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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Richard the LiOn-Hearted
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

@ EVEN hundred and twenty
years ago, King Richard the
First OF England. better known
as Richard the Lion Hearted"
while making his way home from
the point where he had been ship
wrecked on the Adriatic, was made
prisoner by the Duke Leopold OF
Austria, and sold for good round
sum to King Henry the Sixth of
Germany.
II was the richest prize that had
fallen TO anybody for a long, long
time. We are not informed how
much Duke Leopold received from
Henry for the regal capture, but we
know that Henry made a mighty
good thing out of it, for in order to
get their king back the English
people had TO pay the German mon
arch three hundred thousand
pounds in gold, or, reckoned in our
money. one million FIVE hundred
thousand dollars.
Sentiment and national pride
Nsioe, It was a very foolish deal on
enc part Of the English. The Lion
Hearted was not worth the price
that they paid Snr him Except as
"a trouble preeGer, Richard was not
worth penny. The English peo-
pie would have done better to have
left their king remain in Henry's
keeping
But the generality Of people in
those days, even in England were
fetieh-worshipers. and felt about
their kings" and lords" as tnc
Aleutian Islander does today about
Z. nis totem pole or the African ne
81 bout hts "Niumbo-Jumbo" and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
The Song of the Rail
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright 1872 an-Jo Examiner.
nH, ugly thing is an iron rail,
~ Black, with its face to the dust
But it carries message where winged things fail;
1t crosses the mountains, and catches the trail,
While the winds and the sea make sport of SAIL
Oh, rail is friend to trust
4a
The iron rail, with its face to the sod,
Is only bar of ore;
Yet it speeds where never foot has trod;
And the narrow path where it leads grows broad
And it speaks to the world in the voice of Cod
That echoes from shore to shore.
Though the iron rail- on the earth down flung,
Seems kin to the loan and the soil,
Wherever its high shrl note is sung,
Out of the jungle fair homes have sprung,
And the voices of babel find one tongue,
In the common language of toll,
OF priest, and warrior, and conquering king.
OF Knights of the Holy Grail,
OF wonders of Winter, and glories of Spring,
Always and ever the poets sing
But the great God-force, in a lowy thing,
/ sing in my heart of the rail.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Woman's Most Fascinating Age

TISS MARY GARDEN, who is
vi generally conceded to know
a thing or two, has an
nounced that 35 is a woman's most
attractive age, and that she never
means to go beyond it.
Many other women agree in this
opinion. 1t is, in fact, no uncom-
mon thing to find lady so enam-
ored of S5 that she stays that age
for 25 years at stretch. Indeed,
my favorite story concerns wom-
an who, when arrested for some
offense against the law and
brought to trial, gave her age as 35.
Five years later she was again
hailed into court before the same
judge, and again gave her age as
So.
But" said the judge, when you
were brought here five years ago
you gave your age then as So"
Very likely. Your Honor" re-
sponded the lady. I'm not the
sort of a woman who would say
one thing one day and another
thing tomorrow"
But when is a woman most at
tractive? 1t depends upon the wom-
an and the taste of the judge.
Heroines of the Past.
In times past mems tancies
seemed to have run to extreme
youth. Shakespeare made Juliet a
chit of fourteen. SCOTS heroines
range along about seventeen and
eighteen. The MeHssas and Clar-
issas were all in the SQUAD class.
Sir Charles Surface and his fellow
gallants toasted the maiden Of
bashfu sixteen
We like them older now. and re-
gard it as the first evidence of
senile dementia for a man to .ex-
hibit a marked leaning toward the
kindergarten. To most of us no
other human being is so absolutely
uninteresting as a properly brought
up young girl who is too old to be
told fairy tales and too young to be
told anything else.
Undoubtedly. however. many
women are at their best i'm the
years between sixteen and twenty.
They have then the beauty and the
grace that all young animals pos
sess, whether they are kittens or
puppies, or humans. They have a
certain animation of youth that
wants 20 jump around and play and
laugh that We mistake for rntell-
gencc. Above all, they are at an
age when we DO not expect wisdom
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
They Play Every Card.


