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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15
Mr.. ana Mrs. Thoron Return.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Th0rou returned
to their home iu this city yesterday
afternoon, accompanied by their chill
dreu. Mrs Warder and the Misses
Warder, mother and sisters of Mrs.
TEorOn, VIII not return before the drst
of November. They are spending their
time at Manchester and in touring the
country round about in an automobile
Mrs Payne, widow of the late Post
master General .Wiu return 10 Washing
ton Ca attend 10 and close ND some af-
fairs of business within a few days.
Senator HausDrough. of North Da-
k0tas has come 10 Washington TO Dee
with llF wife who is now quite i'll al
their home here. Mrs HausbTOuEn is
one Of the haudsomest and most gifted
women or the Senatorial set and is an
auluOr OF considerable ability.
Chief Justice Fuller has ass quests an
his j. Street home, his sau-il-4aW and
daughter Dir. and Mrs. Hugh q. Wal
lace who win spend the winter with
him AIRS. Wallace was ID an summer
at the North Shore resort where they
spent the season. but IS now better
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15
Points in Paragraphs.

Secretary Morton is in a mood To bel
/ the whole navy on the result.
To say that mans life is an open
/ book is not convincing. Some books are
better closed
President Eliot is among those who
also Topped ana Charles Francis Adams
believes the world has slipped ccg.
Doubtless. the heIdic horses would be
glad of permanent Iay-Off. They pre-
sent the aspect OF not having had one
recently of great enough length to per-
NIT the consumption If square feed
Snow has fallen I'm New York State.
and the fact is being construed into all
sorts OF political omens.
Now that General Corbin is on the
ocean the young men of the army may
get married without fear OF his veto.
The Connecticut man who sold his
wife for 80 cents and an the cider lac
could drink, is now i'm Jail for bigamy.
There is some confusion yet in relation
10 divorces, but the limitations OF
marital rights ia certain directions are
plain enough.
a Philadelphia papo. advocates the
erection of monument TO Columbus,
but iJs NO use Columbus has no pail
with the Philadelphia machine.
More people have complained of being
swiudled ley the representation that vast
estates await them abroad. However,
the person who would bite at this bait
now is thus prevented from wasting his
substance on q shell game.
Washington. as the Capital OF the Ma
tiOH, should be a model OF municipal
Housekeeping.
The man who viii build in Washington
comfortable houses and fats, TO be rent
ed at reasonable terms, viii ba sure
of tenants, good interest on his money,
and credit for being public beHefactor.
If the public owned the public utilities
il supports there are a ~ mber OF abuses
that would disappear.
According To the Civil Service Com
mission, amy emplOye of the Govern
ment who donates 10 campaign fund
iz as guilty as the person soliciting the
contribution. And, he might have added.
easier Go punish.
Apparently. Kur0patkin made mis-
take ia backsuding from the program
of retreat
Dowie is TO have "a temple capable OF
seating 1900. Perhaps, his apostleship
may be spurious. but his title TO "a hustler
as herder OF suckers is firmly estab-
Ished.
The mules that busted the Attorney
General from his saddle were guilty OK
contempt of courtesy.
Mrs Henrotiu. famous as club
woman, says that every club for women
should have an advisory board Of men.
Treason
Wei. it was up 10 Mr., OIuey TO make
a talk. Something had 10 be done 90
offset Bryan.
ia "a recent paper on Mothers Mis-
takes wise lady presented a list OF
"DoH'ts.' Among them ought 10 have
been this. Don't tell another woman
40" 10 rear her children" but 1t WASH &
there.
Japanese and Russians have not reach
ed pitch of eumity where they accuse
each ether OF cowardice.
There are $3.50 Government employees
in the District of Columbia. a great
majority of whom have the distinction
OF earning ADJ they get
There IS agitation ln Connecticut iu
favor Of establishing the whipping post
No part of it seems 10 come from the
criminal element
The student VINO can't keep up 10 foot
ball form and his class requirements
ought 90 drop one line of endeayor or
the other.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15
ROOSEVELTS SEE
YANKEE CONSUL"
Count Cassini Will Arrive
Here Today.
M. JUSSERAND AT EMBASSY
Cos sip Of the Day About People Promi-
nent in Political, Social, and
Official Life

