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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt TUESDAY , AUGUST 00 , 3808. < > O < K > O < X > < KK > < KK > < HX > < KX > < > < XKXO - < X- < ? NEWS fROM THE fROM. * A WAR STORY OF TODAY. A By ANNIE IIAMHTOM OONNtU. 6-ooa o-ocxi-o-oooo $ o-o-ao-oo-o-o-ooo-o-o- ( Copyright , 1888 , by B. 8. McClure Co. ) "There ain't anythlne short of a cyclone could get Judith Tnlbot and Achsa Hawcs within speakln' distance , nnd then they'd have to bo blowcd together face to ! " "You think they'd speak then , Undo Purely ? I don't ! " Undo Purdy wheezed cently In lieu of a laucti. Ho felt over the arid waste of his head for hla spectacles , and , adjusting them , peered through at tbo two women colng by. They wcro on opposite sides of the street. They carried their heads rigidly erect and both their lean , tall figures forged ahead with resolute swings of stiff , black petticoats. "Queer how them two women look so much alike. " murmured one of the other loungers on the postofllco steps. "That's all the llkc-nesa there la 'twlxt "cm ! " chuckled the Joker , who never neg lected small opportunities for want of greater. "They're both real good women real good women , " said iho llttlo man In the blue Jeans , mildly. The remark was well re ceived , for It was known that ho claimed relationship to Achsa Hawcs through the devious winding ways that blood can run. Naturally it could not bo expected of the little blue Jeans man to call Aclisa's sworn enemy a "real good woman. " The loungers oil appreciated the magnanimity. " 0 , yes , they'll both go to heaven , " Uncle Purdy nald. "There nln't any trouble with Achsa Hawcs' nnd Judith Talbot's brlngla' up In the rlsht place. " "Only they'll cross over tlje golden streets dread came to meet her and smote her on the threshold. She staggered ncrois the room , bent and trembling under the blow. There was no need of the pity In the men's faces , and the sudden hushing of their ex cited shrill voices no need of their turning away from her the big black headlines of their papers. She knew at once. Undo , Purdy cnmo down the dim little room to | meet her , but she brushed past him and got her own paper and went away. "Somebody'd ought to tell her she hadn't ought to read It all alone , " muttered the old man. "She'd ought to read It with somebody. Judith ! Judith Talbot ! " Ho went to the door and sent his thin , kind voice out Into the quiet evening. Judith Talbot heard and watted. "Well ? " and her own voice sounded harsh and strange to her. It choked her. "Well ? " "You goln' up Achsa Hawcs' way ? " stam mered Uncle Purdy , eagerly. "I I kind of thought maybe you'd stop In an' an * read the paper to Achsa. There there's news of the Twentieth In It tonight Achsa'd want' to hear. " Uncle Purdy went back Into the postofllco with beads of perspiration on his bald fore head. His mild , pleasant face was troubled. "I don't know but I've put my foot In It , " ho said , gloomily. "I don't know but I have. It's turrlble hard work to break things to folks. Out I thought she'd ought to read I It with somebody , and I thought It had ought to be a woman. I didn't know but 'twould kill her alone. " "You se-lcctcd the wrong woman , that's other's hands , tut llttlo Jerome nnd Ivory had done lottg before. T13IiUUAI > II UIHTOU'S DllGAM. A Trrrihlc Itnttlo KotiRlit In ( lie MliUI lit n S11 in in or Simnxo. Cervcra's fleet had been destroyed ; Samp son had rondo his Fourth of July offering to the nation ; General Anderson had reached the Philippines , after raising Old Glory on the Ladrono Islands , and Shatter's slightly unpleasant reports of the two day's fight ing bad been sidetracked for more glorious news. Almost no quickly as the colors and de signs of the kaleidoscope change , relates the St. Louis Globe-Democrat , the war scene had been shifted on that eventful night be fore the Fourth of July , and as the news paper man started homo after midnight ho felt Ilko the man who docs not know whether ho Is on foot or horseback. Ho dropped Into a cozy corner of the Compton Heights owl and was soon oblivious of the presence of the gallery of familiar faces. The peace and quiet of the car was rudely disturbed by the roll of drums , the flare of trumpets , the deep-toned voices of ex cited men , and , above nil , the firing of many muskets. The car had reached eighteenth street , but could not turn south , because as far as the eye could reach Americans and Spaniards were engaged In a big bat tle. The Spaniards were nearer the car nnd were being hard pressed by Shaffer's men. The faces of the opposing forces showed how the struggle was going. The sullen