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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
american Citizens Are Slaugh=
tered and the Civilized
World SCOTS

Mexican authorities are investigating the case
dred American refugees from Toeon including and
children fell the hands of rebels while proceeding
land from Sao. This investigation Is being made at the
polite request of the American Embassy polite request all
that the American Embassy permitted to make when American
citizens Mexico threatened with the dreadful fate
many their fellow counrymen there
few japanese killed in China and Japan demands
apology full reparaon Japan fraction the size of
China such demand promptly results apology and full
PREPARATION
Americans are killed Mexico American
ragged and ALL THE PREPARATION OUR GOVERNMENT
EXTENDS Is BLAND ADVICE TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT
YET BEEN KILLED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IF THEY
ARE ABLE TO DO so The the hundred refugees
the hands of murderous bandits proves that all of
them may be able to do so-alive
The Democratic party destroyed VERY NAME
AMERICAN IS DIsGRACED BY SUCH PEDAGOGIC PUsIL.
LANnTITY.
The comic papers of the world making the butt of
their jokes And what worse hostile nations and nimica in
divduals making the object of their insults
1t is SAFE to pick on Americans IT is SAFE TO KILL
AMERICANS 1t particularly murder and mutiate
American and children The American HAS
NO CONCERN FOR SUCH THINGS It's pedagogue and its
demagogue have for anything but postoces poll
teal spoils and Carnegie pensions
United States Senator living border and
lar with the indifference to the lives of Americans Mexico
indifference that apparently alike Mexico and
Washington-said recently:
"A Mexican kill an American Mexico
ouages Americans but Government will in
terfere unless while in the he says doing this solely
because you American citizen
And at all sure added the Senator that would
nobe necessary for the Mexican notify the Secretary of State
that he committed his crime of hostility against
United States Government before would bring ourselves
interfere with him"
EVERY DAY BRINGS NEWS OF FRESH AND MORE
TERRIBLE oUTRAGES AND STILL NOTHING is DONE.
1.-THE pedagogue lampooned by Punch put fanc
full English theories into injurious operation The demagogue
must make his money grubbng circuit of the chauauqua
the Vosssche Zietung puts it.
MEANWHILE, AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE SLAUGH
TERED AND THE CIVILIZED WORLD SCoFFS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Some of the Best Men on
Earth Are Meanest
Husbands.

Unfortunately. this isn't true
Some Of the best men on earth
are the meanest husbands. Many
a man who never says anything
stronger than "Oh, fudge" can
Crouch for six weeks at a stretch
Many a man who has moral
principles that are as impregna-
BILE as the Rock Of Gibraltar is
as hard and cold also as the said
rock, Many a man who Is as
honest as the day Is as close as
steel trap. and has to be Chloro-
formed before he can be rried
loose from a quarter. Many
phIlanthropist Is so busy promot-
ting the welfare Of the world he
has no time to devote to making
his own home happy.
I am not disparaging the big
virtues. Far from II. Every girl
in selecting a husband should see
that the man she marries is moral
and upright, but she shouldn't
stop there. She should see that
he has some Of the amenities Of
life as well as its virtues. that
he's got a few graces as well as
a backbone.
Now. 81 I were picking out
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Girls Should Look for a
Sympathetic and Gen
erous Man.

That's what I'd do, girls. I'd
look out for a man who was
good-natured and good tempered
and generous and sympathetic,
and who thought that a woman,
even a wife, was a human being
with a right to her own opinions
and pockethook. and when I'd
found that sort Of a man Id
marry him, if he asked me. no
matter what other faults he
might have. For I'd know he'd
make the kind Of a husband that
IS lovable and easy To live with.
And that's the thing that counts
in matrimony.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
By DOROTHY DIX

nary little misadventures of ex-
istence with philosophy, or
whether he went off into silent
grouChes whenever anything
crossed his sovereign will. or
else flew into a fury about it.
/ should know that in the ordi-
nary run of married life there
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Writes on
Hustling

Hard work is necessary to success,
but overwork leads to carelessness
and disaster. In the end the hui
man machine called man is
wreck, sacrificed on the altar of
speed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
HERE'S A STUMP FULLER.

