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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
Jules Verne's Wildes
Dreams May Be
Realized.

A marksman who hit en- ap-
parently unattainable target as
many times as he did may not
really have missed 1t when he
seems TO have done so. In the
face of the mysterious and
hitherto hidden powers of nature
on which we to-day have begun
to lay revealing and conquering
hands, who can feel sure that
Jules Verne's "Trip to the Moon
and Journey Around It" is es-
sentially any less likely to prove
a dream fulfilled than was his
Journey Under the Sea-" his
Balloon Trip Across Africa" his
Round the World in Eighty
Days" or his Travels with a
Steam House?"
The difference between Jules
Verne and other writer's OF ex-
traordlnary stories based on ap-
parently impossible inventions is
that he dreamed his dream and
wrote his stories before the in
ventions had actually been made,
while his followers and imitators
write after the event, and simply
enlarge upon what the world al
ready knows. He alone among
them all shows true original
genius. He stands above them
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
Some New Year Philosophy
By EBERT HUBBARD

And on these points all physi-
clans are fully agreed.
The people you see waiting In
the Hobbies Of doctors Offices are
mostly suffering through poison
ing caused by an excess of food
Nature is forever trying to keep
people well, and most so-called
disease" which word means
merely lack Of ease, is self-lin-
iting, and tends to cure itself.
The one theme OF Ecclesiastes
is moderation. Buddha wrote 1t
down that the greatest word in
any language is "Equanimity."
William Morris said that the fin
est blessing OF life was syste-
matte, useful work. Saint Paul
declared that tho greatest thing
in the world was love. Modera-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
The Lone Star States Birthday
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

was slavery, 1t was the pivot
in 1890, when the Missouri Com
promise was made, and It was
the pivot In 1914, when the ques-
ton OF tho admission of Texas
was engaging the country's at
tention. Headed by the great
Calhoun, the South said: I'VE
must have Texas, or slavery will
go by the board" while the North
said with equal earnestness: For
that very reason we do not want
Texas. and, II we can help it, will
not have It."
Clay declared himself against
the admission OF the Lone Star
Republic. and the declaration cost
him the Presidency. Van Buren,,
the political opponent of the
great Kentuchan. agreed with
him about Texas, and he, too,
went down. Calhoun was too
powerful for them, and they bit
the dust. Through the door that
was opened. Texas entered the
Union. the war with Mexico fol-
lowed. and the rest has been well
told in the words Of the late
Sunset" Cox: How frail and
pitiable appears our human wis
dom!"
The South, in the interest OF
slavery, succeeded IN annexins
Texas, other vast Mexican ter
ritories were acquired, over which
II was thought slavery would be
extended; but II was soon found
that a large part of the golden
prize was appropriated by their
opponents, and iu the end the
institution of slavery itself tot
Sere6 TO rs fan,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
By EDWIN MARKHAM

ninety to a hundred thousand;
but in so far as interesting or
entertaining developments of civic
life were concerned-proporti
to their size--there were none.
They might as well have been
villages of five hundred or ono
thousand. Houses, houses,
houses, oil of the same size. all
of the same color, all OF the same
interior arrangement, virtually.
Gathering to Work.
THE great mills bore pleasing
names such as Rob Roy, Tabia-
tina, Marietta, and their towering
stacks looked down upon tho
humber habitations at their
base much as the famous castles
of the feudal barons must have
looked down upon the huts of
their serfs.
II was constrained to think OF
the workaday existence that all
this suggested, the long lines OF
cotton mill employees going IN at
o'clock in the morning in the
dark and coming out at 8 o'clock
at night in the dark.
Think OF the poor little girls
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08

like Napoleon above his mar
shals.
Even yet, with all the credit
that has been given him, Jules
Verne has not had full justice.
As q writer he possessed what
Shakespears lacked-invention
invention in the large, including
scenes, incidents, atmosphere,
everything. Shakespeare cribbed
his plots and stories with hardly
single exception. He cribbed
his incidents whenever he could.
He cribbed, in many cases, at
least, the outlines and spirit of
his characters. The whole secret
of the irresistible power of Shake
spcare over our minds lies in his
matChless ability to say what he
wished to say with a wealth and
a fitness of verbal expression
such as no other writer ever pos
sessed. Shakespeare was the
greatest trainer and handler of
language that the world has
known. He was not great orig
inal thinker, and his philosophy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08

