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J- CHILD AND MOTHER. 0 Vothei My Love, if you'll irle m' your band Ami -o where I ak to wander. 1 will lead yoo asy ' beautiful land The dreaiulaud that's waitms out yon der. We'll walk la it garden out there Where moonlight ani starlight art" streaming. And the floer and the bird are tillius the air With the fragrance and tuuiic of dream ing. There'll be noIittle, t i r-tl out U,y to un drea No uiifwtiona or '-aren to M-rplex you; There'll Ik- nu liitle bniiwn or bumps to caress. Nor patching of atM-kirit;w to vex y.,11. Tor I'll rock joii away ou the ailver-dew H renin And ine you asleep when yiii're weary Ami no one xhall know of our Ix-Hutifiil ilreain Hut you and your ow n little dearie. And when I am tired I'll netle my load in trie tiowiin linn a aoomeu iuc wioiteii. And the wide-awake stain (.i.nl! King in my ted A aortic whieli my dreainine tluill soften fv, aiotiier-.iiy-love, let nie take your dear hand And away through the starlight we'll wander Away through the mist to the beautiful land J he dreamland that a waiting out yon der! Eugene Field. AMATTEROFLNSTINCT Kate wa a cat ami Leonard Merrick wan a moiixe. i nere ii.nl been Nome rare ort, hut Merrick wan of the opin Ion that it could not last uiucli longer. Me hud run thin way and that way and a thousand timeH he had funded that he wan going to wnpc, lint al ways the velvet pawn, with the long. sharp claws Hprlnglng out of them, had caught him Jmt lu time. So at lust fie lay huh, pautlng, not knowing n hlch way to turn. lie wjih in a llg city all alone. The people who ruabed by him were like the thought that whirled through hln brain; they were Klindowa, and the ev--rrliist in train of them Imd no bcglu ul tig nor end. Me could not dlsHngiilnli the real men and women whom he tuiw from thoe whom lie merely remem bered. Now and again there ap-:ired In the throng the faeen of the dead. Me lld not mind flume, but therp were -other that he nhnink from. Mo stood with his back ngainat the Iron fence In front of Trinity Church. There wan jimt light enough lu the western sky to give the pile of Btonc a Khadow which fell ujHiu hurrying thou sands who did not notice It. Merrick's hands were In his xx kets. Me crumpled a crackling piece of vapor which meant that he could live several days longeMf he cared to do no. Aa to a more extended future, lie could not picture It. All the linen of his life twined to end In a knot, which could by no mean lie united, but mimt merely be dropped. Me remembered that there were miracles, but lie could not think of one to vvlnh for. From 3 o'clock till 4 the crowd lu that part of Broadway In rich and prosper-, nm; from 4 to 5 It bonum of wealthy connection and lake a utrong Intercut In life; after 3 It loses ente rapidly, and by 0 It is a lot of wenry people going home to aiipper. Merrick fell the de generacy of the throni; without really peeing It. If a whole afreet full of peo ple could get shabby In an hour, was It any wonder that he had done it In five yearn? Me crowned Broadway and walked down Wall direct, (dowdy and with hes itation, for he had tio errand. A voice cried, "Cab, air!" almont In IiIh ear. He turued and looked up at the man on the box. "Ih It possible." he said to hiuuef, "that I Ktlll look like a gentleman?" Me lelt toward the cabman as toward one who had given him u helping hand. hy not pay the debt? To do ho would cost him only a day of his life. Me had a $5 bill in hi pocket. "Ye," he said; "take me up to the Fifth Avenue Hotel." It wu the first place that had come into his mind. Me got Into the cab, and mapped the door. The euKhloned neat and the comfortable support for hi head were refreshing. A fancy cwme to him that he would dlue decently and then go to a theater. The extravagance would be trifling, for It wu really of mall ImiKirtnnce whether be star.ved to death ou Hunday or the following IIR DOllOKD HACK, rOVIklMO THE BII.I.S WITH HI HAIIDa. Weotiesday. Me wma In a mood to make Jeat of it all. A strong glare from an electric light struck down Into tb rarrtage, and made risible to him a package , In brown puer, that looked aa If It might Ik a