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companies of the United States for drilling
and keeping camp at Memphis, Tenn, win
ming much money as we'll as glory. Tit
Omaha Guards, the other organization,
had also won a splendid reputa-
ton for soldierly conduct. That
their holiday showing was not other
than the real thing was proved when they
were called on for business in the field.
February 20, 1899, the following appeared
in a elegram from the front:
The First Nebraska is gaining the repu-
tation of the fighting regiment OF the
Eighth army corps. Since their capture OF
the water works on February 5 they have
retained possession of the works. and have
protected the roads leading into Manila
as far as the deposito. A battalion of the
Oregons and a battalion of the Wyominss
are attached TO the Nebraskas, under the
command of Colonel stotsenberg."
The same telegram tells of the situation
of the Nebraska companies, and indicates
sympathy for NJ, left as camp guard at
Santa Mesa" l. company was holding the
pumping station, until on the morning
of February Z Company l., under Captain
Taylor, went out on a scouting expedition
through the valley for six or seven miles,
and after capturing and receiving the sur
render Of Maraquina, returned TO camp
with many relics and appetite large enough
to eat the much-hated bareback and swear
It is the finest they ever had
At this time H company, under Lieutenant
Moore, vas also scouting through the rice
fields and brush and ran onto a band OF
insurgents, who fired and ran away. Two
of the Ftlipinos were killed and several
wounded, but Musician William II. Dis
brow sustained a severe wound In the
RICH thigh In this little shooting match.
Again on February II nine companies of
the First Nebraska had quite a lively
battle with the insurgents near Mara
quina-" And so it went, day after day.
A New York Herald dispatch dated
March %, 1899, said OF the advance on
Malolos at one point: Masked by the
wood. the Nebraska volunteers were not
seen by the enemy. They suddenly opened
a flank fire on the insurgent line and left
their trenches with a great shout. At sight
of them the whole insurgent force, Officers
and men. fled pell nell. The eager Ne
braska men chased them a mile and a
half, but were finally drawn back by Gen
eral Macarthur to preserve the line in
tact"
The list OF killed and wounded Nebraska
soldiers on one battle was: Killed, Ser
geant Walter Poor. A., of York. Wounded,
Captain Lee Forby, afterward died; Harry
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anese rice. well steamed but served cold.
The customers eat this as bread, shovel
ing it into their mouths with the sticks.
As to the dining car meals they are all
foreign style, with plates, knives and
forks and the usual accomplishments OF
an American lining car. l have before
me the menu which was served a la carte
on my way from Fusan to Seoul. You
can compare the prices with those of our
American restaurants or of our cars at
home. Soup costs 6 cents, a good slice
of fried fish { cents, or for the same
money you can nave an omelet, a dish OF
curry and rice or a meat croquette. An
ordinary beefsteak on an American liner
costs from so cents to 1925. The price
of a steak here is 10 cents and of roast
beef 9 cents. Roast chicken costs 10
cents and a slice of ham with salad 19.
The portions sold are much less in size
than ours, but the steak and fish, and in
deed almost all of the eatables, are de-
licious. There is an extra charge for
bread and butter. but this is only 2ts
cents. and tea and coffee cost the same.
The price of cake is 2h cents and fruit
may be ordered from IL cents upward.
The same price list prevails in Japan
and the same menu is used on the first
class diners of that country. One can
also have meals table d'hote, a breakfast
of three courses with dessert and tea or
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miles of narrow guage railroads in the
island empire of the mikado. and they are
by no means sufficient to carry the traf-
fic. In an interview which I had with
Baron Goto, the imperial minister Of COM
munications, he told me that the roads
would have to be standardized and that
eventually they would have the same
gauge as ours. The government is very
anxious to do away with the bad strip be-
tween the Yalu and Mukden so that
through sleeping cars can go from Fusan
to Moscow, st. Petersburg and Paris.
