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18 fTtre Aiiitti Crnmiv TIt-w I 'UILfc. UMA11A OUJMDAX JJtlU E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. FTJBLJ8HED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION. illy Ft (without Sunday). On Year..M JDally Bm and Sunday. On Tear... Illustrated Uh, One Year Sunday Uee, One Year fiuriljr Hee, One Year Twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear.. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. "ally Bee (without Sunday), per copy.., ally Bee (without Bunday), per week., Pally Bee (Including Sundays per ween punday Uee, per copy per w day), Evening Bee (including- bun per weea . Complalnta of irregularities In delivery whould be addreaaed to City Circulation De vartment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha-City Hail Building. Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluff 10 Pearl Street Chicago IS) Unity Building. , lew York Temple Court. . Washington Cul fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. . Communication relating to new and J1 Vorlal matter ahould be addrtased: Omaha iioa. Editorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letter and remittance should be feddressed: The Be Publishing Company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order. payable to The Bee Publishing Company, tmlr 2-cent (tamos acceuted in payment of Snail accounts. Personal checks, except on Jmaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, State of Nebraska. Douaias County, ss. Ueorse B. Tsschuck. secretary of The Be I R. ttii1 th.tuaV nunXr oTfun and" sworn. oomnlet copies of The Dally. Morning, SCvenlng and Sunday Be printed during tfe mouth of February, ixu, was a 101- J0WS X. 30,100 S. 80,220 , 80.S20 . 80,730 80.4HO 16 ao.ixto H..1 SO ,340 17... 18... 19... ... n... 22... t3... 24... 25... 8O,l0 80.8T0 80,3t0 f , ..ao,Do ..so.aio ..30,300 ..ao.arto .. 80,100 ..8o,ao ..80,230 ..80,140, ..30,420 80,820 80,1 HO 80,130 80,100 80,470 80,300 s. 10 Ji. u IS u 26...: 80.O70 77.. 28.. ,...20,850 ...2,tM ..847,040 .. 10,124 Total unsold and returned copies. ' Met total sale 837,810 . Net dally average , 2,22 OEO. B. TZSCHUCK. flubrlbed In my presence and worn to tiefor m thi 28th day of February, AJ D., UOt M. B. HUNUATB, - (Seal.) ' Notary Public, Prince Henry's visit Is now oil the last quarter. '.. - Unless signs fall, Prince Henry has been well Initiated Into the strenuous life. ' . Grand Rapids and St. Louis are two places that bribe-givers will do well to avoid for a reasonable period of time. ' Thanks to Harvard, the prince will have at least a few letters of the alpha bet to remember us by after he returns ttome. Prince Henry got along pretty well Until he struck the German students' "Koromers." And the next day he (rested. ' For a man who announced be would meet the embezzlement charge' on its merits ex-Treasurer Meserve is raising fc fine collection of technical Issues. The month of March also seems de termined to contribute its share to the lengthening list of disasters and casual ties that Is to grace the record made by the year 1902. .' There Is nothing to Indicate that the recent floods In the east are due to queering of liquid from corporation tocks. When that process begins the fatalities will be greater. Indianapolis comes In with a claim lor the first American baby named after ' Prince Henry. Some men are not only born great,- but have added greatness thrust upon them. If Senator Patterson Is really anxious to know how the trouble at Manila Started be might let General Hughes ummon the members of the First Ne braska. They were there and know all about It In deference to her father's wish, Miss Roosevelt will not attend the coronation of King Edward. The president has a tsablt of pouring water into the opposi tion magazine In a manner most dis couraging, i . . Not even the assurance of an office tn the party organization was sufficient to secure attendance at the allied par ties conference. A chance for an office with pay attachment Is what draws with I the political patriot Haying run the gauntlet of h fakirs fct Niagara Falls successfully and sur- rived the learned atmosphere of the Hub, Trlnce Henry should be tempered to endure the beat of auy battle that life may have In store for bim. 