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sqFKWvr * " " * * -it ( 2 THE OMAHA DATLY BEE : TUESDAY , DECEMBER 7. 1807. I EBENEZER f The Story of a Skull. "You rray have It If you like , " said the doctor. F "Do you mean It , really ? " nskcdMiss Ir Dunlop eagerly. | ! The doctor's wife laughed. "Ono would think It "was something nice , Instead of a litdeoua old skull. " Miss Dunlop wu still looking at the doc- lor Innulrlnsly. "Why , ot COUKO jou may have it , " ho wld. "Shall I send It to you , or 'Will ' you carry ItJ" "I'll take It with mo now , for I must bo going. " ' ' JH. The doctor found a pasteboard box and placed the skull In It , ttien .tied the cover on and presented It to 'Miss ' Dunlop. "Ttank you to much , " she said earnestly. "U ha * made me feel so bad to think of the disrespect It , has receive ! since Its soul got ihrouga with li. You have told me about Its . being In the possession o ! that horrid so ciety Of college students and fllnco you-have JiaVl lt-I know you don't think about It as I do tut It has made mo tccl so queer to THE THRENOLOQIST LOOKED AT I1ER CURIOUSLY. eeo your chlld.-.en playing -with It and kickIng - Ing It around. " "There'll be a honfl about It when they find it Is gone , " said tue. doctor's wlte , with ft rueful sir.'Ile. ' Jtlsa Dunlop wont on without seeming to notice her. "And there's no kn'nwlng ' how many other Indignities It has suffered that you don''i. know anything nbut. Now , how ever , it will receive the respect due It. After she had gone the doctor and hla wife looked at each other. ' "A harmless crank , " said he. "I'm glad It's gone ; the hired girls are all go nfpald of It , " said she. At Jiome In her little sitting room Miss Dunlop carefully look the skull from Its box end mido a place for U on top of her desk. Then she stood off and viewed the grinning Object. "This Is your new home , " she said , nd- dresalns It. "I hope you will like It. I nm going to call you Ebenezer ; I always HkeJ that name and I want 'to ' call you Bome- thlng. " For several day * , whenever her eyes rested on the skull she gave an Involuntary start , but the scrn got used to It and lost what little feeling of repugnance she may have had for It at first. Miss Dunlop lived In a very quiet way in two rooms of a .boarding house. She had a. small Income on which , with much plan ning and economy , she lived quite comfort ably. She cared for her two rooms , visited her frl.enis , took her dally walk and wrote poetry for the local papar and occasionally for other publications : She was known In tha boarding house as the "old maid , " but every ono liked her. Ono day she was nt her desk , and at length laying down her pen she leaned back In her chair and gazed up at the skull. "I wonder , " she mused , " -what kind of a man Ebenezer was. I wonder let me sec 1 don't hellevo but what 1'vo got that old chart of mine. Perhaps I can find out by that something about his character. " She rummaged In a closet for some time , and at length unearthed a phrenological chart , very old and minus covem. "Only think ! This was made out for me when' I wnd but 5 years old. " She studied the chart carefully , then took the skull down and examined It , and meas ured It with her tnpo measure. " 0 dear , " she said at last , "I can't make anything out of It. I wish Why , there Is ! Why didn't I think of that before ? " In great excitement she put on her things and carefully placed the ekull In the box the doctor had given her. "Tlrro la a phrenologist In town , " she kept repeating to herself. "Why didn't I think of It ? " Just before going out she opened her pocketbook and scrutinized the contents. "Yes , " slu said , "I guess I con afford It. I will , anyway , oven If I have to do without ( something clue. " The phrenologist looked at her curiously when she told htm eh" wanted the skull ex amined , and not heir own head , but ho waa very kind and told her all he could about the character ot Ebenezor , nuking out a chert also. Miss Dunlop wont away perfectly satUflcd nnd when slio put the skull back in Its place she looked at It with i sin lo. She studied the chart carefully and fcon came to know the character of Kbiticzer very thoroughly , "You were really a very remarkable man , " she would say , "and I am Almost afraid of you , you am so critical , I wonder what you would think of my poems. You would probably criticise them sevfroly. I wonder If you ever wrote poetry ; you might have done so , " After that , every { 'me1 ' she wrote anything , QIlis