Such cars would travel 600 miles over the
Korean peninsula and hundreds Of miles
further before they reached Russian terri
ritory. AS it is now, the accommodations
are so bad from Korea to the Trans-Si-
berian system that passengers come down
to Dalney and there take ship for Japan.
or go to Vladivostock, and get steam
ers there which, In the course of a few
days, land them at Nagasaki"
with the new road there will be only
the ferry at the Korean straits to cross,
and his is done in a night with no
more trouble than the voyage from Bos-
ton to New York or from Buenos Ayrcs
to Montevideo. In coming here my train
reached Shimoneseki at s o'clock in the
evening. BY daybreak the next morning
we were in sight of the thirsty noun
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possible serious results Of Mr.. Carne-
gie's discrimination against state univer-
sity professors. l thought of this the mo-
ment 1 saw the announcement made of
his gift, and wondered who were his ad-
visers. My own personal opinion is that
which you express toward the close of
your editorial: that it may be possible,
that II ought to be possible, to secure
a change in these conditions. | shall GER
tainly be glad to do whatever | may In
advancing in this way the interests OF
that large body of teachers with whom
/ have been for SO many years so de-
lightfully associated.
Let me add just one WORD more, which
should be a solace and a comfort for those
of use in Nebraska who look back with
fond recollections to this association with
our university. Nebraska was always a
green spot in DR.. Canfield's memory. His
last visit TO Nebraska was in an official
capacity as representing Columbia uni
versity before Its alumni associations.
Unfortunately, he encountered one of those
rare Nebraska products known as a "bliz-
gard and delayed trains prevented him
from keeping all the appointments he had
made. From correspondence dated jan
uary 7, 1901, Immediately after his return
to the east, l take this one sentence, which
assures US that this visit was TO him a
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companies taken enroute the veterans had
decided to come through to the metropolis
to be greeted and to see the exposition in
its glory. They arrived on the morning of
Thursday. August 81. after a vain en-
deavor had been made to have them break
up at Lincoln the night before, Any at
tempted picture, in words, of that reception
would not describe It better than the OPEN
ing sentences of the write-up given in The
Bee OF that date:
witt changing bells and screaming
whistles, with fluttering flags and ringing
cheers, with tears of Joy and rapturous en-
braces, Omaha welcomed back to home and
loved ones the boys who sixteen months
ago shouldered their muskets and marched
away under the silken banner of the First
Nebraska, to bring it back stained and
bullet-torn, but wreathed with the bright
est laurels of the long campaign. 1t was a
greeting worthy of Omaha, worthy of Ne
braska and worthy of the gallant regi-
ment that is the proudest possession of the
Prairie state"
The returned fighters were made to feel
that there is, indeed, no place like home
and no home like Nebraska, which is stln
as proud of them and their achievements
as IT was on that historic day when It
suspended the receptions to the the world
at large to give hand. heart and high
hurrah to its heroic sons.
They are as welcome today as they were
at the warmest moment of that soul-thril-
ling time on another day when they were
younger by several years and still wore
the clothes OF war.
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The Retort Courteous.

"A stout Irish woman. bearing a number
Of bundles, entered a crowded car" said
Henry b. Kelly Of Cincinnati, O.. THE
only resemblance Of a seat she could find
was "a small space at the right of a dis
agreeable youth. Into this space, sufficient
only for an individual of ordinary size, she
squeezed herself, much to the annoyance
of the youth.
After a moment or so the Irish woman
produced a cheese sandwich, which she
proceeded to devour with every evidence
of relish. At this the youth gave her a
look of ineffable disgust, and drew the
skirts Of his frock coat closer to him.
"I suppose, me lad good-naturedly,
said the woman. that you'd pray furr to
have a gintleman sittin' mkt to yer?'
at certainly would snapped the young
ster.
so would t. calmly responded the fat
person. Washington Post,
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cealed in the baskets of fruit and other
delicacies sent to the boys at the Preside.
In The Bee of August l a staff cores
pendent said:
The noise of the reception along the line
of march was such as to almost deafen the
Nebraska visitors, and it was always the
ioudest when the tattered battle flags of
the regiment appeared in sight, The return
ing regiment got a taste of a royal western
welcome and a sample of the reception that
Is to meet them at home. Enthusiasm
reigns not only In camp, but all over the
city today.
Next day two months pay was on hand
and the theaters were free, with rich feed
ing galore-and what the returning fighters
didn't do for recreation and long-denied
enjoyment lin Gods country" wasn't on
any list of pleasure available. Some few
were In hospital or convalescing and had
to lay low, In bitterness of spirit. unless
Possessed of the temperament to take joy
from others happiness.
While away from home the First Ne
braska had lost twenty-five killed in action,
fourteen from wounds, twenty-three sue
cumbed to disease and one was drowned.
