The Topeka state journal. [volume], June 02, 1900, LAST EDITION, Editorial Section, Page 10, Image 10

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READ OUR SUMMER
They Will Tell You Where to Go and
iiouiitain, Along thoiv, and in
The Summer Season lias Opened,
In
the Words of the Spring Poet:
The gentle spring has come,
And gone;
And blushing red is
Summer's morn.
The leaves are out upon the trees; like
as with a carpet of green has the merci
ful grass clothed the bare brown earth:
overhead the birds are singing in the
blanches, and, above all, Old Sol, the
Father of Nature, sits glancing down
upon his working subjects.
feature prepares her feast and invites
to its bounty all who will come. She
tells you that the trees hang full of blos
soms, with promise of fruit; she gurgles
of the cooling pools and the warm surf;
she tells strange tales of mountain
heights and breezy dells; she sings
"Como, come!" and all who have no
more pressing engagements are ready
to away.
Come away to the woods,.
To the woods away,
At the break 'of the' glorious
Summer's day.
And whither?
This is the annual question which
troubles all; troubles while it interests;
pleases while it concerns. Often that
which should be a matter of rejoicing is
turned into one of anxiety, and, instead
of selecting the spot in a revel of delight
at escaping from town, the matter of
choosing a suitable summer biding place
becomes one that is very perplexing to
the good wife, upon whose shoulder
generally rests the duty of selection.
Along the coast States, where the surf
runs warmest in July, fortunate vacation
folk generally select two summer homes;
one for early in the season; the other
for later days. June. July and August
are spent at the seashore; September
and October in the mountains.
Others less migratory settle down in
one country home and remain there,
while still others, and these include the
vast army of summer resort people, go
sway only for a short vacation and re
turn. For all of these there are special vaca
tion spots, each adapted to its own va
riety and vacationist.
This newspaper, which makes a
specialty of good things of all kinds, has
specially prepared itself this year to
cater to, anil to please, the great number
of people who read its columus and look
to it as a guide in all matters outside
the home and in many within its walls!
During the holiday season we told our
readers what and where to buy; dur
ing the vacation season we tell them
when and where to go; also hov to go,
and incidentally, where to buy pack
ing materials and what to wear.
The girl who seeks the coast, to be
come a mermaid, can turn to our summer
resort columns, pretty sure that she will
find there a hint or clue a word or two
DANGERS AROUND
GREAT BRITAIN.
I!y Lord .' alisbury.
Hereafter external affairs will occupy
a considerably larger place among tne
problems we have to solve. Not neces
sarily because iu themselves they are
more important, but if we look around
we can see the elements and causes of
menace and peril slowly accumulating
and they may accumulate to such a point
as to require our earnest and most active
efforts to repel them.
I am nervous at using language of such j
a kind lest it should be thought that by
pointing out this possible danger I am i
indicating that something is known to !
the Foreign Olllce. But I wish most !
emphatically to say I have no idea of
that kind. The state of affairs as I
know it and so far as the Government
is concerned is peaceful. It is impossi- j
ble to speak too highly of the careful, '
calm neutrality which has been observed
by all the governments of the world. j
A certain section of their subjects not, j
I hope, a very large, though a very ;
noisy one has at the present moment a ,
great prejudice against Great Britain, j
It does not. however, follow that we have !
no precautious to take. Governments i
may come and go and feelings may
change from year to year. That root
of bitterness against England which I
am unable to explain may be mere ca
price to satisfy the exigencies of jour
nalists to-day, or it may indicate a deep
seated feeling which later we may have
to reckon with.
There can be no security nor confi
dence in the feelings or sympathy of
other nations except through the ef
ficiency of our own defense and the
strength of our own right arm. Every
' where the power of defense is increas
ing, and who knows but all these things
may be united in one great wave to
dash upon our shores.
The material for military aggression
GENERAL WHEELER
RESORT COLUMNS.
Will Point Cut Choice Spots on
Good Wholesome Counlrji "
about the most level beach and the finest
sand and softest surf. She may even
learn where to stop while at the sea
shore, and may find material for many
a day's talk on prices and board.
The mountain climber, who must seek
the heights to be happy, can also turn
to the summer resort column, there to
learn of hotels that perch high in the
hills, protected by trees and fanned by
mountain draughts of clearest air.
Those who must pass the summer in
company with nn alpenstock may learn
where to buy all sorts of climbing cos
tumes and implements for scaling the
hills. All about traveling cases, trunks,
bags and other baggage may be found
in our abundant advertising columns.
Don't read one. Read all and pick. If
there is a choice get the benefit of it.
