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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
Mandalay Mecca for Buddhists

priests made Mandalay their Mecca,
than 1000 reside there The
priesthood mendican
live by begging Having
early 100 more,
They by
another They permitted
bowl leather mat needle
live under unless furnishes
live and herbs better food
They parishes congregations but
their lives meditation free from all worldly
expoundng Buddhistc writing teach
young i've rule, monasees built for them
Buddhsts from what Of these buildings
surrounded by These
above the
enough for his
hands and knees.
visited OF Rangoon company
Christian father Chinese
priest Englishman
priest letter. this
something his history brief defense his faith
from London six ship after
adopted Buddhism which, he explained
believe anything While his
Church of England he himself with
being agnos the doctrines of Buddha appealed him.
He described his adopted religion of rather
faith and declared that the Of Christendom
Burma The visitor however everywhere
quaor which only paraleled the destitute
of Cities nowhere the comfort refinement which
n
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27

80 the United States
Wednesday the Atlantic the Pacific the nations
will be honoed by loyal and loving people From
the hills of Maine until il sinks rest
California will
call the booming of The youth
flowers the stone that marks soldiers
present time impossible state exactly how
been made of
them years.
OF the number increased since then The
They fallen
before the deahdeang fire
Gettysburg they fell the awful charges of Bull Run but
thnned the grim for each
Wednesday.
cemeteries is perhaps well known, buryng
the United
wherein soldiers buried these
by the located the vicinity
big baeheds Some Of the heroes buried the
their lives their numbers
possible national
the baeheds of the unnamed
tell where lies sleeping.
shells and shot moved down by the thousand it
that there left identify the bodies
In to what company
although could be identified individually and
buried the all the
missing after the battle inscribed single shaft
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
Cemeteries Wherein Repose the Nations Brave
Graveyards Their Location History and Governmental

slightly rolling ground
planted
8 900 buried
to he
Philadelphia there beautiful buying place.
northeast
Beverly buried here it the beau
u the countryceanly the beautiful of its
immediate vicinity the Gettysburg cemetery,
Anteam Bluff, Winchester. All re
much alike general About $4,000 buried in
all
the Virginia fairly lined with
vicinity,
the appearance
we'll further north
the of uxuant vegetation that this hardly noticeable
The Fredericksburg
Culpeppe Richmond Harbor Petersburg
running through
them that greatly add their beauty
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
National Cemeteries

There In ninety
that different
them viewed another
a characteristic
would There would cemeteries
the sand binding clouds the shiny
There would be cemeteries
bounde prairies There
sheltered meath church stretches
park where thousands lie buried.
of the national cemeteries
Cypress Brooklyn,
typical buryng place
of the Hills
much It the
q mostb spot where are buried
- YoodlaNn the the national cemetery
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
Analysis of Buddha's Cult

Hinduism teachings presents
higher system religion sprung
Gautama Buddha Enlightened between
500 Christ Not
teachings philosopher concerning
m 20 himself
meditation Six
impress profoundly thought the orient Accepting the
Hindu theory that person.
from the human being animal back, offered
Nrvana as final release from this tregome and endless
absorption of
the individual soul the soul the universe This
be sought and no wonder came as relief 10 those whose bo
ophy taught perpetual transition the through
and bird reptile of reaching through
the remuneration Of SELF Life he conceived misery
infinitely out love self he declared
evil So long loves e he argued he
bondage existence the REIMBURSEMENT
existence hereatern this
path to Nrvana
fory-hve years he spent in expoundns
formulating perfectng
the details of his Many of his precepts admirable
instance he divides the bu
In the first he those who abstain through
fear of punishment these
motive comparatively low the
Ing from negative harmessness hepfulne
OF reward these he praises as acting from niger motive than the
third good
hope of but the of
has to give is to give up love of life itself and from urther
change to changeessness.
spread over promised the
Asia Two hundred
king AsOka missionaries
of Gautama China
far south Java But the recded India returned to Hndu
ISM China Confucianm and shinom, Moham-
Buddhism Gauges
still hold Burma Thibet and Ceyon but In these countries
decline Handy capital city Ceon,
the distinction guarding TOOTH thought
the teeth Buddha gold
worship,
but the intelligent Buddhists know that tits
At Rangoon Baptist school, conducted Americans,
with 500 pupils gratifying
has attended missionary
And there is Buddhist propaganda in Europe
published at by
society Wilhelm
alarmed" the that this Cgon Germany,
and that promising
missionaries
AS religion Of agnostcsm requiring belief neither
immortality, the morality Christ
appeal who like the Englishman whom
monastery, rejected Christianity likely
those who experience
emphasize works fail
faith behind teachings
Buddha from the exacng requirements
but likely astray altrusm
philanthropy the Christianity
Of Buddhism To live.
with gaining earlier
spend
the
fountain - WILLIAM ], BRYAN .Ij
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
No Fishes Flying on the Road to Mandalay

