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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
GENIUS NOT INSANITY
ABSOLUTELY FALSE IDEA
SHOULD be ROOTED OUT.
Theory Refuted as Far az America ls
Concerned by the Outstanding
Figures In the History Of
This Country.

A mistaken notion, which has done
much to encourage self-satisfed medi-
ocrity, il that genius Is q form OK in
sanity. This absolutely false idea
needs to be rooted out Of the popular
mind, Into which it was implanted
chiefly by the efforts of q group OF
European anthropologists.
These men. headed by the cele-
brated Cesare Lombroso. arrived at
their insanity theory Of genius by an
exceedingly simple II laborious
method.
They secured through thousands OF
biographies Of illustrious men. seek
ing evidence that at some period in
their lives these men had acted
"queerly."
Naturally they found a great many
men of genius who had indeed acted
queerly and a great many others who
had been positively insane.
With this multitude Of horrible ex'
amples as a convenient jumping board
Lombroso and his disciples then pro
ceeded to leap to the astonishing con
clusion that all men Of genius are
more or less insane. ra o.,
To the weight Of their scholastic au
thority. and to the bulky books they
have published giving details of the
v~agarieS Of certain men Of genius, Is
largely due the erroneous belief &C
widespread today.
Actually, the proportion of insanity
among men Of genius is little. II at all
higher than the proportion Of insanity
among men in general.
Indeed, a moments reflection ough'
to satisfy anybody as to the absurdit!
Of the insanity theory with regard t.
American genius. 4aa
Was Washington insane? Or Jeffer
son, or Hamilton, or Franklin? Was
insanity the distinguishing mark o
Abraham Lincoln? Can Emerson
Longfellow, Lowell and Julia Ware
Howe be dismissed with n wave of thu
hand as insane persons?
Coming down to the present day
would Thomas A. Edison be counted
among the worlds foremost lunatics
Or Charles w. Eliot? Or Lyman Alb
bolt? -4 NJ
The sooner people rid themselves o
the false insanity doctrine the soone
the way will be cleared for intelligen
bordering Of the question.
Is not the mar Of genius, after al
representative Of higher %possibilitie
open to the human race, and Is 1t no
possible to some extent to produc
more men Of genius by proper trair
ing and environment?
To this question I for one believ
that ultimately an affirmative repl
will be given.-H. Addington Bruce
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

Liven up your sluggish lHer! Feel
ine and cheerful: make your work .
pleasure: be vigorous and full Of am
bltion. But take no nasty, danger
Gus calomel. because 1t makes you
sick and you may lose . days work.
Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking 1t up. That's
when you feel that awful nause and
cramping.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced just
take q spoonful of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you . so cent bottle Of Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
Hardly Complimentary.


A New England housewife n after
noon received a call from a hobo to
whom that morning She had given
some doughnuts.
The knight Of the road dofed his
ragged headpiece and with great civil
ity addressed her thus:
Madam, this morning you gave me
three doughnuts. Would It be asking
too much to request n fourth?"
I'll be glad to give you another"
said the woman, as she prepared to
wrap one in a newspaper. so you
like my doughnuts, do you?"
1T isn't that, madam" explained the
hobo. "You see. some friends of mine
down in the meadow wish to have a
game Of Quoits."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
No Cause for Alarm.

A young preacher who was staying
at II clergy house was in the habit Of
retiring to his room for an hour or
more each day to practice pulpit ora.
tory. At such times he filed the house
with sounds of fervor and pathos and
emptied 1t OF almost verifying else.
A %well-known bishop happened to be
visiting q friend in the house one day
when the budding orator was holding
forth.
Gracious me-" exclaimed the
bishop, starting up in assumed terror,
pray. what might that be-"
sit down, bishop" his friend re
piled. "That's only your D. prac
ticing what he breaches"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
PRACTICE.