Read and then go shopping; as a rule
you will find the reality much above even
the promise. Merchants who advertise
In our columns do not misrepresent.
They give you what is known as good
value and they tell you the truth about
their goods. '
Then there is the class of travelers who
would go to the country, the genuine
country, with its farm, its meadow, its
orchard, its vegetable garden and its
lawns and flower beds. They thirst for
country milk ' and have a pronounced
tendency for fresh eggs and grass butter.
Fc such there are abundant advertise
ments. First, of the place they want
to find; second, of the clothing they will
wear while away; stont boots and com
fortable shirt waists! Third, but bf no
means least, there are advertisements of
delicate groceries that can be carried
along as tidbits good things to eat when
the pampered city palate would taste
goodies not grown on field or farm.
For each and all there is a Word in
our advertising columns, and we can do
no more than refer our readers to them,
on this the first of summer, and they will
find all that which they seek in the way
of summer comfort.
There are hundreds who, from love of
housekeeping, or from household neces
sity, must keep house in the summer,
maintaining the family table and set
ting up an establishment wherever the
summer may overtake them.
For these, people there are numberless
little cottages, some of them no larger
than a hat-box, others as spacious as
fancy would dictate. Here the family
plates and cups can be laid forth and
the pretty summer furniture distributed.
Have you ever tried to find out how
cheaply a summer house can he fur
nished? No? Then, if you would ascer
tain, please take a walk some day among
the stores that adr tls-e -in -our columns
and price the pretty enamel bedsteads,
the wicker chairs, and the summer
couches.
All things can be bought cheap, if you
let it be known that they are to do dutv
I only one summer!
Is yearly increasing in power and ef-
fieiency among every one of the great
nations. In every case in. history the
great maritime power has been para
lyzedkilled not by disasters suffered in
its provinces, but by a blow direct at the
heart.
The British navy, of course, ought to
be sufficient, but are we wise in placing
all our eggs in one basket?
As to land defense, so far a3 I can
see, anything in the nature of conscrip
tion is not a remedy the country is pre
pared to accept. Therefore we must
induce the people to voluntarily put
themselves in a position to defend their
homes and country. If once the feeling
could be propagated that it is the duty
of every able-bodied Englishman tn
make himself competent to meet an in
vading enemy, England would have a
defensive force which would make the
chances of an assailant so bad that no
assailant would appear.
A remarkable change has taken place
in the latter half of the century in the
views of the people regarding the Em
pire. They formerly repelled it as a
burden, and that doctrine was carried
to such extremes by a man of splendid
genius (Gladstone) that it produced a
strong reaction, which starred after the
disaster of Majuba Hill and the death
of Gen. Gordon.
The death of Gordon has been avenged.
Perhaps it is too soon to say the great
humiliation of Majuba has been effaced
or that the great wrong has been right
ed. But we feel that we are on the
road to accomplish that end.
Under the brilliant guidance of Lord
Roberts 200,000 soldiers a larger army
than has ever before been sent across
the same expanse of sea are now en
gaged iu reducing to obediency to the
Queen fhose territories which ought
never to have been released and in re
storing to South Africa the only chance
it has of peace, development and tran
quillity. Mr. Gladstone, in an evil moment for
the fame of the country and for his
party, attached himself to the idea of
the separation of England and Ireland.
TAKING AN INFORMAL SURVEY
FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BATHING GIRL OF 1900.
THUS SHE WILL FLIRT WITH NEPTUNE
THE SEA NYMPHS.
It is unnecessary to say that this idea
failed. There has been a long struggle,
but no one can say the Home-Rule cause
presents any elements of sanguine an
ticipation for the future.
It may be said that the Irish idea will
be realized and that Mr. Gladstone's
aspirations will be fulfilled, but I do not
believe that causes which have once been
well beaten have reappeared to any pur
pose in English history. Apart, how
ever, from the fate of former struggles,
I am still assured that there is no hope
of the predominant partners ever con
senting to give Ireland practical inde
pendence. We have learned something from the
South African war how a disloyal gov
ernment, in spite of warnings, could
accumulate armaments against the more
powerful combatant and thus secure a
terrible advantage. We -now know bet
ter than we did ten years ago what a
.risk it would be if we gave a. disloyal
. government in Ireland the power of ac
j cumulating forces against this country.
Mr. Gladstone shattered his own party
so that for the moment they are erased
and a powerless factor in English poli
tics. But it must not be imagined that
the effaeement is likely to be permanent.
OF THE NEW COUNTRY.
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If Ik 'I'll
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CAMPAIGNING WITH
FIGHTING JOE WHEELER.
The Wonderful 0!d Warrior Acknowlelge3 that he is now Haying
n.e Most Remarkable Experienc tf hi3 Long Career.