sandwich. The object protruded from under the aet. He thought It , Bluet be the cabman' supper which had ' tteen bidden In wtne small loefcer and had fallen upon the floor. The Idea that the feod atwuM be epelled wee to iMaiMa Herriok, Atal eo be picked p the little brew baaatle. It wis enuUler tbaa be bed nvpoeiid, fiet It did not fe like bread. But bad It fweti food and he at the InxJ pang of starvation, the touch of it would not have sent nnl, thrill through all hi frame. Me knew that the contnt of that package wan money. It felt like a uiae oi bills, folded, awkwardly wrupied up and fastened with elastic I .a mis. through the bmwn covering Merrick i-ould feel the crispm-Mi of the govern ment paper. The amount might le a Msr man's monthly wage or a rich mau' proiit m a great transaction. A to his own conduct in the matter. Merrick had no doubt whatever. Fate had thrown this money Into his bauds, and fate might take it away, but not if he could hold on tightly enough. Ills ringers trembled as he picked at the elastic bands. Suddenly, and without liis knowing why, the rubber utrings vanished with a loud snap that startled him. and the package (sprang ojs-n on his knees. Me caught a flash of preen color, und then the cab rolled out of light into shadow. It seemed a long time before another light sirin k in upon him. At the mo ment when it did so he saw a face close to the cab door and he dodged buck, i-overiiig the bills with his hands. But the chance puswenger ou the street saw nothing; he was thinking of his own affairs, no doubt, and had no Inkling of the strange thing that passed ho cloe to his eyes. Merrick was himself again In a mo ment, and he bent forward, eagerly scanning the bills In bis hands, and counting them feverishly. There were forty of them, ami each was of the de uominnilon of $1,k0. Throughout the later period of the young man's misfortune he had bad substantial! but one w Ish -- to rest. Best has many forms, milted to a vast variety of Indl vldimrtastcs. 'To Mer rick lu his day dream It bad always taken the form of travel without care. Al! path lie open to n man who has $4(l,fsi, and there Is no reason why care should sit Isdilnd him as he rides. Merrick had only the most shadowy thought for the person who had lost this money. Me did not even speculate ujsiti the manner of its loss. It had passed .into the control of one who needed It, and that was enough. Me dlsHsed the notes In his pockets In the let Interests' of comfort and snrety. Iben he folded tip the brown paper a mi .cketed that also, w ith a dim consclousnetis that, If it were left AROfSEt) lllf A KNOCKING AT THK DOOU. lu the cab, It might get the driver Into trouble. The fellow wa honest, no douM. anil Merrick did not wish that he should suffer a wrong. I le preferred to keep the wrapper himself, and Dike the risk of It until he could And some means of disposing of It that would be safer than throwing It out of the cab window. Mow to leave the cab was a question that concerned him nearly. Me did not wish to confront the driver again, for there might lie un Investigation, and the queHtlon of Identification might arise. In which case It would be well to have the man know a little, a isiible of Merrick's personal appearance. Me reflected with satisfaction that the spot on Wall street where be had entered the carriage had been rather dark. The cub stopped suddenly, Its path lieing blocked by n tangle of vehicle. Merrick put hi hand upon the latch of the dKr. It yielded noiselessly; the door swung open. Merrick stepped out. Turning back for an Inntaiit he perceived the cabman sitting upon his Ikx In entire uncon Hclousnetui of the fraud that waa Mug practiced upon him. Ho wa a poor man, and doumleaa worked hard for all the money that he received. Still, It wa reckless to attract his attention again; esrieclally bo, after having left the cab In that strange manner. There wa a way to the aide walk through the pren of vehicles. Herrlck aaw It from the corner of his eye, and wa alKut to hike advantage of It. In tead, to hi surprise, he found himself turned toward the cabman, and Im mediately he heard hie own voice say ing: "I have decided to get