10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; TUESDAY , DECEMBER 8 , 1891--TWELYB PAGES. GRAND ARMY DEPARTMENT , Official Inftrrnation Oorcerning tbo Next National Encampmsnt. SERIOUS OBJECTIONS TO THE DATE. Post .Snlitli'H lo tin ; I.HR | T HUM I'llllCl Inilllll'ICH K llin Wliorcalmiit * VclcruiiN. Oenrrnl order No. ( ' . , from tlio nrmy hcnd- tiunrtm-i , tlrntia Aimy of tlio Republic fiir- ulthe * tlio following Information nnd In structions for tlio guidance of posts : I. Tlio rummntiilcr-iii'chlof mid the oxccu- tlvo eommitteoof llio 1-oumill of administra tion , mot ixt tlio city \Vushlnnton , D. U. , on tlio 11 tli mid 1-Jth lust. At this tnut'tiiitf the citizen committee of Washington , composed of many of the ener getic un < l substantial men of tlio city , pre sented thulr report and xvrlttun aKraenmnts imuln by them with tlio hotels mid boardlni ; bouse * In regard to their charges and prices. Tlio ovldonco Drodncod was -mitlruly satis factory to the executive commltteo. aiidjus- tlllos the statement that liberal rates asto boanl and transportation will bo exlondedto thn ( Jrnnd Army , and th.it urcut prepara- tinns will bo iiiailo to iimlto the visit to llio capital of the nation momoraulo in the his tory of our unlar ; the oxucutlvocommittee , presided over by the foiiiiimndor-in-clilof , thort'fore decided thnt the next , the twenty- sixth uncumiiiuoiit of the Grand Army of the Uopiililic shall buliuM In Uio city of Wash- ItiKton , 1) . ( ' . , on thu'Jdtli , 'Jlst and ' i''d' days of SoptoinbfC. iv.u. The cliairmnn of the cxecutivo committee- of the citizens o' Washiimton , Comrade John .lay Kdson , will as soon as practicable forward to each post a circular containing prices of board , etc. , of the hotels and boardIng - Ing houses ; the secretary of the sumo com mittee , ComraUo Harrison Dint-man , and the chairman of the commltteo on accommoda tion , Colonel Li. 1' . Wright , uro ureiiared to as.iist posts in obtaining nuUable quarters. The hendquartors of dopartmotits will , for business purposes , bo located at the city ball ; suitable headquarters will also bo provided for the U niimn'H Ucliof Corps and the ladies of thorami ! Army. It U also proposed lo provide headquarters for corps of the army , grouped as near together as practicable , BO that comrades can readily llnd these who sorvcd with tliom in the HIIIUO corps ; the commanc'iT-in-chlef will bo quartered at the Ebbilt house. The Grand Army will form for parade on the UUtli of September , IS'.KJ ' , .is follows : The surviving coinradui of the Kixth Massachu setts niiiltia ; the United States Veteran Signal Corns association ; the departments of the Grand Army according to xenlority , the Department of the 1'otomiie having , however - over , the left ; then the National Association of Naval Veterans of the United btatos. Many memories cluster in and about Wash ington , and the grand review of the army , a little over twenty-six years ago , Is not the least of thorn. Unco mnro an opportunity Is oftorfd us to meet and parade , the com- manUcr-lit-clucf hopes , In solid ranks and numbers , in the historic capital of our coun try. Kvory member of out1 order who can possibly do NO , and certainly every one wtio will be'in Washington , should therefore bo found In the ranks and in the parade , on Pennsylvania avenue , in memory of the past , for tbo honor and glory of our undivided country nnU the credit of the CSrunu Army of the Republic. ! ! . The cominandcr-ln-chlef observes with great rcurofc that the number of suspended member * is so largo : in laot much too largo. Under our rules and regulations each uoit bus the power to remit the ( lues of a coni- rado unable to pay them , and keep him thereby in good standing. The cominandcr-ln-chlef has no authority in this matter , but do-sires to roinind thn comrades that suspension ilnprivej members of moral ami practical aid in Mines when they may need it. most , aim ho recommends that , until suitable legislation can bo had , eaoh post appoint a commltteo to examine into tbo circumstances of members in arrears , care fully and thoroughly , nnd that , upon a fav orable report of this committee , the post re mit the dues unpaid , or nil uxco.pt so much thoroot as may bo needed 10 pay tlio per capita tax. Should worthy comraaos not bo able to pay even this small amount , he hopes that thoao whom Proviitcnco has favoreu , will coino to the assistance of their unfortunate - nato brethren , for one of the pillars of our order is charity. ! ! . The twont.v-tHtU national encampment directed tlio appointment of a committee to prepare a plan for systematic teaching of loyalty to our country ; this committee has been appointed and will no doubt formulate such plan and bring tlio same before the next Dncaiiiiimout ; tnoanwhilo every corarado of the order has It in his power to further this ubjent by example. The national Hag , when carried by posts , troops or other organized bodies , wlon hoisted on the Hag stun" in a camii or garrison or aboard a vessel , represents the people of this ropublio ; it represents our country and our government : it reminds us that during the rebellion -100,000 lives were given up and Innumerable sacrillcos made Unit It should continue to wave over us , and when we stand In the presence of that Hag it is most proper that all , young and old , men nnd women , should