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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-10

at once General Miles TO realize afcin-
ley comnander-in-chief.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-10

Miles afraid anybody earth-that is except
William Mckinley.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
The Song of tho Gunner.
From L,slfe's Weekly.

From L,slfes Weekly.
She lies within her brscines. with her muzzie out to
Shells sleeping. darby sleeping. in the sun:
For the reckoning whom her savage rest Is done.
oh. M lady. oh. my pet!
When the foe shall set his brcsdside to my gunl
ASH stroke horizon shoulder. heaving with tho heav-
From her throat q hollow murmur seems to start;
As I whisper. as I listen, with my arm upon her
Do ! hear a sullen throbbing from her hearth
oh. my beauty. my delight!
Whom You speak by day or night.
Earth from h~eaven-soul from body-stratn apart
Watching mutelv through the midnight Watching
While a 6roodine ola kness wells her eye OF hre,
As the tiger. crouching dumbly. waits to se'zo the
gliding prey,
Holding ieashed the secret force Of his desire,
So she fingers, SGT to stand
To the motion OF my hand,
Till my summons wakes the tempest OF her fro.
When the call shah sound to action she shall tremble
She shall know me. for her heart and mine are
shall loose her rocking thunders. I shall Mt the
Straight to rend and strong to shatter. swift to
All her mighty thews shall,thrn
To the passion OF my will,
And my soul shall send the message OF my gunt
Still she lies within her bracinss. with her muzIls
And stroke her till her steely shoulders shine;
And she .lumbers without token OF the fury that
when the foe shall set his broadside on her line.
Oh, my lady. my delight!
When I swiny you round to sight.
Death shall follow. and your triumph shall DO
MARIAN CourHour sM1rH.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
Too Spanish for uer.
From he WaIhinqton POsL

An army nurse but lately returned from
Cuba to Washington declares that never again
will she go to "A country whose language she
cannot understand. 1t was before hostilities
had comc to a definite end that she was startled
one day by the unexpected visit OF her Cuban
laundrcss. The woman was intensely excited,
Anxiety sat on her brow and sorrow dwclt In
her eyes, She gesticulated aud she talked.
The nurse knew not n word OF what she said,
hut thA pantomime filled her with terror. The
Cuban's hands seemed to speak OF an attack
on the hospltal-ot wounded men butchered
and nurses cut to ribbons. The nurse was
frantic. She must know the worst. In. the
hospital was an officer very III with typhoid
fever. She knew he understood Spanish. Only
In a matter of life or death would she disturb
hin. but this was obviously Il matter OF life or
death. She led the Cuban woman to the bed
side and there tho story was repeated, The
officer listened intently. The nurse held her
breath. The Cuban ceased. The sick man
turned his head on the pillows.
"She says" he whispered feehly, she says
the stripes in your pink shirt waist have run.
and abe doesn't know what to do with IT,"
That same nurse confesses to having been
desperately homesick down in Cuba.
1T gave me the blues" she said. not to be
able to make even the children understand me.
and one day. one indigo day. a great big sleek
cat walked into. my room. was so glad to
find something that could understand me.
Kitty, kitty, kitty"l said. The cat didn't
PUSSY, pussy I said. The cat took no
notice. The cat-the very cat spoke Spanish.
1t was more than l could bear. eouldn' even
| call q cat"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02

then something happened. 1t seemed as II the
tn" cross street, something as a boat might roll
as though it could get across Broadway fasteS
every driver and Of the, policeman besides.
Nevertheless. the engine kept coming all the
same. and II half q minute IL was seen that ~
still than going straight across; It was going
to turn tho corner into Broadway. and this was
done on the Jump.
How the policeman knew the engine wanted
to turn into Broadway was not apparent to the
casual observer: perhaps the engineer told
him with the whistle; maybe the fireman run
ming ahead pointed but the policeman knew
IL somehow rods before the engine got TO the
corner. The policeman at the northeast cor
ner hustled the team going east along the cross
street out OF The way. at the same time holding
up the men who were coming north on Broad
way, He also held up a warning finger to
two teams coming from the west. He had here
IN q moment. in the sim plest manner. made
a clear space around the corner. with
room enough for the engine to swing around.
At this instant a driver coming from the west
and going east drove out from the hank red up
teams on that side into that inviting open
space. IL was like somebody running out into
the open space in front OF the line at a parade.
He didn't DO any harm: the policeman had his
horse by tho bride and sheered on out OF the
way In very short order, and then that space
was clear again and here the engine did come,
with three horses. whtrlinR around the corner
and upGroadway Oh the dead Jump
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
The Des NIoines Election.

