THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1000. NEW MAKES WAR IMPOSSIBLE Lewis Nixon Says CurrentsFlasli. cd Through Air Is Battle Method of Future NO DANGER FROM ANY AIRSHIPS Destruction So Terrible that Nations Will Be Forced to International Peace Electrical Shocks to De stroy Every Warship Afloat. New York City. Lewis Nixon, ship builder, graduate of the United States Naval Academy and for several years J one of the chief constructors of the American navy, flouts the theory that the airship in any of its forms will be come a formidable war machine. Instead, Mr. Nixon believes that the death-dealing torror of tho war of the future will be tho electric shock. This conclusion has boon forced upon his judgment by a careful study of tho subject of now war agencies and by closely watching tho manoeu vres of tho Wright auropluno as it Balled up tho Hudson and circled tho representatives of tho worlds great est navies. In Mr. Nixon's opinion, warships can guard against tho danger of explo sives that might bo dropped upon them by airships by spoclally prepared nrmor. Ho believes, though, that soon er or later there will be perfected a gun or some other piece of mechan ism for hurling a thunder bolt that will shock to death every man aboard A warship, Irrespective of its protec tion. "I am convinced," said Mr. Nixon to a reporter, "that the thing could bo done now, but the mechanism is so crude that tho thunder bolt, or elec tric Impulse, would kill the man who should release it, as well as the ene my. It is possible, of course, that some foreign nation already has per fected the necessary machine with which to hurl this deadly bolt. I hope, however, that it has not been done. When the principle is master ed the result will make war so horri bly destructive that the human race, through the sheer force of nature's first law self-preservation will abol ish war. "The aeroplane is mainly interest ing now on account of the fact of what may grow from it. Possibly wo shall see them like swarms of giant locusts flying over and beyond armies, to occupy positions and to cut off com munications. "For purposes of observation they will be of great use. The helicopter, owing to its smaller dimensions, seems best adapted to such uses, es pecially to be carried on men-of-war. "Insofar as I can see, the dlrgible, which will combine much that the aeroplane Is now proving out, is the ship of the future. "Count Zeppelin has already crossed the Alps and made long voyages against adverse conditions in all sorts of weather. His airship is larger than the steamship of thirty years ago and more speedy than those that are now crossing the ocean in record-breaking time. I look to see airships of the Zeppelin type half a mile In length. They will not come down to the earth any more than the Mauretanla will anchor in a shallow street, but will be anchored up in the air, possibly a thousand feet or more. "Explosives will not be dropped down, as you could not hit a tug with an apple from the Brooklyn Bridge, which Is only a hundred and thirty feet high. Electrical guns will be used, of course, and heavy ones like our present powder guns. "Ships at anchor will send up bal loons or kites to carry special llluml nants, and In time of war the heavens all around- will be brilliantly lighted with special forms of rockets. "Men-of-war will be protected best by special armament for attacking air craft The airship, however, will rapidly develop as a peaceful device and will soon be as much a necessity of modern civilization as the automo bile. "The attraction of gravitation, be ing a condition of matter, may soon be comprehended in such a way that the repulsion which some way or some how balances attraction may be utilized to man's advantage. "The gas engine has made the air ship possible. Years ago the French found that each horse-power could lift thirty-two pounds; so as much as we develop our horse-power below this weight so much net lifting power shall we gain. "But you asked me as to the military possibilities," continued Mr. Nixon. "We ore on the eye of a tremendous and far-reaching change In warfare. As long ago as 1900 I pointed out that soon thunder bolts would bo thrown, Tho significance of a news item pub lished about a year ago of a man re ceiving a shock which nearly proved fatal while talking over a wireless telephone was not then fully appre ciated. It would be possible at the present day to shock to .death every man on a vessel at five miles dls tance, but bo far the impulse cannot be projected at any one mark. But direction and aiming will be mastered after a whilo, and then thunder bolts will be thrown Just as shells aro