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10 THE OMAJIA DAILY BEEfASATURpAY , SEiri'JEMfcER 8 ,
MODERN WOODMEN OFAMERICA
An Able Address Delivered by tbo Head
Banker of tbo OrJer ,
NOBILITY OF ITS AIMS AND PURPOSES
I'onnded on Mutual Protection Co-opcm-
tlvn Iruuranrn Onn ot II ) MotliotU
jlutr t Krvry .Mnn lo Blilold
Ilia I'uinlly Affiilnit I'oTcrty.
Mr D. C. Zlnk , head banker of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America , recently delivered
'the following able address. It will be read
with Intercut by the thousands of Woodmen
In thli section :
Mr Chairman , Ladles and Gentlemen ,
Koyal Neighbors and Members of the Mod
ern Woodmen It Is with r.leascne that I
have the privilege of standing here , under
the boughs of this wooded forest , and address-
Inff you upon Iho subject of "Fraternal In
surance , " In behalf of the Woodmen'of the
entire" jurisdiction !
The objects of the Modern Woodmen of
America are : To promote tcuo neighborly
regard and fraternal love ; to bestow substan
tial benefit upon the Mldow * , orphans , heirs ,
relatives and devisees of deceased members ;
lo care for the alck and Indigent members ,
and to comfort tha sick by neighborly minis
tration In times of sorrow and distress.
From the morning time on earth to the
present time men , true men , hare felt that
they needed the help of others , and In some
way there came up a something within their
hearts which proclaimed to them that the
highest typo of pleasure was only attainable
in proving themselves helpful to others , In
the natural f > orM the one la dependent upon
the many for the lilghest frultfulncss and
greatest good. One stock ot corn or one
blade of wheat , standing all alone- will not
bear fruit , for each by nature's laws Is made
dependant upon the other. This inborn prin
ciple of ono to another ot helpfulness In man
has , through the centuries which have come
and gone , assumed many forms , and at no
time In the history of the world has that
ditty been so universally acknowledged and
carried out as in the Modern Woodmen of
America. Almost countless hundreds of
homes In our broad land have been com
forted , helped , cheered and protected through
our Instrumentality , and at least 110.000 of
our citizens have Implicit and justifiable
faith , entrusting Interests most : sacred to
them
It la no unjust criticism to say tint
co-operative insurance upon the lodge plan Is
p yet In UB crude state. To take any other
I position would b ; to adorn the originators ,
promoters and lawmakers of tbo different
fraternal societies with Infinite wisdom from
I- - the beginning , which I trust no one will
k. claim. One of the most useful instruments
. of husbandry , the Instrument that lies at
the foundation of all agriculture , but a few
centuries ago was but n rude Instrument
made of wood , performing but little service to
tha Imstnndman. Now it Is brought to a
high state of perfection , built , of iron for
suine soils , of Eteel for others , built singly
and In gangs , until , on the prairies of the
west , where labor is high , ono man with
four horses can easily plow sit acres per
day. So it is In every Industrial art , all
Instruments were crude at first , but , with
Increasing Intelligence and experience , de
mands for the better and more perfect ma
chinery , Improvement after Improvement
has been added , until the last creation la as
a mountain compared with a mole hill In
utility , structure and beauty. Compare , If
you please , the printing press used by
Franklin with any of tha modern presses
used in printing the metropolitan dallies ot
today to be convinced. If this Is the time
for Industrial machinery. Is U not likely
that these same elements of crudity would
nter Into the Incipient conceptions and en
actments of societies that we liave the honor
to represent ? In my Judgment , such Is the
condition of these societies today. And one
of the most Important questions crowding for
solution Is how to Increase * our numerical
growth without Increasing our mortality
rate or death rate above the Increase In
membership. In the Modern Woodmen of
America wo have Increased In membership
beyond apprehension for the last three years ,
mul today wo number three times that of
three years ago , tha death rate not having
increased beyond that of three years ago.
This simply shows that wo have been very
careful In selecting our members. Wo have
Increased In number and in strength , so
that now wo are a mighty band for the
protection ot one another's families. As the
years go by and each year wo learn lessons
and profit by the past , wo become moro
firmly anchored In the hearts of the people.
And never has there been a day that the
fraternal orders had so strong a hold upon
the confidence and good judgment of the
members as today. We can look back with
pride upon the path over which we liavo
traveled.
I do not know that history records any
Inslnnco of so marvelous a development of a
charitable , or human , or social principle , so
far-reaching In Its effects , as that embodied
lu the constitution of the Modern Woodmen
of America. Citizens divided In Interests ,
in politics , separated by locality , In every
tenet of religion , and In every shade of pub
lic affairs , unknown , to each other , when en
listed under the shade of the white banner of
charity and drawn to each other by bonds
of fraternity , bccomo brothers In spirit and
In deed , giving of their substance as well
as of their sympathy to those upon whom
want has fallen and upon tvhose pathway
the shadow of misfortune Is resting.
SOUIICB OF THE. OHDBH.
The Modern \\rooilnien began In darkness ,
but evermore our paths have been tending
toward the light. We began in Ignorance ,
wo have learned wisdom by sharp and profit
able experience. Wo have no place upon the
statute book on in the decisions of the
courts , No more had we any recognized
position among the varied social forces
which surrounded and controlled mankind.
Courts looked upon us with disparagement ,
legislatures with suspicion , and society as
the latest Utopian experiment devised by
idealists , perchance to live , nnd living to die.
thus mirklnc one more of the failures of
enthusiastic and unwise men whoso hearts
felt more grandly than their eyes were per
mitted to see wisely. Hut by patience
and Intelligence , steadfastly continuing In
good works , all this has now been changed ,
Old principles of Jurisprudence have been
adapted to this modern beneficiary organiza
tion , and the judicial conception of fraternal
beneficiary -work Is fast crystallzlng Into
permanent form , and It Is hailed
with pleasure that as our works are
becoming better known among ; men , and as
from time to time judge * , some of whom
have been members ot the fraternal benefit
goclellcs and have become acquainted per
sonally with our alms and objects , have de
clared those purposes from the bench.