Dunlon would re-ad It over and try to think what Ebenezer would eay to It. The result was that -the destroyed rnoro of her poems than she preserved , and tlwt with her oarctul nnd painstaking prepara tion of he. nunuscilpt she greatly Improved her work. The first time she got an acceptance from one of the leading magazines she wa * greatly olalul. She eat reading the bit ot juper over nrd over. At 'last ' she raised her eyc-s to the ekull. "And I "have " jou to thank for It , KbMiczer. " shu e-ald. "II It had not been for yt/ur criticism I never could liave written fiONl enough for them. " Thcro Mas n new bainler In the house , H quiet , unobtrusive girl , and she and < MUs Dunlri > bec-amo good filends. There was but ono point of disagreement between them : Mid Miles could not endure the night ot nbcnozcr , So , out of consldcratlni for her , fcollng8 , < MEJ | iDunlcp v pld throw some- tlihit over him during her friend's calls en , fcer , * r "I Jon't eo why you should object BO to it , " Miss Dunlop said < ono evening , after they -hid known exult other for somemonths. . 'Of course It Isn't , pretty , but thcrv , you know , we eachfliaffc'110 of our own. " " 0 , It Isn't thai ! " said Miss Mllee ; "then " , nfter a moment's hesitation , she went on , , "I'll tell you my real re-ason , and I guess you won't -wonder at my aversion to skulls , j "My lather h d an uncle who died a great . many years ago. He was burled In < m old family burying ground on the farm where ho I.ad lived. * V * T and years went by , and finally a raltrosiUwas built right through the gravcyanU rjeri went to work < 1 gglng up bonfa.\VHeh ! wcro thcn f uurd | l the Mrge cem lcrjr In town , Well , when they came iu fltcat Uncle Bnoa' grave , they found the DftmCall right , only the skull was gone ! " MHn ? > Mlleu paused a moment. "Some one had. stolen It , " she added Im pressively. , - . , ' "How drca'dfuir" " 'Mid Miss Dunlop , ana thcn for a tlmo they eat silent looking at each other. "What klndVot 'A man was this uncle ? " asked Mlfs Uunlpp at last. Her friend gaVa'.ner a rather long account of his characterises. "I have often heard my father tell aiout him , " oho said at the end , "Has he uny ne r relatives living who are Interested In the recovery of the skull ? " asked Miss Dunlop. M'ss Miles looked as It eho thought this a strange question. "Ho has ono brother living the youngest la the family. Dut , of courae , the skull can never be found. ' "What Is the brother's name , and where docs ho live ? " Miss Miles told , her , and as oaon as she had gene Miss Dunlop wrote down the name and address on a slip of paper. She looked up at Ebonezcr regretfully , . but with a new Interest. "To think that I should llnd out who you really were ! ' she 1 said. "But I alracat wMi I hadn't , for now I shall have to send you to your brother ; It wouldn't be honorable to keep you. . There can be no doubt about It , " the went on , afton a pause. "Her description was exactly like the phrenologist's. No two people could l he so exactly alike. " I With a deep slKh she eat down and ' brother. It began a letter to Ebenezer's she It to suit was a long tlmo before got her She told how she came to have the skull , about the visit to the phrenologist , about Miss Miles' story. She ended by sayIng - Ing that she would send the skull upon nearing - , ing from tliobrother. After the letter was sent she got a strong wojden box and some stiaw and packed . Ebenezer carefully for his Journey. "I dcn't 1 want to see you , and every time think you have got to go , " she sold , sadly. "And i nobody knows what now disrespect Is In store I for you. " lu n few days Miss Dunlop got a letter from Ebenezer's brother. It was written In a cramped , old-fashioned hand , and eald : "You , may keep your old skull for all me. I don't I believe In your phrenological rubbish , and I don't bellevo the ekull Is my brother's. If any grand niece chooses to associate with ula u . can do , BO , but I don't want said lunatics Miming off bogus skulls on me , " Miss Dunlop's mild blue eyes fairly glit tered < w she read this , and there was a flush of rogo on her face. Then she toro the letter In pieces and burned It , after which she felt betteT. Then , with quite a happy smile , she unpacked Ebenezer , and replaced him on the desk. "I miibt eay , Ebenezer , " she remarked , "that your brother has vcty bad manners , and I don't doubt you are ashamed of him , so we never will refer to him again. " And so Miss Dunlop resumed the even tencr of her way , while Ebenezer grinned Impartially on all comers. SUSAN DROWN ROBUINS. CHRISTMAS Mnniiwoiiic. 