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

u rs there adequate astro-
" nomical evidence of the
occurrence Of a glacial
period about every $1,000 years?
If so, briefly state the evidence.
r. S. T.
A. The very remarkable astro-
nomical phenomenon, the abstruse
and recondite 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 25,87S 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 a person
north of the equator looking
southwark.
The orbit of the earth is an ell
lpse, a flattened 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 one-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

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 capitulate 1t was resolv-
ed to carry the place by storm.
1t was a mad resolve, and yet
we know that ION the last day Of
ITS England came within an acc
of losing Quebec" The mighty
prize was almost within our
grasp, when both Arnold and
Montgomery fell, the first severe
ly, the other MORALLY 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's attack been
handicapped by his fall 1t is GER
tain that Quebec would have been
won.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
HowGermanyGuides HerY oungPeople
From EDWIN MARKHAM

a interesting book from
n which our republic may
learn more than one lesson
is Elmer Roberts volume Just is
sued by Harpers' "Monarchial
Socialism in Germany" Note how
this great German empire
watches over the future of its
young children:
The explanation the Ger
man generally gives of the sudden
and immense Industrial expan-
sion beginning in the seventies is
the compulsory elementary edu-
cation of the whole people.
THE son of a day laborer, who,
within the view of the national
policy, should be more useful to
himself and the commonwealth
than his father, is the subject of
careful expert observation. His
teachers, the school physician,
and the parents endeavor to de-
termine the handicraft to which
the boy Is adapted.
The strong boy of average
build is classified as suited to be-
come a brewer, smith, car
penter, mason, or a worker in
iron construction, or some other
calling requiring at least average
strength, The understood or weak
boy is considered as being better
adapted to become a tailor,
bookbinder. a basket maker,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

wood carver, a locksmith, 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-
err or a 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.
"Painstaking 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 it
something of his own individual
ity, because he loves the work and
puts something of his spiritual
self into IT,
mo boy is compelled or unduly
forced into the choice of calling.
He Is handled temperamentally
and alphabetically, 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
25,S7S and again divide 1 by 10S,-
900, add the quotients and the re-
suit will be 1 divided by about
$1,000, that is the equinox and the
perihelion meet and pass once in
$1,000 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 1t 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
F., lower than 1t can be at pres
ent.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Benedict Arnold at Quebec
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

TT was one hundred and thirty
Il 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 wornout
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
r UDGE WILLIAM r. SMITH,

z UDGE WILLIAM r. SMITH,
OF Topeka, formerly OF the
- supreme bench, now the at
toney OF the Santa Fe in Kan
sas. recently wrote a letter to a
friend in which he depicted tho
present position OF the once hap
uy and uutroubled 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 "a man on the front
page who was surrounded by the
twelve signs Of the zodiac.
His serious condition suggest
ed the attitude Of 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 I'm the midst Of feroCious
beasts and singing reptiles. Here
and tNere designing human
hcing is on guard over a particu-
lar portion OF his anatomy, each
striving TO protect some special
interest.
at the left of the picture two
milh-fed twins embrace each 9th
er, representing in their inno-
uouce a partnership Of midd,emen
rejoicing over a decrease IN
rrIgn, rates which the consumer.
fuF persistent effort, has SEE
.urea. nut of which the heavenly
rHfr are f1o sole benehcisries
'Fr'ow these public bouefactors
rau.Hau, lion laShes his tail.
ready 10 spring should the presi-
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.
I'VE 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.
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 homogeneous 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 conyolutious to the
gaze " 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 Serpeuts, the man does
not finch uv 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 3ure-s. ne may without
hIuar3uCc seize the scales now
guarded hy enemies of progress
and measure with equitable hand
Tine rights Of gII who are con-
coruod with the subject OF trans
pyrtItl0n.'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
THAN SEWING.
The Georgian:

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 If you
carefully read the Book of Chron-
icles you may find the origin of
Thanksgiving time and its real
meaning. The Hebrews called it
the feast "of tabernacles." At
this time they not only thanked
God for their harvested it 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
THE LAKE By WILLIAM =: KIRK

n ROUND its wavelets clear and cold
n The forest lies all red and gold;
Where once a 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 a 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
Man on the Wing Surpasses
the Birds Already.
We Can Easily Imagine What He VIII Do the Next Few Centuries
ceprngh tr Sta Csnpnny