AT twenty two a woman's beauty
is at it's best, her enthusiasns are
at full tide, she knows enough to
listen intelligently, and not enough
to make her opinionated. Above
all, she is ready to love and be
loved and she is still plastic
enough 10 be nodded to the hand
of the man who gets her.
Thirty is the age at which the
fool woman is impossible, the coll
lege woman at her best. and the
worldly woman most Fascinating.
The silly woman, who was a
charming little goose at sixteen, has
developed into a bore and a bundle
of heaviness by the time she is
thirty. The college bred woman,
who is a late bloomer, has just come
into her own, and is a sensible in
telligent companion for men who
like women served up with gar
nish Of brains. Also they have
not yet developed a mission in life,
as they are liable to later on, so
thirty is their most attractive age.
As for the worldly woman. at
thirty she is no longer an amateur
at the game of life. but a profess
sional who knows the value Of every
card and how to play it. She has
learned how to make the most of
her charms, how to dress. and. more
valuable still she has acquired the
art Of playing upon the Weaknesses
of men as upon a harp with a thou
sand strings. Any man who es-
capes from the woman of thirty who
has marked him for her own de-
serves a Carnegie hero medal. and
is entitled to the worlds sprintng
record.
At thirty-nve, according TO Miss
Garden and others whose experience
entities their opinions co respect
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

TIME American people needed
just such a shock as the rich
MI Carnegie administered
the other day. 1t has helped to
clear the atmosphere, and to give a
stimulating hllip to the spirit OF in
dependence which has made this
country what it is. 1t has caused
the American people to wake up to
two important facts-first, that
they ought to look out for their
own dignity in caring for their pub
lie servants, and, second, that
money is not everything, nor even
the greatest of things, in American
eyes.
The idea Of having an ex-presi-
dent of the United States, or the
widow of an ex-president, made
comfortable for life by the bounty
of an ultra-rich individual is alb
horrent to our entire social and po-
litical system. Very wealthy per-
sons are liable to catch the Monte
Cristo spirit and to think that the
world is mine"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
By DOROTHY DIX.

or knowledge, and so we do not
detect their lack of brains.
Twenty-Five Is a charming age.
1t is the high noon of youth. The
bud is just beginning to unfold, yet
the dew is still upon it, 1t is the
hour in which aewoman first dis
covers she really has a heart. Up
to that time a girl has been merely
concerned in having a good time,
and the chief difference between one
man and another consisted in what
he could do for her pleasure-how
we'll he could dance; how many
theater tickets he was good for;
whether he owned an automobile or
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Rich Man s Philosophy.

Perhaps we owe d vote of thanks
to Mr.. Carnegie for shocking us
into realization of the situation.
Possibly he intended his offer sim
ply as a rebuke to our neglect-if
we have really been neglectful.
Anyhow, it is more kind to him to
assume that he had that intention
than to take his proposal as an in
dication that he believes that the
American people need a Maecenas,
rich man to pay their debts and
maintain their dignity.
This is beyond question a money
age. Everything is apt to be meas
ured by its money value. II a man
gets rich first and becomes a phi
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.

