CONGRATULATIONS S!R,IfIAT SPEECH 3EST aV'p. EVER HEARD I'M QUITE FAMILIAR Wilfi FJBL'.C ' ( SPEAKING TOO, AS MY FAIpER WAS AN ORATOR , \ ANPOPENUSBP TO APPRES3 MULTITUDESAy J [ ||! | (BUT THIS IS HOW HE DID IT , ' fUhl 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. ; THE COP-SAVES. BMAINY HOWIER3 BIMIMS?MM BTOMM STAGNANT. * «0*- ' C > /\S v ZwhENJ A k I T V /FCLUUOwb \ V \ /ORA)NXS <°>^E. J xl I ' \ \ [G»TT»M'STAGMAVI7 /"""N 1 J |OE.ftE.^iMT f i Inothiu'mke. IF^ )# y§i Internationa! Cartoon Co.. N. Y. 105 X: N Dt FIRST \ L \ I V N. 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. Vgouuv )TS D*vr l /AM DELRE. Ny VruMMY STUMT / / c ' o^OREO BRiT AROuwD oat \ WATtR D»b ) \)MVE.MTIOM / \ OPLRATtOW ' / n f i ■■^^■■iriiiiir~*"~~^~ ,A ~~-i-~*^"* , r' 1 " - 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 ! look. 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 Sun. 3r 5 * " ' *3® - 14 •° - ,S 129 . ' i 32 -* 9 *- .20 I *0 *2l V •28 'SI 1 \ f •3y '2-» i * - 3t \ •25 ' iy . , \ ALICE !N DOT LAND By Clifford Leon Sherman >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.>.v»v (Copyright, 191$, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.* 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. ft »EGS YOuR PPOOOHr /OOwt«s\ \FER TAWN" DESE J t«Tcv< I \wJ»o our ftxiKiG Bc'Jr /. ;-I WV- \ W 9?^frp^L!tS((lw F®U]R JK 4? J> IOOAT£»' Dlb ME.W / \ X UNVtNTOw OFniNE/ <^ v\ Y&OE.S OWE. 3ET/ \ V VER CAUSE ITS/ f \ l( J/ ;. \ <^BARKS/ l3T* rv\ wOW < "* *=f ""T v ' "■" ' 4 l_T " i I'■ J_ ..J W._ ■ jiii ' .._. p. mmmmm^mmmmrnmmmmm^———in m mimiiV 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.