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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-12-29
PENNSYLVANIA'S PROBE
INTO VACCINATION

The value of vaccination in the pre-
vention of smallpox has been regard
ed, in the minds of int ligent and rea-
sonable persons, as proved. Evident
ly the Pennsylvania Legislature re-
CARDS the question as one deserving
further investigation. In accordance
with a bill passed last year, Governor
Tener has appointed the following
men to constitute the Pennsylvania
State Vaccination Commission: Drs.
Jay Frank Schamberg and William
H. We CHI. both of whom are regarded
as thoroughly acquainted with small
pox and all that relates thereto; Por-
ter F. Cope, secretary pf the Anti
Vaccination League of America, and
of the ADMINISTRATION League, of
Pennsylvania: John Pitcairn. who has
spent great deal of money in the
anti-Faccination campaign; Ex-Gov-
ernor Samuel w. Pennypacker, who
prior to his election as Governor was
presiding judge of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, Philade phi, a; George
Wharton Pepper, a lawyer of national
reputation; and Emil Rosenberger, a
lawyer and financier. This commi s.
sion is to study the history, nature
and pathology of smallpox and of
vaccinations: the means to be used for
diminishing the prevalence and mortal
ity of smallpox; the original source
from which the vaccine virus now in
use has been obtained: the method OF
prepaI alton; and other matters per-
tanning to smallpox and it's treatment.
The commission is required to make
it's report to the Legislature on or be-
fore Feb. 1, 1913 1t will be interest
ing to see what kind Of report this
commission will make. Two of the
members are extreme ADMINISTRATIONS
lists; in fact, they may be called lead
x,<,gx. fr,i Ctc In
this country. The Journal of the
American Medical Association says
that it is exceedingly fortunate that
the anti-vaccinatiorsst are represent
ed on this commission by two such
ardent adherents. 1t will now be nee
essary for them, in order to make out
a case against vaccination, to present
facts.
AT least three of the lay members
of the commission are trained in
weighing evidence, and the entire COM
mission will doubtless insist on having
facts and Official records as a basis
for all statements. The. work set for
this commission is most important;
and it should not hesitate to get all
the facts. We are not informed how
much money has been appropriated
for this commission, but 1t should be
sufficient to make the investigation
thorough TN every particular. The
question is an important one, not only
to the people of Pennsylvania, but also
to those of the whole country: and
the truth should be established beyond
question, no matter what the cost.
The appointment Of this commission
Is at once a challenge and an oppor-
tunity. If it cannot be demonstrated
to the satisfaction of three unpreju-
diced laymen that vaccination Is
harmless and that 1t effectually pre-
vents smallpox, then the State has no
right to require the citizen to submit
to it. If it can be SO demonstrated,
a. scientific men have always insisted,
then all opposition to its compulsory
enforcement should cease. Let the
Pennsylvania commission decide it and
let the truth prevail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-12-29
"BY THEIR FRUITS SHALL YE KNOW THEM

which the Malay uses his wicked
kreese, until his fellows slay him as
they would a maddened dog.
War is a glorious thing-to the car
niyora. The most objectionable
feature of these five murders is the
fact that the gallant negro troopers at
Fort Ethan Allen have thus far con-
fded their murderous activities to
Strengthening one another, and the poor
Wretches which our devilish economic
system causes to become the prey to
their dete stable lusts.
They are fighting men. 1t is their
trade to Ill. This is the Alpha and
Omega of thei.. hdeous instruction
But 1T seems a pity that this man Car
lyle could not have been honorab'y en-
gagged in some constructive work which
would have benefited society-and in
cidentally himself
There is plenty of it to be done
raising food, instead of consuming
parasite-Ske-what others raise-do-
ing mans work in the world, instead
of cultivating the baboon spirit-rear-
ing a family, instead of lowering the
moral tone in lewd associations-and
living the life of self-respectfng be-
ing, instead Of that of a butcher Of
men.
Some day-and the time is not far
distant, the occupation of the soldier
will be looked upon with the same
oetestation and horror with which that
of the executioner is now regarded.
The present cruel ignorant and
reckless practice of sett ing disputes
between nations will give way to
peaceful arbitraI measures, and the
Race will insist that murder is MUIR
der-whether it be Of fellow SOL
der and two courtesans, or Of al
troop at the muzzle of Calling gun.
When that day arrives these revolt
ing crimes will be confined to <those
of unbalanced mind.
We shall have learned the lesson
taught of old that those who live
by the sword shall by the sword per-
ish.' So mote 1t be!
DR.. EDWIN F. BOWERS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-12-29

