Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 24, 1889, Page 12

« MOSES MADE N0 MISTAKE. The Book of Genesis and the Record of Nature. THEY AGREE IN EVERY RESPECT. How the Present Earth Was Brought Forth Ont of Chaos—Truths Hid- 5 den in Strange Legend 3 Yehl, the Raven. Striking Paraliols. £ As between theold and new versoins of the Old Testament there is sach a distinction 1t 18 difficuls to decide which is the better. The Mosaic record of the creation is a case in point. The old version gives an account of the creation of the universe, the new that of the atmosphere and the earth and their inhabitants, A glance at the first and second chapters of (ienesis will show they were written by more than one person, while here and there in succoeding chapters are disjointed passages, showing clearly that the second is an injection into the original writ- ings of Moses. The first and second chap- ters also show the transposition of these passages which break the narrative. The cause of this can be attributed to the scribes, and possibly others, when taking into con- sideration the Genosis history of the dukes and kings of Edom down to the time of Solomon.and fthe :first Book of Chronicles. By reference to the latter, it will be seen,the second chapter of Genesis beginning at the eighth verse is an injection on the part of these old writers, long after the death of Moses, to cnable the Israelites to trace their. descent from Adam, the patriarch through the line of Seth. In the same manner Luke traces that of Christ in the third chapter of his gospel. Accepting that version as correct and treating these fragments as mosaics, they are easily picced, 80 a8 to make & complete and correct account of the creation and following events. Another thmg that has evidently been overlooked is the rule of the sacred writers to divide their writings into books. Matthew sLXn- his gospel thus: § “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham," and then traces his descent from that patri- ch. The book of Genesis is divided thu 1. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth, 2, This is the book of the generations of Adam. 8. These are the generations of Noah. 4. These are the generations of the sons of al b. These are the generations of Shem. 6. These are the generations of Terah. In the fifth book the sacred historian con- fines himself exclusively to the descendants of Shem, and follows the history down to the father of Abraham, and his brothers Nahor and Haran, From this point, and in Chron- icles I, the history of Abrabham and his de- scendants, the Israelites, is continuous. As the Israelites were haughty and proud of their ancestry, what was more natural than for the scribes to trance their lineage from the dawn of history, as written by Moses, the man of God?1 ence the reason for injecting parts of the second chapter of Genesis and others into bis writings to es tablish theiv claim, and_supply some of the omissions of Moses, With these points in view, a correct version of the Mosaic record of the creation can be reached, one that is in harmony with scienco and natural law, di- vided into periods so far as given by the sa- cred writers, vi IN THE BEGINNING, “In the inning God created the heaven and the earth,”—Genesis i, 1. “He made the sters also.”’—Genesis i, 16 “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and and ull the hostof them.”—Gen- esis ii, 1. By ohanging ‘‘the heaven” to read ‘“‘the at- + mupheg" the meaning of the first verse is v, viz: -“In the begipning God created "‘the atmosphere and the earth.’ In the next chapter is an account of the condition of the -earth before the ‘cataclysm _preceding the advent of man ‘Which can be called. TIE HEATED TERM, ‘“‘And no plant of the field was earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung. up for the Lord God had not caused it 10 rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the earth.”’—Genesis ii, 5. ‘‘But there went up a mist from the earth and watered the face of the ground.”--Gen- esis ii, 6. _ Here we have the record of the period . when thiere was neither vegetation, man, nor rain on the carth. It shows that the earth was t00 hot tobe productive, possibly then in the present condition of Jupiter and Saturn, or at a later stage, that of Venus, which at its lnst transit was seen to be groen, denot- ang the presence of water. This has been its oolor for centuries as shown by the records of the Chaldeaus. 1am of the opin- don that Venus is now_ ‘in the same condition @8 the earth preceding the advent of man, that is, covored by water, excepting its high. est elevations, to cool it, and prepare the + planet for & higher development. The absence of rain on the earth during this poriod was owing to the heated condi- - tion of the atmosphere and the earth, Itis necessary to have cold as well as heat to produce rain. Mist is produced by tho moisture drawn from the earth ascending to # great helght, whero it meets the. cool air and then descends. Genesis thus briefly THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUND: night, “And God saw the light that it was ®ood,"—and it has been good ever since. As well deny the existence of the sunlight on the first dey after the atmosphere was cleared as to deny that ot the day and night. But while the sun shone during the day there was no moonlight at night. ‘The moon changing from oid to new was too near the sun to be visible, hence its light would not be seen 1 the evening sky until the fourth day. As this is the operation of the present law, can anyone deny its existence in the ages of the past! Fhurthermore, as that lum inary influences tho atmosphere ana tho tides, it is the cause of earthquakes like those of Charleston and Costa Ric: storms ¥y, ) discern what in part ‘oanseq. the wind to niove upon the waters, cleansing the atmos- phere and producing the first day. The first day passing, the earth sub. merged, the sun shining and sucking up the moisture from earth and sky, we come to the second day. WHEN THE ATMOSPIERE CHANGED ITS CHAR- ACTER. And God said, ‘Let there be a_firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from tho waters.”