y - y CmH FULLER
Editor The Georgian:
In a recent issue of vour
paper l noticed a description of
the Holt Caterpillar" together
with your comment
AS a representative Of the Zirn-
norman Steel Company. of Lone
Tree, Iowa, l wish to call your
attention to machine they man
fracture for removing trees and
stumps.
Ihls machine viii uproot thu
longest tree or stump that grows
can be operated by three men
and a pair OF horses or mules,
ana Will remove anywhere from
90 10 800 stumps or trees per
day. p0l
Wish to say that this machine
mas been In use in South Georgia
Tor the last twelve years NV
rather. D. S Williamson, Of
Mount Vernon, Ga, was the first
man to introduce this machine In
the South, and they are being
shipped into South Georgia now
at the rate Of 200 to 800 each
year.
OF course this machine can not
be used for preparing or cult
Vatlng, but as for removing
stumps and trees 1t will do It
much cheaper than the Holt
Caterpillar or any other con-
trivance on the market
F. D. WILLIAMSON,
New Orleans,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

What we term non-tiving OBJ
Jects are capable Of WEAKNESS as
well as men and animals. It is a
good thing to change your imple-
ments of labor, whether you are In
the trades, arts or professions, De-
rtodicalty. Science has proven that
even tnantmate things are capable
Of certain amount of feeling.
Take an occasional rest yourself
whenever you feel worn and nerv-
Gus. See to it that your employees
are enabled to do so. Let them
relax for five minutes even after a
strain Of hard hours of labor. and
you will find they turn out better
work and show more interest in
your affairs for this privilege.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
TWO NEleHBoRs.

Two neighbors kept hens and
quarreled because they scratched each
others potato rows up One sold his
hens unknown to the other, who made
large run and fastened his hens up,
saying:
Now, the first hen I see in my
garden shall shoot
Next day he saw a hen scratching
as usual, SO he got the gun and shot
it, then threw it over his neighbour
rails, saying, Take your hen." The
hen was picked up, taken in, and
cooked
The following days the same thing
happened. Still the neighbor took
them up and said nothing, till the
seventh came over and hit him on the
head. Then he picked it up and threw
1t back at his neighbor, saying: Eat
your old hens. We are tired of eating
them, and prefer a little pheasant. !
sold my hens over month since!"--
Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Helping the Horses.

g A man riding on the front platform
of a downtown horse car in city
where horse cars still run noticed
standing beside him tired looking
freshman who held heavy bundle or
his shoulder.
why don't you set that bundle
down on the PLATFORM" asked the gen
tleman.
Sure said the Celt, these poor
horses have all they can do to dr-rae
the car and the pay-ple. ORR carry the
bundle"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Not in Vain.

Henry never knew stairs could be SO
frolicsome and alpine until that mid
night. He had reached the turning
point Of his perilous journey when his
wife appeared, armed with the we'll
known candle and poker.
You're drunk, Henry" she cried.
vindictively You're drunk"
well, if I amt" responded Henry
demurely, I've spent $3.65 for nothing
at ALL"
And he pt.-Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
- $500.