countenances of the enemy , bidden by disheveled black beards , were Illuminated by fierce black eyes , which darted glances of defiance. The faces of Shatter's men bad not lost their Anglo-Saxon fairness even beneath the tropic sun , and were animated by a look of self-confidence and calm resolu tion that would make a lion cringe. Gradually the Spanish , flro slackened , and the Americana almost overwhelmed their op ponents. A last refuge was In their rear , f . . . . . . - , . - . I I I I I . I , -i. - f- - - T _ m. . . . . . , . . _ T..H - _ . I WHEN IT WAS FHESH , SWEET MORNINO IN THE WORLD AND JUDITH WEfTr D OWN THE LITTLE UNWOR"N PATH. when they sea each other coming along , " the joker murmured , decisively. The two women were out of sight now , down the sunny street of the little town. They were still abreast , with only the nar row stretch of dusty roadway between them , but there was not the slightest turning of their heads. Boys In blue on parade could hardly have tramped on moro inflexibly croct. "She's got on her best black skirt , too , " thought Judith Talbot. "I can see it out of the tall of my eyo. I wouldn't bo a mlto surprised If she's put It on for the Identical reason I did mine. Achsa's dreadful fond of Ivory. I suppose she takes It real hard. " "Judith's dressed up In black , too , " across the street Achsa Hawcs was musing , "its that same black bombazine she wore to Jerome's funeral. That dress always means mourning. Judith thinks a sight of llttlo Jerome. " Both women drifted presently Into neat whlto houses at the extreme end of the sunny street. The houses were ns much alike as the women , but they , too , had the eamo rigid , uncompromising aspect toward .each other. It was , the beginning of the war , and the little town of Priestley had but recently Bent away its generous contribution of "boys. " Two of them had gone out of the .neat white houses at the end of the sunny street. "I wore this dress to big Jerome's funeral , too , " the mother of ono of the "boys" was thinking beside her wlndowful of gay gera niums. Her thoughts were wistful. It eeemed luch a dreadful llttlo while one way. Ono way it seemed such a dreadful long while since big Jerome across tlio way had died. She remembered Just how llttlo Jerome looked. Ho aud Ivory bad walked together in tbo procession , In their little decorous black suits , and Ivory.had slyly wiped "llttlo Jerome's eyes with bis wisp of whlto handkerchief. Judith had Insisted upon Achsa's going with her , she said It was such a comfort. "Dear land ! " murmured Achsa aloud. She eat up straight , looked wistfully back into the time when a worn white thiead of path way led between the two bouses , and little stubbed shoes wcro continually traversing it. How fond Ivory aud little Jerome had been of each other ! And now what were the boys doing now ? Dear land , dear landl In the other house llttlo Jerome's mother rocked beside her window and remembered , too. She was not wistful and Bad. She was thinking of the bitter time since the grass had grown over the little meandering path and she and Achsa had walked on op posite sides of the street. The old grievance rankled harder than ever In her breast. "I did think , " Aunt Purdy had said , when the "boys" marched away in their gallant blue , "that now Achsa Hawcs and Judith Talbot would make up both their boys a-golcg to the war so. But they havenX and now I guess they never will. " "Nothing short of a Kansas cyclone , " agreed Uncle Purdy , "and even then it's got to bo Achsa that starts In. Judith Talbot won't. " "No. 0 , no ; Judith Talbot won't. " One evening tha news came that the Twentieth regiment bad been called to the front. The boys from Priestly were In the Twentieth. Achsa Hawes' boy nnd Judith Talbot's llttlo Jerome bad tramaed away to the Twentieth drum beat. They had been called to the front ! A desperate battle was being waged and many reinforcements were needed. The men at the postofflco talked it over excitedly , and through all the little town ran a thrill of horror. It was so much worse whan the Twentieth was called to the front ! "Dear Lord , dear Lord ! " sobbed Achsa Hawes on her knees. All night she travailed in the throes that mothers feel when their cons arc at the front * . Once she pulled aside the curtain and looked across the street. Judith's light was burning , too. After that the days went slowly In many many hearts in patriotic little Priestley. In Judith Talbot's heart and Achsa Hawes1 how slow how alow they were in going ! The bands on the clock crept on patiently , but seemed to make so very llttlo progress in deed. When tbo papers came at night both mothers unfolded them