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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-15


sibe people
ono old gentleman who wore a
heavy mustache and had been a colo
mel in he Indian army was under
stood to be a student of Biblical pro-
phecy, having collected some thou
sands or texts which established the
identity OF the British nation with the
lost tribes of Israel
Another old gentleman who wore a
patriarchal beard and had taken or
dcrs without securing a living, was
believed to be writing a history of the
world and (after 40 years of contim-
GUS labor to have reached the cen
fury before Christ
An elderly lady with a benign ex-
preston was said TO be a tragic ac-
tress VINO was studying in secret for 4
season at the National Theater
Such and Of such kind were my
housematcs and I have since been
told that every great city has many
/ such groups of people the great
! prophets the great historians the
great authors. the great actors whom
the world does not know--the odds
! and ends of humanity. thrown aside
/ by he rushing river of life into the
! sulley ways that line it's banks. the
/ odd brothers, the odd sisters. the odd
| uncles, the odd aunts for whom there
I is no place in the family, in society,
or in the business OF the world.
il was all very curious and pathet-
| ic' yet ] think | should have been
/ safe for a time at all events. I'm this
! little corner OF London into which
| chance had so strangely thrown me,
/ but for one unfortunate happening
| That was the arrival Of the daily
newspaper.
There was never more than a single
/ copy II came at in the morning
and was laid on the dining room
mantelpiece from which (by an I'M
written law. 'of the house, 1t was the
duty as ven az the honor OF the per
son who had first finished breakfast
| to take 1t up and read the most start
ling part Of the news to the rest Of
tho COMPANY
Thus it occurred that on the third
morning after my arrival was
startled by the voice Of the old colo
mel who, standing back to the fire,
with the newspaper in his hand.
| cried
Mysterious Disappearance Of a
| Pecress."
| Read il, said the old clergyman
The tea cup which / was raising to
| my mouth trembled i'm my hand. and
| when / set ii down 1t ratified against
| the saucer ] knew what was com
! ing, and il came.
| The OLD colonel read,
| "A Telegram, fran, p1a.l,,,.+ar
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-15

Copyright. 1912. by Hesrsrs Magazine
Copyright, 1913, by 1earsy Magazine.
Copyright in Great Britain. Copyright.
1913 by j Il Lippincott Company
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-15

To Dc Continued To morrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-23

important part after the present war.
since it appears that Russia must
turn to the United States for funds for
its government and industries. which
Europe will then be unable to supply.
The establishment Of such con-
nection between Russia and the Unit
ed States would. it is believed. bring
about q certain AmericanizattOn In
methods of attracting capital For In
stance, the construction OF railroads
in Siberia and northern Russia could
be encouraged by supplying the rail-
road companies with a certain amount
Of land, as has been done In the Unit
ed States. which would result In the
colonization OF the districts traversed
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Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Rabbit stories are becoming as unreal
sOnable as war stories.
There are no impregnable trenches for
those who don't know.
One trouble with a cinch il the difficulty
of getting a bet on 1t.
To wear a cap without mussing his hair,
a man must be bald-headed.
So many people want q brass band ac-
compartment when they Do Good.
The mutual admiration society has the
least difficulty signing new members.
More men, we judge from the tumult,
depend on noise than rely on logic.
A lot OF foolishness is the product of
those who regard themselves as Serious
Thinkers.
There would. however, be a larger army
of unemployed, If more men could AFFORD
to loaf.
Eventually a burglar is likely to land
in Jail, but few of them are captured by
watch dogs.
AS rule the town man who doesn't
want to raise chickens. thinks he could
do well on a small fruit farm.
In a small town the marshal knows all
the people so well it becomes a painful
duty to arrest any OF them
1t is our sartorial opinion that the derby
hat and the mackinaw constitute the sad
dest combination in the winter scenario.
Alb Adkins is as conceited as most men,
except that he claims no great sagacity
for the dog he pays taxes on. p. s.:
The dog belongs to his wife.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

