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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY SEPT, 17, 1000.
SUNSHINE KILLING
THE BLONDES
U. S. Army Surgeon Declare
that America's Clear Skies
Help the Rum Demon
PEROXIDE KIND ARE NOT DOOMED
Prisons, Asylumo, Jails and Other In
stitutions Filled with Dlonds, Due,
Says the Doctor, to Effect of Sun
shine on Nervous System.
New York, N. Y. Unles9 the tho
blonds change their complexion Uiey
are doomed.
This startling note of warning to
blue-eyed, Hght-cotnplexioned New
Yorkers is uttered by Dr. Charles E.
Woodruff, surgeon and major In tho
United States Army, who has just
completed a private tour of the pris
ons and asylums of the city and State.
Tho Jails and Institutions, he says, are
full of blondes who, unable to stand
the strugglo for existence in a climate
to which they are unfitted, have fall
en into poverty, disease and crime.
What is true of New York, he says,
is true of tho country us a whole,
and unless the blonde American finds
or adopts some better means of sur
vival than he has at present he will
be wiped out as a type in favor of the
brunette.
Tho great trouble is the sunshine.
Thero is too much , of it in America
for the blonde, says Dr. Woodruff. It
breaks down their nervous systems,
renders them unstable, morally as
well as physically, and makes them
peculiarly liable to the ravages of
consumption and other deadly ail
ments. In Clinton Prison, says Dr. Wood
ruff, where tho worst classes of crimi
nals aro confined, and where ho ex
pected to find tho place full of mod
ern "blackboards," he was astonished
at the large number of blondes, some
of them of very light type.
Of the 253 convicts whose hair
color was available for comparison,
thero wcro 19 with very light hair, CI
with light brown, 01 with dark brown,
and 112 with black.
Of nearly 5,000 men whoso average
age was under twenty-one. admitted
to the Elmlra Reformatory, Dr. Wood
ruff found the typo3 classified them
selves as follows as to their hair:
Blonde, 31S; red, 90; sandy, 103;
light brown. 1,203; dark brown, 1,449;
black, 1.40G.
Of tho C02 aged paupers on Dlack
well's Island, says Dr. Wodruff, only
one-fourth aro native born. Drink
had broken most of them down, and
from this Dr. Woodruff argues that
tho underlying nervous cause of al
coholism is far more prevalent In
blondes than In brunettes in Now
York City.
The thirst for alcohol, Dr. Woodruff
says, is merely the expression of a
nervous weakness acquired under
America's sunny skies, and resulting
from excessive stimulation of light as
one of a thousand causes.
Of ninety paupers In Boston institu
tions, Dr. Woodruff says, ho found the
same general trend in a city markedly
more blonde than New York.
Thus, ho says, unfavorable climatic
factors are causing unfitness for sur
vival in tho race types In America too
far misplaced from their ancestral
climatic conditions. This process of
elimination among human beings, ho
says, differs in no respect from that
which goes on among irrigated plants
and lower animals.
The native born, he says, furnish
the great majority of tho blue-eyed
professional criminals in New York.
In Clinton Prison 83 per cent, of the
tuberculous criminals arc native born.
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
Contrary Chicken Almost Causes
Death of Owner.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A peculiar acci
dent nearly cost Dr. C. R. Newton, of
Nicholson, near here, his life. He
went to tho barn to chase out a chick
en. As ho followed it his head struck
against a beam, rendering him un
conscious. As ho fell ho kicked over
a lighted lantern, which started n
blaze. A hired man rescued the doc
tor when the flames had almost
reached him. The barn and contents
were totally destroyed.
Got Snake Instead of Hen.
Spencer, Ind. When Mrs. Hannah
Abrams inserted her hand in a barrel
to supposedly lift a hen from her nest
she grasped, Instead of tho hen, tho
folds of a blacksnake that was sleep
ing in tho barrel in which Uie hens
had been laying. The snake was
promptly killed.
It was C feet and 8 Inches long.
Near,, tho middle of its body was a
large lump, and an incision in the
skin revealed a glass egg. The egg
was identified by Mrs. Abrams as one
she had been using as a nest ecc
Has Crowless Roosters.
Seattle, Wash. Herbert Joyce, of
Springdalo, has for years been experi
mentlng with a peculiar breed of poul
try which ho says ho brought from
one of tho Sandwich group of islands
in the Pacific Ocean.
When ho first obtained the wild
birds thoy mado a noiso not unliko
the hiss of a goose. Ho crossed his
wild birds with various types of do
mesticated poultry and has at last ob
tained a rooster perfect in all respects
with tho exception of tho crowing abil
ity. . .