—Gen. i-6., “And God made the firmament, and di- vided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was s0,”—Gene- ris i, “And ( od called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second d '—Genesis |, 8. Here we have a record of an act or law of the Creator in dividing the waters in the atmosphere from those on the earth, an the operation of the present self-ncting princi- ple in the atmosphere through the action of sup, by which the earth receives rain, snow, dew and mist, fertilizing the land and con- tributing to our happiness. As will be seen it was a complete change in the character of the atmosphere from its previous condition. Tt paved the way for the appearance of man, and the fine particles of water in the atinos- phere cause the beautiful biue sky, and radiate the light of the sun, moon and stars in the heavens above us. Without these the sky would be black, and the sun, moon and stars would shine alike when above the horizon during the day. Heaven, earth and sky would lose their radiant beauty. t has been urged by some, the creation of the firmament by the separation of the waters required the work of ages, but as science afirms, the sun can draw 40,000 solid miles of water from the earth in one year, the question arises why should it take these untold ages to do the work! THE LEGENDS. In Donneiley’s Ragnarok, that brilliant writer gives many of the legends, cowciding with the Mo: record, Among them are the following, whi f interest. He says: “All the cosmogonies begrin with an age of darkness; a damp, y dismal time. ‘rhe Babylonian legends ‘Therc was a time 1 which there existed nothing but durkness and an_abyss of waters , W in resided Jmost hideous beings, whichfewere produced of a two-fold principle. The Hin- doo legend says: ‘The supreme Being alone existed ; afterward there was universal dark- ness, The Cholula legend says: In the be- ginning, before the light of the sun had been created, this land was in darkness and void of any created thing. The Quiche legend says: Once more are the gods in council, in the darkuness in the night of a desolated un- wverse. The persons of the godhead were enveloped in the darkness which enshrouded a desolate world.”” And strangest of all. Mr. Donnelley gives that of the Thlinkeets, of British Columbia, about the Great Crow or Raven, Yehl. *“Very dark, damp, and chaotic was the world in the beginning; nothing with preath or body moved thera except Yehl: in the likeness of a raven e brooded over the mist; his black winds beat down the vast confu- sion; the waters went back before ‘him and the dry land appeared.” How came these peogla with this mighty fact! Certainly they had no acquaintance with the book of Genesis, yot the anaiogy is remarkable. 0 If we accept the tramslation of Genesis representing the spirit of God brooding over the waters, then dispersing the darkness with a mighty wind, the similarity is strik- ing if not complete. Last of all the Chinese legend sa ““In the age after the chaos; when heaven and earth had just separated, after the chaos cleared away, heaven appeared first in order, then earth, then -after they existed, and the atmosphere haa changed its character man came forth.” Here is a closer analogy still. Genesis say8, God created the firmament and called itheaven. The fourth commandment em- phasizes this, and says, “in six days the Lord made heaven (the firmament) and earth (the dry land), the sca, and all that in them is,” ‘The Chineso legend states the appearance of heaven (the firmament), then earth (the dry land), and a change in the atmosphere, preceded the advent of man, The change in the atmosphere is followed by the third day, when the waters ussuage, causing the appearance of DRY LAND AND VEGETATION. “‘And God said; Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together in one place, and let the dry lana appear, and it was so.” —Geuesis, i 9. ‘“‘And God called the dry land earth; and the gatnering together of the waters cailed he the seas; and God saw that it was good.” —Genesis i, 10. “*And God said; Let the earth bring forth grass, tho herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth; and it was so.” ~(ienesis, i 11 ““And the carth brought forth grass, and the herb lyiul g seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in 1tself after his kind, and God saw that it was g00d.”—Genesis i 12. “And the ovening and the morning were the third day.”—Genesis i13, THE WATEL: alludes to this heated term of tho carth, and lJeaves us to infer, as science declares, that in the succeeding ages it gradually cooled, . ‘When vegetation and life began. Here is a gap in the narrative for which we must look outside of the Scriptures. ‘The next we have is that of the earth hav- ing passed through a cataclysm,—whether ( ucea by the action of the heavenly The gathering together of the waters on this day can by uccounted for in many ways, One was by the indentations in the crust of the earth forming the bed of the ocean. An carthquake could do this, ‘‘when the mighty wind” passed ovor the waters on the first day, with the same easc it sani the great pier in the Lisbon earthquake. As the rathering together of the waters formed thi lies or collision with a comet, none can . eay. The inference is that it was caused by some outside celestial influence acting on the stmospLere, and destroying its self-acting ~ arinciple or firmawent, .if we accept the ver- pion that the collision with Biela's comet used the great fires at Chicago und in the . morthwest in October, 1871, The earth huving pussed through this con- . wulsion, the next stop brings us to THE COOLING TERM, « when it was to bo fitted for wan and the present animal kingdowm, “And the earth was null and void, and darkness wus upon the fave of the deep.”’