Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 29, 1889, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEF SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER IN THE WORLD OF MYSTERY, The Bee Gripman Discovers Many Interesting Features. CRAFTSMEN OF OTHER DAYS. The Triennial Conclave—Order ¢ Mysiic Ofrole—Facts About a Number of Other Se- oret Orders, the Ancient Crafrsmen. The following editorial comm August number of the Masonic Review, on edict No. 1 of Grand Master John J. Mercer and the resolutions of Nebraska ‘lodge, No. 1, heretofore published in those columns, will be of interest to the master masons of Nebraska: The edict of the wrand master of the grand lodge of Nebraska, which has been very distinotly,masonically and manfully an swered by the undnimously voted resolution of Nebraska lodge, No. 1, Omaha, is a re- markablo and startling edict, issued against the masonic obedience and fraternity of Ne- braska, and in the interest of a foreign and despotic sovereginty claiming to be masonry. This edict duly follows the lead of the Ma- sonic Trust of Ohio; and each ‘editor’ aims to outdo the previous pronunciamentos, and to assert with still stronger language the su premacy over its jurisdiction of this alien and surreptitious body claiming to be superior and controlling Masonry, to which the grahd lodge of the symbolic degrees must pay sub- servient homage and tax, and in whose be- half master musons must be debased to ser- vile service, or be cast out from their her- itage.” This edict of the grand masterof Nebraska, —among other remarkable statoments, con- cerning which a grand master, as such, can have no knowledge—contains ‘the following starthing words: “Wiereas, it has come to our knowledge that certain evil disposed and designing members of the so-called ‘‘Cerneau rite,” with the intention of deceiving the brethren of our obedience as to the action of our grand lodge, are circulating in our nudst and among the brethren garbied, inaccurate, false and forged reports of such action, in writing and printing,wherein the resotutions aforesaid are entirely, or in part, omitted, or their language changed and garbled; and they and certain others, ill-informed breth ren, have expressed tho determination to propagate the error of “Cernauism,” and to establish bodies of an irregular and clandes- tine rite which the grand lodve of Nebraska hos unequivocally pronounced unlawful,” ete, ete, “iad the above paragraph of the edict been written by the Masonic trust of Obio, we should not have been startled by the lan- guage used. but coming from the grand ¢ ter of Nebraska, 1t elicits our won can it bo the cuse that the staple of the grand master's edicts is furnished in bulk from the original office of the trust, to be used—whother they will or no—by the grand masters, who, from any sort of solici or threats, are induced to lend their posi- tions and their influence to carry forward the malignant conspiracy against craft masonry { Bither the grand master of Nebrasia conceived himself the idea thav Musons of the obedicnce of s grand lodge were ‘ill-disposed and designing’ men, en- gaged in circulating ‘garbled, inaccurate, false and forged reports,’ or, these infamous charges wero made ready to his band. In this dilemma of alternutives, we do not care to mako a decision. “The inberent powers of a grand master must be restrainod and erushed at the point at which he wills or is forced by others, to denounce his fraters who honored him with position and prerogatives as ‘forgers’ with the prefixes and adjectives which amulify and intensify the charge. “phe thorale of the entire edicu rises no higher thon the level of the paragraph uoted. It is completely negatived, as an of- cial document, by its own mherent want of coherence. consistency and dignity. It is merely a blow in the face of Masonry, and an ausult to the fraternity at large, ‘“The uewspaper Mason of Cincinnati uotes it, and approves it. Of course he does ! nd this fact gives rise to a suspicion of its origin. “Attention is invited to the deliverance from Nebraska lodge, No, 1, Omana, Neb. It involves questions concerning tie so- called ‘inberent powers' of the grand mas- ter, and, on the other hand, concerns the dignity, freedom, and the welfarc of the ancient craft. The document is an intelli- geat and exemplary statement of doctrines and princivles dear to every Mason, but which are now being set at naught by men who claim to be Masons, but whose purposes and schomes identify them as enemies to the fraternity, und bent only on the achievement of their own ambitious designs. ““I'he Nebraska lodge brethren who were made Masons because they were men, have Eznvml themselves, in this document, as th Masons and men, who, knowing their rights and principles a8 Masous, have the manhood to assert them, and the intelligence 10 lay barc the sophistry and the vauities of *heir would-be masters.” The Scottish Rite, >~ annual meeting of the grand consist- ory of iowa, A. A. R, for the United States, their territories and depender met in Cedar Rapids last week. The officers elected were as follows: Commander-in-chief—Judge ‘Wilson, Creston. Deputy—F. C. Hills, Sioux City. First Lieutenant—J. J. Steadman, Council Bluffs. Second Licutenant—E. J. Babcock, Daven- vort, Chancellor—Allen Potter, Burlington. Minister of State and Grand Orator—Kev. N. A. MeAulay, Wilton. Treasuror K. Mills, Codar Rapids. Secretary—E. C. Barber, Cedar Rapids, Tt wes decided to hold the next annual meeting in Council Bluffs, The reports of officers were vory encour- aging. 