Judicial utterance has tended to confirm us
In. our wurk and to recognize and declare
the many Important distinctions which exist
between fraternal benefit societies and busi
ness insurance corporations. One after an
other the legislatures of the different states ,
when asKed by the Modern Woodmen of
America , have written upon their statute
books laws which are a safeguard to our
people and a recognition of us as well , and
aha a protection to all of our people. And
tha great hearts ot the masses of our fellow
citizens are every year becoming more and
more moved w Itlr wonder and approval as
we manifest protection to ths nineteenth
century ot civilization.
Our existence IB no accident , nor la it any
mere Invention of man. In God's great plan
for ( he uplifting of mankind through the
age * lo the splendor of human perfection
there arc no accidents. This society la rather
the natural outgrowth of this century , and It
burst forth because tha tlma was ripe for it ,
Never before , under Ihe social and politi
cal conditions existing , would It have been
possible to have united the men of the differ
ent sections ot our broad land Into ono
common society , whose foundation stone Is
practical fraternity. Stirred by prejudice
und by nsstlon , separated by distance and
natural obstacles , not always having kindly
Mympathy one with another , but sometlmea
rather moved to halt than la love , today ,
lifter llttlo more than twenty-five yean , at
laait one In forty ot all the population of
our country , Including men , women and chil
dren , are membora of some one or more of
the bincflcUry societies , and at least one In
ten are their beneficiaries. Should one aak
fa * whether lucu & jilau as theio nociatlua
are built upon was liable to endure , my an-
Rwcr would bo 'Nothing. In this gener.i-
tlon can fall that meet * BO perfectly the com
mon wnnts ol a common pcopK"
We come Into sharp competition with Ihe
old line Insurance companies. We come
Into competition with the open asa'ssment
nisoclntlo-ns , which have taken In part of
our plan but have left our substance. We
come Into competition with ordcm which
claim to be allied to us , but have neither
our form nor substance. We come into com
petition with rimi who say wo will soon p.\ss
nway and the norld will know us no more.
In fact , we come Into competition with all
classes ol peopl , societies , find all kinds of
Insurance. Hut America la our field , novcr
to bo successfully Invaded by any competitor ,
for It Is our own so long ns the narfare we
wage Is only for the widow and orphan , and
rot to promote selfish , temporal Interest *
For benevolence nnd not gain Is our corner
stone , and this grand building of fratcr-
mlltm shall stand Immortal , eternal and
forever. Let us aland steadfast and cirry
out the alms and purposes originally planted
In our society , extending the right hand nf
fellowship to those who wish this'protection
for their widow and orphans , und thereby
plact- them upon the foundation of fraternity.
ITS IMPKHATIVB MOTIVE.
The most exalted form of fraternal benev
olence Is that exemplified by men who gather
round a common altar and take upon them
selves a sacred ran , to be faithful unto death
to the lovHl ones , lo care for the sick , to
comfort the widow , to lift up the orphan , re
lieve them -nhen depressed , and never make
even the form of fraternity a pretense for
personal gain.
I sland hero to tell you that the "Wood
men" In one form or another existed ccn-
turloa before HIP OolJeu Fleece or the Roman
Hagl * was dreamed of ; that the orders of the
Star and Garter , the lied Cross , anil the
legion of Honor are things of yesterday ns
compared with them. Far back In the dim
and misty ages , before the creatures were
born , before the first stones were laid In the
eternal city , In regions unlike those wo see
round about us , where snow crowned peaks
stand Riiart' like sentinels , where babbling
brooks and murmuring rills discoursed soft
music to tha nodding pines , the first camp ot
Woodmen was organized. With the ax they
cleared the forest , with the- wedge they
opened up the secret resources of nature , and
with the beadle they battered down the op
position of unworthy tribes that sought to bar
their prosress. So , my friends , \\r , as Mod
ern Woodmen of America , have the same
ax , bcadlo nnd wedge , and wo are destroying
the abiding places of poverty , as they did
the wild bcnsls , BO that the blooming roses
of happlncja , the waving grain of plenty ,
the towing herds of sympathy , the rumbling
machinery of Industry , and the stately cities
of the home of the beneficiaries arc thus
maintained and protected.
_ Then you cannot say you have no "special
motive , " No special motive ? See n motive In
that wife whom you look from loving parents
and a comfortable home , and at the altar In
the presence of the Almighty God you prom
ised to provide for. Answer to your con
science vhetlier she would bo provided far
If you were to die at this time. What would
she have to pay that Incumbrance that is
on your home ? What would she have to
clothe those children ? Were It possible for
you to make her situation comfortable , then
you would not be under obligation to do It.
Hut you can do It , and It Is offered you by
the Modem Woodmen of America ,
so the obligation holds you and
you are In duly bound to do It.
Itcslde this cast your eye upon the face of
that promising boy and that lovely daughter.
No special motive ? Head It there ! Do you
love them ? Yes , I dare say more than life.
Well , then , peril not their comfort. Leave
them not exposed lo pitiless poverty and Its
attendant temptations and crimes and upon
the charity of the cold , cold world. No
special motive ? Ah ! Imagine your precious
loved ones driven from their comfortable
home and scattered like sheep upon the
mountain without a shepherd. Why ? He-
cause you left them without the benefits of
a life insurance policy In the Modern Wood
men of America. Your wife begging , your
children paupers. Is not the love for your
family a sufficient motive ? What man has
not felt the gush and thrill of joy when , after
time and distance have separated him from
the loved ones at home , he turns hla face
once moro toward that hallovyed spot , and
tlio blood runs cold through his veins to know
that his dear ones are not-cared , for ? There
N no place like home , home , sweet home
It Is for the protection of this home , this
retreat Is made , from the stings and sorrow
of this world , our noble order has been ,
founded. It was founded to protect and
shield , through whose massive covering no
dart or missile of the enemy can penetrate.
It was founded to keep the tire burning In
the home ot the widow and fatherless. It
Is the union of the many to remedy the mis
fortune of the few.
