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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

THIS graceful dress of mauve crepe
de chine is study in elaborate
shirrings. Down the back ex-
tends a double box plat, from which
start two bands of shirrings gradually
rounding toward the front width. The
full blouse has box plated effect
both back and front and yoke out
lined with pendent lace. Stirring
forms the upper part of the sleeves,
which gather into lace wristbands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

VTERY Frenchy is this gown of
" white chiffon dotted with black
- knots of chenille. The skirt is
made in fan panels over full skirt of
chiffon and slip of taffeta with a
froufrou of ruffles round the bottom.
The panels are of white chiffon
crossed by quiIIinss of black tuIIe and
straps of velvet ribbon. Appliques of
point de Venise decorate the bodice
and sleeves. White tuIIe and an al
greet are worn in the hair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
The Teeth of the
Woman Beautiful

~ o you force yourself to feel and
i look always bright, merry and
good tempered so there will new
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

he was the recipient Of most unusual
honors. Foreign societies and aeade-
mics delighted to do him homage, the
doWager empress of Russia presented
him with diamond ring, and had the
first child vaeeinated in Russia named
.tVaecinoff, : and bestowed a life pension
upon it. Napoleon, hater Of the Eng
lish, said of this one Englishman:
What that man asks must not be re-
fused Gifts of thousands Of pounds
were presented to him at home and
abroad, appreciation Of his services to
mankind was given laVishIy, il not uni
versally.
As to the effects of vaccination, We
quote some figures in regard to Sweden.
where the population and smallpox
mortality have been known year by year
since =1f74 Before vaccination the NOR
tally from smallpox for 30 years aver
aged 2,045 per million. With permits
sive vaccination from 1902 to 1876 It was
reduced TO $50; during. IT years or COM
pulsory vaccination the mortality aver
aged 155 per million, and, for ten years
ending 1891 1t has been down to two per
million.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
MEDICAL MENTION.

A practical folding umorella con-
sfr.,cted on the telescope plan has been
evolved. The 23-inch size folds up 20 70
inches and the other sizes IN proportion.
The number of medical journals ID
narmanv is extraordinarily large and
st;I1 nm the increase. At the end OF 1905
there were 230, and ten more were aoa-
ed In the nine months following.
4 French physician, Dr.. Foueauie,
has found that in II, 04s deaths 1nvestI-
gated by him, 75s, or seven per cent.
rasu1ted from cancer. He could not mo
that heredity was factor In the Gauss
of the disease.
DR.. Edward smallwood strongly al
voeates motoring as a positive cure TOT
sleeulessness, and also as excellent Tor
nhtbisis. for neurasthenia, and for all
co7nnlaints Of consumptive nature.
r Ia q splendid thing for asthma, and a
better cure than any yet devised Tor that
widespread disease, business worry.
The British Medical Journal states
that the legacy of $4,000 left by the
late Prof. Puschmann. Of Vienna. to
the University Of Leipsic Is to be ap-8
Piled to the study Of the history OF
medicine. It is proposed to found
historical museum Of medicine, and a
special seminary for training persons
in medico-historIca research and in
Autobiography.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIS HAT
Senator Tillman Relates Story Which
Shows How Mildness May
Turn Away Wrath.

Senator TIllman was talking to
some reporters about the efficacy OF
mildness in debate. One can't be too
mild he said, and one gets ON es-
pecially well if along with ones mild
ness there goes some rare and unex-
pected quality. To be mild and at the
same time unexpected is, usually. to
succeed. Here is an instance of Rh-t
l mean. At the end of theatrical
performance one man -lrned to an
other and cried in a harsh, grating
voice:
" Look aere. you have sat on my
silk hat. 1t is ruined
''1'hs other looked at the silk hat.
It was indeed wreck He said:
I. an sorry. This is too bad. But,
he added. 1t might have been worse.
!" How might it have been worse?'
exclaimed the first man vI5n an oath.
'sThe answer then given was an ex-
cellent example of mildness coupled
with unexpeetedness. It was:
II I might have sat On my own
hS&ss
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
BRIGHT RUSSIAN GIRL.
Shows Wonderful Aptitude for. Learn
ing and Has Entered Mt.
Holyoke College.

