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SURROUNDINGS AND PERSONAL TRAITS
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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
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Bev. Dr. VTaylnml Ci csis Bndical
Measures forEupjrasslo'n ofVico.
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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.
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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.