The remarkable change in the at.
titude of the medical profession to-
ward the use Of alcohol in the treat
ment Of disease Is shown by the rec
ords of the Cincinnati hospital, an In
stitution among the greatest Of Its
class in the world and located In ona
of the whisky centers Of the United
States. For the year 1914 only seven
pints Of intoxicants we're used for its
patients for tho entire twelve months.
while during six months OF 1898, al
though the capacity of the hospital
was considerably less, the records
show the use of more than seventeen
hundred pints of whisky, beer, wine
and gin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
DIDN'T ERASE" THE CHICKENS
Out Evidently Dealer Hadn't Quite
Comprehended Question Asked
by His Customer.

Here is a little story that was told
by Congressman William c. Adamson
Of Georgia when the conversation
turned to natural misunderstanding;
A young housewife who lives in a
suburban town went to the village
store to make some purchases.
These chickens look very nice.' re-
marked the customer, pausing before
the poultry counter. How much are
they?"
"One dollar apiece, madam was the
prompt response Of the obliging pro-
prietor. "You cant find better poul-
try for the money in the, whole coun'
try" ing %
"One dollar" though bepi, unused
the customer, and then for did
you raise them" +ho
"Oh. no. madam" 10 hasty
assurance Of the misunderstanding
storekeeper. THAT is the same price
l offered to sell them for yesterday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
n Rum.

A certain railroad, says Golfers.
announces with pardonable pride that
It carried last year on its $4,000 miles
Of track 1873 passengers. and
not m Of these passengers was
killed in q train accident. That"
says the Canton TO- Daily News. is
one of the biggest zeroes, n Of the
mightiest noughts, that the year has
to boast Of" Another newspaper. the
Butler (Pa.) Citizen, writes: There
is no doubt whatever that this condi-
ton was rendered possible Unly by the
company insisting on strict sobriety
on the part of its employees. With
drunken engineers, drunken dispatch
ers, and drunken conductors, accidents
and deaths would have been common.
Drinking on the part Of employees
used to cost their employers a lot of
money one way OF another. But now.
adays 1t only costs the railroad man
his job"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
A PROGRESSIVE DISEASE.

Families that serve wine at meals
are doing the greatest injustice to
their children, for instead of allowing
them to drink anything but n%onintoxi-
eating drinks they are starting that
progressive disease that may end in
their ultimate death or disgrace. To
see a beautiful young girl drink q
cocktail Or even a glass Of sherry
oifends health aristocrats, for they
know that poison is contained in every
drop. The misfortune Of all poison
taking lies not only in the always adj
vancing appetite but in tho always
receding will.-Lillian Russell.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
Mistake Of Our Averaoe Man.

With the best intentions in the
world the average man, especially in
America. in e~ndeavoring to give every
thing to his wife. has made 1t difficult
for her to give adequately in return.
Our modern American women are
brought up too softly to develop he
roic. or even deeply womanly. quail
tiles. AS far as that 10 true the cry
"unsexed" has some Qualifications, but
the feminists are the last group al
which it should be leveled.-Beatrice
Forbes Robertson Hale In McClure's
Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
Marriage and Mathematics.

Yes" said the old mathematician
with a CLEAN in his eyes, I've always
looked at it that way, Marriage is ad,
dition; when the little ones come its
multiplication: when dissension looms
up to cloud the horizon OF their happi-
ness it's division, and when the final
parting comes it's subtraction"
And how about divorce asked the
listener.
"Oh, that would come under tie de.
nomination OF fractions"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
VODKA AND WAR.

1.-THE greatest single sentence ever
uttered for prohibition Charles
Johnson asserts in the American Re-
view Of Reviews, came from the lips
Of M. Kharitonof, controller Of the
Russian treasury, speaking before the
budget committee Of the Russian par.
lament. It ran thus: with the war
and without vodka Russia is more
prosperous than with VODKA and with
out the war"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
Japanese Livino Abroad.

Recent figures OF the Japanese for
eign Office show that $4,000 Japanese
subjects are living abroad. In the
United States are $4,000; Hawaii, 9O,-
900; Philippine islands, 5000; China,
10000; Australia, 5000; Canada, H..
900; France, 1879: Great Britain. 47s.
and Germany. 434.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
ALCOHOLIC HARD TO HANDLE.