with terrible dread , but It was a week before any bad news found Its way to Priestley. Then it came to Judith's nrat house first. Judith went down street for her paper , and the moment by * entered the little poctofllce the terrible L. all , " the joker remarked. "I calculate you forgot Judith Talbot hadn't spoke to Achsa Hawes since the year 1. " The joker's jovial face was drawn out into solemn , unac customed length. Ho fingered his paper nervously. "Yes , " Uncle Purdy groaned , "I forgot It. I jest remembered that Achsa was a woman , then. " Down the quiet street Judith Talbot was hurrying. A great relief and a great pity were struggling in her plain , strong face. She was trying not to bo glad that It was Achsa's boy Instead of hers. She was tryIng - Ing honestly but she was glad. How glad she was ! There was so llttlo room at first for anything but the blessed relief for any thing but little Jerome. Then she remem bered Achsa. She thought of llttlo Ivory then , and strangely enough the picture In i her mind was of the sturdy little fellow little Jerome. walking hand-ln-haud with O , no ! 0 , no ! ho could not be wounded or dead ! Ho was so llttlo to bo hurt ! Ivory was Achsa's baby poor Achsa ! "Uncle Purdy wanted me to break It to her he forgot. Ho thought Achsa'd take it easier with me. I know that was what he meant the minute he spoke. Ho forgot about Achsca and me. O , I can't think little Ivory's dead ! Ho had such proud , independ ent ways , little Ivory hadl Ho and Jerome ! O , no ! 0 , poor Achsa ! " An overwhelming sorrow for little Ivory's * mother took possession of Judith Talbot. The .pain stifled her and made her pant for breath as It she had been running. She clutched the terrible paper In her hand until it toro under her fingers ; she had not opened It at all. It had not occurred to her to do it after the first heart leap of relief that came with Uncle Purdy's words. "Poor Adisa ! O , poor Aclua ! " murmured Judith Talbot over and over again In little gasps of horror. The bitterness , the long estrangement everything was swept away on the tide of her pity. She longed unutter ably -to go and comfort little dead Ivory's mother. "I'll go , " she said aloud. "Lord In heaven help me comfort Achsa ! " Achsa met her at the door. Bewilderment nnd joy struggled for precedence in her thin , sweet face. "Judith , Judith ! " she cried softly , holding out her hands. Had it come at last at last ? Judith come to her ! "Dear Lord be thanked ! " prayed-Achsa's heart. "I've come , Achsa , " Judith said simply. She was holding out the crumpled paper and the pain In her face , and the whiteness of It told the sad etory as plainly ns words. The joy In the face of Ivory's mother gave way to anguish. "There's news from the Twentieth , they said. I came to read it with you. Achsa , Ivory " Is dead. My boy Is dead ! " "No , no O. I don't know ! I've come to road It with you he's only hurt , dear , maybe. We'll read it together mo and you , Achsa. We've berne so many things together. Maybe little Ivory's just wounded. " But in her heart she knew it was death she had read In the solemn faces of the men. She knew It was death she had heard In Uncle Purdy's compassionate old voice. Proud , Independent llttlo Ivory was dead. "We'll set down out here In the sunset , Achsa. It's easier to bear things out of doors , under the Lord's sky. Set up here close to me I'll read it easy as I can. You needn't to look at all shut your cyca , dear , and you'll be all ready to pray. " The first cool breath of the evening buffeted their faces gently. Above them , between the trees , a dim star glimmered faintly , as if through tears. Shrill , cheery little insect voices called to each other. A calm world shut them In comfortingly. "Now , Judith I'm ready. " And Judith Talbot opened the paper and read the pitiful news. God pity Judith Talbot ! for It was little Jerome who bad fallen at the front. Little Jerome in his soldier blue was among the dead. She had misunderstood dear Lord , the pity in Undo Purdy's eeamed old face had been for her ! All the stars came out clearly. All night they sat there under them together , and the mother of the living eon comforted the mother of the dead. And when It was fresh , sweet morning lu the world and Judith went down the little , unworn path way , Achsa went , too. They held each matin that Gibraltar of the Cantllah ! , the block house. Into the observatory of the Wash ington university , at St. Charles street , a whole Spanish battalion poured. Round , soundly built , and with a turret-like top , the llttlo structure only needed a seven-ply barbcd-wlro fence to make a trocha strong hold. The