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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
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YT there Is a day in the life Of
IsraePs religion more important
than others it is the Day of Atone
ment. 1t conveys to our minds
first, the proneness of man-his
weakness and the loving kindness Of
God, who in his magnanimity has ap-
pointed a day whereon to pardon his
children their follies and foibles
Then again it suggests that man Is
the highest object of creation; the very
image Of God, and that he can put him
self in communion with his Greater
whenever he becomes conscious Of his
guilt.
The most unworthy can go to this
merciful guardian when he becomes
sincere and earnest without having
as an object a person for his atonement.
God is our father and we are his chill
dren, and Just as a father pitieth his
child, go will God have compassion
upon US when we are sincere and con-
trite.
The greatest difficulty in presenting
ourselves before the throne Of grace is
the thought that we can commit wrong
after wrong and expect the Day Of
Atonement to wash US clean from the
scarlet of our sins. Our sages have told
us that Sins committed against God
the Day of Atonement will pardon, but
sins committed against our neighbor
the Day of Atonement will not pardon
until reparation has been made to the
injured party" That is divine Justice
God is as kind and as merciful to one
as he is to the other, and in order to
enjoy the real spiritual atonement we
must plead in deeds as we'll as in words
To be cleansed from all our sins we
must not only profess repentance, but
we must be really repentant The
Day Of Atonement is intended to recon
cile man to man and man to God. It
is the greatest day in the spiritual life
of any faith, and it's conferring upon
man the dignity of making him per
sonally competent to come before God
as a mediator confers divine power
upon each Individual No mediator be-
tween God and man is the spiritual
meaning of the Day of Atonement.
NJ. S. LEVY,
Rabbi Congregation Beth Israel.
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treat for insects too closely pursued by
rebellious guests.
Above the table on a piece of fy-specked
cardboard were scrawled the following
rules:
Price Of room one day. Two rubles
Extra bed. .........................Ft Fifty cents
Tea tor Twenty five kopeks
Tea for two. Forty kopeks
Dinner (three dishes. s)............ Ono ruble
Dinner Ctwo dishes). ..Seventy-hve kopeks
Every person taking q room must pay
for twenty-four hours, no matter how
short his stay
The person who stays thirty-six hours
twenty-four must pay for an extra half
day.
The person who stays thirty-six hours
must pay for forty-eight hours.
In the late afternoon we strolled to the
bank Of the Amur, and seeing it flowing
swift and strong, a full mile wide, could
easily accept its length as 2700 miles. The
water front is an incomplete piled bund
two miles long, at which are moored mar
row. rooted stages, with high arched en-
frances that serve as wharves, and to
which steamers and barges tie. There is
an immense amount of traffic on the river
and its tributaries, and IN the open sea-
son over 100 steamers of the side-wheel
and stern-wheel styles, some screw tugs
anu anu iIlduJ Ui6 DdTB0S are IN
active service. The floating piers, steam
ers, barges, junks, boats, canoes and RATS,
the teams, carriage and cask water CARTS
the peasants in bright, crude colors, the
Chinese in blue, the Koreans in white
the soldiers and civil-service men in uni
forms bright in stripes and facings of
different colors, gold and silver, and the
silent, eddying, foam-bearing river are
features of Khabarovk scene on any
summer day. Two blocks from such a
scene we heard clanking chains, and
around the corner came forty prisoners in
Gordon of soldiers. They were Just from
Russia and on their way to the island of
Saghalien. This was our first sight of ST.
berian convicts. Six of them wore leg
shackles, and the others were ironless.
They walked at brisk pace of their own
setting, looked strong and healthy. and
even the shackled men did not seem leg
weary. giant in shackles, standing six
feet four inches. and on the sunny side of
80, lowered far above his fellows and the
guard, and as the party passed from our
gaze the last rays of the setting sun made
beacon of his blond head
A dozen brick buildings, one school for
girls, 1OOx250 feet, another a store about
the same size. were being built by Chinese
workmen, with hours of from q. m. to 5
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~ ON KIPPUR Yorn, the dayt KIP
pur. pardon). or Day Of Atone
ment. will be observed on the 10th
VI day Of Tishri, which corresponds
e to the 18th day OF September IN
the standard calendar, by Jews all over
The world with but few exceptions
Yom Ktppur is the only fast day or
dained by Moses, and was originally
meant, perhaps, as a temporary Gay OIL
expiatiou for the sin Of the worship OF the
golden calf, yet It was permanently In
stituted by Moses as a day of atonement
for sin in general.
