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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-25
SCIENCE CLASHES
WITH SENTIMENT
OVER VVSECTION
Medical Specialists War on Bill
Demanding the Use of
AnaeSthetics.
HALTS ADVANCE OF
SURGERY, THEY DECLARE
DR.. Edward j. Ill Protests in Be-
half of l,4O0 Physicians of
State at Trenton Hearing.

TRENTON. Feb. 25.-Science and
sentiment clashed yesterday at the
hearing on the Lowrey anti-~vivisection
bill before the health committee in the
Assembly chamber, when reputed
medical specialists, with scientific
arguments. opposed the measure, and
followers of the state humane societies
resorted to sentiment as a warrant for
the passage of the proposed legisla-
ton.
The anti-vivisection act was intro
duced by DIR. James H. Lowrey, of
Newark, a member of the House, as
supplemental to the legislation of 1880
preventing cruelty to animals.
The opponents of the bill argued that
the advance in material civilization de-
pended upon a conquest of nature.
The abnormal conditions produced by
anaesthetics, it was said, would render
experiments by vivisection practically
useless. If enforced it would hamper
the medical fraternity of New Jersey.
The advance in many branches of
surgery, 1t was argued, has been made
possible by experiments in vivisection.
There were scores of women from
all, parts of the State gathered in the
Assembly chamber and gallery, while,
in a solid phalanx, more than 100 men,
bers of the State Medical Society, all
practising physicians, protested against
any move hat might hamper or pre-
vent experimentation or research that
required the vivisection of guinea pigs
and other animals.
Former Assemblyman William Pen
nington and former Senator William II.
Francis, of Newark, lawyers, were the
chief speakers fer the bill, although
their efforts were backed up by the
women of the Humane Society of New
Jersey and a number of men, who de-
clared that they were opposed to vivi-
section because 1t worked cruelty and
caused needless suffering.
Prince Leads Opposition.
The medical men were definite in
their arguments offering masses OF
data to prove their claim that there
was need of the method of experiment
which the bill was framed to prohibit
except under close restrictions. Prof.
John d. Prince, of Columbia Univer-
sity,. who is a member of the commit
tee as an Assemblyman representing
Passaic County, took a leading part in
the ~discNassion Of the bill (
DIR. Edward j. I'll. of Newark, presi-
dent &c the State Medical Society, said
hat ip opposing the bill he spoke fol
], 400 physicians. Other physicians who
raised their voices in protest included
DIR. Herman G. H. Herold, president OF
the Newark Board Of Health; Pro
fessor William b. Scott, who occupies
a chair at Princeton, and DR.. James T.
WriPhtsou Newark
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Richly Decorated
Limoges Chine,

Plates -Regular prices 7sc to $40, at
38c TO SIS.
After Dinner Tea and BouiIIon
Cups and Saucers-Rsgular prices 75c
to 500, at $50 to S5c.
Cracker Jars-Regular prices Af.7S
to s7.49, at 6Sc TO SO. rs.
Chocolate Jugs = Regular prices
$40 TO 1855, at S1.75 to so. 30.
Tea Pot, Sugar and Cream Reg
u!ar price $40 the set, at $2.75.
Chocolate Sets Regular price $9,49
tn: set, at $4.75.
Salad Bowls Regular price s5.49,
at $2.75.
Fish Sets Regular price SOS. 90 the
set, at S47.S0.
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Art Glass Vases; regular prices csc
to s 1893, at 40c to $500.
Art Metal Pieces; regular prices
$40 to $500, at $2.7S to SIP. so.
Umbrella Jars; regular price s6.9s,
at $3.50.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-25

Marble Busts and Figures; regu-
lar prices Si2.4o to $4,000, at 5000
to 500.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-25