salute It with love and pride , thank ing God that wo are permitted to live under It , the emblem of liberty , the liopo of hu manity. Lot therefore every member of the Grand Army of the Republic ray the proper salute by uncovoriiiK to our glorious ling when the same is carried past him or ho Is passim ; it , thus setting tlio be.st example to loach loyalty to the rising generation. The cominamlcr-in-cmof also deems the custom of rising and uncovering , as observed In some localities , when the national hymn , "Tho Star Spangled Banner , " is being sung or played , worthy of general observation l > y tlio members of the Grain ! Army of the He- public , and as greatly calculated to impress patriotism on the hearts of all. 1. Whenever a post Is in session It is emi nently proper that the national color at least should prominently bo displayed in the post room , and that it should bo placed In position in nil impressive manner. This is already practiced uy some posts , and whllo the com- mnuder-ln-ehiof does order It bo - - not to done , ho boliovcs It , will fo for tlio host interests of tbo posts , properly to escort , receive and Baluto the Hag of our country before proceed ing to business. It Is not doslrablo that the ceremony shull no long and tedious , yet It should not bo hurried , but executed with the dignity becoming the occasion. In carrying out this suggestion the ojm- maiuler UI-KGS the adoption of the form in vogue in "United States Tucllcs. " f > . The widow of our late comrndp , Dr. II. F , Stephenson , the founder of the Grand Army of the Kopubllc , is helpless and In need of . 'are. It is our duty to inalio smooth the pathway of her dccllnlm ; years. To this end it is proposed to ratso a fumi sufllcicnlly largo , that the interest will comfortably pro- vldo for her during her life , the principal to bo used only when absolutely necessary. After the death ol Mrs. Stephenson , the fund or such imlanco as remains , is to bo devoted to such other Grand Army charity as tl.o National Kncainpmont may detormluo. Kvory postot tbo Grand Army of the Ue- publlu is requested to donate at least one dollar , or ruoro If its funds will permit und it M > desires , and transmit the same to comrudu Thomas W Scott , assistant quarter-master Keuoral , department of Illinois , Kulrtleld , 111. The ponts of tlio Grand Army of the Hopublle at Springlleld , HI * . , uro directed to elect u board ol trustees of the fund , coiialiiling of one member from each post , which uoard shall hnvo charge of the entire matter , subject to the approval of their nets by the commander of the Department of Illi nois. After the death of Mrs. Stophensou , the board will render an accounting to t te next national encampment. The coinimuuier-lii-clilof deilres to say to the comrades that had Comrade Btopuonsou devoted to his family the tlmo and talent glvon to the Infant Grand Army , his widow might have been possessed of enough of this world's goods to maito this appeal unneces sary. The benellt-s secured to the veteran loldlor by the existence of this organization , nmko it the solemn duty of this order to make comfortable and free from oaro the latter year * of the widow ot him who tlrst wulued for us the triple link : ' -Fraternity , Charity sad Loyaty. " I ) . N. II. Powers Post No. Ill , Department of Iowa , having requested thai the sentence of C. W. I'russlur. who was dishonorably dlschargoj by the action of a court-martial , bo remitted , and such request hav ing received the approval of the in- tcrmodlato authorities , the cuinmatidor-ln- chief , by virtue of the power conferred on him by tuo national encampment of lisSO , re moves the disability rcstluj ; on. U. W. Croas- lor. and authorize ! ) his romnstor In tbo ranks of the Grand Army of the Kepubllo. T. The proceedings , findings and sentence of a general court martial In the caio of John ( } . Mutehlnson of Po ti : , Department of New Hampshire , Grand Army of the Republic , having boon unproved by the commandcr-ln- chlnf. the .sentence will bo carried out. 8. The commatidcr-In-chief desires to call the attention of all comrades to the "Hluo Hook , " to bo obtained front the quarter- million , consultation of which will save n great deal of labor lo all concerned. Depart mental nnd national headquarters are asked for Information and derisions , etc. , which can almost InvarUbly bo lound In the blue book , containing the rules and regulations , and opinions and decisions explanatory of thorn. ' .I. Mrs. D. Folder. 1WX ) Graham avenue Brooklyn , K. D. , N. Y. . desires to llnd i comrade or comrades who know .lohn Harry of company l < \ Second Provisional Uogi moiit. Now York Volunteer Cavalry , who married her under llio name of Folder , and Is MO-.V deceased. 10. N. II. Mayhew. Post 100 , Now Bedford Mass. . desires to know the whereabouts of Nathan Hates , laid company I , Soventl Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. 11. Kldridgo Mctnt.vre , ! WH West Goading street , f.ockport , N. Y. , doslrOi the address of comrades who know him In Kryslnelas ward of Gayoso hospital , Memphis , Tumi. , In the spring of lSsor > , ho was also known as the youngest uoy In the ward , and was acting "medicine man" at tlmo of his discharge. 