President and Mrs. Roosevelt enter
tanned box party at the Columbia The
after 'ast uiEhJ 10 witness "TEe Yankee
Consul in which Raymond Hitchcock
takes the leadiDs role With mem were
Air. Hale. house guest; Miss Haguer.
private secretary 10 Afrs. Roosevelt. and
theodore Roosevelt, the elder son of the
President and Mrs Roosevelt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15
HILPRECHT TO DELVE
NINETY-ACRE TEMPLE
Buried Editce, Once Dedicated to Baa. Object Of Next
Expedition to Nppm-Leaves in Few Months.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct 15-A temple
covering ninety acres, dedicated By the
aucients 10 the sod Baal, IS the objec-
tive point Of the next expedition TO Nip
pur. the seat Of the worlds earliest
ku0Wu civilization.
Briefly speaking, this is the context
of an Interview with Prof. Herman v.
Hiiprccht curator OF the BabyI0niau
Department OF thc University OF Penn
sylVania, who occupied his rooms iu the
ARCHAEOLOGICAL Museum for the first
time since his return from summer
tour of Europe, and who VIII from now
on busy himself with the preparations
for the hfth expedition TO leave this
city for the ancient excavations.
Leave IN Winter
Professor TIifprecht's next party VIII
leave some time during the winter or
early spring. The personnel has not
been decided upon. but with the Arab
czcayators and their families he esti-
mates that it viii form "a caraysa of
LOO persons.
Abundant funds are at the disposal Of
the university for the work. and Pro
fessor Hilprecht awaits only the APPROX
al Of the Babyloniau committee before
making his plans public
ut viii be years the distinguished
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15
An Authority on Dickens Dies.

The compiler of the poems OF Charles
Dickens. George Frederick Kittons has
just died in London al the age of forty
eight Mr. klttou began his career as
q dTaug EtsmGu and wood eugTaVeT but
soon adopted literature as profession.
He produced books on John Leech,
. -'PniZ and many volumes about Dick
ems, upon whose life and works he be-
came an authority. He finally gathered
together the poems Of Dickens, from
numerous public and private sources
and published them through the HaFpers
Isl .a.E-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

His oEceueucy. the Russian ambass,-
dor. viii surely arrive iu Washington at
2 o'clock this afternoon, after many de-
lays In ais plans FOR coming.
Countess ClssIui viii not accompany
him. but has left New York for Gene
SEQ, n ", 10 be the guest for some
time of AR. and Mrs. James ". Wads-
worth, lr- Mrs. Wadsworth win also
entertain q number of other prominent
youug people.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15
MRS. LIMA DUNLOP JORDAN.
To Wed Eicaraguan Minister.

Mrs Lima Dunlop Jordan the pretty
Georgian widow, who viii become the
wife OF the NiClraEuau minister. has
Just arrived ia New York from Paris.
She VIII immediately prepare for the
wedding. which win take place in Macon.
Ca ou Euvemb@r j.
Mr.. Corea arrived in Washington this
afternoon. from New York, where he
stopped at the Wald1rf-Astoria.
90 definite plans for the wedding have
as yet been announced
Mrs. Jordan i= a wealthy young widow.
and she and the minister met in Paris
for the first time last summer. They
viii undoubtedly Doe the h8uds0mest
couple il the Diplomatic Corps. the
bride-elect being superb type of Amer
icaI beauty, and the Elcaraeuau minis
ter of tie dark type best known iu his
own country.
Miss Daisy Letter daughter of Mrs.
J.. L. Letter ana sister of Lady Curzou.
sailed from New York yesterday GA the
steamer Cedric 10 join her mother and
sister i'm England.
The reports from Lady Curzon's bed
SIDE are nor encouraging. and there
seems but little hope of her recovery I'D
she Ealns one day she loses the next
so there ls absolutely no Improvement
In her condition.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hauge. the
former secretary of the legation 8f Nor
way and Sweden. have left Newport
and are spending "a short time az the
Virginia Hot Springs. where they ar
rived yesterday.
AT "a large hunt breakfast served az
Leu0E yesterday with Mrs IasigI as
hostess Prince Louis and Prince An
tome ID Orleans ETluis1us of King
Louis Philippe. Mrs. Giraud Foster. and
Miss Westinghouse were among the
guests There were sixty invited guests
ana the breakfast was served i'm true
hunt ashton.
Mr and 4Irs. Russell A. Alger. ir-- are
making long l0uT iu au automobile
and We're yesterday at Newport.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15
GeneraI - - 80.