My friend , what excuse have you for not
providing for your family ? Let the matter
be closed at once. Now is the time. For
sudden disability may place the boon beyond
your reach , and no matter how bad you
wanted life Insurance you could not get it.
Thus , compc-HInK you lIKe many others who
have lamented their foolish delay to exclaim
too latet too late 'Tls lllco pardon after exe
cution. _
> M/M/KK I'OtKUXKJt THE MRI.ON8.
Killed Throe Tlilovo * nnd VFnH Shot by the
Kntlicr of OIIH of the Victims.
MAGNOLIA , Ark. , Sept. 7. A sensational
tragedy occurred near Kalssvllle , La. , a
small town across the state line. Clinton
Thomas , a farmer , has a flno melon crop
which has been a perfect feast to the boys
In the neighborhood. The raids of the boys
became so frequent that the old man de
cided to put a stop to the depredations. He
put poison In some of the finest melons and
awaited results. The next morning his son
Felix , George Bridges , a neighbor's son , and
a man named Jacob Mulr were found dead
In the patch. The neighbor whoso son was
among the victims waa the first to discover
the dead bodies and called Thomas to show
him the corpses.- When Bridges learned that
Thomas had poisoned the melons and caused
the death of his son he drew a rovolvcr and
shot him dead In .his tracks. The murderer
escaped.
KTLLK1 > TWO OF T1IK3I.
Man'ft Ilrutullty in Hit Wlfo l.o.uu to n
I'lclit with Her HrntliDM.
NACOQDOCHES , Te.x. , Sept. 7. One man
dead and two mortally wounded Is the scqjel
to a family row eight miles east of here.
Henry Watson married a Miss Summers , and
his treatment of his wife was so brutal that
her family remonstrated. Ho sent word to
his father-in-law ( hat he was eotrig to kill
him. Two sons remained at the liousa to
protect the old gentleman , while Jctso. and
Joe Summers went to Watson's and began
reasoning- with him. but ho drew his knife ,
disemboweled Jesse , and began hacking him
to pieces. Joe Summers put six bullets In
Watson , but not before he had been fatally
stabbed In tha region ot the heart. Watsjn
la dead and tliero U no hope for the Sum
mers bays. _
-trlllltlnl rrcilmn ntoncs.
Artificial pearls and rubles are now made
with such bkllt as to deceive experts and
Introduce confusing conditions Uito the com
merce of thfse costly and precl.us orna
ments. The diamond Is also producal by
aitlflclal means , but so far only ot small
size , though experimenters look forward
to the production ot Kohlnoora , Itigenls
and Oloffa which cannot bo distinguished
from the Kllttcnng and prlcel.'ss treasures
recovered from the nil no. The trophies ol
art In the modern period are Indeed miracu
lous , working revolutions in all things , mak
ing the wonder ct yetttrJay the commonplace
ot today , turning eld Rlcrlcs Into dreams
nnd old hlsUrlc jewels like those which
burned an the breastplate ot the high priest
or encircled the pontifical miter of the king's
crown Into pebbles and unregarded IrlnUelry.
That state of thing ! has not yet come about ,
but It oecms. to be on the way , and may
bring with It now social decrees and usages
In the matter of ornament and Introduce a
new scale ct price * In the jewel trade ,
J-'rorpil the Hcllclous litud < TJ.
UBNVRR , Sept. 7. Illshops , elders , secre
taries , edltora and ministers of the Metho
dist church received today a vjry pointed
letter from Rev. F , F Pasnoro of George
town , -nho creaud a stir In Denver last
summer by denouncing the soup nous * char
ity His letter U full of cutting languages
and accuses tha bishops , ministers and Ur.tr
prominent members of the church of giving
countenance to saloon * , gambling iiuus-js ,
tltuaters and other alleged evlli.
TO ABATE THE SMOKE EVIL
flow Onulais EtoMtdhg in "iJontrjllijg"
Us ig Olilmeeyj.
EFFORTS TO ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE
Which Coma tlnilir tlio Han or
DIB Hnioko OrilluiUH'o nuil ict lluvo
nn Kmnc r < ir .Not
with JIM Trrnn.
1'or eighteen monllis past the city of
Oir.aha lia been the prouil possessor of an
oidlnanco Intended to put au end to tlic
nuisance created .by the dense clouds of
sn.oke that eternally ovcfhang the business
district of the city. The ordinance was duly
ulgrcd by tlio mayor nnil Incorporated Into
tha municipal Jurisprudence. Hut It lias
been rather an ornament than a live Issue.
tlio bituminous cloudu still pour from the
down-town chimneys and descend In grimy
folds on surrounding buildings. Their sooty
deposit continues to llnd Us way to the Im
maculate shirt bosom of the club man as
he saunters up Farnam street , and the
conglomerated murky mnsa still hovers o\er
the city until some passing breeze con
siderately pushes It off toward the bottoms.
The first ordinance designed to abate the
sinoko nuisance was passed and approved
In April , 1S03. It was. generally concluded
that It failed to fill the requirements and
In the following month It was repealed
and tha present law , known ns ordinance *
No. 3530 , was substituted. Since then some
spasmodic ettorta have been made to en
force Its provisions , but not with Haltering
success.
Mast of the large buildings have adopted
seme brand of smoke consumer , but In moat
Instances the allege. ! consumer has failed
to consume.Vhcn confronted with tlio
ordinance the owner mildly directs the at
tention of theolllcla ] to the apparatus In
liK basement anil blandly Inquires how
many smoke consumers ho must put In In
order to comply with the law. Usually this
Is the last of It , but tlio question has been
agitated considerably lately In offlclal circles
and within the past few days the building
Inrpector has sent out notices to the owners
of offending smoke stacks that the nuisance
must be abated and It Is declared that the
ordinance will he strictly enforced.
TBXT OK THE ORDINANCE.
Tlio present ordinance and the one under
which It Is proposed to bring the recalci
trants to tlrnn Is , In full , as follows :
OUDINANCE NO. 35IW.
An ordlnnco amending ordinance No , 3,510
declaring the emission of dense smolte
from chimneys nnd smokestacks of build
ings to be n nuisance , nnd providing a
penalty for the violation thereof , and re
pealing said oullnance No. 3.510.
