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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
NOT HIS The FIELD
Wall of One Whom Fate Forbes
to Carry Sword and Shield.
Hard His Lot, He Can't Get Old 5iIE
Meundgott-5ut Here at Home Has
All the Fun (7) While Others
Fight TO Crush the Hun.

The daily papers that I see all cry
In tones of wonder the praise of our
fine lads in France who face the Ger
man thunder; and not a single day
goes by but some kind friend will hail
me, and with a two-inch line of type
with gestures will assail me. My
friend" he cries, "the Yanks are
there! And that big boob, the kaiser,
will all too soon their anger feel, and
sadder be and wiser Twas only yes
terday they took a mile or two OF
trenches; and soon i'm Berlin'S parks
they'll be, a-Sitting on the benches -
Now, / don't grudge that praise a bit
like TO hear them boasted; l like to
hear our boys in France get cheered
and sung and toasted; / wish that l
were over there and scratching at the
vermin, and now and then from time
to time I'd pot husky German.
would that / might lie and Snooze
among the mud and thistleS, and eat
cold chow and hardtaCk moist where
shrapnel screams and whistles. But
since 7 can't be over there among my
friends and neighbOrS Til call respect
full notice TO my own emphatic labors.
l do not heave a twO-pOuId bomb
across the German border; instead 7
plot a diagram and keep the room in
order. l do not wear a herO's togS
nor sport a herO'S medal; instead /
grade ten million logs and work the
hAN oSw IN hnl 10
the Hun with bayonet emphatic; but
/ explain the why and when of fields
electrostatic. l can't at present Strafe
the Boche with shell and sword and
fire, so I'm content to teach a class
the ways of braided wire; and though
pause to envy those who share the
fun heroic, I force myself to lesser
tasks with an expression stole. / do
not much enjoy the job while / am
wading through it, but, good or bad,
the job is here and someone has. to
do 1t Although / sit in peaceful easas
enjoying things delightful, long for
Flanders mud and fleas and other tor
lures frightful. So while the papers
cheer for those who fight beyond the
ocean, join with them my heart and
voice and register emotion. l wish
that / could be in France to battle
for our nation; but meanwhile how
about a bit of home appreciation? So
l just mount a nearby chair, where
those about can view it, and give three
lusty cheers, since no one else will do
1t! At least if / must stay at home
my courage is consistent; I'd rather
be in France than here, Theory AS
siStant Exchange.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Repair Ship Mysterious.

The manufacture of a large part of
machinery to replace anything broken
is almost impossible in the limited
space of the battleship's machine
shops. But wondrous feats are per-
formed in the repair ships that ac-
company fleets on stations remote
from dock facilities, states a British
war correspondent.
The repair ship is a huge floating
Smithy and machine shop packed with
everything that the wit of man can
concentrate into the space for treat
ing wounded battleships. These ships
employ some of the best artificers
from our naval dockyards and are
scattered in every quarter in which
the British fleet is stationed remote
from dock facilities. The BOche has
nothing like them and it has been
stated that no inquisitive Boche has
ever been allowed to intrude his nose
aboard one to investigate it's mysteries
and take the information to his en-
plOyers of how the strange feats per-
formed by the repair ship are effected.
The repair ship is the abode of secrets.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
eambIin, Man Led to Repentance,

During the recent revival in Ebenezer
chapel Goat Simmons, the gambling
man, "came through" amid a thunder
Gus concomitant of triumphant hosan-
mas. He sprang to his feet with loud
shout and Immediately tumbled down
in a fit on the floor, where he postuFed
and gyrated like an unfortunate toad
in the embrace of hot cornpopper.
An especially animated squirm sent
a couple of dice flying from the pocket
Of the groveling wretch, to be followed
a moment later by another which
caused a deck of cards to be widely
scattered.
"Hallelooyer!" shouted good old
Parson Bagster. tits de sin dat's bein'
shuck out'n our sufferin' brudder!
Shake him ag'in, Lawd shake him
twell all de sin am purged fun him!"
Oats right, Lawd!" yelled Brother
Bogus. ''Keep on uh-shakin' de scamp
twell he rattles out dem two dollahs he
won Off'n me at de lodge last night! -
Kansas City Star.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
To Save Vessels From Sinking.

