Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 24, 1891, Page 13

GRAND ARMY THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: DEPARTMENT., How an Ohio Boy Died. A dispateh from Atlanta, Ga., says: Frank G. MoNary of New Athens, Harrison county, Ohio, was & member of Captain Me- Cready's company of the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth regiment, Ohio infantry. He was alwaysa brave soldier, but after the battlo of the Wildorness in Vi rginia, May 6, 1864, was missing, and was nover afterward Seen by his comrades or friends, It was thought that he had been killed and buried among the unknown dead. T. Kyle, Me- Nary's cousin, who now lives in Rix Mills, Muskingum county, Ohio, wrote a lottor to General Gordon of Georgia, who was in the battle of the Wildernoss on tho robel side, doscribing F'rank McNary, giving an account of his army lifo and asking whether ho had ever happened to know or hear anything #bout him, It thus happened to fall under he notice of James M. Baldwin of Hayn e, Floyd county, Georgla, who was a_member of Company D, Phillips legion of Georgia volunteers, who had been wounded early in the morning of the Wildorness battle,and who had in his possession a little book of nsalms, in which was written on the fly leaf, “to Frank McNary, One Hundred and ‘I'wenty- ixth Ohio volunteers, 1504, Mr. Baldwin s that after being wounded in the thigh early in the morning of the batile he was carried to the rear and put into a feld bospital. As the day advanced both union and confederato soldiers were brought there and among them was a young union soldier who had received a terrible wound in the right breast. He was put beside Bald- win, who saw that ho was suffering terribly snd did all be could to relieve Lim, giving him water out of his canteen. After several hours of suffering the un- known union soldier boy raised himself on his hands aud feet, crawled for a distance of sight or fen feet, then lay aown suddenly, turned on his back and ‘in & moment was fdoad. As he had started to crawl along, o ttle book of psaims dropped from his breast, t was stained with blood from the wound, 'his little book Baldwin picked up and kept M8 a memengo of the day’s sad experiences, It contains the evidence of the identity of the Read union soldier, Frank McNury. Baldwin aw he was buried and he thinks ho could re- urn to tho exact spot today. Mr. Baldwin has returned the book of psalins to McNary's Felative. After picking it up he had writien pn tho fly sheet the foliowing memorandum : “The former ownor of this book was killed in ho battle of the Wilderness in Virginia May , 1864, He is to me unknown, but I hope hio 8 in heaven,” A War Waif. I enlisted as a private 1o the Second Louis- bn. volunteers in 1861, says a writer 1 the otroit Freo Press. My first real soldiering was on the Yorktown peninsula. While there or at Suffolk (I forgot which) there atrolled into camp a young boy not over ton or twelve years of age, who attached nimself Wonoof the meighboring regiments, Who he was, his name or whore he came from I cannot now recall. He was looked upon as o man's child, aad as such found genial fel- lowship among the soldiers. After we had falled back to Richmond and after those ter- ribloseven days of battlo tho army was reor- ganized and the troops brigaded by states, so Ilost sight of our Carolina neighbors and Also the boy. At the second Manassas, on August 20, 1862, our brigade (Stark's—poor Tellow, ho fell at Sharpsburg) was lying 1n Bho woods nearly opposite that “terrible deep put.” When the dripping, spattering fire of $he Yankee skirmishers drove in our out- lookers (as “‘oid Jucki’ didn’t have a counter skirmish line) the ory “‘Forward!" rung along our lines and we’ advanced and run al- most into the Yankees, who, giving usa desdly volley, fell back rapdly across a field and into the woods beyond, where a battory, Supported by o swarm of troops, was poste Nothing checked us. Under a withering firo of minies and canister we pressed on, Bush- rod Johnston riding ahead, with his sword run through his hat, waving'us on until we waved him out of our line of fire by telling him to clear the way. Whei we arrived within about a hundred Facds of tho battery the line was halted, and nder this raking fire tho ulignment was cor- rected and the men “‘right-dre to be shot down. I have often thought that that command of “'halt” might have been heroic, but it certaiuly “was not war:" however, not & man faltered. Again forward, and we drove ptraight for the guns. Just then I felt a thud, a sting, & twist around and fell. A minie had struck my pocket bible edgewise, and, passing nearly through the new test: ent part, dug a trench across my left side to thoflesh. ~ With