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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-06
The Most Serious Side OF the Balkan
Situation.

Each fresh piece Of news from the
balkans makes II more and more ap-
parent that the most serious situation
OF all will arise when the fighting be-
tween the Turks and the allies Is over.
or nearly so. For the great question
Is whether or not the Powers are to
be involved In this warfare, and the
crisis in that connection will arrive
when the matter Of the disposition Of
the spoils Of war has to be settled.
Despite the reported determination
OF the Powers to preserve the status
quo. 1t is very doubtful II that can be
done. II the allies are successful. they
will want to drive Turkey out Of Eu-
rope and install Christian govern
ments In those principalities now un-
der the dominion Of the Sultan. II
the Powers veto this proposition and
say that these territories must con-
tinue subject to the Turk. that would
only insure q continuation Of the evils
which have led to the present war and
make repetition Of 1t inevitable. II
Turkey wins. 1t may be taken for
granted that II will govern these de-
Tendencies yet more vigorously and
with even less consideration than In
the past There can be no permanence
In such n situation.
IL there should be any attempt to
apportion the Turkish European ter
ritory among the Powers. the prospect
cf a peaceable distribution is by no
means bright. Russia and Austria
Hungary are extremely Jealous Of
eacn other In this connection. and II
they shocid clash 1t would seem i'm
possible that their allies. France and
Germany, should not clash also. Then
England would be drawn into the
quarrel. IL. on the other hand. the
attempt should be made to make re-
publics. or seif-governing nations, out
OF these dependencies. that would be
impossible unless they were guaran-
teed the protection OF the Powers,
and in determining just how this pro-
lection should be accorded there would
he further opportunities for discord
among the Powers. AS for the sug-
sested Balkan confederacy. 1t may be
taken .or granted that Austria and
Russia would oppose strenuously any
movement that threatened to build up
another strong military power as a
| neighbor Of theirs.
These are some OF the reasons why
general European war Is feared
| when the present one is ended or end
ing. II is the dark side OF the picture
The bright side is to be found In the
fact that all the great nations OF Eu.
rope seem sincerely desirous of main
tanning the peace. and all are fearful
| OF coming out OF the small end Of the
horn in case there should be a general
European war.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-06
Deaths I'm ISisllODyllIc.

Bishopville. Nov. 1.--Eugeen Kcl-
ley. who had been sick with fever
for some time. died last Tuesday even
ing about 4 O'Clock at his home near
'tfhopvillc. and was buried at Heb
rcr Wednesday afterI non. MIR. Kcl-
ley was about 40 years az age and
leaves family
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-06

Bishopvi!s. No after an Ill
ness Of few days the little two
year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. -.
Hill died last Saturday night. The
funeral service was held by Rev. G..
T.. Edwards and Rev. |. il. Les, T
and was buried az the PRESBYTERIAN
burying ground.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-06

sumter was well represented al the
state Fair at Columbia this year, as
has always been the case. There
were number of Sumter exhibits,
many Sumter people present and some
prizes went to Sumter county people.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-06

While the Democratic walkover
may not be that in fact. vet victory
liz almost Nv certain az Bryan. That
is saying quite n lot.-Darlington
News and Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-06

The price OF stump lightwood is "A
shocking Illustration Of the high cost
of living.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
Queen ANTS.


The queen ant has apparently not
had justice done to her by naturalists
DR.. W NJ. WheeIer's view is that by
comparison with the queen bee the
queen ant is by far the more admirable
creature. In many important respects
they are Numerically opposite. The
queen bee is, it is pointed out, de
generate creature unable to nourish
either herself or her young, to visit
flowers, to build combs or to store
them with honey. With the queen ant
quite the reverse is the case. She Is
held to be perfect exemplar and en-
bodiment of her species, and the work
er ants suffer from incomplete and re
tarded development. The queen ant is
very Industrious and intelligent
worker. She forms an exceedingly in
teresting subject for study.-London
Globe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
The Third
Degree
Ordeal of Two Brothers
Accused of Murder
BY JAMES L. TOMLINSON


IF a policeman" said the retired de-
tective. should walk into this room
and arrest me on a charge Of murder
do you suppose | would laugh at him.
or do you suppose that would simply
consider that would be put to tenn
porary Inconvenience? Not by any
means. | should consider the chances
for or against my conviction to be
about even"
That's strange" l replied. Il sup
posed you detectives, being used to get
ting at the bottom of things. are al
ways sure of guilt or innocence"
Suppose We are sure ourselves,
haven't we to convince jury. and are
there not detectives employed to Sc
cure evidence on the other side7''
Wouldn't the knowledge that you
were innocent be great advantageT
II wouldn't even possess any such
knowledge How would know but
that I had developed a criminal insan-
ity? Do you suppose the criminally
insane know that they have committed
a murder? / have known a man to
wake up in Jail the morning after pub
licly killing several persons at once and,
having been chased by mob, express
himself surprised at finding himself in
a strange place. His antecedents show
ed insanity In three generations.
'The most remarkable mixup I ever
met with in a murder case happened
when | was a young man living in
Ohio. The town Of B.. where 1t oc-
Cured. had but five or six thousand
Inhabitants, and any comparatively
unimportant happening was noticed.
discussed and in time. if not cleared up,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
MUSIC RUsKIN HATED.
Some Wagner Compositions Filled Hin
With Blind Fury.

