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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , MAY 6 , 188U. The Omaha Bee Tnbllkhod every morning , eiceptBnnda Cbe only Monday morning daily , TEUMS MY MAIL- One Year . $10.00 BU MoLths. o.OO | One 1. THE WEEKLY BEE , published c try Wednesday. EEK.MS TOST PAID. On ? Ytfir. . $2,00 I ThroeMontbii. . BlxMonthii. . 1.00 1 Ono s . . AMERICAS' XEWH COMPANY , Knlo Aeti ( for Newedealcrs In the United S tat CM. COItRESPOXDENOK All Comimn tfctiobfl rclfttin ? to News and Kdltoriol int f n should be addreucd to the KUITOU i Hta UFE. BUSINESS LETTERS-All Bnslnc I ? tu-i3 HUH iU-iiilttAticen Miould be ft dtcfsedtoTHE OMAHA PunLiHiiiNO Co : * AKT , OMAHA. Drafts , Checks and Po office Ordets to be made payable to tl order of the Corunany. PUBLISHING CO , , Prop'n Ei ROSEWATEK. Editor. "Proolatnntlon liy tUo Qoverno Convening thoZiORi lataro < WiirnnAi , The constitution of the ft .t of Jseliriuika provides thnt the KOYerno nny , on extraordinary occiwon , canvcn UIP lfi { < lnture by proclamation ; nnd Y/iir.REAi. Important public interest o Bn extraordinary character requires th exercise of this authority ; Therefore , I , wMMntw ? uco , governo of the stale of Nebraska , do hnvuy con vcne the legislature of said ntwte t mco in cpucial ftntnlon at the cnpltnl In Ijlncoli on Wednesday the 10th of Mny , 188' ' , n 12 o'clock m. of * nid day for the purpose , herein Untcd n. follswp , to-wlt : First. To apportion the state Into thrc ( con ( 're Monal districts and to provide fo thfl election of representatives therein. Sccvud. To amend an net at provec March Ht. 18SI. entitled "An net to in corporate cities of the first claia nnd regu Jstion of their duties , powers and gtncrn ment , " by conferring additional powei upon cities of the first claaH fur the pur jxweof paving or macadamizing fttreeti and hllcyiand also providing for the creit < tion unrf appointment of a board of public works therein. Third. To assign th" county of Custei to some judicial district in the ttate. Fourth. To amend ccctlon 09 , chaptci 14 , of the compiled utatuteM of Nebriwkr entitled "Cities of the second class and villages. " Filth. To provide for the ex pe in en in curred in iupprcftsing the recent riots nt O.imbk anil protecting citizen : ) ot the etate fr.im domestic violence. Sixth. To give the nwnt of otntc the to the precision of an net of congreJi tt extend the northern boundary nf the state of Nebraska. Seventh. Topro\idefor the j > aymcnt of the ordinary and contingent cxpenxei of the legltlnture Incurred during the special tcssion hereby convened. In tettlrmmy whereof. I have hereuntr eet my .band and caused to be affixed the ireat ; seal of the ttate. lone at I/ncoln. this 20th of April , A. D.,1882 , the sixteenth year of the ktate , end of the independence of the United Stater , the one hundred and sixth. By i he governor : AuiiNus NANOK. S. J. ALEXANDKU , Soiretary of Sta.e. NOTICE TO NEWSDEALERS. The publisher * of THE HER have made arrangements with the American Xenr Company to supply News Dipotx in III- nois , Iowa , Nebraska , Wyoming and Utah. All dealer * who keep TIIK DAILY llncun Kile should hereafter address tlicii orders to the Manager American Newt Company , Omaha , Neb. PA UN ELL ia now the "uncrownci king of Ireland" nnd "Buckshot" Fos tcr takes a back scat. 'I'm : Dutch captured U oil and cun- turiea a o , and it now looks on if thoj had similar designs on Dakota. Twelve thousand Hollanders are preparing - paring to immigrate to Dakota this teaaon. Miss Piioiuiu COUX.UXH has a now lecture entitled "Some Mistakes about Eve. " A rest on the Mormon fl CommisMon would oiler nu excellent opportunity for extending the acopo of the lecture. THC first business before the legis lature nexc week will be to forward the persons nnd papers which the com mittee on judiciary have naked for , to sustain Tom Majors' claim to a seat in congress. A TELEOKAM from DCS , Moinea -states that Uov. Kirkwood has not definitely decided Whether or not hu trill enter on a canvass for congress , Aa noon as ho makes an allirmativo decision other candidates will Htand from under. OMAUA'H police force will have all they can do to repress the tramp cle ment which is becoming dangerously numerous in this city. Four burg laries have been reported within a week , and it begins to look ua if unother organized Rang , like that from which this city auflored a few ycara ago , was forming in our inidnt. KANSAS CITY is calling for an an nual license for the street curs nt the rate of from § 30 to § 50 per car. The city ordinances already contain some tringont street railway legislation. Companies are compelled to lay the