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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
The Poet Of Humanity.

Tonight the world over Scotchmen
and their sons will honor the memory
of Robert Burns, whom they love to
term the poet of humanity" One
hundred and thirty-SiX years ago to-
day Burns first saw the light in am
humble farmers cottage at Ayr, Scot
land. He was blessed with brilliant,
active imagination and that inspira-
tion which is often defined as genius.
Warm-hearted and impulsive, no man
probably ever lived who was more truly
loved and admired by men and women
alike. His impressions were of the
llveliest and most exalted, as is shown
by the following letter to a friend:
Il never hear the loud, solitary
whistle of the curleW in summer noon
or the wild cadence of a troop of gray
plovar in an autumnal morning, with
out feeling an elevation of soul like the
enthusiasm of devotion or poetry. Are
we a piece of machinery, which, like
the Aeolian harp, passive, takes the i'm
pressions of the passing accident"
1t was because Burns was of such a
receptiNe and impressionable nature
that he was so intensely human, but
history is more and more inclined to
deal gently with his follies and remem-
Der only the eXquisitely sympathetic
poetry that he wrote and the sterling
NH bot
bles Coming out of his eXcesses he
suffered the keenest remOrse which at
times drove him Ito the verge of mad
ness, while in his mind ragged a con-
flct that other natures found it i'm
possible to understand. Thus he used
up his vitality and at the age of So.
when men Of ordinary talents are just
beginning to acquire fame. he was
called across the dark river. leaving
behind him a name that is imperish-
able.
Great in feeling, imagery and SYM
parthy las are many of Burns long
poems it lis by his songs that he will be
remembered most tenderly and affec-
tionately by his countrymen and man.
kind in general No commemorative
exercises held tonight will be complete
until "Ye Banks and Braes' and the
inspiring words of "Auld Lang Syne''
have been heard
His songs have made the world bot
ter and happier and wherever civliza-
tion has planted her standard, there
have Burns songs been sung. What
greater measure of fame could man de-
sire?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

enced. This principle would seem to be
as true in smallpox as in diphtheria,
and the existing mode of vaccination
with the poisonous lymph itself may
soon be superseded by the practice of
injecting the serum of immuniZed ami
mails. Whether the period of immunity
will thus be increased cannot be pre-
dicted; but the introduction of serum
in place of lymph will certainly mark
progressive step in medicine, prove
the availability of a large class of
diseases to this style of treatment, and
doubtless open up undiscovered fields
in medical science.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
AntitOxiu Possibilities.

The recent experiments of DR.. Kin
youn, surgeon of the United States
Marine corps, have foreshadowed new
triumph in modern medicine, serum
therapeutics, in the discovery of anti
toxin of variola or smallpox. DR.. Kin
youn's experiments have been based
upon the discovery of Raymond and
Sternberg, some time ago, that the
blood serum of an immune animal de-
stroys the potency of vaccine lymph.
With the immunized blood of heifer
calf Dr.. Kinyoun found in two cases
of varola of the advanced pustular
stage that the serum exerts modify
Ing effect upon the disease, especially
upon the eruption. In one case life was
prolonged seventy-two hours.
The success of these experiments sug-
gests that in the first case of eruption
even greater results might be expert
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

The Democratic plurality in these seven
states in 1892 was l76,Sl2 while this year
the Republican plurality is 39,l2S The
Republican vote gained in every state,
but the Democratic vote fell off in six
states and gained only 76 in Delaware In
reality the Republicans carried all these
seven states the apparent Democratic
majority in Kentucky of 2,75j being due to
5000 Republican votes having been cast
for an Independent candidate in one con-
gressional district where there was no
Republican candidate. The size of the
poll will also attract attention, 1852, $50
votes having been cast this year in these
seven states, as compared with 1,6Si,O52 in
1892, or a falling off this year of only 81, S92.
There is one other aspect in which the
vote can be viewed with profit. and this is
in the northern states that voted for
Cleveland in 1892. There are six of these
states, and their vote compares as follws:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

