Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-17

September Heat
A third of the month has come
during this time has been phenom-
email.
The mercury has been rising ev-
cry day and as the rain clouds have
retired, apparently, the heat is to
continue until the nights grow long
er and the sun has less time to
play it's rays on the earth.
In the meantime the people
around San, Antonio in Texas, are
being overwhelmed with floods, and
the floods pile up so quickly that
some hundreds are either dead and
although the mercury climbs into
the COS and cur rest is broken with
heat and mosquitoes. 1 have seen it
snow in October and also experienced
thunder storms in January. So there
Is no telling what the weather may
be, or whether it will suit us bet
ter by this time next week.
Burning Corn in the Northwest
A Michigan paper has the follow
ing: Burning corn instead of coal
this winter is the plan of Mime
sofa farmers who are attem pitng
to mature the largest corn crop in
the history Of the state. With no
prospect for a market and with
railroads maintaining, ,abnormally
high freight rates on both coal and
corn, the farmers find this to be
the cheapest way out of the diff
Guilty" During all the harassments
of the World war there. is nothing
so enigma tically puzzHng as the
action of the railroads of these
The government has loaded them
with benefits in cash and the rail
road employees have had the high
est wages and salaries known to
the country, but they are not only
dissatisfied but are like the "horse
more. It is easy to tell what is 60
ing to happen, for people are now
hiring trucks to move their stuff
fifty miles than to load and UNLOAD
from a railroad car, subject to al
the excessive rates and very little
roads wanted a right of way they
were full Of promises. Now thai
thew are in control of transporta-
ton they make the burden gr1eVouS
cit is a long lane that never turns
Russia
AS a matter of information TO oul
rural readers, there IS good reason
because reliable news is comln&
across the Atlantic ocean that tens
Of thousands of Russians are surfer
ing for food to sustain life. Russla
when the worlds war began In Au
gust, 1914, was the largest empire II
the world, comprising one-slxth o.
all the farm land on the globe. Inc
territory is divided between Euro
Dean Russia and Asiatic Russia.
When Gar Nicholas II was crown
| ed a few years ago 1t was conceoee
| that no emperor, king, potentate OF
given such a browning exercise SING
| the dawn of history. The whole az
| fair was stupendous, and far beyond
anything of the kind for its gorgeou:
| display and lavish expenditure II
money and decorations and Jewels
ever dreamed of by monarchs-neV
or old. .4,
Gar Nicholas joined forces witt
England. France and Italy agains
Germany and Austria. He though
he saw the winning side ana Wen
He thought his mountain stoot
| strong and nothing could oVerturl
that vast empire, which was rule'
with a rod of iron and which pa1t
| tribute to it's ruler with unl1mlte'
treasure and millions of armed sol
diers ever ready to Keep down Tn.
Among the multitude of pictures
| illustrations, magazine portraits ant
| newspaper photos, there was on
that 1 have kept in memory,
The czarina, grand-daugnter o
! Queen Victoria, an own COUSIN :
England's king, also to Germany
emperor, and Denmarks ruler, wa
! pictured in a magnificent state car
riage, riding alone on that corona
ton day, with Russia's crown wor1
by expresses alone, on, her beautl
fuI head-her costume uhrivalled TO
magnificence, and the jewels on he
neck and arms, the worlds tines
and most costly. She was the beau
tifu1. exquisite, royal flower. that thi
Russian empire fell down before II
homage and admiration. She stoot
on a pedestal, without a rival, a hn,1n
all others of titled women in Europe
She had all earthly things, richly
and to enjoy. I'LL,
She had come out first and the high
est, All the crowned heads in Eu
rope were present or by proxy, ane