Some Wagner Compositions Filled Him
With Blind Fury.
1t is of course well known that
when the great litterateur and philoso-
pher, Ruskin. disliked any one or any
thing he did not hesitate to say so in
the most forcible language the occasion
might require. 1t is doubtful. however.
If any denunciatioE Ruskin ever PEN
ned or uttered equaled his outburst
over some Of Wagner's music, which,
according to Mr. E. T. Cook in 1.-THE
Life of Ruskin," filed him with blind
fury. Thus to Mrs. Burne-Jones:
"Of all the bette. clumsy, laundering,
boggling baboon blooded stuff l ever
saw on human stage that thing last
night ('The Meistersinger1 beat, as far
as the story and the acting went, and
of all the affected, sapless, soulless, be-
ginningless, endless, topless, bottom
less. topsyturviest. tuneless, scrannel
pipiest, tongs and boniest doggerel Of
sounds l ever endured the deadliness
of, that eternity Of nothing was the
deadliest, as far as the sound went.
AS for the Lied I never made
out where it began or where it ended.
except by the fellows coming OF the
horse block"
What on amazing prodigy, by the
way. Ruskin wasI He recited the One
Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm before
he was three. at seven he had written
a work entitled Harry and Lucy Con-
cluded. Printed and Composed By a
Little Boy and Also Drawn" at eight
he had turned Scott's Monastery" into
400 lines of verse. and at eleven he
wrote 1000 lines called the 'Iteriad, =
describing tour in the lakes.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
MOROCCO CITY.
Magnificent In Its Site and In lts His
toric Ruins.

Magnificent In Its Site and In lts His
toric Ruins.
Morocco city, the capital Of the
southern half of the Moroccan king
dom. is a far more interesting city
than Fee. Architecturally its monu-
ments, including the famous Kutubia
tower. the counterpart of the Giralda
In Seville; the famous mosque of Mu.
ley Abdallah and a hundred other ruin
ed or semiruined edifices surviving
from the days when the city had 70O,-
600 inhabitants and was one of the
great capitals of Islam. are the most
considerable and magnificent in Mo
rocco Equally beautiful is the site OF
this city in the upper valley Of the
Tenesift river, surrounded in half
circle by the great wall of the grand
Atlas mountains. whose snowclad
peaks are seen beyond a foreground of
large farms and fertile fields
A city far less given over to war
with a population less ferocious, less
fanatical than that of Fee or Mekinez,
Morocco city has been much more fire.
quently visited by Europeans than its
northern rivals. Geographically Mo
rocco city il the real gateway to the
Sahara. By the Glawi pass one road
climbs over the Atlas mountains to
Tablet. and the caravan route contin-
ues to Timbuktu. A second road de
sends to the Draa. crossing the Atlas
chain. while a third leads to Tarudant
and the Sus country Close communi
cation with the south has left It's mark
upon the people. who are darker and
show more patiently the infusion of
African blood than the Berbers and
Arabs of the north.-London Stand
ard
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
ONE MAN BASEBALL.
Tho Game as Il Might Be Played on
One of Mars Moons.

Tho Game as II Might Be Played on
One of Mars Moons.
According to Professor F. R. Moulton
Of the University of Chicago, one man
is all that would be required to play
a baseball game on Phobos, one Of the
two moons of Mars, provided the man
could live in place without atmOs-
phere. Professor Moulton described
the manner of play in addressing q
church society on the 'Earthlike Plan
ets."
"Our one man team would first take
the position of pitcher" he said, "and
throw the ball horizontally. The ball
would go all the way around the moon.
He would then have time to get bat
and strike at it. If he missed 1t he
could take his three strikes, then put
on his mask, gloves and chest pro-
tector and catch himself out when the
ball came around the fourth time.
"In case he hit the ball and it bound
ed he could play the part OF an infeld-
er by picking the ball up as 1t came
bounding around the moon. He then
could throw to first and catch himself
out on the base as the ball came around
again. If he hit a fly in place of a
grounder he might draw on his glove
and, playing the part of the center field
er, catch himself out. A strong batter
might make home run. This would
mean that he struck the ball so hard
that it went beyond the attraction Of
this moon and struck on the planet
Mars. 1t would be what we call over
the fence New York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
The Blue
Ribbon
A Man Becomes a Convert
to Its Charms
BY cLARISSA MACKIE

