Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-04
THE CRUEL MACHETE.
ASToRY or THE LAST REVOLUTION
IN CUBA.

Terrible Fate Which Overlook a Band
OF Noble Spanish Chivalry-1issire
From Brave Chicagoa.-sbadows c.
q star;ess Night
''But the machete means something 10
the Cuban" said the old don. st isn't
merely O. rusty old relic. It has drunk
much blood. Whenever it is drawn,
either against the soldiery or in riot,
somebody dies. Do you want little tale
OF the machete-one that is true and
shows what awful havoc may be done
with itg
wei, at the outbreak OF orr last re-
beIlion here the Spanish forces in the
brave work Of the insurgents under the
noble CesDides, who, in October, 1858,
with but fifty other stout hearts about
him, raised the standard of independence
on his plantation ut DernGiagua, and by
December had al organized army Of
Il, COO mcn-the nucleus CT the effort for
liberty which famed through Cuba for
eight bloody years, costing Spain untold
millions il money and the lives Of 150, 600
men, half Of Vb0:n saw the swift CLEAN OF
the flashing rlachete before their last
prayers TO the Virgin.
They were impatient II Spain because
this little affair was not promptly sup
pressed. Finally, at court and in social
life, the whole matter became such an IL
ritating joke that the chivalo,lS youth Of
the best families in Spain banded together
TO take @ little jaunt to Cuba and put
down these cane chewing rebels some line
afternoon between breakfast and dinner,
Or between dinner and the Havana even
Ing ball.
BRAVE AND GAY AND NOBLE.
''They were al even 5000. Brave and
gay and noble were they. They held the
best blood, he highest hope Of Spain.
And what Il Grand departure from BARGE
Iona and arrival II H2vana they made!
They were splendid fellows, and It is said
they represented $500, eco, Geo. Havana
eociety WIS Wild with delight. Every man
YVES = rich fcllily's or a titled fanily'3
son. Nearly every man had his own valet.
Their uniforms and aCcoutrements-fur-
rishc1 Ct their own cOSt-were dazzling in
gold and lace. 4 month Of the widest
social debaCche-y followed their arrival.
Fetes, balls, receptions, bullfights, carni-
walls, welcomed them on every hand. st
last they came ont kcrc-Oycr beyond the
caiZ2da there. near TIE Guines railway
and went into camp. Instantly this cal
Sada, ell tie way back TO Havana, was
Transformed into another Paseo do Tccon,
thrOnGed with tho oquipaCes Of the ariS-
tccracy rolling to and from the brilliant
caRp. The uagTificcrce Of the city'5 so
Cial EGyetics ys.3 simply transferred there.
zone night = great fete had been given
at the CnCalnpInent, more brilliant and
gorgeous than s-nythinS that had preceded
il. Just before midnight, when the fes-
tYities were ct their height, the COM
mandcr Of the rcspIendcut troop, on re-
pairing 10 his headquarters tent, found
the following note pinned upon a dininu
tive iHst.rceIlt flag surcnoUnting . gor-
fcouS pyramid Cf flowers, the gift that
day Of some beautiful HabGnas:
after your other guests are gone we
viii visit you. Do Us the honor TO receive
e stand:n[i TVASuINGTCz. RYAN
This was the hero from Chicago who
gave his Lie for Cube, whose real great
ness your people up there never recognize,
and for whose memory they have only
made one d2ub Of . portrait.
The clissive created the greatest mirth
and hiI2rity. The camp and its guests
were Wild with Inirth and delight over the
grim Wit Of the crazy writer and his pre-
tentious message. They drank toasts to
him; sung mock praises Of his yalCr; the
bands blared ferociOusly in his honor until
the small hours hci come and all the city
guests had gone.
SHADOWS or \ STAINLESS NIGHT.
.Tbeo = hush came mon the sDlan6f6
carrn and vine and el7an 3rotrhf silence
rndar the sfoIoyvs Of = starless nfrht.
at MIGHT have been the restless wind
,ourbf1.- thr3;rrli the dark canvors. bat
the contender could not sleep. lie read
and ra-r7-I the dr.ine- rrcssr-e until the
little i2sur,-czt fac grew and clanoured
into IN AWFUL rnc13cc. Surely there must
fe = ere,+ form co-7ir~- on. Surely i
rn1,st h, --vea7.ny ont al the night IIpoa
the ca-,D ron e;ervvtere. Ssrelv-
s.Pr-t Tho etorrn vas +f,er,., and II v,,e
WINGED d.etb.
..Tha t-rr-,I,.f,-,s hed NJ mora tra, time
n sf,~ilIv s-,-rr,o, II, heavily s1oa2:rr
ca71o IA its feet WHOM col only Knows L..,;
brown. yellow, vh-t0-hUt 81 Ilcl--E1D