'American music publishers are com plaining about the pirating of American aongs by British publishers. The man !who would pirate some of these songs deserves the treatment accorded a cen tury ago to men who followed that pro fession on the sea. The representative of the Colombian government gives out a statement In .which he says his government Is not Opposed to the caual project If this Statement Is correct Colombia should demonstrate Its good Intentions by tak ing down the fence which obstructs the blghway. xne Chinese are plainly learning a few things about foreigners. Chinese ' vaiiuH Lave -raptured a Christian mis sionary, but the native authorities are snaking haste to secure bis release be fore the foreign military commanders Vnarcb Into the territory. China has discovered that the foreign soldier is fike a burr, much easier acquired than dislodged. 'RlCtr ISDUXTBtAL srrciuoiirrr. tWnin, r k r rkta I Writing of the Invasion of the markets of Europe by American manufactures the chief of the bureau of foreign com merce, Mr. Emory, points out the dls tlnctivs caunes of our Industrial uperl- orlty. Flrtit of.all, this country excels in the .variety and abundance of natural resources. Every country of Europe is poor by comparison with tne united States in minerals, in fuel. In the raw material of manufactures. None of them can approach us In cheapness of I transportation. AH of them labor undor are that are accorded other people, En hearler national debts. The greater na- Joying equal opportunities the Jews will, tlons withdraw a considerable part of as all history attests, readily accommo- thelr male population from productive activity to military service. Then we are, above all, a nation of Inventors, always seeking to substitute better. more economical machinery or Imple ments for those which served our wants for a time. There is a constant reach ing out here for Improvement In meth ods of production and a restless energy which are not present. In the same de gree at least, In any of the European nations. The high pressure habit of Industry which has become a distinguishing na tional trait, remarks Mr. Emory, con- Joined with labor-saving machinery and cheapness of raw material and fuel. makes the. labor of one of our me-1 hanlCS Of factory operatives equal to that of one and a half or perhap. even two worklngmen in Great Britain or Germany. "It Is now generally ad mitted," he says, "that notwithstanding the higher wages paid In this coun try, skilled labor Is actually cheaper, when measured by results, than it Is In Europe. It is also more ambitious, more Ingenious and far more adaptable. The typical American Artisan Is always eager to get out of the rut of mere rou tine work; be seeks to rise in his em ployer's favor not merely by his Indus try, but by improving the quality of his work or by originating some new idea which will cheapen production or enhance the market value of a particu lar article." This peculiar character istic of the American artisan has had much to do 'with promoting the trium phant march of American manufactures In foreign markets. To It Is largely due the Industrial superiority we have attained and this fact Is In the highest degree creditable to American labor. In telligent worklngmen understand that the growth of our foreign trade has given them steady employment at' good wages and such men will be found In sympathy with whatever will still fur- ther extend and enlftrge this trade, Mr. Emory regards concentration in the use of capital aa another factor of our economic superiority. He thinks there Is no doubt that the consolidation of Industrial and commercial enter prises gives us an Immense advantage In competition with countries which have not yet learned the lesson of in dustrial organization. The instruction which this country is giving in this respect, however. Is being carefully studied abroad .and there is every rea son to expect will be followed. Then we may find our progress in foreign markets arrested by the application of our own methods. How to meet this possible condition Is a question for the serious consideration of statesmen and political economists. Even if we should hold our industrial superiority can we go on selling more and more to Europe without buying more of Europe? Shall we not, in order to retain what we have of foreign trade .in manufactures, be compelled to adopt a more liberal policy of exchanger These are questions that merit Intelligent and careful considera tion on the part of all who are Inter ested In the nation's commercial prog ress. THE XBUtl ZIONISM. Commenting upon . recent cable dis patches bearing Information that Dr. Herzl, president of the Zionist congress held at Basel, Switzerland, is negotiating with the sultan for Jewish Immigration concessions In Palestine with a certain measure of simple home rule, the Ameri can Israelite asserts that their changed plan means the Zionists have entirely abandoned the . political part of their program and intend to devote them selves exclusively to aiding the Jews of Itussla and Roumanla, where perse cution has become