1'rrtty Humr-Mnilr TrlllcH Mint Are Ari-riilulilc Holiday GIflH. Ono ot the most useful llttlo accessories to lho dressing table Is a hair receiver and a pretty design for one Is shown In the Illus tration , From stiff pastebcard cut the frame for the sides , llvo Inches long at the bottom , thrcu Itichcttj and.a . half across at the top and two Indie's and a halt high , while for the top a square of the board measuring three Inches dnfr a half Is to bo arranged with a bole ono Inch and a half at the mid dle. ! . From good round thread bleached linen cut pieces for the sides quarter or an Inch larger all around than the boards and In laid pencil draw , a design similar to the one s'lown , which IB to bo embroidered In pretty shades of pink , green and brown pink for the flowers , green for the leaves and brown for the H terns' . For liiu top cut , a piece of linen and mark a ( scroll clrclc'.abput the opening -at the cen ter , embroider It and thcn attach It fast lethe the board with glue. The Ingldo ot the box and lid may bo lined with thin oil or white enamel cloth glued around Wo edges to each flat surface , and for the convenience of removing accumulated hair , hlngo the lid to . .ho box at two corners with thread , over which bows and ribbons may be arranged. j A LAUNDRY LIST. For a Liundry list ( obtain a. delicate book- slate with two or three leaves and bound In cloth. From embroidery linen cut a piece euf- ftclently large to face the front and back , and with a margin quarter of an Inch wide all around. On one-half of tbo ( ilcce mark the words "Laundry List , " within a frame at the mid dle and to decorate the remainder of the Vlcco draw a conventional Ilower design somewhat - what similar to the Illustration. When the work U finished apply the linen to the slate , caver with glue by turning the edges over and making them faat.to the Inside on a narrow edge of the cloth binding that Is usually left bptwcen tbo edge ot the slate part and the binding. At the top blued corner attach ring with bow nnd rlbbjns , by mean * of which It can be huns In a convenient place , nnd at Iho knot tlo a piece of string half a yard long to the end of which < i pencil may Ijo attached. At a stationery store purchase a smtall brafts hook that Is mode on a small card with a Riimmed back , nnd stick It font to the front of the hook so the ring In ( he pencil may bo hung on It. A QLOVB DOX. The Rlovo box nhoulil measure ten Inches long nnd six Inel.ea wide and -throe Inches high at the front and back , but owing to the crowned top It will bo half an Irich higher at the middle. Stout pasteboard will answer for the framo. Cut two pieces ten Inches long and throe lnhcs wide , and two six Inches long and three Inches wide for the sides and ends. Embroider a garland of flowers on linen pieces to fit the front and ends , and draw them so when the sides are put together the bows , ribbons And garland ends 'will match , 1IU1.12H FOIL ( lOVnit.MNO HDSIIANDS. Six ot Tlii-iii l.nld HIMVII liy nil I2x- IKTIfiiceil Woliiiiii. Replying to a request for "rules for the government of husbands , " the Minneapolis Journal submits the following , , tied with pink rlbbcn by the femlnlnomembers , of the Journal staff : Rulrs for the conduct of husbands are something that all women feel tae need of more or Ut > a In their experiments with matri mony , and wheii they want them at all. It L ? la the shape of a moral ruler that can tie applied wherever It will do the most good. Men are thrce-fltths genius. The rest Is sheer fudge ; and the trouble with the new woman Is that when she takes a snapshot at the old nua , she takes that other two- tlftu sadly out of focus. Men have a vacancy In their pilot house which women wcro created to (111. Some go In and sit and think they are doing their duty so long as the boat keeps moving , oo matter In what direction the varying currents carry It , while others step to the wheel at once and steer where they will. The most burning question In the average household Is the brcakfaot table newspaper habit. There la not a nua living who al though he may have spent all the evening bcfoic over the evening paper absorbing the news of the day docs not think that the uorlil must stand still \\hlle he sees what lias happened during the night. Any wife knons that whoa the political situation ROTO against the grain , or the price of otcckn has gone the way It ought not to , he will growl over