Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12

mere 1he Cleveland representative is tndl
James w. Dickinson. Then there Is Mrs;
Earl Van kuren of Portland, ore, Mr.. Ed
Dickinson of Omaha, Mrs j. NJ, Ferris OF
Toledo and Mr.. George Dickinson Of Seattle,
Wash. all bearing a remarkably strong
family resemblance one to the other Ed
Pacific; George was for a long time with
the Union Pacific and later superintendent
mining more profitable, and Mrs. Ferris Is
Ine wife OF the general manager Of the
Toledo & Ohio Central railway, Both Ed
business by Mir. Ferris. And we both
thought said George Dickinson, that he
would Just trife rather fire us than any
body else, That's the sort of pett,ng he
gave, us, but then we didn't lay down on
our brother-in-law. 1t seems good to see
when was station agent and operator in
Solon, Niles, Leavittsburg, Youpgstown-!n
west and we haven't done so badly, con-
s!derng." Mrs. Ed Dickinson is a Cleve-
land land woman, oman. the daughtSr of the Late ate
the chief struck or duty yesterday
rare occurrence for the old fire fighter
General Charles King contributes to the
Youths Companion his "Recollections OF
General Crook" with whom he went through
many an Indian campaign in the '70s. He
says of him:
He rarely read anything but nature g
books, although he had mathematical gift,
and not only stood we'll in scientific studies
at the Point. as did Grant, but he helped
along his unmathematical roommate, Sheri-
dan. Writing something Crook alb
horred. He could hardly decipher one OF his
own pages, and his letters and dispatches,
like those of old Rough and Ready'-General
Zachary Taylor-were generally penned by
some brilliant staff officer.
| Children he loved and treated with a shy
tenderness that was sweet to see, but he had
none Of his own. His wife was Maryland
| girl, who won his heart during the war days,
while her brother and other enterprising
'rebs' made way with his body, capturing
him by daring night raid into Cumberland.
Like Grant, he was simplicity itself in
speech, rarely lifting up his voice, and only
once did l ever hear him speak an impatient
word or one that family resembled an ex-
pletive, but that was in the thick OF the
Sioux campaign of 1876 and when he had
| much to try him.
| I'VE had to eat our horses that year to
keep alive. We had no tents and hardly a
| change Of underwear could be found in the
whole column. We were wet bedraggled
and dirty when we reached the Yellowstone,
but the general was as badly off as the
| humblest trooper, and minded it less There
we met the spruce command OF General
| Terry, and Terry himself, in handsome uni
[ form, the picture of the gentleman and SOL
| dier came over to our bivouac to call on
! Crook. / was drying my buckskins al fire
| as he approached and stepped forward to
salute him.
"'Where shall find General Crook" said
he
For a moment could not answer. Then
! an old trooper grinned and nodded toward
] the river, and there, squatted on a rock, well
out in the stream, stripped to the waist and
scrubbing away at his shirt, was our general
and Terry was too much of gentleman even
| to look amused at the sight.
"The Indians called him the Gray Fox.
| The soldiers had their pet names, but we,
his officers, who followed him all over the
| Upper Yellowstone, spoke of him always as
the general our general. That meant, OF
course, Crook, the simplest soldier l ever
knew. In all the years 1t was my fortune
to serve under him in Arizona. Wyoming,
| Dakota, Montana, or at his headquarters in
Omaha or Chicago, l never saw him in the
uniform of his rank until he lay dead in his
coffin, his guard Of honor grouped about
him.
| Mr.. ]. N. Campon, who says he was much
interested in the last Sunday Bees story
| about curious signs, has found two signs
| that he thinks worthy of notice. He says:
| "On Sixteenth street. near Harney, are two
adjoining stores-one devoted to the sale CT
hosiery ETC., the other to books, magazines
| and newspapers. One bears the sign,
| Yarns, the other, News Now, although
| these words are in this instance intended TO
| convey widely different meanings, yet too
often, alas, they are synonymous, and what
is often styled news is only yarns
| The next time Rev. A. NJ. Brodie OF Manis-
| tee, Mich, comes to Omaha he will probably
attach lock and chain to his hat. Rev.
Brodie preached at st. Marys Avenue Con-
gregational church last Sunday and re-
mained here two or three days later, the
guest of an old friend. During this brief
visit his hat was twice taken by men who
mistook it for their own.
Both OF these incidents occurred Sunday
| At the close of the morning service church
| goers crowded about the distinguished
| preacher to congratulate him upon the eX-
| cellence of his sermon and to give him
| typical Omaha welcome. Rev. Brodie wears
| a No. black derby. One OF his hearers
| wears the same style hat. Somewhere in
| the greeting the hats were exchanged and
| the error was not corrected until just before
the evening service opened. At the close
of that sermon another admirer of the min
lister went to the front and greeted him,
holding his No. black derby in his hand.
Rev. Brodie's hat was on table. The man
who talked with him placed his hat there
also. At the end of the interview Rev.
Brodie had for the second time in one day
! encountered a strange hat. He wore 1t 10
his stopping place that night and arranged
| for exchange by telephone. The next morn
ing he received his own hat and 1t is related
o. ths good man from the Wolverine state
| tina. tho only time that hat left his mead
during tho remainder OF his stay In Omaha
was when no went to bed and once when
| Farnam street gust Of wind blew 1t OH
To you are a good liver a trial will con-