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THE OMAHA DAILY BEK : SUNJ VY , SKPrEMKKK 0 , ISOl 11 lllliSYSTlCEDWARbllElIEYSl" fiv.d Tnlk with America's Pioneer Ecilptor , SURROUNDINGS AND PERSONAL TRAITS llm Mor.v 11 f lilt Arllatlc t'urorr , Jlio TrlitU nnil KitnUhlp * of IVirly lnyi nml tlio ii1 riiient | Kriruril/t / , Toll ! hjr Ilnintlii Onrliiiid. ht.'il. I J , liy H. S. JtiCluriMmlte.l. . ) IMward Kenny * IK a inyfttlc. Ills mystl- clwn l.i not of books , It arisen rather from a kiii/wleilcii ol wonlH A ml wild spaces from n levi * of mountains , from the breadth of the plain * . Mice the American Indian , he ) mA come to feel nature at something very cli so and very sentiment. The phase of his character ( half jocular In Its expression ) ls perceived first of all. In answer to my knock his light , rapid walk approached the door , It opened a tilt nml his Impassive face looked forth a munent's space In silence. Then his hand Oilendcd , Ills gray eyes expanded. " 1 felt ye , " he said , with a curious Intent- nrss and gravity. "I know yo were near. Come In. " I stepped Into his mod eel studio , unlmpos- JiiK In Its walls , but full of Interesting things. Everything was of the wild life. A miniature bronze grizzly paced across a IK dental toward a lithe Jaguar. An Arap- nlioc warrior Inclined In relief upon u slab A king buffalo calmly regarded some distant object from a height. Wolves , coons , prairie chickens , elk , mountain sheep , looked out from bronze plaques , or casts or clay. Splendid Indian ornaments , moccasins of chiefs , quivers nnd weapons of various kinds hung on the wall. Krom there I turned to the man himself , nn erect and active figure. He was dr.ssed In a sort of long frock of yellow and white linen and wore a green velvet cup. He ap peared to bo about 4H years of ago , hair u little gray , moustache clipped short. He looked n bold , resolute man of middle age. Ills flgurc , thin but sinewy , was active as en Indian's and as erect. "Takei a chair. Take that one on the left. You'll find It easier , " he said as he started to cover a clay head on his easel. "Don't do that , I want to look at It. What Is It ? " "It's a bust of Du Luth. I'm working on ftn order for twenty .medallions for the Marquette building here , to Include ex plorers , corulers dc Hols , Indians , etc. The facft of the old French explorer was serious , intent , like one who had also faced Cod's mystery in the woods. As I rose to look at a fine grim old Arapahoe face on a plaque my elbow touched one of the curious horns of a mountain fchccp and It fell with a clatter , Kemoys caught It and sH It up ttgaln carefully. "The old fellow wanted to be noticed , " ho said with a smile. "He don't like to be forgotten. I never can go by him without hearing from him. When I trip up nnd say 'excuse me1 tha old fellow smooths out again. " All this with quaint convincing earnestness. "A banjo. Do you play ? " I said as we Zaccd about. "Oh , I touch It up a little In my own way , " ho replied , evasively. "I carried a banjo on all my trips Into the wilderness. " "That must be n part of your southern Inheritance. You were born In Georgia , weren't you ? " He sat down facing me and studied me with return Intentness. "Yes , but I came north when I was n child. I'm Welsh descent. Kcmeys Is pure Welsh. " "So It Is. I'd always supposed It to be German. It's another one of those typical AnuTlcan combinations , ain't it ? Here's a man born In Georgia of Welsh parents of Welsh descent become our sculptor of wild nnlmals. Now , " I'm going to confess that I'm hero to find out how that happened. I want you to put me In possession of the mnln facts. How did you begin ? " Ho did not spnk for n moment. His liead dropped and his face grew grave. The retrospect was not predominantly pleasant. "When I think of the things I've been through " Ho drew a deep breath. "It's as If some angel of life had said Til give you gifts but I'll give sufferlne , too. ' 1 don't complain , understand , but I've paid with the blood out of my heart for all 1'vj done. I've had to be alone , I've had to dc my work alone. " "I know what you mean. It Is not tht first time parents have bequeathed a greal gift to a son and then failed to understand him. " "Yes , but I can't trace a particle ot mj power to my people. That's the strangi thing about It all. " "It might have been latent In 'cm for al that. But tell mo of your early life. " In a few words he sketched his early boy hood In Scarborough on the Hudson , when Ms father lived till Edward was about. 1 ! years of age. His face was somber as ho toll of his home In New York City and his schoo life there , but at length his face brlghtenet up. "Then came the first great event In my life my first trip to the1 west to visit some rela lives down here in Illinois. I thank thi Lord for that trip. I was , only 13 years o agciand I was plunged right Into the rlchncs of these prairies In the 'BO's. You can I in nglne what the prairies were then. I knov the prairies as you do , the whole of them birds , makes , flowers , but the big game wa just a little west. Oh , how I used to plo and scheme to get out there ! And the sai part was I had to pa back to New York Clt ; In winter. Hut the. work was done , I had taste of wlUl life. Krom that time I live- - only to got back west. I marked off ever day on the calendar and said : 'One da nearer happlnes again. ' After that visit pco plo couldn't hurt me In the city. When the ran against me or struck mo I wasn't there I was dreaming1 of the * west. That was th beginning of the wholecampaign. . " I felt I was getting nt the moatcrt springs of his action. "It seems strange you should have ha those longings for the wilderness. A ma born In the west could feel their Elgnlflcanc more Intensely , " "All I saw In the west seemed native t me , as If I had returned to It from a strong land. And then the prairies were full of a beauty then. Hut that was only part of I I wanted to get further west , the plain called me , but before I could get to them in war broke out and I went In , " "You must have been a mere boy7" "Seventeen. I served In the Infantr