'The roll of membership showed that the numbers had douvled within the past yeur. Thero had been an especially large - crease since the meoting of the grand lodge of 'owa, which denounced this body, and commenced war upon it. This fact tends to substantiate the claims of the Cerneau men that the United Stat consistory can easily be proven to be the Jly legimate Scottish rite body, and that all that is needed is honest investigation. The Litter . % of its rivals to suppress it hus attracted attontion to it, and has caused Masons to read up. This posting seems to be @ favorable result of the persecution. Tue controversy in Iowa was talked over at the meeting of the consistory. No publio announement is made as to the action takel beyoud the declaration, formally made by prominent members, that the consistory will maintain ol its legal and civil rights in court if necessary. The supreme council of the Cerneau Scot- tish Rite Masons has issued a proclamation withdrawiag the proposition for fraternal ro- tions with the Grand Orient of France. This is done on account of the criticism which hus been made by other lodges of Masons and in order to prove its loyalty to all Masonic bodies, George P. 1s Masonry a Monarchy? To the Editor of Tue Bes: Albert Pike, of the southern jurisdiotion of the Scottish Fite, elected himself for lifo, as commander of that body. He declares Masonry to be a monarchy, and isists on being the monarch. Just nmow he has got control of the grand lodge of lowa and is using it to Suppress Lhe Cernéau Scottish Rite bodies which are so rapidly outgrowing his own, Heo seems to have permeated lowa's grand lodge oficbrs with this sawe monarchial fdea. « A little blue lodge at Macedonia dared 10 exercise the right of petition, or of pro- test. [t &id not .I'..,u.-y any ediet, did not threaten to, but simply protestod against the aot of the graud lodge on the Scottish Rite controversy. It dared 1o expross the opinion that the griand lodge had nothing to do with controversy. KFor thus daring to express an opinion the grandmaster pounced dowa u the charter of the lodge, aud grabbed thus breakiug up the Masonic home of thiese worthy bretbren. The lodges of low ahould proraptly take aotian, by propoe reso- lutions, denouncing this act. It is time that Masons assorted themselves as American cit- izens and entitled to express opinions. Many of them were loyal to the stars and stripes, while Albert Pike was leading an Indian rogiment against them, They do not feel like having their freedom of speech choked off at the dictation of such & man. If the offivers of a grand lodge want to acknowledge him as superior, and fawn before hime, there is no renson why the rank and file should do 80, They covet none of his titles or favors, AN AMERIOAN, The Council Bluffs consistory, A. A. S. R., at its last meeting in the cathedral, put three candidates over the mysterious and rocky road of the Kedosh. This body is gaining a reputation throughout the west for the beauty of its hall and the superiority of its work. The Mystic Shrine. Wihen Tangior temple, of Omaha, was in- stituted, recently, there was sqme doubt as to whother Osiris temple, of Lincoln, would be willing to surrender a portion of its juris- diction to the control of the Omaha body. Tangier fomple was instituted, nevertheless, and no move was made to settle this import- ant point until last Thursday, when a com- mittee, consisting of Nooles S. K. Sud- borough, Gustave Anderson and Colonel Aikin, went to Lincoln to confer with representatives of the Lincoln body upon this important subject. The committee was received by a delegation from Osiris temple and entertained most royally. A banquet was served and a carriage drive avout the city tendered them. When it came 0 consulting on the subject which had actuated the visit of the committee it was found that the Lincoln body was ready and willing to make all reasonable concessions, and a most agreeble understanding was had. It was agreed that all that portion of the state lying north of the Platte river should De under the jurisdiction of Tangier temple, and that portion lying south of the Platte should belong to Osiris temple. As only knights templar and thirty-second degree Masons are eligible to membership in the Mystic Shrine, this will give to Omaha seven commanderies of knights templar from which to recruit, while Lincoln will have thirteen commanderies for the same purpose. Triennial Conclave, The grand commandery of Nebraska and subordinate commanderies from Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, York und Fremont will start for Washington next Thursday at 8:15 . m,, via the Burlington route. They will leave Clucago at 10:30 a. m. on Friday and rench Washington Saturday afternoon. It is expected that about three hundred Sir KKmghts will be in the party. The grand secrotary las bad a number