The companies had the following record Of
losses:
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Mr.. Blank. formerly connected with the ex-
position movement in your city. and one
of the COMMITTEES sent TO Columbus the year
before to secure the attention and
cooperation of Columbus merchants, etc.
he had been at Washington on some
business with the government in connection
with the closing up of the accounts OF the
Omaha exposition, had reached here on his
return journey and had left the sleeper
at the Union station to get his breakfast.
and when undertaking to pay for his break
fast at the close of the meal had found
that his pocketbook, containing all his
money, passes, etc, had been lost or
taken from him. He had spent the rest Of
the morning at the station wondering
what he could do and how he could do it,
had happened to r~ecollect at the last mo-
ment that / was a Nebraska man, that /
had met this committee when he was here
before, and that might remember him.
! am always ready to bank $40 on a Ne
braska man under any circumstances-and
though there was a little wave of sus-
picion went over my mind al the time, he
seemed so entirely reputable I'm every way
that gave him my check without hesita-
tion-by which he was to telegraph for
funds TO be wired him at Cincinnati and
pay his fare to Cincinnati, where he eN-
pected to stay that night, having some eN-
position business there the next morning.
l have heard nothing from him since
and a letter to him some time ago does not
seem to nave reached him. 1 have about
come to the conclusion that this Is one OF
NY several pcIlouitdl tOllilDAlielS 10 the
travelling public, but II occurs to me that
II IL is not too much trouble, | would like
10 know from you whether there is any
such person at Omaha or otherwise, and
If so, II you happen to know anything
about him.
Do not put yourself to any special trouble
in this matter. / confess IL is more sheer
curiosity than anything else that prompts
me to write. unless il be that this gives me
an opportunity to recall our pleasant rela-
tions In days gone by and to express my
continued respect and regard.
that certainly shows that he was in
tensely human and. like the rest OF US,
prone to pay for our experiences and
pocket our losses and then go through the
same experience again.
Let me read from still another letter.
which ] am sure VIII fall on sympathetic
ears, because 1t relates to q subject which
has recently been a focal point OF dis
cussion here, IL is IN answe9 10 a note
OF mine, enclosing something l had writ
ten. calling attention to the unjust dis
elimination against the state universities
embodied in the terms OF the original
grant OF the Carnegie foundation for re-
tlrement pensions for college professors.
Dated New York City. May 3. 1905. DR..
Garfield writes;
I have yours whit your EDITORIAL on the
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The Second Nebraska, during its %sojourn
in the south, lost tw~enty-eight men, all
from disease. except one, drowned.
Following is the roster of the dead of
Company l. as made up before muster out:
Colonel John NJ. Stotsenberg, Captain Lee
Forby, Corporal f. Il. Hansen, Charles o..
Ballinger, William o. Belden, Ralph w.
Kells, Martin o. Lcgg. Maynard f. Sayles,
James H. Whitmore and Fred Taylor.
They were all really killed in action ex-
cept Taylor says Quartermaster Ser
geant J. p. White, who has a history OF
every man in that gallant company at his
fingers ends.
One Of the notable il cidents of the stay
in San Francisco was the night jubilation
held when word was brought to the
Preside by Colonel Fetterman that
d. &c. Thompson had put up the
last $4,000 that was necessary to
bring the boys home. COLTS p.
Huntington's company, the Southern Pa
cific. insisted on the last farthing of a
regular fare from San Francisco to Ogden,
$3.50 per man. and difficulty was expert
enced in raising the requisite amount until
Mr.. Thompson came through with his gen
erous contribution. The news of Thomp-
sons action arrived at night, when the
soldiers were all in bed, but 1t was at once
carried to the Preside, and sleep was post
poned to a later time. Eventually over
10000 was raised by subscription and 1t
cost SIG, s3s. 20. paid to the Burlington road.
to bring the regiment to the home stations
of the company, after the mastering out,
August %. 1899,
Now the home coming! BY vote of the
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Korean Transportation.