1' ' . The address of any ofilcer of the Suvonty-llfth United Slates colored troops , who sorvcd In Louisiana , Is wantedby George II. Loud , editor "HomoandCountry , " Now York city. 13. explain John McGlll. North Hamilton struct , Poughkeepslo , N. Y. , wants address ol Clinton McGlll , Into company A , Thirty- second New York Volunteers , and later of some cavalry regiment in Custor's division , A. 1' . ; last ficaru from about fourteen years ago at u place called "Custer's Mines , " sup posed to Uo in Idaho. < ca 11. The mother of .lohn T. Laird , late company I , Second Illinois Cavalry , desires his address ; reply to bis sister , Rebecca Nicxor.son , Windfall , Indiana. 15. Terrence Post No. - . Department Iowa , has rejected the application for membership of Jamc.i Darrv , late company F , Twenty-seventh Now York volunteers , born In Pennsylvania , now till years old. nnd by occupation a cacriago milliard 10. Ruobon F. Stephen , of Cassvillo , Ocean county , N. J. , desires the address of James Dunn , who is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and served with him In the navy. 17. J. F. Capollo. i'o-it r > 7 , Kast Cambridge , Mass. , wants Information of Patrick 11. Dolan. alias William G. Mason , company F. Sixty nlntn Now Yoric volunteers ; last hoard of uy his family as sick In hospital at City Point. Va. , January or February , ) Sii."i. IS. Daniel B. Stone , who served under the name of Nelson Davis in company H , Ninty- lln > t Now York volunteers , asks for the evidence - denco of comrades who knew him In the service as of both or ulthor name * . 1'J. Mrs. Cornelia F. Van licuren , 2'.l We.st Fulton street , Grand Rapids , Mich. , widow of George ll. Van LJeuren of company C , Ninty-llrst regiment , Noxv York volunteort wishes the evidence of hi ? comrades as to his incurring disease of the lungs while in the oervlco. ! ! i ) . Slnco the promulgation of goncr.il orders No. i ! the commamler-in-chief has appointed the following as aldos-da-cutni ) on his staff : Of the Department of Idaho -A. S. Sontcr. Of the Department of Iowa II. V. An drews , W. K. Baker , K. C. Brown , ( i. G. Chandler , K. A. Constancy , T.J. Doane , S. .1. Dutlor. . J. D. 1-Vgan , D. U. Henderson. K. R. Hutching , J. RMartin. . S. I ) . McUir.bar. 1C. G. Miller , M. P. Mills , L. F. Parker. K. J. Rlzor , .1. W. Robinson. Lawls Schojler. L. D. Sheppard" , S. K , Wulcolt , Austin Warner. Isaac P. Watts. " 1. Thn twenty-fifth encampment directed the department commanders to urge upon our senators and ropro-tentatiyo-i in congress to provide by appropriate lesblaUou for the maintenance of the Grant coltnqo at Mount McGregor , at the expense of the nation ; the executive-committee of the council ot admin istration requests that the attention of tie partment' uinmandcrs be called to tliU , and the coniniamlcr-In-chtof hopes that all will comply with the resolution to tno very be.it of their ability. By order of JOHN PAI.MII : : , Coiiimau.iur-in-chlor. FltKI ) PlII.HlTltKII , Adjutant eonoral. < liji otinns ID he l > tc. Tlio Philadelphia Press reports that the date chosen for the national encampment , September " 0 , co-illicts with tie ! time for the gr.md reunion of tlio Army nf the Cnmbar- land at Clilckamau .i. If both are heM at the sumo tlmo It U quito curtain that many thousands of western veterans and fainlliei who otherwise would come to Washinztot. [ iroer to attend the ollior ij.ithoring ard wit ness the ceremonies that will tale plueo in connection with llio dedic.itinu' of the motiu- nont unon the great national park soi'i'w of battlefields In Tennessee and Georgia. There are many hundreds of old soldior.i who served in Ohio , Pennsylvania. Now Yoilc and Now KnRlaml rej > liiii > nt- < under Generals Hooker , Slocum , Guarv , Tyndalo md Kilpatrick In the Kloventh , Twcllth and Twentieth and Calvary corps , who would enjoy as much pleasure in revisiting Lookout Mountain , Missionary Ridec , Kingdom and Chlckamauira , as they would la attending tlio reunion at Washington. "It is believed under the circumstance. " , ' ' says the Press , "that the time fur holding ho Grand Army gathering will bo changed. Jntll it Is , tin ) feeling of uncertainty will continue to exist. " Dentil ol' Tw i Vi John II.Vhltno > died Sunday , November i',1 , at his home , M7 Hiist Mwontiolh street , Vow York , from Wool poisoning , resulting rom u gunshot wound received in tno h.ittle Df Antlntam. Ho was . " ) ! years old. Barth olomew Buckley , also a war viteran.died No- i-nmber , ' . " > at his homo , -SH Second aveauu. New York , t rom imr.ilv.ii * of llio right side , resulting iroin a wonnu reculvuJ during the ivar. llo was O'.lyoars old. ' : .HK or .11.1 tin. John G. Whlttler will colobruto thotilih an ilvowary of his birth December 17. Don Dlckonson Is call"d the .lounujs Mil- op ol politics because ho is uhnrgod with tlio larontaceof Michigan's bifurcated style ot 'loctorat vote. Governor Toole ot Montana is ono o' the Incst looking men In the state. Ho Is not nero than US years old , li tall and well pro- lortloned and has a lluo face and u handsome lead of hair. His wifeis a daughter of lion- jral W. S. Rosecr.uis. Congrossuian Baker of Kansas has a dough er who does a man's work about the homo- itoad farm , and can hamllo a piow and turn i furrow with the best of tlioin. And t > ho lees It because she lilies the work and Hnds ; oed health in Its labors. The oldest son of John Brown of Ossawat- inilo ami the only living mumbor of the 1'niii- ly east of the Rocky