Twenty years ago and less the about flying
laughed that is to say by of no imagination 1nte
gent would fly long before Virgil wrote
his lines Daedalu fama est fugien Mnoia regina prae
petibus pnnis credere coelo''--
excuse this erudton)
Langley and many others who worked the flying
chine died bitterly disappointed Then it suddenly
appeared the usual idos-a healthy working
ory needless to saypredcted that it would be REALLY
useful and that could never REALLY control it
Many years ago the Hearst newspapers predicted that
very fly rapidly the birds fly and fly at the of
thousand rate of speed at which the to
around the earth--before long
This was denounced as ridiculous by gentlemen engaged
flying But already DOES fly faster than any bird and
stranger still certain least HE FLIES AS NO BIRD
COULD FLY NAMELY, UPSIDE DOWN.
Those of us who umber pigeons remember the
eccentric fight queer birds rolling and in the
air But tumber pigeon eagle bird Of any kind can do
what the Frenchman Pegoud has done.
Pegoud his machine and makes fly its back
He flies straight down and straight
And along another Frenchman Maurice Chevl-
lard who does more wonderful things Pegoud do
upside without being tied to his machine Chev
lard turning twisting and flying upside
own within few feet Of the ground proving marveouy perfect
a=tvol of his machine
he and the other Frenhman other bird do
airSady with an imperfect machine
Imagine the of the future will do when the prob
power shall have been solved and the aoft
will have he chooses thousand horsepower ten thousand
horsepower to run his light machine
Observe by the way that both these wonderful
FRENCHEN that the French the first recognize
wonderful genuses the Wright brothers The brothers had
Paris order to be taken seriously and recognized
that Cheviard who does these wonderful things
Frenchman BIG POWERFUL HUGE IN BUILD-and get rid
your ideas about the French nation you happen
have any
1t does all good to realize the qualities of others And
will good realize that the French who inherited the genius
Rome been leaders In this world since the days
Chaemagne-eader in thought in mental moral courage
war machinery extraordinary physical daring in automo
bile making in flying machine work in everything else that
qures brain that acts the second and is not afraid.
pity do have Frenchmen coming to this
country
And it wonder that Fermentation of concentrated
the richest country the world lending in thou
millions other countries and giving ideas the world
in addition to lending the world money.
The quotation from Virgil above reads fully follows:
Daedalu ut fama est fugens Menoa regna praepeibus
nns credere coeo inuetum tier gedas enovt ad
arotos Cachidicaque Lewis tandem super asttit arce
free translation by Connington is:
Daedaus the legend, flying from Mnos sceptre
dared trust himself air swift wings of his workman
ship sailed to the cold north along unwoned
stood buoyant the top of this Euboean hill"
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, l congratulate the artist.
]. H, COOKE, JR.
Doerun, Ga.
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
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
l was overcome with joy--as
much as a child could be. l read
The Georgian daily and have
taken The Sunday American ever
since it has been out in Atlanta.
| have often wondered what had
become of Buster and Tige. | 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
For your own sake
S n o p E A RI Y

For your own sake
S n OP ga RLY
for the shopgirls' sake.
Corset makers say the tango
makes girls fat. II this be so.
football, prize fighting and sprint
ing must also be fattening
The difference between a Mex
lean Constitutionalist and a plain
Mexican is that one is more
"agin" the Constitution than the
other.
Paul Poiret, the Partisan milli-
ner, says American women show
an interest in pockets. They sure
do: especially in their husbands.
A Chicago couple has just Celc-
hrated Tango wedding" The
records of the Chicago divorce
courts suggest that a more appro-
pirate dance for this occasion
would be the Hesitation
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
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
Y.W.C.A. NOTES

vesper Service.
Sunday yesper service at the Young
Woman's Christian Association this az
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
ALLEN EXPLAINS HIS
STAND ON INSURANCE
Says it Was Never His Intention to
Exclude From the State Legit-
innate Companies.

Secretary of State w. S. Allen has
given out AN interview In connection
with statement published in south
ern Iowa weekly, relative to his ruling
on permits to new insurance compan-
les to sell stock in Iowa. The secre-
tary insists it was never his intention
to exclude legitimate companies from
selling stock until after they had Sc
cured permit to sell insurance In the
state. "All [ demand Is that the In
Isurance company present facts and
figures which warrant permit under
the blue sky law to sell stock" said
Secretary Allen. There is no clash
between the secretarys department
and the auditor who issues the license
to sell insurance. Only two compan-
les have been denied the privilege to
sell stock by me, and these included
| in their assets some very question
able securities which could not ad-
NIT for an insurance or any other
corporation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
construction Of the house began at

construction Of the house began at
D. m. on August IL, and by 5 p. M,
August ~, the house was ready for
occupancy. The force OF men who
accomplished the feat consisted OF
twenty-five carpenters, forty brick
layers, ten steamfitters, four GLACIERS,
eight electricians, sixty-four laborers,
two tinsmiths and number OF plas-
terers and painters.
This record is often beaten In Porto
Rico, where many families Insist up
on having new house once year
and set aside an hour or so at the
END of each summer to gather mater
lial. Four men can build Porto Rico
/ bark house in about fifty minutes,
spending about half the time to gather
/, the material. It's four corner posts are
cut from the trunk of fallen coco
palm, light frame of sapiines Is
built about them and the whole struc-
ture is covered with fiat pieces or the
dried bark of a royal palm bound to-
gether with strips of banana and coco
| fiber.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
A Smooth, White Skin
That Defes Weather
1rro,n The Woman Beautifully

