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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
y The Use of Great Man =
One Has Recently DIED France Iuquiug For
By GARRETT P. sERVIss.

4 GRAND funeral was given in
~ Paris some weeks ago to
Henri Poincare, Of whom,
probably, many readers Of these
lines have never heard. The pro-
cession to the grave was imposing.
There marched, bareheaded,
through the streets. between side
walks crowded with spectators,
most Of whom also respectfully re
moved their hats, a long double line
of the most distinguished living
Frenchmen. When the grave was
reached impressive discourses were
pronounced by NJ. Guist' hau. who
spoke for the government and the
university; by NJ. Claretie. who rep
resented the famous Academic
Franchise; by M. Painleve, who was
the mouthpiece Of the Academy of
Sciences. and by many others whose
names are better known to the
public than was that Of the subject
Of their djscourses.
All the newspapers were filled
with praise Of the dead man. and
all the illustrated journals printed
portraits Of him. Everybody was
assured, and the assurance was re-
peated from mouth to mouth. that
France had lost one of her great
est lights whose renown would il
lustrate the pages Of her history.
Everybody felt proud because his
country had produced so mighty
genius.
But a singular fact soon became
evident viz. that among the hun
dreds Of thousands who repeated
the praise Of this immense genius
hardly any one had definite idea
of what he was or Of what he had
done. They only knew that, some
how, he had been A GREAT MAN.
During his lifetime 1t was said
that there were only two or three
men in all Europe who could com
prehend him.
1t Is almost certain that among
those who pronounced eulogiums at
his tomb there was none who could
follow his work with complete I'M
derstanding Most of them did not
know even the A-B-C Of it.
Who He Was.
For Henri Poincare was very
great mathematician, perhaps the
greatest since Laplace and La
grange whom Napoleon. with his
vast practical genius, could not I'M
derstand. For most people mathe-
mates, in its higher forms, Is a
closed book
Naturally, then, after the first
sensation caused by the departure
of this great genius had died away.
the question began to be asked
What was he good for. after all?"
The question has been asked. and
rather indefinitely answered in
many newspapers. 1t can not be
answered by giving list of his
I,500 works, for even the most pop
ular of them like the book on Sci
ence and Hypothesis" are fun of
things which only the expert can
read Understandings while most
of them are addressed to the ELITE
of science, the narrow inner circle.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28

and 1t shall return after many days
buttered. and sometimes with lam
on it,
The advantage and benefit OF tel
ephone courtesy is beyond compu-
tation.
But the use of the telephone re-
quires certain amount of pa
thence. You must have faith that
the man at the other end of the
line has something to tell you that
is worth saying
In the big central telephone Of
fees operators are selected with es-
pecial care as to their voices. A
girl may have brains all right. but
If she has a voice that screams.
screeches or purrs, to that degree
she is incompetent either as a tele-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
y Courtesy in Business e
wye are ruled by our habits.
wv First we form our habits.
and then our habits form us.
BY EBERT HUBBARD
Copyright, 1912, by International News Service

WYE are ruled by our habits
wv First we form our habits.
and then our habits form us.
We are what we are on account
of what we have thought, said or
done. After having done a thing
once there is a tendency in the
brain to do it again. If continued,
we get the habit; that is. we do the
thing without thinking, just as
matter of course. Thus does habit
become second nature.
What kind of people viii we be
in Elysium?" they asked Socrates
four hundred years before Christ.
And his answer was. You will be
the same kind of people you are to-
day. because this life is a prepare
tlon for the next. Just as today is a
preparation for tomorrow"
Any man with the crouch habit.
the "piller" habit the frown habit,
the cigarette habit. the dope habit,
the booze habit, is on the creased
chute. and he himself is swabbing
the slide. Also, there Is sort Of
general disposition on the part of
everybody to give him a push down
the road to Davy Jones locker
All Good Things Are Catching
In the heart of all of US is the
tendency to pass back everything
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28