of handsome silk banners prepared, to be sent to the szyous of the varions grand commang at Washington and to the offlcers grand _commandery. The banners ave of silikc and about 6x10 inches in size. At the top the words **Grand Com- mandery of Nebr Under this is the raska_arms, consisting of a gold shield, bearing a blood-red cross, On the cross are the words “Lux, lex, dux, rex,” the X veing at the intersection of the arms of the cross and being common to all the words, On one ld 18 o guidon aud on the and crown. Beneath arc the 1000 Ninth stroet, N, C., October 5 to 10, other a cross words “*Rendezyous, Washwgton, D. rch has been announced for the grand parade of October 8, The various commanderies will rendezvous on the streets in the vieinity of the capitel building and the line will be formed on the south and east of the capitol, vassing around to the north and thence up Pennsylvania avenueto Washing- ton circle, where « turn_will be made and the march taken up on K street toward the cast to Ninth street, when the parado will be dismissed, witnin one block of the Nebraska headquarters. The parade will be reviewed at the corner of Tenth and I streots by the grand_ master of Kuiznts Templar of the United States, General Charles Roome, of New York cit There will commanderies ment, but the not take part. be a competitive drill by the present during the Nebrasin commanderies will Knights Templar Conclav, Wasbington is expected to fill up with vis- itors to the Knights Templar conclave on Saturduy and Sunday, tha 5th and 6th of Oc- tober. Arrangements ave being made in the churches for special devotional exercises, and every citizen of the national capital in- tends to put forth extra exertions to make the surroundings attractive and the visitors happy. There is a great deal of rivalry springiug up among the business men in the matter of decorations and the prospects are that Washington will present more of a holi- day attire than she has cver presented be- fore. The weather will be decidedly in favor of this kind of a demonstration, Presiden~ tial inauguration days have always been an incentive to the people in ths respect and they have ever attempted to make each suc- ceeding inauguration day more attractive than the other in tho wiy of decorations. Suow aud rain, however, have consnired to lessen the attractivencss of decorations on the 4th of March, Monday, the 7th of October, will be de voted to the reception of incoming comman- deries und sight-seeing, but on the next day, “Tuesday, the real wori of the conclave will be commenced. There will be excursions down the river to Mount Vernon and the various resorts, aud up the river toa num- ber of points where the vision and the inner man are fed to the soul’s delight. The white lot, which hies between the white house and the Washington mouument, and overlooks the classic Potomuc, will 'present scencs which will debght the eye of the drill-master on Wednesd: 'and Thursday. There will be barbecues and parades on the great Penn- sylvania avenue ana_other thoronghfares, a reception by the president and Mrs, Har- rison, and a great whirl around the ciy in general. One can estimate the size of & crowd be- forehand best by the demands made for ac- commodations among the lundlords of the city. These peoplo say that there will be more visitors i Washington during the wack of the conclave than have ever at- tended the inauguration of a president, 1t is almost, impossible to socure a room in uny location about Washington now. Pope Pius us a Mason. The following appeared in the Voice of Masonry sowe years ago, and has recently been resurrected by the Craftsman, and to those who never heard of the ocaurrence it will prove o matter of interest, as setting forth the fact that Pope Pius IX was at one time & momber of the craft and was expelled the order for perjury: At the semr-annual meeting of the grand lodge of Masons, Scottish rite, of the order of Palermo, Italy, on the 27th of March last, Pope Pius IX was expelled the order. The decree of expulsion was published in the ofticial masonic paper at Cologne, Germany, and was preceded by the minutes of the lodge in which he was initiated, and is as follows: ‘YA man named Mastal Ferreti, who re- celved the baptism of freemasonry, and sol- emnly pledged his love and fellowship, and who afterward was crowned pope and king under whe title of Pio Nono, has now cursed his former bretbren and excommunicated all members of the order of freemason. There- foro said Mastai Ferreti, is herewith by de- cree of the grand lodge of tho Oricnt, Paler- mo, expellod the order for perjury.’ The charges against him were ®rst pre- forred in his lodee at Palermo, in 138065, and notification and copy thereof ‘were sent to him, with request to aitand the lud‘e for the purpose of auswering the same. To this ho made no reply, and for divers reasons, the arges were not pressed uutil ho urged the Dishops of Brazil to act aggressively aga'nst the freemasons. They were then pressed, and after & regular trial a decree of expul- sion was entered and published, the same bewng sigued by Victor Immanuel, king of Italy, and grand waster of the Orient of Italy.” A O U W, Union Pacifie lodge No. 17 will give an en- tertainment at its lodge room lo the Barker block to-morrow night. This is the first of & series of entertainments inaugurated by this lodge, to be given on the fifth Monday night in each month wherein five Mondays occur. The programme will consigt of wmusical and literary selections. The committeo o ar- rangements also have @ great surprise in sL0s for thelr guests of L0-WOFFOW evening, which will bea decided ianovation in this line of entertainments. Refreshments will be served as & mattor of course. The latest scheme to recruit the member~ ship of subordinate lodges, says the Anchor and Shield, is to form hustling committeos. It is usually started by the master workman appointing two captains, who select by turn from the members, choosing equal numbers upon both sides until all are enrolled, Then the captains map out the line of work to_be followed, and each one is encouraged to sin- cere efforts and aroused to the mportance of aining the victory by a pending forfeit, o0 o paid for by the losing hustlers, An oyster supper, alunch ora_box of cigars is a roa- sonable reward for the winner,and it croates a great deal of mirth and reneived life in the lodge room. 1t your lodge desires to enjoy lots of fun and_draw out a_full attendanc besides increasing your membership, by all means try the hustling committees. 0. M. GO A very extraordinary society, called “The Order of the Mystic Circle,” has been or- ganized in Philadelphia. Its objects are the protection and relief of unfortunate hus- bands, and only those men are eligible for membership who have wives who make their lives unhappy. The soclety is said already to number 200 members, and it is expected that it will s0on have a membership of 5,000, It is really startling to know that in the City of Brotherly Love there are so many un- happy marriages as these hopeful—or hope< less—anticipations would seem to stow, but however that may b, it certainly is a matter for congratulation that the sore places in the mental and physical systems of the unhappy benedicts of the Quaker City, whether said sore places are the result of the uneasy tongues of their helpmates, or violent col- lision with the fire shovel or rolling pin in the hands of the latter, are o be heaied by the salve dispensed by this new ameliorator of marital infelicities, Imitates the Iron Hall. The Order of .Hgis was incorporated in Lynn, Mass, February 11 last, and pays $£1,000 at the end of seven yoaas, besides & 25 weekly benefit in case of sickness or ac- cldent. In case of death after ono year's membership, it pays as many sevenths of the certificate as the member has been years in the order. Six per cent interest is charzed on ull sums drawn from the time of payment to the maturity of the certificate. No charter fee is charged for the institution of a lodge. TLodges have been organized in six states, the total number to date being thirty-ono, with a totul membership of 2,500, Forty more are 1 process of organization, A leading fea- ture of the order is its prompt payment of sick claims, M. W, O Camp No, 120, Modera Woodmen, is doing good work and getting down to busi- ness after vhe laxity which vrevailed during the warm weather. At the meeting last Wednesday night, Venerable Consul Jones, of Council Bluffs, was present. On next Wednesday night, the camp will work the Oriental degree, at which time it 18 expected there will be a very large attendance, as thirty or forty members are coming over from Council Bluffs and a number of Omaha members are expected o witness this most interesting degree. P O. The 16th, 17th a nd 18th of the coming mouth will be galu days for the P. E. O.’s of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, as on those days this sisterhood will hold its annnal convention, in this, the city of its birth. Great preparations are being made for the entertainment of the visitors, us, besides soventy-five delegates, uearly a hundred visiting members are ex- pected. This society, which started with soven young ladics, s grown to such an extent as 0 have their influence felt throughout the western states and terrrizories. Their object is that of sweet charity, and many a good deed amongst the sick and poor can be traced to this noble sisterhood At the luying of the corner-stone of the Wesleyan university, last month, the honor of piacng a copy of the Record, their monthly paper, was bestowed upon the P. E. 0.’s, Who took an_active part in all the pro coedings, as 1t was 1 the chapter of the old Wesleyan that the idea of forming tis soci- ety was planned and executed. ‘An_informal reception will evening of the 16th at their hall, and u sy recoption wilt be given on the 15tn at the beautiful and spacious home of Senator Harlun, for which nearly four hundred invi- tations have been issued. Their emblem, a five-pointed gold star, will shine its brightest: on this occasion, and the colors, gold und white, will be shown in their floral aecorations by golden-rod and white roses. be held the K. OF H. and Dictator W. H. White of the Knights of Honor, of Fremont, spent last Sunday 1n South Owmaha as the guest of Dic- tator H, L. Smith, Good Will lodge, of South Omaha, ad- mitted several new members at its last meet- ing. This lodge is in a prosperous condition and is rapialy increasing m members, K. OF ¢ braska lodge, No. 1, will hold a very im- portant meeting noxt Wednesday evening at which time the vacancy in the oftico of vice chancellor will be filled.” It is requested that all members attend this meoting. 