flat rail , to pave the entire space ba- twoon the tracks and for eighteen I I incites on either side thereof with utonu or wood block , and the right of taxation upon roadbed franchise and peasonal property U inadu inherent in the city. TH 1:111 : ; is a strike impending in Nebraska that the niilitiu reinforced by all the troops under General Crook's command can't put down , More- than fire thousand politicians are organizing for a utriko for higher places ranging all the way from United Status uunator down tn mem ber of the legislature. There uro already abcut throe hundorod caiuli- .dates for the aeven state oilicos and M three aeats in congrc&o. But we don't hear of a uinglo candidate that ' r't "wauts , to be nominated contingent congressman. CONGRESSIONAL APPORTION MENT. A number of editors in various sci tioiis of this state are trying to act s a "steering committee" for the legii Inturo , in connection with the pr < posed division of Nebraska into cor grcesional districts. All thcao fresh water mariners liv in mortal dread lest our ship c sUto shall spring a leak and co dow in the political maelstrom that surge in and around Douglae county. Foremost among thcao is the Hlai Pilot , which claims credit by rigl of discovery of the only channel the cm bo followed with perfect safot since it avoids the dreaded danger b circumnavigation , Wo quote froi the Ulair mariner to show his jewele consistency : The Pilot pronounces unhesitating ! , and emphatically for u division of tl : state into ( ongrcflHonal districts , ii the milliner designated in tlioao-calloi "Dump bill. " This is the only divis iun that can bo made in justice to the political rights of the several counties and with duo regard to the popula tion of the several counties nflected it is the only plan that will satisfy the people. * * * The line would run between Doug las and Washington counties west to IhoIMntto river , up the river to the ( rest line of Saunders , and south on the west side of Saund- crs , Lancaster and Gage to the Kansas lino. The territory south nnd 3ast of this line would constitute one listrict , with a population of 171,000. The territory west or this district and louth of the 1'latto another district , irith a population of 150,000 , and all ; ho territory north of the 1'latto , ex- : ept Douglas and Harpy , would con- itituto the third district. This gives hu most densely settled counties to ho district having the most popula- .ion , and as the west and north must loccssarily increase in numbers the aatcst on account of their extreme iize , the population would soon bo- : omo equalized. * * * # Of course it is desirable to have the listricls da nearly equal as possible , if longrcss had not so ordered it. It is il o desirable to equalize the political tower of the several counties in each [ ( strict , as nearly as may bo , in justice 0 all. This county has had the ox- wricnco of being one of several com- laratively weak counties placed in a udicial district with a strong one. . 'ho result la the strong county mon- ipoliz s the politics of the entire din- rict. No nomination has been or can to made for district officers out- ido of Omaha , and oven with the ither counties supporting republicans if Omaha in good faith , she has forced democratic judge and prosecuting ttornoy on us for many years. The ame would bo true of u congressional [ istrict. Douglas county can cither rule or uin the whole North Platte country. ? he name also will bo true of Lancas- er if placed in a western district. L'ho interests of the western and lorthern counties are scattered , and fill bo gathered up by a strong com- nnud interest and ruled with a rod of ron. Wo want an end to this yatom. The Blair marine has been looking hrough an inverted telescope. Doug- as , Sarpy , Washington and Buit lountics constitute the third judicial listrict. Population , according to the lational census of 1880 : Burl 0,041) ) , iarpy1,2311 , Washington 8,050 ; total 0,8158 , against Douglas M7,870. Majorities rule in 'thin country. Vith nearly double the population nd more than ton times the litiga- ion than all the remainder of the dis- rict , Douglas county is entitled to ho court officers whose time ia mostly aken up in Omaha. The district has elected a democrat- is judge because the republican can- lidates happened to bo men that did lot enjoy popular confidence and re- pect. Integrity and ability are ro- ardcd as more essential qualiGcations or judges in thisdiatrict thanpartizan hip. When the republicans nomi- into upright , competent nnd roputa- > lo candidates they will elect them. But ho > f would Omaha andDouglaa ounty rule with an inm rod 1 a congressional district that onUins 