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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06

TT was one hundred and twenty
years ago that the French peo-
Pile through their national
convention. declared their frater-
nifty with all nations who desired TO
be free, and offered them their help
in the struggle for liberty.
With the exception Of the dis
memberment of the Roman empire.
no event in history has created the
interest and ELECTED the attention
that has been called forth by the
French Revolution Perhaps more
books have been written and more
discussion held about that revolu-
tion than about any other event in
the history of the human race.
Certainly nothing else that ever
happened has evoked such a deep
and world wide enthusiasm. There
have been revolutions innumerable,
but no rising up of a people has
ever touched the great heart of
mankind like that which began
with the fall of the Bastile
The reason is not far to seek.
Mans inhumanity to man that
makes its thousands mourn" never
Eecsivsd a more terrible illustra-
faan tu@n II do In the France Of the
s 1852 seventeenth and eight
zenith centuries. Human arrogance
and greed, human indifference and
cruelty never pressed down harder
or more remorselessly upon the
poor and the helpless. and when. at
last, the worm turned, when. after
generations Of suffering, the people
rose up against their oppressors, all
the world said Amen" and shout
ca their approval 10 the ends OF the
earth
But there was another reason for
the loving interest that the world
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
1usly exact
The Sirocco S Trail.

NJ. Epry, studying these things in
the Sahara, has very ingeniously
traced the course of the winds that
have made the ripples. The ripples
are always found on the slopes Of
the sand waves down which the
wind has passed obliquely. They
are the finger marks OF the sirocco,
left on the surface of the grand
waves of sand which it has piled
up in its more furious moments.
But unchang1ng as the desert
seems, it nevertheless is as muta-
Bile as the sea itself. The waves Of
sand are driven slowly forward by
successive winds, and their forms
are changed. so that If for us. look
ing over the broad surface OF the
Sahara, years we're but as seconds
of time, we should see it actually
fluctuating, rolling on in never
resting pillows, like the Atlantic in
a storm Thus 1t is always burying
It's past. The most remarka BILE ex-
amples Of the effect of the slow
rolling onward of waves OF wind
driven sand have been found in the
deserts Of Asia, some of which now
extend over lands which centuries
ago were thickly inhabited and
adorned with cities. Even extern
sive lakes have been filled up with
sand in this way, so that, at pres
emit, only the geologist can detect
their former location.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06

now dwell within the borders Of
the Sahara would have been I'M
able to exist there. 1t is these nat
ural adjustments of means to ends
which lead so many minds to think
that they can see evidence of a
great supervising, personal control
in nature
But glance again at these sandy
waves, which initiate so faithfully
the waves of the ocean. You find
these forms repeated not only in
the restless waves of the sea, but in
the SHOWS on plains or mountains,
wherever the wind has ready ac-
cess to them, and even on any
sandy beach where either water or
wind has free play. You will no.
tice on the slopes of some of the
sandy hillocks long, waving marks
like the ripples on the seashore.
Recent investigation in the Sa-
hara has shown that these sand
ripples owe their origin to precisely
the same kind of forces that pro-
duce the rippIes of the seashore,
only the agent which has exercised
this force is wind instead of water.
But the results are the same, and
the resemblance is often marvel
ousIV exact
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
The Spasmodic Income

KIT SHOULD like to know" writes
a Workingman's Wife. "how
to build a fortune on a spas
modic income. How can 1 save for
the future when for five months of
the year my husband has no work?"
1t is easy to save Uf one knows
how on a steady income. On an
income that is not steady it is Oft
en- impossible. But there are q good
many ways by which good bust
ness methods can be applied to
money that comes in now and then
instead of all the time.
To begin with. no worllingman's
wife should be expected to pay
twelve months housekeeping out OF
seven months pay, Even with the
greatest economy these two ends
can not be made to meet
II it is right to consider family
and the wages that come In as a
business that should be made to
pay. some things are important
before everything else;
l. A fixed schedule OF expense
that has been worked out care
fully
2. No extravagances today that
will weaken the business six
months from now.
g. Everything possible must be
done to improve the business.
Women Financiers.
Thousands of women are carry
ing out the first two of these condi-
lions successfully and many of
them get few thanks or no recogni-
tion for ii. They are tirst-class
financiers who succeed in steering
the finances Of the family safely
when nothing but shipwreck seems
possible
The third condition is the most
difficult to master.
What can be done TO improve the
business aspect Of the family?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Sea Glamour
BY VERA NICHOLSON.