almost unbearable, to settle in Palestine. Accepting this as correct It Is certainly a far step from gathering together all the Jews from the four quarters of the globe to reconstruct the Jewish state In Palestine as origin ally Heralded forth, to establishing a charity-supported haveu for Jewish refu- gees unable to rely upon their own ef forts to better their condition The Inherent weakness of the Zionist movement as early pointed out In The Bee lay In the assumption that the Jews everywhere are not only dissatisfied with their present lot but look upon Palestine as the promised land, where alone fortune can be made to smile upon them. That the great body of Jews who have fixed their homes In this country regard themselves as Americans first and above all things aud could not be persuaded by any pledges or Induce ments to renounce their American citi zenship seems to have been altogether overlooked by tho Zlon promoters. And what Is true of the American Jews Is as rule true la only lesser degree of the Jews In England, France, Spain, Austria and most of Germany. To transplant themselves to an exhausted and deserted land purely out of sentimental consid erations, with a complete loss of all that has been gained toward recognition of their rights In all these civilized coun tries, would be a sacrifice as undesirable as It Is unnecessary. The true Zionism does not needo look to Palestine for Its field to cultivate. Even for a colonization project Pales - I tine,' as the American Israelite points out is far from being a land of promise, Decause wun tne oest efforts only a small fraction of the downtrodden Jews of Russia and Roumanla could be as- THE OMAIIA slstd to emigrate there. Vlth the pre i ... . .i- v, ent number In those two countries be tween 5,000,000 and 6,000.000, the relief afforded to those left behind would be Inappreciable unless the oppression they now suffer Is to some extent raised. The true Zionism can carry out its mission most fruitfully by working to ameliorate the hard conditions where Jewish perse cutions are still pursued and to secure for the Jews the same rights of person and property, of education and the pur- suit of gainful occupation wherever they date themselves to environment and pro vide for their own wants without In any way burdening or Imposing upon others. With encouragement resting on assur ance that merit will be rewarded with out unjust discrimination, the Jews, whether In Europe, Asia, Africa or America, will work out their own salva tion as Individual citizens of the various countries to which they have attached their allegiance and see In the storied return to Palestine merely a beautiful picture of religious idealism. BUirSItlQ VVT THK1H BACK. By 1945, the last survfvor of the union forces that participated In the mem orable war of the rebellion will have succumbed to the ravages of time. This, at any rate. Is the official forecast based on ine latest statistical estimates. The total number of men enrolled on the side of the union during that war has been placed by authoritative com pilations at 2,850,182. In the years since Its outbreak, the number of sur vivors has been steadily cut down until the living veterans of today are noticeably reduced below the 1,000,000 mark. In an interesting table prepared by Colonel F. C. Alnsworth, chief of the record and pension office of the War department, whose long and Intimate familiarity with this branch of the serv ice makes his Judgment particularly re liable, the probable survivors of the union army and navy In the war of the rebellion Is -estimated for a series of years as follows 1902 930,380 1903 8St4,686 liH K68.0U2 1W6 8a,SS7 1M0 1916 , 1920 1925 1930 1936 1940 1D46 628.231 4fc,717 r. .261.727 116.073 87,033 6,296 840 1908 782,722 lf7 744,196 19U8 .?05.17 lift t,832 0 Reluctant as we may be to contem plate such figures they none the less re flect facts which we have to face. They show that the lapse of less than forty years has carried away more than two thirds of the remarkable, body of men that responded to the call to preserve the union and that another forty years will leave the civil war ' veteran as scarce as relics of the Eighteenth cen tury are today. I BO DISTBCSS 8 IOH XL NMKDBD. Notwithstanding the periodic lamenta tions of those who persist In inhabiting the dismal swamp of gloomy forebod ings, we find every little while signs of encouragement for the young men for whom the pessimists picture nothing but dreary distress. When we are so re peatedly told that the young man of today has no chance to rise In the world as compared with his father and that the avenues of advancement are gradu ally being closed to everyone not pos sessed of