Mandalay city of Burma is $50 miles north of
Rangoon the ITrawaddy river Kpng in
flying fishes the road Man
guilty using poetic license The captain
advance that flying fish would
Engshman saythat the
Mandaay We planned to take ride the
river purpose sandba which detained
the morning that view of the
very that point extensive
Most go and Prone
the dehles above Mndaay
going Rangoon to Mandaay nothing
this piled along the road in seemingly nexhaustible
quantities reminded OF the wheat and states of
country sacks awaiting
shipment the
and evidence northern
there ruby the jewely
cinating those of Ceylon
The gongs OF Mandalay throughout
richness
artisans Elephants and images of Buddha
alabster exposed for sale in all the shops
n beautiful and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
Temple that Ruined a Monarch

miles above Mandalay the rawaddy stands the
which its builder intended should be the
largest the begun by King Bodopaya in 1890,
after unsuccessful campaign against SIAM In his dsappon
religion hoped acquire merit
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27

ALCUTT A, India, March Especial Correspondence
of The Bee.)-Burma is another country which was
added to list after leaving home, but its people
quite distinct from the inhabitants of India and
of the strongholds of Buddhism we turned
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
Local Customs and Appearance of Burmese

The Burmese have mixture of Chinese blood.
by the features they
They cheerful docie their
been the victims that burdens life
the of India Both
pcturesqueness the street China
amused at the small pipes used by the In
is amazed the
nj a inch thick-whch the
in other oriental
washtubs of the nation place
It wash the Irrawadd
ride the bank of the 50
bright and varied the eoo the rbans
washers swinging
md beating them upon
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
Eight Hundred Pounds of Feed Day

elephants weighed about each and
pounds When informed
regularly onefh of his weight day.
have
hands, The fact that they be probably
used in capacity The old that
eating all night Well all day
animal requires but hours sleep out
of wentyfour in his time
eating.
elephant Notwithstanding his huge bulk and massive
strength a very tmd ANIMAL and be to fight by dog
or even by drove of Rangoon elephants
automobile we'll the shipping
difficult The elephant has small hole
resembling head and times watery
fluid discharged apparently
the animal subject to frenzy during the period of this dis
charge nd must be kept In
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
Burmese Pagodas in Good Condition

beautiful than the pagoda the known
pagodas group which actually
the foot Mandaay hill and built by uncle
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27

rings, which tnke when
circumference of 1885
height of $40 feet and stands
which itself above the level of the
the gded and its
faithful their dvotions during the day
evening vendors candles and flowers do
thriving the halt the
blind, gather their tribute from the passerby
still literally supplied with pagodas At the
Aracan the
At this there
lives live all place. They
the water
kites which the
generally reach
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27
PagOdas Where the Temple Bells Ring