'I'he third rank will also be conferred on oue candidate. - “The EBlixir of Life." M. in Minneapolis Tribune, ear out the throbbing entrails of beast: Live on the lower Tun— “Whose essence yoars of man.” So the wild Tudinn at his horrid feast Tore from his victim’s breast the fearless heart, Shrveled by torture fire—in hope to gain Courage to bear Afiliction’s keenest dart, Or wallk to death down avenues of pain, the life"—the messages will make young the Dear Christ thy gospel of sweet charity Grows old with ourgold world; and Faith, through teurs, Looks ou the goul that was the starting place; While our noor Seience-led humanity Sees av the end of all the cycling years The savant und the savage fece to face! EDUCATIONAL, A valuable Arabic library and Syrinc and Hobrow have been re the university of Penusylvania. Mme, Marchesi, the famous teacher of op eratic aspirants in Paris, is said to be the most remarkable old woman that ever lived in the way of penuriousness, Johns Hopkius, the founder of the uni- versity that bears his name in Baltimore, entered the same city at theageof nineteen with 0214 cents in his pocket, and died worty 7,000,000, The general reunion of the alumni, teach- ers, trustees and friends of Antioch 'colloge has been oalled for the next commnoncement, June 18, 1890, It is expected that §10,000 will be previously raised to put the collegs i the beat repair before the areat occasion. The trustees of De Pauw university have elected Dr. J, P, D, John president to flil the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Alexander Martin. The institution will in a fow years receive the bulk of the be- quest of Washington C. Do Pauw, amounting 10 $2,000,000, Ono hundred thovsand volumes were last yeur added to_seventy-five college librarics in the United States. The largest accession was that of 12,000 volumes to the Haryard university. The libraries of Columbia, Cor- nell, Boston university, Yale and Princeton also'veceived large additions, The vacation of the Freach school boys has led to & change in one feature of the exposition. An order has goue forth that en raison des vacances scolaires, all the Arab, African, Egypuian, and gypsy dancing girls must moderate their style. ~ One of ~the Egyptian dances is called “that part of the human body which extends dowuward from the breast.” I is against such porform- ances that the school boys are to be defonded. e e For Alcoboliss Go to Excelsior Springs, Missouri, waters are @ cortain aotidote, Fine ac- commodations at the Elms, Twent five miles from Kansas City, on the St Paul road, one of cived by Its THE EL I]ORADU “OF DAKOTA. Observations of aq Bx-Congress- man in the Black Hills, bt FARMING AS WELL AS MINING. Enormous Orops of Wheat and Oate— Wonderral Fertility of the Val- loya—Gold; Sfiver, Tin and Copper. Developinz.a Ringdom, Hon. Amos J. Cumings, the well-known journalist and congressmayu, who has been making a tour of the Black Hills, writes his paper, the New York Sun, as follows, under date of Hill City, S. D.: Six days have I spent among the peaks of the Black Hills. It is a wonderland. Aptly may the hills be termed the Azores of the plams. They are the ceuter of an ocean of verdure. They tower above the vast prairies of Dakota and Wyoming as the Western islands tower above the broad bosom of the Atlantic, Seamed with wild _gor sprinkled with fertile valleys, clothed in for- ests of dark pines, and capped with turreted crags, thoy may well excite awe and admira- tion. ' But they are far more valuable than beautiful, They are ribbed with lodes of gold, silver, tin and copper. The golden sunds of the gulches aro still being washed, The Homestake und other mines are still pouring out their millions every year. There are 100,000 tons of tin ore on dumps awaiting concentration. Lead, iron, copper and other minerals are found, and coal been discovered at the foot of the hills. Just now the tin prospectors are the mos active. Thoy are selling their lodes as fast as they find them, and they are findiug them avery week. Tne pine forests are another sourco of wealth, The music of the circu- lar saw is heard in many a gulch, and little settlements are springing up like mogic. But this is not all. The Black Hills give birth to ascore or more of streams that give life to an agricultural kingdom below them. They water wide valleys of extraordinary fertility, No irrigation is needed. Like Pike's Peak, Harney's Peak is a storm con- ter, but, unlike Pike's Peak, it generously scatters its showers over the wide valley and broad plateaus that streteh to the hor zon, Tho effect is marvelous. Dakota to-day is the greatest wheat-producing country in the union. Indeed, it is said to be raising neurly a thirtieth of the wheat crop of the world. The Black Hills oasis, however, is only just beginning to do its share of the work. Its fortility almost surpasses belief. The best wheat and oats undoubtedly