Interest has been aroused by an ap-
paratus that has lately been developed
to save ocean vessels from sinking
after being tOrpedoed or damaged by
collision. The cOntrivance, which is
shown in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine, comprises a Iaminated steel disk,
to the center Of which is attached a
series of rubberized canvas cone
shaped buckets. In use, the end cone
on the chain would be lowered into
the water in the vicinity of the hole
in a ships hull. Upon being caught by
the inrushing water, it would be pulled
through the opening. The whole string
Of buckets would then be lowered along
with the disk so that the latter
would be pulled in place over the
break. The cones, being Of flexible ma
terial, would be able to pass through
an aperture, regardless of its shape.
The disk, once in place, would be held
by the pressure Of the water against
the hull.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
THEIR FINAL REST TOGETHER
Soldiers Intensely Pathetic Descrip.
tion of the Burial of Youthful Scot
tish Officer With His Men.

stood one night on a certain hill
that commands the firing line in an
almost sOundless panorama. Beside
me was an officer Of the Second Ca
madam division, who had just come
out. There that night, by its white
trail Of iridescent light. we could trace
the course of the firing line for many
miles through France and Flanders.
Just to our left the line of light
jutted far out, like lone cape into
the sea. What is that jutting-out
place?" my friend inquired.
THAT" I answered "is the Ypres
salient, the Bloody Angle of the Brit
iSh line"
To mention the name of YpreS is
to have ones memory awakened with
a veritable kaleidoscope of pictures.
That trail of light that jutted out into
the night looked like a cape, and an
iron cape it has been through months
and years of war. But the holding Of
that cape has been at an awful cost,
and there was not an inch along that
trailing line of light that had not
cost its trailing line of blood
Just after the first gas attack in
April, 1915, the whole countryside was
in a panic. The roads were filed with
civilians in alarm, fleeing down coun-
try, and with limberS and marching
troops Fastening up. / was passing
through the town of Vlamerthigne,
NTvhi oh ic cit
Ypres. In a field at the side of the
road 1 saw a funeral party. 1t con-
sisted of several pioneers, serving as
grave diggers, a gray-headed Scottish
major, and cOrpOraps guard to act
as firing party.
/ learned that this inconspicuOuS
group were burying the last original
officer of a battalion of the Cameron
Highlanders. The dead officer was a
young Subaltern, and the gray-haired
old major was his father, who had
come from another regiment to attend
the funeral of his son.
So, over in a great deep trench,
where a number Of the rank and file of
the fallen CamerOnS were already laid,
the body of their dead subaltern was
placed. AS 1 saw the officer and his
men of the bonnie Highland regiment
thus laid to rest together, I thought
of the requiem of Saul and Jonathan;
'They were beautiful in their lives,
and in their deaths they were not di-
vided. d."-Capt. Arthur Hunt Chute, in
the North American Review.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
A Beruson Anecdote.

Like most philosophers, NJ. Bergson
lives rather secluded life. His house
in Paris is as quiet-Iooking and retir-
ing as himself. Most Of his neigh
bors know him only by sight, and have
no idea Of the distinction enjoyed
throughout the world by this unobtru-
sive spruce gentleman. A short time
ago, when NJ. Bergson issued forth to
90 70 the French academy, where he
was to be formally admitted, the
neighbOrhOOd was dazzled by a mag
nificent academician's uniform-green
embroidered with gold leaves. a cooked
hat and a dainty sword Then the
old concierge Of the house opposite eK-
claimed: "Ah the little old gentleman
has been called up at last. And about
time, too !-Manchester Guardian.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
INFLUENCED BY MUSIC
EFFECT OF SWEET STRAINS ON
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Lecturer Urges Farmers to Place
Photographs Near Their Bee
Hives and Stables-TeIls of
Her Own Experiences.

