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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04

Jewish. who stood in the shadow of a mission
house with an air Of proprietorship. was asked
about the missionary work. and said: Il am one
Of the results Of the work. l was born and
raised Jew. and l found Christ through the
efforts of the missionaries" lie said that he
had never known real happiness until ne became
4 Christian and that ii would be his life object
TO bring his friends into the fold. His face
beamed. his eyes spanked. and he was the en-
bodiment of religious enthusiasm.
Are your parents Christians" was asked.
My mother is dead" he answered.
Your father-is he a Christian"
NO ne is jew"
do you say kaddsh for your mother"
What do you know about kaddish?' ne asked
in a surprised manner.
only that it is a prayer which the Jews say
annually in remembrance Of their dead. Do
you say the prayer on the anniversary Of your
mothers DEATH"
He shifted uneasily from side TO side. and
then said. hes!tatngy: Well. yes! That part
Of my faith have retained" There was less
enthusiasm in his manner and he seemed to OK
emplify the East Side axiom. once a Jew. al
ways Jew"
Some of the people for whom they main
tanned see only the humorous side Of the mis-
sionary business. one man. whose appearance
suggested the Jew OF the variety stage said:
IVY shall | be Christian? Who will belief
me? Because l say so no ore will let me into
a hotel where no Jews are taken. The boys
trow stones at me just the same, and my
friends make fun Of me too. No! a man who
looks like me and has name Ike 'heimer' or
berger must hang a card on himself l am a
Christian so people will know it. and then most
of 'em will not belief him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04
A FRIEND or AMERICANS.
HORACE L. HIGGINS. OF MANILA AND HIS
KINDLY SERVICES.

HORACE L. HIGGINS. OF MANILA. AND HIS
KINDLY SERVICES
From The San Francisco Chronicle.
Disnatcbes from the Philippines since the
opening Of the war with ASI:naldos followers
have frequently mentioned the name OF Horace
L. Higgins. and always in connection WIN SOM
act Of friendship toward the American FORCES OF
individual Americans who have got into trOuDe.
Mr. Higgins is respected and even loved by the
natives and he has saved the lives OF seVerdI
Americans. The story Of how he rescued an
American photographer whom the rebels had
cornered in 4 boxcar is we'll known. Mr.. Ing
gins who happened along declared the prisoner.
whom nc had never seen before was personal
friend II his and guest at his house win the
result that the American was allowed 10 go.
Even at the present time Mr.. Higgins has under
his roof two American civilians who have sought
safety there because Of the threats or the RIM
pinos according to dispatches.
Mi Higgins is the Snowman Of thc Philippines.
He more than any other one man, has been IN
strument2l in exploiting the wealth ana asr!Cul-
turaI possibilities Of LuZon. He Is dlrector-seh-
eral Of the only railroad in the island. From us
inception twelve years ago he has contributed
his experience and rare understanding OF native
character toward the establishment Of CONNER
cial relations with the Filipinos. Nearly every
week during that period Mr.. Higgins has made
at least trip into the interior, ana 10y friendly
intercourse has been able to assist the natives
to A better understanding Of foreign character
and methods of doing business The FlliplnoS
have unlimited confidence in him. and during
half a dozen revolutions dld not modest HIS
tracks nor do any considerable damage 1hey
turned out whole villages at i time, 10 replace
the devastation wrought by Spanish troops.
Mr. Higgins has been the soul of generosity
and hospitality to Americans. Many OF our gen.
erals naval captains and newspaper men have
been his guests on trips over the line in his prl-
vate car. 1t is a two days journey, and an ex-
perienCe as novel as it is instructive. Mr.. Hig-
gins has shown his faith in native character by
employing Fihpin1s in every department OF his
railroad. His home is at Caoocan. and there his
G harrning wife. grandniece of the late King OF
Spain and his two pretty CT idren have lived
during the Instructions. number Of bullet
holes il his residence testify to skrmishes be-
tween the Spanish and insurgen. troops. Mr.
Higgins is native OF Bedfordshire, England.
born in 1854.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04