In the peninsular campaign till I fell sick i fever and was discharged. I went agal later as second lieutenant and got to be fir : lieutenant and firmly captain of the Unite States colored artillery , Great days ! " II outlined It with rapid phrase. "Great daj hunting guerrillas with bloodhounds , cam nt night hearing the negroes sing , thundi of guns , battlefields thick with dead Johnnli staring up at the moon " He broke off wll a gesture of verbal weakness. "Hard life fi a youngster , but all working round towai something worth while. " "Well , didn't this war break In on yoi artistic places ! " "I dlilu.'t have any places of any sort t : cept to get out west. Just as goon as tl war closed I started tor Illolnots ngaln ai went to farming with my relations near II central part of the slate. " Ho digressed to describe a barley field July , and to assure me that ho knew u about tha scenes of my stories , thresbln binding grain all of It. Those were resile- days , he said , Ills people considered htm failure. He lacked "snap" and "push. " I did little but dream and hunt. At this point his mysticism came out agnl His whole expression changed , his voice b oame low und very gra.ve ( his voice Is vei flexible and follows every minute change his { motion ) . "About this time I felt a great chani coming , " he explained -with solemn tnftectlo "All this time I had been restless and u satisfied. 1 longed to something , I dldi ! know what. I couldn't content myself mui longer dreaming nnd hunting- . " He felt my sympathy and he uttered li fatalism without apolony. Ills abrupt , t rect language made It all the more mam out. He accepted It as a. fact , whatev Other explanation ot U might be. "U w Kite a voltp a'klnf ; la me. " ' lie feald. "It came at night at first I'd ttart atvnkn sud denly us If I hnrt liCJrd a voice nay Ing 'You havn't done yuor wwtf. You've misled II. ' Sometimes It ? aUl ; 'Whnt nro you Jure ? ' At last thfieoLcts , or came In tht day time , 4nd ilien 1M in ulivitn for da ; . * . I remember once I lock tome horsci to lawn to be * lxxl , nrd < vhll'j ualllnc I went out utid lay down nn eld wheel near tha bliop and fell ( I snw the v ry place the other tiny ) , and thr \olre woke me up. 'What arc you d.iliiK here ? You hsv not done your work. ' I didn't know what to do , 1 went back to work likea nun ni-ntcncej to hang. Couldn't ice nil ) ' other way out of U , but iinMcnly I JiHinil mytelf on my wny to New York. " Reaching New Yoik , he w.is At far ap parently from his work as ever. He had to live , and ao ( by ureut good fortune ) secured n place an nxo.rmnn on the engineer corps ot Olilral. park. His llfn for ft yc.ir and a halt was very elof.iny. He suffered from ter rible headaches of a congestive sort , caused by nn accident some ye.irs before , which de pressed the bridge of his nose and Intcr- ferred with the blood clrc.ulatlng In the nasal passages , There he was , woist ( it nil , working for 72 per day with the ceaseless urging to do xamethlng , he had no clue to what It might be. "The only thlnn which Rftve me keen pleakurc , " he said , "was studying the wild animals In the park , I had determined to keep working along nt all kinds of things , hoping to xtrlka the right thing at la t. 1 felt sure 1 would know It Instantly. At last It came. " This moment , which he then described to me In swiftly moving phraces , Is one of the most marvelous In the history of art. He happened to FCC an old sculptor modeling the head of a wolf. Quick as lightning came the thought to him : "I can do thatt I felt It for an absolute certainty. The old man laughed nt me , but It made no Impression < m me.My fingers Itched to get hold of that wax. " He then related with wealth of Octal ! the wonderful night he had. lie rnrrlod his bunch of wax to bin room too excited to eat or sleep , nnd there modeled his wolf ? head with the jaws open. The old hculptor had been working upon one with the Jaws closed. "And then I sat down and waited for day light In order to show my work to the fam ily. I wanted to be certain. I wasn't sure but my Imaclnatlon had made me sec u wolf's head In a lump of wax. 1 knew It wns a critical moment with me the most critical of nil my life , I went down carryIng - Ing the head covered with -t handkerchief. I shook with excitement. I wanted It a lest , so I said : 'Now , I've got something to show you. If you recognize It say so quick , don't hesitate. ' Then I Jerked the handker chief away , 'It's a wolf , ' they paid. " I realized the dramatic Importance of that moment , but something In his voter led mete to understand that he hid not reached the climax of the etory. "I was wonderfully pleased , but I was not satisfied. I went back and modeled another head. I brought It down Just as before and when I uncovertd It , they said : 'Why , Its Lap1 ! Lap was their dog. That settled It. I had come to my own. I had struck the trail. " he added with characteristic resort to the vernacular of the plains to cover bis deep emotion. "All this without Instruct Ion V "Nothing but study of the fact , " he said. It was ma nlflccnt to see him now. He walked .iway u little and returned. He uttered himself broadly , powerfully , as befits a great natural artist. He had no fear or thought of being egotistical. His strong hands spread and clutched like an eagle's talons , his voice was full ot down ward Inflections , his words came 1 kc gusts of mountain wind. "About this time I woke up. No more In decision. 1 began to feel mj- wings ex pand. 1 felt I could do anything , any thing In sculpture. All 1 needed was sub jects. That night 1 sat down and made a list of the things I must do. " "Of what character ? " "All wild. Deer fighting panther , wclves fighting buffalo , and that sort. The first group I did I sold to Philadelphia fcr the park 'A Group of Wolves. ' The second thing I Eold In England for J1.100 , and the third group carried me Into the salon ol Paris. " I clapped hands In .enthusiasm , "Olorl- ous ! All without Instruction ? " I wished to emphasize the point , "Absolutely. 