mountains , bear ni.s 'ather's name and roildus on a farm on the slimd of Put-ln-Bay In Lake Krio. Mr. lirnwn raises line crops of fruit and has had i good year. Louis Prang , the famous chromo-iltho- ; n\pher , was a Prussian calico printer at the me of 13 , and was traveling through Knropo 'or n Bohemian manufacturer to pick tip 111- lOrmallon when the revolutions of IMS broke nit. Ho was a sympathizer and was obliged o llt'o to SwlUoritind , and then came to Now V'crk in lNr > u. Immediately uttorwurd ho iuttied in New England. Of late Walt Whitman has refused to see Lhn visitors who cotno In numbers lo call on ittn. Ho has boon obliged to take this pro- Miutton la self-defence against the idle curl- isity which brings them to his doors. "What do they want ! " ho said recently , 'soiiio my autograph , others u portrait , and .ho rest want to read their bad poetry to mo. Why should I see everyone nho cheeses to iinook at my door ! " Baron Munchauscn , the father In lltera- : uro of prodigious stories , whoso name Is u lynonym for oxaguoratioiu.nd wild creation if misinformation , was Karl Frlodrich llter- inymus , a member of an auclont und noble Tauilly of Hanovor. Ho was born on May 11 , ITX'O , nt Bodcnwurder , served as a cavalry of- ilct < r in thn Russian camgalna against the Turks and tiled in February , 17U7. A colloct- oti of his marvelous stories , or stories at irlDtitod to him , was tlrst published In London in US. " ) , the compiler being Knrich lUspe , tin expatriated countryman of the Uaron's. In 17SO the Germnu poet Bergen [ iiibllshod n Gorman version. Several of the tdveuturoii ascribed to the baron uro knows lo havu appeared previously m Bobel's "Facotlm" In the sixteenth' century , and jtbor * In Lauge'a "Dollcuj Acadeuiiciu , " of 17W. THE BRAKE-BEAM RIDKtt. J'nmk n. Mlllartt in Wo wore doltiff n llttlo switching nt n sinttll station not ten miles from the gray stone that tniifUs tlio boundnt'i line between Utitli titul Noviulu , Tlml ilny would hnvo boon n good 0110 on which " " for thor8 snntl to "Iny tip , wns it terror hard tit wet I : along the lino. An > brnkoinuii on that partluutar division will toll you wlmt it means to swllcli cars in a saiul-torror , but as you innj not lucotsuch a man they Ronorally dlo young , anywav I will remark right hoar that it moans a tough time and a good deal of swearing. Tliot'o is a aonso of continually having to brace yourself up against something , and Unit something is a strong , dry wind that polls you with small hot shot from tlio di'sort. If you are in a caravan on tlio Sahara , you can turn your bnc'lc to the sand storm and let it howl as it will , or you can lie down and cover yotii * faco. but what nvo vou to do when you hav'o to run along the side of a railroad track and make signals to an engineer who cannot see more than forty feet ahead of him in tlio storm , and docs not care a brass button whether or nut lie crushes tlio life out of you when you run be tween llio ears to make a coupling ; ' And then there is thnt oilier horror making a living switch , whiloyott stand on a box car , in the teetli of llio "terror. " with your eyes and mouth full of sand and your whiskers as dry and prickly as a < lot of cactus spines. Yes. that is wlmt it means , and it means a good deal more If you happen to have a big bellowing bull of a conductor to curse you if you make a mis-s in coupling or cut out a car that ought to bo left in the train. I was glad you may bo sure , when wo were through handling those empties ill thai Satan's ' hole of si station on tlio desert , and tlwo was u clear stretch of thirty miles to llio next place where there was any more switch work to be done. As the train ntartetl I jumped on a "Hat" behind a box car , the bollor to avoid the wind , which by this time hocmud to have half the ( lese"t in its tooth. There were lying on the ( hit IMP a long iron Minoke st-ick and a finance that wore going lo Virginia City. I saw a boot htieiung out of the end of the big pipe , and L knew at once that boot Irid in it the foot of a tramp who wis : beat ing his way westward. "Come out of that I shouted , " in a harsher toae than 1 really meant to u o. fo.1 1 havu always had at least a grain of pity for train jumpers , unless they are too ogyy with rum 10 deserve kindness at my hands. I Jut the iran in the smoke stack did not come out. So \ laid hold upon the protruding boot , and jerked it so h.ml that it c.uno olT the foot , and I fell against the furnace , giving my elbow a hard whack upon the iron. This o.bnv : knock made me pililoss for llio time , and 1 pulled and pushed the poor fellow until I had him on" the train , which was slowly moving awny from llio station. Ilo w.is dressed in ti dingy suit and Irid a very hungry and mournlul look. Somehow I fancied , as f thruat him olT none too uontly thiil he resembled me. It mi.'jht bo that , he was several years younger , bul he had mj nose and eyes' , and his build was about tlio s.ime , while iiis bait- wart fully as light. "If it hadn't , been for thai elbow knock , ' ' said I , an I throw the fellow's b.Hit after him into the desert. "Iviuu ! ! have lot him stay on. It wouldn't liuve cost mo anything his ridinir in the smoke-stack : and wandering about in a slcrm like this it , hardly the thing for a ivfiite man. especially with n very black night coming on. ' The day losses itself very quickly