To THE FDrroR OF THE SUS-Sir: Mayor
Macvicar Of Des Moines. Ia has published
n letter denying the statement made at
the a%nti-suffrage hearing IN ALBANY. n. Y.
that at a recent election in Des Moines. to
further a piece OF jobhery. hundreds OF vicious
women were forced to woe under threat Of
exposure"
Mayor Macvicar saws 1850 women voted.
most of them for municipal ownership OF. the
city waterworks: that he does not believe there
were a dozen vicious women among them. and
that certainly none was COerccd. He adds
that the women's vote WAS much heavier In the
strictly residence portions Of D"s Moines than
in the wards where had characters congregate.
CARRIE CHAPMAN GAIT.
Chairman Committee on Organization Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage Association.
NEW YORK. March 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
Eoual Suffrage in New Zeniand.

To THE EDIToR OF THE SuS-S'r; A Is.
Hazard quotes as an argument against equal
suffrage u compulsory half-holiday Dill, IN
troduced in the New Zealand Parliament last
summer. According to her account OF 1t. the
measure seems TO have contained some quite
i'm practicable clauses. But all sorts OF freak
legislation" is introduced every year IN many
Legislatures right here in the Initeu states.
It is not considered to be an argument against
the fitness Of men for suffrage especially
when, as in this case in NeT T Ee al psss. the
FFGGmnSaI sufYrnEo in New Zealand has proved
satisfactory, At a recent chuTfn f S Bisb 5ne
OF Auckland and Primate Of New Zealand salu
in a paper on the Colonial Clergy:
our young New Zealani clergy would be able 10
show. from persona experience, how the cenTorTihS
81 the Parliamentary franchise on ali our women OK
the age OF II years had led IL. nc harm or neon,
venience, but that the men or New AeaiSlu HTnvnI9
wondering why the women had renamed 80 long
without the right to vote.
Mrs. II. J.. Seldom. wife OF the Premier. says;
VA opposed to womens suffrage in ADVANCE,
because ] thought that women shouia NOS m'Ain
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
That Burdened House Mother.

To THE FDIToR OF TIVE SUN-Sir: Your
correspondent Aida b. Hazard says: who
could ask an already overburdened house
mother to ruzzle out for herself the intricaeies
Of the Tariff hill. or decide on the merits Of the
New York charter ?" The anti-suffragists are
constantly declaring that it is every woman's
DUTY To- influence her husband to vote the right
wnv. How is she to influence him to vote the
right WY unless she informs herself su~ flcient-
" 10 know which the right way is? And. II she
Ia TO take the trouble to inform herself at any
rate. tho additional time required to. cast a vote
c. c. Bradford Of Donvar. says that when she
went to vote she took her little girl along to
school. did her marketing. cast her ballot, and
got home inside OF twenty minutes. X.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
The Ballot Educates.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Tr: A.. D.
Hazard says: THE suffrage has not educated
men: why should It educat" women?" Has Il
not educated men? Compare American men
with the men OF countries where the common
people are excluded from suffrage. and see.
Let me quote again from Mrs. T.. q Wallace.
from whom Gen. Lew Wallace says that he
drew the portrait Of the mother ia Ben Hur."
She says:
Consider the developing power Of the ballot, Look
at the men Of this nation. descended from a long
line Of vot ng ancestry: the world shows no robler
specimens Of manhood. Compare them with tho
thousands landed every month at Castle Garden.
coming from the disfranchised classes Of Europe.
and you can form some idea Of this developing
power of suffrage. Development comes only with
freedom, and keeps pace with It.
DORCHESTER, Mass. A. 8. B.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
Tho Woman and tho Krar-Jorrensen.