He It ordained by the city council of the
city of Oinalm :
Section 1. That the emission of dense
pmokc from smokestacks or chimneys of
buildings -within the corporate limits of
this city shall be deemed nnd Is heieby de
clared to be a. public nuisance : provided ,
lhat this ordinance shall not be deemed
to apply to buildings used exclusively for
private residents.
Sec. 2. Tf.f proprietor , lessee or occu
pant of nny bullillng who shall , after the
expiration ot ninety days from the passage
of thlB ordinance , permit or allow dense
smoke to Issue or be emitted from smoke
stacks or chimneys of any building us
aforesaid shall be guilty of creating anil
maintaining a nuisance , and shall , upon
conviction of such offense , be fined a sum
not less than five ( > ) dollars nor more
than fifty ( $30) ) dollars for the first of
fense , and upon conviction of the second
offense shall be lined In a sum not less
than flfty ( fTiO ) dollars nor more than one
hundred ( $100) ) dollars , nnd for each subse
quent violation shall be fined In the sum
of one hundred ( $100) ) dollais.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Inspector
specter of buildings lo Inspect nnd to see
to enforcement of this ordinance , nnd
he shall file Information In the police court
atfalnst any and nil persons creating and
maintaining a nuisance us aforesaid.
Sec. 4. That ordinance No. 3,010 as here
tofore existing be and the same Is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take effect
and be In force from and after Its passage.
Passed Slay 1(5 ( , 1833.
JOHN CUIOVKS. City Clerk.
WILLIAM F. DECKEL ,
President City Council.
Approved May 19 , 1SU3.
GiOUGE P. BEMIS , Mayor.
As Indicated by section 3 , the entire re
sponsibility for the enforcement of the ordi
nance Is laid upon the Inspector cf build-
Ings. It Is his business to ascertain what
property owners arc complying with the
law and to bring the penalty to bear on
those who neglect such compliance. In
discussing the situation Building Inspector
Dovcrell said that the greatest difficulty
that ho encountered In the enforcement was
the fact that many owners of buildings had
put In a smoke consumer that had been
practically adopted by the city , and though
It was a complete failure , he doubted whether
ho could compel them to take It out as long
as the same apparatus was In use In the
city hall , and by passing the bill for Us
purchase over the mayor's veto the council
had practically announced tint It compiled
with the law and was sufficient for the re
quirements of the ordinance.
The apparatus referred to Is the Hutchln-
son smoke consumer , which was placed on
all of the four boilers In the city hall by W.
S. Hutchlnson of Chicago soon after the
passage of the ordinance. The contract In
this case provided that the consumer should
reach a certain standard nnd the bill of $600
was vetoed by the mayor on the ground that
the apparatus did. not accomplish what was
claimed for It by the Inventor and con
tractor. At that time the veto was sustained
but eventually Mr. Hutchlnson's claim was
recognized.
It transpired that the comptroller had
Given Mr. Hutchlnson hla warrant "without
the formality of having it signed by the-
mayor and the amount was paid at the city
treasurer's ofllce , the omission ot the signa
ture being accidentally overlooked. The bill
then came up In the council In the shape of a
resolution to reimburse the city treasurer.
The mayor vetoed It for the previous reasons ,
but this time the Item was passed over the
veto.
veto.The
The Paxton hotel pnd several other build
ings which are the most offensive smokers In
the city have put In this same consumer and
claim that It was recommended to them by
the city as sufficient In every respect to com
ply with the ordinance. Now that they have
done this they claim that they have done all
that can bo required of them and nothing fur
ther has been done In the matter.
IT IS A FAILURE.
According to Mr. Deverell the Hutchlnson
consumer Is a failure , lie says that on nu
merous occasions the consumers at the city
ball have been used for half a day and then
detached and even the Inventor could not
tell which half they were In operation , There
la but little smoke from the building , but this
U claimed to be duo to the fact that they
have an unusually skillful fireman more than
to nny merit of the apparatus.
"There la no question In my mind , " contin
ued Mr , De\ercll , "lhat there are consumers
on the market that will accomplish all that
Is claimed for them , nut when one official
haa recommended n certain consumer It Is
a difficult matter for his successor to order
p'ople to take It out. If the council had sus
tained the veto of the mayor on the HutchInson -
Inson matter there would have been no dim-
culty In getting effective consumers put into
most of the large buildings. Some of the re
plies to notices I have sent out indicate the
difficulty of doing much under the existing
circumstances. For Instance the Paxton hotel
people replied that they had put In tha ap
paratus recommended by the- city and asked
how many more I wanted them ID put In , "
A notice tent to the Mlllard hotel elicited
the following ;
OMAHA , Neb , , Sept. E , lS9i. George Dev
erell , Inspector of llulldlngs * Dear Sir
Yours of the 4th Inst. notifying me to abate
smoke nuisance nt Mlllard hotel received.
In reply I wish to htato that we have what
Is culled the Jarvla system of smoke con
sumer , and have hud It for poma tlmo and
It lias been favorably ramparcdwith other
smoke consumer * , recommended and put In
by the city a year ngo , and we have carv-
fully watc-hed und attended to U for the
past year , and there Is no more smoke
( milled from our chimney lhan there Is
from the chimneys of bulldlnga which arr >
equipped with other ( fjfleins of smoke con-
burners. Yours respectfully.
THOMAS 8WOHG ,
These are fair samples of the replies re
ceived by the depirtment to the notices
sant out. When asked hla opinion as to
the power of the Inspector to enforce the
onllnanco regardless cf what had been done
nt Ilia clly hitli City Attorney Connell said
that the lawltrtig supposed In apply to all
corporation * imf Indlvlduils allk ? nnd that
the fact that one neglected the law , whether
II was Uio city or n private Irdlvlduat. ex
cused no one rlxft It , as claimed , however ,
Ihoso t'iople 3ft-erb using the samp appar
atus which liftCGn ( ] ( tpprovcd and used by
tha city the city was In a rather weak p , l-
lion to prosecute them for failure to abate
the nulMtice. , .There w re many clrcum-
utancea wh clr infght bo taken Into consid
eration. The same apparatus tint worked
satisfactorily In one place m'ght bo a fall-
ura In anothirjn It might be Improperly
put In or U might net be adapted to the
slyle of boilers In use. In this case It was
not a questlcri of lite sort of consumer used ,
but whether It rfrcomplished what It wis In
tended for. His personal op.nton wag that
tha alleged smoke consumers were a fraud
from first Id last.
