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VIGILANCE THE WATcHWoRD.

Constant care TO keep weeds out must
follow, especially for the next three years,
and always: but finally the vines attain
such growth that. with little work on
the part Of the caretakers. the weeds are
choked
The third year yields a partial crop,
the fourth a good one aud so ON. Gram
berry growing is a hazardous business.
and a paying one Nature supplies her
usual number of enemies. but generally
it's the survival of the flttest. Worms in
the bloom dry weather. and frosts con-
vene to create havoc: water is the great
preventive here; thus IL becomes neces-
sary, IN order to insure prosperity. that
there should be swamp streams that may
be damned. 20 create a head flood; water
from somewhere must be held at COM
mand by the flush boards. detained for
immediate use. for destroying pests, and
10 ward of threatening frosts, bat II used
too often the berry becomes soft and does
not stand up in the market. The bog
must oe flooded in winter. and here care
must be exercised lest the water. accumu-
lating under the ice, lift the roots OF the
plant out Of the ground.
There arc several well defined types of
cranberries-the Early Black, the Bugle.
the Bell, the Howe. etc. The Importance
OF the Industry Of cranberry growing has
become such in the State OF Massachusetts
that the Agricultural Experiment Station
al Amherst has taken up experimental
work for the purpose OF solving some OF
the problems which confront growers.
This investigation Is i'm charge OF PROBES
sor Franklin. a bog OF about hsteen
acres has been purchased at East Ware
ham and a building suited TO his use built
near by In connection the United States
Weather Bureau has equipped station;
during the harvesting season daily reports
of weather indications are forwarded and
posted especially for those interested In
berry growing; watchmen are at hand
during the night, and II the Thermometer
reaches the danger point flush boards are
drawn and bogs covered.
miles of swamp and meadows arc being
bought up by rich syndicates all through
Southern Massachusetts, where adapted to
the cultivation OF cranberries. and again,
as always, the old Bay state invites men
of industry TO lrove her greatness"
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general use, probably because of increase
Of magnitude OF the business. and be-
cause crops must be gathered before the
frost and the machine greatly multiplles
the capacity for the work. Objections
are that they tear and uproot the vines.
they do not pick with the cleanness Of
hand and bruise the berry. causing
decay. The picker must furnish his own
machine the price of which. II now UNI
changed is g.. This is a universal com
modify Of trade in general stores OF the
towns near at hand.
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clear Of the Padshahs clutches. and now
congratuates himself more than ever
at having refused to permit himself to
be taken in by what was, after all. mere
~ scheme on the part OF the eX-Sultan
to estrange him from the Albanian peo-
pie. Most pretenders are needy. Don
Juan Is nothing Of the kind. Like Prince
Ferdinand of Coburg when elected to
the throne OF Bulgaria. he has sum-
ciently large fortune of his own TO he
able to dispense with any civil list. and
will therefore be under no necessity or
making any demands upon the scanty
resources of his future subjects I'm the
way of taxes for his maintenance. More
over. he is man honored by many OF
the principal sovereigns Of Europe with
the grand crosses of their orders OF
knighthood. after having been accred-
tied to their courts as Spanish envoy.
and they would welcome his presence on
the throne OF Albania as ruler pleas
ing alike to themselves and To the Al
bantam people The only disadvantage
under which he llbors is that he is the
last and sole surviving descendant OF
S,rud"rDcs. the only representative of
tty ancient Albanian house Of Castriutis.
that he has no children. and that when
he lies his Inc will Cprac TO an end.
or an entirely different character is
the soi-d,sant rinc-.' Albert Ghika,
who has managed to obtain a good deal
more publicity In tho press on both sides
OF the Atlantic a. a pretendcr to the Al
bantam throne than Don Juan Marquis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
TRADITIONS OF MORSE INVASION

