j! T H EPA TRI O T ij 11 . Published Weekly By THE PATRIOT PUBLISHING COMPANY, '> Office: No. 15 Carpenter Avenue ]| Marshall Building, INDIANA, PENNA Local Phone 250-Z <[ FRANCESCO BIAMONTE, Publisher j! Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1914, ij < [ at the postoffice at Indiana, Pennsylvania, under the - Act of March 3, 1879. S SUBSCRIPTION |; ONE YEAR . . $1.50 | SIX MONTHS . $l.OO j! The Aim of the Foreign Langoage Papers ij ): of America ij <[ TO HELP PRESERVE THE IDEALS AND SACRED TRAD- !J !» ITIONS or THIS, OUR ADOPTED COUNTRY, THE UNITED |> JI STATES OF AMERICA; To REVERE ITS LAWS AND IN- <[ <| SPIRE OTHERS TO OBEY" THEM; To STRIVE UNCEASING- . J LY TO QUICKEN THE PUBLIC'S SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY; JL ]> IN ALL WAYS TO AID IN MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT- j! < ER AND BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT. (\ A Voter's Catechism 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. For how long is the Pressident of the United States elected? R. 4 years. D. Who takes the place of the President in case 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 stete of Pennsylvania. R. The Legislature. D. What does the Legislature consist of? R. Senate and Assembly. D» Who is our Assemblyman? R. Wilmer H. 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. By whom are they elected T 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. Which is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. R. Harrisburg. D. How many Senators has each state in the United States Senate ? R. Two. D. Who are our U. S. Senators? R. Boise Penrose and George T. Oliver. 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. D. 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 gainist ? R» One who believes in having more than one wife. D. Do you belong to any se cret Society which teaches to disbelieve in organized govern ment? R. No. D. nave you ever violated an\ i.'ws of the United States? R. No. D. Who makes the ordinance* for the City ? R. The board of Aldermen. D. Do you intend to remair permanently in the U. S. ? R. Yes. BROOK MADE SWEET MUSIC Traveler Te4is ef Seductive Ssunds Preduced by Whit Are Known as Water Bella. When 70a are trsvellag ia unsettled ragiona and camplaf ea the trail, Nrrltes a Gompaalea reader, aae at least ef the saddle aad pack animal* that 70a turn loose to prase wears a hell, so thst 70a can tad them more mmLlf when 70a waat tfcsat At the camp ia aorthsra Minnesota I thoatht I heard the bell ef a "shag aaappe" (Indian pony), and followed the sonad more thaa half a mile with eat tadiat aa7 track. Whan half wa7 back to camp I heard the befl again, and, taking the bearing accurately, I followed a compass line ia the direction of the sound. I went through brush and glade for about a quarter of a mile until I came to a tin 7 waterfall. I could still hear the sound of the bell, but rather faintly, through the splash of the falling wa ter. There were gong-shaped bubbles, some of them four Inches in diameter, floating on the water below the fall, and the water came over the fall In a divided stream; some of it dripped from the ends of twigs. The charm of the brook's music held me there for some time enjoying that delicious drip! drip! drip! and the clear, soft ting! ting! ting! That still night In the tent I heard the bell-like tone again. What was the source of the ringing? I have found an explanation that seems to me to fit Have you ever been hammering at something and when you struck a cer tain blow have you heard a ringing from a pan or barrel near by that you had not touched? Or, in blowing a horn, or even In shouting, have you not heard the answering ring of some sonorous vessel set in vibration by the horn or the voice? Well, there you are. The dripping water sets those bell-shaped bubbles in vibration. The original sound of the drop is re-enforced, and away It goes through the air, as if on a witch broom, to play its mysterious pranks on some unsuspecting traveler. Since that time I have often listened for water bells when camped near a brook, and usually with success when the air was still and the water in con dition to form large bubbles. —Youth's Companion. NO POSSIBILITY OF ERROR Truck Counter Dees Its Work Auto matically and it Is Baid Cannot Make a Mistake. An ingenious machine designed ta automatically count truck loads of merchandise is invented. It is claimed that where any considerable amount af shipping is being done, the truck counter will frequently save its cast in a single day through the elimina tion of errors that invariably creep in where the usual method is em ployed. The counter is so made that when the truck rolls on to the apron, the weight of the truck load presses the apron down, the truck wheels move the lever forward, and the load Is tallied. As the trip lever moves for ward, it also goes down, and with it the narrow apron; therefore the platform becomes so nearly level that no resistance is offered to the trucker. As the truck passes off of the ma chine, the latter is instantly set for the next load. The machine cannot be tripped