thrown now." A Philadelphia builder has sold 26 touring cars to customers In Cuba, to P4UISre.by January ! WHEN B00K8 WERE RARE. Ancient Pawnbrokers Were Glad to Lend Fortunes on Them. Tho average author would probably laugh at the statement that, at one time in the world's history, manu scripts, simply ns such, Irrespective of the nature of the text, were immense ly valuable. In ancient times manu scripts were Important articles from a commercial point of view; they were excessively scarce, and were preserved with the utmost care. Even the usur ers were glad to lend money on them when the owners were obliged to offer them in pawn. It is related in an anciont tome that a student of Pavia, who was reduced by his debaucheries, raised a new fortune by leaving in pawn a manu script of a body of law; and a gram marian who was ruined by a firei re built his house with two small vol umes of Cicero, through the ready aid of the pawnbroker. Lucky Birthday Stones. The following list represents tho old Persian superstition of birthday stones for the months of the year: January Garnet: Constancy and fidelity. February Pearl or amethyst: Puri ty, peace of mind. March Jacinth or bloodstone: Courago in affection. May Emerald: Insures happiness in love and domestic felicity. Juno Agato: Insures long life, health and prosperity. July Iluby: Exempts from lore doubts and anxiety. August Moonstono: A charm for conjugal felicity. Soptombcr Sapphire: Insuros choorfulnoss. October Opal: Hopefulness and happy faith. November Topaz: Fidelity in friendship. December Turquoise: Success, happiness and many friends. Morals and Eternal Life. If a mere dream, life is a very much poorer and pettier thing; men are be ings of much loss importance; trouble, danger and physical pain are mueh greater evils, and the prejudice of virtue is much more questionable than has hitherto beon supposed to be the case. If men follow the advice so often pressed upon them, to cease to think of these subjects otherwise than as insoluble riddles, all the existing conceptions of morality will have to be changed, all social tendencies will be weakened. Merely personal incli nations will be greatly strengthened. Men who say "to-morrow we die" will add "let us eat, drink and be merry." Fitzjames Stephens, in "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity." The Scotch A'RIght. A Scottish laird overheard some Lowland cattle dealers discussing the use of "England" instead of "Britain" in Nelson's famous slgna, "England expects that every man will do his duty." According to one patriotic Scot there was no question of the Ad miral's forgetfulness, and when a com panion expressed surprise at the "in justice" the patriot reassured him. "Nelson," he explained, "only 'ex pects' of the English; he said nacth ing of Scotland, for he kent the Scotch would do their! "London Globe. Daughter's Voice. If Daughter has a voice and takes lessons it signifies nothing if she takes them from a teacher in town. The point of cultivating Daughter's Voice Is to throw In a railroad trip with every lesson. If she goes as far as Kansas City the neighbors are awed, and if she goes as far as Chicago they don't Even Dream of ridicule, even when she practices at Four in the Morning. A wide latitude is afforded the Daughter who takes her Voice as far as Chicago to learn how to handle 1L Atchison Globe. A Permanent Job. "You have stated," said the badger ing lawyer to a witness, "that you were born in 1886. Now you say you were born In 1887. An incriminating discrepancy though perhaps you may be able to explain it" "Certainly I can explain it," re torted the witness. "There's no in congruity there. I was born in 188S and just stayed born. Why, I'm born yet" The Oldest Book. The oldest book in the world, so far as present information goes, is that by Ptar-Hotep, the Egyptian, nllnd in the reien of Asaa. about B. C. 3366. The manuscript of this ancient work is preservea in me tsio Uotbeqne NationMe, Paris. It is writ ten on papyrus, in hloratic characters, and la made up largely of political. moral and religious apnorisma. The Flea. Oh, there's nothing quite bo mad dening as a pesky, crawling flea, when the little cuss Is biting in a spot you can not see! Nothing which drives to the noint whore they will swear, like this hopping frisky critter, when he s out upon a lean Los Angeles Express. Keeping Friends. It Is one thing to make friends, but quite another to keep them. Remem ber that friendship will not thrive on discourtesy or neglect Little courte sies and attentions to those witn whom we are most intimate help to smooth and sweeten lite. Home Chat Knew His Lordship. "Anyone