The later Jews, however, instituted
few more fast days in commemorauon or
some disastrous events. especially, which
occurred at and after the time
OF tie destruction Of the two
temples. but these additional fast
davs have now become almost obso-
lete. The one ordained by Moses Is still
as generally observed as 1t was at any
time in the history Of the ancient Jews,
but the ceremonies connected with the
day have been considerably modified.
The ceremonies observed by the ancient
Jews on this great fast day were legion.
The high priest had to prepare himself
IN nearly solitary confinement for the ar
duous duties that awaited him and to
avoid all that could disturb his devotions
or rerier him unclean. The most re-
marka Die ceremony Of. the DAY was the
entrance OF the high priest into the sane
tuary where the ark containing the tables
OF the law, or the Ten Commandments.
was kept, a thing not allowed on any
other day OF the year.
The high priest entered the sanctuary
four different times. The first time he
was provided with the golden censer and
q vessel filled with incense. The vessel
was placed between the two poles Of the
tabernacle and the incense upon the Goals.
This done. ne went out backward. so as
not to turn his back upon the sanctuary.
At his secord entrance he took with him
tie blood of bullock, which he had
sacrificed in expiatiOn OF his own sins
and hose CT the other priests. placed
himself between the poles Of the taber-
nacle dipped his finger in the blood and
sprinhleG il sever times below and once
above the mercy seat, or cover of the
ark, on which were placed the cherubim.
The third time he entered with the
blood Of ram which he mad offered for
the sins Of the nation. With this he
sprir,sled the veil Of the tabernacle eight
times, and having mixed it with the blood
OF the bullock he sprinkled I toward the
brass and gold covered wooden horns OF
the altar OF incense seven times and once
above i. toward the east, after which he
altar Of burnt offerings and again left the
sanctuary, taking with him the basins
which had contained the blood. The
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was young I could be merry in spite of a
Woman's peevishneSs. WolSey encOur-
aged me to make the most of my youth,
while he bore the burden of state-disin-
terested advice! When / found youth had
passed ] saw my life ridden by priests and
frittered in the rejoicings of fools. It was
time TO be free and a King. And | am.
A little neck" he muttered. closing his
hand on it.
You choke me-" she gasped. Still he
throttled her. Then he flung her off.
and evident hypocrisy and sophisticatton.
wins our sympathies, and the King and
Cromwell become hateful people
The writer's opinion of Cromwell IS not
Froude and others in believing him thor
oughly dishonest in his professions Of
piety. He says that, on good authority,
it is known that :, he had T. been e. feryent in
that was convenient. However. some of
the most interesting passages in the book
are made so by words of his. OF much
that is quotable the following is selected:
I'VE thirst for wine, and the gods lavish
1t upon us as soon as the years have
soured it to vinegar"
"All gayety is innocent, as flame must
be pure, though 1t rises from burning
THE muddy gardener digs while the
lovers gather the roses; Seeds are planted
in graves Wedding England, | have not
spared crowned thistles."
when q man is feeble, his mould Is
effeminate and his stains are enduring"
Sunset sees rosy windows"
"a guttering candle is still deadly to
moths"
"Wors hipers kneel to themselves. Yet
the vulgar need threats of damnation.
For their sakes I assume convenient re-
ligions."
Northumberland, referring to his tute-
lage with Machfavelli, says to Crom-
well:
you an Englishman? Soaked in Ital-
ian venomr
One of the most interesting chapters in
the romance is pastoral, when North
cumberland Is cared for by a shepherd
who travels from time to time to the town
and brings back the news of strife and
slaughter, but telling it so simply that
we are given the history and spared the
horror ''The old man recited these
things merrly, contrasting the folly of
great persons and the wisdom Of sheep"
The volume. is illustrated with three
portraits after Hobein, Henry VIII,
Cromwell and Anne Bullen.