Here in Corea, where the railroads are
only a few years old, the transportation
methods are even more crude. For thou
sands of years these people have carried
all their goods from place TO place, on
the backs Of men or pack animals. and
they do so today. There are bullock carts
I'm the cities, but the country roads are
little more than bride paths, and about
everything is packed from one place to an
other. The porters nave a regular trade,
and they have one of the strongest guilds
or unions OF the country. They carry their
loads on a framework made Of forked
sticks which is fastened TO the back In
such q way that the burden some times
rises above the head. This frame is called
the jiggy' and It is in common use all
over CoTea.
l found tiggy men at the wharf AZ busan
ready to take my trunks on their backs.
They rested their jiggies on the ground.
propping each with a forked stick while
they put on the load. They then knelt
down and thrust their arms through the
two padded loops which fastened them To
their shoulders, and rose carrying the
weights with them, | am told that the
average porter can get up with 300 or 800
pounds on his back, and that he can carry
500 pounds at a pinch. The average load
for a long journey is 100 pounds. and a
porter will take that weight thirty miles
a day and not kick. A great deal Of goods
is carried on pack ponies and not a little
on the backs OF bulls which are trained
for the purpose. Such bulls are shod with
iron, and they are a common sight every
where. FRANK q. CARPENTER
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Cheap Railroad Fares.

lhihNh Oh tic pAGA VI HASahs
Cheap Railroad Pares.
The railroad fares in this part OF the
world are lower than ours. On all trains
there are first, second and third class
cars, and the rates are under 2 cents per
mile. over here in Korea, a frontier
company just opening up for trade, the
third class fares are far below those
of our immigrant traffic. Up to fifty
miles such passengers pay IA cents a
mile and from that distance to 100 miles
o~ne-quarter of a cent less. The rate for
a trip of from 100 to 200 miles is only
/ cent, and for one of 800 miles or more
one-half of l cent per mile. At these
rates one could go from New York to
Chicago for less than So. Communication
tickets are issued for parties, and twenty
or more are taken at so per cent under
the regular rates, while a round trip
ticket cuts down ones fare just one
fifth.
In coming from Kobe to S~himoneseki
l rode on what might be called the Japa-
nese limited express. The distance was
375 miles and I had a sleeper, although
1t was in the daytime. The extra rate
charged for the fast train and the supe-
riof accommodations was Is cents, or
just what one pays for a seat in a chair
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station Lunches and Dinners.


The eating is very cheap on all the
Japanese roads. This is so for both ma
tives and foreigners, and especially the
former. In Japan peddlers come TO the
cars at every stop with hot tea and cold
lunches. The usual price for the latter
is IN cents, and for the tea, including
the earthenware pot and the cup which
goes with II, only 2 cents of our money.
The tea is served fresh, the green leaves
being dropped into the pot and the hot
water poured on while you look. 1t is
then covered and the cup turned upside
down on the top. You can take It into
the car with you and carry pot and all
home If you like. The 7-cent lunches
are put PIP in little pine boxes an inch
thick, four inches wide and six inches
long. Two of such boxes contain one
lunch. The upper one has several slices
of omelet, some vegetables and seaweed
dried and cooked. On the top are chop
sticks made of fresh pine wood and in
such a way that you have to split them
apart before you use them, thus proving
that they have not been left over from
some previous meal. In the lower box
there is about a pint of the whitest Jap
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Made in America.

The road from Seoul to Chemulpo was
constructed by Korean labor under Ameri-
can engineers. That from Fusan to Seoul
was built by Japanese and Koreans, and
the same is true of the road from here to
the Yalu. All OF these roads are Of the
standar American gauge, and nearly all
are equipped with American rails Of sew
enty-five pounds each. The railway ma
terial imported last year amounted to
more than s2,000,00O and over one-third of
this came from the United States. All
the roads have American bridges or Ameri-
can bridge material. The one on which |
crossed the Han river consists OF ten
spans Of about 800 feet each. and il was
made by the Carnegie Steel company. The
most OF the spikes Of the roads north OF
here came from the Illinois Steel com
pany. and the ties are largely American.
on the northern route many OF the bridges
are of wood. built on piles, They were
constructed as a military necessity, and
win havs TO be replaced by better ma
terial. The bridges between Seoul aud
Fusan are Of steel Last year sixty spans
Of iron glrders were imported from our
country for the system and NOR are
wanted.
All Of these roads are operated with
American locomotives. There are now
more than 100 In use, the most OF them
.Baldwins. made at the Philadelphia works.
