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Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
one Item of the wars Cost.

Six hundred thousand men have been
killed and wounded In the Russian-Japa-
nese war. Here are few figures to help
us realize what this means Six hundred
thousand casualties equal:
Nine hundred Iroquois theater disasters.
Seven hundred and fifty slocum. disasters.
Two hundred and forty Johnstown floods.
Ninety Galveston floods.
Twenty Martinique catastrophes
The total populstion-men, women and
children-of Baltimore.
Three times the population Of the states
of Idaho and Nevada combined.
Three times the population-men, women
and chIldren-of the Boer republics. which
resisted the whole power Of the British en-
pire for over two years.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
AN ART MASTER.
John Boyle O'Reilly,

He gathered cherry stones and carved them
Cuaintly
Into fine semblances OF flies and flowers
with subtle skilf he even imaged family
The forms of tiny maids and ivied towers
His little blocks he loved TO file and polish:
And ampler means he asked not but de-
spised;
All art but cherry stones he would abolish,
For them his genius would be rightly
priced.
For such rude hands as dealt with wrongs
and passions.
And throbbing hearts. he had a plying
smile;
Serene his way through surging years and
fashions,
While heaven gave him his cherry stones
and file!
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

The "antis" have reluctantly come to
the conclusion that the best thing for
them to do is to walt for the republican
county committee 10 be called together
by Chairman Coweu They may console
themselves, however, that the majority
viii treat them just as literally as they
would have treated their opponents were
the conditions reversed.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
Assuming Too Much Risk.

chicago NtCUIu-IitIdIU'
When the president needs exercise or a
good vacation II is doubtless all right for
him to take long fast rides across country,
or to go into the wilds to shoot bsars and
catch coyotes with his hands. In these
things there is plenty OF compensation for
the comparatively small risk. But when
he wants TO increase his knowledge OF sub
marines the best thing for him TO do is TO
study the designs with the aid OF an en-
gineer in his library, or at the most to ex-
anime the works In dry dock.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

The correspondent who sees a similar
ity between the positions OF the contend
ing armies now and just previous to the
battle of Lao Yang must be fixing it so
that there will be an opportunity to com
pare the work of Linevitch and KourO-
patkin.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

While the court is about it in deciding
the question whether the county commits
sioners are TO be elected this year II
might as well save time and trouble by
deciding also whether, whenever they
are to be elected, the candidates should
be nominated by the voters of the county
at large or only of the district.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

The suggestion offered by Mr.. Ryan
that all the New York Life insurance
companies be investigated is a reflection
upon those insurance commissioners Of
western states whose records show that
they never passed an opportunity to
draw fees for that work.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Now that the powers have notified
Turkey that they viii take over the ad-
ministration Of the finances OF Mace
dOnia. the sultan may insist that they
make up any dehcit which shall occur.
The work OF making tax collectors popu.
lar in the land OF the great Alexander
will be interesting.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Statistics compiled for the county,
show that there is one teacher for every
sevepty-two pupils Of school age. Omaha
does considerably better than that by its
school children and also considerably
better than the average by its school
teachers
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
Looks wise ana winks

Hnllauelpnla RECORD.
Good and wise Kanekol When asked 10
tell what the prospects are he looks sig
nifcantly up at the wind-driven clouds.
Everything is dark and stormy But by
and by he winks. Tomorrow" All, the
sun may be flooding the world with glory
on the morrow, says the enigmatic and
optimistic baron
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

With the municipal expenses of New
York up so high that they are no longer
a source Of pride to the inhabitants,
1t would look as though the days Of
Boss" Tweed could sometimes be re-
called without a shudder.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

The Scotchmen who are searching for
Spanish gold sunk with the Armada
may expect to be as fortunate as the
Americans who seek to recover the
wealth sunk by Spain in the Philippines.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Medical officers Of New Orleans and
Louisiana are to he presented to the
grand jury for suppressing cases of yell
low fever until the disease passed be-
yond control. New Orleans should stop
the fever before starting further trouble
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

That reminds us that Omaha has a
market house, but no market in it to
speak Of No other city in the country
would let such an investment lie dead
when 1t could easily be made profitable.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