grow upon its farms. There are surprising statements concerning its crops. Wheat yields from twenty to forty bushels per acre, but sam- ples of a yield of eignty-four bushels to the acre aro shown, _ John Schamel, who lives two miles west of Rapid City, recently raised 400 bushels of wheat from ten acres of ground, and sold it out of the wagon for %0 cents per bushel. The grains of Black Hill wheat are large and plump. They seldom fall under seventy pounds to the bushel. The s0il, bear in mind, is not stimulated. Scratch the rich earth and you get your reward with- out fertilizers. Oats, in the Hills, sown upon the same s0il, become too heavy. A fleld in Hill City was seen which yielded nearly sixty bushels to the acre. The oats weighed fully fort; pounds to the bushel. The golden sheaves were a sight o bebold. The heads were ap- parently a solid mass of oats, and the over- burdened sprays nung down below the girdle of cach sheaf, This, however, is by no means a marvelous yield for the Hills. ~ The statement that Sam Scott, who owns a small lace adjoining Rupid City, raised 50 bushels of oats from three acres seems incredible. There 18 no doubt, however, that Dr. Doty gleaned 950 bushels from ten acres. His ranch is on Box Elder creek, only a few miles from the cit @ shel- tered from the wind and well watered and timbered. No richer garden spot can be found. Vegetables attain an unusual size without losing their flavor. A potato weigh- ing over ten pounds, grown in a_guich, has beer exhibited. When' baked it proved mealy from skin to heart and satified the appetites of four men. A luxuriant growth of grass extends over the whole region. The wild grass turns out tremendous crops of hay. Timothy, clover, blue grass, orchard grass, millet, redtop, and alfalfa equal wheat in growth. 'Besides this nature has supplied six varieties of wild grass. Rye, barley, corn, buckwheat, and sorghum thrive wonderfully. A farmer may aise grain in the valleys, and his cattle and sieep find ample subsistence the year round on the wild grass of the low hills and moun- tain slopes. The valleys are lovely. Peaks clothed to the top with dark pines”surround ystal springs purl through them, They head'in springs of the purest water, and they are fed by the snows and rainfalls of the mountains, Many of the valleys are under cultivation. Others await the appre. ciative husbandman, “'en years from now, when the tin mines are fully aeveloped, these valleys will un- doubtedly prove far more valuable than the gold placers n the gulches .Pennington county, of which Rapid City is the shire- town, includes the heart of the hills, It has about 5,000 farms under various stages of cultivation, There are few barns and few ideal farmhouses. Settlers who have just taken up choice locations frequen ly live in wail tents, Upon the cultivated farms you find the latest improved agricultural implemen s, A farmer was seen using a_mowing machine while his wiie followed witha horse rake, They were gathering in the second crop of for the season, Most of the farms in e valleys are taken up. There are choico tuble lands in the country around the hills, some of which are still open to settlement. ‘Phey are subject to rainfalls, and, with few exceptions, are said to be fully as fertile as the lands in the valley: Aside from agriculture the drainage of the hills sustains an immense cattlo industry. Nearly a million cattle browse on the grass bordering streams that have their source near Harney’s peak. They dot the valleys as far as the eye can see. They feed upon the native grasses, summer and winter, These cattle mostly escaped the rizors of the winter that proved so disastrous in Montana and upper Wyoming a few years ago. Huge trains laden 'with them are beginning to roll down the Elkhorn road toward Omaba and Chicago. These trains have the right of way, and frequently attain a sveed of forty-five miles an hour.” “If you are ever in a hurry to get out of the Black Hills country,” said W. B. Wilson, of Fremont, “*take a hog train. You'll get here twelve hours ahead of the regular express.” The choicest grazing lands 1 the entire northwest are found in the hills, It seems to be a paradise for stock raisers. Prob- ably uot more than a twentieth of the area is fit for cultivation, The remuinder is covered with forests, It makes the finest range for stock and sheep. There are ranges ulong the most of the streams flowing from the bLills, The great cattle kings of the district/are' C. J. White and the Wood Brothers. They own 40,000 head and have $1,000,000 iuvestad in the business, The management is concentrated at Rapid City. Last year they shipped over ten thou. sand cattie, yielding a eash return of over £100,000. The same corporation 0wns a great horse ranch, with seven miles of never-fail- ing water. It is stocked with 1,000 fine mares and thisty pure bred Percheron, Clydesdale and Shire stallions, 1t is said to return 20 per ceuta vear 1n dividends, These ranches, however, are only a surface indica- tion of what is being done. There aro man, breeding farms within a_day's ride of the hills, It is & horse country, Everybody listens with pleasure to the soft click of the hoof. There are racing associations at Rapid