New York Tribune Czar Favors Poland 23may 1897

A GORGEOUS

CEREMONIAL;

BMEARITH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE DEDI¬ CATED WITH G???. THE AXCIKNT PJTEi AND TRADITIONS OF THE Spanish-ronTrorr.s:·: AST·.ftfÜUO OT great

aJIIKrUITT.

It wa« thirty-Seven years ago. In the year «f»62(V-this being BEBÍ, according to the Hebrew calendar-that th·· strange and mystic cere¬ monies of consecration by the Spanish-Portu¬

guese Jewish rites were last seen In New-York. mor.· elaborate uuspicos, and with a dra¬ matic effect BUCh as this city has seldom, If ever, seen, this rame ritual was given last Wednesday evening, the occasion being the formal "opening of the d .ore" Of Sheartth Israel Synagogue, the new worshlpplng-pleos of this mo.·-·, orthodox body of Jews. They have only four OOOgregatlons In the United States and

Under

silk hats upon their heads, this

procession moved

around the further side of the altar, up toward the Ark. The rabbi's voice could be heard In sweet tones of chanting, ami the choir re¬ on the metal tops sponded. The bells fastened nre known as the of the scrolls (these tops and decora*· fantastic ar«· and of "Trees Life," advanced, tlVS In design! Jingled as thea bearers of th«· Law scroll it Is a great honor tO carry th»so that the and in hour like this, at a time sacred rooOTda were carried around the aUar the congregation nearly one hundred HMO Of relics plaood In Officiated and had the precious their arms. Tln-re was a constant changing gtt· Ins on, but those chosen fov the entry were the Seniors and the leading spirits of the congrega¬ tion. As the band of worshippers wound Its way to the Ark, the choir broke forth Into the "Hymn «.f Welcome." "Hymn of Welcome" hardly tells the story, however. In orthodox Jewry It is known ns the "Song (.f the Sea," and is con¬ sidered by the Jews to be the oldest piece of music In the world. Migrations and transplanta¬ tion, the destruction of Jerusalem und the scat¬ tering of the Jewish race have not caused It to be lost to Israel. It Is the pong that Miriam, the steter of Aaron, sang after the Red Pea was crossed, and tradition has preserved it.

THE CZAR FAVORS POLAND.

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men of all their national poeta and playwrights. legiti¬ The mastery which the Baronesa, by quite mate means, obtained over the young Emperor com¬ was so great that It led to His Majesty's policy toward plete reversal of tho Blamarcklan the the Poles, whereupon inc. ex-Chancellor. In "the course Of a public speech, declared that of Polish Influence augments to the detriment Prussia always In the measure that some PolishI family obtains more or b-ss Influence at court.to¬ need not mention that Of the Radztivllls.and same state of affairs." day wo have exactly the Rlsmarok's allusion to the Radzlwllls was a ref¬ erence to th'.· old Emperor's "grande passion" for that lovely Princess ElizabeththeRadzlwlll point of whom he was at one moment on marrying and to whom he remained devota. throughout her lifetime. This, however, did not stay young Emppror William. On the contrary. It served merely to

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morally responsible. Had the reign <;f Nicholas II bepn signalized no other fact than the beginning of thi« new POLICY A by BEOINS OP RUSSIA NICHOLAS and liberal policy toward the Poles. It would in OP JUSTICE AND CONCILIATION. Itself have been sufficient to render It notable and conspicuous In the history of Russia, The Czar and his advisers have at length re¬ POLISH NOBUH ALLOWED TO REGAIN THEIR presentwhat has long been apparent to every un¬ alized

ESTATKS AND INFLUENCE.THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA'S WIHE TACTIC"» AND THEIR RESfLTP F.Mrirr.OR WILLIAM'S BUDDKN ClIANOE OF FRONT. From tho tlm?» when Thaddens Koerlunsko fought for the Independence of the United to ".tntes as aide-de-camp and orderly officer Washington, the people of this country have al¬ the fate ways manifested a marked Interest in of 1'olan 1. All oppressed and downtrodden na¬ tions struggling for freedom meet with generou« and whole-henrted sympathy on this side of the Atlantic, no matter whether they be Armenians,

A SAILORS' SOCIAL. JACK'S INNOCENT AMUSEMENTS ASHORB. W. Pett Ridge In The fit. James's Budget.

