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Did You Ever Hear of “a
Face Swollen With Sleep?”
Do You Know Why So Many Crave Strong Coffee in the Morn
hig?
If a grown person or child comes downstairs late, some
foolish mdividnal says. "Whal a good sleep he has had: His
face is swollen with sleep.
The face is swollen, indeed. .Many grown people, and
more children, wake in the morning with their faces puffed up
and their eyes heavy.
Rut it is POISON, and not sleep, that has caused the face
to swell. Nine hundred and ninety-nine Americans out of a
thousand suffer from poison every night of their lives—many
suffer from poison both night and day.
And this poison which does more than anything else to
shorten the lives nf human beings, more even than consumption,
is the poison that men themselves create.
The body, in the processes of life, creates poisons which
are carried to the lungs by the dark, venous blood, and there
taken out of the system b\ the air that the lungs expel.
With ever' heat of your heart the blood starts on its jonr
nev pure and clear. It travels through your body, cleaning
everv cell, every particle of tissue, carrying the impurity to the
lungs.
And the fresh air which enters your lungs clear and pure
goes out again loaded down with impurities. WITH THE At'
TT AL POISONS THAI' THE BLOOD HAS COLLECTED
FROM IHE BODY AND SENT Ol T THR<»I (-H THE WON
DFdFUL MECHANISM OF THE LI NGS
The poisons that the body exhales arc deadly poisons.
Carbon dioxide sent out from your lungs is a poison.
Faces are swollen in the morning, the brain is dull in the
morning, because the person in sleep has been breathing in
again the poisons exhaled ■ instead of breathing in fresh air.
Ninety-nine one-hundredths of all human beings poison
themselves with their own poisons.
The,' sleep in rooms tightly closed, and not a few actually
sleep with bedclothes over their heads.
This especially happens to children whose parents allow'
them to entertain fears of ghosts and other fears, and then re
fuse to give them comfort by letting the light burn until sleep
corner
Such children cover up their heads in terror, sleep the night
through with heads covered, poisoning themselves with their
own poisons, and wake up with a swollen face that is foolishly
attributed to sleep.
Keep your windows open. In warm weather sleep out of
doors if you can the pure air can not possibly hurt you.
Allow no draught to blow upon you while you are sleep
ing. for the cold air blowing on the skin keeps the nerves ac
tive and troubled, it keeps the heart at work to supply heat to
the spot attacked, and under those conditions sleep is not sound.
Sleep free from draught, but sleep in fresh air. Make sure
that throughout the night your lungs and your blood are sup
plied with the pure oxygen that carries the poison from all the
cells of the body into the lungs to be expelled.
Don't poison yourself with your own poison. If you go
into your child’s bedroom in the morning and the air isn't as
fresh there as it is out of doors, yon are committing a crime
against that child’s health.
Remember that of all the remedies against the excessive use
of strong coffee and of string drink, physically speaking, fresh
air is the In .si
The man who feels that ho van not begin his day s work
without a dose of strong coffee simply craves coffee because it
tights agailisl the poison which he has taken into his system
at night.
Remember that. If will he worth a great deal to your
health, and Io your children’s health.
You may be compelled to breathe bad air in the daytime,
while you earn a living. By nighttime, at least, fresh air is free,
and you can have it if yon will even if you have lo sleep with
your head out of the window and put a nightcap on your head.
Childhood’s Dreaming
By GRACE GOLDEN.
WHEN 1 was y oung and little, there were dreams I used to drcam
Os a lovely far-off country full of jam and sweets and cream.
Where one only went to bed when one w as minded so to do.
And I thought: “When Tin a grown-up I shall tind that country,
too.”
Then T grew a little older, and my haven of desire
Was a dream of dresses other girls would envy and admire.
And a round of halls and pleasures (and no lessons to be done!).
And 1 thought : “When I grow up I'll have a gorgeous lot of fun.”
And now I am a grown-up. and 1 sit up late at night.
