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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
A Cold Scientific Question
BY EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

~ rs there adequate astro-
nomical evidence of the
occurrence of a glacial
period about every $1,000 years?
II so, briefly state the evidence.
r. S. T.
A. The very remarkable astro-
nomical phenomenon, the abstruse
and reconcile procession of the
equinoxes carries the points where
the sun crosses the celestial equa-
tor in March and September en- =.
tirely around the orbit of the
earth during each cosmic period
Of 25,S7S years. This sliding
around motion of the equinoctial
points is in retrograde direction,
from east to west. while all the
planets move from west over to
east opposite to motions of hands
of watch as seen by person
north of the equator looking
southwark.
The orbit of the earth is an ell
lipse, a f1attened circle, is not
round and the sun is out of the
center. Then the earth is alter
nately near and far from the sun,
so that the intensity of heat re-
ceived varies also. Not as to the
variation directly, but inversely
as the square of the distance, or
double the distance, the heat re-
ceived would be fourth. triple
the distance one-third, etc.
The points where the earth is
nearest to the sun. perihelion, and
farthest from the sun, aphelion,
slides around the orbit once dur
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

money is all in bringing you physi-
cal comfort.
Work? That's not misfortune.
but a blessing. Work is excite
ment, thrill, neyer-dying interest.
1t is the most absorbing game on
earth, and the man who gets up
every morning with the knowledge
that there's going to be a fresh
deal of the cards, and that he's got
to pit his skill and diplomacy and
intelligence against the champions
of his community, has got some
thing to live for. Besides, no
other people on earth work so hard
and so drearily as those whose sole
occupation is killing time.
Vanity? You think it must he
delightful to be kowtowed to be
cause you are rich? Perhaps so,
if you have been poor and made
the money yourself, because that
means that you've fought the fight
and won out. But there's nothing
to be chesty about-no thrill Of
gratified vanity in money that you
have inherited. 1t takes luck, and
not talent, to be born with bank
book in your mouth.
Friendship? That's the choicest
pleasure in life, but it's reserved
exclusively for the delight of the
poor. No rich man has any friends,
because experience of toadies and
sycophants has taught him to be
so suspicious of everybody that he
trusts nobody and believes in the
sincerity of no one.
Love? A paradise before which
Cupid stands with a golden sword
and turns the millionaire away.
No rich man may ever even hope
to be loved for himself alone. He
is the prey of the adventures, Of
the avaricious. the scheming WON
an who is willing to sell her soul
for money and position. How lit
tie domestic happiness is found in
the homes of the very rich the di-
vorce court records prove.
The truth is that money doesn't
buy happiness. and the man with
moderate income can get far more
pleasure out of living than the mil
lionaire can. Which is a comfort
ing thought for the vast majority
. of us who are engag ed in the eX-
citing and pleasurable sport of
chasing the wolf from the door.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
-. ln=ShOOts -.
. . .

1t is useless to try to live on a
clean record. Keep moving.
The Spectator is the gambler
who thinks he holds the marked
card.
The political gladiator often
proves to be a wind bag at short
range.
The silly streak in a smart man
always seems more foolish than
when exhibited by fool.
The man who listens patiently
to the tale of your troubles is just
as apt to offer advice as a loan.
An increase of vocal steam is
usually an indication that the
man with the argument realizes
that he is losing ground.
Honesty is the best policy, even
If it does sometimes allow the
- other fellow to pick the plums
that belong to you.
There is not a plentiful supply
of the sympathy in this world
that reaches down into the pocket
where the sympathizer's wad re-
poses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

wood carver, a locksmith, a jew
eler, a glazier or a confectioner
The boy with weak lungs is
excluded from trades where there
is a good deal of dust, such as
that OF the wood turner or the
paper hanger The boy with pull
monary weakness would also not
be allowed to become a shoemak-
ar OF tailor. because of the
bent attitudes in which he would
have to work. Should the boy
have a weak heart, he would be
classified as unfit for the heavy
work of the smith, the butcher,
the miller or any of the building
trades.
''Painstaldng effort is made to
determine the boys inclinations.
The skilled worker ought to find
in his calling one OF the greatest
satisfactions of life-a certain
artistic pride. the disposition to
do his work not alone as he has
been taught, but also to add to 1t
something of his own individual
ity, because he loves the work and
puts something of his spiritual
self into 1t.
mo boy is compelled or unduly
forced into the choice of a calling.
He is handled temperamentally
and sympathetically. The en-
deavor is made to stir the boys
ambition"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

