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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
Tradem arkS.

A trademark is a registration of a
word or design attached to goods of a
certain trader making it clear to the
public that they are his manufacture
and that nobody but he can use that
same trademark. It's use is almost in
diSpensable in the commercial world,
and this can be realized better when
one knows what its functions are in
respect to the trader and his customers.
In the first place, being a certificate of
genuineness, it protects the public.
Secondly, being an identifying mark,
the trader is protected by the law
against any competitor who endeavors
to trade on another's name or goods.
Trademarks were issued as far back as
the time of James I.-London Mail.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
First Straw Hats.
swers.

The first hat Of straw TO be worn in
the United States appeared In 1900.
Straw had been used before to thatch
houses, but not the heads of civilized
citizens. 1t made comfortable bedding
for cattle and was stuffed in sacks TO
increase the softness OF the pine boards
used by men and women to sleep on.
But straw for the head? Never! 1t
might do for the tropical savageS, but
not for the inhabitants OF the great
zone in which the progressive nations
lived
Previous to 1900 men had worn felt
and cloth hats. And it was not till
the time of Elizabeth that men began
to wear hats at all. in distinction from
caps and bonnets. The bloSsoming of
literature in the Elizabethan period
was contemporary with the building
Of brimS on head coverings and their
transmogrification into hats.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
SHIP CANALS.
Each Has Troubles of Its Own That
Require Constant Care.
azine.

Each Has Troubles of Its Own That
Require Constant Care.
Leave any ship canal alone for even
a year and it would no longer be fit for
navigation. Within five years a small
boat would be unable to go through It,
The United States has anXieties over
the Culebra cut in the Panama, but not
more so than the Germans over their
waterway, the Kiel canal, for the
ground through which the latter is cut
is in most places nothing but peat
rotten black stuff which keeps on
breaking up and falling back into the
canal.
Also the bottom continually bumps
up" thus lowering the depth of the
passage. The craft that use the Kiel
canal have to crawl along. They say
that if cruiser were to make dash
through at top speed 1t would take a
year and several millions of money to
remedy the damage done by her stern
wave.
Each canal has it's own special trOu-
bles. That Of the Panama is land
slides. Many have taken place during
its construction. Many more will have
to be dealt with in coming years. 1t is
estimated that IL the dredging work on
the Suez were abandoned within less
than ten years the Turks or any one
else could cross it dryshod. On both
sides Of the canal stretch miles Of dry
desert, from which every wind that
blows lifts the sand In edging spirals
and carries it in great clouds. A sin
gle storm may drop thousand tons Of
sand into one mile Of the canal
OF late years a great quantity Of
trees have been planted along the
banks in order to prevent the sand
from drifting into the water, yet even
so great steam dredgers are always at
work scooping from the bottom the
blown In sand and dumping 1t along
the shore. Another trouble Of those IN
charge of the Suez canal is caused by
fresh water springs, which burst up In
its deep bed and pile the sand in ridges
Exchange
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
How to Throw the SpitbaII.

A spitball is thrown just opposite to
an ordinary curve. Instead Of giving
the rotary motion with the fingers. it
is given with the thumb The thumb
is placed firmly against Il seam, and
the saliva is applied to the ball be
meath the fingers. The ball is thrown
overhanded. and slipping easily from
beneath the moiStened fingers but
gripped firmly by the thumb against
the seam. a sharp rotary motion is Civ
en- to the ball. When properly thrown
a sharp break is secured, the direction
of the break depending upon the angle
at which the ball is released. The ball
is controlled by the thumb.-American
Boy.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
PasturinQ One Person,

4ow much land does it take to sup
port COW or horse or hog? Rath
er important questions to every one Of
us. but not so important as the query:
How much land does it take to sup
port a person!
A recent survey made by the United
States government in Ohio seems 10
show that it costs on the average $191
to board and house each person on the
farm.
That is, the husband. wife and three
children must have an income Of $685.
if they live as well as the average.
This is the income in dollars. and the
examinatiOn-On forty-four farms-in-
dicates that it takes forty acres to
pasture" a person.-Farm and Fire
side.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
CURIOUS SWISS LAWS.
Some That Look With Very Pene-
trating Eye Into the Future.

