THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1004.
ID
laps Joke as war proceeds
Llttla Brown Vn Have Thir Fan it
Sauift'i Expense.
HUMOROUS SIDE OF THE PRESENT WrR
Mistakes at the Enesar Afford Cause
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latrlots la Sabjeet for
Merry Jest.
' TOKIO, April 4. The Japs are having
their little Jokes at the expense of the
KuiiUni.' Here are representative speci
mens of their wit culled from various
newspapers:
"The Russians In Port Arthur, hearing
that we are celebrating our victories, are
trying to get up a counter demonstration.
They mean to have a celebration, called
'The' Celebration of Defeat." They have
sent out Invitations to the csar's officers
stating that the glorification will be held
In one of the theaters. But the officers, on
reoelvtng their Invitations, trembled with
leer. They had enough of theaters when
Port Arthur was attacked."
Americans who have kept up with the
war news will have no difficulty In seeing
the Joke's point, but In order to under
stand the one following It Is necessary to
explain that the word "sensho" means
"total victory."
"The Russian battleships attacked our
transports, Nokonoura Maru and Zensho
Mura. They succeeded In sinking .the
Nokonoura Maru, but when the Zensho
escaped they were greatly disappointed.
The Russians now have no hope, because
they let the Zensho escape."
Jlere is a fling at Viceroy AlexlefC:
"Alexleff questioned his subordinates as
to why their defeat was so great, but no
una could find a reason. Finally, when
every officer had failed to make 4 report
clearly explaining the cause, Alexleff drew
this conclusion: 'Our forues ara neither
weak nor to blame. The extraordinary
strength of the Japanese alone caused our
defeat.' "
At Rassla's Army.
Another witticism, which naively ends
with "and the Russian officer had no other
question to auk." runs In this manner:
"The Russian civilians In Port Arthur
have been much excited since the war.
They want to equip themselves with
weapons of defense.
'You don't need to get excited,' said an
officer to them. The Japs will never get
Into port'
"The civilians replied: 'If the Japanese
sir coming, we are at perfect peace. We
are so worried because of their not coming.'
" 'Whyr asked the officer.
" 'Because,' answered the civilians. In
time of war nothing is more fearful than
cur own army.' "
The papers are also having their little
laugh at the Japs who are contributing
their Jewelry to the government war fund.
"The pefcrs, nobles and rich merchants
give their gold watches, gold pipes and
gold ornaments to the government, but a
man who had no gold possessions remem
' tiered that he had gold In his teeth, took
ll out and gave that to the war fund."
AS a foreigner will be able to discover
after a while, the point In this Joke lies in
the last five words.
"On the night of February S, when our
torpedo flotilla attacked Port Arthur, the
Itueslan battleships attacked In turn and
aunk three torpedo boats. Tha Russians
Were much gratified over the victory. They
were proud that they could handle the big
suns so skillfully. But when dawn came
they found they had sunk their own boats.
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Peete Are Fair Oh me.
The poets also the would-be versifiers
of Japan are having the time of their lives.
They arc literally flooding the Island with
their metrical effusions anent the war,
and the newspapers, In lieu of legitimate
war news, ara bravely trying to keep up
with the Inspired. The censor doesn't
touch poetry, but Judging from the ma
jority of the poems published, he certainly
ought to.
Time was when the Jap poet, unlike all
his fellows elsewhere, took only short trips
on Ms Pegasus. Two stansas of a few
lines each was about his limit, and his
ability to condense the tenderest feelings
of his soul Into so brief a space was his
one particular pride.
But that fair time has passed. The poet
doesn't breathe In all Nippon today who
doesn't cover reams of pink and blue and
yellow paper with hieroglyphics from his
Ink - pot In telling the Russians what a
barbarous and disgraceful and wicked peo
ple they are and what Is going to happen
to them when the mikado's troops get at
them.
Even the big fellows, who ought to know
better, have the long-winded habit bad.
Take Ochlha, for example. He is one of
Japan's leading contemporary poets. He's
Just had his latest fancy published, and
It takes up a good two-thirds of a page
In the JIJI Phlmhun, which Is about the
slxe of an American newspaper.
Pom bards with Words.