called, PerklnsT" Toe, my lord: man with a bill. Used awful language! Andabushrel Why, if he'd been your lordship himself He couldn't have been mora oJ Ally Slopwrto HU-HolhUy. . , PURSUES RAINBOW TILL DARK Then Little Girl Follows Star Far, Far from Her Home Wanted Pot of Gold. Bloomfleld, N. J. Chief of Police Lewis M. Collins, of Bloomfleld, was making his ponderous way along Broad street when something little and blue and golden hatred and sweet appeared before his astonished eyes. He stepped under an old elm tree, hesitated, and then awoke the daint iest little morsel of diminutive girlish ness it had ever been his good fortune to encounter. In her hand was a brok en stub of red chalk crayon. The pinkish tinge smeared her little fin gers and her little chin. "Well, well!" quoth the gallant Chief. "And how did you get he"re, little girl? And who aro you and where do you live?" 'I is Tillie Braclola," she lisped. "And I is seven years old and I lives at Newark, and after school to-day I saw a great big nice rainbow, and teacher told us there is a pot of gold underneath the end, and I wanted some gold for my papa nnd mamma, but now I want to go homo." The child walked on and on, keep ing her eyes on the rainbow until it faded from sight. Then she followed, the setting sun, nnd then a bright star, until, tired nut und hopolcssly lost after her trudge, sho sank down undor an elm trco In Brood strcot, Bloomfleld, and fell nnlcep. Tho child had walked Ave miles nftor tho fabled pot of gold! Tender ly tho Chief took her to tho station nnd then sent her homo. Sho was so glnd to get there that she forgot all about the pot of gold nnd all about everything except her supper and her crib. COCOCOCXXXX500000000COOOOC WORST ABOUT HELL IS IT'LL BE A BORE." o "There Are New Styles In Everything but Sin," Says Dr. Crane, of Chicago. Chicago. "The worst thing about hell Is that It will be such a bore." This was one of the state ments made by Dr. Frank Crane In his lecture before the Wood- lawn Sunday Afternoon Club. "There are. new styles In q everything but sin," he said. "Men are getting arunK now on q Clark street just as Noah did on O Ararat. The Tenderloin dls- trlct of Chicago Is about the O same as that which we see In 8 the ruins of Pompeii. Harry O Thaw killed his man very much ft as Hagen killed Siegfried. Wo p have steam cars, telephones, patent washers, radiators and ruhber wheele hut w, sin Iur n like the antediluvians." ccocccocococoococoooc REAL SPOTLESS TOWN IN CHINA. More Modern Than Chicago and with Streets Actually Clean. Chicago. A city in Western China, but more modern in some respects than Chicago, was described by Pro fessor E. D. Burton of the University of Chicago. It was taken by him as an excellent illustration of the new impulse toward civilization in the Far East. A chief of police who has or dered all beggars from the streets and teaches the indolent to work, ac cording to the precepts of modern so- clology; a head of the street clean ing department who keeps the city cleaner than Chicago or even Paris: a superintendent of schools, who is in stalling modern education in law and mining and engineering as rapidly as possible these are characters In the strange story, which Burton says sheds a new light on China and her people and corrects many false con ceptlons regarding that empire. "The city of Chentu, metropolis of Western China, is almost 1,500 miles from the coast as the crow flies. What was our surprise," said Professor Bur ton, "to find ourselves in streets as clean as those of Paris." "Cleaner, I should say, Judging from what I saw when I passed through there," put In Professor Chamberlln, "Well, as clean as the streets of Berlin, then," said Dr. Burton. "We found the head of the street cleaning department Is a man who has traveled and has Ideas. He had organized an efficient crops of sweepers, and once a day the pavements were gone over carefully with brooms. The dust was carted away in bags on the backs of coolies." 