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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
THE OFFER WITHDRAWN.

On January Is, 1910, a COMMITTEES OF hvs
trustees. appointed by the board. adj
dressed letter 20 Mr.. Proctor asking him
point blank IL the acceptance OF his offer
by the university would imply the carry
ing out OF Dean Vests ideals. Mr.. Proc
ter's reply 20 this letter was a withdrawal
OF his offer.
Immediately, when this fact became
known. the whole body Of Princeton alumni
arose as one man TO cast blame on some
body for allowing such gift 20 be lost To-
the university. BY many OF the alumni
President Wilson was held responsible for
the withdrawal OF the Proctor offer. and
many declared that they would back West
and beat Wilson and his Quad
In order to understand why they were so
quick to blame the president. IL is necss-
sary to realize the feeling akin 20 alarm
which had been awakened previously
among the alumni by President Wilson's
so-calIed Quad" plan.
This was a scheme devised by President
Wilson TO insure new lines OF cleavage IN
the social life Of the university AT Prince
ton. as IN other colleges. and possibly mOrs
than in most other colleges, there is very
little contact between the upper class man
and the lower. Freshmen and sophOmores
eat at Commons and the men Of the two
upper classes have their finely appointed.
exclusive eating clubs in Prospect avenue
In many colleges the freshman Is brought
into quick and close social relations with
upper class men through the fraternities.
and thus he may begin to receive at the
very outset of his college career the re-
action upon his own life which comes from
intimate association with men Of mors
matured culture. But at Princeton the
lines or social cleavage practically follow
club divisions. and the under class men lose
the benefits 70 be derived from a freer and
closer association with the upper class
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

ar fitted to teach and guide others until
they are developed or the social side as
well az intellectually. He would have ne
men IN the proposed graduate &c lege
chosen on 9 basis Of their adsptability 10
social training as well as their intellectual
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
NoIef Dispute Soffs1fnS
TIE Children of Old Nos-
sou Xnfo Factions.

Resolved. That the very generous OFFER
Of Mr.. Proctor be accepted. provided
that Mr. Proctor Hrst advise Us % his IN
tsntion in relation to the disposition OF his
proposed gift"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

General James Meier. now on the re-
tired list the former commander OF the Sec
ond Brigade will review the eth Regiment
next Saturday night. in celebration Of the
forty-niuth anniversary OF the departure
OF the regiment for the war IN 1851. The
veterans of the regiment will also parade
aud review the active regiment. The an
nual dinner OF tire veterans will be held
in the armory on the night OF April -
Colonel Davis has assigned Lieutenant G.
a Bodin TO temporary command Of the
sth Company. vice BudeIman. who has ap-
piled for retirement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

beng talked OF. The first OF these or-ani-
cations viii probably oe formed from a
nucleus taken from the 1st Battery. Cap
tain John 2. Organ. stationed in this CITY.
Although the arnoTy facilities Of this bat
Try are inadequate for even the present or
gaDizariOn, there Is no other local arrnOry
available for the training of field artillery
troRs The proportion " field artillery
to the number OF brigades or infantry OF tn.
New York National Guard is small. and
the government is anxious TO incresss the
number OF guns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

The Military Rough Riding Club. com
posed Of members or the eth Regiment, and
ist Battalion. field artillery. who have rid
den all winter al Durlands. under COM
mand OF Lieutenant Frank II. Hines. 1st
Battalion. field artillery. will have an out
door ride 20 Nyack. on Saturday. April %
returning by way Of Blauvelt visiting the
rife range on Sunday. April q About
twenty members Will take part in the ride
outdoor rides for Saturdays ard Sundays
in NAV. az well as moonlight rides. are
being arranged for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
STAND OF DIR. WILSON.