I.Ike the politician who goes back to
the Flood for material to support his argu
ment. Ochlha begins c the beginning.
"Russia, what art thou?" he asks, and
then he ambles contentedly along for a
column or more telling Rusula all about
herself from the dawn of her history. It's
a frightful picture this that he paints of
poor Russia In the first stansa. .
In the second stanza Ochlha details at
equal length the causes leading up to the
war. To do this he finds It necessary to
reach back several hundred years. The
third stansa warns the "old demon" to
look to her laurels, and tells at great
length how the heavenly emperor will say.
"(Jo away, csar, thy country Is In ruins,
thy subjects tired out, thy throne declin
ing; retreat and fasten the cord of thy
crown." Which Is the poetic way of say
lag, "repent and turn to better deeds."
And so the poem runs on, the fourth
stanza, describing the battles at Port Ar
thur and Chemulpo, and the fifth, and, hap
pily, the last, continuing the story of the
fourth, and winding up with a mighty ef
fort predicting the complete overthrow of
Russia. Here Is the peroration:
The fate Is already fixed!
It Is too late to reeret. too lute to rtravf
Let all thy maidens pew the white flag-
Ana u tnou aost not wisn for surrender,
Then prepare for destruction.
It Isn't too late, however, for the censor
to get in his good work on the poems, but
will he do it? He has his hands full of
trouble already coping with the corre
s pendents.
Geisha. drl'a PrnrrMi.
The geisha girl is rapidly losing one of
her chief charms, and all on account of
the war. She no longer universally
dresses her hair In Japanese style. Her
wonderful native coiffures, at once provok
ing the wonder and admiration of the
foreigner, are giving way to foreign styles
or rather Imitations that are truly won
dcrful and give the merrymakers of Japan
a really ludicrous look.
The geishas of Osaka, an Important busi
ness center, are primarily responsible for
the change. On the outbreak of the war
they, In common with the rest of the
Island, began cutting down personal ex
penses that they might contribute to the
war fund. One of the geisha's chief ex
penses Is her hair; the geishas of Osaka hit
upon the idea that If they would wear
their hair foreign style they could dress
It themselves and thus save this particular
item entire.
Tha supervisors of geisha houses gen
erally have a bylaw prohibiting all
coiffures except native ones, so the Osaka
girls straightway petitioned the supervisors
to grant them amnesty during the length
of the .war, the geishas solemnly pledging
themselves' to turn every sen thus saved
over to the government for Its war fund.
When the supervisors were convinced that
the girls were In earnest they granted the
petition.
The geishas In other centers have learned
of the success of their Osaka sisters, and
they, too, have petitioned and secured the
same temporary privilege.
The amount of money that the govern
ment is receiving by reason of this con
cession is by no means slight. A geisha
pays from lft to 3 yens (75 cents to 11.50)
a month for hair dressing. The girls of
Osaka during the past month have turned
In over 4.000 yen, or $2,000, to the war fund.
Thus they swallow up the ludicrous n
Example of Patriotism.
The lengths to which the Japanese will
go to further the cause of their august
emperor cannot be better explained than
to tell the story of Balto Okuzo, who lived
In Chlba prefecture, near Toklo. It is a
trait that ts causing many little tragedies
to be paralleled with the humora of war.
Balto was a crippled old man of 61 years,
dependent on his nephew, Yoshloka, who
visited him morning and evening and saw
that ha did not want.
When the war broke out Toshloka re
ceived a pink ticket, his summons as a
reserve to Join the imperial bodyguard in
Toklo. Tha young man was worried about
the future of Ms uncle, but the old man
angrily order: ui the younger to prepare
Immediately to obey his emperor's call.
"Co not hesitate, but leave at once," was
the eldev's command. .
The next day, when the nephew went to
his uncle's houso to say goodbye, the old
man could not be found. Inquiry estab
lished the fact that he had been seen hob
bling toward the mountains. There, a few
hours later, he was found hanging to the
limb of a tree, with this message pinned
to bis breast: "Now you can go to serve
your emperor without anxiety."
And one of the newspapers that told
this story added: "And when the nephew
read the message he went to the barracks
with an unclouded face."
Time of Years Ago.