With a Lincoln man as governor of the
zone, another Lincoln man collector Of
customs and an Omaha man consulting
engineer, it is ''up to" Nebraska TO see
that the Panama canal is ready for bust
ness on schedule time.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

South Omaha people are now demand
ing new pavements, too. and they will
have TO have them or else when they
take an outing over omaha's smooth
streets they may not want to go back
home.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Those who think the president is play
ing favorites should remember that he is
suggesting no more to Russia and Japan
than the United States conceded to Spain
and Mexico.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Now that former Statistician Holmes
has surrendered there may be demand
for first-class accommodations in Mon
treal by number of prominent resi-
dents Of New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
A Shining Example.

NC" lOIh Evening fOSJs
The late Jacob l. Greene, for nearly
thirty years president of life insurance
company. left an estate appraised at a
little less than S55.0Oo His heirs must think
bitterly Of him for not having had a genial
salary-raising director.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
Pressing Lawson 10 Make Good.
WashinRton Post

Z
Tom lawson is resisting a suit the pur-
pose Of which is to induce him to make a
start on his promise to return some $1,000, =
600 OF the money he admits having taken
from the American investing public.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Lord Miner and Lord Curzon are both
out of Office but the former is more en-
titled to sympathy, as he has no Amer
lean fortune to comfort him in his hour
of eclipse.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

If the signal service corps will only
hurry up and report for duty at Fort
Omaha in time, King Ak-Sar-Ben may
press it into the service as an auxiliary
10 his royal entertainers.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Portsmouth hotel men at least owe a
vote of thanks to the peace commission
ers for prolonging their conference to
point where profits are tangible.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Secretary Shaws compliments to Gov
ernor Cummins. Had the messenger
only had time TO wait, he might have
carried the answer'back with him..
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Our yellow local contemporaries seem
to have dropped that Kansas City water
works report like hot cake. 1t must
have proved more than they wanted to
prove by IT,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
Seeking n Bargain Rate.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
From the Russian viewpoint there is too
little difference between the price OF peace
and the cost OF waA
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrarjIy should have The Bee
mailed TO them. IL In better than
n daily letter from home. Adj
dress will be changed as often as
requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

The demo-pOps threaten to resurrect
their poor man in the well for the COM
ing Nebraska campaign. Well! Well!
Well!
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

trouble OF complying with the law. In
its return TO investors the government
lottery offers few advantages over those
under private control.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

At any rate, the Omaha base ball play.
ers were pennant winners once.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Isn't it a rather long wait for the Au-
ditorium between the pure food show
and the horse show?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

People who secured right to enter land
on the Uintah Indian reservation say
that little Of the land Is worth the
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

u n n IllIITlIN 7 OI NItNNs 2 Ut
State Of Nebraska, Douglas county, S.:
c g. Rosewater secretary Of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn!
says that the actual number or full ana
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of July. 1906 was as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

The "regeneration'' Of Coney Island is no
longer a necessity. About forty years ago
the place was a desert. Later It began TO
be a resort Of the cheaper kind. Then big
hotels Afforded accommodation TO all sorts
OF people Gradually railroads advertised
quick and easy transportation. Other ho-
tells drew other people. The Gilmores and
Levy OF music hall fame took hold. Cheap
and nasty houses OF entertainment began
10 give the place a bad name. The hotel
service was fair, the railroad service poor
and the cheap and nasty places were CIV
ing the island a bad name when capital
Ioomed up Little by little II bought the
entire resort. New management took hold
OF the hotels, and II was evidently but
question OF time when the sore spots would
be removed and the Consy OF the past DO
a thing Of memory only. In the end Coney
will be a place for transportation and en-
tertainment. 4 few thousands would have
bought the whole island and all there was
on It a few years ago. Now millions would
be needed. Regeneration has come Of itself,
Had you been passing by the Herald
Square theater, New York, at the right mo-
Cinnamon vigorously oontending for a
bundle Of laundry. When the war was
over there were two Celestials in flight, a
policeman In possession OF the scattered
wash, and an actor cursing the coincidence
that brought his regular laundryman on
the scene just al the moment when ne had
negotiated temporary wash with . tenn
Dorarv laundryman-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29

Let me see," said st. Peter. You're
the man who had a phonograph say your
prayers for you, are you not?"
Yes. SIR" admitted the applicant for
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
ROUND ABOUT NEW YoRK.
Ripples on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.