THE REAL BUFFALO DILL.
A Kiimmt Mtm Cln 1111 11 Prior Hen on tin-
i ' 11 tin.
There lives In Wichita , Kan. , tLc- man who
Is rightfully entitled to whatever fame and
honor belongs to the name of Buffalo lllll ,
says the Great Divide. William Malthewson
carried that title through twenty-flve years
active service"on our western plains
and mountains before the country
west ot the Mississippi waa Bottled
by the whites. Mr. Mattbewson Is a
hale and hearty veteran of CO , a quiet , unas
suming man , who since his "residence in
Wichita In 186S has been ono of Its mgst pub-
tic spirited und Influential citizens. In ap
pearance he Is not unlike the picture of the
typical Uncle Sum , With the exception ot a
pair ot eyes ot eagle keenness , ho U very un
like the popular Imprtss'on of the western
scoul , Indian trader and buffalo hunter. Ha
Is not at all given to talk of his exploits , but
careful and Interested questioning will thaw
htm out , and the listener will bo rewarded
by remlnlncences enough to fill a bok.
In answer to the writer's Inquiry , Mr.
Matthew son said : "No , I have never written
a word of my life for the public , although
there have been one or two short sketches in
the western no\\spap3rs. Uut as to writing
a history of my life , why , I should hardly
know where to begin. And why should I ?
The trials and hardships which I endured In
the earl > days were a part of the nccsssltles
ot pioneer times , which I shared in common
with the first settlers. It It has been my for
tune to risk my life , It has always been In
the endeavor to save human life and prop
erty , If I had thought of gaining any re
nown for the few good dods I was fortunate
enough to do , perhaps I might ifbt have ac
complished them. Hut tha frontier man. In
those days , was not thinking of making ma
terial for history or dime novels. He lived
face to face with actual peril , and was too
busy with the emergencies of the present to
care for the curiosity of the future. I did ,
however , fcr fifteen years , keep a diary of
my dally life , as I lived In connection with
Kit Carson and his party the two Maxwells ,
James and John Baker and Charles and John
Atterby. I had the record of all our adven
tures through the Hocky mountains , and the
country where Denver now stands ; of our-
gcttiug the Indians together to prevent them
raiding Into Mexico ; of my lifo with Colonel
St. Vrali % and Colonel Dent ; ot all the years
that I acted as Indian trader , nt the great
bend In the Arkansas rlvor , at Cow Creek
and at the post on the Little Arkansas , on
the old Santa Ife trail. I had several mem
orandum books that would ba priceless tome
mo now burnt when my ranch on Cow creek
was burned In ' 04 ,
"Did the Indians give mo the name cf
Buffalo Dill ? Oh , no , the white settlers gave
me that title ; not simply because I was a
great buffalo-hunter , but because they were
grateful to me for saving their lives during
a period ot great scarcity. It was this v.ny.
In I860 there waa a terrible drouth in Kan
sas , the crops .haying fulled entirely. I sup-
paso the people would have suffered some It
I hadn't been a hunter. There were plenty
cf Iniffab roan ] Ing the plains , but the In
dians were thick' and hostile , and the set
tlers unused to Indian warfare. 1 took a
wagon train and some men and set out to
the buffalo grounds , and from September
until February wo killed buffalo and sent
train after triln. to the famine-stricken people
ple of western Kansas. "
"How did William Cody happen to call
himself Buffalo 1JI11 ? "
"Well , you sec , Cody worked for me when
ha was a young fellow he Is only about -15
now. I reckon be had begun to read Indian
stories , and see how much was to be made
by that kind cf a reputation , and be was
always fond cf talk and show. I never was
any htntl to wear my hair long , and go
swaggering about the country blowing about
what I had done. I've had my hair pretty
long nt times , but always was glad to get It
cut , when I could get back to a place where
I could.
"Cody kncws he hss no real right to the
name , but If he wants to show off as a dime
novel hero I have no objections. I reckon
seeing BO many of those Indian lies has sort
of disgusted me with talking abut my ad
ventures , though I've had abcut as many
and thrill ng escapes as any of 'em can tell. "
Mr. Matthewsou Is ono of the best Indian
scouts employed by the government. He
has been Instrumental In managing several
important treaties with the Indians. In 1855
he was sent by th government to gather
together for a council the Klowa , Comanche ,
Apiclie , ArapaJoe and Cheyenne Indians.
A treaty cf peace was concluded In October ,
1865. Ho entered into a private treaty with
the chiefs of the different tribes. In which
they agreed to allow him to come and go
and trade amongst them , and .he agreeing
never lo take up arms tgalnst them again
This treaty was never broken , although Mr.
Mattheuaon has several times acted as me
diator between the government nnd the In
dians. In 1805 he pre-empted the quarter-
Bectloii of land on which his handsome resi
dence now stands , and built on It one of the
first houses in the town a log house , which
stands yet on the banks of Chlsholm creek.
nn object ot Interest to vlsltcrs who like to
hear of the famous Buffalo Dill.
Mr. Matthewson Is wealthy and lives in n
beautiful residence on Central avenue. He Is
a Mason , a Knight ot Pythias and an Odd
Fellow , having been grand master ot the
state fcr three years. He has the confidence
and esteem of his fellow-townsmen , as Wil
liam Statthewssn , and that Is more to him
than notoriety as Buffalo Dill.
TEA CULTURE IN AMERICA.
