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From he Colorado Sprinos GdEstte-
Across the western hills the nrst soft nddy SUM-
And at Days faint alarm tho earth avatens from its
The quail calls loud; the c..bird cries; tn. noisy
partridge drums:
And in the dropping. developed grass the sun
The startled bullfroG plunRes to the safety of the
The softly laughing rifles send back many . silver
The rose unfolds;, the brook trout leaps; morn's
And make low music where the dainty erass.strung
wind harps grow.
Upon the POOLS dark bosom then the angler casts
Full we'll he knows that in those depths tho lusty
Outlines before this battle-ground had sent him
And patience, skill. allurements-all with failure
The miller lightly touched the stream. and scarcoa
r, ripple broke, -,r, r,, ~. ,r,.,
Tho ash, w or All. such a strife had meier his
As darling. plunging. rushing through the stream
The feeting moments seemed long hours. yet fierce
But finally a specified side. briGht-colored. WAS dis
Upon the s~urface-sasping worn, exhausted he had
His victor-then a pauss-s silence brief-and then
As to the messy bank the angler hastens with his
prize
A shout triumphant. joyous. seems 10 fesch the worry
skies:
1t echoes through the peaceful vale. disturbs the
singing bird,
That in that quiet. sweet retreat such noises ne'er
had heard.
All. where are words that can express the thrill .
man doth feel
As to his ears there comes the music of a clicking
reelf
Or is there language adequate to tell Of tingling tide
That throbs and courses through tho veins in such
an hour Of pride?
There are no words. there is no tongue. Go win .
fight like this,
Where Nature smiles. where Wild things roam. where
rose the stream doth kiss;
Let such a scene surround you. feel it's magic power,
and then
You'll know the gentle art of angling maketh better
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Women on school Boards.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: / have
read with some surprise a letter in last Sun
days Sun from the lady who writes under the
ren name OF Priscilla Leonard" Referring to
an address lately given by her in Boston in OPP
position to equal suffrage. she writes:
Il did not say that ii was easier to get women
on the school board in New York than in Bos-
ton. ] did not make any comparison OF the
two cities at all, | am entirely at a loss to
know what part of my paper could have sug-
Gested to any ono present that / said such q
thing What | did say was this, that since
women have voted in Boston there are fewer
women on the Boston School Board. / am
told" immediately after this remark about
the Boston School Board Priscilla Leonard "
added in her address: Il understand that
there are now three or four women on tho
Board Of Education in New York city" As her
whole discourse had been devoted 10 the effort
to show that women could do better municipal
work without the ballot than with It. | natu-
rally inferred that she meant usto draw the con-
c!uSiOn that il was ensIer to get women on the
school board in a city where wonIen had not
the school vote than in a city whore they had.
After the lecture ] sought and obtained an
introduction to " Priscilla Leonard" and told
her she was in error in thinking that there
were now several women on the Board OF Ed
ucation in New York city. She answered that
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she knew Miss Grace Dodge had been q mem
Der Of the board some years ago and that she
had supposed there were some women mem
N"Priscilie Leonard" as a Delaware woman
a and 6 ! as n q nassa &c say WSe T ! sbef are arp pe or APPS
not women members Of the Board OF Education
n New York city At present; Let some New
on the school board here since, women, %;
same is true OF the State at large. In 1879
: women on the school board. In 1879 school
suffrage was granted to women. In 1881 the
board had risen to seventy-two-almost double.
supposedly pernicious 'ihndSencs, Of school sui;
frage; women were serving on the school
Col. f. W. Hissinson is Siways ready to con-
cede TO the opponents, Of equal suffrage every
t th,T1ss thSt Ink tSiSG GH Re if y IKE elaine tSe id dGGSss who @ Sas
so upright that he leaned backward. Any
claim that Col. Higginson makes for equal
rock. In a recent address he said Two good
effects have come from school suffrage In
boards much oitener AID retained there longer.
and there has been an Improvement OF the
No doubt Priscilla Leonard made her
statemen mi about the Boston school Board In
good faith. Just 40. after a brief trip through
article saying that there was no woman on the
school board OF Denver, although there;was
n IN eo teaa eySs as Sdt f f1 any Se way yo tended iqf 70 prc.
mote legislation in favor Of social purity. al
though the first Colorado Legislature that met
after suffrage was granted raised the age OF
protection for girls to IL.
Anti-suffrage literature is full OF these
eg regioua misstatements. not In most cases
be cause its authors mean to ntisrepresent. but
because they believe without examination
anything they hear against equal suffrage.
and because they reason from their precon-
ceived ideas without taking the trouble to find
out the facts. According to their theories: the
Massachusetts. ought to have decreased since
women were given the school vote, AS o mat
ter Of fact, II has Increased more than 800 per
cent. ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.
DORCHESTER, Mass.
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Mira. Harper Corrected.