ICE CREAM IN THE SOUTH.
Much of It Made of Condensed Milk
Shipped Long Distances.
Tho consumption of cream In the
South is small, owing to the scarcity
of fresh cream rather than to a lack
of demand. The quality is variable,
some being equal only to rich milk.
Tho result Is that unsweetened con
densed milk is consumed in largo
quantities In tho cities and to some
extent on farms.
There 13 a largo consumption of Ice
cream, but much of tho product is
made from bulk condensed or whole
milk of low grade. The price varies
from 70 cents to $3 a gallon, the aver
age being about $1.30, says the South
ern Workman. Tho city of Memphis
ha3 tho distinction of shipping the
largest quantity, one of its manufact
urers making as much 33 3,000 gallons
dally during thr summer season. Ice
cream manufactured in Tennessee and
Georgia is shipped as far south as
Florida.
Is Tired of Praying.
A littlo girl In St. Louis the other
evening was going through the usual
form of prayer: "God bless mamma,
and papa, and make me a good girl,"
and so on, when all at once she seem
ed to come to a decision. "Now that
is tho last time 1 am going to say that
prayer," she said, very gravely, look
ing at her mother. "You are older
than I am and It in your place to ask
for all those thingj and I don't see
any use in two people's asking the
same thing." Since then she has
firmly refused to pray, insisting that
it is her mother's place to ask God for
blessings.
When They Made Good.
George Washington was commander-in-chief
of tho urmy at the age of
43; Cromwell entered upon his re
markable career at 2D; Napoleon con
quered Italy before he was 30; Glad
stone was a member of parliament at
23; Macaulay began his literary ca
reer at 20; Columbus started out on
his voyage of discovery at 3G; Fred
erick the Groat began the Thirty
Years' war at the age of 3). and Black
stone had finished his "Commentaries"
before he was 33. Scrap Book.
For Future Dreadnoughs.
That the German government be
lieves ships of war will be much big
ger in the future is shown by the en
largement of the Kaiser Wilbelm ca
nal, which is to bo deepened at once
to 36 feet, with provision for a later
deepening, If necessary, to 4G feet.
The width of the canal is to be dou
bled. The new dimensions of tho
locks will considerably exceed those at
Panama.
Ancient Pagan Festival.
In the highlands of Scotland and
in Ireland tho 1st of May was called
Beltane. This was the name of an
ancient pagan festival, traces of which
have survived to this day. Tho name
Is still used for May day in Gaelic
Scotland. It is said that the Druids
on that day used to make two fires
with great Incantations and drive
their cattle between them as a safe
guard against disease.
A Plea for Bachelors.
There are few people In the com
munity more generous, according to
their means, more unselfish, and more
self-denying than the much-maligued
bachelor class. Why, then, should It
be taxed? If a tax is required, let it
be levied on tho pampered, potted,
over-indulged, usually ungrateful mar
ried man. London Daily Graphic.
When Fortune Topples.
The demand for employment by edu
cated women Is greater proportionate
ly in England than in any other coun
try. Nowhere in tho world is the
dilemma of a woman accustomed to
luxury and suddenly thrown on her
own resources so distressing as in
England.
Lady Aberdeen's New Sphere.
Lady Aberdeen, who has been carry
ing on an energetic propaganda to bet
ter tho health of the Iri3h people, has
undertaken the editorial work of a
monthly magazine, which will bo is
sued by tho Women's National Health
Association.
Would Have Home Course.
Mrs. Julian Heath presided at tho
meeting which was held tho other day
In New York for the purpose of urging
the creation of a federal bureau to In
struct mothers In the care of their
homes and families.
Asking Too Much.
Jenks (ringing up the theater gets
the wrong number) "Can you let mo
have a box for four to-night?" Bones
(tho undertaker) "I'm afraid not,
sir. I only make 'cm to hold one."
Tit-Bits.
Great Enemies of Peace.
Five great enemies of peace inhabit
us, namely, avarice, ambition, envy,
anger and pride, but if those enemies
were banished, we should enjoy per
petual peace. Petrach.
Once In a While.
Occasionally there Is a college pres
ident who receives as high a salary as
a first-class baseball pitcher, in splto
of tho prevalent impression to the
contrary.
Paradise for the Trapper.
As game preserves, it is claimed
that the northern regions and forests
of Canada furnish tho finest fur-bearing
animals in the world.
The Only Way.
Tho Woman If I asked you how
old you thought I was what would you
tell mo? The Man A darned lie, of
coarso.