When we come TO the genuine history
OF Scily there are some interesting things
to notice. The islands seem to have been
used as a penal settlement In Roman
times; and in the sixth century they gave
home to the Welsh st. Samson, who be-
came Bishop Of Dol, and who has left
footprints In Guernsey as we'll as In
Devon and Cornwall The Isle Of Samson
is now uninhabited. but it may have had
fairly large population when the saint
established an oratory here; there are
many traces of early occupation. 10
many it is still more interesting as the
home of Walter Besant's Armorel Early
i'm the tenth century Athelstan made a
conquering expedition through Cornwall,
and is said to have spied these isles from
the high land at ST. Buryan-the day
must have been uncommonly clear. He
vowed to build a church on the spot
where he stood If he returned safely
from their conquest Probably he met
with little resistance on the islands. where
he is supposed to have founded Tresco
Abbey. Later in the same century. a
Scillonian had the credit OF converting
the fierce King Olaf OF Norway. After
marrying the coast of Britain and Ireland
Olaf sighted the Settles and ran his YES
sci into what Is now the harbor OF st.
Mary's. A hermit here gave him timely
warning OF a mutiny that was about to
take place among his own troops; he
crushed the revolt. but was severely
wounded. Carried to the monastery at
Tresco. he was there nursed into health
and Christianity, conserving to receive
baptism. Perhaps not then. but certainly
later, Tresco belonged to the wealthy
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THE UNSPO|LED ISLES
The SCi|Iy Group, Southwest of
England.
PERIL OF THE MARINER
But a Land of Beguiling, Of Soft
Airs and Flowers, Far from
the Beaten Track.

People sometimes apply the term Ly-
onesse to the whole OF Cornwall. which Is
a mistake II there ever was such land
at all it lay westward OF Cornwall, and
the Scilly Isles are It's relics. The name
OF Arthur plays like lambent light
about the district but the period at which
the Settles were separated from the
mainland must be far beyond the reacn
OF history. which in England can only ex-
plore about two thousand years back
ward. The Lyonesse of romance EXTENDED
to the southwest of Lands End, ana was
connected IN race and legend with the
Leon of Brittany. As a matter or geol-
osy the tradition has no satisfactory
basis. though there are traces OF SUBJ
merged forests IN Mounts Bay, ana the
old Cornish name Of st. Michacrs Mount
represents that rock as having once stood
I'm the centre Of woodland. In reality the
islands are the last upheavals OF that
backbone OF granite which Is so impress
sive on Dartmoor and which again comes
into notice on the Bodmin Moors True,
ocean depths do not begin till far be-
yond the islands, so that In It's relation
To the great submarine platform Scilly
may be considered structurally attached
To Britain. as Britain is 10 the Continent.
Some portion OF the vanished region may
have survived. adjoining the coasts OF
Mounts Bay. till the year 1899, when, ac-
cording TO the Saxon chronicle, Lyonesse
was destroyed in a great tempest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

The original word 'cranberry'-in the
vernacular of many-has been changed
to cranberry The origin Of the name
is thought by some to have arisen from
the fact that Just before expanding into
flower the stem. calyx and petals resem-
BILE the neck, head and bill of crane
Others claim the reasonable idea to be
that the fruit derived its name from the
fact that ii grows in swamps and quar-
tiers which were frequented by cranes
and that they were supposed TO have
fed on il.
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OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ARTIST.

OPPOR UNITY run AN an ''o''
"a cranberry bog when the gathering
season is in full swing, so far as KNOW
hasn't yet been immortalized by the
painter but there's opportunity for some
amateur Turner The habitual costume
of the Portuguese woman t. ford and
cav. out at the ends enough 10 be pict-
uresque on weekdays and splck and span
on Sunday. This diversity OF tone To-
gether with the autumn landscape, the
bordering bushes and woods, against the
long, level stretches OF bog, which is a
rich maroon and smooth as a parlor car
pet the regularity Of lines OF pickers
dominated by irregularity and tangle II
color and shape bronzed faoes-every-
thing, makes a wonderful picture. once
have seen grouped on a hundred-acre
bog one thousand pickers, so / was told.
did not count them. The work goes on
very quietly. seldom any one speaking in
loud tones. Just the little gossip OF the
town iutters about. but all are at work,
and they must do IL well, each attending
to lis or her allotted portion. marked by
white lines drawn by the boss, about
three feet apart, across the section for
picking.
"There is a constant infowing line 10
the upland. or some place near by where
pals are emptied into boxes, check be-
ing given for each by the tally-keeper,
and each pail. of uniform size. must be
full and free from vines and dirt Each
check represents fixed value. and may
be used at the stores or cashed at banks.
and these. as circulating medium OF the
community. may be strolling about far
into spring before all have been redeemed.
THE berries are stored in barns
where screening goes on. by use of ma
chimes and by hand, preparatory tc ship
mcnt.
The source Of profit from the cram
berry crop OF Cape Cod. for the native
supplements returns from the summer
people beautifully. quite as favorably as
does the sauce supplement the turkey at
our tables, and. coupled in the boarding
house keepers genius. they manage to
make both ends meet the year round.
The use Of machines in picking is
forbidden by many owners of boys. but
they are coming more and more into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
IRRELEVANT TESTIMONY.