the blood spurting from sido I started rearward, while our boys, ve follows, went up and over the battory, seatering its supports like chaff. As 1 struggled back over the field, the dead and wounded, blue and gray alike, lying all arsund, I heard a great rumbling on my left, and noticed that our guns were plunging to Lhu front under lash and shout to seize the ills whence to pour shot into the now ro- Lreating foe. I can see them now, tumbling, bouncing, surging to gain the front. What else did I'see! So close I could almost rea him, the little boy sitting on the timber of * pne of the pieces, bis eyes afiame, his hat waving, his treble voice shouting excitedly aud his whole being lighted up and aglow with the terriblo maguetism of battle—cheer- ng on theline. 1 havo neverseen him since, 0 passen on and was lost in the cloud and smoke of the field, but tho memory of that Inspiring scene will never fade, ng Match. General John C. Kelton, adjutant general of the army, was an aide-de-camp to General Halleck during all the time that officer was general-in-chief of the army, and his room on the ground floor of the old brick war depart- ment building looked out upon the courtyard between that and the navy department build- Ing. During these years of the war a small force of troops, not more than a battalion, was camped in that courtyard while doing special guard and orderly duty at the war depart- ment, and as tho men had copsiderable time off duty they naturally engaged in many sports to pass the time, Ty had no thought that their fun had un- moticed observers, but it had, and General Kelton was one of the most interested, for ho hus all his life been devoted to athlet sports, which included boxing and jumping. Boxing matehes seewed to be very popular, ~and Kelton soon noticéd that in dexterity aud skill u tall sergeant was by far the superior ofall his comrades. KFrom his West Point days Kelton had excelled in boxing, and as day after day passed and he watcned tho ser- ant's work ho became possessed of an am- ition to put on the gloves with biw, Finally one aay he sent far the sergeant, and told bim to come to his quarters that ev- euing. The man duly reported himself. The golonel explained that he had watched him boxing with his comrades, and as ho was Fond of that himself, he wanted the sergeant to put on the gloves and try around. The sorgeuut hesitated, but veing urged, put on tho gloves in General KKelton's private gym- pasium, ‘The sergeant held his hands well, but kept B tho defensive, making no attempt to lead. {elton dropped his hands and sald: “Look erol When you are with me and our coats Bro off, it isn’t Colonel Keiton and Sergeant Jones, but just two men fond of boxing, aud now you reach out and box. That settled it, and the sergeant warmed Bp and let himself out; but the sequel is t told in the sergeant’s own words, as he vonfided the story a day or two later to a pomrade: **When the colouel told me to never mind, fack, but let out, Ijust thought I'd give General Halleck's dandy aid a thump or tw, Iu the nose and neck that would show hi the difference between real sparring and fancy boxing in a gymoasium, and so I started in, red not. I'm almost’ ten inches ruur than he is, and longer in the arm, but t wasn't more than two minutes before ho belted me all over the room, and broke two obairs and a little table. 1 had enough, but ho gave me # and told me to say nothing bout it and come up again some time. 1 ou't think I'll go; he gave me all I wanted," Crittenden at Shiloh, *'I seldom seo a notice of the death of some Miicer prominent in the war of the rebellion But that Tam abla to recall some personal reminiscence or recollection of the person,'’ observed an Old Timer in the Freo Pross. ‘“Thus today (May 4) I notice the mention of the illness unto death of General Thomas T. Crittenden, ex governor of Missouri, at Kensas City, in that state. I met General— then colonel—Crittenden a fow days after the battle of Shiloh. He was brought down to the boat on the river on which I was quar- tered suffering from a severe attack of ma- larial fever. With Major Cross of the regular army, thon quartermaster general of the Army of the Tennessee, I helped to nurse him into convalescence. Tom Crittenden was one of the most gonial and unassuming gen- tlemen I have ever met. He frequently guve me his experiénce of the battle which had just taken place. He said that in some of the rebel attacks on the union positions the balls flew so thick that the branches of the trees were clipped off as if done with a knife and fell to the ground in show- ers of spray. The peculiar noise made by the rifle Imflnh as they cut through the air were 50 incessant that he felt if he were to stretch out his arm_from his body it would certainly be hit. He was a nephew of the celebrated Jobn Jordan Crittenden, the friend of Henry Clay, and was born in Ala- bama in 1528, 'Ho wgs promoted to be briga- dier general while on the boat on which I was quartered with him. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Murfreesboro on July 12, 1862, and not released until October of that year. At Shiloh he commanded an Indiana regiment. After the war he re- moved to Missouri. He had served as liou- tenant in the Mexican war. Curiously, his cousin, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, son of John 1. Crittenden of Kentucky, commanded de at the battle of Shiloh. He also served as lieutenant-colonel of a Kentusky regiment during the Mexican war." Pat on Guard. A young Irishman paced up and down his lonely beat, probably thinking of the strange situation in which he found himsclf, As he reached one extremity of the post, tho oficer of the day suddenly and mysteriously pro- sented himself at the other end. Although considerably surprised, the re- cruit retained his prosence of mind. With a snap that would have done crédit to a vet- eran, he brought his rifie to the position of “charge,” and cried out in stentorian tones, “Who cums ther (" “‘Ofcer of the day,” came the modest answer from out thesdarkness, ‘‘Halt, offesur ev-tho'-day,” commanded sentry in 8 mauner almost threatening. Then advancing somewbat nearer, the re- cruit gnized the visitor, who was clothed for midnight work. “Oh, 50 yo've got 'round, hov yez!" 1n- quired the'solicitous sentry in a “brogue so thick that you could spread butter on it. “Shure, Oi've bin watchin’ fer yez perty near an hour, an’ th' sarg is ez mad ez blue blazes. Sthand ther’ now an’ don’'t move a wink til' Oi wakes him up. Oh, but yow'l ketch h—1!" and suiting the action to the word, the noble defender of onr country pounded on the window of the guard house. The sergeant responded quickly to the alarm, After hastily arousing the dozen sleeping members of the guard, be rushed out into the nigut air, but before he could obtan his bear- ings, he was greeted by the young Irishman, who said: *Oh, it's 0'll right, sarg: he's here an’ he's so d—d 'shamed ev hizself that he hazn't u blessed wurd ter say.” But he had. Pious Corporal Pensioned. Assistant Secretary Bussey has rendored decision in the case of Willlam it Johnson, late corporal of company K, Eightieth Indi- ana volunteers, in which Is given an even more liberal construction of tho law relating to “line of duty” than heretofore. On April 1, 1863, Johnson, with the first sergeant ot his company,obtainad a pass to attend church across the Gireen river, at Mumfordville, Ky., at which point his command was guarding & bridge. While crossing the river on a log Johuson fell, fracturing his left knee. Tho case was originally refected on the ground that the soldier at the time of the accident was not in line of duty. Assistant Secretary Bussey takes a contrary view, and allows tho ponsion sought. o says: “If tho claimant had, by autliority of his superior officer, baen crossing the river for the purpose of obtain- taining necessary physical sustenance, ho would certainly have been 1n line of duty, 1t bewng a necessary incident to tho service. To hold that a similar mission for spiritual sus- tenance, which is also presumed to have been necessary, placed him out of lineof duty, would bé depriving our soldiery of Christian teaching, and_therefore a conflict with mili- tary law'which recognizes the necessity or at least the propriety of it.” Johnson's Indifference to Danger. Several anecdotes are given in Harper's Weokly illustrating General Johnson’s in- difference to danger in battle, and then this citation is made of his opinion regarding a familiar household utensil: “Iam the most timid man o tho world, aud dreadfully afrald of a keroseno lamp. The other duy & servant put one in my room. I was but half dressed, and I hurried out as fast as I could run, 1 knew it was going to burst. “Then think of it! The very next night somo kind of a patent erosene lamp was sent mo as a present, and the donor 1it it, explainjng to me the method of working it.’ Such was my nervousness that I never knew he was talking to me. Later, after somebody had extinguished the [amp, T tried to reason out to myseif what a paltroon I was. We got bardened in time but] assure you nothing could ever induce me to light or extinguish a keroseno lamp. An_enemy armed with kerosene lamps would drive me off the field. I should be panie personified.’ Interesting Pension Decision, Assistant Secrotary Bussey has reversed the decision of tho commissioner of pensions on the appeal of Jane M. Smalley, now Greenhorn, widow of Richard T. Smalley, Company F\, Sixtioth Illinois volunteers. The record of the case shosws that tho solaior was accidentaily wounded by the licutenaut of his company in 1862, and died in January, 1863, of abscess of the lungs, which, accord: ing to medical testimony, resulted 8s & so- quence of the wound. The commissionor of pensions rejected tho claim on the ground that the soldier was not iu the line of duty at the time he received tho wound, but the assistant secretary in his opinion holds that, in the absonco of proof to thie contrary, it must be assumed that ho was in tho performance of his duty, as it was ous- tomary for soldiers during the war to go on short expeditions. ‘The decision is In har- mony with tho lino of precedence of the do- partment. Against Giving up The Trophies. The forty-fourth anniversary of the battle of Cerro GGordo was.the occasion of a banquet by the Scott Legion of Philadelphia, Among the invited guests were GeneratJ. W. Den- ver, president of the national associatiation of Mexican veterans; A. M. Kenaday, tho national secrotary; Colonel Robert Klotz, of Mauch Chunk, and about fifty of the local members ‘)urllclpnmd in the feast. The most notable speech of the evening was that of Captain Kenaday, who strongly protested against the proposition which has been ad- vanced in some quarters to retura to Mexico the relics and trophies of the war which are now at the West Point Military Acndsmf’. Captain Kenaduy's remarks were heartily applauded, and a resolution was adopted to have them printed, as an expression of the views of the Scott' Legion. Acknowledged the Resolutions. The following letter from P. T. Sherman, acknowledging the receipt of the memorial resolutions on the death of us father, Genera Shorman, was received by Encampment No, 8, Union Vetoran Legion of Council Bluffs : No. 75 North Seventy-first Street, New York, May 8, 1891, —Lafayette Sherwood, Ad- utant Encampment No. 8, U, V., L.—Dear Sir The family of General Sherman desires 10 express to_the members of Encampment No. 8, U. V. L., their grateful appreciation of the beautiful resolutions adopted upon hi; death by your encampment. In behalf of the family, P, T. SHERMAN, Sons of Veterans Flonr!sh. Colonel Frank J, Coates, commander of the Nebraska division, Sons of Veterans, U, S, A., sunounces that ho has approved the “p- SUMDAY, MAY 24, 1891—SIXTEE BROWNING, KING £ CO 0id and Experienced Manufacturers of Clothing, Retail to the trade only sach garments as win metit for them- selves, gives value received for the customers money, secures the confidence of the people everywhere and justly entitles them to the name of Reliable Clothiers There's no slight either in cut, fit or appearance of our medium grade suits, they're our own make, and the suit we sell for $7.50 is worth just seven dollars and a half, In our g10 suits you'll find numerous styles, sack and cut- away, they're all worth ten dollars a suit. For g12.50 you'll notice the quality is better, the trim somewhat finer, Our $13.50 and $15.00 suits your own judgment will de- clare them good enough for any purpose or occasion, There's neither profit nor pleasure for us in showing gar- ments that cannot be satisfactorily recommended. Important to Mothers------ 25 dozen Star Shirt Waists, in dark blue percales, regular $1 and $1.25 goods, on sale Saturday morning at 7sc. The Star waist needs but little comment, and we hope to see this special bargain lot equally distributed among thetr ade. s . . Men’s Furnishings Our window display affords but a meager conception of the real bargains we are offering in cool and comfortable un- derwear, neglige shirts, hosiery, neckwear, novelty straw hats, etc, Our facilities enable us to reach the bottom supplying thirteen stores with furnishings. figures in Our prices for first quality ‘goods you'll always find reasonable. Money Cheerfully Refunded where Goods do not Satisfy. BROWNING, KING & C0, RELIABLE CLOTHIERS, Southwest Corner 15th and Douglas Sts. When you Pass Halt at our Windows. (Send for Ilustrated Catelogue.) —_—————— e ———— plication for camp 132, at Springfield, Neb,, which is the fiftietn camp which has been ad- mitted during the eleven months just past. In his report the colonel says : ‘‘When the promiso .was mado to organze fifty camps this year, all the brothers whe had anything to say on the subject, with one or two exceptions, said such a thing was uu- heard of and couldn’t be done, as, in the seven years of the division’s existence, there had been only ninety-eight camps organized, an average of ~ fourteon per year. Your colonel is constrained that, during the secon his administration, he was incl with them in this doubt, for, at that time, when the new ofticers were begiuning to get the affairs