[From the Chicago News.1
Few self-made men live long enough to
finish the job.
Even the thirsty chap tries to dodge
the bar OF justice.
It's shame what bad little boys think
of good little boys.
If death loves shining mark it's up to
some men to wear wigs.
Women scorn muddy crossings il their
hosiery will pass inspection
Occasionally the preachers aim is mac
curate and his sermon hits you.
But. alas! The things we want TO do
are usually the things we shouldn't.
The automobile has It on the horse in
one respect. 1t doesn't shed its hair in the
spring.
Many q married man wonders just how
small a portion OF his earnings he is really
entitled to.
Many a man who proudly boasts that
heaven Ii his home would rather move
than pay rent
You never can tell from the amount OF
cheek . man has what sort Of whiakers
he can raise.
The less money q woman has the more
things she can afford to zee that she
would like to buy.
II a woman continually accuses her hus-
band OF being bad the chances are that
he viii make good.
II some men had their lives To live again
they probably wouldn't leave % many dol
lara for their heirs to serap over.
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From, Other Pens
THE CRUELTY OF WAR.

.. THE CRUELTY OF WAR.
Even after fifty years the supply of
literature relating to the Civil, war has
not quite dried up; it is not $50 very
long since prominent - magazine
made it feature" The thrSat OF n
newly formed organization that its
members shall incontihently begin to
contribute to the literature 6f the
present war suggests infinite possibil-
tiles of boredom unto the third and
fourth generations. 1t is the Ameri7
can Refugee society, to be composed
of Americans recently marooned in
Europe, which thus adds a new ter
ror to the conflict. The society has
various objects. among them the lapd
able purpose of favoring home indus
trqcs; but that which will first attract
startled attention is the project for
publishing, in an edition de luxe,
the personal experiences of members
in the war zone. with the idea of
perpetuating a true record of facts
and dates to be handed down to ros1
terity." Posterity may conceivably be-
grateful for the gift. But the con-
temporaries OF the prospective MEM
orialists will feel that a cruel joke is
being played on them. Have they not
already read all these things in the
papers? Have they not supped full
Of horrors, ad nauseam? The person
al experiences of the refugees will al
ways be very interesting to them
selves. But what light will they
throw upon the war? Precious little,
in most cases!-Philadelph Ledger.
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QUAKER MEDITATION :

EFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Overwork causes mighty few men to go
under. &c. -
II you are determined to- butt in It is
just as well to be headstrong about it,
Say what you win about war, it makes
the fool killer look like a pinhead
The only mark of esteem some people
seem to recognize IL the dollar mark
: A true Christian IL q man who would
rather tell the truth than be popular.
It isn't fair to hit a man when he is
down, but occasionally an idea will strike
him.
Tommy-"Pop. what is tact?" Tommy's
Pop@'"Tact. my son. is the Ieaven that
saves fattery from falling flat
Blobbs-"Polly Peaches displays poor
taste in always going out in a high wind. -
Slobbs-"Yes. but she shows good FORM
Noah had almost finished loading the
Ark. ''Gee!' he exclaimed, Il nearly for
got the horses" 'Oh. well, we'll have
automobiles some day, anyhow yawned
Shom.
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Jayhawker lots

It seems, to the Arkansas City Tav-
eler, that Sherman was wrong: war Is
taxes.
A man who abstains from eating
meats does not live longer, declares the
Pratt Union-it only seems longer. that
is all.
AS the Marysville Advocate Demo-
crat explains it: There's always room
at the top-if you have the proper
foundati ton.
Bill Slivers is quoted by the Toronto
Republican as saying: To the average
man with q family who have the gift
giving habit. Christmas time is the
maddest time OF the whole DANCED
year.
There are people who seem, to Mrs.
Tom Thompson of the Howard Cour-
ant, to regard any sort of work with
hands as a form of evil. and to pro-
coed upon the theory that If resisted
it will fly away from them.
Timely advice for Europeans, from
the Smith County Pioneer: If you go
to war, join the army and not the
navy. The soldier. being on land, has
a chance to surrender, but the man
on the defeated ship can't get away,
and he can't run. He is expected to
go down with his ship.
Springs, maybe. The Conway Springs
Star reports: The boys have every
thing ready to give us some good auto
polo games next summer. There Is
good timber here for a baseball team
and with a good band we will be lined
out" for a good season-if we get good
crops.
Walter Whiteside and Wills Coving-
ton, two well known coloreC men,
were talking in a barber shop yester-
day, tells the Atchison Globe. my
sister writes me from st. Louis" said
Whiteside, that 60 chickens were
stolen from her last week." "Stolen.
snorted Covington. You mean she
opened the door and they went home"
I'm going to cut out any Christ
mas this year." said Hanch Glover re-
Gently within the hearing of the How
ard COurant. IT got hit a hundred
harder for taxes than 1 ever did be-
fore, and wife and kids will have to
do without any Santa Claus junk this
year" And then he stepped over
and bought some three for a quarter
smokes, picked UP his change
nty-five-phoned down to the gar
age to see if his car was fixed; button
ed up his overcoat for a ride to the
country to see if the hired men had
finished baling the alfalfa, and then
repeated. Mighty little Christmas at
my house THIS year!"
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CITY AND COUNTRY.