Hcgim Ninety Vrnrx Ago , It Him Advanced
to n I'romlslni ; hlngo ,
The cultivation of tea In the United States
was attempted first by the French botanist ,
Mictiaux. who. In ISO I , conducted a series ot
experiments In South Carolina. Slnco that
the climate In the neighborhood of Charles
ton has been generally regarded as favor
able , nnd the ultimate success of the experi
ment has not been unexpected. Until re
cently , however , the experiments have not ,
according lo the Montreal Herald , been alto
gether satisfactory. Little patches , In some
Instances large gardens , have produced tea
of fine flavor , though generally It has been
argued that this failure , in pungency Is largely
due to defective cutting and especially to In
adequate rolling of the lear , in consequence
ot which the cup qualities are not fully de
veloped , About ren years ago the national
Department of Agriculture undo the first
serious attempt to produce commercial tea
on a scale sufficiently large lo arrive at a
decisive- result ; and slnco lhat tlmo a con
siderable share of the cost of procuring tea
seed In Asia has been borne by the United
States goverrirrtenj.
The most recent experiment has bom en
couraging. The , experts of a firm of te.i
merchants in Ilaltlmoro have stated that
the tea grown on the Summervlllo estate
near Charleston U equal to English break
fast tea of the beat grade , and superior to
many Chinese and Indian grades. The
sample ? submitted were all of ono quality
and character. 'They were black , crisp and
well Bcentcd. They made a strong beverage
age- and this fact was stated to be due lo
ths treatment employed In thf processes of
fermenting und curing. Tha firm thinks
It highly probable that perfected methods ot
curing- the American product will give tea
similar to the various kinds that come from
Chlni and India ; and it Is freely propheited
that the American teas will ba shortly able
to enter Into effective competition ulth the
teas ol the ei t.
Opium SmiiEglrrM rupturrd ,
ST. CLAIH , Midi , Sept. 7. John J , Ja
cobs and John Green , said lo be member ) of
a Hang of smugglers with h-'adquarters at
Windsor , were arrested early this morning ,
The prisoners crossed tbo river In a row
boat with two trunks and about 003 pounds of
opium , and wore nabbed by detectives who
had be n lying In wait for them. The
opium was obtained from Toronto The ca'p-
ture U believed to be an important cue.
RAIN-MAKING DOWN TO DATE
Tbo Varlcin Artificial Methods of Prcdno'ng-
Ilaiu Considered ,
ARE BATTLES FOLLOWED BY RAIN ?
ltrllcf.4 lloxtrojril by 1'rnc
Tr t Itoinbarilliiff thn
by Kiplnslvi'x , rirci and ( in *
CltiHsril m a I'ako.
Ilon. J. It. Sage , director ot the Iowa
Weather bureau , contributes a second paper
to the Midland Monthly , In which he proves
how barren of results are the attempts to
produce rain by artificial means. Drouths
and floods , he writes , have been scourges of
mankind In all ages , and the resources of
human Ingenuity have been exhausted In
efforts to remedy nature's occasional ten
dency to extremes In the distribution ot
moisture , So tha question , "Can wr make
It rain ? " and its converse , "Canvie make It
dry up ? " antedate modern science nnd
civilization.
From the beginning there have been pro
fessional raln-innltera Hiid rain-stoppers , and
among baibarous people faith has been most
Implicit In their ability to cantiol the ele
ments , or to Influence the deities which pre
side over earth , sea nnd sky. The nnclrnt
"medicine men" seldom failed , for they
possessed the gift of continuance , nnd per
sisted In the performance ot their divina
tions , incantations or rain-dances until the
heavens were propitious.
In modern times , the aid ot troverrments
nnd Ecltnco has been Invoked to correct
nature's Irregularities , and , curiously , sim
ilar methods have been employed both to
break drouths and to avert desti'ictlre
storms ; an application possibly of the homeo
pathic principle , slinllla slnilllbtis curantur
that which makes It rain will euro excess.
Din and racket , beating tom-toms , bell ring
ing , concussions , explosions and making big
noises generally have been the agencies
used alternately to drive nuny storms and
to break drouths. And If wo may credit
contemporaneous reports they have been
ctii ) illy effective for both purposes.
Mr. It. de C. Wnrd ( Am. Met. Jour. ,
March , 1S92) ) states that In the memoirs of
llcnvcntuto Cellini there Is mention of the
fact that an Impending rnln storm was
averted In the year ] 53l > , on the occasion of
a procession In Home , by firing artillery In
the direction of the clouds , which had al
ready begun to drop their moisture. M.
Aiago , the eminent French astronomer ,
states that as early as 1709 It was the pr.ir
tlcu in certain towns In France to fire guns
to break up storms , but he expressed doubt
ns to the effectiveness of that method. There
have been numerous learned dissertations
published by the scientists of Europe , within
the last two centuries , relative to the pos
sibility of breaking the force of storms by
the use of explosives , and the question
seems to have bsen settled by a negative
conclusion
In this country In recent years the ques
tion has assumed the opposite form , and the
popular belief in the efficacy of explosives as
rain producers has stimulated scientific In-
quliy and led to some costly experiments
under government auspices. The buls ot
this theory Is the statement which large
numbers of people accept as true , that great
battles have been generally , If not In
variably , followed by storms.
This belief Is deeply rooted In the popu
lar mind , somewhat like the various no
tions held by many people In relation to
the effects of the moon's phases upon the
weather. And It appears to be a tradi
tional Idea , for the belief that battles cause
rain was prevalent before the Invention of
gunpowder.
Plutarch says : "It Is a matter of current
observation that extraordinary rains gen
erally fall after great battles ; " and he ac
counts for It on the supposition that the
vapors from blood steam forth and cause
precipitation , or that the gods mercifully
send rain to cleanse the earth from the stains
of warfare. Without doubt there was as
sound a basts for that theory in ancient as
In modern days , and rains followed battles
as closely before as since the Invention of
gunpowder.
A book entitled "War and the Weather , " by
Mr. ndwnrd Powers , published In 1871 , In
cited renewed discussion of this question ,
and was chiefly instrumental In bringing
about the recent ruin experiments , Mr.
Powers presents apparently strong proofs to
sustain his theory that explosions may pro
duce rain. He refers to about 209 battles of
our civil war which were followed by rain ,
and also to a number of campaigns and
sieges during which It was unusually wot.
