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Bee Entered Second Class at Omaha Tostofflce Published Weekly by' The Bee -Publishing. Co. Subscription, f 2.50 Ter Year. NOVEMHEIS 20. 1004. NUMBER 284. The Omaha ILLUSTRATED Notifying Sir Gobbler lomtntrvT OKOnGB Washington PI issued the first national proela 1 mullon calling up'ti th people Of .. .,,., rantihltn tft ObSerV iliil Thursday, the Mth of November, r.4 a day of Thanksgiving and prayr. Ilia first "whereas" Molted the duty of all mankind to he thankful, while his second roart i "Whereas, noth houses of congress hare, by their J"lnt committee, requested rne 'to recommend to the people of the United Slat's n, day or fthlle thanksgiving and prsytT. to be observed by acknowledging rlth grflteful hearts the many and signal favms of Almighty God. eivcl.illy by af fording thrrn n opportunity voneeohly to establish a form of government for their safety and. hnppir.ess' : "Now therefore. I do recommend and as eign Thuraday, f.ie Mth day of November next, to ba devoted hy the people ot these tat.a to the service of that great and glorious Being who la the beneficent au thor of nil the good that wns. that la or th:. will be; thnt we may then all unite In rendering unto Htm our sincere and humble thanks fr ITla kind euro and protection of the people of this country previous to tholr becoming a notion;, for the signal and msnlfnld mercies and the favorable inter positions of His providence In the course nnd conclusion of the lute war; for the great decree of tranquility, union and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for tho peacenble and rational minn'T In whlcn we have been ennblcd to establish constitu tions of government for our safety and bapi'lcess, and particularly the national one now lntety Instituted; for the civil and re ligious liberty with which we arc hi ssed. and the means ) have of applying and diffusing useful novle(1(rc; and. in e-eiioral. for all the great and vnriona f ivors which He has been pleased to confer upon us. "Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October. A. D. 17X9. OO. WASHINGTON." Washington Jffonl. But Washington waa not Impressed with the necessity of an annunl ThRnksglving holiday, or else congress failed to request Mm to call one. for there was no procla mation of this sort again issued for five years. On New Year's day of lWS, he Is sued a proclamation naming Thursday, ' February 19, as a day of public thanksgiv ing and prayer, chiefly on account of the . , overthrow of the whisky rebellion In west ern Pennsylvania, aa certain passages of the paper "show, aa follows: "When we review the calamities which afflict so many other , nations, the present condition of the United States affords much matter of consolation and satisfaction. Our exemption, hitherto from foreign war, an Increasing prospect of the continuance of that exemption, tho great degree of inter nal tranquility wa have enjoyed, the re cent confirmation of that tranquility by tho suppression of an Insurrection which so waritonly threatened It, the happy course of our publio affairs In general, the unex ampled prosperity of all classes of our citizens, are circumstances which peculiarly mark our situation with Indications of the. Divine beneficence toward us. "Deeply penetrated with this sentiment, I, Oeorge Washington, president of the United States, do recommend to all re ligious societies and denominations, and to all persons whomsoever wlthla the United States, to set apart and observe Thursday, the 19th of February next, as a day of publio Thanksgiving and prayer, and on that day to meet together and ren der their sincere and hearty thanks to the Oreat Ruler of Nations for the manifold and signal mercies which distinguish our lot as a nation, particularly for the pos suasions of constitutions of government which unite and by- their union establish liberty with order; for the preservation of our peace, foreign and domestic; for the seasonable control whloh has been given to a spirit of disorder In th suppression o the late Insurrection." John Adams iToolama !. The next presidential Thanksgiving maker was John Adams, and his national observances seem a combination of the old Fast day spirit with that of Thanks giving, He laaued a proclamation whloh said: "Tola duty, at all times lnoumbent, is so specially in seasons of difficulty or of danger, wnan existing or threatening ca-. lamlties, the Just Judgment of God against prevalent Iniquity, are a loud call to re peutanu ana reformation; and as the Lulled State of America are at present placed in a hasardou and auuctiv situa tion by the unfriendly disposition, ounduot and demands of a foreign power, evlnoeU by repeated refusals to reoeive our messen gers of reconciliation and peaoe. by depre dations on our oonuneroe, and the infliction of injuries on very many of our fellow oltisens while engaged la their lawful bus iness on ths seas under these considera tions It has appeared to me that the duty of Imploring