THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1000.
NUMEROUS FLYING
MACHINES SOON
In Ten Ycnrs From Now These Mil'
chines to he its Thick as Automobiles.
As a matter of horse sense and
hard facts It is a great deal easier at
the present moment to believe that
motor driven airships and flying ma
chines will be Hitting about over Now
York City ten years from to-da.v than
It was to believe ten years ngo that
horseless vehicles would clutter the
streets in the summer of 1U0!).
It is just a question of looking the
situation boldly and honestly in the
face, asking one's self what has been
accomplished to date, then making
reasonable allowance for what human
ingenuity and enterprise will have
accomplished by the summer of 11)11).
That is the only rational way of get
ting a correct focus on the future of
this business of human flight.
The period of wild speculation and
lurid dreaming has passed. Wo are
dealing with flying as a fact now
not as a fancy, and the only question
is: Who shall fly, where shall wo
lly and wnat will It cost?
Probably lor the next ten years
there will also be the question of
when shall we fly, but those persons
who have been fortunate enough to
see the Wright brothers and Count
Zeppelin In full mastery of their
aerial craft have little doubt that the
air vehicle of the future will just as
surely and easily defy all normal
winds and storms ns the ships now
defy the gales of the sea. We may
safely leave that part of the problem
to human desire and necessity, helped
out by human invention.
It is not quite ten years ago No
vember, lS'Jl), to be exact that the
Automobile Club of America gave its
Hrst public parade. The club had
just been organized at the time and
had just settled the question of what
name should bo given to the ridlcul
ous contrivances that wabbled
through the streets and frightened
self-respecting horses. Even at that
time the common rabble had not
learned to pronounce the word auto
mobile and still said "horseless car
rlage" or "devil wagon." Cut the
automobile club had to do something
to check rampant ridicule, so It
organized the big parade. It was to
start from the Waldorf-Astoria and
go to the I'lnremont, at Itidth street.
There were to be luncheon and
speeches and a big crowd and all
those things that usually go with a
great innovation which a few enthu
siasts regard as a big thing aud every
body else measures as a big joke.
There were seventy-six vehicles en
tcred for the parade, about llfty
started, thirty odd reached 125th
street and a scant dozen got back to
the Waldorf-Astoria In time for din
ner.
And what a parade it was! Such
pulllngs and wheezings aim splutter
nigs and zig'.ags. Engines broke
down, wheels buckled, steering gears
failed to steer. Somebody ran into
somebody and then somebody else
ran into somebody else, and so it went
all the way up Fifth avenue, whilo
tin' crowd along the curb and In the
windows whooped and guffawed and
said meaner things about automobiles
than i hey are paying now.
Then they wore sarcastic because
the buzz wagons were so stupidly
slow. It was perfectly funny. Now
they are sarcastic because they are
so fiendishly fast. It's perfectly
outrageous.
And that wasn't ten years ago.
Nine men out of ten that day were
saying: "Oh yes, these fool things
are all right for rich folks to fuss
with, but they'll never be of any
practical use never In the world.
They're too expensive, too unre
liable, and more than all that, the
whole tiling is absurd. Horses were
made to haul men just as much
ns men were made to harness
horses, so what's the use?"
But there was use. Man had
managed to get along with the
horse for some thirty or forty cen
turies because he had to, not because
lie wanted to. Every blessed min
ute of that time ambitious man
wanted the automobile, but he
hadn't learned how to build It. He
wanted to go plunging through the
city streets, killing people and pay
ing lines; he always felt that keen
yearning to go kicking up the dust
and scaring hens and horses on
country roads, and the only reason
he didn't do it was because no
dreaming crank had come along to
build a buzz wagon.
Man's ambition to fly is tenfold
stronger than man's ambition to
motor. It always has been. You
can't And a boy who hasn't flapped
his arms and tried It, and you
can't find a man or woman who
hasn't wished for It and dreamed
of It, and they had been that way
always.
But until recently flying was re
garded as one of the things forbid
den to mortals; hence mortals
wanted it, and that is why invent
ors have faced ridicule and the in
sane asylum all these years, and
that Is why they are now going to
go on improving flying machines
and fighting over patents until . fi
nally they'll get them down where
you can run into a department store
and pick a flyabout off the bargain
counter.