Through the noisy rattling of dominoes and draughts, the click-click from the billiard-tablee In the corner of th·. smokv hall, and a screaming an earnosl

accordion In the passage mst the door, IS young man on the stagi. Inserted In th* wallThe with tr< m« i.-i-.i.H vigor "Jerusalem." singing was a with sine* a blown few singer up years ship on the 8«:ln»i. and was unique anmng petroleum the rrtw, In that Ik- a;i. Sown again compara¬ The hall, while acknowledging his tively towhole. "Jerusalem," seerr.-- to f-el that, not right slr.g un¬ having shsred his petroleum experience, it aistable der no obligation to listen to his song At laborious near the stage four sailors are wntma; presently letters, dated from Poplar, which willanrt in»·»·» .any stamps requlr«» tw iper.ny-r.elfp auA demand adnudge each oth«;r now and again worls. of to the perplexing v|c« in regard spelling Most of the draught and dómino players ere little In blue sei«*.- suits with N. Y. K. Japanese sail irathey all about four foot some¬ ere on their caps; and as they move In the gam· thing In height rat-!ike heads of hnlr; their their black ar»« they rubsilts half-closed In the «ff.it of eyes narrow one Is smoking; a Oer¬ e·.ery Nearly of thoueht. man sailor Is puffin* nt a pipa e mfalnlng S special