a breakfast fit for Epicurus him- tie.r , just as Indiscriminately as he docs over the lam and eggs or liver and baccn that he gctc. First , then , the morning paper should bo put under a time lock warranted not to open until btcakfaat Is entirely over. A mem should realize , too , that his wife dlJ not marry him for the privilege of giv ing up the society of ethers of- his sex and taking on the manifold cares ot the servant- girl problem , and that she Is not going to be contented to receive as a compcr.i.atlon a brief "howdy-do" at. he runs In to get hlo supper and dress preparatory 16 going to the club , or a dinner , or a lodge or a political meeting. The second rule , consequently , Is , that he must te coatented with one night a week ( If any ) out. A man's memory frequently needs Jogging as to the fact that ho endowed , acccrdlfij to the maniago service , the woman .whom ho took as hU wife , with all hs ! worldly gioJs. That means the stray change he objects to her hunting for In his trousers pocket , as well as what he- may have In his puise or at the bank. Na matter If his last dollar Is a J > c.-rc'ved cue he should sh rc It with her If she does not want anything more than a box of chocolate bon-bor.a. Men , have died before for a principle. The third rule shapes Itself that he must have an elastic purse string , no matter If tlio purse Itself looks s If it Had not seen seven fat years In a hunctocd. A man ought occasionally to be willing -to cutout In his wife. No matter how dull ho may be. there Is always something InterestIng - Ing for her from his point of view , and as for the wife of the maa.who has the reputa- tlon of King a bright man , or an afttir- dinner oratcr of rare powers. It Is like Ice cream with the flavoring left out to get It all merely hinted at In the next morning's pipcir. She would bp delighted to play the part of the proverbial dog If he woiild only think it worth his 'While to rehearse things Mior. Rule 'the fourth is that he should fre quently resolve himself Into a high-class vaudeville thow for ene. Ho should sec that the woodbox anJ the coal scuttle arc well filled. He should be able to put down a caipet and put up a etove. without apparently trying to Invent anew now kind of war time defense out of Uuks , or an Impromptu negro minstrel out of him self. self.Rulo Rule the fifth lines tup In this order : A irjin should have telegraphic communication with the supply and demand of the wood box and the coal scuttle , and be a willing Jack-ail-all domestic Unties , though a perfect success at none. Then a n-an should not think tSiat his share of the baby Is- the ljlf that does not cry at night. A wcman gets fourteen hours a day of all Iho unreasoning vagaries ot In- fantdcm , and a man should not threaten to commit homicide or suicide It he gets one hour of It at night. Ho should remember that 60 was not always grown up himself , and that In all 'probability his child comes honestly by Its tantrums. The- sixth Inch on the ruler Is , therefore , that he shcultV bo willing to act > ! he part of a walking perambulator In the dead wastes of .tho nlgit without saying enough words beginning with the Idttcr "d" to exhaust a well sunnllel "d" box. If uny one tried to put them Into print. The rule that should bo written In red Ink , however , Silnges upon the fact that , In spite of Tier freedom of thougWi nnd action and speech , the modern woman would still worship from the bottom of 'her heart the man who was actuated by the same spirit which makes romance of the days of chiv alry , the man who would say to tier every morning : Is there anybody I can kill for you to day , uiy dear ? " HurrnrH nf I Ionic I.Iff. Chicago Tribune : "Marln , " remarked Mr. nillus , "Kitty Is noiir-slghtcd. She ought to have u pair of glasses for her eyes. " "Now , John , " exclaimed Mrs , Blllus , "I don't Intend to hnvu a little girl of her age afflicted with upectacles. It's bad enough to have to wonr thorn when ono grows old. Her eyes are red , but that's hocnusa thi-y need a little treatment. She's used them t-jo much. Clet some good eye salve. That's all she needs , " "Dose her eyes with something you don't know n thlnn about ! That's exactly like a woman. Can't you s.ec " "I know my mother used eye salvo when ever there was anything the matter with our eyes , and It always cured us. What was good enough for my mother Is good enough for me , " "All I'vo got to say about It Is that I'm going to tnko her down town and have u pair of glasses fitted to her eyes. " "John Hlllus , you will not do such n thing In defiance of the wholei family. Ask the other children If they think Kitty needs spectacles. " "Call them up. " It was done , A vote of the family was taken. It stood ns follows : For eye glasses , I. For f-yo Halve. 