in a HIIH : | btortn. and before the train had i mi many miles further , it was finite ' dark. Wo were at JJishop's Station and llio wind had died dowa a bit. I had jtiit remarked to the lioad brakoinan lnnv cool it was getting , when he said : " 'I'll urn 'a a tr.iaip lyin"up on top o' that , cattle ea\ : Go an' lire him oil' wliilo [ look out for the switch. " I did as I was ordered. "K ! : ! Why. you're thn same man I hauled out of the smoke slack hack at Uesorol ! ' ' I exclaimed , as my hnloin lighted up the brown features of the tramp. "Whore the - did you come rom'/ ' ' "Oh , I got on again , ' ' said my train jumper , his face being as mournful as ever. "Well , you'll go off this time for good , " 1 said ( irmly , and off ho went into Uie diirkiios * bv the side of the n-eight shed. As tlio tr.iin pulled out I stood on tlio platform , lantern in hand , ready to jump upon tbo roar stop of tlio cahooao when it should go bv. ThOro was u heavy straining of the engine , a c-'atloring nf loosebralv'3 - . , a lo\v g lading of tlio ivlioels on the rails , and all llio other noiii-.i that a ho.ivy freight tr.iin unites ii ] getting under way. There w.is a hulging furniture ear in the middle of liie train. nnd as il went by I saw , crouch ing down upon the bi-ako-buam. my hun gry looking tr.iin jmnpor. Now , any man who will ride UjV > n a brake beam forces a certain sort of admiration from mo in spite of myself , no matter how ho may irritalo me in other ways. The .hire devil manner in which tlio brake lo.im ) rider stretches out on Ills narrow neruh between the wheels and goes glid ing along , wilti his body not two fept trom the ground , his liandn gripping ivh itovor ho can got hold off and Unit is next to nothing always commands ny respect. The lighl of my lantern Hashed upon the nun'-i face , but ho did not cowor. Ho only srnllod nnd called jut : "Hough sorl of Pullman berth , isn't .1 ? " I said nothing and sprang upon tlio iiiboobo. flo could liavo his ride on tlio irako-bcam if ho wanted it , and heaven lolp him. i "Latter for you , Tom , " said the con- luctor , as I wont in. "I irot It back there it llio station. " The missive was from my mother , who ivrolo from the dear old Vermont home .hat Joe my own brother .loo was on ' ils way wost'and would roach Humboldt jy tlio I8th. Although I had weeks bo- ere received a leltor stating this iiilon- .ion on .loo's p.irt , llio news of his slart- ng eamo lo mo as a sort of surprise , "Ilumboldt-tho IStlii Why , this IB .ho 18th , " I said to myself. "The letter lad been delayed. Well , at any rate , vo will got to Humboldt tonight ant' ' H'othor Joe will no doubt coniu In on the ) :15 : express , half an hour behind us. ' ' Humboldt was tbo und of tlio run and .hey knew that Joe could II nil mo there. I had to go forward in the dark and .ako up a position near the engine. The ihill air of the evening , as wo rushed .hrough it. seemed to cut to the bone , jut the sand Btorm thank the fates ! uid subsided. I had put on a heavy ; oat , nnd , lantern in hand , I made my vay carefully over the swiftly moving inrs. Wo woi-o on a long down grade , md the train always wont nt top speed m that part of the run , Heated on the iraico handle of the forward car , I bought of Brother Joe and wondered low ho would look after all the . ears wo had lived apart They uid told uio iu their letters from 1309 Farnam-st j NO MORE TARIFF 1309 Farnam-st On Your Clothing. All duties cut off. Also exorbitant prices of the merchant tailor , when you purchase one of those MERCHANT TAILOR'S MISFITS At SO Cents on the Dollar OK THEJR ORIGINAL PRIOR. Those Top Overcoats and Homespun Suits are beauties and are being sold at HAT Their original price. Found only at the Only Full Dress Suits for rent or sale. . . . N. D. Alterations to insure n perfect fit made five of c-hnrqo. 13O9 PAK.NAM STREET , OMAHA , NEB. lioino Unit ho hml { irnwn up to bo the liviiiu ; iiicttiro of niysolf in tiio ilnys bofoi-o I hud wjmdoroil invuj- from tlio old rodf-lroo. Now , I luid iiUyuyt fiincicd lliat few people I Ir.id mot r'o- liotnblod uio. Thci-o was thnt , train- juniper Vos , ho wns ono of llio fow. \Vhoro WIIH ho houiul ? Wii.s tlioi-o n lii'olhoi * to moot him nt the end of his join-liny ? DoubtloHH not. Why would niL : io i Wiindoi-inp ; up anil down the face of tin.1 earth in the nimk'ss fashion of these mUt-oiid tramps ) ? It mi"lit ; bo thnt thoi'o wns | ) lctisiu-o to bo derived from the rei-Ulosis. liappy-iro-lucky lifo rftornll. Hut in llio case of my friend on the briiko-boivm whnl jc > y wis ; ho o.\ci-ii-'ticing [ ) then ? Very little , you may bo sure1. Tlio cold air WIIH piei-elim his thinly clothed form , sti-olohed out there on the hard beam. His benumbed hands were trrimpino ; tlio cold iron rod , while the dust , cuu bl up by the whirl- my train , was clioltin" ; his throat nnd ( illlny his oyus and nostrils. Ills tenth were playinj. rat-tat-tat with oai-h ether and liis limbs were chilled to a log-liUo still'noss.Vitlmut witnoaslii" ; any of liis toi-tm-o , I Icnow Unit ho was HiilTcriiifj- nlinn.it as well as though I were in lus plui-o. and , hardened bi-alvo-twistor though t was. ; uy heart wont out to the jioor dovtl. 