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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

DR.. Andrew Lewis, aged eighty-two
Of New Castle, died of wounds sus
tanned when his clothing caught fire
from a gas stove.
More than $4,000 has been spent
so far by the Lehigh Coal & Naviga
tion company on improvements at the
Cranberry colliery.
Earl Richards, Of Jersey Shore,
hunter, narrowly escaped serious in
jury when attacked by a wounded be21
in a cave near Haneyville.
After 521h years Of service for tbs
Reading railway, Jacob Butz, of Read
ing. has retired as freight conductor
and is on the pension roll.
All but ten per cent Of the m3ne2
IN the Broad Top legion have resumed
opera tions, bnd it is expected that the
others will follow soon.
Farmers in the onion belt in west
arn Pennsylvania received from 81 to
1926 2 bushel for their crop this year
tho highest price in years.
Mrs. Diana Montanye Vandegrift
Young has given the George Clymer
Chapter, D. A. A, as a Christmas pres
ent the Montanye home in TowaDda
as a home for the chapter.
Residents of Upper Mauch Chunk
unanimously favor a community
Christmas tree this year and com.
mittee will make it a success.
Blood poisoning developing from a
minor wound sustained one month ago
caused the death of Delbert NJ Ross.
aged thirtv-seven, of Burgettstown.
Sheriff Thomas S. Vanzandt, Lew.
istown, carries his right arm in sling,
as the result of his automobile back.
firing when he attempted to crank it.
Thieves stripped pajamas off dunn,
my in one of the brilliantly lighted
show windows Of a Hazleton store, and
escaped with this loot and other cloth.
ing.
Delegates to the National Reform
association, Pittsburgh, declare that
Mormon runners in Europe are per.
suading soldiers widows to come to
Utah.
Mrs. Charles Schlimmer, f1fty-six, OF
Jackson's, SchuylkiH county, fell dead
in Shenandoah in the arms of her
daughter, who was taking her to a
trolley.
The size of New Cumberland prob
ably will be increased by 1900 persons
and the property value raised 100000
by annexation Of part of Lower Allen
town shin.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

Rossini was intolerably jealous OF all
his musical contemporaries and partic-
ularly of Meyerbeer. In 1886 he heard
THE HuguenOts," and on listening to-
the performance from the beginning to
Meyerbeer had excelled him and deter
mined to write no more operate music
He lived until 1868, but produced moth
years Of retirement were spent In the
pleasures Of voluptuary. He was
particularly fond of good eating and
drinking and assembled about him the
youngest and gayeSt society he could
attract to his house.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
Iron In PIanta,

Iron is the substance which gives
the green appearance to foliage. Ii
forms a constituent part of chlorO-
phyll and is the green coloring matter
which stains the bodies inside the cells
of leaves, called plastids.
When the first organized food is be-
ing formed in the leaves from water
and carbonic acid gas certain amount
of energy is required. This is obtain
ed from the suns rays, but the work
Of absorbing 1t is carried out by the
chlorophyll. 1t requires very little iron
for the production of all the chlorophyll
found in a crop, and nearly all soils
contain an abundant supply.-LondoD
Standard.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

The angkwang orchestra is a pecuI-
lar JavaneSe institution. The instru-
ment known as the angkwang is made
of a Java bamboo tree. Different in
struments have bamboo tubes of diff
ferent tones, and they are played like
the chimes one sees in vaudeville or
the musical glasses. The airs are sim
pie, but characteristic. When Dwight
Elmendorf was in Java he wrote out
the music of an angkwang air and
brought a set of the instruments to the
United States. This orchestra makes
music for the characteristic hobby
horse" dance of Java. The dancers
bestride their paper designs, decorated
to represent the head, neck, name and
tail Of a horse, and gallop wildly about
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

Joseph Billingham, watchman at the
Lebanon Chain works, was fatally
crushed beneath the wheels Of a
freight car.
Farmer Camps horses, from Ring
town, ran away in Shenandoah and
perhaps fatally injured Mrs. Frank
Shrisnutsky.
Larry Zestner, Of Indiana has died
from injuries received when his gun
was accidentally discharged while he
was hunting.
Hazleton police lockers are being
rifed, a cow has been stolen from the
pound and a slot machine from the
chiefs office.
While riding wagon from Centra
liza to Ashland, William Derr, Of Mt
Carmel, fell dead in his seat from
heart failure.
Miss Emma J. Heating, superintend.
ent Of the Oil City hospital, and Miss
Mary J. Ames, assistant, have resigned
their positions.
Carpenter Evan Williams, Of Foun-
tain Springs, died at the hospital there
Of fractured skull sustained in a fall
from a scaffold
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
Billy Atherton's S
Christmas Money
By WILLIAM CHANDLER