0. Mr. IIIIIUH collapsed. "Tho eye salvo It , " IIP ald. as he took his hut ami started for the nearest drug store. JllHt WlltTC ll.l Woill.l ( JO. An amusing Incident -was witnessed nt ono of the precinct polling places at Columbus , p. . during- registration , while an effort | vas being made to keep out-of-town .student * fiom registering. A big- , awkward , inftllcal otudent "presented " himself. Ho looked aa thouirh ho could bo easily tripped up on questions , and ho was picked out fora "Hoft mark , " but right thrro .was where the chal lenger rrwido a mistake , aa results proved. The HtiuU-nt was brighter than ho looked , The following dialogue ) ensued. "Whnre do you live ? " For reply the student gave , his street num ber."Yea "Yea , but where la your home ? " "Columbus , " "Well , m-horo would you go If you iwcro This wan Intended to make him give the name of the placa 'whence ho cam * , to Co lumbus , but It didn't. Ho promptly ippllsJt "Why , 1 would KO to bed. " lie registered , A Coiiipliilut. Washington Slur ; "It'a a fhame. " said Mr. Faraway , na ho borrowed a leaii pencil from his wife , "that people have so llttle- contpunctlon about wasting a man's tlmu. " "What Is the matter ? " "A man ha just Insisted on Interrupting1 mo In the midst of a gome ot chesa In or der to bo owed- pay Bema money , - A Study in Thanksgiving Proclamations mmmmmmmmummm Few people there nro who do not know when Thanksgiving comes , yet there arc few who see a Thanksgiving proclamation , except OB printed In the tarloua dally and weekly newspapers. KolloiUtiR the president jiroc- Mmatlon , which usually IB Issued the latter purl of October ; It Is the custom for the governor of a state-.to Issue ono to the people ple of that statnccomo time from 1he > 1st to Uio 15th of Novi-rober. In Nebraska the proclamation da ijitnrf Is seen by few people , save tie ! clerk wuoirccords It In a largo book labeled , "MOCAIKCB- Proclamations , Stale of Nebraska , Rxccutlvu Department ; " but tbo rroclamation.ldo facto Is seen -inJ read by every person rtvho buys or borrows a , Ne braska ncwspaner.i After the proclamation has been Issued rfniHtypowrltten copies Riven to representatives ot the principal dally pa pers ot the state ! tbo aid of a job prlittor Is Invoked anJ Jromithrco to five hundred copies printed , on such quality of paper and In such etylo of thai printer's art as meets the Ideas of the chlct executive , economy on the opo hand and state prldo on Wio other pre venting too flnoiunfl expensive or .too poor and cheap a plocu .of Job work ; then these printed copies uro nJillocl from the executive chamber to the president of the United States and to the governor ot each state and territory , senators and representatives In congress from this state , county superintend ents ot public Instruction , ministers ot the gospel and heads of cduuUtlonal Institutions within the state , ONLY TWO ALIKE. That some custom similar to the ono Just mentioned ptevalls In a majority of the states anil territories Is evidenced by a stack of some thirty governors' proclamations for 1SU7 now on Illo In Governor Hclcomb'n of fice. These state rapcra lire a most Inter esting lot. They are an assorted lot , no two alike no , I'll take- that buck , for Governor 1'lnnreo of .Michigan and Governor Stephens of ( Missouri seemingly used the same book of forms In writing their respective proclama tions ; but to ilie printer's eye ro two are allko and not to cxccoJ two of them are on the in mo slzo paper. Governor Frank Steunenbcrg of Idaho wrote the brlefc&t ono ; ho was content to say , : "Tho pros ! leu' of the United States having i by prolan.utlon designated a day of ThanksI I Riving and prayer * o Almighty God for mani fold blessings , I , Frank Steuronberg , Gov ernor of the State of Idaho , do hereby pro claim Thurada ) , the twenty-fifth day ot No vember , A. D. 1S)7 ! ) , to be observed by the pcoplo of tile state sf Idaho with such scrv- Ice-i i.o will best tarry out tiio spirit of this hallowed and timo-honorel custom. " Governor Holcomb evidently believed the popple of Nribruska have much to be thank ful for , his proclamation being the longest 517 word.