out here. Mow much do I owe you?" The cabman named the price, and Merrick paid him with the $.1 bill which had been the sum of his wealth, and the end of It eo far aa he could ace, ho ahort a time before. He counted hi change carefully, rememlerinj thut be would proliably have to wait until the next day before lie could break one of the thousand. Enough remained to him from the bill for a eupjier, a bed atid a breakfaat When lie had found a restaurant lie ordered a meal and ate It with a relish. It was enchanted food. It was the fare of an Atlantic liner, the delicacies of European hotela, and the frulta of the tropica. He cared little for his bod. It would be no more than a piece to lie and think of the future. It wee many a night Ince he had really slept Certainly, with ao much upon hie mind, he would not aleep thla night, even If be should try. Ho when he had been shown to bis room In the hotel he plied bis pillows against the headboard of the bed and reclined again tbem, full dressed. He wati fery batppy. Me qoestloa of rlfbt or wrae la what be bad done er wbe be expected taste cans to tomsat hi in. For a Inn? time he bad borne hia life like a tremendous burden. Thil had suddenly slipped from hi tdioul ders. b-aving hia natural power be ininiited. hi the midst of bis first vbdon of a new life he wra aroused by a kms-klng at the d-s.r. lie started up; his leg would hardly stipjiort him; be hail no voice with which to ask w ho wa there. But one explanation was possible; he UjUM have been watched by 'be jKilice. Me tottered to the disir and gave ut terance to a hoarse Inarticulate aotind. "Fight o'clock, air," cried a voice I HAVE rOl'NU THK MO.NKY THAT VOU LOST." without. "You asked to Im called, sir." Me rushed to the window and Hung open the shutters. Day streamed In, fltrong and Is-autlful. The gas Hame paled. Me knew that he hud slept as he hail not slept before in years. In the mysterious dclitli of his life he felt a new strenglh stirring, hut It was only nascent as vet. A bath and a brcakfant revived him still more. Me felt the exhilaration of a busy day upon which he was enter- lug. Me scanned the papers, but so vAl 59 'II 3Ci ! ism far a he could see they had no news Conaway of York called for his reso of the money that hud been lost. Me lution limiting speeches to five minutes was not conscious of auy excitement In searching for that news. The fear of ueiecilon liml quite left b in. Of all stolen goods i..,mey 1 the hardest to recover. I'rewntly he found hiuiHclf riding down town In an elevated rallrond train. Me wa going to a steamhip office to arrange Tor his Journey; theu to a banker's for u traveler' check Issik. Misck-ts were bulging with money, but there was something In one of them thiU hi; couldn't remember to have put there. Me pulled If out, and found It to be the brown paper wrapper that bad contained the money. As he hehl It in hi hand It was concealed by his newspaper. No fellow passenger could see It; and it was doubly fortu nate, because, In plain sight upon the impor, were the inline und address: "Herliert I., lira bam, 40 Wall street." The train was just stopping at Hec tor street. That was the atutiou near est the steamship office. Thrusting the brown paper back in his pocket, he left the car anil went with the throng down to the atreet. Me wa thinking about th" a i-omniodfttlon he would choose on t!.,- steamer. Me continued to think of that and kindred subject, yet he turned north on Broadway Instead of south. I'rcfMMitly he found himself ask ing an elevator boy In a big building If he knew where Mr. (irahain's office wu. i f. 'K'hain happened to Ik? In his ouler ofln-e when Merrick entered. Me was pouring a story Into a gray-haired Wall street man, and Merrick heard a few words of It something alKiut cabs, und rush, and en relc.miess. "I have found the money that you lost," said Merrick. "Mere It Is." j ".Ion!" cried the lwiuker, clutching the bills In his fingers. ''.My dear fel low, tell me all almut It." "There's nothing to tell," replied the young man. "I merely found It In the cab." i Mr. Craham eyed him a moment, in HlirprlKe. "Vou take It coolly," he said. "I couldn't tnke It at all," responded Merrick, with a feeble smile. "I don't know why. It was Instinct, I suppose. My ancestors mimt have ben honest men." 