ths mercy and benediction 01 heaven on our country demands at this time special attention of Its Inhabitants, "1 have Uieretui ihuuaui fit to tevom menu, and 1 do hereby recommend, that Wednesday, the th day of stay, be ob served throughout the Called State as a day of solemn humiliation, fasting anu prayer; that the oltlaena of thee states, abstaining, on that day from their oua touiury worldly oooupauona, Her their de vout addresses to the rather uf Mercies. "And finally, I recommend that on the said day ths duties of humiliation and prayer be accompanied by fervent thanks giving to the liestower of a. vary Oood GUI, not only for lila having hitherto protected and preserved the people of those United Mia ten in Uie tiuiepwnaenl eujeyniuiit of their religious and civil freedom, ' but also for having prospered them In a wonderful progress of population, and for oonf erring on tneiu many and great favors conducive to the happiness and prosperity of a na tion. "Given under my hand and the seal of the lnued btateo oi America, at Phila delphia, this lad day of March, A. D. liM, and Of the Independence of the said stales the twenty-seoond. JOHN "MMit," Variation la Dates. Ths following spring President Adams appointed auoiher fast day, alluding la his proclamation to "the most precious inter ests of ths people of the United States still held In Jeopardy by the hostile designs and li.aldloua acts of a foreign nation, as well as by the dUaeml nation among them of those principles subversive of the foundations) of all rUlgtous, moral and social obligations, that have uroduood incalculable mischief and misery la other countries." lo fact the -. i a. " i whole paper Is so full of this spirit that It Is hard to understand why It should be re garded as a Thanksgiving proclamation. Madison four times Issued proclamations setting apart days for religious observ ances. In July, 1812, he designated Thurs day, August S, "as a day of public humilia tion and prayer." A year later, In pursu ance of a Joint resolution of congress he appointed the second Thursduy of Septem ber as a Thanksgiving. In the autumn of 1814 eongress gave him the same advice again, and so Madison named January 12, 181S, to "be set apart as a day on which all may have an opportunity of voluntary of fering at the same time In their respective religious assemblies their bumble adoration to the Great Sovereign of the Universe, of confessing their sins and transgressions and of strengthening their vows of repentanos and amendment" The second Thursday of April of the same year was also observed as a peaoa thanksgiving, by the president's proclama tion, at the behest of congress. This closes ths list of Thanksgiving proclamations, Some Tersely Told Tales Both Grim Its Practloal Talae. EFRE8ENTATIVB HEMENWAT R of Indiana tells of a notable leo ture delivered In a small town of that stats by an eminent geologist from the east At the conclusion of his address the lec turer remarked to the audience that he thanked them for their attention. "I have." said he, "endeavored to render these problems, abtruss aa they may appear and involving in their solution the best thought, ths closest analysis and the most profound Investigation of our ablest scientists for many years I have. I say. endeavored to render thorn comparatively simple and easily understood in the light of modern knowledge. And now, ladles and gentle men, before leaving the platform I shall be glad to answer any questions that piay oocur to you aa to points that may appear to need olearlng up, or as to those point that may have been overlooked." After a moment's stlenoe a tall, gaunt man, with sn anxious, careworn look, arose. "I should like to put a question," aid he. The lecturer bowed. "I shall be only toe happy to reply to It sir." said he. Ths UU man cleared hi throat and theu, tn a loud voice, said: "I would take It as a considerable favor If you would tell me whether this science ha produoed any remedy for warts." 1 Wsr He Married. Mis Charlotte Pod, the champion woman golfer ef England, was talking at the Philadelphia Country elub about golf in Scotland. "Golf In Scotland Is almost a disease," he said. 'The passion and ths persever t 4 vV' -lit- -yf - "V, . ' ,,:-f which were not again renewed till Lincoln's time. A Story of Faetlasr. Buchanan also Invited a day of fasting and prayer In a. proclamation Issued De cember 14, IStX), designating Friday, Jan uary 4. 