sufficient stamina In all the seeds to
reproduce like the parent. The corn
reverted not only to the one-eared but
to the eight-rowed type.
This is one of the mysteries that
will have to be solved, no doubt be-
fore highly-productive two-eared
type Of corn can be raised with the
qualities OF the parent so fixed that
1t can be relied upon to maintain q
big average yield. It may be due to
weakness of inbreeding.
Some Of the ears weighed over .
pound each, making over two pounds
to the stalk. II this could be aver
aged for an entire corn field it would
yield over ten tons to the acre.
Such may seem an exaggeration or
an impossibility, but 1t so only In
comparison with what we have been
accustomed to. Even if by judicious
selection of two-eared seed each
year still the type could not be fixed
so as to produce even yields Of the,
maximum amount. yet If it gave an
increase of 20 per cent. as 1t did In
my experiment. the return would be
big one for what Is involved. It
does not imply added cost, in the pro-
duction, but only greater care and
interest In ones work.
Another thing to be kept In mind
in breeding up type of corn for high
er productiveness is that the number
of kernels to the ear and their size
has an important bearing on the yield
of grain.
A corn expert once figured out that
II the productiveness of corn could
be increased by only one kernel to
each ear. on the entire crop it would
mean a gain of so tons of grain!
Even though the figures be not abso-.
lutte there is no gainsaying that the
increase of yield would be very big
amount in the aggregate. The point
is made very clearly in the accom-
panying photographs which show
eight, ten and twelve-rowed ears of
corn. Each ear was exactly the same
In weight, being IL ounces each. The
eight-rowed ear gave seven ounces Of
grain. and had cob weighing four
ounces. the ten-rowed ear weighed up
eight ounces OF grain and had a
three ounce cob. The twelve-rowed
ear gave 81 ounces of grain. A DIFF
ference Of an ounce and a half to the
ear Of actual grain is an appreciable
gain worth striving for. But that
does not mean that such is the limit
of the gain to be obtained. 1t would
be quite within reason to obtain ten
fold that increase
The chief requisite to substantial
progress In the growing of q more
productive corn must be the skill and
Judgment of the worker. The first
essential Is no doubt seed selection.
but this does not merely mean the
picking out of the best looking ears
either at harvest time or In the husk-
ing. It Is necessary that the grower
shall watch the corn from the first
start of the seed and through the
growing.
vigor. productiveness and early
ripening should be noted, not merely
In the mind, but In book, and the
stalks should be marked so that they
can be identified at any time. My
method is to snip out little bits of
tin; punch hole through them at
one side and put bit of thin wire
through and twist this loosely about
the stalk when marking 1t. On the
tin ! scratch number with a sharp
awl There is not likely to occur
any accident that can destroy this
tag or erase the figures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15

1t is not In the soil, or the fertilizer,
or the weather. nor in any other fac
tor, important though each may be.
The first essential Is to breed up
corn for points with the same care
given to animals or fowls. Type,
quality, stamina, productiveness, ETC.,
must be known, must be sought for
and improved with each season. It
is not enough to pick out perfect ears
or such as may be attractive at harv-
est time. 1t is necessary that one
shall know the plant that produced the
ear, and all the conditions of its
growth and environment.
There are many mysteries to be
solved in this question of seed selec-
ton with the view to breeding up a
more productive type Of corn. My
own experiments In this direction will
indicate some OF the difficulties to be
met with. In husking the corn In
the fall OF 1908 came across just
one stalk containing two ears. It
was the first | had ever met with.
though upon inquiry find that farm
ers do frequently come across such
two-eared stalks, though they never
pay any attention to them. but throw
them in the crib with the others.
1t occurred to me. however. that 1t
would be well to plant from those two
ears and endeavor to raise two
cared type. One ear was of good size
and the other about two-thirds as big.
Weighing them the large one weighed
IA ounces and the small 95a ounces.
The large ear was an average ear
such as every stalk carried. Thus
this particular plant gave 9h ounces
more than any other plant. This gain
would mean almost a ton more to the
acre If the corn could be bred to
yield two ears. 1t would mean even
more If the two ears could be made to
attain good size instead Of one be-
ing large and one small as in this
case.
The corn was of variety called
yellow-fint. obtained originally of q
nearby farmer. From these two ears
l selected $50 kernels, discarding the
butts and tips. The field in which
this was planted was fall plowed and
dressed during the winter with a
liberal application of high quality
of stable manure, as keep such in a
cement bottomed pit. The twoeared
seed was planted at one end of the
main corn field. 1t should, Of course.
have had a separate plot. and it may
be that the tendency TO revert to one
ear was due In part to fits contiguity
to the ordinary corn.
The $50 kernels made 21O hills.
Fourteen failed to come up, probably
being eaten by worms or mice The
termination showed very strong vital
ity. However, of the SIG stalks. all
from the two-eared seed, only 1856
stalks produced double ear About
one-fifth.
Another interesting point, showing
clearly the tendency to reversion to
remote ancestors, is found In the fact
that Whine the two-seed ears were of
10 rows about 70 per cent. of the
yield was Of one eight-rowed cobs.
Although this variety of flint corn
win show frequent ears of IL and IA
rows, it may be considered properly
an eight-rowed type of corn. Thus
we see that after throwing the sport
Of two-eared stalk. there is not
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Probably shrank, Too.

