THE PATRIOT
Published Weekly Bj
THE PATRIOT PUBLISHING COMPANY,
S.
Office: No. 15 Carpenter Avenue
Marshall Building, INDIANA, PENNA
Local Phone 250-Z
FRANCESCO BIAMONTK, Publisher
Entered m second-class matter September 26, 1914,
at the postoffloe at Lndiana, Pennsylvr.nia, under the
Act of Marck 3, 1879.
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TO HILP PRESERVE THE IDEALS AND SACRKD TRAD
ITIONS OF THIS, OUR ADOPTED COUNTRY, THE UNITED
STATER OR AMERICA; To REVERE ITS LAWS AND IN
SPIRE OTHERS TO OBEY THEM; To BTRIVE UNCEASING
LY TO QUICKEN THE PUBLIC'S SENSE OP CIVIC DUTY;
IN ALL WAYB TO AID IN MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT
ER AND BETTER THAN WE POUND IT.
KINDNESS.
When we consider the rwuH> ;
| It bring* I wonder why It la we :
•re net all kinder than we are. :
ill How eaeily it ie done! How to- ii
HI etantaneouely It acta! Hew In- ii
HI fallibly It la reniemberedl— i!
11l Drummond.
Cwrleuo Ceurtehip.
In the strange land of the Tumcad
Indiana la Mexico the vialsar, after at
tslstsg something of a friendly foot
ing, dm j a till witneaa aome ef the
equally etrange practlcee which the
first Spaa lards observed. In coasting
the lever goee to the well where hie be
loved Is accustomed tr fill her water
Jar. He holds her ahawt until ahe ac
cepts him, and then with a stick he
bseaks the jar which ehe holds am her
bead sad fivea her s betroth ■! hapHsm
ef water.
Watofi Yew Pap.
Pap is a slang word invented is eas*
vey the Idea of thoee who are aiwa/a
up and shout, who are fall ef "finger,"
who never go to eleep at the switch.
When 70a are full of pep yea can go
a long way toward doing almoet any
thing. Bat pep rune out If your
stomach goes back on you because you
don't know how to take care of it; if
you consort with weak minded people,
taking on the color of their weak
mindedness; if you burn the candle at
both ends, then your pep runs low.
Watch your pep.—Life.
Heard on tne mgnway.
We ought to be mighty glad when
heaven comes down to see us, but
that's the time some folks run away.
Folks miss happiness by sittin' still
an' waltin' for It to come an' pay the
rent an' cancel the mortgage. But
happiness is no free gift, an* it ain't
on the bargain counter.—Atlanta Con
stitution.
Hie Ordeal.
fhe a ympathetic neighbor asked:
"Is yeur little brother £ll this iarn
hotg, Johnnie? I heard him orylag In
the moet heartrending way."
"He, net exactly," Johnnie explain
ed, "hut Willie pulled down a Jar of
sis leasee on himself in the pantry, and
mother haa been trying fee comb hie
hair."—New York Qlohe.
Things er the Past.
Batty had been punished. Her aunt
did not know that, and whan ahe esme
late the room and found Betty Bitting
disconsolately before the window she
aaid: "Why, look at our little Betty.
She looks ready to cry. What la go
ing to happen, I wonder?"
Betty looked up and then aaid eol
stnnly, "It has happened."—Exchange
Enduranoe.
The pilgrim fathers were undoubted
ly heroic men. facing, as they did, with
dauntless courage, fire, frost, famine
and the red menace of Indian ruthless
ness. But the pilgrim mothers were
more heroic still, for they endured also
all these things and had in addition to
stand the pilgrim fathers as well.—
Life.
Modern Version.
The Amazon forces were about to
charge.
"Wait until you can see the powder
on their noses," directed the lady mili
tary genius who commanded the other
feminine troops.—Kansas City Journal.
(Jurying the Hatchet.
This expression, meaning "let by
gones be bygones," is derived from a
custom once in vogue among the North
American Indians. According to a
command of the "great spirit," they
were obliged, when they smoked the
pipe of peace, to bury in the ground
their tomahawks, scalping knives and
war clubs in token that all enmity
was at an end.