The all but forgotten Incident that sixty-
five years ago Russia began an Invasion of
Japan has been recalled by a bit of news
from tha Island of Tsushima, which Is In
the Japan sea, about midway between
Japan and Cores.
At that time a Russan man of war en
tered the harbor and. without so much as
"with your leave," erected barracks on
shore, opened roads, surveyed the ports
and began other military operations. The
Russians met no opposition until they at
tempted to pass the gate msrking the do-
mains or the fsudal lord, Ofunakosht. Mat
suraure Jasugoro, tha samurai on guard,
refused tbem passage, and, when the Euro
peans Insisted, attacked them with all the
traditional fury of a samurai, driving the
Invaders back at first, but latter getting
killed for his fidelity to his lord.
This fracas Immediately led to an Inter
national hubub that was only quieted
by the energetla actions of the English
consal at Shanghai, who diplomatically in
duced the Russians to withdraw from the
Island.
The samurai was burled where ha fell
near the gate and his grateful lord erected
an Imposing tomb over his body and placed
on It a glowing Inscription of his death.
Now tha Islanders, wben their country !
at last at war with their invader, have at
this lata date made a hero of Matsumura
sad are burning Incense and holding festl
ivalg at his tesnhb
WHEN ME BEAR WAS SKIS5ED
A Leaf from Hisfsrr Dttailias; What
Email Army D 4 to tussls.
MILITARY IMPORTANCE OF QUICK ACTION
How RtOO Swedes Defeated Peter the
Great aad 80,000 Treepa-.Victor?
Rot Always with the Stroa
est Kamerleally,
Will history repeat itself? The successes
that has so far attended the arms of
Japan In Its struggle with Russia gives
pertinency to a short account of how
Charles XII., the young king of Sweden,
at the head of a heroic little army of
8,000 loyal subjects, a little over 300 years
ago, defeated Peter the Great and his
army of 80,000 men.
History in this case, as In many others,
proves that victory does not always at
tend the army numerically the strongest,
but that success more often depends on
resourcefulness, decision, quick action and
the fact of knowing how end when to fol
low up advantages gained. The following
Incident further shows that Charles XII.,
whom the great Voltaire called "the most
extraordinary man, perhaps, that ever ap
peared In the world," was not only a most
generous and noble hearted foe, but also
a most strenuous exponent of what has
been styled In these latter days "shirt
sleeve diplomacy." He placed but little
faith In the nice and Intricate peace propo
sitions of his own diplomatic representa
tives and those of his enemies, and In
sisted on conducting peace negotiations
himself at the place where he had gained
the victory. The following historical In
cident also shows the double dealings of
the Muscovite ambassadors attached to
Charles's court, who had sworn to pre
serve "Inviolable peace":
The founder of the Russian empire
Feter the Great, was ambitious of being
a conqueror, and he wanted a port on the
east side of the Baltic, to facilitate the
execution of his numerous schemes. He
wanted the province of IngTia, to the
northeast of Livonia. The Swede were In
possession of it, and from them he re
solved to take it by force, and he therefore
made a league with the king of Poland
to wrest from young Charles XII. all the
territories bounded by the Gulf of Fin
land, the Baltic sea, Poland and Muscovy.
Voltaire described the Swedes as "well
made, strong and active, and capable of
enduring the greatest fatigue, want and
hunger. Born with a military genius and
high spirit, they are more brave than In
dustrious, having long neglected, and even
at present but little cultivating, the arts
of commerce."
A Fight to a Finish.
Realizing the danger which beset his
country, Charles, who formerly had been
fond of gayety and dress, resigned his mag
nificence and Indulged no longer in sports
and recreations, but henceforth never clad
otherwise than as a common soldier. He
hardly ever assisted at the council of state,
but at this critical moment his councillors
happened to hold a deliberation In his pres
ence concerning the dangerous situation of
affairs. Some of the members proposed to
avert the storm by negotiations, when all
of a sudden Charles arose, with an air of
gravity and assurance, like a man of su
perior consequence who has chosen his side.
