NOTHING ELSE TO DO.
f '
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"Why did you leave your last place?"
"Well, I couldn't get along wld de
boss and be wouldn't git out!"
RINGWORM SPREAD ON FACE
Campbell, Va.—"l have been trou
bled with ringworm on the right aide
of my face for tlx or eight years. It'
began with Just very small pimples in
spots and continued to spread more
every year until it covered the right
side of my face. It was red, rough and
in circles, and itched and burned very
much. It was sore when I scratched
my face and It worried me so much I
couldn't keep from scratching. It
looked very bad; I would hate to go
out while it was on my face. Every
one noticed It and rfome would ask
what it was.
"I tried some home remedies before
using Cutlcura Soap and Ointment,
such as , , and . I
could only find temporary relief until
I began to use Cuticura Soap and Ointr
ment. I put the Cutlcura Ointment on
my face and let it stay on for about
an hour and then I washed my face
with Cuticura Soap. I used the Cutl
cura Soap and Ointment for one month
and I was cured." (Signed) Miss
Virginia Woodward, Feb. 21, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cutlcura, Dept. L. Boston."
Adv.
Test Far Beneath His Capacity
The young son of a lawyer who
lives out south has just njpde his
first appearance at kindergarten. The
other day his teacher asked the chil
dren to look over the room and any
who could count, to rise and tell her
the number of children In the room
The young south aider arose, and
looking about over the heads, remark
ed with great aplomb:
"Huh! I can't count these children,
because I can count to a hundred,
and there ain't that many here."—
Kansas City Star.
Sacrifice Made for Dress.
Using the Los Angeles fashion show
for his text, Dr. Alfred .lones, a distin
guished nerve specialist of London,-
now vißlting the California city, made
the assertion that "dress Is causing
the ruination of more lives in Ameri
ca than malignant disease." He said
the Intense competition among Amer
ican women of all classes to keep up
the pace by fashion was nerve
racking and nerve-destroying.
H. A. Waring, 13 Fairy St., Orange
burg. S. C., writeß, "I was conflned to
bed. My friends thought 1 would die of
consumption. Three of the best doc
tors in South Carolina attended me
without results. Had fallen off in
weight from 147 to 115. Tee Bee
Remedy ssfved my life." Ask your drug
gist for Tee Bee Remedy, price sl, or
■ix bottles will be sent you charges
paid for |5.00. Address Tee Bee Rem
edy Co., Box 766, Charlotte, N. C. Adv.
A Girl's Pity,
"It was King Midas, wasn't It, who
turned everything he touched to
gold?"
"I believe BO."
"Poor old fellow "
"Why do you think he was a poor
old fellow?"
"He could eat a pickle with
his fingers."
rAH BETTER THAN QUININE.
Elixir Uaiwk cures malaria wu»r«
quinine failu, and it can be taken with
Impunity by old and young.
"Having suffered front Malarious Fe
ver for several months, getting no re
lief from quinine and being completely
broken down in health, 'Ellalr Babek'
effected a permanent cure."—William
F. Marr.
Elixir Babek. 50 conta. all druggists, or
Kiocsewaki & Co., Washington, D.C. Adv.
Different Youth.
"Good morning. Mrs. Ales," said a
grocery boy awaiting an order from a
lady in a suburban town.
"Please call me Allees." answered
the lady. "That's my name."
"But I don't know you well enough
to call you Alice," rejoined the youth,
confusedly.
r
Burduco Liver Powder.
Nature's remedy for biliousness,
constipation, indigestion and all stom
ach diseases. A vegetable prepara
tion, better than calomel and will not
salivate. In screw top cans at 25c
each. Burwell Sc Dunn Co., Mfrs,
Charlotte, N. C. Adv.
Lagging Behind.
"Did you see that double play in the
last inning V
"No; I had a girl with me and was
still busy explaining the first inning."
If your appetite is not what it should be
perhaps Malaria is developing. It affect*
tbe whole system. OXIDINF. will cjesr
•way the (terfrw. rid you of Malaria and
generally improve your condition. Adv.