Correspondence between Mr.. Proctor.
President Wilson and others then followed
President Wilson finally made this state
ment: II cannot accede 20 the aeceptancs
Of gifts upon terms which take the educa-
tional policy Of the university out % the
hands OF the trustees and the faculty and
permit IL TO be determined BY those who
give money"
There was considerable discussion az 70
the proposed site for the graduate cob
iege. Mr. Procters choice was either Ms--
wick or the golf links. either OF which -
at some distance from the campus. Presi-
dent Wilson has declared himself from tho
first as favorinz a location In the midst
Of the campus" though he - also quoted
as saying: The question Is not one %
geography but OF ideals. ~ the. zraduats
school Is based on proper ideals. orr fac
ulty can make a success Of IL anyvhers IN
Mercer County,
Considerable capital has been made OF
this by friends Of Professor West. but
President Wilson has since explained that
the words were misquoted from an extern
poraneous speech IN a board meeting and
that apart from their context they convey
a decidedly false impression. His point vas
not that the site was important. but that &c
was not OF the first Importance as Gem
pared win certain principles. that such
faculty as Princeton's il left free could. Of
course. administer successfully a zTaduats
college anywhere. but that such a college.
set apart from the general campus life
would differ essentially from the college
planned By the president and the graduats
faculty.
The crux % the situation had az last
resolved itself. ar least among the admin
istFation supporters. into the question
whether Princeton should have it's grad
uste school develop on recognized sducs-
tiOnaI lines or according TO a new and Un-
tried standard where emphasis should b
placed on social fitness to the detrir1sne
as they believed-0f scholarship stand
ards. thus not only changing the ideals OF
the graduate students. but affecting those
OF the entire undergraduates body as we'll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

Il Is probable that New York state vii!
have fun regiment 81 Held artillery with
In q short time. There are now four bat
teries tn the state forces ana the organiza-
ton Of two more batteries in this city Is
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
IMPkLED BY AN ARROW.
Pinned Through the Neck to a Tres.
Yet He Survived

1t was in the summer of 1859 thar
George Wainwright and Ben Spencer,
each in charge Of a train of freight
wagons. were headed for the Missouri
river to bring supplies back to Coora-
do points. The Indians were very
troublesome In those days. and these
two outfits always camped together
Tor protection. One night they had ar.
ranged the camp. with the wagons
forming circle. and everybody but
the guards was to be inside. Vain.
wright preferred to sleep in a clump
or cottonwOOdS about quarter of q
mile off, and there he fixed himself
with his negro servant as q bodyguard.
Neither the camp nor Wainwright was
disturbed during the night. but early
the next morning while Wainwright
was sitting on the ground with his
back to tree drinking his tin of cof-
fee an arrow from an unseen foe en-
tered his neck at the right Of the
Jugular vein and was driven with such
force as to impale the victim to the
tree. The negro. believing his master
was killed. ran to Spencer's camp and
gave the alarm.
Spencer and some Of his men rushed
over to Wainwright. Instead Of being
dead Wainwright was not even seri-
ously injured. Spencer cut the arrow
OF close to the point Of entrance and
then gently drew Wainwright's head
forward until he was released. The
victim suffered but little Inconvenience
from the wound. and by the time the
trip was completed it was entirely
healed.-Los Angeles Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
A CURIOUS ANIMAL.
The Sea Cucumber Can Part With and
Replace Its Organs.

Among the curious animals which in
habit the sea we may take the holo-
thuria, or sea cucumber, so called from
Its resemblance to the cucumber
When this animal is attacked by an
enemy ii does not stand up and fight.
but by sudden movement it elects its
teeth. stomach. digestive apparatus
and nearly all its intestines and then
shrivels its body up to almost nothing.
When. however. the danger is past
the animal commences to replace the
organs which ii has voluntarily parted
with. and In short time the animal
Is as perfect as ever 1t was.
DR.. JOhnstone kept one in water for
long time, and one day he forgot to
change the water. The creature in
consequence elected its intestines and
shriveled up. but when the water was
changed all its organs were repro
duced. Although the animal is not
eaten in Europe. 1t Is a favorite with
the Chinese. and the fishing forms an
important part of the industry Of the
east. Thousands of junks are annual
~ used I'm fishing for trepang. as the
animals are called.-London Tit-Bits
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
A Famous Opal.

