sentences:  Catholic periodical "Žemaičių ir Lietuvos apžvalga" (Samogitian and Lithuanian Review) appeared in October 1889 and Tumas contributed articled on Catholic and Lithuanian topics.His first contribution to the Lithuanian press was a correspondence to either "Varpas" in 1889 or "Žemaičių ir Lietuvos apžvalga" in 1890.Due to a bout of tuberculosis, Tumas interrupted his studies in early 1890 and returned to his native Maleišiai for vacation and treatment for a year and a half.