Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-03
TOUR AROUND THE WORLD.
On. rAIaAcE's INTERESTING LET
TER ABOUT NEW ZEALAND.
He Discusses Antipodean Experi-
enees and Baiakiava at bishops
Dining rabie-wonan Suffrage Tri-
umphs.


In black chariot Of shasSow from IN,
mountains Of New Zealand a. we an
preached the harbor OF Auckland. and IN,
lighthouse ON the rocks held up its rrcal
torch to keep US of the reefs, and 10 show
us tho way TO safe wharfage, seeming =,
say; Wonder Is n path OF wavosl Ride in
TO peacel Accept the welcome Of this IL
land oontinentln
IL was half past O'Clock when tho r1oAt
screw OF our steamer ceased to swirl IN,
waters and tho gangplank was lowered,
and we descended 10 the firm land. oul
namo called ms We heard it spoken bv 4
multitude who wen there to greet us.
Strange sensation was it 10. 900 miles f,,on,
nome 70 hear our nume pronounced nv
those whose faces we had mover scan he.
Tore and whose faces could be only dinly
seen now by the lanterns on tho docks and
tbe lights OF our ship, Just halted after a
long voyage. What made the night morn
memorable was that I was suddenly IN.
formed at 3 o'clock was to lecture An
their hall, aud 80 minutes was short time
TO allow poor sailor like myself 10 cot
physical and mental equipoise after 81
days pitching. But at s O'Clock / was
ready and confronted throng OF peopie
cordial and genial as any ono ever saiuted
from platform or pulpit
told how for many days ] had been
looking on on great ocean Of ineoao. hut
that had not wanted, as many saw under
such circumstances, 10 be thrown over.
beard, and that did not think any one
ever did want TO be thrown overheard and
reminded them Of the seasick voyager who
said he wished to be thrown into ,ho Sea.
and the captain had a sailor dish on him
pailful OF cold ocean water, and when
tho soaked and shivering man protested
and asked the captain what he meant by
such an insult the captain replied, You
wanted to be thrown overheard, and
thought l would lot you try how you liked
bucket OF tho water before you took the
whole ocean"
Never 10 glad were we to stand on firm
land as the night OF our arrival at Auct.
land. Wondrous New Zealandl Few poo
plo realize how 1t was discovered. They
tell MS OF Captain Cook and OF Dutch nav.
igatoIs, but all tho Islands Of the South
seq as we'll as this immense Now Zealand
were discovered as a result Of the effort to
watch the transit OF Venus over tho suns
disk from the South seas. The Royal soci-
city sent OUT ships for this purpose, and
Captain Cook and the astronomers and
botanists v 10 accompanied him ON his
voyage were only tho agents Of science.
How the interests OF this world are linked
with tho behavior Of other worlds, md
now tho TACT mentioned suggests that most
OF tho valuable things known in this
world have hoon found out while looking
for something else, and what sublimity all
this gives to the work Of the explorer, tho
transit OF Venus an island OF light nc
In gNtstH 90 80
tho unknown Into the well known But
the prowess OF such men can never DO
fully appreciated Tho sea captain who
puts out in this day OF charts and nayjgat.
ing apparatus with ship OF 10, 900 tons
for another hemisphere, daring typhoons
and cyclones, strange currents aud hidden
rocks must be brave man, but who can
measure the courage OF Cabot Or Marco
Polo or Captain Cook, sailing out into un.
known seas, across wildernessos OF water
that hayo nevor been mapped, In ships Of
200 tons, discovering rocks only by run.
ming upon them and met on shore by
sayagos ready TO scalp or roast thorul
Those ohnllengors OF tempest and can.
niballsm and oceanic horror must have
had norvo and valoF beyond that OF any
othor heroes Such men set Now Zen
land az gem into the crown Of the worlds 1
geography, To mo and 10 most ptoplo /
who come here New Zealand Is a splen. !
did surprige Wo have all read so much /
about tho suporstltions and outrageous |
cruelty Of this land IN other times that wo 1
arc startled on arriving hero TO hnd more
churches in New Zealand than in Ameri-
ca in proportion to tho number Of tho
population. In one village that / visited
since coming hero find eight churches to
a population Of 1900 people. There arr
too many churches In many places In New
Zealand, and they jostle each other and
lontond for right of possession hindoring
zach other and half starving many OF their
as ia sure to be the case when
there are TOO mnny churches and conko-
lucntly not enough support for every one
II them.
Another surprise to me is that female
outrage Is In full blast. found elegant
aides telling OF their experience at the
lullnt box, and i hereby report to tho
american ladies now moving for the right
Il female suffrage that New Zealand is
lear ahead 81 thorn, and that the oxporl-
nent has been made here successfully. 1n-
tead Of the ballot box degrading woman,
woman Ia here elcVatinR the ballot box,
nd why in New Zealand or America or
anywhere else should man DO so afraid to
It woman have q vote, as though man
insclf had made suuh grand use Of 1T
.ook al the illitorates and tho inoompc-
snts who have been elected to o,iioe and
90 how poorly the masculines have exer-
ised the right Of suffrage; look at tho
OF nlne.tenths OF the Amorl-
an cities ond see what work the ballot
OK hos done IN the possession OF man,
Ian at the ballot box Is failure. Give wo-
ian chance am not clear that gov.
affairs viii he mAde any better
= the change, but they cannot DO any
orse New Zealand haa tried Il; let Eng
md and America try Il.
II Ii often Eald'in America that n WON
! had the right to vote they would not
Icrcise IT, Fer tho refutation Of thLt
ioory put tho fact that In the last cleo
on in New Zealand Of io9, 600 women
30 registered 70, 900 have voted, while u
10 1893, 900 men who resistored only 1879,
70 have voted This ratio shows that
omen arc more anxious to vote than !
en-. Perhaps woman will yet save poll /
Is Know the charge that she is 70
onSlhle for tho ruin Of her race, since !
e first ato tho forbidden fruits IN para. ,
50. but think there Is chapter In that
after Of Edsnio fruit not written. |
ink Tint Adam when he saw Evo eating It.,
at apple asked for q bite, and getting 10
10 his possession ate The most Of II, and
Immediately shook the tree for more :,
-iea and has baeri fat4na axar fiuce IL I