Tee tore te Shake.
"Did you take the mixture I gave
your
"To tell you the truth, I did not, doc
tor."
"Why not?"
"Well, I fancy you made a little mis
take. You gave me ague mixture. It
sajs, 'Shake before taking/ and my
complaint la rheumatism."—Pall Mall
Oaaette.
Don't Write Poetry.
"Don't write poetry unleaa you can't
help it," saya the 8t Louis Globe-Dem
ocrat.
And often when you think you can't
help it 'tie well to consult a doctor.—
Toledo Blade.
Orln lelaoe.
"Is m«ggin« an optimist?"
"Yea. He'a one of the ldad who con
vince you that everything la going to
the bowwows and then tell you there
is bo use worrying about It"—Wssfc-
QeMing Areund IV.
"What would happen if an irresistible
force should meet an immovable body 7'
"It is not necessary for anything to
happen. I maintain that arbitration la
always feasible."—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
Some Resemblance.
"Lightning rods in one respect are
like waiters."
"What's that?"
"They won't give good service unless
they are well tipped." Baltimore
American.
Hugo'a Slip.
Victor Hugo puts into the mouth of
Charlemagne, In "Aymaillot" the
words, "You dream like a scholar of
Sorbonne." That famous institution
was founded in 1254, 450 years after
the days of Charlemagne.
Mrs. STddbne.
After she had retired from the stage
Mrs. Siddons was found studying Lady
Macbeth and aaid, '*l am amazed to
discover some new points in the char
acter which I never found out while
acting it"
Peaallng.
Millions—Do ye« think you will learn
to like your titled aon-in-law? Bill lone
—I don't know. I can't toll where to
place him In my expense account He
Is neither s recreation nor an inveot
■ven che amallest pieces of Cnely
hiokan glaaa can he eaally picked up
with s little wad of wet absorbent
cotton, which can then he destroyed
hj burning.
Be it ever so homely, there's no face
tike your own.
Man la mortgaged up to his neck in
the paat.- T
The thiiu to er on the left hand, on
which the engagement and wedding
rings are worn, is anatomically the
weakest of
lteui ot a onarK.
A shark's teeth are movable at will
and become erect at the moment the
nnimal is
If you wouui mi the mart you must
aim a little above it. Every arrow
that flies feels the attraction of the
earth.
No ci vu'Mjicn,
You will have to get ahead of the
hustler before you can get in his way.
—Judge.
"Dear Papa—l got all your letters,
and you have put some munny in each
one of them. Please write oftener.
Your lovinrr «on v.'lWam."—Exchange.
"Bein" contented wif yob lot" said
Uncle Eben, "sin' no excuse foh not
hustlin' to git de mortgage oflTn it"—
Washington Star.
An Impossible Undertaking.
**l hear that you have been laid up
with nervous prostration. What'a the
cause—overwork or worry T'
"Both. I tried to have a photograph
taken that suited my wife." New
York Times.
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Wednesday last tbe mortal
A Part of Washington tie
fer great—the Father of His
Coon try and tfce friend ef
asaa—was consigned te tho tomb with
solemn honors and funeral poasp.**
This Is the opening paragraph in the
newspaper story of the burial of
George Washington as told bj the Ul
ster County Gazette, published at
Kingston. X. T., Jan. 4, 1800. Al
though the column rulea of the news
paper are inverted, the story appears
to have been only secondary in impor
tance in the minds of the editors, as it
is published on the third page and
without any unusual display.
It is dated at Georgetown, Dec. 20,
1799, and bears the modest head
"Washington Entombed." Genuine
copies of the paper are rare and valua
ble, but it has been reprinted in fac
simile many times.
The paper says:
"A multitude of persons assembled
from miles around at Mount Vernon,
the choice abode and last residence of
the illustrious chief. There were the
groves—the spacious avenues, the
beautiful and sublime scenes, the noble
mansion—but, alas, the august inhab
itant was now no morel That great
soul was gone. His mortal part was
there indeed; but, ah, how affecting,
how awful the spectacle of such worth
and greatness, thus, to mortal eyes,
fallen—yes, fallen, fallen!