That sounds like woman's talk,
but it isn't. Just remember that
automobile parade ten years ago.
But let me see just whero wo
stand In this much discussed ques
tion of aerial locomotion. It is
very easy for such artists as the
New York Herald employs to make
a picture of flying machines and
airships soaring over New York
city.
The Herald's artists can make
that picture so true to life that you
would look nt It and take your oath
that Wilbur Wright and Count
Zeppelin were about to settle down
They have made such a picture,
on the Metropolitan Life tower,
and that picture was In the Herald
several weeks ago. But the ques
tlon is, man to man, could Mr.
right and the Count do these
things?
Yes, absolutely yes, and that's
what makes the picture such a re
markable one. They could do It
because they have done things ten
fold more difficult. To find out
about Count Zeppelin It will be
necessary to look In the Herald of
June 1. It tells of his flight of
S50 nilles in thirty-seven hours
During the greater part of that
flight the airship moved at an altl
tude of one mile.
Every bit ns good a showing lias
been made with the aeroplane. On
December a 1st last Wilbur Wright,
In France, won the Michelln prize
of 51,000 by flying 124 kilometres
00 metres, approximately 100
miles. In this flight he was In the
air two hours twenty-three minutes
and twenty seconds, and during this
remarkable feat the mercury stood
several degrees below the freezing
point.
.Mr. Wright came down simply
because his hands became so numb
that he could no longer handle the
levers. He could have flown twice
as long, he could quadruple that
record to-day, without doubt, but
so long as it Is a world record what
is the use of burning gasolene?
Only a few days prior to this
achievement Mr. Wright won an
other prize In France by sending his
aeroplane to an altitude of about
six hundred feet, where he circled
about for half an hour and then
came down to the point of start
ing. If the Wrights were so disposed
they could start their aeroplane
over on Long Island and fly about
over New York's skyscrapers just
as easily as they made similar flights
in France and Italy. They were re
cently offered a fabulous sum to
perform that feat, but declined it.
There are scores, probably hund
reds, ot heavier than air machines
now completed in this country, but
few of them have ever been off the
ground. There are many reasons
why these fledglings have not yet
flown, and it is too long and too
technical a story to tell here.
However, It Is common sense to
assume that what the Wrights have
done others can do 'and will do.
What Count Lambert Tissandier
and other pupils of the Wrights are
now doing in Europe proves that.
When it conies to the practical com
mercial sido of the aeroplane as a
chicle of trafllc, that is another
matter. The future must take care
of all that.
The chances are that if you or I
or the average everyday mortal
could do these things we would
W right out and do them and keep
flying around until the photograph
ers had all had ti short and the
morning newspapers had blocked
out seven column blackface head
lines. Then we would come down
did be received at the Waldorf or
the Astor and smile modestly and
say we were so glad to do something
that pleased good old New York.
Count Zeppelin and the Wrights
are not built that way. If they
were they never would have beaten
the world in this game of human
flight. The Wright brothers have
gone about the tiling precisely as
if they expected when they died to
have this inscription placed on their
monuments:
"Here lie Wilbur and Orvillo
Wright. God mnde them to fly.
They couldn't help it.'
They studied five years before
they attempted to build a flying
machine. Then they worked for
fifteen years as few men have ever
worked at any job. They were de
termined to do what man had never
before accomplished and they suc
ceeded. Nature seemed to have giv
en them every equipment for the
task. Now they are looking for
contracts with governments and
care very little for cheers from old
Broadway.
him; if crazy lock him up; if Inno
cent release him but not fill col
umns of newspapers with the drivel
and Indecency of the thing.
Thnt is what we are shouting
nbout; that is what we are here tor.
When the world learns thnt outh
should not be made to ask Irrevel
ant questions; when It learns thnt
weeds grow ranker than flowers;
when finally people get onto the
fact that n newspaper should be so
that it can he read aloud and what
it contains discussed freely and ful
ly In any circle, then the world will
grow better more rapidly.
Of course The Citizen is not a
world builder or a world reformer.