appeared to be the man OF the family; his peo-
pie pay the rent and they don't hurt anybody"
But should Jew try to win his people over
to another faith?"
why that's easy. He sleeps there for moth
ing"
But a short distance from the mission diff
ferent tale was told. There the branding story,
which Friedman denounced as a lie. was
vouched for by the physician to whom mother
had brought her little DR.. Bruder. whose
office is at No. "a Lewis-st.. said: There Is no
doubt as to the tattooing practice. Christian
missionary would think of doing such a
thing; but the apostates, who know the horror
which the orthodox Jews have Of seeing mark
Of any kind on the left forearm, put crosses
and other devices the little fellows IN the
hope that by doing the parents will not OBJ
ject TO the children being baptized They know
that according to the strict letter OF the law, a
man who has his arm marked may not put on
the phylacteries which the orthodox Jews wear
when they say their morning prayers and they
mark the boy and disgrace him in the hope
that he will seek refuge with them when the
family discards him.
BRANDED JEWISH BOY.
.I say what do not from hearsay, but from
observation A short time ago a woman came
to my office with small boy VINO had aHo"eu
a rneschumth to prick cross on his left fore
arm. Take il off she said. any way you
please but take it off. Burn it out If necessary
And the little fellow now for the first time real
izing that he had disgraced his parents. added,
TT don't make any difference II it hurts or II
If takes the skin off-take it out But it was
impossible to do as they wished. and they went
away heartbroken. and refused to give their
names.
within a week three boys have come 10 me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04
WINDOW-WASHTNG no BAR.
From The San Francisco Chronicle.

From The Budapester Tagebatt
Can lawyer practising at the bar be at this
same time "A manual worker? This question IS
now agitating the members Of the legal profess
sion in Hungary. young briefess barrister,
tired Of waiting for clients. took to earning
money by painting. decorating. wirdow-cean-
ing. paper-hanging. spring-cleanng and SO
forth, in the provincial towns IN the district IN
which he praCtsed al the bar. An effort was
made 10 have his name erased from the roll u
advocates. but the Lord CHIEF Justice ruled that
the young legal revOlutiOnist was within his
rights in earning money by honest manual labor
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28

is utterly baseless and senseless. None
but a person affected with disease can
possibly infect another. 1t is the vac
cinated, the diseased, not the unvac-
clnated that are a source of danger.
There is only one possible motive on
the part of the profession for excluding
children from school because they will
not be vaccinated, and that is to drive
or compel them to submit to vaccina-
ton. 1t is a form or kind of compul-
sion. l challenge the profession to
show single good reason, or any kind
OF proof whatever that is worthy of
intelligent consideration, that vaccina-
ton ever did or even can benefit the
human race or any member of it in the
slightest degree, or that healthy chill
dren are in any degree dangerous to
anybody on account of not having
been vaccinated.
If the profession of medicine is what
it claims to be-the conservator of the
public health-it will cease to take
refuge in sophistry, pseudo-science,
dogmatism and technicalities. and
make common sense with the people
in their efforts to escape from the I'M
happy results of ages of misdirection
The whole need not physician, but
they that are SICK
The viccinists under the arbitrary rules
of boards of health, however, declare
that the whole do need a physician and
that healthy children-in fact all children
must be infected with disease before
they can be taught Now science is at
least not contrary 10 common sense: and
ii 5 not common sense, much less. science.
TO require a healthy child. III the fun
bloom of youth, whose blood is pure as
the dew distilled in heaven, to be infected
with the filthy matter of a sore whether
of man or beast. as a condition necessary
in order TO receive instruction. 1t would
be much more rational 10 declare that all
who had been contaminated with the
virus of cowpox should be excluded from
school until the mark of the beast had be-
come obliterated- 1t is Proclamation to
yaccinate a healthy child. That vaccina-
ton is disease, or more properly speak
ing, a cause of disease, is evident from
the fact that it produces sore, and no
one can have a sore without more or less
discomfort, and discomfort is disease.
That it is also a constitutional disease is
admitted by vaccsnists, otherwise they
have no basis for their claim of protec-
ton That it works contamination OF
blood and is infectious. is proved by the
fact that successive vaccinations sooner
or later produce the specific sore Of the
virus.
What il called cowpox is only another
name for smallpox, and that vaccnators
are actually infiictiug the patient with
smallpox every time they vaceinate. Now
If smallpox and cowpox are one and the
same disease, then it follows that small
pox and vaccination are one and the
same. and that viecinists are rea9y prop
agating smallpox. Far.o.o.d is seldom
dangerous. but may prove fatal. and that
varioloid is less apt to leave pits behind:
nevertheless these do occasionally take
place Vow we submit that these disvsuc-
tons are insignificant and that there IS
no possibility of distinguishing var.o.oid
from smallpox All the difference is sim
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28

