sWEsststv : ' ' THE OMAHA DAILY BfiE : , J'AJNUAftY 20. 1888.-TWELVE PAGE . it OP LIGHT. No More Gnu Kxutoslons Individual Gas la Free From Sueli Horrors. t Is a Brllllnnt , Steady , HonrHt nnd Keonoinlcnl Mglit. There Is no argument advanced favoring any new Invention or discotcry which M > quickly reaches ( hu heart of thn public , uor which makes such n lasting ImpriH- Ion , niton demon * ! rated , as that of econ omy. In consequence , It Is HIP pleasure nnd dim of ( lit ; Nebraska Individual Can Co. , to giro a few points in vindication of their assertion , that they ran furnish the best nnd most economic light nllh \\\\\c\\ \ \ \ \ \ the public has as yet heroine. ar < | iiiilnted. Perhaps no better argument could Im used but we do nut stop here. Aside from cconony Independent dan posses other advantages which go fur tovuinl making It the popular Illiimlnunt. In the first place Ils iinine hears a point to be considered. Individual or Individu ality cui'h consumer In having a separate nnd entirely distinct plant , consisting of rcsenolr and meter , thus avoids the ne cessity of any connection whatever with street mains or pipes , as uell as a saving of expense. nCoal gas , ns those using it well know , Is more or less seriously affected by cold weather , thus rendering an unreliable anil unsatisfactory Illiiinlnant during thn winter months , when It Is most needed , Kay nothing about the annoyance. Here we have a point which please note. As a lest of the ability of Individual ( iasto withstand the cold , we had the reservoirs ofhoth our olllce and warehouse placed on the io > f In bold relief , where for the past ! ! 0 days they have been subjected to the se verest of tests , our light showing no signs of variation or weakness. It Is a common thing to set * a once clear nnd neat celling blackened Immediately over t'ie ' gas fixture , or perhaps caused by n smoking dunging lamp. It is a little thing to he SUIT , hut how annoying to a careful housekeeper. Individual ( ins gives n pure , clean , soft : , nnd as white a light as could be desired , and is perfectly odorless. The feeling against the regulation meter - tor has led us to desire n simple , yet accurate - rate indicator , which any child can thor oughly understand , thus reducing th.it prejudice which has taken such rout. We read daily of dentils caused by suffocation from escaping gas , or the careless use of kerosene , and it comes home to ns. Why no ! avoid such horrors ! > . matter what amount of cure I * exercised , accidents will occur , and it is to lessen or remove all chances of an ) thing of the kind that we subject to your inspection , our gas. The positive shut elf on all gas hunters Is necessary to extinguish the light prop erly , hut let the light he extinguished by other menus , blowing or going out on ac count of a temporary insnlllelent supply , nnd what Is the consequence. suffocation , or perchance explosion and ( lie question naturally arises , how is It with Individual ( ins. ins.Hern Hern we linvo our main argument : We look after the reservoir and keep It always supplied , thus relieving the con- siiiierofunynniouiiceorcure. : From there the gas flows to each and every burner , a mutch is applied , the heat generates the gas which rises and ignites , therefore the minute that heat N taken away , either by accident or otherwise , the gas ceases to generate , hence tlio igh the hunter he turned on full head , no gas escapes. No more practical Illustration can he given than to call at our office , where we will he pleased to demonstrate and explain the workings of our light and show the comments of those who are now using it. TKSTIMOMALS. Tlio following testimonials , received by the Economic Light compiinv , of Denver , Col. , ( the Kcoiiomlu light and Individual KUS lirlmrcmo nml thu i-amu Illuminator * , spu.ik for tliem- twlvvs. TIIK 1'Ai.Mr.n LAIIB WATIIII AMI KMHTIUCI IilUIIT AMI ) 1'OWEIl Co. , W. KlNI.KV TllOMl'-1 BON , 1'HKSIDK.NT , Ol'BltA III U E Ul.DCK , f UKNVKII. Col , , Mayai. IsKf. I W. H. Itnthvon , ( lenernl Manager Kconomfc Mght Co. , Denver , Col. Dear Sir : After u careful comparison of your new system of Illu mination , with gns iiiul electricity , I am con vinced tlmt ft IM till that Is claimed for It , mid 1 hnvo decided to Imvoymi send your men ilown to pipe my house at Palmer Lake , Immediately. I Inivo ilftprmtueil upon your light , not nlono for UH br'lllnney. ' Its economy , or the uaso with which It can bn put Into Houses already built , liut for nil these reasons combined. I nm large- I ly Interested In electricity , but for my personal 15 ; lisa. 1 prefer your light to any other. Yonro la , very truly , W. KIM.KV THOMPSON. law OmcK or MAIIKIIAM \ Diu.o.v , ) . . . i , . . . . 1'KNVKII ' , Col. . Allg. 11. IN)7. f . . W. H. Itathvon , Ceneral Manager Kconomlc l.luht Company , Denver Dear Sir : The now light , recently put In operation in my house , No. UMi ! ( llenarm atrcot , by your companv Is giving us great satisfaction anil dullclit. U Is the admiration of all beholders. It makes no Miloke , gives out no bail odor. Is always ready for operation , requires no tilling , no clearing , no u Ick , nml Is easily managed. It Is moro anil moro brilliant than gas , and liuru- ii | * , as It does , u pure \vlitto llaine. Is not trying to the eyes and In my judgment is f.ir superior to uny electric light known. Ills not only the liest but the most economical llcht of which I have any knowledge , itcbpuctfnlly yours , JlB.NIIV C. Dll.t.ON. I'Ai.Mr.a I. IKK , Col. , AUK. 12 , l.H l W , It. Itathvon , ( iencral Manager' Kconomlc Light Co. . Denver Dear Sir : The thirty lights which you liavo put In the rullroud eating house t thin point have been working very MitUfnc- torily and attract u great deal of attention from the traveling public. My rooms mu fully as llfht ut midnight its at noon nnd for economy , brilliancy and eonvoul- euro , thn Unlit Is far ahead of gas , or any other menus of Illumination 1 have over tiled. Yours truly , ( i. ( I. Urbsti.i. : . Wo nr jirnparcil to nmlitrz' ho Incorporation of local companion , with whom w would bo plan sod u > contract for city or county rlulitH , mill any | > orNi > n or company Interested In ttil * inuttricuii obtain lull Informa tion Irom us. Any Kuch rrqurst will rccnlvo our limnoillntn attention , nnd wo feel Hiiro or trail ( I resultsn * BO hotter system ol illumination linn yat beau produced. Via nre < Uno prepared to furnish CHllmnlpN , oxplnln thoroughly the working of the liuhf , nnd give prncti- cnt illustration ) ) , a * wnll nil uhow