We suspect that we have both
beams and motes In our own eyes;
we feel quite certain that weeds and
trash ore in our front yard; wo
know we are far from perfect,
and yet we feel that we could do
some good business for the country
if we had the power to censor, In
a small degree, some of the news
papers In this country which per
sist in using their columns for sewers.
And yet, there is no use to kick
FACTS INJEW LINES
Turkish women now have a club
house nt Constantinople.
The vineyards of Algeria produce
tho greatest yield to the acre.
About a thousand people are em
ployed by the Kusslan government on
aeronautical work.
Within tho lnst thirteen years every
Japanese city of importance lins estab
lished an electric railway line.
Fifty years ago Brazil did not con
tain more than 13,000,000 Inhabitants.
Todny there are nearly 23,000,000.
A cable line is to be laid between
Now York and Newfoundland and will
there connect with a cable to Europe.
The annual emigration from Europe
amounts to iAiO.OOO. A small percent
age of these persons relurn after a few
years.
Last year the monthly average num
ber of prisoners in custody in Scot
land was 2.T02, tho highest for flfty
five years.
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Thr. limvumi.,,,. , I, J-UI.TU IS U project TO BCt HSIUC a part
wnat' U,"' Sle" want! Vo do 'n'ol ' ? . '
lu-llov.. if o i,,,ii.. ,i , i in mcii imuvu uuiuuus win nave n
bellee it. We believe the people niaco of refu-e
do not know what they want and 7 , J , .
the newspaper can set the pace . Cnn"da S flrst lant for tuu "anuftic.
We are all too much like sheep any! "ro ,f t0 b estabUsI3cd nt
way. We follow the bell sheen. do": Que" t' company employing
If the demi-monde of Paris make n Lal"t!U ' lrom tlle umtoa statos-
II. C. HAND, President.
W . B. HOLMES, Vice Phes.
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We want you to understand tho reasons for the ABSOLUTE SECURITY
oi mis xtnnK.
... w""uvil f VAOIUUH
W. J. WARD, ASS'T CASHIElt
hlgh heel shoe the style for their dens
the women of America want to fol
low suit, lr some crazy fool does
a stunt and It seems odd there Is a
crowd to adopt the Idea and then
Of the seven Sicilian cables broken
by tho last earthquake six have been
repaired. The other was too deeply
burled in the sand to bo raised.
A gooseberry bush, a currant bush
l ' ; i : I II! r an ' ' " "t ........ " J
1. ...... r, ii i . I m fl II ii nli1nilAm... Knot, n . ... t ..
uecuuse oweuuoiu or some other I v-.m-ntnj umu kluuik
self-organized crowd of idiocy does i uls" ur 011 a wlllow tree near Surrey,
something all women must rush in. ! EllEla"d. How they came to be graft
Take the hats, for Instance, worn to tuo wlUow tree no one knows,
this season. Would any sane man AU are Nourishing,
say the women wanted such hats? J- v- Cobb ot Burlington, Vt., while
No. But because some one set the ' dlSSing In his yard turned up a can
style the style must be followed. A ! non bal1 which ho thinks Is a relic of
newspaper cannot justify itself by the war of 1812. The ball weighs six
saying it panders to indecency be- Punk and Is much rusted. It was
cause people like It. The people fountl more than three feet below the
take what they get, and great surfacc-
newspapers should educate; should I Tno Canadian minister of tho in
set a pace on a high plane and then i terior has submitted figures showing
people will be better. Because some uat there are still nvallable for home
hungry wretch reaches for a scan-1 steads in the province of Manitoba
dal and devours it with keen inter- 1 T7,S25,00O acres, In Saskatchewan 104,
est is no reason why a pure minded 1 878,000 acres and in Alberta 117,809,
child should be placed on the wrong 1 000 acres.
track. More than C0.000.000 callous of crc
J osote and nearly 19,000,000 pounds of
HOW IUXDEK IS PUT OX KOAD. zInc chloride were used in preserving
,...,. . ... ; T . i tlmler in the United States lust year.
Lioken htonc Soaked With Hinder Small quantities of crude oil, corrosive
luucu. j sublimate and other chemicals were
also used.
WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
HONE SD ALE, PA.,
HAS A CAPITAL OF - - - $100,000.00
AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OP - 355,000.00 .
' MAKING ALTOGETHER - - 455,000.00 '
EYKHY DOLLAR of which must be lost before anv depositor can losenl'JiHflY
It has conducted a growing and successful business for over 35 years, serving
an increasing number of customers with fidelity and satisfaction.
Its cash funds nro protected by MODERN 'STEEL YAULTS.
All of those things, roupled with conservative management. Insured
y h,v .'Alti:iT-l. PKIISONAh ATTKNTION constantly civeil i the
liaiik s nlfij rs hy a untidily able Hoard of Directors assures the pat roni
l'tank. 1!KMI': XAl'HTY which Is the prime essential ot ii V'uod
Total Assets,
$2,733,000.00
II. ('. HAND.
A. T.SHAIil.K.
T. 11. CI.AUK
P3T DEPOSITS MAY UK MADE BY MAIL, "a
DIRECTORS
C1IAS..T. SMITH.
II. J.CONUKIt.
W 1 SUYDAM.
W. IJ. HOLMES
I'M". K1MHI.K
II. S. SALMON
Ten Cents
Daily
(Dedicated to the notice of the
Honcsdale Committee on Streets.)
DeGrnff & Hogeboom, the contrac
tors for building the first section of
the Port Jervis-Sullivan County line
highway, have begun tho urelimin.u-v
work and are putting in the concrete
(inverts. As the road s to bo sur
faced by the new binder preparation !
No island In tho West Indies has
soil better adapted to the cultivation of
tropical fruits than Haiti; but, while
other islands nro shipping millions of
dollars' worth of fruit to foreign comr
trios, this island produces barely
enough for its own use.
To encourage French writers of fic
'"'u ijy uiu new uinuer preparation, .v.imuhu iju-ii nuun ui nc
adopted by the State Highway Com- Uou mul stimulate their best endeavors
mlccjl..,. 1 ...111 i... ; . . n lUnrnm. Irtol rn..tn l.r.
iiiierest to ....... .v.w,..,, v, tiua uao
mission, it will he ot
learn now tins company are top- , iuuuULl1 11 pnze or ii.uw iraucs to ue
dressing with this material the High- awarded annually to the young au-
lr.ii.1 MM,.. lf .... . l,fM ,fl,A c.l,n11 1 . ,. i
l.lllli .UIllh-.IUIirOU lOatl tliat IS nutm mm.- 1J1UUUCCU. UlU UCSl
Hearing completion as this is the i llovo1 ln 1,10 preceding two years, the
first time the binder lias been civim 1 verdict to bo rendered by a jury of
a trial in this State. ' academicians.
The hindf!!' 1w nrnimrnd lit- tlw, Tnt.nntitlnn In Tiwltn It. ln..t..n.l .
Mtnm!n'rl Oil "V. .......... .11.... , j , - 1 ...
... vj., m uunuiij; iu njiuri- V.IU1, ur JuiiH luui pine, which very
fications furnished by the State High- 1 much resembles the American long
way ( onimlssioii. Within the nnst ' loaf pine, from which the mnln Rimniv
few rl.'tva f! f I l,n,'rlt. r I nP ft, ex.,,, 1i. v ,1... ,.. i
j uhiivio, ,ji luill CUT' , , 1 'tiuiiii; ml lliu UUU IS UU11VCU
lOMflsi nt' til,. 1,1,1,1,,,. i,'i,.i 1..L...1.....1 1 finrl xt'ltltl, It. i.fi..t.ll .lt..n I
- ,i.,v- icbi-nuu UL it ,,.., in nil,,,,,,, UlUlHeUl 111.
Highland Mills, and Messrs, Degrall' i This tree occurs In different parts of
.P. H.,n..l.nn... .1 . . 1 4.1... T7I .. - -
,v UU6VUUUU1, uiu cuiiiruc'iors, oegan , luu iiiiuiuayns at elevations or lrom
to lay it on Monday of last week. . 3.C0O to 7,000 feet.