To THE EnrroR OF THE suS-Sir: Your anti
suffrage correspondents psrsistently harp upon tho
physical force rgunen against womAn's ballot
Secretary Of the Navy Long saysi
Think of arguing with = sober face against . man
whose brains are reduced to such a minimum that
he solemnlv Asserts a woman should not vote be.
cause she cannot fight! In the first place. she can
nGht: in the second. men are largely exempt from
military service; and. in the third. thare Is not the
remotest relation between firing a musket and cast
ing a ballot"
oliver Wendell Holmes disposed As follows OF the
Argument that voting must be virtually hghtingi
- To cut mems throats TO help them count their votes
Is asinine-nay, worse -ascidiaN folly:
blindness like that would scA-e the mole and bat
And make the liveliest monkey melancholy.
say once more, as | have said before.
II voting for orr Tildcns and our HAyeAeG
Means only hCht. then, Liberty, good night
Pack w your hallot.b box and 20 TO blaEes!"
BosIoS, March 80. LP.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
Song of tho Shirt waist.

From the New Orleans TineI- Democrat
Hark the pipes OF Pan are pleaiing-like q sweet
heart interceding-in behalf of lazy fellows now
adays-ror tho proud and painted tulip and the
meek and minted julep-aIe a-bloom again along
LIES arid ways
Yes. 1t works q chaps ~undOing-when he knows
that natures wooing-from the uplAnds and. the
lowlAnds and the mcres-Whent the noontide glowa
In splendor-whcu the nights are soft and tender
and the captivating shirt waist reappears!
When the liver pad Is wilting-and tho lily pad il
tilting-on the breeze hedimplcd bosom of the pool
When the rlpe red rose comes pleAsinY-and tho
ripe red nose stops sne'z,ng-and the little boys
play hockey from tho school.
1t Ia lawful to he lazy-when each dear, old
fashioned dAisy-breathes message from the fra
grant yester yeArs-When the fields are sweet with
clover-and Cbe still my heart moreoTer-When the
airy. fairy shirt waist reappearsI
when the violet blossoms hAppy-on the coatlet
of the chappie-whenw we hustle out the old mos
quito har-When the tipsy bee holds wasaail-in his
honeysuckle castle when the troubadour 10 tuning
his CatRrrl.
when that tired. trAnScendent feeling Into every
heart comes EteAlinE-sweetly pensivc. like a sunny
mAidsn's teSra-When tho bird cAoirs lift their
yoices-when. in short, all earth relOiceS-And the
immemoriAl shirt waist reappeArs!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
An Old Easter Bonnet.

From TIE Al Inti Constitution.
I wish the Easter days were now like those that once
KNEW.
when Jenny wore the bonnet plain. with ribbon
bows % blue;
When we walked 10 Sunday meetin' Ger the mead
ows green and sweet,
Where lilies waved in welcome. with violets at our
feet.
It Amt the fancy n1in's I mind so much-ths
bills
For birds an fluffy feathers-all the fne new-fanRled
frills;
Fer I know that fashion changes. that II rules the
But the "idtime Easter bonnet was 80 simple and
SO sweet
1t, ribbons matched the color Of tho blue sky over
head,
An the lips that smiled beneath IL seemed to mean
the words they said
The lips that smiled SO s~weetly-nevor fnowtn' any
art
An the eyes whose sunny elances made . Light
around your heart.
I've nothin' 'gainst tho fas~hions-theyve got to
have their day;
But / love the simple bonnets OF tho far an far
away.
An thiukin' how she looked in 'em-thers, In the
long ago.
I sigh. an praise tho Lord from whom all blessin's
used To fowl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
A Colonial Song.
From an Old Letter.

From an Old Letter.
Last Valentines Day. all things being gay,
Young Richard 20 mounted his dapple gray.
And av az he rode TO Woodhouse Leo
The pArSon's daughter Jane TO see.
Young Richard he put on his rosemary clothes,
His shoes. his periwig. and his hose.
Likewise n hat upon his head.
Adorned with ribbons green and rod.
Young Richard he rode abroad in state.
At length he arrived az the ps'sOn's gatsI
A trusty servant ushercd him in.
This humorous C%ourtship to begin.
Young Richard he strutted about tho hall,
And soon for Mistrcs, Jane did call.
Mistress Jane came ~traipsinG down straightwAyt
And, pray. sir. what have you to saw %
Young Richard he bowed and he kissed his handi
THAT. madam. you soon shall understand.
II you consent to to my wife. ! am sure we'll lead
ahRppy life"
IF 1 consent to be your bride. pray. how for me
will YOU provided
For I can neither sew nor spin.
Nor can ! do one earthly thing"
"Oh, I can hedge and ditch and SOW
And sometimcst to the market go
With Farmer JohnsOn's corn and hay
And earn me = hiIpence every day"
"Siypence a DAY won't buy us meat"
cad cooks" says Dick, 1--WE n sack OF wheat"
This humorous courtship pleased them QuitoI
It cAnsrd them all to laugh outright.
Young Richard no had no more for4o say.
So he mounted his dapplc and Galloped away.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
POEMS WORTH READING.