Ihu comments of thoao who are using it lo-dny. Cnll anil sco us at 307 South Sixteenth trtiot. . NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL GAS CO , Jt.iiii ON VERY DANGEROUS GROUND , A Minister Who Proposes to Stop Courting on Sunday. MRS. SECRETARY WHITNEY. Mrn. I < nn tr's Kciieri llestle Klttson .Senator Kvnrts' Klilcwnlk "Shop Ilorrowei1" Clara licllc'H Ni\v : Youic. Jan. 2- " > . [ f'orresixm- tlunco of tliu UKK. ] Shall there bo no zoning on SuiiilayriV When tlic Itov. \Valolo ] ) Wiirrcn wan iniportoil to his country by the church where Dr. .Stephen Tying preached at Forty-see- ) iid street and Madison avunvie. a great ilcnl of Interest was excited by the projj- ition to contest the law forbidding he importation of laborers to this coun- ry under contract. That matter was eventually settled , but it called such nt- enlion to Dr. Warren as no other event could , unless it be the proposition that this clergyman has now made to ils church : Dr. Warren has proposed hat the young ladies in his church shall nuke an agreement not to visit or re ceive visits on Sundays. When this natter was put to a vote before tin asso ciation of the young peoploof his parish , they agreed unanimously to put it into force. This undoubtedly , however , was due to the magnetic inlluoncc of Dr. Warren when ho made the suggestion. Ho is about lifty-seven years old with a moderate supply of silver side-whiskers and a pleasant smile and voice. Ho is .in energetic worker and thorough-going evangelist. When the young people came to think the matter over , the obor second thought began to have its effect , and it is < ) uito doubtful whether Mr. Warren will lind it an easy matter to break in thus upon a well-established American custom. One of the young men in his parish in speaking of it said to the writer : "When the proposition was lirst laid before us , we were enthusiastic about it , because wo felt like taking hold of Dr. Warren and helping him ttmke his work hero grandly successful , but as to this project , wo cannot help looking at it now as something of an injustice , and unnecessary at that. To us who work all the week with no time for social un- ment , Sunday comes as a genuine day of rest , and apart from the religious feat ures of the day , it gives-us opportunity for innocent onloyincnt that could not possibly be had at any other time dur ing the week. Sunday is recognized as the one day of all when a young man is privolegod to call upon his best girl , mid inasmuch as thefe is nothing wicro- ligious about that. I cannot see wh.y I should l > e compelled to abandoned it. It in not like an ordinary cull between neighbors or friends or relatives who have known each * other and been established in their relations with each other for a great many years. It is the cultivation of new relations which are apt to be and generally prove to be very sacred ami dear to all parties concerned. It is a matter of good religion that a man should have a good family , and the pro- hiljition of doing anything upon the Sabbath towards MCCUUIN'O A HIII.PMATK to establishing a gpod family is some thing that ii church ought not to de mand. I very much doubt , therefore , that Mr. Warren's project will prove successful , and I certainly hope that preachers elsewhere , especially in the country districts , will not be led to imitate his e.xamnlo. " Secretary Whitney is a bigger man in Washington than ho is in Now York. This is perhaps natural in the head of the United States navy. But ho would bo larger in New York if ho didn't be long hero , and was as a stranger forced to go to a hotel while in town. As it is , he keeps up an elaborate establishment , and has only to drive home and disap pear from view until ready to return to liis train. His wife docs nearly till her shopping hero , except in trivial matters - tors , and frequently on these expeditions the secretary is her devoted attendant. They are not encountered on the prome nades , for they drive everywhere. Those who know Mr. Whitney only as t'ie ' cabinet ollicer should see him while on those little excursions. What a meta morphosis ! He stepped on board the Washington express the person ideation of an oneri/otiu business man ; he steps into a fashionable Fifth avenue milli ner's u beauish attendant to a liuly. Away with armored cruisers and seacoast defences. Bonnets are tlio order of the nay. And to toll the truth , ho applies himself now as assiduously to the study of the latter as ho did a few hours be fore to the farmer. Ho will pick iiji a hat , inspect it from all side ; , criticize this shape and that curve , and after his wife has adjusted the wonder on hoi head will repeat the operatiou of view ing it from all tides. He is very proud of his bettor half , and strange to say , she defers unqucstioningly to his taste in hats and several other matters of per sonal adornment. He docs not insist upon being actually present when she is measured for u gown , but this is doubt less u concession to the dressmaker's feelings. More than ono milliner in Now York wishes in her soul that ho would exorcise this consideration in other directions , and they are unani mous in voting him a nuisance. But this doesn't annoy the secretary of the navy and results in his wife dressing to suil her husband. As long as this is so the iitivv is secure. The amount of privacy whicl J1US. LANdTUY manages to secure during a upoV of rest tit her city homo , and at the same lime keep herself constantly advertised vertisod to the public eye , is in itself ai indisputable proof of the woman's clever ness. Her latest achievement is to bring down the wrath of certain sollisl neighbors who complain because hoi new English six foot fence , built to defy the curious , rests upon the stoop line instead upon the house line , her dwell ing standing about thirty feet back Bv the way , it hit's been suggested , am with apparent cause , that the lily's sue n < -sns an unhappy wife is duo not to at acquired but to an inherited uccoin plishment. A New York lady , while in London recently , came in contact will ono who had known Miv. Lnngtry" well on the island of Joivoy. Say this friend : i'l cannot help thinking when I road of her domestic troubles , o certain infelicities in her girlhood' home. Her father , as you know , was a clergyman , and her bounty was ho mother's. This fatal beauty , however attracted another than her clerica husband to the mother's t-ido and tin result was unhappino.