Farmers who want better honey,
richer milk, and more of both, should
put monographs near the hives and
in the pasture or stable. DIR. Alma
Webster Powell, LII. B., NJ B., A. NJ,
Phi. D., of New York and Columbia
university is authority for the asser-
ton. She declared to an audience at
the University of Washington recent
ly, while lecturing on Music Is a
Human Need" that she herself had
tried the experiment on her farm. and
that it had proved absolutely success
full.
Nor are bees and COWS the only
creatures influenced by music. Doc
tor Powell and her daughter keep four
or five crickets in their hearth, and
evenings they attract them forth to
a dance in the middle of the living
room in their farm home by singing
to them. Madam Powell says she
has had many scientists as her guests
to witness the phenomenon.
Six little crippled girls, of particu-
larly unloyely natures, whom she
found in the slums of New York,
were other objects of Madam Pow
ellis study. She gave musical train
ing to these children, putting phono.
graphs in their homes, and not only
succeeded in entirely reforming their
dispositions, but in effecting marked
changes in all Of those with whom
they associated.
At Coney Island, she said she ran
a tent where mobs were melted to
riot every evening by radical
speeches. After a few months of ex-
pertinent in this direction she intro
duced music at the meetings, and
though the speeches became more
fiery than ever the crowds were in
variably peaceful.
She contended as a result Of these
experiments, that music stirred the
sluggish and tranquilized the nervous
person, animal or insect
Madam Powell believes in ragtime
for all who like it, and she is one,
though a highly educated and sue
cessful prima donna soprano and pi-
anist. GA good ragtime piece sets
me beating time, and if l don't do
it on the outside | feel it on the in
side," she said.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
mpuck Boards to Beat the Mud.

When the allied forces in Flanders
are not battling with the Germans they
are trying to Outwit nature This is
the substance of report brought back
from the firing line by Maj Gen.
Charles Clement, u. S. A.
Mud was a source of considerable
annoyance to the soldiers. so the en-
gineering force Of Australia devised
what has become commonly known as
the "duck board" but which the Cana
dians have named the "bath mat" both
being terms of derision.
The board is made of a number OF
small strips Of wood. Ia to IS inches
IN length. which are nailed to string
ers placed in front of one another and
extending for miles. A step off the
duck board" means plunge into q
sea of mud at least three feet in
depth
The 'board" was devised to enable
the Australians to attack the Germans
more successfully, and it served to pro-
vide path to victory.-Popular Sci-
ence Monthly
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
British Army's Black Bands.

At one time much of the music
played to enliven British troops was
furnished by black bandsmen These
were first attached to the army in the
seventeenth century, owing to one of
the guards bands having refused, in
a body, to play at an entertainment
organized by the officers AS none of
the men were attested, they could not
be punished for insubordination, so
the officers petitioned the duke of
York, then commander-in-chief, that
bandsmen should in future be made
subject to military law. To this the
duke would not agree, but he brought
over from Hanover for the guards a
complete German military band, which
included negro players of the bass
drum, cymbals and triangIes Nearly
every regiment in the service has
tened to reorganize its band, engaging
colored performers for all percussion
instruments. Down to 1841 the band
of the Scots Guards included a negro
musician.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Diary of . New Yorker.


Rose at 7:30 a. IA. Closed folding
bed.
Bathed in patent folding tub.
Cooked breakfast on collapsible cleo
trio stove.
8 a. m.-Left for Office with 1892, 1858
Of my contemporaries.
8:15 to 8 a. m.-Crushed in subway.
9:O1-Crushed in elevator.
0:O2 to II noOn-At desk in office.
II to p. m.-Automatic lunchroom.
Crushed in restaurant.
to 8 p. NAT desk in office.
5 80 p. m.-Run over by automobile.
:45 p. m.-Run over by street car.
6 p. m.-HOme. Crushed In subway.
6:90-Dlnner at popular table d'hote.
Crushed by waiter.
Z p. m.-TO the movies. Crushed in
crowd.
9:80 p. m.-To drug store for soda
water. Crushed in crowd.
10 p. m.-Run over by automobile.
10 80 p. m.-Run over by street car
IL p. m.-Saw parade. Crushed in
crowd.
u midnight-Home to folding bed.
Crushed.-New York Sun.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Rides Wem - Minet1-H,,a

Jockeys, no matter what their age,
are generally referred to by those not
closely in touch with racing as "the
boy on SO-and-So," but a stable '1ad"
still going well at ninety-fve is GER
tainly hard to beat. There is one, as
shown by the following clipping from
the London Sportsman of recent date /:
"One OF the brightest and most alert
Of the lads riding horses around the
paddock at Windsor prior to their
races was old Faulkner. the GRANDPA
ther of the steeplechase jockey Of that
name. He is ninety-fve years old. His
memory is Of the best and SO is his
hearing. He has been connected with
horses all his life and many a tale of
the turf he can tell"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Sailor Invents Ere Escane-