To THE EpIron OF THE sUS-Sir' On page 0 Of the
Sunday edition of THE Sun. 3oth ult.. IL an article
signed Ida Hustled Harper" which is calculated to
give q totally erroneous idea of the facts of Govern
ment rewards to employees. There is no depart
ment where any such disparity OF wages exists. and
Mrs. Harper has been much misinformed. Doubt
less the department she refers to in her letter 10
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where girls
small wages. while the plate printers receive large
wages: but it il absurd TO say the former do the
same work as the men.
Your correspondent ought to correct the error. for
II will otherwise be a text for many discourses upon
mans injustice and womRn's wrongs In q country
whore woman is in many things. queen and where
che IL in nothing inferior to her foreign sisters.
Being myself in favor OF woman's suffrage ! can
all the more assert this.
"If you see II in THE SUS. it's so!'
WASHINGTON, May IL. A.. ". HART.
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A Ballad of Phantom Books

Tell me where. in whatland of shades
Bide 1rilby and the Dodo2 Where
Is Robert Elsmere? whittier fades
That She who did the Moonstone wear.
Aud with the Green Carnation drest her hAirf
And the Bread Winners. they who fed
The Heavenly Twins. their constant carer
And what is become Of the Quick or the DeAdt
The Ships that Pass us in the Night.
Who knoweth to what bourne they fArei
Aud. Looking Backwards. out of sight.
Called Back. and the Black Beauty are;
And Hereward with his fairy mare.
And David Harum. too. will soon be them.
All vanishing or vanished. speeding or sped
But what has become Of the Quick or the DeSdi
ESYOI.
Piers PlowmAn and Iseult the Fair
Are Phantoms in mems minds. it's said.
All fame is as the dust the wind doth bear
But what's become OF the Quick or the DeAd7
ALFRIp SUMEER BRADFORD.
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A Philippine Madrigal.


FROM the Warrington Star.
oh. come. my love. and We will ovs
Afar III tropic scenes;
New Joys await us. treasure trove,
Among the Philippines.
Well train the dashing trolley car
A jungle path to seek.
And hear conductors near and far
Make music while they speak.
Banay-banay well see some day.
Our journey shall not lag.
Till We have found far Mandanlay,
And quaint Sapangpatag.
Bright feathered birds we will alright,
As We our course pursue:
While gaudy flowers tint the light
Shed by the cleaning dew.
Be come. my love. and We will rove.
Where nature never frowns,
And mystic melodies are wove
While one calls of the towns.
Well seek Tay Tay and Mailbag.
BagbAg and Puiilan.
And BosobOso, Bacolor.
Likewise BagumbayAn.
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They've Mustered Out the Volunteers.

From The mdepeadGnk.
They've mustered out the volunteers.
And hearts beat Rayer North and South.
The brown hand Gains the mothers fears
Dear kisses touch the bearded mouth.
The house L. glad, the nres are bright,
The hero tells about the nght.
They've mustered out the volunteers
The Captains cried, Were of to-day"
The pine woods rang with maddened cheers,
The troop ships swung along the bay.
The hero talks guard mounts and TAPS"
Ponchos. death and shoulder straps.
They've mustered out the volunteers
The buCles set the camps astir.
And at tho words some fell to tears
And some embraced the messenger.
And now the hero. with two bars
Upon his shoulder. sings the wars.
They've mustered out the volunteers!
The papers shout it, but the mail
Brings no bright word. The wet wind yeSrs,
And he still guards the muddy trail;
Last orders have not come his wayi
Though all the soft winds sing of peace
He holds tho road TO Siboney
And waits the final, great release.
The hero. when the candles fail.
Hears singing down . distant trail.
THEoDoRE RoBEATs.
FREDERICTON, Canada.
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POEMS WORTH READING.
The City Of the Small.

