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. / v THE CttlAIIA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 3 , 1886.---TWELVE PAUKS. ' . nnin' T " MI i PI M Oil mnmm .1 mum m M i ni > mi MITIMTHM i . A Visit to The Stock Yards and Packing Ilotucs , IMPORTANT ARTICLES OF TRADE The Products or the Ov nnd Tlic Mnnj- UHC to Wliluli Tlicy Arc Put Tlio Wild UniiKo Cattle nnd Do mestic Natives , [ Written for the Omalm Knmlay Ikf . ] Auothnr train of oaltln for the Omaha Mock yards , announced by the shrill whistle of Ihe locomotive , the creaking of Iho brakes and the murmur of voices , us thn men hastened forward to the load ing shtiles. All is animation and excite ment , yet the utmost system and dispatch nrc preserved. The car doors are thrown open , and ninn , armed with long spiked poles , force the cattle from ench car , by themselves , down the inclined way Into thn pens. Tlio "in-counl man" quickly ennniornlc * them , jot.s down the number of head and Hie number of the cur , and ns he sings out "a'l ' right bete , " the gates of the pens arc swung open and , with shouts and flourishing of prod poles , the cattle are driven through the alley and into the yard , where they are wa tered and fed , perhaps for the last time. It is interesting to watch the cattle , when they are once more given Ihe free dom of the yard , after being crowded into close ears for so long a lime. They run about , strclch themselves , shake their horns al each oilier , and net not unlike a parcel of school boys dismissed for recess after a long and tedious.session. With them ignorance is bliss and they do- sport themselves within Ihr. very shad ows of the huge packing house which , before many hours have passed , will have swallowed them up entirely. The salesman who ha.s been looking jironnd for a buyt r has caught hi.s will ing victim and together they enter the yards to in.spcct the cattle. If the cattle are natives , raised and fed by the farm ers , they go among them , feel of them , estimate their wuitrhl and look them over cue by one. but should they be range cattle no one ventures further than Ihe fence , unless mounted on a horse , if he vishes lo gel out alive and with his clothing entire. The Texas cattle or those from the far western ranges are fierce and untamed , and need only to catch sight of a man , on foot , before they will make a rush at him and trample him doxvn if he is not ( puck enough to get out of the way. While we star.d walching the cattle in the yards , we are surprised to t-ee tlio gates lly open and u bunch of steers hus tled oir lo the scales , the first indication that they have been -sold. Business is transacted very rapidly on the live stock markets. Droves of cattle , involv ing thousands of dollars in a single transaction , are boughl ami sold in far less time than a lady would spend in purchasing a yard of lace. At the scale house they arc turned over to the buyer , who in this case wo have assumed to b a representative of the packing house. The men in charge , armed with the over-present prod pole , drive the herd down a narrow lane into tlic packing house , across a. bridge. As the door closes , behind them we wonder what will be. the next act. With si view to lindimr out we follow along the plcvnlcd walk , on Ihe fence It ) ] ) , which leads ns into run I'ACKixo norsi : , just over the spot where the animals nrc standing. Stung by the steel barbed prod polo.s , they are 'forced further into the narrow compartments until each ani mal is crowded into a narrow cell. Just above them , with ponderous sledge hammer in hand , stands a man of powerful physique. , who in those good old times , so much admired by the dis satisfied of this age , might have figured us Iho lord high executioner and re moved Ihe heads of obnoxious lords or even of kings. A nri.i. Turn is heard , followed by a heavy fall , and the first animal sinks senseless beneath a blow of tlio iron hammer. The next mo ment the inside parUtion ot the narrow cell raises up , a chain is wrapped aiounil the leg of Ihe animal now dead to pain and lie is drawn out into the slaughtering room. Wo will now leave the others and fol low this one through Iho various opera lions , noticing W1IU1IK KACH I'AHT OOF.S TO and the various forms in which llioy art at last put nnon the market. 