8ULTAN'8 AWFUL CRIME. Horrible Details of Murder of Pre tender to the Throne. PariB. A dispatch to the "Matin" from Fez says that inquiries show that El Roghi, the Pretender to the throne of Morocco, who was executed at Fez, was put to death by Sultan Mulal Ha' fig himself under circumstances of revolting cruelty. According to the correspondent the monarch, assisted by his chamber lain, dragged the Pretender into a cage of lions and then provoked the animals, which leaped on the men acled captive, Inflicting horrible wounds. Then, as El Roghi fell to the ground motionless, the lions left him alone, despite the goadlngs of tho Sultan, who thereupon pulled his still living victim outside tho cage with hooks, emptied a can of lamp oil over him and set him on fire, feed ing the flames with oil-soaked rags, until nothing but the charred bones of the Pretender remained. . Helpful Beauty Hints i 4 J Valuable Hints that Every Woman Should Grasp How to Keep Young For Red Lips Lotion to Relieve Red Nose Salt for tho Teeth Po made for Reducing Thick Lips. The best wash for the hair is soap bark. Salt water used as a gargle will strengthen the throat and harden the gums; used as a wash it will strength en weak eyes; used In the bath it is a tonic; as a lotion for the hair it pre vents and stops its falling. The hot curling iron dries and hard ens the hair so, that after a time the hair has a colorless dead appearance. Never cup or trim the eyelashes, or eyebrows. It makes them coarse and stubby. A lotion of lemon juice and glycer ine applied several times a day will roduce large pores on the nose and chin. To remove superflous hair, get a toilet pommlco stone from tho drug storo; lather the part with a pure soap and rub the pommlco stono over it Wash the lather off and apply cold oroain. Do this every day until the hair is gono. In tho facial mnnnage, always mako tho motions circular, up and out, nev er down. "Is it true that automoblltng hurts tho face?" It is undoubtedly truo; but most chaps who are hurt don't know it Health Notes for Women. Eat plenty of spinach and dande lion greens. These are valuable on ac count of their laxative effects. The best remedy for red cheeks is deep breathing In fresh air, night as well as day time. Braid the hair at night In two braids. Tie but do not turn up the ends. Thin eye brows may be made luxu riant by the rubbing in of olive oil. Keep up for some time. The time for a cold bath is before breakfast After much discussion, It finally seems to be decided that a nap after the mid-day meal Is beneficial to di gestion, and to be encouraged where possible. The cause of constant yawning is lack of oxygen. A walk In the fresh air often relieves it A fever blister touched with a drop of sweet spirits of nitre will disap pear. To Keep from Growing Old. Many women become middle aged from the simple season that they al low middle-aged habits to steal upon them and relapse into a state of phy sical indolence just at a time when they should fight against this tend' ency to give up exercise. "The best preventives against growing middle aged," says a charming woman of 45, whose unwrinkled face and slim fig' ure give her the appearance of being at least 15 years younger than her real age, "are cheerfulness, a strict determination not to worry over tri fles, and a sense of humor that save one from depression. A cold tub every morning, a walk every day In rain or sunshine, face massage with cold cream at night, ten minutes' phy sical exercise Immediately on rising, friction of the hair to stimulate Its growth, will keep any "woman free from wrinkles and will preserve the contour of her figure." Red Lip Salve. Cinderella. My lips are pale and purplish and not a good color. Would you recommend the use of a red Up salve? To redden the lips artificially would detract from your looks rather more than pale and purplish lips. You can help matters very much by massaging Uk lips and applying camphor and vaseline in the manner just described. Run the lips with the finger tips, which stimulates the circulation. Pallor of the lips indicates a lowering of the tone of the whole body, and shows that you need a tonic. For a Red Nose. If your nose is somewhat swollen and red, try this formula: Muriate of ammonia, 1 dram; Tan nic acid, 1-2 dram; Glycerine, 2 ounces; Rose water, 3 ounces. Dissolve the muriate and acid in the glycerine and add the water. Satur ate a piece of absorbent cotton with the lotion and bind on the nose every night until the trouble 1b relieved. 8lt for the Teeth. I have read that salt is good for the teeth. What kind of salt should be used, and how often? P. L. The salt used on the teeth should be finely powdered table Bait for if it is too coarse it is apt to scratch the enamel. Do not use the Bait more than once a week. To Remove Stains from the Hands. What Is a safe thing to use on the hands to remove stains from house work or ink stains? C A. G. A piece of lemon is very good for removing stains from the hands, and pumice stone is most effectual when the hands have become marked with Ink. Pomade for Reducing Thick Lips. Melt an ounce of any of the cold creams, add one gram each of pul rerlsed tannin and sTkaiiet ohlps; let macerate tor flr hoars, then strain through cheesecloth. Agply to the Irja when mmpht INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER BIBLE