The Intervals between the battles and tha
storms they are supposed to have produced
vary from a few hours to one or two days ;
but It rained , soon or late , after every one
of the notable 200 or more battles that fact
Is well established. Mr Powers concedes
that his facts do not absolutely sustain his
hypothesis , but he contends that the relation
ot cause nnd effect Is at least placed in the
realm of probability
It has been stated that there were over
2,000 battles fought in the late war that
are not Included In Mr. Powers' list of raln-
pro.luclng conflicts. If this Is correct , It Is
not at all singular that in so great a number
of battles , salutes , bombardments and simi
lar occasions of cannonading , there were
noted 200 Instances where rain closely fol
lowed the firing. We might Indeed mar
vel If the number were less.
The writer was in four of the battles
Included In the list of alleged btorm breed
ers , and has a vivid rernembrnnos of all the
scenes. Incidents and experiences of those
hard-fought conflicts. Having always been
something of a "weather crank , " the me
teorological conditions of those days ot ex
citement and exposure did not escape ob
servation. And It may be stated , as a con
clusion based on actual knowledge of the
matter , that there was no visible evidence of
any connection between those battles and
any subsequent rain storms.
The campaigns In Virginia and Maryland
during August and September , 18G2 , were
especially burdensome to the union army
because ot the great htat and Infrequency of
refreshing showers , albeit there was an
abundance of gunpowder burned. About the
mlddlo of September (10th ( to 18th ) there
were seven or eight days ot almost con
tinuous , flghtlng and cannonading at Harper's
Ferry. Turner's Gap , Grampian's Oap and
the Antletam , and yet In answer to the
soldiers' fervent prayers for rain to temper
the great heat there came but two light and
Insufficient showers during that campaign ,
In matter of fact , during the second decade
of September , 18C2 , that portion ot Mary
land did not receive Its normal amount ot
rain. It was exceptionally drouthy for that
section at that time ot the year.
In that portion of central Maryland and
northern Virginia where the Army ot the
Potomac marched and fought In August and
September , 18C2 , thu normal rainfall Is
about oiu Inch a week , and the average fre
quency of showers 1s one In three to three
and a hall days. The- boys In blue who
marched and countermarched under Pcpo
and McClellan through the heat and dust
ot that campaign , from Mnnassas to
Antletam , had occasion to remark that tliero
were protracted Intervals between drinks
and coollne rhowers , That , at least , Is tha
very distinct remembrance of ono of them ,
who about that time took his preparatory de
gree In the Grind Army of the Itepubllc.
The Frcdcrlcksburg and Chancellorsvllle
campaigns do not furnish material support
to Mr. Powers' theory , though they arc
classed among the rain makers. At Fred-
erlcksburg the heavy firing began on De
cember 11 , 1SG2 , and was kept up at Inter
vals through the 12lh and 13th. On the Uth
and Uth both arm lea were comparatively
quiet. The weather was fair from the llth
until the evening of the 15th , when a cold
southeast rain not In with conilderable fog ,
under cover of which the union army quietly
racroased the Unrpahannock river "to get
pn 'tother tide from where they had been
at ! " The rain came at the close of flip
fifth day alter the cannonading began ,
and forty-eight hours after the close of
the actual engagement. For verification
of this statement see "Harper's Pictorial
History of the Civil War. "
The flght at Chanccllonvlllc opened on May
1. 18G3 , and there were sharp engagements
on thq 2d , 3d and 4th , with tha wt-ather all
tbil could ba desired. Ou tha morning of the
MATILDA. It was a Rood turn you did me wlien you told m
of Santa Clnns Sonp , It makes the clothes whiter tlmti any other ,
and S.IVCH Ume nnd work.
MARY. Yes , and it docs not injure the hands or the clothes.
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Made by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY , Chicago.
5th a cool rainstorm dampened the ardor ot
the belligerents. The weather was fair for
a period of seven successive dayi , during
which tlmo the movement of the army began
and the battles were fought ; then came a
rainstorm , with northeast wind anil all the
characteristics of the ordinary spring rains
of that section , covering a wlda extent of
territory. The Interim between rains nt that
time -was about twice as lone ; ns the average
dry period for that season of the year In
that region of country.
The bit tics of the civil war were fought ,
It should be remembered , In the seasons of
the year nnd In the territory luvlng the
greater comparative frequency of rains. Look-
Ing1 over the tables ot dully nnd monthly pre
cipitation for the states herein military
operations were carried on , one Is Impressed
with the Idea that a vast deal of the march
ing and flghtlng of the war must necessarily
have been doneIn wet weather.
A good general would give much attention
to the e.ither conditions and probabilities
In making plans to strike , an effective blow ,
nnd the main difficulty In that region would
be to crowd In battles between lalns. So In
mutter of fact the weather during the war
had an effect upon battles , but there Is no
conclusive proof that battles had the slightest
effect upon the weather.
Many of the surviving soldiers on both sides
of the contest firmly bcllevo that battles nnd
storms came together with such frequency
as to suggest If not prove the relation of
cause nnd effect. This may bo accounted for
as a trick of the memory. Ilattlcs were
great events In the life of the soldier , and all
the Incidents associated therewith were
deeply Impressed on the mind. A heavy
shower falling during the progress of a battle
or at its close would be remembered because
of its association with so conspicuous an
event , while the many showers that fell dur
ing the dull routine of camp life would be
forgotten. So In after years when the minor
Incidents have faded from the memory , the
greater scenes and all their details are most
vividly recalled.
Coincidents serve thus to aid remembrance
of events which can have no possible relation
to each other , as , for example , the occur
rence of a great storm on Christmas , Thanks
giving day. New Year's , Memorial day , the
Fourth of July or other notable anniversary.
Hut something moro than coincidents are re
quired ( o establish the relation ol cause and
effect. Thousands of picnics , grove meet
ings and other outdoor assemblages have
been badly dampened or broken up by
showers ; but that fact docs not cpjlto sustain
the theory that the concussion ot air brought
down the rain , or that we may break drouths
by getting up mammoth picnics.