w HO those whose open the calling
w They who their hearts to her in days long past
Though mid pleasant inland places from her they dwell
They weary toll she calls them back at last
For they think of green waterfalls with sunlight gntne
through
White horses lifting to a eaden sky
Of shifting silver moonlight on the shoreward going swell
And the CLEAN of broken kissing by
They long for open highways that of old their fathers knew
Where whistlng breezes meet the foaming tide
For it's only wide blue waters that satisfy their souls
And bring back to them the peace long denied
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Wives Who Pay Alimony

there abused husbands in these United States? Here
the answer sixy-one divorced
paying amony weary exmates in Indiana four hundred and
fifty Ohio hundred and seventy three Wisconsin, five
hundred xtysx in Illinois, than five hundred Penn
Uvana though the second population has only six
Tuch wives
Perhaps these startling figures compiled by the bu
for the hot suffrage those states where
compelled pay aimony.
For it is humiang enough for high spirited woman to
accept alimony but when it paying
of her pocket is in the latest suffrage venacua
Every spuggy indeed"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06

As 1t Really Is.

One of the best of these recent
photographs is reproduced above.
Imagine those huge wind driven
waves Of sand stretching away for
hundreds, and even thousands, of
miles, only rarely broken by little
oasis, with its CLEAN of muddy wa
ter and it's palm trees, and you may
form some conception of what the
Sahara really is. Then picture to
yourself a fierce, hot wind sudden
ly rising. blowing with rapidly in
creasing violence, rolling and rip
ping the sands, and finally lifting
tons of them into the air and
driving them forward in dense
clouds that hide the sun and
stifle every living being that they
encounter, and you Will have an
idea of what a Saharan "simoon."
or sand storm" means. Then the
natives kneel upon the sand and
cover their heads with blankets,
while their camels, "the ships of the
desert" lie down and place their
nostrils close to the ground that
they may get little BREATH
If there had been no camels, with
their wonderful endurance of IA
tigue and their yet more wonder
full capacity to go for long periods
without food and without water,
even the few human beings who
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.

TIME vast sandy desert of the
Sahara covers an area two
thirds as great as the entire
United States! If all its offshoots.
together with the other deserts Of
Africa, are added. they exceed the
United States in extent.
The Sahara is one of the real
wonders of the world. If it could
be redeemed, as we have redeemed
some OF the tiny deserts in the
Far West, 1t would be able to sup
port 2OO,OOO,OO0, and perhaps $780,
10000 inhabitants. At present it
contains about 100000, living on
its GASES, where a little water is
found. That is as II the United
States had one inhabitant for each
one and quarters square
miles. But experiments have shown
that in many places there is an
abundance of water deep beneath
the sandy covering Of the Sahara.
How the Sahara got into it's pres
ent condition is a problem not yet
satisfactorily solved. It has been
a great, blasted waste since the
earliest recorded times.
No scenes that the earth presents
have ever had a greater effect upon
the imagination of mankind than
those of the Sahara. And now that
civilized men have begun to ira
verse 1t in many directions, finding
out its secrets, testing its possible
future capabilities and making pho
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06

tographs Of its astonishing land
scapes, its fascination has been in
creased
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Written for The Atlanta Georgian
By Paul MCMichael
City Smoke Inspector.

due very largely to the general use
of the herringbone CRATE which was
originally designed for use with
anthracite, and is not adapted for
bituminous coal. The initial cost
of this CRATE is low, but wherever
it is used for soft coal it causes a
loss through incomplete combus-
ton many times the saving effected
in initial outlay. The air spaces
through this type of CRATE are only
about rs per cent of the total CRATE
surface, whereas there should be
nearer so per cent. and the CRATE is
difficult to keep clean so that the
air space is reduced even more
from clinkers forming between the
webs Of the bar.
One Of the first steps to be taken
to achieve smokeless combustion is
the adoption OF a CRATE designed for
use with bituminous coal A shak-
ing CRATE is preferable because with
1t the fire can be kept free from
ash and clinker, and the air spaces
open so that uniform supply OF
air can be maintained at all times.
1t is difficult with a hand fired
furnace to have enough air for
3 complete combustion of the gases
given off when fresh coal is charg
ed, and yet not have very much
more than is necessary for the car
bon residue (coke) that is left after
these have passed off. The best
results have been obtained where
the spaces through the CRATES are
sufficiently large to permit the
passage of enough air to burn the
fixed carbon (coke) and then when
fresh coal is charged such add
tional air as is needed to burn the
volatile matter can be admitted
over the fuel body by cracking the
furnace door for couple of min
utes. A great disadvantage of this
method. however, is that 1t Is apt to
be overdone. Too much air may be-
admitted. and the furnace temper
allure may be so much reduced that
combustion OF the gases Is stopped.
Mechanical Suckers Ideal.
The ideal manner in which to
establish the proper relationship
between air supply and coal con-
sumed is to have the coal fed in
steady and continuous stream. In
this way there is an almost con-
slant amount of gaseous products
given off, the amount of air re-
quired Is likewise constant, and the
supply once regulated need not be
changed. Such feeding is possible
only with mechanical stokers, but
the investment required for their
installation is so great that small
generating plants are not often
justified in putting them in. In a
plant where the load is constant
and enough horsepower is devel-
oped to justify the installation of
mechanical stokers, these are the
ideal solution of the problem of eff
flcient and smokeless combustion.
When the load is subject to sudden
and wide variations, however, the
mechanical stoker falls short, as it
is almost impossible to speed up a
mechanical stoker to take care of
sudden increase Of load without
causing the emission of great guam
titles of dense smoke.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
By THOMAS TAPER.