— seas the inference is conclusive that such was the fact. When the waters were gath- ered into the seas the dry land appeared. It will be observed that the dry lund was not created on this day, neither ‘was vegotation, One simply rose, or appeared above the wa- ters—the other as the text says, was upon the carth. This demonstrates that not only the land, but all vegetation was submerged. In this condition it was dovmant, but when. the water was_ withdrawn from the surface of the earth, ana vegetation felt the beuneficial influences of the sun, which it could not do in the dark- ness or under the water, then the carth began from the night; and let them be for Wn, and for seasons, and for days and years. “‘And Tet them be for lights in the firma- ment of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and it_was o." “And God made two great lights: the froater light to rule the day, and the lesser ight to rule the night.” ““And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth." ‘‘And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the dark- ness, and God saw that it was good.”--Gen- esis i 18, ““And the evening and the morning were the fourth day."—Genesis i:14-10. This of all thus far is the GRANDEST OF THE CREATION. The complete illumnination of the heavens Dby day and night. The text is precise. In no case does it jod created the sun and the moon on the fourth day. But it does say God created the sunlight and the moon- light, and both appeared in the sky on_the fourth d He set their lights in tho firm- ament! "Where else could he have put them, to radiate their light over all the earth! And the stars also, where could their light shine on the earth, if not through the firmament of the atmosphere! To the ancients, as well as ourselves, the move- ments ‘of the sunlight and the moonlight through the heavens are still the guides to the signs, the scasons, the days and the years. Milton in his description of the creation with a poet's license describes the evening of the firat day as the time of the full moon. This could not be because the moonlight did govRDeR® until the evening of the fourth ay. TIR TAWS OF NATURE had their beginning in eternit, says they are still the same. work, is that when the moon changes from old to new it is invisible for four days. No one can dispute this, Such being the faot, the work of the presentcreation,or rehabilit- ation of the earth, began on the evemng of the first day, and the moon, undergoing its monthly change, its light could not be seen in the firmament of heaven until the fourth day. On that evening and the morning the lights of the moon, the stars and the sun were all visible on the earth. Can anything make the texts clearer or jostle it out of har- mony with science? This ends the work of restoriog the earth or rather fitting it for the abode of man, who is to appear. The next thing is to peo- ple it. This came as follows: ‘The fifth day—The creation of the fishes. The sixth day—The creation of the avi- mals contemporaneous with man, TIHE CREATION OF MAX. “So God oreated man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and remu!yn created he them, and called them man, These are the primitive, or pre-Adamite races, or “men” who began to call upon the name of the Lord, to worship him, 1n tho ays of Fnos the son of Seth, the ‘son of Adam the son of God. In the daysof Noah their daughtors married with the sons of God (the descendants of Adam), when for the wickedness prevailing on the ‘earth they were destroyed in THE SECOND HISTORIC DELUGE, when the atmosphere was again changed, limiting the period of human life to the term of 120 years, The second chapter of Genesis contains the history of Adam and Eve, and their de- scendents, inserted by the Scribes to connect them with the Isrpelites, as shown in the book of Chronicles and in Luke. And God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it. And the heavens and the earth were fin- ished. B. F. Test. e e LONDON EVENING PAPERS. They Are Making Rapid Gains on Their Morning Contemporaries. The London correspoudent of - the East Anglian Daily Times (the paper which discovered Mr. Stead’s connec- tion with the Contemporary article) writes: There is a great change in process in the position and prospects of the London newspapers. What we un- derstand by the “‘morning papers” are losing ground for the general readers and their evening contemporavies are steadily encroacning upon the position which they once held as purveyors of intellizgence and framers or directors of public_opinion. The Daily Tele- graph and Standard are taken for their advertisements, notably the former, whose brilliant leaders of the past de- cade are now almost invariably dull, and not infrequently ungrammatical. The Times never has enjoyed a popular reading clientele, and the Post, notwith- standing its fall 1n price, is still the or- gan of the boudoir. City men and in- vestors vesiding in the metropolis have ceased, to an_ extent which inquiry would cause to be astounding, to depend for their money intelligence upon the Times, and its contemporaries. This branch of journalism 18 now better done by the financial pavers, of which exotic two specimens have come com- aratively recently into existence. It 18 true these papers, sparkling, lively, and sometimes fearless, though they be, have Astronomy One, still at MUCH TO LEARN editorially. For example, one of them came out without a reference to the im- portant imbroglio which has retarded the transfer of the submarine cables to the government, and which, on the news of it becoming known, brought down the shares20. Butas a rule the writers put things in a keen light, and ferret out facts which the old tradi- tional city article writer disdains to “publish or is toolazy to find out for him- self. Moreover, the money intelligence is now done vigorously and promptly by the evening, or so-called evening apers, for these are speedily accelerat- ing the hour of their