'Iho mo ment Ihe animal falls ho is no longer re gardcd as an animal , or as a coninlu. ' whole , bul becomes al once an article o merchandise lo be .separated into compo nent parts. Uplo this time he has hcci ujider the special protection of the liu niano society , which zealously guards bin against any unnecessary cruelty , even t < regulating the. length ot the barbs on tin prod polos. The day when cattle wcr killed for the flesh only or for the skin lias passed ; thn wants of modern civili/.a tiou have created a demand for ever part nnd parcel , however small or .seem ingly insignilicent , and the science o converting these parts into mcreanlil products nan been reduced to a nicety , But to return to the animal which w left stunned on , the floor -tho veins c tlio neck are opened and the blood How out into largo pans. By means of el < vated tracks and pullers the animal i passed from one man to another , cat having a division of the labor to porforn ono cuts on" Iho head , the next remove the hide from a certain portion , the IICN from some other portion , and so on I succession , until the hide i.s oil' , the inlei mil organs removed , and the beef luinj ; in halves before the door leading hit the ice box. Before being placed in th ice boxes the meat is subjected to thorough washing and rinsing in clen spring water , which renders it as clou and wholesome us if prepared for th oven in a model kitchen. In this connection il way not be out < place to notice the OHTKItK.Vr (1IIAPKS OF PATTI.F. that are killed. First thuro are the con fed cattle which make thu best bee ' juicy , sweat and tender , and well sii ] plied with flit , A quarter of boot'of th kind can bo distinguished at once by I rich color , which is in marked contra to the dark colored beef , from thin an old animals , so often seen In meat shop The packing house at the Omaha sloe yards handles only corn-fed caltlo with lew choice range cattle , but uulorti nately the good people of Omal u do in have the opportunity of eating any ot tl hoof , The common range cattle mat very fair beef though inferior to the con led , Butchers' stock is the name u ; piled to a miscellaneous collection of o cows , poor and thin steers , old and woi out oxen and the like. But we left the beef hanging in halvi outside the cooler door. After boin weighed it is rolled into Iho cooler ui Hung up to remain untill well chilli through. Then it Is places in refrigor tor cars , packed with ice , and shipped i New York , Boston and oilier large oil I to feud the hungry beef enters of tl east , Kvory year large consignments a shipped lo Uuropo , which makes an on lot for any over supply of ealllo , and 1 lucreasing the doiimud helps strengthen prices. In this was the f : western ranger , \\ith herds of cattle ui inauy broad acres to feedthvmon , toiling for the sustenance ol hiscnusii * across the water who are Je 3 fiver < ' i . . . i .11 uMiia f la .i . . in. . . . MI iTffix iii ! ! m" i ! ! these Beautiful Lots /SSSES FOR SALE BY "Within two weeks 75 lots , by actual count , have been sold in [ And before another week rolls around , over lialf of these beautiful lots will be sold. A number of houses will be built in this addition this fall , and we will build houses on any of these lots , only recLuirinsr a small cash payment , the balance on monthly payments. rmiM'j BTOra-T K rafft Trara I 1111 nr < i * ! * fl i T - FOR SALE BY ; d . , firaund Floor. WILL BE RUNNING TO FOB SALE BY Within 60 days , thus bringing it as near the business center as could be desired. Call at an3rof our offices and we will show you the prop erty. None should fail to see G-rammercy Park , as it is beyond a doubt the most beautiful suburban site in the city. S with land and cattle , but who in return may be making him woolen goods or some other manufactured article. After having disposed of the meat , the next thing "to attract the attention is TUB u inn. , It is taken to the salting room , thoroughly rubbed with salt and made ready to be hurried on" to the tannery where it is spcadily converted into leather , after which it is worked up into the hundreds of different articles imute trom that most useful commodity. Ono month the cov ering of an ox , tlic next it may go tramp ing around the fields as the thick boots of some sturdy farmer or furnish a harness "or Ins steady plow team. Even THE HA1U iceomes n valuable article of commerce. ind every year thousands of bushels of t are used in mixing mortar for plastcr- ng