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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

q good thing, and the use we make of II.
are Il lar better measure of our gratitude
IMAM anything we can possibly say,
We formally thank people for tri1ing
iavors. because it is polite to do so; in
case of more substantial seryice for tho
additional reason that we would leave them
IN no doubt of the gratitude we feel. But
surely ii is not on these grounds that
formal thanks are rcndcrcd to God. He
certainly is not in doubt what our feel
ings are at any time and ii can hardly
be thought that our relations to him are
subject to any rules of mere etiquette.
Indeed formal thanksgiving, uttered in
private disagreeably associates itself will
the habit some persons have of talking to
themselves. Where there is a company,
large or small, the situation is changed:
enc voice may then in "A manner speak for
all hearts. But even i'm such case the
general disinClinatiOn to this exercise re-
mains the same; in Protestant circles It is
mostly left to the minister, and he. as l
said before, ly a strange incptitudc is not
apt to be much impressed by any gift of God
made in the last eighteen hundred years.
Our formal picty is indeed decidedly
wooden. The prayer book is a resource in
Keeping up a habit of devotion. but It
scarcely speaks for the things that mo-
montly touch ones life and fill the heart
with joy-the brightness of the day. the
we have just done or received,
the last book we have read, the fresh
signs of success in some worthy enter
prise, the letter that has just come from
a loving soul. The prayer book is a mock
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

is heightened with most people by the
belief that there has been a special divine
interposition calling for special recognition.
Gratitude thus awakened is, however, sub
ject to this serious draWback: the wiser
We get the less likely we are to manifest
it, special providences becoming to the
growing mind an ever decreasing quantity.
A devout thankfulness which is to stand
fast must have its motive in all. the COM
mon as well as the uncommon blessings Of
life. An indubitable general Providence
there is, which is to be thought of as in
Guiding whatever beneficent agencies con-
tribute to our well-being. Some of the
principal of these agencies are our fellow
men, to whom it is permitted us, as far as
we know them, to express our thanks di-
rectly; but the multitude of our human
servitors We do not know, and in our
thought they are rightly merged in the
one gracious Providence toward which our
sense of gratitude instinCtivCly turns. The
benefactors whom we call by name. the
helpers of all ages who have directly stimu-
lated us, form to our mind a sort of cal
endar of saints, specific, personal instru-
mentalities of Gods providence toward us.
As they come wildly to our thought we
thank them for their contribution to our
welfare; and this worship of saints is not
displeasing to the Eternal, we may be sure,
since it, too, mergCs in worship of the
Universal Providence. Now, his alteration
of our saints, of the persons to whom we
feel ourselves most indebted, the thinkers
the poets, the moral heroes who have in
spircd us-how does it express itself?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

cally the same recital.
How dare you come here again with
that old story?" he exclaimed.
"Why, Mr.. Depew," blandly replied the
applicant. 81 thought that you were fond
of old Stories
The cloud fell from Chauncey's face, a
smile Overspread his features, which re-
manned until the pass was signed and
handed over to the applicant.
A joint of the recent session
Of the Louisiana legislature visited the
state penal farms at Angola and Hope,
according to a story in the New Orleans
Picayune, for the purpose of reporting on
the work done by the board of control.
The members of the committee spent some
time talking with the negro convicts, and
presently one of the negroes recognized a
member of the committee, who is a rising
young lawyers not a thousand miles from
New iberia.
"You know Mr. B." inquired one Of
the men.
"Yaas, sab, l knows Mr.. b well.
He's de one dun sent me heah, replied
the darby, with a grin spread all over his
face.
The man had not heard of Mr.. b
officiating as a prosecuting attorney, and
wanted to know how he came to send the
convict there.
II wuz mai lawyer, sab"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