Up in Burlington, VT, human 60
rtlla by the name of Matthew Car
vie has demonstrated again the dehu.
MANNING influence of the murder
school, popularity known as the Army
This negro ape, with the thin veneer
of civilization abraded by a few bru-
talizing years of army life and train
ing, exemplified his fitness for his cho-
sen profession of wholesale assasslna-
ton, by XII ling. with the cold-blood-
ed deliherateness of a tiger, a fellow
soldier, and two notorious women
camp-followers.
\ most thorough ana effective piece
OF work it was. This is the fifth muir
der Tn three years by members Of this
gallant band of defenders of the
country''-several of them multiple
xii ings
The fact that thoughts are things,
and that ''as q man thinketh in his
heart so is he'' will some day be rec
ognized and admitted Some fair day
when the human race evolves from its
present british concept, the potent in
fluence of psychological suggestion
will receive consideration.
These exhibitions of ferocity will be
credited to the system which devel-
ops them. THE evil that We teach me
viii execute, and it shall go hard If
I better not the Instruction.
Ii maintaining an army we are prac-
Using perpetual Macbethism-"w d.
but teach bloody instruction. which
being taught, returns to plague the
inventor. Thus even handed justice
does commend the ingredients of the
i'oisol ed chhlice to our own lips
Day after day, week after week, and
year after year these monstrous incubi
of civilization, with the tiger stripes
and the bull pup dispositions. are drill
ed in Inc most effective methods OF
killing. Suggestion after suggestion to
the effect that their business in life
is to butcher, is implanted in the plas-
tic consciousness of n these hirelings.
What wonder that they run amuck,
and slaughter in the same spirit in
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-12-29
"BEST ON EARTH"

This is the verdict of r. j. Howell,
Tracy, o., who bought Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound for his wife. Her
case was the worst / have ever seen,
and looked like a sure case of con-
sumption. Her lungs were sore and
she coughed almost necessarily and
her voice was hoarse and weak. Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound
brought relief at once and less than
three bottles effected complete
cure" l.. F. Curtis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-12-29

Phiade phia-Although his salary for
20 years as a policeman was only
$4,000 George W. Cromwell, II, re-
Tres worth $2o0,00O He made his
money investing in West Philadelphia
raal estate scores of years ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-12-29
Our Annual Sale
OF
Leather Goods

Commencing Friday, Dec.
20, big cuts on all leather
goods, Hand Bags, Travelling
Cases, Travelling Sets, Card
Cases, Tbern1OS Cases, Med
iCine Cases, Flasks, Jewel
Cases, and Manicure Sets at
reduced prices. Brush and
Comb Sets, Manicure Sets,
in Ebony and Ivoryoid; Shaw
ing Mugs of Apollo Silver at
One-half Price.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-12-29

Special Sale on New England
Toilet Water. Friday and Satnr-
|day with each bottle at 40 cents,
we will give you FREE one ounce
of Harmony Extract, any OdOr.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-17