houses. THE 1ILOOD , ivhich we noted was caught in pans , is placed in large evaporating tanks nnd subjected to heat which reduces il to aline dry powder of a 'lull red color. In his form it is ready for the market and is nscil for a variety of purposes. As a for- till/or is it greatly yiiluud and is fre quently used to improvc.Jsninu Ichsjvalna- ulo fertilizer. Hoof's blood is extensively used in the process of refining sugars. In largo eastern cities it is quite the thing for people of leisure , especially ladies , to take a morning drive to the .slaughter house , to drink a cup of fresh , warm blood. The custom has been encouraged by the physicians , who regard it as very beneficial for people tillectcd with pul monary diseases. Almost lirst in impor tance is THE TAI.I.OW , every scrap of which is gathered up anil rendered out. For the past few years the most iuportant use of this factor has been in the manufacture of OI.FOMAlUiAKINH. It is not pleasant while locking at a vat of leaf tallow , mixed with a greater or less amount of rctuse , lo think that be fore another moiith has passed we may be eating it on our bread. In ye olden limes when our grandfathers lived in log cabins ami road tlio latest news from Kuropo , three months old , thu tallow dip was a very important lactor in the household economy , but in this ago of natural gas and electric lights the bil low candle is relocated to the past. A very largo proportion of tallow linds its way into the manufacture of various kinds of commercial oils and forms the main constituent of the banter kinds ol soap for the bath and toilet. NhVTS FOOT Oil , is one of the products , not so well- known or of such general interest , al though quilt ) HH valuable in its own way , Tin ) wont neat comes iioiu an old Kng- lib'h word meaning cuttle , and us its name implies , the neaU foot oil is made from the hoofs of entile. 11 is principally useil lo soften leather ami inaKo it more pliable. The greater proportion ot i HE osr.s > go with Uio dressed beef but those whiel : are left , such as the jaw bones and shir bones , are carefully collected and aftci every particle of meat has been removed they are dried. They are then worked nj into an innumerable nmnbiu' of articles such as combs , knife-handles , toys , orna menial articles , etc. Tin : MAititow of the bones is frequently made into oi ! and when jierfumed makes a most excel lenl hair oil. It would hardly bo reeog ni/ed as the once \ital _ part of a beef bom when seen on the shining surface of t dude's head. Mvcu to seemingly usulos ! part as THE ( iAI.I. is not without value , for it figures ii commerce I ho same as every other parti ( In of the animal. Made into an artich of merchandise , it is used by artists whci painting on satin or a similar maloria whore it is desired that tlio oils of tin p.iint should not spread. It first pnmlei with ov gall the oils of the naint will uol extend beyond thu doaircd limit : ! . Ho .sides its use in tlio studio and the chcml cal labralory its excessive bitter taste has given to the world a very convenient lis- urative. expression "as bitter as gall. " from various parts of tin iiimal , such as tiie white fibrous tissues , he skin and serous membranes and car- ilago. Its almost universal use in some erin of food attests Us importance us an article of diet. m.m : s an impure variety of gelatine used in lie arts for uniting substances through ts adhesive qualities. The stroiige.-l glue s made from the parings of ox hides , vhich yield over.00 per cent. It is ob- . aincd much in the same manner and rom tlio same substances as gelatine , nit usually from tlio more refuse portions tions , as damaged hides and olhor tissues indergoing putrefaction. The horn of tlio ox contains enough gelatine to admit of its bcnis solicited by the. application of less hcit than is re quired for molting lead. The. material may then bo cut open with knives or shears , flattened into plates , divided into lialves and finally struck between dies like metal. Thn first slop in Uio treatment is to separate the bony core. For this pur pose it is macerated several weeks in water , causing the lining membrane to putrefy so that the core will fall out. Tlio solid tips of the bone is sawed elf and reserved for the handles ot knives , um brellas , utc. , and for buttons. The pieces unless intended for horn cups or similar objects , are then