When Billy Atherton was about to
start home at noon on the day before
Christmas from the Office OF Stuart &
Co., he was called into Mr.. Stuart's Of
fee.
BILLY, here's a Christmas gift for
you," said his employer and handed
him a check for S25.
Billy's face lighted with Joy. He had
not been with the firm long, and his
salary was meager. He had been hop
ing that it would be raised on the first
of the new year, but had not counted
on receiving anything besides his ten
dollar weekly pay before that time.
Next year We'll give you an addi-
tiOnal So a week." added Mr.. Stuart.
Billy left the Office rejoicing His
mother was a widow and poor. There
were several little children in the fam
lily and nothing with which to celebrate
Christmas. Billy's first impulse was to
buy a lot Of gifts to take home with
him. Then he remembered that he
must first get his check cashed. While
he was going to the bank he concluded
to take the money home and give it to
his mother to spend as she thought
best
He was known at the bank, having
often made deposits there for his en-
ployers, and had no difficulty in getting
the money. He rolled the bills to-
gether and crammed them into his
trousers pocket. Then, giving place at
the paying teller's window to the next
person in line, he ran outside and stood
waiting for a trolley car to take him
home. The first car that came along
was crowded, but Billy forced his way
through those on the platform and hung
on to a strap.
Billy was thinking Of the pleasure in
store for his mother at seeing his roll
of bills when a man standing next to
him cried out:
"Give me my money"
He was looking straight at Billy, and
yet Billy was some time getting on to
the fact that the man referred to him.
"You give me back them bills you
took out o. my pocket!" the man reiter-
ated.
"If you mean me-" said Billy. you've
made a mistake"
mo, l haven't. l thought there was
somethin' up when you jostled me-
When | got my hand down into my
pocket my money was gone"
Billy protested that he was innocent
but the man was immovable and cried
out to the conductor to stop the car at
the next corner The car was stopped,
and a traffic policeman called rounds
man, who took Billy and his accUser
of the car There the latter told his
story.
"Shall l run him in?" asked the Of
f1cer.
"Sure!'
"Well, you'll have to come along too"
Poor Billy was marched to q police
station and placed before q sergeant at
the desk. When his accuser had stated
his case the sergeant asked him how
much money had been taken from
him.
twenty-five dollars"
Billy turned pale. The sergeant Or
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

dered him to turn out his pockets. He
responded by taking ont the roll Of
bills he had drawn from the bank and
| handing them to the officer. They
were counted and corresponded exact
" with the amount the man said he
had lost.
The sergeant looked somewhat sur
prised Billy did not look like a thief
How long have you been a crook p
asked the sergeant Of Billy.
I'm not a crook" replied the boy
with a tremor in his voice. '4That $25
1 have just drawn from the bank. It
! was given me for Christmas"
What bank?"
"The Tenth National"
The sergeant took up q telephone
and asked If check had recently been
paid to William Atherton. The paying
teller replied in the affirmative. The
amount was $25.
II thought So" remarked the ser
geant and, looking at the accuser, add
ed: II reckon you're the crook and this
young man is the victim. You saw him
draw the money, got on the same car
with him and played your game"
At that moment a policeman entered
the station and, seeing Billy's accuser.
looked hard at him. Then he said:
Hello, Tom Flynn! When did you
get out?'
At this the man owned up. He had
! Cfn in
dow, saw Billy draw the money, felt in
his pocket for a check he didn't find
and, running out, was In time to get on
the car with Billy.
He was put back in the penitentiary
from which he had recently come.
When Billy reached home he had so
much to tell his mother that he scarce
ly knew where to begin.
Mother I've been accused Of rob-
berry," he said.
Great heavenw
81 was taken to the police station"
"Oh, dearv'
my salary has been raised for next
year."
do tell!'
"And Mr. Stuart gave me $25 for
Christmas"
mercy on us! What else has hap,
pened"
Billy, having got out the main points,
settled down to the story, beginning at
the right end and ending with his dis
charge from custody.
Mrs. Atherton at the close of the re-
cital embraced her son, then hurried
out to spend a part of his money for
such articles as were necessary to
happy Christmas.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
Interesting Items From All Sec
tiOnS of the State.
GULLED FOR QUICK READING
News of Al Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout the
Keystone State.