publication. Almost before men on 'change settle down to business the Star isselling outside of the “*house.” After the Star comes the Evening News. The Pall Mall Gazette, which; previous to Mr. O’Connor’s paver, was published at the lordly houy of half-past one, is now ob- tainable before noon. The St. James Gazette, the Globe and the Standard are all selling an hour earlier upon the street. In fact the toe of the evening editor comes so nigh to THE HEEL OF HIS MORNING CONTEM- Genesis i, ‘The new version of the old testament says: #'And the earth was waste and void." As the term ‘'void"” n this case means desolate, It will bo seen the earth at this stago was waste and desolate. It was upin. » habited, tenantless, no life, no vegetation, . mothing but water, and the darkuness pro- duced by a thickened atmosphor The tage is the digappearance of FIRST WISTORIC DELUGE, 'And the spirit of God moved upon tife ~ fuce of the waters. nesis i, 2. ~ Here we have the process i:x which this hty event was accomplished. One trans- 0 conveys the meaning that the spirit i ¥ led upon the face of the waters. But 4 word *‘rubr,” while it means spirit, also " means wind. So the passage properly fnter- preted would read thus: * “And the wind of God moved upoun the . face of the waters.” * This brings us face to face with a natural law, & mighty wind moving upon the face of _the waters, and thus while moving the © waters also s irrlog, or ronding the aimos. 3 re and cleansing it. This was Lomediately owed by the appearance of » D NIGIT, AY '\ the tirst day of the present stage of let there be light and there n - " SAnd God saw the light that it was good " and God divided the light from the durk- A mness."—Cen. i+4. “And God called the ught dn])‘. and the the evening the morning were the flrst day.” Gen, earth. “And God was light."-—Ge kness hocalled night. And these verses man, . Mr, Gladstone _upiversal ow, Talmage thinks it was an e! . neers at Talmage, and Le- Lhe sim- been the revolution of mistakes. B ou its axi have stumbled and IAdntone ks it the uluunnl 'hera 18 O universal in nature. 1f so, there would be no producad the day and to put forth grass, and herb, and fruits. *'And God saw that it was good.” In this connection I have spoken of the condition of the earth before the cataclysus preceding the advent of man., Some claim the granite is composed of the remains of animals, but the primeval rocks show a state of fusion—caused by heat—when there was neither plant, nor herb, nor ram. But as e earth cooled, vegetation and life ap- peared, Speaking of the iguanodon, A GREAT LIZAKD, te y D) uch an animal could only have existed in @ hot country, and hencoe it 18 concluded that a torrid climate The ' country it n diversifiod by hill streams and torrents, the tribu- Aborescent ferns, palms and yuccas constituted its and once prevailed in England. iuhabited must have and dale, b{ taries of its mighty rivers. groves and forests; aclicate ferns grasses, the vegetable clothing of its soil and in its marshies, equiseta, and plants of like nature provailed. But there is no evi. denco that man ever set his foot upon that n y of the animals which are his contemporuvies found there u from wondrous soil, or that habitation, £ W numberless observations conclusive reasons o man and the existing races of were not created till myriads of years the destruction of the iguanodon countr; But, there infer country whioh Janguage can but feebly por- tray, with ite appallng dragon forms, its forests of palms and treo ferns, and the lux- nt vegetation of a tropical clime.” aiour, i T 8, uivaleot to a of o“.ml the fourth day, when od said: et there bo lights in U ——— To danfy the existence of the sunlight and khit, on the first, second and third Genial of the exist- ence night, or the daily revolu- tion of the earth on its mxis. A this period there was no uoonli(ht‘;:n this brii usto moon and st ielbto 0a the samp hy: sturs were vi n the same day. “M?(‘i th firmament of the heaven to divide the day PORARY that his threatens to be the paper of the future. Quite recently I bought a cur- rent copy of the Star at the Lowestoft railway “station shortly after midday. The society papers also are feeling the pressing changes. The evening papers now all go in for society gossip, thus in- vading the domain of the so-called ournals for men and women. A calcu- ation would show that the circulation of the combined evening papers equals, if it does not exceed, that ol the morn- ing journals. How oomrlewly these have shaken the fathers of the London press from authority in local questions was shown the other day in the battle fought between the Starand the Pall Mall upon the county council and the election of aldermen. Andwhat is true of local politics is rapidly becoming true of imperial also. e Theory and Practice. New York Weekly: Young Wife— “Are you the editress of the -Hous hold epartment of the Woman's Com- panion?” Mvrs. De Letter—‘“Yes, I have had charge of that department for ten years,” 1 am so glad we are near neighbors. I'm sure you won’t object if I ruv in once in a whila for alittle practical help about cooking, will you?” No, indeed. Come in whenever you please—that is, after next week. My cook is away temporarily, and my hus- band and I are taking our meals ata restaurant.” e A very busy young man, the week of whose wedding had been decided upon, wrote to his flaucee on a postal card: “What day! Tues.!” The answer came back promptly, alse on & postal card i “No, Wed!” IN THE ETHIOPIAN HEAVEN, The Oelestials of an Omaha Theater and their Charaoteristics. CRITICS WORTH CONSIDERATION. How Kelly Handles the Frequenters of the Cock Loft—The Gods at the Grand—The Notor ious slnvln Gang. The Gods of the Gallery. What an association of striking features clusters about them. What wonderful stories have been written regarding their conduct. The subject is old, but always interesting. Never since the cock-loft was introduced into theaters has there been