The total vote cast in these states in 1892
was 7,73i,9S3. This year the total vote is
7,2ji, 1856. or a falling off of only 4i9, 9il
from the presidential poll. The Republi-
can plurality two years ago in these
states was 1891, while this year it Is
1,G77, $50, or an increase of l,227Gl9 The
Democratic vote fell off. $751; while the
Republican vote increased 352 1893. TIE
Republican plurality this year is nearly
four times larger than it was in 1892 The
Republican gain and the Democratic loss
did not occur in any particular neighbor-
hood. They are distributed all over the
north. For it will be noticed that iii
twenty-four of the twenty-seven states
the Republicans polled more votes than
they did in 1892 while in twenty-one Of
the states the Democrats polled fewer
votes. Five of the six states which show
a Democratic gain cast no Democratic
votes in 1892 on account of fusions with
the Populists. Oregon is the only state
polling Democratic votes in 1892 that
shows an increase this year.
The old border states furnish another IL
lustration of the remarkable change. The
vote of these states in 1892 and 1894 is
given in the following table:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

should be tried. The timber belts of
this commonwealth have been too long
neglected. While the scarcity of the
water supply is not felt in all sections
of the state, it is evident that the un-
restricted greed of lumbermen and
carelessness of those who are RESPONSE
BILE for forest fires will in few years
hence produce disastrous results in
Pennsylvania unless some attention is
given the subject by the lawmakers of
the state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
Service ADprcciatcd.

From the Olyphant Record
The laudable efforts of the Scranton
Tribune in calling public attention to the
necessity of selecting better timber for the
councils of the Electric City seem TO
bring forth gratifying results. This wide
awake journal catches the spirit of the
times to an exceptional degree and its SER
vice is appreciated by its many readers.
The municipal affairs Of Scranton are
worthy of the best talent of its most relia
BILE sons, and if these are not seated in
the council chamber it will not be The
Tribune's fault
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
THAT PROTEST.
Not in Good InStc.

Wikes-Barre News-Dealer.
Christian people among whom the Rec
ord circulates, will not feel kindly toward
it for poking fun against the good people
of Scranton for meeting and protesting
against the atrocities committed against
the Christians of Armenia by the cruel
and sangunary Turks. To treat and
make fun of Il subject of such serious inn
portance, and in which the entire Chris
tian world Is interested, indicates a heart
as callous and Indifferent to suffering as
marked many of the tyrants of the middle
ages. That the Record would so wantonly
and cruelty make sport of an effort to al
levlate crueties of the Armenian kind,
is both a surprise and wonder.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
Founded OH Common Sense.

from the WllkeS-Barre ReCOTU.
The bill introduced this week by Repre-
sentative OMalley, of Lackawanna, pro-
viding that constables shall not make re-
turns to court unless they find violations
of the law in their districts is founded
on common sense. There Is no earthly
reason why constables should line up be-
fore the court every return day and tell
the same old story: mo violations" 1t
Is a useless expenditure of the peoples s
money, and should be stopped.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

An enthusiastic minister at Toledo,
who denounced the police of the city
after the manner of DR.. Parkhurst, has
been obliged to retract and acknowl-
edge that he has been misinformed
In his zeal in the interest of reform the
clergyman neglected to follow the ad-
vice of Davy Crockett BE sure you
are right and then go ahead"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

Wilkes-Barre thinks it should have
a 100000 government building, and
Congressman John Leisenring is bend
ing his energies to secure it. Whether
he will be successful in convincing the
national law makers that a govern
ment building at WilkesBarre is a
necessity remains to be seen. From
the manner in which ithe grounds
around the federal building in this city
are allowed to remain the government
is evidently not wildly anxious to eX-
pend money on buildings for the use
of Uncle Sam's servants.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

IZmil'lian, the new Armenian patri-
arch, gives notice that he will send a
special delegate to Sassoun to investi-
gate the reported massacres. If there
is any truth whatever in the reports
concerning the Armenian atrocities, it
is feared that Izmirlian's desire to mon
key with the buzz saw Will cost him his
official position if not his head.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
One of the Impoverished.