If a man doesn't know how to make
love to a widow she knows how to
teach bias.
LSTTOK LOCtfE
the WAR hoGs
IN TBI BAIKANS
Whether th •
A flame of war that
Is biasing across
the Balkan penln
ftiffrV/ aula from the
K Danube to the
♦jlp i| Adriatic will end
If the Ottoman em
p're or men *
a question that Is
troubling all Europe. Just at present
it looks as if the continuance of the
war rests largely with one man—J.
Plerpont Morgan.
Turkey wants to borrow $60,000,-
000. Turkey has been negotiating
with the Morgan Interests for the last
two months. The ostensible object of
the loan was to bring about peace be
tween Italy and Turkey and to re
habilitate the latter country and open
up its rich possibilities for commer
cial development. Neither Mr. Mor
gan nor any other of the world's
money kings, however, is likely to
care about lending these millions to
Turkey so she may prosecute even a
defensive war against her hostile
neighbors. Therefore, if the Turkish
loan Is made, there Is little doubt It
will be conditional on peace being re
stored.
Thlß outbreak in the Dalkans has
been brewing (or a great many years
In fact, there has been no time In the
last few centuries when the situation
in the Balkans could have been de
scribed as peaceful. The little states
that hitherto merely have been pawns
In the diplomatic game of the great
powers at last have taken the bit In
their teeth and may upset the equilib
rium of Europe before they are check
ed. Nothing but the absolute back
down of Turkey will bring peace
quickly. This may be expected If Mr.
Morgan and the other great money
kings, who are the real rulers of na
tions, refuse to make loans unless
peace Is declared.
f
War Situation Now.
Meanwhile the Balkan states and
Greece are at war with Turkey. They
all have been fairly aching for such a
chance as this, and every one of these
small countries Is more than eager to
seize what advantage it can out of the
present chaos of the Turkish empire.
The political divisions of the peninsu
la known as the Balkan states are
four In number. North of the Danube
lies Roumanla, whose Independence
from Turkey was confirmed by the
Berlin congress In 1878. Immediately
south, on the other bank of the I)an
übe, Is Bulgaria, the key to the Bal
kans, and the most formidable of the
states. West of Bulgaria Is Servla.
which occupies an Important strategic
position on the Danube and commands
the main line of railway from western
Europe to Constantinople. Servia
was created an Independent kingdom
by the treaty of Berlin.
Southwest of Servia is the princl
pality of Montenegro. To the west, at
about the head of the Adriatic and be
tween the River Drave and the coast,
are the territories kknown as Bosnia
and Herzegovina. These first were
placed by agreement under the gov
ernmental supepvlslon of Austria and
later were annexed by that empire.
They are destined to play an Import
ant part In any conflict, because
Austria will not permit herself to be
deprived of them without a struggle
The population of these two Austrian
states is about equally divided be
tween Moslems and Christians.
Religion Divide* People*.
All these states were once a part of
the great Ottoman empire that at one
time reached almost gates of
Vienna The root of the trouble which
baa culminated in the present out
break is that the boundary lines that
were drawn to form these states were
made by diplomacy and the expedi
ency of statecraft, and in no case in
cluded all the peoples that belonged to
the different nationalities that made
up their population. Many hundreds
cf thousands of Bulgarians, Servians
and so on are still under Turkish
role.
The Balkan states desire to collect
all those of their own nationality and
faith within their own borders and to
leave none subject to the sultan. This
can be done only by extending their
own boundaries far Into the Turkish
empire. The present war is a racial
and religious one, with, of course, the
idea also of getting considerable ma
terial benefit through conquest.
On the south there are other harried
people—the Greek races —who have
been struggling for years to escape
from the Moslem rule. Greece also has
an aspiration to annex Crete and many
at tiie Mauds of the Aegean which
once belonged to her, but which lately
have fallen to the Italians.
Bulgaria Ranks High.