Defender of the Faith, by Frank Math-
ew. John Lane: The Bodley Head, Lon
don and New York;
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fourth time he entered merely to remove
the censer and vessel Of incense.
Another Of the peculiar sacrifices Of the
day was the selection Of two goats, both
Of which was to be sacrificed to Jehovah
and the other to be sent to the desert
burdened with the sins of the people and
set at liberty. Lots were drawn to de-
teTmine which Of the goats should be
killed. The scapegoat was CALLED Azazel.
meaning removed or sent-on goat.
PRAYERS and other works of penance.
Among the present orthodox Jews, for
the scapegoat Of old, chickens are sub
stituted, which they call Chapora- Roost-
ers are used for the male members OF the
household aud hens for the female mem
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arations of their elders and surprsins
their youthful friends, whom they have
Induced to "smell it, by the new and
strange odor which brings the ,snlIn unwelcome
caught and made to weep by suddenly
having handkerchief saturated with am
monia or some other liquid thrust In their
faces. 20 oia
1confii1ned 11aEf that he is going to fast the
whole day and not even drink any water.
When Jacob meets his friends in the yes
try T re room he asks with an impressive air
how they are fasting, and II any CONFESS s
that they were only able to stand fast
@ dinner time nfomaton ne wthsrs the that anfqr he
tasnst eatan a thing and that they must
babies G break hsG Of fast sse SO who tasted
IL Sio hstr dav last Yom Kippur, is re-
solved t to break her former record and
David. in all the accumulated wisdom
Of his Of re NV wfS 1s T. ts amsy ToqP f5pn
ing In a strange city, concludes that the
fast day is only an old custom ana IL
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- - VOW X7PPUR--7Ts s7GN7F7cA7oN TO Us JEWs y =

doesn't pay to give up three square meals
a day for old customs sake and to sit In
the synagogue all day long. Anyway
he can get along without religion.
But gradually he returns to the belief in
the old religion. The worlds hard
knocks, when he was just beginning to
doubt the existence of God have led him
to observe, study and investigate, and
he has been convinced that the God OF his
fathers has lost mono of his sway over the
nations Of the earth, and that the laws
OF Moses, which were good for the an
cient Jews, are good for their descend
ants. SO he observes the Day of Atone
ment and you may see him in the syna-
gogue, among strangers it is true, but
still among his own people, united by the
bond that has held them together for over
5000 years, and which promises to hold
them together until the end of time, unit
ed by love of the God of their fathers.
The Day of Atonement has been OBJ
served in all ages and In all countries
since 1T was Instituted by Moses Neither
persecution nor prosperity has had power
to prevent it's observance, and it is safe
to say that Yom Kippur will be observed
for countless centuries to come.
A WEINSTOCK. Stockton
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~ BEARDED from its ritual aspect
j the Day of Atonement has little in
Z il TO engage more than the curiosity
N Of the Gentle. But these even
have fallen away with the advance
Of education and in response TO the
demands IF later-day culture. The mag
nifcent i somewhat barbaric display of
the olden temple is but a tradition n Is
rael to-day In modern times the day has
become, to quote Philo, an occasion for
the discipline of self-restraint in regard to
material indulgence, and for bringing
home TO the popular mind the truth OF the
Bible verSe-that man lives not by bread
alone, but by what God is pleased to ap-
point On this day the Jew prays that his
sins against virtue and conscience may be
forgiven and promises to amend his life
FOR the future. While, however, he be-
Neves that Cod will pardon the repentant
sinner, he is conscious that the sense OF
being forgiven can only be his after he
has atoned for the wrongs committed
against his neighbor by making full
repaT2tiOn.
In olden times the Day Of Atonement
was an even more solemn occasion, viewed
from social standpoint. on that day all
dividing lines were obliterated. All men
were free. No slave owed allegiance TO
any earthly master. AT sunset, when the
trumpet announced the end Of the fast,
the slave who had served his six years
was free to return to his home Every
seventh year the year OF release" was
proclaimed at the expiration of the day Of
atonemeEt. This year Of release CORE
spOnds 10 the statute Of limitation, with
this difference, however, that the release
was for all debts contracted at any time
during the previous seven years. This
was subsequently altered making the
period during which debts were collect
Ible seven years from the date, Of trans
action. The jubilee was proclaimed on
the day oe atonement, from which day 1t
dated.