ton, Equantmity, Work and Love
you need no other physician,
But to put 1t another way,
here's the recipe:
First. Deep breathing In the
open air with your mouth closed,
Second. Moderation In eating,
simple Observation-Disclosures.
Third. Exercise at least one
hour in the open each day
walking, working in the garden,
playing with the children.
Fourth Sleep eight hours in
thoroughly ventilated room.
Fifth. Drink all the water be-
tween meals you care to.
Sixth. Don't bother to forgive
your enemies-just forget them.
Seventh. Keep busy--it lie
beautiful world, and we must and
will and can leave It more beau
ttrul than we found ii.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08

and boys, principally girls, clat-
tering to and from work in their
wooden shoes, and, II you Will be-
lieve 1t U saw 1t at Boulton on
a cold, rainy January day., in
thin black shawls and white straw
hats, much darkened by continu-
Gus wear. One crowd that ! OBJ
served was pouring out at high
noon.
81 heard a whistle yelling Its
information, and then a mouse
hole OF door In one corner OF
the great structure opened and
released the black stream of mill
workers, BY comparison 1t looked
like small procession OF ants or
a trickle of black water. Small as
1t was, however, II soon filled the
street. The air was wet, smoky,
gray, the windows even at this
midday hour cleaning here and
there with lights. The factory
hands were a drearv mass in the
rain, some OF them carrying UNI
brellas, many without them, all
the women wearing straw hats
and black shawls!
'I looked at their faces-pale,
waxy, dull, inefficient. I looked at
their shapeless skirts hanging
like bags about their feet
looked at their fiat chests, their
graceless hands, and then
thought OF the strong men who
knew how to use-I hesitate to
say exploit-inef1ciency. What
would these women do II they
could not work in the mills?
Out of the Commonplace.
zone thing I am sure Of: the
mills, whatever charges may be
brought against their owners In
regard to hours, insufTlciency of
payment, Indifference of treat
ment, are nevertheless better
places in which to spend ones
working hours than the cottages
with their commonplace round of
duties. What can one learn wash
Ing dishes and scrubbing floors
in a cottage7
Il can see some one Jumping
up to eXclaim: What can one
learn tying commonplace threads
In a cotton mill, taking care Of
eight or nine machlnes--one lone
woman? What has she time to
learn This--if you ask me
the single thought that there is
such a thing as a great machine
which can do the work of fifty or
a hundred men.
1T will not DO to say that tho
average individual can learn this
method working IN a home. 1t
is not true. What the race needs
IS ideas. II needs thoughts OF
life and injustice, and justice and
opportunity, or The lack of 1t,
kicked into its senseless clay"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08

~ NTY- EIGHT years ago the
y Republic of Texas became
one Of the States OF the
Union. and territory as large as
the German Empire, the Kingdom
OF Greece and the Kingdom OF
Portugal was added 10 Uncle
Sans domain.
And here are some of the re-
suits that grew out of the ad-
mission OF Texas-the war with
Mexico; the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, which gave us the vast
region now occupied by the States
OF California, Arizona, Nevada,
Utah, New Mexico, the half OF
Colorado and the southwestern
corner OF Kansas. the overthrow
Of great political leaders. Henry
Clay among the rest; and last.
but not least, the quickening Of
the slavery controversy which
brought OH the great conflict OF
arms that began at Sumter and
ended st Appomattox.
Mexico never recognized the
independence OF Texas, and when
the young republic Joined her for
tunes with those Of the United
States, Mexico was naturally in
no very amiable mood. In the
spring OF 1916 President Polk sent
General Taylor down 10 thu
mouth OF the Rio Grande with q
little army OF observation. the
scouting parties of the opposing
sides came together, blood was
shed, and the Mexican War be-
gan.
The pivot OF the mighty see
saw between the North and South
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
Made Vivid Image Of a
Future World as He
Saw Tt.

He saw q future age as clearly
as Waiter Scott saw a past one,
and made as vivid an image Of II.
Every great engineering triumph
of the twentieth century gmacks
of Jules Verne, for every one Of
them has in 1t an element of ap-
parent impossibility overcome,
The 5o-story building is g. Jules
Verne story translated into steel
and concrete. The Panama Ca
nal is emphatically Jules
Verne achievement, and Colonel
Goethals is one of his greatest
characters sprung into real life.
Phileas Foggs and Captain Ne
mos are the typical heroes of this
new age, which hardly waited for
Jules Verne to be N his grave
before its amazing dawn broke
over the globe, In fuifillment Of
~his prediction of a time when
science should transf1gure the
earth, the air and the water We
can excuse little literary imper-
lection IN a genius which exhib-
tied such prodigious originality
and such boundless wealth Of In
vention.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08

