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Invisible Airplane Wings.
Wings of cellulose acetate, belnq
transparent, make an airplane Invisi
ble at the height of a few thousand
feet, also Increasing the operator's
field of vision. Sheets one one-hun
dredth-inch thick are about as strong
as the ordinary wing cover, and the
weight of nine ounces to the square
yard Is but slightly greater. The rap
id spread of a tear when started Is a
disadvantage that may be overcome
with a re-entorcing of loosely woven
-silk. •
Mineral Lake.
A lake near Biggar. Saskatchewan,
iias been found to be saturated with
«odium sulphate, and the deposits un
der the lake and alongside the edge
to be nearly 97 per cent pure sulphate.
The mineral is used extensively in the
manufacture of sulphuric acid, in pho
tography and other Industrial pur
poses.
Dally Thought.
Premise la most given vrN-.-i rh"
least Is said.—George Chapman.
Their Surprising Way.
"I was never more disappointed in
anybody In my life than I was in my
cousins up to Kay See," -admitted Gabe
Gosnell of Grudge, who was just back
from a visit to the Big Burg. "Why,
"with everything on earth going on and
anything you could think of liable to
happen at any moment, Til be switched
If they don't poke off to bed at between
nine and ten o'clock every night of the
world!" —Kansas City Star. ;
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The World Is Chee "•»!.
Doctor Johnson's old shoolmate said
that he could not ho a philosopher be
cause "cheerfulness was always break
ing in." Our world of mankind cannot
be that kind of a philosopher, either
for the same reason. It may, have Its
moods and depressions, or prove to the
utmost the reasonableness of despair;
but there is an inexhaustible well
spring of vigor within it, and vigor is
another word for joy.—From the Un
popular Review.
Advice for Singers.
Sims Reeves, the famous English
tenor, is quoted as saying: "A singer
who does not recite or read the
verses ol a song aloud before at
tempting the music will never become
a great artist." The young singer
should memorize a text, should repeat
it over and over aloud, testing the
matter of emphasis or stress upon
each word to determine just where It
should be and the proper an ount to
give the best interpretation to the
thought.
Important Rivers.
.Tust as Egypt has been made by
the Nile, so Mesopotamia has been
made by the Tigris and the Euphrates.
The view put forward with some au
thority that the rivers should be kept
exclusively for irrigation and not be
depended upon for transport Is chal
lenged on many grounds, one of which
is that irrigation and navigation can
be effectively combined, and Indeed
made mutually advantageous for
many years to come.
Maks Meet of What Ycu Have.
Shakespeare says, "V K. turn
the wheel with th w;-.ter tliai i ;tasr,"
i The modern age says, " Yrj can't excel
'■ in fitness when you si-nd the hours
j in idleness." Dreams of the glory that
i> to be are largely dreams still long
after the uays are past that should
have witnessed the crowning. But life
Is more than dreams. Most folks have
i learned to their sorrow that it is a
j rather stern reality. It promises much,
j but it's always conditional. It teaches
j men that in the using of what they
! have they become the heroes of the
I days that are to be. It's tlr£ filling of
| nresent hours that brings the full hours
of the future. It's folly to mourn the
j past. It's all made in the present and
today passes so swiftly into tomorrow
i that we scarcely realize how swiftly
go the speeding hours.
Beans.
The common bean is a native of
South America and was Introduced
j into Europe during the sixteenth cen
; tur.v. Now it is represented by over
; 150 varieties. The big broad bean is
orohnbly a native of southwest Asia
and northeastern Europe. The broad.
| but not thick, lime bean, called by some
I "butter bean," Is a pole variety that
j comes from Soiith America.
Dark Ages.
The term Is applied to a portion of the
Middle Ages, including' the period of
about 1,000 years from the fall of
Rome to revival of letters ID the fif
teenth century. It Is generally re
garded as beginning with invasion of
France by Clovis, 486 A. D., and clos
ing with Invasion of Naples by Charles
VIII in 1495. Learning was at a low
ebb during this period.
Ordering One's Life.
Take time to scrutinize yonr life.
Try to define just why you are "run"
and decide for yourself that if you are
going t-o be ruled, as most of us are,
It must be by something or somebody
well worth the arduous sprinting we
are all indulging in. If the goal to
ward which we are being steered is
worth while, only then can we look
. back and feel that the race has been
well run.
The First Qas Respirator.
The first apparatus to enable per
sons to enter a noxious inflammable
atmosphere'was called an "aerophore"
and was the invention of M. Denayr
rouse, a French inventor and scientist
It was first tested at Chatham, Eng
land, 44 years ago, and was reported
successful. Vast improvements on
this device, which comprised an air
pump, lamp and flexible tubing, have
since been made and these have saved
the lives of hundreds in mine accidents
and other disasters where rescue work
would be Impossible without their use.
The Candle in History.