That is, what steps can be taken
to create more business?
There is more appeal to the high
er qualities in human nature back
OF these questions than at first ap-
pears. If a mans work is of a kind
that throws him into idleness five
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Proper Amount of Air
Needed for Perfect
Combustion----Gases
Must Be Kept Very
Hot to Burn.
ARTICLE II.

In order to understand why COM
pete combustion with resultant
utilization of all the heat units con-
tanned requires special furnace con-
ditions. one must know something
about the composition Of bitumi-
nous coal. Roughly speaking, the
Goa. used in Atlanta Is composed Of
3 per cent moisture, II per cent ash,
55 per cent fixed carbon (coke) and
30 per cent volatile matter (gases).
Anthracite coal, on the other hand,
contains approximately per cent
moisture, 8 per cent ash, So per cent
fixed carbon (coke) and only per
cent volatile matter (gases), While
anthracite will burn with a fame
length of from Is to "a inches. BIZ
luminous coal will have fame
length of from IL to is feet, due to
the greater percentage OF volatile
matter which 1t contains.
Keep Gases Hot.
In order to obtain complete COM
bustion, 11.6 pounds Of air are re-
quired for each pound OF coal. AS
there are 10 cubic feet of air in a
pound, $50 cubic feet of afr are re-
qutred to completely burn one
pound of coal. If coal were COM
posed OF nothing but pure carbon it
would be a comparatively simple
matter to so adjust the air supply
that exactly the right amount
would be present at all times to in
sure perfect combustion, but with
bituminous coal the volatile matter
is given off rapidly as soon as the
coal Is placed in the furnace and a
very much greater quantity OF air
is required then to burn these gases
(the most valuable part OF the coaD
than is required a little later to
complete the combustion of the
residue (col1e) which is left.
In order for the combustion of
the volatile matter given off by
soft coal to continue until COM
pleted, it has been found that not
only must sufficient air be present,
but also that the temperature of
the gases must not be permitted to
fall below 1880 degrees Fahren-
heit.
With 100 pounds steam pressure
in boiler, the temperature Of the
water in the shell of tubular boil
er or in the tubes of a water-tube
boiler is only 1928 degrees Fahren-
heit.
Bearing the foregoing facts in
mind. we find that to attain smoke
less combustion of bituminous coal
the following conditions must be
met:
At least $50 cubic feet Of air
must be available when the
coal is first placed in the fur
mace in order to burn the vola-
tile matter which is given off
in the first few moments.
The gases must not be per-
mitted to strike any surface
which would cool them below
1,4S0 degrees Fahrenheit until
complete combustion has oc-
Cured. This means that the
gases must be shielded from
contact with any boiler sur
face for about twelve feet, this
being the fame length.
One cause of smoky stacks in
manufacturing plants in Atlanta
is insufficient air sTlpulv. This is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06

months of the year, what can he do
about it?
Work of this kind plunges a fam
lily into a life of uncertainty that
must stimulate a lot of guessing.
Should one pin his faith to such
work, or try to put himself in shape
10 do another sort OF work that Is
apt To last all the year around2
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
The Real "Garden of Allah"

Nev Disclosures the Hidden Mysteries the Of Sahara Make 1t
Wonderful Than EUey
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Time For Improvement.