split open and spread out lint. After being pressed and smoothed out it is ready to be worked up. It can bo colored any desirable hue as is frequently done in the manufacture of buttons. Verv handsome and costly chair frames are made from horns hignly polished , also hat racks , hanging baskets , brush broom cases and other fancy arti cles. The hoofs after being subjected tea a similar polishing process are also made into very unique and quaint ornaments , such as pin eiishms , etc. At last after every tissue and bone that can bo ntalix.ed as a separate commercial product hus been nsL'd , THE HKl'l'si : MATTUIl of all kinds is gathered together , nil the fat carefully tried and pressed out and tlio remainder converted into fertilizers , to replenish the worn out ami exhausted portions of the soil. As the country becomes - comes older and the soil more exhausted from over production ot crops , there is nn ever incrcaning demand for some res torative asront , which fact renders this article more mat kolablo every year. It is impossible in a brief sketch like the present to mention all or oven hnlf of tlie wants which our domestic cattle are made to fill , even if it were possible il would not bo of interest lo the general reader , as Mich a list would road more like an unabridged dictionary than a ifowspanc.r article. All that has been at tempted is to call attention lo a very few of tlio most important products of thu ox and HOIHU of the articles manufac tured from them. As wn have scon he has furnished delicious sleakb and lomlei roasts , that have graced the tables of Ihe wealthy an well as the more Immhk boards of the laboring man. He hue figured in the shoe store and on thn farm ; m Ihe balh room and on the toilet ( able ) lie has been made Into gclatmo , oil and fnrtiii/.er and into buttons , combs knife handles and pin cushins , hat racks , chairs and what notv In fact he has boon made to subserve half the wants of eivl /.eel man and has therefore played qulti an important ael iu the world s history A. ( J. D.xvKsroiiT. Tried Hard to ( let Her. Chicago Graphic : A telegraph opera tor in Milwaukee was one day trying U call up an oftico iu a small town in UK interior of Ihe state , where the instru ment was presided over by a woman , lie was about giving up in dispair , who an operator in another small town a fo\\ miles distant from the lirst licked out liu query : "What in heaven's name do yoi waul ? " "I waul Mis * Hrown ut Hurg yille. " replied Ilia Milwaukee man ; " have been trying to gel her for the las half hour. " "That nothing , " came tin ' ' ' follow clerkhif reply'there's ; n young in ailry goods Atom there who has bcei trying for tholasl three years , and ho ha nol succeeded yet. Du not get discour aged. " PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS , General Brisbiu Eovisits His Old Homo District. OLD WILMOTS' POLITICS MIXED. Pennsylvania Ufattcrs Discussed Governor Ilcavei-'H Qlinnces IJad Conduct of the PisiIilbH The Great , Neb. , Sept. HO. [ Cor respondence of the Bisui ] When i was down in Pennsylvania a tow days ago , pulling 1113- boy in the state college , ! met a good many old chums who I had not seen for years. Most of them had grown quite gray , ami some very seedy. The more lucky ones were engaged in business ami polities'but I found both occupations quite different from what they were when I used lo live in Penn sylvania. Business was extremely dull , and Ihcre was a democratic administra tion at llarrisburg. 1 asked my politi cally inclined friends what was the mat ter with tlio old machine that they should lot a democratic governor get in , and they said things wore not as they used to were. On the very night I arrived at homo in Bellefontc 1 found my old schoolfellow follow ami fellow-townsman , James A. Beaver , returning from California , and si monster reception had been prepared for him. I was kindly asked to join in the procession , bnl I said 1 had been running so long out in Nebraska with Church Ilowc , General Thayer , Valentino and a lot of fellows who knew nothing about politics that I had forgotten what little 1 did know nnd would sltty out of the pro cession. Five thousand people met Beaver at the depot , and ho was hauled up town in great state behind -six beauti ful grey horses , all decked out m plumes. As ho went up town feeling so great fame misty democrat yelled out : "That's right , haul him along with six horse * , but , diimn him , wo will scud him back afoot after the election. " I thought it right mean in this democrat to so point edly remind B.'avor of the lust campaign , for they received him just so orco before mid sure enough Pnttison , sent him home afoot in November. Heaver made his speech in the diamond of the town where old Davy Wilmot , Judge Hale , Sam Houston , Judge Biirnside.s , James Bu chanan. William Bigler , Wm. F. Packer , A. (5. ( Cnrlin and u host of great men used to hold forth to thu people of Ihe town. 1 thought the expi'c'laiit gover nor's pccoli was n lilllo llyt. but perhaps ho was tired with his long journey , and 1 was thinking lee inuch of the grotl dead who had held forth Ihoro when 1 was a boy. Beaver spoke nicely of the west and the Pennsylvaiihms he hud mot abroad who resided in the great west , llo said they were- foremost in every enter prise , and hold justly In high esteem by the people of the prairie stales , I ap plauded this pnrl of his speech loudly and long. Beaver said Iho territory ol Washington was tlic Pennsylvania of the west. Ho had boon astonished at the greatness and capacity of the west , and looked lo it as Iho seal of tlic future power ami woullh of ( his great country. 1 used to know ( inneiuu Beaver well when I was a boy and went to school with him in Stone Valley. We lived to get her in the same little town before the war , and went into Iho service about Iho same time. James BJavcr was always u goodoy goodey liltloj fellow , and never would play truant , slip oil fishing , play cards or take a drink with Iho rest of Ihe bud follows , When Jim was lugging around his bible and going lo Sunday snliool regularly. 1 nm sorry lo say , George Heal , John Kcalley and a lot mort ) of us were carrying bibles witli only lifty-two paguo and hsh'ng for gud geons iu Spring Creek on Sundays. Wti never could bo irood altogether liki Heaver , bul somehgw we gel Ihcre al ways while Heaver jol left by Iho good people of Pennsylvania. I know it w raise : i blush of indignation on Colonel Keatluy'sand Hon. George Hoal's cheeks over in Iowa when 1 toll them that Heaver , after having boon a good tem perance man all his life , has boon thrown overboard by-the prohibitionists of Penn sylvania , and they have nominated a can didate of their own in Charlie Wolf , ot Lcwisburg , Pennsylvania. Why do the people do such things ? Wolf is not half as good a temperance man as Heaver , ami the prohibitionists know it. To de prive n man of his beer all his life that lie might bo a temperance man and then when he wants to run for governor sis a temperance man , tell him ho is not good enough for them , scorns to me darned mean , and I told some of the prohibition ists so whim I was in Pennsylvania. I do not believe they would have treated mo or John Kcatley or George Heal so if we had been running , although wo did not always keep straight or go "to Sunday school every Sunday when we were young as Heaver did. I felt pretty mad at the treatment of Heaver by the prohibitionists of Pennsyl vania , for it is wholly undeserved. What i.s the use of a man being good all his days , lugging a bible about , attending Sunday school and making temperance speeches if the Sunday school people and temperance people 'are going to vote against him the lir.st time he wants an ollicoV Such .suckers disgust a square man with politics. 1 should like to see Heaver elected , but the way they arc nt- ting it up on him in Pennsylvania , ho is going to have a hard road to travel , and ho may not got there sit all If I were him 1 vyould throw the whole crown of prohibitionists over and come out for Idgli license. Prohibition is a humbug , anyway , and does not prohibit. High liccn o is the real way to control the liquor traffic , and 1 think will commend itself mo * ! favorably to the .seiiiible men of all parlies. The governorship of Pennsylvania i.s a nice office. The governor gets § 10,0 0 a year , a fine mansion to live in , .servants , carriages and horses , all at the expense of the stjito. To be goyunmr of New York or Pennsylvania is emphatically a treed .situation for a young man like Heaver , and I hope he will get it. II .s opponent , Colonel Black , aon of the great old Jero Black , is u line man , and lit not only to bet governor , but would like Hill of New York , make a piv > idenl on a pinch. The shite of