The most 'lmportant of the Balkan
states is Bulgaria. Prince Ferdinand
waa crowned aa Its czar October 6,
1908. Bulgaria waa conquered by the
Turks In 1390 and for nearly 500 years
remained a part of the Ottoman em
pire. It was constituted seml-lndepen
dent by the Berlin treaty in 1878. One
of the hopes of the Bulgarians Is to
restore that country to Its greatneaa
of oentuMes ago and to Include with
in Its boundarlea all of Macedonia. In
Macedonia dwell Mahometans and
Christians. These always are ready
to fly at each other'a throats. The
Christians are divided into Oreeks,
Servians and Bulgers. These three
nationalities hate each other fully aa
much as all of them hate the Turk.
Servla was conquered by the Turks
In 1389, ceded to Austria In 1718 and
retaken by Turkey In 1839. In 1903 It
was the scene of the cold-blooded as
sassination of King Alexander and his
queen, whose reign was stained by so
much vice and crime that the other
rulera of Europe refused to receive
them. ,
tlontenegro is an Independent prin
cipality whose inhabitants are hardy
mountaineers. They are descended
from Servians who, In the fourteenth
century, fled to those mountains and
established their Independence there,
maintaining It against all the attacks
of the Turks.
Geographical Situation
Th« Balkan peninsula, generally
speaking, Is a difficult country for an
army to Invade and an easy one for
troops to act on the defensive In. It
Is traversed by two great mountain
systems, the Dalkans on the northeast
and the Dlnarls Alps on the west.
The Balkans begin at the great gorge
of the Danube —the Iron Gates, as
they are called. At this point Hun
gary, Roumanla and- Servla meet
Through the Iron Gates of the Dan
ube have passed the armies of many
great commanders The nations of Eu
rope and Asia have passed back and
forth from prehistoric times In their
peaceful migrations or those of con
quest. As result there is the greatest
mixture of peoples and races In that
region of anywhere on earth.
The Balkan range runs southward
through eastern Servla, then curves
eastward, passing through the center
of Bulgaria to the Black sea* It Is
from 12 to 30 miles wide. On the
south side it is very precipitous, but
slopes gently on the north. It forms
a vast natural barrier and Is crossed
by more than 80 passes. The most
famous of these Is Shlpka pass, where
during the war between Russia and
Turkey in 1877 a desperate battle was
fought. The Russians, with 7,600 men,
held the pass for three days against
30,000 Turks. A little later, In mid
winter, 60,000 Russians advanced upon
the Turks and drove them out of the
pass. The Russians lost nearly 6,000
men In this battle In the deep snow,
and the Turkish troops suffered al
most a's heavily.
The Turks still quote the old saying
of Mahomet 11. to the Venetian repub
lic, when the flag of Islam was the
most feared banner of Europe: "We
Ottomans came to Europe against all
Christendom, an.d It will take all
Christendom to put us out."
Turkish History.
The Turks first appeared In Euro
pean history in the middle of the four
teenth century. They were driven by
the Mongols from Central Asia to Ar
menia. They extended their domain
gradually westward into Asia Minor,
and about this time began to be known
as Osmanils, from their first sultan.
Osman. This name afterward was
corrupted to Ottoman.
Osman's son made his capital at
Bursa, opopsite Constantinople, and
his son gained a foothold In Europe
in 1358. Murad I. established the cap
ital of his empire at Adrlanople 30
years later. He defeated the Servians
and the allies at the great battle of
Kossovo in 1389, and himself perished
on the field. In the following decade
the Turks subdued Wallachia, Bul
garia, Thessaly and Macedonia, and
annihilated the combined hosts of
Hungary and Poland.
The Ottoman empire reached Its ut-
most limits and became a terror to
Christendom under Suleiman 11.. who
ruled between 1520 and 15J6. He cap
tured Belgra"ds. the key of Hungary;
Rhodes fell Into his hands, and In
1626 the central portion of Hungary
became a Turkish province. The north
ern march of the Turks halted only
tn sight of the walls of Vienna. In
the Bame period the sultan won pos
session of Algeria and the north coast
of Africa, to the east, and made him
self master of the Mediterranean. Be
fore the close of the sixteenth cen
tury many of the lonian islands be
came Turkish possessions, and It was
not until 1571 that Europe learned In
the battle ( ' Lepanto that the Turk,
was not invincible.