Mems AII-Fur Coats of Pony, Calf, Kangaroo
and Australian Opossum; particularly well $1E
made; very roomy; values up to sos; choice at W
Mems AII-Fur Coats of Pony and Raccooni
exceptionally well made; values up to $40 E0
S85; special priced. Few
Mems Cloth Coats, lined with marmot, nat
ural and blended river mink
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thing that would have made that par
ticular letter memorable.
In the same class as the noninclos-
ers are those who say, "Of course.
George will have written you about
the mysterious happenings in the
house of Cynthia Alendale. How do
you account for them?"
1t is more than likely that if George
has written at all he will have said.
81 suppose that Emma has told you all
about the blood-curdling affair at
Cynthia Alendale's so l will not waste
your time by telling you about it. But
wasn't it awful? What are we COM
ing to-"
If only George and Emma had as
sumed that the other had not told a
single thing about the interesting af-
fair. Here and there are people who
hate to receive letters, but most of us
are human (Heaven be praisedD and
so in writing put in all the human
touches you can think of, and don't
assume that "the other fellow" has
written all the interesting news be-
cause you may depend upon it he
hasn't
And remember to put in the In
closure even if you forget to post the
letter containing it.
Copyright, by James Pott & Coz
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04

down the lane. But she didn't appear
to know it, and | want to tell you that
| marveled at such ignorance.
81 didn't have the courage to go
straight up to her, and one night at
meetin', when | was feastin' my soul
with merely lookin' at her, up walked
n feller and asked If he might take her
home. | looked at him, quick-like, eX-
pectin' to see him drop dead, but he
didn't. Then | waited for the light
min to strike him, but it didn't. Then
l waited for her to kill him with a
look, but she didn't. She smiled and
said yes. Then l sneaked outside and
whetted my knife on my boot. There
want power enough on earth to keep
me from bathin' my hands in his
blood. Mother saw that there was
somethin wrong with me and she
came out and asked me If l was sick
| told her | was a dyin', but before
bid farewell to the earth l was goin
to cut scoundrel into strips and
feed him to the dogs. But pap he
came and took the knife away from
me and said if he heard any more
such talk he'd tan my hide till it was
fitten for shoestrings. | don't know
how / got home that night, but after
a long time | found myself a smoth-
erin in bed. There was a we'll in the
yard and I thought I'd slip out and
drown myself. Just then l heard a
rooster crow, and recollectin' that
there was to be a fight over across
the creek within few days, | de-
cided that mebby still had somethin
to live for.
But l didn't give up my idea of
vengeance on that feller, and one day
I met him as I was comm along the
road | lowed that before l knocked
him down It would be we'll to inform
him as to how he stood in my opin-
ion and l started out and l don't know
what l might have said if he had CIV
en- me a chance. But he didn't. He
didn't appear to think that there we're
stars enough, 80 he began to knock
them out of my eyes and I saw some
of them as they sailed away. Among
them was a comet with tail about as
long as a we'll chain. When l came to
muley COW was ringin her bell over
my head. l propped my eyes open till
could get home, and they covered
me with fresh meat and left me to
think over the situation.
1T was no laughin' matter, boys,
I'll tell you that. The next day the
girl came over. She said that she
heard that bull had met me and dis
agreed with me. What a lie that fel-
low had told her; and she insisted on
seein' me. She came into the room
and l looked at her through a hole in
beefsteak. She laughed Oh.
don't blame her now, you understand,
but just at that moment my love
stubbed it's toe and fell, and fell hard,
want to remark. She said she was
awful sorry for me and l said she
acted like it.
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cheek and said: What a dear little
thing 1t is and how much it loves
to please its papa. Paderewski might
interpret it differently but he could
not play it any faster"
And while the daughters pride and
her conscience were having it out be-
tween them, her father said: "Daugh-
ter, 1 toe have a surprise
He turned toward her and contin-
ued: while in New York l visited
an oculist and l can now see as well
as l ever could. How much do you
have to pay month for the thing?"
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Puzzles in Millinery.

"The hats this last winter have been
puzzlers to even their owners" said
the well-dressed woman, as she care
fully adjusted before the mirror a
handsome creation of velvet and
plumes. when l went to my mill
liners few days ago with this hat
on she looked at me minute in sur
prise, and then said: You are not
wearing your hat right She removed
it and replaced 1t as she had intended
it to be worm and then l saw that all
winter | had been walking one waRl
and wearing my hat the other"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04