Burma is the nome OF the pagoda
them they differ in shape from Japan
The Burmese pagoda usually circular though sometimes
The largest Of these known the Sbwe Ngoda
1t is soldly built pyramida gradually
ishnE outlines and is surhOunted BY spire
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27


the of the is the usual pagoda
parallel rectangular, small
godas each terminating graceful tower and containing slab in
both sides slabs together contain all the writings
Buddha the smaller viewed from the central
spectacle These pagodas well kept and
all the buildings white emphasize the fact that these
repair the Buddhist pagodas and
a this
the followers of Buddha the fact that the Bur-
king Thebaw for than twenty been political
India do writer for
naivey described the annexation
by the English and this necessity has de-
Buddhist buildings the which
they formerly enjoyed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27

stretch from Indian
the principal
famed in
course. fertile valley through which
to the
Rangoon, seaport
of the name, harbor quite different
Singapore places
the incoming themselves by
tossing silver transparent and watching the
divers catch them before they can the bottom
the muddy diver would have difficulty in find
electric light The depth of the water too insufficient
when the tide is high.
the substantially built and has
excellent public buildings munic
ipa hospital construction, anything
the The system Rangoon is
attractive the welodoelemen of the city fully
represented
those of Celon and Java have already
spoken of the Java roads and those OF Con not behind them
wel-graded weldraned and beautifully
highways without having his interest in good roads
quickened.
Elephants at Work in Burmese Lumber Yards
the elephats at work in a lumber yard
they the attention the natives
Elephant did in the United States
here for the head OF
family children the circus in order
of the family catch glimpse of
of these ungany beasts elephant simply every
lumber yard which visited
the oldest of which is more than three and
labored industriouy rides
directs him by word sometimes emphasized by an IRON
pointed fellow lifts pushes and twists the logs
human intelligence The elephant has an eye
hardly believe with what
regularity of the
log exactly the right place In lifting he
his tusks kneelng when his work requires it. In carrying
large blocks Sometimes the
walking the other three but generally the logs are drawn
by broad breast strap An S-yeaod ele-
working the yard thus drawing heavy mbers
about his work uncompnngy SO long as he was per-
time but when two of these tmbes
together pathetic lament which
received pointed suggestion from his
driver rumpengs terrifying but
of the old elephant
they thin and ayed with Tapping
and ooked ike drooDin gOnia
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-17
HEDGEHOG Fears No Snake.

An interesting fact about hedgehogs
that perhaps not many persons know Is
that the bites Of even the most poison
Gus serpents have no effect ON them
whatever. NJ. LEM, q naturalist, once
watched a fight between a hedgehog
and viper and gives a most interest
ing description Of it He says that
when the hedgehog came near the
snake she began to smell 1t, for the
sight of these animals is 80 poor that
they depend almost entirely on the
sense of smell, and then she seized
its head with her teeth.
In a moment the snake had freed
itself, and, darting at the hedgehog. bit
| 1t several times, but the little animal
| did OF seem to mind the bites at all
and when the snake was tired out with
its efforts she again seized its head
which she ground between her teeth
poisonous fangs and all. Then she de
voured almost the whole Of its body.
NJ. LEM also tells Of a pet hedgehog
that he kept in his house in a large
box.
Several times he put some adder.
into the box, which the hedgehog die
not seem to fear at all, but attacked
them flercely, and, as in the case o.
the other, was never in the least af
fected by their poisonous bites.
A man who has had pet hedgehog
in his possession for long time say
that he had often seen 1t throw itsel
off the top of a wall fourteen feet II
height. without pausing a moment |
would contract itself into a soft, nun,
ball and fall to the ground 30 light,
that almost Immediately 1t would un
fold itself and run Off.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-17
Made sure He Was Dead.