-s in the homo. ' Then who shall say that the linger o fate htiH not indicated Mrs. Langtry' rough , road. At a Broudwav hotel this week were registered "Mr. and Mrs. .1. F. Baker St. Paul. " They arc on flieir weddin ; tour. The bride , a charming and hand sonic girl of about eighteen , was las spring a puiill at a school in Fifth avenue nuo , and a favorite among her compan ions. She was then Bessie KiUeon , oni of the four daughters of Cornmudon Kltlson , the .famous , turfman' "of thfc liwthwest. At the summer vacation she returned hoine'iind next'.appeared hero with the blushing honors of u brand new name upon her. Now her old schoolmates smile , nnd say : "IIKS-MI : KITTjON'MAUHIKIll Why the idea-she's only a girl ! ' ' The commodore has parted with three of his children by mar riage within a few months. Last fall the eldcht daughter wedded Mr. Louis Baker , ti brother of the pres ent bridegroom , and went olT to Kuropo or the honevmoon. She had nlto been i .school girl In New York. Then his son , L. C. KUUon. took unto himself a louutiful bride. The KitUon family in one way and another , have become iretty well known in the metropolis , ind Mrs. Kittson resided at n hotel for ' onio time while her girls were in the muds of the teachers. About thesuino. .line , it will bo remembered , young ICittson was enjoying a rapid time about town , and became involved with an ad venturess old enough to be his mother. His escapade resulted "in a marriage ceremony , while ho was irresponsibly under th'e inlluence of stimulants , and subsequently in a suit for a divorce and iliinony brought by the wointfn. The testimony lilled columns of the daily press , but the jury threw her case out jf court by declaring tlio marriage fraudulent. The youth got out of a big blackmailing plot at the cost of much scandal. When lie appeared here last fall with his young wife , they looked like a pair of young lovers just escaped from the parental eye. Who sa.vs that thu rich do not have to clean the snow olT their own sidewalks ? A young lady of Senator Kvarts' hout-e- liousohold had a hard job of it yester day. Of course , she didn't handle a shovel. But lot us see. The snow of Lho day before lay frozen on the walk. Two ragged-looking men rang the front-door bell about 8 o-'eloek in 'the morning. One carried a battered iron shovel and the other bad none. The young lady responded to the summons from tlio bell , but appeared averse to employing these callers. Shu stopped out from tlio storm doors and saw that the negro mnn-of-nll-work was busy shoveling the snow from the roof. Tlio two men lingered after she had gone in and then onu of them went away. The one who remained rang the door boll again ten minutes later and this time he was more successful , as was shown by his immediately starting in to scrape the snow from in front of the door. Ho hud worked about three minutes when ho throw down his shovel and ran off in the direction of Fifteenth street. Ho re turned a few minutes later with his former companion. The latter had no shovel , but rang the bell leading to the kitchen and" secured ono from the cook. It was it long stretch of sidewalk around the senator's bouse , and thu shovels were both of them poorly adapted for the work. The snow was fro/.en hard , and the wind was sharp and biting. The men had neither gloves nor mittens , and stopped every few minutes and slapped their hands vigorously to get n little warmth into them. All the time they wore tit work , the young lady stood at the window watching them , and seeing that they did ifproporly. Several times she ap peared at the door , and called to them to go back and attend to something that they bad shirked. When they were till finished and came for their money , shu went out with them and looked into the street. Sure enough her suspicions wore verified. They had not cleaned out the snow from tlio gutter so as to allow a passage for the water when the snow should melt. It took at least a minute and a half of argument before the men agreed to attend to this part of the work. Kvon when they bud fin ished it she did not appear to be satis- lied. , On eaeli of the otner uii-anions when snow lay on the sidewalk , shu had somu ' similar'trouolo. Once her man of all work started to remove the snow and left it half finished. She walked up and down tile-avenue and around into Fif teenth street in search of him. Another servant was busy removing the snow from the bouse north of the senator's where one of the Fish family resides. The young lady was apparently near sighted , as she at llrut mistook this mail for her own servant. Shu walked up quite close to him and bend ing dowTi , I'KKUUI ) INTO HIS KACi : . This she repeated several times before shu was convinced that hu had been mistaken. When 'the man came back , it was evident from the motions of his hands and tlio shrugs of his shoulders that ho was attempting to explain his absence , but from the way the young lady shook her head , it was also evident that his explanation was not accepted as a good one. The cheeky woman whom I have now in mind is self-possessed , smiling and well-dressed. She Is the terror of store keepers. Recently n specimen of this class had a piece of line needlework that her own sewing machine could not do. She knew of onu in thu market that could , and so she wont to the otllee , talked prices and quality , asked permis sion to try it on the spot , took a roll from her shopping-bag , and stitched an hour till the job was done , expressed entire satisfaction with the machine and prico. gave her name , street and number , with an order for one of.tho best , and goes her way. The agent never saw her again , and found no ma chine was wanted ut thu street and number designated. She would bo horrified at .the hint of shoplifting. Her little game is differ ent. IT is siior-iioiiuowixa. This utiino woman was invited to an out-of-town reception. She wanted ti more elegant , outside garment than her own for the ' occasion , and she got'it. Going to one of the largest establishments , she tried on and tried on wraps , trying at the same time thu patience of the sales woman as she always came back to onu , the most elegant of thu lot , and seemed ju t on the point of choosing it. Finally sue begged purmisslon to take it homo to show bur hiinbund , feeling certain ho would approve. The garment was sent home , was worn at tlio reception , and roturnc'd with u polite note and regrets that it was not found wholly satisfactory. But the saleswomen got their little revenges. They remember faces and bestow their own titles. "Hero comes a tough , " goes down the line of clerks when one of this class appears , no mat ter