Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-11
Copyright. 1919

The picture this Of the struggling dying mammoth
picture of what actually HAPPENED this globe thou
sands Of centuries ago.
Imagine herd of enormous mammOhs with long tuss and
red hair and little fierce eyes exceeding power and bulk the
modern elephant the elephant to-day exceeds ordinary
buffalo.
Then think of the biggest powerful of the giant beasts
the leader of them you the of this picture
drawn by clever English artist and illustrating the death of
that giant, as scientists tell us it occurred
was bitter winter in those distant days of half formed
earth before had appeared in their shape of to-day.
Driven cold the mammoth herd migrating in search
of food.
The giant with the long leader And
for him decide that the herd should
the frozen marsh
Hunger pushed the herd forward caution held it back The
heaviest giant of all made the test first foot then the other
big front foot
Then the whole weight made up
mud and water, of grasses roots and bog.
while cautious trembling balancing his big body
he forward then the reacherous spot where
animal from below perhaps had forced his up breathe
And the giant caught helpless and hopeless in the frozen
marsh.
This striking picture shows the last hour of the tOrmsnted
creature
Slowly in spite of his struggles his weight pulls him down
The wolves and other little that could have crushed
by dozens his onward march gather the feast For they
too driven by hunger and the marsh uphOds their light
weight.
trunk trumpeting squealng.
The small animals biting his ears, his eyes at
the big hacOvered lips and the trunk not quick enough to
strike them
Finally the battle against Fate ends The eyes, mouth
sink below the ice into the mud the struggling And the
wolves tear at the flesh Of the big trunk and gorge themselves
until disappears from sight
The bog closes over the herd that has watched safety
turns in another direction Indifferent the leaders
Centures-thousands Of themrO by And the scientists
collect the bones preserved in the bottom of that bog and
descendant of the strange animals lived day.
makes this picture Of the mammoth death
In the fate of this mammoth ruler of the
earth and nvncibe in power memory-he
ed curiosity of the museumhoughtful read lesson of
encouragement.
As that ruling giant of brute force disappeared from the
earth other giants in their turn will disappear.
While the mammoth lived and ruled every believed
that Of course he would live and rule forever.
The first tmd monkey like human beings that the
moth go by crashing his through every obstacle had this
thought in their dull brains Always shall flee in
terror when hear that crashing sound and always that great
animal will rule this earth apoweru nvnOibe despsng the
weak"
the mammoth GONE and his power and rule have
gone.
And the creatures that were feeble half monkeys and half
rule the earth They have conquered the big
and the small conquered the lightning and the wind conquered
time and space-AND WILL ONE DAY CONQUER THEM
SELVES.
We creatures powerful than the mammoth but mid
and feeble compared with what shall be- feel
forces evil tmd ancestors felt toward the mammoth
They said That mammoth must rule forever. His power
makes it certain
And say Injustice cruelty poverty and anxiety
rule forever. Such monsters be destroyed"
But they will N T rule forever THEY WILL BE
DESTROYED
The power of thought has killed off the big monsters The
of science which mehodCal thought is KILLING
OFF THE MISCRoSCoPIC ENEMIES DISEASE BREED
ING GERMS MORE DANGEROUS THAN MAMMoTHs.
And thought and the conscience of
ing of the moral monsters-njuc brutality selhness
Those monsters of power and cruelty will disappear
carried down by their weight destroyed by their
confidence this monster mammoth destroyed long ago
when the earth young
Now his body reconstructed with minute accuracy
in the lesson to children and students