral votes has the state of Pennsylvania? R. 38. D. Who is the chief executive of the state of Pennsylvania? R. The Governor. D. For how long is he elected? R. 4 years. 1). Who is the Governor? R. Brumbaugh. D. Do you believe in organized government? R. Yes. D. Are you opposed to organiz ed government? R. No. D. Are you an anarchist? R. No. D. What is an anarchist? R. A person who does not be ieve in organized government. D. Are you a bigamist or poli gamist ? R. No. D. What is a bigamist or poly gam 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 von ever violated any lews of the United States? R. No. D. Who makes the ordinance* for the City ? R. The board of Aldermen. D. Do you intend to remain , permanently in the U. S. ? R. Yes. lij£h.t made to m I fit yhixY need |j $ I FLASHLIGHTS are made in many styles j|| that sell at a wide vari ety of prices. Each is 11 equipped with agenuine, ■ m long service Tungsten P| 9 battery and Mazda H lamp. All are guaran- gg m teed to give the maxi- IS mum satisfaction. That's |j| why it pays to get a real GLI UOMINI D'AFFARI D'OGGI Pagano buon salario ai loro datillografi, contabili ed assisten ti di ufficio, ma loro debbou essere competenti. Nella nostra scuola si da' istruzione individuale tutti i giorni e quando il graduato e' competente riceverà' un buon sa lario. Corso completo in Inglese tutti i rami commerciali. Catalogo gra tis dietro richiesta. j \J s 6o —Piano —Liucoln Bldg. Telefoni—Bell 269. J. City 1352. Johnstown, Pa.
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