A story is told of the Soudan rail-
way which shows patient literalness.
To an official there came the telegram
from an outlying station: Station
master has died. Shall l bury himf"
The reply was sent: Eyes, bury station
master, but please make sure he is real
" dead before you do So" In due time
back came the message: Have buried
station-master. Made sure he was dead
by hitting him twice on the head with
a fshplate." There was perfect assur-
ance there had been no premature
burial
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-17
MIXED FEELINGS.
.>CS&>SS>c&>G>S&

The little girl who, after a drink
of soda, declared that her nose felt as
If her foot were asleep, has evidently
grown up and retained her happy pow
e. of expression. For evidently the
young lady mentioned in Punch Is the
same person who drank bubbles when
she was small.
The young woman was travelling In
a coach as an elderly and somewhat
sour-looking man, in trying to open
the window, pinched his inger-nail Sc
verely.
"Ohw exclaimed the lady, sympa
thetically. How horrid! / always
think anything wrong with ones nails
sets ones teeth on edge all down ones
backW
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-17
A FAVORED SPOT.

In these days a town which cannot
present a sufficient number Of attract
i've spots to warrant the issuing of a
book of "views" is indeed unblessed.
They're getting out a panoramic
folder over at Green Ledge" said one
Of the Inhabitants Of Sandyille, gloom
lily. Outside they've got a picture of
the church, and inside they've got
Main street, looking north - that
shows the hotel-and Main street, look
Ing south'-that shows the telegraph of,
fee.
"Then they've got Green Lake and
The Pines and The Residence OF
Samuel Epps, Esquire and "A Group OF
Lodges beautiful lanes and 'Twi
light VISTA, and The Office of the
Green Ledge Bugle.' tell you, they
look mighty we'll, those views do! Now
what are we going to show up? Or ar,
we going to sit still and be squashe(
right off the landscape?"
For moment Eben Patterson, one o.
Sandville's handful of residents, VIII,
served the limited public of his tow
In many capacities, looked depressed
then he rose to meet the occasion.
We'll get out set of postal card
that'll beat their views all hollow" h
said, cheerfully. Lets see-well hay
Ia Little Home in Sandville'-that'll b
your house taken side on, showing tn
porch. Then well have The Residenc
of Sandville's most honored citizen, I
T. Grub hatll be your house take
head on, showing the front door an
the yard. You set out all the chair
you've got, so it'll look social.
Then We'll have "A Little Driv
Along One of Sandvilles Roads, Yo
know that place where those ten pin
trees grow? Well, sir, I'll range 20
and your family and the Todds an
the Lamsons and-well, that's enougl
anyway-I'll range you in your bui
gies, and so on, along in front Of thos
pines, and l reckon It'll make pictul
worth looking at.
Then I'll have A Corner In One
: lSandville's Gardens I'll squat dow
. lin front Of those nasturtiums that BIT
'Lamson's managed to make grow, al
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-17

of child education give tongue to sentl'
ments similar to those expressed by the
president of the Illinois State Teach
ers' Association at Springfield when
he said: ut is better to develop clear
heads and stiff bacllbones than warm
hearts" There is nothing the matter
with the backbone and no lack of clear
ness In the head Of the average Amerl-
can. The fierce competitive life has
cared for the development or these
parts. 1t has made the American the
leader in the material things Of the
world. He sees more clearly the road
to money and travels the road more d.
rectly and with sitter backbone than
the men of any other race. AS a type
he is the most efficient money making
machine in existence. This acquired
ability in money making, however, has
brought with it many Of the evils that
| are being thrashed out in courts and
newspapers all over the country. For
with this clear minded, stiff backboned
ability has come a dulied conscience
and an atrophy Of the finer sensibili-
ties. John d. Rockefeller In advising
the young man who wishes to succeed
to deny himself all happy intercourse
with his fellow men effectively illus
trated this development Of character
the character that has the clear minc
and the stiff backbone, but no warn
heart. A clear mind and stiff back
bone! The country is full of them
They are to be found wherever wealth
and power have their abode. The!
make successful men, but 1t Is being
proved daily that they do not neces
sarily make good citizens. 1t is tn
warm heart that we need more In GU
national life. Sympathy, humanitarian
ism, patriotism, honesty. These are tn
attributes of the warm heart. To sug
gest that the school children of tn
country be taught to regard them a
things that should be Stunned Is SER
Gus mistake.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-17
FIRST cossAcks IN AMERICA.
Daring voyaEers in Kotches Across
the Boring Sea.

