Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

PAGE *. The Future Citizen A PAPER WITH A PURPOSE.'’ Printed by The f eformatory Boys Doing the Beat They Can. Published Promptly as Often as Possible An who of tho State’s effort to give every boy a chance in life. Published Every Saturday Afternoon. 'IFORGIA STATE REFORMATORY JOSEPH E. LOVVORN Superintendent. Entered at the Milledgeville, Georgia, Post Office as Mail Matter of the Second Class. t UBSCHIPTION 1 11.00 IN ADVANCE CECIL A. DUTTON Foreman HERBERT O’STEEN—Compositor THETIS F. FISHER Compositor EARNEST O. BROWN—-Apprentice ROBERT W. BRYAN Apprentice Saturday, August 26 , 1916 The Man Who Wasn’t There. Last Sunday morn I went to church. The day was bright and fair; But wifie said: “We really ought! So many won't be there!” She hit it right. The pews looked sick; The gallery was bare. I felt quite pious when I thought How I, at least, was there. The preacher rose. He looked around With righteous, wrathful glare. And then proceeded to address The man who wasn’t there. He whanged the helpless motorcar, The links, the very air. He gave his duty to him straight, The man who wasn’t there. What food for souls had passed him That he so ill could spare? What had I got that he had missed, The man who wasn’t there? A blowing up. That’s all, I vow. And do you think ‘twas fair That I should take the dressing for The man wasn’t there? - Unidentified. ‘W It Tht TV* 7vr All THE FUTURE CITIZEN. QUESTION BOX Answers to last week’s auestions. (i) Please explain the general plan of classification of ihe crea tures of-lhe animal kingdom accord ing to modern naturalists. (1) The first division is into Sub kingdoms or Branches; and Class es; 3rd. Orders; 4th. Families; 5th. Genera; 6th. Species, and Snbkingdoms are characterized by plan of t tructure ; classes, by the manner in which the plan is exe cuted; orders, by the complication of structure; families, by form, as determined by structure; genera, by details of execution in special parts; species, by the relation of individuals to one another, and by the proportion of their parts. (2) Please explain how a person ‘‘catches a cold.” (2) A cold frequently arises from a change in clothing, putting on a thinner garment, or sitting in a cool place, or a draft when heated. The skin becomes chilled and the perspiration checked. The pores are closed and the blood is driven to the lungs for purification. Op pression of the lungs ensues, breath ing becomes difficult and the extra mucus is lbrown off by coughing. From this condition fever, head ache, pneumonia, or pleurisy is developed. r v. j The Habit of Swearing / What’s the use of swearing? It never brought back a misspent hour, never mended an error, never made anything in the whole •vorld any better. There is profanity when things go wrong, profanity when they go right. If a clerk in an office drops a blot of ink on bis paper he curses it. Everywhere among the lower ranks of workman there is 10 be heard profanity, and the boys com ing to work hearing those imme diately over them indulge them selves thus think it is good and right and proceed to devote much ot their time to a broadening of their vocabulary along the vicious lines. One large employer who has ex pressed himself sharply on the sub ject says that the man who must resort to swearing to express him self no matter under what stress, is not the kind of a man who' makes a good business man. In social life he is still more of a failure. Few men care to spend much of their time in the company ol a man who fills the air about him with foul oaths and obscenity. He is apt to become looked upon as a mild sort of outcast by clean talk ing men, as his habit grows upon him he will be allowed plenty of time to try out his swear words on himself. It is absolutely a senseless habit, the use of all profanity, and its use marks a man as a fool in (3) Please explain the general plan of conducting the Confeder ate war on the part 6f the govern ment, and why is it claimed that the defeat of the National troops at Bull Run proved advantageous to the cause of the union. (3) 1st. To confine the military operations within the Confederate States 2nd. To enforce the block ade of the Southern ports. 3rd. To open the Richmond, the Con federate capital, and the- result of the battle of Bull Run convinced the Northern people that the preservation of Ihe Union could be accomplished only by the most gigantic struggle. After this battle extraordinary efforts, ex t r e in e measures and unflinching determi nation characterized everv act cf ihe people, the government and the army till the grett work was completed. tt» 1 Vj* to The Aic! of addition to being vicious, —Henry Owen. QUESTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK. (1) Plea-e explain the use of tie barometer. (2) What is the difference be tween man and his so called an cestor the monke^ The person who is going to do tilings under other conditions, but does not do what lie could and should under those which exist now, will not improve under the new conditions should they come. He may do a little betrer for a time but soon the old worthless ways will return. If Future C » A HJut F|c t