inherited Influence or wealth. It Is refreshing to listen to such words aa these from an eminent authority who can speak with weight with respect at least to his own profession. "I am not a pessimist," said Judge Murray F. Tuley, Chicago's most noted jurist, at a bar banquet tendered him last week on occasion of his completion of seventy-five years, thirty-three of them In service on the bench of the same court. "I do not believe that all has been retro gression since my early times. I have seen -three generations of lawyers in Chicago and of the first all have passed away excepting those I could count on tne angers or one hand. A new gen erationyoung men la controlling the bar today, and I believe they are su perior to those I first knew." If the young men are at the front In the legal profession, the same Is true of medicine, science, education, In fact, au tne professional Drancnes, to say nothing of the great Industrial fields in which new' names by far preponderate over those most familiar even a decade ago. The law of the universe Is change, and the changes wrought In the bar i referred to by the Judge Just quoted have counterparts In every path of human progress. No signal flag of dis tress is needed to stifle ambition and dampen hopeful ardor the lesson of the post complemented with reliance on the present should Infuse ail the confidence required to face the future and grapple successfully with iu problems. HATIV.AL HKALTH COMMISSION. Two bills have4 been presented in con gress Intended to conserve the public health. One of these measures pro vides for the creation of a board, to be composed of a commissioner and of a representative from each state and ter ritorial health board and others,- to be known as the national commission of public health. The sanitary bodies of the country are said to be strongly in favor of this proposed legislation and It also has the support of the commercial Interests on the seaboard. The policy contemplated Is to substitute for the system of quarantine, which has diffi culties and disadvantages, as was amply fiiown during the last yellow fever vis itation, a national system of coast and luterstate disinfection. It is urged that with the perfecting of such a system, which ought to. be easily attainable, the recurrence of epidemics would become I leas and less frequent I . In a report on the subject by a corn- 1 mlttee of the New York Board of Trade it Is said that the relation of public health to commerce, manufactures and all forms of industry is of such vast Importance as to command the best ef fort of the government and of all good DAILT BEE: SUNDAY, citizens to swurs, as speedily as possi ble, the adoption of an efficient system that will meet the needs of the country. It Is urged that it behooves every busi ness man In the country to Interest him self In such measures as will promote and Insure the public health and that especially should commercial bodies iu every part of the country take up, In vestigate and help In remedying the needs that exist Certainly no argument can be needed to Impress Intelligent people with the Importance of conserv ing the .public health and In order that this may be properly done the general government must provide for It The proposed legislation seems to meet the requirements and there Is said to be a favorable prospect for Its adoption. THE CANAL PROBLEM. It Is the expectation that tomorrow the senate committee on lnteroceanlc canals will take final action on the question of the route of the proposed Isthmian waterway. There is said to be no doubt as to what the action of the committee will be. It Is foreshad owed in the report of the subcommit tee adverse to the Panama route, on the ground of the legal complications that may be Involved. Four members of the committee. It is stated, are favor able to Panama, provided a good title can be secured from the French com pany and the required concessions, from Colombia. On the other hand seven members of the committee are for the Nicaragua route and It Is expected that this majority will be a unit for reject ing the Panama route. It does not follow, however, that the action of the committee will determine the Judgment of the senate. The whole question will be gone over In that body, with the chances of a prolonged dis cussion. The senators who want the canal built on the Nicaragua route, re gardless of any showing that may be made in favor of any other route, will make a determined effort to carry their proposition. Equally earnest It is be lieved, will be the'opposition, In which there is a lot of senators who think the Nicaragua route to be Impracticable and are convinced that the magnitude of the undertaking and the