Some That Look With q Very Pene-
tratine Eye Into the Future.
There are in force in Switzerland
certain laws. which, In the hands Of
the INSCRIPTIONS, may work great
havoc with personal rights and liber-
ties, an exchange remarks. This is
point concerning which there can
be no dispute.
For instance. in most cantons men
and women may be punished not only
for what they have actually done In
the past, but also for what may pos
sibly result in the future from what
they have done
Suppose a man is spending week by
week all that be earns. Then the local
the local police, may send him to a
penal workhouse on the pretext that
his conduct is such that he may later
become destitute. and therefore a bur
den on the community.
To be a burden on the community is
a crime. The result is a woman who
wishes to be rid of her husband for a
year or two-or a man of his wife
has only to persuade the local authori-
ties that unless he be forced to change
his ways he may perhaps some day
become destitute.
A visitor once found In one lSnal
workhouse a woman who was there
for two years at the request Of her
husband.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
DEEP SEA FISHES.
Some That Get Along With Only One
Meal or So a Year.

Some That Get Along With Only One
Meal or So Year.
There are more than 100000 square
miles covered by a depth OF three miles
Of sea, but even at this great depth
where the pressure OF the water above
would instantly crush mans body TO
pulp-there is great world OF life.
Many Of the fish and other creatures
OF the deep are blind.
They are, however. able 10 see by
means OF the lights which they carry
themselves.
The lamps" are little organs dotted
over the body, and with the light from
them. which is made in much the same
marvellous way as the glow worms.
they can use their bulging eyes 10 see
what is going on about them.
But even with the ready made light
ing apparatus and telescope eyes 1t IS
a difficult business finding a dinner. so
the fish have jaws with an enormous
cape and a stomach so elastic that
they can accommodate a larger fish
than these voraciouS eaters themselves.
When they have made such a cap
ture they retire for something like Il
years meditation 10 digest the meal,
two or three OF which are sufficient 60
last an average lifetime.-London An
swers.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
His MI Mother's Son,

At the annual prize day of certain
school the head boy rose to give his
recitation.
Friends, Romans, countrymen," he
vociferated. "lend me your ears!'
There" commented the mother of
a defeated pupil sneeringly, that's
Mrs. Jones' boy! he wouldn't be his
mothers son If he didn't want to bor-
row something"-Kansas City Star.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
1T WAS A "JIM" POEM.
But That Was Not the Only Reason
Why Riley Liked II.

Why RIIey Liked lt.
James Whitcomb Riley and Joel
Chandler Harris figure In a story told
by writer In the New York Sun
They had sought rest and recuperation
in hotel among the southern noun
tains and wished TO avoid the attempts
Of the other guests to lionize them.
Much against their wills, however.
they were constrained TO appear at a
reading from their own works. after
having been routed from a secluded
spot in the woods to which they had
retired.
A young elocutionist had the center
Of the stage when they got to the ho-
tel She led of by announcing a poem
by Mr.. Riley. She recited it. 1t was
about somebody named Jim. Riley
looked impressed.
Would you mind" be said when sel
had finished. ''reciting that again."
She did not mind, and went at IL
Riley wiped tear away as she finish
ed. Then he said. Please recite II
again, if you will"
She did it the third time, and RILEY
was even more affected
do you know" he said, after she
had ended. Il like that poem. It's
Jim poem. | always liked Jim poems
Ny own name Is Jim. | always read
jim poems ! have written severIl
Jim poems myself But do you know
why I ike this jim poem better than
any other?'
The young woman eagerly asked
why. The assembled guests leaned
forward breathlessly to hear the an
sWer.
Il like it said Riley, because it al.
ways reminds me Of my dear old
friend. Eugene Field Eugene Field Is
the man who wrote that poem, you
know"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
QUEEN TO MAKE GAS MASKS
Margherita Of Italy Sets 1000 Noble
women to Work.