u -
1onx nn.. Of i.x csst s.sdnr. p,.re. IN.
And In the canon streets you can descry.
A countless throng, that rush now there,
Like ants that haste their movement when
The noise Of myriad truck and motor car
Sounds Ike the clash and din OF waf.
The air II foul and poisonous with Gas
That blinds and choke0 and witherS flower
( and grass.
Here Vice and Virtue naunt themselves
And Pride and Greed build round them
The poor in tenements AKIN to. hen.
sss en-.
The Naples lift their faces toward 'the.s1y
In th.nkfulness to Him who reigns on
within their shadow is little cot
Where love and tool have sancttned the
spot. 1883 So So,
Two lovers sit before the open door
And talk in whisper OF the days Of yore.
Above them climb some roses rich and
rare as
That nh with honied fragrance all the air
The verdant prairie stretches far away;
Upon the breeze comes smell OF new mowu
No sound disturbs. save now and then Is
heard
The joyous rhapsody Of moclzingbird.
DAVID DILLARD HAGGARD.
Philipsburg, Kan
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Kansas Comment
COULD TAFT COME BACK?

COULD TAFT COME BACK?
/. Among embryo presidential booms,
which are getting q gentle start for
many men IN this great country. there
was 30 deeply showed under in 1912
that it was believed by many that he
would not be heard OF politically
again. With q comfortable berth at
Yale, and nothing much to cut into
his golf game, we doubt that Mr.. Taft
would care again to assume the trials
and cares of chief executive. The
possibilities of his return to the presi-
no man il likely to be chosen presi-
dent against his will. Still. it seems,
there would be q possibility, could the
ex-president's consent be obtained.
be elected president. and then be de-
feated. and again return to that high
est office. That was the history of
Grover Cleveland, whose presidential
career was surely beset with as many
trials as came to Taft. And besides a
precedent there is evidently a change
in the public frame of mind. Like all
other tariff measures. the Democratic
effort Is unsatisfactory to many
the contrS, Of
provo that. But what IL more impor-
tant, or more significant, is the fact
I, that many standpat statesmen return
ed to office in the recent election. Old
. SOC OduIiOu HtAU ltttIc tTOuUlo re.
gaining control OF his Danville dis
trict, and he was Joined by many Of
his standpat colleagues in the lower
house. Kansas returned Charley Cur
tbs to the senA&es and Pennsylvania
gave Boise Penres1s q wonderful vote
OF confidence. There>are signs that it
is rapidly becoming Quite respectable
| to be q 'standpaa4ek: there are even
evidences that sNShs may be the popuJ
lar course In many localities. and .
standpatter may 9Oe 20 TAR as to be
proud OF It. And Taft, admittedly,
belongs 70 the nseEyative school Of
action he proved Il. II the swing in
that direction continues for two more
years. which seems reasonable, he
/ could win handily. And yet we doubt
that he would wish it: To his peace
And 1t would be just his. luck to find
the pendulum Of popular opinion
swinging the other way q week after
election, So that he could be kicked
around for another four years. The
people are a chaneeable lot. and don't
/, like their own way very well when
they get it, as a rule.-Atchison Globe.
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+ he. turned to look for a good place
to hide and saw an old hogshead with
one end gone lying at one side Of the
road.
2 Billy Goat went into the hogshead
head first. He did not stop to think
he could not turn around after he was
in there, and he was still laughing
when Billy Pig came near to- his hid
ing place.
Billy Goat waited until Billy Pig
was close beside the hogshead. and
then he began to make q growing
noise. He could see Billy Pig through
a hole in the hogshead.
"G-r-r-r-r. G-r-r-r-r! went Billy
Goat Billy Pig stopped still and lis
tened.
"G-r-r-r! G-r-r-r!" came again
from the hogshead.
Billy Pig looked at 1t and took a
step nearer. when . fiercer growl
came from the hogshead and Billy Pig
turned and ran. - (.
Billy Goat thought It was time he
showed himself, and he tried to get
out 81 hiB hiding place.
He tried to turn. and when he did
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table, a most familiar scent was watt
60 70 nam He drew In q deep breath
and again felt himself plunged into
the darkness and = girl whose furs
exhaled just such an odor stood beside
him. More than ever was he inclined
to disbelieve Robina. The ring and
thesscent both pointed her out as that
He did not press the subject. how
ever. but turned to the dainty girl
who was sitting at his right side,