The most famous opal in history was
that which was worn in ring by the
Roman senator NOnius in the day OF
the triumvirate. Its size eQualed that
OF medium sized hazelnut, vet its
beauty and brilliancy rendered it a
marvel among the dilettanti Of Rome
especially when it was known that the
goldsmiths and money changers had
set Its value at $1.000.OOO. Mark An
tony made overtures to Nonius for it's
purchase. intending, it is thought, to
present 1t to Cleopatra, but the senator
refused to part with it and for fear
that it would be taken from him by
sheer force sought safety in flight.
Here history loses all trace of this IA
nous gem. there being no record of its
transference from Nonius to any Of his
family
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
Cotton I'm Fields.

Mr.. Isaac VI. Loryea. of Sumter,
spent last week in Clarendon County
and travelled over the dirt road,
making Manning. Davis Station, sum-
merton. Paxville and Silver, and was
impressed with the immense quaint
ties OF cotton In the fields unpicked.
For miles and mile of farms on
either side of the roads travelled they
were white with the fieecy stuff. on
only two farms did he observe few
negroes engaged I'm picking tho cot
ton, and he was impressed with the
inadequacy of labor and that II our
labor remains SO unreliable and hard
To secure. n serious problem con-
fronts the cotton planters. 1t Is one
thing 20 cultivate. but another thing
to place II in the market. Unques-
t;onally thousands of dollars worth
Of cotton remain I'm the fields, which
IL placed on the market would put
10 much money In circulation that
now lies dormant. This Is one of
the reasons I'm all probability which
has caused the merchants to marvel
st the comparatively dull business
during the latter part OF October and
for the month OF November.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
DARK CORNER.

Dark Corner. Nov. s.--There Ia
nothing interesting hereabouts to
write. Cotton Is almost all gathered
and sold. It bringing a good price. But
yet many farmers are not out OF
debt.
L attended the election at Bloom
Hill yesterday. everything passed on
pleasantly. Nearly all the colored
vsters foted for all or part of the
State and county ticket. and one
ceiored man voted straight for Lev
CT. There was very little interest
shown for II. III. Richardson by the
oolored voters. not near as much
IN was two years ago. Perhaps. and
I hope the time viii come. when they
(the colored voters) will not look up
ON the white man as his enemy I'm
politics.
I have heard that Mr.. John r. In
gram OF central Privateer. lost a fine
horse one day last week by the horse
getting of OF one OF the bridges over
Pocotaligo swamp. near Beck's Swim
ming pool. broke his back and re-
mained In the water all the night and
was pulled out next morning. The
horse died shortly after II was got
ten out OF the water.
Mrs. Douglas Weeks has been quite
sick but Is better again.
Mr.. II. ID. Geddings and Mr.. A. s.
Weeks killed seyen-foot gator In
the mill pond last Monday even
ting. II Is getting late in the year
for gators. So thinks old III. T.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
A Tree CIim bino Doc.

government official in Bavaria con-
nected with the forestry department
has wonderful dog. which is as clev-
er at climbing trees as a cat. If his
master fastcns handkerchief up in
the treetops the animal will Chamber
up after it in the nimblest way and
never fails 10 bring it down He was
taught by his mother, who was famous
as tree climber. The clever animal
has won several medals by his ex-
traordinary talent and takes particular
delight in climbing silver brches. not
the easiest tree in the world to scale.
for the trunk is particularly smooth
and slippery.-Wide World Magazine
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
-Let us Give Thanks" Says Cover
nor Anscl.

Columbia. Nov. .15.-Gov. Ansel
yesterday issued his "Thanksgiving
Proclamation" in which ne orders
holiday for November %.
The following is the proclmation
I'VE have. as people and as "a
State, many things to be thankful for
I'm this good year nineteen hundred
and ten. We have been spared from
pestilence and famine; the health OF
our people has been remarkably
good; the earth has yielded her
fruits In good measure; we have pros
pered In many ways and our re-
tgious AMI educational liberties have
been protected an increased.
Bearing In mind these many bless
inEs. We should not forget the time
nor the season for our annual
Thanksgiving. but Ia accordance with
time-hOnored custom observe one
day for praise. prayer and gratitude
to God for all these things
Therefore !. NJ. T.. Anscl. governor
of the State OF South Carolina. do
hereby designate and appoint Thurs.
DAT. the 2tth day Of November. \. -.
1910. as a day of general thanksgiv-
ing. let the reoplc put aside their
labOrs for the day. assemble in their
churches ana la their homes and
give thanks tO GoI for his many
mercies and blessings Co them. to the
State and To tn nation. Let them
also Of their substance give To- tho
poor and to the needy and especially
Co the orphanages within the state.
And let US all make special prayer
for the continued goodness Of God
TO us In the coming years"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
MAKING NEEDLES.
various Processes Through Which tho
Steel Wire Must Pass,


