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GENIUS
By DR.. Frank Crane

a GENIUS is superior human machine.
~ He gets great deal Of praise and re-
ward, but in truth he deserves no
credit, for his best work is automatic
Nothing is more mechanical than origi-
nality.
For the brilliant ideas are never produced
by tiresome effort; they pop up out of the
subconsciousness without any promptings
from us
Note your bright inventions. You
have been thinking a matter for days,
until perhaps you have given it up and put
it aside in despair; and then suddenly
apropos of nothing at all, while you are
boarding a street car Or getting your shoes
shined click!-you have it!--the solution
flashes full-born into your mind.
You may say it "just came" to you. Bet
ter, it just came out of you. For after your
conscious intelligence had chewed and
cheWed upon it, you swallowed it, so to
speak, and it passed down into your subcon-
scious intelligence, then was digested and
prepared, and when perfected suddenly reap
peared in your consciousness, after the man
ner> of ruminants.
A genius is person who is endowed with
powerful subconscious mill for grinding
out ideas.
He does not necessarily have a trained
mind; he must have a wonderful sub-mind
The physician who is a genius looks
the patient and the correct diagnosis Just
comes" to him. That is the genuine God
made doctor The man-made product of the
schools tries to pierce the mysteries Of life
with his bare brains and stumbes into an
inextricable maze.
The lawyer genius penetrates at once into
the gist of case Study and experience may
help him, but nothing take the place Of
that inward nature-born sharpness of vision.
The literary genius is one to whom the
right word Comes the priest genius is the
one with the X-ray of ethical sympathy, the
artist genius is the worker whose subcon-
scious soul grasps the truth of beauty with
uneering taste.
That is why no genius explain him
self. Michael Angelo or Conan Doyle
Paderewsh can not tell how he does it, He
doesn't know The great things he does are
nOnconsciOus.
There is ground for believing that there is
as much difference between the genius and
the common man ere is between man
and the animals.
Kant says: The greatest discoverer in
the sphere of science differs only in degree
from the ordinary man; the genius, on the
other hand, differs specifically"
Copyright, 1924.)
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on the coast of South America in 1902
Smoking tobacco was an immemorial custom
in America and spread over England, the
European continent and the world from to-
bacco carried back by Ralph Lane and given
to Lord Raleigh, though the first tobacco was
carried to Europe by physician in 1853,
where it was accredited with almost miracu-
lous powers as a healing herb. Spencer re
fers to it as divine" and Lilly as "our holy
herb" Raleigh found consolation in pipe
full, smoked just before he assembled the
scaffold French chemist named Nicotin
gave it chemical analysis, and the botanists
gave it his name.
But the way of the weed was not always
smooth. There came an era when many of
the ills Of life were attributed to tobacco,
and a campaign Of prohibition was waged
against it, that makes our eighteenth
amendments birth throes seem feeble
Church and state and city condemned It,
and the severest penalties were inflicted on
it's devotees-the knout, Imprisonment and
even capital punishment. The tobacco boot
leggers trade was risky one. But tobacco
won, and now even the fapper blows smoke
in the worlds face, as Thos. Partington
would say, with perfect impurity."
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QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES

Rents were exceedingly high in that part
of the city in which the young couple felt
they had to live After looking al apartment
after apartment they began to get discour-
aged.
At length, after looking at one that Just
suited them, they expressed indignation when
the agent told them the rent would be $3.50
a month.
Il caat ask less, because Of the view -
the agent said
We'll, I'll tell you what Well do the
young husband replied, you knock off $50
month and We'll sign a contract never to
look at the view
After the evening performance, the mem
bers of the chorus were talking together in
the dressing room.
Il had a Ions chat with the leading lady
tonight" said one OF them, in important
tones
Did you?" replied her friend; and what
did she have to talk about?'
oh" went on the first, she said, IF YOU
must keep sniffins during my big song, for
goodness sake sniff quietly. " -----.----
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RARE TALES THE WORLD AROUND