1 never had an hour's In struction Irom any teacher , " "That's royal. That's the power which creates. " "Dut I had always studied animals. " h went on. "I knew the facts. I knew the skeletons hiid the muscles of animals , I knew their equilibrium of parts from actual study. " "You went to nature ? " "Yes , and then I always had , seme way an Intuitive conception , of what animal : would do under certain circumstances. 1 could see them see them In gjroups. 1 knew nothing about conventional composl' tlon , but I could see my subjects , evcrj gesture. Intuitively. " "I reckon the Intuition could be accounted for on natural grounds. You had alwpyi loved animals nnd observed them uncpn sclously , Isn't thzt so ? " Ho replied In one of those unique phrasei ho uses when nothing but hyperbole Is capa bio of expressing the fact. "Yes , I always studied an'mals. I coult sit down before an animal and drink hln dry. " "Can you account for the power ? " "No , only the Almighty gave It to me , ' he said , with a swift return to solemnity. "Hut you hadn't se n the buffalo " "Hold on , we're getting ahead of tin story , " ho said , and the humorous lol came back to his eyes. When I eold tha group of wolves to the park I natural ) ; headed for the west. O , that trip ! " II glowed with the memory of It. "I saw th buffalo. I am one of the few artists llv Ing who havj hunted and killed buffalo. " Frcm this forward he proceeded without In terruptlon to tell me of that wonderful trip Ho trld ot the wagon train crawling slowl ; toward Fort Leavenworth , he described th plains as they seemed to him then , he tel ot his first antelope , of his first view ot th Rocky mountains looming over the level so almost 200 miles away. "Glorious thing to travel to , those cloudllke masses there I the western sky , " lie said , with a little catcli Ing of the breath. U all came back to me with might power "I know , I know , " I broke in. "Th Spanish peaks and away to the North Pike peak. How Ung ago was that ? " "Twenty-two years ago. " "How I envy you that trip ! I never sa > the buffjlo. they were always Just a llttl beyond. The deer and antelope and wolvc we had , but not the buffalo. Well ? " "I found myself finally In the buffal country , but strapped for money and m body to help mo cut. I went to one hum Ing party Just ready to KO out and aske them what they'd take to let me go aloni What cm you do ? ' they asked. 'Well , can cook a little and shoot a little and plu the banjo. ' " "Can you clay the banjo ? That settle It , coma right along. " "Oh , we had a. noble life ! I was hapi ( now. Every night I had all the animals could use for dissection and posing. I use to sit around on a roll of hides after suppi and sing. The boys always called for 'Tl Lady In Crap : . ' They never seemed to 111 of It. " "I don't know that one , sing It ! sing It ! He snatched up the banjo and gave a fe quick characteristic passes across the strlni and sang"The Lady In Crape , " a collei ditty ot delicious absurdity. At the end I said with a quizzical smile : "Fancy singing that for a serious produ tlon every night for six months , " He stopped playing abruptly. "I traveh with those fellows till I had all the bst the plain's animals buffalo , antelop coyote. It's a curious thing , but I've alwa ; accomplished the thing I wanted to do ai that was the best for me without ai money as If Almighty Providence put tl things In my way. " This note he struck again and again. ! his marvelous life , full of toll and mires the fact cf succeeding had been so mysterlo It seemed like predestination , perhaps It wo who shall say ? "Now just see , " ha we on. "I wanted to go on to the mountain but the party was turning back. The ve : night before they started east I fell ai broke my arm. I couldn't travel , eo th' ' Just left me there with my pardtu-r. Th night I became delirious. When I came myself I was In the lent of an Omaha chl < His name was White Buffalo , and he bvcan my friend and helped me In every w possible. "So without any effort on my part I w dropped right Into an Indian life. I seem always to bo following the genius ot this nc art whoso homo wnj In tht west. I tboug ( if It o much I cnnie to mak a personality of It. t felt I must c k her In the moun tain fiMncms ol the wrst. 1 wanted to ROte to lh very heart of the wilderness nnd ( lion come In ( he mountains , t went all through them. I met the mountain animals , I klllc-1 ( ( cm , grizzlies , sheep , wolves , The Indium , brought mo specimens also. Their Interest and criticism would make irmiy a white man ashaimil ot himself. They madeno mistakes ab'iul men or animals. 1 went to the heart's -.lira o. ' our American wilderness. It yielded iiti Hi most carefully guarded secrets to : nc. " AH theuo K' n s came crowding back upon him ha became tu'mendouily dramatic. Ilu dropped Into Ihs sign language , he drama- tlzoil the Indians and spoke ( heir dialect. 1U- told stories ol their hospitality , of their homo life , ot their treatment ot him , almost Invuilably kind. I drew nut that he had lived with the Crows , the Omalms , the Urulo Sioux , tha Shoshonrs , the Arapnhncs and revcrnl other tribes. He told of their games , nt their life In the tents. "They're line as the Greeks , only different , ot courto , " he said. "I am going to do a fcrlen of studies ot them at their games nnd their hunting. Nothing finer In the world. They'll ' make a superb frieze. " "Itmr did their life In general Impress you ? " I nsfced. "As being very natural. They left you freu lo Oo as you liked. They did not sug gest , but helped todo. . 1 think t learnc.1 more there dining that six months than at any other time , and right here let me Ray , don't make too much ot my hunting. I was a hunter for a purpose to study men and nnlmals. I am a sculptor of animals from choice , not because It Is easy. I expect to iln more and more In the wny of human figures. " Of this wild life nnd this mountain region which we both love so well we talked IOIIR. "Well , now , you went back to New York nltrr each trip ? " His face darkened nnd he made a gesture of defense. "Don't ask me. I don't like to think ot that purt of It. Yes , I'd go back to Now York nnd work till t sold something , and then back west again. " "They did buy things occasionally ? " "Yes , I had friends who believed In me , Theodore lloosevclt , Julian Hawthorne. I had lovely friends there , couldn't have lived without them. " "When did that trip abroad come In ? " I asked , recalling him to the east. " 1877. 