how richly she is dressed. "I'm ready for you" is in the eye of the Miles- woman she pauses boforo. It is n coun ter of ribbon sashes , glowing like a rain bow in soft colors. The "tough" look's at a wore of them ; the green ono ought to bo blue , the pink heliotrope , and so on , and finally shu declares they tire cheap things. ' 'You know I never buy cheap goods. " Tlio girl apologizes , runs nor hand under the pile , nnd draws out several of the same quality and price , names a figure double that , how ever , and the customer buys threol "It is my bithiness to sell goods , " she explains to a friend , "I have to adapt mytelf to my customer. Tlio other day n tough was looking at plush at * 1.60. She wanted something better after shu had worried thu life out of inc. I took from thu shelves u piece of thu game quality , said shtf'vfafld have that for W.fiO and she boilpM , ' a 'quantity of it perfectly satisfied , , , Half of the time the tough doesn't kn ) ww1iat , she wants nor how much. Thilik of tile mother of a family asking mu hnv much she wants for a girl of llvo. [ It1 is my busness to sell goods , so I ilnnie a good pattern. When Mio coined ' nek foV two yards more to make a dto s of it for herself and scolds me tav-tolling her too much , 1 donH , care , my business is to sell goods. " "Do you keep thc-extra money ? ' ' "Never ! " ' the K\'crything goes to cashier , who matlie.change. ( . Some times we get some ixf it back in "spiff' ' money. That is'tho per cent wo have for selling old goods. But when a lady throws a pair of slippers almost in my face and savs. "Do you think I've got such big feet ns that ? " I got a little pay for my pains by sendingup seventy- live cents more than the pair she buys are worth. 1 don't want her moneyl" CI.AUA Biui : : . "Tlie HfRlons lloyoml. " The Burma Baptist missionary con vention held its thirteenth annual meeting at Moulmein November 5-7. Ml the work is encouraging. The con vention was preceded by a three-days' conference- prayer. On the last jvoiiTng of the conference a mass meet ing of all races was hold on the Burman nission compound , near where Dr. .Fud- son's chapel used to stand. Addresses were given in seven languages Kng- ish , Burman. Karen , Shan , Tnlaign , Telugu and Tamil. No one of those anguages were understood by all present - sent , but a hearty Christian unity pre vailed. The Church Missionary society is supported by the evangelical element of the Church of England , and has the argest income of any missionary socie ty in the world. This great organiza tion is revising its whole missionary policy to bring it into line with the demands of the times. The general committee has resolved lirtt , not to refuse any candi dates for missionary service on the sole ground of the lack of funds ; second , to reorganize the present methods for the collection of funds ; third , to employ more lay evangelists ; fourth , to arrange for more meetings for united and spec ial prayer. The Henry Reed Steamboat company , connected with the American Baptist Missionary union , raised $ lOo . ( ) : J in 1887 for the support of the steamer on the Upper Congo river in Central Afri ca. Ono thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars is wanted for 1888. The Equator station of thismission is farther inland than any other from the west coast. Baptist missionaries in Assam are laboring among peoples speaking seven different languages , throe of which had never been acquired by a foieigner until the missionaries went there. One station is miles from oven a cart road. Rev. .1. E. C'lOugh , D.D. , has been laboring on the Or.golo field in the To- lugu Baptist jnissjon for twenty-one years. In that time the number of Chris tians has risen'-from none to I2"o4"i. More than six hundred converts wore baptized in the first eight months of last ' year. . Rov. Kyouk-lai , 11 Karen preacher of the Toungoo district , Burma , has boon presented with a "silver sword by the British government , for his efforts in suppressing the rebels , and restoring peace to the district. This is the only case in which UcU , 'an honor has been bestowed. An ollicer in a Japanese bank came , tea a missionary and said : "Your religion docs something that ours cannot do ; it makes men honest. Now wo wish our employes at the bank to bo carefully in structed in thcso principles " KKMGIOUS. Ucvivalist Moody is trying to reform Lou isvlllc , Ky. Dr. Lyiinin Abbott receives * 1X ( ) a week for preaching in Plymouth church. There urn lt3 ! ProU-stimt churches and places of worship in Paris , with ninety-two ministers. pStatistics show that we hnvo 1)2 ! ) , ( churches , ! WKMt ( ministers anil l',0KK)0 ) ( ) ( ) members la the United Stutes. Hev. J. S. Johnston , who has Just been con < seeratoil missionary bishop of western Texas was a rebel soldier ia Stewart's cavalry. Hev. Joseph Silvcrniiin , of Galveston.Tcx. , will bo Dr. Gothoil'B assistant in Temple Umanu-El , in New York , for the coining two years. Few of the Protestant ministers in Franco receive moro than fcHiO n year from the state , to which a very small sum is added by the coiiKregatioa. George W. Hassuro , lfn wn as the "Cow boy evangelist , " is said by an Arkansas paper to bo worth g7XO.M ( ) ) ; which yields him an income of $ lf > ( ) a day. Archbishop Lamy , the first Catholic bishop of Now Mexico , is lying very ill at his resi dence in Santa Fo , N. M. Very little hope is entertained of his recovery. A band of Franciscan nuns have , it is said tuken vows to devote their lives to mission ary work among the negroes of the United States , particularly in the south. A lease of OiCJ years made ia the days ol King Alfred , has Just expired in England. The land was leased by the church to the crown and reverts beck to the Church of En- land , after a millennium of years. Within a few days the corner stone of the first Iribh church in Homo will bo laid , with imposing ceremonies. Archbishop Hyan , ol Philadelphia , will preach the sermon. Since the Methodist board of church exten sion , north , began its work in the year 18(1. ( " ) , it has helped to build 5,805 churches. H has collected and disbursed nearly $ : JKXiKX , ( , ( ) . The final vote of the Baptist union accept ing the resignation of Mr. Spurgeon makes the split between the orthodox and liberal branches of that denomination in England complete. Hev. Frank AV. Gunsaulus , pastor of Ply mouth church , Chicago , has been honored , it is said , by a call to the pulpit of the lute Mr. Heedier. but has declined to consider such a proposition. Hov. A. H. Mackonachre , rector of the Church of St. Albati the Martyr in London and the leader and most oloiment advocate of the extreme high'chuhih ' party , got lost in i snow storm in Scotland and perished. Bishop Vladmirof St. Petorsburg.will sooi takochargsof the Ifusso-Grcck chu'ch ii Han Francisco , JIo was for many years en gaged in missionary work In Japan and ( has recently held the'posltion as inspector of the theological seminary at St. Petersburg. Father S. Wagner.ii late Catholic priest o Chicago , has renounced Catholicism and al orthodox faiths , and together with Dr. O. II Harris , the evangelist of Newman , will cs Uiblish a now church'ltnown as "Progressive Christians. " Father Wagner Is over suventj years of age , amrfor fifty years served ii important positions in the Prussian govern meat. Ur. Withcrow , whcris this year Smith lee turcr in Magee college , Londonderry , has chosen for his theme the reformed churches In the course of a leeturo on "Tho Bohuailai Brethren" ho made the announcement tha the Pan-Presbyterian council , which is to meet this summer in London , was engagec in raising S.IO.OOO to aid in supiwthig sale brotherhood , and that of this sum Scotlam had already raised one-half and the Presby terians in the United States were raising the other half. The Jewish Homo Prayer Book , preparei at the suggestion of the convention of Jowls ) ministers , is nearly ready for publication. ] is the Joint production of Hev. Urs. Gotthei and Do Sola Momles. It is edited by Ir Mendes. who has also contributed additiomi appropriate prayers for various occasions The Haus-Andaeht was contributed by Hev Drs. Szold and Jastrow. Thu book is writtei in the vernacular and will supply a mud needed manual for home worshi ; > . ' .MUSICAIi AXJ IWAMATIC. ChrittlliC'NiUteoti has entirely rcco.vcrcher ' ' lOillth. - TheodnreJThomas will nniko a tour of the iriiu-lpal cities In Europe In ISJs. Captain Mareol Voyer , a well-known 'roiii'h pianist , Is coming to this country. Pcruiflnl , the tenor , has made a hit In "Car- nun1' with Carl Hosa's company In London. M ry Anderson's American tour will begin - gin on November IS. She will not have an exclusively English company. Dramatic affairs app.iroatlydo not flourish a Gainesville , Texan. The opera house has been turned into a clothing storo. T. Husiell Sullivan , who dr.unatlred "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydu" for Hlclmrd Miinstlcjd , ho actor , has deserted commerce for liter- iture. Dion Hnuclcault's new play Is called 'Cushla Miu'hivo. " It Is to have Its first > roductlon la Boston at the llollls street theater. Arthur B. Chase , director of the Edwin Jooth-Lnwrem-o-Barrett company , predicts hat the profits of the tour will reach nearly They say Mrs , James Brown 1'ottcr needs another play. An actress of hortranscend- ant ability can wour a play to tatters In a very short time. Miss Goruldlno Morgan , an American girl , won the Mendelssohn prize for violin playing at the recent Merlin recital. It amounts to WOO in American money. Hose Coghluti has sinned a Marring con tract for three years with Augustus I'ltou. Her new play , "Jocelyn , " will bo reserved for a New York opening. Sara Ueraliardt says that la her American tour of IS'JO she expects to recoup herself for all the expense she went to In giving her son a good matrimonial send-on . The latest piece of sheet music deeleatcd to 1'arnoll Is entitled "I Cannot Pay the Kent. " It could bo sung with pathos by u rood muny people both in Ireland and Anier- ca. Bolossy Klralfy 1ms originated and copy righted a new ballet culled "Los Coquettes. " mid it has been presented with success in Sun Francisco as one of thofeatures of "Do lores. " Do Karen and Smith , Joint authors of ' 'the Begum" arc about to dissipate some of the wealth derived from royalties on that Inter esting work In publishing a weekly puper in Chicago. The munapers of Howe's circus are hav ing a hard time In Montory. Thev were ar rested for misrepresentation in not perform ing and showing what they advertised , and lined SICK ) . Henry Irving did not come to this country In vain. It Is said he will make at least - > li > 0OtK ) out of his present American tour. Barrett did not do so well when ho went to England. Joseph Jefferson is devoting much of his -imo in Florida to the preparation of his book of reminiscences , which will be pub lished next year. He will resume work on March IS. Miss Helen E. Metof New York , is de velopment vocal talents of a high order and will adopt the lyric stage us he. pro fession. She is a grand-daughter of Signor Blitz and a cousin of Marie Van X.amlt. _ The German novelist and pliiyright , Fried- rich Spielbugen , has como out with a foro- . 'ious attack on actors and actresses , and ertt- ics , and theater-goers , all because his last | ) luy , "Die Pliilosopliin , " was n failure. His well known that Wagner at one time conceived the idea of writing a music drama on the subject of Jesus of Nazareth. A sketch ot the druimi , written in 18-18. bus Just been published by Messrs. Breitkopf and Hartel. An inteniiitiouiil musical exhibition , under tlio presidency of Signor Verdi , will bo held at Bologna from the 1st of May till the Hist of October next. It will comprise all objects and publications relating to the art and sci ence of music. George Henschel seems to have made a bad bargain in buying for WOO the English rights lor eights mouths of the Wagner symphony. The work has proved anything but u success in England , but on the continent it has been met with more favor. Helen Barry , the English actress , will bring over an entire company from London for her American tour. She has four new plays from which to select the best and will give ono of them a trial next niontliprobablv at the London Comedy. Mine. Adeline Putti will remain in Portu gal to the end of January , then go to Madrid ( her birthplace ) for a month , and sail for a month , and sail for South America on March 8. She will make her south-equatorial debut at Buenos Ayres April ti. The motto of the Queen Citv Opera com pany , of Cincinnati , is "to give preference to American operas by American composers. " "Hosita" will bo sung by the club on Feb ruary 'J. Two now American operas have been offered to the club by their composers. The musical arrangements of the forth coming Paris exhibition are ilefinity settled. They include three competitions for pri/.es , to be given to the best libreto of a cantata , the best music to tlio Hume , and the best military march. The contest is limited to French subjects. Anna Dickinson bus just put the fliiiahing touches to n drama upon which she 1ms been engaged for years. It is culled "Aurclian , " and is a historical play , us the title implies. Those who have . 