150,000 or 100,000 population ? touts any sane man believe Douglas ounty with her 37,870 people will cminato over and out vote the re- naining counties with their 125,000 iuople ? Has Douglas county ruled with an ron rod in our onngresssonal nomina- ions durintr the last ton years ? How amo it that Washington conn- y , with loss than 7,000 people , en years ago could dominate the rholo stnto mid beat , Douglas county ut of a congressman in 1872 , and gain in 187-1 ? How huvo Douglas nd Lancaster dominated over the tale ever since , while little Madison nd Cumings county were furnishing ur congressmen ? Why has Douglas county , with her ron rod , failed to secure a single state fllcor ainoo Nebraska's admission into lie union/ / Will thosu.political horse marines hat want to act as a steering com * ntteo for the legislature explain how > ouglaa county , with 11,500 ropubli- an votes , will dominate over any istrict that must contain at least 0,000 republican votersf IOWA carries off the honors in the ontwst for the secretaryship of the opublican central euunnittce. JIou. ) . U. Henderson , of Dubuque , ia the : wn agreed upun to take charge of the rand distribution of campaign aiiiniu- lition , It is understood that ho will 10 the next member from the Du- iuque district , but Iwa pledged him- t'lf to give Liu whole time to the work f the commilteu , and will bo in Vauliingtou ull summer in connection with his duties. He is spoken of 1 the Iowa senators and members aab ing a person extremely well fitted f the duties of the position , and th < guarantee tint the selection is a wi one. Mr. Edward McPhcrson , clci of the house , who made an active ca vass for the place , says ho is well sa iaficd with Mr. Henderson , as his on physical strength is not equal to tl labor. Your trained politician alwa ; comes up smiling after a knock-dan in tha prize ring. HORACE MAYNARD. Tnu telegraph announces the deal at Knoxvillc , Tenn. , of Hon. Horai Maynard. He was born in Mass : cliusctto in 1814 , was graduated fro ; Amhcrst college in 1838 , and short ! afterwards emigrated to Tenncssci where ho became a well known an successful lawyer. For six year from 1857-1803 , he represented tli last Tennessee district in congrcsi incl during the first two ycsrs of th tvar was the only southern congress nan that kept his scat withoutretun ng to his district for re-election. lie was re-elected to congress in 1SGC cmaing in his seat until 1875. Hi vholo congressional term was sixteoi roars duration. In 1875 Mr. May mrd was sent to Constantinople a American minister to Turkey , return ng in 1880 aa the successor o Fudge Key as postmaster general nd holding that position until Gen tal Garflcld was inaugurated. Mr ilaynard received thirl y votes fo 'ice ' president at the Chicago convon ion in 1880. Before tlio war ho was icxt to Parson Brownlow , the mos > itter political opponent of Anuj 'ohnson , but when Johnson pro ouncod for the union they made up. it the close of Johnson's presidential arm they renewed the old feud anc aught it out to the bitter end , May- ard at representative of the radical opublican and old whig element , anc ohnson aa defender of "my policy1 nd expounder of the constitution ac ording to the old bourbon version , ilthough a Massachusetts Yankee bj irth and education , Maynard wa ; ersonally a typical southerner , warthy aa a Spaniard , with long ot black hair and the make-up pccu- ar to the scions of southern chivalry. ; iko General John A. Logan , ho had oine Indian blood m him. Up tc lie outbreak of the war , Majnard ras just aa staunch a defender and hampion of slavery aa any slave- olderand if he entertained free aoiloi bolition sentiments , ho was discreet nough never to give them voice. Jut after the emancipation proclama- ion had been issued Maynard became pronounced abolitionist. It will bo remembered that Lin- oln's so-called emancipation nrocla nation did not emancipate the slave ; n East Tennessee , the district which laynard represented in congress , anj ioro than it emancipated the slaves 11 Kentucky , West Arirginia , Dela < . are , Missouri , Maryland , and cctions of the confcdorato otatea in - Unioc men predominated , and rhich were occupied byfederal troopa. laynard had , however , become more ixdieal at this stage than President ancoln himself , and he labored in nd out of congress for absolute mancipation nnd the comititutional mendments prohibiting slavery. KNTiKfl on ttio recent dynamite zzlo in New York , The Cincinnati 'onmiercial , which nobody hii evoi ccusod of sympathy with communism r socialism , ays : "Superintendent Vailing assumes that one of the infer- al machines , which eot fire to a eighbor'a door mat , was