1 went abroad to see what they would think of mo over there. My friends all said I must do It , t didn't want to go , and I nearly died when I did RO. Home sick all the time miserable ! Lost flesh. 1 don't know what I would have done without Hawthorne. I went to England first and I held an. exhibition there. Then I went to Paris. I stayed there until I put the buffalo and wolves Into the salon. Oh , but I was homesick. When I found myself on ship board with my nose pointed for America , I could have turned handsprings all over the deck , Since then , to make a short story of It. I've had my studio In the east , but at every opportunity I've made pilgrimages to the wilderness. I don't know that I've told you the things you needed to know. " "Now you must come home with me , " added the sculptor , laying his mob cap ot yreen velvet and his apron ot linen aside. Mr. Kemeys has located In Chicago. "I'm a thousand miles nearer my work , " he smilingly said. His home Is on the south side near the IJryn Mawr station. The cot tage Is not noticeable outside Inside the presence of the sculptor Is everywhere. In the little hall as you enter are his trophies. Over the mantel a mountain pliesp , opposite a huge black buffalo glows , under the corner IB the head of a trlzzly bear , the hero and almost the victor In a battle with the sculptor. A beautiful bronze prairie clock brought back my days on the farm In spring. A mountain lion In n beautiful and singularly gracious pose looked down from a stand as If from a high rock. In each ronm bronze reproductions' In frames decorated the walls. Indian orna ments , heads , arrows , pipes , on all sides abound. The chief ornament of his home is his beautiful wife , bis actual comrade and help meet. Mrs. Kemeys Is also a sculptor and works with her husband each day. She superintends the reproduction of- his work and aids him In a manual way when she Is not studying. She hopes to be able to take up his art and become his fellow artist. She modestly disclaims the possession of any special power. She Is almost as remarkable In many ways as her husband. Her marvelous physique , her sftlll as a hunter and her en ergy and adaptability make her a perfect comrade to him when they go out Into the wilderness , We tat do\\n before the open fire and con tinued our talk. As the night fell and the firelight grew In power he took up the banjo and sang snatclus of negro song and Imitated the Indian chants for me and told more of his life with the Indians. A strange and wonderful people. A people ot great dignity and power , mixed with cruelty nnd Ignor ance. "They are a psychologic race. Put any white man on the same environment with the man who comes to dominate them In n psychologic way maybe mesmeric 1 don't know that 1 can explain. " In everything ho said there was deep earn estness and a curious dramatic Intensity , such as be puts Into many ot his groups. HeIs a religious man. Not In the way ol creed. I do not think he has a creed but he feels purposes and powers running al ! through nature , and all through his own life. life."All things seem to come round to nu If I wait , " he said. He spoke of the thing : lie wanted to do. To put Into bronze some of the splendid poses of American workmen "Like that , " 1 suggested , pointing toward the street. A mounted lamp lighter came dashing up to the corner and lighted the lamp almosl at gallop. He lingered on the eye with t superb backward twist. We looked at eacl other. "There Is one. Right at your door. " "I know It , " hs replied. "I watch for hlir every night. I'll do him some time. " You must. Anl that mall clerk In thi mall car , too. " I had called his attention on the way dowi to the splendid pose of a railway postal clerl In a car door , Ho was dressed In a thli whits shirt and white duck trousers. Illi neck was bare to his breast , and his llthi figure was splendid to see as he stood then leaning to catch a breath of air. "There arc a million subjects for the fines artist right here and now , " he said. "What I like about your whole campaign Kemeys , Is this : You've been yourself , you'v bem American , you've stood for original re search all through. H hasn't been 'corn muck1 all the way , but It's going to count li American sculpture. Like Howells and Whit man and Rlley , you've taken things at firs hand. No doubt of that. " "I've tried to , " he replied. "It would b a great pleasure to me If I could aid th young sculptors to go ahead In their own wa and to do the things that are characterlstl of America. " "Your example will do that , but It will b all the better to let them know by word a well as deed. " He lingered a bit and his thought .was clea and definite. He knows from whuice hi success has come. HAMLIN GARLAND. A company playing "Dora" In Ohio car rled no child for the part of the little boj but depended each night upon borrowing on for the production. In one town they boi rowed the C-year-old son of the land Ion ThU landlord was notorious throughout the vicinity tor bains the toughest man and th most abandoned swearer in the coinmunlt ; and his little boy was a "chip of the ol block. " In the play the little boy Is BU [ posed to be of the Innocent seraph ordei and hU ccene la accompanied by plalnth music. Ed Wight was playing Farmer Allei He takes the child upon his knee and ask "How old are you , my child ? " The bo answers as he has been Instructnl , "I ai 7. sir. " A Jealous chum of his , Heated In th first row. calls out : "Now you know you ai not ; you ain't but C. " The little bully clan bers from Mr. Wight' * knee , lakes a stand i the footlights , and , shaking his fist at tl offendir in the audience , says : "You jm shut up , Jim Howard , gel darn you. I' break your darn nck fer yer when I RI out , " He then returned his place on Kurnu Allen's knee and proceeded to buslu ea. The Yale Review publishes statistics