The binder is not unlike limited Seattle sot- n irnrui ormnnii, i nu
tar or pitch. It is jet black and said ' nlnnnlnr' of the Alnsl.-n.Yni.-,v,.rooiii,
to be made from bituminous coal, exposition. Instead of tearing down
The shipping point was the Stnnilm-d the lmllrtlncrs nfto,- tlm Hiin. ia
Oil works in Bayonne. N. .1. While , and undoing the costly topographical
the consignment was being transfer-; work i?G00,000 worth of tho bulldlucs
red lrom the cars to the vacant lot will bo turned over to the University
rear of the station, two of the casks ! of "Washington, together with tho wn
broke, the contents spilling all over , tcr, lighting and sewerage systems,
the road and Kivinc tho vieinttv nf Tn,..i pi, i, 7
, ... 1 ""'"i "WO UL-Ull giving MOU1U
the depot a tree sample of the effects' interesting particulars of Queen Vic
produced, toria's loiimnls. Tlinvn urn cn 1,1 tr. .
I.... i""n luuiuiuiiiK uie uinuerover 100 volumes of them, all written
are old, and not very well hoonod
It appears that casks once used with
the stuff cannot be used a second
time. They will be broken un to
closely In a small runnlnc hand. Tim
last entry Is dictated and was added
just ton days before the nuooii il!vl.
Tho Journnls, it is said, will never bo
, , ., , , i juuinuiD, il is sum, win never i
feed the turnace needed to keep the . seen hereafter in their complete form
SOME NEWS SHOULD I IE TA
HOOED.
When the iioochee-coochoB danco
was all the race: when clman strRpt
shows were giving out their ballyhoo
music from the outs de and tho
slender serpentine ladles were do
ing the sinuous stunt on the InsldR
of the tent, publicity made it possible
tor au tne "rast " young girls in
many towns to innuire what about
hoochee-coochee. And now ln New
York they are arresting many peo
ple because of the Salome Dance
a similar proposition and of course
it will follow that Innocent girls
will make inquiry. Why not keep
such Indecent things out of the nub
ile prints? Why fill the columns
ot a newspaper with stuff that
should be kept under lock and kov?
Why bar papers from printing ob
scene language and let those cir
culate that suggest obscenity so
strongely that It cannot bo misun
derstood?
Wo are no nrudo or nn nnrtof
but It strikes us that the nowsnnnprsi
are to blame for much sorrow in
the world. Why should an im-
uecilo like Harry Thaw havo lmrt
national notoriety? Why not try
a case like that in chambers; keep
tho press and its buzzards out of
reach. If guilty of murder hane
hinder at a temperature of 2L'0 de
grees when It is being applied.
The method is to soak tho seven
inch layer of broken stone witli the
Kabblts arc not'lndicenou-s to Ana.
tralla, but wore flrst introduced fifty
or sixty years ago, when two or three
pairs were shipped Into Victoria from
a heavy roller is passed over tho
space so treated. Tho work is done
a square yard at a time and appears
to be quite thorough.
The supply of binder on hand is
sufficient to cover a mile or the road,
which is four miles in length, ex
tending from Daiuorenux's crossing
nt Highland Mills to Monroe. The
experiment is to cost ?4,000 above
the regular contract price.
,,,,. , , . inula ere Huippcu into victoria from
?i Snc irnrrS,"'1 E to tU pur-
a heavy roller Is SS(-, P h, se.9 nml Pllcd rapidly that as
tar uacK as issu steps had to bo taken
by the governments of some of the
states ln order to keep them within
control.
The tower building, the flrst steel
skeleton frame office building built in
this country, is to be torn down. Tho
site It occupies, togethor with tho
premises, 44 to 48 Broadway and 43 to
47 New street, New York city, will
be improved with a thirty-eight story
office building, to be erected by tho
Broadway and New Street Realty com
pany, at a cost of $3,475,000.
John Verrian, driver with engine
company No. 58 of the Now York city
fire department, was shaving himself
when tho alarm gong sounded. With
tho open razor clutched ln his hand
and his face covered with lather, ho
drove his three horses at full speed up
Eighth avenue, and not till ho had
reached tho scene of tho Are did he
reallzo that ho was clasping tho open
razor.