1'0-sibly he miglit liavo foit just a stray bii | of comfort , after all , had ho known of my .sympathy , but I do not suppose ho htidltho slightest notion in the world thnl'thoro was anybody on the " train who cart-d1' ' a eoppor "whether his bed were hurdj ( fr = oft , or that his llosh were warm or cold. As if ins had/ir'ono suddenly daft , that engineer of onrii brought the train up with n jerk by'tKrowinsj on llio "auto- nr.itic. ' ' and 'at the same time noui-ly throwintr mo on the car into the dilclf. I - i-asped tlio br ilio-handle to snvo myself - self a fall , linden that instant an av.-f'al . -.oil raiifj out wbyvo the rumbling of tlio train sucli a yell ono instinctively knows to in win ( loath. That blood-thirsty en- jrineer if wha't I &ay of him hounds too severe , rimoiuboithat brakoinan are al- w > ys waitinj'for. an oxcube to condonin engineers had become frij litoned nl : i shadow across the tr.ick and hud slackened - onod s-pocd with a jerk and killed the brnkc-bunm rider. The slayer did not hear the shriek , and as. of course , Iho shadow on the track was only a shadow , ho was lotlinjj his iron boast , out ajatn when I made a desperate signal and ho hauled up short , \Vhon the train had stopped I did not j ivo the brtito in the cab the satisfaction of knowing that , ho had killed a man , but ran back and held my lantern up , so Unit I could Iind what I would have given much not to have fo.md Of cuurso 1 did lin.'l it , and then 1 ran back to the caboose. "Dead , i. ' . ho , " ' the conductor said. "Well , ho can't got away then , and he'll bo there wiion Pliuingan and his mon go out on their hand-ear in the morning. Hut. hold on ; I guess you'd bolter throw him over to ono side of Iho track and pile some boirds : and rocks over him to keoioil'tlio coyote.- * . " 15111 tlio othur br\kcman and my- iiulf carried out tlio im-C'lirislian com mands. It was all done in a few mo ments , and our train nearly made up tlio lo t time before it roehod : Cow L'rcok , who e wo asked the station-agent to toli Flanagan , tlio foreman of that .section , where ho would find the body the next day. day.My My brother .loo did not reach Ilirin- hold't by the night express , though f w.i-i waiting for him whi-n it , c.niuo in. I laid olT the nexl two days and strangely enough , ho did not come. Ho was now three- lys overdue , and I grew anxious. My conductor growled so about my st'iy- ing oil'my rim that. I had thought 1 had bust not lese another dnv , and bo wont te work , though with little cheer. At Cow Crook , on my noxl run out , I saw Klanairan. "Ol planlid your tliratnp in foino stoylo , " said lie ; "rist liis sowl. The carrinor Ink our \vurrud fur it , an' didn t liouki no inktsl at nil. I was chafo. inooriior an' Uio eooiios was Uio pall bearers. " ' Where did you bu'ry him ? " wast my not vorv interested query , for i hud something heavier on my mind now than train-jumpors , dead or alive. " \V'y , right betiido the thrack , where yoy. fofnded Mm. An' I made 'nn a croi out o' two paues 'o' flnco bo.ird , an' lie slapus as souijVthoro ! ( | as anyhocly end who nivor had nmass ( sid for his owl. God rist Mm. An'rnobidv , cud folnd out lo name , at till , from anythin' that wa/ on liim ; but ho'rt got Jho howly cross above Mm annyho'iv , an' that's n bli > sin' an' all that .lira Flanagan cud do fur " ' ' im. When our trftin had run down the line a few iniloif'boyond ' Crow crook I I oxclianged places with Hill and H.U atop n box cur , with my feet hanging ever tlio aidewhilo i thought of Hi-other Joe and what mibuhanco had prevented ills coining. That I should worry about him was natural , for ho was only a boy in my estimation , and was , as I bo- liovoil , utilised , to the ways of tlio big world. Then , too , ho was sent to mo in trust by our mother the tondorost mother who ever lived and I was o.\- poctod to "look out" for him as host [ could while ho should bo in the rough west , and to sum ! him homo again as soon ati might bo. I knew Die boy had sketched a future of purple and gold as tlio result of Ills journey across the plains , and , in my older-brotherly wis dom , I had smiled at the dreams of the sanguine fortutio-sookor. Just now , however , I could not smile. Where was brother Joe ? Brother Joel Why bless Ills heart ! was not he the little rascal whom I managed to got out of that watermelon stealing scrape , when Farmer Lundy would have thrashed the life out of him ? And looking further back Into the tlio old farm lifo , I asked myself who but dear , little tow-lundcd Joe did I used to carry on my back the old b-.u-n ? across tlm crook , down oy What n smile he hud when a ( l-year-old. How his big blueo.vcs used to stick out when I told him the o wonderful stories about gianU and dragons ; and How ho U-od ! to hno to watch mo milk the cows. Sitting up on the big freight car , its lop grlmv with cinders from tlio engine , I milked the cows aynin. And the hills beyond the desert looked out of po > - - spectivo and linnly ) melted awa , and in their place I saw'tho lia/.y stretch of woodland so often seen on my farm-life horizon ; and riuht hero on tbo white desert , over which Uio boat was quiver ing , appeared , for a Hooting moment , the waving wheat-Hold and greon- levelled orchard of my old Vermont home. Just there , by tlio gate , was whore Joe stood w'nen'l bade thorn all good bye , and the big tears wore run ning down liis Ted apple face , and lie was moaning forth a plaintive- wail that f should lake him with mo to the west , for I was his own Tom and ho said ho could not lot me go. Yes , it was jusl Ihore by the gate just there and up out of the green , of tint very spot , was thrtibt a riule crons , breaking the spoil and bringinjr Uio white desert back again like a flash of blinding light. Why , that was the cross thai Flanagan stuck at Uio head of the dead tramp , whose face had borne such a striking resemblance to my own as close a re semblance perhaps as my brother Joe bore to me , now that ho "had grown to manhood. Then , for an instant , my heart ceased to beat and I stared blankly at tlio cross and the little mound of earth on which its shadow fell. G.