phone operator or as a salesman
To speak distinctly and pleasant
~ is a fine art. A good speaking
voice Is not so much a matter of
training as it is of right thinking.
person who thinks well of himself
and Of other people has a voice that
assures. People who are anxious
nervous, irritable. harassed, tired.
reveal Impotence in their tones.
Any one who uses the telephone
be he operator or patron, aristocrat
or plebeian, should practice tele-
phone courtesy He should speak
neither too loud nor too low, but
should endeavor to put a smile into
his voice, and not tears, doubt or
accusation.
Many people, or taking down the
receiver will shout, Who's this?o
Then, not getting an answer. will
say, who are you, anyway" This
is followed up with What do YOU
Want?' All of which is quite dis
courteous, absurd and inoppor-
tune.
Any one taking down the re-
celVer should announce who he Is.
II you were a salesman, on enter
ing an office you would not shout
at the first man you met, Who is
this?' or who are you?"
When you call on a person YOU
nave never before met you GER
tainly do not demand that he should
reveal his identity until you have
first revealed yours.
You moderate your voice, and YOU
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
Ballade of Bugs
BY JACOB J. LEIBSON.

VIZ HEN, seeking joys Of solitude.
w ! stretch myself beneath a
tree
\ tussy insect rough and rude
With buzzing wings. alights on me,
drive him off and then bee.
Upon my Adams apple sings.
\ beetle bites where l can't see.
| hate these bees and bugs and
things.
l quickly change my attitude
And hide my face within the grass.
\ joyous jigger. seeking food.
Across my nose attempts to pass
\ most ingenious bug, alas,
Now beats my eardrum with his
wings
l wonder where they get the brass.
These most obtrusive bugs and
things.
Then speedily my patient mood
And spirits gay depart from me.
will not be an insects food.
\ cenipedes collation. free
A hornet spies me from a tree
And all his fond relations brings.
can not bide their company.
They bore me SO. these bugs with
SJings
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
On Good Terms With Public.

On taking down the receiver,
either to answer a call or to put
one in. when you get your party.
say, This is Mr.. Brown who is
speaking Just assume a pleas
ant attitude of mind, and your voice
will follow
have noticed that trainmen on
certain railroads for the most part
have pleasant voices. They call
the stations in a way SO they are
understood, and they do not appear
to be bawling bad names at their
enemies. They are the voices of
men who are well nourished. who
get eight hours sleep, who think
well Of themselves. who are proud
Of their jobs and proud Of the road
for which they work
Thus are they placed on 5000
terms with their colleagues and
with the public
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28

TINE statement has recently
4 been made that in one year
the American people con-
tributed about seventy seven mill
lions of dollars to various fake in
vestment schemes, This means
that they dropped the money down
a hole, expecting it to rush up
again In a golden shower. Instead
Of that, there was group of busy
men at the other end of the hole
carrying away the precious stuff in
baskets-for they. too, have FAINT
lies to support
The seventy seven millions of the
preceding paragl aph was not the
entire annual crop. This sum was
paid over to the get rich quick
concerns that we're closed up by the
postofice department. There were
many others that did business
without using the mails and were
undisturbed
Why is 1t so easy to sell worth
less paper?
Answer No. People want to
get rich in a hurry.
Answer No. Golden promises
make golden dreams. The thing is
so bright we actually are fascl-
mated by it. 50 we put real money
into a golden dream, and then we
wake up.
A promoter was talking one day
to an humble individual who did
not seem to know much.
How do you invest your saw
ings?" asked the promoter.
81 put them in a savings bank"
said the man.
Never Get Poor, Either.
We'll, you will never get rich
that way" the promoter said.
mo" answered the humble indi-
vtdual, "probab IDLY not, but I'll never
get poor that way either"
In view of the countless ways Of
investing money which promise
nothing less than marvellous re-
turns" it takes a good type of mind
to stick to simple, direct ways of
saving. The seventy seven millions,
of which we have been speaking,
was not the money of rich men 1t
belonged to those who could not az
ford to lose ito widows, and to
wage earners of all classes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
Additions to knowledge.

In the second place, the useful
ness Of such a man as Poincare
consists in the actual additions
that he made to knowledge. These
additions were purely mathemati-
cal and incapable Of popular ex-
PLANTATION, but there are men who
can understand them. and who.
with THEIR successors, will, upon
the basis which he left, erect new
edltlce of science which all can en-
ter and admire. There was a time
when Newton's 'Princfpia" was Is
far beyond the intellectual reach of
the average man as Poincare's
most abstruse work Is today, but
now, thanks to the advance which
1t, itself, inspired, any boy in col
iege, with a mathematical gift and
proper application, can read the
whole principal" understandings
In fact, it has been displaced bv
more recent work, just as Poin-
cares achievements will be super
seeded in the future.
Great men of this stamp are the
pioneers Of the human intellect. and
happy is the country that can pro-
duce one In a century. 1t is the
Napoleons, whose work is easily
understood, that get the great
monuments; it is these other gen
fuses, whose own times hardly
know them, that uplift the race.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28

ways perfectly clear, even to him
self, while for the majority of men
1t was but a flash in the night
which showed them nothing. His
successors, guided by the glimpses
he had, will make it all clear, and
thus the domain of knowledge will
he aytapdaJ
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09
CURIOUS BATTLEFIELDs.