I show lhat while there hag been an ii | ware ) tendency In the expenses of Yale sti dents , for the past three years , a con parlson with longer periods show a d crease. In 1874 , 18 per cent of the ctuden received aid from college funds , 20 per cei In 1884 , and 23 per cent In U94. The toti number of students In the college In 18' was 512 , la 1884 , C12 , and In 1891 , 1,086. REMEDY FOR SOCIAL DISEASE i i V Bev. Dr. VTaylnml Ci csis Bndical Measures forEupjrasslo'n ofVico. i i ' QUICK APPLICATION OF1 STATE SURGERY I'rmnpt MritMirct fur I'rGTpnllon \Vrllim Clirr ICrconnnr mliitlou lor-tlio Kxttrpa- tloii of Tenriiiriit llfomoicll ; nltti Obscrintloiik on SoCrillcil Clmrlty. ( Copyrlshlcil. ) There la n prejudice against surgery. It Is associated with the gleaming knife nml with tli ! flow ot blood , anil with the In fliction of pain ; and yet surgery la the most Intelligent , the most progressive and the most merciful ot all branches of the hulling art. In administering drugs , we have to poison , to a greater or less extent , Iho whole system , In the hope of reaching some one spot.Vc have to go by guess work. We try experiments , the effect of which we learn when the effect has taken place. Sometimes we learn by an autopsy. Said a in oil lea I expert In a well known college : "When we give medicines. It Is like firing Into a. tree ; we don't know what will come down. " "True , " was the reply , "very otcn ( It Is the patient. " The surgeon knows Just what he wants to do , He 11 resvltli a rifled KUII , and his triumphs are Indeed almost Incredi ble. As I myself , but a layman , louk back thirty years to the period of war , I think oC multitudes whom I have sen die , whom the remedial surgery of today would have saved. PRESENT SACHIF1CI5S FOU FUTURE GOOD. Surgery sacrifices a part to the welfare of the whole ; It amputates , It extirpates , that It may save the whole body. Surgery sacrl- llces present case to.future welfare ; it pro cures permanent relief and recovery by In flicting present pain. Surgery acts promptly , realizing that the quickest and most radical step Is usually the most merciful. Surgery subordinates sentiment to sense. Sentiment says , "Ah ! this poor suffering leg. which has been crushed and Is mortifying , be gentle with It ; don't sacrlflci It. " Surgery says , "Sacrifice It , lest the whole body be sacrificed. " Sentiment says , "Deal merci fully with this throbbing ulcer. " Surgery says , "Out with It. cost what It may. " I was once present when a physician was openIng - Ing nn angry swelling upon the forehead of a child of tender years ; after the Incision had been made , and the pus about half evacuated , the sympathizing mother said , "Now , don't do any more today , let It rest till tomorrow. " The result would have b.en prolonged and needless agony. STATE SUIiatenY AND ANARCHISTS. State surgery will net with wise prompt- nessness and efficiency. About nine years ago the Chicago anarchists murdered s.'vcral policemen. Tne murderers were convicted , and some of them were'hanged , unfortunately nut all. This action gave a decldid check to Hiiurvhy ; presently the action somewhat spent Its force , and the governor pardoned the surviving criminals" . Then followed the murder of the mayor of Chicago. The mur derer , after considerable delay , was con victed. Then came delays and Investigations. It Is doubted whether the murderer was perfectly well balanced. It Is altogether piobable that every murderer lacks some thing of perfect faulty ; and. Indeed , If In quisition were made to ( find any man. In jail or out , In the asylum .or at large , who ab solutely nnd always obeys' the dictate of perfect r-nson , the Inquisition would be vain. And so Prindergast went unpunished for months , although justice came to her own at last. And the criminal virus spreads. An attempt was made on the life of the prime minister of Italy. .Now the ' , best ruler that France ever had has dtedj as a result of laxness and criminal weakness und theab , sence of state surgery. : In the strong lan guage of a valued correspondent , who uses much plainness of speech : "HELL IS GOING AROUND ON BI CYCLES. " Prompt and radical steps with the Chicago murderer would huve saved no one knuws how many lives , each one worth a million times as much as his. If he had been hanged promptly , very likely Carnet would have been living. We must cut out the can cer ot anarchy with the knife and the ax. STATE SURGERY AND STRIKES. As I write , the strike riots are at their height. State surgery would have acted promptly In the very beginning , before HID t-trlfe had grown to Us present dimensions , nnd would have saved measureless loss anil bitterness and agony. In regard to all murderers we should ex ercise state surgery In the Interest of the Innocent. It Is not the murderers alone who have rights. Dr. Andrew D. White of the Social Science association , 1802 , ' said In sub stance : "Every year 7,000 Innocent men are murdered , and not more than 200 murderers legally executed. I plead for tha 7,000 men Innocent of crime , who , during the year to come , will be murdered. " We need a state surgery that will not wait for the action of law to be frustrated by the ill judged and often criminal exercise of the pardoning power. THE CASE OF APPO IN NEW YORK. The other day , In the course of the Lexow Investigation In New York , there came on the stand George Appo , whose father , Qulppo Appo , a Chlnnman. Is serving a life sentence at Sing Sing for murder. The young man's bringing up has been all that hell In Its most exorbitant demands could desire. He breathed crime from his birth. He began to be arrested when he was 15 , and has been arrested at Intervals ever since. Probably he has never done a stroke of honest worker or earned a loaf of honest bread. State surgery would have Interposed long ago , would have put an end to George Appo , the budding criminal , and would have put In his place a civilized citizen. I was reaTJIng in some account of the Salvation army aboul mothers In London offering to the slum- lasses their children for a shil ling or a sixpence , often foi a glass of gin. It