Spaniards threw bock the s'tcef door of the observatory top , and , wonderful re source , they ran out the telescope , as Bob Evans would an eight-Inch gun , and began rapld-firo operations against their besieg ers. But nothing could stop the Americans. They were Intrepid men , led by officers who scorned to invlto Mauser bullets and the blockhouse was quickly stormed. This victory had swept the enemy from Eighteenth street and the further events of the battle passed from the view of the people In the owl car. The motorman had guided the car beyond the switch , so as to be partly protected on the Washington ave nue s.ldc of the Manual Training school. But the beglnlng of the most critical action of the battle was witnessed. After the blockhouse had been taken and the American wounded had been tenderly car ried to a hospital down a convenient alley the boys In blue redressed their lines and a perfect specimen of manhood rode out In front to lead the advance. Ho was sev eral inches over six feet in height and had stars on his shoulders. Several enthusiastic privates shouted "Hurrah for Lawton ! " and the owl car passengers knew that It was the Intrepid general. He led the men to Locust street and started up the hill toward Seventeenth street. A fearful fire was poured Into them and many officers and men were seen to fall , but the lines closed up all gaps 03 If It were drill and swept onward and up ward. This was the action , of San Juan Hill. Wounded men who passed the car said EO and also reported that the position had been taken. ( The newspaper man telephoned to tbo of fice In time for the morning paper the leading events of the battle and returned to the car with thoughts bent on gettlpg home But In bis absence at the telephone the car bad been deserted by crew and passen gers and the "war correspondent , " with thu resourcefulness of his craft , decided to go | i alone. Ho would run the car to .Gram avenue , switch It to Scull In's tracks , run south to Park avenue and with the switch rod as a crowbar , pry it on to the Park avenue track. But battles are destructive things. The correspondent ran the car beyond Jefferson avenue and was breasting the big hill when the power failed , the wire having been cut to the eastward by retreating Spaniards. A prosaic man would have gotten off ant walked , but the enthusiastic correspondent Intent on keeping his self-imposed assign ment of getting1 home with that car , dli otherwise. Ho took a long rope from the tool box , tied it to the fender and Ultchec himself like an old-time car mule. It ho had to pull the car uphill , at least he coult coast down. The heavy motor movei about a foot a minute and the "war corre spondent" was oppressed with that feeling which every ono has now nnd then , a "wlll- I-evcr-get-there" thought that comes when we tackle the Impossible. Two policemen stepped out of the dark ness , and , one of them recognizing the newspaper man , asked him If he was crazy that he would try to haul a motor car up hill. The man in the traces flared up , and In a tone of Injured pride , outlined his plan for getting home. "Leave the car where It is and walk home , " said the blue coat. "What , leave this car here all nlghtl The first car along in the morning may strike It and causa a loss of life. The Spaniards may retreat this way and use It to fal back on Manzanlllo. Why , man. you are a disgrace to your uniform for not helping me. " The war correspondent was mad enough to chew nails. Tbo policeman went on down the street , laughing , and the nolso of tbo laugh awoke the newspaper man to a real Izlng sense of the uncomfortableness of an owl car corner In which to take a oue-mln ute snooze. Cook's Imperial Champagne , extra dry naturally fermented , nearly fifty years' rec ord as delicious drink. tor n.a. Lowl8H im p/iV'xr - prAVf HOW IT RANKS AMONG BATTLES The Three-Day Fight tit Santiago Makes aNew Now Becord. LARGE PROPORTION OF OFFICERS KILLED Undo of KllliMl | o Wouiulcil Coiniuircd with llnttlcn of tinCU 11 War Looking ltncli nnl liver K HccoriU. In the proportion of officers killed to en listed men in the three-day battle of San tiago , says the Philadelphia Times , America exceeded her highest previous record. Gen eral Shatter's report shows that twenty- three officers and 20S enlisted men were killed In those three days * The proportion , therefore , Is a trifle over one to nine. In killed nnd wounded both , 103 officers and 1,411 men , the proportion Is one to thirteen. In none of the battles of the United States , no , nor even In any ono regiment of this country , has this record of the killed been eaualed. The cause of this tremendously close proportion