One Of the boys aboard our navy's
fleet has invented a fire escape which
is similar to the rope ladders used
aboard ships. His principal object
was to provide a collapsible fire es-
cape which could be compactly and
conveniently arranged at the window
of a dwelling. It consists Of a con-
tainer hinged to the sill in such a
manner that by opening the window
and folding the container on its hinge
the metal ladder may be unfolded
and dropped. When this operation is
gone through, a means is automat-
1cally provided whereby the ladder is
held at a distance from the wallsSof
the building. The advantage of such
precaution is obvious.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Fear Eskfmos Slew Priests

Advices received from Mackenzie
river valley in the Arctic circle by
the Catholic authorities here caused
serious alarm among friends for the
welfare of Rev Father Jean Baptiste
Rouviere and Rev. Father Guillaume
Leroux, Catholic missionaries.
1t is reporter they have been muir
dered by Eskimos in the vicinity of
Bear lake, 100 miles east Of Port Nor
man. They have been engaged in that
field for several years.
News comes to Rev. Father Allard,
the Archbishop's secretary, in a letter
brought from the Arctic Red river and
written by Rev Father Jules NJ. Le-
cuyer, Catholic missionary at that
point. The letter was written on Jan
uary Is.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Heroes Who Don't Like Worship.

That kindly, admiring and enthus1-
astic visitors to hospitals in the war
zone constitute nuisance and added
trial to the wounded is the complaint
Of the New York Medical Journal. The
patients don't want to be bothered
with glOrification, still less with the
dear, helpful souls who come to en-
tertain them during the wearisome
hours of cOnvalescence. "We know Of
patients lodging behind tents when
they saw certain ladies coming to
Smuse them,'" comments the Journal
lacOnically.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
She Knew How to Do It.

Little Alice, coming home from
school, said: ooh! mother, I've
learned to punctuate." "Well, dear,
how is it done?" asked her mother.
"Why, when you write 'Harkp you
put hatpin after it and when you
ask a question you put a button hook
after it." she answered.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
California Sardines.

Commercial Bulletin of Los Angeles
says that the California sardine pack
for this year viii exceed that of Maine,
cases, compared with 100000 packed
in California. This paper asserts that
the fish packed in California are true
sardines while Maine packs a small
herring.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Welcome Punishment.

Ruth was very fond of going to her
grandmother's. One day after she had
been playing with her little baby sis
ter a little roughly and her mother had
reprOved her for it, she said: 'Why
don't you send me to grandma's, so I
won't hurt her?"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
A Vast Stage.

The largest stage in the world is
that of the Grand Opera house in
Paris. It is 100 feet wide, nearly 200
feet in depth and so feet high. The
height is measured from the level of
the stage to the "f1ies." The stage Of
the Metropolitan Opera house, New
York, is 1O1 feet wide. SO feet deep
and II feet high.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
She Makes Him.

Mr. Blobbins goes to church every
Sunday morning"
I've noticed that"
DO you suppose he will keep it up
as long as he lives?"
That depends on whether or not
he survives Mrs. Blobbips."
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
The Roman mPenny,D

The "denartus," translated penny"
in each of the four gospels was the
principal silver coin Of the Roman
commonwealth. From the parable Of
the laborers in the vineyard it would
seem that a denarius was the ordinary
pay for a days labor (Math. 20 :2-13).
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
journalistic DiIettante-

Whats the matter with the city
editor? Two members of the staff are
holding him and he looks as if he were
about to have a fit"
ITS the fault of that wealthy cub
reporter hired last week. The c. G.
told him to cover a Red Cross meeting
this afternoon and he said it would
interfere with his game of golf."-
Age-Herald.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
From Lemons.

Process invented by an italian
chemist for extracting essential oils
from citrous fruits is said not to affect
the chemical properties of the oils in
any way, and it is predicted that it
eventually will revolutionize the indus
try.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
NOT Including Meanness.

The average human body, besides
the carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nj
trogen of which it is chiefly composed,
contains 2A pounds of lime, 1 pound
II ounces of phosphorus, 2 % ounces
of potash, 21a ounces of sodium, 1 3-5
ounces each of magnesium, sulphur and
silica and about one-sixth of an ounce
of iron.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
So There Now

people could live on half the food
they eat at present" says a physician.
Also. perhaps get along with half the
medical advice they are in the habit
of taking.-Toronto Telegram.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Extravauance of Economy

There's one form of extravaganza
I'll tolerate"
What is it?"
Il don't care how much money nv
wife spends for thrift stamps"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Musical Note.

