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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-16
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.

SCHOOL DIRECTORS.--C. G. Ferber. +.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-16
Regulating the Lake Levels.

a LTHOCGT it has been de-
~ cilcd by the leaders at
~ Washington 10 have ~ gem
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-16
In Kentucky.

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nor Taylor, of Kentucky,
a which is printed in full on
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-16
The Secret of Carnegie's Success

vERY GENERAL surprise Is
" created by the figures of
" profits of the Carnegie Steel
1.L1ir mn ln iniIllin In,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-16
Now for the ViaduCt.

~ AREFl'I. S'rC'DY of the via
duct plans is calculated to re-
move opposition among tnos"
v.ho have reg irdcd the rails
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Uses of Weather Foreoasts.

The weather forecasts are Of value in
great many ways not thought of by
most people. For example, they are
most useful in the business of carry
ing fresh meats by rail, the tempera.
ture of the cars being regulated in &C.
cordance with the predictions. The
same method is employed In carrying
fruit, and, in case of freeze adver-
tised In advance, car loads of such per.
ishable merchandise are apt to be de-
tained In q southern latitude, even af-
ter they have started. rather than for
ward them northward under unfavor.
able conditions. Even the heating of
large office buildings is managed now
adays with reference 10 the weather
bureaus forecast. Fuel companies and
ice companies find it to their interest
to watch the predictions carefully, and
growers of cranberries solicit and re-
ceive special warnings Of cold waves.
Some very funny cranks write to the
weather bureau from time to time. On
one occasion Chief Moore received
letter from a rich but very ignorant old
woman who had a notion that he could
make 1t rain or not as he desired. She
wanted to give lawn party on a GER
tain date. an.i wrote to ask IL the
weather cod not be clear on that af-
ternoon. !. hat her guests would enjoy
themselves. To make her communica-
ton more impressive. she inclosed
list Of the names Of several prominent
people whom she intended to invite.
Il entered into the humor Of the
thing" says Prof. Moore, land sent her
an answer to the effect that the after
noon she designated had already been
bespoken by poor washerwoman who
wanted to obtain some rainwater with
which to wash clothes and that on this
account l could not possibly make 1t
clear on that date"
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its. To those acquainted with the
Oriental no further explanation is nee
essary, Once. the plague gets foot
hold among East Indians or Chinese
coolies it Is almost impossible to check
IT., except with the determination of
the population affected. Russia has
adopted heroic methods in dealing with
the plague in its Chinese colonies. All
those affected are taken out and shot.
1T saves trouble and other peoples
lives" the Russian grimly remarks.
The conditions of environment favor
ing the plague are similar to those that
encourage typhus fever. namely, dens-
ity Of population. bad ventilation and
drainage. impure water. imperfect
nourishment. and inattention to sani-
tary requirements.
IL Is said of this disease, as of yell
low fever. that human habitations and
the soil may become so thoroughly in
fected as to establish endemicity, or
regular recurrence Of the disease. The
bacillus will infect food and water,
though how long II will retain its viril-
ity in water Is as yet undetermined.
Heat and moisture, darkness, aud the
presence OF organic matter. vegetable
or animal. especially II in state Of de-
composition. furnish ne ideal condi-
tions for the propagation of the plague
bacilll, Light, dryness and heat are
fatal to the germs. The bacilli are killed
by direct sunlight in three or four
hours. and In a dry room at ordinary
temperature in three or four days. A
temperature Of 176 degrees Fahrenheit
kills the germs In Eve minutes, and go
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Substitutes for Perfume.