n 4 low nan breakdOwns could be prevented, no" many Illnesses 1peeIHE
&c, how many lives saved even, if more women n When 70 stop a aG
u y had the strength Of mind to stop right then, aver though stopping seemed
absolutely impossible.
I am thinking of a nighbor of mine.
She is a widow. To support herself M her chIdren se mas SUI "
hospital and home for feeble old people She has at present seven old wonen.
All of them are feeble, on is actually ILL., two aref eeble-ninded an me ot
andout insane.
Besides the old ladies, she has two other boarders which, with her own,
makes a family of twelve. With the help OF two MAIDS she taxes care OF tS
remarkable household.
Last Saturday afer al unusually hard siege and almost seepess week
with the sick old lady, this woman calmly turned the whole care Of the house
over to the head maid and went off for the weekend to visit her daughter IN
a distant city.
By accomplishing the work she is daily doing I think this woman has
proved herself on lin a hundred.
But by stopping as she did I think she proved herself n in ten thou
sand.
When she went away from that house, Mrs. s. wa in an agony of
nerves. For the last day or two, she said, as she passed through the roons
she felt as if the pictures were about to fall upon her, AM as If she were
the care of that household, but sheknew she must and she did. The mo
ment she sterped IN the train she felt better When she reached her daugh
te1s house she felt absolutely happy and carehee for the first IN IN
weeks Almost all the two days of her visit she slept the exhausted sleep OF
strain relieved, and came home the third day UNNECESSARILY refreshed au
strengthened beyond belief
When she told her dMt r about it afterwards he said that if she had not
taken that brief change of scene and relief from strains breakdown would
have been inevitable.
Think of all that woman saved By knowing when to stop and by stop
ping under circumstances that the ordinary woman would have called aoSo
uteLy impossible.
Alice Freeman Palmer, the first president of Wellesley College, was
noted for the prodGous amount of work she could get through despite her
apparently slender strength. Her husband accounted for this by the fact
that she always knew when to stop and always did stop then put away all
care and fed to her country home, 10 matter what needs pressed. .
The tired out woman no knows that she absolutely needs a little res
and lEhosays: ~ cannot afford to take it, because there are so many VINO
need me- - is really stating the very reasons she cannot afordn not to take 1t"
If you are much needed, isn't that so much the more reason that you can
be spared a day or two much better than a month Or twof
ing 1t the psychological moment, have STAYED off and prevented more break
downs than weeks and months and years of vacations ave ever cured
Wise, indeed the woman who has the wisdom to b to stop an
the foresight to do it,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-17
FASHIONS -FANCIES -HOUSEHOLD

"with a snort Of establishment the horse jumped the fen and galoped
down the road as fast as he could co. leaving the big boys crying with fright,
for they thought surely that Phil would be thrown off and killed But not
much. The horse RAJ in 10 his owners barr three miles away, and there "a
Phil still on his back, sticking like a chestnut bur.
"Weren you scared, sonnyP asked the man who helped him down.
mo, SIR said Phil; nary q bit I'd "a gone farther only TIL horse
wouldn't
"Wen, Little Phil became a cadet at West Point and in his very first conr
mand as lieutenant showed his Workmanship He a stationed a Fort Dun
I, in Texas, and while he and two Of bis men were outside Of the stockada
ne day a band of Apaches surrounded them The chief, eve dreaming OF
resistance, jumped from his mustang to seize Phil, but~Phn ducked under his
arm, was 0 n the horses back like lightning Inc gaHopng to the fortf or help
And he got the help and returned time to kill several of the 1ndlansa and sat
his two companions"
'Hurrah" cried the children.
$50 when in the great war there came a demand for cavalry leaders TAtus
Phil was made a colonel and put In charge of the Second Michigan troou
and the Second Iowa horsemen. In his very first battle at Bonneville he and
his two regiments whipped General Chalmers with nine regiments. For th
he vas made a brgader general and II 1t wasn't toe late I'd tell you how
fought under him. But I'll tell you some other evening"
"Tm going to be general" said Jack sleeply.
"An right" said Evelyn Hurry up"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-17

he has two other boarders which, with her own,
With the help of two maids she takes care of this
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-17
rS .
Daddy sBedtirne
>tOryy Little Pills First
J Horseback Ride

:" ri WISH you would please tell US a real good war story, daddy" asked Jack
one evening
Philip Henry Sheridan. or Little Phil, al all his men afectonatey
called him.
First l must tell you that he "a a cavalry leader. That means that all
his mn had horses The men who fight o foot are called nfantrymen. Next
l nus tell you low he became such a wonderful rider When be was only five
years sold he a playing around his fathers farm in Ohio N day when a
group of older boys dared him to get on the back If a horse that ws grazing
in the next field. Little Phil couldn't take a dare then any nor than be
could when he grew up and he jumped from a fence IN h horses back and
grabbed its name.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-17
The Value of Names.

"was your speech successfulT q
mot very" replied the statesman
who does not deceive himself. "The
only way I could get any great amount
of applause was to say George Wash
ington' or Abraham Lincoln and then
wait."-Washington Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-17
CHILD's TUCKED DRESS, 69T9.
With High or Square Neck, Long or