ply this, If the patient is known to have
been vaccinated, the disease is called by
the profession varioioid, which means re-
sembl.ng smallpox; but if not vaccinated.
then the disease is admittedly smallpox
This is all done in order to impress the
pubic with the idea that vaccination in
some way modifies or mitigates, though
1t does not modify at all any further than
the sickness itself and TO produce some
change for the time beng in the patient
manner of life The truth of the matter
is that any person inoculated for small
pox, or in other words vaccinated. is
thereby infected, locally, with the virus
Of smallpox, and viii suffer more or less
severely, depending, first, upon the ma
lignancy Of the virus; second, upon the
state of the patients system at the time
as to purity Of blood and vigor of consti-
tuition, and third, upon the environment
and care of the patient.
The profession have claimed that one
attack prevented another, and that opin-
ion was SC blindly followed that when
small, pox did occur the second time il
was set down as chickenpox, swinepox or
given some other name. A second attack
of smallpox, or what is the same. thing.
StAAeARt'OA AOtkOWAHS vaccination Is now
generally called variolo.d Thousands Of
persons have had smallpox after being
successfully vaccinated. / am convinced
that vaccination is the greatest mistake
and delusion in the science OF medicine;
a fanciful Illusion in the mind of the d.s-
coVerer; phenomenal apparition devoid
Of scientific foundation. and wanting in
ali the conditions Of scientific possibility
The health officer of this city on the
I'd of this month made the statement
that he would not argue the question OF
vaccination this late in the nineteenth
century with any one And the only way
you can get your children in the schools
is through a process Of law.
LOUIS A. BAUMANN
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28
HE WANTED A KISS.

story is going the rounds which makes
a well-known society young man and a
miilionaire's pretty daughter the principal
characters in a rather iaughable comedy.
The young man, who is noted for his
handsome bearing and winning voice ac-
companoed the young lady TO her home
one Friday evening. and, as ali true lovers
do, fingered yet q Gttle while at the gate
TO have d lovers tete-a-Lste with MS fair
companion. The night was beaurifu. no
one near 10 intrude, and above all. he
loved. Why shouldn't she kiss him?
With ma5denly mcSesty she refused re
inplored- She still withheld from rim thar
which would MI MS cup Of happiness The
request was repeated several times. and
so engrosssd did the young man become IN
wooing that Re failed 10 notice the a2-
proaeh Of pareHt4i step.
The Old gentleman. who had been there
himself and did not care 70 iutru5s upon
the happiness q the yourg coupe. qllsefly
stepped behind CONVENIENT evergreen
and waited. thinking the young man
would soon leave. In tbs he was mista-
ken TIE dover tarrsed over the request
until the patience OF the old man was ex-
hausted A voice tho coIDie well knew
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28
"HEALTH UTTERLY GONE"

