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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
GRIEVANCE OF THE SOPRANO.

]. J. Montague In Portland Oregonian.
There won't be nary singin' In the meettn'
house today,
Which come about. from what 1 hear. In
somethln' this hero way;
James Hopkins, who's the tenor, u mi a
Which them as heard him sing it says was
Just about all right.
OF course, Miss Smith, sopranner. heard
EN- sounding Jameses praise,
An practiced up a solo for the next sue
She says; This tenor sIngin' may be fine.
To have the congregation know who's star
or this here choir
Now Hopkins, he gifts skeery OF the fair So
pranner's song,
Fearin' fur his reputation IL Miss Smiths
should git too strong.
So he gifts the bass an alto. an he says to
IF she's the hull ding choir. what, 1 says.
Then they an go in together, an consider
An an'ly tel! tthe parsOn that Miss Smith
"As Long s she sings with us" they say.
But In the ehurch's ~int'rest, please don't
let her sing alone"
nothin' wrong.
He hxes up the program SOS to leave out
And then there starts a rumpus like a per-
Exceptin' in a choir on occasions such as
these.
Miss Smith, she says the tenor's got a
voice that's like a file,
An the altos style o. singin' would con-
vulse a crockodile,
An the bass is mighty lucky, so she tells
'em all, II he
Manages by feelin' round him, once a week
to hit the key.
Course that kind o. conversation sort o.
mixes matters some.
Hopkins says that Miss Smiths singin's
suited. fur the def an dumb.
Then she claims that Just exceptin' her and
p'raps the organist,
All the choir could quit slngin' without
ever bein' missed.
Well, the upshot is the parson tries to set
pea the matter right,
An gifts all the congregation mixed up in a
gen'ral fight.
which becomes SO comprehensive that
p along the last the week
There ain't left in the whole bilin' no two
members that will speak.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
personal AND OTHERWISE.

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The Akhoond Of Swat is dead. but Tllman
still lives.
All accounts agree that Niagara Falls
greeted the Prussian prince with a mighty
roar.
Papers from the Cream City j~oyfully de-
clare Prince Henry recognized Milwaukee
at the first touch.
Sanitary science is developing new
wrinkles every day. In Chicago they boil
the water; in Philadelphia the natives
wash It.
Talking about the weather the west is
forced to admit that for variety, force and
continuity the east is unapproachable in
that line.
In filing out an Insurance blank recently
the Divine Sarah Bernhardt revealed the
secret of her life. She is in her 5sth year,
but she doesn't look it.
The total deaths from floods In the east
are estimated at fifty and the property loss
will reach into the millions. Meanwhile
the corn belt revels in sunshine and peace.
The inef1ciency Of the fire inspection
system Of New York is shown by the dis
covery that the insurance underwriters
classed the Park Avenue hotel as a hazard
GUS risk, which classification wal verified
by the recent fire. Yet the fire inspectors
regarded the hotel as ireproof to such q
degree that they required no FIRE escapes.
Prince Henry touched a lender chord In
Chicago when he referred to "a certain con-
nection between this city and Woertain
useful animal which is converted in the
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, yet 1t did not please all the
sugar-cured hams. One is quoted as say
ing the prince is 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"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
WEALTH STORED AWAY.
Vast Sums in the Banks Testify to the
Saving Habit.
Chicago Inter Ocean.


Chicago Inter Ocean.
The individual deposits Of the national
banks OF the United States in July, 1901,
were 33.22S, 900, 900. The deposits In tho
savings banks of the country amounted
at the same date to 1851. 900, 900. or $780,
600, 900 more than the whole volume OF
money in actual circulation In the United
States.
The savings banks Of the world con-
tain ss,sOs. $40. 900 to the credit of 6s.o7o.-
900 depositors. The average Individual ac-
count the world over Is $141.24; In the
United States, $t08.30.
These figures are given by b. M. Chat
tell of Chicago to show to what extent
the saving habit prevails among the poorer
or nonspeculative 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
the increased deposits in every state are
due not SO much to inducements offered
by the banks as to the habits of the peo>
pie.
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 OF
the man or woman working at low wages
goes to the savings bank, and when the
deposits in these institutions amount to
within $631, 000. 900 Of the individual deposits
In all our national banks It Is fair to as
sumo that the saving habit is steadily
growing upon the American people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