intended foi im , and was the contrivance of some nu or more socialists because ho had i > rbdden ( n street socialistic parade. Ipon that hint the leading Now York owspapors proceed to declaim gainst the socialists and the dan- erous conspiracy they have ) tmed against the livbs and property f the great capitalists of that ity. AH a fact , however , there has ot yet boon produced a single bit oi videuco justitying such a conclusion , r going to show that the sending of lie internal machines was the work of ther than aomu ignorant nnd blun- ering miscreant. It has boon , how- ver , tolerably well established that lie address of the parties to whom the tiroo machines were sent was in one nd the same handwriting. They ere also wrapped in copies of a Or- ian newspaper , from which the astute ditora jump to the conclusion that lie whole thing was the work of Gor- mil socialists. It is a wonderfully ) gical sequence. TUB New York senate is still de- atiug the bill for a railroad commis- ion passed by the assembly , which rovlded for the election of the mom- era composing it by the people. The iimto , which is strongly influenced y the corporations , will probably mend the bill by providing for the hoico of the commissioners by the orornor , whom it is hoped can in jrn bo chosen and controlled by the louopoliea , THE Philadelphia Kecord thinks lat the "small minded swindler rreated for stealing railroad passes usorvea the severest condemnation. " f ho had simply ttolen the railroad self he might have become an onored and respected member of the I'all street board of brokers. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The withdrawal of the cooicic policy , the release of the suspect including Parnell , Dillon and Davit and the resignation of Mr. Forster i chief secretary for Ireland , are sue radical chances in the policy of th Gladstone government that it is r wonder that England and her tw parties are nervous over the atartlin departure. Mr. Gladstone's chanj of policy was foreshadowed seven months ago in his speech admiltin the coming possibility of homo rult for which he was so Kravc' ' taken to task by the toriei In his views upon the failure of coci cion he has had all along the suppoi of the radical wing of the liber ! party , who were anxious to dispose the question as soon aa possible. Tw weeks ago the retirement of Foratc was rumored in Downing street , an it was understood that negotiation wore in progress between the Ian league and the liberal govcrnmen looking to a speedy solution of th difliculty. The secret is finally die closed. Mr. Gladstone declares Fore ter'a policy of coercion a failure throws open the prison doois , an nounces broad nnd liberal measure ! o relief for tenants , and pieces in th > seat of his former secretary for Ire and a noted friend and advocate o enant rights and homo rule There are hopeful prospects for thi [ rish people resulting from this ilanl movement on the tory ranks. Thi iboral party will at once reccivi icavy reinforcements from the Par nollitcs and homo rulers , which oughl o more than balance any losses fron ho whigs. In the mutual inter : hango of civilities between the fo ! lowers of Mr. Parnell and Mr. Glad- itono in parliament there are strong , indications of an alliance which wil snablo the premier to carry oat hii ) lan of peasant proprietorship at ar > arly day. Arrears of rent caused bj , ho "bad years" are to bo released. Every tenant , by having his account iquared by the government , is to be ) ermitted to take advantage of the and act , and with the general adop- .ion of that measure throughout the : ountry , the greatest of Ireland' ( wrongs will bo in a fair way to be ighted. Mr. Gladstone announces .hat Parnell has given him his asaur ince that the "No Rent" proclamation vill now be rescinded. This it ) ropcr. There should bo a prompl : casation of outrages , and a determl lation on the part of the Irish people -o take every advantage of the oppor- .unities offered. Siberia seems to have been traduced ) y travelers who have represented ib ) ne vast inhospitable desert waste Mr. George Kennan's late lectures ir : his country afford a very clear insigh nto the resources of Siberia , as wel is the occupations and condition of ib nhabitants. He says the populatior s now about 5,000,000 , and the pco ) lo are settled mostly in the fertile .one , for it must bo remembered thai he area is 0,000,000 square miles , iff ength 5,000 and its width 2,500 nilofl. Ho shows that tobacco is aised in portions of Siberia , while English authorities would have us be- iove the country is desolated by per- ictual frosts. Between 1827 and 1847 , 159,7155 exiles wore sent tc Siberia , ( if