"In the long and lofty portico, where
oft the hero walked In all his glory,
now lay the shrouded corpse. The
countenance, still composed and serene,
seemed to express the dignity of the
spirit which lately dwelled in the life
less form. There those who paid the
last sad honors to the benefactor of
his country took an impressive—a faro
well—view.
"On the ornament at the head of the
coffin was inscribed 'Surge ad Judi
eum;' about the middle of the coffin,
'Gloria Deo,* and on the silver plate,
'General George Washington, departed
this life oa the 14th of December. 1799,
let 68.'
"Between 3 and 4 o'clock the sound
of artillery from the'vessel In the river
ftrlng minute guns swedes afresh our
solemn sorrow—the corpse was remov
ed—a band of music with mournful
melody melted the soul into ah the
tenderness of wee.
"The process 100 was formed and
moved on in the following order with
arms reversed:
"Cavalry, infantry, guard, music and
clergy.
"The general's horse with his saddle,
holster and pistols.
"Colonels Simms, Ramsey, Payne,
Gilpin, Marsteller and Little, pallbear
ers; corpse, mourners, Masonic breth
ren, citizens.
"When the procession had arrived at
the bottom of the elevated lawn, on
the banks of the Potomac, where the
family vault is placed, the cavalry
halted, the infantry marched toward
the mount and formed their lines, the
clergy, the Masonic brethren and the
citizens descended to the vault, and
the funeral service of the church was
performed.
"The firing was repeated from the
vessel in the river and the sounds ech
oed from the woods and hills around.
"Three general discharges by the in
fantry, the cavalry and eleven pieces
ef artillery, which lined the banks of
the Potomac back of the vault, paid
the last tribute to the entombed com
mander in chief of the armies of the
United States and to the departed hero.
"The sun was now setting. Alas,
the son of glory was set forever! No.
the name of Washington, the Ameri
can president and general, will triumph
over death! The unclouded brightness
of his glory will illuminate the future
ages!"
Washington
Eebel and patriot, he led the way
When shackled manhood cried for
championing,
He of the breed that long had
learned to bring
The low bowed, pliant neck to scep
tered sway—
The breed that worshiped the
anointed clay
And right divine attached to any
thing-
Empurpled and enthroned and chris
tened << king."
His foe was Privilege; he won the
day.
His fathers' idols, old, unique, su
preme,
These were his targets when he took
his stand
To cleanse his native country's deed
and dream,
To make sweet Freedom bloom
throughout the land—
Eebel and patriot and partisan,
Lover of Justice and his fellow man.
—James C. McNally.
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MARCH Ist, 1917
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| Facts Versus I
Fallacies 1
FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an ajrpar* II
J. • ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument.
MORE than 4000 years ago the Emperor of China, by edict,
prohibited the drinking of alcohol in his kingdom. And it is Mj; W*
an indisputable FACT that the Chinese, like the Mohammedans, ~-fK
j> Turks and ?. few other virtually effete nations under Prohibition '-rj v I (j®**
.-I f : iaw, have existed in a sort of dead-alive and non-progressive way.
| ] CEVENTY years ago the first Prohibition law in this country ■ : |kj I
J | adopted in Maine, and 86 years ago in Kansas. Yet jj&Sm V
Police Reports concede much more drunkenness in the cities of HjWI * jfa"".
; those two Scales than in the cities of nearly all States in which the jA
i sale of liquors is licensed and regulated by law. Census Reports, nU/&] \ \ 1
• [ too, bear witness that there are less church members in the States A/ TII 1
\ of Maine and Kansas than in nearly all States of the Union, in
i r proportion to population. [J
\ "> "jTN OTHER words, > although there is evil attendant on the misuse . jEt
'"« - of alcoholic beverages, just as there is ill result from abuse in [3
<-j a* pursuits of life, it is a FACT that Prohibition law does no Q
fVr% I Ti«A?rmrT!A\t succeed in stopping nor lessening the consumption of liquors (as 13
; I r JvUiimx IION statistics verify), but to the contrary increases lawlessness by thou- gj
j H Q \n?TTum CTYYDO sands of citizens who resent and defy a "dry"' law as unjust, and
f(J| rlJbi X rlliJvolvro i who determinedly exercise what they regard as their right to drink, ~
j■ I ®NOR LESSENS I re g «di«. of Uw. I
rnvciTMDTWH A RECENT editorial in the "St. Louis Post-DispctcH" should
|; ;* 1 gn l\ i mpreM itself on the of all Prohibitionists of today who,
ili'4 (IT? T Trumps cSLin their illusory and FALLACIOUS course grope blindly after
I'l "Sil By^ dry" folly. This editorial pungently observes:
: yftS i ,-w —'SgrALSt "THE verdict of science on alcohol has not yet been rendered.