A London electrician has invented
safe that is unlocked by a tuning
fork, the vibrations Of which cause a
wire within the safe to vibrate in har-
mony with them and operate the
mechanism electrically.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
Costly Curiosity.

A friend Of ours has handed Us this
interesting definition: Curiosity-Pay.
ing a thousand dollars to see your ap-
pendix.-New Haven Register.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-07-20
ST vENDE AUTOMOBILE

Studebaker a 7 passeggieri in
buOnissime condition.. Rivolger-
81 al nOstrO ufficiO.
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24

.sezxE..,'
80 y

Watch the label on your paper
and please send renewal before
subscription expires in order to
void missing any issues. If re-
newal is not received by date on
label the-paper will be stopped.
This, as practically every body un-
derstands now, is in accordance
with a regulation Of the War In
dustries Board which would shut
us off from the privilege of buy
ing newsprint paper and other
supplies if we should send the pa
per to any whose subscriptions are
not paid in advance. Often sub
scribers who neglected to remit
before the expiration of the time
) for which their subscription was
paid ask us, in sending in renewal,
to send them the papers they have
missed. We are glad to do this
whenever it is possible to do so,
but oftener than otherwise it is
impossible to comply with re-
quests of that kind for the reason
that the supply of each issue is
usually exhausted by sale of single
copies and new subscriptions put
on after the paper is printed.
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24
THE FLU" AT GADDYsVILLE
Several Deaths RecOrded-NO New
Cases This Week.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Gaddysville (Fairmont, R. y, Oct.
23.-The influenza wave seems SUBJ
siding here, as we hear of no new
cases this week.
Mrs. C. w. Branch succumbed to
an attack of influenza-pneumon
Thursday a. m. after two weeks ill
ness. She leaves to mourn her de-
parture a husband and 9 children-6
boys and 8 girls. One of the boys
in Camp Jackson hospital with, in
fluenza and mumps. The entire fam
ily of Mr.. Branch were sick at the
same time, but are rapidly improving
Mr.. Frank Page died Friday Of the
same dread disease. Mr.. Page was
about 40 years old. He leaves de-
voted wife and several children who
are suffering with the same thing.
Mr.. w. B. Gaddy, who lives across
the line, died Thursday. Mr.. Gaddy
was not at home at the time of his
death, being at Dillon nursing his son.
A day or so before his death his
mother died of the same disease. Mrs
Gaddy was the mother Of Mr.. r. A.
Gaddy of this place. -
Mrs. N. r. Page died of the same
thing Friday at her home near White
Pond. She leaves large family, in
cluding a devoted husband.
-~,--. W, V, B.
The Robesonian., 1918-10-24
CHARLTON NEWS NOTES.
"Flu'' Patients Nearly All Well
Again-Personal Mention.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Clarkton, Oct. 22.-We are glad to
report the "flu" patients nearly all on
foot again with the exception of few
that took it lately.
We are glad to see Editor A. G..
Johnston of the Lumberton Tribune
in our town, and, are especially glad
TO welcome him as editor of the Blad-
en- Journal. With the assistance of
Miss Mary E. Johnston he has taken
another paper. Miss Johnston has
had several years of newspaper ex-
perience and is very familiar with the
management of paper. We wish for
him much success in his double edi-
tors undertakings.
Mr.. Samuel T. Meares resigned his
position in Washington and after
spending few days with his mother,
Mrs. ]. E. Meares, left last week for
Yayzee, Miss, to accept position on
the staff of a paper belonging to Sen
ator John Sharpe Williams.
Mr.. J. C. Kelly of Camp Stanly
Texas, visited his father, Mr.. j. N.
Kelly, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. L. Brown Of
Chadbourn spent one day last week
in town..
The many friends and relatives
were very much shocked to hear OF
/ the death of Mr.. J. r. B. Edwards
which occurred in Lumberton on the
18th.
/! Mrs. Alice McAulay Of Mt. Gilead
is visiting her daughter Mrs. o. L
| Clark, Jr. :,
Mr.. John H. Page returned te
camp Jackson after spending few
days at home.
We were glad to see Rev. D. ]
Clark of Elizabethtown in town Tues
day:
Misses Bertha and Elizabeth Goo
den returned home after spending
some time in Wilmington with reia
! tiveS.