in working order after the change of headquarters, a drouth visited more than two-thirds of the state and the bad effects were ot confined to these portions but were felt to a greater or less extent all over, “*Although discouraged with the prospect work was not stopped at heaaquarters, but, on the contrary, effort was redoubled and success has at last crowned our labor. *‘In this work, we have received valuable assistance aloug on this line from the G. A. R. and several brothers whose work s w0 be . commended snd who will be spoken of in particular in the near future. Our thanks are extended to all and special mention is due to Lieut. J, T, Walker, who has mustered 14 new camps; Captain C. M. Shaw of Tecumsch, who has mustered 8; to Captain P. A. Barrows, who has mustered a like number; to Adjutant D, 0. Freeman, and Captain Geo. C. Hill of Indianola, who have mustered 2 each.” The colonel continues : “There will undoubtedly be more camps mustered before our encampment, for the seed that has been sown will bear fruit some- time; but as our pledge has been redeemed and our promises fulfilled, our efforts from this time on will be directed to getting the affairs of the division in shape to turn over to the incoming ofcers rather than to’ the organization of new camps. ““Health and time permitting, there will b one more order issuea from these headquar- ters and then we will bid the brothers an official farewell. The order will be issued simply to comply with our division by-laws, which require certain statistics to be pub- lished, and will also anuounce the tinal arrangement for the encampment, “Alden C. Massey of Geneva, past captain of Wilson canp No. 16, is hereby appointed as clerk to the division council, vice Al- bright, resigned. “‘Brother J. T. Walker, mustering officer, desires us to announce to' the brothers that all mail intended for him should be addressed o Geneva, as ho has moved his family to that lace. E. J. Streight, inspector, is now located at Alliance. *‘Rates of one and one-third fare have been obtained on the following railroads: B, & ., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacitle, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, Fremont, Elkborn’ & Missouri Valley, Sioux City & Pacific, Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific. ““Tickets will go on sale Juue 8 and will bo good for return, if purchased at Geneva on the lith, Pay full fare woing and take a re- ceipt: this certificate when signed by the colonel will entitle you to one-third fare ro- turning, **As noted in section 2 thoe final programmo of the encampment will bo announced in order No. 5. The following is a synopsis as furnished by the committee: *Monday, June 8 at §:50 p. m., meetmg of the division council at the Jamison house; 4 p. ., assignment of quarters; 5:30 p. m., dress parade, ‘‘Monday evening, rogular meeting of Wil- son camp No. 16 aud muster ceremony, Cap- tain O. A. King presiding. ‘“Tuesday, June 9—Opening of the encamp- ment at 10'a. m.; report of committee on cre- dentials; appointment of committees; 2 p. m., report of officers; 5 p. m., dress parade; S p, w., publio camp fire at opera house; address of welcome by mayor and committoe on be- half of Geneva; response by Colonel Coates; a ton-minuto address from each of the divi: sion ofticers, “‘Spoeches by past colonels and prominent brothers of the division, - ‘‘Wednesday, June 10 ~Regular session of the encampment; 11 8, m., band coutest; P m,, street parade, line of march announced in section 6 of order No. 8; 4 p. m., competitive drill; 6:30 p. m., dress parade; 8:30 p. m., banguet tendered by Worhen's raliof corps. ““Thursday, ¥ a. m.—Election and installa- tion of officors; decision of judges; pay- ment of prizes; afternoon adjournment of encampment, *‘There will be other features added to con- tribute to the enjoyment of the occasion, but the abovo programme will be adhered to as far as possiblo. ‘‘Headquarters will be established at the Jamison house, and the division council is hereby ordered to assemble at that place at 8:30p. m. to fill any. vacaucies that may to ; occur and transact such business as may be properly presented, “The following citizeus of Geneva have been appointed a committee on, arrunge- ments: M. V. King, chuirman; C. C. Shum- way, J. H. Hoath, 199, Lemon and C. H. Bassett. " *‘Brothers who wish for information should write them or Cuptain O. A. King, A. C. Massey or W. . Camp, first sergeant, on be- half of tho Sons of Veterans, *“The division council has decided to offer the following prizes: To the best Sons of Veterans brass band on the grounds, $50; to the second best, &35. Camps that havo organ- ized bands ana desire to compete for these prizes should address