may seem without prece dent , but I believe It would be wise for the state to buy these children , When tht mother Is willing to sell her child , It la e plain indication that the worst thing you can do with that child is to leave It In hei bands. DRUNKARDS AND WORSE. Not far from my residence Is a famllj ( If It Is right to use that heaven born won In such a connection ) . In which the father li a drunkard , the mother ; ,11 , not badly mean. Ingwoman , but weak , after years of re slstcnce , has succumbed , u'ful she , tou. _ Is i drunkard. The oldesj'daughter Is a proatl tute , and Is demoralizingand : Infecting thi neighborhood. All tire children are growlni up to be paupers , pr tlCutes and criminals After the ruin Is accomplished , perhaps semi day society will rub Its eyes and say : "My ought we not lo raise the inquiry wlielhe there Is not here a qucs.tiDU/whlch / should bi considered ? " Stale qurficrp' would long ngi have broken up this Jibing , would have con lined the father and niotlier until the ; showed some signs t of . .improvement , am t would have assumed , ' . .the'olllee which 111 e natural parents had" abdicated. This I what state surgery would have done with th mother ot the Jukes , 1 family , thus savlni no end of money and310 end ot human degra da tlon , and of moral flijd physical con taglon. 11 , H TENEMENT HOUSE EVILS. State surgery would act in the matter o tenement houses which , ure tlio hotbed am e distributing point of every form of com . . 'municable disease. When one think ; ) of th tuberculosis and the typhoid and the- Hit ! diseases which pervade these ulcers of to clety. I wonder that the death rate Is no vastly greater than It U. This tame atat surgery will nrreit at whatever coat th reckless dissemination of tuberculosl through the dry and powdered sput which are scattered upon the air , and whlc the itreet sweepers by their malevolent ir convey to the sensitive lungs of multitude ! In all the mining and manufacturing dli i- trtcts there are hordes , of Hungarians , Pole and Italians , Ignorant , addicted to the an urchy which Is the reaction from despotlsn who are murdering American citizens becaus the Americana desire ( o work for a. wag agreed upon between themselves anil the ! employer * . State- surgery will deal prompt ! with those who are here , and It will also Uet Removal Sale. Beginning Monday nnd contin uing for one ) weewe will place on sale our full line of All Wool 2-Ply Ingrains At 50c per Tail Remember this is no job lot of in grains , shop-worn or remnants , but the choice oT our stock , for owe WGGlc only in order to re duce stock before moving , OMAHA CARPET CO. , J511 Douglas Street. After October 1st , IBIS Dodge Street. . rophylnctlcnlly with those who are not yet iere. It will shut down the door before we leconie further swamped by shiploads of gnorance , superstition , violence. FOR SO-CALLED CHARITY. The time will come when state surgery will eal with Ignorant and Injurious and destruc- Ive so-called "charity" which Is nourishing nd multiplying the tramp class , which is flerlng every inducement to men now In- lustrlous by constraint , to join the great riny who live by their wits ( or rather by he want ot wits In other people ) , the mts- eadlng-charity that Is drawing peuple from he country where they might earn a mod- rate subsistence. Into the city where they well the host that haunts soup houses and 'easts upon unearned bread. State surgery will summon up strength and ourage to deal with the/ saloon by the ways hat experience shall prove to be most effec- tve. It will at least make the saloon payer or the damage which can be traced to the saloon ; and when that Is done , the saloon will no longer be profitable. CRIMES AND CRIMINALS. State surgery will recognize the Idleness of rnprlsonlng men for six days , twenty days , 00 days , a year , five years. It will Imprison he culprit until there Is tnc fullest reason o believe that the necessity for his further mprlsonmenl has ceased. With crimes dictated by sexual passion , tate surgery will deal In the only way which is at once- just and appropriate and sure to lirevent a repetition of the offense. State surgery will not be liable to the condemnation that Is divinely pronounced against those of whom It la said , "They have lealcil the hurt of my people slightly. " State surgery will EO heal that the healing will ast ; In the great body of Instances , It will seek to heal before tlio crisis has come , be fore the disease has produced Irreparable disaster. The time for warm water and emulsions and flaxsecd tea Is past. The time has coinc for state surgery. REV. H. L. WAYLAND , D.D. Philadelphia , Pa. o FOURTEEN HOUBS IN THE SEA. Kxperloiu-o at a Young ICiiRlUliiuiin Who Tried lo Swim Ashore. With nothing but a life preserver between him and certain death George Moore of Hrlstol , England , spent fourteen hours In the- Atlantic ocean , off Cape Henry , on Sun day , July 22 , says the Boston Herald. Moore's case , which was brought to the attention of Commissioner of Immigration Uellmnty yesterday by Captain Wiley of the schooner Cactus , Is both remarkable and pathetic. Moore Is 18 years old. ll drrilid to steal hla passage from Liverpool to America and he secreted himself In tha hold of the steamer Templcmoro ot the .lolriston line. Here amid the suffocating heat he I'jmulned In hiding for nine days , IIo was dis covered by ono of the Bailers iin : three days out , but , Instead , ot Informing iho captain , the sailor took pity on the youth and gave htm some bread and water when possible. Moore's rations , liowovorvere short , as the sailor did 'not dare to run the risk of being caught offering taccor to u stowaway. When nine days out one of the engineers discovered th : sUw.i.v.iy . and quickly In formed the captain , When Moore was brought before the captain he wns threat ened with Imprisonment when the ship reached Daltlmore ; also with the treadmill upon being returned to England. The thoroughly frightened youth was finally set to work and given some bread and water. Possible Imprisonment In two countries was not a very desirable outlook for the young