difficulties in the way have been very much underesti mated. Another lot of senators prefer the Panama route, but would vote for Nicaragua in case they should be con vinced that it is out of the question to build on the route they prefer. Such la now the situation, according to trustworthy Washington advices. SO great Is the diversity of opinion In the senate represented to be that doubt is expressed whether an agreement on the question of route can be reached at this session. It is possible that in the end. as a matter of compromise, the senate may turn to the Spooner amendment to the house bill, which authorizes the president to acquire the Panama com pany's route at the price named by1 the company, in the event of satisfactory concessions being secured from Colom bia. In case a proper title and the nec essary concessions cannot be obtained then negotiations shall be concluded with Nicaragua and Costa Rica. This seems an entirely safe proposition and it is not to b doubted that the country would be well satisfied to have the mat ter, placed in the hands of the president. who Is not known to have any partiality aa to routes. Meanwhile the new minister from Co lombia to the United States has stated that his government welcomes the con struction of the Panama canal by the United States and expresses confidence that a satisfactory agreement between the two countries will be reached. He comes authorized to resume negotia tions and doubtless this will be promptly done. When' the Columbian minister shall have submitted the views of his government the effect may be to clarify the situation and lead congress to come to a decision. It Is somewhat discouraging to note that careful scanning of the list of 100 "captains of industry" feted with our royal guest discloses only two whose residence addresses are given west of the Mississippi. These two ' are Irving M. Scott of San Francisco, the great shipbuilder, and James B. Grant of Denver, the silver smelter. But this does not mean I the we8thag not produced Industrial leaders, but rather that those who have sprung from the soil In the west have found It almost necessary to re-locate in the great financial centers. The west Is today the most vlril breeder of "captains of Industry" be cause the conditions here are better adapted to developing Individuality, and, without the new blood It constantly fur nishes, tho east would soon find Its sup ply running low. The principle of merger Is to be ap plied In the educational field In the Im pending absorption by Chicago univer sity of the school of technology known as the Armour Institute, the moving Idea being that the consolidated concern can polish off ambitious students more ef fectlvely and at cheaper cost than each by Itself. The difference between the educational merger and the Industrial merger, however, lies in the fact that the former, having no cash dividends to pay, has no Incentive to water the stock or to crush out competing Institutions: The educational merger has hardly got ten Its start aa yet when It goes at full swing, some marvelous transformations In the world of university and collegiate Instruction may be confidently expected. Great Britain is following the exam pie of the United States In establishing an academy for the education of Its naval officers. The new British army bill Is also modeled largely after that of the United States, both as to orgsnlsation and pay of the men. These acts must be a severe shock to the former com mander-in-chief of the British army and British naval critic who not so many MAKCII 0, 1902. years ago never missed an opportunity to poke fun at our war establishment Events of the past few years have opened many eyes to the fighting quality of both our sailors and our soldiers. From $15 to 125 Is being asked for seats along the line of the coronation parade In London next June. Omaha people who object to the price can sit on the courthouse retaining wall and see King Ak-Sar-Ben for nothing by simply waiting till next fall's festivities. A Kentucky Judge, In passing upon an injunction case, has decided that base ball Is not a nuisance. Let the small boy and the big man who occupy the bleachers take off their hats and give the regulation yell for this new Daniel come to Judgment i- ' Wait for tho Neat. Bomervllle Journal. About the poorest kind ot .exerclt a man can UV is running tor a car. Improved Ventilation. St Paul Pioneer-Press. It I comforting to consider that when the Marconi system Is in possession ot the Held, if we can do longer wire messages we can at least air our opinions. A Difference In Ball. Kansas City Journal. The case ot the Iowa man who wa hit on th throat with a snowball and lost hi power of speech Is not phenomenal. Many a man has been hit In the same place with highballs until he could neither articulate nor navigate. Safearnardlna; Their Hepatatton. Brooklyn Eagle. Th proposition to put pages, messengers and doorkeepers In the capltol Into uni form meets with approval on th part ot those gentlemen. Several of tbem are ter ribly afraid they shall be mistaken for tome kinds ot congressmen. 