City and Deadwood. Cood time is made, and the purses this fall aggrozate 86,000, Money is to be speut witdout stiut. The horso ranches around Rapid City may in ume become as famous as those in Ken- tucky and California. Small ranches are springing up in every direction. There are seven on Rapid creek, nine on Hox Elder, and several on Spring creek. Edward Lyocu's is a fair example. He has 2,450 acres twenty-five miles southeast of Rapid City, on Ravid creek, Seventy brood ma ce over the rauch, They ure mares and are inbred with f'rench cos horses. S. P, Conrad has 400 horses on a 2,000-acre ranch on Box Elder, and the Ov back brothers have a larger rauch on Spring creek, The horse industry prowis source of great wealth to the country. The Black Hills ariso from a series of plateaus from 000 feet above sea level. Harney's peak is 5,200 feet above it. From its top the distant plains look like the swelling undulations of the sea. No other mountain ranges are iu sigbt. Even the Big SIXTEEN PAGES. Horn and Powder monntains are beyond view. Immediately bolow you fis a wilder- ness of granite piunacles, hills, ravines, can- ons, gulches, parks, and streams, and beyond the circle an ocean of verdure and dry grass, Just now the view is dimmed by the smoke from the Montana prairie fires, Groat black patches on the piains below tell you that such fires are - not confined to Montana. The farmers along the Elkhorn rairoad mow the grass and weeds along the track and then burn it. They thus prevent fires that might prove disnstrous to their crops and cattle, A thou- sand farmers are at work along the track this week and the heatin the cars is at times almost insufferavle. The fruit of the Black Hills is remarkable. Apples, pears, plums, cherries, and grapes grow to a large size and are unusually lus- cious. Hale & Thompson, who own a nur- sery five miles above Rapid City, aro send- ing to the state fair a_choioe coilection of fruits, They include Duchess of Oldenburg and Wolthy apples, ana Martin, Hyslop, transcendent and Siberian crab apples, and Concord grapes. They would do eredit to California. The Hills cover 8,200 square mile in tho extreme southwestern part of South Dakota. The sconery 1s mugnificont. In years to come they will undoubtedly be a tavorite resort for tourists, There are no trout in the brooks, nor are there any lakes in the hills. Small chubs and suckers are aro the only fish to be found. The pine troes are filled with red squirrels, but they are not fit to eat. They feed upon pine cones almost exclusively. When cooked their flesh rotains the taste of the pine, The ground squirrels are striped like chipmunks, and are not much larger than mice. They in- fost every dwelling and granary. A mole a8 large as a rat is a curiosity. He heaves bushels of subsoil to the surfane and seems to enjoy himself immenscly. Elk and buf- falo have disappeored. A few cinnamon bears and black tailed deers are left. The deer are already protected by game laws. Rabbits are found, but the hawks and the eagles prevent their rapid increase. There are no beavers, minks nor fur bearing ani- mals, A few quails have been brought from the east and are said to be doing well. Rob- insand meadow larks are plentiful, but there are no brown thrushes nor orioles. Blackbirds hover over the whoatfields in dense clouds, A stray mocking sird is sometimes seen, but. he quickly wends his way back to Texas The English spurrow has not yet found this paradise, and the ground chippy has the country to himself. There are a few oaks and quaking aspens in the valleys, but the most of the timber is yellow pine. Goldenrod, wild roses, blackberries, thistles and wild sunflowors are plentiful, I saw no mullen stalks nor wild parsnips. Tho climate 18 delightful, The summer months are characterized by warm days and ©ool nights, The air is pure and whelesome. Light showers aro frequent. Tornadoes are rare. The autumn months are lovely. Warm weather remains until after the holidays. It is asserted fhat there are more days of sun- shine in the Black Hills than in uny other partof the United States. The winters are cold, but there is little snow. Sleighs are never used. The mercury seidom rises above %0= in sununer. In winter it some- times reaches 20> below zero. The climate is especiully favorable to those suffering from pulmonary and malarial dise 1t has all the good qualities ot the Colorado, without the light, rarefied atmosphere. You seldom hear of sickness in the Black Hills. The border days ave past. The road agent has disappeared. The hills are us safe for travelers as the roads of New Eneland. The Tudians are kept on reservations hundreds of miles away. 1 have been hero sixteen days without seeing a solitary savage. 