A young chap entered the water at
Atlantic City in Accent suit of blue
flannel. AS he splashed about he was
joined by girl friend. The girl
flashed her bright eyes over the tum-
bling expanse of sea and then. with q
sigh Of delight, she said:
isn't the water blue today?"
"It's shameful" said the man, with
hot blush, "it's perfectly shameful
how this cheap bathing flannel runs"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
EnaIIsh Geography.

A professor from Iowa went to Eng
land last summer, and was introduced
to professor from one of the English
universities. He met the American
and said:
Il met one of your colleagues last
summer. We had another professor
from Ohio to visit u.s.
But am from Iowa
Iowa, indeed! How very interest
ing. am sure the other gentleman
called it Ohio. Publishers Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Needless Expense.

Father" asked the girl who was
going to marry poor man, do you
think I ought to take a course Of
household economics. They offer q
lovely one at Briny Moore for $780,"
NO" replied pater grimly. "You
will get one for nothing after you are
married. Judge. .
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Thankful.

Giles met an acquaintance on the
street the other day, although he
artfully tried to avoid him.
Hello, Giles. deah boy!" exclaimed
the other. 80 glad to see you. I'm
going to London next week; can /
do anything for your"
mo. going's enough. thanks re-
piled Giles. moving on-Lippincott's
Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
EXCHANGE Of courtesies.

"This man who wants board on cred
it claims to be foreign nobleman."
"Show you any proof?" asked the
proprietor.
Showed me photograph of a cas-
tle."
well have no objection to you
showing him a photograph of ham
sandwich"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Matter of Taata.

Hell never see your great friend,
the baroness. with you now. Have
you quarreled?
She-Oh. no; but our frocks don't
go well together just at present. so
we are careful never to be seen with
each other.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Reslqnation.

"The court of appeals has decided in
our favor announced the younger
lawyer.
"H'm!" unused the head of the firm.
in a melancholy tone. Cease tried only
once. Well"-and he recovered his
equanimity by great effort-"I sup
pose we must be satisfied to let it go
at that."-Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
strike Broken.

Master Of the House--See here,
Mary Ann, where's my dinner?
Slavey-Theer amt agoin' to be no
dinner. If you please, sir.
whats that! No dinner?"
mo, sir. The missus came 'ome
from jail this afternoon, an ate up
heverythink in tn 'ouse!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
The Lure Of Ii.

"She chose life in the ranks OF the
chorus, understand. rather than be-
come milady's maid"
We'll, why shouldn't she? There's
great deal of difference, when you
come to think of it, between being
Fanchon st. Claire and Maggie Pc
ters."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Rather Risky.

Edith--How many times did you re-
fuse Jack before you married him?
Alice Only once He seemed so
discouraged was afraid to try 1t q
second time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
PIaylna.

when a family seemed pinched
In circumstances the first thing we
asked was whether woman's hus-
band played the horse races"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. Now
the first thing we ask is whether .
mans wife plays bridge"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Slaves TO DUTY.

1--WE have been appointed ON the
committee to investigate the alleged
baseball trust" said Representative
Wombat.
"A serious matter.s responded Rep
resentative Wallaby. I'VE shall. OF
course. have to attend all the games"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Surprising.

II have noticed one queer way in
which nature works with opposites."
What's that?"
80 often the rising wind means
falling weather.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Merelx unfortunate.

There is some dark secret connect
ed with his sons career in college"
Nothing involving moral turpitude.
He struck out the day Of the big match.
with the bases full"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Above the Fashions.

Though trains not any more are seen
On women's skirts, please note,
Night wears the trailing garments" still
OF which Longfellow wrote.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
GETTING Worse.

The man who goes to pieces
Won't father many hits,
Because time just increases
The fragmentary bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
ParadoxIeaI Proareas

whats the best way to get for
ward?"
Get backing"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15

Mr. Landlord Bug-Well. how about
the rent?
Mr.. Tenant-Well, you'll have to
come in and get 1t IL you want 1t.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-15
Slow Fellow.

She was a most disdainful miss;
He got q freezing look.
She told him he could have one kiss,
And one was all he took.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-09
CITY OF BENARE
Scenes on the Banks OF the Sa-
cred GangeS.
Bathers in the RiVer-The Devotion
of the Hindus-The Regeneration
of India-Relieious Ideas
Along Waterway.