81 believe my life DIR, Pierces remedies and have
long felt duty to express my deep heartfelt gratitude
you and to acknowledge the benefit Dr. Perces
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the birth of of children left in
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rele tired several patent medicines all with the same
suit began to get and to add the complications
suffered terribly from constipation Glanced to OF
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commenced to take DR.. Perces Prescription and
Pleasant Pellets and began improve right away and
tinued improving and gaining strength express
the relief, great. my little
daughter born without much trouble pain feel that
would have been able endure confinement only by
the help due solely DR. Pierces medicines She
healthy child and the only have been able
She is two years old and have had
medicine since feel that your medicine has made lasting
with much in thanks would be impossible
for express by word pen how thankful God
and to Dr. Pierce"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28

4NeW Jersey, nine; American, four,
COMMENT.
Trick East wants to keen his
spade re-entry for the assistance of
MS strong heart suit, so passes the
Jack on to his partner, but why he
played the deuce is not easy to UNDER
stand. According to the Modified
system the is the proper card.
Trick Pills partner having denied
the ace, West naturally places it to
right, otherwise he might have contin-
ued the suit.
Trick 6-South leads trumps to frus-
trate the cross-ruff impending upon the
other side of the table North and
South have, however, a much more eff
fectiye cross-ruff situation established.
for the former can overtrump West in
the heart suit. Considering the fact
that as far as South knows, he and his
partner have no such established, and
the spades entirely against them, it
looks as though the surest gain would
follow the return of the heart. The
result would probably have been the
same, however.
TABLE NO. 2.
American, N. & S; New Jersey, E.
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WOMAN'S FIGHTS!
The Plight way 10 Get Them and the llq Man 10 give Them

ar happiness
Il Mere sfae beauyca
and hppIes sconhT
BE- onintyei
in the
Of
over al million women
depnso the local
diseased
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the
sand
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be
not basdup
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of to
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answered IN private, and reply sent in a private
envelope closely sealed and bearing advertising
other printing upon it. Address Dr. R. V. PIERCE,
Buffalo, n Y.
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player knows them, but when It comes
to exacting the penalty the ignorance
of most people is apparent. How many

player knows them, but when It comes
to exacting the penalty the ignorance
of most people is apparent. How many
of the players are aware that the hold
er of a card liable to be. called "can
only be required to play it by the adj
versary on his right" Or that. ''if
such adversary plays without calling it,
the holder may play to that trick what
ne pleases?" Also, eff it is the hold
er's turn to lead the card must be
called before the preceding trick has
BEEN turned and quilted or before the
holder has led a different card; other
wise he may play as he pleases?" An
other point often missed in this case
is that although the left-hand adver-
sary cannot call the card, he may tell
his partner of his right to do so, al
though if the left-hand adversary call
the card himself the penalty becomes
void. This seems like splitting hairs,
but that is the way the law reads, and
PAasy CAo WhO diC up oil I'D PCSuiioi ltlCo
are quick to take Advantage of them.
A mistake that is often made is con-
sidering card that has been led out
of turn as one liable to be callel Such
card should be taken back into the
hand, for the penalty for this trans
erosion is far more severethan simply
calling the exposed card. eff the error
is discovered before all have played
to such lead suit may be called
from him Chat is to say, the player
who has led out of turn, or his part
ner the first time it is the right of
either to lead" This penalty also can
only be exactel by the adversary in the
right from the leader from whom a
lead can be rightfully called, though
here again the partner may tell what
the penalty is. If a player leads when
it is the right of the adversary to do
so the right to call lead is lost unless
the penalty is announced before the
first trick taken by the offending side
is turned and quilted
These are few of the intricate ques-
tons that are frequently coming up in
play and where generally profound
ignorance of the laws under which the
game is at present played is exhibited.
A TROPHY DEAL.
The following deal. which was nlay-
ed between the New Jersey and Ameri-
can Whist Clubs, in the Challenge
Trophy series, affords good illustra-
lions of two entirely different systems
OF tactics applied to the same hands
At one table, North and South play the
establishment game; at the other a
cross ruff is instituted.
TABLE NO. 1.
New Jersey, N. C S.; American, E.
& w. Trump, Club. Leader, north.
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American, N. & S; New Jersey, I
o Wy
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elght, New Jersey, five.
COMMENT.

american, elght; New Jersey, five.
COMMENT.
Trick NORTH hits his partners
hand, but it is questionable whether
the singleton lead is sound from his
holding. The ruffing tactics pan OUT
better than could have been expected
on account of the fact that South's
hand also contains singleton.
Trick S-The diamond lead after
Vests two discards. looks little haz-
ardous. 1t loses trick. If North had
come back with the spade which his
partner has already ruffed, South would
have returned his last heart, enabling
the trump to score, and North and
South make with each of their trumps.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28
STILL IN THE DARK.