snort sleeves,
Such a simple little frock as this one
is certain to lind its welcome. 1t is
exceedingly pretty and becoming, yet
1T is very simple. and 1t is adapted
to the entire range of seasonable ma
~terials. In the illustration, white lawn
is finished with collar and sleeve
bands of embroidery and the dress Is
made with high neck; but short
sleeves are preferred by most mothers
for warm weather wear, and the neck
can be made square as shown in one
of the smaller views. .
The dress is made with front and
back portions and is tucked to form a
yoke. The sleeves are made in one
piece each whatever, their length.
when square neck is desired, the dress
Is cut out on indicated Ines and the
tucks are stayed at their upper edges;
The quantity of material required
for the two year size Is 2 IA yards ~
inches wide, 3 yards So or "A inches
wide, with l yard Of banding.
The pattern, NO. 1919, is cut In
sizes for children of 1, 2 and 4 years
of age, and will be mailed to any ad-
dress by the Fashion Department of
this paper, on receipt of ten cents,
Of In haste send an additional two cent
stamp for letter postage, which In
sures more prompt delivery.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-17
The Evening Chit Chat
By RUTH CAMERON

ii OW many breakdowns could be prevented, hw many illnesses forestai,
u = had the strength of mind to stop right then, even though stopping seemed
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-02
Teeth In Their stomach.,

Whatever it may be that the lobster
and the crab. rapaciOus, never dainty,
are eating they always see something
else that they want and can't wait I'M
til they have masticated the first be-
fore attacking the second But they
don't give up the first. not by any
manner of means. Nature. humoring
this rapacious bent, has fitted the lob
ster and the crab with teeth in their
stomachs, and they swallow their half
masticated food and finish the chew
ing process with their stomachs while
they seize and chew the other thing
that has attracted them. HOLSTERS and
crabs have no teeth in their mouths
They chew with their claws what they
have time to and hand the unfinished
Job down to their stomachs to do the
rest of the chewing.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-02
Perfect Peace.

The shivering carolers had just Sc
lected pitch beneath lamp in back
street when a small boy emerged from
a house opposite and beckoned mys-
teriously to their leader
Mother says you're to sing some
thing loud" he whispered. "That bit
about Peace on earth will do fine!
She don't want no Others Just you
go on holiering Peace on EARTH"
For ten minutes the willing Ministries
yelled their loudest Then little
woman. armed with a copper sauce
pan, appeared upon the scene.
'"Thanks!" she said, handing the col
lector threepence '"That Peace on
earth as done it beautiful! My OF
man went to fetch the turkey e won
in rattle tonight, an comm 'ome e
made one or two calls and lorst it, sc
I've just been a-teachin' i'm to be more
careful, an l didn't want none O. the
neighbors to interfere when e 'ollered
out. "-Pearson's Weekly.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-02
THE GOLD WAS THERE.
But Mark Twain Missed Il by Just
Ono Pail Of Water.

But Mark Twain Missed II by Just
Ono Pail Of Water.
With Steve ellis, a printer Of whom
he was fond, Mark Twain went up
into Calaveras county to cabin on
Jackass hill, where Steve's brother
Jim. a lovable, picturesque character
(the Truthful James, Of Bret Harte),
owned mining claims. Mark decided
to spend his vacation in pocket min.
ing and soon added that science to his
store Of knowledge. 1t was halcyon,
happy three months that he fingered
there. One day with jim Gillis he
was following the specks of gold that
led to pocket somewhere up the hill
when chill, dreary rain set in. Jim
was washing and Clemens was carry
ing water. The color" became better
and better as they ascended. and Gil
lis, possessed with the mining passion,
would have gone on regardless of the
rain. Clemens, however, protested and
declared that each pail of water was
his last. Finally he said in his DELHI
crate, drawing fashion:
Jim, won't carry any more water.
This work is too disa greeable Let's
go to the house and wait till it clears
up"
ellis had just taken out a pan of
earth.
Bring one more pail, SAM" he plead
ed
~ won't do it, Jim! Not a drop!
Not If knew there was million
dollars in that pan!''
They left the pan standing there and
went over to Angels camp. which was
nearer than their own cabin. The
rain kept on, and they sat around the
grocery and barroom smoking and tell
ing stories to pass the time
Meanwhile the rain had washed
away the top of the pan of earth left
standing on the slope Of Jackass hill
and exposed handful of nuggets
pure gold. Two strangers had come
along and, observing it, had sat down
to wait until the thirty day claim
notice posted by Jim ellis should ex-
pire. They did not mind the rain-not
with that gold in sight-and the min
ute the thirty days were up they fol-
lowed the lead a few pans farther and
took out $4,000 in all. 1t was good
pocket. Mark Twain missed it by one
pail Of Chicago Post.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-02
Premiums on Children