Mr.. Turner glanced listlessly at the
latest applicant for the vacant position
in his Office. She was rather tall
girl, quite stout, with light hair and
blue eyes. There were soft infantile
curves to her features that suggested
sentimental disposition. Mr.. Turner
uttered soundless snort of contempt.
What experience have you had7"
Turner began, glancing at the card
which bore the young woman's name,
Flora Cass
Miss Cass proceeded to relate in a
monotonous voice that she had been
employed by various concerns in the
city, and she presented sundry letters
of recommendation from the different
establishments which all appeared to
be cheeerfully resigned at the prospect
OF dispensing with the services of this
competent stenographer.
Wear blue ribbons in your hair?''
rasped Turner at length, turning his
sharp eyes upon her.
Miss Cass tossed her head defantly.
well, nobody ever asked me that Ques-
ton before" she uttered in an offend
ed tone
do your" insisted Ralph Turner.
Sometimes" snapped Miss Cass
rather impertinently.
WELL remarked Mr.. Turner, play
ing with an ivory paper cutter, 81 will
make a note of your name and ad-
dress and let you know within a day
or two whether you will fill our re-
quirements."
"Old crankT muttered Miss Cass as
she went down in the elevator. I'D
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
III. Mood Pill. pbilosnnh.r.

Mr.. Erastus johnson. the only color
ed man in Wobrook- Hills, has
thought out many of the secrets Of cas-
ing the toll that he knows best and is
ever ready to impart them to others.
when they comes to me fer advice"
he said to one of the campers, II alwus
tell 'em it depends on what their per
fession is. If they've arrived at the
dignity O. sawin wood alwus tell
EN- to saw the biggest fust. II they
asks why, an they mostly does, say.
Sos you'll only have the little sticks
to saw when you gets tuckered out
AN / tell We now" concluded Eras-
tus graciously. quite as If the camper
had asked for pointers" on a back
yard job. its jes' the same with pilin'.
Put the big sticks to the bottom It's
mighty bilious exercise hftin' Of 'em
to the top."-Youth's Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
Prophetic
Strokes
A Clock Whose Hands Had
Not Moved For Years Sud-
denly Strikes at Night
By F. A. Mitchell

In the Harz mountains stands the
castle of Wertheim. though it Is now a
ruin. In the castle tower was a clock,
which was said to be one of the first
ever made. During the period when
the castle was last inhabited this clock
had long ceased to strike the hour. Its
clumsy frame was still perched away
up In the tower, so rusty that even a
strong man could not wind 1t even If
the weights were removed. The old
baron remembered having heard it
strike when child, but he was sixty
years old and the only one in the castle
or in the neighborhood who remember
ed the sound of Its bell. But it was
even then like the death rattle In the
throat of giant.
Since that day the staircase In the
tower ascending its four sides in fire.
quent right angles some seventy feet
had completely rotted away, leaving
the clock on the strong floor that had
been built for it.
Baron Ludwig Wertheim was the
owner of the castle at the period of
this story. He had but one son, below
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
p.nxs a an Adusrtissr.

Pepys as diarist we all know, but
Pepys as an advertiser is unfamiliar.
An advertisement from the London
Post Boy of May Z, 100, reproduced In
"Notes and Queries" gives list Of
articles stolen from his residence near
Leicester square and offers a reward
of 5 guineas for their recovery. 1t is
interesting to note the changes in spell
ing wrought by couple of centuries
''puortmantle trunk" ''broadcloath
coat" "black-silk wastcoat' and two
silk handkechiefs, red and blew"
There were also -four laced neck
clothes" What were they-collars in
an early stage of evOlution?-London
Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
L-enie.

The man who acts on impulse is fire.
quently placed in position that makes
him wish he had not been so hasty
One man noticed that the friend witt
whom he was walking had drawn very
close to horse that wore a muzzle.
Look OUT he cried. THAT horse
bites. Don't you see he's muzzled?''
Yes replied his friend calmly
That's why / thought he couldn'i
bite. Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
podaina the Dun.

"Why did you come way downtown
to buy this when you could have
bought 1t from your neighbour"
1--WE exhausted my credit with him.
and If | went in there and paid cash
for something he'd think have money
and start to dun me."-Detroit Free
Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16

Jack When l asked Ethel If she
would be mine she fell on my breast
and sobbed just like little child. but
finally she put her arms around my
neck and Maud-Oh. yes; know
all about that. rehearsed it with
her.-Boston Transcript
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
ENDING His Suspense.

1.-THE widow promised to give me her
answer tomorrow. Gee, don't see
how can sleep tonightg'
go to sleep and don't worry, old
chap. She told me when I introduced
you to her that she was going to mar
ry you."-Houston Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16

Young Hub-There's no need of fur
Their parley. The next war that comes
along finds me joining Young Wife
oh, George. George. don'tl Young Hub
In the cheers of victory.-London Tit
Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
A Fact.