Needles are made from steel wire.
which Is first cut by shears from coils
into the length Of the needles to be.
made. After bath of such bits Ms
have been cut out they are placed in n
fnrnace, then rolled until perfectly
straight Next the needle pointer
takes up dozen or so Of the wires
and rolls them between his thumb and
hnger. with their ends on turning
grindstone, first one and then the 9th.
er being ground. The little steel bob
bins are next fed into machine which
hattens and cutters the heads. after
which the eyes are punched.
They are now complete needles. but
rough and easily bent. Careful heat
mg and sudden cooling gives them the
necessary temper, and nothing remains
but to give them their final polish. On
a coarse cloth needles are spread TO
the number of 10000 or $4,000. Emery
dust Is strewed over them, oil is sprin
kied on and soft soap daubed over the
cloth. which. rolled tightly. Is thrown
Into pot with others. where it rolls
about for twelve hours or more.
When taken from this friction bath
the needles require only rinsing I'm
clean hot water. when they are ready
TO be sorted and packed. - Chicago
Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
THE WAY OF THE SWISS.
Foreigners Regarded as Egyptians and
Treated AccordinoIv.


A foreign resident in SWitzerIopd
was fined 10 francs because his little
girl had plucked three buttercups
growing on a piece Of land on which
she and some half dozen Swiss chill
dren had for years been accustomed to
play. The land had recently changed
nands. and its new owner had put
up a notice forbidding the plucking
OF flowers. \ passing gendarme had
found the children fagrante delicto
and had forthwith instituted proceed
lngs against the little foreigner. while
letting the little natives go scot free.
The child's father appealed against the
sentence and by dint Of hard fighting.
which entailed. of course, expense.
forced the higher court to reduce the
fine from 10 francs to 81. e., franc
for each buttercup.
When | tried to learn the WHY'S and
whereforeS Of this case I was told nv
a Swiss that One-half Of every fine lev
led goes to the gcndarme who reports
the Offense for which it is levied. and
also that Swiss gendarmes cannot fair
~ be expected to be quite so alert in
taking proceedings against their own
country people as against foreigners.
Further. | was told by an American
that in Switzerland all foreigners rank
as Egyptians and that the one Scrip
tural injunction that Is faithfully
obeyed there is that which ordains
that Egyptians shall be spoied.-From
The Latter Day Swiss in Cornhill
Magazine
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
Vessels That Failed.

There was time when it was be-
lieved possible to prevent seasickncsS
by means OF specially constructed YES
sells. says the London Chronicle. The
Caiais-Douvres. twin ship. was used
on the channel service for many years.
Great things were expected from this.
but she proved slow boat. and her
passengers were by no mans immune
from seasickness. Another attempt in
this direction was the Castalia. In
which the saloon was suspended like
n hammock with a view to minimizing
the pitching and rolling. This turned
out an utter failure III the rolling
was less than In ordinary vessels the
pitching was quite as bad and. more
over. the swinging mechanism occa
sionally stuck. After very few trips
across the channel the Castalia was
taken of the service
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
Bulwer Lytton and His Chorus

The Princess Won Racowitsa met
Bulwer Lyttop in the Riviera toward
the end of the fifties. He was then.
she says in her autobiography. past
his first youth his fame was at its
zenith. He seemed to me antedilu-
Wan, with his long dyed curls and his
Old fashioned dress. He dressed exact
ly In the fashion of the twenties. with
long coats reaching TO the ankles. knee
breeches and long colored waistcoats.
Also he appeared always with a young
lady who adored him and who was
Followed by n manservant carrying
q harp She sat at his feet and ap-
peared, as he did, in the costume of
1880. with long flowing curls. called
AnglaiseS. He read aloud from his
own works. and in especially poetic
passages his Alice accompanied him
with arpeggios on the harp"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
CYCLONE FORMATION.
The Mechanical Laws Are the Same
as In a WHIRLPOOL.