Miss Palisade-Now that have accep.ed
Jack, tel me honestly if he has ever
kissed your
Mss Summft-W'hy don't you ask him?
Miss Haiisade-I have, and be says no.
Detroit ree Press.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28

aroused them from their happiness in a
tone of impatient anger by saying:
Alice. kiss the young idiot, ana let him
go homel''
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28

Unconscious humor has a favor PC
cullarly its own. Musical America re-
ceived a notice last week which reads.
Miss -, the young American com
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28

poser. is suffering from appendicitis
and Is dangerously i'll at her home.
Her latest song. 'Good-by,' has iust
been published by 49,"
The age-herald., 1899-05-04
THE NATURE oF:THE CONTEST

From the Mobile Register.
 The fight for the control of the demo- cratic party in Alabama begins today in Montgomery. On the ene side are the men who have for years occupied the position of leaders, by virtue of possession of the confidence of the people. On the other is the governor of the state, who in few years time has built up following by a careful distribution of the offices he had at his command. On the one side is what may be described the pride of state, the desire for the greatness and prosperity of Alabama; on the other is the desire for power, the hope of reward through public office On the one side are thousands who care nothing for any gain, who have never held office and never expect to do so; and on the other are those who recognize that they can hope to hold office Cor get it if they do not already hold it) by combining their forces and obeying the commands of the "boss." This Is the spectacle present. ed to the attention of Alabamians and the world today.
The age-herald., 1899-05-04
submitted this proposition to tbe neonle

submitted this proposition to the people and should then hasten to withdraw 1t be- cause it was indorsed by democratic con- vention and is being urged by the demo- cratic state convention is something we confess our inability to understand It is out of the usual order of politics And Governor Johnston Is neither mugwump nor a statesman whose disinterested pa triotism is above party.
 MT. Johnston is probable candidate for United States senator from Alabama to suc- ceed Senator Morgan and Senator Morgan advocates the constitutional convention In the course of his message to the legisla- ture, Governor Johnston says:
 Ut is proclaimed that senators from this state, the creatures of the general assem- bly, are to instruct the members in their duties, and that members of congress are to join in this gratuitous advice
 Here is a direct personal thrust that is at least suggestive, if 1t does not throw searchlight on the situation. We believe there is more of personal politics than any thing else over this row that has been raised in Alabama concerning the pro- posed constitutional convention.
The age-herald., 1899-05-04
MINISTRY RESIGNS
Sequel to Scene in Italian Chamber of
 Deputies Yesterday

Rome. May 3.-The Italian ministry has resigned
 The ministry which resigned today was constituted June %, 1898, as follows:
 President of the council and minister Of the interior, General Luigi Felloux.
 Minister Of foreign affairs, Admiral De- lice Napoleone Canevaro.
 Minister of the treasury, Pietro Vac chelli.
 Minister of finance, Baola Carcano. Minister of justice and of ecclesiastical affairs, Camille Finocchiaro Aprile. Minister of war, General Alessandro Asi- mari Di San Marsino.
 Minister of the marine, Admiral Giuseppe Palumbo.
 Minister of commerce, industry and agri- culture, Alessandro Fortis.
 Minister of public instruction, Professor Guido Baccelh.
 Minister of public works, Pietro Lacava. Minister of posts and telegraphs, Nunzio Nasi.
 The resignation of the ministry is the sequel to scene in she chamber of depu- ties on yesterday.