1 A ia(o-SaTlaT Hero. Boston Transcript. Captain William H. Chelton, a modest Baltimore man, ha saved eighty-two live on land and sea during forty-three years of service, an average of nearly two a year. Had he kUled that number of men In tho same time, what a hero he would be considered. Tho Heroism of LlTlnaj. Nashville American. "It U easy to die." ' But to live and live rightly, loyal to truth and courageously steadfast to duty, with an honest, constant effort to see truth and duty clearly and Intelligently that is another and a harder task. To die requires no effort To escape death Is impossible. But what a fine, brave thing It 1 to live for the truth's sake, in face of th maledictions 'of the Ignorant and th slanders of th malevolent. There Is a heroism in such living which th base mind cannot know. LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. ' Paaslaa of Fun-Makers of tho Last Generation. k Minneapolis Times. Within tho last few weeks Rice, West. Queen snd Emerson have passed to th larger stage beyond, while Nell Bryant calmly awaits th death his age and in-' ftrmltles make certain. - With th passing away of thes pio neers of minstrelsy there come feelings of regret tor "the good old days" ' when no form of amusement elicited such hearty laughs as did th performances of the simulators of negro eccentricities accom panied, as they were, with th sweet son&i grafted upon, -or Copied after, the planta tion melodies to which a world Is alwsys ready, even yet, to listen. If we hav heard "th lay of the last minstrel," as seems possible, let us mingle with our regrets spme feeling of appre ciation and of comment - Nearly a genera tion has passed since It was regarded ai bad form" or bad morals to go to a min strel show. Stern moralists Insisted that the performances were characterised by obscenity, that travesties upon humanity were unjustifiable snd wrong and that the ton of any community was lowered by the presence and performance of th Jolly, swaggering, laughing, agll actors whose makeup burnt cork and "glad clothing" supplied. The assertion ' 1 ventured that not on of the performances graced by the presence of those who became acknowledged kings ot minstrelsy would compare for on mo ment In regard ot Indecency, obscenity. Im proper allusion or degrading suggestion. with any on of a dosen plays problem or fare that today ar assured of crowded houses and enthuslastlo witnesses. It Is not meant that negro minstrelsy Is dead or passed away. It Is too good a thing for box office receipts to be allowed to die. But th minstrelsy of Emerson and Rice, ot Wamboldnd Backus, of "Cal." Wagnr and Sanford, of Christy and Burgess Is of th past; is burled beyond resurrection. divorce: law revision. Appeal Mad to Congress for Effective Leslslatloa. Cfilcago Chronicle. A Chicago appeal to congress for unl fortuity in legislation concerning marrl and divorce will serve to attract attention to th growing dimension of th dlvorc evil. It can do nothing more. Th bureau of statistics ot th Treasury department may collate dlvorc data If so ordered at federal cost. Publication of th Bgures will emphasis th seed of wiser laws. Con gress cannot impose upon the state on such a question any law which the lndl vldual stats legislatures "shall decline to adopt. Marriage and dlvorc ar within th domain ot reserved legislative states' right. New states needing immigration cannot bo expected to adopt social regulations ss conservative aa those found satisfactory In old communities. Some of th westers state ar recoiling already from th dlo- grace of lax law touching th marital re lation. Western pubiio sentiment is crys tallising in favor of denial of dlvorc tor cause antedating residence In th stat where application for dlvorc 1 made. If remarriage of the guilty party to th dlvorc were added to that a substantial chock would be placed upon th social de moralisation now prevalent in consequence of th eas with which marrlae; obliga tion may b assumed snd discarded. Nor is th reform In th dlvorc laws to be ipse ted while minister preach th gospel ot caprle and seinshness pronounced by Rev. Ml not J. Savage, who tells bis follow er to "separata if they cannot llv to gether in mutual love." - The preacher did not define "love." fair interpretation of his