Is not to be laid entirely to the superior bravery of the officers. That they were courageous and personally led their men the report shows. Hut officers , more now than over before , arc shining marks for the enemy. On either sldo any man In the ranks who alms Ills gun will direct his flro t an officer of the enemy , If he can see ne and distinguish lilm by the shoulder traps and sword. When the enlisted men re lying down , and somewhat protected rom hostile fire , the officers sometimes have 0 stand erect. In the rear , It Is true , but prlght , directing the flro and the move ments of their men. At Gettysburg , the greatest battle of the Ivll war , 27 per cent of the officers en gaged were killed or wounded , as against 1 per cent of the men. At Shlloh 21 per cut of the officers were similarly disabled , vhllo the proportion of the enlisted men was nly 17 per cent. Dut Gettysburg was ought largely In the open. Later , In the Vlldorness , where the trees concealed offi- ers and men alike , the proportion was more nearly equal. The average proportion of officers to men killed In the last war was as ono to slx- cen. Thla was 'the ' ratio In the volunteers and In the army as a whole. In the rcgu- ars It was one to fourteen , and In the col- red troops one to nineteen. It was higher n the cavalry and light artillery "than " In he Infantry , being one to fourteen In each of these two arms of the service. Tlic AvernKe lliitlo. The average ratio In Iho war Is shown by he totals of killed and wounded , being 6,363 officers to 103,705 men. In the com- wsltlon of most regiments at the start off : ho proportion of officers to men was ono to . \\enty-elght , but as the proportion of killed s one to sixteen , It can bo seen that the officers performed their full measure of duty. . .ater In the war , when the enlisted strength of the regiments was depleted by the casual- tls , the proportion of officers to mon was one to twenty-one or thereabouts , which still was less than the death ratio. The smaller the military organization the Orcater Is the possibility of a high proportion tion between the officers nnd enlisted 'men killed. The private's luck may bring this about. For Instance , the Ninth Massachu setts battery Dlgelow's lost two officers and thirteen men , nnd so did the First Maine battery Bradbury's. This makes the proportion of ono to six and a half. But In regiments , the Eleventh Pennsylvania cav alry stowed , with eleven officers killed to 108 enlisted men , thb highest proportion of dead officers of any regiment In the unlca array. Next came the First New Jersey cavalry , with twelve dead officers to 120 men. Back of these regiments are the First Maine cavalry and the First Michigan cav alry , with respectively fifteen and fourteen dead officers to 169 and ICO enlisted men killed. The regiment which lost 'the ' greatest num ber of officers in the war was the Sixty- first Pennsylvania Infantry , nineteen o whose officers , including throe colonels , were kilted , to 218 enlisted men. The proportion tion was not as great in this regiment , however - ' ever , as In the Eighty-first Pennsylvania which lost eighteen officers killed to 100 enlisted men. And in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania infantry the dif ference , eighteen officers to 187 enlisted men Is still greater. The Forty-eighth New Yorl < lost eighteen officers and 218 men. The Infantry regiment which lost moro men than any other regiment of foot In the army was the Fifth New Hampshire , whoso record for the four years of war stands un surpassed nt 205 , Including eighteen offi cers. Owing to the large number of enlistee men killed the proportion Is not as high as In some of the other regiments , being one tea a little over fiftce'n. Nineteen infantry regiments , including the Forty-eighth , Seventy-third , Sixty-first and One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York lost sixteen or moro officers. In any on battle the Seventh Now Hampshire was the heaviest sufferer , In the matter of officers killed , for at Fort Wagner that regimen had cloven officers stricken down , includ Ing theli commander , Colonel Putnam. Among the regular regiments In the re bclllon the heaviest loser was the Eight eenth United States Infantry , which had 21 $ men killed , Including nine officers. Of thi total 102. fell at Stono's river. New York's Honor lloll. The New York regiments on the hone roll are the Sixty-ninth , thirteen officers am 2-tC enlisted men killed ; the Fortieth , nln officers and 229 men ; the Forty-eighth eighteen officers and 218 men ; the One Hun dred and Twenty-first , thirteen officers uci 213 men ; the Ono Hundred