Pennsylvania ought to bo republican by about i ! . " > , ( )0 ) ; ) majority , but you never can lell how many democrats are in the hole until you get them all out ; tlnsy are like hornets in a nest , thorn may bo only one hornei or n whole nc.st full , and nobody know.s until the nc.st is shaken. I do nol want lo .see Heaver beaten , but he is such a good man I fear he may die young. A rusty rolieksoni" Imdgp.r like Black often wins the nice against the truly good and pious of thU world. It is sad but it is true. true.My old friend , Andrew G.Curlin.seems to bo done witii politics , He declined si rcnoniination for congress in advance this year , ami this timol think moans it. .Some said ho expected lo be nominated for governor when ho declined for con- gross.bul I don't think so. Governor Cur- tin is an old man. and has been in public life for the last thirty years. Ho has been n very eminent man - governor of hi.s state , minister to Kusiiti , and in congress for u long time , llo is no doubt sincere in his desire to rest from political honors , but William Wallace ami aimoii Cam eron will never believe him. Mr. Cam eron is slill hah ) ami heartv although over SH years old. I used to train under old Simon in Iho fifties , and think him the most remarkable politician our coun try has ever produced. Do you know that Church Howe always somehow re mind * mo of Simon Cameron both iu hi- melhoiN , his ways and looks. Perhap' this may boa very intero-ling statement and funiHli food for reflection for fconu people. Jerusalem ! if Church Howi should turn out to be a Simon Cameron in Nebraska , where would the HIB : come outV" Of Iho oilier fellows in IVnnsylvanir ' lee numerous to mention. " us the oh voudue. advertisements used to ay. Win 1) . Kelley ( Pig Ivoiu , Harry iilnglnun Charles O'Noil , S tin Randal ! and the oh crowd are nearly all re-nominaled , an on hand as usual , and of course will hi re-elected in thi-ir respective dislrietn There will bo little change , I think , n the next congress in the IVnnsylvani : delegation. It is a gooil one and com posed of eminent men , both democrat. ' and republicans It is likely , however , Wallace will go in Curlin's place if Cur- tin stays out. I found Nebraska quite well known U ; Peniisylvaniaiis , my own letters home nnd those of the Hev. Mr. Hughitt ol Fremont having been widely road by tin : people of Iho state , lion Grey Meek told mo Mr. Ilnghiu's letters wore inv mcnscly popular and every one of them published brought hosts of inquiries about Nebraska to the Watchman ollicc , My old paper was loaded down with let ters from people who wanted to come It Nebraska and desired to know which was the best county in the state to settle in , I told them just to say to come lo .my part of Nebraska and settle , and they would find it almost ns pleasant n place to live in as heaven , until they could got inlo Ihe real place. JAMHS S. HIIHISIN. IndiiHtrlnl Education , From " 'flic Children's KxlnbUion , " by Charles Barnard , in St. Nicholas for October : There is a now kind of school and there arc now lessons and now teach ers coming. Books we must have. To learn we must read. Hut wo may read all about boats , and yet wo can never learn to sail a boat till wo take Iho tiller in hand and trim the sail before the broc/.e , The book will help wonderfully in lolling us the names of things in the lioat and , it wo have read about sailing , we shall more quickly learn to sail ; bill we certainly tainly never shall learu till we are inn real boat. We can read in n hook how to turn ii heul in knitting , and may com mit to memory whole rules about "throw ing oil1 two and purl four , " ami all the ro.si ; yet , wheie is the girl who can learn to kntl without having the needles 111 hoi hands ? ' 1 his then is the idea of the now s hoob to Use the hands as well sis Iho eyes , Boys and girls who go to the ordinary schools , where only books are used , will graduate knowing a great deal ; lint a bo\ who goes to one of these new school whore , Dosides the books , there are pen eils and tools , work-hunches as well at writing-books will know more. The olhei boys and girls may forget more than lull they read , but lie will remember every thing he learned at the drawing-tablo 01 tit the work-bench , NO long as ho lives He will also remember mure of thai which he roads because his work with hii hands helps him to understand what