-cat ( Jed ! Could it bo ? do had left homo in as good trim as any young man might need to sot out. Ilo had a passage ticket to Humboldt and a well filled purse , so iho loller had said. Hill , ah ! ho was young and ho wis inno cent , and I'noi'o were harpies and lionds by the way. Many a young man who liid : started forth as well equipped and as light of heart as ho had never reached the journcy'n end. and hero Had I in my blindness , for no good reason re.ison whatsoever , blocked the way of ono whoso face was a rolleolion of my own and had become an aceomplico in his miii-dor for I might almost have known lie would moot his death when I saw him forced , as it were , to the brako- boam. I lixed my eyes upon the cross and as it grow smaller to my sight , il grow larger to my thought. I knew no peace. Ono ray of light j pierced th'i gloom. If Hi-other .loo had l-con duo at lluit'boldl on the ISth , by express , how could he arrive there the same night ? Against this was weighed the torturing thought that the letter wis full of mist ikon notions a.to times and i > lacc-s , and , now that I looked at it ugain , I saw clearly thai if ho had left home , as was slated , on Iho UTith , ho should hiivo Iv.'on in Humboldt on the llth , and he hud not boon thorn al all. Then f v vnl through trio whole chapter again , revolving each passage ol it in my wearied br.iin , nnd ono part of it seemed to stand out more stronglv than all the rest my si range bond ot brotli- osly sympathy'foil tor the man while I sat upon t'io ' car in llio dark and cold , and ho van down in Iho do.itl'-tempting place under Iho furniture car. I knew litllc of psychology , and yet I thought it must have been revealed to mo in u misty way at tli.it hour thai llio mourn ful Iraiiijuinpui- no sli-angcr My brain was in u whirl , and the ugliest , thoughts would crowd themselves 10 tlm tot ) , o that , with it all , 1 was fairly beside - side myself. Wo were at Hud Unties before night fall , anil t'aoro wo were l'i p.iwllio west bound express. The thought of thai ( U-horl grave and the terrible m.-anliij ! il hid : lof mo did not nor Ion limes llio lliouirhl could not prevent mo from scanning , with intense eagerness , the faces of Iho passengers who thronged into the station for suptmr , lor lied Untie was marked "B" "on the time card. Hut , of. course. I was doomed to disappointment. The passengers came and wont , as light hearted as you please , whllo I stood on tlio pl-itform with a heart of lend , and cursed them for their gayoty. Yes , I cursed , for 1 was a rough man in these days , and they had no right , I argued , to bo choorfnl when 1 was so downcast. I wont back to my train , slumping the platform with my hoivy , boots , as I wont along , and con- tinning my profanity. It was with much impatience thai I sought out Flanagan on our return to ( , 'ow t Vjjic. "Yon say there was nothing on the body of lho--lho tramp you buried , by which ho could be Idenliliod1 I asked oargorly ' Nivor amiytlilnc at all. " "Aro you uro there wore no letters no papers not a scrap of "llould on they was ; but they was nothin' boluno the kivors uv it thai showed annything at all , " said Iho honesl foreman. "Covers of what ? " "Why , the note book to bo sure. Ol told yox. about that bufoor , didn't Ol ? " "No ; lot mo see it at once. " And I followed him with impatient stopns ho hurried to his cottage , near the station. "Hero it is , " ho said , taking down ti red note book from a shelf , "an1 if you kin folnd annything in ii that tolls who the tramp was , yo'll do belle- thin Ivor ould Flanagan kin , or aiiny 0,10 else around hero , for the matter o' that. " I glanced ottgorly ihrougli the book. There were some rows of llgures.a mem orandum us to curtain routes of travel between Now York and Council Hlull's , a number of blank pages , nnd then Ibis , written in penciland dated at Cheyenne a week back : "Dear brolhor Tom : A fool and his monov ! I mel some mon on the train who Induced mo lo bul all I had on a card game. Il wa a swindling trick of course and I losl everything. I might havu gone through after all , had not one of the villains stolen my railroad ticket , 'iho conductor put me olT hero , and I suppose I must remain until I can obtain some money. Can vou send me dol-- " lifty - - Then pride had made the point of the pencil run across the page in heavy lines again and again. The Ic'ttor was".Too's. llo had never finished tlio letter. Ilo had preferred to boat his way to Hum- boldt , like a common train jumper , ruthm- than to call on nny ono for aid. "Ol tould ye/ they was nothin' in it , ' ' said Flanagan , reaching for his nipo , "an' now yo see Ol know o' what I was talkin' . Vcr conducthor is wavin' fur yox. Will yo/ leave mo tlio book1 Hut I thrust it