"Gentlemen," said he, 'Tarn resolved never
to begin an unjust war, nor ever to finish a
Just one but by the destruction of my ene
mies. My resolution Is fixed. I will attack
the first that shall declare against me, and,
after having conquered him, I hope I shall
be able to strike terror Into the rest." The
old councillors were astonished at this dec
laration of their king, but they dared not
reply. They received his orders for the war
with admiration. Charles at once took the
offensive, dispatched a fleet to Copenhagen,
the Danish capital, and defeated the army
and navy of the king of Denmark, who was
In league with Peter the Great against
Charles, In a , War which lasted less than
six weeks. Charles was then 18 years old.
Exactly at this time the king of Poland
Invested Riga, the capital of Livonia, and
the czar was advancing on the east at the
head of nearly 100,000 men. Riga was de
fended by the old Count Dalberg, a Swed
ish general, who, at the age of SO, Joined
all the fire of youth to the experience of
sixty campaigns. He baffled all the efforts
of the enemy, and the king of Poland, after
despairing of being able to take the town,
laid hold of an honorable pretext for raising
the siege, which he did, The only thing
that Charles had now to do toward the
finishing of his first campaign was to march
against his rival In glory, Peter Alexlovltch.
He was the more exasperated against him
as there were still at Stockholm three Mus
covite ambassadors who had lately sworn
to the renewal of an Inviolable peace. Pos
sessed of the most Incorruptible Integrity,
he could not conceive how a legislator like
the czar should make a Jest of what ought
to be held sacred.
Russian Reasons.
The emperor of Muscovy had Just pub
lished a manifesto, In which" he alleged
as the reason of the war the little respect
that had been shown him when he went
Incognito to Riga and the extravagant
prices his ambassadors had been obliged
to pay for provisions. Such wers the
mighty Injuries for which he ravaged
Ingrla with 80,000 men. At the head of
this great army, he appeared before Narva
on October 1, and Charles XII at once ad
vanced to its relief. The Muscovites had
160 cannon, but were hardly able to make
breach, while the artillery of Narva
mowed down at every discharge whole
ranks of the enemy In their trenches.
Narva was almost without fortifications;
Baron Horn, who commanded there, had
not a thousand regular troops; and. yet
Peter's Immense army could not reduce
It In six weeks. On November 15 the ccar
learned that the king of Sweden had
crossed the sea with 200 transports and
was advancing to the relief of Narva. The
Swedes were not above 20, OX) strong. Not
content with 80,000 men, he czar resolved
to oppose to Charles another army still.
and to check his progress at every step.
He had already given orders for the march
of about 80.000 men, who were advancing
from Pleskov with great expedition, and
resolved to shut up Charles XII between
two armies. A detachment of 30.000 men
from the camp before Narva was posted
at a league's distance from the city, di
rectly In the king of Sweden's road; 20,000
Btrellta were placed further oft, upon the
same road, end 6,000 others composed an
advance guard. Before reaching the
camp, which was fortified with a rampart
and double fosse, Charles must neces
sarily force his way through all these
troops. The king of Sweden had landed
at Pernau. In the gulf of Riga, with about
16.000 foot end a little more than 4.000
horse. From Pernau he made a flying
march to Reval, followed by all his cavalry
and by only 4.000 foot. He always marched
In the van of his army, without waiting
for the rear. He soon found himself, with
his 1,000 men only, before the first post of
the enerly. He immediately resolved, with
out the least hesitation, to attack tbem
one after the other, before they could pos
sibly learn with what a small number they
bad to engage.
The Muscovites, seeing the Swedes come
uudn them. Imagined they had a whole
army to encounter, and the advanoed guard
of 6.000 men, posted among rocks, a station
where 100 resolute men might have stopped
tha march of a large army, fled at their
Jlxst approach, Tb 30.000 sms Uut lay be
hind them, perceiving the flight of their
fellow soldiers, took the alarm and carried
their terror and confusion with them Into
camp. All the poets were carried in two
days, and what upon otber occasions would
have been reckoned three distinct victories
did not retard the king's march for the
space of one hour. He appeared then at
List with his 8,000 men, exhausted by the
fatigues of so long a march, before a camp
of 60,000 Muscovites, defended by 130 pieces
of cannon, and scarcely allowing his troops
any time for rest, he Instantly gave or
ders for the attack. The signal was two
musket shots, and the watchword In Ger
man, "With the aid of God." A general
officer, having represented to him the
greatness of the danger, he said: "What?