some OF us naturally look to the existing
exercises of public worship as constituting
the appointed means of voicing the sense
OF gratitude, but u%nhappily there is no one
OF these orders of worship that meets the
needs of all minds, and most of them If
must be said, make little account of wha;
has most frightened life in our time
FROM this point of view the formal ex-
preston of thanks one hears in
church is remarkable. 1t goes on the
assumption that pretty much all there is
TO be thankful for took place more than
eighteen hundred years ago. Almost every
thing the people in their hearts are really
rejoicing over is ignored-the great oppor-
tunlties afforded by the age, the lights of
science, the glory of art, the social enjoy
ments ever at hand.
THE freer step, the fuller breath.
The wide horizons grander view
One hears the same psalms. much tho
same hymns and prayers, as were heard
a thousand years ago. But we are living in
a new age, and the gratitude we feel, what
ever we may say, is most of all precisely
Tor the advantages this present time has
over the old time. If we are so far sincere
as to say what we feel these advantages
VIII be the prominent features of our verbal
thanksgiving, the burden of our PRAYERS
and our hymns.
Our thankfulness is apt to be most in
evidence when we have escaped as by n
miracle an impending affection, such az
the loss OF a dear friend. The feeling then
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

Not ordinarily by
direct address.
though | have heard
il said of as great
a Christian scholar
a $ SChlciCrmachCr
that. rising from a
reading of Plato.
he was sometimes
heard to say in all
s%olemnity 20 sanCjC
Sr,rdtC. ora pr q
nohis!" 90 h u y
Socrates, pray for
us'D We usually
honor those who
have most served us
by simply speaking
rcVcrCutly Of them.
by recalling their
words and deeds. by
m u C. h reading Of
their books, for, as
George Macdonald
says. to receive
honestly is the best
thanks for a good
thing" And do We
not here come upon
the natural and uni
Vcrsal way Of eX
pressing gratitude"
We may go further,
but is 1t not to the
peril of our natural
ness Is there not
something strained
ana grOtcsquC in al
most every effort to
put in words one :
thanks to the GivCr
of All Good Few,
! fancy, ever do it,,
but surely this does
not mean that there
are few grateful
hearts, the men gen
orally are enjoying
tn bCuntics of Prov
idcnCC With no rec
ognition of indebt-
Cdncss to a Power
beyond themselves.
In the very enjoy
mCnt of a gift
there is gratitude;
i'm fact, our glad
ness O rocpv o
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

your brain hasn't been affected by your
fool notions of hair dressing as yet"
Magistrate Brann is an freshman, and in
~,tensely proud of his lineage, reports the
New York Times. 1t is one point upon
which it is not safe to chaff him. Re
Gently a number of boys who mad been ar
rested for some petty offonsc were taken
before his honor. Among then, was one
whose speech and general appearance
stamped him as Italian. Somebody had told
the boy to give an Irish name and tell his
honor he was Irish.
whats your name ?" he asked.
Mickey da Casey" replied the youngstcr,
amid a roar of laughter. I'm Irish
"Oh, it's Irish you are, are you?" smil-
ingly replied his honor. "WclI, so am l.
and I'll just fine you so for insulting an
honorable race"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

priety. So there is
a new outlook on the
world creatio n
seems more home
like. Nature robes
herself in a beauty
inoffable. and the
heart of man at it's
best flowers into a
bonignity that hints
of an infinite ten
derness enfolding the
universe. If we see
not well into the be-
yond. at least that
lugubrious vision of
a burning. bottom
less pit. swarming
with fcnds whose oc-
cupation is the tor
ment of human souls
through endless ages.
is gone out of mind,
Shelved with rack
and thumbscrcw i'm
museums of theolog-
ical vagaries. Surely
we have occasion for
a large measure of
gratitude. This we
must all feel. what
ever our faith or
lack of faith.
How shall we show
our gratitude? AS to
that opinions arc
likely to differ. as
we know the practice
of mankind differs
the world over. But
ii Will be interesting
to inquire whether
there is not some one
mode of expression
the fitness of which
will be generally
recognized. Is there
not some one way in
which we do all give
thanks? If such a
way can be found
we shall have one
foundation for the
universal church., the
church that is to be,
and all discoveries
looking in that direc-
tion are of profound
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

G~1NCE upon a time, relates Medical
" Talk, a very nervous man called
kSmNr on his physician and asked him
tonic, and dismiss from your mind
all that tends to worry you" said the
doctor.
Several months afterward the patient
received a bill from the physician asking
Rim to remit SIS, and answered it thus:
Dear doctor, ! have taken a tonic and
your advice. Your bill tends to worry me.
and so | dismiss it from my mind"
Moral-AdviCe sometimes defeats it's
giver.
Pref. -- was instructing a class Of
school boys about the circulation of the
blood.
"Can you tell me-" said he, why it is
that if | were to stand on my head there
would be a rush Of blood to my head. and
that there is no rush Of blood to my feet
when | stand upon them
For a moment there was silence, and
then a boy answered; IT'S because your
feet are not empty, sir"
Augustus X. Sloan. eX-president of the
p jewelers. association and Board of Trade,
was riding up town On a Broadway car,
says the New York Times, when a smartly
dressed and handsome Young miss came in.
The car was quite crowded and the young
woman stood for a minute looking about
for a seat. Just as she gave up hope and.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