a time when people were not more or less curious to read de- scriptive pen pictures telling of the many scenes witnessed, incidents noted, expressions heard and general de- meanor found among those who frequent that portion of the theater and look down upon the passing show below. The patrons of dramatic art who has not heen through the oppressive experience suffered from nightly sittingsin a foully ventilated top section, must admit the defects of their thespian education. Sparticus appealed to the gods and thanked them that he was Barbarian, but they were neither of the London, Chicago nor the Omaha variety. To these he left the fate of his portrayers and a few who have attempted the churacterization found favor in their judgment. Without the sanction of these ragged, dirty, untutored, but bright, keen, quickwitted critics would the world ever ‘have heard of Edwin Forrest, John MecCul- lough, Frederick Ward or Robert Downing? To them, also Bernhardt, Mary Andfsrson, Modjeska, Davenport, Maggie Mitchell, Lotta, and in fact all the bright particular stars owe much of their success before the footlights. 1n the timid, tottering, blushing, infanc, of their adventures on the stage, it wi to the noisy, dark habitation of the gods that they first looked and pleaded for a decision. If a new arf st ora new play catches the gallery all is well. There is where most of the telling and decisive criticism comes from. The spectacular show, the comed melo-dvama ov any other kind of pri duction that fails'to win applause from the gamins might as well be d on the shelf. u have never spent an evening in v, among the gods, half your s o wild, dreary There is the place to learn i waste. intense iuterest or unspeakable di If they praise, it is the kind of that counts: but if condemumation ikes in it runs giot and is ivofully wicked. Tho mild and as compared with in some cities. He i very much re- formed, That fab# is' due, however, to the training which he has been com- pelled to undergo. of..late years by a small, dark-visaged, nervy man, who has ruled the roost with a peeled elm club ever since Boyd's opera house was opened. Previoug to thatevent Omaha could not boast very much of her gallery god population. Among his friends this monster spirit r ndsy to the nume of Martin Kelley butin thée “upper circle” they call him a tersor. To merely look at and s one would hardly ' suppose Mr. Kelley capable of handling four or five hundred rough, reckless raiders, who, when congregated together have the desire for devilment in them avoused to the pointof committing almost any sort of depredation. Buthe has held the reins for eight years and is king among them. It is quite amusing to hear Mr. Kelly relate the stormy sieges he has had. Those of you who have been at the opera house on several occasions before doors: were opencd and seen great crowds of these boisterous boys waiting to get in, can form some conception of the dangers as well as difficulties’any person would encounter in an attempt to control and regulate their actions. One night last season, during the Booth-Barrett engagement, # riot al- most ensued on the sidewalk., A dozen or more big bullying roughs undertook to trample several bootblacks and news- boys under foot, break down the en- trance doors and go in regardless of all rules, regulations or order. Two or three policemen attempted to interfere, but they soon had to abandon the field and fly. Kelly went out with his club, waded into the mob like an old warrior, Omaha god s respectable rather a specimen his kind him up and quickly restored peace. He says that ~ the Boyd claims about four hundred regular attendants to the twenty-five cent section, who may be counted on to put in an appear- ance at every attraction, except the concert and locture. These classes of entertainments they have no use for. Of course there are shows, and actors too, that dvaw stronger in that part of the house as wellas the dress circle, the pit and the balcony than others. If anything, the gods discriminate much = ecloser thun tihe older and more vrefined people.. The artist, male or female, who fails to please them, discovers that fact very early in aseries of shrill whistles, cat- calls, and such invitations as “‘takga tumble to yourself, Johnny.” *Go and work on a farm.” “What an old guy.” *Where did he blow in from, any- way ?” ““What did you say. his name was?” Ou the other hana, the actor that pleases their fancy has the pleasure of hearing great encouragement, Mary Anderson, -Modjeska, Minnie Maddern and Kate: Uastleton are in high favor with she Omaha gods. Every time one of them comes, the entire force, numberin, from 600 to 700, turn ;out. 'hey also rave over Edwio . Booth, admire Tom Keene, thinki Robert Dowin, a great man, go to. see Hoey as **Ol Hoss" every nifhn, sbave no time for “Innocent Kid,” eall| Gene Canfield as “"Rats,” a bird, and 'pronounce “Fan- tasma” the best of all spectacular pro- ductions. Asarulg they are notso much given to o‘:ux:a, but the “‘King’s Fool” and “The Little Tycoon,” brought them out eyery night. It is impossible to narrate, in a short Sunday story, all that could be told about "the gallery and its autocratic, andacious inhabitants. As stated be- fore, they receive first consideration from the profession and knowing that such is the case, their power has made them so independent that all other circles must endure their naughty manners, accept the situation as being necessary, and make the best of it. Itis gratifying therefore to know that in this city the maunagers of the Grand and the Boyd have taken special pa:ns to preserve order up stairs as well as down, The results are more satis- factory than could reasonably have been oxpected now, that tho boys con- duct themselves quite decently, Sel- dom does aun audience hecome disturbed on account of any unseemly . outbreaks wamong the high-cock-a-lorums, Kelly has marched 80 many of them wunceremoniously to the street when they did not