AdjutantJohn L. Gid- eou for particulars, “Quartermaster J. B. Roeve anuounces that this money is now on hand, and this suni will be set aside and not_used for any other purpose, that bands may be sure of payment if their efforts win the approual of the judges. Uniformed bands, be it remembvered, aro transported free. The committeo on arrange- ments announco that they are raising $300 in addition to the 300 they have offered for tho competitive drill. *‘One of the items to be considered ot this oncampment wilt be tho locating of tho eighth aunual cucampment, and camps who desire to make a bid for this canuot begin any too early to see what they can do und to call the matter up that tney may pre- sent a good proposition and thus secure the next meeting for their town. *Enclosed with this order are blanks for the report of the division_ surgeon, Chas, L. Olds of Fremont, and Division Chaplain k. D. Gideon of South Omaha. Captams and camp chaplains will see that these are mado out and forwarded not later than June 1, for it will take somo time to consolidate them aud as the encampirent will meet June 9, it will give these two brothers one week in which to make their reports. **Brothers will bear in mind that the divis- ion inspector must have in his report by that time also. 1f, from any cause, the brother appointed as assistant “inspector fails 1o visit your camp before Juve 1, the chaplain will, upon that date, make out’ a reporv and for- ward it to B. J. Streight, division inspector, cortifying that it is ot *‘One of the cbjects of our organization is to provide for the proper observance of memo- rial day. Every canp should at once report to the nearest G. A. K. post for assignment and duty. Let it not be said Nebraska is be- hind her sister divisions iu this respect. “General order No, 4 is_berewith promul- gated. Special attention is hereby culled to that relating to the place of holding the nex encampment,” An invitation has been recoived from Col onel Coates to attend the seventh annual en- campment Sons of Veterans Nebraska divi- sionat Geneva. June 9, Another Enoch Ard »f the War. From Tomatola, North Carolina, comes the story of the marriage of Alpheus Badham and Mrs, Grayling. Mrs. Grayling's hus- band had veen dead ;but a few months, and her new husband is one whom she had long mourned as dead. Whet the war broke out she lived near Raloigh, where Grayling and Bad- ham had been her neigtibors and admirers, Both went to the frout, but the lady became the wife of Badham 'before his departure, When the hostilities ceased Grayliug re- turned, but could gi¥e no account of his companion, who must have fallen in battle, Later, fooling assuredtliat her husband was dead, Mrs. Badham beéame tho wifo of Gray- ling, and the couplo vetnoved to Tomatoln, where they purchused & farm. Badham bad been taken prisouer, iafd afier his ‘rolease from Camp Morton Hupgered in the North. Lately ho longed to seé lils wife, and, return- ing, traced her to the ome where she had bocome the mother of & large family by another man, A Home 'Warrior, New York Herall. 1did not go to war, but luged At home with all my might, 1 edited the Northern Blade, And uader obligations laid My country —which [ wish repaid— By tolling generals of brigade Just how they ought to fight. P i iy A New Move, Leslio & Leslie, 16th and Douglas, ©. J. Frice, Millara Hotel. W. J. Hughes, 2324 Farnam, 624 N, 16th, J. W. Clark, S. 20th & Woolworth ave. A, Shroter, 1524 Farnam, All the above named leading druggists haudle the famous Excelsior Springs, Mis- souri, waters and Storean Ginger Ale, e Epoch: ‘‘Ispent a wretched evening with Joe. Ho nearly talked me to death.” *'I spent as miserablo & one with Fred, He wouldn't talk at all" [ dral, & very old and T Y TR DT IS S SR SPECIAL SAI Sterling Silver Ware, Fine Silver Plated Ware and Table Cutlery Max Meyer & Brother Co, SIXTEENTH AND FARNAM STS. » Note These Prices —== Solid Sterling Silver Spoons, all sizes and st; yles, including After Dinner Coffees, Fiv, O'Clock and Regular Size Teas, at 750, 81, 81.25, 81.50, 81,75, 82 and up, each, or §4 to 810 per set of half dozen. Dassertand Tablo Spoons and Forks (solid sterling silver), 82.50 to 84 each, or 812 t5 824 per set of half dozen. Sterling Silver Sa't and Mustard;Spoons, gold lined, at 60c¢, 75¢ and 81 each. Sterli 'g Sllver orange spoons, sugar shells, butter knives, tongs, bon bon scoopz, cheese ecoops, salad forks, pickloe forks, berry spoons, ladles, pie and cake knives, crumb scrapers, otc,, from 82.50 up to 815, Sterling S lver single pleces a ‘d o >mbinations in elegant plush, chamois and hard wood cases, salin and plush lin2d, from 85 up to $5600. This line embraces a large assortment of rich after dinner coffoos, salad