Z 7 IENNA.-The little town Of StainZ, near
" Graz in Styria (Austria), is becoming
celebrated on account of its miracle
doctor, Johann Reinbacher, popularity called
"Hollerhansl' He lives in a small cottage
and receives his patients in a consulting
room which serves as waiting room we'll
where he diagnoses his visitors illness from
secretions He is described as meager
peasant with sharp features, who works in
a blue apron and with a hat on his head
assisted by his "secretary," boy of sixteen
or seventeen, who writes out the prescrip-
tons. AS rule his medicines are simple,
consisting mostly of herbs. Immense crowds
flock to his place, who wait for many hours,
sometimes even whole night and part of
the following day, until their turn comes,
SO that frequently he starts work at M,
pausng only for short intervals of meals.
Owing to lack of time, he is unable to
answer the numberless letters of inquiry that
reach him daily. Being very pious Catho-
lie, he does not receive patients on Sun
days. He built chapel and large church
at Stainz. His popularity is SO great through
out Syria that the doctors have ostracised
him as dangerous competitor; and from
time to time the authorities try to make
things uncomfortable for him. His earnings
are declared to be enormous, and many anec-
dotes are told about him. One day very
fat visitor came to consult him, but the
miracle doctor, after the usual inspection,
said: "My dear fellow, [ won't give you
any medicine, for in two hours you will be
a corpse" The fat visitor laughed, went to
an inn at Stainz, drank half litre of wine
and, exactly two hours afterwards he fell
dead struck by apopleXy.
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QUIZ

Any Tri-WeekIy journal reader can
get the answer to any question puzzling
him by writing to The Atlanta Journal
Information Bureau, Frederic j. Has
kin, director, Washington, ID. c., and r
inclOsing a twO-cent stamp for return j
postage. DO NOT SEND 1T TO OUR
ATLANTA OFFICE.
@. How wide and how steep is the road
to Pixies Peak? M. A. c.
A. Pixies Peak Auto Highway runs from
Colorado Springs to the summit of Pixies
Peak, distance of 8 miles. The maximum
grade is 1912 per cent and the road Is
20-25 feet wide.
@. What is priceite and what is 1t used
for? f. M. 1.
A. 1t is a borate Of lime from which boric
acid is obtained.
O. Is there any way that cottonwood trees
may be prevented from producing cotton IN
the spring? NJ. p
A. The only way to overcome the pres
ence of cotton cottonwood trees is to
plant only the staminate trees on which the
cotton will not develop.
q. Who owns the home Of Evangelne at
Grand Pre-? p. N. G.
A. A few years ago, the Canadian Pacific
Railroad bought the property with the in
tention of maintaining it as a. public park.
@. What is philharmonic" and
"symphony' orchestra, and what is chamber
music? e. J. NJ.
A. The word philharmonic" is from the
Greek meaning flowing harmony" The
word ''symphony" means "full tone" Either
may be applied to orchestra which gives
elaborate programs, arranged for the fun
number of musical instruments to make
complete harmony. Chamber music 1s
usually more simple and adapted to few
pieces which more often stringed than
wind Instruments
@. What was George Washington's coat
Of Arms? B. d. B. "a.
A. The Washington coat Of arms is 2
shield shape Of gold with two horizontal
red bars against a background Of white with
three stars Of red at the top. The shield
is surrounded on one side by leaves, proba-
bly, holly and on the other by oak leaves.
The idea of the American flag comes from
this shield
O. Why is April called our battle month?
F. W. 3.
A. It has been so-called because in April
many of our military operations began.
Notable among them are: Battle Of Lex
ington. April 10, 1916; Black Hawk War,
April 2s, 1892; War with Mexico April
Is. 1916: Civil War. April Is, 1861; War
with Spain. April 81, 1919; World War,
April 6, 1911
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FIRST FLIGHT AT 1OS