"And so you are Cal Atterson' S
boy" said Lin Jucklin as he sat down
on the steps of the grocery store.
my, how you young chaps come on.
And you? Alb Saryer's youngest, eh?
Hasn't seemed more than a week
since | saw you riding a stick horse
and here you are big enough to make
love to the girls.
Don't make love to 'em? Go on
with you. III bet your heart has been
wrung and hung out to dry more
than once. When l was about your
age | fell sick along about tobacco-cut-
ting time, and | didn't think I was
ever goin' to get we'll The cause of
my sickness was a young gal that
came into the neighborhood to visit
her uncle. l haven't time now to tell
you how beautiful | thought she was.
l didn't believe she belonged on the
ground at adjust touched it now and
then to accommodate the earth, you
know. She flew down from a cloud
that the sun was shinin' on and
didn't care to go back. Recollect how
astonlshed | was the first time | ever
saw her eat. | thought she just natur-
ally sucked the honey out of the hon
eysuckle along with the hummin'
birds, and when | saw her worryin'
with an ear of boiled corn big enough
to scare two-year-old calf | went out
and leaned against the fence. But 1t
didn't hurt my love any. | thought
| she did 1t just to show that she might
possibly be a human being. She didn't
want us all to feel bad One night
l groaned so that mother came to
me and wanted to put mustard plas-
ters on me. She lowed that mebby
she might draw out the Inflammation
She thought | had somethin' the mat
ter with my stomach because | had
lost my appetite. l told her that
had an inflammation she couldn't
draw out with yoke of steers Then
she thought l ought to have an emet-
ic | said that if she had one that
would make me throw up my soul she
might fetch it along, but otherwise
1t would be as useless as saying new
to q dead cat Then she thought |
must be crazy and came mighty nigh
hittin' the mark, l tell you.
"A few days afterward, about the
time l was at the height of my fever,
l met the girl in the road and she
smiled at me, and l ran against a
beech tree and if I didn't knock the
| bark off Pm the biggest liar in the
world. When | came to had my arm
around sheep, walkin' across the
woods pasture.
MY, my, what a time that was to
live. The sun had just riz for the
first time and they had just called up
the birds to give out the songs to
them. They want quite done settin'
the stars out in the sky, and they
| hadn't put more than one coat OF
whitewash on the moon. Music-it
want there till she came, and the
orchards bloomed as she walked along
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
Ibsen's Methods.

Blumenthal the great theater man.
ager of Berlin, was once talking with
Tolstoy about Ibsen and said: u
have put good many of his plays on
the stage, but I can't say that |
quite understand them. Do you un,
derstand them?" "Ibsen doesn't un.
derstand them himself" Tolstoy re,
piled; "he just writes them and then
sits down and waits. After awhile his
expounders and explainers come aad
tell him what he meant"
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81 tell you love can't stand much
laughin' at. It's the tenderest plant
that ever peeped out of the soft lap
of creation, and in laughter if there is
no sympathy there's frost. When
feller stops loyin' he sees more than
he did before and yet he is binder.
He sees more In other folks, but sees
that they amt like the one he loved.
And the reason that so few people
marry first love is because that sort
of love takes hold as if it wanted to
kill. Don't appear that anything else
will satisfy it. There's 10 use tryin'
to dodge it, boys; thief in the night
can't slip up on you half so sly. 1t is
the oldest thing in the world, but
it is so new that nobody knows yet
how to handle it. 1t makes ignorance
as wise as a god and hangs a lamp
with perfumed oil where darkness al
ways fell before. A good many of the
old chaps make fun of it, but when
they do you may know that they amt
nothin' but money getters, and that
marks the death of the soul. Does me
good to look at you young fellers;
like to think of the sweet misery
you've got to go through with. Oh.
yes, there's more than one love. It's
like the rheumatism. One attack may
be worse than the others, but it's all
rheumatism just the same, and no
matter how light you've got 1t you
know when it's there. So you are
Alb Sarvers boy. What's your pap
doin' to-day?"
"Arguin politics with a feller when
l left home"
We'll, he was always a mighty hand
to argue. haven't seen him in a long
time It's a good ways to your house,
amt it?"
About ten miles"
yes, and the miles get longer and
the days shorter as we grow Older.
But no matter how old we get, If the
heart remains sound, we never forget
that rheumatism I told you about.
wouldn't give the memory of it for
hardly anything in the world. One
of these days you will see her comm
down the road, maxim the orchards
bloom as she passes along, and you'll
wonder how you can live another min
it, and you'll wish yourself dead just
to make her feel bad. If she laughs at
anything anyone else says it will send
knife blade through your heart, and
if she sighs you'll think it's over some
other feller. There'll be no such thing
as pleasin' you, but I'd rather have 1t
in store for me than mountain range
made of gold. Well, boys, it's about
| time I was a goin' on home There's a
woman there that l fell in love with
years ago, and l haven't fallen out
with her yet.
$50 you are Alb Sarvers boy. You
make me think, my son. 1t was your
daddy that told the girl l had met
bull, and it was your nanny that
made the orchards bloom"
Copyright, by Opie Read)
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almost without warning, her rather
was stricken with blindness, and then
the daughter, taking a leaf out of Dick
ems, determined to play Dot to his
Caleb, and with that in view she
bought a piano player on the install
ment plan.
Her father had been away for some
weeks when the automatic player
came to the house, and upon his re-
turn she said to him: Father, dear
would you like to hear some music"'
And her father said: 81 would. in
deed, daughter, if you can play some
for me. want to see if you have i'm
proved during my absence"
So the old gentleman sat himself
down on the sofa and Curned his ear
toward the piano, and the daughter
put Hungarian Rhapsody by Liszt
In it's place and started the mechanism.
When she came to an end her IA
ther called her to him and kissed her
upon her forehead and patted her
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04