After the announcement of the jubilee
all slaves returned to the enlUymeHt
of their civil and political rights and all
real estate reverted to it's original owner.
From the foregoing fact one can easily
imagine how auXioUsly The ancient Jew
awaited the advent of the great day-thar
day that would not only see him free
from sir but liberated from the thrall OF
bondage In ten days in every year there
were no slaves. From the first day OF the
seventh month till darkness ended the
tenth day no slave was expected TO serve
his master. Reunited with his family for
that period, ne was expected, like his
master. as the father and husband, to set
his own house n order and purify his
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fast since the days Of Moses. On tho eve
Of Yom Kippur the last meal for the
coming twenty-four hours is eaten. This
meal Is prepared without salt SO as not
to create thirst. After the meal has been
eaten services are attended at the syna-
gogue. Some Of the more devout mem
bers Of the congregation remain in earn
est prayer all through the night. and in
ever, is the exception, not the rule.
Early on the morning of the tenth day
Of Tishri the Jews wend their way, to the
note has been sounded on the shophar or
rams horn, which is the signal that the
great day of expiation and humiliation
Is at an end. The shophar Is sounded at
stated intervals during the day and IN
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PATRIOTIC NUGGETS.

This little book is a collection Of ex-
tracts from the writings Of Franklin,
Washington, Jefferson. Webster. Lincoln
and Beeche-. whose prophetic sayings are
being yearly confirmed. The extracts Sc
lected are chiefly those giving their opin-
ions of America and American people
Although the limitations Of the book
make the extracts brief, they have been
so well selected that the march and
strength of American opinion is quite
completely outlined. 1t will be an excel
lent lesson to compare their patriotic ut
terances spoken from the heart and with
true conviction to the spread-eagle fool
ishness issuing from the lips Of many q
pres snt-day demagogue, working, not az
these men were-for the next generation
but merely for the next election. Even
Beecher sometimes spasmodic, spoke gen.
orally sound sense. 1t is an excellent les
son in progress to occasionally look back
ward for light.
Patriotic Nuggets" edited by John r.
Howard. (Fords, Howard g. Hubert,
New York. Flexible cloth, gilt top, 40
CeQtS)
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bers On the eve Of Yom Kippur they
turn them three times around the head,
each time saying in Hebrew that 'the
chicken is to be sacrificed instead Of mo"
after which II Is slaughtered and used
for food The younger members Of the
family also "shlog Chapora,' as 1t is
called If too young to turn the. chicken
Il for them, while they repeat the prayer.
Much excitement and some fear is felt
If the chicken approaches too near to the
beak and claws are watched with
wholesome respect,
Yor Kippur begins at sunset on the
nirT-t ar of Tishri and continues until
sLcseI. " the following day. There has
been NO modification Of the length Of the
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II sits on rolling and thickly wooded
~ hills on the south side of the Amur
River at point where the course
- of the stream is northeaSterly. The
river bank is bold bluff rs to 200
feet high and here commands vast views
of the Amur, the green, brushy lowlands
to the north, east and west, the intersect-
ing Osuri River and the distant noun
tains. 1t is garrison town of large area,
staring brick buildings, one, two and three
stories high and neat and even pretty one
story log houses running to bright-blue
trimmings Every house, however humble,
has Its thriving window garden of be-
gonias, fuchsias, geraniums, abutilons
and palms. Out of doors the hedge roses
were blooming and the hills were bright
with wild flowers. The streets followed
the natural grades of the hills, as in
Vladivostok, are from 100 to 120 feet wide
and from many points of view, where the
broad thoroughfares and tree-shaded
houses and shining water can be seen at
a glance, the city is fair to look upon.
At Vladivostok we were told there were
no hotels at Khabarovk. There are none.
There are two public houses called hotels
and to one of these, two-story log, the
London, we accompanied our pleasant
Russian travelling companions. There
were fifteen rooms in the London. Mr..