Hattle Flag day at Des Molncs , August 10 ,
closed with a refreshing shower , yielding
moro rain than had fallen within the prececd-
Ing forty days ; hut this docs not justify the
conclusion that the shoutings of the veterans
and the waving of the battle flags compelled
the vapors to condense and come down , Ilka
Captain Crockett's coon , without waiting to
be fired at. The coincidence docs not Imply
consequence.
Whllo the question of ralnmaklng by use
of explosives was under consideration at
Washington the scientists of tne Department
ot Agriculture made a thorough Investigation
ot the subject , with all the records of the
government at their command , and the con
clusion reached was that there Is no founda
tion for the opinion that days of battle were
followed by rain any inoro than days when
It was all quiet along the lines.
The experiments were made , however , un
der direction of men skilled In the work , and
the heavens were bombarded by use ot ex
plosives vastly more powerful than gun
powder , but no rain followed under conditions
that would Justify tlio claim that It was
caused by the shooting. The general verdict
Is shown by the fact that the experiments
have been abandoned , and congress could
not bo Induced to make another appropriation
for their continuance. And today the con
cussion theory Is not supported by any scien
tist of note. "While this fact Is by no means
conclusive. It throw the burden ot proof upon
those who adhcro to the notion.
Some eminent scientific men of the past
generation gave a qualified approval of the
theory that great fires may , under certain
conditions , give an Initiative movement lo
storms. Espy In his "Philosophy of Storms"
(1841) ( ) , and In his second meteorological report
(1S50) ( ) , cited numerous Instances of rains
which ho thought were evidently started by
brush fires. His belief In the theory was so
strong that he urged congress and state leg
islatures to make provisions for experiments
In that line. Mr. Kspy urged that when the
lower air Is very moist a largo lire may
Initiate a rising current that In cooling forms
a cloud that would expand Into the proportions
tions of a local storm.
For a tlmo it was believed that the great
fire In Chicago , In 1871 , caused a heavy rain
fall which checked Us further progress. Hut
this was not sustained by the facts as given
by Prof. I. A. Lapham , assistant chief signal
officer , U. S. A. , who said : "During all this
time twenty-four hours of conflagration upon
the largest scale no rain was seen to fall ,
nor did any fall until 4 o'clock the next
morning ; and this was not a very considerable
downpour , but only a gentle rain that ex
tended over a large district ot country , differ
ing In no respect from the usual rains. It
was not until four days afterward that any
thing like a heavy rain occurred It Is , there
fore , quite certain that this case cannot ba
referred to as an example of the production
ot rain by a great fire. "
It Is generally agreed among scientists of
note that to start a rain by largo fires the air
must bs rnolat and calm In fact , It must bo
just ready to rain without assistance. And
under such favorable conditions It would be
impossible to prove that It might not have
rained without a flro or any other artificial
agency to start It.
In an address delivered in 1SS1 , Mr. H. C ,
Hussell , president of the Hoyal Society of
Now South Wales and government astrono
mer , after referring to the old Idea that
clouds and storms could be dispelled by
cannonading , which gave way after 1810 to
thn opposite view that such dlcharges causa
rain , reviewed the Kgpy theory that great
fires could ba used to produce rain. He cited
the records of forty-eight large fires , which
led him to conclude that rain In no Instanca
followed within forty-eight houro as a consequence
quence of the fire. He calculated that In
order to get an additional rainfall of CO per
cent at Sidney , a mass of air over an area
of 52,000 square feet would have to be raised
1.800 feet every minute , and the total amount
of coal necessary to do this would be 9,000,000
tons a day. These startling figures may give
some Idea of the probable coat and extent of
a conflagration gulllclently great to break a
drouth covering 500,000 square miles of terri
tory , and keep It broken.
So , even. If It 1 fairly proved that under
the most favorable conditions a big blaze
may "flro off" a storm , It U wholly Impracti
cable to adopt that method of ralnmiklnK for
everyday u e In ft very dry time. You see ,
when the air Is supercharged with aridity ,
BO to speak , It must take a tremendous
amount of priming to start the waterworks !
There remains but one other method of
artificial ralLinaklng to be briefly considered
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In this article , viz : the system Introduced In
this country by Mr. Frank Melbourne , tlio so-
called Australian rainmaker. The process Is
a closely guarded secret , but Mr. Melbourne
explained that he employed certain chemicals
which were mixed and converted Into cloud-
forming vapors. In making the gas , Mr.
Melbourne further explained , the chemi
cals were "placed In a little box about au
large as a tinker's stove , operated by < *
crank. "
T.wo or three years ago Mr. Melbourne
was Inveigled Into western Kansas , arid
while tliero other paratlea purchiacd or ap
propriated his Idea and Improved upon hla
method by using other chemicals and add
ing a small electric battery to the outllt to
raise thunder nnd lightning. O cout8
every well regulated summer shower must
have that sort of an attachment. The bat
tery used , however , would be Insufficient lo
run a small sized electric street car on a
level track , but maybe It la sufllclcnt for
use In "touching off" tbo celestial fire
works.
There are two drawbacks to this system *
The rainmaker * fix a time limit to their
contracts , and they undertake to make rain
while the sun shines , and In too dry weather.
They should emulate the example of the
"medicine men" of \Vlnnobjgo Indians ,
who break drouths by means of "rain
dances , " and when they begin operations
never let up until It rains , no they score a
success every time.
This new system must have Its run. There
Is in use attempting to overthrow It by
serious arguments or by reasons bmt'-d upon
known scientific principles. Kxporlcnca
must do tlio work of tuition , and In this
case , as In scores of others , experience 1s
a very high-priced teacher.
To thoughtful and Intelligent people , who
may be Inclined to strike a bargain with
ono of these rain-making chemists , thla
single suggestion may bo ventured : No
real progress has ever been made , nor
genuine , scientific dlicovery Introduced ,
through the methodi of patent inedlctnu
street faUrs. When anything cameo to
you In that form , pretending lo be a great
discovery for promotion of human weal ,
spot U It's a fake.
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