'I'he people are hospitable and entertaining. They are proud of the country and have glowing hopes of its future. Tt is still inits i but it is growing like a giant. Thirveen s have passed sioce the Custer massacre. he Black Hills were tnen developing the t germs of commercial life, To-day a ity of 5,000 inhabitants squats at its gate- way,and there are 60,000 miners and luborers within sight of Harney peak. It looks as though somebody was monkeying with Al- addin’s lamp. , and lie ———— A BRIGHT YOUNG RIVAL. Interesting Features of the High School Register for September. T Ber is in recoipt of the September issue of its very charming contemporary the High School Register. It is neatly printed in magazine form with a cover of artistic de- sign. Although neither large nor preten- tious it has the full equipment of & metropol- itan journal. Indeed in the matter of man- aging editors it goes its metropolitan rivals one better, having two incumbents of that reponsible position—Mr. F. 8. Harris and Mr., G. B. Haynes, both of the class of *90, Miss Etbelwynne Keunnedy occupies the chair of associate editor, while Carlisle Row- ley presides at the news editor’s desk and Wallace Taylor looks after the department of sports. The Register doesn’t declare its po- sition in set words, but it is reasonable to in fer from thehonest and ingenuous tone which characterizes its utterances on other sub- jects that such sports as it patronizes must be legitimate and that nippodromes and fakes don’t “go. Realizing the necessity of a large and sub- stantial circulation in establishing a success. ful journal the Register gets to business at once in the foliowing style: “1If you like the Register, show your appre omtion by subscribing immediately. With the subscription list the publishers now have, they will lose about thirty dollars apiece Although we have not had time to work on subscription, and although many will come in during the year, we arc in necd of a great many new ones right off. ~ We are trying to give you a good paper, but we can’t run it on Sind. " Wa.will bo. in tho nioth, tonth and cleventh grades soliciting this week, so make up your minds to subscribe, and we will see that you get all you pay for.” Naturally many of the editorials are of a didactic nawre. For instance: “You can either decide to get your lessons at all buzards, and stick to it, or you m agree to 'let her glide,” and trust to the gods and luck to get through.” “By all means, study page 37 of your alge- bra s though your deliverance from hades depended upon it—ior itdoes, Miss page and you will some day be banmshed to that wodern hades, the seventh hour, to atone for your neghgence.” g iber you are a High Schooler, and no longer a kid.” To the Philistine *“the seveath hour” con- veys little meaning, but to the initiated its terrors doubtless justify the strong simile employed. At the risk of violating the copyright law, which the reader is duly notified protects the following pertinent bits of advice, Tur Be reprints them: “Don’t be a sponge and soak all the nows from your neighbor’s Remster. “Don’t sit in your seat and say that our news is all stale. Go to work and irite something spicy and hand it to one of the editors. “Don't forget to hand in your subscription just because your paper is continued on your promise. A paper cannot be run without money.” Theé department of the boom editor is well looked after. Here are some specimens of his handiwork “Don't the Register b wmen " . “We want to tell you that wo consider our new cover something artistic. It has been espocially designed for us, and has been etehed on plate, and will probably bo the permanent cover of the Rogister.” Tho Register is only 50 cents a year, ryone can afford that for the sake of baving a paper to read.” “The moral tone of the Register will be of abigh standard, so that it need not be tabooed from any fireside. Our special arti- clos alone are more than worth the price of admission. Subscriptions, 50 cents, invaria- bly in advanc “Professor—Wnat is the greatest literary triumph yet achieved ! “Everybody—1he Register, “Tho register will be sold at the desk in the twelfth grade room for 5 cenls per copy.” An endeavor will be wade 10 start a col- umn in which shotgups,uitro-glycerine, fancy work, etc., can be advertised for exchinge.” This sprightly young journal proposes to keep step with its larger rivals or know the reason why. Iis latest stroke of enterprise is the aadition of an art depa meut, Under the bead of aunouncewments in t Halifax, gentle the carrent number the editors are pleasod to state that “‘our next issue will be ilius- trated by a wood cut." The Register abounds in skits which are doubtless avpreciated by those who are oa the “‘inside,” 8o to speak. In one column wo find theso: ‘Protty near time for watermelons,ain't it, ‘Shorty? “To be put over the algebra room doo ‘Abandon hope all ye who enter here.' ' In another place between two deop black rules 18 this paragraph: “Sacred to the memory of the J. D. S. which, after a lingering illness of some months, passed quictly and peacefuily away amid the sobs and cries of its beloved mem- bers.” Taken as a whole the Rogistor is considera- bly above the average of amatour journal- ism and does great oredit to the enterprising young ladies and gentlemen who are respon- sible for its production. A eT— Something to Remember. 1f you are going east remember the “Rock Island Route” run the sleepers and chair cars of their solid vestibule train to and from the Omaha depot, leaving Omuha at 8:45 p. m., thus avoid- ing the transfer at Council Bluffs, Three solid trains daily. All chair cars are froe. 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