- , leaving out the formal hccil'lng ' and closing. H.iwcvcr , Governor William I1. Lord of Oregon wsa a cluso second with a p.vxilamatlcri of 498 words. The literary morl a of tbese ithlrty-odd proclamations vary , or cou.sc , coioldeiably ; us a rule thay t niiln hackneyed expressions , yet most of them glvo evidence considerable thought in their companion. A number of tie ! gov ernors took occasion to ilcllva ; a .political . , or quasi-political , ailrtrcas along 'with reasons for 'thanking the Almighty for iIII-s bounty , Governor Lx'.ln ' A. Ocoke of Ojanrctlcut says : "Tho long continued depression In justness Is being succccn'cd ' by returning lope , confidence and assured prosperity Io : he ration. " Governor James A. ' .Mount of Indiana tpe slfa : "T.ie ps * year has be n signally crowned with loving kindness and ' < loader mercies. Abundant crop s and loi- ! * proved pricca reward the hubiiindman. Labor - ' { bor now finds rcaiuro.'ative employment. The i \ fires are burning brightly In 'the ' furnaces of ' c Industry. The whc-sis of commerce are In j I ceaseless motion. Returning confidence and i business Improvement are everywhere manl-1 ' fctt. The rattle of reapers , heard In fertile , ' fleV-3 , has Ix-ea echoed by the whir of whec'.a I ( In busy faeicrlcs.ith.us cmplualzlris the 4m- ' , p rtant Icssoa of mutual dependence and . I strengthening thb 'bcniis of good-will end i concord. " KANSAS' OOCASION FOR GRATITUDE. Govort'or John \V. Lecdy of Kansas .takc . , oo.Uilon to defend -our sister state thus : " .Bountiful harvests' In meat sections of the stL'to havs nilcd our 'bins ' and granaries. An I eager demand fiOJi foreign countries hasfur - ) nishc-d a ready market and better price ? for eiirfarm pro-'ucts. ' After seven years of self- denial our peiplehave so reduced their enor mous Indebtedness -that at last 'their liabil ities bear a ucaeoiwble ratioto their rc- sou-ccs The attacks urotv Ills state lo wl h i It has been so Ions subject have bsen dls- ccntlnuoJ , ar.d the reputation of Kansas Is i again as good as Us character always has i ben. " | Governor Lord of Oregon says : "Tha finan- | clal depression which HO long oiillctcrt our country and bore so heavily on the courage I and energy of our people is cuoedlly passing away. Wo are on the threshold of returnIng - Ing protoarlty. Confidence in the national Integrity is stimulating industrial activity , reviving gainful foreign trade and Improving bus'iiEi-r. conditions generally. Our workshops aio rapidly opening to meet the increasir-s demands of trade ; our pasture ranges arc dotted over with flocks and herds , and em1 farms have yielded bountiful crops which have been successfully harvested and yroflt- ably marketed. The labor of the artlcan and tbo husbandman Is receiving more generous reword. * * We live under ccudltUns that are favorable to educational progress , Bsclal reform and political advancement ; that secure equal political rights and the blessings of civil and religious liberty ; that preserve the public order , and maintain the national credit ; that stimulate Industrial activity , and etuourage commercial cnterf.Tlso ; that foster selt-depondenco aud Individual worth ; that offer opportunities for Intellectual achieve ment aud material prosperity , and that In sure the advantages of a free and enlightened government. Wo have every reason to re joice and ralbo our volcco In praise and thanksgiving. " UNFAMILIAR WITH THE WORD. No Ices thin elx govoinors crrca in the use of "avocation" when "vocation" v > s meant. Governor William D. Uloxham of Florida requests thepcopla of the state "to ay asldo their usual business avocations , " tc. Governor Lcody re-commends that "our pcoplo refrain from their uiual nvoorllonfl. " lovornor I'lngreo requests "the people to abstain from the ordinary avocations of lire. " lovernor D. M. Clough of Minnesota invites 'all to lay aside their usual avocations. " JeutcnatH and Acting Governor Itclnhold Sadler of Nevada recommcr.'Ja ' that "tho ) coplo refrain from their usual avocations. " And even In 'the effete eiwt , IClliliu Dyer , ; overnor of the state of Rhode Island andp , 'rovldcnco Plantations , ays : "Let ua upon | p i hat day abstain from our usual avocations. " jovernom Lonl of Oregon , Kllcrbo of South Carolina and O'Kcrrall of Virginia , however , used the word "vocations/1 and the remainIng - Ing 'twenty or more governors found uome other way to ask their people to "lay aside , " "abstain or refrain from" secular work on < ho day of Thanksgiving. Governor George A. Hams-Jell of New Hampshire , "with the advice of the coun cil , " appointed Thursday , November 26 , cur rent , as a day of thanksgiving nnd praise. " Governors Roger Wolcott of MassachusettR nnd I Iowollyn Powers ot Maine were first obliged to obtain "the advice and consent ot the council" before Issuing a proclamation. In the formal closing , giving date the proclamation was lesucd , A great variety of styles obtilned. The most common form late to glvo the day\ month , year of Our Lord , year oftlio state and year ot Independence ot the United States , Governor John G. Urady of Alaska ends with : "And the thir tieth jear of the transfer of the territory from Russia to the United States , " Gov ernor Drake of Iowa uses , "year ot the Christian era , " Instead of the usual form. Governor Dyer adds , "of the founding of the state- the two hundred and elxtjvsecccid" ( year ) . . HOW THEY ARE PREPARED. As Guy Seely would say : These proclama- tlons , as specimens ot "artistic printcrlan ability , arc varied enough to make a good specimen book for a Job printing house , Pennsylvania , cad Indiana patronized the lithographer , who did hla work In an excel lent manner. California evidently for the first lime fctt a touch of the hard times , as her proclamation la mimeograph iwork. Aside from the lithograph work , Colorado has the most neatly printed ccic- and Oklahoma In a blewo competitor for first place. The printer In South Carolina and Florida was thrifty enough to put an "Imprint" on his worl : , showing that not all the Yankees are In New England. In size of paper , the proclama tions run all the way from GVixS'/i Inches for North Dakota to 10x23 laches , for Massa chusetts , the- latter equaling a circus pester In the matter of display. Sixteen of them are folios , or folded sheets , with one , two or three pages printed ; and the remainder are content with a slnglo sheet printed on ono side. Only New Hamp shire and Oklahoma were unwilling to ap pear In white , the former choosing a pale blue paper and bluish pirple Ink , nnd the latter pink papsr with red-brown Ink. Eight states hnvo printers who bcllevo a public document should bo dressed up in a fancy border , In color or otherwise , and some four o- five bcllevo In making display lines In the context like unto a clothing merchant's ad. Just one more look and we'll place these proclamations back In their flllns box : As these nro copies of the original documents dul } olgncd nnd scaled , should the copies bear a real.seal or merely the word enclosed In brackets ? Here again there Is diversity. GIghs states used wafers and Impression , two an Imitation printed wafer and real Im pression of the seal , nnd three used the Im pression nlone. Six states used a primed cut of the seal , seven the wor.l "seal" In brackets or circle , and flve had nothing to In dicate the place of seal. The governor of Now York uses his "privy sear nnd the gov ernor of Virginia "the Lesser Seal of the Commonwealth ; " nil the other govonors : hive "cauced the Great Seal to be affixed. " CHARLES Q. DE FRANCE. ' Llnco'.n , Dec. 1 , 1S97. .V I'liAGlTH OK 1'OIll'OISES. DuKfriiotlnii of the Great St. Imv- roiicp Vlslii'rli'fi ThrcnU'lli'd. The destruction of the fisheries of the Gulf of St. Lawrence is threatened by the depie- datlons of porpoises , according- it. K. .Toncas , formerly member of Parliament for Giispe , nnd now superintendent of fish nnd c-n.iiM In tlio nrnvlnnp nf OnMipn It Miinpiirs that one kind of flFh after another Is to raipldly leaving the St. LiiArence that the once famous tis'ierles ) , formerly a source of great we.ilth , arc now being gradually ii- > , nonei. ] All the experts who have been consulted agrej tl-at this U Uilefly attr.butn- ble to the increase In the number of white whales or porpoises In the gulf , nnd thc'r extraordinary destructlveness as regards most of the smaller il"h. The porpoises have multiplied exceedingly of Into years , owing to the fuel that they uro no longer hunted for their oil. Their destructlvencsa has Increased in Into year * . , not only because of thej increase In the num ber of the.se gluttonous monsters , but nlso because of the scarcity df their natural food higher up the river. They now 'ntticlc the cod , haddock , mackerel and other economic llRh of the gulf water ? . Formerly the range of the porpoises was from Illmouskl upwniil to Ralo St. Paul nnd Grosse Isle , where they then found t'lelr ' natural food. conM tlng cHlrfly of the smaller flsh , like the sardine , the smelt , the tomcoil , Tlitse wire most abundant , and the porpolau chased them In