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The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-07-01

CONGRESSMAN Isidore Rayner, of the Fourth Mary
land District ismentoned as candidate for Governor
of that State
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-07-01
S26 FAST MAIN STREET.

ANOTHER renegade Jew has to grief He is
man by the name of Or" Jaeger, who some years
ago was rabbi (God save the mark in certain
southern city. After evoluting through number of
religions, he finally landed in the Episcopal fold and
made superintendent of the orphan asylum
trolled by that denomination in this State Several
days ago, at the instance of his brother-n-law,
Jaeger arrested for beating his wife Almost 81
simultaneously the bishop Of the diocese preferred
charges against him alleging immortality in connec-
ton with the discharge of his office The daily press
in announcing this latter fact, careful to state
that Jaeger swarthy of complexion and of lew
ish extraction. No reference whatever was made as
to his having also been a Baptist Presbyterian,
and a Methodist
So long as Jaeger wore his mask of hypocrisy sue
cessullv he :" a brother in Christ" : but the
ment he fell from grace his late brethren were eager
to make it known, his religious contortions to the
contrary notwithstanding that after all they con
sidered him Jew.
In the light of this and other recent events of a
like nature, might pertinenty inquire of our in
dustrious, PROSECUTING Chritan brethren, is the
conversion of Jews failure?'
IT WOULD seem that Dreyfus is in all probability
to have chance to prove his innocence.
The recent elections in France resulted in an over
whelming victory for the Liberals, and new cabinet
of that political complexion indicted into office
this week
This party has always sided with Dreyfus and it
would cause surprise if the Government at
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-07-01

8 THE JEWS
THE JEWISH SOUTH.
A JOURNAL. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF
JUDAISM.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
HERBERT r. EZEKIEL, Editor and Publisher,
826 Fast MAIN STREET.
Subscription, 81 per annum, in advance.
Single Copy, Five Cents,
Advertising Rate, so cents per inch.
Resolutions and other Reading Notices, 10
cents per line
Entered at the Post Office Richmond
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21
LOOMS TAKEN ALIVE.
Some Hunters in Newfoundland
to Capture the Birds.

In the year 1882, being engaged in
railway construction in Newfoundland
by an American syndicate, | was
camped at little place called Lance
Cove, on the shore of Conception bay
One beautiful summer evening, as | re-
turned to the camp to dinner, noticed
two looms on small lake close by, and,
after satisfying a rather extensive ap-
petite, | took 12bore shotgun and
a few wired S. S. G. cartridges and pro-
ceeded to the lakeside. A glance
showed me that there was not sufficient
cover to warrant hope of a successful
shot. After trying two without result,
and on rising to GO Back to camp, L
was met by five or six men from grad
ing gang also camped there, who
asked me if l desired to get the looms.
| replied that if the cover was good |
could probably get one, but, as it was,
l had no hope of doing so. One of them
and subsequently learned that they
belonged to Smiths sound, Trinity bay
replied that If l wished they would
the remarkable skill of these Newfound-
land fishermen in shooting sea birds,
seals, ETC., with their enormous muZZle-
loading guns, my curiosity was aroused
as to the method they meant to employ,
thinking, of course, they meant to shoot
the birds. l at once assented to the
proposal, and the men Immediately pro-
ceeded to push into the water two small
boats that were at the side of the lake.
| was astonished at the noisy manner
in which this was done, and more so at
the subsequent proceedings. After the
boats were afoat each man picked up
an armful or two of small stones and
placed them in the bow of the boat.
They then got In and showed off. One
boat pulled direct for the birds and the
other in another direction. OF course,
on the approach OF the boat the birds
Owed, and after little time came up
not far from the second boat, from
which one of the men at once threw a
stone, sending the birds down instant
". Both boats again pulled away in
different directions, and in a little time
the looms again came up not far from
one of the boats, and were again in
stantly driven down by the use of
the stones. This was repeated again
and again. After little time the birds
began to take very short dives, and final
ly, strange as it may appear, those men
drownedLas they termed 1.-THE birds
by not giving them breathing time. The
birds were unable to dive, and one after
the other lay over on its side on the sur
face and both were lifted into the boat
alive.
1t was the most singular and surpris-
ing proceeding I ever witnessed.-N. Y.
Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21
WHERE GRUB COMES HIGH.
Prices of EatabIes in the KIondike
Run Way Up, But whisky
Is Cheap.