Whether a. In old church romance
On Easter morn the sun would dance.
Spiritual eye can see this day
The angel roll the stone awAy
From the tomb door. and so set free
The Christ foretold by prophecy.
And from the body's earthly prison
Proclaim the news that "He has nsent~
Yes. He hath risenl and may, too.
All who their sel1shness subduo.
To rich and poor. to wild and tame.
Obscurely housed. or known to fame.
Aliko He's ~brought-ahl blissful sight
This Immortality to light;
Thy neighbor love as self and God.
And little matters It how thou'rt shod.
Blessed Fasterl for II all years long.
BE welcomed in with Joy and songl
Rejoicel 1t breaches 10 the earth.
Beyond the tomb there is . birth
OF soul trtumphsnt-life and breath.
That never can know aught OF DEATH
Rejoicel Hosannas Joyful rise
To Christ. the pathway to the skies'
EDWARD 8. CREANrn-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02

Its Progress Through Crowded Streets with
Horses IN theG allop.
The fire engine appears to get through some
how. A man might travel the streets OF the
city many a day and never see one blocked.
even In the most crowded streets. Drivers get
out Of the way to give the engine a clear track
and the police help in clearing the way and
then the driver Of the engine himself. though
he is hauling a load OF five tons. more or less. Is
o man that can, get there II There 10 any room
lief for him ut all.
Here was a fire engine coming along a busy
cross street toward Broadway on the way TO a
nre, the horses on the gallon and the whistle
sounding frequently, Broadway was simply
packed full. az was also. apparently. the cross
street. The space at the Intersection was l!lcd
from corner to corner IN every direction with
slowly moving teams sitting rRst one anothe'
and moving on their way with the help now
and then ofthe policeman stationed there. and
II didn't seem possible that any horse what
ever besides those .already there could ind
room 20 set q hoof except at tho gait the
rest were going. much less to pass through at a
gallon. But the engine kept coming, its whistle
sounding with the note It gives when the en-
CINE IL moving rapidly. and in a moment man
who had halted on a far corner, as others had
done around here and there TO see the engine.
said:
And so she did, with three horses on q dead
zallop aud the big engine shining behind and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
On a Dead Child.

From the Nep Ort,dns Tim.t. Democrat
There is nothing that seems the same TO me
Since Jim went away. ! wonder II no
Hid the blue Of the skies
In his little dead eyes
They don't seem as blue as they used to be.
And the sun doesn't shine rs 1t used 20 do.
Nor silver the clouds when the rain breaks through.
And the flowers don't bloom
With their old perfume.
And the birds don't sing their songs no true,
Tho house is so silent. missing his noise.
Tho sob OF his sOrrows, the laugh of his joysi
And the gathering dust.
With the thickeninRr rust,
Is spread like a pail on his broken toys,
His old stick horse. and his gun, and his sled
/ leave in their place by his little bed
told him that they
We're all in my way
But they don't seem 30 now, since he Ia dead.
JOSEPHINE PUErr sPooNrA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
Woman Suffrage md stnble Government

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Mrs,
Helen Kendrlck Johnson and her friends In
sist that government could not be stable IL
women voted. But women already have full
suffrage In four Of our Western States-in
some OF them they have exercised 1t for thirty
y~ears-and government Is just as stable there
ns in adjoining States. 1t is as stable In Aus
tralia and New Zealand "a In America. The
police Of London are as efficient as the police
Of New York. although in London women have
had municipal suffrage ever since 1870
More than half a century ago. DR.. Dionyslus
Larduer. the compiler OF Iardner's Encvclo-
pPiia. wrote n learned treatise to show that no
steamer would ever be able to cross the Allan
tic. He went into q minute comrutation Of the
distance 70 be crossed, the weight OF coal that
would he required. &c, and made out what
seemed n conclusive demonstration. But. soon
after his article was published. the steamer
Sirius from Glasgow arrived in New York har-
hor. AMI the DOCTORS ella borate argument went
down the wind like chaff.
To argue against the practicahility Of woman
suffrage is Ike arguing against the possibility
OF a submarine cable or Of an electric car line.
when they are already in successful operation
IN many different parts Of the world. Some OF
the anti" arguments are as ingenious as DR..
Lardner's. hut the trouble with them all Is that
they are arguing against facts.
ETHEL C. AVERY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
Suffrage and silver.