STUDY CLUB. Answer One Written Question Each Week For Fifty-Two Weeks and Win a Prize. (Copyright, 1909, by ltev. T. S. Llnscott, D.D.) Paul a Prisoner The voyage. Acts xxvil:l-20. Golden Text Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring It to pass. Ps. xxxvii:5. Verses 1-8 The writer of this nar rative appears to be a companion of Paul on this Journey who was he? Who were the others that sailed with Paul? . What results are likely to follow, when a man of God Is compelled to bo in the company of criminals? Who was this man Julius, and what probably Induced him to treat tho prisoner Paul with such leniency? Is there any position in life, how ever undehlrablp, In which God does not give his children special comfort, even when in prison, and can you give Bomo examples of this? Julius gave Paul his freedom to visit his friends whon tho ship touched nt BIdon; would it have been honorab! of Paul lo huvo niado his oscape ai.l not to have returned to thu ship, woo ing ho was an Innocent man on parole? C,n you tell, or point out on tho map, wharo SIdon, Cyprus, Pamphylla, Myra and the other places here men tioned are situated? When the winds aro against ua, or wo are bocalmed on the voyage of life, and making but little headway, Is it a hindrance or a help to the soul poised on God? Verses 9-11 Why is the advloe of a man of God, other things being equal, more to be trusted than that of any other man? Did Paul givo the advice for them not to proceed, but to winter at the "fair havens," from his human judg ment or from God's direction? Why may, or may not a true Christian always depend that the Judgments he forms in the great crises of life as well as In ordinary affairs, are really Inspired of God and can therefore be depended upon? (See John xiv:2G. et sen.) Verses 12-20 When we are faced with a great problem as to the way to take, or the thing to do, Is there always In the mind of God the thing we ought to do, and is there a possi bility for us to find out with cer tainty what It Is? (This question must be answered In writing by members of the club.) Why is it that God sometimes leads us contrary to what the circumstances, would suggest? When we are lrresistably driven by a "euroclydon," and appear at the mercy of the wind and sea, is there reason to believe that we are just as safe, and as much in God's keeping, as when 'the south wind blows softly?' When in stress and strain, in wind and storm, and we appear to be driv ing into disaster and death, will the consciousness that God is witn t.s, quicken or deaden our activities to save ourselves? Verses 21-2G Is there ever any use In "crying over spilt milk?" What reason is there to believe from this narrative, that when wo fall to use, and it is loo late to adopt Gcd's best plan, He will still graciously pro vide a good one which we may adopt? What did these people mlsa, and what did they suffer, for having failed to use God's first best plan for their safety? Lesson for Sunday, Nov. 9th, 3909. Paul a Prisoner The Shipwreck. Acts xxvli:27 to xxvlH:10. IDENTIFICATION BY VEINS. New Prison Method Suggested by an Italian Professor. A new method of identification of prisoners has been devised by means of photographs taken of the veins on the back of the hand. Professor To massia, an Italian professor, the in ventor, bases his method on the ob servation that no two persons have the veins on the back of the hand so much alike as to allow room for confusion less, indeed, than with fin ger prints. The prisoner's hand is held down ward for several minutes, or the pulse at the wrist is restrained, and tho veins are then photographed. This photograph, Professor Tomassla says, will always be available for explicit proof, whereas criminals now under stand that with an ordinary razor they can operate on their own bands without much pain or inconvenience, and may change the pattern of the finger print beyond chance ot identi fication. To burn the finger tips is more pain ful, but perhaps even more effective. On the other hand, as Professor To massla points out, only a serious and dangerous operation can modify tho veinal system. London Evening Standard. "A Cheap Skate." "Joel Chandler Harris," said an At lantan, "used to write comic newspa per editorials. Sometimes he made fun of other editors in tnem, too. "Simon Simpson, a rival editor in Mobile, having been made fun of, wrote angrily in his rage: "'Joel Harris has been getting off some cheap wit at our expense.' "Joel, on reading this, grabbed his pen and dashed off, Quick as a flash, for next day's issue. " 'It must have been cheap, Simon, to be at your expense.' 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