Many is the man who, when hungry,
has wished he could eat hay like horse
that he might fill himself cheaply, but
hay was rs cents a pound in Skaguay
last fall, and even hay eaters were not
well off.
Prices have been running up and
down in an extraordinary way at Taiya
and over the trails and down in the
mining camps. At one time there every
one was talking "horse," and dogs
couldn't be given away then. AS food
for horses rose horses fell in price.
When oats reached $50 q sack and
hay was 25 cents a pound and horse
shoe nails rs cents each horses were not
in demand. Then it was dogs. And it
still is dogs, except for a few people
who are taking up with the reindeer.
Good dogs now bring $3.50 to $500. 1t
is claimed they are the only animals for
the climate. They eat anything they
can swallow. They do not hunt a fire to
sleep by, but lie down in the snow
They can't be coaxed into a heated
room.
Not long ago cigars were two to five
dollars apiece along the Yukon, and
mighty rare. Now the same richly
favored article is to be had for less than
it costs to take it there. The market is
overstocked.
Flour has been selling at one dollar
pound and canned beans for rs cents
to one dollar. Hams have been up to
ten dollars, and eggs two for an ounce
of dust, which would make New Eng
land breakfast cost about $25-two
eggs, ST. a slice of ham, three dollars;
bread and butter and coffee, five dol
lars.
Whisky is cheap. 1t usually is the
cheapest thing to be had in mining
camps. The quantity, however, exceeds
the quality. All sorts of fancy prices
have been offered for canned fruits and
for lemon and lime juice, which are ex-
cellent to prevent scurvy. But these
can hardly be quoted at market values.
Tomatoes have fetched $50 a can,
oranges ten dollars apiece, lemon strip
$15 pint, roast beef five dollars a can,
roast mutton ten dollars can, straw
berries eight and twelve dollars can,
and salmon is GO cents n cam. Y.
Press.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21
DROPPING FROM A HEIGHT.
An Extremely Dangerous Experience
That Was Not Altogether Dis
agreeable.

A couple of tourists were in the top of
the Washington monument the other
day, and, as everybody else does at that
giddy height, they talked of the dis
comforts of fall. At least one of them
did. The other listened to him awhile.
81 am willing to admit" he said, that
a drop of 500 feet to a stone pavement
is not a pleasant thing to think about,
but l am a witness to testify that a
more delightful death could scarcely
be imagined"
"Were you ever killed that way?" in
quired the other. in tone of doubt.
Not exactly, but l went through all
the motions"
How do you mean?'
Listen. Fifteen years ago or there
abouts | was holding down a job in the
old Gazette building in Cincinnati,
siX-story structure, which was consid-
cred a sliy-scraper in those days. was
25 years old then and not in as good fix
as | am now, and | did not kick when
the boss told me TO wash the windows
on the top floor. | was doing very
well at it, and had got myself seated
nicely on the sill, aud was rubbing
away at the glass, when | lost my bal
ance in some way and out went. What
l did in going | cannot say. What |
thought | cannot say. All remember
was an instant's consciousness that
was falling backward, but where or
how was not clear to me. There was
certainly no sense or knowledge that |
was falling out of top-stOry window
and would be crushed to death below.
"When consciousness came again l
was at home, and ii was "a hours after
the fall; l did not even know, when l
came to, what had happened. They
told me that | had fallen from six
story window and that | had struck
on the roof of low shed in the back
area, which had broken the fall and
saved my life. This shed roof was made
of boards without support except at
the ends, and had gone through them
to the pavement below. That | was
not killed was only the luck that comes
to people sometimes. / didn't even
break a bone, but got a shake-up that
kept me in bed for two weeks and
made me sore for three months. This
monument is some higher than that
building, but l fancy the feeling in fall
ing is about the same."-Washingt
Cfnr
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21
STUFFED EGGS.
Seasonable and Dainty Dish ana
How TO Property Pres
pare II.