'Tpon my word, you must take one of 'these notes," said the banker. "I've offered it In an ad and " "I can't do It," said Merrick. "I don't feel it to le right." "But, my dear boy," exclaimed tho old man, kindly, "I must do some-thing f ir you. I want to; believe me. At least come hack and take lunch with me. Shall we say 1 o'clock?" "It will give me great pleasure," mid Merrick; and, bowing, he turned away, and walked out of the office. Utlca (ilobe. Worm than Ha Happened. I have Juat been reading that Mr. Ter rell's friends tell a good story of th.i familiar manner in which he talks to the Kultnn. It la said that while they were dining together one day at the palace his Imperial Majesty remarked that he regretted to learn that there were four newspaper in the United Htatea which had published articles se riously reflecting on bis administration, and he desired Mr. Terrell to write Trwldent Cleveland and ask him to suppress them. "Why," replied the Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, "there are 33,000 newspapers printed In the United States, and every one of them gives you every morning." Capital. The Telephone. A foreigner haa Infested a telephon ic gear that can be carried with ease on a soldier's back la lieu of the ordi nary knapsack. It combines ths Indis pensable qualities of simplicity, light ness; facility and rapidity of Installa- tso. Wa sbooM tbtak Ustt a pendent of leva wiati be a vary bapps, niK HILLS PASS !, salary, Uuirersitj and Fern Normal I Bil a are Passed. SALARY BILL CARRIES WITH $786,000. . t uivemi j UrU 30.000 for Building- i.u Hie uiu Peru .Normal UrU 20,. OOO for it lloiniltoiy venule Dura Some ork. 1 be Senate. The bills recommended by the sifting nimittee to lie placed at the head of renera" file were as follows : House roll No. 479, by Sheldon of Dawes, regulating fees for the filing of articles of incorporation in the office of Becretary of state. Senate tile No. 133, by Dundas of Ne maha, reducing the fees for legal adver tisements and publication of c junty tax list. Henate file No. 251, by Grothan of Howard, to place express, telegraph and telephone companies under control of the state board of transportation. Kenate file No 2(17, by Dundas of Ne- j malia, to reduce the salary of a state vet erinarian from $2,500 a year to $5 a day for time actually empltyed, and fixing me salary ot three live stock commis sioners at f3 a day for time actually em ployed. J5eal of Ouster presented a resolution calling for the appointment of a joint committee to confer with a like com mittee from the house in regard to the recanvass of votes on the constitutional . "rne'"li",nt, with instructions to report i as 800,1 as possible. The resolution was aloI),ed an(J the lieuUnaut governor appointed as such committee, Beal of ''"ster, Keltz of Keith and Mutz of Keya -I aha. hut he was infored that it was beyond the senate's control, being in the hands of the committee nn ml... in- on rules. Mr. Con away then moved that the committee he I instructed to report. The motion carried, but the committee did not re- , port. I On recommendation of the committee on municipal affairs and the committee . on miscellaneous subject, the following j bills were indefinitely postponed : Hen ate hies Nos. 2f7, 220, 42, 43, 44, 45, 123 122, 179, 91, 283, 282, 139; house lolls os. 435 and 183 I After the noon recess McGann aro?e 1 and moved that he be relieved from further duly as a member of the sifting 'committee. Me was accused of feeling aggrieved becaupe the Hcotia nom.al school bill was expunged from the sift mg committee's report, which he i denied. He, claimed that some mem bers of the sifting committee had not treated him fairly. Action on his motion to be relieved of duty was de ferred. i i The senate resolved itself into com , niittee of the whole with Murphy of (ago in the chair to consider bills p'aced at the head of general file by the sifting committee. Every bill consid ered was recommended for passage. the first so favored was hotiBe roll No. 479, fixing fees