west receives a loving letter from his
mother, in which, after telling him all
the little inconsequences of his native
village, she says, Il did not know
what to get you for your birthday and
so inclose a fivedollar bill"
Imagine the feelings of the poor ten
derfoot, down to his last cent, when
he finds that she has forgotten the in
closure. If only she had forgotten the
village gossip and remembered the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
G. g G.

INCLOSE an in.
teresting clipping
that will appeal
especially to you,
Let me know
what you think of
it,"
And then she
doesn't inclose it
and the recipient
of her letter vain
ly hunts for it.
The noninclos-
ing habit follows
the postal route
all over the world.
1t can be car
ried to madden
ing extremes, as
when the young
m a n W h o i S
stranded in the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04

Now, this story ought to end here,
but it really didn't, because life and
fate have no sense of dramatic fitness.
To begin with, Pearsons business as a
general importer was seriously jeOpar-
died by Grand Duke Alex counter
manding the order for the car by
reason of it's being so behind time
in delivery. AS matter of fact, the
big car had to lie aboard ship at
NikC2aistadt all the winter till the
brealeing of the ice in the spring per-
mitted it to be delivered at Peters
burg again, for the bringing of it over
land was not to be thought of; and
when at length it was landed at the
capital again. and another duty paid
upon it, the police made pointed re-
marks as to its condition. observing
that its tires were well worn, and that
it had more scratches, and bruises,
and dents about it's body than are
usually looked for in a new car To
all of which objections Pearson had
ingenious reasons to offer, backed by
portions of hard currency concealed
in the palm at the crucial moment.
And then Rupert Hamlyn found
that at Nikolaistadt he was by no
means out of the wood, for it took
him the best part of the winter to get
by easy stages over the Prussian
frontier Perhaps Jack Calvert was
the only gamer, for he made a news
paper boom out of the thing that will
be remembered now, though he, like
Hamlyn, has found it safer to leave
Russia out of the sphere of his actiy-
tiles Just for the moment.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04