ANY one can make the exact counter
part OF a cyclone if he so desires. or
course cyclone is caused 10y the air
over big area getting warm and
light with small pressure. This air
consequently tries to rise almost i'm a
body ard leaves a partial vacuum be-
mind, but the outside cold air rushes
IN from all sides Now. il is scien-
tlflc and mechanical truth that when n
fuid runs in from all sides toward n
central point it causes Il whirlpool o.
rotation of the fluid. The exact anal
ogy or cyclone. then. although with
the fluid water instead Of air. is seen
when the stopper is pulled out of tho
bottom OF q basin full of water An
almost perfect vacuum, as far as the
water is concerned, is caused by the
water Immediately over the stopDor
running out The rest of the water
rushes in from all directions. and a
Whirlpool is the result. ThcSn IS one
difference here from the air cyclone
In the air the force with which II
rushes toward the center greatly com.
presses the air whirling at that point
and makes it very dense-so dense. in
1act, that straw carried i'm the CEN
traI whirl can be driven into big
Dlock of wood without bending. OF
course In a whirlpool the water is not
compressed. remaining practically the
same in density all the time. That
Is one highly important property of
water: IT is practically incompressible
Nevertheless it is very interesting 70
see the whirl form in a basin and
Know that the mechanical laws are
the same as in the formation of q cy-
clone many miles wide.-Harper's
Weekly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
Cows That Never Drink.

o The wild COW" of Arabia. i'm reality
an antelope. the Beatrix oryx. is said
never to drink. which is probably cor
rect, for unless these animals can de-
scend the wells they can find no drink
Ing water for ten months in the year
There Is no surface water. and rain
falls but precariously during the win
ter. Only once during my journey did
L find a pool of rainwater caught I'm IA
hollow rock. and even this | should
have passed by without knowing of
its existence had not my cames sniff
cd 1t from n distance and obstinately
refused TO be turned from gSng in
that direction. These antelope. how
ever. are provided by nature with a
curious food supply, especially design
ed as thirst quencher. This is a
parasite which grows on the roots of
the desert bushes and forms long
spadix full of water and juice The
antelope dig deep holes in the sand in
order To get mt these. Wide World
Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
Fulton and the Clermont

The first trip Of Robert Fulton vi
the Hudson river In the Clermont was
thus described in the American Citi
zen OF Aug. II. 1910:
Mr.. Fulton's ingenious Steam BoaI
Invented with a View to the Navigu
ton OF The Mississippi from New Or
leans upwards. Sails today from the
North River near the State Prison. Ia
Albany. The Velosity Of The Stean,
Boat is Calculated at four miles an
hour. Ii Is said that 1t will make ~
progress of two against The Curren,
or The Mississippi. and if so it viii
certainly be very valuable acouisi
ton to the Commerce Of the Western
States"
According TO Edward Hacamau
Hairs history. the Clermont made the
trip to Albany in thirty-two hours
The state prison referred to stood OH
the block I'm New York now bounded
by Washington. West Tenth. West and
Charles Streets. I'm old Greenwich vii
lage
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-16
ADVANTAGES OF DIVERSIETCN-
TION.
Reports Presented at Meeting OF
Farmers Institute Workers Show
Value of New Idea.

Washington. Nov. 1.-THE advan-
tage of reduced acreage and diversifi-
cation OF crops was emphasized in
reports presented today by prominent
farmers who are attending the Amer
lean Federation of Farmers Insti-
tute Workers. Practically all of the
States and territories are represented
among the delegates. James Wilson.
secretary Of agriculture, addressed
the delegates and gave it as his opin-
ion that the departments most i'm
portant work was in making official
tests and laboratory work effective
through the medium Of farmers in
stitutes.
Secretary Wilson discussed the
bumper crops, the high cost Of living
and the wide margin between the
price obtained by the farmers and by
the middlemen who distribute the
farm products.
He said the solution lay in buying
in large quantities, in selling direct
from the producer to the consumer
or some other such step to cut down
the middlemen's profit.