phraseology would Justify th impulsive or th profll gat In snapping th marriage tl whenever either or both fancy for a moment or longer that they no longer "lovs" each other. This Is anarchy In th bom. Ther must be divorce laws as well aa marriage law. They ought to rest upon a founda tion of reason as well as of liberty. For th preservation of home snd tho pro tee tloa ot children love ought to mean soma thing mors than caprice or unlimited 11- lcna to yield, to Immoral attraction. . BLASTS FROM -RAM HORM. BSnSMBSniBSSt Th light that blesses the wis man burns th foolish moth. To refuse a right responsibility may b to reject a great reward. "When you hav mad a child glad you may have mad a man good. H who drink much think little, and a who think much drinks little. When you hat th dvll under your heel don't be scared by hi bellowing. ' It' a poor plan to promt to pray for your pastor and then to pinch htm oa kls py. It I better to grow Into a place ot power than to be blown Into on ot pop ularity. Th great man Is he who realises th limits ot hi abilities and the possibilities of hi capacities. True riches much be measured by what Is given to others Instead of by what Is ground from them. , The power of perfecting the present It worth more than th power of prophesying the future. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. The Akhoond ot Swat I dead, but Tillman till live. All account agree that Niagara Fall greeted the Prussian prince with a mighty roar. Papers from th Cream City Joyfully de clare Prince Henry recognised Milwaukee at the first touch. Sanitary science 1 developing new wrinkles every day.. In Chicago they boll the water; in Philadelphia th native wasn It Talking about the weather the west Is forced to admit that for variety, force and continuity the east la unapproachable In that line. In Oiling out an Insurance blank recently the "Divine Sarah" Bernhardt revealed the aecret of her life. She Is in her 68th year, but she doesn't look it. The total deaths from floods In th east are estimated at fifty and the property loss will reach Into the million. Meanwhile the corn belt revels In sunshine snd peace. The Inefficiency of the fir Inspection system of New York Is shown by the dis covery that the Insurance) underwriters classed the Park Avenue hotel as a hazard ous risk, which classification was verified, by tne recent nre. Yet th nr inspectors regarded the hotel as fireproof to such a degree that they required no fir escapes. Prince Henry touched a tender chord In Chicago when he referred to "a certain con nection between this city snd tx, certain useful animal which Is converted In th most artful manner and In less than no time Into all sorts and shapes and forms to please and serve humanity." Very deli cately turned, 'yt it did not please all the sugar-cured hams. One Is quoted 'as say ing the prince 1 a very ordinary person In his tastes. When asked to slake his thirst at an Informal function he responded off hand, "Oh, I'll take a beer." WEALTH STORED AWAY. Vast Soma la th Bank Testify to tho Savtaa; Habit. Chicago Inter Ocean. The individual deposits of tho- national banks of the United States la July, 1901, were $3,228,000,000. The deposits . laH the saving .banks of . th country amounted at the same date to f 2,ET.0OO,0O0. or. $U0,t 000,000 mors than - th whole volume ot money In actual circulation In the United States. Th savings banks of the world ' con tain $8,908,840,000 to th credit of 68,070,- 000 depositors. Th average Individual ac count the world over la $141.24; in th United States; $108.80. The) figures ar given by B. M. Chat- tall of Chicago to show to what extent the saving habit prevails among the poorer or nonspeculattve people of this and other countries. There Is now comparatively little said In public prints to encourage deposits In savings banks, and It Is claimed th Increased deposits In every stats ar due not ' so much to Inducements offered by th banks as to th habits of the peo ple. Surplus earnings go into life Insurance, Into homes, and Into savings banks; In the latter probably before they find their way to the others. The very small margin ot thevman or woman working at low wage goes to the savings bank, and when the deposits In these Institutions amount to within $631,000,000 of the Individual deposit In all our national banks it is fair to as sume that th saving habit Is steadily growing upon the American people. Sight Drafts WHY are policies in the Equitable called Sight Drafts at maturity? Because they are always paid en presentation. Equitable pays $25,000 to estate of the late Frank H. Peavty of Minneapolis, FIRST ONE OF FIFTEEN COMPANIES. The following newa item may be of interest