ing each cosmic period of 10S. 900
years. with the planets from west
to east, Or direct. Divided 1 by
PESTS and again divide 1 by 10S,-
600, add the quotients and the re
suit will be / divided by about
$4,000, that is the equinox and the
perihelion meet and pass once in
21.000 years.
Then very remarkable results
follow: 1t happens that aphelion
may occur at the winter solstice.
Then the earth would be far away
from the sun in mid winter. 1t is
now near in winter. Heat is di-
minished and ice accumulates.
This is the cause of the successive
glacial epochs. The last glacial
period was cold enough to allow
the edge of the northern ice sheet
to encroach on the United States
of America to Cincinnati and
Kentucky.
High mathematiCians have
computed times when the winter
solstice occurred when the earth
was as far from the sun as pos
sible. For the deviation of the or
bit from its normal eccentricity
varies owing to the attractions of
all the other planets upon the
earth, pulling it off its regular
track.
The greatest cold to which the
earth has been subjected in re-
cent times was in the year 20S,
200 B. C. The mean mid winter
temperature then was 37.7 degrees
r, lower than 1t can be at pres
ent.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Trials of the Railway President

dent stretch out his right hand to
adjust the scales within his reach
so that they may balance equally
between carrier and shipper.
we next see the archer. typical
OF the legislator of commerce,
with Bonded bow and arrow aimed
straight at the bare leg of the
defenseless man
1.-TWO thirsty fish, gasping for
breath, appear in the collection,
awaiting a flood of watered stock,
OF which there are no signs. The
rampant goat the scorpion, the
crab and the bull are all vigilant
lest the man they are watching
should do something to prejudice
the interests they have in charge.
With this incongruous aggre-
cation the zodiac man, like the
railway official, must be at peace.
ITO prevent any possible escape
he has been sorely wounded; hav-
ing a trap door in his abdomen
exposing Its convolutions to the
gaze of the public and the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
With this bodily affliction add
ed to the believing of the bull,
the roar of the lion and the hiss
ing Of the serpents. the man does
not finch or murmur He hopes
To live, and calmly waits for time
to heal his bruises; when the alb
horrent forces around him will
withdraw, and when, released
from his duress, he may without
hindrauce seize the scales now
guarded by enemies Of progress
and measure with equitable hand
the rights of all who are con-
serued with the subject Of trans
porIation."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
THANK SEWING.

Editor The Georgian:
Thanksgiving is one of the old
est institutions that has come
down to our time. We are told
that this great Thanksgiving time
was instituted by God Himself in
the time of Moses. Hence il you
carefully read the Book of Chron-
iCles you may find the origin of
Thanksgiving time and its real
meaning. The Hebrews aAi-Ns u
tAs feast 'raa -.Sernacles." At
tits time they not only thanked
God for their harvested il be
much or little-but they offered
the first and best fruits of their
lands for the promotion of His
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Benedict Arnold at Quebec
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

hold on and wait for Montgom-
cry.
When Montgomery arrived
early in December, the united
American force amounted to 1900
men, and as the British still re-
fused to tapitulate it was resolv-
ed to carry the place by storm.
1t was a mad resolve, and yet
we know that ION the last day OF
1775 England came within an ace
of losing Quebec" The mighty
prize was almost within our
grasp, when both Arnold and
Montgomery fell, the first severe
ly, the other mortally wounded.
and the victory which was so
close vanished forever. Attack
ing from opposite sides of the
city, Arnold fought his way along
like an enraged Titan, and had
not Montgomery attack been
handicapped by his fall it is GER
tain that Quebec would have been
won
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

TT was one hundred and thirty
/ eight years ago that Benedict
Arnold, having finished his
wonderful march, crossed the St.
Lawrence, climbed the Heights of
Abraham and summoned the Brit
ish garrison at Quebec to sur
render.
That march through the wild
northern wilderness will always
rank among the most daring and
heroic of human military achieve
ments; and to the end of time "all
the world will wonder" at the
sublime audacity of the man who,
at the end of such toilsome
march, stood his little WORKOUT
army of 700 men up against the
walls of the Gibraltar of the New
World and demanded it's surren-
der to him.
But the bluff failed to work, and
Arnold had nothing to do but to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
JUDGE WILLIAM R. SMITH.