Tgna Holman, a Russian Hebrew i'm
migrants daughter, just Il years old,
who four years ago became a student in
West End school in Boston, has en-
tered Mount Holyoke college better
equipped for success in her student life
than the average college girl.
Arriving from Russia in 1900, Miss
Holman not only mastered the English
language, Of which she was entirely
ignorant, but became so proficient in it
and all other branches Of study that
within four years she passed through
the primary and grammar grades, and
last June was graduated from the Girls
Latin school in Boston at the head of
her class.
Because she knew nothing about Eng
lish, says the New York Sun, Miss Hell
man at first was compelled to enter a
primary school with children only one
third her age, but with the aid of Rus
sian and English dictionaries, which
her father provided her with, she swift
ly forged ahead, passing through the
primary and grammar grades in a sin
gle year, for she had acquired in Russia
a good foundation for future learning.
From the Wells grammar school. in
the West End, Boston, she was grad
uated in 1901 and finished the four y Gar
course in the Girls Latin school in three
years, an uncommon feat. Intending
at first to go to Boston university for
year, she took the entry examinations,
passing six of the required studies with
honors, but subsequently she decided to
take the full course at Mount Holyoke
college. Even now she has made an i'm
preston with her instructors and her
friends believe that she will win fresh
laurels during her college life.
Miss Helman's father keeps a little
grocery store at 1913 Marion street. East
Boston. She is the eldest of six chill
oren and IS a born student, mastering
the most difficult studies with the great
est ease. She is tall and graceful, of the
brunette type, with swapping black eyes
AMI countenance which, fairly shines
win intellectually.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

! % children who had not had the small
| pox. The children, many Of whom were
| very small were placed under the care
+! of a matron, and the greatest attention
| was paid to their comfort and cleanli-
ness. at New Spain they made aIfresh
start with &c more children. Material
| for vaccination was layishly distributed
| through the northern part Of Spanish
| America, and at each capital central
society was formed. Half of the expe-
dition went to the Philippine islands,
Maeeo and Canton, and the other half
to Peru. One section was wrecked, but,
happily, the subdirector, his thrae ply
sicians and the children came to no
harm. The expedition was often pub
icIy received by the bishops, military
governors, and persons Of the greatest
distinction, who took into theif arms
the little children who were to CARRY the
coW-poX to the Indigenous Americans
and Malays OF the Philippine Islands,
and returned thanks to God for having
been the witness of SO happy an event. !"
In England, the commander jn-chief
of the army III. r. H, the duke OF York;
early recommended the adoptionI of vac
eination in the army and navy. France,
Germany. Italy, Spain, Russia and the
United States soon demonstrated their
belief in DR.. Jenner's great discovery,
and even the Hindus and Chinese took
to it. The king of Prussia was the first
king to have vaccination tried upon his
own children.
DR. John Hunter, a name we'll known
in the medical profession, was young
Jenner's teacher when he went to Lon
don to complete his professionals
He told the older man the story of the
coW-pox girl and of his freauentithought
concerning her words, to which he re-
ceiVed the reply: do not think; try;
be patient; be accurate-doubtleBs mean
ing Jenner should test by experimental
ton. Another name that has high place
among physicians is that Of Dr.. Baron,
who in addition to the distinction won
by his contribution to medical lbre in his
own department of medicine, isl honored
for the excellent biography ofIDr. Jen-
ner, in which biography is carefully
traced the various steps that led to the
great discovery.
DIR. Jenner was a man OF quiet tastes,
and his early choice for a country prac-
tice rather than metropolitan life was,
for the world at large, ia most fortunate
one. Though the most modest Of meE,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
PAPA's WAY OF SPELLING.