MELBOURN, Australia.-Harry Moore,
the oldest sailor in the world, celebrated his
10Sth birthday by taking an airplane flight.
1t was the first time he has ever attempted.
The flight made at Melbourne, Australia,
where the old sailor has lived for the last
two years. He was born in Jamaica in 1916.
81 would like to fly all day now | have
started" he said after he landed on the con-
clusion Of his flight at was a wonderful
experience, and | do not think [ have ever
had better one" HI could not understand
why people were afraid to go up, to him it
seemed safe travelling in a stage coach.
Moore is probably the oldest man in the
world to take an airplane fight. He laughed
and joked while cap and goggles were put on
at the airdrome, and he climbed with agility
into the rear seat. In a few minutes he was
flying over Melbourne, where he came first
in a sailing ship in 1847.
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THE GROTTOEs OF pOsTHuMIA


ROME.-The famous stalactte caVerns
Of the little town of Adelsberg now belong to
Italy. They have received the new name Of
Posthumia and are the largest and most
magnificent formations of the kind in Eu-
rope. They extend in the heart of the earth
for a distance of over twelve miles, of which
only about half has as yet been explored.
The Italian government is making the grot-
toes more accessible to the public by the in
stallation of a small railway line, which runs
from the entrance to the so-called Mount of
Calvary passing through all the varegated
beauty of the glittering stalactites Boats
will soon ply on certain parts of the mysteri-
Gus underground river, the Puca, which
flows through the caVerns at great depth.
Every year at Whitsuntide, a great popular
festival and ball is held in the largest
ern, which measures 665 feet by $40 feet
and is 100 feet high. 1t is thrOnged by the
inhabitants Of all the neighbOring districts,
in their national costumes, and it would be
difficult to imagine a more fantastic and
fairylike scene than this brilliantly illumi
mated, vast, scintillating ballroom. This year
a concert held for the first time in a
circular cavern with a dome-shaped roof
known the "Elysian Fields" which has
been discovered to possess considerable
acoustic properties. Only quite recently a
small grotto has been found of which the
walls seem made of jewels in rainbow hues.
When Carmen Silva, the former queen of
Rumana, visited the Grottoes of Posthumia
she wrote in the visitors book: Fairy tales
are still acknowledgement"
HEAVY SLUMP IN MARRIAGES
LONDON The decrease no m q T.
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ny FAVORlTE STORIES

1t was a visiting Englishman, newly ar
rived in our land, who entered table d hote
restaurant in a Louisiana town with intent
to dine. The establishment, being near
the coast, specialized in sea foods.
To the stranger the two opening courses
were both in the nature Of novelties. How
ever, he partOOk freely of the craWfish
gumbo and the shrimp Creole. But when
the waiter brought him individual oyster
patty containing large swollen Bayou
Cook oyster enveloped in fluffy pastry, the
Britisher's eyes widened.
Gingerly he touched the contents with
his fork Then, with an expression OF min
gled surprise and distress upon his face,
he hailed the head waiter, who CHANGED to
be passing his table.
"Whut's de trouble, boss" inquired that
functionary, ranging up alongside.
REALLY, I carn't say" stated the startled
7atron "but it would appear that some
thing has craw!ed into my bun and expired
there"
Copyright, 1920
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WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT

ROME.-With regard to the question what
country had admitted most women to par
lament and how many there are in each as
sembly, it appears that in England there are
eight women elected into parliament at the
last elections. Three belong to the Conserv-
atve party, two to the Liberal and the other
three to the Labor party. In Switzerland
there are four in the lower chamber; they do
not belong to any particular party. There
is also a senatrce in Switzerland. In Finn
land there is only one, but she is undoubt-
eddy the dean of political women in Europe
In fact, Miss Furuhjelm has been elected to
the chamber in five consecutive elections and
has been there for fifteen years. In Iceland
one single woman senator. In Holland there
are seven women to represent the weaker
sex, all laureates and belonging to various
parties One single woman belonging to the
Socialist party has been elected in Hungary.
Czecho-Slovakia, on the contrary, has large
number of women, thirteen out Of a hundred
and four deputies and three at the senate
out of a hundred and four senator's. But
Germany beats the record, with Sthirty-siX
women taking part in the reichstag.
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MOVIE MAD
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