An Indoor Attack and . Cavalry Charge
on q Naval Force.
At the battle OF Monterey, In the
Mexican war, our troops were able to
command the streets of the city with
their artillery. but they experienced
much difficulty In driving tho Mexicana
from their houses Accordingly. as the
city was built Of stone or adobe the
Americans broke through the walls
from one house to another, fighting and
driving out the enemy as they proceed
ed Thus. 1t appears, the battle Of
Monterey was largely fought indoors.
In the time of William the Silent,
when the Netherlands were lighting
the Spaniards, a number of Spanish
vessels became frozen in on the Zuy-
der Zee. Ont came the Dutch on horse
back on the ice to attack the Span
iards. This is probably the only battle
OF record wherein cavalry was en-
ployed directly against a naval force
There have been battles fought un-
deTground- Chiefest Of these was the
fierce encounter pertaining to the
SieRe Oh hddIlem III Tue OuuEn WhIo-
The Spaniards mined and the Dutch
countermiped with eqnnl industry, and
below the ground terrific conflict en-
sued.
When. after the commune. the Yer.
sailles troops took Paris they chased
certain of the communist forces to the
great sewers Of the French capital. and
In these more than one sanguinary bat
tie occurred.-New York Press
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09
A COLOSSAL HARP.
Vorltan's AsoIIan Giant Had strings
a20 Feet In Length.

Voritan's AsoIIan Giant Had Strings
a20 Feet In Length.
The largest harp ever made. so far
~ Is known, was that invented and
constructed by NJ. Veritan. provost OF
Burkll near Basel Il was known as
the gigantic meteorological aeOlian
harp. 1t was 800 feet in length ana was
erected In the garden Of its inventor In
1871.
This harp consisted Of fifteen iron
wires. 800 feet In length. stretched be-
tween two poles. The wires were from
two 10 three inches apart. the largest
being one-sixth OF an inch in thickness
and the smallest One-twelfth OF an inch.
They were placed in the direction Of
north and south and inclined in such a
manner as to form an angle Of from
twenty to thirty degrees with the hori-
son. being stretched by means Of roll
ers properly disposed for the purpose.
Whenever the weather changed the
wires sounded with such Ioudness that
Il was impossible to go on with con-
cert In the house. The sound sometimes
represented the kissing noise OF water
In rapid ebullition. sometimes that OF a
harmonicon and sometimes that Of dis
tant chimes or an organ.-ExchanGe.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

Happiness is the greatest paradox In
nature IL can grow In any soil. live
under any conditions. II deies envi-
ronment. II comes from within. 1t IL
the revelation Of the depths Of the in.
ner life as light and heat proclaim the
sun from which they radlate. Happi
ness consists not of having. but OF be
ing; not Of possessing, but Of enjoy
ing. It IA the warm glow Of heart at
peace within itself A martyr at the
stake may have happiness that a king
on his throne might envy. Man is the
creator OF his own happiness, Il is the
aroma of a life lived in harmony With
high ideals. For what a man has he
may be dependent on others; what he
Is rests with him alone. What he OBJ
tains 10 life Is but acquisition; what he
attains Il growth. Happiness is the
SOULS Joy IN the possession Of the In
tangible.-William George Jordan.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09
Indian KInsa on rr6st.

Near Rochelle, H., an Indian vent
TO sleep on arailroad a trad X and was
killed by the fast express. lie paid
for bis carelessnsss with HIS life. or
ten its that was when people neglect
coughs and colds. Don't risk your
life when prompt use Of DR.. Kings
New Discovery win cure them and SO
prevent a dangerous throat or lung
trouble, "It completely cured me, in
a short lime, Of . terrible cough that
followeil a severe attack Of Grip, -
writes J. R. Watts, Floydada, Tex,
land Iregained Is pounds In weight
that / had lost" Quick, safe, reli.
able rod guaranteed. SOC and 81,
Trial bottle free at The Roberts 3
Leahy Nero. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09
coURT oE sT. IAMEs.
Mat . Presentation 70 Enallsh ReyCi-
" Means Socially.