Carlisle Christmas club checks ag
gregated $4,000.
Hazleton shoe shines have gone to
ten cents in price.
A prohibition rally, with prominent
speakers, was held at Carlisle.
Hazleton street parkways will be
flooded for skating this winter.
Pittsburgh butter and eggs have
tumbled nicely under the boycott.
Pennsylvania bakers, in convention
at Harrisburg, favored the six-cent
loaf.
Farmers in the vicinity of Skippack
have to drive their cattle mile for
water.
With a buck and doe, G. w. Erb,
Pottsville, has arrived home from
Maine.
Revenue Collector Davis, Lancaster,
will reorganize his Office force JAM
ary 1.
The Denver-Ephrata Street railway,
five miles, capital $13O,0O0, has been
chartered.
Scarlet fever among the children
has caused the Gilbertsville school to
be closed.
Hazleton merchants who observe
the Sabbath are waging war on others
who do not.
The mild weather has brought out
snakes, Griffith Jones killing seven
near Freeland.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
SELF DECEPTION.

Of all solitaire games the soon
est learned is self deception. The
duIlest mind can grasp il. The
wisest have ever enjoyed il. We
all find solace in its blandish-
ments. No sweeter substitute
for courage, conscience and self
denial is yet discovered. But the
awakening when il comes, If il
does come in time, is humiliatina.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
Burying the Hatohet.

This expression, meaning let by
cones 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, scalpinR knives ana
war clubs in token that all enmity
was at an end.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
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+ acts Versus
f allACieS
FACT is real state of things. FALLACY IS an appdr-
emily genuine bit really illogical statement argument.

FOR over SIS years Maine has been Prohibi-
L ton State. It was the first State to embrace
Prohibition and is still in the list Of 'dry" States
But how dry" it is is strikingly shown Dy the
photographed clipping reproduced to the right and
taken from the Boston Globe.
TAT HEN the thirsty citizen Of Bangor-the capi-
w tai city Of dry 2faine-,varts drink he
goes to saloon and gets it. And when the mayor
OF that municipality is asked to abolish the saloons
in the city over which Re exercises jurisdiction, he
calmly admits that conditions far worse than exist
with them would be certain 70 follow without them
n WO things are made manifest here: first, that
Z saloons exist in "dry" Maine, and their exist
ence IS winked at by the authorities; second: that
better order prevails by having the saloon in a
community than by not having it.
n ND these conclusions are arrived at by the i'm
I : partial judicial mind Of man called upon to
face conditiOn-the dry" mayor Of the dry
capital CT the dry State OF Maine.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

1t costs Holland about 100000 q
year to maintain it's dikeS.
Economy is a virtue, but with moG&
people 1t Is also a necessity.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-09
Marketing Farm Products
Office of Markets and Rural Organization Reports on
Results of Years Work.

kets and rural organization has
charge Of the administration of the
cotton futures act In accordance
with the terms of this act / 3 cities
have been designated as bona fide
spot markets for cotton. The pro-
vision for the determination Of dis
putcs between persons making and
receiving tenders of cotton under sec
tion Of the act became operative on
February IS. Between that time and
the expiration of the fiscal year June
80, 1915 disputes involving a total
Of 44,776 bales were handled by the
office. Twenty-one spot exchanges
have adopted the official cotton
standards, although their use is OPP
tional except with the future eX-
changes at New York and New or
leans. Representatives Of the depart
ment have also visited Bremen, Liver
pool and Havre to further the univcr-
sal adoption Cf these standards.
Cotton Questions.
Other work done by the office of
markets and rural organization in
connection with cotton during the
past year has included study of cot
ton handling and marketing, Of the
problem of cotton warehouses, and an
Investigation of methods of market
ing the cottonsced crop. In all 12i
uses for cottonsed products and by.
products are now recognized. FIX.
elusive of culinary purposes, the re,
port says, the by-products of cotton
seed oil are used extensively for soaI
and washing powders, and to some
extent i'm such commodities as putty
candles, insulating material, paint
composition roofing, linoleum, arti.
ficial leather and stearic and olei,
acids Linters end cottonseed-h hui
fiber are being used to a great extent
in the preparation Of celIulose. This
is the basis Of the different kinds OF
smokeloss powder, cordite and Other
/ high explosives.
Another important division Of The
work Of the office for the past veal
! is its rural organization invcstiga
/ tions, and in particular its study Of
the problems Of rural credit and in
suranCe.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-09
OKLAHOMA EDITOR
OFF TO LOUISIANA