F. J. Carmody, newspaper correspondent,
who was secretary Of the republican con-
gressional committee in the Minneapolis
district, tells some stories characteristic
Of the Swedcs in politics 1T is marvellous
how the Swedcs stick to the men OF their
own nationality" says he. 81 met a Swedo
during the campaign in a street car. How
did you vote for mayor at the last cleo
tom ! inquired.
John Lind is already elected was the
epigrammatic reply given me.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
Gratitude and Its Expression

BE ye thankful."-Col. 3:15.
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest
virtue, 1t is the parent of all the other
virtues. Cicero.
We render heartfelt and solemn thanks
To the Giver of Good; and we seek to
praise Him, not by words only, but by
deeds-by the way in which we do our duty
70 ourselves and to our fellow men,
President Roosevelt.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

LATITUDE ought to bear direct
proportion to the bounty received.
BY this rule we should be more
thankful than our fathers, for in
COlnparisOn we are in almost
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17
She win Keen Her word.

When Grandmother Pettingill makes
up her mind, she is as firm us rock.
Nothing can move her. Perhaps 1t was
on this account that when she returned
from the celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the settlement
Of Shrubville and made such deter
mined declaration nobody attempted
to influence her.
"1've been there, and it's over with"
she said, "and now Pm home safe aft
er all the noise and bands and scared
horses and crying children and men
making speeches. want to tell you
one thing. l shan't ever go to another
centennial in Shrubville. no matter
what the circumstances are and no
matter who asks me. You children
may rs well bear that in mind"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17
MILITARY DISPLAY.
An Amusing Bit of Routine In n New
York Hotel.

An Amusing Bit of Routine In New
York Hotel.
There Is no better place to mark the
increasing love of military display and
maneuvers than the lobby of large
hotel. The colored help in particular
are great soldiers. In one Of the Broad
way hotels uptown the colored hall
men are changed at noon. Things We're
quiet in the lobby at that hotel today,
for the clerks and bookkeepers were
deep in their books, and the loungers
We're all sitting peacefully on the so.
fas when the steady tramp, tramp OF
what sounded like regiment of infan-
try broke the stiffness.
The regiment consisted Of six col
ored hallmen in blue and brass, with
an especially Respondent mulatto in a
more gorgeous uniform walking at the
head of the procession, says the New
York correspondent Of the Pittsburg
Gazette. He lined his six men In front
of a bench before the desk, looked
them over sharply to see that they
were "eyes front" and Missed "Atten-
toni! Then as he clapped his hands
once the six men hinged their legs ST.
simultaneously and dropped into their
seats like row of wooden soldiers.
The mulatto wiped his brow with a
highly perfumed handkerchief, glanced
at the head clerk for approval and as
the first man responded with jerk to
the cry Of ''Front!" went to the main
doorway to look ut the sunlight of
Broadway with the air Of successful
major general. The whole perform
ance was overwhelmingly funny, but 1
am sure that mulatto would have COM
mitted assault and battery on any one
who dared to laugh.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17