student of statecraft, namely, that, whereas an antagonistic and malcontent Poland of must necessarily be a source of weakness and contented and a loyal acute danger to Russia, Poland, on the other hand, would constitute a bulwark of defence to the huge Empire against it« most execrated and hereditary as well as Incite him to show more and more favor to the In deference to their entreaties bo dreaded foe, namely. Germany Poland can never Kosclols, and Polish language in only re-established the Posen The national sentiment, the not t?* Russianized. and nominat¬ the schools and churches of national the for of love the and national religion ed a Polish ecclesiastic to the Archbishopric of a number heart« the likewise In appointed but rooted that province, traditions are too deeply of Polish nobles to Important offices at court and the people for that, and all attempts In that di¬ in the army. brand of tobacco tiiat makes those who art» near the reign of a it rection have lamentably failed, the only result All things come to an end. even weep bitterly. differ¬ at court the If gossip woman. accentuate to "Now tb-n, men! Slnglrar part of O'ir to-lal clever further and been still beautiful hnvlng the Empress Victo¬ evening Is ever, and wVr* fob.g to hav- »ramee. lioth Poles the believed, Is to be Rerlln reducing two races the by between ence what shall we have first? Como* r.ov.:" ria August, and her mother-in-law. Empress Honjo. fac«. like ths 'aces of the other Japan¬ Honjo's to the condition of political pariahs, that Is to Frederick, showed themselves aggrieved by tho runs away Info a broad ««mile ilir-etly he ese, civic abroad and the rights of amount of talk created both at home to «sy. a caste apart, deprived braw* off Hi.-to takes his elsarette the takes the fair from nia moith Kaiser and look« respectfully at theflo>r. «nd privileges of the Russian-born subjects of through the attentions Of thethe army "Muaeecelehalr"' grand during Pole. Moreover, Russian¬ be cannot Poland while But Czar. the "Speak up, Honio. We didn't quite eaten th_t.·* man.uvres, that took place in the province of "He say it «a mother * ft deferential roteo ized, it can be transformed Into an invaluable Posen, some of the Polish noblee In whose cas¬ that translates."he say he ? ogg«-»· t to ??*? m-mathe Cal chair." Bason and other princes of had ally, and If any doubt prevailed In the mind of ti· s Bavarian,known German Empire the as Musi-al ehi 1rs If «hall he. 7_er« ajet forty "Good! confederation rest at the present Czar It must have been set arid the w-re emboldened by what they chairs, with twenty fa ing this o.way been ! play twtsntf their the piano. toward so-ríe one .-it up an«I other. by the phenomenal success which hns attended lookedquarter".1 favor upon ao the Bmperor*S took And If that se Austria's tactics toward her Polish province«, fly there »XOSpt round stolidly to Kos.-iol-KosRaron the the Germ p Hors < m* '«»? ?t»? carne s however, piano: of Russia those" end the forty have been entirely different from lech on. Forty-one players ? on me-Mlng the Austrian Emperor at the Ctelskl, en¬ chairs carefully counted, All r ght? Go: and of Prussia. While the two latter have of th«· exhibition at Lomborg. In Aus¬ opening "Suzuki!" but William, deavored to crunh tho national sentiment, the trian Poland, hailed not Emperor "I'leace, sar his Austrian Majesty as tbe real and only "King "Where Is your friend Kono tonlithtT' Viennese authorities have fostered it. nnd Francis of whom alone all to the king'' Poland." "only spoken slowly and d ? tly, tecs«ise Question 'h mn as "onoodlng of a made point Jceph has Suzuki's knor.-!«--d(fe of Enalfsh, alth u:;i. reditsbla Poles were willing to accord allegiance. Pol¬ his toward could without Its limitations, Is pot autonomy II hi possil.lv A IUDDXN REVULSION. "1? n- e aa« 1 iiukl, with a grin hat goe« over ish llejref». Th«· result I» that tc-day there are to his high crv.-H.ori·'» Irto hl» smell, narrow eye« communicated was Immediately This speech ami touches his low forehead."pieace, be kr.ottln no more devoted elherents, no mor-» ehtvslrously Emperor William, and as It happened to reaeh stlckln." loyal rapporter· of the Hapshurc; dynasty than bis "f»..lnir what?" rfora with angry protests ears simultaneously the Polish ari itocracy and the peasantry of "Ho-he stickin knotMn " of the who of the romplained Saxony, King ac.'iin. Busukl W* can't tuite eatcV. "Try Galicia. They h'.11 Francis Joseph, not as their "Kono Is-Kono is," wi:h a determined effort a* to which his brother, Prlr.ce Oirge. had ' Emperor." but ns their "King." and are now en¬ slights lucidity, "s'.ottin knl-kln." been subjected as above described by the ? "in»r stöckln«." "You mea gaged In raiding by popular robscrlptton a na¬ noblemen at whose castles he had been quartered "Pteace, ear!" With a broad amile of satisfa tlon ? tie nnl fund to be used In the restoration of the during the army manoeuvres, be determined, in at having, In a difficult tai cut adrift from Very carefully, very warily, the forty-one p.-.? former Klorl·«: of the old Polish Ktr.ps' palace on his usual Impulsive fashion, to matter of public are creeping to the ¡ou.l mu«.|c from the piano -? a had that become Influences be is to which mu¬ thi Mount Wavet, at Cracow, and down and around tha forty chairs The and popular ill-will. So he lntlnia:<--l t » latto at tho piano, with hla long vcigar Bt ar. ß",·-? presented to Francia Joseph on the forthcoming gossip the Haron and to the Raror.ess that th--ir ab¬ arpie, ! m 1a f«int of Btopptag muke«·, fiftieth fnniversary «f his secession to the thron·. sence from court was prefem ? to their presence; and manv «it down pros iturely to to try ley of airs,confusion. When presentii ? uto their great The Galicien peasantry make magnificent cav- an.l when the Baron travelled to Pots-lamrefused brain under his Ollshed .