(From The Woman Beautifully
During the coming months OF bit
ing winds and intense cold. you who
would keep your skin smooth, white
and velvety, should turn your atten-
tion to mercolized wax. Nothing else
will so effectively remove chappeo.
roughened or discolored surface. BY
gradually absorbing the weather-beat-
en- cuticle, the complexion is kept IN
perfect condition, and even the heau-
ty of expression appears more pro-
nounced. If your skin be blotchy,
pimply, freckled, coarse. sallow OF
over-red, why not shed it? One ounce
of ordinary mercolized wax, to be had
at any druggists, will completely
transform the most unsightly COM
plexion In less than fortnight. Use
the wax nightly. like cold cream,
washing 1t off mornings.
If weather, age or poor health has
married your face with wrinkles,
here's good news. You can quickly
remove every line by using a harm
less, refreshing face lotion prepared
| by dfssolving OF. powdered saxolite
in " pit. witch hazel The firmer
smoother skin, the more youthful ap
pearance, even after one application
will astonish you.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
Boy Born Savage.


eve used to say when child swore
or lied that he was a reprobate; now
we say he is neither moral or i'm
moral but that he is being with
moral tendencies. His environment
trains those tendencies. The boy Is
a born savage in a civilized home,
Today when i saw your wonderful
statue, thought 1t wasn't the color
OF the skin which made the Indian a
savage but his conduct and ideals,
The product OF education makes a
civilized man" There is new idea
in pedagogy and that is that music
is a birthrtght of child as we'll as
speech. II the voice is properly cared
for and trained all children can sing
just as they can talk. 1t is the duty
of the teacher above all things to
study the child and to discover In
each individual child his personal
bent or ability. The man who built
this great water power was once a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
PREPARE BIOGRAPHY
OF SUNDAYS LIFE
Date Relative to keokuk Meeting
Furnished by Messrs. MeFar-
land and Barr.

Citizens of Keokuk. Iowa, who have
followed the wonderful career of Rev.
Billy Sunday since he conducted his
series of revival meetings here In
1904, will be interested to know that
biography Of his life has been pre-
pared.
Theodore T. FTankenberg, Of Column
bus, who covered" the great Billy
Sunday campaign in Columbus for
the Ohio State Journal, has written
the remarkable life story and in it
has brought out many interesting
facts about the famous evangelist
which were hitherto unknown
The author has traced Rev. Mr.. Sun
days career from the start To YER
Iify the; isolated facts about campaigns
held years ago, before Billy Sunday
had become a national figure, he
lcorresponded with ministers, editors
or prominent citizens In every city
and town in which Sunday campaign
has been conducted
| The data relative to the Keokuk
campaign came from c. F. Mcfarland
and DR.. G. Walter Barr
The result is a thrilling life story
of a man whose career has been
spectacular from the start. For this
reason the book has been called The
Spectacular Career of Rev. Billy
Sunday"
1t takes up the evangelist's boyhood
he spent his youth in an orphanage;
follows 1t through the accidental dis
covery of his wonderful baseball abil-
lity by Pop" Arson; gives the dra-
matte story of his conversion In the
streets OF Chicago, and the subsequent
Reconciliation of his $4,000 a month
baseball salary to become Y. NJ. G
A. assistant at $50 a month,
It takes UP his evangelistic history
lin interesting detail, Il following him
from the time he toured the hamlets
LOT Iowa to his metropolitan whirlwind
revivals where he speaks to hun
dreds Of thousands Of people ant
numbers his conversions to chris
Itianity by the tens of thousands.
!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
SOCIAL EVENINGS
PLANNED BY LODGE
Royal Arcanun sets Aside First Fri
day In Month During Win
ter Season.

Keokuk lodge No. 536 of the Royal
Arcanum Friday night decided to set
aside the first Friday of each month
which is a regular meeting night, as
a social meeting The third Friday
of the month will be devoted to tbs
regular business session.
The social meetings of the Ar
can,1m will continue through the win
ter months and win be for the pur
pose OF bringing the lodge member
and friends together.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23

little boy IA the presence of teach
er. All great men and great women
have been helped along their way by
some teacher. No one ought to so
more cheerfully and gladly and hope
fully to her work than the teacher"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
HOUSES BUILT IN
A DAY COMMON
Quick Work Of Constructing Resi-
dence Accomplished by Ham,
Ilton, Ont, Contractors.

Building monolithic concrete houses
in one day is becoming common
thing, but Hamilton. Ont, boasts OF
a.large brick house that was built com
pletely in twenty-four hours. 1t is "a
stories high and cost $4,000. The