Margherita Of Italy Sets 1000 Noble
women to Work.
The Dowager Queen Margherita of
Italy has become chairman Of n COM
mittee Of more than 1000 women Of the
nobility who have undertaken the task
Of supplying the army with masks to
ward off asphyXiattOn gases.
The mask has been invented by Sen
atOr, Clamician, professor of chemistry
at Bologna university.
Reading History.
He who reads history learns to dis
tinguish what is local from what is
universal, what is transitory from
what is eternal; to discriminate be-
tween exceptions and rules, to trace
the operation of disturbing causes, to
separate the general principles which
are always true. and everywhere ap-
plicable from the accidental circum-
stances with which in every commu-
nifty they are blended and with which,
in an isolated community, they are
confounded by the most philosophical
mind. Hence it is that in generalization
the writer's of modern times have far
surpassed those of tiquity.-Macau-
Law
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
a Prize Baby.

Little Minnie was having a birthday
party, and some of the little guests
were discussing the merits Of the ba-
bies in their homes.
MY little sister is only five months
old" remarked Annie, "and she has
two teeth"
MY little sister" said Nellie. lis
only six months old and she has
three"
Minnie was silent for moment, then
she burst forth:
MY little sister hasn't got any teeth
yet, but when she does have some
they're going to be gold onesY'-New
York Times.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
Master of Many Tongues.

Elihu Burritt, the learned black
smith, was born in Connecticut il
1910. Burritt taught himself French
Latin. German, Italian, Greek and He
brew while an apprentice at the forge
and in early manhood mastered San
skirt, Syriac. Arabic, Morse. Spanish
Dutch. Polish, Bohemian and Turkish
Chinese and minor languages were ac-
Quired later until he was able to read
write and speak I'm sixty different
tongues.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
CHINESE HUMOR.
The Story of the Careless Man and His
Puzzled Servant,


Puzzled Servant.
There was man who was careless
and unobserving. Once, when he was
going abroad, he hastily pulled on his
shoes. ready to hasten away. when, TO
his surprise. he found that one OF his
legs had suddenly become longer than
the other
He was both puzzled and frightened.
for he said to himself: What can be
the matter? When | last walked my
legs were the same length. How
queer 1t Is! / have met with no acci-
dent nor has any one cut a piece from
my foot palm"
He felt his legs and then his feet TO
solve the mystery. At last he discov-
cred the mistake TO be in his shoes.
FOR he had put on one shoe with a thick
sole and one with a thin sole.
These shoes are odd ones and not
pair" said he. So he called loudly
for his servant and ordered him quick
ly TO change his boots.
The servant went into the room to
bring the masters boots, but after Q
little time came back with a much
puzzled expression on his face His
master sternly demanded the boots for
which he had sent him. but received
for his answer:
Dear master, it is very strange, but
there is no use for me to change your
boots. for when | examined the pair
OF boots in the room found that they
are just like the pair you have on. for
one has a thick sole and the other
thin sole."-Chinese Fun and Philoso
ply, in St Nicholas.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
RURAL AMERICA.
Our Country ms IL Was I'm the Time ~f
George Washington.


