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

Imagine herd of mammoths with long tuss and
red hair and little eyes, exceeding in power and bulk the
modern elephant elephant to-day exceeds ordinary
buffalo.
Then think of the biggest most powerful Of the giant beasts
the leader them ALL and you the this picture
drawn by clever English artist and illustrating the death of
that giant, scientists tell us it occurred.
It was bitter winter in those distant days of half formed
earth before had appeared in their shape of to-day
by cold mammoth herd migrating in
of food.
The giant monster with the long us was the leader And
decide that the herd should
the frozen marsh
Hunger pushed the herd forward caution held back The
heaviest giant all made the test first foot then the other
big front foot
weight the treacherous ice made up
mud and water of grasses and bog.
while trembling, balancing his big body
he forward then the tracherous spot where
animal from below perhaps had forced his way to breathe
And the giant caught helpless and hopeless in the frozen
marsh.
This striking picture the tormented
creature.
Slowly in spite his struggles weight pulls him down
little that he could crushed
by dozens his onward march gather to the feast For they
driven by hunger and the marsh uphods their light
weight.
Forward backward and dewise the mammoth swings his
trunk trumpeting squeaing.
small biting at his ears eyes,
the big hacovered lips and the trunk not quick enough
strike them.
Finally the battle against ends The eyes the mouth
sink below the into the mud the struggling And
wolves the flesh of the big trunk and gorge themselves
until it disappears from sight
The bog closes over the herd that has watched in safety
turns in another direction Indifferent to the leaders death
Centurethousands of themro by And the scientists
collect the in bottom of that bog
descendant of of the strange animals that lived that day
makes this picture of the mammoths death
In the fate of this monster mammoth, ruler of the
earth and nvncibe in power memoryhe reconstruct
curiosity museum-thoughtful
encouragement.
As that ruling giant of brute disappeared
earth other giants in their turn will disappear.
While the mammoth lived and ruled every creature believed
that of he would live and rule forever.
The first tmd monkey like human beings that the
moth by crashing his way through every obstacle had this
thought their dull brains Always weak shall fee in
when hear that crashing sound and always that great
animal will rule this earth apowerful invncbe depisng the
weak
But the mammoth is GONE and his power and rule have
gone.
creatures that feeble half monkeys
rule the earth They have conquered the big animals
small conquered lightning and the wind conquered
time and space-AND WILL ONE DAY CONQUER THEM
SELVES.
We creatures more powerful mammoth but timid
and feeble compared with what shall be feel toward certain
forces of evil md felt toward the mammoth
They said That mammoth rule forever. power
makes it certain
And say, Injustice cruelty poverty and anxiety
rule forever. Such monsters be destroyed"
they will NOT rule forever THEY WILL BE ,
DESTROYED
The power of thought has killed off the big monsters The
power science which is mehodcal thought KILLING
OFF THE MICROSCOPIC ENEMIES, DISEAsE-BREED-
ING GERMS MORE DANGEROUS THAN MADIMoTHs
And thought and the conscience of the human kill
ing off the moral monsersnjusoe brutality and seshness
Those of power and cruelty will sink and disappear
carried down by their weight destroyed by their
confidence destroyed long ago
when the earth young.
his body reconstructed with minute accuracy
teach lesson children students
The great world now interests
the children
ages come students the of children will