and Eleventh eight officers and 212 men , and the Fifty first , nine officers and 103 men. For gome reason or other the proportion o dead officers to dead men In our army 1 smaller than in certain European armies For Instance , In the Brltlsh-Afridl campaign of last year there were killed , up to Octobe 28 , thirty-three officers and 210 men , mak Ing the proportion about one to six and a half. In the Franco-Prussian war the Ger man losses were still greater. While 3 pe cent of the enlisted men were killed , 8 pe cent of the line officers , and , strange to say 0 per cent of the staff , wcro slain. - Exact comparison of the three days' battl of Santiago with battles of the civil war 1 : hard , because of lack of precise Informa tlon as to the number engaged at Santiago In total loss , killed , wounded and missing flvo battles of the rebellion compare wit ! this fight. According to Shatter's report his total loss was 1,593. The loss of th union army in the battle of Savage Static was 1,090 ; In the assault upon Fort Wagner , on July IS , 18C3 , it was 1,515 ; in the battle of Plymouth , N. C. , it was 1,600 ; In the battle of Darbytown road , Fair Oaks , Va. , it was 1,603 , and in tbo Imttla of Ben- tonville , N , C. , it was 1,646. When the total loss In these engagements is subdivided into killed , at Pea Ridge , 203 ; at Glendale , 210 ; the battle of Santiago melts away. In only ono case does the number killed approach preach that of Santiago , and this one is in the attack upon Wagner , where 246 men wcro killed , against 231 In front of Santiago. In the battle of Wilson's creek , 233 were killed ; at Pea Itldge , 203 ; at Glendale , 210 ; at Ball's Blurt. , 223 ; at North Anna , 223 ; at Bermuda Hundred , 200 ; in the three assaults upon Port Hudson , 203 , 293 and 211 ; at Sablne Cross Roads , 200 ; at Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station , in the Atlanta cam- Second Series Photogravures of the Exposition Now Ready. Seine day it will bo pleasing to remember the simple , classic beauty of the Grand Court , the Plaza with its music , the broad vista of the Bluff Tract and the hubbub and gaiety of the Midway. If you want pictures of the Exposition to bring it all back to you you want the best. Every building and all the splendor of the Exposition , views of the whole effect and views showing detail , all have , been reproduced in The Photogravure. ft " -Two Views Now The followlnn views have been issued : 1 Opening Day , June 1 , 1898. 2 Northeast Corner of Court. 3 Government Building , 4 Main Entrance Agricultural building. 5 Scene in Streets of All Na tions. 6 firand Court , Looking "West. 7 Hagenback's on Children's day. 8 Grand Court , Looking South west. 9 Fine Arts Building. 10 Nebraska Building. 11 Grand Court , Looking East. 12 Section of Fine Arts BIdg. 13 Grand Court at Night. 14 31 a in Entrance Horticul tural Building. 15 Scene on North Midway. 1C Marine Band at Grand Plnzn. 17 Grand Court from Restau rant Towor. 18 Administration Arch. 10 Liberal Art Building. 20-.Govcrnmcnt Building nnd Life Bout. 21-Manufacturer's Building. 22 Interior Manufacturers' Building. 23 Machinery nnd Electricity Building. 21 Illinois Building. 25 Arch of Statcp. 20-Col. W. J. Bryan and Regi ment Military Day. 27 Agricultural Building. 28 Wisconsin Building. 29 Looking North from Administration - ministration Arch. 30 Section of East Midway. 31 Streets of Cairo. 32 Group of Orientals-Streets of All Na.tious. Ten Cents. Eight for Twenty-five Cents. Thirty-Two with a Portfolio for $1.00. These arc offered to Bee readers on heavy paper suitable for framing or for a collection of Exposition vio\vs. A Portfolio Cover for 15 Cents. ordering ly mail slate which pictures you wish , by the title or number , and enclose 2 cents extra for mailing. ' For the full thirty-two enclose W cents extra for mailing. Photogravure Department The Omaha Daily Bee Omaha So. Omaha Council Bluffs. palgn , 277 ; at Brlce's Cross Roads , Missis sippi , 223 ; at Weldon's railroad , 251 ; at Jen- i kin's Ferry , Ark. , 200 , and at Dabnoy's Mills , 232. The missing In most of these battlrs far exceeded the number of missing at Santiago , SI. There , were nearly fifty [ battles in the rebellion in which the killed numbered moro than in the battle of Santiago. A Slaughtered lU'Klniciit. No organization , cither regiment or com pany , suffered such an overwhelming loss nt Santiago as the First Minnesota op the second day of Gettysburg , thirty-five years before. Hancock , to save time and allow reinforcements to come up , was obliged to order that regiment to charge a superior force of the enemy. He said to Colonel Colvlllo : "Do