Do you think that with my t.OW brave
Swedes I may easily beat W.000 Russians?"
But soon after, fearing that what he had
said might savor too much of gasconade,
he ran after the officer and said to him:
"Are you not of the same opinion? Have
not I a double advantage over the enemy
one, that their cavalry can be of no serv
ice to them; the other that the place being
narrow their number will Incommodw them.
and thus In reality I shall bo stronger than
they?" The officer did not care to differ
from him, and thus they inarched against
the Muscovites about midday on Novem
ber 30, 1700. As soon as their cannon had
made a breach In the lntrenchments the
Swedes advanced with fixed bayonets, hav
ing a furious shower of snow on their
backs, which drove full In the face of the
enemy. The Russians stood tne snocv ior
half an hour without flinching. The king
made his attack upon the right of the
camp, where the csar's quarters lay, hop
ing to come to an encounter with him, as
he did not know that Peter the Great had
gone in quest of 40,000 men, who were dally
expected to arrive.
King Stops a Bullet.
At the first discharge of the enemy's
muskets the king of Sweden received a
shot In his neck, but as it was a spent ball
It lodged In the folds of his black neck
cloth and did him no harm. His horse was
killed under him, and, mounting another
horse with srreat agility, he said: "These
fellows make me go through my exer
cises," and continued to fight and give
orders with the same presence of mind.
After an engagement of three hours the
lntrenchments were forced on all sides.
The king pursued the right of the enemy
as far as the River Narva, with his left
wing of about 4,000 men, who were In pur
suit of nearly 40,000. The bridge broke un
der the fugitives and the river was im
mediately filled with dead carcasses. The
remainder returned to their camp, without
knowing whither they went, and, finding
some barracks, they took post behind them.
There they defended themselves a while,
as they were not able to make their es
cape, but at last their generals, Dolgor
ovkl, Oolovkin and Federovltch, surrend
ered themselves to the king, and laid their
arms at his feet, and while they were pre
senting them to him the Duke de Croy,
the commander-in-chief of the Russian
forces, came up and surrendered himself
with thirty officers. Charles received all
these prisoners of distinction with as much
civility and politeness as if he had been
paying them the honors of an entertain
ment in his own court. He detained none
but the general officers. All the subalterns
and common soldiers were disarmed and
conduoted to the River Narva, where they
were supplied with boats for passing over,
and allowed to return to their own coun
try. In the meantime eight came on, and
the right wing of the Muscovites still con
tinued the fight. The Swedes had not lost
more than 600 men. Eight thousand Mus
covites had been killed In their lntrench
ments; many were drowned, many had
crossed the river, and yet there still re
mained In the camp a sufficient number to
cut off the Swedes to the last man. "But,"
says Voltaire, in his description of the
battle, "the loss of battles is not so much
owing to the number of the killed as to the
timidity of those who survive." The king
employed the small remains of the day In
seizing upon the enemy's artillery. He
took possession of an advantageous post
between the camp and the city, where he
slept a few hours upon the ground wrapped
up in his cloak, Intending at daybreak to
fall upon the left wing of the enemy,
which was not yet entirely routed.
The Crowalsf Triumph.
But at 2 o'clock In the morning General
Vede, who commanded that wing, having
heard of the gracious reception the king
had given to the other generals and of his
having dismissed all the subaltern officors
and soldiers, sent a messenger to him, beg
ging he would grant him the same favor.
The conqueror replied that he should have
it, provided he would come at the head of
his troops and make them lay their arms
and colors at his feet. Soon after the gen
eral appeared with his Muscovites, to the
number of about 80,000. They marched, both
soldiers and officers, with their heads un
covered, through less thsn 7,000 Swedes.
The soldiers as they passed tha king threw
their guns and swords upon the ground,
and the officers presented him with their
ensigns and colors. He caused the whole
of this multitude to be conducted over the
river, without detaining a single soldier.