Bradley had been falling a ready VIC
time to June McCree's violet eyes end
claimed his attention. Now, as he
turned back to her he seemed to feel
that she was going to prove the one
and only girl for him.
Later, when they were dancing a
slow waltz Bradley again became
fconfeious that the subtle odor Of the
myth girl was being waited to him
from June's golden hair.
Have you ever been in London ?''
no asked quickly, his heart beating
put tho same question to Robina-
Yes" June answered, startled out
OF her rather pleasant sense of
rhythm afforded by Bradley's dancing.
breath as Of contentment, and if she
felt equally happy Bradley did not for
the moment know 1t.
Have you. ever seen q diminutive
seatchlight seeking to find a lost ring
on the London sidewalk? And have
SO pungent as to linger in q mans
senses for weeks and weeks? Tell me
have you done all these mysterious
thfngs?" Bradley had stopped dane
Ing, and June looked straight into his
| eyes with a light in her own that quite
| made his head reel.
She laughed softly. 9tf
'How strange!" she said, because
for the moment no other words sprang
to her lips. June had pondered many
whose hands she had clasped in Lon
don, and now that she had actually
found him it seemed suddenly . most
| romantic situation. and her heart flut-
roses. She hoped Bradley would not
notice ner foolish emotion.
But the ring-it is not yours-and
you are not engaged" he half de-
manded.
''It is not mine. 1 bought 1t while
Robina. and wore 1t rather than
worry lest it be stolen when not on
my finger. Brother does not know
about my losing it," she added with a
blush. HE thinks me careless enough
| now. You won't tell him. will you ga
June's slim fingers went out in i'm
pulsive pleading and rested on Brad
ley's arm.
! Bradley drew a deep breath. The
same thrill shot up his arm that her
touch had given him once before. He
stood looking happily down into her
violet eyes. After q moment he spoke
Il PROMISE" he said slowly, $50 long
as you let me tell you something
within q week.
| June blushed holly, You only met
me tonight" she parried.
Girl! ! IL, met you weeks and weeks
| Promise me-" he said softly.
Il hate to be considered careless
hesitated June.
How can L wait a, whole week %
murmured Bradley.
| Il wouldn't do anything / didu',
want to-" laughed June.-(Copyright
1914, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn.
dicate.)
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the hogshead began to move. He
made another attempt, and this time
the hogshead began to roll over slow
~. and then 1t went a little faster. and
Billy Goat was first on his back and
then on his feet, until he was going 10
fast he did not know his feet from his
back and all the time he was calling
for help as loudly as he could. N
Billy Pig ran a short distance, and
not hearing anyone behind him, he
stopped and looked back just in time,
to see the hogshead rolling down tfel
hill.
Knowing that whatever was in there
could not hurt him, he ran back and
watched 1t roll.
He heard Billy Goats cries for help
but he did not recognize his voice and
he did not know what the noise was,
anyway.
The hogshead rolled on and on and
finally landed beside a clump OF
bushes by a stream of water at the
foot of the road.
Billy Goat backed out Of his hiding
place and shook himself. He was sure
his horns were broken and he did not
know but his neck was also.
He stood up and found his back was
all right, and then he saw the water.
I'll look in there and see il have
any horns left" he said, and then he
spied Billy Pig standing at the top of
the hill looking at him.
Oily zig lI0u UCGu SO SuEpIlScO
when he saw Billy Goat back out of
the hogshead he had not recovered
when Billy Goat saw him.. and was
still staring and wondering what it
could mean.
Hello, Billy Pig!" called Billy
Goat. Come down and get a drink
Of nice cool water. Sorry. there int
another hogshead for you to come
down in; it il great fun rolling down
hill in one"
What cannot understand. is why
you made such noise, !" said Billy Pig
1T sounded almost as though you
were frightened. and once I thought
I heard you call Help! Help..''
"Oh. no, was not frightened" said
Billy Goat. If made q noise II was
because 1t was such fun: you know we
always make a noise OF some kind
when we are sliding down hill FAST
Billy Goat trotted off over the field,
thinking he was lucky not to- have
been killed. and w0nder1ng & Billy
Pig had any suspicion OF Whist ne had
really intended to do in the first place
|-(Copyrights 1914, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate. New York city,
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AGRICULrURAL SUPREMACY.