A well-prepared dish OF stuffed eggs
Is not only very attractive appear
ance, but very excellent. Boil nine eggs
in bubbling boiling water for five min
utes. Remove the shells and slice the
eggs in half. Remove the yollis, mash
them fine, add Ia tablespoontuls OF
butter, melted, two tablespoonfuls Of
cream, salt and popped, and two table
spoonfuls of minced parsley, or, If you
like the flavor, Il few drops OF onion
Juice, or two tablespoonfuls of minced
chives. Mix the yolks and other IN
gradients together and heap them in
each of the halves of white of egg.
Smooth them over with a wet knife and
rub them down with melted butter.
Set them in buttered pan to brown
slightly in hot oven. 1t should only
take five minutes. Arrange them on
platter as shown by the illustration.
Put a row of ten stuffed eggs around
the center of a hot platter. Place seven
eggs inside these elevated on slice of
bread about half an inch thick, and in
the Center VI lHesc PieiSS NhS 9i'S - = r
remaining raised on little circle OF
bread half an inch thick scooped out
n little to receive it. Decorate the dish
with parsley.
These eggs are delicious served with
Tn ordinary cream sauce in which a
ieaspoonful of parsley has been scat
tered. 1t may be put in boat by itself,
and served with them or poured on the
platter around them, when large plat
ter must be used and the first row of
eggs placed about an inch from the
rim, not next to it. They are often
served with a tomato sauce separate in
boat. To prepare this sauce fry half
white onion and one small carrot in
butter, and add half bay leaf, three
pepper corns, a sprig of thyme or a
spray of parsley, and one of celery. One
o. two of these herbs can be left out
without running the sauce, if it is not
convenient to get them. Celery salt
will take the place of celery, but the
onion and carrot are essential. When
the vegetables are fried add two table
spoonfuls of flour and stir it until it is
well Drowned. Add can of nice to-
matoes gradually, so as to melt the
-four into an even paste. Add a large
tablespoonful of sugar and a saltspoon-
full of pepper, and let the sauce eeoii
half an hour. At the end of this time
strain the sauce through PURGE sieve,
an ordinary flour sieve will do, but is
not so strong. A pint of this sauce is
enough to serve with the stuffed eggs
Put the rest of the sauce away to use
when needed. When served with veal
outlets or chops dilute it with half its
bulk of brown veal gravy. Let it cook
up once and pour around the meat on
the platter. When used with macaroni
use as it is, or dilute it with a rich
brown sauce or beef gravy, and let II
simmer about 20 minutes.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21

When awakening in the morning. do
not rub the eyes; indeed, one ought
never to rub or press the fingers
against the eyes. n they feel at all
irritable sponge them with cold water.
Cold water has most beneficial effect
upon the eyes, and the strongest viii
find It good to daily battle the eyes in
cold water. This invigorates them and
helps TO keep them in good working or
der. But it must be remembered that
quite cold water should only be used
when the body is at a moderate TEN.
perature. When one Is very heated or
warm. the chill must be taken Off the
water to avoid any sudden shock -Bos-
ton Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21
THE BROAD. MINDED WOMAN.
Is She Whose Sympathies Extend to
Those in More Fortunate
Spheres of Life.