The principle OF merger is to be ap-
piled in the educational field in the i'm
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 of ambitious students more eff
fectively 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 as yet-when 1t goes at full
swing, some marvellous transformations
in the world OF university and collegiate
instruction may be confidently expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

citizens to secure, as speedily as posi-
BILE. the adoption Of an efficient system
that will meet the needs Of the country.
II is urged that It behooves every bust
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 in
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 1t. The
proposed legislation seems to meet the
requirements and there is said to be a
favorable prospect for its adoption.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
TIE CANAL pRnRLEM

1t is the expectation that tomorrow
the senate committee on interoceanic
canals will take final action on the
question Of the route of the proposed
isthmian waterway. There is said to
be nc doubt as to what the action of
the committee will be. 1t 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
a 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.
1t 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-
CARELESS 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-
WINGED that it is out Of the question to
build on the route they prefer.
Such 10 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. 1t 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 by the
company, in the event of satisfactory
concessions being secured from Colon
bia. In case a proper title and the nee
essary concessions cannot be obtained
then negotiations shall be concluded
with Nicaragua and Costa Rica. This
seems an entirely safe proposition and
1t is not to be 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
az 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-
tons and doubtless this will be promptly
done. When the Columbian minister
shall have submitted the views of his
government the effect may be to clarity
the situation and lead congress to come
to a decision.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
DIVORCE LAW REVISION.
AppeaI Made to Congress for Effective
Legislation.
Chicago

chicago chronicle.
A Chicago appeal to congress for uni
formity In legislation concerning marriage
and divorce will serve to attract attention
to the growing dimensions Of the divorce
evil. It can do nothing more. The bureau
Of statistics OF the Treasury department
may collate divorce data II SO ordered at
federal cost. Publication OF the figures Will
emphasize the need OF wiser laws. Con-
gress cannot impose upon the states on
such a question any law which the indi-
vidual state legislatures shall decline to
adopt. Marriage and divorce are within
the domain OF reserved legislative states
rights.
New states needing immigration cannot
be expected to adopt social regulations as
conservative as those found satisfactory In
old communities. Some OF the western
states are recoiling already from the dis
grace Of lax laws touching the marital re-
laton. Western public sentiment is crys-
t~alliEIng in favor OF denial OF divorce for
causes antedating residence In the state
where application for divorce is made.
II remarriage OF the guilty party to the
divorce were added to that a substantial
check would be placed upon the social de-
moralization now prevalent In consequence
Of the ease with which marriage obliga-
tions may be assumed and discarded.
Nor is the reform in the divorce laws to be
expected while ministers preach the gospel
Of caprice and selhshness pronounced by
Rev. Minot ]. Savage. who tells his follow
| ers to separate II they cannot live to-
gether in mutual love-"
The preacher did not define ''love." A
fair Interpretation Of his phraseology
would Justify the impulsive or the profit
gate in swapping the marriage tie whenever
either or both fancy for q moment OF
longer that they no longer love" each
other.
This is anarchy In the home. There
must be divorce laws as well as marriagc
laws. They ought TO rest upon a founda
tion Of reason as well as OF liberty. Fol
the preservation OF homes and the protec-
tlon OF children love ought to mean some
thing more than caprice or unlimited H.
eense 70 yield 20 immoral attractions
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
RUNNING OUT THEIR RACE.

By 1916, the last survivor Of the union
forces that participated in the men,
orable war Of the rebellion will have
succumbed to the ravages Of time. This.
at any rate, is the official forecast based
On the latest statistical estimates.
The total number of men enrolled OH
the side Of the union during that war
has been placed by authoritative COM
p~ilations at 2,S59.182. 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 100000
mark. In an interesting table prepared
by Colonel f. Q. AinswOrth, 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.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
BLASTS FROM sRAM,s HORN.


