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Show 1IIAM.XIHIIKI, Ibe Test at I'realdenl nrrleau'e I'raelaniallan. Wabimnoton, Nov. 1,1. Thu following follow-ing was Issued litis afternoon: "lly tho FmlJeiit of tho United ritales, a proclamilloo: It Ita very Rlad Incident of the marvelous pros lerlly whlclihascmwiiodthsyoirnow dtawiugtuacloMi that Its lieloful nnd uutsurliig touch hat been felt by all our coi,le. Jt has besn as wide as our uouutry.and so spaaalsl that svery homo line fell Its comforting Influence. It is too gieat to la ths work of man's lower and too particular lo be lbs ds. vlcnnf lilanilud. To UoJ, Hiu benefl-cetit benefl-cetit and all-wise, who makes the labors of men to ls fruitful, redeems tbslr losses by 1 1 Is grace, aod lbs measure of whose giving Is at much layoml lbs thoughts ol men aa II It beyond hit deserts, tbo praise and gratitude of lbs aii lo of thla favored nation ars Justly due, Now, thereforr, I, lletjsniln liar. risen, I'realdenl of the United HUtes of Amcrlm, do hereby appoint Thursday, Thurs-day, the Jtitti day of November, to hnn day of Joyful thanksgiving lo tlod for llie lN-,un!les of Hie province; for the lare In whlcll we are -eriilltto.l b noy them, and for the prraerritlou oflhoMi Institutions ut civil and re llgloiis liberty which be gave our fathers tho wisdom todevlas and estau-Hah estau-Hah and ths coiiragu lo preserve. Among the aiprnprlits olaiervancea of Ihe day are rest from toll; worship lu laibllo congregation; the renewal of family His about our American tire sides, and a thoughtful belpfuluess towards to-wards those who sutler from lack of energy of lody or cf spirit, lit tostlniiny whereof I havohers. unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United Hlates to Ix, alllled. Done at the city of Washington tbla 18th day of Novemlar, In tho year of our lord, Itwi, nnd or ths Indepen. denes of His United Htatea the lllilh, iHlgJ'.edl 1IKNJAU1.N llAIIIUSON, ly Jab. (I. 1ii.ai.m-, l'roaldeut. Herniary of Hlate. IsnteiilloiiulineSV. t'.T, t". IIomiiN, Nov, 13. Four thousand people packed Fremont Trraplo Hi la morultiK when ths World 'a convention of the National W. C. T. U. was called to order by Mlaa Wlllard. Ml si Wlllard In her annual a Idiesa l,l n glowing trlbulu lu ths Individual aud mllei live work of tho members. Following an eloquent account of the magnitude and far-raachlug reanlls of womsn'svtork In temperanie, Miss Wlllard said that there yet remains much to hu done. The church Itsolf must havo a new crusade. lis doors of gosiad graco must stand oicii night and day. It muat not lai a hugo Ijuk-uti Ijuk-uti aenboofmssonry during slxdays of tho week, fur aucli cinnot ba ths twentieth century eisllloii of tbs rhunlioflllni wliowetit about doing good. We must draw laxiplo to ths ihurcli by having something therefor tliem which will lead Ihcin up to a Lerceptlon aud love of spiritual Irsslugt. 'Hint parly which uu. mlatakably declares for prnblbltloti of strong, Irlnk luthsiHollllcal platform of 1811.' Istbe only one ttiat can hoja, for thu good will, the good words aud ths prayeraofths W.C.T.U. Wo nailed Ihatliannertotlinmaat lu 1691. aud, "sink or swim, llvoor die, survive or perish," wo keep It Waving. Miss Wlllard dwrltot length upon llio work of tcleullllo leinperanou Institutions, literature, medal contests, tbe temtair-auco temtair-auco prcea, lbs labor quealtou, Habbath oUeivaure, evangeliatlo work, work among ilieeinen, social purity, mar rlags and divorce, purlly In art, a woman's temperancs temple etc, Hhe was followed by lady Henry Humerset, who ni'idsabilrfaddreu. The rij-itt of the treasurer showed that ths receipt! of thu year were $,. 79, and lbs rxpendlturea t:3,:i7, At Hie afternoon aewlon thu oorrcs-lliidiiiBiK.-criUry, Mrs. Iluell.of Connecticut, Con-necticut, read her rejit. At the first convention In Cleveland, In 1S71, seventeen sev-enteen Hlatfa were rrpresentod. At this convention llfty-oue Blates and Turrilorlcs ats rvpniiented, At the tlmsof thu second rnnventlon there wets 4IV members In the Union. Thla year the membership la 1W,(K, a us In over la.t year of lar.o. The Introduction ofilehgalis lo the the world's convention ant various refaitts coniplete'l llicallernoou les-elon. les-elon. The afternoon was spent In secret work. The proposition to admit law-ysratumeniberihlnlu law-ysratumeniberihlnlu thu ordtr waa tijectrd. s'nlan .aellleNlnleiiieul. Ikktiim, Nov. IS, The Union l'a-illloatatcmetit l'a-illloatatcmetit for Heplvmber shows tliatthencteariiiiigauii tho entire system sys-tem aresl,ttSlt,00il, an Increase of ti),-'s). ti),-'s). pr bins mouths to Kcptemla-r rtli,ll,e net earnlnns wire ftO.ieyi.oOO, a decrnre uf ara,UM, |