The earnest woman who takes life
very seriously, carefully weighing the
motive of the slightest act, is apt to be-
come impatient with her sister who
lives as the flowers do, accepting with
delight the sunlight of prosperity.
1t has been something of fashion to
imagine that the contempt was on the
side of the woman who held what are
called the advantages of life; but it is
really true that those who have been
given wealth, position and opportuni-
ties are more guilty of regarding their
fellow creatures, less favored, with
scorn than those who are below them.
Among broad-minded women social
istic tendencies are being stamped out.
Their hands are no longer against what
we call the upper class of society;
equality means to them a common
right to develop the best that is in them,
not a community of privilege in the
worlds goods; not the opportunity for
like service, nor the same sort of
pleasure, and the one who has learned
to realize the worth of a separate in
dividuality, and feels that her work is a
part of her birthright, is truly phil
osopher. She will not envy the careless
creature whose lot has been cast amid
the entertainments of the world. She
will rather pity her than she is enamel
pated from those struggles and per
plexities which are such excellent
schoolmasters in teaching sympathy
for others.
But after all, are we sure that the
majority OF favored women do not pos
sess the larger significance of pity? So
many times we have had proofs that a
soft heart dwelt in an elegantly attired
body, that il is not wise TO conclude that
one must feel the stress of poverty and
its limitations in order to extend pity
and help to the needy. Waiting one day
at lace counter, the eyes of customer
cast furtive glances at lovely creature
who had evidently fed on the roses and
lain in the lilies of life When she
rose, and in low voice said few word.
to the salesgirl, there came into the
face of the latter a grateful, lifted ex
| preston, and as the beautiful lady
passed out the girl whispered: "She's
an angel!"-Mary II. Baldwin, in Won
ans Home Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21
rurone,. Two Gavest CapitaIs.

The streets are filled with beautiful
things, mostly German officers. The
only trouble is that they themselves
seem TO know it only too well, and as
they will not give us any of the side
walk we are obliged to admire them
from the cutters. The only way you
can keep Germans from knocking you
into the middle of the street is - walk
sidewaysand pretendy ouare examining
the shop windows. Paris seems a city
Of leisure; Berlin is city of war. The
streets of Paris are quite as full of
soldiers as Berlin, but French soldiers
are not impressive. They are under
sized and badly dressed and badly
groomed. Their trousers are much TOO
long. To me they seem TO need only
a belt at the ankle to turn them into
perfect Russian blouses. But English
and German soldiers seem TO be in per
feet condition-as though they could
go to war at a moments notice.-Lilian
Bell, in ladies' Home journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21

So much attention has been directed
of late to the effect of the poison of the
honey-bee that any new fact in this
connection is interesting. A German
scientist has spent many years study
ing the toxic and chemical properties
of this poison. Over $4,000 bees have
been sacrificed in his work He dis
covers that the peculiar odor with
which every one who has been stung
by a bee becomes familiar is due to a
purely volatile substance. This is not
poisonous, and disappears when the
poison proper evaporates. The toxic
quality Of the poison is not affected by
heat at PIP degrees Fahrenheit, and d.
luted acids and allSalies have no effect
upon it. The precise elements Of the
poison are as yet undetermined.-N. Y
Ledger
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21

think that maybe they had better be
cut down early and then they would
make more fruit and less vines. My
wife threw all sorts of old clothes over
her Mareschal Neal rose vine that was
full of buds. My neighbors covered up
their beans and beets, and some of them
spread newspapers over their potatoes
and saved them. | was away down in
Greensboro the coolest night and it was
not cold enough there TO kill anything.
A few degrees of latitude makes a
great difference. Mr.. Marbury, the
weather man, told us of this coming
freeze and | have great faith in him.
When the weather bureau was first
established we thought it was a hum
bug, but long observation has convinced
the world that the winds and the waves
and the weather are net the mystery
they used to be. Science has revealed
their courses and their changes and the
telegraph tells it truly many hours be-
forehand. The Scripture says: THE
wind bloweth where it listeth and We
y
tell whence it cometh nor whittier It
goeth.'
But we can tell now and can fortify
against disasters on land and peris on
the deep. Verify, there is something
new under the sun.
I was Eliminating about the classic
town of Greensboro, one of the Oldest
towns in the state. What beautiful
country surrounds it What pretty
roads and streetsl What attractive
homes and pretty mansions! What
wealth of lovely flowers! | saw wis
terias there growing wild and towering
upon old dead trees. Many of these
stately ante-bellum mansions still have
the tall fluted columns and the parapet
roofs that were so common in the olden
time. | saw the old Cone mansion and
the house where William C. Dawson
lived. | went to college with the Daw-
son boys, but they are dead and left no
sign. Iheard their father make aspeech
in 1916. He was the first whig who ever
represented that district in congress.
lie was United States senator in 1S47.
He was universally popular-kind,
courteous and gentle, he worked his
own way from humble life up to many
eminent positions and never lost q
friend. Dawson county was named for
him, but none was named for Toombs
or Stephens. They were greater states
men, but they made enemies, while
Dawson, by his exceeding courtesy and
gentle manners, made friends. Young
men, if you aspire to political honors,
you had better remember this. When
Stephen Girard was asked the secret Of
his success he replied: "Civility."c
Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21
Natural Science.