At term OF the Circuit Court ~ ..,.l
not long ago horse case" was on , IA
and a we'll known horseman was
as witness. Easel
You saw this horse?' asked eo''
for the defendant.
Yes. sir. p
What did you do?' a. his
II opened his mouth to ascer's
age. and | said to him, Old Sport
a lot of life left in you yet .,ae
Whereupon counsel for the o'"s' 80 ma
entered a vigorous protest. s'op an.
cried. Your honor. object to any ..s
versation carried on between tns not
and the horse when the plaint'n
present"-The Green Bag.
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granite. terra-cotta and concrete. and
Will be fire and damp proof. The stacks
and storage rooms will be both above
and below ground. Phe vaults for the
permanent storage OF originals OF which
copies Will he kept for exhibition and
ready reference, will he hermetically
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

For Centuries Albania Has Been Without Alphabet,
and in Endeavoring to Create Written Language
Aroused the Opposition Of the Young Turks,
Who Believed This Would Encourage
the Nationalist Movement

in spite of the vastly improved relation,
between the two countries. could NOT AZ.
ford to permit sovereign OF Italian birth
commanding what is virtually the on.
trance to the Adriatic. which IS the Dual
Monarchys only outlet to the Mcditcr.
4 ..a,t..,,, .,.,J g., .I.e I.r,l, z.aS
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ISLES OF ENCHANTMENT.

nnrinp the French wars At Tue oNs'"
ming of the last century Sicily was se".
oral rendezvous for British snipplhs
awaiting convoy. The rest Of her his'of,
lis chiefly associated with shipwrecks ana
with flowers. The shipwrecks make
formidable list and are frequently adoeo
TO, The flowers give us record OF sfns"
beginnings and wonderful success TO-
cether with recent severe stress OF con-.
petition, difficulties and high Cost y
freight. 1t was in 1881 that the isiAh.'
became the property OF Augustus Sn'''
who was their great benefactor. he sue
gested that the islanders should try WA
they could do in raising early hoWefs ~.
the London markets, and II Is saia ."A'
the first few blooms we're dispatched ID
hat box. Since then as many as nun
dred tons have been shipped from 2"
Mary's In a single week.
There was spice of romance about inc
manner in which the island gained !"
cable connection with the mainland 'ne
government was taking over the hnohor
oily Of the telegraphs and was ouyins :"
existing lines. and IT seems that an imae.
nary line from Scilly to the Cornish eoss'
was faxed up so clevery as to decsne
the government agents. But perhaps "
better not to revive sleeping shosts =,
that nature; we do not wish TO THINK y.
trickery in connection with these Isles ',
the Blest. They lie, too far to be sp.nss
by the trlpper. in a delightful atinosp"e.
OF their own. invigorated with the
est breath of the Atlantic ana isppsc
the warm, caressing waves OF inc 80
Stream. They are a land of dreaps a.
sweet bewitchment: at times they can ~
come a haunt Of tempest ana W."
Very little frost comes to chill use"'' a
they are not high enough TO drsT ~"
rainfall: their climate, their in'ei , 49,.
seas. their birds and fisher folk ano NV "d
ers, their traditions. their remotshesS 81.
peace, are all permanent things %
light.-London Globe.
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people have produced many very remark
able men. Some Of the ablest ministers
and grand viziers of the Sublime Porte
have belonged to this race, while Me-
hemet All, the founder of the present
dynasty Of Egyptian khedives, was also
an Albanian. Perhaps the most eloquent
and remarkable member OF the Turkish
Parliament since 1908 has been the AL
bantam Ismail Kamei Bey, and thers are
several other of his countrymen who
may De regarded as his peers In intellect
ual force. in foreign culture and in
knowledge Of the world. To such an ex-
tent is this the case that whoever is
chosen as sovereign OF Albania, will OK
perlence 10 difficulty in finding suitable
material for the instruments of his gov
eminent.
WHO WILL BE KING?
The question arises as TO who that
sovereign is 10 be. Many names have
been mentioned in connection Herewith.
But if the Albanians had their own
wishes I'm the matter they would IN
doubtedly choose Don Juan Alsdro. Mar
7
descendant OF Scanderbeg. The latter
is the national hero Of the Alban'ans'
was their liberator from Turkish oppres-
sion i'm the fifteenth century. i credited
with having slain no less than 300 Turks
with his own hand, was Acknowledged ny
Sultan Mahommed II as vassal lord and
ruler Of Albania and OF Eprus, whhe
his tomb at Alessio is stu 20 this day
an object of superstitious generation on
the part Of Christians and Moslems alike
i'm Albania. nay, even on the part OF the
Turks President Of the Comltsto
Politlco Nbaneso. which has its head
quarters in ltaly-a committee which mas
not only TO great extent directed the
nahohsrst nIhrernent IN Albania but has
won for Il official and popular sympathy
- t.sL4
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DISCREOiTEO NAME E.