«hlnlng (Whoei has an artfulther»» explain matters th« Emperorin sternly for olry soldi··::;, and the Polish .'nobility the most to a t.-rrlfi Is that a manner fac does stop struggle suggested and to receive him, It Is seen that Honjo him¬ darhlng and brilliant of cavalry officers. More¬ aiiowe-i no misunderstanding that th··» Baron finir·": the contest ever, the of almost the proprle-.-r the manager, self, his over. th«> Polish aristocracy possess so much In¬ should leave the city at once and remain on the game, la the one who has be- a nnsutxeesfultir:in atto contest and has no «eat. Off again, you tuitivo shrewdness ar.d innate diplomacy that estates. at the court of gent Influence wtth a Polish ended That Off again you go nt the pianoforte. from their ranks have been recruited many of Berlin, and as if to atone for his Infatuation, buataeesllke e:r and a nodding Of the head, as vants tho to Down "Way Ml of wer» and valuable play the most responsible eolng which, while it luted, seemed to estrange many thoutrh you River' right tbroutrh to the e.nd; pull¬ of his Prussian nobles and his South Orman th* Suwanee Austrn-H.tng.iilan Crown Thus, the Prim·' a'üe« at the third bar e.:A though, unexpectedly bltup, much as manifestine now is ing William An Eng¬ Minister of Aiutrla. at the present moment is a again the swift dash for i-halrs. candidat«», ternesj and Ill-will toward the Poles as he for¬ creating tailor, who Is this timo theIf defeated Polish noble, Count Baden!, while Emperor merly showed favor. He has as far as possible lish ha had m.sst-d bis more perturbed be could not Ftancis Joseph on the occasion Of his recen". Stan removed all the Polish nobles from the positions ship. he had appointed "Just my d-luck." he says ruefully. And alma dignity and trust totowhich visit to the Court of St. Petersburg whs ae- Of the thraldom of the accurately at one of the ciant round cuspidors. while subject ccmpanled ? > another irreal dignitary of p..iish them Indeed, the members of the home team are not of no loses and saying Ranmess, opportunity tn<j visitors. pearly so successful In the game aswilmess rationality, Count (3olOUChoWlkl, popularly harsh things about the Poles in general, de¬ Honjo of the is not caught again, and the known as "fjolou." who mis thi ofllci of Minister nouncing them as ungrateful and disloyal, th« other Jap¬ mulatto at the plar.o rarely catches them with the fullest measure of anese. The accordion out In the passage wake* up of Foreign Affairs for the dual Empire, and like¬ threstenlng his wrath in the event of his discovering thftm In a temper, and some one goes out to sooth* wise the duties of Mir.bter and Chancellor of engaged in any practices that can possibly bo again It and persuade It to go to bed. when presently a b»v what is known ns the imperial house of Austria. con-trued as treasonable. Naturally, his subordi¬ chair goes over, broten, and there Is a tussle th* him, and the result Is tween istwo Of the player» for it» po»»«aslo_, Without recommending the Czar to intrust th" nates take their cue fromthere been recorded so geme stopped. at no time have please! We want no disturb·«noe* destinies of Russia to Pol.nh nobles, as has been that "Stop that, many instances of persecution, oppression and then, what do you say to General Post?" done In the case of Austria by the Emperor downright brutality m the part of the Prussian Now If General Post were the came of the 'most popu¬ lar officer tn the world it could not be more loudly Fiancls Joseph, who has never made tho mistake authorities toward the Poles as of late. be another Of course this only serves to accentuate the acclaimed. General Post childhood» prove* to P.lr.g of aitemptini to Auatrlautss his Polish subjects, conciliator/ formed of one's forgotten gome the Czar on the course pursued by the last gam«, for served have there Is no rer.son whatsoever why Nicholas, if eastern banks of the Vistula, and one of the af¬ with chairs that d.iwn on paper, a sailor taken and selected ports hi continues in his pres-nt enlightened course fects thereof has been to lead many gteat landed chosen and blindfolded. Now it Is that the little Poland to migrate across Japanese are sometimes caught- becaus* when "I of policy, IhOUM not convert the Poles In his do¬ proprietors In Prussian and to transfer to the Czar the alls- have a letter from Yokohama to Hull" they do not minions Into Just as loyal and as devoted va--als the frontier to Emperor William, at quite catch th* words, and. a conference hartxg accorded hitherto a giani action Is taken, a ard supporter« «>f his thr. r.« as ari the Gali.'ians tho ¡fame time placing at the disposai of Russia sometimes to b* held before any fatal hesitation when starting ensues and they are In connection with tbe Crown of Austria-Hun¬ the valuable knowledge, strategic, economic, caught (>mmi__caf!ons man. blindfold««*! th* by administrative ami military, which they are announced from and to many obscure and __*» gary. And it may be added that no hat. pier timo pdltic, have olitali·.·-! «bile still puhjeet to the Herman apart places. cculd have been chosnn for th« beginning of a Kaiser. Numbers .»f them are being naturalized "I have a letter from Valparaiso to Bl^ao.· "I have a letter from Simon's Bay to 'Frisco." rew policy of this kind in Russian Poland. For as Russians. Among lbs most recent Instance«