1861, for that purpose. He wrote: "The union of the states is at the present moment threatened with alarming and im mediate danger; panic and distress of a fearful character prevail throughout the land; our laboring population are without employment, and consequently deprived of the means of earning their bread. Indeed, hope seems to have deserted the minds of men. All class are In a state of confu. slon and dismay, and the wlse'st counsels of our best and purest men are wholly disre garded. "Ijet ua, then, with deep contrition anl penitent sorrow unite in humbling ourselves before the Moat High, In confessing our individual and national sins, snd in ac knowledging the Justice of our punishment. Let us Implore Him to remove from our hearts that false pride of opinion which ance that the Scot brings to golf are quite Incredible. With Innumerable players there Is nothing that oan oompars in their aJTectlons with the gam. "I heard not long ago of an elderly bache lor In Edinburgh who had played golf from his boyhood up. He was a lawyer, and every minute he could steal from th courts was devoted to the links. This man allowed neither religion nor society nor business to Interfere with his dally golf. He had never courted a girl be cause, he said, golf hadn't allowed him the time. "Hence everybody waa surprised ons day to bear that the crusty old gentleman was to be married. A caddie the caddies sre men in Scotland went to him, wrung him by the hand, and said, sentimentally: "'Man, I'm -glad yr goln' to wed. I think ye must love her dearly. I know your life will be all bliss and sweetness now, and I envy ye the' golden days o' romanoe In store.' " 'Pooh, pooh, Robert,' said the other. It's nothing of that sort. Macmann, the champion, took a wife last year and it im proved his, game. I am Just taking one In the hope that It will Improve mine.' " How Railroad Mts Exaggerate. M. E. Ingalls, president of the "Big Four" system, was calling at ths house of a friend where the conversation chanced to turn upon certain phases of the com mercial greatness of this country. Mr. Ingalls says he had remarked to his friend that he had recently seen a state ment to the efTect that if th egg product in the United States for tbe yesr Just cnled were loaded Into one railway train. m it urn " ... . &V' j-- ' ' i' i mi. i ...im. . i-... i. .i-i.i in. him ' i luwm j i . 1 u l! W: ' M f - ft.--:-., .: ; r,-;:- - .--. -l --l' "A : i- st. . -'?'. would Impel us to persevere In wrong for the sake of consistency rather" than yield a Just submission to the unforeseen exigen cies by which we are now surrounded. Let us with deep reverence beseech Him to re store the friendship and goodwill which prevailed in former days among the people of the several states, and, . above all, to save us from the horrors of civil war and 'blood guiltiness.' Iet our fervent prayers ascend to His throne that He would not de sert us in this hour of extreme peril, but remember us as He did our fathers in the darkest days of the revolution, and pre serve our constitution and our union, the work of their hands, for ages yet to come." Llaeola's Proclamations. Lincoln several times set apart fast days, and It was he who made the national Thanksgiving day a custom, as the first president regularly to proclaim It. He began in April. 1M2, by asking that the following Sunday be observed as one of thanksgiving for the "signal victories to ths land and naval forces engaged In sup pressing aa internal rebellion." the engine would be entering Jersey City Just as the caboose was leaving Denver. At this the young wife of Mr. Ingalls' friend, who had been following the con versation with great interest, gave ex pression to a cry of astonishment and dis belief. "Oh, Mr. Ingalls!" she exclaimed. "How. you railroad men do -exaggerate! How In the world ' could one engine pull' such a train!" New York Tlmea Exclte-meat Over a Baby. "When I waa a student at ths University of Virginia," said Burgeon General Rlxey of the navy, "there used to be an old nulT named Tom Crabbe who cleaned my boots and ran my errands. "Tom, ons morning,. cams to my room in an excited and guy mood. , " 'My daughter, sir,' he said, 'has a little baby. A fine oh I Id. Twelve . pounds In weight "'Whan wa It bornr ald I.' " This morning.' answered Tom. ' " 'Is it a buy or a glrir " 'Dd you know,. sir," he said, h forgot In ths excitement to find outwhether I was a grandfather or a graadmother." "Wash ington Times. , Aa Bagllshaaaa's Wit. "Th average Englishman Is a very se rious proposition," recently observed Col onel "Dan" Loeb of Kentucky. - "A London friend of tnlu wbo Is la ths government service and is now in New York has some dlfUoulty in becoming acquainted with tbe ways of this strange 'country. ' He told me that be saw a man knocked down by an automobile In tilth avenue. " He helped v.... - . rf Mm: A year later Lincoln set apart Thursday, August 6, for the same purpose. It was after Gettysburg and Vlcksburg, when the tide of the confederacy turned. In the same autumn he designated "the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth In the heavens." This established the present custom, from which there hits since been no departure. Every autumn has brought from the White House its Thanksgiving proclamation. In fact, the practice of giving them out the Saturday before the November election Is almost as well established. Then the presi dent cannot be said to be Influenced in his measure of gratitude by any turns of the political tide. In his last Thanksgiving proclamation President Lincoln wrote: "And I do fur ther recommend to my fellow citizens afore said that on that occasion they do rever ently humble themselves In the dust and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the Great Dis poser of Kvents for a return of the Ines timable blessings of peace, union and har the man to his feet, saying: 'Oh, did the motor car hit youT' "The other fellow, thinking he was guy ing, ungallantly said: 'Oh, chase yourself around the block!' " 'What a deuced remarkable request,' said ths Englishman, In telling the story. 