The story telegraphed from New York
last week detailing the discovery OF secret
tunnels and secret stairs and doors In the
former home of Samuel j. Tilden in Gram
ercy park proves to be a fake Of the kind
common in New York when there is a
dearth Of real thrillers. But It served to
awaken memories OF '76 and OF the
Tweed regime and suggested the secret
iveness OF that past master Of political ma
ohinery The secret passage ways and
tunnels were air shafts for the furnace
and for ventilating purposes and the secret
stairs and doors, so called, were put in to
facilitate the passage OF Mr.. Tildeu's valet
to Mr. Tilden's bath room.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-23
DR.. SPEICHER SURPRISED.
He Rounds Up His Fiftieth Birthday
In Los Angeles.

RE hOunGS I'd MS FlIlielh SiTtnCaY
In Los Angeles.
A very pleasant surprise was given
DR.. A. F. Speicher of 3OO5 Vermont
Ave, Los Angeles, Cal, on January
10, 1905, the occasion being the tiftieth
anniversary OF his birth The Doe
tor could hardly realize his position
when asked to enter the parlor and
meet his friends. 1t was an enjoyable
occasion and a very pleasant evening
was spent in games, conversation,
music and refreshments. They all
wished that the Doctor might have
a return of fifty more occasions sim
liar to this one. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Livengood, Mr.
and Mrs g. w. Benford, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. A. Harper, Mr.. and Mrs. J r. Bau-
er.aMr. and Mrs. F. NJ. Runkle, Misses
Ada Bailey, Cora Harper, Grace Haiv-
lev and DR.. E. H. McMilen.-Meyers-
dale Commercial.
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MAJOR |. NJ. BURNS.

The following concerning a gentle
man well known in Oakland, appear
ed in the Morgantown Post of last
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-23
Letter to Il. E. Sliger.
Oakland.

Dear Sir A big miIl-owner, Spar
tansburg, S @, wanted 5000 gallon s
of paint, and bought by price; paid 5
cents less than ours; got lead and
zinc" paint; but the lead was sulphai e
oflead; not carbonate. Sulphate costs
about half; and covers about half.
That paint was adulterated about
six times as much as the cents paid
for. He saved" ; cents and it cost
him 80.
On no; it cost him more than that;
we forgot the labor. Can't work it
out exactly; don't know how long it'll
wear
Short-measure besides; that alone
was twice as much as his saving" )
cents.
1t was thin, too; some loss there;
don't know how much.
There was too much dryer in it.
The,maker made something on that;
he didn't
Taking it altogether, he didn't
make much by that cents
Go by the name: and the name is
Deyoe lead-and-ziuc.
Yours truly
F. W. DEvoE & Co.
40 New York
P. S. j. NJ. Davis & Sons, sell our
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The following concerning gentle
man well known in Oakland, appear
ed in the Morgantown Post of last
week.
MORGANTOwN, Feb. II, 1905.
To the Editor OF The Post.
have recently received circular
in regard to the medals of honor
awarded by the War Department to
officers and men of the Army. 1t
seems there were 1904 medals awarded
for gallantry, thirtY-one of which
were to men from West Virginia,
Maio j. NJ. Burns, u. S. A., is | think,
the only one now living. 1t appears
from this record that Major Burns
was given this medal for gallantry at
the battle of New Market, Virginia,
May 18th, 1864 The ground for the
award as officially given is as follows:
Under a heavy fire of musketry,
he rallied few men to the support
of the cOlors, in danger of capture,
and bore them toa place of safety.
One of his comrades having been
severely wounded in the effort, Ser
geant Burns went back a hundred
yards, in the face of the enemy's fire,
and carried the wounded man from
the field
| think many of the friends of
Major Burns are not acquainted
with these facts, and therefore |
have sent them 10 you for publica-
ton.
Captain Henry L. Hawthorne, of
the Artillery also received a medal
for distinguished conduct in battle
with hostile Indians at Wounded
Knee Creek, South Dakota, Decem-
Der Goth, 1890. Captain Hawthorne
has MANY relatives living in this
county and in Preston county.
Very respectfully,
r. NJ. G. BROWN.
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could exceed the lavish wastetulness
of the poor Orientals when a moment
OF good fortune has filed his hands
with plenty. He absolutely takes no
thought for the morrow, and, II re-
minded OF the coming day. will calm
ly reply. 1.-THE Lord will provide.'7-
Ewing This has been noticed as d
strong mark of truth, most unlikely
to have been invented bv the writer
of a fiction. For 1t is improbable,
from human point Of view that one
who could multiply food at will
should give directions about saving
fragments Cambridge Bible
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For SaIe-Tread Power.