'end the manuscript pro nounce it not only a good reading but a good acting play. One of the most curious of the safety ap * pliunccs for theaters Is the Iron curtain which has jnst been put into the thcator Francis , in Paris. The curtain Is of sheet iron , stiffened by braces of iron and decorated by canvas at tached to it. It is worked hydraulically , the valves so us to bo operated by electricity. Sara Beriihardt is superstitious. It leaks out that the reason "La Toscii" was delayed so long was because she woulu not act with young Volny on account of his "evil eve. " She will not have the witches' musiu plaved in Macbeth and turns yellow with fright when she touches anything of saffron tint. As a public recognition of Mr. C.E. Locke's success in carrying on American opera , and with special reference to the series of per formances of grand opera in English given at the Boston theatre , u testimonial has been offered to him in that city , which has ob tained nearly seven hundred influential signa tures. "Heart of Hearts , " by Henry Arthur Jones , was brought for the first time lust week at the Now York Madison square thea tre . The "Heart of Hearts" is a big ruby , and the motive of the play is the theft of the jewel , a deed unjustly charged upon the heroine - roino , The play was only moderately suc cessful. Mine. Janauschok is superstitious in the matter of retracing her footsteps , which she will not do under any circumstances. At Portland , Me. , recently , when she endeav ored to enter the theater by the regular en trance , which was locked , she waited until the doorkeeper cumo rather than go back and around to the stage door. In Germany theater-goers seem to bo safe from the dangers arising from lire , but on the other hand uro exposed to the risk of being drowned. At Bonn recently , an aud ience was drenched in the middle of an opera , owing to a mistake of the man who controls u hugo water-tank to be used in case of lire. The same thing happened at Minister to an unlucky company of concert singers. The latest novelty In the way of a music- box is an invention by which the oxpcnsa anil limited USD of the old-fashioned cylinder is done away with. The steel comb , which gives the rich , sweet tone for which the Swiss boxes are celebrated , is retained , nnd is vibrated by pickers operated by pneu matics , their action buing regulated by perforated music sheets , the perforations in whichiulmit the air to the pneumatics which operate tyo pickers , thus producing the tuno. Frau Lilll Lolnnann says that n great many singers nurse themselves us if they were hot-house flowers , believing that exer tion of any kind will injure their vocal ] > owers. The conseipienco is that they grow fat and weak ; us for herself she has been singing for twenty-one yearf , and it is only In the lust llvo years her voice has reached its best compass and strength. She is very fond of fresh air , and delights In taking long tramps. Adellna takes out-of-door Pattl never any - - cxereiso. She Is very much afraid of cold air , and when she goes out for u drive in winter swaths herself in furs , tics up her head , and oven puts cotton In her cum , She never speaks in the night air , and when she runs from tlm stugo door to her carriage her mouth is covered-by the scarf that goes over her head. Madame Pattl has kept her voice In good condition by this treatment , but It would not do for every one. M. Coijuuliu's adventures inthe , cast ought ( i make French notors think twice licforo conrltifr' tftp world 1n. search of n fortune , usieitd of liolntr.iHintenl with moderate gains it luiiiii1. On leaving Constantinople''Where , ic had iilaycd before the sultan , he disdained 0 embark In an ordinary steamer for Ath- ns , but hired a sinall vessel for himself and ils troupe. The vessel encountered a storm a the sea of Marmora , and was ultimately traaded. A tug is stipimsod to have res- ued It , but tlio vessel hud to put In at the Iny iwrt of the Isle of Imbros. W. J. Florence , the comedian , Is the Hissossorof moro than one hundred volumes if rare nld plays ilmt were given him by the Itiku of Manchester. He was visiting the bike , and In going about his library ox- iressed hli admiration for the fine collect Inn > f original editions of old pl.iys. "Holi | your self , " said his grace , who , when the actor icsltatod to take him at his word , lilled his inns full of the books , and told him If that vasn't enough to take more. Among thorn is 1 copy of thu first play-house edition of 'Hamlet , " which was once the property of lettorton , and Is annotated on almost every iago by his pencil. Mr. Alexander Salvini , the actor , is one of he best athletes on the stage and Is an ov icrt boxer and fencer. Ho commenced at school , having had many bouts with the sons if thu sturdy mountaineers. Ho learned to Ig'iit Italian fashion in the gymnasium at [ 'lorcnco. where ho also1 took lessons In 'dicing from thu most accomplished Italian nasters , and finished up in Purls. On com- ng to this country ho has kept himself Incon stant practice with Prof. Senue , ami about live years nuo ho commenced boxing in the American style with Prof. Austin. Salvlno once boxed four rounds with Hurry-more , ind it is said he hud none thu worsuof the en counter. Marrymore , however , was not In line form. 'Sulvliii's most notable bout was four rounds with Juku Kit-ruin In Boston , when Ihu hitter was on his way to Europe. Mitchell and Kllruln are friends of Salvini , ind after the performance of "Jim , thu Pen man , " in Boston , they sought him out. and it was arranged that they should have u friendly set-to , la the.su four rounds , which weru lively neither succeeded in hitting the other very much , Kllrain cleverly avoid Sal- vial's terrible rushes , and touching the actor up in good shupu on thu our and Jaw. Young Josef Hofmunn , ut the Now York Metropolitan Opera house , recently created onu of thu deepest impressions over made in this country upon thu musically Interested public. The wonderful boy captured the town anew , and such was tjie enthusiasm that thu densely packed housu fairly rose at thu conclusion of hu "Polonaisu Amur- ! ealne. " which thu lad composed anil scored for the orchestra since his arrival in this country. For thu first time within ttio mem ory of any living human being hus u nmsicul genius such us Hofmunn proven himself able to stand