Patriek-Phwy do We be wearin' thot
heavy coat a warrum day loike this?
Mil1e-Ol had tn coat wild me, an it's
asier wearin' it than carryin' it.
chats phwere y'r mistaken, Moike.
Wan day lasht wake Tim Murphy, who
kapes tn saloon beyant, axed me to go
& tn daler's an get him a dimiiohn OF
whisky. I wint, an the dimijohn wos
so heavy OF took some swigs cot av 1t, TO
tighten it, but begorry tn moor av IT
OF droonk up, the heavier it got, until
OF couldn't carry it at all at all."-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21

Parson Browning-I hear dat Uncle
Eph's boy. Jim, dun took de chicken
pox at school.
Brer Blackley-Ya'as. dat Jim IS a
chip OBJ de ole block. an be liable to take
anything kin to er ohielsin.-Up to Date.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21

The steam power Of the world may be
rcckoned as equivalent to the strength
Of 100000, OcO men, which is more than
twice the number Of worknen existing.
The Van Buren press., 1898-05-21

The iellyfsh has no teeth. but uses
himself as if he were a piece Of paper,
when hungry. getting his food and
then wrapping himself about it, Ms
eago Chronicle
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-18

sort Of thing take to, you see. It's in
teresting all the time suck in oceans
of learning all day till I'm tight, and
then practice it all the evening. And
as for coals-well, sometimes l do buy
them. But ESQ year doesn't spread
far in rent, classes and victuals, not to
speak of dressings and lint, and picking
up Goals in the lane down there is just
about as exciting as soldering, guess. "
"See here said the captain, II
think 1 could get over the governor to
double your allowance I've been pretty
light on him lately, and he thinks me a
good little man. If do, will you leave
off pigging up here and live decentT'
Billiam seized his hand.
"You are good chap sure =" he said.
"Try it on the dad, Herb. could get
proper cushions for the beasts then, an
operating table, and perhaps l might
even afford to hire yard.
The captain leaped from his sofa and
began to pace up and down in his py-
jamas.
"Of all the fools God ever made, Bill
liam, you are the most confoundedl
Why in creation didn't you settle down
and be a proper parson if you wanted to
do all this kind of thing? 1t makes me
sick"
Billiam looked at him awhile as If
for once he would try to explain, but
the hopelessness of the task made him
turn away sadly. Nobody ever would
understand. He must just 60 on and on
till they put him in lunatic asylum.
"See here, ;" he said, "better put on
your clothes, Herbert. You'll be sure to
catch cold prancing about there in your
night things, and you don't look pref
ty," he added, looking at him critically.
''But why wouldn't you be parson,
Billiam? That beats me dead. You're
just the sort of soft chap for parson.
"Stuffr' said Billiam. "Who ever
heard of a parson just for splicing up
dogs and cats and things? There's
enough of the other kind to go round
surely. And there's only one Of Billiam
for this sort of parsoning."
"Well, Billiam, said Captain Ormi-
| thwaite little later, ~ am off up to
town. This is all very we'll for night,
but little more of it would kill me. l
declare shall smell doggy and chloraty
for month. Here's some sinews for
you, Billiam. It's all can spare. y
THANK you, said Billiam, pocket
ing the notes without demur. Il may
be the prodigal chap in the parable, but
I'm bowed if you are the old kind Of
elder brother, the fellow who would
not 60 in. "
That's all right, said the captain.
LET us hear that you keep ribald. l
guess you'll slip into heaven ahead Of
some of the parsons yet, Billiam."
It'll be when Peters not looking
then" said Billiam, shaking his head,
"but if they do nick me at the gate,
why, guess there'll always be plenty
for fellow like me to turn his hand to
in the other place,
(This is not, however, the end ut
Billiam. For there was a seamstress
across the landing who seriously inter
fered with his plans.)