whom only 443 were ixiled for political purposes ; ol heso 443 , two-thirds belong to the lobility. From 1807 to 1872 01,274 > oraoiiH were exiled ; of these 5OOC , voro sentenced to hard labor and the ither 1)2 ) per cent , simply banished md allowed freedom within a smallei ir larger district , in proportion to the jrnvity of their crimes , Mr. Kennan ays there , are 9 nly two mines worked > y convicts in Siberia , one a COB ] nine and the other a placer mine. Che transportation of exiles is can- luctod by rail , by boat and by wag- ins , and they are supplied with the iccessities of life until they find work ir got into business for themselves. The trade between China and Siberia s large , 2,000 merchants beinc ; en- ; uged in it. The day will come when ho trrain of Siberia will bo sold in Competition with the grain grown on he same parallel of latitude in North America. France is a nation of rural propri- lors. There are 5,000,000 , of whom t least l,000,000actually cultivate the oil. Some of these owners also rent and other than their own , and M. lo Lavorgne estimates that more than ' 52,000 peasant owners are also onnnts. Ono case ia cited in which no farm of fifty acres was rented rom nineteen different proprietors. Vhilo this subdivision of land prop- rty secures the moat thorough cul- ivution , it aUo somewhat increases he burdens which land has to bear , or the general expenses of inheritance , ubdivision , transfer and leasing are u'gh in proportion to the value of the Toporty convoyed. The average mount of land owned by UOCO,000 of lie rural proprietors is less than two nd one-half acres apiece. The llorzegovinhn insurrection till continue but it is evident that ' ithout the patronage of Russia the isurgents must sooner or later sue- umb to the Austrian forces. The trugglo goes on , however , with the line varying results that attend an udian campaign in this country , and 10 Cnvotcians , fortified in tl.eir mountain fastness , familiar with evei path nnd advantage of defence , waj a warfare aa continuous and moi dangerous than that of the Siou against our regular troops. The Au trians have a task on hand that the bravo opponents will prolong to tl extreme limit of endurance. The salvation army in England hs proved lo bo such a financial bonan ; to its originators , one "General Booth and his family , that other sin ilar organizations for the saving < souls on a paying basis have sprun up. "General" Booth , therefore , aj peals to the people not to patronh his rivals , notably a "King Jcsu Army" not Ha might bo supposed b < cause they do not furnish the saw quantity and quality of "salvation , but because they are not the brigade and regiments commanded by th simon-pure inventors of thii way c marching to glory. Alexander III has again postpone his coronation. The discovery r Moscow that the patriot charged wit illuminating the Kremlin during th coronation ceremonies had arrange an ingenious plan for blowing up th fortress has caused consternation ii the Imperial palace. A mutinous spirit seema to provai in the British navy , and its officer have been getting into trouble of late A. midshipmax on the Northumbor land was attactod by two sailors of thi tame ship , and thrown from the land ing stops of Gibraltar dockyard intc ' .ho water , and then subsequent ! ] ; hey tried to drown him. The moi nero court-martialed and sentenced t < ivo and seven years' penal servitudt : ospectivoly. On the Bachanto , th < ihip in which the royal sprigs hav < teen sailing around the world , there laa also been some unpleasant anc ligniiicent ( igns of discontent. A ihort time since one of the ratline ; nas maliciously cut , and , in splto ol .heir protests , the whole watch was nado to suffer by having leave stop ped and extra duty imposed. Subso- juently some rope was missed , and igain the whole watch was to be punished , but the men flat- y refused to submit. A court-martial vas the result , and ten nen were sentenced to vari-us terms > f imprisonment , from three to twelve nonths. The vice-admiral submitted he official report to the admiralty vith the indorsement , "That the mis < tonduct of the men was largely duo to he injudicious conduct of Lord Jharlea Scott and Commander Hull ol ; ho Bacchante. " The matter has been : onsiderod by the admiralty , and , as a : esult , they have remitted six months ) f the imprisonment m six of the : ises. A short time ago , it will bo re1 nembercd , the men on board of the Duke of Wellington protested in 8 , 'ery vigorous manner against beinp Iraftod to sumo of the ship ) in the Mediterranean , and this mutinous ipirit is undoubtedly due to the fad , hat there uro brutes amongt the olll : ers in that snrvico of the same stripe is those who disgrace the United states navy. The Suez Canal company figures foi 1881 ar < s of much general interest. Che nationality of ( he vessels pausing hrough during the year was as / clown own : British , 2,250 ; French , 100 ; Dutch , 70 ; Austrian , 05 ; Italian , iil ; Spanish , 40 ; German , 40 ; Itussian , ! 