I'm having such a dreadful time
| AT learning how to spell!
| You see. I'm Just a little girl,
And can't do very well.
rye been to school for two months now
| And SO some words know;
For teacher writes it on the board
And says ego" spells go
I've learned that .'r-a-t' spells rat
And hem spells .hen;''
That Rover is a dog
And BEN is Ben
My teacher says she thinks that I
Am doing very well.
Eut papa spells a different way,
And says: Ssh, Don't you telI!'
You see, my names are Alice May,
And my last name is Hall,
And yesterday I spelled them out
At school before them all.
MY teacher said: That's nicely donens
And SO at home last night
I spelled them out for my papa,
And thought had them right.
But papa said: You're wrong. my pet
For Alice
Spells Darling dear. and May
Spells 'sweetheart'-don't you see?a
/ told him what my teacher said.
But he declared: ooh no!
That's not the way your papa spells:
Your teacher doesn't knoss."
MY papa wouldn't tell me wrong,
Or say what isn't true,
And yet my teacher says that she
Spells just the way do!
I'm ,frald Ill never learn to spell
No matter how try
If darling S "A-l-i-c-e"
And Sweetheart S May"
Ida r. Mcintosh, in st. Nicholas
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

file. Now bend the cross-wire down on
either side and form hooks, C, in which
the toast rests securely.
For those who keep cage-birds, we
show, in Figure 2, spring-pereh, which
Is simple in construction Birds seem
to enjoy the motion the spring gives
when they hop on it. Take a piece Of
elm or mahogany wood, and white out
a short perch, about the thickness Of an
ordinary lead-peneil. Drill fine hola
about an inch from one end. and pass
a piece Of hard brass wire through, se-
ct:ring it by firmly twisting the shorter
end round the perch in two places, as
shown in the illustration. Now bend the
remaining wire into coil of three turns,
to give the springiness, and finish off
with couple of bends. as illustrated, by
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

terity in the handling of the tools and
skill in twisting nice turns are acquired
very rapidly.
A very useful article and good one
with which to make yourfirst attempt at
this work is a toasting-fork, shown by
Figure /. To make it, take two lengths
Of stout wire, one three, and the other
six feet long; turn an eye. A, at one end
Of the shortest piece; bend the other
double. and twist it round the central
one. An extra twist should be given at
the spread of the prongs, and an eye il
formed on each wire at B round another
piece Of same sized wire; the ends are
then Strengthened and pointed with tbs
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

thereby causing a mild form of the
disease. The great disadvantage OF
this method was that the patient could
communicate the disease; and to DR.
JenneT belongs the honor of the dis
covery Of sale vaccination.
The dairy folk of the country round
where DR.. Jenner lived frequently sui
fered from eoWpox, the mixers show
ing the disease in their hands A
dairymaid one day brought to Dr. Jen-
ner's notice the village belief that he
that had experienced cowpox need not
fear the plague of smallpox 1t was
while a student in sodbury, small
town near Bristol, young country
woman came to him for advice, and in
the course of conversation, the subject
Of smallpox being touched upon, she
said: Il cannot take that disease, for
j have had the cowpox." Cit has been
discovered that this tradition held in
The dairy districts of England, id Ire
land, and part of the continentl DR..
Ienner never forgot the incident, his
mind returning to the question repeat
edly. But he was almost SO years old
before he made known his vaccine pre-
EentiVe.
On the 14th of May, 1896. Jenner
took lymph from the hand of Sarah
Nelmes, who was infected with cow
,pox, and inserted it into the arms Of
James Phipps, the first instance of the
regular incubation of the vaccine
disease by Dir. Jenner; and great was
his joy over the success of this case.
the child proving immune to the small
pox matter injected some weeks after
the first experiment But the problem
now was to convince the world of the
value Of the discovery, persuade them
to acceptance of the new means for
avoiding the leathsome malady.
RidieuIe and preaching were employed
against the vaccination proposition: II
is said preachers warned mothers not to
suffer their children to be inoculated,
lest cows faces and horns grow out of
their heads; a London debating society
is accredited with proposing for debate.
Which Of these two propositions at
ifords the greatest proof Of human cred
uitty: that light can be made from gas,
or that protection from smallpox can
come BY vaeeinatioR?n
The medical men were conservative.
and Jenner was cautioned not to risk his
reputation BY repeating to the Royal
society anything SO incredible as his
incubation story. At first Indifference
delayed progress, but ere long expert
ments conducted at ST. Thomas hospital
in London proved SO successful. thefame
Of DR.. Jenner became suddenly wide
spread. He was entreated TO settle in
London and promised $4,000 year.
but he preferred the quiet and seclusion
Of the country. This seclusion, how
ever. did not costume long after his
discovery was made known: for he be-
came. as lie said Of himself. the "World !
Vaccine Clerk
It mag be Of interest to learn of the
methods adopted by the Spanish gov
eminent to conway the soreIy-needeG
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
EASY WIRE WORK.
Pretty things Which May Be MAIDS
with Few Tools and Inexpen-
sive Materials.