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TUE NEW SYNAGOGUE OF TIIE

CONGREGATION

OF SHEARITH ISRAEL,

too, did the Hebraic choir behind Canada, ar.d they cleave to the faith of their tneExquisitely, Ark render this ancient melody, with the fathers without the turning of a hair, as If they s-'ft tonea of the violins making an undercur¬ musica', pro¬ rent of harmony. The entire The were even now In Ipaln, and as If the dlsrerm< gramme, in fact, was curious. elon into Holland had never cop and played were almost altogether old sh¬ Romantic and Oriental In the highest degree ot ni Jewa in Spaia .Many of them ara aald vere thes< rites that have ! «¡? bended down to hav- been aung in th-· Temple of Solom m, are a few which iewlah ? corda p» aiunchanged through the centuries, and they and there were played by King David on his lively assert lost none of their Imprasslveness from the fact .mm., ii is only tha Spanish Jewa that have and that the v.-n wh officiati ? In them.over a. hun¬ irried down these wonderful rhythmsworld -, a music that is unknown t" the dred Jews of the leading families «if New-York. at large. Even to th- few who ¿Id noi kn-.w were In mi lern evening garb and wots silk story ».r these qua.m ¡.its played on Wednes¬ hats throughout the evening The Tribune a the day night, the melodica had a charm and a i\ Beventieththis buildll f, year ago d.« i' Bwsetnesi it would be hard to describa be¬ 6t and Central I'ark West, in d< tail, just LIGHTING THB "PERPETUAL LAMP." fan the cornerstone was laid. It la, therefore, at tho steps of the Ark th" BCroll-besrera Once merely necessary now to mention a few of lis saeended until they formed an Impresslva plcteallcnt features. The scene that formed the sea¬ ure against the glided ? tora The rabbie« si·.od ting for these rites was itrange and plctureequ I. at the foot. The hour had onie for Ihe light¬ ··

PortUgUlse eynagogue Is curiously At Its eastern en3 stands the Ark of the Covenant.the Eachal (In Hebrew).here a euperb front of .Siena marble, veined In Iri¬ descent brown, with a cornice and an entab¬ lature decorated in gold and led op t.» by steps of blood-red Nurnidian marble. The floor to the Une of the galleries Is empty, save for the large square altar, on which Is placed the reading desk where the ecrulls of ths law are unrolled. This ia well down by ths western wall. The great empty srac* of floor !s carpeted In the new Shearith Israel in deep red. harmonizing with the yellows and browns of the walls and glass. Under the gali(rles ths «eats run from front to back, facing tha altar. MEN BELOW, WOMEN IN THE GALLERT. When, at a few moments past 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, the stringed Instruments In the wide gailery over the Ark commenced to play the overture, every «eat und»r the gallery In aceoid· was filled with black-coated men. anco with the unvarying traditions of the Span¬ ish-Portuguese race, not a woman wan to be .een on this floor. Overhead the bread galleries on three sides of the synagogue wera filled With the flower of New-York Judaism, with never a man among them. Daintily, arrayed, a trass of brilliant colors, of silks and satins, th:s throng of femininity presented a vivid contract to the «ombre black below. The open «pace in the centre, the Ark and the eltar were deserted as th« Stringed instruments softly played their medley, a potpourl of Span¬ ish Jewry airs, hundreds of years old. A great bush f« .11 over the asse m blag«:. Not a man or woman moved in the seats. The muslo ceased, and th»-n. after a «second's wait, two loud rapa were heard at one of the doors at. the rear of the synagogue. A voice ooutdl bo heard chanting In Hebrew, ck-ar and d.stlnct. It was the voice Of ihe Rev. H. Pereira Munies, the rabbi, and In English this was what be in¬ ter ed: "Open for me the gates of righteousness; I would inter through them, I would praise the ? Spanisi^