Of Topeka, formerly of the
y supreme bench, now the at
torney of the Santa Fe in Kan
sas, recently wrote a letter to a
friend in which he depicted the
present position OF the once hap
py and untroubled railroad pres
ident. In part, he wrote:
While consulting my family al
manac to learn whether a dry day
had been selected for our next
prohibition picnic, ran across
the picture OF Il man on the front
page who was surrounded by the
twelve signs Of the zodiac
His serious condition suggest
ed the attitude OF a railway presi-
dent Of to- day, and forCibly Illus
trates the difficulties with which
that official is beset
Apparently composed, he
stands naked without sword or
shield in the midst Of fcrocious
beasts and singing reptiles. Here
and there a designing human
being is on guard over particu-
lar portion Of his anatomy, each
striving TO protect some special
interest.
AT the left OF the picture two
milk fed twins embrace each 9TH
er, representing in their inno-
cence a partnership of middlemen
rejoicing aNer "a decrease in
freight rates which the consumer,
after persistent effort, has Sc
cured. but Of which the heavenly
pair are the sole henetiCiaries
Below these public beuefactors
= couchsnl lion lashes his tail,
ready 10 spring should the prsSi-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
THE LAKE By WILLIAM 2: KIRK

n ROUND its wavelets clear and cold
n The forest lies all red and gold
Where once thousand paddles shone
Some dour old fisher sits alone.
Musing, perchance, out in the haze
On long forgotten Autumn days.
There was a time not long ago
When all its water seemed to glow.
1t was lake beyond compare
And she was there.
Above the water and the woods
The regal Indian Summer broods,
Hiding behind its purple dress
The signs of Winters lonesomeness.
Morn ushers in through banks of gray
Another solitary day,
There is no joy in such dawn
And she has gone.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Letters From the Readers of The Georgian

cause. They fed the poor, released
their servants and freed their
slaves. This is the true meaning
of Thanksgiving. Are we keeping
It?
Pay some needy widows house
rent, help some struggling soul
out of the bonds of poverty and
shame, do one real sacrifice, and
you have Thanksgiving in its true
meaning. JAMES l.. SNYDER.
Mitchell, Ga
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
SIZING UP SITUATION.
Editor The Georgian

In your issue of Thursday the
cartoon, Sizing up the Situa-
ton" is something wonderful. 1t
is so expressive. 1t illustrates the
Mexican situation with so much
force. | congratulate the artist.
J, II. COOKE, JR.
Doerun, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
GLAD TO SEE OLD FAvoRlTE.

Editor The. Georgian:
am a permanent reader OF
your paper and when l saw Bus
ter back in Sundays American
| was overcome with joy--as
much as a child could be. l read
The Georgian daily ard have
taken The Sunday American ever
since it has been out in Atlanta.
| have often wondered what had
become of Buster and Tige. l am
glad to see them back in the pa
per. MRS. JOHN G. BROWN.
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Man on the Wing Surpasses
the Birds Already.
We Easily Imagine What He VIII Do the Next Few Centuries