IK reads. I romonibor long agn a toar-stainei book of tables of weights and measures and a teacher's impatience with a slupii child who eo ild not master tin "tables.1 Ami I have seen a sehoo where the tables were written on n blackboard thus : "two pints arn eqna lo ono quart , " and ono stand in tin school-room was a tin pint measure am a tin quart measure , and a box of dn .sand. Kvory happy youngster had : chance to till that pint with sand urn pour the sand in the qrart mca.snro. Tw < pints tilled it. Ho knew il. Did ho no see it , did not every boy try it ? Ah ! Nevi they know what il all meant. It was a plain as day that two pints of sand wen equal lo onu quart of sand ; and will merry smiles those Mx-ycar-old philoso pliers learned the tallies of measure ; am they will never forget them. This is , ii brief , what is meant by Industrial cdiiea tiou. To leaiTi by using the hands 1 < study from things as well as from books Tliis i.s Iho now school , tlioso are the nev lessons. The children who can sow , o design , or draw , or carve wood , or id .joiiioring work , or cast metals , or worl in clay and Inass , are the be.sl-odncalci children , because they use their hands n well as their eyes ami their brains. You may any that in such i-ehoul.s al the boys will become mechanics , and al tin ; girls become dressmaker. . Som may , many will not ; and yet wlmtovo they do , bo il preaching , keeping n stort or singing in concert * , "they will do thei work better than Ihosu who only-ii ad n buul.s. A ROMANCE OF THE CONCLAVE Brothers in Blood as Well ns Templars Re * nulled Alter Years of S. paration , INTEKESTING TO NCBIUSKANS. 1'atlictiiStnry HfsiiHInR from n Jttin * it way in ISfiU'-V ' Kiiiulty Sent- toted by Miqfnrtuiir Hunt * IIIE for a Lost Sister. St. Louis Globe IVmoerat A touching - ing scene , brought about by the Into tri ennial conclave of tinKnighN Templar , was witnessed at the reading room ot tinSt. . James hotel last Suiui'iy morning , one of tlwu ! meetings after jenrs of sop- cralion , which arc of frequent occur rence In Ik'tinn but rarely hfippnu lu real Ufi1. Such romam rs. u hi'u they do occur , touch a chord in the human liunrt that vlbrnU's with interest anil .sympathy. Aniiil thn hurry ntul excitement of tbo ofowiloil hotel it handsome young Sir Knight about ! ! 0 year of age , wearing ft badge of Mt. 'labor eonmmudry of Fremont , Nebraska , was seen to make his way up to one of the Mr Knights from Sacramento. Aoril luul scnrcoly been spoken beloro they embraced , nnrt those who overheard tliriu , knuw that they were brother. ) in blood tia well ns in their order. 'They had not scon cacli other since early childhood , wlion ono wn aliont four and the otlmr about s Y < m years of ago. It e.in be imagined with what feeling the stood laeo io tacc , uftor twenty-seven years of soperation , during whieh tlnm no tidings had ever pusson between them. 'I'heir Morj is an Inter esting one. uisroitv or A ui NAWAV. In 1S.V. ) W. 15 Miller was a small boy , working on a tarni not fur from Si. Louis with a family named Hoke. When old farmer Hoke died , his family resolved to emigrate to California , and the little- boy Willie was urged to go with them , Out knowing that his parents would not give their consent , he kept the seeret to him self. Thu day before leaving bo visited his mother , who suspected nothing * t t' ' o hoy's intentions , ami told tier hit would only iieeompiinv the HoUcs as fur as Jit. Charles and then leturn to her. Hut years passed mid she never envf him in. The year of 18 , " ) ! ) was a terrible 1 for people crossing the plains. The tragedy of Pike's Peak and other Indian massacres occurred in that year. But. although subjected to many dangers ami hardships , the entire train of twoi'.l3'-livu persons arrived safely in lolc.connty&u- ramento valley , in September. Hero th little fellow remained until spring , when lie lelt the llokcs to go out herding cat- tie. He .soon grow tire.d of thnt kind of life , and worked for several years at dil- ferent kinds of employment. In ItflMm \ determined to settle down to a trade , and found employment with George JJ. Smith. a jeweler at Oroille.Hutto county , Cal. lie remained with Mr. Smith , work ing faithfully , until hr Imd mustered iho business , when he left for Grass Valley , where lui con tinned woruing at his trade until 1W > 7. From there lie removed to Sacramento. l < or about lifleen inontlis ho tried his luck at filling various posi tions on railroads , but lit the end of that time hu went , back to Sacramento , wliorw he returned to the jewelry business with ( iU old employer. In 1SOS he started up for himself , and lias been in business oviir since. Ilis pn sonl establishment is at ( i'iH.I . , triet ! , Sacramento. Air. Miller is the. eminent commander of Sacramento eommandory. bi\Kcitix : < j roi : m * III.ATIVIS. ; : During all of these years , from thu time hi ; ran away Iroiu homo , he hsid never heard a single word from hU mother or her family , though he ftx- huusted every mcuns'of acquiring ne > . ' ' His having' done so at hitit cnnMt about in an equally inlore.sting nnvnndr. Last month he received a. copy "of tlio con- chive souvenir book , issued by Mr. J. O. Bioomlield , of this city. The name of Bloomlield made an impression upou him , front the fact that ho remembered thill his father had been employed by a firm with such a name , or onu very siun lar , and one of the liltlo Blooinlields had been hi.s playmate. Hu wrote at once l-o Air. Bloomllcld making inquirrics about. tlic matter , but that gentleman wus not the one for whom he was scarcliing , unil could toll him nothing. Ho , however , sent the loiter to J , W. Blooml'icld- ! sales man for the Valley Distilling company , of this city , who remembered the Millers , bnl . .could furnish no addresses. Air. liroomfleld , however , conaulted witli Silas liencdiet , in tlio firo-alarm olllcc , who has ajso known the hrothor.-feus bens in St. Louis , and was roferied to Mr. .James Murray , secretary of the Union Alutual Insuriince comany ] , of this cltf. ; Tim gentleman supjilied a younger brother's adilress , Norlollc , Mob. Letters wens immediately exchanged between the two brothers , when for the first time the California brother Icaraod of the death of his parents and ono offals brothers , lint of bis sister Joniito tub could secure no tidings. His brother Komi : could tell him nothing about her save that she had left St. Louis for Now Orleans in 18io ; in company with her father , who died in a .short time after ward , and she had never been hnnrd from since. Thn two broth nr arc' rtdw" ' very anxious to ascertain the where abouts of their sister , if shi' bo still liv ing , and if dead some reliable inform'n- tion conceining uer. Thulr mother , who married after the death of her lirst linn- band , died in 18iM ( , leaving two boys by her second marriage , ilamus and Thnrs- ton Wishart. TIIIvorNnr.it : ui : < rnii'.ii The career of Koine , thu younger brother , is also a story of pluck and hard work , in which he hin : come out SUOUOBR- till. At tin ) limeof hU mother's death ho was twelve years of ago. I- rom then until his nineteenth year ho supported himself by various kinds of work. Hu then went west. After his months' stay in Sioux Cil.y , la. , ho took up ii homcstimd In Dn- kola , which he still ownns. lie after wards removed to JsYbra-ha , where 1m married mid engaged In i he fancy grocery business at Fremont. Tln-ro , through UHI inlluenceof prominent railroad men , 1m was given charge of the railroad hotel.of which ho Is now the proprietor. The two brothers , who crest ill stopping at the St. .lames , have made arrange ments to erect a tombstone over the graves of their mother and brother , Hubert , who died in Leadville , ( 'ol. , both of whom were buried in Hclltsfontaino cemetery. Itonui said to a ( ilobn'lomn- oral reporter last night that ho recognised * liis brother at lirst glance from the grrnt resDinblanco to the dead Itoliurt , They will spend hiimo lime ttignther in Nebraska - braska to make up for ihcir long sopnrH- tion. A "MoMiliitr In 'I'ho < ; ! orloiiH Climate. San Francisco Chronicle ; "fJooil morning - ing , Hridgct. " " ( Seed morning , miss. It's a very o ) < > aginoiH morning lids morning , iniKS , " "What did you ftiyy" "It's a terrible oleaginous morning. mi.-.s. " "Where did yon get 'olcagluutiH,1 1'rld- get ? " "Sure , an' AJickacl told im > lusi night. Ho'a great reader , hi Michael , find lift say.-i ho got it out of the ' .Sumtlio Pe.Urn.1 ' The cneycjopedht has at li l got a pro ? nouncoable name. During whiter the blood gets thick nuu sluggish , now IH the ( Inm to purify il. tc biild ; Hi ) your sysl.iiiillna lit vouvsolf for bar ! w.rk. by IIKII ! : ; Dr. , J. Jl. MeL-.nu'i . - , , Hloo-l