The cult of the candle plays a large
role in Roman, Jewish and Eastern
ecclesiastical history; and many are
the customs that have tlielr birth in
some magical or ritualistic use to
which the candle has been put. In
some parts of Ireland, for Instance, it
was usual oa Christmas eve to burn
a large candle which no one was per
mitted to snuff except those who bore
the name of Mary.
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Fateful Days.
1 I Certain days have been marked OHPS
In some persons* lives. Nearly n'! the
' chief events of Thomas a Becker's
» career, including his murder and the
■ translation of his body—occurred nn a
Tuesday. Henry VIII find his three
children—Edward, Mary and Eliza
beth —expired upon the same day of
the week —Thursday.
Truth.
Said the facetious feller: "The««
golf fiinatics get a let of satisfaction
out of reducin' their strokes from la«»t
season, but the real joy of !if*» cornea
from bein' able to reduce the uurnber
of tons of coal from the winter b»
fore."
Time Is Money.
In Korea, both among prosperous
Christians and among those to whom
money is a hasty and infrequent vis
itor, a favorite subscription blank i*
one which says: "I promise to give
days to church work this year."
The days thus given are devoted to
evangelistic services or to the building
of churches and schools. —World Out
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The Lee Family.
The Lee family of which Gen. Robert
E. Lee. commander of the Confederate
j army during the Civil war, was a mem
j her, was of English origin. One of his
ancestors emigrated to Virginia in the
reign of Charles I, and the family was
prominent then, during and after the
Revolutionary war. —Columbus Dis
patch.
Tha Village Stocks.
The curious old habit of punishing
offenders by placing them in the pub
lic stocks seems very far in the shad
owy past, yet a number of these old
wooden machines may still be seen In
England. Usually they stand, or they
stood, on the village green, near the
church; and it is not such a long while
since stocks ceased to be used In the
land.
Disapproves Old Adage.
In spite of the old adage to the con
trary, some things done by halves are
done most satisfactorily, as for exam
ple the much-used Quinsigamond
bridge at Worcester, Mass. Here traf
fic suffered a minimum of interruption
by completing and putting into us®
one longitudinal half of the new struo
ture before the other half was built
Strongly for Education.
Wo have always believed in the high
possibilities of tho movies and more
particularly since a charming girl told
us she had found you could hold
hands just as well at an educational
film as any other. —Grand Itapids.
Not Much of a Pusher.
It was the elevated station at 8:80
on a weekday morning. The advice of
the Irish guard who helps close the
gates of the rear cars was an educa
tion In itself. But he had a competi
tor In a girl who was doing her valiant
best to get on. "Push, push," she
urged of a weak little masculine-beside
her. In a wish-washy voice he replied
that he was pushing. Back came the
swift retort: "You make me tired?
You push like a jellyfish I" —New York
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>ior- Q^il- Ce •• that she ought to tilk to the mouse and then she said to
hersell, Perhaps it doesn t understand Kntrllsh 1 its y K-oreh
mouse come over with William the Conqueror?" (Fof, with /ill her-knowledge
or history, Alice had no very clear notion how lons ago«ftnythlng h<d happened )
So she began tn French. "Ou est ma," which means. "V/h-iv is my" afld then
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Co-operation Imperative.
Why not consider the helplessness
of n nmn who thinks ho <'-;n do every
thing alone? How much headway enn
one man make in cutting down a fop.
est and building a city? There must
be co-operation with other men.
Cleaning Wal!pap*r.
To clean and wallpaper, ndd
two tablespoonfuls of ammonia to half
a pailful of water ami wash the walls
down with a flannel dipped in this.
Take half a pailful •>!' water and add
two tablespoonfuls of turpentine. Wash
the walls a second time with this and
wipe as dry as possible.
Symbol of Firmness.
You can't push a mule and you
can't pull him. As an example of firm
ness what better do you want. A
mule sure has the courage of his eon
victions. —Jacksonville Times-Union.
Sleep and the Brain.
It used to be though.t 'hat sleep hap
pened because the circulation of blood
through the brain grew so feeble that
thist the seat of consciousness, could
ivork no longer and sleep took place.
Many years ago a surgeon study
ing the subject watched the failing cir
culation of the brain through a hole in
the skull of a sleeping animal. Yet
this is only effect, not cause. Tho
brain has less blood because^it sleeps;
It does not sleep because It has lea«
blood.
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Rusty Steel.
To clean rusty steel, well oil th«
rusty parts and set aside in this state
for two or three days. Then wipe dry
with clean rags and polish with emery
or pumice stone. When very rusty and
a hitrh polish is desired rub the article
with a little slack lime.
Thinking of Strenuous Days.
Barber (carried away by his remi
niscences)—" And when he'd looped the
loop lie did a nose dive that fairly
took your breath away."—Boston Eve
ning Transcript. Le colonne del Patriota so
no a disposizione dei nostri
abbonati e lettori, special
mente degli operai per la
cui difesa esso é sorto. Ci
sarà grato se vorranno te
nerci informati di tutto
quanto tra essi avviene. In
feste, in dolori, in lotte ci
troveranno pronti ad as
sisterli, a guidarli, a consi
gliarli.