Twenty years ago who talked about flying
laughed at say by Of imagination 1ne
gent would fly before Virgil wrote
ais lines Daeda fama est fugien Menoia regina prae
ysstfbus pnnis credere coelo'-
EXCUSE this eruddhon)
Langley and many others who flying
shine died bitterly disappointed Then it suddenly.
When it appeared the idios-a healthy working
ty needless ay-predced that would be REALLY
useful and that could never REALLY control it
Many years ago Hearst newspapers predicted that
very rapidly birds fly the
thousand methe rate of speed at which the
around earth-before long
This was denounced gentlemen
in flying already DOES fly faster than bird and
stranger still certain least HE FLIES AS NO bAhO
COULD FLY NAMELY, UPSIDE DOWN.
Those of us who have pigeons remember the
eccentric fight queer birds rolling and in the
tumber pigeon eagle bird OF any KING can DO
Frenchman Pegoud has done.
Pegoud turns makes fly It's back
He flies straight down and straight up
And along another Frenchman Maurice ohsvl'
lard who does more things Pegoud do
He flies upside being tied to his machine Chev
Hard does remarkable turning twisting flying upside
of the ground proving marveousy perfect
control Of machine
He and the other other bird do
already with imperfect machine
Imagine Of the future will do when the prob
lem shall been solved and the aoft
will have chooses Thousand horsepower ten thousand
horsepower run his light machine
Observe by the way that both these wonderful
FRENCHNEN the French the first to recognize
wonderful genuses the Wright brothers The brothers had
order to be taken seriously and recognized
Cheviard who does these wonderful things
Frenchman BIG POWERFUL. HUGE IN BUILD-and get rid
of your the French nation you happen
have any.
good realize the qualities Of others And
win do us good inherited the genius
of leaders in this world since the days
of in thought mental and moral
machinery extraordinary physical daring in automo
bile making flying machine work In everything else that
aures that acts the second and Is not afraid
pity not have Frenchmen coming to this
country
wonder that Fermentation Of concentrated
country the world lending IN thou
sands other countries and giving ideas the world
n addition to lending the world money.
The quotation from Virgil above reads fully follows:
"Daedalus fama fugens Memoir regina praepeibus
nn credere coeo nsuetum tier gehdas enev d
Calchdicaque Lewis tandem super astitt arce"
A translation by Connington is:
"Daedalus the legend flying from Mines sceptrc
himself in swift wings Of his workman
ship sailed the cold north along unvonted and last
stood buoyant top of this Euboean hill"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Stars and Stripes

After football war would be
heaven.
An antepenultimatum, penulti-
matum, ultimatum, post ultima
tum, ---?
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-07
MEXICAN REBELS
ROUTED BY DOC
Bully Charges Band That
Attacks Mistress and Puts
1t to Flight

An English bulldog saved Mrs. vina
r. Wilbur from being shot by Mexican
rebels after she and her son had been
disarmed and robbed while on the way
from the Hacienda de Begona. their
home in zacatecas. to a mine near
Guadalupe, where they expected to find
refuge
Mrs. Wilbur and the dog arrived here
from Mexico yesterday on the liner
Acapulco.
For six years Mrs. Wilbur has pre-
,ided over the house of her son, Van
RENSSELAER, Wilbur, superintendent of
he zacatecas division OF the National
abroad She is on her way to Los An
.eles to the home of her daughter, Mrs.
harles Volney Craig.
At o'clock a. M. June "a, they were
awakened by violent knocking at the
door. From the window Mrs. Wilbur
saw that the house was surrounded by
armed men. Her son gave orders for
the door to be kept closed.
SHOT THROUGH WINDOWS
The rebels, they learned later, had
entered the town and made inquiries
as to who had horses. The natives told
them that the "gringoes' In the Ha-
cienda de Begona owned big stable.
When they got no response to their
: knocking the rebels started shooting
through doors and windows, and the
family took refuge in the inside patio.
The hacienda was surrounded by
thick adobe wall and Withstood the at
tack OF the assailants, who, toward
afternoon Withdrew
Wilbur and his mother then mounted
horses and started for the mine at
Guadalupe. two miles away, where
about l6 well armed Americans were
quartered A few blocks from the
house they were surrounded by
mounted men. who pointed guns at
their heads and ordered them to dis
mount. They disarmed young Wilbur,
took all his money and most of his.
-lothes. and but for Bully" the bull
dog. they would have searched Mrs
Wilbur. too
for anything like that The first rebel
that approached .Bully's' mistress still
wears the print of "Bully's" teeth on
his instep
Let's shoot em and be done with
it," said one of the rebels, raising his
gun.
No protested another. knocking
up the gun, they're 'gringoes' and we
can't do it here on the public road"
"BULL1v CHARGES CROWD
Then one of the crowd took a shot
at Bully" 1t missed. but Bully" took
the will for the deed and retaliated
by charging the gang, which withdrew
in disorder.
Mrs. Wilbur and her son were in
hiding at the mine for IL days. On
one side of their refuge were 1900
rebels; on the other side were 800 fed
erals. and for several days the two
forces were firing at each other over
the adobe house in which Is Americans
were quartered.
American Consul Smultz. who is sta
toned at Aguas Caliente, went in his
automobile for Mrs. Wilbur, but she
refused TO leave her son until the
rebels had withdrawn and train serv
ice resumed. She and Bully" Joined
the Aca pulco at Manzanillo.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-07
SHERIFF EGGERS ASKS
FOR NEW LOCKS FOR JAIL
Superintendent Reardon Raises Laugh
by Abiding to Outdoor Life Of
Prisoners