George Washington.
The America of Washington's day
was primitively, racily rural. The
country Outnumbered the city thirty to
one. 1t OutvOted and outinfuenced the
city. The country was countrifed
without urban qualities or depend.
encies. Not even the cities themselves
were citified. Philadelphia, the great
st Of them all, with the finest shops,
the best houses, the most eXtravagant
people. was but a poor, small triangle
Of houses, with it's base on the Della
toward the west. Its people, though
reputed gay and luxurious, went early
to bed, rose early and were without
the opportunities and distractions of
modern urban life. There were no
great factories, no armies OF workmen.
no extended commerce, no horse cars,
no OmnibuseS, no sharp differentiation
of the city into business and residence
sections. Like envious New York and
aspiring Boston, Philadelphia was still
half rural.
A great city was not desired mol
even contemplated. To "the fathers"
the very conception had in it some
thing unwholesome. A city was a
dwelling place of turbulent, impious.
ignorant mobs, of a congregation Of
"unproductive" artisans. wastrels, Grim
inals, Sabbath breakers. 1t was a
blister on the social body, a tumor
which absorbed the healthy juices.
The city was vaguely associated with
royalties, courts, armies, beggars and
tattered. insolent, rascally mobs; the
country was the cradle Of republican
virtue and democratic simplicity. JEFF
ferson, having in mind the squalid ag-
glomerations Of the old countries, con-
graduated America on being rural. De
TocquevilIe in the thirties believed
that the absence of a great capital city
was zone of the first causes of the
maintenance of Republican institu-
tions" "-Walter Weyi in Harper's Mag
aZine.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
Some Burned Letters.

Sir Walter Scott once made an itin-
erary of the borders. in the course of
which he wrote lawyer friend in Ed
inburgh a close and realistic account OF
everything he heard and observed. ev-
cry quaint location and droll custom.
But the stupid heirs Of the recipient OF
these priceless epistles consigned them
to the flames and thus rendered what
would have been a charming Look i'm
possible.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
Asking Too Much.

IF at the end of the first year OF
your married life" said the brides
father, you can convince me that you
have been q good husband and have
made my daughter happy. will give
you $1,000"
Another of these people said the
groom when he was alone again. who
think a man viii do anything for
money" - Pittsburgh Chronicle -Tele-
graph.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
Questions In0t 0 GOOD Citizen Should Know. ;:

D. By whom are they elected?
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 211 900. (the
ratio fixed by Congress after each
decennial census.)
D. For how long are they elect
ed?
R. 2 years.
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? Z?
R. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor?
R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
government?
R. Yes.
d. Are you opposed to organic
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 poll.
gamist?
r. No.
=. What is a bigamist or poly
gan ist?
r One who believes in having
ROW than one wife.
d, DO you belong to any secret
Soi,ry who teaches to disbelieve
in organized government?
R. No.
d. Have you ever violated any
l.'ws of the United States?
r. No.
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City ?
r. The board of Aldermen.
d. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the .. S.?
r. Yes.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03

The Brooklyn navy yard was estab-
lished Feb. %. 1901. when the first
land. twenty-three acres. was bought
from one John Jackson for $4,000.
The yard now comprises IA acres and
has waterfront OF nearly three miles.
protected by sea wall OF granite
New York American.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
4 Matter Of Iocation-

when I was & boy" said Mr.. Wa
terstock. 'I wanted to 90 to sea and be
4 pirate"
And you changed your mind" re
piled Miss Cayenne, ''to the extent Of
deciding to remain on and."-Wash-
tngton Star.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
CHURCHES TO AID BABIES
New York State Makes June 20 "ChiId
Welfare Sunday"

AS one feature of the 1915 education
al campaign for the saving of babies
lives the New York state department
of health has designated Sunday, June
20, as ''child welfare day" Pastors
Of all denominations have been asked
to cooperate and are receiving from
the department data upon which to
base sermons.
The educational campaign of the di
vision Of child hygiene of the depart
ment of health last year brought about
a decrease In the infant death rate
from 1877 to 112 for every thousand
births.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
Pleasant Employment.

Stubbs-YouR old friend, Weary
leigh, has got him job at last that IS
exactly to his liking. Grubbs-You
don't say so? Stubbs-Yes. He is en-
plOyed by big dairy company. and
his duty is to wait till the COWS come
home.-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
BOY IS WORTH TWO GIRLS.