Gen. Nelson A. allies and his daugH-
ter. AIRS. Reber. and her children viii
return TO Was hiugt1u next week. They
have spent tEe fail ON the Hudson. al
d country place. leased by the general
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

Snow has fallen I'm New York State.
and the fact is being construed into ali
sorts OF political Omens
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

Doubtless, the heTdic horses would be
glad of permanent Iay-on. They pre-
sent the aspect of not having had one
recently of great enough length TO per-
init the consumption If a square FEED.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

s. Philadelphia papC. advocates the
erection oi % monument TO Columbus.
but ius no use Columbus has no pail
with the Philadelphia machine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

Ar. and AIrs- Russell A. AIgar. IT,. are
making "a long t0ur iu am automobile
and were yesterday at Newport
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

President Eliot is among those who
also Topped ana Charles Francis Adams
believes the world has slipped a cCg
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

Now THAI General Corbin is on the
ocean the young men of the army may
get married without fear OF his veto.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

More people have complained OF being
swiudIed ley the representation that vast
estates await them abroad. However,
the person who would bite at this bait
now is thus prevented from wasting his
substance ON a shell game
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

The Connecticut man who sold his
wife for 80 cents and an the cider he
could drink, is now i'm Jail for bigamy.
There is some confusion yet ia relation
10 divorces, but the limitations OK
marital rights ia certain directions are
plain enough.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

Washington. as the Capital OF the Ma
ton, should be a model of municipal
r01-eatza.. ufra
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

Secretary Morton is in a mood TO bet
the whole navy on the result
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

To say that a mans life is an open
book is not convincing Some books are
better closed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-15

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hauge. the
former secretary OF the legation of Nor
way and Sweden. have left Newport
and are spending short time az the
virginia Hot Springs. where they arr
rived yesterday.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
w.
AZ
Cu$tolnsoftheAborigines
Of British New Guinea
Have Canmbalsic Tendencies. But, a. Rule, Are
Friendly to White Visitors.

men and women alike. However, dur
ing my entire trip never observed any
Of the natives in state of intoxlcation.
The Papuans have two failings.
which, although they do no positive
harm, are of somewhat amusing char
acter. One is their love for a delicacy
known as a larva, taken from a trop-
ical beetle, found, as a general rule, in
decayed trunks. Whenever signs OF
the larvae are observed on the bark OF
the trees the natives seize an AK, OF
anything which may be handy, and
dig out the delicacy and eat it raw.
Should a fire be handy, it is given a
few turns and enjoyed to the utmost
extent. I have never acquired SUI
ficient amount of nerve to partake of
one of these larvae, but am told that
it's taste strongly resembles that of a
lemon
The other failing of which l have
spoken is their adherence to the Pc
culiar and actually foolish religion
which is observed by the Papuans from
one end OF the island to the other. They
maintain a belief in the spirit Fiji who
is supposed to be occasionally audible,
but always invisible. This god, or
whatever name may be applied to him,
is considered to be the bringer of both
good and bad luck, but never is any at
tempt made to reconcile it, whether
good or bad. A tribe DESTROYS of seeing
what the future has in store for it,
whether good or bad luck is to be its
visitor, or wishing to set information
on coming attack upon their village,
always calls the rites Of Fiji into it's
service. The entire town gathers
about large fire, and girl is selected
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14

% children who had not had the small
pox. The children, many of whom were
very small, were placed under the care
Of matron, and the greatest attention
was paid to their comfort and cleanli-
ness. At New Spain they made fresh
start with 26 more children. Material
for vaccination was lavishly distributed
through the northern part of Spanish
America, and at each capital central
gneiety was formed. Hall Of the expe-
dition went to the Philippine islands,
Maceo and Canton, and the other half
to Peru. One section was wrecked, but,
happily, the subdirector, his three ply
sicians and the children came to no
harm. The expedition was often pub
licly received by the bishops, military
governors, and persons of the greatest
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-in-chief
early recommended the adoption of vac
cination 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 Huntex, name we'll known
in the medical profession, was young
Jenner's teacher when he went to Lon
don to complete his professional studies
He told the older man the story of the
cow-pox girl and of his frequent thought
| concerning her words; to which he re-
ceived the reply: do not think; try;
be patient; be accurate-doubtless 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 lore in his
! own department of medicine, is honored
| for the excellent biography of DR.. Jen-
ner, in which biography is carefully
traced the various steps that led to the
great discovery.
DR.. Jenner was man of quiet tastes.
and his early choice for a country prac-
tice rather than metropolitan life was,
for the world at large.a most fortunate
one. Though the most modest of men,
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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..
Jenner belongs the honor of the dis
covery of sale vaccination.
The dairy folk of the country round
where DR.. Jenner lived frequently suf-
fered from cowpox, 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. It was
while 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
I have had the cowpox." ct has been
discovered that this tradition held in
the dairy districts of England, in Ire
land, and part Of the continent) DR..
Jenner never forgot the incident, his
mind returning to the question repeat
eddy. But he was almost SO years old
before he made known his vaccine pre-
ventive.
On the 14th Of May, 1896, Jenner
took lymph from the hand of Sarah
Nelmes, who was infected WITH cow
pox, and inserteu it into the arms Of
James Phipps, the first instance of the
regular incubation of the vaccine
disease by DR.. 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 loathsome malady.
Ridicule and preaching were employed
against the vaccination proposition; it
is said preachers warned mothers not to
suffer their children to be inoculated,
lest cows faces and horns grow out of
their heads; London debating society
is accredited with proposing for debate:
(which of these two propositions af-
fords the greatest proof of human cred
ulity: that light can be made from gas,
or that protection from smallpox can
come by vaccination?"
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, the fame
Of DR.. Jenner became suddenly wide
spread. He was entreated to settle in
London and promised $4,000 a year,
but he preferred the quiet and seclusion
Of the country. This seclusion, how
ever, did not continue long after his
discovery was made known: for he be-
came, as he said Of himself, the World 3
Vaccine Clerk"
It may be of interest to learn of the
methods adopted by the Spanish gov
eminent to convey the sorel1-needad
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
the Papuans, as
the natives of British New
Guinea are called, have been
classified as cannibals, they
possess many traits of ma