you see those colors ? Take them. " Colonel Colvllle went in with 2C2 officers and men , of whom fifty were killed outright and 17J wounded ; none were miss ing. Seventeen officers wcro killed or wounded , among the latter being the colonel , lieutenant colonel , major and adjutant. The killed , Including the mortally wounded , number seventy-five , which was over 28 per cent of the whole number engaged. This proportion was not equaled by any other regiment In the entire war. The Fifteenth New Jersey lost 110 killed and mortally wounded out of132 at Spott- sylvanla , which was 26 per cent of those engaged. In fifteen minutes , at Cold Harbor , the Twenty-fifth Massachusetts lost eeventy- four killed or mortally wounded out of 310 24 per cent. Two-thirds of the regiment were killed or wounded. The One Hundred aud Forty-first Penn sylvania lost forty-nine killed out of 19S at Gettysburg 24 per cent. Out of 19S , 140 wcro killed or wounded. This regiment had gone into Cbancellorsvllfe the previous May with 417 men and lost there in killed and wounded 235. Duryeo's Zouaves , the Fifth New York , lost at Manassas seventy-nine killed out right , 170 wounded , besides foity-elght mor tally wounded , out of 490. Us 127 killed ( Including the mortally wounded ) was the largest number killed in any Infantry regi ment in ono battle In the war , and It rep resented over one-fourth of the regiment This Js the regiment , which , at Galnes' Mill , where It lost 162 men , counted "fours" under lire and closed up the gaps. As a rule , the heavy artlljery regiments did not see actlvo service In the war until 1S64 , having lecn used the first three years in garrisoning the forts around Washington , and at other places. But when they did take the field to do real fighting , the result was entirely satisfactory to the men of the other arms of the service who had seen the heavies In easy work In the forts. The First Maine heavies took 950 officers and men into the assault on Petersburg on June IS , 1S61 and lost 210 killed. Comparison of the total number killed in a long-term regiment with the total number enrolled Is likely to bo misleading , because among those enrolled are many noncombatants - combatants musicians , teamsters , cooks , officers' servants , surgeons' assistants , quar termasters' men , and the sick , detailed and absentees. Nevertheless , In making such n comparison , the Second Wisconsin lends. It lost 23S men killed out of a total enroll ment of 1,203 , or 19.7 per cent. In killed and wounded together thb loss of this regi ment was SOO. The Sixty-ninth New York er one of them , for there were three Josj , 209 killed outjbf a total enrollment of 1,013 , nnd the Seventieth Now York lost 190 out of 11,226. I.OBNCN of tin ; ncKnlnrn. Besides the losses in the regular regi ments In tbo civil war , which depleted their ranks , enlistment in them was not more popular In that war than it lias been In this ; EO many regular regiments going Into battle with ridiculously small numbers In some cases not being as big as a company. But that did not affect the proportion of losses. The Tenth United States Infantry went Into Gettysburg with only 93 men , but 22 of them , or 23 per cent , were Hilled. In the same battle the Seventh United States Infantry lost In killed 19 out of 116 ; the Klcventh United States Infantry , 33 out of 2S6 ; the Seventeenth United States Infantry , 43 out of 260 , and at Stone's Hlver tbo Eigh teenth United States Infantry lost 102 killed out of C03. Wo hear much of the charge of the Light brigade at BalaUlava , perhaps more than we would if the charge had been successful , but the Light brigade took 673 men In and lost 113 killed , or 16 per cent , and 131 wounded , a total of 247 , or 36 per cent. Yet the First Minnesota lost 28 per cent killed In Its one charge at Gettysburg , and 82 per cent in killed and wounded. Many regi ments In the civil war can beat the record of the Light brigade. .The usual proportion of the killed outright to the wounded ( Including the mortally wounded ) Is 1 to 4.8. If the mortally wounded Is Included with the killed , where , for satlstlcal purposes , they belong , the pro portion Is much higher 1 to 2.5. But when the first reports of a battle come In , of course , the mortally wounded are Included with the other wounded , unless , as rarely happens , they form a class by themselves. Antletam , the bloodiest battle of the war , showed the proportion of killed and wounded to bo 1 to 4.5 , and at Gettysburg , the great est battle of the war , the proportion was 1 to 4.7. At Santiago , tbo proportion of the 231 killed to the 1,284 wounded , Is 1 to 5.5 , leaving the elghty-oiio