desire to g0 that they are afraid to cut up. Three, four and five years ago, when the Slaven gang, composed of young loafers, graders and tough boys from Tenth street, had full sway the gods here rivaled those of any other town in Ameriea, but they have disappeared and their absence is noticeable. Strange as it may seem, according to Mr. Kelly, clerks from the railroad of- fices and stores are far more unruly and rude than the small boys. They take particular delight in giv- ing expression to as much vulgarity as they dare, and shout it at the actors. The little fellows hold themselves above the use of vile language. They are the real gods, the sharp critics, who lean forward in their seats, cagerly listen to cateh every word, watoh closely overy move and deliver the final decisions. Not only in the gallery but on the street do they give their opinions and use their influence. - s v MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Pauline Hall is not engaged for the com- inir season-—at least not for comic opera. “Dans un Miroie? is the tiflo of Sarah Bernhardt's version of “As in @ Looking Glass."” A “husking bee” is to be n ‘‘realistic’ fonture of Neil Burgess' new play, “A Coun- ty Faw,” “Aunt Louisw” Eldridge is able to sit up, and that's about all. Fer illness was really very serious, telle Clayton has ended he Quick or the Deadt’ until the autumn, H. B, Irving, Henry Irving's son, is said to be the living counterpart of his father in averything but age and statuc. Milo. Rhea's new play is called ‘“The Case Vidal," is said to be somewhat sensational, and will be produced this season, “Captain Swift is almost certain 1 run for the remainder of tho senson at the Madi- son Square theater, New York city. Mary Anderson, following the fashion, will act in Berlin in May, appearing in *“The Win- ter's Tale.”” She will have an Euglish com- vany. Chassaigna's new opera, which is not yet completed, has its scenes and incidents faid in Mexico. The Aronsons have first call on the opera. Rosina_Vokes 18 to present several new and only those comedies in which she met with marked favor will be retained in her repertoire. Mrs. W. J. Florence will act next season, while her husband is traveling iith the son-Florence combination, if she gets le chance. Marie Burroughs listens to the various rumors that she is not to be in the Madison Square company next scason, smiles and smiles, but says nothing. Miss Eftie Shannon has signed a contract with Mr. Daniel Krohman of the Lyceum theater for two years. She jons the stock company in ‘September. Chassaigne. composer of “Nadjy," sold his rights to the opera. a year ago for £5,000, Since then it has run steadily in both New York and London and has paid royaltics of £40,000. Since he became a manager, seventcen years ago, A. M Palmer has examined near- ly 7,000 American plays—about 400 a year. He accepted four, ench of which was ™ suc- cessful. Miss Viola Allen, at present leading lady of the Boston Museum. has signed a contract with Charles F'rohman to assume the lead- her tour in and will rest g juvcnile role in Bronson Howard's “Shonandoah.” Miss Rose Coghlan wil! Intooduce her brother’s play, “Jocelyn,” for the first time to New Yorkers at the Star theater, a house she made her reputation at when it was known as Walluck’s, N. C. Goodwin’s season just booked will last for thirty-five weeks and will take in the California circuit. In San Francisco “Turned Up" will begiven on account of it never having been seen so far west. Mine. Albani has been asked to take part in_the Haundel festival performance of “Elijah” at the Chrystal Palace, London, on June 22. The choir will be 2,500 strong and will be rehearsed at first in squads. Sims & Pettitt's latest melodrama, **Mas- terand Man,” which has been purchased by Mr. A. M. Palmer, was given at Birming- ham, England, on March 15. The principal scene of the play shows an iron foundry in full blast. Josef Fung'l, the famous Hungariam com- poser of dunce music, who died the other day at Weimar at the age of seventy-eight years, was the son of a stocking weaver, and was himself a school teacher. Then he became a bandmaster in the Austrian army. 'T'here is said to be reason to believe that “Tony" Hart may rejoin Harrigan if he re- covers sufficiently to act again. The re- establishment of the old partnership wouid be welcomed by the theater-going public, gbr the best work of the' comedians has been done in combination. Comparatively few persons outside the the- atrieal profession know that John Maddison Morton the author of “‘Box and Cox.” and a great number of farces equally good, if not 8o well known, is still living in London, He is one of the ‘‘Poor Brethren" of the Charter house, baving outlived his pros- perity and most of his friends. Mr. E. J. Vanderfelt has arrived from San Francisco and completes the *‘Robert Eis-. mere” company, which i8 now rehearsine. The company, in its entircty, is s follows Messrs. John T. Sullivan, W. H. Thompsou, Harry Holland, C. Valentine, Melvine Cra- vin and William Humphrey, and the Misses Dorothy Dow, Effic Shannon, Adelaide Stan- hope, May Robson and Ella Morgan. It has practically been decided that little Josef Hotmann shall resume his public ap- Dpearunce next September or October with a tour through London and the provinces, Young Hofmann, who will be twelve years old next June, has been studying diligently since his retirement, and has composed half a dozen new pianoforte picces, including one of somewhat large dimensions. Charles Frohman has closed contracts for Al Hayman, of San Francisco, with Messrs. Gilmore und Tompkins, for a three months’ tour of Miss Margaret Mather through the west. The engagemont will begin in June, and the principal cities of California, Utah, Nebraska, Nevada and Oregon will be vis- ited. By the terms of the contruct Mossrs. Gilmore and Tompkins ure to supply the company and all sconery and equipments. An operatic manager who was about to give a grand