The light that blesses the wise man burma
the foolish moth.
To refuse a right responsibility may be
TO reject q great reward.
When you have made q child glad you
may have made a man good
He who drinks much thinks little. and he
who thinks much drinks little.
When you have the devil under your heel
don't be scared by his believing.
IT'S a poor plan to promise to pray for
your pastor and then to pinch him on his
pay.
It is better to grow into a place Of
power than to be blown into one Of pop
ularity.
The great man is he who realizes the
limits Of his abilities and the possibilities
Of his capacities.
True riches much be measured by what
is given to others instead OF by what IL
ground from them.
The power Of perfecting The present 10
worth more than the power Of prOphesyine
the future.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
of years as follows:

Reluctant as we may be to contem-
plate such figures they none the less re-
feet 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
fury are today.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
Passing of Fun-Makers of the Last
Generation.
Minneapolis Times.

Minneapolis Times.
Within the last few weeks Rice, West,
Queen and Emerson have passed to the
larger stage beyond, while Nell Bryant
calmly awaits the death his age and in
hrmities nal certain.
With the passing away OF these pio-
neers Of minstrelsy there come feelings
OF regret for 'the good old days" when
no form of amusement ELECTED such hearty
laughs as did the performances of the
simulators Of negro eccentricities accom-
panied, as they were, with the sweet SONGS
grated upon, or copied after. the planta-
tion melodies to which a world is always
ready, even yet. to listen.
II we have heard "the lay of the last
MINSTREL" as seems possible. let us mingle
with our regrets some feelings of appre-
citation and OF comment. Nearly a genera
ton has passed since 1t was regarded as
bad form" or bad morals to go to a min
strel show. Stern moralists insisted that
the performances were characterized by
obscenity, that travesties upon humanity
were unjustiiable and wrong and that the
tone Of any community was lowered by the
presence and performance Of the jolly,
staggering. laughing. agile actors whose
makeup burnt cork and ''glad clothing
supplied.
The assertion Is ventured that not one
Of the performances graced by the presence
Of those who became acknowledged kings
Of minstrelsy would compare for one mo-
ment In regard OF i~ndecency, obscenity, i'm
proper allusion or degrading suggestion,
with any one of a dozen plays-problem or
farce-that today are assured OF crowded
houses and enthusiastic witnesses.
1t Is not meant that negro minstrelsy Is
dead or passed away. 1t is too good a thing
for box once receipts to be allowed to die.
But the minstrelsy of Emerson and Rice,
of Wambold and Backus, OF "Cal." Wagner
and Sanford, of Christy and Burgess is of
the past; is buried beyond resurrection.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

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 modelled largely after that OF
the United States. both as to organization
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 critics who not 50 many
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

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 bleaehers take of their hats and
give the regulation yell for this new
Daniel come to judgment
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

In difference to her fathers wish, Miss
Roosevelt will not attend the coronation
OF King Edward. The president has a
habit of pouring water into the Opposi-
ton magazine In a manner most dis
~Houraging.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
The HerOiAm of Living.
Nashville American.

NASHVILLE American
"It is easy to de-" But to live and live
rightly, loyal to truth and courageously
steadfast to duty. with an honest, constant
effort to zee 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 is to live for the truths sake, in
face Of the maledictions Of the ignorant
and the ISLANDERS OF the malevolent. There
is a heroism in such living which the base
mind cannot know.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
NATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION.

Two bills have 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 diff
culties and disadvantages, as was amply
Shown during the last yellow fever Wis
itation, a national system OF coast and
Interstate disinfection. 1t is urged that
with the perfecting of such a system,
which ought to be easily attainable, the
recurrence OF epidemics would become
less and less frequent.
In a report on the subject by a COM
mittee OF the New York Board of Trade
1t 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-
forts Of the government and OF all good
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

The Chinese are plainly learning a
Few things about foreigners. Chinese
bandits have captured a Christian mis-
nionary, but the native authorities are
making haste 70 c his release be
Fore the foreign military commanders
march into the territory. China has
discovered that the foreign soldier is
like a burr. much easier acquired than
uislodged
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
DOMESTIC P-LEAsANTnns.