sets, fish sets, butter spreaders, oyster fo ks, cake lifters, or- ange sets, ica craam sets, cold meat forks, cream and gravy ladles, oyater and soup ladles, bon bon trays, s -1t cellars, salt and pepper shakers, cream pitchers, sugar bowls, spoon hol- ders, sa'ad b wls, chocolate s:t3, coffse and tea sets, toa balls, cups, napkin holders, p'ates, and large oak trunks containing combirations of spooas, fork?, hand:omest ever shown in Omaha. We offer 500 English Steel Carving Knives, Forks and Stecls at $1.25 for knife, $1.00 for fork and 50c for steel, or the full set of three pieces for $2.50. These goods are actua'ly worth double the prica. y poarl handled knives, etc., the Fine carving sots in elegunt cases from 85 up to $60. Rich ivory antique and pearl handled medium and dess-rt table knives from 80 to 48 per dozen. Rogers' triple plated medium and dessort knives, in all finishes from 81.50 to 86 per set of six. Roger's oxtra platod tea spoons $1.25 to 82 per sot. Dessert and table spoons and forks $2.50 to 84 per set. Set of six nut poks and crack, in box, only 81. 12 picks and crack, 81.75, Frait kaives from $1.50 a set upwards. Tea sets, fiuit bowls, butter dishes, water pitchers, ture:n=, bake dishss, cake baskets, s2lvers, syrup jugs, bon bon dishes, pickle castors, call belis, individual castors, salt and pepper shakers and all kinds of quadruple plated hollow ware and novelties at one- hira less than regular prices. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Max Meyer & Bro. Co. Sixteenth and Farnam Strests, ESTABLISHED 1866. OMAHA, NEB. WILD WEST ON THE RHIN Colonel Cody's Aborigines Oapturing Thou- sands of Applauding Teutons, THE MESSIAH ON CANVAS AND IN MARBLE. The Tmpr ssion Which the Repre- sentation Makes on the Expand« ing Minds of the Sioux Braves, Mr. Sherman Canfield of this city, private secretary to Buffalo Bill of the Wild West show, writes from Mainz, Germauy, under date of May 5, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Canfield, as follows: We landed at Antwerp. Of our ocean voy- ago there is but little to say. The weatuer was all that could be desired. Nothing of note transpired. The Indians were very sick and 1 think the sight of land was more pleasing to Short Bull, Kicking Bear, ot al., than would have been a glimpse of theit Messiah 1n the bad lands of Dakota last win- ter, At Antwerp, in Cody and tho [udia company with Colonel I'yisited the cathe- amous structure with massive and finely carvea pillars and walls decorated with some of Rubins' most famous masterpicces. ; The faces of tho more intellectual Indians were a study as they gazed upon the paint ings and imdges ropresenting our Savior in various attitudes, When we vidwed the pieco representing the burial placeof Christ and gazed upon the recumbent figure, Short Bull could o longer restrain himself. He began to talk very solemnly and eloquently about the recent Messiah craze inour own country, When we reached the soveral groups of small images showing the differant stu the journey up Mount Calvary, Kickin broke out and told his men that these things proved conclusively that the Savior had come 1o the white man once upon & time and that they had mistreated Him,evan compelled Him to carry the cross upon which He was “ham- mered.” He told his peoplo that when their Messiah should como they would treat Him differently. Colonel Cody quieted him, however, by telling him that there never could be but one Savior aud that he was for all maukind, for the red as well as the white man, The Fort Sheridan Iudians are well satis- fied and look upon Colonel Cody as their guardian angel. They all think they would have been severely punished for the 00k in the late uprising had they in America. They have acknowled would be the height of folly forthem toag take up arms against the whites, They su) that they see enough white people every day to wipe out of existence the eutire Indian race, or, as one of the chiefs very acter- istically remarked, “‘If every stép taken by all of the Indians in the world killed a white man the loss would not be noticed.” You cannot blame them for thinking thus, for we are showing to from fifteon to twenty-five thousand people daily, and, 8o far, have vis- ited only the smaller “cities contaning from soventy-five to one hundred thousaund inhab- itants, The country is crazy over the show, and people come for miles around, especially the farmers, some even walking fiftéen or twenty miles 1o see the show. They all goaway well pleased. ‘The enthusiasm is” unbounded and “‘bravo! bravo!” constantly resounds from the grand stand. While we wero at Maunheim, the colonel took & party of us including the Indians to Heidelberg.” We spent half a day wandering through