before a representative audience and conduct his own work. After his splen did performance of the Mendelssohn con certo and thu other numbers on thu pro gramme thu lad assumed the baton and [ onducted thu orchestra like a veteran. There were few dry eyes in that great au dience whun hi ) concluded , nnd the intense excitement could not bu allayed until lie hud liowod mid reappeared no less than ix times. Not slncu Mo/art's time has so remarkable a performance been witnessed , and America will luivo thu right to claim , in u.ws to come , that thu great Maestro Hofmann first scored a composition and conducted 'it in this country. THE COUNTS OFVA.NJOU. Written fur tlic Sumliiy lift. One of the most celebrated families of medieval Europe was that of the rulers of Anjou , a province in north western France. The history of this family and the inllnence distinguished mouthers of it exerted on the progress of western Kuropo during a period of of moro than four hundred years , reads like a romance. Their connection with the ruling family of England , by inter marriage , gives to the American stu dent an interest in the origin and story of the family , second only to that which attaches directly to the history of the royal family of England , and yet but few American readers are familiar with the history of the house of Anjou , or know anything about thoi > ' achieve ments. Tortulf In the heart of Breton , about the year S.)0 , lived one Tortulf , who was known as the Forester , a half-brigand , half-hunter , as the days went , living in free outlawry in the woods about Rennes. Tortulf had learned in his rough forest school how to strike the foe , to sleep on the bare ground , to en dure hunger and toil , the summer's heat and winter's frost ; how to fear nothing save ill-fame ! Following King Charles the Bald in his struggles with the Danes , his abilities as a soldier in this unrelenting warfare won for him from the king broad lands along the Loire , and his son. I. Inge-Igor Full : the Red , who had , under his father's tutelage , swept these predatory northmon from Tout-nine and the land to the west , which in this re lentless warfare they had burned and wasted into a vast solitude , became the first count of Anjou. It was from the dukes of France ( caputs ) , now drawing near the throne , in the year 888 , that ho received from them "in guerdon" the western portion of Anjou , which lay across the Mayonnc , and first consti tuted the Aiigovinc kingdom. II. Fulk the Good succeeded his father Fulk the Red. Ho waged no wars ; and the story of his reign was like a quiet idyl of peace. Louis d' Outromer , king of Franco , entering a church whuro Fulk the Good was wor shipping , remarked of him : "Ho sings like a priest. " Fulk , ready with his re ply , said : "Know , my lord , that a king unlearned is a crowned nssl" Fulk the Good was a busy ruler , gov erning , enforcing peueo , and carrying justice to every corner of his wasted kingdom. To him alone of all his race men gave the title of "Tho Good I" III. Fulk , Geoffrey Groygown , win of Fulk the Good , was likelusgrandfather , a bold dashing soldier , lint with all his skill as a soldier and his great personal valor , he was unable to maintain his territory against the powerful house of Blois and Champaigno , He was suc ceeded by his son IV. Fulk Norra Fulk the Black , a cold , cruel , heartless , although a very able ruler. Fulk Norra succeeded to the throne , A.I ) . ! )87 ) and died in 1010 , after a long reign of fifty-three years. Ho was the greatest of the Angevine kings , and tlio first in whom can bu traced that marked type of character so well preserved in his family for the suc ceeding " 00 years. Familiar as was the ago with ra pine and blood , it recoiled from the cool cynicism of his crimes , and believed the wrath of heaven to hnvo been revealed against the union of the worst forms of evil in Fuii ; tlio Black , lint neither the wrath of heaven nor the curses of men broke ; with a single mishap the fifty odd years of his success. At his accession in the year 987Anjou was the least important of the greater provinces of Franco. At his death in 1010 it stood , if not in extent of torri- terry , at least in real power , first among them .ill. Cool-headed , clear-sighted , quick to resolve , quicker to strike , Fulk Norm's career was a long series of vic tories over all his rivals. Ho WIIH a consummate general , personally very bravo , and in battle amid the medley of contending men and horses , ho swept down almost singly on the foe as a storm wind "so rang the pcan of tlio Angevinps" swoops down on the thick corn rows , and the Hold was won ! To these powers and qualities as a war rior ho added the power of political organization and far-reaching political combinations-- ! ! faculty of statesmanship which became the heritage of his race and lifted thorn as high above thu intel lectual level of the rulers of their time as their shameless wickedness degraded them below the level of man ! Fulk Norm's overthrow of Brittany A Nilceessful Mnn. WIIF.X t > UN MurtltiM front the Imro grounf , nchlovcs success In liny ciuejcr , iiM by-noofdent , but bjimHve Mh'iiifth of nriu. his life Miuveyd u lesion. People are curious to Impi ( ho1 methods whereby ho has attained pro.mlnc.uciv under eqimlly encouraging conditions others hnvrf fnJlcil. It Is for thin reason tlmt Till : 111 : il pre > .enti to Its reader. * the portrait of .Mr. A. I Trunk Itlch * , 14 Trl- bune Build- in K , Now York , who A. IIIANK IIICIIAIIIISON Is kllOWIt among Ic.ullug Jourii'illsts us one of the most popular and successful of special newspaper advertising agents. Mr. Itlclmrdson i * a mttlve of Vermont , nml like mint New Kiiglnnd boys \\tio huve mnilo their mark , W.IH liorn on u furm. At the ago oC II he went to Davenport , Iowa , where ho "began on tin)1 space box" on the 'Vmocml , mastereil every detail of the printer's nrl , and beciime tlio foreman of the establishment. There being too much energy In young Hlcluird-on , howev"r'to bo waxted among typo nnd Ink pots , ho was ! transferred to the ( .Ymntlng Koom , where his ability wasnt oneu manifested In the Increased circulation of the pApor. Observing tlmt he posisessi'i peculiar qualities for buslnem , ami esperlally'au udilress that made him popular among men. Ills nndc , Mr. J..I. Hlchardsoti.who by the way may be snld to be the father of the present Kystem of .soliciting advertlceinent.