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SATURDAY. MAY 23.
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It's a Pretty Story About the
Boy Who Lifted the Calf
But, It’s Not Such a Pretty Story About the Youth Who
Lifted the Whiskey Glass
(Copyright, 1914, by the Star Company.)
Once there we* a young boy—you read
about him In mythology—who began by
lifting a calf, lifted him every day. and
when the calf grew to be a bull weighing
more than a thousand pounds the boy
could still easily lift it.
We don't believe that story, for bulls
grow rapidly; but it may have happened.
Here Is another story that we don't
believe, and that couldn't possibly have
happened. It is the story about the
young man who first, lifted very easily a
little glassful of whiskey, and then,
keeping at it day by day. was able to
push A WHOLE BARREL.
it sounds as reasonable as the story
about the boy and the bull calf—but
don't believe it.
Give this picture, please to some
young man who imagines that he can
roll a whole barrel of whiskey up the
steep hill to success.
Tell him that it is possible to succeed
in spite of almost everything.
Helen Keller has succeeded in spite of
the fact that she was born deaf, dumb
and blind. She speaks, understands what
others say, she knows more than one
language, has gone through college. She
has overcome difficulties unbelievable.
But no man with his eyesight, hiß
hearing and his speech, and a good con
stitution to boot, COULD POSSIBLY
DO WHAT THE MAN IN THIS PIC
TURE IS TRYING TO DO.
And please remember that what this
man is trying to do YOU ARE TRYING
TO DO, MR. YOUNG MAN. IF YOU
ARE A HABITUAL USER OF WHIS
KEY, OR IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE
FOOLISH MILLION WHO THINK
THEY CAN "TAKE IT OR LEAVE 1*
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Remember that every drink of whls
Lower California, Mexico's Isolated Pen
insular, is One of Least Known Ter
ritories in North America
Washington —Lower Callforna, Mex
ico's isolated peninsula, the coast of
which the Pacific fleet of the United
States is now patrolling, is one of the
least-known territories in North
America. The following facts con
cerning this arm of land, yhich pro
jects about 800 miles southeasterly
from the southern border of Califor
nia, were given out by the National
Geographical Society at Washington,
D. C., today:
The width oj the peninsula varies
from 30 to more than 100 miles, and
its irregular coast-line, over 2,000
miles long is bordered by numerous
islands, hieing mainly a mountain
ous. desert region, it is thinly peo
pled and presents many sharply con
trasting cdhditions. Low sun-scorch
ed plains, where death by thirst
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key you take is with you still.
You are pushing up hill not only the
drink of today, but the thousands of
drinks of the many yesterdays.
If the man rolling this barrel were a
friend of yours, you would say to him,
"My poor friend, give it up. The bar
rel Is getting bigger every minute, you
are getting weaker, and the hill is
steeper. YOU WILL NEVER MAKE
IT."
And if he stopped for a moment, and
turned his red, anxious, flustered face
toward you, asking for your advice, you
would say:
"Gather yourself for one big effort.
Jump to one side, let that barrel roll
down, get your breath, AND START
CLIMBING UP WITHOUT IT."
That's the way to get to the top.
This is a picture. Interesting to some
one you know, If not to yourself.
This is the picture that you ought to
have in your hand, when you walk in to
take one drink of Ivhiskeq, "to make you
feel better.”
You know what mercury does to the
body?
You take it in, BUT YOU NEVER
GET RID OF IT.
Our ancestors who foolishly took big
doses of mercury kept all the mercury
in their system—and it ruined them.
What mercury does to the body
WHISKEY DOES TO THE BRAIN.
Remember that.
The hill of life is steep enough, success
is hard enough .to reach. The ordinary
bundle of worry, trouble, responsibility
Is hard enough to carry.
In Heaven’s name. Jump to one side,
let whiskey roll down, thank Heaven
that it does not roll over you—and then
climb up without it.
awaits the traveler, lie close to the
base* of towering granite peaks,
belted by forests and capped in win
ter by snow; desolate plateaus of
black lava look down on valleys seam
ed with green-bordered streams.
Time of Discovery.
At the time of Its discovery In 1633
by an expedition send out by Cortes
in search of a fabulously rich island It
la estimated to have been inhabited
by 26,000 Indians, who vigorously re
sented the Intrusion and prevented
the newcomers from getting a foot
hold for more than a century. The
Jesultes then came in and were won
derfully successful In exploring the
peninsula and establishing missions.
They established three mains trails,
one along each coast and the third
down the middle, which serve as the
regular routes of travel today. The
Indians have vanished from all parts
of their former territory, except a few
in the extreme northern end.
During the last half century all
parts of the territory have been visit
ed, mainly by Americans, in search
of mines and other mineral resources
but little of the knowledge gained
has become available to the public.
Gold, silver, copper, iron and other
minerals and much fertile land have
been found, but the scarcity of water,
fuel, forage, and the difficulties of
transportation have united with other
causes to bring about failure to de
velop the resources.
The climate in lower California in
general is hot and arid. Northern
conditions are closely like those in
adjoining parts of southern Califor
nia; In the middle they are more arid,
but in the extreme southern end.
though arid tropical, has more regu
lar summer rains. The peninsula suf
fers long periods Of drought, during
which no rainfall sufficient to start
vegetation occurs over large areas
for periods of from three to five
years. There dry periods may be suc
ceeded by torrential rains, which
sweep the country and roll great
floods down to the sea. Surface wa
ter is scarce and limited mainly to
isolated water-holes in the rocks or
to springs from which small streams
flow a short distance. The Rio San
to Domingo is the one living stream
within the peninsula which flows on
the surface from its source to the sea
throughout the year.
These conditions have resulted in
the development of the richest and
most extraordinary desert flora in
the world The bird and mammal
life, however, is closely related to
that of southern California. The
piafAs abound with small desert
mammals, such as rabbits, pocket
mice, kangaroo rats and others. A
large number of the smaller desert
mammals never drink water, it hav
ing been found impossible to teach
some of them to take water in cap
tivity. Antelope, mountain sheep,
mule-deer and mountain lions are the
only large game animals.
The peninsula is thinly peopled and
enormous areas remain uninhabited.
The most populous section is the re
gion south of Da Pax, where rains are
more regular than further north. A
few small towns and widely scattered
communities along the coast, with a
limited number oT villages, ranches,
and miners’ camps in the Interior,
cover the population. Dower Califor
nia has a territorial form of govern
ment, and, owing to its great length.
Is divided near the middle into a
northern and southern district, En
senada and Da Pas being the respec
tive capitals.
Geologist Makes Curious
Prophecy; Europe's Fate
4
Berl in.—A curious prophecy as to
the eventual fate of Europe is made
by a well known geologist, Herr
Golsche, in one of the scientific re
views. He points out that since a cer
tain period great crevasses have been
produced on the continent, and that
thus Iceland and Greenland were sep
arated from Scandinavia and a chan
nel formed between England and the
rest of Eurone.
The tendency to the formation of
crevasses, he .adds, still exists, and
the day may be foreseen when the
sea will penetrate Into the Ural re
gions and then spread from Lake Aral
northward across the Kirghiz Steppes
to the mouth of the Obi river and the
Arctic, thus making Europe an 1s-
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
There is no such word as fail, in the bright lexicon of
youth.
But, a barrel of whiskey takes all the brightness out
One Thing You CAN'T Do
Oh, Yes, That’s Different, Quite Different
By “Bud” Fisher
of the lexicon of youth, and there IS such a word as fail,
if you try to roll this load up the hill to success. (SEE
EDITORIAL BELOW.)
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