losopher after he has established
his residence on easy street" his
philosophy is sure to be tainted hv
his previous narrow experience
He sees everything through eoIa.
en- spectacles. He forgets that fine
love of money is the root Of all
evil, if he ever knew it, and adopt,
the belief that the possession NJ
money will cure all evils. He ought
to begin by meditating on the
words of Confucius: THE sages
dealt with riches so that thew
should not have the power to make
men proud, nor poverty the power
to make them feel pinched."
Most people think that the nil
lennium means the reign of peace.
Nothing of the sort. The mil
lennium means the REIGN OF
CONTENT, and it can only come
when all men shall have learned
to be satisfied with enough to meet
their actual wants. There will be
no multi millionaires and no dwell
ers in the slums to be stared at and
patronized when that happy time
arrives. 1t is not war that keeps
back the millennium; it is the spir-
it of greed. The young man VINO
starting out in life, sets the indica-
tor on the dial of his ambition at
100000, and when he has got the
$4,000 sets it again at $1O00O00
and when the 100000 Is obtained
puts it forward to the $10O,0O0,O0J
mark, AND THROWS HIS SOUL
AWAY TO REACH II. will not
be fit inhabitant of the earth in
the millennial age.
Industrious Will Get Money.
The proposal to provide private
pension for presidents will be
boon if it sets men to thinking OF
the relative values OF things in this
world, 1t should make the young
look within themselves to see
whether there is not something no
bier in their nature than the
money getting instinct.
Everybody needs certain amount
of money, and the industrious will
always get as much as they need,
But there are a thousand things Of
the highest Importance to man
which neither breed money nor
need it. At the beginning Of your
career you may have to achieve
pecuniary independence but when
you have achieved it, stop and think
of more important things. If You
do not, you will become among men
what Carthage became among ma
tions-a thing of scorn for histo-
rtans, a money bag obstructing the
path of human progress.
Even If you should remain poor
in money all your life, provided that
you have developed your better ma
ture, have remained upright and
honorable and self-respecting, have
recognized the fact that you have
an immortal soul and a mind thirst
ing for knowledge, and have learned
to look broadly upon the earth
and up at the stars, you Will be
able to meet death with a serenity
at least equal to that Of him who
hath great riches"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Come Into Their Own Then.

There are other women who never
come into their own until they
hold a baby on their breasts. They
may have been homely, awk-
ward, hard of face and blunt of
speech, lacking all grace; but moth
erhood turns them into madonnas
that send us to our knees before
them.
And there are other women
whose best hour is almost their
last hour. Ugly in youth, they are
beautiful in age, for life and expe-
rience often chisel rough features
into beauty, and love lights lamp
within the dull soul of many a
woman that irradiates her whole
being. Just the goodness and the
kindness on many an old woman's
face make il beautiful
a woman is at her best anywhere
from the cradle TO the grave-ac-
cording to the woman herself.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Garrett P. Serviss
Carnegie's Pension
Proposal

Reception Accorded Plan to Provide for Ex-
Presidents Proves That We Are Not En-
tirely Money Mad. Simple and Digni-
fed Remedy Would Be to Increase Salary
or to Provide Government Pension.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
How 1t Was Meant.

OF course. Mr.. Carnegie had no
thought of assuming a patronizing
attitude in making his offer, but If
he had stopped to think long
enough, and If he had re-read some
of the pages of his own book on
Triumphant Democracy" he would
have foreseen the revolving aspect
OF his proposal, and then ne would
never have made it.
When a man has occupied the
office of president of the United
States, the greatest office in the
world, he is not afterward an OBJ
ject of charity, even If his pockets
should happen TO be empty, which
is not likely ever to be the case.
But if it be true that our presidents
have to eXpend, in order to main
tain the dignity of their position,
more money than their salary af-
fords them, then it is the PEO-
PIES duty to see that they do not
suffer in consequence. The simple
and dignified remedy is to increase
the salary, or provide a pension
from the revenues of the govern
ment. If Mr.. Carnegie should be
permitted to furnish money out Of
his private resources, the whole
world would, justly, point the finger
of scorn at this great common
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

woman is at her best. Certainly
she is midway between youth and
age, and has some of the charms
and advantages of both. but her
youth is the youth of sophistication.
1t is a time when she calls art to
the aid Of nature, when the bright
ness of her eyes, and the roses on
her cheeks. and the redness of her
lips, and the gold of her hair owe
something to the corner drug store;
when she enthuses over things with
malice aforethought, and loves with
her head instead of her heart.
1t is an age at which a woman is
most dangerous because she knows
with deadly certainty what she
wants. and is coldly calculating in
her way of getting it. 1t is an age
at which a woman marries for an
establishment instead of q hus-
band, and when she would rather
have a string of pearls than a
hearts devotion.
Forty -five is the age Of the sur
vival of the best fitted among wom-
en-. All the others have gone into
the discard. 1t is the age at which
the business woman is at her best,
when she is sanest, most comradely
and most interesting. 1t is the gold
en- age also of the spinster, who has
given up the struggle to be a fas-
cinator of men and absorbed herself
in other pursuits. Many women
who have been unattractive in
youth at middle age have an In
dian summer of loveliness of mind
and person that their springtime
never knew
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Atlanta's Real Love of
Music Is on Trial
y