Seems End of Turkish Rule.
The decline of Turkey began in the
seventeenth century, and proceeded
morn rapidly In the eighteenth. Rus
sia and Austria won back province
_after province, and toward the close
of the eighteenth century Turkey
seemed on the point of vanishing as a
nation. There were civil wars, as well
as wars with other European coun
tries, but Turkey survived them all.
Its territorial possessions have con
tinued to shrink until they are what
they are today. Doubtless whatever
the outcome of the present war in
the Balkans, Turkey's boundary will
be reduced still further. Indeed, the
Turk never was nearer being driven
out of Europe than he Is today.
STRENGTH OF MOTHER LOVE
Btork or Lark Willingly Qlvs Lives
to Save the Young Birds From
Danger.
So strong Is the mother love de
veloped in the stork and the lark
that it amounts to a heroic passion.
The stork, which spends the win
ter In Egypt and the summer In
northern and western Europe, likes
to build Its nest on the top of some
steep gable roof. Such a nest is
Often a real nuisance to man. It Is
from three to Ave yards in diameter.
It swarms with lizards, frogß, toads
'and other disagreeable creatures. It
becomes In course of time so heavy
that It will break the roof If not arti
ficially propped up from below.
Nevertheless, for various supersti
tions reasons the Btork Is not only
welcome, but even courted by the
European peasants, and It cannot bo
denied that the respect, with which
the bird is regarded Is to some extent
deserved.
If the house takes Are and the
young storks happen to be of an age
ut which they cannot be saved by
being taken away from the nest the
stork mother does not abandon them.
.Standing erect in the nest, flapping
her wings to waft away the smokn
and the flames, and crying out now
und then, she remains with her young,
perishing with them.
The skylark, which builds Its nest
In the meadows, runs away from It
when frightened. She proceeds for
four or five yards under the clover
and rises perpendicularly In the air,
pouring forth her sonm In Its wildest
strains In order to divert the In
truder's attention. But the peasant
boy knows that so long an she re
mains hanging at the same point In
the air he Is still four or flve yards
from the nest, and he uses the dlrec
tlon of her movements and the ring
of her song to ascertain the exact
spot.
If it chances that the young larks
are Just about to break through the
shell of the pßgs, at the
mother Instinct is at Its height, iTis
said that at the very moment when
*the nest Is touched the little bird
will actually attack the Intruder.—
Harper's Weekly.
What Allsd Him.
There Is a veteran actor in" New
York who suffers from some digestive
affection that, after a heavy meal,
causes him to make mysterious, muf
fled, far-away sighing and moaning
sounds, down deep In his chest.
He was playing at the
Lambs' club one evening when an
especially severe attack of this mal
ady came on him. Ben Hapgood Burt,
the song writer, who had strolled In,
was standing behind the sufferer's
chair, listening with unfeigned Inter
est to the rumbling manifestations
which seemed to proceed from no
where in particular. Just as he lo
cated their source the person respon
sible for them spoke.
"I don't know what's the matter
with me—really, I don't," he lamented.
"Old man." said Burt, Instantly, "I
know; you're haunted!" —Saturday
Evening Post.
Back Bedroom Canaries.
The canaries for which Norwich Is
famous seem to have fared better than
some of the Inhabitants in the recent
floods. One old breeder was asked
about his stock and said they were
safe. They lived In the back bedroom
of his house by the river.
The water filled the lower rooms
bresst high, but he was not going to
abandon his precious birds to starve.
"So," he said simply, "I waded in aft
er thetn and struggled up the stairs
with their food, and, bless you, they
was singing grand." This custom of
breeding the canaries in the back bed
rooms has saved hundreds of choice
birds from destruction—Manchester
Guardian.
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Looking for Them.
"Are there lots of mosquitoes about
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"Not one."
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wife won't let me smoke unless the
mosquitoes are bothering her." —Lip-
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"Some of the old Egyptians wor
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