superintendent of Public Buildings
Reardon raised laugh at the expense
of Sheriff Eggers before the super
visors' public buildings committee yes
terday when the officer applied for
money to install new locks in the In
gleside jails.
New locks" said Reardon What
does the sheriff want locks for He
allows most OF his guests to work all
day in the open repairing roads and
raising vegetables. Give me those old
locks and ] will fix them up"
The sheriff also requested funds for
the installation of skylights. The COM
mittee appropriated $500 to cover both
items.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-07
LIVELY ARGUMENT OVER
MUZZLING SUGGESTION
Supervisor PayOt Proposes That Board
of Health Report Be Filed With
out Being Read

suggestion from the board of
health that dogs again be muzzled be-
cause of the increase in the number
of persons applying for Pasteur treat
ment for dog bites, caused lively ar
Gument in the supervisors hospital
and health committee yesterday when
Supervisor Payot moved that the re-
port be filed without further consid-
Grafton.
What. file our report without read
ing it," exclaimed Health Officer Brod-
rick
Certainly" retorted Payot That
is the treatment our reports receive
from your board quite frequently. |
move the report be filed"
Supervisors Caglieri and koshland
Joined with Brodrick in objecting, with
the result that the report will be read
to the supervisors Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-07
STEP TO PREVENT
A CAR SHORTAGE
Railroad Commission Urges
the Cooperation of
Shippers

In an effort TO prevent a serious car
shortage the California railroad COM
mission has issued the following letter
to shippers and receivers of freight in
this state:
To all shippers and receivers of freight:
During he next few months the preponderance
of traffic will be outbound from California
thereby lessening the number of cars which will
be available for local traffic. The commission
of freight in carload lots every effort TO
load and unload cars in less than 4S hours free
time permitted under demuTrage rules
Shippers also requested TO load TO
full capacity. which will materially reduce the
number OF cars needed TO handle their business
Railroads requested to handle promptly
when billed, all carload shipments and TO move
empty cars to loading points without delay. also
10 repair promptly for service all crippled and
bad order cars
of shippers and railroads will assist materially
in preventing serious car shortage
The Northwestern Pacific railroad has
opened suburban service into the San
Geronimo valley. Trains will meet at
this point. where transfer is made to
the steam train until such time as the
electric service is Installed to Lagu-
nitas.
Construction of the Portland, Eugene
and Eastern shops at West Oregon City
will start within 80 days and the first
unit of the plant-a machine shop and
foundry of brick and concrete to cost
$50, 0O0-wifl be completed within
year. The shop site is Immediately
across the river from Oregon City.
H. c. Ewing. Pacific coast agent
Traders Dispatch. has returned TO San
Francisco after several months spent
in oregon and Washington.
4 X X
T. A. Graham, assistant freight traf-
f1c manager Southern Pacific, and Fl.
NJ. Adams, freight traffic manager
Gould lines, have gone TO Chicago to
attend a conference of the transconti-'
mental freight bureau. 1t Is not ex-
pected that the question of rates win
be considered.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
railroad has spent 10000 900 in the city
of Spokane within the last three years.
These changes have gone into effect
in the representation of the Pacific
is appointed general agent. passenger
tion includes Alaska and territory east
and south, to and including Winnipeg.
Man: Havre, Helena and Butte Mont;
Boise. Idaho. and Portland, Ore. The
following changes in the Los Angeles
office are announced: H. B. Britain dis
trict passenger agent. vice II. Brandt,
transferred: A. s. Jones. city psssen-
ger agent, II. p. Schutten, city ticket
agent.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-07
REPAIRS ON scHOoLHOUsEs
Superintendent Reardon Makes Report
ON Work During Vacation

In a report filed with the board of
works. superintendent of Public
Buildings T. A. Reardon announced
that the slate roof of the Mission high
school, which was propped up four
years ago, and of late had again been
a menace to pupils in the building. has
been removed and tin roof laid for
$4,000. Mr. Reardon constructed six
portable schools during the seven weeks
vacation, besides reconstructing and re-
pairing a large number of old build
ings.