Wire working will be found very in
teresting pastime, and there are SO many
things both useful and ornamental that
may be made with such little effort that
the work has become a very popular
way of utilizing spare moments. Three
tools only are necessary to produce most
Of the articles made by Wire-a pair Of
f7at-nose cutting pliers. one of round
nose cutting pliers, and a file; then.
with few skeins of wire, you have all
that is required. OF course. as IN every
thing else. practice makes perfect, and
after a few trials you viii find that deS-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

walk at al. ana every mal1eshift tr ls
and all the medicine TOOK nao nos ~, -
slightest effect. Ny back continued as @
crow weaker until I began taxing
Z Doan,s Kidney Pills, and I must say
was ! more than surprised and gratahed
j. -. ratice the back ache disappearing
gradually until it finally stopped.
: noan,s kidney Pills sold BY ali
dealers or mailed on receipt OF price,
&, cents per box. Foster ilburn Cos
Buffalo. n. Y.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
The storyofV accination
and the Opposition I 0 It
pr. Jenner's Discovery and the Wide Prevalence Of
Smallpox in The Eighteenth Century

vaccine to her imany distant posses
sions The following appeared in tbs
Madras Gazette Of November 90, 1893:
"On Sunday, September Z last, DR.. Fran
els Xavier Balmis, surgeon extrapT-
binary to the king, had the honor Of kiss
ing his majesty's hand on the occasion
of his return from voyage round the
world, executed with the sole object of
carrying to all the possessions Of the
crown of Spain situated beyond the seas,
the inestimable gift of vaccine inocu la
ton.
"The expedition consisted of th |res
frigates, with several physicians, and
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

A0H OWADAYSI from time to
% time an epidemic of small
mSS pox raises its head, calling
eSs4G8a for increased vigilance on
49, the part Of those that have
W. the care OF the public
health. Smallpox, perhaps
as dreaded as any of the maladies that
affiiet human kind, is a pestiIence con-
corning which legislation has had to
deal considerably, legislation little IN
derstood and bitterly opposed by the
masses. Recent telegraphic word tells
us that down in Rio Janelro the people
look upon compulsory vaccination as
decidedly tyrannical and obnoxious,
and that the Bfazilian congress has
been forced to adopt strong measures
TO queH the disturbance.
Which brings up the whole question
of vaccination. the struggle for its
general use, the discovery which made
WOrld-famous the English country doc
tor, Edward Jenner.
At the close of the eighteenth cen
fury, smallpox was considered the
worst Of human ma1adies: an authori
ty on the subject says sit attacked al
most every one exposed to the infec
ton; killed at least one in seven of
those attacked, in many epidemies as
many as one in three" Epidemics
ragged now in Mexico, now in Green.
land. The North American Indians
suffered from it nightly. It visited
high and low alike. Royalty died Of the
disease, among the victims in Eng
land, Queen Mary, wife of William III,
the parents Of William ILL.,, the duke
of Gloucester: III Austria, the disease
killed Joseph l., two expresses, six
other members of the imperial family,
an e1ector of saxony, and the last
elector of Bavaria; Frances dauphin
died Of smallpox in It'll, her king in
1774; Sweden, 1741, lost her queen
through smallpox, and Russia, in 1772,
her emperor.
Smallpox prevailed to such an ex-
tent in England that when new sery-
ant was advertised for one of the re-
quirements was that he be an immune
from smallpox-that is, have already
had the disease. The desperation OF
the situation led Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu, whose husband vas ambas-
sader to Constantinople, to try to in
troduce into England Tor rather re-
introduce) the process known in the
east as buying the smallpox" putting
some variolous matter under the skin,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

the worker. What is called gold-caseds
wire should be used for such work. Fig
ure 4 shows a book-marker of silk rib.
bon fitted with ornamental wire ends
These may be made in aIy design sug,
costing itself to the worker. The own
er's monogram or initials worked into
the design will look very pretty-Peo.
pies Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Willing to Compromise.