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FLASHLIGHT
IRUTH-CdPELLER
Habitual Culprits Wilt Under Its
Fierce Glare and Own Up to
Their Derelictions
JUDGE SAYS THAT IT'S EFFECTIVE
Police Justice Kimball Hits Upon a De
vice which Promises to De of World
Wide Benefit Its Rays Throw the
Victim Off His Guard.
Washington, D. C. Judge Ivory
Kimball, a Police Justice here, has
hit upon a device for instant detec
tion of tho truth, which promises to
be of world-wide benefit.
After careful deliberation he ob
served In his own case that a Hash
of light thrown suddenly Into his
face put him o!f guard. Deciding to
make that test In court he provided
himself with a flashlight and placed
it, shielded, on the end of his desk.
The thing looks as if it might be a
bit of telephone apparatus or any
thing equally innocent, at first sight.
All unsuspecting, the habitual walks
up to the bench primed with a glib
story, confident that once again his
smooth tongue will save him. The
Judge withdraws tho shield and the
prisoner finds himself in a blaze of
light. Himself in shadow, the Judge
has the habitual with all his sins laid
bare before him. That is the way the
thing has worked so far in every case.
The Judge is sure that no guilty have
escaped him since he lias had the
lamp In action.
He accounts for the truth-compelling
property of the searchlight by
saying that in catching persons una
ware it surprises them into the' truth,
or throws them into such confusion
that the truth soon struggles to the
surface. This tends to the despatch
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vstrvl v rut .Hov'stmn '.Ur.i'
of cases, for it leaves no excuse for
waste of time over specious plead'
ings. It will be used on lawyers at
well as on prisoners or manufactured
testimony.
Some of the Judges of the higher
courts have consulted Judge Kimball
with the view of trying tho device
where legal procedure is hampered by
various intricacies. The Judge has
said to all inquirers that he has no
notion of trying to patent the
idea, and that he has already got sc
much relief from it himself that he
will be glad to give instruction in its
use to any who may need it. It is
'CO rev 3W I THZ'Wli
rou trot loiiDt
probable that in a tentative way the
light may find its way into Congress
at tho regular session.
Its possibilities as a truth compeller
in domestic affairs, in the relations
between housewife and tradesmen,
even in affairs of tho heart in tho coo
ing period, are recognized by the
Judge as without limit. Stories of de
tention at tho office or club until 3 a.
m. and tho sale of limed eggs as fresh
Stato will become out of dato with
tho help of tho light, and if tho con
fidences of lovers lose something ta
the ear they will gain in the eternal
verities and save a lot of work for
the divorce court p afterward.
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HOW TO LIVE LONG.
Concluclon8 Drawn from the Writings
of Distinguished Men.
A Paris contemporary has been in
structing Its readers how to live to n
good age, drawing Its conclusions
from the lives and writings of dis
tinguished men.
Michael Eugene Chovroul, the cele
brated French chemist, who lived 103
years, was always very frugal In re
gard to his diet and considered a hap
py disposition to be an important fac
tor contributing to his long life.
Victor Hugo had a tablet on the
wall of his house with the following:
"Rising at G, dining at 10, supping at
G, retiring at 10 make the life of a man
ten times ten." The secret of Molt
ke's death lay in his great moderation
in all things.
Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson de
clared that those who wished to reach
a century must neither smoke nor
drink. They should eat sparingly of
meal, work as little as possible by
artificial light, trouble themselves lit
tle nbout making a fortune and never
allow ambition to rule their lives.
London Globe.
The Captain's Repartee.
Tho captain of a trans-Atlantic lin
er, having become Irritable as a re
sult of some minor troubles In tho
ship's mnnngemcnt and tho unusually
large number of ridiculous inquiries
made by tourists was heading for the
"bridge" when a dapper young mnn
halted him to inquire the cause of tho
commotion off the starboard side of
tho ship. Being on the port side, the
captain politely replied, with some
sarcasm, ho was not certain, but
thought it possible that a cat fish had
Just had kittens. What-to-Eat.
Mutual Surprise.
A mission worker in New Orleans
was visiting a reformatory near that
city not long ago when she observed
among the inm.itos an old acquaint
ance, n negro lad Ions thought to be
a model of Integrity. "Jim!" exclaim
ed the mission worker. "Is It possible
I find you here?" "Yassum," blithely
responded the backslider, "I's charg
ed with stealln' a barrel o' sweet per
taters." Tho visitor sighed. "You,
Jim!" she repeated. "I am surprised!"
"Yassum," said Jim. "So was I or I
wouldn't be here!"
A Use for Liquid Air.