Mat . Presentation 70 gnailsh aoyris
" MSans Socially.
There q no need for Jealousy and eH-
element about presentations az court
ANY respectable American girl can b
presented at the court Of 81 James u
she have sufficient influence with some
lady who Is even mildly persona grata
at court And when a girl or a matron
has been presented then the matter
ninety-nino cases out Of a hundred
comes TO an abrupt end.
Tue social eachet amounts to no
more than this-that the lord chamber,
lain has made an inquiry into your an
tecedents and found nothing IN their
history TO cause comment Ia the case
Of Americans the inquiry cannot be
anything but perfunctory.
Some people imagine that a pfesonta.
don ut court b followed Immediately
by an invitation to the next state din
ner or the next state concert or the
next state tea and mufiinA, Nothing Of
the kind Yop must attain Or inherit
great social importance or be repre-
sentative I'm some way before the kint
and queen ask yOu to dine with them
Presentation is a pretty laborious
and expensive ceremony, signifying 70
any one who Is not In the inner social
ring in London nothing. - New York
Telegraph.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

Was Paul Revere a dentistI The
following advertisement published In
the Boston Gazette and Codntry Jour
nal Of Rsvere's time is believed to
prove that he was: "Whereas, many
persons are so unfortunate az to lose
their FOr0-teeth by Accident and 9th
Orways, to their great Detriment, not
only in Looks, but speaking both In
Public and Prlvate;-Thls is to inform
all such that they may have them 70
placed with artificial ones, that looks
as well as the Natural s. answers the
end of Speaking to all Intsnts, by
Paul Revere, Goldsmith, near the
head Of DR.. Clarke's Wharf. Boston.
An Persons who have had false Teeth
axt by Mr.. John Baker, Surgeon Den
tIst, and they have got loose tas they
VIII In timel, may have them fastened
by the above who learnt the Method
Of fixing them from Mr.. Baker"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09


In Europe. where the food value Of
honey seems to be much better under
stood than in the United States, enoF-
nous quantities are used. OF late
years we seem TO be waking to the
realization OF the value Of honey AZ a
wholesome and delicious article Of
food and also as to its preservative
qualities. Cakes and BweetbreadS
made with sugar soon become dry and
crumbly and to get the good Of them
must be eaten when fresh, but where
they are made up with honey they
seem to retain their moist freshness
indefinitely. In France honey bread
q year or eighteen months old is prO-
ferred to that Just made. They say.
1T has ripened." It h the preserva-
tive, or rather the unchanging quality
Of honey. that makes It so popular
with the best cOnfectiOnera.-O Christian
Herald
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09
MARK TWAIN IN ANGER.
The Great piumorlst Was Volcano
When He Broke Loosa

A8Au.a
Famous authors are usually poor
buslnoss men. but Mark Twain. ac-
cOrding to william n. RIdeing in his
"Nany Celebrities and Few Others"
knew his own valuo and had no an
businesslike indifference to the sub.
stantial recognition Of Il. The only
critic Twain "ever listened to with pa
tience aud respected and Obeyed was
his wife" Underneath his humor lay
deeply serioua nature Mr. Rideing
says: 'Bow mistaken we're the people
who, not knowing him. imagined that
everywhere and on gll occasions bis at-
titude and point Of view we're those Of
the jesteri never knew a more ear
nest man than be was or one WhOss
arourad indiRuefiop was 30 OYerwhelm.
ing. When anger moved him you could
see bis lean figure contract, and his
eyes ominOusly screwed themselves
into their sockets. Every hber in him
quivered, and for the moment his voice
became acid and sibilant and out Of
tune-almOst a whine.
''Then he would let himself out in a
break, like that Of a dam unable to
hold the flood, In language a. candid
and unshrinkabls as the vernacular Of
the Elizabeshans. Epithet would be
piled on epithet, one following another
with cumulative vigor sOd distinct
ness and the disclosing and illumina-
tive effect Of explosives.
~And not a word missed itA mark;
not a word seemed superBuous or ex-
changeable for any other word. Each
fitted the use he made Of IL as a car.
fridge dts a rife or a revOlveri each
told"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles just like other people, with
like results IN loss of appetite, back.
ache, nervousness, headache, and
tired. listless, rundown feeling. But
there's no need to feel like that as T.
d. PEBBLES, Henry, Tenn, proved.
"SiK bottles Of Electric Bitters" he
writes, ibid more TO give me new
strength and good appetite than all
other stomach remedies / used" So
they help everybody. Its folly to suf.
fer when this great remedy will help
you from the first dose. Try it. Only
SOC at The Roberts s. Leahy Nero. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09
~-LSAE