The alcoholic always does badly IN
der surgery. In the first place it takes
q great deal more anesthetic to get
him ready for the operation, and that
adds to his risk. In the second place,
he is much more likely to have dis
eased kidneys and liver, and that adds
yet more to his risk, and thirdly, the
risk Of insanity and Of pneumonia
after an operation is greater. The alb
stinent man and woman stand opera
lions best-Dr. Howard A. Kelly,
Johns Hopkins University, mated sur
geo
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
How Did She?

You can't tell me hat woman be.
lieved your story about being a gen.
tleman in reduced circumstance"
said one weary hobo.
Yes, she did. She told me 3d."
How did she come to give you q
knife to eat your pie with them"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
Treatment Of Sores.

Apply Hanford's Balsam lightly and
you should find that gradually the sore
will diminish in size. The older the
case the longer it will take, but 1t will
help the hard cases, after other rem
edies fail. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
His Choice.

They were gathering apples together
the little blonde and the big athlete.
Are you fond of golden sweets?"
she asked, In a summer vacationy way.
oh. yes. In the summer time" he
replied, but he quickly added: My
strong preference Is for fall pippins."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
Isn't Il So.

What in the world made you marry
him so long as you don't love him.
oh, that is the easiest way | know
of to &c. rid Of a man.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

City Man-How many servants do
you keep? .
standardization Il out of
twelve.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

Cool q burn with Hanford's Balsam
ADV. "
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

Life Is tiresome enough without Wis
iting your relatives.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

Maids of homer are those who dc
not try to firt with the bridegroom.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

Occasionally a little sin grows up.
weds and raises a big family.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

For nail In the foot use Hanford's
Balsam. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

Tank Beverly says that II fish could
vote the angleworm would be elected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

Pain in the side? Rub on and rub
in Hanford's Balsam thoroughly. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTOR1A. a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26

Precaution is better than repent
ance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-26
Deem Voice.

why do you call your cat CarmenT
Shes a contralto. Louisville
Courier,Journal.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15

the United States government. Nearly
100000 is to be spent on the batter
les, while the entire fort is expected to
cost close to 100000. The govern
ment reservation covers 141 acres.
Proofs of death of Henry V. Rad
ford, arctic explorer, filed in a New
York court with petition for the pro-
BITE OF his will reveal for the first
time the details of his unequaled bat
tie against q band of Esquimos in
which he persisted in the northwest of
Canada. Mr.. Radford's death has
been fixed as occurring June 5, 1912,
when he and George Street, another
explorer, who was killed in the strug-
gle, we're about to start from Bath
hurst inlet, northwestern Canada. Mr..
Radford left an estate of at least
$4,000, which is divided by his will
among his relatives.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
Aeroplanes over Channel.

The Times asserts that 16 aero
planes were seen over the English
channel Sunday morning. Evidently
they contemplated raid, but appar-
emily the pilots found the conditions
too bad to continue the journey, for
they returned in the direction of Dun
kirk
A Zeppelin airship, accompanied by
three German monoplanes, passed
over Furnes, Dunkirk and Calais Sat
urday night, according to the Daily
Chronicles French frontier CORE
spondent 1t was believed that the
aircraft were headed for Dover. They
were flying very high and did not at
tack the towns they flew over
The British reply to the American
note occupies the attention of the Brit
ish press and public in the absence OF
any important news from the battle
fields The German and French Off
cial reports of the most recent fight
ing in the western fields are almost q
repetition of those issued on proceed
ing days.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
Man Has Animal Disease.

Baltimore, Md.-One of the first
cases on record in this city of hui
man being with the hoof and mouth
disease is that of Carlisle S. Lentz, a
student in a leading medical school
here. Lentz, whose home is in Oma-
ha, Neb., contracted the disease two
weeks ago, presumably through the
drinking of milk from an infected COW,
He is said to be now on the road to
recovery.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
Teddy and Taft on Same Train.