So Jury Decides In Assessing Damages
For Deaths of Twins.
In awarding $4,000 to Edward G..
Benson of North Arlington. n J., in
his suit against milk company jury
In Hudson county court, Jersey City,
decided that the value OF boy Is just
twice as great as the value OF girl.
Benson sued the milk company fOI
100000 damages for the deaths Of hit
three-month-old twins, boy and a
girl. He said there were ptomahres in
milk he bought
After deliberating two hours the jury
agreed the boys life was worth $1,000
and the girls $1,000
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
How Letters Strike Our Ewes.

Roman letters Of various sizes are
commonly called into request by ocu
lists in testing vision. Recent expert
ments show great differences in the
ease with which the various letters are
recognized by the same person. T is
especially difficult of recognition and
is apt to be mistaken for Y. BY sim,
liar optical illusion the angle of L il
rounded off. making the letter resem-
bic q reversed J. V is the easiest of
all letters TO recognize. and o presents
little difficulty. K is more easily rec,
OgniZed than 81, which resembles it
closely and both n and Y are easily
recognized. A is easily guessed at
from its general form, but is difficult
of positive recognition, including dis
tinct perception of the horizontal line
Z and F are among the most difficult
OF all letters.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
How He Got His Clothes.

Mrs. Oldfam-Do you belong TO many
clubs. Mr.. Clymer? Mr.. Clymer-Only
a suit club. Mrs. OLDHAM, but we call
It ''coterie. e."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03

d. Have you read the Consti-
tuition 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. 1t 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 the chief executive
Of the United States?
r. President. *-"l
d. How long is the President
Of the United States elected?
r. 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?
r. BY the people.
d. Who makes the laws for the
state Of Pennsylvania
r. The Legislature.
d. What does the Legislature
consist of?
r. Senate and Assembly.
d. How many State in the IN
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. 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.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03

You will never "get there" IL you are
content just to "get by."-Youth's Com
panion.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03

Best stores advertise in The
Patriot.
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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
GOSSIP.

There's only one thing worse than q
person who gossips and that is the
person who never knows any.-Life.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03

Correcting Mistake.
"Are you troubled with headacheT
Certainly; you don't suppose I'm
pleased with it!"-Exchange.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-07-16
Events Happening in Various
Parts Of the State.
SEES FINISH OF CUTWORMS
State EntomoIoeist Says Tiny Para.
sites Are Completing Work
Of Destruction.

Because of the work which myriads
Of tiny parasites are now doing in de-
stroying army cutworms which are
threatening damage to the wheat crop
in many scattered localities in Mon
tana, Professor R. A. Cooley, state en-
tomologist, is telling anxious inquirers
that there is little probability Of the
recurrence of the cutworms in grain
fields next season.
The eggs of the parasite which at
tacks the cutworm are laid OF the
body of the worm. When they hatch
the tiny insects burrow their way into
the body of the worm and emerge only
when the body is devoured.
Professor Cooley has counted 800 OF
these parasites, about ~one-twelfth OF
an inch long, emerging from the body
Of one full grown cutworm. Very few
Of the cutworms will escape from the
pupa stage into the moth stage to lay
eggs from which worms might hatch
out next year and for this reason
there is little probability of the recur.
renee of the cutworm pest next year.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-07-16
FRENCH SELECT BILLINGS
vii Make Il Horse Buying Head.
quarters for Mountain District.

Will Make Il Horse Buying Head.
quarters for Mountain District.
After trying a half dozen cities
Of Western America agents Of the
French war office have chosen Bill.
ings for headquarters for their horse
buying operations in the Rocky noun
tain district. The city's railroad facil-
tiles and proximity to the best
sources Of supply are said to have
been the determining factors in the
choice.
Under a reorganization effective this
month a trainload of animals suitable
for army use will be shipped from Bill.
ings every week. If enough horses
can be secured shipments will be
made more frequently.
From Billings the animals are ship.
ped to Galveston, Newport News, New
Orleans and other cities on the gulf
and Atlantic coast, where they are
loaded on French liners bound for Eu.
ropean ports.