The very mention OF AlLrit iEika : name
In diplomatic circles in any of the capi-
tails OF Continental Europe is enough 70
give rise To derislon and il Is inconceiv-
able that he should ever have been taken
seriously By any great newspaper. For
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

/ At. the second annual meeting OF the
Modern Historic, Records Association
held on Friday of last week at the Ma
tional Arts Club the designs for its
first hall OF records were exhibited and
explained by Arthur Dillon, Of Dillon,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

Mcclellan & Beadell. the architects who
prepared the plans.
The building is TO be II once a repository.
a museum and a reference library In the
largest sense of the word, since books
will form only a part Of the associations
records II will be constructed Of steel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

rom the witches cauldron known as
the Eastern Question. which rs now once
noe boiling over. causing political anu
,colomical disturbances in all parts OF
th. world. there Will presently emerge
am Their Balkan kingdom, namely. that ol
Albania. The situation in connection WIN
the war now being waged against Iurhe!
j. Kaleidoscope, changing almost from
Gay TO DAY, and So full OF surprises OF
orc kind and another. that no one, not
,,5-Cn the most sagacious and experience
u .esman. can predict with any degree
"a assurance the ultimate outcome OF the
pr, sent inlbrogio The only thing that
Sc ms fairly certain. and which is uni
vel sally accepted as such. is the or
- ization Of Albania into kingdom
l,o ninally subject to Ottoman suzerainty'
IL he Turks succeed in retrieving the de-
- is which have marked the earlier
1t ges of the present campaign; or nom
inul Independence but de facto vassalage
10 the Triple Alliance, in the event OF
1it tory remaining with the Sultans foes.
" ,ateveI happens. Yabana-"the savage
T. nd" which is the Turkish appellatiVe
TO- All an;a-will win that home rule for
Itch It has been striving and sighting
for centuries.
A STRUGGLE FOR HOME RULE.
tlsa struggle which has differed from
itlt Of the other Balkan States, a fact
10 which careful consideration must be
p corded In order to understand the sit
a., ton. In the case OF Rumania, Servia,
! ilgaria. Montenegro and Greece, the
I, ut for national independence was en-
Uttered nv religious fanaticism, and Was
;gsys directed toward complete emanci-
ton from Moslem rule. In Albania, on
c other hand. the struggle has been
.fely' for home rule. under the suzeraln-
of the Sublime Porte. With more thaD
tyo-thirds OF the population processing
articulafly broad and tolerant form OF
Islamism. and the remainder Of the people
lretty equally divided among the Roman
catholic and Greek Catholic churches
there has been little OF no question 81
religious fanaticisn in their nationalist
movement In fact, the Albanians. Chris-
tians as well as Moslems, have all along
professed their preference for the SOW
ereisnty Of the Sultan 10 that of any
European power, and have been proud
to consider themselves as constituting one
of the principal bulwarks Of the Ottoman
Empire. The only thing that they have
demanded is complete autonomy-that
they should be left free TO follow their
tribal customs and to live in conformity
with their ancient traditions: that what
ever tribute was required Of them should
be collected and transmitted by their own
cheftains, and rot by the Turkish tax
gatherers. and that no attempt should be
made TO absorb their nationality into the
other races that go to make up the Turk
fish Empire. az &
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THE ROSEATE CRANBERRY
Conditions Under Which 1t Is
Cultivated Are Hard.
PORTUGUESE HAVE A HAND
Next to Summer Boarders, 1t Is
Most Profitable Thing in
Cape Cod Region.