7 have jam and frocks and parties as my undisputed right
But. alas! for childhood * dreaming Mhere were points that I d ig
nored
1"m dyspeptic, cjght-aud twenty, and I’m blase, and I m bored 1
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The Atlanta Georgian
The Wars of the Insects * By Garrett P. Serviss
Univ Science Is Directing Them For the Benefit of Man
THERE is now going on In this
country, under the direction
of Dr. L O. Howard, chief
of the bureau of entomology, and
his assistants, a warfare in com
parison with whose destructiveness
the irruptions of the barbarians in
the Roman empire sink into insig
nificance. The victims of these in
sect wars, waged io protect for
est-, gardens, orchards and grain
fields, are numbered by billions, and
the hosts that march to the con
flict make the wild armies that
followed Alaric and Attila seem
contemptible by contrast />f num
bers,
The idea of training the armies
of useful insects to attack those
that are Injurious to man's inter
ests is not altogether new ; it was
put into practice on a small scale
in France in 1840. but it is only
since .1889 that It lias been largely
developed in this country, and since
1905 it has assumed an Importance
not previously imagined, through
the systematic cultivation of the
friendly insects. A kind of train
ing eamp. a great military insect
station, has been established a : .
Melrose Highlands, Mass., where
the little warriors are bred and
liberated to attack their foes—a
work in which they need no urg>
Ing.
Romantic Interest.
A degree of romantic Interest
that nu uninformed person would
dream of is attached to the work o’
assembling the forces employed in
these insect wars. Entomologists
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Headgear devised by E. S. G. Titus for protection against browntail rash.
are, sent all over the world in
search of the insects that are need
ed, and which are known to be the
foes of those against which the
warfare is directed. Europe, Africa,
Asia and the Islands of the eastern
seas are ransacked by the seekers.
There is something lugubriously
suggestive in the fai t that on the
old battlefield of Wagram the
agents seitt out by the American
government found a colony of par
asitic inserts victoriously attacking
the caterpillars of rhe formidable
gypsy moth, which , has wrought
such destruction in, this country,
and they were immediately export
ed to Massachusetts to exercise
their Napoleonic energx on a new
field of battle.
Wherever they find the insects
needed the searchers box them up
and send them by mail or freight
to this country. Some of them are
adult insects, and they arc care
fully fed during I lie journey.
Among these is a handsome beetle
called the Calisoma. of a shining
bronze color. The) are usually sent
in packages of safety match boxes,
one beetle in each box, with a wisp
of sphagnum for it to feed on.
Sometimes one or two caterpillars
are put into the box to serve as
food. Occasionally the beetles have
been sent, especial!' from Japan,
in cold storage, for the cold simply
stagnates without killing them. To
see one of these beetles attack a
caterpillar of the gypsy moth is a
cheering sight for the trainers who
are trying to save the trees that
these moths destroy by thousands.
In their native countries they have
already put their enemies -uniler
their feet.
A Precarious Period.
i >ne of the most interesting chap
ters in the history of this war of
taces is that concerning the bat
tles with the terrible San Jose scale
, insect fit California. The orange
ami letnoti groves of the Pacific
slope were threatened with extinc
tion through the attacks of this
scourge, when a remarkable insect
of the liulj-bird famil) (Coecinel
lai. .-ailed the Novius Uardinalis.
was Imported from Australia. The
moment the lady'-bird larvae wore
liberated in California the.' at
tacked the first scale insects they
met. and the orchard In which they
w ore let out whs freed from the
enemy in short order. Within less
titan .- teat utter their arrival the
lady-birds had won so complete a
victor.' that Professor Riley was
able to report that the scale in
sect was "practically no longer a
factor to be considered in the culti
vation of oranges and (eutons in
i'alifornia " Everybody has seen
lady-birds of some species. They
an little, round, shining-backed
creatures, marked w itli dots and
often beautifully colored, and all of
them are enemies to noxious in
s< .ts of om kind or another, so
that they should never be de
stroyed.