Boston.-Former President Theo-
dore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
travelled on the same train from New
Haven to this city Saturday. They
we're in different cars and each said
on leaving the train at the Back Bay
station that he did not know the other
was aboard. When photographer
approached Colonel Roosevelt with a
suggestion that he pose for a picture
with his successor in office the colonel
exclaimed: young man, don't be
silly"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15

Milan-A new military biplane,
which it is estimated can lift 5000
pounds and remain in the air rs hours,
was given a successful trial here re-
Gently. The machine has three motors,
each independent of the other, which
develop an aggregate of 800 horse
power and it is said the aircraft can
attain speed of rs miles an hour. 1t
will carry a 125-milimeter gun. On its
trial recently the machine rose to a
height of $500 feet.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
NOTED PERSONS DIE.
At Portland, Ore, Beamer S. Prague.

At Portland, Ore, Beamer S. Prague.
At San Francisco, Carol Cook,
a Judge of the superior court.
At Berlin, Senior Gonzalo Quesada,
Cuban minister to Germany.
At Omaha, Neb., Henry W. Yates, a
prominent banker, aged 78.
At New York, John Denison Cham
plin, author, editor and historian, aged
80.
At st. Paul, Mimi, Marshall P. Will
der, author and humorist, last Sun
day.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
Dunkirk Bombarded.

A dispatch from Dunkirk says that
a dozen German aeroplanes lombard
ed Dunkirk and environs Sunday.
Thirty bombs were thrown by the air
men, but owing to the precautions that
had been taken, there were few vic
tins. The material damage was UNI
important.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15

Construction of the placement for
Coast defense batteries at Fort Nc
Arthur on Point Firmin, Los Angeles
harbor, on the coast 20 miles west of
Los Angeles, was begun Tuesday by
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
Antwerp Grateful.

Antwerp.-The gratitude of the peo-
pie of Antwerp for the relief extend
ed by the United States to the war
sufferers of Belgium is expressed in
a resolution adopted by the Inter-Com-
munal council of Antwerp.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
Smaller Loaves or Cut Price.

Washington.-Smaller loaves of
bread or an increase in the price is
one likely result of the rise in wheat,
in the opinion of Charles j. Brand.
chief of the federal bureau of markets.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15

That person is sincerely to be pitied
who can find no enjoyment in the
prosecution of his daily avocations,
for he is defective in his makeup, in
capable of real pleasure, and destined
to a life of endles drudgery.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
GERMANS QUIT LILLE
REPORTED BRITISH ARE NOW
VIRTUALLY IN POSSESSION
FOR A TIME.
AIRCRAFTS COVER DUNKIRK
While Many Bombs Were Thrown
Little Damage Was Done-Sixteen
Aeroplanes Seen over English
Channel Sunday Morning.

London, Jan. IA dispatch from
Boulogne asserts that confirmation
has been obtained of the rumors that
the Germans have evacuated Lille and
that the city is now virtually in the
possession of the British.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
PACIFIC COAST NEWS

Nine distinct earthquake shocks
were felt at Santa Barbara, Cal, Jan.
IL, and also at Bakersfield
The 192-ton schooner Harold Blekum
of Seattle is ashore on Karluk spit,
Kodiak island, Alaska, and will prob
ably will be total loss.
A crowd of more than 10000 made
merry Saturday night in San Fran
cisco at the dedication of the $4,000
600 auditorium, built jointly by the
city and the Panama-Pacific exposition
as one of the new buildings of the new
civic center.
The commissioner of the general
land office, in a decision dated De-
cember 81, has cancelled the II Alas.
ka coal claims known as the Lippy-
Davis group, the Chezun group of IL
claims, the Willoughby group of three
claims, and the single Britton claim.
All are in the Berina river field. The
commissioner holds that the claimants
did not comply with the law as to
opening and developing mines.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
wedding,

Going to Wombat's wedding,
Jack?" called his friend.
mot l." returned Jack grouchily.
"He cut me out with that girl"
We'll, come on. You may get a
chance to biff him in the jaw with an
old shoe"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-15
BELGIUM IN BAD WAY.
1T is SAID SHE HAS SEVEN MIL
LION SOULS DEPENDING
ON AMERICA.
AT THE MERCYs0F THE WORLD
If 1t is Not Accorded They Will No
Longer Exist-Statement Made
BY Prominent Belgian Banker
Visiting in New York.