From the Boston TranSCrlpt.
Little Girl-Please give me few pen
MES. Mother Is dead, and my father
can't go out nights any more, by the
Doctors orders, and SO can't earn any
money"
Charitably Disposed Lady-Can't go out
nights? Why, my dear child, what Is your
fathers business?
Little Girl-He's burglar ma am, and
before he was taken down with cough
we used to live beautifully.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
willing to BE Advised.

From Texas Siftings.
A little girl, aged Q, called her father to
her bedside Il few evenings ago and said ::
Papa, / want to ask your ADVICE
"Well, my little dear, what is 1t about?"
what do you think would be best for
you to give me on my birthday next
Week?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
IT'S Usefulness Questioned.

From the Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer.
Representative O'Malley, of Lacka-
wanna county, has introduced bill in
the house providing that constables shall
only make returns when there are viola
tions in their drtsicts. One would sup
pose from the tenor OF. Mr.. O'Malleys bill
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

that the constables We're in the habit of
making returns, that the courts We're
everburdened with their reports, etc. The
fact of the matter IL, the contrary Is the
case. No inducement is strong enough
to get the average constable TO make re-
turns of violations of the law in his dis
trict. If there We're no constables at all
we would get along just as well.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
STUDYING THE POPULAR VOTE

From the Philadelphia Press.
A comparison of the vote cast by the
Republicans and Democrats this year in
the northern states with the vote cast
by the same parties in 1892 for president Is
highly suggestive. The following table
gives this vote:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

a statistician has discovered by thor
ough investigation that it is Monday
instead of Friday that is actually the
unlucky day of the week. Upon the
whole there seems nothing to comfort
one in the demonstration. So long as
there must be an unlucky day it might
as we'll be located on Friday as Mon
day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

The jury in the Russell Sage case has
again disagreed and the right of the
millionaire to use one of his clerks as
Il shield to ward off dynamite bombs Is
still in question.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

A movement has actually been in
augurated to suppress lynching in Ken
lucky. We may expect the state to
come out for Prohibition next.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

The festive country editor who is at
loss for subject for a leader may give
the sultan of Turkey a rest and turn
his attention to Mayor Strong. of New
York
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

1t is the promises that are made
before election that are most generally
misconstrued.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
Medicine for British Men.

In spite of the sentimental talk about
the return of barbarism which some
time ago had the effect of defeating a
worthy measure at Harrisburg, there is
still feeling among people interested
in charitable work that men guilty OF
certain crimes could be benefited by
being publicly whipped. They think
that men who spend all their earnings
on drink and allow their families to
starve should be beaten over the back
with a lash instead of being sheltered
and fed in the county Jail or city work
house. Nine out of ten of such men
do not think imprisonment punishment
TO be feared. 1t is thought that the
humiliation of a whipping would lead
them to reform. 1t is possible that it
would have this effect, but it is certain
that it would crafty the people who
procured the mans punishment.
The New York Society for the Pro
the state to pass bill allowing a sim
liar punishment to be inflicted upon
men who are cruel to children in ad-
dition to the penalties alreay provided
The proposition for introducing this
form of punishment is based upon the
belief that the men who are cruel to
children are brutes and will respect the
weakness of children only as it is
whipped into them. The promoters of
the measure justly argue that such
men cannot be reached through their
reason or their self-respect because
they have very little of the one and
none of the other. 1t may be that it
would be possible to reach them through
their fear of physical violence.
In the Empire state as in this com
monwealth it would seem that the ex-
pertinent was worth the trial. Some
time ago an attempt was made to pass
a bill in the Pennsylvania legislature
that would provide whipplng-post for
wife beaters. The sentimental groans
of the good people who feared that in
the enactments of such a measure We
would relapse into a state of barbarism
re-echoed about the commonwealth
defeat of the bill in the interest of
defenseless woman.
The results of the agitation over the
proposed whipping-post act have been
the best proofs of the good that such a
measure would have accomplished had
1t been made a law. Notwithstanding
the defeat of the whipping-post bill
the very agitation over the matter has
had an excellent effect upon the vicious
class at which it was aimed. Since the
attempt to provide punishment for
crime of this nature was made not one
case of wife-beating has been brought
to light, where ten We're reported be-
fore. 1t is the coward in every instance
who is guilty of cruelty to the defense
less; and it is the fear of physical suf-
fering that restrains the man of brutal
instincts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
Jap MILLER.