Cleveland Plain Dealer; Manage "a
keep awake last night3'
.%66sss' l gsssSP Nth che S5y:% s.D,
you awake
1T did"
Brooklyn Life: Husband-My dear. this
two irms, and now we have With ten WIN
Wife-But don't you think II a good idea
TO distribute our obligations over a wider
heldf
Boston Transcript: Stern Parent-I sup
pose you a-e aware. young. man hat I
cease to provide for my daughter when she
suiteT2oh, yes: we have settled about
make our home with you.
somerville Journal: Jimson-He married
a saleslady. you know.
Jimson-weli, the very next day she
began calling CASH" and he SAYS she has
kept II up ever since.
Chicago Post: She says she's going to
proudly, referring to a little playmate.
Pay no attention to her threats, my
son." returned his father. with a covert
glance In his wifes direction.
Philadelphia Record: A shadow crossed
the young mans face. Can Il be that we
will make a mistake In ~marrying?" he
How you friehten mel" exclaimed the
maid; lets ave another wedding re-
hearsal right away"
New York News: Bumpus-Don't you
think my wife's new evening dress Is a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shouldn't call it
more than a nap.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

American music publishers are com
planning about the pirating OF American
songs by British publishers The man
who would pirate some Of these songs
deserves the treatment accorded a CEN
tury g to men who followed that pro-
fession on the sea.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
A Ldfe-savins Hero.


Captain William H. Chelton, a modest
Baltimore man, has saved eighty-two lives
on land and sea during forty-three years
Of service. a n average of nearly two a
year. Had he killed that number of men
in the same time, what a hero he would be
considered.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

Not even the assurance OF an office
sn the party organization was sufficient
20 secure attendance at the allied par
lies conference. A chance for an office
with pay attachment is what draws with
the political patriot.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

The representative Of the Colombian
government gives out a statement in
which he says his government is not
opposed to the canal project. II this
statement is correct, Colombia should
Demonstrate its good intentions by TAX
ing down the fence which obstructs the
highway.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

Having run the gauntlet Of the fakirs
It Niagara Falls successfully and sur
Wived the learned atmosphere Of the
Hub. Prince Henry should be tempered
20 endure the heat of any battle that
ufe may have in store for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

1t 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 NJ. Scott OF San Francisco,
the great shipbuilder, and James
B. Grant of Denver, the silver
smelter. But this does not mean
that the great west has not produced
industrial leaders, but rather that those
who have sprung from the soil in the
west have found it almost necessary to
relocate In the great financial centers.
The west is today the most virile
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. the east would soon find Its sup
ply running low.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

There is nothing to indicate that the
recent floods in the east are due 10
squeezing Of liquid from corporation
stocks. When that process begins the
Fatalities will be greater.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

years ago never missed an opportunity
to poke fun Mt our war establishment.
Events of the past few years have
opened many eyes to the fighting quality
Of both our sailors and our soldiers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

From SIS 20 S25 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 falls festivities.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

The month Of March also seems de-
kermined to contribute its share to the
lengthening list of disasters and casual
Eies that is to grace the record made by
the year 1902.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

II Senator Patterson is really anxious
20 know how the trouble at Manila
started he might let General Hughes
summon the members of the First Ne
hraska. They were there and know all
about II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
A DInerence On RnII..
Kansas City Journal.

kansas City Journal.
The case Of the Iowa man who was hit
on the throat with a snowfall and lost his
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.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
safeguarding Their Regulations.
Brooklyn Eagle

The proposition to put pages, messengers
and doorkeepers in the capitol into uni
form meets with approval on the part of
those gentlemen. Several Of them are ter
ribly afraid they shall be mistaken for some
kinds OF congressman.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

indianapolis comes in with a claim
Tor the first American baby named
after Prince Henry. Some men are
not only born great, but have added
greatness thrust upon them.