The increased cost of living and the
marked tendency toward tha 1.-TWO
child standard" in German toM6S has
led the municipality of Schoehberg,
which comprises iayStar# p4rt Of south
and southwest # ts qAlinh 6\ofer pre-
, miums e Aq y sin aA Sc AnkoA ICES with
large famdf 14Ef parents With more
than two children are Is BENEFIT. Wild
so&frs with children sr4rtreat ted uaaual-
sllyswith these Yhsss II YES <sg9 alive.
sThs pysRlg1a4x hSes la IT, Sa2&kh to
household. Fathers with
hfssSyiaAgi l aez rsssaAvee pAksf1 Yg:5o
1n65htMy With opE dhlldSdn 81 79VWith
five A.5U ana WITH more than six S.
mSnthly. s>s-.eA -
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-02
INSURANCE MAPS.
Handy Guides For Underwriters In
Eixinu Premium Rates.

Handy Guides For Underwriters In
Fixing Premium Rates.
Many persons must have noticed
when making application for fire in
surance that 1t is the practice Of the
underwater to examine certain maps
before he will fix the rate Of premium
or accept a risk on the property Of
fered. His photographic surveys mark
ed off in diagrams of red and yellow
and other colors are always in evil
dence, sometimes bound securely in
dozens Of large volumes, on other oc-
casions laid conveniently in piles Of
s loose sheets for handy reference.
Few persons realize, however, that
these maps contain all the information
which the underwater desires to know
about the building he is asked to in
sure and that in most instances more
matters are explained to him by a
single glance than the applicant could
make even though he be the owner of
the property.
AS matter of fact the details set
forth are most explicit. The map
maker has managed by colors, chaRc-
tiers and signs to give full description
of the construction. equipment and oc-
cupation of the bull dbng,9dfhrything
which over fifty years, of this sort of
surveying has proved. tolbe3fAnE pos
sible interest e tps INSURANCE map. 1t
is so cohpRtea foT instance That an
a&nt i9 Ner YqFti city5eY3af 1EYsadily
TX & sitqstteA IN ro4s t$gpip)Yjseo
!, OEsCalifornia. or, vice versa, agents in
! to1ns ifItheSakes3etd statesBm like
WI tell the. character of a risk in
NV YofR e1tSg. DassAfs MAEa4he.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-02
LoNDoN's HISTORIC TOWER
And the Egg From Which Was MATCH.
ed the Great Charter.

ca Suc arcat SnalGer.
Richard Davey in The Tower Of
London" connects the historic edifice
with the wrestling of the great charter
from King John
King John. i. would seem, though le-
gally married to Isabella of Angou-
leme. fell desperately in love in 1914
with Matilda or MAUD" 1.-THE Fair"
the beautiful daughter of Robert, Lord
Fitzwalter. This lady, remaining deaf
to his entreaties, was treucherously
abducted from, her fathers seat at
DunnoW by The kings order and shut
up in the round turret of the White
tower On this Fit1walter made
vain attempt to rouse the people to re-
volt, but was forced to fly to France
with his wife and remaining children.
Maud once safe in the tower, King
John renewed his suit, but only sue
ceeded in driving her to utter silence,
which SO infatuated him that he sent
her a poisoned egg for her breakfast,
and she died early in 1915. year
later her remains were translated to
the family vault at Dunmow.
When the news Of this crafty muir
der came to the ears of Fitzwalter he
forthwith returned to England and
discovered to his JOY that the barons
were on the point of declaring war
against John. He at once placed him
self at their head, hoping, it is said, to
combine his personal revenge with his
duty as an English peer and is indeed
supposed to have forced the king to
sign the great charter for the express
purpose of humiliating his daughters
murderer. Thus from an egg was
hatched the great charter. Whether
the story be true or false, it is GER
tilted historical fact that the barons
held the tower in pledge till John con-
sented to accept the charter and at
fixed his reluctant signature to the
deed.
About year later, when the war
with the barons was at its height and
John once more a power, the tower
again fell into his hands, and, though
the barons laid siege to it, they were
repulsed by the kings men. To com
plete it's strange vicissitudes during
this strenuous reign the tower became
on Nov. 1. 1915, the temporary court
of King Louis of France, whom the
rebelious barons had summoned to
assist in the adjustment of their griev-
ances. Appearing before the gates
with large body of men, he so COM
pletely awed the officials that they
handed over the keys without striking
a blow for their rightful monarch.