Jap Miller down at Martinsvlle's the
blamdest feller yit
When he starts in a-takin' other folks
is apt TO quit
Pears like that mouth o. his'n wuzn't'
made fer nothin' else
But jes' to argify 'em down and gether in
their pelts
He'll talk you down on tariff; er he'll talk
you down on tax,
And prove the pore man pays 'em all
and them's about the facts!
Religen, law er politics, prize iightin' er
base ball
Jes' fetch Jap up little and he'll post you
bout 'Cm all.
And the comicalist feller ever tilted back
"A cheer
And tuck chaw tobacker kindo like he
didn't keer.
There's where the feller's stren'th lays
he's SO common like and plain,
They haint no dude about old Jap, you
bet you nary grain!
They 'lected him to Council and it never
turned his head,
And didn't make no difference what any
body said
He didn't dress no finer, ner rag out in
fancy clothes:
But his voice in Council -meetins is u tur-
rer 10 his foes.
He's fer the pore man ever time! and in
the last campaign
He stumped old Morgan County through
the sunshine and the rain,
And helt the banner upards from a-trailin'
in the dust
And cut loose on monopoles and cuss'd
and cuss'd and cussd!
He'd tell some funny story ever now and
then, you know,
Tel, blame it! it wuz bettern a jack-o'-
lantern show!
And I'd go furder yit today, to hear old
Jap nor8te
Than any high-toned crater at ever
stumped state
Wy, that-air blame Jap Miller, with his
keen, sarcastic fun.
Has got more friends than any candidate
at ever run.
Don't matter what his views is, when he
states the same to you
They allus coincide with your'n the same
as two and two.
You can't take issue with him-er at least
they haint no sense
In startin' in to down him, so you better
not commence
The best ways jes' to listen, like yer
humble servant does,
And jes' concede Jap Miller is the best
man ever WIZ!
james Whitcomb Riley.
The Cat and the Mouse.
Pussy watched outside the hole,
And mousey stayed inside;
a very wise precaution, by
Which mousey saved his hide.
Pussy went away, and then
Mousey grew so slack
In vigilance he went outside
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

From the present outlook both bel
ligerents in the BlairWhite election
contest will wish that they had re-
mained in private life before the testi-
mony is all in.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

Jermyn can lay claims to being an
ideal abiding place. A coffin factory
established there several years ago was
obliged to suspend operations on ac-
count of lack of patronage, and now,
owing to the peaceful disposition of the
citizencs, the only lawyer in the town
has been forced to seek other fields
for business
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
SCRANTON, JANUARY 25, 1895.
THE SCRANTON OF TODAY.

Come and inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide. 7i0 feet. ,l-'
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1894, 100000.
Registered voters, 20599.
Value of school property, S75O,OOo.
Number of school children, 12,ooO.
Average amount of bank deposits, slu.
C00, 600.
It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania.
Canproduce electric power cheaper thah
Niagara.
No better point in the United states ae
which to establish new industries.
See how we grow: ,,
Population in 1860 0..............".. 900
Population in 1876. 70.................... 3o'ooV
Population in 1880. 0................... 4o'Soo
Population in 1890. 0.................... OLD
Formulation in 1901 Iestimated). .... 103, O)0
And the end is not yet.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25