opera in Rio Janciro engaged three different men as first tenor in Paris, During the voyage this fact came out and domanded an ox tlemen, the tree men indignant planation from the man @ snid in sauve tones, 1 am an old manager in the Rio J uess, and either one of you swould bo per fectly satisfactory to me, but we shall not be there a weok before two are certain to fall er, “Ge victims to the yellow fever, and the one that is left will be my first tenor for the coming I have tried it many years and have never known it to fail, so there is no use season. quarreling about it at this late day.” y Nothings. New York World. Mrderous meteors—Shooting stars. The sun’s favorite game—Solilaire, Epenezer shoaring his horse—Eelipse. John crazed by his love for Angeline —A lun(y)a bow. The place in heave milky way. Fun in the upper regions— Why Francesca couldn’t bel young man—DHBolide. When the sun sets he hatches n hawks. Water is queen when it rains, Birds settle their accounts i for cowards keylarks. the early morning when their bills aralle dew. Alexander’s tears were electri Father Tiwe is like He keeps his years well seasoned. Fruit ull the year round—Dates. Cross white babies—Snow squalls, The wind for disoinline—A svanking breeze. A much-talked-of territory-—-Woman's sphere. (41T zve her French cook— MARCH 24, 188),—SIXTEEN PAGES. ALL WANT ROBERT ELSMERE The Universal Demand of the Pat- rons of the Publio Library. SOME OMAHANS' MENTAL FOOD. What the Boys and Girls Read— Omaha's High Standard—A Few Authors Tabooed—A Chat With the Librarian, The Pablic Library. “Number is 8,552 is out!’ said Miss Blanche Allan, one of the attendants at the public library, to a tailor-made girl who stood within the railing that di- vided the lobby of the library from the book-shelves. Miss Jessic Allan, the librarian was standing near chatting with a reporter of Tk Bre, ‘“Number 8,552, said sho, “is ‘Robert Blsmere.” We have seven copies of the book upon our shelves, but if we had a hundred none of them would remain in the library more than twenty minutes; but half ot the people who ask for it can’t read the beok understand- ingly after they get it, and we don't feel for that reason, like overloading the li- brary with such books and having a lot of dead stock on our hands after a while.” Omaha's city library is a success. 1t furnishes diversion and entertainment or eight or ten thousand people. That such would ever be the case, it is scarcely probable that those who toox the initial step toward the founding of a free library away back in 71 ever en- tertained the remotest tancy. Jonn T. Edgar, Nathan Shelton, Albert M. Henry and Albert Swartz- lander were most energetic in the work necessary to the establishment of this institution which has become such a boon to the people of Omaha. The library association was incorpo- ated on the Srd of December, 1871, he first meeting of the stockholders was heid on the 30th day of the same month. The fivst directors were A. J. Poppleton, St. A. D. Balcombe, H. W. Yates, John T. Edgar, John Patrick,A. Swartzlander, S. S, Caldwell, Dr. G. L. Miller, J. W. Gannett, N. Shelton and A. M. Henry and the first officers, elected the following January were A. J. Popploton, president; N. Shelton, vice president: 3. S. Caldwell, treas- urer; Albert Swartzlander, secretary; A. M. Henvy, corresponding secretary Soon after the first meeting a don: tion of J. M. Pattee presented the libreary with a number of valuable books and 700 volumes were purchased from E. O. Crosby, of Fremont. This was the nucleus of Omaha’s pres- ent public library of 25,000 volumes. The library was at first located in a small room on the second floor of Simp- son’s block on Fourteenth street, be- tween Dodge and Douglas. In [Febru- ary, 1872, the first catalogue of the books in the library was issued, show- ing a total of 2,285 volumes. The libra- |~'y was removed in February, 1874, to the second story of R. M. Marshall’s buitding on Dodge street between Four- teenth and Fifteenth. It became evident in 1877 that the li- brary could not be maintained under the existing circumstances and after several conferences between the associ- ation and the city council, the library property. was finally turned over to the city ou"the 4th of August of the same ¥ The library is now maintained by a tax of one mill upon the asscssed valua- tion of the city, which will amount to about $19,000 this year. A young lady named Mis: was the first librarian under the regime of the association and she was followed by Miss Sears. now Mrs. A. M. Fergu- son. Mrs, Ferguson was followed Miss Jean Allan, now Mis, W. R. Johnson, who was librarian at the time of the transfer of the library to the vity, and continued in her position some time afterwards. Miss Allan, now. Mrs H. C suc- ceeded Mi: Jean, eight ars ago she in turn was succeeded by iss Jessie Allan, the present efficicut libvarian. Miss Allan has for her as: sistants hev sister. Miss Blanche Allan, Miss Maggie O’Brien, Miss Edith To- bitt and Miss Theodora Burstall, These young ladies have made their occupation & study, and take great pleasure in suggesting books to those who ‘‘want something to read.” “There is one when anyone asks for good book to read to sugwest something [ would read myselt. I never suggest light books, as I have found that we here in the library can shape the course of reading of patrons of the bhbrary. I have known young girls who, when they first came here, asked for the works of May Agnes Fieming. Marion Harland, and kind authors, to be- come fond of u much higher class of literature, and this was brought about by the suggestions of the attendants. Of the 23,000 volumes in the library to-duy, one-fifth of- then ave works of fiction, one-fifth biographical nd historical productions. and the other three-fifths ure equully divided between works on science and art. The principal demand in Omuha, as everywhere else, is for works of fiction, 74 per ceut of the books loandd