Can use one, two or three horses,
suitable for grinding corn on cob,
saving wood, shredding fodder, chop
ping hay or straw-in fact anything
power may be attached to. The ma
chine is almost new, in thorough re-
pair and will be sold at bargain.
Farm work requiring use of horses
operating it and the installation of a
gas engine to take it's place is our
reason for Offering it for sale.
w. H. CHADDERTON,
AItamont Springs Farm,
Deer Park, Md.
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forces little dreamed of the size Of the
army they were lighting, and kept on
firing at the enemy with the determi-
nation to check the advance and if
possible to drive them across the Po-
tomac river Mr.. Miller repeated
what he told Colonel Vernon and ad-
ded, If you don't get your men out
of this place in "A few. minutes, your
escape will be mlossible.' For a
verificatiOn Of his statement, Mr.. Mil
Ter appealed TO several of Colonel Yer
nous men whom he had known six or
eight year, among them being Eli d.
Valentine NOW deceased, who youch-
ed for every word Mr.. Miller had told
the colonel. "Retreatn was the or
der, and in an instant the entire cav
airy force was III the saddle, and
dashing through Porterstown made
their escape to the mountain by the
ROhrersvile road, but NOT until they
turned the Confederate flank move
ment at the edge of the timber after
a sharp skirmish. One thing that
caused Colonel Vernon to be resting
easy was the fact that Company G
was holding the bridge on which that
company had dragged large flat
boat taken from the creek.
The Confederates, seeing their
chances for the capture of Colonel
Coles men about gone, followed il
hot pursuit, but refused to 90 hey ond
the outskirts of the mountain timb Der.
1t was indeed close call, only mat.
ter of few minutes and retreat
would have been completely cut off.
One of the Confederate officers re,
marked afterward that their plans
failed because they mistOOk the by
road or lane leading from the main
road to the Thomas farm house for
the mountain road, and did not hur-
~ up their men enough to hold it.
Just oyer the mountain at the
place now known as Mt Briar lay
oOHClol eHLSN lNdLlId res lhfiiS ludU
never crowned themselves with pa
triotic glory. Had they taken the
lower road to Sharpsburg via Burn,
sides Bridge, they could have given
the Confeds a lot of trouble and no
doubt have driven them out of Mary
land in a few hours, and thus saved
a lot Of stock and other property for
our farmers.
Many have been the changes since
that memorable day. The writer,
then little boy less than six years of
age, recalls a few of the incidents of
that raid. The generation that then
lived has passed away, and with two
or possible three exceptions, no one is
now living within mile of the gum
tree or bridge who witnessed the eX-
citing scenes at that time. The tree
still remains. but in a shaggy decay
ing condition, and may soon have to
give way to the march Of modern i'm
provements that is, if the new troll
ley line goes that way. The bridge
collapsed nearly fourteen years ago
and went to the bottom of the stream.
A new iron bridge took its place and
now spans the creek The mill near
by that turned out two thousand to
three thousand barrels of flour per-
year, much of which went by the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to
Georgetown, ceased its work fifteen
years or more ago and during the
summer of 1904 was RACED to the
ground. Here is an invaluable water
power awaiting some great enterprise
when the right man with capital sees
| it. A. Miller in the Hagerstown
Herald and Torch-Light.
Wanted-One hundred wives.
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VALUABLE HELP
To REPUBLICANS.
Found In the Proposed DisfranChse.
maRt Amendment.