John W. Wilkinson. who has been
editor of the oklahoma Farmer for
the past three years, retires January
I, 1916. to accept a position as dean
OF farm schools and farm correspond
cnrc courses i'm the Louisiana univer-
sty ana AGRICULTURAL college at Baton
Rouge, La. Mr.. Wilkiuson's salary
will be- $500 month and he will be-
gin his duties at Baton Rouge on
Monday January 3, 1916.
His long experience as n farmer,
a teacher and as an editor In Okla
huma will be valuable to him in his
new field Of work As assistant state
superintendent in the first state ad-
ministrutiOu he helped TO shape much
Of the constructive school legislation
which has proved so satisfactory that
| Il remains substantially the same to-
day as when first passed
At the close of his term OF office
| as assistant state superintendent he
was unanimously elected 10y the board
! of agriculture to the position OF state
supervisor Of boys and girls agrl-
cultural clubs at the A. q NJ. coll
| lege and in four years time he built
! up tho membership i'm these clubs
from 400 to- 10000 and put oklahoma
| in the front ranks I'm this kind OF
work. Going from this to the editor
! ship of tho oklahoma Farmer he
| built up the circulation OF that paper
| from $4,000 to 10000 subscribers,
and made IT one OF the leading farm
papers Of oklahoma.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-09

resented in the camp and many units
of the Germany army As far as pos
sible these units are kept together.
There are q few sailors including sew
cral men from two submarine crews.
Two of these. who did not look to
be more than 16 years old, told the
spondont that they were taken
with their submarines some place in
the North sea A number of Ger
mans who had homes in the United
States are confined in the camp,
and also others who had been rosid-
ing in England Hardly a hut can
be found that does not contain at
least one English-spoahing occupant.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-09
History Is Again
Reversing Itself


Continued from Pare One.)
there is n dressing station where pa
tiCnts who do not require actual hos
pital treatment go for the dressing Of
old wounds and injuries and mas
sage treatment The cots in the hos
pital were occupied by II patients,
some suffering from maladies incl
dent to the cold, wet weather and
others who were victims Of gas pois-
Oning.
Hold a School.
In the old handball court of the
barracks the prisoners who desire to
make the best use of their leisure
time attend a unique school The
place has been rooted over and the
cOnvential school-master's desk IS
placed on a platform above rows of
benches occupied all day by classes
studying an extensive curriculum.
The corps messes together and has
very comfortable quarters In the
center Of the mess hall hanging from
the ceiling Is the following motto in
on earth except God" This is also
the spirit Of a number of notices
scattered about the various huts. The
officers In charge Of the camp re-
ported that the problem OF discipline
gives little trouble. There are, Of
course, minor infra ctions Of the rules,
but these are usually corrected by the
German chief sergeant major and his
assistants There have been only five
attempts to escape from the camp
and, with the exception of a threat
ened mutiny. when for a few minutes
the prisoners refused to respond to
a parade CALL there has been moth
ing to suggest serious trouble.
The postoffice Of the camp Is the
busiest and most popular institution
Of the place. During the Christmas
rush parcels were arriving at the rate
Of 1900 daily. These were opened
in the presence Of the recipients and
searched for forbidden messages or
articles. The usual contraband is In
the form of small bottles Of brandy
and rum. ten bottles Of which had
been removed from packages the day
Of the visit. Many Of tho parcels
contained small Christmas trees.
A Humane Warden.
The camp seems to be fortunate in
the personnel Of It's directing officers
Major Bulkeley is a typical prison
warden. He is a humane man with
decided sense Of humOr and his
paternal attitude toward his charges
meets with a ready response He 10
a regular army officer who has seen
much service and knows when to be
firm, but he stated to the corre-
spondent that he seldom had ocla-
sion to exercise his duties OF dlsoip.
line. The prisoners are almost aut5-
matte in their observance OF militaff
etiquet.
All sections of Germany are rep
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-09

##..Wn HHH
me auNaH'"Ses ol 5"'.u' ~, ~,
the ln'tHelIiE ol IaIll pi piou"o'9 .,l,,' 81 W.
cWphaISSI"eu IN lnJ a""u", p,i ,Cpoii w.
Iu' oIiIcc oi MAJ Nc'9 "l" "'S'' 20 ,,,ri
culture. which has Just been pub
lished. 1.-THE conclusion seems war
ranted,' says the report that ia
communities where cooperation ~
practically applied To- the FARMER
business the results obtained are IaT
more satisfactory lhan thosse secured
by individual methods. III Is esu-
mated that farmers cooperative
marketing and purchasing orgahlza-
tions will transact TINS year lojaI
business amounting to more thah
$l40O, 100000 Agrlcullural coop
Grafton in the United states is, there
fore, far more prevalent than IS gen
orally believed, but it is not yet upon
a sufficiently strong business basis
For this reason the office Of markets
has studied the various methods en-
ployed by these associations ana mas
worked TO devise means by when
these methods can he perfected. Ihe
studies also have included the pre-
vailing methods OF marketing pcrlsh-
able products cotton grain, cotton
seed, live stock and animal products.
Shuonop in cities
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-09
Bread Tickets in
Use by AuStrianS

Continued from Page onc)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-09
Captured German
'U With Wrench

Continued from Page onc)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-09
BabOunSky Is the
Terror Of Serbia

Continued from Page one.)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-09

Continued from Pace One.)
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