Liquid air made from carbon diox
ide, according to Dr. David Hubbard,
liquifies at a pressure of 2,000 pounds
to the square inch. When liberated
at a low temperature It becomes car
bonic ncid snow, crystallizing into a
substance resembling common white
chalk, though of greater brilliance.
This snow has been applied with great
effect to many skin diseases, such as
moles, warts, birthmarks, etc., a ten
second application ending the growth
and causing it to disappear.
Forests of British Columbia.
Official estimates state that in Brit
ish Columbia there Is an area of forest
and wood land aggregating 285,554
square miles. All over this extensive
area are large sections, each of many
square miles, owned or leased by
American sydleates and controlled by
American capital. The available tim
ber area of Vancouver island alone
amounted to S.000,000 acres.
Feminine Facts.
The earliest form of the glovo was
a mere bag for the hand.
Women workers In Germany rarely
make over 53 a week.
The Ainu women of Japan tattoo
their faces In order to give themselves
the look of whiskered men.
The Sultan of Morocco is descended
from an Irish girl.
Vho Would Think It?
Tho renowned M. Blowltz once
wrote from Paris to the London
Times: "La Liborte is one of those
amphibious journals that, waiting to
see which way tho wind blows, some
times unexpectedly turn tho scale."
Christian Register.
Against Salcon-Cashed Checks.
"Any employee of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway company
vho in tho future has his pay check
cashed in a saloon will be discharged."
Tho foregoing is the substance of a
general circular issued by Superin
tendent, N. J. Finney.
Her Blue Kitchen.
"You are always talking about your
lovely little bl-.e kitchen," they said,
"but wo see , ou dining out every
night. Do you never cook in it?"
"Not enough to get tired of it," sho
said, "and that's the reason I like It
so."
An Encumbrance.
Littlo Helen had been very noisy all
day long. Her papa asked her to
stand In the corner to punish her.
After crying a while she very indig
nantly said, "I do wish papa had nev
er married in this family.
Her Discovery.
A fair maid from tho city saw a
queer 'thing on a treo: she said: "Oh,
ain't it pretty! Whatever can it bo?"
With a stick sho poked It to her
beauty's ruination; for, alas! it proved
to bo a hornet's habitation.
Good Definition of Pride.
"Pride," said Uncle Eben, "is sum
pin' like a flyln' machine. "It'll take
you way up over do heads of other
folks; but It has to be managed wit
great care to avoid a bump."
Pagan Idea of Death.
Death a stopping of impressions
through the senses, and of the pulling
of the cords of motion, nnd of tho
ways of thought, and of Eervlco to tho
flash. 3-.-..-. .'.urclluB.
A STORY OF GILLETTE TRAGEDY
Hughes, In Doubt, Had Decided to
Commute Sentenco of "Billy"
Brown's Slayer.
Auburn, N. Y. A letter received
here from Seattle from B. N. Wilcox,
of Auburn, N. Y commissioner to the
exposition, gives a story lold by Gov
ernor Hughes nnent tho Gillette mur
der case, at a luncheon given by Mr.
Wilcox to Governors Hughes, Hay and
Johnson. r
It reveals that Chester Gillette, who
was put to death in Auburn Prison
for the murder of Grace Brown, might
have saved his life but for the confes
sion he made. Said the Governor over
his coffee cup:
"After the conviction and sentenco
of Gillette, a woman, I1I3 mother, call
ed at my office one day. She had tho
mind of a man, a well balanced, legal
searching mind, and when she cnuio
to me saying that she wanted me to
forget that she was his mother and
simply to hear her present tho facts
in the case, from which she would
convince me he should not die, I gavo
her the two hours she asked of me.
She asked me to go over her own
statement and over tho court records,
j and I did. I spent all of that evening
' and that of the next day giving a
careful examination of all the manu
script submitted to me, including tho
appeal to tho Court of Appeals. My
conclusions wore that I believed Gil
lette guilty, and I refused to stay the
execution.
"But the thought of that mother and
the effort she had made lo snvo her
sou Impressed me. As tho days ap
proachetrfor the execution of Gillette,
the matter preyed on my mind and
disturbed my sleep and my work. Tho
night before Gillette's execution I
called up the warden of Auburn pris
on, where the condemned man was
confined.
"I will never forget the sensation as
long as I live. The warden told mo
that Gillette had made a confession
that afternoon.
"That night I went to bed and slept
soundly. It was my first refreshing
sloop for a long time."
HATED TO TAKE THE MONEY.
"Sweet Country Girl" with Freckles
Gives Chlcagoan a Shock.
Chicago. "Dear Mr. Patterson: I
hate to do this, but I guess I must.