What has gone before-Gloria King
comes to Hollywood with the idea of
making good in the movies. She be-
comes hardened by the life, and is fool
ish enough to marry Rolf Templeton,
the great screen star, man she de-
spises, but one who can further her ca
reer. Later she leaves him, and 1T is
then that she makes good through tai
ent alone. By this time, however. size
has become spoiled, and plunges tntto .
life of false gayety. She is brought to
a realization Of where she is drifting
when she runs over little boy. Just
as she makes plans for regaining her
freedom, Rolf is seized with pneumonia.
The doctor sends for her, and in his de-
lirium Rolf tells her over and over that
he loves her. Gloria realizes in that
moment that she, too, cares.--Now go
on with the story.
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LOOK FOR THE GOOD
BY H. Addington Bruce

II OR many, many years the story has been
| IL told Of az old lady who so insistently
- found pleasant things to say of other
people as to irritate less charitable niece.
In a moment of evaporation the niece one
day exclaimed:
"Auntie, I do believe you would see some
thing to praise in Satan himself"
To which came the old lady's response
with tWinklng eyes:
"Well, my dear, l am sure you will at
least have to acknowledge that he is very
Industrious"
Of the multitudes who have smiled at this
ancient tale, how many, [ wonder, have ap-
preciated that, after all, the philosophy I'M
derlying the aunt's nsistent seeking for the
good is an exceedingly wise and helpful
philosophy.
1t does not mean--certainly 1t should
never mean--a wilful binding of oneself to
the bad-to the false, the ignoble, the pain
full and the unpleasant.
But it does mean recognition Of the fact
that always it is possible to find some re-
deeming feature, and that to dwell on this
rather than on the disagreeable is both
kinder to others and makes for ones greater
peace of mind.
Making for ones peace of mind it like
wise makes for ones increased well-being
Because of the repeated glow Of cheerful
ness that it brings with it, there is repeat
ed quickening of all the bodily processes
This We know for a certainty, thanks to
modern scientific researches into the effects
of various mental states the physical or
ganism.
And, for that matter, everyday observa-
ton leaves no doubt that your kindly seeker
for the good tends to outive by far cylcal
proclaimers of the faults in people. The
latter never can know Astounding health, if
| merely by reason of their pessimistic harp
1 ing on the unpleasant.
Nor is it only the good in persons that
should be sought. Equally desirable is it to
look for good in things. Paschals af6rma-
ton is as true today as the day he penned it:
"All things can be looked at from some
particular viewpoint so that they will seem
to us good We should know how to regard
them so that they will seem to be to our ad-
vantage"
There are bound to come occasions and
situations in which the maxim, Look for
the good" may seem to have the hollow
ring Of mockery. Yet these are precisely
the moments when the effort should most
earnestly be made to act in accordance
with it.
The making of such effort may result
and for many people has resulted-in giving
power to endure the seemingly uncomfortable,
| to escape the seemingly unacceptable, to
achieve the seemingly impossible. Whereas
mournfully to envisage the unpleasant occa-
sion or situation means inevitably lessen
Ing instead of an augmenting of power.
In more senses than one Millions saying
holds true Good the more communicated
more abundant grows"
Copyright. 1924.)
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ter Of marriages in London during the past
four years is likely to be even greater this
year. The annual report of the medical Of
ticer for London revealed a fall of % per
cent in the marriage rate since 1920, and a
corresponding drop in the birth rate. In
1919 and 1920 the number of marriages was
abnormal. Men had left the army with
their bonus or gratuity, trade was booming
and many were making more money than
they were ever likely to make again But
since, the trade slump set in young men
hesitate to add to their responsibilities
while the difficulty of getting houses is of
course contributory reason with the cost
of living
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Georgia Tobacco