chan about the morning say at half past O'Clock
m mat possesses a prodigious fascination;
There is rapture in the songs of the chicken. and the stock
AS they waken to mautinal elation
VS. nouine so delightful as to hop right out of bed
ien tne earliest birds calling to their brothers
=. "lons nose present when the hired fed
1t Is "onderful-Pve often heard from others
/ - me 10 swing pick lusty section hand
IN inc rain and wind and other kinds of weather.
e. l4, an IRON muscle and hard and horny hand
anu hlde that turns the elements like leather
happiness IN IFS qntesence comes with hard and bo,sst foil
:. ,no person should be envied who has won it,
means more its the rich mans proudest SPOIL
am eEedibIy insonnsd- atseS dome gI[ Iyr
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
The Twentieth Century Prophet
Jules Verne Saw in His Dream New World and Every Year
Details Of His Wonderful Vision Are Hardening
Into Realities.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS

y NOE more see with de-
! light holiday book shelves
smiling with a fresh, new
edition of Jules Verne's stories.
I happen at this writing to be IN
France, where the popularity Of
the most inventive Of story tell
ers establishes an exception to
the rule about prophets in their
own country.
The twentieth century is just
catching up with Jules Verne, and
it thrills all through its nerves at
the spectacle of some Of his
dreams turning into realities.
So many Of his breathlessly
bold forecasts have proved VERT
able prophecies that one expert
ences a feeling of uncertainty and
expectation in recalling those
which have not yet come true.
You feel that they, too. are eggs
that may suddenly hatch out.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08

was borrowed, but dressed m IN
robes of language so splendid snA
expressive that we tnstinct,vslv
enroll It by the livery that II
wears.
Jules Verne invented nsu
world-the world of the ideaI an
gtneer, the world of scientific M
nance, and, wild and inprobabl.
as 1t appeared to most Of his
contemporaries, his vision was 81
true that within a few decade,
after he wrote we see that world
unfolding before our eyes amid a
display of wonders some Of which
would have astonished even him
He had little Of the Shakespear-
ian gift Of expression or Of char
acteri6ation, and his literary
technique was so simple that the
critics generally ignore him. But
the scenes and the personages
that he created do not grow dim
with the passage of time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
~ x Hearsay Il K
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE

fElhERES hnglins Utilization in the silver Winter sea
When you break the ice and tumble headlons in H.
And the bubblng brine shoulder and
free,
AS "alrus for one long, delicious minute
once you've tasted Of the pleasures cold midvtnter Dip
You Will nevermore thereafter be denied if;
TOT gives 10 cen the faded fresh joyous, glorious zip
SO frequently have heard-I never tried It
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-07-08

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LyndOnviIIe
Fire Destroyed StorehOuse of j. c.
Eaton Co. and Two Livery -.
Stables-FIames Spread
by Explosions


This village had a narrow escape
from a disastrous fire last Wednes-
day afternoon, and only unremmit-
ting effort on the part of the firemen
checked the flames. J. c. Eaton,
who returned home at o'clock that
afternoon, when walking through
the alley between Eaton's block and
Stern's block about an hour later,
discovered the storeroom back of his
block to be all on fire. He gave the
alarm, but flames spread with great
rapidity in the paints, oils and other
infiammable substances kept in this
part of the building. A short time
after the general alarm was given
two explosions took place, of a guam
tity Of gun powder and a Darrell of
turpentine, which scattered the
flames. These explosions broke the
large widows in the rear of the bank
building and some of those in the
Stern block. The fire now gained
such Roadway that people in the vi
cinity began to move out their goods.
The horses and wagons in the two
livery stables on Elm street were
taken out on the first alarm. A
drove of pigs, belonging to Ira Da-
Wis, in the barn back of the D. NJ.
Silsby house on Elm street, were re-
leased and wandered at large through
the town until they were finally
rounded up at night. The tenants
in the Eaton block moved out their
goods, all the stock was taken out
of the Silsby store, and many of the
valuables from the Eaton store. The
stable belonging To Hotel Lyndon
began to burn and the people in the
hotel took out most of their belong
ings. On Elm street Arthur Char
land and George Macdonald moved
out all their goods, while L. T. Hunt
ley and Clarence Batchelder, in the
corner house, and the tenants of the
LETTERS house on Center street be-
came alarmed and removed many of
their most valuable things. There
was very little wind, but in spite of
this, and the steady streams of wat
er which were poured upon them,
the flames extended so fast it was
thought best to send to St. Johns
bury for the chemical truck, which
responded at once, making the trip
up in 20 minutes. Many st. Johns
bury people also came up as rumOrs
of the destructive fire were greatly
exaggerated. The fire soon attacked
the livery stable, where it found
plenty of food in the hay. In fact,
it burned away in the wet hay all
night, smouldering for the most part
but occasionally beraking out in
flame. The fire was under control
late in the afternoon, but the fire
men remained all night, watching
the burning hay, and tearing down
tottering and dangerous parts of the
buildings. AS a result of the fire,
long ell of the Eaton's block, in
Guiding store room, shed and barn,
with contents, is a total loss, while
the main block is injured by smoke
and water, widows broken, paint
scorched, etc. The hotel stable is
badly burned, but not destroyed.
The stable belonging to the ID. M.
Silsby estate is wholly destroyed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-07-08
Special Notice!