The various devices adopted to serve
as substitute for liquid perfume has
never been entirely satisfactory when
II comes to the necessity of imparting
an enduring scent to a gown. The lit
tie silver hearts. perforated and con-
tanning the solid pellets of perfume.
were rather ornamental than useful.
even when there were no substitutes
for them. They are still in use and
dropped into the deepest recesses Of the
corsage, exude faint and not very en-
during perfume. Most Of the Paris
dressmakers put into convenient places
In gown the small bags Of sachet
powder of the scent affected by the
wearer. Nearly every woman, who
makes an effort to keep up with these
novelties In daintiness, has her set Of
little sachet bags to be worn In the
corsage, even If she does not have them
sewed In every dress.
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Ordinarily" said Col. Stillwell, Il
object to the conundrum. regard il
as a primitive form Of humor. also
resent these constant gibes at the State
of Kentucky. They represent both de-
ficiency of taste and poverty Of re-
source. But just to show" he contin-
ued deliberately. that am a broad
minded man who can accept a joke
amiably will ask you a question:
What is the difference between the
state Of Massachusetts and Ken
tucbyr"
Give 1t up. Colonel"
Massachusetts produces boots and
shoes and Kentucky produces shoots
and booze. And want to say I'm
glad I thought of II first. for II anybody
else had sprung a remark like that on
me unexpectedly wouldn't care to an
swer for the consequences. Washing
ton Star.
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things in the five or six pockets they
have in their overcoats.
In winter weather the man who trav-
els about with fewer pockets to his
frame than twenty is a mark" he is
not up with the procession. His wife
knows this, for when she has been
shopping and meets him she will pass
over thirteen-pound ham with the sat
isfied remark "Just put that in your
pocket" You will observe she does not
specify which particular one is to re-
ceive the ham. She has such confidence
of the hull capacity Of her husbands
attire that she believes he can secrete
half the contents Of any store and still
look the gentleman and not the small
boy.
If all the time spent by tailors in fit
ting male garments out with this pie
thora Of pockets could be used in some
thing of greater utility half as many
more suits could be constructed in the
same number of working days. Any
tailor will tell you that it takes up near
ly half Of the time of the men to cut
out and set in pockets.
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died. A more crucial test could not have
been devised.
The bubonic plague. DIR. Wyman as
serts. Is the same old plague that for
centuries past has made its appearance
at intervals In various countries to
claim it's tribute of thousands upon
thousands Of human lives, and which
has been known In turn as the Levan-
tine, Oriental and black plague, and
black death. The mere index to the lit
erature on the subject-a simple emu
meration of titles with authors-covers
forty pages In the index catalogue of
the library of the surgeon generals
Office Of the United States army.
OF late years, with the advance of
civilization and the adoption of intelli-
gent systems of hygiene, sanitation,
quarantine, and medical treatment, the
field Of the plague has been narrowed
year by year. until now it is almost ex-
clusively confined TO countries like
India and China. with occasional out
breaks in such ports as Santos. Brazil.
where the conditions are fully as invit-
ing for an epidemic as they are in the
Orient.
In view Of the alarm caused by the
appearance Of the plague at various
placesin Europe last June. July and Au-
gust, an international congress of pub
lie health bodies were called to meet
at Brussels on Sept. 4, when the prog
ress Of the pestilence throughout tlA
world and measures for its suppression
were discussed. Many valuable expert
ences in quarantine measures. disinfec-
ton and treatment of the disease were
related. At this conference the history
OF the pestilence, under the various
names by which it has ben known at
intervals during many centuries-as
Levantine, Oriental. bubonic and "black
death"-was gone into at length. The
present species Of plague was declared
from comparisons TO be similar to and
to have the same derivation as the cpl
denies which periodically have depop-
ulated vast regions of the world, be-
ginning as early as 500 years b. c.
Fighting the plague with fire and
death-quick obliteration of human be-
lISS dt the gun UluZZic duu the utter
extinction of dead bodies In the ashes
of funeral pyres-is an excess of horror
in connection with the progress OF the
dread black bubonic scourge. The Gus
tom of the disposal of bodies of plague
victims by the Russian army officials
in Manchuria is invariably that of in
cineration. Between July g and 10 last
over 300 coolies employed on the rail
road work near Newchwang, who be-