0 ; Belgian , 14 ; Danish , 13 ; Egyp- ian , 11 ; Turkish , 11 ; Norwegian , 10 ; Chinese , 4 ; Portuguese , 4 ; Liberian , Jiameso and Sarawak , 1 each. Total , 1,727 vessels. The proportion of 3ritish tonnacro has steadily increased inca the canal was opened. In 1870 t was 04 per cent of the whole , and n 1881 it was 82 per cent. The ibove figures have another molan- ; holy significance , in showing that not L sinclo American ship pasied through ho Sue/ canal last year. The foreign arryinf trade of the United States is mquestionably a thing of the past. A peed deal of money is now being onsinnod in hunting for disabled Lrctio search expeditions , Ono of ho mose foolhardy of explorers is jeigh Smith , who went yachting for ho North Pole , and is supposed to be n the ice oil the Siberian coast. He tad no special qualifications for the rork , but probably undertook it aa nuch from a spirit of adventure as rom any other motive. Now Sir Ulen Young has fitted out a steamer o go in search of the yachtman. The German government intends to Uach architects and engineers to its Qgationa abroad , with a view of being : opt informed of the improvements nd inventions which may occur in oreign countries. lloviaed returns of the census in ranco place the population at 07 , - 21,000 , or an increase of 410,000 inco 1870. Nearly all this increase times from towns having a population f 30,000 and upward. GCXKUAL SiiKRiiux has olluially ongru tula ted Ganoral Pope , whose eadquartcra have been transferred rom the saddle to Fort Loavenworth , it the brilliant achievements of his Ilicors in the Apache campaign , Icneral Pope is more interested in 10 trail loading to a major-general- lip than in Chief Loco's whcrea- outs. AMERICAN JEWS. A Calm , Dispassionate Revie- of Facta as They Exist To-day. Tliolr Love of Liberty Compare Vith Tbnt of Other Races. Hounded nnd Robbed In the Ol World , Tnoy Become Faithful Citizens of the New. Mr. Louis R. Ehrich , an America Hebrew now in France , writes to Tl American Register the following ropl to some uncomplimentary re-marl made by that paper upon his race : "In your issue of March 11 , unde the heading of "Here and There , you published some remarka with rei bronco to the Jews against which most earnestly protest as infinitel unjust and calculated to spread ii juritius and unbounded prejudices To your doubt as to the advisabilit of colonizing Russian Hebrews in th United States , I take no exception That is a question which time alon can &olvo. But when you go furthc nnd say "it is very seldom wo see Jew engaged in agriculture or idon ti lying himself in the national welfare faro oi the country in which ho is so journing ; a Jew in England is not ai Englishman , one in America is not ai American' , nor docs either care a jo about the welfare of the couutry ii which ho lives , " etc. , I maintain tha you , doubtless through misinforma tion , very gravely misstate the truth I am an American-born citizen o Hebrew descent , and I am naturallj icquaintod with hundreds of Ameri can Hebrews of all clauses , collegiate < ly educated and self-made men , pro Fessional and business men. On the ather hand I graduated at Yale wher there were only two Hobrowa in thf college , so that I had an abundant op portunity of studying the temper anc ieolings of our Christian young men , Comparing , now , the two classes with' jut favor or prejudice , I can truthful' ! y affirm that among the majority ol \merican Hebrew citizens of my ac quaintance , there is as high an appre. iiation of the privilege and blessing > f American citizenship , as fervent ti eve of country , as lofty a patriotism , ind as great a readiness to offer sac- ificos for the general good , as exists imong the most patriotic of New Eng- and stock. If this bo BO , the problem presents tself how it comes that so many in- olligent men , including even liberate > f the stamp of Prof. Uoldwin Smith , have such striking misconcop- ions concerning the Hebrew race. Phis problem has frequently engaged ny attention , and I otfor the follow- nij explanation , promising that I peak only of American Hebrews : The first cause of misconception has krisen from imputing to the Jews of he present time ideas and foelinga vhioh were , in great part , true of heir grandfathers. The Jew of even .wo generations back felt that he be- onped to the nation of Jews. His veekly prayer was that the temple of Jerusalem might bo rebuilt , and he , 'aguoly believed that the Jews would igain reassemble as a nation in Pales- , ino.iThis belief is dead , The reform ( form congregations ( vastly in the ma jority ) have erased thia prayer from heir prayer book. The orthodox con- { rogations , who retain it , interpret it n a figurative nonso aa expressing a ro- ; urn to a stite of society in which ull ihall worship one God. The prcpon- lerating majority of American He- srowa under 50 yeara of age , including ill who are American born , have lost ill conception of a Hebrew nation. 