Now. once l anne unto . strange queer place.
Adreary spot, where there was naueht but stones
That lay beneath. that rose on every side
And reached high up in mighty monuments.
which seemed. quite strangely. were akip to tombs.
Shutting out the gay blue sty-so Gaunt. 'blsok
Death.
Dwelling in this graveyard whero I was.
Might not know Nature-for IL he only caught
One breath OF all the Joys of life and love
Which newly wakoned Nature typines.
He could not help but cast the blsoknoss from his
heart
And breathe new life. and thus forget his work.
And lol I now beheld the place was nllod
with hurrying crowds Of what seemed forms Of men,
Pushing, %jostilne. and rushing eagerly forward
As for some dazzling prize or happiness.
And as / looked I saw that women. too,
All damned with ugliness,
Mixed with the mighty throng;
And all the men seemed weakened. small and fral.
AZ though they we're compressed or crushed to-
gether;
Or their Creator. having put such crowds
OF people in one little spot.
Had thought there was q lack of space
For men TO live in.
For were these ment
These worried. haunted little creatures.
Rushing along. as people almost blindf
Nay. such a thing could not be true. I thought.
And SO I stopped = man who. too. was hurrying.
or body frail and sunken eyes and cheeks,
And unto him l said
Stranger, canst tell me where ! am ~
He smiled. and stopping where l stood. replied;
This ia . city. foremost of them all.
And this the business region and the place OF work"
And I astonished. looked hard with surprise
And asked him low; but how. then. is I there none
But weakened men in such a place OF strength -
He looked at me and then he slowly said:
81 see you are q stranger come to town.
Who does not really know what living means.
Know you. man" he cried. "these mon you see
Do live three lives where such as you live one.
Can die at thirty. and have seen more things.
swallowed more knowledge. and done more work. =
Than you in ninety That indeed is iue,'
And these "-he pointed to the piles OF stone
Arc by his hands, and by his mighty brain.
He built him enginesto help his hands along
And thus with power even more than human,
Has done q greater work than mon of steel.
With bodies twice as large. could do -
And I. I sighed. but still ! said once more:
Yea. but have they any happiness in lifeH"
He laughed with bitterness and mockery;
Happiness ~ he cried. happiness, indeed
We live not to be happy-we live to work!
And happiness no mortal Ger can have"
And so 1 turned away and with a saddened heart
Strobe forth to purer air. to swaying fields.
To fresh green trees. TO ripping. bubbling streams
To very Nature herself. smiling there
One glad smile Of welcome.
And,a AZ one who wont from Death to Life.
l went my way. JAMES OPPErHHIM. :
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-03-25
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Overflow From the Wires in . Con-
densed F0FM. & I

Overflow From the Wires in o. Con-
The lake carriers association has
decided to advance wages Of boat
crews IS per month.
The Madrid cabinet has approved
the credit for the payment Of the In
terest on the Cuban debt 49, g
Mrs. Anna Hayes Byers, widow OF
Eben NJ. Byers, the millionaire man
ufacturer Of Pittsburg, is insane.
Maj. Gen. Wood is convinced that
the skeleton recently found west Of
Ell MORO is that of Admiral Villamil.
John M. Downey lsa dead at Sugar
Lake, Me-, Of brain fever, aged sixty
years. He was known as the apple
king. H2
Emperor William, it Is said, will
confer the Order Of the Grown OF
Prussia upon Mr.. Cecil Rhodes, the
South African magnate.
DR.. Philip j. j. Valletini, author OF
numerous papers on ancient Mexican
and Central American history, is dead
at New York. aged seventy-one.
The Woodmen's circle at Memphis,
Tenn, has formed the International
Association Of Deputy Organizers OF
the Woodmen of the World as an adj
junct of the sovereign camp.
The Vienna Politische Correspond
entz, discussing the effects Of the
Hazleton shooting and the relations
between Austria and the United
States, says the Austrian claims are IN
no way settled by the United States
rejection.
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Iloilo, March II, via Manila, March
22-A battalion Of the Eighteenth In
fantry, q platoon of the Sixth artillery
and the machine gun battery made q
reconnaissance in the direction of Man
durrioa and Santa Barbara yesterday.
While they yer returning the insur-
gents attacked their outpOsts on the
right. Although fatigued FROM march
ing in the broiling Jul for two hours.
tile entire command proceeded to. h
assistance of their comrades, the ar
tillery pouring shell and. shrapnel upon
the insurgents, who were strongly IN
trenched in large numbers. Colnpa-
MES G, HI and X, of the Eighteenth,
deployed to the right, driving the in
surgents back, and then wheeling to
the left made a juncture with Com
panies B and I. A heavy engagement
ensued. Companies B, G, NJ and j,
of the Tennessee volunteers, Maj.
Cheatham commanding, arrived later
and formed on the left, and two more
companies Of the Fifteenth marched
from IlOilo to act as support to the
other troops. Col. Van Valzah and
Maj. Keller commanded the battalions
Of the Eighteenth. Gen. Miller was
on the scene early and directed the
operations from Immediately behind
the fighting line. He had e..
Several Narrow Escapes.
The line advanced by rushes 5000
yards under a hot fire, pouring delib-
crate volleys upon the enemy's posi-
ton. the artillery making good prac-
tice. BY the time the forces were
within 800 yards of the enemy's final
,cc,+;or do,I-nocc foil nrovantin~ the
charge for which the Tennessee men
and the companies Of the Eighteenth
on the right had already prepared ny.
fixing bayonets. Our retirement upon
Jaro was accomplished In good order.
The engagement was brought on, Dy
the enemy's persistent attacks upon
the outpost at Jaro bridge. Nothing
could be gained by, forcing the enemy
back further, as it was impossible,
with the limited number Of troops, to
hold the position. The American
troops we're exhausted by the fighting
and had to wade knee deep through
the rice fields and sugar cane. There
were several cases of prostration by
the heat. Our losses were one man
killed and fifteen wounded. 1t is m
possible to tell accurately the insur-
gent losses. The minimum estimate
is 200 killed and 800 wounded. Inc
behavior of the troops was admirable.
There has been only Gesultory outpost
shooting since this engagement. 1t Is
suspected that ammunition ard arms
have been supplied to the insurgents
from German, Japan and French colo
MES. The city is quiet and business IS
reviving. p ~ " ta
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CALLED BACK.