into my pocket. I tried to say something to Flanagan , but there was Unit in my throat which forbade speech ; and so with laden fool I made my way lo Uio train. il was llio wrong time of year for flowers , and there never are many al Humboldt , but I gathered all I could Iind and took Ihom nexl day to that lone grave by the railroad track. That was after I had undergone the worst of all tli 3 hours of my lifo the hour in which I wrote llio leltor to mother , which fol lowed my telegram. But , lee docs nol sleep in Iho desert now. He lies under Uio old elm on the hillside ; and there is n white shaft of marble above his head , instead of the wooden cioss. The old that " saying con sumption can be cured if taken in time" was poor com fort. It seemed to invite a trial , but to anticipate failure. The other one , not so old , "consumption can be cured , . " is considered by many false. Both are true and not true ; the first is prudent one cannot begin too early. The means is careful liv ing. 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( i dimwit In tills Ijnrili-r. mnko moro porout m than all ntlicl iiiiiki-rs In Ilils country coml'lni-il. lWJinio ) llio public niMTfc-liito HID niPi- It that t-xl.-tu In niir con t IIKNSON'U In tlm only n v ilk-lnal plaster tor hou c- Imlil IHL > , all otliurx ItcliiK Imitations , tiel , the i WHY m Yoy Ott you Uiinxvlhatn llttlo VougU | M a duncoi-oiiN llilnsl : DOCTOR Stop a Cough at any tlmo and Cure the worst Cold In : twelve hours. A 25 Cent bottle ! may aavo you $100 In Doctor'a tbllls-raay save your lifo. ASIC YOUIl DRUGGIST I'OK IT. xrr s * GOOJ > . . Dr. Acker's English Pills : C'UKK INBIOliSTKW. Hmnll , i > lci > .onl. u fnvorltn nllh llio I 'II . ! W. H. I100KEH A O > . t V.'ert rronilwujf , N. V. Foraulo by Kuhn A I'o. , und tihorumu : McC'uuiiull , Omuliu , DB. C. GEE WO , n fnv romons why ho M wnrlc , tf micli wonderful cures \rboro other doeton China has about half the population nf the ciohp. ' 1 hey Inivn litM'ii nriH'iirliiif and IIKI-- ftietlnir iiinifli'liiu over 4.1UH ) VKAIIH. Cluing > un ( M'u Kni'V. Hrll ) ( INeovcreil siMvnly- twopolmini and their ant Motes ' . ' .451 years lie- fnro Christ , and Mareo I'oln , who brought tl.o compass. I'uniplnl. ono of tin' llrst Kuropeuns who on- < Miil ) ( 'Mini , .nays : " 'I't.i'lr pbysleliins hcno u tlniroiiKli kiiowli iljo ( if the natiini of npri.-t and an ailmlrnhUt skill In rllairncxltu l > r llio pulse. " ( rice Wlllard's Middle Kinnlre. i It Is well known that iMitiiumilor , stiMiin nnil ulectrlelty aroold In China , and Dial llmi'lil- neso wore printing thullileilcatt ) bonks njj yunrs lieforc ( lultunbur/ born. Hill It win to nindlclno the Chlnesp cave .heir atleiillon. anil when iho nmprroi Cluti \\oiiKonloredall tin ) books to l < niiini'il lui -\erpted thn inedlcnl works , and It wis : unlv liy tbo inorest aeeulnnt thnt the grout orl.s it Confueais himself wore mivnil , ho baMiu- placed a set of his works In the rornor-itnm ) of Ills residence , which Was found J.OOi ) yoiiM after. The ciilobratod Dr. Hobsnn stat s that nnu ' A1.11. ' ' ! ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' ' Bly % < ' ff. ! ? . . ! . . , - I.UItAI. UKMRMIRSnloii. Cnu you \\ondi r llien nt tbndoutor's sueeoss' The ( i.uu'iislan physieiam all use thn very SHIIIU Uuin illi ! nnd whim you eliungo duelorn , In your disappointment anil disgust , ymi niprely chaiuo f ice * and asturtlons but not inoilli'lnes. When an American dorlor ilm- eovcrs a. new remedy all the otbor doctors know about It lmmoillituly. ; Now , yon Uiu.w the Cliinesi ) Doctor eomes from an almost un known country , containing Dourly half nf tin ) people of the world , where all llio inudlriiic-i are entirely dllTiiroiit , and lir.C. ( lee Wooll'eri a rinvard of iVHOO In anyoiii ) who ean dupll- eat any ono of his Chlneso Mnilloliios. Do you now coniprohonil that after giving up all hope of being eureil by your doctors , that In taking the Clilneso Doctor'Iteniodlos , 4,000 In mimhur and absolutely unknown outside of China , that bo has u wnmlorful mlvnntiiiio over all other physlelnns. Ills now remedies liavo niivi-r before nnlurvd your blood and net on It as If by ntagle. oiiring the illseaso and rendnrlng the oomiu.Ylon ! eloar as a child's. A MOTH l-llt'S STOKV. I am 02 years of a : o and liavo siilTorcd Indo- Rurllmhlu asonv from iislluua for many yours. I coulil not sleep and bail to alt nn nil iilu-lit In u i ! ) > alr. I tried doelor after doctor but without help , and thought some night 1 would clitiUo to death. As a last hope I tried Dr. O. ( Jeo Wo. tbo Chinese doutor. ami was relieved Instantly. In a short limn 1 was enreil and liavo novelslneo been troubled. 1 liavo reason to bless Dr. U. Oen Wo. MIIH. I' O. U1KS1I. tilth St. , bet. .1 & I ! . South Omaha In order to convince the public that Dr. C. duo Wo van cure any dKo'1-.o. ho makes tlio followini oircr : A ( jl'AUANTICE to return the money If after a fair trial iho patient Is In liny way dlssatislltxl with treatment. Dlt I ! . OKK WO. ( nth and California Htroets. Of- lioo hours , On. in. till U p. m. Call Sunday If you wish. N. It. The Doctor has roadr prepared the following clcht romc'llus : Fllnoil. Koinalt ) Woal.noss. Hheiimatlsm , IndlgOitlnn. Lost Manhood. Hick Headache , Catarrh , and Kld- nov and l.lvnr Moillcinc. I'rlco 3I.IM. 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