'And, in the second place, how can a fel low chase himself unless there are two of him?' V . Retains Rarprlslag. Bradley Martin. Jr., who has recently been married to Miss Phlpps of Pittsburg, hasia dry humor that has been likened lo Mark Twain's. On a visit to America the young man went to Nmgara for the first time. . He was accompanied on this tour by a Harvard Instructor who admires nature profoundly. The Instructor hoped to see Mr. Martin impressed, almost overcome, by Niagara's grandeur. The young man, for a Joke, was determined to disappoint his friend. Their first view of the falls was by moonlight. The great white water was beautiful under the pale light of the moon, and the air was tilled with deep, sweet music. Mr. Martin really was moved, but he yawned, lighted a cigarette, and siiid: , "Let's be going." Hie poor friend was thunderstruck at such Indifference. "Why," lie cried, "where are your eyesT Aren't you amasedT Aren't you Impressed? ren't you transported?" "Of course nut," said Mr. Martin. "What Is there here to mske such a fuss about?" "Look," cried the Harvard man, "look 'i mony throughout the land which It ha pleased Him to assign as a dwelling place for ourselves and for our posterity through out all generations." A Nebraska Model. A proclamation Issued in the territorial days of Nebraska, It may be added, Is model of conciseness: : EXECUTIVE OFFICE, OMAHA, N. T., Nov. 10. 1858. I, William A. Richardson, governor of the Territory of Nebraska, Issue this, my proclamation, setting apart Saturday, the fourth day of December, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, as a day of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the manifold blessings which, in His great goodness and mercy, he has bestowed upon this people. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to b affixed the great seal of the territory. WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, Governor. J. STERLING MORTON, Secretary of Nebraska. and Gay how that mighty river pours over lntu that deep abyss." "Well," said Mr. Martin, "what ta there to prevent it?" Buffalo Enquirer. tart of an Iowa Lawyer. An Iowa lawyer tells th following story of his flrt minihs of practice: H went to a small country town and securod ctflce room, In front of which was placed the usual sign. Then he sat down and waited for hlB client to apje. r, all the while fad ing very muoh the cignlty of his position. The day passed and no one iall-d. and another and art 11 1 another, until weeks went by, and still there had been no client. One morning, however, he was at the depot to attend upon the arrival of Ih daily accommodation train, quite an Im portant function of the town, 'l:en a handsome, well dressed young woman, ap proached and InqulrCd: "is this Mr. Smith?" At once the leeling of Import ance leturntd. and in the bland s. tone he replied: "It is, madam. What can I do for you?" "Can you tell me h w much it will tost t tend a row and pigs down to the next station?" Gren Dag. Political Amealtlea. It is told that while John Sharp Williams was speaking in MJslstlppl a snan in the audience cried, "I've been robbed by pick pockets!" "I did not suspect there were any repub licans present." said Mr. Williams, amid great laughter. "There ain't" cried th vlotim; ''I'm th only one I" Stories of Men Of Note mlnnel Astknar! F.pltaph. HF. late Colonel Anthony of Lear enworth. the real fighting editor of Kansas, Identified with the his tory of the commonwealth before and alnee the war. and publisher of the Leavenworth Times for nearly forty years, necessarily left the Impress of his sturdy, aggressive character on the com munity in which he lived and on the af fairs of Kansas. Concerning his religious views snd the epitaph he desired on his gravestone, the Times publishes these notes: "Colonel Anthony met death with th same lion-hearted courage he always showed during life. A few days ago, when he waa suffering much, he begged Dr. Darrah and those about him to make no effo.'t to prolong his life. He said that hta time had come and he waa ready to die. Colonel Anthony never professed any reunion, but always exhibited a deep In terest In any discussion of Biblical matters. The teachings of Buddha appealed to him strongly, and many times during Ufa he expressed admiration for the wonderful power and great influence for good of th Catholic church. "One night last week, In one of his few conscious moments, he called one of th members