THE Republican party would pre-
fer that the Court of Appeals reverse
the decision of the lower court and
sustain Governor Warfeld in the dis
franchising amendment to the Consti-
tuition" said Chairman John b. Han!
ma, OF the Republican State Central
Committee, yesterday, but if the de-
cisiOn of the higher court should affirm
that of the Circuit, we shall be pre-
pared to accept the result and to
plunge at once into the campaign to
defeat the amendment. And a very
warm campaign it will be-one OF the
warmest, in fact, eyer wit messed in
this state.
1T may be possible, with the
amendment as an issue, that the Re
publican party will be beneficiary.
By that mean that the unpOpularity
of the amendment will be so great
that our candidates will be elected in
a majority of the counties and in Bal
timore city. | am sure that the
amendment will play most impor-
tant part in the municipal campaign
in Baltimore, and will prove to be a
laE%e aid to the Baltimore candidates,
though have no wish to inject politics
into that campaign. People oppos-
ed to theamendlnent will express their
opposition when they cast their votes
at the May election, and there is no
power to prevent such opposition.
The Republicans will be favored
in their campaign by the drastic fea
lures of the proposed amendment to
the Constitution, should the validity
of that amendment be upheld by tha
Court of Appeals. If the amendment
were less drastic, and if it met the
Democratic Or misses in the last state
campaign, it would command the
support of the whole Democratic
party and possibly the support of
few Republicans, but when the people
of this state, irrespective of party,
consider that the power OF registra-
ton is placed in haphazard boards of
registry, and that certain foreigners
and descendants of foreigners will be
| excluded from registration, under the
| 'grandfather's clause, they will pause
and reflect, and will realize what en-
ormous power they are taking from
themselves and placing into the hands
of others to be used as whip to lash
them in the future.
president Roosevelt's speech in
New York last night, in which he
dealt with the race problem in a mas
7 terly way, should bring to the people
of Maryland the important lesson as
to what shall become of the colored
race, if we are to exclude them from
the rights of suffrage simply because
of their color. l wish every man INF
MARYLAND would read the Presidents
speech and study its meaning careI
fully.
The Republican State Central
Committee is proceeding on the theo1
ry that the opinion OF the Court of
Appeals be favorable to the validity
of the amendment without the Gov
ernor's signature. We have already
done much work designed to defea t
the amendment, and just as soon AIS
the decision of the court is made
known we shall be prepared to prP-
coed with the campaign, not along dF-
fensive, but along aggressive lines.
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monopoly Of Jesus sympathy. 1t
sweeps out to inclose all sorts and
conditions of men. Jesus was as COM
passionate toward the five thousand
as toward the twelve. So His heart
goes out toward the great unchurch-
ed masses to-day.
This boy went into partnership
with Jesus. His little store was not
taken from him by force. The mo-
ment he heard the Master had need
he came running, and explaining.
Lord, if you can use these, YOU are
welcome to them" With a boys
lunch Jesus fed five thousand. Young
people have talents the Master can
employ to-day. General Booth saws,
'Shake the napkin at every corner"
The hidden pounds will be sure to
roll out.
Five crackers and two dried her
ring talk of feeding five thousand
with them! But add to the crackers
and fish the almightiness of Jesus,
and the proposition ceases to be ride
ulOus. The res ,urces of the Church
for spiritual sustenance for the thOus-
and millions of earth are palpably in
adequate, until the Sayior's power
and blessing is added the equation.
Then there is enough and to spare.
The heavenliness of this miracle is
evident in its orderliness. There was
no unseemly scramble, inequality, or
waste. All was precision, method,
order.
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=. " y y DlN q ".
40 New York
p. S. J. NJ. Davis & Sons, sell our
paint.
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Only ten cents and up, double roll
Matthew'S oppo site post ofIic.
Has car load wall paper Call and
examine. 49-St.
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