Martzinkavich took two for his family,
we took one and the landlord took us all
in. To get any room was luck. Every
day people were turned away with their
loads Of boxes and bundles. What became
of them Is an unsolved mystery. The dis
appointed men frowned and said things
no family newspaper would print-and
the women, ever patient and passive,
calmly accepted the situation. We who
were housed consoled ourselves with our
window views of the disappointment. We
had no other consolation. Our accommo-
dations were VILE At two rubles a day
we had the use Of room 6x12 feet con-
tanning a looking glass 3x5 inches nailed
on the wall too low for standing use, a
Small metal picher and basin the former
never filled except by special request, a
single iron bedstead, the worn-out
springs of which had been replaced with
boards, three shaky chairs and a common
wooden table. The bed had single straw
mattress and one dingy red blanket and
the floor and table were covered with
dirty and dilapidated oilcloth. The room
was papered in bright blue and the single
sash curtain was Of dingy cotton. Tackled
along the wall beside the bed, probably
for ornament, was the remnant Of an old
felt piano cover. 1t really afforded a re-
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THE STORY OF ERIE.

That there is much Of interest and gen.
eral Importance in the details of the con-
ception and building of railroad will
be proven to any one who reads Edward
Harold Motifs STORY of Erie There is
more than local interest in Erie, for It
was projected over seventy years ago,
when railroads were so little known that
transportation. There. is many an Incl
dent in the record of Erie, startling and
dramatic enough to be of interest In f1c-
ton, and the book will appeal to all
tory of q railroad but as a history of So
ciaf, financial and commercial struggle
and progress. The work covers the his
tory of Erie from 1779 to 1890, and is, aside
from its human interest, very valuable
statistical reference book.
Between the Ocean and the Lakes" by
Edward Harold Mott. John T. Collins,
253 Broadway, New York;
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but rather novel and ingenious in the
arrangement of it's text. The occult
virtue of the twenty magic circles is
debatable, yet even the most skeptical are
surprised at the answers they give to
questions relating to past and future. The
oracle is sometimes a little startling. All
questions and answers of undesirable
character have been carefully eXpurgated
from this edition Of Cagliostro's work,
and it may be recommended as a winter
paStinie and amusement.
Cagliostro-A Book of Destiny Oaird
& Lee, Chicago. Cloth, rs cents.)
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CAGIIOSTRO.

The authorship Of "Cagliostro' is as-
cribed to tho famous Joseph Balsamo,
Count Of Cagliostro. the great fortune
teller OF the eighteenth century. It is
one more of the many "books Of destiny"
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A Jcene in a Jan Francisco Synagogue.

this day In the synagogues of the ortho-
doX one may observe the spectacle of a
ment, spreading his taleth, or praying
shawl, over his young sons, symbolizing
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stirring the hearts of all the members of
a family, welded them, as 1t We're, into
the being with one common sentiment,
with one fervent prayer for forgiveness
yelling up from their inmost souls. To
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Literary Notes.

Elder G. Shepherd Of San Francisco an
nounce for immediate publication. In
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Siberia--Khabaro
sits on rolling and thickly wooded
bills on the south side of the Amur
River at a point where the course
of the stream is northeasterly. The
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Il IS q Day q
Rec econci1iation

~ BEARDED from its ritual aspect.
| J the Day of Atonement has little IN
il 10 engage more than the curiosity
~ of the Gentle. But these even
! have fallen away with the advance
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ON KIPPUR CYo1n, the dayt KIP
pur, pardon). or Day OF Arons %
ment, will be observed on the lOtn
day Of Tishri, which corresponds
to the 18th day Of September IN
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-21
Earlv Pioneer Dead,

Mrs. Henrietta Gitz1af, one of the
pioneer settlers of this county, died
last evening at her home in town of
Somers. In the death of Mrs. Gitz1aff
one of the earliest settlers of the
county passes away. Mrs. Gitz1aff
was born in Germany on April IS,
1914, but when she was as yet young in
years she and her husband, Christoff
Gitz1af, removed to this country and
short time later located in Kenosha
county. When the deceased came to
this county the work of laying out the
lines of the county had just been be-
gun. She has lived here ever since
and is known to nearly every inhabi-
tant of the town of Somers. The
funeral will be held from the German
Lutheran church at Paris on Sunday
afternoon. The deceased is survived
by husband and two sons, John and
August Gitz1aff, both residents of this
county.