Drlton. At first there seemed to bo no way of escape , but as the Tempemor ) stood off Capo Henry In the early morning ot July 22 Moore mistook the headlights on several sailing vessels for lights on the coast. Ilclng a good swimmer ho concluded that ho could escape by Jumping overboard and swimming ashore. To think was to act. He hunted the deck over until he found a Ufa. preserver. He next took oft his shoes and tied them to the preserver. Quickly getting his head ami shoulders through the preserver he Jumped Intu the ocean. Instead of swimming to ward the shore ho went In the oposlt ; direction and when daylight rame there was nothing to be seen ol land. Ills position was perilous In the extreme ; death at any moment seemed certain , The sea was rough , and wave after wave rolled over his head. Ills endurance was remark able considering the [ act that for nine days ho had had barely enough food and water to sustain life. He swam and floated on amen on for fourteen hours , until at last , when It seemed as If every moment would be his last , he was seen by the lookout on the schconer Cactus , bound from Daltlmore to Boston. Captain Wiley ot the Cactus low ered a boat and sent four of his men to the rescue. Moore was completely exhausted and fainted when placed in the bottom ol the boat. His head , face ami neck were badly scorched , as he had no protcctlor from the July sun. Captain Wiley is prouc of Moore's achievement and ls so well pleusei with his pluck that he has shipped him be fore the mast. Moore looked none the worse for his experience. Several good nlgh's ' rest and substantial food have put him on his feet , and he now laughs as wli&t would have been certain death for one > with a lower stock of vitality. Rev. Dr. Ed ward lieecher , Henry Ward's eldest brother , celebrated his Hist b.rttiday anniversary Monday. CULT RUINS THE PROFESH Dnrnoralizirjg Effect of Uiban Iie oa Train Haiders , COWARDLY AMATEURS POSE AS VETERANS Tlio 1'lctiirenqne Deviltry of Former t'nys Compared \vltti tlio ChlciRu Article The ruinous IUrSprln3 | ; That close contact with cull lowers the standard of the hold-up profession Is made nanlfcst by the exploits of Grlswold and Lake In the buburbs of Chicago. By some It Is characterized as an exhibition of west ern train raiding. The designation l& an un- ust and an undeserved reflection on the careers of many eminent desperadoes who lave passed away Involuntarily and other wise. True , there are a few members of the profession lingering here nml there , but age and a desire to deprive sleuths of liberal rewards keep them In seclusion. Dut It can bo truthfully said of them that they upheld the honor of tto business. An express car well loaded was usually to them the chief object of solicitude. And on some occasions It was their wont to glvo an exhibition of fireworks and Introduce themselves to the passengers. Of course , If messengers were Injured , It was because cf unbecoming zeal In behalf of employers. That was unpardon able , and had to DO rebuked. Even the con ductor was rarely touched , except that his ttirson was utilized as a shield against hasty gunning , Grlswold and bake showed no symptoms of professional training. They were amateurs In the business and cowards at heart. The lioldlng-up of a freight train conductor proved them to be riillluns of the lowest class. A professional would not waste lung or Uad on a freight train crew. More likely he would toss them a handful of twenties , and bid them take su'thln * . Dut the Chicago brand of low-down crooks pos sess none ol the qualities that Illuminate the records of border fresbooters. One reads In vain the details of crlmo and chase and capture for a single Incident Invested with the glamour of western dasn. Having robbed a freight train conductor ot his watch , they shoot down an officer , and jump from tha train. A train going In the opposite direction takes them nearer cap tivity. Another officer Is shot and mortally wounded. Tiiey levy on a farmer's team , drive a mile or two , then to n corn field and surrender. A thnat of lynching makes the rufllans tremble In their boots and beg protection. Call that an exhibition of the western des perado ? Shades of James and Younger , Sontag and Evans , Black Bart , Bill Dalton and the lesser fry In jail and und r ground ! Or , go etut and read up the record of Abe Buzzard of Pennsylvania , and of the Starr and Reno gangs of Indiana , It some coura geous medium could call their spirits back to earth , It Is not Improbable they would rejoice In having passed away ere the profession fell Into disrepute and decay. Seme of the florid accounts of the affair presume to class It as the work .of veterans. * It happened In the suburbs of the city , amid a net work of streets and tracks , where pursuit was certain and apprehension In evitable. That la but additional proof of amateur work. U falls short of the mark. It Is outclassed. Oliver Curtis Perry set a pace for suburban dare-deviltry that Is not likely to bo surpassed or even approached for eomo time. Perry did not hold up a freight train. He wanted richer game. In October , 1S92 , Perry climbed on the roof of the express car of a train on the New York Central leaving Albany. He carried a rope ladder with hooks. These he attached to thereof roof of the car , wlills the ladder hung down the sides , Climbing down the ladder , ho broke a pane ot glass on the side of the car , pointed his revolver at the express messen ger , and commanded him to open the door. The messenger did ns requested , and Perry swung Into the car. Similar persuasion In duced the messenger to open the safe , and Perry bagged the swag , over J10.000. A pull of the bell rope slackened Iho pace of the train , and the daring highwayman jumped off and fled. In the Inception ami execution aa well as his attempts to elude pureult and his capture , the hold-up of Perry Is un equalled for picturesque daring. What a cbango a few fleeting years have wrought In the train robbing business ! What a fall from $110,000 al Dig Springs tea a conductor's watch In Chicago ! Prior to 1875 the highwaymen of the west con fined their attention's