He Will Re Placed In Command of
the Department of the Columbia.
Washington, March 10. - Under or
ders from the war department Gen.
Anderson, now in command Of the
First division of the Eighth army
corps in the Philippines, will return to
the United States, probably on the next
transport to leave Manila, and will be
assigned to the command of one of the
military departments in this country,
in all probability the department. of the
Columbia, with headquarters at Van
eouver, Washington. Gen. Lawton will
succeed him in command of the First
division Of the Eighth corps, to take
effect very shortly.
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Gov. Thomas Of Colorado recently
sent a message to the legislature call
ing attention to the trusts now form
ing in the state, including the smelter
combine and the trust which hopes to
control all the public utilities OF Den
yer. and asked the body to call on the
legislatures of other states to assist IN
the work of suppressing the combina-
tions of capitalists which he believes
Injurious to the interests OF
the people. The message said:
..The tremendous economic and po-
litical influence of these modern aggre-
cations needs no discussion. Whether
the evil can be eradjcated by peaceful
methods is problematical. An enact
ment whereby failure and dissolution
shall follow the direct or indirect mer-
ger Of any home corporation into q
general combination Of kindred inter-
ests in other states, by whatever name
such combination shall be known. 10
urgently demanded. II the remedy
suggested be severe. 1t must be remem-
be-ed that the disease is desperate.
Many of our sister commonwealth are
helpless IN the presence Of creatures
they have brought into being but can
nc longer control. Let US profit by
their mournful example II we would
avoid their fate"
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The English language does not SUI
fer in the test of musicalness when
compared with the speech of the Douk-
hobortsi, who have just come from
their homes in the Caucasus to settle
in Manitoba. Some of the colonists
have been married since landing. Their
names are not adapted to rapid utter
ance. mol do they suggest melody.
VASTLY Ribin has taken a Malachof
to wife, and other surnames OF the
newlv-wedded are Slastouchtn, Cbed-
koya.. Gridchin, Chliachova, Ziberova,
Iegebokof. Nevertheless the people be-
hind the names have some excellent
qualities in common with the rest OF
the sect,
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AGu1NALDo IS FURIOUS.
Twenty of His Men Are CONDEMNED
to Death.