came infected by contact with coolie
laborers shipped from Hong Kong, and
who disclosed unmistakable evidences
of having the plague in its first stages,
were rounded up and shot by the Cos
sack soldiers employed in guarding the
camps. Their bodies were piled on logs,
saturated with petroleum and burned.
In efforts to stamp out the disease in
Honolulu the officials burned every
building In the infected district. The
total expense Of the plague in Homo
lulu up to March 1. including the value
Of the property destroyed. was esti-
mated to reach $1.000.000.
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1,541: Formosa, eases 2.46S, deaths
1896. Strangely enough this death
rate varies greatly according to nation
alities. From statistics obtained during
the prevalence Of the plague in Hong
Kong the following official showing is
made, the percentage being based on
the total number of cases reported:
Chinese, 80 deaths out of every 100 per-
sons attacked with the disease; East
Indians, n out Of every 100; japanese,
90; Eurasians, 100; Europeans, Is. This
small relative percentage OF mortality
among Europeans Is attributed to bet
ter blood and stamina, and to the sue
cess Of treatment in the early stages
of the disease, the intelligence Of the
European leading him to call In physi-
clan at the first sign of trouble. while
the ignorance and prejudice of the ORR
entails prompt them to conceal them
selves and reject medical aid.
An interesting suggestion as to the
cause forthe great prevalence and NOR
tality of the plague in India and China
is offered by DIR. Charles w. Dabney,
Jr., who attributes II to the fact that
the people, when fed at all. live almost
entirely upon rice and other grains
which contain very little protein meat
or fish being rare articles of diet, while
wheat oats, Indian corn and rye, all
OF which are richer in protein than rice,
are unknown. In other words. the
bodies Of these natives lack proper
nourishment
Methods OF Contracting P1aguc.
Medical scientists have determined
that bubonic plague may be contracted
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Prtvixe9e Bxteuooo to Ummorriod Own.
rs tH ere 81 Property.
Kentucky. which In 1916 made voters
Of widows and spinsters who were
holders Of real estate. only followed
the footsteps Of Maryland, which had
done the same thing thirty years be-
fore. have not the authorities at
hand which would enable me to give
exact dates. but about the year 1920
unmarried women who were holders Of
real estate to given amount were en-
titled to vote, and did very generally
exercise the right Of franchise.
In colonial days the States Of the
South generally made the ownership
Of property requisite to the exercise
of the right of franchise. while the
New England colonies generally made
church membership a necessary quail
dcation Of the voter. Following the
idea that only property holders should
Vote 1t was natural step to conclude
that all property holders should vote.
Maryland, therefore, decided that
where the ownership Of property was
vested In a woman who had not a hus-
band to represent her she should be a
voter. lias,,
l have many times heard my grand
mother tell OF voting during the days
Of her widowhood and describe the
manner of exercising the franchise In
those days. There was but one voting
place In the county, and all electors
were required, to 60 to the county town
to cast their votes. She lived In the
county of Talbot, and the voting place
for the entire county was EastOn, the
county seat There was no casting of
a ballot, nor was the system like the
viva voce vote which prevailed In Ken
lucky until few years ago. But the
candidates for office sat In the election
room, andS leach voter was expected to
look them over and select one for
whom he or she desired to vote, and
the clerks made a record of the decis-
ion. Candidates for State offices were
expected to have representatives in
each county. These were leading peo-
pie of the party to which the candidate
belonged, and each one was expected
W W WSA qudiihCu " uioSuoo thS hSi-
its Of the candidate he represented. In
those days the elections lasted four
days in order to give ample time for
every one to get to the voting place.
Some time late In the '40s the spirit of
progress required sweeping away of
the barriers which the property quail
tication had set up. and a constitutional
convention decided in favor Of giving
the ballot to every white male voter
who had reached the age of 81 years.
As the right of a woman to vote was
based on the idea Of property qualifica-
ton, when that was swept away she
lost the ballot.
merely recall this fact to show that
Maryland, which was the first colony to
guarantee religious liberty to all her
people, and which took the first steps
toward securing the present Constitu.
ton Of the United States, was also the
first to give the ballot to woman.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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Muslrat Meat Palatable.