1'hoy recognize that they are descend- ints of the Hebrew race just as the ; arl of Beaconsfield recognized it , and ust aa the sona of Mayor Gi-aco might ecogniz9 that they are descendants of , ho Irish race. Nothing more. Their lation is the United States. They dontify themselves , body and soul , vith it. Before all else the wish to )0 and they are faithful American itizens. A second cause of misconception ms , perhaps , naturally arisen from ho clannishness of the Jews , their so- ial shyness , oxclusivonesa and seem- ng want of sympathy with their Christian neighbors , To reproach the lews for this fault is as grossly unjust A it would be to put out a man's eye , nd then reproach him for blindness. ? or some eighteen hundred years the Iowa were compelled to live apart , oinpollod to be clannish , compelled o seek sympathy and society in their iwn narrow circle ; and now , after a ew years of perfect liberty and quality , they are reproached for be- ng clannish. Why , sir , not even a [ uarter of a century has gone by since ho "Jewish disabilities bill" passed n the parliament of liberal England. 3aron Rothschild was returned t wrliamont for the city of London four [ ifforent times before ho was allowed o take his seat in 1858. Strange , erily , that this people should bo ahy nd exclusive. And , foraooth , the Jews are not armors. Strange reproach ! The Esquimaux are six feet high. Is leredity nothing ? Can you confine a ace in certain conditions forcenturiea without expecting inevitable results ? ' 'or moro than seventeen centurieo he nations said to the Jews : "You laro not till the soil. Be doctors , iierchants , money-lenders but you .are . not bo farmers. " It might be ifiicult , think you not , to farm land [ one could get no land to farm ? > nly the last few conorations of Jews , ven in progrfssive England have had lie right to possess land. A few do- tides cannot undo the work of centu- ies. ies.Indeed Indeed , when I at times glance aek over the history of my race and eilect how its every step has loft a rail of blood behind it , how it has eon hunted , banished , robbop , and lassacrcd for centuries , when I real- : e that even to-day , among the en- ghtencd class there still exists a tigering , unfounded prejudice a ninnt ows , 1 wonder almost that a fierce , ndyiinj hate has not been born in icir hearts , and that they do not iot for a revenge which centuries Duld not glut. But when , in con. : oat , I call to mind numbers of Jew- h men of my acquaintance , men vettlowing with a wide , all.ombracing liilanthropy , whoso love of humanity nowa no difference and no limit , hose every hope and thought ia for 10 ennobling of the humnn family , I icl , indeed , that they give expression anew to that spirit of forgiveness , which said : "Father , forgive them , for they know not what they do. " The third and principal cause of. misunderstanding the Jews , and oner f which , to a great degree , justifies the / ' charge of tribalism , ia that they do not intermarry with Christians. I confess that , in the past. Jewish parent ) had an aversion , almost in describably intense , against having their children matry out of the race. They felt that their religious ideas , habits , customs , ( tc. , wore so wholly different that intermarriage muat mean either unhappiness for the married pair , or apostasy and consequent quent separation from the parent house. 