The Audience Philharmonic Concerts Will Be
the Test
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31
LAWRENCE HOMESTEAD
AT BETHANY BURNED.

The Lawrence homestead at Beth
any was destroyed by fire on Sunday
afternoon at l o'clock, entailing a
severe loss to the occupants, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Paynter.
The tenants went to church and
when they came home they started a
new fire in the range. About l
o'clock the family noticed smoke and
flames coming out of the second
story window. The fire had too
great a start to extinguish it, so Mr..
and Mrs. Paynter, by the aid of
many willing workers succeeded in
removing a large quantity of heavy
furniture. Mrs. Paynter lost many
pieces of jewelry, among which was
her engagement ring, which she
priced very highly. All of the kitch-
en- utensils were lost. Mr.. Paynter
carried no insurance upon the con-
tents. A strong west wind was
blowing, which famed the flames
and set fire to the barn. 1t stood
upon the opposite side of the road
and was on fire over so times, but
each time the blaze was put out by
well-formed bucket brigade.
From 40 minutes after the house
caught fire it was completely de-
stroyed.
The house was the property of AL
len Lawrence, of Scranton. 1t had
recently been repainted and papered
and placed in first-class condition.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31

said to him, You had one fire and
you'll have another and this time
you'll be in it." This was after the
barn burned.
Mr.. Ludwig sworn: He testified
that he lived about three quarters of
a mile from Mackley's place. He
had talked to Ben White on Tuesday
last when Ben came over to his
place. He told him about being in
hospital and then asked If Mackley
had said anything about the last
trouble to him. Mr.. Ludwig told
Ben about the time he stole some
chickens. Ben said, Never mind
about the chickens, I'll fix you and
Mackley for this. l made it warm
for him and I'll make it warm for
you" Mr.. Ludwig stated that his
wife and brother were in hearing of
the conversation.
District Attorney Simons asked
Ben if he had any remarks to make
but cautioned him that anything he
said would be used against him.
Ben merely made a few remarks
about his innocence and mistreat-
ment and said that he didn't know
of the fire until the next day.
Squire Smith held White to an
swer to the charges before the next
grand jury under $500 bond.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31
DOES THE FARMER CARE?

Some editors may not think that
the farmers should ask for tariff,
but the way the farmers fought the
Canadian reciprocity ought to sat-
isfy anyone that they do want pro-
lection and that competition with
countries where the cost of produc-
tion is less, works loss and injury to
American farmers.
Some people think that the tariffs
on American fruits and vegetables
are high, but the foreign countries
also know how to put on heavy
tariffs. The Consul at Prague writes
that the local canned fruit is in
ferior to the American, but that ow-
ing to the high duty on the Ameri-
can product-7.S3 cents per pound
only limited quantity is sold.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31
WHITE Is AGAIN BROUGHT BE-
FORE JUSTICE.
On Charge of Burning a Barn for
George Mackley on May % Last
Held for Grand Jury on $500
Bond.