Uncle Sam's "Great Old Man of the . while the battle is in progress. Thrica
Army" is in service in the Philippines
and enjoys it. Under recent tiate ha
wrote home:
"I think any soldiers in the Philippines,
if asked regarding the needs of the
United States Army there, would reply
that it is already supplied with every
hing that the rank and file of the army
could reasonably ask. j
"After five months' close observation
of soldiers in these islands and a general
knowledge of the army for a number of
years, 1 do not hesitate to say that ours
is the best fed, the best clothed and the
best paid army in the world. And this
is as it should be, because the personnel
of the United States Army is eminently
superior to any other in physique, intelli
gence, education, endurance, courage and
patriotism.
"The ration Issued to a. soldier by the
Government gives him a better break
fast, dinner and supper than is enjoyed
by nine-tenths of the people of the United
States. Fresh beef and mutton for the
troops is purchased partly in Australia
and partly in the United States.
"The price paid by the Government
has varied very much, the cost being
sometimes as low as V cents and some
times as high as 8 cents per pound.
"The meat is carried to Manila in a
frozen state and will keep in good order
seveuty-two hours after being taken
from the ship, provided the conditions
are favorable, and it has often kept well
as long as forty-eight hours even when
conditions were unfavorable."
So wrote General Joseph Wheeler, gen
erally known as "Fighting Joe" to a
friend in his old home. Alabama.
THE OLDEST VETERAN.
Those who are campaigning in the
Philippines, and thousands of brave boys
are enduring the exile of the Pacific for
their country, tell great tales of the en
durance and fighting power of the vete
ran, perhaps the oldest of them all, for he
is 62, who arrived with such hopes last
fall and who has bravely struggled on
through all the adversities that have
beset the American troops abroad, to
the present.
- From first to last "Fighting Joe" has
been foremost. If there is a dangerous
charge to lead "Fighting Joe" plans the
attack, drives well in the advance, and,
Uke Lawton, walks along the firing line
AND FROLIC WITH
t
has he been glazed, once wounded, many
scores of times has he been selected as
the target of the sharp-shooters and
warned by his men to keep out of range.
In exploring into the country General
Wheeier has not been backward, and
when others have ridden he has walked,
prowled, one of his men said of him,
stooping low, when reconnoitering a bit
of daugerous country and climbing trees
to get a good view of the enemy in a fair
field. Some of the pictures of him are
really funny; all show great personal
characteristics.
Once, when advancing into what Gen
eral Wheeler feared might be a trap he
climbed a tali tree and with spy glass
GENERAL JOE WHEELER GIVING A LIFT TO A FOOTSORE SOLDIER; FROM A SKETCH MADE BY
A SPECIAL ARTIST IN THE PHILIPPINES.
looked ahead; other and younger men
offered to do the work for him; his offi
cers pointed out the danger of making
a target of himself but "Fighting Joe"
fough it out with his staff and had his
own way.
Nor is he a selfish officer. A tired
fellow-ofticer can always get a lift behind
General Joe; a sick or disabled one is
lifted into his saddle. He is a rough and
tumble fighter, just such as Antonio
Maceo was, though so much older and
more hardened in war, that he stands
above and ahead of all comparisons.
NOT SELFISH.
Nor in the mess room is General Wheel
er on the lookout for creature comforts.
Whether on ship-board or in the field he
takes what comes and is thankful for
anything. No one ever heard him com
plain of army beef for himself; though
for his men he is a constant kicker.
When he first went into the field
"Fighting Joe" took with him a very
pretty daughter known as "Angel Annie"
to the soldiers in camp. Miss Wheeler
went as a Red Cross nurse and took
care of the soldiers who were wounded
or down; all diseases were the same to
her, typhoid or home-sickness, she did
what she could for each and all.
Now Miss Wheeler is to be married
but "Fighting Joe" is at the front still
fighting, though he does not think it will
be for long.
Of this he himself says:'
-vij recent investigation led me to
conclude that the prevailing sentiment,
the great desire of the people, was for
the restoration of peace, so that they
could quietly pursue their avocations;
and I am quite convinced that when they
learn that such will be the case under
American rule they will be perfectly sat
isfied with our control of the islands.
The priest and some of the members
of his family were very agreeable and
intelligent gentlemen.
"I went with members of my staff to
his church and showed all respect possi
ble to their order of service. Tfcte music
was very sweet, and this I found to be
the case in all the other churches visited
by me. At the time when I was present
only the women partook of communion.
They seemed very devout, and nothing
in my whole tour in Luzon impressed me
more favorably than the devotion of the
women. They are devoted to their
churches, their religion, their children,
their parents and all their relatives.