The Burmese game seems to be rath-
er n heavy variety of chess, the pecul-
iarty of it being that a pawn "queens"
when it strikes an imaginary Diagonal
line drawn from the players left hand
corner to the right hand corner in front
of him-his opponents left hand cor
ner. The. pieces are massed on the
players right hand, but the three priv
ileged pawns-there are only three
allowed to "queen''-can only queen"
when the queen has been taken. We
should say here that no piece equiva-
lent to our queen really exists in east
crn chess, the most powerful piece be-
ing equivalent to our rock or castle.
In the Burmese game the privilege Of
translation confers no higher hand on
a piece than that of "chekoy"-called
queen in European equivalence by vir-
tue of its being unique-a piece pos
sessing scarcely more power than a
pawn. The usual move of the piece
called queen in all oriental varie-
ties of chess Is one square diagonally
and it is never one of the superior
pieces. Spectator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17
Sherif's Sale.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That by virtue of
Special Execution, to me directed dated Nov,
22nd. 1902, and issued out of the office Of the
Clerk OF the District Court of the state OF Iowa,
in and for Delaware County, upon a Judgment
rendered In said Court Cd the 18th day of Octob-
or. 1902, In favor of j. A. Thomas and against
Frank b: Dickey hay Q levied upon the follow
Ing described property as the property of the
said Frank b. Dickey ct al to-Wit:
The undivided one half of 27 cows, yearling
heiters, heifer calves and steer calves togeth-
er with 10 large hogs all situated on the Frank
b. Dickey farm in Hazel Green township, Della
ware County, Iowa, it having been found by the
Court that of the aforesaid hogs and said 3
steer calves have been sold and the plaintiffs
undivided one half of the proceeds turned over
to the said John Dolphin, trustee in Bankruptcy,
and that the paintiff Is entitled to the said
sum so turned over to said trustee viz, one
hundred and twelve and fifty onehundredth
dollars. (Sll2.5Oo And that on the Goth day of
December 1902. between the hours of O'Clock
a. m. and O'Clock p. III sale to commence at
the hour OF !. O'Clock p. M. of said day, at the
Court Honse door in Manchester. County OF
Delaware and State OF Iowa. will proceed to
sell SAID property. or so much thereof as may be
necessary to satisfy said execution, amounting
10 -FOUR thousand three hundred twenty five
and hfty-two ,one hundredth dollars debt, Eighty.
three and fifteen one hundredth dollars Attor-
ney,s fee, ana twelve and sixty one hundredth
Dollars cost, together with interest and ac-
cruing costs, at public auction, to the highest
and best bidder for cash.,
Dated this 25th day Of November, A. D., 1902
II. W. FISHEL,
60-@w Sheriff OF Delaware County, Iowa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17
Church ana workmen.

1t would be an exaggeration to say
that all working people feel antago-
nistic toward the church. Their general
attitude is rather that of indifference.
The thinking poor are well enough
aware that there is nothing unnatural
in the situation and that if the tables
were SO turned that world advantage
shifted to their side it would probably
remain unchanged. AT times their feel
ing, especially toward the clergy, is Gu
riously sympathetic. Say" remarked
a labor leader Of vivid mind to the
writer-"sey, Pm awfully sorry for
ministers. Most of them are real good
men. They know well enough what
Christ meant, and they'd like first rate
to preach if they dared. But, Lord,
how can they? They've got to draw
their salaries; they've got families to
support" All this quite without a
touch of irony.-Vida d. Scudder in
Atlantic,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17

what is mohair, nammy?' asked
Sally Peterson Jones, looking up from
her slow perusal of the newspaper and
keeping her place on the page with a
dusky forefinger.
Nanny Jones began to rock faster.
"You know wat hair is, s'pose, dom
you?" she inquired.
"Oh, yas'm," responded Sally prompt
ly.
"Well, den, does you know wat mo
ISL" asked her mother rocking still
faster.
"No'm," admitted Sally with great
reluctance.
"Well, chile, you can't spec me to
take de place OBJ natchel hist'ry OBJ
animals TO- you," said her mother calm
ly, allowing the rocking chair to slack
en- its speed. "W'en you've hunted up
de mo in one OBJ your schoolbooks an
know jes' what he looks like, come to
me, an I'll 'splain de rest. But chillen
mus und'take some work on dere own
dedication, shorely. 'Tain't right TO-
payments to do it all.''
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17
THE wooDcocK.
vvhrre Does 1t Hide During the Mott.
In.