to you: Frank Hutchinson Peavoy, of Minneapolis, said to bo tbo leading grain elevator owner In th world, snd assured for 11,176.000, died of pneumonia, after aa Illness of little mor than a week. H was fifty two years of sge. Mr. Peavy was assured for $25,000 In th Equitable and th policy has been paid. In this connection th following Utter to th Equitable 8oclety from Wilkes t Covey, of Minneapolis, 1 of much interest: . "It may b a satisfaction for you to know that th check on ac count of th F. H. Peavey loos of this city, proof of which wer for warded to you on week ago today, check being received on Wednesday following, wa th first check, or payment of any kind, which th estat received out of over 1. 100,000 of assurtnc In fore, and fifteen companies represented." ' There are two great and important features to be considered in selecting your life assurance: Undoubted Security Prompt Payment Both are vitalDon't iake a useless risk. III Ji.-'V c H. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Cleveland Plain Pealert "Managn t4 'Ye. I was up with th baby." "Oh. I thought th wind probaMw kept you awake." "It did." Brooklyn IJfe: Hj abend My dear, this l awful; last year we had accounts wttlt two firms, and now wo hav with ten. Wife Hut don't you think It a good Idea to distribute our obligations over a wider field? Boaton Transcript: Stem Parent I aup Po you ar aware, young man, that I reas to provide for my daughter when ah leaves my roof? . Bultor Oh, yen; we have settled about that Bertha and I. W hav decided to make our bom with you. Bomervllle Journal: Jlmson H married a saleslady, you know. Jameson Yea. Jlmson Well, th very next day h began calling "Cash!" and b says she has kept It up ever since. Chicago Post: "She says she's going to marry me when w grow up," said -the boy proudly, referring to a little playmate. "Pay -no attention to her threats, my son," returned hi father, with a covert glance In his wife's direction. Philadelphia Record: A shadow crossed the young man's face. "Can It be that w will make a mistake in marrying?" he querltd anxiously. "How you frighten me!" 'claimed tho maid; "let' hav another wedding re hearsal right sway." New York New: Bum pus Don't you think my wife's now veiling dress Is a dream? McSmlth Well er or I shouldn't call It more than a nap. . GRIEVANCE OP THE SOPRANO. J. J. Montagu in Portland Oragonlan. There won't be nary slngla' In tho meetln' house today. Which come about from what I hear, tn aomethln' this hr James Hopkins, who's tbo tenor, suns; a anln Hunil.w n I V. Which them as heard htm sing It says jum awiui an rigni. Ot course, Mia Smith, sopranner, heard 'em sounding James'eo praise. An practiced up a solo for the next suo- ceedln' days. DL. - . .T- L I . - . . . . - but I d admire To have the congregation know who's star of this here choir." Now Hopkins, he gits skeery of the fair so- firanner's song, ' n' fur his repltatlon If Miss Smith's should sit too strong. So he gits the bass an' alto, an' he says to 'em, says he: "If she's the hull ding choir, what, I says. Is, who be we?" Then they all go In together, an' consider this an' that. An' ftn'ly tell the parson that Miss Smith Is slngln' flat. "As long a she sing with -us," they-say, "It won't be gen'ly known. But In the church' Int'rest, please don't let her sing alone." Th parson, he love music, an' not wan tin' nothln wrong, H fixes up the program so' to leave out Miss Smith's song. And then there starts a rumpus like a per son never sees, Excentln' In a choir on occasions such as these. i Mis Smith, she say th tenor's got a voice that' Ilk a (lie. au me aiio siyie o singin wouia con vulse a crockodlle. An' the bass Is mighty lucky, so she tells 'em all, If he Manages by feelln' 'round him, once a week tn hit tha 'Course that kind o conversation sort o' mixes matter some. Hopkins say that Miss Smith' slngln' ulted fur the deef an' dumb. Then she claim that Just exceptln' her and p'r'aps tho organist, AU the choir could quit slngln' without over beln' missed. Well, the upshot Is th parson tries to set the matter right. An gits all the congregation mixed up In a ren'ral fight. . Which become so comprehensive that along the last the week There ain't left tn the whole bllln' no two members that Will speak. Ask the Policeman We've Moved he will tell you all about It. Lsrgsr quarters. Mors conveniences. We've knocked off prloes, too. Better com around snd sea our new optical plant. W ar now oa Fifteenth street, near old poatofflca, J. C. Ilutcson & Go. Bf an niac raring- Optlelaa, ' 118 Scuth 15th St, at Maturity The Equitable Life Assurance Society D. Neely, Usurer for Nebraska Merchants National Bank Bulletin;, OMAHA.