That production to the individual
farmer rather than to the acre il the
American standard of agriculture is
on interesting fact pointed out by DIR.
David Franklin Houston. secretary of
agriculture, in his annual report.
Secretary Houston admits that the
American farmer does not produce so
much to the acre as the farmer In
many other countries. but holds that
criticism of the American farmer for
this fact is not justified.
While, however, supremacy In pro-
duction for each person must be main
tanned. the secretary states that the
aim of establishing supremacy of the
product to the acre must now also be
kept in mind.
The operation of economic laws.
the Kansas Industrialist bellows. is
bound to increase agricultural produc-
ton to the acre as the population of
the country becomes more dense. That
has been the experience in foreign
countries. In places where the farm
ing population is far less intelligent
than that of the United States and
where agricultural science was,v until
recent years, unknown, the enormous
population necessary to be supported
has brought about systems of inten-
sive farming that mean enormous acre
production. Yet in these very coun-
tries the amount of products secured
for each person engaged in agricul-
ture is only from one-sixth to one
half Of that which the American farm
er secures.
By looking forward to the time
when the population Of the United
States may be congested, the farmer
in this country can carry out in a
scientific manner Doctor Houston's
advice. He can hold fast to the SUI
premacy which he now has over the
farmers Of the rest of the world and
at the same time add to it the suprem-
acy which other farmers of the world
now possess over him.
This result will be accomplished in
two ways. In the first place, diseases
and vegetable pests will be largely
eliminated. In the second place,
farming will be gradually intensified
to meet the needs of the nation.
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WAR AND THE WEATHER.

Throughout the area of the Great
War, the weather from day to day is
playing its part in the campaign, writes
Prof. Robert Dec. Ward in the Pop
ular Science Monthly. Modern military
tactics; modern armament; modern
methods Of all kinds. have not in any
way eliminated the weather element as
a factor Of the greastest Importance.
The story of the present war does not.
thus far. read SO very differently from
that of the stories of previous wars in
the same countries. In 1886, the Span
ish, as related by Motley. encountered
such terrible rains on the Mouse that
they retreated. A previous fall Of Ma
muir. in 1892. was largely due to heavy
rains which prevented the English from
crossing the river and meeting the be-
sieging French army. The English in
Flanders in 170S-09 endured great hard
ships on account Of deep SHOWS. which
tense and the troops, who were short
Of firewood, suffered severely. The
Duke of Marlborough wrote (170s): "Till
this frost yields we can neither break
ground for our batteries nor open our
trenches" The French. in Poland, in
1S06-07, found mud feet deep; drench-
Ing rains; driving sleet; melting snow
and icy streams. In the Franco-Prus-
sian war Of 1901. over the same his
toric ground in France, we read of tor
rental rains; floods; icy roads; mud
dy fields, and of sufferings on account
Of cold.
So the story goes on, from age to age,
from one war to the next. War and the
weather: they are related today. as they
were in the past. physically. physiolog-
ically. psychologically and as they will
be until war shall cease