from the library during the past year baving been worls of this character, although there is always a good demand for boolks on travels and especially in the spring. Miss Allan ascribes this to. the feveri louging of most people during that s son o go somoewhere. “RBen Hur” is most frequently entled for of any of the books of fiction. There are seventeen volumes of this work owned by ¢he hbrary and all of th are constantly in use. Scott and Dicl ens are always in demand and 8o ure the works of George Eliott and T eray. The library possesses four coum- plete sets of the worlks of each of these authors, besides odd volumes of the more popular books from their pen Miss Allun thinks that the litera standard of those who visit the libra would be higher than in most pla Particularly is this truc of the younger people, the child yin fact, With the hoys Oliver Optie, Mayne Reid Stoddard are ol now they are thrown somewhat in the shadow "by a new writer of juvenile works named Henty, His wreitings are pleasantly told histovical tales, his most opular ~ work with the youngsters L«my “The Iteign of Terror,” a story of the French revolution. His i ave popular with girls ns well ns W Fauntleroy’ is now having a ¢ Miss Alcott is very popular with them, also Susan Coolidy Mrs. Lillie, With Young ladies Craigh, Mrs, Whitney ani Mrs, Clarke are chiefly in demand. Some cull for n Harland, Mprs, Holmes and Ouida, but these have heea tabooed by the management aud are not Lo be found in the library. Thomas Harly, Mus. Oliphant and @ compacitively new authoress known as Amelic Barr are also very popular with young ladies. A bouk by'the latter entitied ~Iewember 2d le I aiways make,” said Miss Allan yesterday, “and that is ¥ the Alamo,” a _story of Texas, sooms to possess particular attraction for girls of older growth, The writings of “Tha Duchess” are in great demand with irls of swoot sixteen or thareabouts. q‘hen is always a steady demand from people of all classos for works by Black, MacDonald, F. Marion Crawford and E. P, Roo. With Amelio Rives the demand is vrincipally for her short stories. Miss Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddock) is not so popular s formerly, but Helon Jackson still re- tains a hold upon the publie. The works of such standard authors as Scott and Dickens aro generally called for by the older people. The reading-room 18 always ocoupied, Miss Allan says principally by people who want some place to lounge; but with the reforence room it is different, Here can be seen studious-looking young men from the lawoffices, students of both sexes, from the schools and old mon _with hobbies, facts concerning which they are seeking. “The people who come here are usualiy very quiet,” said Miss Allan but ouco and awhile we have to tell some ono to leave, as in the case of a man who came up here the other day. Not content with loading himself with whisky before coming, he brought his bottle along with him. When found it out I showed him the door. e iy CONNUBIALITIES. A bridegroom at Monroe, Ga., being with- out money, gave the justico a little rabbit dog which he had with him. Two Virginia youths recently fought a duel and fired forty-two shots at each other with: out either bemng wounded, over a fair in- amorita, Lord Salisbury's wedding present to his third son, who was married reeently to Lord Durham’s sistor, was a complete law library, valued at $18,000. John Krzywoszynski, of New York, is suing his wife, Amalia Krzywoszynski, neo Czysnersky, for divorce, charging that sho eloped with' John Jwinjinjvnsky, a nineteen- year-old youth, The couple had bven ma ried fifteen {"“" and the wife was probably fascinated by the superior beauty of the lover’s name, Rev, G. A, Tewksbury, pastor of the Pil- rim church at Cambridge, Mass., fell in ove with a young lady in his choir, aud the; became engaged. The trouble in'the churol that followed has resulted in the resignation of Mr. Tewksbury. A church council has commended him to the consideration of other churches as a faithful minister. A olergyman at Kingston, N. Y., was paid $1 for marrying a couple. They loft, and he was about to hand the money to his wife when the door bell rang. The newly married wife said she wanted o certificate—no mar- riago was good without one. It cost 25 cents for a blank that would suit her. The rev- erend gentleman filled” the blank out in the usual form, and she went away, scomingly satisflied. A fow days lator she agawn ap- peared at the door. “Mistor," sald the woman, in an agerleved tone, *T looked through the papers, and can't find a notice of our wedding. You ought not treat us different from other folks.” So the dominie went to & newspaper office and paid 50 conts to have a notice inserted. When he reached home he handed the remaining 25 cents to his wife, with the remark: ‘‘Here, my dear, hurry up and take this betore that woman makes another fall,” Miss Fanny Davenport's success in “La Tosca' has bepn 80 great that she has detea- mined - to make the same tour next season, playing in the same theaters and at about the same time. Her managers, Klaw & Er- langer, estimate that the nev profits of “La Tosca' for tho two seasons will reach $200,- 000. Miss Davenport is now enzlfl:‘ her company for next season, when nothing bu “La Tosca’ willpbe played. JOHN T. DIELON RealEstate & Loan COMPANY. Room 49 Barker Block. The Income Property Can Be Made to Produce, Governs Its Value. Large list of property to select from. No property listed, except at faiy valun- tion. Business and inside property a spocialty. Trackage Property For sale or lease from Union Paciflc bridge north to Grace strect, among which are two or three choice bargains, Money Loaned On improved or gilt edged unimproved veal estate. and | s poputar, but just | young girls “Little Lord | e works of Mrs, | ALL TITLES Aré examined by us and must be per- fect before we will recommend purchase of property Jobn'T. Dillon R. B, &L Co. Room 49 Barker Block, | 1