; H t 1 But the verdict of humanity as to its use in moderation is
jj |j *7 ■> still to the effect that such use is not necessarily harmful There
i'i crc coiib.icss, as with tobacco and other stimulants, persons whose ■■■_,_ 1 ■ j
: J and idiosyncrasies make even the moderate use of rin i n n r%
I J rJcchol injurious. They should avoid it, but they should not expect
! to make their weakness an excuse for the creation of legislation ' I
ij which, a* Mr. Taft (former President) says, demoralizes law I K\J[Udl 1 KJNIdIO
• j because it canno! be enforced. ' ' j ADIT NF KKI Ml"
' '■ "ORCITIBITTONISTS make the mistake of going to extremea-in Ty,,
£ seeking the unattainable. The FALLACIES they preached iIJJ THF
i \ throughout ages, have blinded for a time misinformed and unthink- jU J j . l XIIA-I
? ] ing people. But FACTS show that education alone can prove J133,[ llttlTTinj ATJTP
(5 ! efficacious in making derelicts better in the use of liquor*—or in the Ijjjj v/H/ii lt\lSil\DLLr
U.] use of any other product. olffli!" ■
■1 s Pennsylvania State Brewers' Association [fl
r. ' PI
£•- 103 B
RECIPROCITY.
Thare rs mm word which may ;
::: serve aa a rwle af praatlee for all ;;;
i; ene'a life that ward (• raciproc
| Ky. What yu 4m not wish dsns
i: to yauraalf da nat 4m to ethere*—- ;
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Tka Orohltf.
A» «tMI Is a pacmttar plaat, te,
itfip as It m; naa, flan ti aa
tfctteetfrsty ate. Om mwUb
Ska tka Ttaiat, etkers ttka tka pan, tka
kjradtstk, fla 4a£To4lL OnMi aaa fka
tka akin of tka t— alikti
world, ta ate aa wsH aa ftam t»4
ttat Ho atkar iawar wmmMm mm*
chid, kat areklda ara tema apAa#
trattorfiiet, panalaa, roots, apidera, pttok
plants, bird* and wkat net And tkaj
ara not absolutely cartaia ta Voak jaat
tha earns twice la succession.
A Curiosity In Nomenclature.
The negroes In the British West In
dian Island of Grenada find it very dif
ficult to keep track of their descent and
their relatives because of a curious
custom they follow in naming childrea.
The father's Christian name Is given to
the son for his surname. Thus if a
man Is named John Jones his son may
be called James John and that son's
son Robert James, and so on to the
end of the chapter. Naturally in a few
generations families get into a hope
less muddle, and nobody knows exact
ly to whom he is related.
What Hs Advised.
A young man unhappily married and
practically penniless took his tale of
woe to a prominent divorce attorney
in Chicago and concluded with this:
"I'm too poor to pay much for a di
vorce, but my wife makes my life mis
arable. After I get home at 6 o'clock
In the evening I get no peace until I
go to sleep. What would you adrlse?"
"After considering all the facts in
your case," said the lawyer, "I would
suggest that you get a job which re
quires you to work all night."—Ex
change.
If there Is anywhere on j*roe tiorttou
a spot of light, fix your eyes npon it
and turn your thoughts away from tk»
clouds which may cover the r mat mt
sky.
Wash the glass with water to which
a little ammonia has been added and
polish with a chamois which has been
dipped in water and wrung as dry as
possible.