-HE splendid success of tobacco growers
in Georgia this year, and the good
prices obtained, have attracted wide
spread attention and opened up immense
possibilities. In fact there seems to be no
limit to production here, for Georgia's d-
verse climate and varied soils are adapted to
practically all commercial varieties The crop
Is not as difficult cotton, less hazardous,
more easily handled, and, like cotton, has
the whole world for it's market.
Conservative estimates at the opening of
the marketing season placed the value of
Georgia crop at six million dollars, but,
these estimates were based on far smaller
selling prices than were obtained in many
sections. The realization of these prices and
the fine yield have put heart into that sec
ton of the state which had been hardest hit
by the boil weevil and to whose farmers the
future has seemed without hope. Undoubt-
eddy tobacco growing will rapidly extend to
all except the mountainous sections, and
certain varieties. The finest tobacco in the
world is said to come from mountain valley
in Cuba
The extent OF the tobacco business in the
United States may be judged from the fact
that while every country in the world pro-
duces tobacco for the market, more than one
fourth of the whole product is grown in this
country. The worlds total tobacco crop
was four and half billion pounds in 1922,
to which the United States contributed thir-
teen hundred thousand. 1t will surprise
most people to hear that India, as a pro-
ducer of tobacco, stands second on the list,
with one million pounds.
The value of the American crop was
around twenty-five cents per pound, an aver
age price which was, it appears, exceeded in
Georgia this year by unskilled growers.
The American crop, large as it was in
1922, did not keep us from importing nearly
seventy-six million pounds, most OF which
was, probably, wrapper tobacco. In this con-
necton it is recalled that many years ago.
Georgia Sumatra leaf from the great planta-
ton near cambridge, was awarded first prize
at the Paris exposition.
Botanically tobacco is known as Nico-
tiana tobacum, and belongs to the general
order Solanaceal, which includes both the
Gus nightshade. 1t is said by authorities to
have originated in Central of South America
at time not recorded; but few weeks ago.
among the Ozark mountains, under the
shelving limestone lodges, tobacco was found
with prehistoric mummies and many nipple
ments of stone and vessels OF pottery No
pipes were found. The age of these relics
Is placed at about two thousand years, which
puts sAem back into the times of King Tut
mics suggests that the inhabitants had made
their way up from points much farther
south. The absence Of smoking pipes is ex-
plainable in the light of the reports of Co
lumbus, that the use OF tobacco among the
Indians was partly ceremonial, as it is to-
day. Columbus first came into contact with
tobacco in November. 1892, in Cuba. A
Franciscan monk who accompanied him or
his second voyage in 1894, observed that to
hacco was used as snuff among the Indians
The ehayins ot tobacce mas trst observed
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FOUR WORK DAYS A WEEK

HELSINGFORS.-Th Central Institute Of
Labor in Moscow proposes that the Russian
calendar should be radically reformed, and
that the "proletarian year" should have $50
days. There would be twelve months, each
containing six weeks. A week would consist
of only five days, four being working days
and one a resting day. There would thus be
six idle days a month, but the Krasnaya Ca
zeta points out that, on the other hand, a
nne-hour working day will be introduced
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A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

For, 10, He that formeth the mountains,
md createh the wind and declareth unto
man What is His thought, that maketh the
morning darkness, and treodetH upon the
high places of the earth, the Lord, the
God of hosts, is His name.-Amos> 4I3.
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Some people surely make so much of
their little troubles because they fear that
they may never have any great mes.
Where is tomorrow" asks a poet. We
really don't know, but II there is such
thing it must be in natures workshop in an
unfinished state.
please let me have a bite TO eat" asked
he tramp at the back door, and Bridget let
the disheveled creature into the kitchen.
He had no sooner taken one step inside the
door, however, when Bridget bethought her
self Of her newly scrubbed floors.
You'd better go out again and wipe your
feet" she ordered severely.
There really isn't much use. ma'am." the
tramp replied. Il only walked a few steps:
round to the back way from ny automobile
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HIS BROTHERS WIFE
BY RUBY IA. AYRES
CHAPTER Nv

~ES-go on" said David.
Il took her home, sir. She was in
deep mourning, and looked too i'll
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HEAVY SLUMP IN MARRIAGES
LONDON.-The great decrease in the mat