Had he kept them, the number of prisoners
would at least have been five times gTeater
than that of tine conquerors. After this
Charles XII entered victorious Into Narva,
accompanied by the Duke de Croy and
other general officers of the Muscovites. He
ordered their swords to be restored to them
11, and, knowing thst they wanted money
and that the merchants of Narva would not
lend them any, he sent 1,000 ducats to the
Duke de Croy and 8"0 to every Muscovite
officer, who could not sufficiently admire
the civility of this treatment, of which
they were Incapable of forming the least
conception. An account of the victory was
Immediately drawn up at Narva and sent
to Stockholm and the allies of Sweden, but
the king expunged with his own hands
every circumstance In the relation that
tended too much to his own honor or
seemed to reflect upon the czar.
Before he had proceeded halfway at the
head of 40,000 troops, hoping to surround
the youthful Charles XII on all sides, the
csar received Intelligence of the utter rout
of his troops St Narva. He returned home
with a determined resolution of disciplin
ing his troops at the same time thst he
civilized his subjects. Moscow, his capital,
was in ths utmost terror and consternation
at the news of this defeat. Such was the
prids and lgno-ance of ths people that
they actually Imagined that they had been
conquered by a power more than human
and that the Swedes were so many ma
gicians. This opinion was so general that
public prayers were ordered to be put up to
St." Nicholas, the patron of Muscovy, on the
occasion. While the Muscovites were thus
complaining of their defeat to St. Nicholas
Charles XII returned thanks to God and
prepared himself for new victories. New
York Tribune.
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Mahogany Colonial Library Table, m tt
4-7.00
Mahogany library Table, ColonUlp A A
reproduction, special, aCJ.Jl
Antwerp Oak Library Table,
special
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Imitation Mahogany Library
Table, special,
at
Imitation Mahogany library
Table, special,
at
Antwerp Oak Library
Table, special,
at
Golden Oak Library Table
special,
at
Mahogany Library Table,
special,
at
Golden Oak Library Table,
handsome design,
special ,
Golden Oak Library Table,
special,
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21.00
19.50
18.75
8.75
16.75
27.50
25.00
16.75
26.50
37.00
$55 .Antwerp oak desk table, special .....37.00
Many other patterns and designs of library and reading tables in this special sale.
Not one piece but that is greatly underpriced. On sale Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
Big Sale of Matting
wholesale trade.
We place on sale Monday a big lot of Mat
ting. This la our own Importation and
should have been here In January (or our
Owing to Its late arrival we have decided to pass It over to our retail trade at cost of Importation, and
offer, special for Monday, two lots.
a
Lot one consisting of a large number of patterns In heavy
Bungo straw matting In small mixed designs, very ser
viceable for wear, regular selling price 25c per 1ft-
yard. . By tha roll of 40 yards, special per yard
Cut piece price, 20c per yard.
MATTING SALE SECOND FLOOR.
Lot two consisting of fine ISO warp flexible cotton warp
mattlnr in small natterna. verv artlstio in deslrn and
color combinations. This matting sells regularly at SOu
per yard. In rolls of 40 yards each.
special, per yard
Piece price, por yard, 20c.
16c
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The Great Exposition Is Open
Is there any place that would be more delightful to spend a short vacation than in
St. Louis. For many, the expense makes it impossible, but The Bee is making it so easy
for any one to go, that scores of Bee readers will visit the exposition, who could not other
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Just think of it, there are ninety more trips, and you surely can be one of the ninety.
It Is so easy to simply tell your friends that you want to go, and get them to save their
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Ten Trips Voted For This Week
8 This week's "election" ends Saturday, May 14, at 5 p. m. Start out Monday morning,
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All Trips Via the Wabash
This is the road for Omaha people to the St Louis Exposition. Besides being the
shortest in mileage and the shortest in time, the matter of equipment has been a study by
the management ever since the exposition project was started. They have the trains
and coaches, so that' there will be no fear of overcrowding. The Wabash will save you a
day, either going or coming, because you can get off at the exposition grounds, or, when
you leave, you can spend the last day at the grounds and start for home from the terminal
Wabash station right at the entrance. The Wabash is the only road with these facilities.
Conditions of the Election
The ten persons receivlnj: the largest number of voteg at the close of each "Election" will be furnished
at The Bee'g expeiise, as prizes, each a free trip from Omaha to Bt Louis and return, to be taken any time dur
lug the exposition,
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