Later on. when the orange and
lemon trees in Portugal were
throntened with destruction by
scale Insects tlrnt had found their
wav to the continent from the
Vzoies, Australian lady-birds from
California were sent to Portugal.
' >ut of a shipment of KO, only five
resiiafned alfv ■ . Hut they were good
fighters. A larger shipment was
ulw-quently sent, and the llt'm
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gardens and orchards of Portugal.
They marcljed to victory as tri
umphantly as they had done in Cal
ifornia, and now Portugal is prac
tically free from the pest.
In this country, at present, the
war of the insects is directed main
ly against the gipsy and brown
tail moths. Among the enemies of
these moths are various species of
beetles, bugs and flies. Many of
them are cultivated from the eggs
that they lay in,the bodies of their
enemies.
'Many devices have to be resorted
to In order to preserve the useful
species while destroying flic nox
ious ones. Those who are interest
ed in these details will tind much
Information in Bulletin No. 91 of
the bureau of entomAlogv. The
handling of the caterpillars con
taining tlie undeveloped parasites
is sometimes a disagreeable if not
dangerous affair. The poisonous
microscopic hairs and spines from
the brown-tail moth larvae get into
the eyes, the nostrils and the throat,
and cause inflammation of the skin.
To protect themselves the handlers
wear goggles and coverings for the
face and hands. Miss Ruh), of Zu
rich. who handles many packages
to be sent to the United States, 4ias
invented for herself a complete cos
tume of finely woven cloth, capped
with a large helmet, which is fur
nished in front with a sheet of
transparent celluloid.
Prepared For Battle.
When at! Is ready a field of strife
is prepared by the men in charge. A
In Defense of the Mule
To the Editor of the Georgian:
Recently the leadfng editorial in
The Georgian was given over to
an appeal in behalf of the hap
less frog dangling at the end of
the fisherman's line. The follow
ing evening the same daily quoted
its leading editorial to the ease of
the American child whose parent
treats it with searcelv more con
sideration than is accorded the
Congo slave by his master. These,
and numerous utterances of like
character by the press, reflecting
as they must the spirit of the com
munity. leave the stranger no room
to doubt that Atlanta has a heart
as w ell as a lie id. Those edito
rials strike the stranger as being
remarkable and give this particu
lar newcomer courage to appear in
behalf of another much-wronged
member of the "social body"—the
mule.
"The merciful man is r.tereiful to
his beast" is the text from which
the editorials referred to were
preached. The merciful man is
merciful to everything within reach
of Itis sympathy—to the child and
the frog, the flower and the clod,
and the* faithful mule. The writer
has heard it said that the South
could not get along without the tie-,
gio. He is not convinced of the
truthfulness of this claim, but be
is convinced that the South could
not well 't along without the mule.
But whether we owe this patient
beast anything else, vve owe it
mercy.
It is possible to find well treated
mules tind horses in Atlanta, but
go w here vou will in
Christian city ,vou will also find
the mule and horse treated brutal-
large rage, covered with wire
gauze, is placed over a moth-in
fested tree. The warlike fly para
sites arc confined in the cage, and
they are not long in making their
attack by depositing their eggs in
the larvae of the moths. The in
sects developed from these eggs be
come the rank and file of a larger
army which may be sent upon a
campaign in the open. But experi
ence has shown that smaller cages,
of various forms, are mote effective
in the work of breeding and train
ing an insect army.
Curiously enough it has been
found that some of the parasites
attacking the moths, particularly
the flies called Taehinids. are
themselves attacked by secondary
parasites, which thus serve as al
lies of the enemy. One of the prob
lems w ith vv hi' h it is necessary To
deal is that of guarding against or
getting rid of. these secondary par
asites.
But many other noxious insects
beside the moths named have mor
tal enemies which are now known,
and the cultivation of these and
their formation into armies of res
cue are receiving attention. The
elm leaf beetle. Hie plant tick, and
mulberry scale insect, the various
weevils, and the plant Hee and
grain aphids all have their insect
foes, which can be let loose upon
them. Recently a species of large
bembeetd w asp has been sent from
New Orleans to Algeria to wage,
war upon a kind of fly which im
parts the “sleeping sickness" to
■ ilrotneilaries. The wasps went oyer
In refrigerated cocoons, from which
full-fledged inserts were developed
in Algeria. but their subsequent
history is not yet known.