Ben White made another call at
the county Jail on Friday evening
and this time it looks as though Ben
had come to stay awhile. He was
arrested on information sworn to
by George Mackley of Fortenia and
the case came up before Squire r.
A. Smith on Saturday morning. The
charge was the burning of a barn
on the Mackley farm on May 25 last
and threats to burn other properties
in the neighborhood. Ben was
brought in and the charge was read
to him. He pleaded Not Guilty"
George Mackley was the first wit
ness. He stated that he lived on the
Harding farm near Fortenia and
near the home of Ben White. He
stated that on the night of the fire
the moon was shining and no one of
his family had been to the barn since
early that morning. The barn was
situated about a quarter of a mile
back of the house and was not on a
public highway. He charged White
with burning the barn because the
latter had told him many times
previous to the loss that he would
burn it. Mackley testified that White
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31
WEDNESDAY, JULY 81, 1912.

could not be accepted as genuine.
Mr.. Roosevelt himself says that in
New York, where his campaign ex-
penses averaged $4 vote, the pri-
mary was "a wicked farce" and that
in North Dakota, where he was COM
pletely showed under by La Toilette,
the votes of Democrats beat him.
Wherever the primaries went
against Roosevelt, the primaries
were rotten. Wherever he won or
broke even, they constituted an over
whelming demand on the part of the
whole American people for the nomi-
nation of Roosevelt.
We repeat that no Republican has
occasion to blush for the Chicago
convention of 1912, except for the
lamentable part played in it by that
distinguished ex-Republican, Theo-
dore Roosevelt.-Harrisburg Tele-
graph,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31
PAUPACK.

Paupack, July 29.
Edwin Killam, aged sixty-nine
years, was taken with a stroke Sun
day, July 21. He was taken with a
second stroke Monday morning and
died Monday noon. The funeral was
held Thursday, Rev. Treat officiating.
1nterment was made in the Paupack
cemetery. The deceased is survived
by a wife and one daughter, Mrs.
Leonard Simons, who have the sym
pathy of the entire community.
Mark Edgar and sons, Warman
and Robert, returned to Scranton
Sunday after spending a few days
with Mr.. Edgar's aunt, Miss E. B.
Killam.
Miss Mable Pellet is spending
few days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Pellet.
Mrs. B. F. Killam has been on the
sick list but is slowly improving.
Miss Frances Killam is camping
with a party of friends at Fairview
Lake.
Miss Fannie Bennett will sail for
India Aug. 3, instead of Aug. 13, as
stated recently.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31

purpose to build the entire height
of the dam at the start, but make 1t
high enough to flood the recent
wooded territory, which has been
cleared during the spring and sum-
mer.
BY securing cheap power from
the Paupack Power company it will
have a tendency to open the field
here for the reception and location
of several new industries, which will
follow. With the prospects of
Honesdale being SO bright why,
then, do some merchants condemn
the agency which will bring or
cause to be brought about this much
looked-for prosperity? Good times
are not afar off, but II the individual
can see only as through dark
glasses, what will it matter to him
if he had an oil well on his property?
Don't be a pessimist all your life.
Come over on the optimistic side and
enjoy life with the majority of your
brother merchants. Work for the
trolley road.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31
NUPTTALS.
Hartnan-BraCey,


The following account is taken
from the Daily Globe of Shelby, o.,
Wednesday, July "a:
Last evening at o'clock, Father
Crehan, pastor of the Catholic
ceremony of Miss Kathryn NJ. Bra
cey, formerly of Honesdale, and
Boyd Z. Hartman, the formal wit
nesses being Harry Martin and Miss
Eva Sutter. The marriage ceremony
was performed in the Catholic
church, according to its ritual, a
special dispensation in this case be-
ing granted by the bishop, of Cleve-
land. Ordinarily the church does not
permit any marriage ceremony to be
performed after IL o'clock noon.
The altar was beautifully deco
rated for the ceremony, and a few
intimate friends OF the people were
present.
They were accompanied as far as
Toledo by Miss Eva Sutter and Harry
Martin of Washington, d. c.
The bride and groom will pro-
ceed to Canada and will also go to
Youngstown for a visit before re-
turning to Shelby"
Mr.. Hartman is employed in the
store OF Wilson & kirkpatrick as
clerk. The bride until about two
years ago was a resident of Homes
dale having lived at the home of her
cousin, James Bracey on Erie street,
and previous to that resided in Car
bondale, and her many friends both
in Honesdale and Carbondale wish
them much happiness in their we'd
ded life.