the ruins of what was ouce one of the grandest old castles of Germany. One is greatly impressed with the grandeur of even the ruins and the many old relics'in the mu- seum, such as cross-bows, arrows, battle axes, armors, ete., artistically arranged, fur- nish material enough for a day of sight-see- ing. This castle was twice destroyed by the French and no effort has been made to re- store it the third time. One of the towers was blown intact from the main part and lauded upright in a deep ravine which it overlookea, There it has remained for cen- turies and aside irom being somewhat de- cayed looks s though it might have Leen built where it stands, We visited the hugo wine cask, with a ca- of 50,000 gallons, from which occupants of the castle drew beverage. On the top of the cask is a platform upon which twelve couple can dance with ease. Here, no douby, numbess of light-hearted Germans and their frauleins whiled away many a pleasant hour, The castle overlooks the Neckar and the view of the surrounding country obtained 1rom the remaining towers is grand. The disgust of the Germans over the de- struction of these old castles by tho French is ill-concealed, Thoy never tire of telling you of the grandeur of this or that castle be- fore the defacement. Wo are making three and four-day stands. It is a coutinual case of rustlo. We have over threo hundred people ali told and the Wild West of today is very unlike the Wild Wost of a few yoars ago. It is a mammoth concern now, ‘and the Germans marvel at the Yankee ingenuity and energy which aro displayed in handling it. As a rule, ‘the Germans are a glorious race, They are orderly and good-natured and very easy to handle. I have not seen to exceed three intoxicated men in the vast crowds to which we have played, whilo a bout at fisticuffs is unheard of. Duelling with swords, however, 1s very popular among the students, and one who ‘does not carry three o four scars on his left cheelc 1s “*nov in it The scars are never fatal and the masks that are worn protect the jugular and the eyes, exposing only the face. We are all well. p Do Horses Talk? ‘We have our doubts on this subject, but it they could,we believe their first words would be fo ask masters always to keep a bottlo of Haller's Barbed Wire Liniment on hand. It is unequalled for cuts, bruises and sprains, In fact, horses fairly cry for it. e PEPPERMINT DROPS, A cure for baldness—divorce. Great jags from littlo corn juice grow. A preventive against baldness—celibacy, The needle always has an eye for business. Dude’s Motto—"All's well that ends well.” THe cautious man is a very consider-it person, Tlme fiies, and it is almost time for fiies again, Give a fisherman an inch worm and he'll take an cel. A spiritualistic seance is at best a medium performance, The first man to aim a blow at a giant cor- poration was David. Tnose who must pay the fiddler have pre- cious little time to dance. *“Pime is money.” At a 50 por cent valua- tion—810 or twenty days. Keep a close eye on the man whose wife is afraid to ask him for money, “Never hide yourlight under a bushel.” 1t's wasteful—use a thimble. “Love laughs at locksmiths,” tle timerous in range of keyholes, Using o gun 1s so reprehensible a practice that it must ve the evil stars that shoot. Diamonds aro coming down § in price and will probably soon meet potatoes going up. The Spiritualist's Motto—"Est modus in rebus”--*“There's n medium in everything.” As the blind heiress of Delaware could not look before she leaped she must be excused. Cabor conquers all things, but it has to wrestle pretty hard with the walking dele- gate. A man never realizes until ho has made a fool of himself what a laughter-loving world this is. “Misery loves company.” No sooner 13 a man “broke” than he begins to strike his friends, You can't tell anything about a man's re- ligion by what he does when he knows ho is watched. It truth lay at the bottom of a beer glass instead of at the bottom of a well more would ot at it, T'o keep flies off a bald head—keep your hat on and o pound aud a half of boardiug house butter behind you, 1f you are playing poker with an exper- 1enced dealer you need not get scared until you get a good band, "There are times whon forbourance ceases to be a virtus, but never when you are both- ering somebody else, Next to roliing off log, the easiest thing Is to tell other people how they ought o bring up their children, Woman 1s & good geal like 1ce cream, Even her natural sweetness won't save her when she gets unduly *‘warmed up. ‘' have a terrible wait on my mind,” re. marked the man in the restaurant just after be had ordered his breakfast. Children aud focls, they say, alwa; the fruth. 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