Muskrat meat, Pennsylvanians along
the Schuylkill Valley say, is more deli
cate and sweet than rabbit. Care has
to be taken, however, not to break the
bag of musk--a pouch the size of wal
nut, filed with a highly perfumed
white paste and located in the intes-
tines-for to break this bag is to satu-
rate the flesh with musky odor and 1t
is then inedible. as though 1t had been
boiled In cologne. The muskrat is said
to be even cleaner in its eating than
the serpent. 1t washes all its food.
Green corn, tender young grass, salads,
apples, wheat, nuts and sweet potatoes
are the things it lives ON.
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PLAGUE PATIENT, BOMBAY HOSPITAL.

epidemic. There was considerable
alarm when the fact of the presence
OF the plague was known. but this
quickly passed off when it became evil
dent that the quarantine regulations in
this country are such that it is almost
impossible for disease of this nature
to spread. Since then vessels have been
continually arriving from Santos, but
no new cases Of the plague have devel-
oped.
80 far as the United States is con-
cerned," says Surgeon General Wyman,
there is absolutely no danger of a bu-
bonic plague invasion. The plague is
essentially a dirt disease; it cannot
thrive where the people are Clearly,
and well-nourished or where modern
methods OF sanitation prevail. 1t is
found in its worst stages in lands like
India and China, where the natives are
dirty in their personal habits; where
the very soil is saturated with filth;
where there is an utter lack of anything
like sanitation even of the crudest kind,
and where the peoples bodies, weaken
ed and emaciated by lack Of proper
food. invite disease"
Most Deadly of Diseases.
Under the conditions obtaining in the
Orient the bubonic plague is the most
virulent and deadly of diseases. The
symptoms manifest themselves in from
twelve hours to twelve days after the
system absorbs the disease; the usual
period being about four days. At first
the patient complains Of high fever, a
swelling of the glands of the thigh and
groin, and sometimes of the neck. and
finally becomes delrious. The crisis is
reached in from two to eight days. gen
orally in forty-eight hours. If life can
be prolonged for five or six days the
chances Of successful treatment are
greatly increased. AS rule, however,
little can be done TO save the natives
OF the countries where the plague is cpl
demc. A few of the well-nourished
ones escape; Of the rest death claims
an average Of from so to 100 per cent.
of the total number of cases. This fear
full mortality Is best shown in the fol-
lowing figures, furnished by DR.. wy
man: Bombay, cases 220907, deaths
64,0S3; Hong Kong, cases LOCO. deaths
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in three ways-by incubation through
an external wound or abrasion, by res
piration breathing air laden with the
plague germs), and by introduction
into the stomach Of food or water that
has become infected. Contrary to the
general belief, the disease is not infec-
tious or contagious in the ordinary
manner. A person might even sleep in
bed occupied by plague victim. or
wear clothing taken from his body, and
yet escape Infection, provided there
were no wounds or abrasions on the
skin in which the disease germs could
get lodgment. Even the breath of
patient is not necessarily poisonous,
the greatest source of danger being in
the discharges from the swellings. All
this being granted, the question will
naturally arise, Why, then, should the
disease rage so among the Orientals?
The assertion that the plague is not
usually infectious or contagious in the
ordinary way applies only to people
who are ordinarily Clearly in their hab-
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of the case, or as often as they accumu-
late; the floor Of the room to be washed
daily with disinfecting solution.
To French physician, DR.. Yersen,
belongs the honor Of having discovered
remedy for the plague. DR.. Yersen
was student of the Pasteur institute
and believer In the serum treatment.
At Annoy, China, in 1896. he first put
his theories into practice by using the
serum from an immunized horse upon
cases Of a severe type. He treated
twenty three cases In this manner, all
of whom recovered excepting two.
whose cases were desperate from the
outset. Since that time the Yersen
method has ben tested until its efficacy
is now incontestable. a French COM
mission which has been investigating
the plague at Oporto. Portugal, reports
that In cases treated with the serum
the mortality was only IA per cent,
while In those not treated 1t was at
least 20 per cent. In case In Bonn
bay European family resided, with
numerous retinue Of native servants,
In an infected portion of the city. The
little daughter OF the family was
stricken with the pest In virulent
form; was treated with the serum, and
made rapid recovery. AS precau-
tionary measure the whole family were
subjected to incubation. and the same
measure Of treatment was offered to
the native domestics. Some accepted
and escaped infection, while six who
declined on the ground Of religious
scruples were all stricken and ave
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The plague prevailed In Athens In
432-420 II. c. and reappeared eight
cen months after II was thought to
have been stamped out. ffsnar t
In the third century b. c. pestllences
swept away countless numbers in
Egypt.
Livy records a great plague that de-
stroyed millions In various parts of
Africa In the third century Il. L.
In 542 A. ID. the plague spread over
Egypt and reached Constantinople.
where 10000 died In day. In the
same century IL ravaged Italy aud
Northern Africa.
In the seventh century the plague In.
vadad England and claimed scores
of victims.
In 1870 it appeared In Cairo and Con
stantinopie. spread. and became cpl
demlc.
In the fourteenth century the pcsti-
lence came from Arabia and swept
Egypt, Armenia, Asia Minor, North
ern Africa and nearly all Europe.
Hecker, the historian. estimates that
II claimed 25.000.000 victims In Eu-
rope during the century.
In 1466, 10000 died from plague IN
Western Europe.
In 1872 pestilence swept away 10000
people In and near Lyons, and In
fafonnd Venice
In 1916 the plague depopulated Ma
Piles, claiming 100000 victims In five
months. tE
In 1654-55 London suffered ravages
by the pestilence and 100000 died.
In 1720 one-thlrd OF the people Of
Marseilles died and the following
year $1,000 died In Toulon and the
whole Of Provence.
In 1743 nearly $4,000 died In Messina.
In III the plague destroyed $4,000
lives In Moscow.
In 1885 Cairo again was visited by
the plague and one-fifth of the peo-
pie died.
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Uncle Els Fable.