is, is not moujlk lie spoke English
to me-
And he writes a better fist than |
do" said Calvert. Somebody else
who is not what he seems. What a
country this is!
Hes able to find out things, any
how" returned Pearson, "and for my
part / feel like believing. DO you
know where this Yugovskov is?'
Sort OF penal island on the Arctic
coast, isn't it,
That's it, I've heard it described
a fiendish place absolutely remote
from any civilization whatever. 1t is
about five miles from the mainland.
Nothing grows there. In summer it is
more or less Of a swamp, with mos
duftoes that will bore holes through
blanket swarming there in millions,
ana i'm winter it is one long night.
The prisons are not guarded. II they
20 away and cross the ice to the main
land they only die, for five or six
hundred miles of swamp and forest
lie between the coast and any settle
ment. Prisoners never come back
from there. They mostly commit
suicide. Even the guards are men
who have been sent there for punish
ment. The place is only accessible in
winter by sledge. and even then it is
fifteen hundred miles journey
And he's already started said
Calvert. gloomily, under a sufficient
guard, | have no doubt | suppose
they'd start for Viborg by the COS
train. From there they'd begin the
sledge journey. Now, what's to be
done? Such a thing as a sledge being
held up has happened before now he
added, thoughtfully.
I'm open for anything" declared
Pearson.
You mean you are willing to run
risks" said the correspondent, feeling
for big pipe in his jacket pocket
and when he had found it thought
fully examining it with coarse tobacco.
Now, what sort of risks? It's a big
order butting ones head against the
Russian government
II know, but | owe it to Hamlyn.
He once helped me out of hole, and
it was bad hole, and he ran pretty
bad risks in doing it. You know, |
am a bad hand at putting these things
into words, but what feel is that
even if knew that an attempt to res
cue him would be fruitless, even then
| should try
by the way" murmured the jour
nalist, gazing refectively out of the
window, that car you have imported
for the Grand Duke Alexis it gone
delivered eh? | fancy his grace has
not yet returned from the Crimea."
The car is still in the warehouse,
returned Pearson, lifting his eyes sud
denly as though to read the purport
of the others question.
Then if you're seeking risks, said
1 Calvert, slowly, seek useful ones
How long would it take to get that
car tuned up and going?"
Cad cried Pearson, under his
breath, lis that your idea? I'm with
you It's our best chance! Let's look
at the map"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04

HEARD a beau
tiful story the
other day about
an afflicted father,
a loving daughter,
and a piano.
1t seems that
the father had
long wished his
daughter to be-
come a proficient
performer on the
piano, and the
daughter, distrust-
ing her own capa-
bilities, had made
up her mind that
she could never
play well enough
to make her de-
votion of hours
and hours of prac-
tice worth while.
Suddenly. and
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"The airs nippy, eh?" said Calvert
as he slipped the second speed in.
They We're going over the bridge
which leads to the Viborg high road
The journalist was steering, with
hands encased in fngerless gloves
made of fur.
It's enough to cut your face off,
that's a fact" answered Pearson, gaz-
ing forward through the frozen scud.
I'VE really need masks for this job"
The thermometer was one degree
above zero The cold as they sped
through the air seemed to lay hold of
the muscles of their faces and paralyze
them They lost sense of feeling in
their ears. Their eyebrows and eye
lashes grew stiff with ice.
They crouched low in the car, these
two who, with little thought, had
started out with their lives in their
/ hands. 1t was a desperate enough
/ journey in itself without what lay
/ beyond, but the one was urged on be-
cause he had a debt to pay-a kind of
/ a debt that is 50 seldom paid-a debt
/ of gratitude, while the other just
/ because, viewing the thing with pro-
/ fessional eyes, he had perceived
copy in it. And, moreover, his sense
Of danger had become blunted long
/ ago.
The man whom they pursued had,
with his captors, got a II hours
start. BY means of discreet bribes
/ placed in the right quarters they had
found confirmation of their first in
formation, and they had learned that
as soon as Viborg was reached the
prisoner would be hurried away north
without delay Here the railway
ended, or rather went on to the west
to Eknas and Abo. TO go north and
east meant iourneying by sledge-
fifteen hundred miles of it, slow
terrible iourney-in chains. Some
where after Niborg they hoped to
overtake the sledge. What would
happen then depended ON circum
stances. They were prepared to take
risks.
Now they were away from the city
The houses grew sparse. Odd clumps
of white-edged pines struggled here
and there along the roadside.
Viborg at last! A white silent city
A light here and there shone through
the double windows, and there was &
fragrant, hospitable smell of wood
SMOKE in the air. They did not stop
1t was a place whore questions might
have been asked.
They carried enough food with then
and they ate as they went along
Night came on again and found then
no more than 20 miles beyond Viborg
A wall of close-growing pines bese
them on each side The gloom of tn,
forest was about them. Post-house.
they did not stop at, for fear o
questions being asked as to thei
journey.
And yet, observed Calvert
through his furs, I'VE shall have t,
/ risk it. We shall have to call at tn,
, next post-house because we want in