"A great net of mercy drawn through an ocean of unspeakable pain" % Your Red Cross Fighting Dollars Your Army and Navy fights to make the "World safe for Democracy." Your Red Cross fights to make it for Democracy. Fights for your soldiers—yours and your allies—in trench, canteen and hospital. Fights for the little children, to save them for the nations' upbuildings of tomorrow. Fights for the swarms of homeless, dazed refugees and "repatriates" thrown out from the weir's black whirl pool. Fights the white plague, tuberculosis, that takes a greater toll than lead and steel. Fights in every war stricken country to uphold a wrecked and suffering humanity in its struggle for a free existence. One hundred million dollars to "carry on." No power of taxation, no interest rate to urge dollars. Each one a volunteer, sent willingly and by the heart alone. The noblest fund of all the billions of this war's vast budgets—because the freest given. What share is yours? What sacrifice to mobilize those Fighting Red Cross Dollars ? Every cent of every dollar received for the Red Cross War Fund goes for War Relief. The American Red Cross is the largest and most It feeds and clothes entire populations in times of efficient organization for the relief of suffering that the great calamity. World has ever seen. It is there to help your soldier boy in his time ot It is made up almost entirely of volunteer workers, need, the higher executives being without exception men ac- With its thousands of workers, its tremendous customed to large affairs, who are in almost all cases stores and smooth running transportation facilities, giving their services without pay. it is serving as America's advance guard—and thus It la supported entirely by Its membership fees and "''"ooTißresT authoiSs', it. by voluntary contributions. President Wilson heads It. It is today bringing relief to suffering humanity, Tue War Department audits its accounts. Doth military and civil, in every War torn all;ed country. Your Army, your Navy and your Allies entfcucl* It plans tomorrow to help in the work of restora- astically endorse it. tion throughout the world. Twenty-two million Americans have joined U. An Old-Time Plow. An old-time plow, probably used by the early Spaniards around San An tonio, Tex., was upturned by workmen of c construction company. The plow has a three-foot turning blade capable of making a three-foot furrow, and al though the wooden handles have rot ted away the size of the iron supports indicates the plow must have been about twelve feet in length. It is be lieved the old instrument was used by the early Spaniards with several yoke of oxen. Gourd Family Is Important. The gourd family furnishes the hu man families with many edible fruits, and it is believed that pumpkins and aquashes are of American origin, though in nowise certain. On the oth er hand, it is known that watermelons, muskmelons, cucumbers and all that branch of the family are of Asiatic ori gin. Yet all countries have native spe cies of this great family. Left-Handedness. No attempt should be made to teach naturally children to use their right hands, according to P. B. Ballard, inspector of schools of Lon don, as it is likely to make them stam merers. Mr. Ballard supplies the fol lowing statistics: Out of one group of 545 left-handed children 1 per cent of pure left-handers stammered, against -4.8 per cent of 399 being taught to use the right hand. In another group of 207 the figures was 4.2 per cent and 21.8 per cent, respectively. A Mutual Pleasure. Mother —"Were you glad to get back to school and see your dear teacher?" Little Son—"Well, I—l was just about as glad as dear teacher was to get back and see me I" Make Gems of Them. Nearly all artificial gems—that Is to say, stones that are really made by ar tificial means —are compounds of alum crystallized under special conditions. ! The metallic salts that are added dur ing fusion determine whether the stones produced shall be sapphires, ru bies or Oriental topazes, amethysts or emeralds. Work. There is nothing but what's bearable, as long as a man can work. The nature of things don't change, though It seems as if one's life was nothing but change. That the square of four is sixteen, and you must lengthen your lever in pro portion to your weight, is as true when a man's miserable as when he's happy; and the best of working is, it gives you a good grip-hold of things j outside your own lot. —George Eliot Understanding. More hate would be mellowed to love by intimate knowledge than j would regard to disfavor. A smatter-! ing Information is a treacherous pos- j session. All it requires to effect better relations between nations as well as individuals is knowledge, and more knowledge. Ground Squirrels. More than 50 species and races of ground squirrels inhabit the United States and Canada. Watch Winding Machine. In a New York watch repairing es tablishment, where more than 700 watches have to be wound every day, an electrical apparatus has been in stalled to do the winding. It does the work more efficiently than human hands can, and takes the place of sev eral men formerly required for this work. The Largest Diamond. The largest diamond that has yet been found is the Cullinan, which was discovered in the Premier mine in the Transvaal in 1907 and weighed 3,025% carats, or one and one-third pounds, in the rough, and at that it was ap parently only a fragment of a larger stone. In cutting this immense gem it was divided into nine large stones and a number of brilliants, the largest finished stone being only carats. Handy Scrapbook. Have you a little blank book which you keep full of household sugges tions, in alphabetical form? Much can be gained when reading the papers and magazines if you clip out some of the suggestions which are worth while. Paste them in the proper place in your little book. It is more than worth the trouble. —Exchange. No Time for Debate. "Jibbes is the kind of fellow who never makes a move without first ask ing himself whether or not it will be good for his health." "I saw him Jump six feet in the air yesterday to dodge an automobile. Instinct probably told him what was good for his health, without his stopping to debate the mat ter." Production of Leghorns. The average production of eggs by hens of all kinds and ages in the United States is S5. Unselected White Leghorns, however, produce an aver age of 130 eggs for the first year, 120 for the second, 110 for the third, 85 for the fourth, and fall off about ten a year up to the eighth. These fig ures are from a bulletin of the Utah experiment station. If the first year production be low, the second will be high and vice versa, the total produc tion for three years being about the same. LA FESTA DEL 18 AGOSTO IN McINTYRE. PA. [ Domenica 18 Agosto, avra luogo m Mclntyre l'annuale festa di Maria S. S. dell'Assunta. Quest'anno il comitato direttivo composto di solerti minatori lavora a tutt uomo a finche' la festa del loro cuore riesca sotto ogni rapporto magnifica. Programma o L'alba del mattino sara' salutata dallo sparo di mortaretti. Alle ore 8 A. M. avra' luogo un 'imponente parata preceduta da uno scelto corpo musicale la quale dopo di avere attraversato le strade principale del paese, fara' sosta alla chiesa Cattolica dove, il Parroco locale celebrerà' la inessa cantata. « * All'una P M. si incominciera 1 il Ballo che durerà sino alle sei: rinfreschi ed altro saranno serviti abbondantemente. Dalle Ore 7:30 alle 9:00 II corpo musicale svolgerà* un scelto programma. Alle ore 10:00 Saranno incendiati varii pezzi di fuochi pirotecnici dell'artista Damiano Bruno di Anita, Pa. Tante altre cose che oggi non possiamo svelare il segreto concorreranno alla celebrazione della festa. TUTTI I CONNAZIONALI DEI DINTORNI SONO CORDIALMENTE INVITATI. Il Comitato della Festa. "" " I A prezzi fatti prima della guerra, I prezzi dei Pianoforti, e delle Pianole sono stati aumentati durante gli ultimi 6 mesi, e fra altri 6 mesi vi sara' un nuovo aumento su questi . strumenti. La ragione che noi possiamo vendere a prezzo più basso degli altri, e' che ci I troviamo negli affari da piu : tempo, e compriamo a prezzi bassi Fra non 1 £ molto saremo costretti aumentare i I I prezzi anche noi. I Se volete comprare un pianoforte vi conviene far presto e non aspettare. Pianole da $4-50 a S7OO Grande varietà' di Pianoforti da SIOO a $750 di qualsiasi stile o legno. PAGAMENTI FACILI IS . R. POLUOCK DI RIMPETTO LA CORTE - - - INDIANA, PA.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers