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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Divorce Must Run Course.

violated.
Divorce Must Run Course.
Divorce has increased, and must
run its course like any other mall
ady which arises from ignorance.
After two or three generations
there will be-a decrease of this
fever because sex hygiene is being
taught, and young men and women
will not go into marriage ignorant
Of all it means. as they have done
since the beginning of civilization.
This most important subject OF
all has been left in darkness and
silence until the very last, and in
the darkness and silence it has be
come corrupt and caused a pesti-
lence in the land
Light and speech have now come
to its rescue. but the evils it has
produced can not be cured in one
generation.
Men are just beginning to know
that their deeds Of lust bring awful
calamities upon themselves, and
upon their offspring to the third
and fourth generation; anrthat be-
cause the world has condoned their
deeds 1t does not follow that they
are exempt from penalties
When all our colleges have q sex
hygiene course, as they will, and
all youths and young women are
educated in a knowledge of the law
of cause and effect in these matters
marriage will cease to be prob
lem. and the divorce court will go
out Of existence for lack of patron
age.
A Magnificent Tomorrow.
one hundred years ago these
subjects were not discussed. and
so vast evils resulted: those evils
we point az today. saying the age is
degenerate, but we forget that they
are the dire results Of the sins OF
omission Of our forefathers, and
that we are now organized by law
and medicine and common sense to
fight and overcome the evils.
This Us the Wisest. the most sane,
the most aitruistlc and ill, most
hopeful era ~ The world.
Ana we are on the ere ~ d mae
uiiiccut tomorrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Senate's Fine Action the
Model in Canal and
Navy Legislation
The Question Will Come Up Again This Session Congress
and Should Be Acted Upon Speedily and Properly
y y .

United senate speaking through the majority of its
members without regard party has Illustrated fine reoute
American sentiment than national and mtena
tona measure Of the last congress
When the house standing in and stoid opposition
the preservation of the American navy its high
nations the majority both parties
the balesps and ample American navy, until the
mers compromise cut down baep in conference
When the interstate commission reported its
canal bill without recommending privileges exemptions
for American vessels the house amended by exempg American
coaSwise vessels from toll.
Then the senate majority added amendment granting FREE
TOLLS TO ALL AMERICAN SHIPS booded vigorous
Americansm would prompt American statesmen to do
But again the house cut down American rights timdy
coaswse ships and the compromising conference committee
agreed
President Taft also started the the
splendid American assertion: TTE CANAL Is OURS WE
Own n, IT. 90 Our MONEY BUILT IT. WE HAVE THE RIGHT
TO CHARGE TOLLS FOR IT'S USE"
But the legal mind the timid mindgot in it's work The
president began to balance legal points, split hairs and be
certain and afraid lie considered arbitration with apprehension
lie wanted to provide for foreign countries enter suit
against in the courts The lawyer debated the
American lie would give to all nations the right to fight the canal
act in the United States lie emphasized by repetition that
country mas no desire to repeal any part OF the ayace
foe treaty Whereas this country has distinct desire to repeal
any part of the Hay treaty with the
rights or interests of the country
This question will up again during present session
1t question of simple and of simple American
spirit and courage We have had full think of
presidential election to clear our view OF ITS relations
The house of representatives. branch of craftsmanship
interfere in built entirely with our money AND EN-
TIRELY IN TERRITORY WHICH WE OWN AS ABSOLUTELY
AS WE DO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA!
Statesmen wise and experienced that declare
that this question Of territorial ownership destroys any
fct which free American tolls might make with the
foe treaty Other wise and experienced statesmen
that even if we had not acquired the territory the
treaty interfere with own canal
than England's control OF Suez
Between the opinion any resolue high spirited
OF American ought follow straight in the
line OF American national rights and American
The has frankly resoutey done this all along and
has commended itself to the by doing
in of further consideration the opportunity
by and progressive last months
of his administration.
And SO has the house
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
San Francisco's Needs Are
National

What would the world think of government that would
permit It's exposition cyhe beautiful metropolis its Pa
eifc coasto suffer for lack of drinking and bath
ing?
The time rapidly approaching San Francisco is to be
the host all nations behind swinging gates of the Pana
Exposition
People from every country millions from the Orient
coming this marvellous American city the tvpe and
the glory OF the growing American republic
These people will think nigeard in enter
and dullad in policy if they should wafer famine
IN San Francisco perpe lated by the skul LOBBYISTS of cor
poratlons and by the apathy of the department the interior
The conditions appeal common sense and tb
mon humanity of the department.
In the outlying districts there not enough wafer even for
household needs Hundreds of not water to battle
their babies No is obtainabe daylight hours when
the downtown consumption heavy Housoders have TO SET
their pans and buckets under the faucets in the morn
ing Other busy housekeepes forced water our o
Ve blocks away their did primary DAYS of
40" ''' NN''' ~
The San Francisco people leave to build magnificent
reservoir IN the ietch Hetchy valley in Yosemite park 1t will
De perpetual ornament to the park perpetual SUNNY of
crystal water to San Francisco and other cities the coast
Secretary Garfield San Francisco leave to bud and
the city appropriated S450000OO expended in
preliminary work
Then Secretary BaInge who for reasons of his own
Wch We're evidently not of sound public policy SUSPENDED the
order The matter again before Secretary Fisher of fine
by the lobbyists Of the Spring Valley Corporation that wishes 10
sell ITS water to the city and by certain irrigation interests in
the Sierra foothills 'N'' o."
The time IS all too finish th, Yosemite resroir and
Dc ~ TIME Tor the World Fair Within Western Gates
ne mayor ana bs experts know better they wish and
oan Francisco mpeatiyely needs the interested cor
81 ms that would exploit the city Tor gain
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

into consideration the amazing in
crease of the race since that era.
in America. And there were no
such organizations as exist now for
the distribution of healthful ideas.
and no such armies Of workers for
the public we'll being
Children and animals were not
then protected by law from brutal
treatment or neglect
Whatever you know of the pres
ent age that is evil and ignorant,
and selfish. and bad, If you will in
vestigate the conditions which ex-
listed 100 years ago you will find
they were tenfold worse, when you
take into consideration the i'm
proved laws and the active bodies
of men and women who are work
ing today for human betterment.
Alcoholism has decreased, knowl-
edge Of hygiene has increased, and
the Old epidemics Of smallpox auo
other plaques, which used 30 sweep
over the land periodically CARRYING
or hundreds ana thousands VI hu-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
The Book Reviewer
BY PERCY SHAW.

T0ERHAPS you've had a yearnng
| To display o. learning
In win the paudits of carpins fellow
Mark rules with nice precision,
clarity
And instructions of your pen.
Take novel-'tis matter
Ifis phychic chatter
Read backward forward sideways, with microscopic
Make mind what there's in it,
Think a minute,
Then dictionary and begin a book
Gather words obscure in meaning
With Anglo-Latn leaning
And above all else be careful to avoid all hint OF pot;
Make long paragraphs and
Of would be
Say thing about the hero how, when where what
To be deftly analytic
Is the mission of the critic,
But TO real distinction strain
That ordinary being
Has the slightest chance o.
The the workings OF your
The world win then acclaim you
Buoftng genius then viii
As the wonder ~ all wonders IN the literary brook;
Bot be
Never NEVER,
Ty fondy dotng readers what Trims
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Written for The Atlanta Georgian
By Paul McMichael
City Smoke Inspector.

the fire increased the total amount
of heat available, we would hava
an inexhaustible source Of energy
in this reaction and perpetual mn.
ton would cease to be a dream
One very serious fault to be
found in almost every boiler plant
In Atlanta is the lack of consid-
Grafton that has been given 10 fur
mace design and construction, Dur
ing the past ten years vast strides
have been made In our knowledge
of what constitutes an efficient
furnace, but as yet boiler manu-.
facturers and furnace builders have
been slow to avail themselves Of
this information and apply it. Sell
dom does one find furnace so con.
structed as to protect the volatile
constituents given off by soft coal
from the relatively cool surface Of
the shell or tubes until combustion
can be completed, although it has
been incontrovertibly demonstrated
that this is essential if combustion
is to be complete.
Poor Draft-Smoky Stacks.
Even in boilers with poor draft,
the products of combustion will
travel at a rate of one and one
half feet per second. This means
that with the usual form of con-
struction in less than two seconds
after leaving the fuel bed the gases
given off will be up against the
shell or passing amongst the
tubes, where they will be cooled
below the temperature G,48O de-
grees FahrenheiD required for their
burning. Therefore, combustion
stops before it is completed, and
the evidence of this is shown by
smoky stacks.
1t has been shown that It is pos
sible at comparatively small ex-
pense to build a furnace under boil
ers already set in which high VIOLA
tile bitumlnous coal can be burned
smokelessly and with high efticien-
cy. The dimensions and full speci-
fications for such a furnace will
vary in different plants, and can
only be determined by one familiar
with all the conditions to be met in
each instance, but the principles
applied will be the same in every
case.
The present smoke ordinance OF
Atlanta is most liberal in its pro-
visions, and there is no reason why
each coal consumer can not com
ply with 1t fully if little study
is devoted to the question. The
application Of a few of the facts
contained in our present-day
knowledge of combustion will en-
able one not only to stop the emis'
sion of soft coal smoke, but also TO
effect the saving of many dollars
that today are being needlessy
wasted.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Miser Almost Extinct.

Mrs. Sage does her charitable
and educational work in the most
systematic and liberal manner, and
the benefit of her deeds will be felt
by generations to come. She has
able men and women studying the
problem of poverty, its causes and
its possible cure; and she is help
ing educate poor women to be good
homemakers, ana good mothers. by
having them taught hygiene, and
cooking, and the care Of children.
All our millionaires today seem
to have sense Of the responsibility
OF riches, and misecs are becoming
an extinct species 1t is "a great
and glorious age. and never were so
many people doing good, aittuistic
acts AND thinking high thoughts
and eeking the best good OF the
race rs now, despite ul wc read
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Animals Look Like Plants.

on the other hand, some of these
mimic forms and colors are so ex-
quisitely beautiful that they afford
suggestions to artists. This is es-
pecially true of the "shawl butter
fly of India, shown in one of our
Illustrations, which is said to have
suggested the pattern of the IA
nous Indian silk shawls.
Pure plays of fancy on the part
of nature seem to be such bizarre
creations as the lunar crescents on
the wings of the Indian moon
moth" and the miniature human
skulls into which the seedpods of
the snapdragon are shaped. Com
ing upon q group of these one may
imagine himself to have invaded a
cemetery of little gnomes.
But even the most extraordinary
limitations that nature affords serve
only to prove more clearly the
unity that runs underneath all her
works. That animals should look
like plants, or plants like animals,
strikes us as exceedingly strange
when the mimicking forms belong
TO highly organized creatures, but
as we go lower in the scale we find
that both of the two great king
doms of life begin to blend-ani-
mails growing on stems attached to
the rocks, and plants moving about
and picking UP their living in the
water, or drawing it from the air
alone, and tiourishing in green lux
uriance without roots.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
The Evils of Today
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright, 1912, by Star Publishing Co.
and hear and know Of graft and
dishonesty and murder
In the days of George Washing
ton and his successors graft and
dishonesty were just as rampant as
now, and there We're a greater num-
Der of individuals engaged in it. &C
cording to population, if we take
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

which so exactly resemble dried
sticks that you can not recognize
their real nature until you feel them
squirm under your fingers. But
some of the largest animals also
exhibit protective minicry'' in as
ronishing ways. The beautiful re-
bra is a striking example Of this.
The black bands that mark its
tawny skin SO closely resemble lines
Of shadow cast by brilliant sun
light shining through the branches
of a thicket that a group of these
animals standing motionless in an
African forest may escape the no.
tice of their sharpest eyed pur-
suers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Too Little Attention
Paid to Proper and
Scientific Construc-
ton of Furnaces to
Get Best Results.
ARTICLE III.

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Smokeless combustion does not
always mean economical operation.
although highly efficient operation
always means smokeless combus-
ton. 1t is possible to introduce a
large excess of air and maintain
furnace temperatures high enough
to insure complete combustion and
so obtain a clean stack, but such
large amount of the available heat
might be used in raising the tenn
perature of the air excess from that
of the atmosphere to that of the
gases passing out through the stack
that economical results are impos-
sible.
Steam jets are often recommend
ed as aids to smokeless combustion,
and some decrease in the density of
smoke emitted is doubtless effected
by their use. This is due partly to
the thorough mixing they bring
about between the volatile constit-
uents of coal and the air passing
through the furnace and the con-
sequent more perfect combustion,
and is due partly to the resultant
dilution of the gases passing out
the stack. The efficiency of steam
jets is increased if the furnace
construction is so modified that the
gases are protected from any cool
ing surface until they have had an
opportunity to burn completely.
Where steam jets are improp-
erly installed so that they sue
coed in decreasing the density of
the smoke only because they di-
lutte the gases passing off, the loss
is the same as before their installa-
ton, plus the energy required to
generate the steam used.
The Steam Jet Fallacy.
There is one fallacy concerning
the use of steam Jets that should
be thoroughly exploded. 1t has
sometimes been said that the steam
entering the furnace is decom-
posed into it's components, hydro
gen and oxygen, and that after
ward the burning Of the hydrogen
increases the amount of heat set
free. Even though all the steam
entering the furnace We're decom-
posed into its constituents and the
hydrogen thus formed were after
ward completely burned, there
would be no gain of heat from this
source. The dissertation az steam
into its component parts is an en-
dothermic reaction-that is, a heat
absorbing actiOn-and requires just
exactly as much energy to bring
1t about as is given up by the exc
thermic-that is, heat giving-ac-
ton, which occurs when the same
hydrogen is burned. If it were true,
as has sometimes been asserted,
that the Introduction of steam over
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

a YOUNG woman writes to me
~ shat she is worn out by mental
work, and she wants to inter-
est some people with money, who
will send her away to recuperate
her strength.
Almost every post brings letters
similar, and innumerable are the
inquiries regarding the possibility
Of influencing Mrs. Sage, Miss
Could, Mr. Carnegie and Mr.. Rookie
Teller to hand over money for the
benefit of needy individuals and
worthy causes.
1t does not occur to the writer's
OF these letters that hundred
thousand other people and causes
all look toward the same golden
goal. and that all these miuionaires
are hemmed in by an army Of Sec
retaries. who read several hundred
begging letters each day and al
low them TO go no farther.
II is said that each week Miss
Gould is asked for million dol
lars in charity by different people,
and that We're she TO respond to all
the requests for aid she would in a
years time be penniless.
Meanwhile all these people are
giving generously, and many Of
them have agents employed who
distribute money in various quar-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Tiger Possesses This Power.

Travellers have recorded the fact
that a band of zebras standing in
the midst of a sandy plain, where
stunted bushes are scattered about,
and where the color of the soil
closely resembles that Of the skin
of the animals, will sometimes be
unacceptable, as long as they re-
main motionless. the black bands
on their TANKS looking exactly like
shadows
But the tiger, too, possesses this
power of concealment, although in
his case the purpose is rather to al
lay the fears of his victims than to
hide himself from his enemies. The
color of his skin and the shadowy
outlines OF his markings enable him
to lie in wait close to his quarry
unnoticed by the poor beasts that
are about to fee the weight of his
claws. Adventures in tropical for
ests sometimes almost put their
feet upon d huge vari -colored SER
pent before recognizing it.
In many cases the resemblances
are so arbitrary that no reasonable
theory of a definite purpose seems
to fit them The wings of some
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
BY GARRETT P. SERVISs.

MATURE Is q great imitator--
v but only OF herself When she
has done a good thing she
sometime does it over again. with
variations. Some of these self-imi-
tations, or repetitions Of nature, are
apparently purely capricious, or
even accidental, while others seem
to have definite purpose, and then
they lead to very interesting scien-
tifiC theories
The illustrations that accompany
this article appear to belong to the
class of capricious. or accidental
limitations. There is no evident rea-
son why the wings of one species
of butterfly should bear markings
recalling the lines of latitude and
longitude on a chart. as happens
with the map butterfly" of India,
or why the wings of another spe-
cies, in the same country, should
closely mimic a beautiful lacework,
as occurs with the shawl butter
fly" Yet there may be meaning
behind it all which we do not COM
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

tropical moths are adorned with
appendages which look like the
dropping buds of small plants. The
tips of those of others have a
startling likeness to the head Of the
deadly cobra, uplifted to strike
The back ot the deaths head
moth" bears an image that sends a
chilI to the heart of the observer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

man beings, no longer modest the
world, save where ignorance still
prevails and the laws of health are
violated.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Wonderful Deceptions.

II often happens that animals
initiate the forms and colors of
plants, and the plants frequently re-
turn the compliment. In the case
OF animals naturallsts cali this
protective mimicry," because it ap-
pears to serve as a means of con-
cealment from too powerful enc
mics 1t is at least conceivable that
plant, which looks like an animal,
may also find protection in the re-
semblance.
1t is not only human beings that
are deceived by looks.
The more the deceptions Of ma
ture are studied, the more wonder
tul they appear. There are insects
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
CHANGES EASILY MADE
In New National Agreement to Salts.
faction of Both Leagues.

New York, Feb. 16.-No trouble over
the failure of the American League to
ratify the National agreement, at its
meeting in Chicago, yesterday, be-
cause of members objections to GER
tain sections of the revised instrument
anticipated by the National League
Club presidents, judging from COM
ment by some of them. today.
President Augustus Hermann OF
Cincinnati, was one of these.
Il received several kilograms, to-
day. from Ban Johnson, that the Amer
lean League merely objects to lew
minor points in the agreement, SAID
Mr. Hermann. II believe there are
few small changes they desire TO make
in the section relating to waivers
However, the matter is nothing of I'm
portance and can readily be fixed up
by the two leagues
President Lynch saw no reason TO
believe that the American League OBJ
iected to the spirit of the new national
agreement, and anticipated little
trouble in making such small changes
as might be found necessary.
ITO tell the truth" said Mr. Lynch,
several members of our own league
were in favor of making some changes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
NATIONAL HOME.

officer of the day, Capt. Daniel Nc
Adams.
Harry Colpus of Hartford, late pri-
vate in the Hospital Corps, U. 5. A., has
been admitted to the Home.
Felix Murray of Boston, late Co. J.
5th T. S. Cav, formerly member OF
the Branch, has been deadmitted
Increases in pension were granted, FRI
day, for: Daniel II. Weeks, late navy.
to SIS; and William NJ Crehore, late
navy, to $40 per month.
Stephen Silk, late Co. l, 18th Me. Inf,
and Samuel B. Wade, late Co. b, LIST Me.
L. A, have been granted discharges from
the Home.
The funeral of the late John S. Whitta-
ker will be held from the Home chapel.
at p M. Saturday, Rev. III. S. Bur-
rage officiating. Capt. Snow will COM
mand the escort.
Religious services at the Home chapel,
Sunday morning, will be as follows;
Mass and sermon by Rev. FIR. Michigan
at SIS Protestant services by Rev H
S. Burrage at 1890 O'Clock. Singing by
the choir in the hospital in the evening.
Edward bennett of the Chenery Mfg.
Co of Portland, was a business caller
at the Home, Friday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Seven hundred
and twenty-five kilograms sent by 7.
G. Lee, manager of Armour & Cos
beef department and his assistants III
July and August, 1910. to Eastern rep
resentatives, urging them 10 obtain
higher prices for dressed meat Were
introduced in evidence, Friday, by the
government in the packers trial. The
messages, which were sent over Ar
mour & Co.'S private wires, were iden-
titled by II. A. Russell, beef sales man
ager for the company, who was on the
witness stand all day.
The government contends that the
kilograms show that the memorandum
cost was used by Armour & Co. as a
basis for the selling price and that the
Eastern representatives were con-
tinually urged to obtain this figure for
their product.
Failure to obtain the memorandum
cost resulted in the branch house
managers being severely criticized. In
many instances. the Chicago office
threatened to reduce shipments unless
better prices We're obtained. The gov
eminent declares that by this system.
the prices were controlled and all
shipments We're regulated from the
Chicago office.
One Of the messages read to the jury
was.