Considering what has been ac
complished, one might be tempted
to hope that an insect foe of mos
quitoes and house flies may yet be
discovered and sent out on a spe
cies of warfare to which the mosl
tender-hearted sentimentalist could
hardly object.
ly. It is beaten everywhere—up hill
tind clown hill, overloaded and with
no load Hide '.here you will you
can not get beyond the sound of
the sharp reports of the cruel lash.
• Amt wherever you see a mule you
will generally^see its bode covered
with yard-long welts; welts often
visible for a block; welts w hich will
cause the beast intensest pain for
a week after their infliction; welts
that ate not mere marks but tire
great swollen ridges of inflamma
tion.
At the noon horn some animals
are fed ftxmt a sack, the sack tied
clear up to the eyes so that breath
ing inust.be a serious problem for
the animal Many animals are
starved. Toda,', during the noon
hour, the writer saw v fine team of
mules in one of the parks taking
its hour's rest ('.’> with the weight
of the mower tongue suspended on
its necks. Farmers dread the
mower almost above all farm im
plements t'm this reason that the
tongue is so heavy on the team's
necks.
One may find cruelties every,
where but nowhere is there any
justification for them and never
are th w profitable in any way. Un
til a few months ago cruel men
sought to justify themselves in
their practice of chopping off the
limbs and otherwise mutilating the
Congo: their arguments may he
used to defend the practice of driv
ing the mule with the scourge. The
antwer would be the sum,- in each
iiistame—it is nei'lless and un
merciful. Th< most successful
fii tnet s th> writer has know n never
used any mrt of whip in winking
their mule or horse. A light whip
will stive lite driver the trouble of
speaking to hi- animal, lint it I- of
no other servi' c. A .' A. I
THE HOME PAPER
The Education of the
Voter
> •>
No. 3—One Cause of Mischief.
The Society of Inactive and Uninquiring
k Voters Is a Harmful Corporation.
By THOMAS TAPPER.
THE ''money interests" have
come in for a lot of con
demnation. Probably they
merit it. But. bad as they often
are in their influence on popular
rights, there is still a more harm
ful corporation than any that is
much talked of.
The name of this corporation is
the Society of Inactive and Unin
quiring Voters.
The. members of the society sit
still and criticise.
The interests are never still and
always silent. The members of the
society complain about legislation;
the interests watch i*. and. if need
be. influence it.
It was stated In this paper a few
days ago that the choice of a presi
dent is not now left exclusively to
bosses- and political hacks on the
public pay roll. The people have
expressed their preference at the
I primary election, and the two great
conventions of 1912 will present a
picture never before seen.
It is possible now for the people
(and. you are one of them) to get
together and decide that an honest,
efficient. straightforward. hard
working business, man oughl to b p
chosen for president, or any other
office.
You can confer together, pick out
your man. and put up your fight.
The preferential primary permits
* you to put your man in the field.
This Is the Initiative, and its
simple practicability as a business
idea is easy to grasp.
But back of doing this is a prin
ciple that the people must never
forget, it is this: The Initiative is
of no possible use unless you
* WANT to use, it.
Initiative means starting things
going
It means disbelieving that things
initiate themselves.
They do not.
All that happens is effect follow
itig cause.
If the effect lowers your wages or
puts up the cost of living, do not
simply complain about it. Look for
the cause, and unite in removing
that.
When every member of the So
ciety of Inactive fend Uninquiring
Voters begins to use all his privi
leges with the same degree of
thought, intelligence and direct
that they have been used
by the josses the game will begin
to be played with more interest and
fairness.