Whrre Does 1t Hide During the Mott.
ing Sensonf
1t is during the months Of August
and September that the mystery of
the woodcock's life begins. This is
the melting season, when the bird
changes its plumage before beginning
its journey southwark. AT this time it
leaves the swamps. Where does it
go? That is a question which has new
er yet received satisfactory answer,
although each sportsman and natural
list has his own opinion, and many fine
spun theories have been advanced.
Some say that the birds move toward
the north, some that they seek the
mountain tops, coming into the swamps
to feed only after nightfall; some that
they seek the corntields. and there
have been many other such theories.
Probably the truth lies in mean Of
all these statements. l think it prob
able that the birds know the loss Of
their feathers renders them to a GER
tain extent helpless and more exposed
to the attacks of their natural enemies,
and they therefore leave the more open
swamps and hide in the densest and
most tangled thickets. 1t is certain
that they scatter, for at this season
single birds are found in the most I'M
usual and unexpected places.
Years ago when shooting in Dutch
ess county, N. Y, knew one or two
swamps, which we called melting
swamps, where in August we were
sure to find a limited number of birds.
These swamps We're overgrown with
rank marsh grass and were full Of
patches Of wild rose and sweetbrier.
If we killed the birds which we found
there, we We're sure in week or ten
days to find their places filled by about
the same number-Outing
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17
ITO BE Continued
A BANK STORY.
An Incident That Startled the Old
Indy of Threadneedle street.

An Incident That Startled the Old
Indy of Tlireadnecdle street.
Some years ago the directors of the
Bank of England were startled to re-
ccive an Invitation to meet an I'M
known man in the strongroom Of the
bank at midnight you think you is
all safe hand you bank his safe, but
knows better. 1 bin hinside the
bank the last mite hand you nose
muffin about it. But am mott a theaf
so hif yer will nett NEE in the great
squar room, with all the moneys, at
twelf mite, lie explain orl to you, let
only thor . cum down. and say muffin
to nobody" The strongroom was
guarded the next night in spite of a
disposition to regard the letter as a
hoax by police and-nothing happened.
The next phase of the mystery was
more astonishing than ever. A heavy
chest of papers and securities taken
from the strongroom arrived at the
bank, with a letter complaining that
the directors had set the police upon
the writer, and that he had therefore
lot appeared us lie promised, DuC 10
prove that he was neither thief nor
fool he sent a chest of papers he had
taken from the bank. Let few gen
tlemen be alone in the room, and he
would join them at midnight, said the
writer, and to cut short a long and
strange chapter of bank history, man
with dark lantern burst into the
strongroom of the bank at midnight
after calling from behind the stone
walls for the directors to put out the
lights. He was one of strange class
of men who gained a living by search
ing the sewers at night, and through
an opening from sewer he had found
his way into the richest room in the
world.-St. James Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17
:; -. rum. .uos rauIpou spokeo

xxi ,1ie rum. Has I'aulpoH spoKen:
about to start for Perm with the por-
trait of Princess Alexandra when l
was arrested by .Jansky and brought
here"
"And now you are free! Why did
| you take this interest in the mystery
| of Graslov?"
because" he answered after n slight
pause, Miss Gordon, whom 1 have
known for long time, loves Vladimir,
and l think Vladimir loves her."
"Ah," she exclaimed, peering at him
closely, "and for her-for her sake
you wanted to publish-the truth?"
"Yes, and for his sake also"
"Then he is not the only one who
loves her. this American GIRL" she said.
His face became flushed, but he did
not answer.
| "Now CO." she said. "Find Paulpoff
and bring him here. You know where
he is
| He is still in the hut at Tivoloffsky,
IL Jansky has not spirited him away"
"rhcn look for him there, and If he
is gone the governor general will help
us find him. Oh, wish De Muloff
would Gomez
She sped into Jansky's room and re-
placed the keys in his pocket. Then,
returning, she said:
God bless you! Help me establish
the truth, and the gratitude Of the Ne
slerovs will be yours"
You may count on me-" he answered
as he passed through the palace door.
Il will bring old Paulpoff to tell the
truth"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-17
address us Above,

There is one lawyer in Brooklyn who
will never again make use Of Latin
phrases in writing business letters. A
short time ago he had to write letter
to client in neighboring city regard
ing an important lawsuit that was to
come up before the court in the course
of few days. The information he So
licited was highly essential to his case.
In writing this epistle he made use Of
letter head with his printed address
at the top. In closing his letter he sign
ed himself thus, John Langdon, adj
dress ut SUPRA"
After waiting several days for the
reply, which did not come, he again
wrote his procrastinating client and
asked why he had not sooner answered
his first letter. The next day he re-
ceived reply in which the client said
that he had answered the letter and
addressed it to John Langdon, Ut
Supra, N. Y"