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Show BARBAROUS RDSSIA. E-.err rn.5lnule 0atm?e ad In . fAinj, Heaped tpou the Cn-ttrtiuate Cn-ttrtiuate Jerrs. A RUSSIAN FRA DIAVOLO SCNT 70 SIPERIA. -! The Zimbeji Hirer in Africa-Found -. to,le Very TaJaiblo (o the Onmerr. Vjuvals nnsr-&0RN childrcn ftrtO BROKEN LEG. I 1' t " Jnii je" MaXej's Jlrcliioa Conctrnin? tliioe5C Labareri Comic; via Canada and Hcxiro. A'J Ily T JfSTf 15 to $1 i. TILE JLWS IV Itl'sSIt. Tnelr Condition c:roulnc Jtnrr tic-realnar tic-realnar EtTy IlRX Srj rKtr.Ratnr.o, Dec. 5J. The comillron of the Jofri la JUitela i grotvlng ruire depressing every day end their burdens iro-o tiresome. Certainly uot in all the dark atroi, not evcu in Sraiu, wire the "choK'n people"' trisitej rorte titan now. Tue tactra legal prosecution need ji&t be named. Tbcy are really too horrible in many ca'cs to nime. It seems to be generally understood un-derstood that ''any crime committed by aCliriUnirngaius.t a Jew will be n inked at; and jxx trery Imaginable Imagin-able outrage ard ittfamy is heaped upon them. Utit apart from thue thing;, the legal and olllcialiy authorised au-thorised oppression in bad enough to mabe this age notable in the history nf persecution. All the llussians are heavily taxeJ. but In addition to the taxation taxa-tion they share with the rest of the people, the Jews sutler feveral special taxes. One of these is the box tax, which is leiied upon every iound of meat butchired nccordlrjg to Jewish rites, which meanV, of j couree, all meat eaten by the Jews, j but this tax goes further than meat. It is levied on the rents of all buildings owned by the Jews, on the prorits of all business conducted by the Jews, upon all property bequeathed be-queathed by Jews to their heir, upon all clothing iorn by Jews,and on various other Jewi'h Interests. For example, every Jew lias to pay $.1.50 a year for the privilege of wearing a skull cap at family prayers, pray-ers, according to the universal custom cus-tom of his people. There is also another so-called ' candle tax." wnich is levied upon all candles burned by the Jews in religious observances. There is also a printing tax, levied upon ail print in , presses operated by the Jews, ranging from $U to SH), according to tlie size or the press. IX CIVIL L!E Ihudi-crimlualion against them Is still more revere. "o Jew may rnUrthc civil service or practice law or medicine. Xo Jew may hold nuy local or munictral ofllec or take rutlu any election for the same. .NoJew may lie a member of a schofel board, or be a police magistrate, magis-trate, nor bo foreman of a jury, nor be master or vice-master of a build. To go into the private life of the Jews, it is to lie observed that in 110 school are there more thin If per cent of Jen lh pupil. In many towns tho Jews form5 ptrctut 01 more of the jopuhUcu, and so a majority of their culldreu are denied school priilegc. o relief can be obtained by sending the children to school in ether I laccr, where the nunt'jtrof rrtiidmt Jews does not come up to the to fT rent limit, because be-cause the law expressly declares that the chilJreu of Jen Uh parent are allowed to attend school only in the placu where their parents live. As toreliciius wonJilp, it is absolutely ab-solutely forbidden in private Iiou-ea, except by special permission. Tuat is, every Jew must secutu a license to hold family prayers or even to pray in private in his own bedchamber. bed-chamber. Public worship in a synagogue is only permitted in plans having eighty orraore Jewish houses, toiu places tilth less than eighty Jewish houses religioun wor ship by the Jews is totally forbidden. forbid-den. These laws are enforced to the very letter and more. Itlsanecry-da Itlsanecry-da occurrence for Jews to be arrested, ar-rested, fined and imprisoned for praj iug without a licen-e. It is now rumored that more stringent lawB still arc to be promulgated, and the only question seems to be. how far will it be possible for unbridled And brutal tyranny to go. THIRTY TiroCSAMI FCOITIVES. llEKLiN", Dec. Thirty thousand thous-and Russian Jens are expected to arrive at Hamburg soon, and arrangements ar-rangements are being made to send Deru to Bradl. |