NV possess many traits of ma
~ ture which readily bring
them into close relation
ship with travellers who find it neces-
sary to pass through their country. 1t
is the general supposition of people,
whose only contact with cannibals is
through the columns of magazines and
papers, that these Papuans satisfy their
craving for human flesh at every meal
of which they partake, but such is not
the case. Seldom and only on rare oc-
caslons-occasions which cause great
gatherings of people from all over the
Islands, this man-eating habit in
dulged in.
During my recent visit to these tribes
which inhabit the little villages which
are found all over the country, l re-
member of only two cases where news
was brought to me that a man-eating
festival had taken place. My expe-
rience with these aboriginal people was
indeed pleasing, when l compare it with
with the reception with which had ex-
pected to meet
The object of my visit, and that Of
the accompanying party, was in the
main purely for the sake of collecting
natural history facts, but while occu-
pied with these we were able to make
number of valuable observations on
the natives, and their customs and to
get a general impression of the coun-
try itself.
The first point for which we set out
was Epa, which was reached by way of
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Bioto creek. At Epa everything was
new and interesting, and, naturally,
more time was taken up with minor
details of observation than at any other
point along our route. This village
We found to be under sort of absolute
monarchial rule The chief of the
town is known as Maivi, and he is Ger
tainly an autocr2t among his subjects.
His word is law among the natives of
his village, as we'll as among the in
habitants of the surrounding ones, and
he wielCs his authority by means OF
his widely advertised reputation for
sorcery. In physique the man is a
giant, standing over six feet in height,
and although his strength, so far as
| know, was never put to test among
his people, it is generally believed by his
subjects that he possesses greater
strength than any of his people. He is
great sportsman, and has acquired
sufficient wealth to be able to support
six wives, feat which is somewhat re-
markable, when it is remembered that
the richest of his subjects can afford
but two.
During our stay of nearly two years
among the Papuans found them to be
apeople of jovial nature, and very light
hearted. When one gets their conf
dence, "a matter which we speedily at
, tended to by judicious distribution of
beads) they are hospitable and friendly
1t would seem that with 10000 square
miles from which to draw sustenance
these Papuans would be a compare
lively well-to-do people, but the fact is
the entire island is almost continually
this came to my attention during a ter
rible drought which lasted for nearly
eight months without break. A num-
Der Of Papuans came into camp early
one morning and everyone seemed in
the last stages of emaciation and ex-
haustion. Although our food supplies
were at the lowest ebb at which they
had been for nearly year, could not
refuse these poor beings, and gave
them what W. could spare from the
larder. Soor after we left the spot, but
before our departure I had the sat1sfac-
ton Of seeing these same wretches
grow fat in less than week on the
new crop of yams, sweet potatoes and
taro which had since sprung up.
These Papuans live IN small tribes Of
80 houses or less, and derive their main
sustenance from fishing and hunting.
Occasionally it is tie custom of one
tribe to invite number Of others to
participate in a big hunt, and at
these times the chief gaHe sought after
is pig, cassowary and wxilaby. They
hunt these animals and birds with
spears. driving the game into nets
which are strung to the trees Of some
specified area. After the quarry is
eorraled a big feast ensueO. and every
member Of the party becomes EorEsd.