- * , sent him on business tours \ \ hlch extended from Maine to ( 'allforula , and were Hindu three or four tlnie.i n your. In this way he became ac quainted with the prominent business men mid advertisers of the country. In 1SS2 Mr. Hlcliardsou ciuno to New York ami opened the cistern brunch of the Western Newspaper I'li'iin , then embracing only four Stntrs , uiid consisting of four hundred news papers , living elected Its vlco president nml eastern matiwr. be began to Infuse Into Its ! methods some of bis own characteristic tlronml w t.iln five years the company was bundling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of udver- tlsements , and furnishing ready print for upwards of 1,10) newspaper. ) In the I'nltfd SI n It's. In addition to the mnnngemcnt of this exten sive enterprise , Mr. Hlchardson has represented n number of the leading Journals of America ot known circulation as their special agent , nml having thoroughly mustered this specialty , ho has abandoned the co-operative lists to dcvoto himself exclusively toll , which Is more to his taste. The papers of which he has been thus the representative , have , without exception , nourished , ns will uny others ho may take hold of ; for iioman lu tills line of business enjoys stronger popularity with advertisers or ugcntii who control advertising. 11 o Is happily consti tuted fur his avocation. A merry wight , full o vim , vigor and tlrelessiioss : goni'rons , prompt , courteous , and ready-witted , bo Is the IdealCIvn- oral Special Advertising Agent. Mr. Ilkliiudson has well deserved the genuine success he hnH achle.ved. Mo is the best authority In tin ; I'nlti'il States on new spiipor circulation , having niiitlu It a study for ! . " > years , nnd his word Is ns good na his bond. ) n tlio old Hold of Coniieroau.\ | fdl- owed by the absorption of southern L'ouraino ; a vii'loryatl'ontlovoi crushed , ho rival house of Blois ; tlio hoi/.uro ot Saunnir completed his conquest of the south , while northern Touraine was won , hit by bit , till only Tours resisted the conquering Annovino. His t-eizuro ) f ( . 'mini Herbert AValJoilof * left Muino it his inerey. His work of conquest was completed by his son and Micc.essor V. I'Yuf-CtKOVTHKY MAIITAU. who wrested Tours from the Count of Hlois ; ind , by t-eizing La Mars , ho brought liiu borders to Iho Norman frontiers , whord liis further ailvaneo was checked by the trenius of "William the Conqueror. " With thu death of Fnlk V-tJeolTroy .Martal , the greatness of Anjou ciuno Tor n while to an end. He left two SOUK , [ 'ulk Kechin , who succeeded to the , .hi'otio , and the dean of the cathredal it Kvereux. VI. Ft'hKUKCiii.N wiisun unfortuiiato ruler. Ho lost Maine to the KormatiB , ind his kingdom wasbrokenby internal lissonsions. Ho was n weak and prof- igato ruler , but his son and hiicccssoi1 VII. Fulk , of Jerusalem , who etuno : n the throne in 11(111 ( , woke his country : o fresh energy. Ho joined in the crusade against thu Saraeons and his cognomen "of .luruMilem" came from : his sorvico. Uefore starting to I'ales- I tine ho was guilty , in his own opinion , ) f some conduct unbecoming a Christian , soldier , under vows to light the bullion ) f the sacred cross against the infidel Saracens , and be had as a penitent re quired ono of his subordinates to scourge his naked shoulders with n witho made from the common broom weed of Anjou , the plnnta-genistn , and ivliile subsequently participating in tlio crusade , hu wore a bunch of this planta- , reDistil in his helmet in commemoration > f his pcnnnco. IIu was n ruler of wonderful onergv and forceand was the eotomn/miry ruler of all others whom Lho king of England , Henry I , must feared. It was to disarm his re lentless hostility that led Kinp Henry to give the hand of his dangher Matilda , to Fulk'a son , GeolTroy thu Hnndsomo ( Matilda was the widow of Henry V , emperor of Germany , and had , after tlio death of her German husband , returned to the courtof her father , the king of England ) . King Henry found too late that he hud increased IUH ilangor by this alliance , in the ambitious greed of his newly made son-in-law. Geoffrey's habit of wearing the plantii-gunisla in his hoi- met , taken from liis father , gave him the cognomen of Plnntngcnet. VIII. Fulk the Handsome The Plantagonet , intrigued with the Nor man nobles , and Henry hurried to the border to meet his Angovinu son-in-law's invasion , but the plot , broke down and King Henry now old and worn out with drew to the forest of Lyons to die. IX. Fulk King Hoiiry 11 , of England. The Plnntugi'iiet , was a son of Geoffrey Fulk the Handsome , and Matilda , ( laughter of Henry I nnd grand-daughter of William the Conqueror. * Proposals for School District Poiilod proposals will bo received at thin olllco until February I , ISbS at 13 noon for tlio pur- cluiHe of J io.tn ) nf school diHtrlct. bonds of tlio school district ut Omaha. Said bonds are of Iho denomination of f 1,000 ouch , dated January 1st IKKX , boar Intorufct ut thu rate of llvo JHT cent prr minimi , payable Hcml-rumimlly ut Kountzo llrotlu-rs , llankcrx , Ninv York , principal to bucomu due In twenty years from date tlmreof. Said bonds are ISMiir-il by the board of educa tion of the school district of Omaha under au- thoilty Kfanti-d by a votiiof tliii people at the Konural olwtlim held November cth , lhS7 , and will bo iiciivoiuil to piirchamrs on ] , aymi-nt tht-rolor at the city treasury In Ouialiu on l-'ob- rnuryntli. li-KH. , IIIdH will bo aililrrs. < i'il to tlm nnilurslKiioit and marked "Propos.iltt for .School Dlntrlrt Honds , " mid must state tlm full iiaini ) and adilrchx of thu bidder , the amount of said bonds desired ami the price propped tobu paid with arcriu'4 ln ten-it , The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids. JOHN lll'HII , City Ti''usurer. Sheriff's Snlo. BY virtue of an order of Ralo nil attachment Issued by the lion , ( lee , W , ShlolilH , count > ' juilK't In and for DoiiKlan county , .SVlvaska , lu , an action pending In ald county court , wherein SIIVHKO & ( Irei'ii , a cnpaitnurxhlp doln Imslncua 111 the htato of Nebraska ami not Incorporalod , am plnlntlltK , iind John H. Tooksbury la defend ant , I will on tliw hlh day of February , A. I ) . IM.S , null ) o'clock a. m , at John Mulvililll'H Htiiblu , on the wostsldoof U'th street , between l.tfuvunworth and Jones Htrovtx. In the cltyot Omaha , xald county , hell at public auction to the hlKJK'ht bidder for cauli ; ODD Iron urev homo and onu black horse heretofore attached by mu on an older from xuld county rourt In the above entlllid action.VII.I.UH I.'OIIUIIN , Shcvltt of DuiiKlOH I'oiinty , Nob.1 Oiuubu , NebntbLu , Jurumry ' . 's ItSS. J''SmM