They are industrious in the extreme, and
I never saw anything that could be said
to approximate frivolity.". . -
General W'hee'ler is "a "Georgian by
birth, although, he has livd in Alabama
the greater portion of his life. He was
born in Augusta, September 10, 1833,
and spent his early childhood there.
His father was Joseph Wheeler, a well-
known merchant and planter. His
mother was a Miss Hull, of Connecticut
While visiting her sister, who had mar
ried Edward Campbell, a close relative
of Mr. Wheeler, M iss Hull met the young
southerner, and was wooed and won
by him. "Fighting Joe" Wheeler was
the issue of that union.
Young Joe Wheeler spent many of his
boyhood days visiting his relatives in
Cheshire, Conn., and attended the acade
my there, receiving his first instruction
under Yankee tutorage.
In 1So4 he was given an appointment
as a cadet in the United States military
academy, West Point, through a distant
relative who represented the Sixth New
York congressional district in Congress.
Graduating from there four years later.
Young Wheeler entered the First regi
ment of cavalry as a second lieutenant.
He was soon promoted to a first lieu
tenancy in the Third cavalry.
On April 22, 1S61, Lieutenant Wheeler
resigned from the United States Army
and accepted an appointment as colonel
in Alabama cavalry.
His first brilliant military stroke in
the Confederate service was done as
temporary commander of a brigade on
the left of General Polk's forces at Perry
ville. Here his qualities as a fighter and
commander so impressed his superior
officers that he was promptly made a
brigadier general, and put in command of
the cavalry. From that time forth he
commanded the vanguard of the army
when advances were made, and the rear
guard in retreats.
In summing up his work President
Davis said of General Wheeler:
"He displayed a dash, activity, vigi
lance and consummate skill which justly
entitle him to a place on the roll of great
cavalry leaders. By his indomitable en-
ercv. operating on both sides of Sher-
i mun's column, he was enabled to keep
the government and commanders of our
troops aavisea or me enemy s move-
ments, and, by preventing foraging par
ties from leaving the main body, he saved
from spoliation all but a narrow tract of
country, and from the torch millions'
worth of property which would otherwise
have been consumed."
The rumor that General Joseph
Wheeler is engaged to be married to Mrs.
George W. Child, widow of the philan
thropist, has been repeated and again
denied. Friends of both still insist that
it is true.
General Wheeler will neither affirm
nor deny saying that it is out of his
province to d either.
As though --ith mind intent upon tha
sex. General YbeeJer in a conversation
with an American woman says of the
Filipino ladies: -
"The women that is, the ladies of the
higher class in the cities, especially in
Manila are very strictrn-their etiquette,
and among the laboring pqpulation there
was a general air of modesty which was
quite noticeable. It is true they have
customs which seem- inconsistent with
this, and their -style- of-dress might ba
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
A FIGHTLNo . EW OP GENERAL
WHEELER.
cited as not sustaining this viewl
" The women of the higher class wear
long dresses, but the laboring women
wear short dresses, and one shoulder is
almost always exposed, but this being
universal excites no criticism. My asso
ciation with the people was largely in the
cities and country of the broad, rich val
ley extending 125 miles north of Manila.
With regard to women in this locality,
I can say with confidence that the gen
eral impression made upon our soldiers
and officers was very favorable."
Of the American soldier General
Wheeler cannot say enough. He adds
words to previous words, and goes oa
piling up forever his tribute to the boys
in uniform.. To a friend he exclaimed:
"Whenever Americans fight one al
ways sees distinctive acts of great hero
ism, but these heroic acts are so general
that it is difficult if not impossible to
single out individual instances. If we
attempt to include all the deserving the
names are very numerous, and if we
seek to avoid this we omit many who
are quite as worthy as the few who ara
' selected for special mention.
"The history of campaigns shows that
while individual heroic acts are marked
and prominent, yet the most valuable
service is that of officers and men ex
hibiting vim and courage and devotion
- ,, c-wio. hr ire with their comrades
' tttus encouraging all to those united ef
: forts so essential to success. This, which
was Tery noticeable in Cuba, was if pos-
sible more marked in the campaign in
the Philippines.
"One specially noticeable was the
swimming of the Ragbag River by Pri
vates Edward White and W. P. Trem
bly, of Col. Funston's command, on April
27, 1S99. These brave soldiers swam
the Bagbag ' River under fire, landed
within twenty feet of an insurgent earth
worth and tied a rope, which they had
carried with them, to one of the uprights
of the trench, by means of which rope
Col. Funston and others were enabled
j to cross the river on a raft."
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