for the filing of articles of incorporation in the office of secretary of itate. It was amended so as to regu late the filing of articles of incorpora tion and a senate file dealing witti the same subject was amended so as to cover the matter of fees only. Senate file No. 133, by Dundas of Ne maha reducing fees for legal advertising w as recommended to pafs after a heated debate. Dearing of Cass and Lee of Loyd opposed reduction of fees. The bill fixes fees as follows: Legal advei titing, 80 cents a square and 40 cen is for the second insertion; publishing the county treasurer's Bemi-annual state ment, 60 cents a square and 30 cents for each additional insertion ; other matter lor which the county is responsible, 50 cents a square and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion ; proceedings of the board of supervisors, 10 cents a square; constitutional amendments, $2 a square; tax list, 10 cents for each de scription of land and 5 cents for town lots. Ten lines is declared to be a square and county boards shall let the printing to the lowest responsible bidder. Senate file No. 251, placing express, telephone and telegraph companies under control of the state board of transportation was recommeded to pass. Senate file 267, by Dundas, relating to salary of a state veterinarian and live stock commission was recommended for passage. The senate adjourned for the day o'clock. at Tha Hoax. The house passed the salary appropri ation bill in the comittee of the whole after a very strenuous effort on the pait oi the friends of economy to bring about a general deduction of 20 per cent. The changes w hich were made were in the salaries of the superintendents of the tbree insane asylums which were cut $2,000 each for the biennium or from 11,500 to $2,000 a year. The salary ol the superintendent ol ithe institute for the feeble minded youtli at Beatrice mat cut from 12,000 to $1,800 a tI,d 'Iailr cut was made in the Salary ol toe superintendent of the in stitute for the blind at Nebraska City Tbs superintendent of the fiih commis sion bad his salary cut trom $1,200 to $1,000 a year. The most important cut occurred In tbs suprsma court appropriations, the house rshising to provide for the three j custsatsstoaats asaonnting to $15,000 lor Mm twsnarl Aa aoiuoessiful attempt was BaO tft bssart aa approprtaUaa 1st ibs tjssai sf (ha two satra aajstsnJ etui ji.djet. -a tie nil now siunds the ay for three ju.igeit on'y is provi ded for. J-COMl-AKISON. Thesalary bill as pasted appropr'.ati s f'.t6,000, which is $22,475 less than was appropriated two yeara ago. In the fol lowing comparative statement the salary of the supreme court coinuiistion is in cluded in the appropriation of 1895: 1895. lS9tj. Governor $ 15,400 $ 14 800 Adjutant . . . . 2,000 3,600 Com. of labor 5,000 5,0i0 Secretary of state 15,000 15,000 Auditor 27,400 25,t00 Treasurer 18,400 17,200 Supt. of public inst. . . 9,200 10,200 Attorney-general 9,00 9,600 Com. pub Ids & bldgs 28,200 27,200 District court 224,000 224,000 Supreme court 53,000 35,200 State library 5.400 4,800 Banking department. 5,000 5,000 Home for friendless.. 5,000 5,000 Board of transporta tion 12,000 13,600 State normal school.. 33,500 40,000 Lincoln insane asy lum 10,400 9,400 Hastings insane asy lum 8,000 7,000 Norfolk inane asylum 8,000 7,000 State board irrigation, 9,600 11,200 State nniverhity 19f,295 197,000 Kearney indiis. sciiool 20,400 17,400 Geneva indus. school. 10,400 9.400 O.naha inst. I). & 1), . . 26,500 23,000 Beatrice inst. for fee ble minded.. 14.000 1 3,200 Neb.City inst. for blind 15,600 14,200 Kish commission.... . 2,400 2,000 Indust. home, Milford 6,500 5,500 Sol's home, Gr. Island 9,880 9,720 Sol's home Milford. . . 