such shoals that nt the River Ouclle nr.d other points on the south shore It i ns easy j to tnko hundreds of them at n slnglo tide , nut cuAlnff to the vast quantities of the smaller fiih caught of late years In the brus'i weirs and otherwise alon ? the const , and u = ed by the farmers ns manure , thli natural food of the porpolres has to a laruc extent disappeared from the river nbovu Hlmoiukl. No * onlv has the porpoise an enormous capacity for food and a voracious appetite , but UH simple prepcnce Is enough to frlshton away the other fish. Mr. Joncax and other authorities say that unless the federal cov- ernment gives Its early and earnat atten tion to the- porpoise the cconom'c fish of the lower St. Lawrence and irulf will eventually disappear ultosctTor , and the fishing In lus- try will become u thing of the p.isl. TUo methods o' meeting the- evil are proposed the restriction of the brush weirs so as to permit the Increase of the natural food In the upper part of the river , nnd the thinning out , If not the extermination , of the por- n-'lsro. A < ? for the lat cr remedy , It would bo necess.iry to begin bv re-moving the pro tection whlob the t > on > ole'FS ' now enjoy from tun prohibition to kill them by explosive bullets. But unless a bounty or some other fubstantlnl Inducement Is offered for their deHtructlon , the removal of sprotectlon IAOUM not bo sufficient. Their skin Is more or less valuable for leather , but unless the oil could bo also turned to profitable account It would hardljpiiy to make their capture a special business. Prosperity comes quickest to the mar whose liver Is In good condition. DoWitt's Llttlo Early ntesra are famous little plllt for conntlpitlon. biliousness , indigestion and all stomach and liver troubles. To CliiHHlfy mi Artlxl , Chicago Rrcerd : A cUvcr person who recently attended an art o.\hlbltlon baa drawn up a set of rules to enable flip novice to know what kind of a picture he Is louklnp at. He Eiiys that If a painter pain's the sky gray and the grass brown no belongs to the old school. If he p.ilntM the sky blue nnd the grass green lie belongs to the realistic ; school. If ho paints the eky green and the grans blue he belongs to the In pr > t.s onls Is &cl oo . If ho paints the Hky yuilow and the grauj purple he Is u coloilst. Jf lie paints the sky black and the prnta red he Is an artist of great decorative talent and may make posters If ho perseveres. HIM MlNlnKc. Chicago Post ; "What do you consider the greatest mistake of your life ? " asked the good man who was trying to turn the wicked to the path ot righteousness. "Well , " replied the convict thoughtfully , "of course I Imvo made n great many mis takes In my day , but I tilnk the ino"t porlous and fnr-roachlng In Its rptrults wax the mistake I made In. stealing fir/m a prl- vnto concern Int-tead of goln Into politics and stealing from the state like most of the wise ones , " GOLD DUST. This is-the Package remember it It contains that cleans everything quickly , cheaply and perfectly Largest package greatest economy. THE X. K..HJUI11USK COIU'ANY , Chicago , Bt , J/MIJ | , New York , * SEE THAT THE IFAC-SIMILE ceclablcPrcparationforAs- Gl MATURE slmitaUng ihcFotxInnclUcgula- i ing Ihc S lanm4is and Bowels of . 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They charge 10 cents to get into the grounds , 10 cents admis sion to the ice and 5 cents for each ride down the tobo Qfan slide. IF you will bring in two new sub scribers for the Daily and Sunday Bee for two weeks each , you can get a ticket to the grounds , an admission to the ice and four trip tickets for the toboggan slide , or eight tobggan tickets or four ice admissions. IF you bring in one new subscriber to the Daily and Sunday Bee for three weeks , you can get a ticket to the grounds , an admission to the ice and two trip tickets for the toboggan slide ; or three ice admissions , or six toboggan tickets , IF you bring in more subscribers , or for a longer time , you can get tickets at the same rate for each bona fide new subscriber that is , an admission to the grounds , or an admission to the ice , or two trip tickets for the toboggan slide , for each week paid in advance by the new subscribers you bring in. The more subscribers , the more tickets. A whole lot of fun for just a little work , if None but bona fide new subscribers J count , No subscription taken for less Jf 2 than two weeks. " ? flV fl $ Bring your subscriptions to the J Circulation Department , J ? Bee Publishing Co , ? Bee Building. 4) i/v