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ing of the "Perpetual Lamp," which must n.-.-r be extinguished while stone remains upon Btono of the "Temple." This honor was given to L. Napole.-.n Levy, who presented th«· lamp to the congregation (It haiga directly In front of the. ark and is of gorgeous'silver), and Bolomon La. Cohen, whose father lighted the lamp at the consecration of the Nineteenth Street Syna¬ gogue, in IStiO. This ceremony must be per¬ formed by a Lev, and a Cohen.literally. In Jewisii ritual, a priest and his assistant An interestl&g detail Is that the taper with which

lamp was lighted on Wednesday night was same taper that lighted the Nineteenth Street Synagogue lamp, it was presentí ? nt that time by Isaac Phillips, one of the pillars of Bpanieh-Portuguese Judaism thirty yesra ago, ami the father of N. Taylor Phillips, "clerk" of the congregotion to-day, to Andrew H. Green. the

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Mr. Green, who wai present on Wednesday nlg'it, lent it for this occasion. After th
tilled, when all deb's are "retaased" (our "Stat¬ The ute of Limitations" comes from tins. seventh yea? In pastoral Judia was the year of Juhal (Jubilee). Nearly an hour was taken up with the "cir¬ cuits," the "Hayan," the Rev. A. H. Nieto, chanting the Psalnifl and the Law, together wüh the choir. In stately processional the BCrollB went around and around, gorgeous In their shim· niering white "gowns" and glancing metal above. Following this, the entire fifteen, includ¬ ing u new one t.y th<» Rev. Mr. Nieto, the task of writing which took two yeara were di posited in the Ark. Most of the scrolli si very old, and the oldest w.-re written in Spa,·: The ceremonies concludi d with s prayer by the Rev. Mendoia de Sola, of Montreal, an -? ilr.-ss by the Rev. Dr. Sabato Morata, of Phila Iphla, gad S sermon by Dr. Men.les. of the ingregatton. Tb<· famous hymn. "Adon 'd'ani." was then sung oy the choir, and a benediction WSS Bheaiith Israel was Installed la It! proriúu:; nan abiding pia'«·. The Kebn w words on tho cornice of the Ark <.f the Covenant bad me true-"Know in wh.se presence thou art atan»_-

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Lord." Slowly and with dignity a gray-haired man, A PRECOCIOUS PICKASISNY, wrapping his talith about bis shoulder« Krom Tne Nsshviiie Banner. Nashville Is rapidly gaining reputation as a pro¬ (the talith is a fringed shawl (Jf whit«: silk, ducer of sensati ins. 'J'.'.e country has scarcely tordered with blue, Which ministers and mem« ceased ;»» .iim- usa Professor Barnard's su ful air-hip when anothei phenomenon b>rs of any Orthodox Jewlsta agrégation trip In the as curious though differing lastly, is equally when must wear performing religious rit<s), f j.rung. one believed that navigating tha ulr He was Scarcely anyand came forward and opened the door« few· r still win believe it t v. possible, X>r. Horatio QomOS, a lineiti descendant <>f Louis ble for s three-months old child to u.ik Ho·* case and any one can rerlfy thi truth¬ Gomez, who was «t.«· of the flrst Jew« to urrlve ?- ?. li iba of Ibis statement with v.r. little trouble In New-York, some time before ion. f\ r those fulness Tho parents ut t.-..· child ara ki- hard ai d Pi inkle that could s» the «cene broughl up e picture «>f Cleveland, colored, living al Ko 11 Bbore-st and Blnce li wai one weel what once must have been In Palestine. ?a tbe the child has been ialini.? bave visited the little wonder and Hundreds old was ,«. white of «satin forest th«· rolls, hallway boos»· the left completely myatiru-d at what .'ecrolls of the La .v." bold In th«* arms >.f dis¬ !:6vm have seen nr.d beard. were the Uve they tinguished men. Behind ihem a and differs only from other is I, git child The In thai It ? an talk as plainly arai be und rjpanlah-Portugueee ministers «
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Cretans, Irish other the