But such schools are by no means
all the opportunity man has. In
them, however, is the one great
suggestion that appeals to every
one of us, whether to be success
full or not.
1t is this:
You can find some time every
day for the improvement of your
self as a worker. You can get
skill in something or other by US
ing your thoughts about your own
future.
Spare time is as good as money
to many men. A man can look
around, question and learn some
thing. Any one on the move is
pretty sure to find what he is look
ing for if persistence, intelligence
and learning something every day
are all they are said to be.
Hence, the seven months a year
workers can only begin to build
fortune in money by first building
it in skill in spare time The ulti-
mate value of spare time put in on
some one definite thing beats the
odd Job
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06

Writers on social subjects have
said a thousand times that any one
can, IN his leisure hours, prepare
himself for a better job. Whether
these writers have ever tried it,
do not know, but the statement
seems reasonable.
In a workday of eight hours,
there ought to be enough time mar
gin after all else is accounted for
to permit a man to think an hour
or two for himself. That extra
hour or two that most all of US can
find is the very backbone of all the
correspondence school courses.
These schools have made trained
men out of the unframed, and put
the pay envelope on a fifty two
weeks basis
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-03-06
Boy Scouts of America.

So much reference is made to this
movement in both secular and religious
papers it may be well to outline its work
somewhat, so that parents and others may
have more clear idea of its work and
encourage the boys to become affiliated
with it. Lieut.. Gen. Sir Robert S. s,
Baden Powell conceived the idea of Lhe
Boy Scouts, believing it would furnish
a natural and helpful outlet for boys
energy during that formative period OF
his life known as the "teen period" Be-
fore the boy can become Scout he is re-.
qured to take an obligation
First, To do my duty to God and my
country and to obey the Scout law.
Second, To help other people at all
times.
Third, To keep myself physically
strong, mentally awake and morally
straight.
1t emphasizes then character, good citi.
zsnship aud helpfulness as the cardinal
principles. The Scout law emphasizes
trustworthiness, loyalty, helpfuness,
friendliness, courtesy, kindness, obe-
dience, cheerfulness, thrift, bravery and
reverence. Scoutcrait, woodcratt and
campcraft supply wholesome amusement
aud recreation aud brings the boy near to
nature. Everything about the move
ment is uplifting and we are glad to
know three troops have been organized
in this county. The first one to be or
ganized was at Endeavor with Mr.. Chas,
German as Scout Master. The Endeavor
Scouts are devoting their spare time to
BOAT building. tent making, and have
plans made for summer camp. Soon
after the organization of the Endeavor
troop troop was organized in Tionesta
with DR.. j. G. Dunn as Scout Master Our
town Scouts have successfully passed
their examinations so far as present re-
quirements are concerned and expect to
be in the Scouts full uniform in the near
future. The last troop to be organized is
at Nebraska, but in point of mem bers
leads the others mentioned. Mr.. S. H..
Secor, the Scout Master, is not behind the
others in his interest Su cess to YOU.
boy , and may the number of Boy Scouts
increase.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-03-06
For Sale.

Timber tract of 1900 acres. Ulster Coun.
ty, n. Y, 1870 miles from New York City.
with complete plant for Automatic and
hand turning of all kinds, Dry Kiln and
Flooring machine, Saw mill, complete
set of buildings, fine water system, Elec-
tric Light plant, fine fire protection plant
and machinery installed within past year.
Plant and timber inventories 500 900 at
lowest value. Will sell for half this
amount. Send for Special Circular.
There is no business to-day which offers
greater inducement or larger profits than
timber and lumber, and the manufacture
ing of finished goods in this line. To the
right parties satisfactory terms as to pay.
ment will be made which will enable
purchaser without a great deal OF capital
to take up this proposition. The present
owner will take payments annually out
OF the profits until the business is paid
for. The proposition is one ofa life time
and should net any one wishing to take
up with it, several hundred thousands of
dollars. None but practical parties OF
ofgood character aud alb llity need apply,
where easy terms are offered. To cash
buyer very attractive price and PROPOSE
ton will be made. Send for detailed des-
cription. p. S. JOHNSTON, Turnwood,
Ulster Co., N. y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-03-06
Court Minutes.

When the REPUBLIoAN's report of the
courts dOings closed last week the case
of VIM. Brooks VS.. Daniels, Cropp ~ Co.
was on trial. The jury rendered verdict
for the plaintiff in the sum of Sl66 "a.
The claim was for labor, ties, poles, etc.
The case against Charles o. Thomas,
known az the horse stealing case, went
over to May sessions. Thomas has been
out on bail for several months, and his
name being called he failed to appear,
thus forieiting his bail bond.
The damage suit of Ada NJ. Graham
and Edward Graham, her husband,
against the borough of Tionesta was con-
tested to the last, and was given to the
jury Saturday after the noon hour. The
plaintiffs claimed damages to the extent
OF SO 900 for injuries which Mrs. Graham
had sustained in fall on defective side
walk on May street in April, 1911. The
jury, after twO-hours' deliberatiGn, gave
a verdict for the plaintiffs as follows:
Mrs. Graham $l64 80; Mr.. Graham $500
The verdict was evidently compromise.