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-07-08
ST. JOHNsBURY CENTER
Fourth of July Enthusiasts Broke
Wheel of Church BeII-Grange
Activities

The young gentlemen of the place
let the people of the community
know that the fourth was coming the
night before with cannon firing and
bell ringing. No damage was done
to personal property this year but
the church was entered and the bell
rung so hard that the big wheel was
broken and it will take about $40 to
repair it.
The subordinate oranges held
basket picnic at Doris Gray's woods
on the fourth, nearly 100 being pres
ent. The Center Cornet Band fur
nished music for the day which was
greatly appreciated A pickup game
of base ball was played between the
grangers and fremen. 1t was a good
game, with the firemen winning. The
day was well spent and enjoyed by
all.
At the regular meeting of Green
Mountain Grange, No. 1, which was
held last Thursday evening, one
member was receives ny demit and
the third and fourth degrees were
conferred on four candidates. The
ladies' degree team eXemplified the
work in a very impressive manner.
Visiting members present were D. D.
Gray, Master of Enterprise Grange,
No. 16, of Lyndon, and Mrs. Gray;
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Knowlton, Mrs.
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w. ]. Henderson, Mrs. Drew and
Charles Butler of Wide Awake
Grange, No. sc. Suggestions for the
good of the order were briefly re-
sponded to by most of the visiting
members, also Past Master w. G.
Hall, Lecturer Mrs. Ella Hall, K. NJ.
Massey, Homer G. Shattuck, as a new
member, and Mrs. Mabel Gallag-
her, who, owing to a long illness
was present at the meeting for the
first time in 16 weeks. The commit
tee, composed entirely of gentlemen,
served a fine supper at the close of
the meeting. The next meeting will
be children's night and the program
will be in charge of Flora"
The Center Cornet Band have be-
gun their concerts on Friday evenings
and a great improvement has been
made since last year. This week Fri
day evening they will give another
concert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hall spent the
last part of the week at Joe's Pond.
George Dow attended the post
masters convention at Montpelier
last week. Rev. S. r. Goodheart as
sisted in the post-office.
Mrs. George Massey and son of St.
Johnsbury spent one day last week
with Mrs. Susan Hill.
Mrs. Walter G. Hall went Tuesday
to Waterville, P. O., for an extended
visit with her sister, Mrs. Thomas
Smith, and family. She was accom-
panied by her nephew, Glenn Piper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur circuit spent
few days in camp at Long Pond,
in Westmore, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs r. E. Woodward and
01af1drnn DoorfUo1d nnrnfhNy M
and Frank E., of st. Johnsbury, Wis
tied her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. M.
Massey, last Sunday.
Mrs. Louise Towle, who has been
at A. M. Peck's for the past six
weeks, returned to her home last
week.
Miss Hazel Counter of the Province
of Quebec, is visiting her cousin,
Miss Bessie Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Gardner, with
party from st. Johnsbury, took
auto trip through the White Noun
tains the fourth.
Mrs. Morrison has gone to Can
ada for a few days to visit relatives.
Andrew Campbell of Detroit, Mich.
and Emerson Campbell of Fitchburg,
Mass, are visiting their sister, Mrs.
A. B. Goliath, and father, Herbert
Campbell.
Miss Myra Douglas of Coventry
spent Sunday with her brother, E.
0. Mongeon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blodgett and Miss
Matte and Laura Jenness of st.
Johnsbury, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. D. w. Jenness over the
fourth.
Miss Nellie Kimball of Shelburne
spent Tuesday and Wednesday with
Miss Ella Mclaughlin.
Mrs. S. K. Huse was recently run
into by bicycle and thrown down.
The selectmen have now posted signs
prohibiting bicycle riding on the side
walks.
Mrs. c.. z. Johnson and daughters,
Ruth and Doris, went to Barton
last week to attend the Teller and
Zimmerman wedding.
The Ladies' Aid of the Congrega-
tional church will serve ice cream and
cake on the church lawn Friday even
ing during the band concert If the
weather permits.