case

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Jews. But somehow

or an¬

of Poland has appealed

more

the American heart than that of any

of the unhappy people Just mentioned. Their

light for liberty, which ha« continued almost without Interruption far more than one hundrod years, has been Piminllzed by so many romantic episodes has furnished such remarkable exemples of bravery, of patriotism and of ChlValrOttl eclf-sacrifloe, that anything which : ffectl their welfare meets with a keener appre« iati· n in North America than anywhere else In the world,

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This b'ing th<* case, attention should he drawn tn a

remarkable feature of

the new

policy of con¬

ciliati·^ which yung Emperor Nicholas from the rery moment «>f hi.-» secession to tho throne '. Russia has begun in the Polish provinces of hi» dominions It is nothing more nor less than the repeal of that Iniquitous law which pro¬ hibited every one professing any other than the

Orthodox Qreek faith from owning or occupying land In the >rmer Kingdom of Poland. Inas¬ inii, h as the Poles, in spit»· of the cruel persecu¬ tions t«. which they bava Leen snl.Jected on re¬ ligious as well as on racial grounds, have re¬ mained fervent adherents <>f the Romsn Catholic

Church,

this

was

equivalent

to de¬

barring them from retaining possession of such <.f their ancestral estates as had been left to them after the wholesale confiscation which the Russian Government was in the habit of de¬ creeing after every revolutionary movement, and ever, without any such cause, but on the most frivolous and trivial pretexts. It Is worthy of note that In spit a of the reputation for tyranny

enjoyed hy the first Emperor Nicholas, and the renown for the possession of more enlightened and liberal principles accorded hy history to hi«

¦on, the Ill-fated Alexander II, this law was enf«.rccd with far greater severity under the reign of the latter than under that of his father. In¬ de, -d. there Is no Czar of Russia beneath whose rule th» Poles may be said to have suffered so much from persecution and oppression of every conceivable character as that of the so-called Liberator Czar. POLISH NOBLES REGAIN THEIR ESTATES. The present Emperor has changed all this and has caused it to be made known that not only is the obnoxious law In connection with the tenure of land in the western provinces repealed, but, moreover, that h» would be glad to see the Polish DObUIty on«·»· a^aln occupying their ancestral estates. Ever time this has been un¬ derstood abroad there has been a steady flow «as!ward of the Polish arlStOCTSey, and they are rapidly recovering by nvans of purchase all those casti'S and domains with which the names of their families have been Identified since time Immémorial. Among those who have already taken advantage of the Czar's new

THE NEW BHEAU1TH ISRAEL

SYNAGOGUE, LOO KIMi

TOWARD THE ARK 0G THE COVENANT.