missing out of the question. If these eighty-one ore put among the killed , as In moat cases will bo found to bo the facts , the proportion Is 1 to 4.1 , or If the missing be Included among tbo wounded , the ratio Is 1 to 5.9. In the German army In the Franco-Prus sian war the proportion tbo killed bore to the wounded was 1 to C.4 , and the killed , Including the mortally wounded to the other wounded , as 1 to 3,2. IL.L-AIIV1SUU CIIAHITIUS. MUcllrccttMl HfTurt Menu * n Conntiuit I.IIHV to ThoNCeeiIJiiK Alii. "What lakes much away from the strength of charitable work followed by the leisure classes , " writes Edward Bok In the Ladles' Home Journal , "Is the woeful misunder standing of the needs of the people whom they would help. For Instance , recently a body of Intelligent New York \\oracn formed themselves Into an association 'to glvo practical help to farmers' wives In Isolated places. ' The Idea was , of course , an ex cellent one ; the field exists for beneficial work , but what were the means of 'practical help' devised ? To 'furnish looms , spinning- wheels and knitting-needles , with proper Instructions/ farmers' wives so that they might learn how to make 'lovely em broidery , ' which would 'command high prices in the largo cities. ' Almost on the amo day a company of wealthy Ohio women formed an organization for 'tho V'o read of table dT ' Vlrt better understanding of the higher moral laws by the domestics In our homes ! ' A Chicago organization , just formed , declares for Its purpose the providing of 'clean and elevating evening amusements for the girls and saleswomen of our large stores. ' All these charities are seriously entered upon , are wcll-lntentloned , but they show a pitia ble Ignorance of needed reforms. Our farm ers' wives are not sitting up nlghU looking for something to.do. God knows they need no further burdens , no moro 'Industries ; ' their need is for more rest , for moro forms of recreation , which means cessation from labor. Our servants do not stand In need of a higher morality as much as they do of moro practical knowledge of their work and moro consideration at the hands of their mistresses. 'Our shopgirls and saleswomen nro not clamoring for 'clean and elevating evening amusements' so much as that women-shall shop a llttlo more Intelligently and systematically. " . 1 AX OLD-TI.MC TAR. He Sacrlllcfil Illinxolf to Save III ! Coiiiiiiiuuler'M Lift * . The naval history of the United States la replete with Instances of Individual bravery and heroism that have made Uncle Sam's sturdy tars especially dear to the hearts of all patriotic Americans. Ono of the most remarkable of these heroic deeds , the unusual character of which has Riven It a special page in the naval annals of the country , says the Indianapolis News , was that of Reuben James , an ordi nary seaman , who saved the life of bis com mander , the famous Commodore Stephen Decatur , by a deliberate act of self-sacrifice. During a battle with Trlpolltan war vessels , In the early part of the present cen tury , Decatur boarded ono of the enemy's elilps , to revenge the death of his brother , who had been treacherously killed by a Trlpolltan commander. The latter was singled out for attack by Decatur , as soon as he got aboard , nnd a fierce hand-to-hand conflict ensued. The Turk was a large , powerful man and grappled with Decatur , both men falling on the deck. Just then another Trlpolltan officer aimed a blow with his sword at Dccatur's defenseless head , Iteubcn James , an American sailor , both of whose arms were temporarily disabled by wounds , saw the Impending blow , and , dashIng - Ing forward , ho Interposed his own head to save that of his daring captain. Fortunately the blow was a glancing ono , but It made a terrible gash In the skull , It was a long time before ho recovered from the effects of the blow. Ills' brave act was suitably recog nized by congress , which granted him a pension , though he continued In active serv ice. Besides being a brave man , James was also a philosopher of the Diogenes type , though be probably bad never heard of that wise old man's interview with the great Alexander , When bis Injuries had healed and ho was again ready for duty James was asked by Decatur what be could do for him. The eallor , who was quarter gunner on the vessel , and had charge of tbo men's ham mocks , touched his bat lna customary salute , and , after a moment's reflection , re plied : "Nothing , sir , as I knows on , 'ccpt you might let eomo'un else glvo out the hammocks when they're piped down. " Send your out of town friends three photogravures of the Exposition. ten cents. The BCD lfCco ) has them. tUO'UB ? -