London.-"The civil army we have
TO feed is greater than the British and
French armies combined. Yet we can
scrape through on about $6,250,000
worth of food a month"
This statement was made this week
by Emil Tranquil, prominent Belgian
banker who is on a brief visit to Lon
don, in connection with relief work
in Belgium in the organization OF
which he played a conspicuous part.
1t was not generally realized, M.
Franqui said, that there still were T.
600, 900 persons in Belgium who were
virtually entirely dependent for food
on the American relief commission.
No Parallel in History.
I'm all the history of the world M.
Tranquil continued, there is no par
allel for a community of 100000 souls
faced with starvation and denied by
the belligerents every possible means
of self-preservation We, indeed, are
the Ishmael of Europe. You, in Eng
land, say you can not trade with us
because to do so would be to trade
with your enemy You say you can
not open the port of Antwerp, our door
of relief, because it would be of ad-
vantage to Germany. You say you can
not even send us money because ii
might reach your enemy. Thus the
Germans, the French and the British
have a ring of steel around our terri
tory through which none may enter
and none may depart without the per-
mission of the belligerents
"The Germans say, If England likes
to allow trade with Antwerp, your in
dustries will revive. If she does not
well, we are sorry, but we suppose
you must take the consequences, See
The Hague convention.
Saved by Americans.
While the belligerents argued, M.
Tranquil added, 100000 persons were
confronted with actual starvation, but
with the formation of the American
relief commission the obstacles in the
way of ministering to the wants OF
the Belgians were overcome and ship
ments of food were permitted to en-
ter Belgium by way of Rotterdam
This relief could not have been given
he added, except under the auspices
of the neutral commission.
I'VE are proud of our thrifty race,
NJ Tranquil said in conclusion, but
we are now at the mercy of the world
If mercy is not accorded us we shall
no longer exist.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-05-14
THETWO.
CLAIMANTS
Bv LOUISE B. CUMMINGS

Howard Proven and Ralph Cunning
ham. two young Englishmen. met in
the gold country of Colorado and be-
came fast friends.
These young men, having compared
notes learned that they came from
eminent British families. Proven was
a younger son of a nobleman. and Gun
ningham claimed to be graduate of
Oxford. Besides the fact of their be-
ing fellow countrymen. there was a
strong resemblance between them.
They were nearly the same height and
build and both light cOmplexioned
There was one difference between
them. though it was scarcely noticea
BILE. Prowers right eye was of
his left eye.
But there was a great difference in
the character of the two men. How
ard Proven was kind hearted. noble
man; Cunningham was devil. They
prospected together for time. agree
ing that II one struck paying dirt he
would share 1t with the other. Finally
Cunningham dug hole In the ground
for which he was offered hundred
thousand dollars He had no intention
of sharing it with Proven and was de-
| liberating how he could beat him out
of his portion when letter came adj
dressed to Howard Proven. earl of
BroEefield
| Proven was away on a prospecting
tour when the letter came. Both men
had been away from England for ten
years. II Proven were out of the way
Cunningham might return, pass him.
self off for the new earl and thus APP
propriate the title and estates. While
he was celebrating on this plan word
was received that Proven had been at
tackled by claim Jumpers and muir
dered.
Cunningham went to the place where
the fight had occurred and tried to find
his friends body. He was told that
a number of persons had been killed
in the fight and they had all been bur
led side by side. He was shown the
graves, but saw no reason why he
should exhume his friends body. Re-
turning to his cabin. he opened the let
ter that had been received and learned
that Prower's father and two older
brothers had been taken i'll and all had
died within period Of few weeks.
A month from that time Cunning.
ham appeared in England and claimed
to be Howard Proven, now Earl OF
Brokefield. There was no one of the
family to receive him except a sister
of the late earl. who did not doubt
that he was her nephew.
No one disputed the identity of the