. Every political condition today
tnat hampers you, that retards
legislation, tnat cuts out the square
deal. HAS BEEN THOUGHT OUT
BY SOMEBODY. The only way
to offset it or remove it IS TO
THINK IT OUT AGAIN. Intelli
gence does it all. If you do not
To Eyes That See
By N. P. BABCOCK.
A CROSS.the bosom of the western sky, .
Their sails gold-tinted by the sinking sun.
A fleet of cloud-ships move. and\you and 1
Behold a race that’s never lost or won.
Majestic is the spread of fleecy sails.
All spreading southward to some ghostly port.
But as we watch, behold! the vision fails.
And naught is left save mass of clouds distort.
"Mine was the frigate with the streaming flag!
She led them all; she held my hopes.” you cry,
The whole fleet new one vast and billowing rag
Drap4d meaningless in tatters o’er the sky.
"There was no lace! There was no fleet,"’ says one.
Who speaks in measured tone as from a book,
"I saw but clouds and the red setting sun."'
You saw no more? Then, friend, you did not look.
You see. pW’haps. in shadows on the grass. .
No more than sunshine blunted where it falls;
You see no race of lengthening giants pass
In mystic silence over garden walls?
You see in glowing embers on the grate
No more titan fuel turning into ash?
No winking sprites? No blazing castle gat.e? ,
No red-clad pigmies storming window sash?
When raindrops scurry down the dripping pan*
You see no fairies on toboggan slides?
You merely hear the patter of the rain?
You do not hear the fairy shrieks besides?
Does morning dew on shrubs no message bear
Os Night Queen having floated to and fro,
And scattered diamonds from her raven hair
in nodding to the sleeping blooms below?
Itoes the fair sight of swaying, golden grain
Bring only thought of nations to be fed?
or do you feel that all the pulsing plain
In some slow waltz is by Dame Ceres led?
I" •yes that see. tho" no cleat form appear.
I.ife lifts delights unknown to million*. who
Hold only what is real " ns worth their view.
Though God put Ean< y tor some purpe" e her*,
—jc-Q’tr,» •*?’►•
like conditions, use your intelli
gence to change them. Otherwise,
join the silent brotherhood, and
stop complaining. It is all your
own fault.
If you believe in the active prin
ciples of your own political right*
you "ill probably he called a re
former. Do not be afraid of the
word reform. Most people think
it means smashing things and
leaving the.wreck scattered around
in disorder. IT MEANS GIVING
THINGS FORM AGAIN. The
political situation certanly needs
that, and as a reformer your busi
ness goes no further. Shape up
things better than they are.
When the protesting colonies
agreed with Thomaa Jefferson that
"all men are created equal." they
handed over to you a statement of
principle that is greater than any
other that could be addressed to
the mass of the people.
If a man wants to make the
most of himself it gives him an
equal chance with ail others. If
lie wants to build up his family on
a plane of happiness, know ledge
and independence it gives him the
chance.
If he turns hl« attention from
himself and his family to the
great family of the nation his right
stays by film, for he is created
equal with all other individuals l»
his ambition to make national
family as pure andNintrammeled as
Ik- has made his own.
But if the nation is run by the
party' boSs and the greedy finan
cier. neither the family nor the in
dividual can ever rise to the nor-x
mal level.
The mass keeps down the units.
Hence, ail individual ambition
must begin wdth a.n interest in the
larger family. If a good law will
increase any one's chances, and
the legislature will not consider
it. the Initiative permits you and
your neighbors to get together and
present it. Here you find yourself
provided with the power to make
a success of yourself from the top
down.
When the power Is placed in
your hands to initiate laws, to
choose officers, to establish an es
sential right government, you not
only assume a great place, but you
find a great responsibility on your
hands.
Citizenship was never intended io
give you anything else. The man
who sells his vote is a criminal.
The man w'ho does not value his
vote justly is no less. But. the
man who condemns everything con
nected with political life AND
WILL NOT USE AS MUCH iN
TELLIGENCE TO CORRECT I'"
AS WAS USED TO ESTABLISH
IT has let go of that “free and
equal" clause that was Voted by
Thomas Jefferson.