London.-At Benares you realize
that Hinduism is a living thing. and
it presents itself with beauty and
pathos which are astonishing TO the
visitor who has thought of it only as
Anticipated idolatry.
Just now the Ganges is low. and
the long flights of steps. the CHATS, are
bare almost to the bottom, but in the
ruined colonnades and entertainments
and a temple actually slidden into the
water the power and ravages OF the
river in flod gre seer. We embark on
q miniature boathouse, and seat our
selves on the roof; and we are slowly
rowed up the stream. as far as the
tree covered terrace where Warren
Hastings took refuge from the out
ragged people OF the city; then down
the stream to the mosque with its tall
minarets which Aurungzeb erected TO
flout the Hindus and rebuke their
idolatry But neither Warren Hast
ings nor Aurungzeb. neither Moslem
nor Christian. neither east nor west.
has made any appreciable change In
the customs, the rites, the religious
ideas which find their Picturesque ex-
preston in that mile OF more of river
front.
The bank is steep and rises to the
height of 200 feet. On il rise temples
with their carved sikras and gtlded
SUBMITS, jumbled together with pal
aces, fiat rooted. piled high on solid
and imposing battlements, and a med
ley Of steps and terraces, and gate
ways, through which the river Is
reached from the city. The buildings
| are yellow, Or terra Gotta colored,
! gilded, and otherwise, so that the ef-
feet is hardly less beautiful than that
| of the Grand canal. Sacred bulls are
tethered in many places, TO which the
people salaam. Everywhere are the
gay colors in which India delights.
Garments of bright orange, blue, mag
enta, iris colors, and dazzling white
make the whole scene brilliant in the
morning sun.
The bandits recline under their UNI
brellas. comfortable and serene, exact
ing toll from the bathers who come
down to the water at the allotments.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-09

then came the old cry: Ayes and
noes, ayes and noes, Mr.. Speaker.
ayes and noes, damn you. don't you
dare shut off debate!' But 'Zeke only
smiled and his gavel cracked-and
they were still. Then in the stiffness
he said:
Gentlemen are as familiar with
the rules as is the chair. They are
we'll aware that the chair is powerless
to order a roll call after viva voce
vote, unless he is In doubt as to the
result, the demand for the yeas and
nays not having been preferred before
the question had been put to the
house. In this instance-and the
splendid old fellow swung his gavel
to his ear, and the smile flickered out
of his face-in this instance the chair
is not in doubt The ayes seem to
have 1t, the ayes have it, and the main
question Is ordered The hammer fell
like a bolt, and then calmly leaning on
it, his eye travelled around over the
turbulent mob, until 1t lit on George
Herrick and his little band of dazed
reformers-and I knew he was think
ing of the old man over in the mansion
whom he hated with an Indians hate
and as he looked George in the eye
the cold smile came back, and he
said:
1.-The question is: Shall the house
concur with the senate in the pas
sage of senate bill No. 106, notwith-
standing the objections Of the gov
ernor. Upon this question those in
favor of the bill will vote aye,
and those opposed will vote no.
when their names are called.
and the clerk will call the roll
The gavel fell, and the speaker, hold
ing 1t where It had fallen. leaned half
his length over his desk, and motioned
to Hen Harvey. Hen had taken on his
coat and vest and collar-he would
call that roll himself-and as he un-
buttoned his cuffs, inclining his head
toward the speaker, 'Zeke yelled In his
ear:
Now, Hen, damn 1t, call that roll
to beat all hell
Then we knew that the Bailey bill
fight was on to finish. We had had
our first big battle with, the reformers,
and we're down together in the last
ditch. Whenever a bill with some
thing in 1t is about to pass the legisla
ture, a strange quality steals into the
atmosphere, just as there does in the
council chamber In Chicago when any
thing is to be pulled off-don't you
know? There is forebodement. ar
apprehensiveness. that electrifies the
nerves and Expresses the lungs. felt
it there that night. We had had q
heavy fight to pass the bill in the frs
place, and now we had to override g
veto! It's hard enough to get the
seventy-seven votes that constitute q
majority, with the people against yot
men are such cowards-but when i
comes to rounding up two-thirds-s
hundred and two-its an entirely diff
ferent problem. We had been work