'Ihia feeling , in a measure , etill exists , but there is a largo and growing class of Hebrews who lament it , who regret this isolation of the race , who understand the necessity and advantage of mixing with the blood of other races , and whoaa only objection to urging their children to intermarry with Christiana lies in the same practical consideration which would prevent a Protestant father from giving his daughter to the son of a bigoted Catholic family. Har mony and happiness in the homo cir cle is a sacred heirloom among Hebrews - brows , which all shrink from sacri- icing. But the day is approaching when thcru will exist in all rncna a. argo educated majority , who will at * tach nil value to goodness and moral ly , ana none at all to dogmatic ro- igious profession.Yhen that day * ? shall have come , Hebrews will inter- nurry with Christian ? . I , for one , > eliovo and sincerely hope that , with- n n few centuries , the Hebrews , as a , separate , isolated race , will have dis appeared from oft the face of the ho earth. Let it bo understood , Mr. Editor , hat I perfectly understand the faults if the Hebrew people. Wo have n argo class who have enriched their bank accounts without enriching their nanners and brains ; who mistake dis- > lay for refinement , and who think hat the value and enjoyment of * ivealth lie in the show of wealth. This lass , not at all confined to Hebrews , s as irritating to educated Jews aa to ducated Christiana. Kindly patience nust be had with them. The majority ive good educations to their chil- , ren. ren.Wo have dregs , vile drotts. What ace has not ? But statistics compel he admission , that , of all races , we ontributo the least proportional per- pntage to the criminal classes of so- ioty. On the other hand as a type of the loble , liberal , educated Hebrew , let ne instance those who , with liberal Christians , have united in the forma- ion of the "Society for Ethical Cul- ure" in the city of Now York. I in- orpret the lessons of their eloquent eader , Prof. Felix Adler , as meaning 'God * An hoggter ? I know not rhat ye are. T my belongs to us ; nd the children of men need light nd help. To work , then , brothersl \.nd when the lasb hungering man tall have been fed , when the last altering man shall have been relieved , fhon the last benighted man shall ave been educated then , and not 11 then , let us take time to pry into he infinite and unknowable. " This \ ociety nurses the sick , it feeds , \ lothea and educates the children of \ 10 poorest without knowing , or car- \ ns to know , their religion or nation- ' lity. It represents the flower of .inorican Hebrews. You must acknowledge , dew air , iflt I have discussed the Hebrew ueation in all frankness and without eserve. If my words have led you o believe that your remarks were atty , and that they did an injustice o very many of your fellow country- non , I trust that you will have the lanly generosity to admit it. Gambotta Since His Fall. Coming from the chamber the other ay ( writes a Paris correspondent o 1ho Now York Post ) I saw M. Gam- letta on the bridge opposite the Pa- sis Bourbon , urging hia portly per- on usrainst a wind which churned the ieine into a whirlpool , and made ioat pedestrians clutch their hair lespairingly. The great man had rpwn old with almost alarming rap- ility , but not since his fall. On the ontrary , it ia only from the moment f his departure from power that hia ye has brightened and his step has rown comparatively ligh't. His face i flushed and hia eyes are sunken , ot , aa a reliable informant who was. rith me when ho passed told me , bo- ause of dissipation , but because of vorwork. Never man toiled as iambetta toiled for twelve or four- pen weeks previous to hia rcaigna- ion. Hia doctor gave him the choice o die or to stop work , and before ho 'M compelled to admit publicly that is phymcal energies were lagging caruei lie political crisis which gave him oposo. Ho wont down to the Cham- or on the day that I saw him with lie air of a man who still had an im- ortant place there ; and I obflorvod liat hata were doffed on all sides aa o went along. Wicked De Blowitz , lie Paris correspondent of The Lon- on Times , says that GambatU atil ! eops the tri-colored cockade , which elongs to the prime minister's equip- KO , upon hia coachman's hat , which , _ true , might bo considered aa an in- ication of great expectations. Gam- etta ia more frequently seen in pub- c at the theater , in society now liat the strain of hia labor is relaxed , [ o is now visible in a box at the 'rancais ' , now heard of at a dinner arty whore the company is brilliant nd gay. "He is not a man of the prld , once said General Galleflat oj. im ; "he cannot boast of tonue , buc o can say a neat thing : from his corer - er of a sofa after dinner lie some- mos seiida forth a flight of A'itty and matio sayings , auro to bo long re- lembered. " Every one who has * , oard him in the tribune knowa what remarkable faculty hovpossesses for uahing an adversary with a sharp re- irt , which stings for many days. Hopn Ou , Hope Ever , o matter what the ailment may be , itu'imthui , neuralgia , lawc-neB * , asthma , imchltu-U other treatments havc- Hed houa on' KO nt once for 'J'jiOJUb' LUvruii'Oii , It will * ecure jour im- utliato relief. Incredible. 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