To TIFF EDITOR OF THE SUMMIT: A correspond.
emit Of THE suS seems TO think there must be some
connection between free silver and woman suffrage,
because at the last Presidential election the West.
which is the section most in favor OF woman suffrage.
went for Bryan and free silver. But the South. which
is the section most oppos~dto woman suffrage. also
went for Bryan and fr e silver. This, Is proof enough.
If any were needed. that peoples views on silver
have nothing 10 d. with their views on suffrage.
Free silver is mainly a question Of section. and not
At all a question of sex. +. y. G..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
From Ms Bottom Budget.

From hs Boston Budget,
Teach us, o God, to work with Thea
To bring Thy Kingdom 70 each heart.
In Rltruistic sym, athy
To do our humble part.
Where clouds obscure some brothers life
May we bring April sunshine there
To smile where sorrow has been rife.
And case his daily care.
Love IL the Kingdom here to-day,
Whore all are free to enter in
who seek to tread the higher way.
Aloof from hate and sin.
"Thy Kingdom Come" we pray 10 thee,
Oh, may we gain 1t moro this hour
BY the unselish ministry
OF thy celestial power!
NrwToNvILLr. A. Z. LOCKE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
One of the Wounded in the Philippines.

from TIE Neuurk ddpeTntT'
A telegram from dreensburg, Pa. tells Of the
anxiety felt there at the news that q certain private
in the Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment had been
wounded in the battles near Manila. The private in
question is a wealthy banker at Greensburg. q grad
uAte OF Princeton College and extensively interested
In several manufacturing enterprises. such are the
men who at their %country's call rushed to arms and
who arc to-day bearing the heat and burden OF tho
day in the perilous and eIhAustng operations Of
Gen. OILS on Luzon IalAnd. -"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02

anything 30 rough ~ contested elections used to be.
/ thought, they were better. out OF the turmoil OF
politics. Now. in the light of experience, ] am con-
WINGED that 1t Ia n good thing for them to vote. There
has has been no disturbance and no unpleasantness
women a great deal OF good to take an interest In
public affairs.
Mr.. p. J. O'Regan, q member OF the New Zea-
land Parliament. writes to the Toronto Gt00e:
Very few of the women hore refrain from eHer.
cising their right Of suffrage. Even those formerly
opposed are now eager to record tneir v1ses y, tho
fair franchise" there ia no record or domesuo
troubles in consequence of IL.
The. Hon W. ?. Reeves. Agent-General for
New Zealand. said in q recent address in Lon
don:
No one can deny that already the possession Of the
rights a citizenship hns begun TO- influence wnmeht
that Influence ia altogether for good. 1t widens their
iiygs; brighten. their i N lie make .,d their Snna n X:
less charming in their domestic circle.
The. Hon. Hugh II Lusk. ex-member OF the
New Zealand Parliament, says:
We SEQ the result in the changed, character Of the
than cleveruess. 1t Ia asked about every candidate.
useful citizen. pure q any suspicion Of completely
with corrupt politicsT' That Ia the man who, under
i Jar Ssln n SineS f% Of sSte OF .n %f il e ina So'nfs see s IN New S"s
York the grieyous results of half universal suffrage:
half.
The influence Of .wcman suffrage has been
declared illegal. and a htll to lesalize them was
needed at the next elections, were against 4.
ze BGI = w Women nns s9re11 { as t f,yoT ors 'GI IN T m NsT
to-day. Intldelity on the mart OF the wife en-
titled the. husband TO. divorce; infidelity on
the part % the husband did not entitle the wife
to one. unless gross cruelty could be proved In
addition. Since women obtained the Parlia-
mentary vote the divorce laws have been made
the same for men and women.
EMILY BRooMALL.