Suppose some one left you amilllon, :
said the imaginative man, would you
give a quarter to charity?"
I'm not sure about quarter" re-
piled the close chap. thougntfully, but
I'd be willing to give 20 cents If they
put my name in the paper. Chicago
Daily News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

says: 9 4 Sc
we're cold set
tied in my
kidneys and
deve1oped SO
quickly that
Twas obliged
to lay off
work on ae-
count of the
!. aching in my
b ok q n d
sides. For a
time / was
u ], III e Il o.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

Does the baby take after its father
Or its mother?" Neither, answered
the small brother. IF you look at its
head and eyebrows, you think it's a
japanese, and if you hear ii trying 10
talk, you think It's a Russian"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

my memory annoys me greatly. re-
marked the neW1y-eleeted candidate.
ooh, John! Is it failing?" asked his
life. mo, indeed. That's just the
trouble. / can't help remembering al
my ante-election promises. :,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

William, wake up.'' she whispered.
"I'm sure I heard a burglar down
stairs. You'd better go down and see. .
My goodness, woman!" he replied,
.sleepily, what low opinion you must
have of me. I'm not in the habit of
hobnobbing with burglars :,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

What is love?" asked the sweet girl.
who was looking for a chance to leap.
Love-" replied the old bachelor, lis
kind of insanity that makes a man
call 20G-pound female his little turtle
dove"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
USE FOR OLD TENNIS BALLS
aow They May Be Given a New
Lease of Life in New

The old, WORKOUT tennis can be
put to good use, and will furnish untold
pleasure for many poor or sick children
a new dress is all the ball needs. For
this new dress most people who,do much
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
FLOATING FUNNYIsMs.

He is going into the Russian army to
make a name for himself What the
use?" said the young man with mono
Gle. mo one can pronounce a Russian
name after 1t is made
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
ManonnIY.

she--I wonder why the baby doesn,t
begin to talk. John?
He-Why, I guess because you don't
give him a chance. dsar.-Y onkefs
Statesman
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Likes Butter.

A leading wholesale dealer says that
New York now consumes daily more
than 100000 pounds of butter, OF 5000
tubs, Weighing about 81 pounds each
n. Y. Press.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Nickname Public Men

All British public men have popular
nicknames. The recent arrival of Dr..
jameson at Cape Town was announced
as the return Of Sunny jim
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

He-How do you like my paintIng9
She-oh, the eolors are exquisite.
What a pity it seems we can't have
such unts Ia nature. Casselps.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
Oil Bombay Roads

The practice Of oiling the roads has
been Introduced in India, at Bombay.
It is found that if the Oil is allowed to
soak in slowly no obnoxious mud is
produced, and the result is success.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

What possessed you to choose such a
dull novel as this, my dear?" well,
you see. it had 467 pages, and all the
others had less than 400, SO, as It was
only SO cents, I thought it was a good
bargain | didn't see any others for
less than one dollar"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
TENNIS BALL IN NEW DRESS.

faney-work can produce all sorts OF odds
and ends of wool left over from various
articles, either creWe1-worls, crochet or
knitting, for it matters little what kind
Of wool you use, SO long as you make
the balls bright and attractive.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
In Most Cases.

Men achieve big things by PATENT,
attending TO the little details.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24

Some merchant IL Paris hit upon the
novel scheme Of advertising hair tonic
by painting the name of the tonic on
the heads OF bald-headed men and haY-
ing them walk through the street bare
headed. But Paris has law that all
advertisements In public places must
have revenue stamp, and the men
kicked against having the stamps
pasted ON their heads, SO the plan has
failed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
EVERY u AK IN LIE 2.

4. Boyee, 8 farmer, living ahrss
- e. : - Mi miles from Trenton, Mo-