ENTERED AT THE PosToPFIoE AT SCRANTON. PA. AS
SECOND GLASS MAIL MATTER
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18

NOTICE To TAXPAYERS Notice IS
hereby given that the hoard Of county
commissioners OF King county. sitting IS
2 board OF equalization. Will nc in session
three ~ weeks. commencing Monday.
August : a ID. 1885. az the King county
courthouse. for thu purpose OF eaualizlng
the tax roll OF ISa5. All taxpayers claim
ing abatement OF tax are hereby notified
10 appear on OF before Saturday, August
-. iSSS. or be forever deharred-
Dated ~ Seattle. this Id Gay OF July.
A ID. 1sea
NATHAN BEMAN,
County Auditor and Ex-Dfficio Clerk os
the Board OF County Commissioners OF
King County. Washington.
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PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP co.

Dispatch steamers from Seattle as fol-
lows:
For San Francisco. via Port Townsend
and Victoria. Mt a. m. passengers re-
ceivcd on board at a. m) August /. G. II.
IS, Il. - and 81
For Alaska-August 6. II and Il. at
n. m.
From San Francisco for Victoria and
Puget sound ports, at a. m. August g.
s. Is. Is. % and IS.
Tickets may be obtained at the office o.
the company at Ocean dock, Seattle.
GOODALL. PERKINS e. CO.
General Agents. San Francisco.
7. T. TROWBRIDGE. Act. II. S. Supt..
Seattle.
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NOTICE OF SALE OF DELINQJ IN 7
shares OF stocE-Of1sce OF the West Sc
attic Land & improvement Company
Seattle. Wash, Aug 5. lss1.
No-sca is hereby given that in pursuance
% a resolution Of the board OF trustees
81 said conuany duly held this day certain
shares % the capital stock OF SAID coi1-
parry hereafter described. or 50 ns1cn
thereof as may be necessary 10 SATISFY
certain assessment OF 81 per snare ansy
levied thereon by said hoard OF trustees
az rs meeting held July I'd, lse5, VIII &c
sold al p,ibfic auction to the highest bid
der for cash at the east door OF the I tl,-
ed States postoffice in the city OF Seattle
at the hour Of II o'clock a. n. on W e1nes-
day the sth day OF September, A. ID. 1sso-
The following is q particular description
OF the shares Of stock ordered 10 De solG.
shareholders and the amount OF the re-
specfivs assessm ents levied on Their sald
shares of stock.
No. Name Of Delinquent. Shares Lev'd.
Priscilla s Nickerson... IS - 90
1s....Lucy 3. Niekerson.-.--- = - -
IS deiine y, Parker. $780, . p -
IA w. Scholle. tr..-....-5.s5 80 ~
Or. r. Spencer. tr.---..l.sg lso ~
<l...-wm. T. Wickware, tr..S.so Sg9 ~
z5..H. F. Tainfor.-......-.... go ss9 -
-. II F. Tainror..-.........- > 90
Notice Is further given that all OF said
stockholders have made defauIt IN the
payment OF their said assessments upon
their said shares Of stock. after due no.
tice had been given to each OF them, as
required By law and the bylaws OF said
company. and that said sale Will be made
at the time and place above specified ar
public auction to the highest bidder. and
that at such sale the person who shan
paw the assessment due as above stated,
together with the pro rata expense OF adj
vertising and of sale for the smallest
number of shares. or portion OF share,
OF each Of said delinquent stockholders,
shall be deemed the highest bidder
II. c.. STRIVE.
JAMES II. WATSON. Vice president.
Secretary.
INVENTORIES GREEN LAKE LOTS
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f-.r,r- - -

Steamer Clan Mcdonald leaves City
for Richmond. Edmonds, Muklteo, Mosh-
or. Everett, Marysville East Everett.
Lowell and Snohomish, connecting at Sno-
homish with boats for Cherry Valley.
Tolt and all up river points. Returning.
leaves Snohomish n m. daily. excepting
Sunday.
Owners and Managers