of his family to his bedside and dictated the following statement relative to his religious Ideas: 'I die In full confi dence of a divine power who made nnd controls the unlverso; that there have been no changes of control, so far as ws know. What e'er was made by that di vine power is perfect and remains perfect. So far as the other world Is concerned, w do not know. Divine power Is for good and not for evil. We believe that w should "do unto others aa we would be done by." I don't believe that God ever created a devil. I don't believe that a devil exists anywhere except In the heart of man or beast.' "Colonel Anthony retained old Quaker Ideas of the custom of not wearing mourn ing for the dead. He discussed such mat ters with is family. Knowing that his end had come, Colonel Anthony's only re gret was that he had not yet taken time to write of his early experiences In th days of the Kansas struggle for freedom. He expressed the hope that D. W. Wilder would some day write the history and story of those days. Colonel Anthony spoks of his approaching end with great delibera tion. If an epitaph were put on his tomb stone, he said, the story of his life would be his. name and date of birth and death, and tho following inscription: ' "He helped make Kansas a free state. Ho fought to save the unlrn. He published the Dally Times for nearly forty years In ths Inter est of Leavenworth. He was no hypocrite." A Generous Giver, Although J. Pterpont Morgan Is credited with gifts to philanthropic enterprise which reach $1,000,000 a year, his nam doe not appear on any of the ten building In the city which were built with hi money. Tho greatest secrecy surround his char itable work, which is much more extensive than Is generally supposed. Aa a matter of fact, Mr. Morgan la well up toward th head of the great givers of th world. On of his chief philanthropies is keeping boy off the street As vestryman In St George's church In Stuyvesant aquare, Manhattan, he ha organised a dub for this purpose, and out of th olub ha grown the New York Trade school, aa well aa a smaller trade school connected with, th church. Mr. Morgan endowed the first club with 1600,000. Among the gifts of Mr. Morgan are $1,000,000 to Harvard college, tl.SM.OOO for a private hospital In Stuyvesant square, $500,000 for th Cathedral of St. John th Divine, C 00,000 for the Young Men's Christian association, 1600,000 for th Loomi Hospital for Consumptives, 1100,000 for a library In Holyoke, Mass., where his father was born; tl2B,000 for preserving th palisades, 1850,000 for a new parish nous, and rectory In Stuyvesant square, $500,000 ' for th collection of porcelain and $1,000,000 for the Tiffany gem collection for th Met ropolitan museum. Roosevelt Expresses Thaaks. When Captain Richmond P. Hobson spoke at Columbia City, N. C, In th clos ing days of th campaign he was very sa ver In his criticisms of President Roose velt, declaring among other things that the president was tyrannical, and that his purpoae ultimately wa to set up a dicta torship In this country. When he had finished speaking a erowd of democrats gathered ' around him and were congratulating him on his speech. A young woman pushed her way fhrough th erowd, but when Captain Hobson extended his hand ah did not take It. Instead, th declared that she did not believe on word that h had said about th president and that he ought not to make suoh assert lone Th young woman waa Mia Ida Gal breth, a teacher In th public ' schools of ' Columbia City, The other day - she re ceived a letter from President Roosevelt which read: Washington, D. C, Nov. T. My Dear Mis Gal bceth will you kindly allow me, as a token of my appreciation, to Inclose my photograph? Sincerely youre, THEODORE) . ROOSEVELT, Assist!; a CrKI. Emperor William wrots a poem one, which he submitted to a great literary nan who dined at the castle for that purpose particularly. The oiitlo read It, and found hi dual duties In conflict. He had to ad vise an amateur poet with an exceptional power of relenting a hostile comment. II yielded only a very little to the exigencies of th situation. "This verse, your majesty." he began, "seems to require al teration tn certain 'respects." The author took the manuscript and conned It thought, fully. Then his brow cleared. "Why," he cried, as one seeing a sudden light. "I havs actually not signed the poem. Give me a pen!" And the only fault he saw in the work was forthwith remedied. fockraa aa a' glory Trller, Bourke Cockran Is a capital story teller, but a good many -of his latest yarns have himself for one of tho leading figures. A Kentucky democrat who sat In the Rlggs house headquarters In Washington was aware of this peculiarity In the dlatin gulnhed New Yorker. Therefore, when a Tammany man asked. "Have you heard the latest story Cockran tells?" he an swered: "No, I don't believe I have; wag It about himself?" "No." "Then, I hav not heard it." And tl.sn th New York politician went over to a comer an4 stuJiod over th situation.