There are forty-nine Baldwin locomotives
OF fifty tons each on the line between Seoul
and Antung, and some of the ears come
from the United States. The rolling stock
now employed here is more than half
American. and IL includes l7 locomotives,
70 passenger cars and something like 600
freight cars.
The japanese find our standard gauge
far better for their traffic than the mar
row gauge. which now prevails through
out Japan proper. There are over 500
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president, Yettie Nathan; secretary, Jen-
ME Biumenthal; treasurer, Esther Tatel;
recorder. Pearl Greenberg; trustees, Anna
Milder, Lottie Goodman, Florence Ringls
and Mollie Wolf.
The Zion Fairies AVE now had their
fourth election Of officers, AT each cleo
ton the new Officers endeavor to improve
the society, and this time the officers nave
various plans Of Improvement, They are
capable and earnest workers, and as pri-
waite members Of the society have shown
great achievements.
Marian Davis Is a bright young miss OF
- years and is a favoFite with her sister
Zionists, as she was chosen by a unani-
nous vote OF the club. She is a very prom
ising president.
TIL Pasach feast was very deliberately
celebrated by the Zion Fairies: a beautiful
program was arranged by Esther Tatel,
captain Of the First band; the passover
story. or the history of the freedom Of the
Jews from slavery, was related. and each
member telling something about our great
hero, Moses.
After the business Of the house was
transacted a feast was spread by the mem
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
James H. Canfield-A Many-Sided Mar

joy, despite the adverse weather condi-
tions:
The week which I spent in Kansas and
Nebraska was delightful beyond words to
EXPRESS.
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Fifteenth and Douglas streets, Continental
block. DR.. Farber has made Zionism a
study and his views on the subject are due
to careful and diligent investigation. DR..
Farber was an intimate friend of the late
DR.. Theodore Hertzl, their immortal leader.
Besides being one of the orators for the
order Of Knights of Zion, he Is one OF the
delegates TO represent the order at the in
ternational congress Of Zionists 10 be held
in Hamburg. Germany, in June, 1899.
Through his earnest efforts, DR., Farber
has done much in the promotion of Zion
ism, both national and educational, and will
discuss the subject thoroughly in all its
phases. He will lecture Sunday night at
sl5 p. m. sharp. A cordial invitation Is
extended 10 all.
These lectures are open to the public and
II is the desire OF the COMMITTEES hat all
who wish attend on Sunday night.
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Leader OF lions Fairies

ARIAR DAVIS is the newly
elected president OF the Zion
Fairies of Omaha, AT a meet
ing Of the Zion Fairies the fol-
lowing officers were elected:
President, Marian Davis: vice
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coffee costing 80 cents, a luncheon or
four courses 40 cents and a dinner of
five courses so cents.
Free sIippers for Passengers.
On the fast express trains of Korea and
Japan a pair of slippers is furnished
each first-class passenger for use during
the trip. The porter takes ones shoes
and blacks them, whether he rides over
night or not. and is well satisfied If ne
gets q Decent fee upon leaving. The
porters are Japanese boys in blue uni
form and red caps. Their coats are dec
GRATED with silver buttons. and both body
and clothes are as clean as a pin. They
are very polite and keep the cars free
from dust. rubbing off the furniture at
every few stations.
At all the japanese railroad depots
there are porters in red caps and blue
clothes ready to buy ones ticket. carry
the baggage and show him into the cars.
A fee of 8 cents is always satisfactory.
Jinrikishas for the various hotels can
be had at the stations at from 5 to 10
cents a trip, and the rates for baggage
are low.
Second and Third Glass Passengers.
The second-class cars of both Korea and
"
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bers Of the First band. Esther Tatel as
leader. The next meeting viii be held May
2 at Fraternity hall, The program will be
arranged by Bertha Brown. captain OF the
Second band.
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Lectures on Zionism

r. r. FARBER. Phi. D., rabbi
of Congregation Tifereth Israel
Of Des Moines. Ia, will lecture
on National and Intellectual
zionism," Sunday, April Is, at
the Modern Woodman hap,
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1909.-(Special Corre-
spondencc OF The Bee)-When
! first visited Korea 1t took
me seven days by steamer to
come from Yokohama to Che
mulpo and a day more by
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Second and Third Glass Passengers.
The second-class cars Of both Korea and
japan are about as comfortable as the
first. Those of Japan are not unlike our