by the weight of the men push ing the truck or by returning with either an empty or a loaded truck. — Modern Mechanics. Persian Easy to Learn. A new inierest in Persia which the war has awakened may tempt some of us to become acquainted with the lan guage of the country. W e need not be afraid of making the attempt, for Per sian shares with Hnglish the reputa tion af being a singularly easy lan guage to learn, the chief trouble being that i t is written in the Arabic char acters. It had, however, at one time three numbers and eight oases, and the A vesta, the ohief book of the Zoroas trians, is only to be understood by the ripe scholar. But modern Persian has no oases, n» declensions and no gen ders, and may therefore, be mastered without tears and without the appli cation of wet towels to the head. Summer's Sure Sign. "There are various ways by which we can tell with more or less certain ty when summer has come," said Mr. MaeFlickerton. "You can tell in some degree by the weather and the temperature. You can tell in some measure by the clothes you see people wearing and by the advertise ments of summer resorts in the news papers. In seasons such as the pres ent you can even tell something about when it ought to be here by consult ing the almanac. But, after all, in any season, the one sure sign that summer has actually come is found in that one, single, solitary fly that comes in to wake you up ahead of time in the morning." Consoling Arithmetic. A Leipzig professor has been calcu lating on the basis of grams of en ergy how much a housewife really brings home when she has succeeded In buying one hundred grams of butter. He concludes that she has really only brought 44 grams home, and that she would have done better to lie quietly in bed, as in resting the consumption of energy is far less than In standing outside the butter shop.— London Times. ! Facts Versus "II Fallacies ] / ————————— FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar -1 ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument. {? VERY saloon is one link in a great chain that adds to 1, i the sum total of human happiness. It is as though [I /& Fraternal organizations kept open house at nearby jwiSrAW corners, for the membership of the great order of Saloon Vfl . i Patrons includes every male who wants to join. * r IA/HAT the sewing circle and the pink teas, the church social and the Sunday School picnic are to the women ~ W v \r ! the land, the saloon is to the men of the nation. It is a V! pT^SO/ p .common meeting ground—a sort of masculine pasture of j j | pjjf ' 7] I—i V? TL j K T N hurly-burly of life the saloons are the quiet i E 1161*0 IjOOQ spots. Here it is that friendships are created and (1 h anW 1 cemented, the past and present discussed, the future fi «JHI Dad leopie j; guessed at, ideas exchanged and the raveled ends of care I m Every Busings p| f orgotten *s] and Profession, M T* HERE are good bankers and bad bankers, good grocers v Vn ■■■ / nd bad § rocers ' S ood policemen and bad policemen, j a gcod people and bad people, just as there are good saloons ' 7—: / c "d bad saloons. The good saloons outnumber the bad ones in the same proportion that good people outnumber ; S ba( i. If P e °Ple who go to a saloon are bad, the t=t : saloon will be bad. If they are good, decent, moral people, c 5 , k the saloon will be good, decent and moral. The same is The IxOOQ true of every hotel, clubroom, theatre, dance hall, summer 13 | -v— n M ! resort or church. A place does not make bad people. It g- OaIOQTIJS IQV is the bad people who make a place bad. | Outnumber VI) TTIS as much a FALLACY to condemn the good saloons !1 flip F fad ftllPS Si if x because there are a few bad ones, as it is to sav all men 1 ™I! \ who drink are drunkards, when FACTS show that only *| S * fit ! f three per cent, do not drink temperately and in moderation. " ? Pennsylvania State Brewers 9 Association W iHSZSHSSSESHSSSSHSHSHSHSESES2faSESHSZSESHSiSHSHSHSiLSZSESHSHS2fiSSafiESHSi I The Patriot Job Printing Department | Is prepared to do all kinds of Commercial » Printing promptly and in an up-to-date manner. Call and get our low prices for § the best of service and workmanship. 15 CARPENTER AYE. INDIANA, PA. | HsrasHaszszszsasiffaiafMiss«BSiSHfi«fiasasasa«sas2SHsas!S2sHSHSZsHsHS QUADRI PATRIOTTICI Cartoline Illustrate. Libri d'ogni specie dietro ordine Il rinomato DIZIONARIO TASCABILE Italiano-Inglese e viceversa" edito dai Fratelli Treves di Milano. La nuovissima GRAMMATICA ACCELERATA del De Gandenzi I Corso completo per imparare a scrivere, parlare e capir bene la lingua inglese in tre mesi senza maestro Agenzia Italiana Indiana v Pennsylvania I La machina del business man La machina unica a caratteri visibili 10 GIORNI DI FROVA GRATIS I La macchina Woodstock ha un valore di SIOO e si da per I soli $59.50 a sola titolo di reclame. L'Unica Macchina da Scrivere Negli Stati Uniti Con Pagamento Facile di Soli 10 Soldi al Giorno. Agenzia Italiana I 15 N. Carpenter Ave. INDIANA, PA. I DR. C. J. DICKIE DENTISI Room 14, second floor Marshall building INDIANA, PENN'A.
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