1,800 3,680 Total $(-,08,475 $786,000 Decrease 22,475 The house then went into committee of the whole to consider the salary ap propriation bill which had been recom mitted on Tuesday evening. Sodermati of Phelps said the main ob ject in recommitting the bill was to re duce the salary of the superintendents of the institutes at Nebraska City and Beatrice. Clark of Kichardton submitted an amendment reducing the appropriation for the salary of the superintendent of the institute for the blind at Nebraska City from $2,000 to $1,800. The motion carried by a vote of 46 to 26. A similar amendment cutting the salary of the superintendent of the feeble minded youth at Beatrice from $2,000 to $,800 was made. After a warm discussion the amendment was carried by a vote of 37 to 30. Clark of Richardson moved that the committee rise and report the bill to the house favorably. A number of mem bers wanted to submit amendments for a general reduction and Ciark wanted the committee bill to stand. The motion opened up the matter of salary reduction. Robertson of Holt, Wooster, Shull and Horner were op pose 1 to being shut off without an op portunity to be heard. Gaylord of Buffalo charged Clark ot Richardson with trying to railroad the bill through in order to get the credit of pushing it. The motion was lost by a large majority, no count being taken. Soderman offered an amendment cut ting the salary of the superintendent of the fish commission from $1,200 to $1,- 000, which carried. v THE STATE PRINTKR. House roll No. 337, authorizing the appointment of a Btate priuter, was post poned. Houe roll No. 675 was placed on gen eral file. It provides for a method of purchasing supplies for state institutions. House roll No. 529 was reported in the shape of a substitute. It authorizes the purchase of a small tract of land for the Hastings atylum. House roll No. 532 was recommended to b engrossed for a third reading. The bill appropriates $.0,000 to defray the expense of investigating the state officeB. No objections were made. A majority of the claims committee reported to place on general file the chicory bounty claims. A minority re port favored postponing the bill. Soder man moved that the minority report be adopied. His motion was lost by a vote ol 20 to 68 and the bill went on general file. - House loll No. 496 to compensate the producers of sugar beets was recom mended for indefinite postponement. A motion not to concur was carried by a vote of 56 to 30. The bill was placed on general file. The committee to confer with the se nate committee in regard to the recount was ai.nmnced as Fernow, Gedes atid Loomis Yeiser introduced a resolution advanc ing house roll No. 405 the anti-pass bill Roberts moved to refer the resolution jto the committee on insane hospitals. A call of the house was demanded. The amendment was losfby a vote of 42 to 46 The resolution was then tabled. PASS THE UNIVERSITY HIM., The house took up bills on final pas sage. House roll No. 203 lor the appro priation of $30,000 for a building on the state university campus, was first. The vote before it was announced stood 49 to 39. A call of the house was demanded and only forty-one members were in favor of raising it, though the attempt was made three times. The house watt ed for Jenkins, who had been excused lor an hour. Jenkins was brought in at 4 :40 o'clock aad tho call of the house was raised. The bill passed by a vole of 01 to 42. toll nail was as follows : Teas Baldwin, Bernard, Blake Burhstt, Byraa, Campbell, Case beer, Qrtrtsnstaa, Casta of Uaeaasar, OUrk of Osta, Curtis, Ursaa, er, Jeukings, Jones of Nemaha, Jones of W ayne, Kapp, Leinar, Li Idell, Mc Carthy, McGee, MeLeod, Mann, Mar shall, Mills, Nesbit, Pollaid, 1'rince, Rich, Roberis, ltoddy, RiU6e, Severe, Sheldon, Sh-ull, Snyder of Johnson, Straub, Sutton, Taylor of Douglas, Taylor of Fillmore, Waite, Wimberly, Ye.ser, Young, Zimmerman, Mr. Speak er 51. Nays Billings, Crouk, Dobson, Endorf, Felker, Gerdea, Givens, Bower, Eager, Campbell, Eastman, Fernow, Gaylord, Grimes, Grosvnor, Hamilton, Hile, Hill, Holbrook, Hol land, Hull, Hyatt, Keister, Lootnid, McCracken, Mitchell, Moran, Morrison, fhelps, Robertson, Smith of Richardson, Snyder of Sherman, Soderman, Steb bens, Uerling, Van Horn, Webb, Welch, Wheeler, Wiebe, Wiuslow, Woodard, Wooster, Wright 42. House roll No. 196, appropriating $20-, 000 for the building of the dormitory at the Peru normal school passed by a vote of 57 to 33. ' The house went into committee of the whole to consider the cl time appro pi iation bill, Jenkins to k the chair. Ry unanimous consent :i jeeitic cor rection of house roll