stage coaches. For ten years previous desultory train raids were made by the Starr and Reno gangs In Indiana. Dut their plan of- making a more equal distribution of the coin of the country did not take root beyond ( he Mississippi until 1S75 , when the James gang began op erations at Gad's Hill , Mo. Two years later the Union Pacific train was robbed at Dig Springs. The amount ot booty tecured by the robbers has not beea equaled since , and the rase with which the deed was done , the tracking of the robbers , their capture and killing , and the recovery ol the money , forms a story of thrilling Interest undlmmcil by age. Ulg Springs was -water tacit station ou the Union Pacific , right on the border of Ne braska nnd Colorado , midway between Ogal- lala and JulEsTjurp. It was. In 187J , on the Black Hills trail and camping panics of Texas stockmen , on their return after driv ing their cattle north , were quite common. A party ot seven men camped about three miles from Ogullala , which Is twenty miles from Big Springs , In the summer of 1877. They were supposed to be stockmen , and were quite frequently In town. The seeming- leader of the party the others called him captain was Henry McDonald ; the others were Billy Hefridge , Bill Uass , Jack Dnvla , Jim Dcrry nml one other , whose name was. either Mason or Collins. On the night of September 10 the east-bound overland mall und express was signaled to stop at Bin Springs. In an Instant the train was In ( ho hands of the six bandits. They made a rich haul , for In the express car they secured $110,000 In gold and currency. Three of the gang went through the train nnd robbed every passenger from "headlight to bull's- eye. " No one was hurt , and the train pro ceeded on Its way to Ogallala. The robbers were oil masked. A young man from Mead- vlllc. Pa. , Mlllurd Flllmore Leech , was In the employ of the company ot Ogallnla. He was a ( light , delicate youth , who had come west for his lungs' sake. He had done tome de tective -work for the railroad company , and they telegraphed him to take hold of the case. J. T Clark was at the time president of the road and a great believer In Leech , who , by the way , had brought his father out to Ogallala , who had opened , a little store. The party of herders still remained In camp. Leech worked on several clews. One day as he was about to go to Julcsburg to follow up a tin and was putting his horses aboard a train , Jim Berry Fauntered up and re marked : "I hope you catch those fellows , Leech. If you will wait for mo I will go and get my gang and go with you. " Leech could not wait. When he came back from Julesburc ho learned that the herders had broken camp. An Impulse seized Leech to ride out to the deserted camp. Hero ho found a piece of callcu , which It afterwards turned out was part of a mask worn by ono of the robbers. He thought little of It , but snowed It to his father by accident. "Tho old man said : "Why , I sold McDonald six or seven yards of that goods about two days before the train was held up. " That night young Leech was on the trail. Ho rode fast , and on the third day he unex pectedly came In sight of them. They saw him and started after him. They ran him until sundown and fired several shots. Ha got away , out the next morning resumed the trail , keeping \\c\\ \ \ out of sight. Ono night he crawled up to wlth.n fifty fet of them. Well for him that ho did. They had Juut completed a division ot the spoils and were to separate at daybreak. McDonald and Hefridge were to c.ntlnue on to Texas. Jim Berry went cast. Jack Dsvls and Bill Bass , started for the southward. Leech heard Berry say to McDnald as they parted , "Write to mo at Portland , Callaway. county , Mo. " This assured the detective that Berry was on his way back to Missouri. McDonald and Ilcfrldge would probably cross the Kan sas Pac.flc railroad near Fort Ilnyes or Buffalo. Leech hunted up a ranchman , gave him some telegrams and an order to the station agent at Ogallala for 1209. The rancher delivered the messages. A tele gram was sent to a lighting frontier sheriff at Buffalo named Bullock. He got coma troops from Fort Hayes and started out on the trail. In the mist ot the early morn ing two horsemen came over thei hills. "Throw up your hands , " shouted Bullock. "Trapped , " said McDonald , as he reached for his gun. It caught In his rubber cent , the coldlera fired , and McDonald and Hcfrldgo fell full or leid. On their horses was lounS (40,000 of the stolen gold. Berry was traced lo Missouri and killed as he lay under a tree by the sheriff of Audrlan county , who had a posse out In connection with a Callaway p : se. Leech lost the trail tf Bass and his partner. Bass was afterwrds the leader of a gong of Texas , train robbers and was wiped out by tlio rangers. Josh Davis was killed In a drunken quarrel In the Indian Nation. The man Mason * , or Collins , was always a mystery. At the time of the robbery ha held the bag In which the money and jew elry of the passengers were put , He did not know how well h.s companion had done In the express car , and he ran away with what he had in the bag , prcbably removing his disguise and continuing cast on the train ho had robbed. Ho was heard of several years ago In the copper regions of north Michigan. One must compare Big Springs with Chicago cage to appreciate the depths to which lh profestiUn has descended. r , TKAM , Cy "WArman In McOure'B Magnilne. The Htunly bull , with stately ( real , BiibmlbBlvc. ullent , bows hlu hetj.l And feel : ) the yoke ; the crcaklnt" wain Hulls lelxurely across the plain ; Auros * the tracklcEH , treeleaa land , An undulating ea of nand , Where mocking , sapiens rivers run , With Kwollen u nguu Mid LI odshot eye. Still an to uliero the Hhadown lie , And onward towunl the wetting nun. With tearful eyes bo looks away To where his irec-born brothers play Upon the prairie wild nnil wide ; He turn * his head from aide to side ; He feelH the bull whlp'H cruel HtroUat Attain he leu 1)8 iiKUlnnt the yoke. At last hlu weary walk In done. llv p-AUHia ut the rlver'H brink. And drinks the while his drivers drink Almost beside the Ecttliic KUO.