Spiders are not insects. a. most peO-
pie think The spider has eight legA
whereas an insect eAnnOt have more
than six. The nervous systsm is con
structsd on a totally dinorOnt baslA
and 30 are the circulation and rsspiFar
ton. The eyes are different The In
sOctB having many compound ayes and
the spider never having more thaa
eight and all OF them simple. Then .
spider has no separate head. the head
and the thorax baing fused togsthsr.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

There are two things everlastlngly
at war, Joy and piles. But Bucklen's
Arnica Salve will Danish piles In any
form. 1t soon subdues the itching,
Irritation. Inflammation or swelling.
1t gives comfort, invites joy. Greatest
healer Of burns, bolls, ulcers, cuts,
bruises, eczema, scalds, pimples, skin
eruptions. Only so cents at The Rob-
erts B. Leahy Nero. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

Surely the Moumouthshire man who
caused bis wife's wedding ring to be
inscribed. "If thee doesn't work. thee
shan't eat" was determined that there
should be no mistake In what be 10
quired in a wife. The only wonder 10
how any woman could be induced %
marry him with such a threat before
her eyes The exact date Of this ring
h not known, but II II previous 10 the
eighteenth contuFy-Chambers Jour
nal
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

A vast amount Of III health is due
to impaired digestion. When the
stomach fails to perform It's functions
properly the whole system becomes
deTanged. A few doses Of Chamber
lAin's Tablets is all you need. They
will strengthen your digestion, invig-
crate your liver, and regulate your
bowels, entirely doing away with that
miserable feeling due to fault diges.
tion. TEi it. Many Others have been
peTmanently cuIed-why not your
For sale BY The Eagle Drug Nero. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09
The Trials OF A traveller.

"I am a travelling salesman, "writes
Z. e. Youngs, E. Berkshire, VT land
was often troubled with constipation
and indigestion till began to use
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, which !
have found an excellent remedy"
For all stomach, liver or kidney trou-
bles they are unequaled. Only 25c at
The Roberts s. Leahy Mere. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

The large reservoir, fve miles west
of-Springer, known as Springer lake,
broke through its dam recently, re-
sulting in loss Of practically three
fourths of the immense body Of water
emponnded.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

Mr.. w. S. Gunsalus, q farmer liv-
ing near Fleming, Pa, says he has
used Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
DiarEhoaa Remedy IN his family for
fourteen years, and that he has found
1t to be 30 excellent renedy, and
takes pleasure in recommending 1t.
For sale by The Eagle Drug Nero. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

One Of the most common ailments
that hard working people are afflicted
with is lame back. Apply Chamber
lain's Liniment twice a day and mas
sage the parts thoroughly at each APP
plicatIon, and you will get quick relief.
For sale by The Eagle Drug Nero. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

"I was cured of diarrhoea by one
does Of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Dlarrhoea Remedy" writes ME-.
Gebhardt, Oriole. Pa. There is noth-
ing better. For sale by The Eagle
Drug Nero. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

Were all medicines as meritorious
as Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
DiaTrhoea Remedy the world would
be much better OF and the percentage
Of suffering greatly decreased, writes
Lindsay Scott, of Temple, Indiana.
For sale bY The Eagle Drug Nero. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09
Lannaul counh on Raoord.

The tiger came toward noe. below
ing and grunting. and when ho got
opposite the screen be gave one Of
those fearful coughs which only .
man who has been close 10 such .
beast can appreciate Il was sisvoa
fest lOng.-Iond0n Standard
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-08-09

Bobby-Is every word In this die
tionary, pat Peckley-oh. no. my
child Every little while a new word
comes into the language. Bobby
What's the lAtest word. pat Peckley
Your ma will tell you. She always
has the last word