No. V vaa made, TALENTS OF JHE JEW."" J Xy,r Famous in Finance, Philosophy, Med iciue, and Mnaic. n Soneone hag been at the pains recent ly to make an analysis of the character istics of more than thirty thousand prominent men of modern times with special reference to the Jewish race. The results are curious and interesting. They bear testimony also to the re markable versatility and adaptability of the Jewish people and their tenacity of purpose, even under the most ad verse conditions. Although Moses, the greatest of law givers, and Joshua, one of the most brilliant and successful generals, were of the Jewish race, la modern times th Jews are less distinguished than men of other creeds generally as statesmen and soldiers. They have no distinction whatever as agriculturists, engravers, sailors and explorers. Their greatest service to the world has been accomplished in the capacity of actors, doctors, financiers, metaphy sicians, musicians, poets and philoso- phers. In all these lines of human thought and endeavor they have con tributed many illustrious, immortal names. Astronomical science has no brightei name upon its roll than Herschel, ths Jew, and mathematics boasts no great er service than that which It received at the hands of Jacob! Cremona. In biology also the once despised Hebrew has made his mark. Bernstein, Re mak, Rosenthal and Valentiue have done large service as physiologists; Cohnheim, Hlrsch, Llebrelch, Lorn broso and Troube as pathologists will, perhaps, be recognised, while F. Cohn Is, perhaps, the third greatest botanist In Germany to-day. But It Is In the realm of music that the genius of the Jew has had its largest development: and accomplished the most brilliant and original results. One has only to think of the wonderful achievements of such masters of the art divine as Mendelssohn, Meyerbeei and Rubinstein, to say nothing of Mo scheles and Haley, to realize how poof the world would be had not these men of the Jewish race lived and wrought as they did. Surely the mantle of Da vid, the poet king of Israel and ths great master of the sacred song, has fallen on not one, but many, of his descendants In these later days. Jack sonville Metropolis, " Dreams! Dreams!" s Soon after Dleraell had quitted tho active arena of tfie House of Commons for the "glided mausoleum" of the House of Lords be was visited at hlu houae by his friend. Lord Gower. The two men sat by the fire In the grate, and the ex-Premier talked of his own political career. At last he ceased talk ing, and gazing abstractedly into the burning coals, muttered: "DreaxnsI dreams!" The mournful, half-audible exclama tion Is suggestive. Apparently it lndl cated that be who had for long, labo rious years devoted himself to his ooun, try found In that fact no solid satisfac tion. Is that the usual fate of retired statesmen ? The Incident Is quoted by Mr. ruck erman as a thouglit-provokliig addition to his account of an interview wltb William H. Seward, published in "Per sonal Recollections of Notable Poopie." While Mr. Seward, In 18T2, was sufc fering from paralysis at his betas b Auburn, New York, Mr. Tuckermaa went out of hts way to pay bis reopesta to the veteran statesman. He fowaj him unable to nee his arms and legs) but with his mental faculties on: ass. Ialred. For the two days the guess) enjoyed tho statesman's hospitality tos was euiMtilned with reminiscence and anecdotes. When he was departing Mr. 8eward took him aside and said: "Now tell me what I can do for you. If I possesi any Influence wltA the present ad sain Istration, 1 am at your service." Mr. Tuckerman replied that tbs only service he could do for biro wss to get better health at bis earliest conve nience, and to let tbs world hear frosa him occasionally. "Do you mean to say," asksd Mr, Bewwrd, "that you came out of yow way to ylsit a broken-down old man like me without a single Interested motive beyond that of seeing mef" Hs noticed that bis guest was an noyed by the ImpUomtsMt, aad added, wltb emotion: "I do aot have many sock visitors aswaday," , Tboss last wards Rsgsrsd la she Was bis," be aakad "ao a ts ths fate that too bta rsalrjd stasssvaar Osao ap tbs laacs rows.