Herbert Randall gives in The Hart
ford, Courant' an interesting account Of
cranberry culture on Cape Cod, describing
the work from the preparation of the
boys to the marketing of the berry. He
writes as follows:
"A gentleman sitting beside me on a
West Hartford car recently made the
remark that he supposed all the cram
berry boys on Cape Cod were natural
bogs. Within a week another has asked
me About how high do cranberry bushes
grove This has suggested to me that
as bogs are not built on upland nelds
and a cranberry is not an herb nor
house plant grown in hotbeds, word
about it's culture might prove interesting
10 some Of the readers of The Courant.
THE cowberry, or mountain cranberry,
which is a high bush berry. | have seen
I'm Maine. and so far as is known the
fruit is not essential to life. The small
led. acid berry, round, bell-shaped OF
otherwise which is distinguished by slen-
der creeping vines which cover the entire
surface Of the ground, which bears
rose-colored nodding nower and which Is
especially indigenous to Cape Cod, Wis
consin and New jersey and grows IN
many other parts OF the country, is a
lowland berry. Originally. az now, 1t was
often found in the long grass bordering
neat meadows and one is almost sure
10 find the vine in the vicinity of rabbit
foot clover.
NEW ENGLAND PRODUCES MOST.
THE cultivation OF the cranberry dates
back to about 1880 but only in more recent
wears has the fact been demonstrated that
the culture is profitable. Cape Cod has
enjoyed the reputation Of being barren
waste ever since the nation began speak
ing the truth, and that was away back
before King Philip was baby or Gov
ernor Carver sighted Provincetown. lt
took two hundred years to discover that
these were worthy of becoming valuable
AGRICULTURAL lands. There are found water,
soil and sand, the properties necessary
TO raising cranberTies, and to-day cape
Cod folks are prospered by the esteemed
product Of their soil. Now. don't get the
idea on the start that it's salt water that
Is nee6ed-this is necessary to the tau
toy, scuppaug and Uncle Fri, out not
t. the cranberry grower.
III Is dificult to avoid too much detail
for q short article on a long subject. Per
haps Barnstable and Plymouth counties
are foremost in Southern Massachusetts
III the business of cranberry culture. IN
ISss the yield OF Barnstable County alone
amounted to 55,S9s barrels. netting $3i5,is2
more than half the total crop of'thc state.
III 1888 there we're shipped from Cape Cod,
Including Plymouth County product. over
the old Colony Railroad $500 barrels OF
berries. Some wholesale dealers make a
practice or sending comparative state
ment OF the yearly crops 90 growers. Tbs
shows in 1907, from reports made by
eigbty growers IN New England. approx
hnateIy i.l5o.0oo bushels: the product OF
ks;y Jersey ard Long Island. 1000 brsn-
e.p. ana the West. 7J,oyc bushels. making
. total % $4,000.
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BUILDING OF THE MODERN HISTORIC RECORDS ASSOCIATION

sealed and the ali in them exhausted
and replaced by some dry inert gas. like
oxygen. TO obvlate all chances Of decay.
The entrance hall vii be adorned with
statues. and thoie viii be an auditorium
seating 200. The plan admits of grad
ual additions to the building.
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organ. Card playing and pitching quoits
are popular games for rest hours, when
include Sunday Many Of these transient
pickers arrive In chartered vessels In
Providence or New Bedford early III
summer and return home Wien the sea-
son ends
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

Teacher-Tommy, you are too ST. a
idler. Do you know what
people who won't work? ,,s1
Tommy essum. They gers s'P'''
by the rest O. the family.-Judse
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

Abbey OF Tavistock, but in 1859 It passed
To the Crown. ,A.,
when Cornwall was created duen'
Silly had not been included. Al uie
lime Of the Civil War the Isles Ne'e
Mold for the king by Sir John Gren'l.e'
who WAS clearly worthy MEMBER VI
noble family. The privateering Nii'' =
warfare that he maintained proNeo veg
annoying to the shipping OF Tue eo,"
monwealth, and at last Adn'Is' DiaNe
was sent against him. Blake was VoV
hia = man TO be resisted, and the islanos
u.oro taken. The Dutch had prevlousl!
ondeavored TO treat with Grenville' aiu
would have richly rewarded him hsa ns
chosen TO deliver the isles into tue"
hands; bu; though a foe of the eXisuhs
eovernment, Grenville was loyal 10 MS
country and would not deal with ne'
enemies.
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been on an average, If the work is thor
oughly done. from $500 10 $500 an acre
probably nearer $500