it coincides with a renewal of Emperor William's thereof is that of Prince George Radztwiil, SOB ol ? Emperor William's principal lid -de-camp, singularly Ill-advised sndeavotl t«> Prussianize of and formerly one «»f tii«· most brilliant ligures f Pesen, that is to say, thit portion of ths form« r the court of Berlin. Poland has so many friends country that widespread satisfaction can* ktrgdom of Poland which at the time of Its par¬ innotthis fall to I»«» created In the United states by the tition In the last century was awarded to Czar's of a policy which, while just to beginning Plussio. th« chivalrous and yallant Polea is llkewtae ear* > so much ac¬ t have been tain a Of strength to his immense BOUrc* in prove the past People BX-ATTACH1. customed t<> look f«.r d«s;. itllffl t'tid tyranny on empire. hr.s much that of Russia paid nobody '.he part are the Counts Potockl, policy In this particular THE TINTS OF MRUS.' EGGS. psrsecujlon of her Polisti ZsmoysU, Starzrnskl. Czartoriskl and about attention to IVassla'a From a letter In Nature. times when he^n the have there True, one hundred more bearers of squally Illustrious subjects. The beautiful nini delicate colors observed on ths names, who will doUbtlese become In course of Mfseeutloa ban abated for s period, but the ret¬ eRKs of birds ar not very feet to light, moro eepebeloi ? the lighter class of plally when thei time quite as loyal to the Czar as their fellow- iens for this have been of a nature to reflect DO colors. Egg eollectione should i.e earefully procountrymen In the Austrian portion of Poland credit on the authorities at Berlin. Tt has been tected from the light t·>· tome covering over the cas« srhen they ere not i·· m « :t.>¡. ted; othcrInvariably due, not to nn> asnso of fustics, nor to wlae ar" to Emperor Francis Joseph. It Is pleasant of tint become« lost in much of ti.«ir Is under the otreumstances to i>« able to state that any consideration of stalecraft, but merely In cours.« of time It beauty "»ratifying to notice that In natural at influence of the exerctied Court history collection« this pre¬ muaeum« and these Pllsh princes and counts are recovering consequence caution <->f protecting ogs-caaee with covers is now their estaies at a relatively small cost. F«»r the hy some Polish noblswomsn possessed of ihe almost univers.illy observed. In many ínstanos« cimract«>f the ..¦'.rung's »gg This, on palesunllghl upon Ihe people who made use thereof as Instru¬ this serve! to Intensify his hatred of the Poles. beautiful to for « few «lav« 1. s.·* its clear expoeure ments than upon the.?«· »iKainft whom they were at.d the latter, looking upon him as one of the bluent«« >.f tone, ... b«vcomee purpller, approaching t.. th-ir took contint. of Hr.ch Ik also the caso with inori« th« «let« foes race, naturally directed, has proved true once more In this In¬ bitiercst ni.'st of the greenlsh-blue «'gg.'i, like those of many stance. While the Russian noble« who obtained spleue us part In every curt calmi against him, »«¦a bird«, the common guillemot's, for Instance, th.· beauty of which largely depends on in« clear the Polish castles and estates either by grant for which, It Is tni". h»· I«'·*! no opportlTI Ity of re* freahneoa of Its blue tints. from the Russian Oovernrnent, which had con¬ \f ments on influence which boues a the at else rnd or merely nominal princely fiscale.] Ihem, price tints. Tlie method employed wus a very «Impll at the compulsory sales, are now In su«h astate Pudziwlll had ex.t Is d upon him came t«. Sfl On«, .'¡"1 may he t r i. r". > «h'tcrlhed as follow a. Vari¬ «elected for experiment, thost of financial distress and bankruptcy that Nich¬ erd. Bismarck had a ft«·· hand and tppreesed the ous birds' «ra« were having decided ami well-marked col «re being- pre¬ olas has Just been forced to appoint an Im¬ poles, nobbs as well as the peasants, to his ferred The·· shells were salved lengthwise, car· be .; taken before the op. ration m divide it ?« that perial commission to devise some means for heart's content. each half ehotild, as nearly as posjlhle, present th« their relief, the Polish nobility have prospered (Me half was k* j»t from HUM .»mount oí «·».;«.ring EMPEROR WILLIAMS CAPTrVlTT. the light for future OOmpartOOB, while the other to such a denrree In exile that ere long they will In a glass case to direct sun¬ wad half »spoeed his until continued dlegrae'e. Thi« Shortly shine. Aft.r various exposures, amounting to on· constitute what is to every monarchical country afierward tho young BmpirOf became subjugat¬ hundred hours' sunshine, each exposed naif was a source of boundless strength, namely a rich (.«'»mpared with Its unexpostd counterpart, and and affluent territorial aristocracy, possessed of ed by the grace and beauty of Baroness Kosclol- thnn the changes la hue carefully noted. Little change sufficient means to develop the latent resources Kosclelakt, wlfta of one of the leader« of the Po¬ was visitile In the darker colored eggs of the oliveor chocolate depth, but In the lighter tint«, ..f the country and, abovs all, to ameliorate the lish party In the Prussian House of Lord«, and brown, especially among the plu·· and green-blue«, the condition of the peasantry and masiu for whose perhaps the moat popular among hi« country« change· bacsm« more marked»

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