Glaln, a suburb of Liege, Franco, is
said to be sinking bodily Into tho
earth. Coal was discovered in the
neighborhood twenty years ago, and,
the workings being comparatively near
the surface, whole streots havo becomo
undermined. Many buildings have
sunk for several feet, so that there are
instances of steps leading down to
front doors which once had to bo ascended.
To Keep Flowers Fresh.
The popular person whoso admiring
relatives and friends shower upon her
largo and small tokens of their regard
In tho form of flowers may profit by a
few suggestions as to how to treat
them so they will last.
With the proper sort of care they
could be kept alive for three or four
days and ln some cases a week. First,
put tho flowers ln paper boxes in the
evening, wrapped ln oil paper. They
must be sprinkled well, being careful
not to wet the petals, as delicate roses
and sweet peas become spotted brown
when wet. If the Btems aro wet thor
oughly, then the flowers wrapped and
put ln a box, and kept ln a good place,
they will be fresh In tho morning.
Before placing them in tho vases, cut
off about a quarter of an inch of the
stem whero it has become hardened,
and wash thoroughly with warm water
ln order to remove all traces of slime
or scum.
TEN;CENTS SAVED every day will, in llfty years, .
grow to $9,504.
TWENTY CENTS SAVED dailv would in fiftv vears
amount to $I9,00G.
The way to accuniulate'inoiiey is to save small sums system
aticallyand with regularity.
At .'5 per cent, compound interestinoney doubles itself in 25
years and 1(14 days.
At 0 per cent, money doubles itself in 11 years and 327
days.
If vou would save 50 cents a dav, in 50 vears you would have
$47,520.
If you would save $1.00 a dav, at tho end ofj 50 years you
would have $95,042.
Begin NOW a
Savings Account
at the
Honesdale Dime Bank
THREE PER CENT. INTEREST PAID.
Money loaned to all Wayne countcans furnish
hi!,' sooil security. Notes discounted. Kirst
mortgage on real estate taken. Safest ami cheap
est way to send money to forolgneoiintries Is by
drafts, to he hail at this hank.
HOL'SKUOI.l) HANKS FltKK.
1,11 LIB CHILLED PLOWS
Still Take the Lead !
"si -TVS,.
Over L'7.000 lbs of Plows and Hcpnlri received In March.
this ct'T snows tiik
No. 56 SIDE HILL.
We silo have No, 7, a sbo smaller.
4,';!!',.
The No. 11) Is the popular Flat Land Plow. We also keep In stock the No. 15. 10, L'O and
5S Iron Ileum. Nearly 2.U00 sold In Wayne county. The following Sub-Agents keep stock ot
Plows ami Keiiairsonlianil: J. K. Tlllany. Pleasant Mount; V. II. Shatter. Varden. l'a.:
S. Woodmansoe. Lake I'omo: II. X. Karley. Kiiiihuink ; A.J. Abrahams, (ialllee: 1'raiikC'.
Itrowii iloadleys: O. W. Slialfer. (ieorgelown : Seth llortree. Sterling: I'. 1'. Ivellaiu.
I.edgedale; V. Ii. Corey Cireeutown. and Watts's Honesdale und Htiwley stores.
TheTOliver Sulky Plow Cannot be Beat !
Honesdale and) TD ATI A M W A TTQJ Honesdale and
Hawley Stores liKiMliilTl WA1 io Hawley Stores
Sash. Doors, Minds, Front Sah Poors. Sewer ripe
and Ihillders' Hardware of KV15KY Description.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS: s?-n
Ins Machines, Iron, Gravel mid Tarred Hooting, llarb Wire, Woven Fence Wire. Poultry
Netting, Lime and Cement.
PLUMBING in all
its branches.
Kstlmates given
on short notice
lor
HQT AIR and
STEAM HEAT.
BICYCLES and
Sundries.
Telephone Announcement
This company is preparing to do extensive construction
work in the
Honesdale Exchange District
which will greatly improve the service and enlarge the
system
Patronize the Independent Telephone Company
which reduced telephone rates, anddo not contract for any
other service without conferring with our
Contract Department Tel. No. 300.
CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE CO. of PENNSYLVANIA.
Foster Building.
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