You were good and kind to me. I
hope you will not miss the money
nnich. Sweet Country Girl."
This is the note John Patterson
fon'.d on a recent night when ho re
t; rned to his room In Erie street,
v iich he had given up io a "friend
ing, hungry and penniless" young
vo:uan. He also found that $G3 was
gone from his dresser and that his
landlady, who was robbed of $200 and
various articles, wanted to throw him
into the street.
Patterson found the young woman
weeping on a doorstep near his home
on Sunday afternoon. Sho told him
she had been in Chicago only a few
days and that she was homeless. Ho
purchased a dinner for her nnd then
allowed her to use his room, while he
went to a hotel.
"She had freckles and had the ap
pearance of a country girl," said Pat
terson. "I never wan so surprised in
all my life."
GARLIC EATER NON GRATA.
Audience Yelled "Get the Hook!" and
Court Sustained It.
Chicago. Is a citizen to be de
prived of his constitutional right of
going to the Nickel Show because he
has finished off his evening meal with
a dessert of garlic?"
It apears so by dcclson rendered to
day by Judgo Heap excluding James
La Monta from the Nickel Theatre
because of his garlic breath.
La Monta was first excluded by the
manager of the theatre. Then he
brought suit for damages. Tho man
ager showed that tho audience yelled
when La Monta came in and took a
seat: "Get the hook!" It was then
La Monta was put out.
Judgo Heap said: "The odor of
garlic Is suiilcient to exclude a per
son from a place of air.use"ient. It
annoys and irritates and sometimes
maddens an audience."
TOBACCO SAVflS Hlfl UFZ
Quid Swallowed as Kr.n Is Shocked
Keeps Heart Going.
Logansport, Ind. August Walters,
a park policeman, was .ilr.wt killed
by electricity whilo a'.-si.uing a line-
man who was repairing ?n arc light
In RIversldo Park. The lineman re- '
quested Walters to let do.vn the arc 1
light and ho grasped the wire cable
which is used to lower the lamp. In- (
stantly fire flashed from Walters's
body, and after spinning around in tho 1
air ho fell, but was unablo to release
his hold on tho cable and was pitched j
and thrown about with great rapidity.
It was several hours before Walters '
regained consciousness. He received
a current of 2,200 volts. j
Physicians nttrlbuto Walters's es-1
capo from a tragic death to the fact I
that when he tlrst grasped the cable
tho shock caused him to swallow a 1
big quid of tobacco. This tobacco In
tho stomach acted as a stimulant and
kept up heart action..
Says "Great American Novel" Is Due.
nhlcnco. Professor James W. Linn.
himself an author, said lately at the;
University 01 unicago; "hub is uie
psychological year for tho groat
American novel, exactly one century
frnm tho annearanco of that flood oi
great novels from Scott, Eliot and
others. Tho great American novel
will come from some obscure author.
It will bo either romantic or on some
roat moral nroblom."
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Attorncys-nt-Low.
H WILSON,
. ATTORNEY A COt'KSKL01t-AT-I,AW.
(mice. .Masonic building, second:) floor
Honcidule. l'a.
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t ATTOH.VKY A COUSSKI.01t-AT-I.AW.
Olllce nvur jint pllice. All kwit business
promptly attendi'd to, lionet tittle, l'a.
EG. MU.MFORD,
. ATTOHNEY A COUNSEI.OIt-AT-I.AW,
T".nfSu,,.tlrty lr,n1,' bulldliis, opposite tho
Post OMcu. Honi'Mhile, l'u.
HOMER GREENE,
ATTORNEY A COU.VSEI.OH-AT-I.AW.
Ofllce over Hell's store. Hum dulo l'a.
T. SEARLE,
XX. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOlt-AT-I.AW.
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0L. ROWLAND,
ATTORNEY A COt'NSF.I.On-AT-LAW.
oilWcovar Post Otllce. Honesdale. l'n.
piiARLES a. Mccarty,
J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-I.AW.
Special ami prompt attention given to the
collection of rlalms. Olllco over Hell's now
store. HuneMlale. l'a.
1 P. KIMBLE,
JD . ATTORNEY A COfNSEI.OK-AT-I.AW.
Olllce over the uost olllce Honesdale. l'a.
E. SIMONS,
111. ATTORNEY & COfNSEI.01!-AT-LAW.
Oflico in the Court House, Honesdale,
Pa.
HERMAN HAHMESs,
ATTORNEY A COrNELOR-AT-LAW.
Patents unit petitions seen red. Mlico In tho
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PETER H. 1LOKE,
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DENTIST.
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