AS two jackals and fox were trav-
cling in company they came upon a
dead chicken lying on the ground. and
at once there was quarrel between
the jackals as to which should have the
prize. They finally settled it by divid-
ing the chicken between them. leaving
the fox entirely out of the affair An
owl who had observed the proceedings
asked the fox:
But where do you come into this
thing. Mr.. ReynardY
'Oh, take my share in natural phil
osophy." replied the fox. Firstly, that
chicken was killed and placed here for
an object. Secondly. the body was
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Plague in Last Decade.


1890 and lSo1-Sporadic cases In Ton
quln and Hong-Kong.
lS92-Carrisd to Lang-Tchu and Yum
Nan.
1898 and 1s94-E Epidemic at TonquIn.
Hong Kong. Canton, Lang-Tchu
and Yun-Nan. "A
1895 to 1s07-SporadIc cases at Yum.
Nan aud Lang-Tchu and along the
Manchurlan frontier; also In vari-
Gus parts OF India.
1S9S-Plague becomes epidemic in
Bombay and Calcutta. and famine
paves the way for Its renewed In
roads along the Manchurian from
tier.
June. -Pestience spreads rap.
IDLY In Hong-kong. Bombay and
Calcutta, and many cases appear at
Rangoon and Singapore.
duly. 1s09-Epidemic at Port Arthur,
Newchwang. Crefoo and Tien-Tsin,
and plague spreads to Australia
and Shantung
August. 1S99-Disease appears at To-
kio and Kobe, In Japan. and at Che
mulpO In Corea: also spreads to
= Vladivostock and through Siberia,
and becomes practically epidemic In
Russian Province Of Astrakhan.
November. 1s99-Plague reaches Ma
Mia, and two cases are brought Into
port at New York.
December 1soo-Appears in valpara-
iso and other Pacific South Ameri-
can ports, and breaks out In Hon.
olulu and Noumed, New Caledonia.
January. 1900-Pestilence appears in
Sydney, New South Wales and
Nagasaki, Japan; also passes Cape
Horn and reaches Rio Janelro and
Santos. Brazil: Rosario. Argentine,
and the island of Cozumel, of the
coast Of Yucatan.
February. Epidemic breaks out
afresh In Honolulu after being once
almost stamped out; also spreads to
other Hawaiian Islands.
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In Command for Once.

A man-o'-war was lying off Gibraltar,
and permission was given to the men
to go ashore for the day. The sailors
amused themselves In various ways
among others by riding about on don
keys, and their want Of experience In
this line caused much amusement. An
officer observing one of the men sitting
back very far on the animal called out:
II say. Bill, get up more amidships!"
With an injured air he replied:
"Well, sir, this is the first craft l
have ever commanded In my life, and
it's hard indeed If l can't ride on the
quarter deck IL like. "-Answers.
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poisoned; and, thirdly, there go those
jackals tumbling about and making
their last kicks.
MORAL:
"And l may say further" observed
Reynard, as he scratched his ear with
his paw, that when you are offered
something for nothing it's good idea
to let somebody else sample it FIRST
New York Sun.