Twenty of His Men Are
to Death.
Manila, March DIT is reported on
hitherto reliable authority that Agui-
naldo is taking extreme measures to
suppress signs calculated to cause q
cessation of hostilities. Twelve adher-
ents of the plan of independence, resi-
dents of Manila, have been condemned
to death because they were advising
surrender, and all loyal Filipinos have
been called up t operform the national
service Of dlspatching them.
On Friday last Gen. Lagarda visited
Malolos for the purpose of advising
Aguinaldo to quit. He argued with the
insurgent leader and attempted to con-
vince him of the folly of his persist
ence in the face of overwhelming odds.
.Aguinaldo was furious at the advice
and ordered Gen. Lagarda to be exc
cuted Immediately. The. unfortunate
general was promptly d%ecapitated.
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THE MARKETS..
Latest Quotations from Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Latest Qnotntions from Grain and
Live Stock Ccnters.
st. Paul, March %. - Wheat-No. 1
Northern, 66 q &c; No. 2 North
crn, 64@65 1-2c. Corn No. 8 yellow,
% 1-2@30c; No. 3, 29@29 1-2c. Oats
No. 3 white, q 1-2@2Sc; No. 3, 27@
~ 1-2c. Barley and Rye = Sample
barley, 36@42c; No. 2 rye, 81 1-2@52c;
No. 3 rye, SIC.
Duluth, March %. - Wheat-Cash,
No. 1 hard, 6S 1-8c; No. 1 Northern,
GO 1-Sc; No, 2 Northern, 62 5-Sc; No. 3
spring, Soc; to arrive, No. 1 hard,
6S 3-Sc; No. 1 Northern, 663-Sc; March,
No. 1 hard, 68 1-8c; No. 1 Northern,
66 1-Sc; May, No. / hard, 60 7-8c; No.
1 Northern, 81 7-Sc; July, No. / hard,
20 5-Sc; No. 1 Northern, 68 5-Sc; oats,
26 3-4@26 lac; rye, 40 1-2c; barley, 81
@4Oc.
Minneapolis, March %. - Wheat =
March closed at &c; May opened at
&c and closed at &c; July opened at
Csc and closed ut Csc. On track-No.
1 hard, 81 3-4c; No. 1 Northern, 66 BIC;
No. 2 Northern. 65 14c.
!, Milwaukee, Wis, March 22-FloW IS
firmer. Wheat higher, No. 1 Northern,
6S 1:2c; No. 2 Northern, GO 1906 3-4c.
Oats higher at 27@29 1-2c., Rye high
er; No. 1, 81 1-2d55c. Barley steady;
No. 2, 46@46 1-2c; sample, 4O@45 1-2c.
Chicago. March %. - Wheat-No. z
red, 6s@70c; No. 3, 65@6Sc; No. 2
hard. 6S@64c; No. 3. 61@63c; No. 1
Northern spring, 67@69c; No. 2, 66@
81 Ice; No. g.. GO q &c. Corn-No.. 2,
33 1-2c; No. 3, 81 1-2c. @Oats-No. 2,
O7c. No 2 OR;1. 90 5r,.t. IS: s.g 't
Chicago, March %. = Hogs Light.
$3.55@3.sO; mixed, $3.6OdS.9 80; heavy,
$3.75@3.9O; rough. $3.55@3.65. Cattle
-Beeves, $4.1O@5.SO COWS and heifers,
$1.7514.65; Texas steers, $3.50@4.GO;
stockers and feeders, $3.6O@4.1O.
Sheep - Natives, $3@4.70; lambs, 81
@5.5O.
Sioux City, Iowa, March 22.-Hogs-
$3.45@3.62 10. Cattle-Beeves, $4@5;
cows, bulls and mixed. 1904; stockers
and feeders, $3.5O@4.5O; calves and
yearlings. $3.75@5. f
South st. Paul, March %. = Hogs
$33.65@3.7O. Cattle =. Cows, $3@3. 20;
stockers, $3.5o@+.6o; heifers, $sG3.G5.
Sheep. S405. Ike
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MUST WAIT AwH1LEt.
Volunteers Will Not Be Discharged
mt Once. '

tOIu1llCcEO WILL NOt De D18CNurSc0
mt Once.
Washington, March 19.-Contrary to
an expectation that seems to have Oh
tanned in some quarters, the signature
Of the treaty yesterday does not i'll
volve the immediate discharge of all
the volunteer soldiers. 1t was stated
positively at the state department that
legally the treaty does not go into eff
feet until the r%atifications have been
exchanged, and it will be further nee
essary for the president of the United
States to proclaim it before the people
of the United States, including the
soldiers, can know officially that the
war is over. In all respects, however,
the state department will treat the
war as at an end. h
1t is expected here that the Spanish
government, Immediately after the ex-
change of the ra~tifications, will pro-
eed to negotiate a treaty Of commerce,
trade and amity, the old treaties hav-
ing been %abrogated by the outbreak Of
war and there being nothing in force
to protect trade between the United
States and Spain.
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CHINA VERY SORRY.

Lung Ii Yeamen Apologies for Re-
turning Itnly's Note
1 Rome, March 22-Admiral Canovera,
italian minister of foreign affairs, yes
terday returned the visit Of the Chi
Inese minister, Sir Chi-Chen, with
whom he had a prolonged interview,
presumably regarding the Italian de-
mand for a concession at San Nun bay.
Sir CKl-Chen will be received by King
.Humbert to-day.
According to the Tribuna the Chinese
admiral expressed to Admiral Cano-
vera the apologies of the tsung II va
men for returning the note of Signor.
Martini. then Italy's minister ut Pc.
king, embodying the Italian govern
ment's request, and said that II an
other note were represented 1t would be
examined with the greatest friendship
toward Italy. q.