Daring VoyaSers in Kotches Across
the Boring Sea.
Long before Peter the Great had sent
vitus Boring to America, in 1741, Rus
Iian voyagers had launched out east
and north with a daredevil reckless
ness that would have done honor to
prehistoric man. That part Of their
adventures Is a record that exceeds
the widest darings Of fiction, says a
writer in Harper's Magazine. Their
boats were called kotches. They were
ZONE sixty feet long, f1at-bottomed,
planked with green timber. Not a nail
was used. Where were nails to come
from 5000 miles across the frozen
tundras? Indeed, iron was so scarce
that at later day, when ships with
nails ventured on these seas, natives
were detected diving below to pull the
nails from the timbers with their
teeth. Instead of nails the Cossacks
used reindeer thongs to bind the plank
ing together. Instead of tar, moss and
calked the seams. Needless to say,
there was neither canvas nor rope.
Reindeer thongs supplied the cordage,
reindeer hides the sails. On such rick
ETY. craft, with the help Of God and
a little powder" the Russian voyagers
hoisted sail and put to sea. On just
such vessels did Desnneff and Stadu-
chin attempt to round Asia from the
Arctic into Boring sea (1647-50).
To be sure, the first bang Of the ice
foes against the PROV OF the rickety
boats knocked them into klndling
wood. Two-thirds of the Cossack voy-
ayers were lost every year; and often
J all news that came of the crew was a
J inast-pole washed in by the tide with
dead man dashed to the cross-trees
, Small store Of fresh water could be
} carried. Pine needles were the only
! antidote for scurvy; and many time
: the boat came tumbling back In the
home port, not man we'll enough tt
: stand before the mast
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-17

There appears to be grave need OF
a complete overhauling of our nation
al laws covering the disposal OF the
lands which belong to the whole peo-
pie. Setting altogether aside the Grim
inal and quasi-criminal land opera
lions which under Secretary Of the In
terror Hitchcock's persistent investi-
cations and prosecutions have already
resulted disastrous to some Of those
implicated, a glance at conditions re-
vealed In publicly reported facts and
figures indicates the necessity for
amending the laws. The people are
all equally owners Of these lands and
it is to their interest that when they
pass out Of public ownership 1t shall
be, primarily, for the purpose OF be-
ing devoted to the making Of homes
and adding to the productive power of
the nation. 1t Is commonplace truth
that we have been too much in the
habit of regarding the public stock Of
lands as inexhaustible. 1t is begin
ming to appear that the end is within
sight. The congestion of population In
cities Is one Of the noteworthy phe-
nomena of the past thirty or more
years. Naturally, we would expect it
to be accompanied by diminished
flow toward private ownership of
lands. and for some years In the lat
ter part of the last century this was
true. In 1898 only about S,5oO,OO0
acres of public lands were sold to pri-
vate purchasers. But by 1901 the
number of acres sold had doubled and
| In 1908 1t rose to nearly 23,OOO,OOO
acres. The reports of sales for last
year and the current year are not at
hand, but from great variety of
private sources, within this year espe-
! cially, there have come accounts OF a
rush of land seekers and buyers in one
way or another all over the western
portion of our country where only
public lands are for sale. So far as
these land-seekers look in good faith
to making homes and putting the
lands to individual use in production
this is a hopeful and helpful process
for the whole people, but 1t Is believed
that a very large part Of the inquiry
Is in the interest of projected railways
or, among the regions known as arid
or semiarid, In the interest of specu
lating companies looking to the reali
zation of great profits through the
carrying out of vast irrigation plan:
on which the government has entered
or will enter or that these and othel
companies may undertake. The ma
ton has left now less than 536,000,O0(
acres, no small part Of which Is noun
tain and desert and swamp. Twenty
FIVE million acres Of yearly sales will
soon make away with all of this. Il
il not quite time for the United State
to withdraw what Is left OF the public
lands from all sale except for home
stead uses In good faith and keep
henceforth for such use alone?