"Our prison doctor the other day
evolved a new aphorism."
what was itY
''That felon in jail is worth two
on the hand. - Baltimore American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16
SoualIX.

Daughter Singing to her own accom-
paniment)-"I'm afloat! I'm afoat"'
Father You'll jolly soon be capsized
by such squall as that!-London
Mall.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16

Avoid greatness. In a cottage there
may be found more real happiness
than kings or their favorites enjoy Ia
palaces. Horace.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-16

People who never have any time are
the people who do the least-Lichten-
berg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-20

automobile fund in connection with
this work. The town of Fryeourg pro-
poses to raise $1,000 in connection with
the work and Bridgton has already
raised $4,000. making joint fund OF
$4,000
The proposed work is to begin at
the bridge across the Saeo river III
Fryeburg and extend towards Bridg-
ton. The plan is to make the Bridgton
and Fryeburg section continuous and
the length of road to be improved will
include about four miles in the two
towns.
1t is proposed TO raise the grade on
the Fryeburg section. where tbs river
now flows across the road, to put in
a stone foundation at one point where
there is soft bottom and TO widen
the road in several narrow places.
Several hills will be cut down on the
Bridgton section. a more substantial
foundation put in where the founda-
ton is soft and Improvement made
upon a long sandy strip of the road.
Commissioner Hardison Civil En-
gineer J. II. Stuart of South Raris,
John Clark Scates of Westbrook. John
w. Hutchins chairman of the Frye
burg board of seleetmen. George III.
Greene, chairman of the Bridgton
board of selectmen, and others We're
present at the conference at which
the details of the work were discussed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-20
STATE HOUSE.
Measurement Of the Areas
OF Ponds and Lakes.
The Water Storage Commission
Gives Important Data.
Plans Being Made for.Fryeburg and
Bridgton Road Improvement.

The State Water Storage Commits
sion has just completed the systematic
measurements of the areas of all the
ponds and lakes in the State of Maine.
The total number is 2190 with a total
area of 1867 square miles. To every
square mile of lake area there are 22I2
square miles of territorial area.
There is one lake for every ISL square
miles in the State. The average area
of the lakes is 0.67 square mile varying
from about six acres. the smallest
pond measured, to 116 square miles,
the area of high water of Moosehead
Lake.
Certain of the rivers of Maine drain
areas outside of the State as in the
case of st. John, Andrescoggin and
Saeo rivers. Considering the basins
as a whole, the number of lakes is in
creased to 224S, totaling a water sur
face area of 1888 square miles.
In these measurements, the best
maps available were used. including
the special lake storage maps sur
yeyed by the department, the T. S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-20
GIANT ELECTRIC BEETLES
Brought Home from Island of Do
minica by Frank T. Noble.

Frank r. Noble, who has just re-
turned from a winters sojourn in the
West Indies, is exhibiting what is pro-
baby the most wonderful curiosity in
insect life ever brought alive into New
England.
The creatures which he is exhibiting
are The famous La Bellies of the island
of Dominica, one of the Lecward ISL
ands of the British West Indies. and
are giant FREELY or electric beetle
found only in that mountainous island.
La Belle is coleopteran insect. be-
longing to the elater family. About
two inches long, at the back of the
thorax are two very bright lights, re-
sembling the headlights Of an automo-
bile, emitting a constant and brilliant
light. entirely unlike the intermittent
light of the tiny FREELY seen at night in
our meadows and fields.
MIR Noble has had these interesting
specimens in captivity since May l.
when he sailed for the United States
ard by great care has succeeded in
keeping three out of a collection of
eight alive until he reached home.
At Boston. where he exhibited them
they were a source of great interest to
the many people who had the opportu-
nifty of viewing them. They will pro-
bably live but short time and persons
interested should by all means lose no
time IN obtaining a look at this truly
wonderful beetle. which has a powerful
electric light provided by nature.
In the island of Dominica, natives.
who go on thieving expeditions to the
large plantations use these beetles as
lights to guide them in their way about
the fields, taking them in their hands
rs one would a fash light. The owners
Of the plantations, being so accustom-
ed to seeing the beetles, thus do not
have their attention attracted to the
| foraglng parties as they would if they
| carried lanterns.
| Mr.. Noble brought the three living
beetles to the Journal office. where
| they We're taken to a dark room and
| their actions watched with much in
! terest by members of the editorial and
| office force. When the beetles are ex-
cited the lights shine with much more
| hrilliancy than when they are not dis
| turbed In addition to the two lights
back of the thorax there is another
| light near the abdomen, which is plain
| ~ visible and gives reflection upon
| the ground or floor. as the insects
crawl along.