Tnn omaha daily bee: Thursday, joa 20. ions. Tiie Omaha Daily Hee K. ROPKWATKR. EDITOR. TERMS OP HCRdCRIPTION. pally !e (without Hunrtur). one year., I Hilly J)e and Hun1ey, na fMi illustrated It, on year .MOO . ") . 1M , 1 ! , 1 W . 1.U .. to Sunday Iiit on vm r re'iiMay liee, one year "twentieth Century rtrmcr, one year.. DICLIVEftKD HI CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Nunday), rr copy. Dally Bee fwl elty pee !alir Bee fin ithout Ki.nl). ir w--at . . .1 Mii11n Hiini1vl rer W-S..1I Kvenlri (wlihitnl Kimflnvl rer Vrfs 16 Evening Bee (lucluding Hunday), P' wees. " Sunday U-i, T copy Complalnte of Irrrgularltiee In delivery should r addraasnd to City Circulation If- partmenu omens. Omaha Tha Bee IluMllnaT. South Omeha-tify Hall building. Twenty fifth and M irirti Council lilufTa -10 Pearl atreet. hlragr-i4o I nlly building New York-Uu Uonia Ufa Inaurance smildlng. Weeilngton-W)1 Fourteenth street. C O R R E ft HO N I E N C E. Communications relating to news snd edi torial matter should Int addreeaed: Oman lit. Editorial I'epartment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expreas or poetal order, fayabla to Tha Bee Publishing Company. nly i rf tit alanine received In payment of mall accounts. PereonHl li;ka, except Omaha or railrrn nha neee, not accepted. THE HEK I'l'flLIHIUNti CUMl'A.NT. STATEMENT OF CiHCHLATION. Stale of Netiraaka, Loula County, aa : C. C. Itueewnter, eecieiary ! Hi" " Publishing Company, twins dulv ewoi n. says that tha actual numior of full ari'l complete copies of Tho Imlly, Morning, I'.vening and Sunday Itee primed durina lou nioiiui or June, rno, waa aa luuowa iin.ono 10 at,m 17 U,Ini H ao.noo if au,iso 20 ltl,TM 21 ilW,ttll 23..,. a,M 23 .'M,4IM 24 UI.KUU 23 H4,aM H icu,T:tw Zi uo.Tao 2 , IMt.TftO 2 iW.TBO jo ai,7x I... I... 4... I... ... 7... I... I... 10... 11... it... 11... ao.noo l,HO uttnit Sfll.OOO XO.th'IO II,MMW kll.llOO Wl.IIMI H3.310 ku.noo hii.tio u,tim 14 XU.TINI i& t.io Total IHMino Laaa unaold eopla ,l4 4 Nat total aalaa.. t4lly aval at a .. m4,iMI mi.rMia C. C. RogKWATKll, Bacraiary. Bubaorlbad in my praaonca atid aworn to tmfoia ma th'a 7Ui flay of July, 1906. Nutary fubiio. WHKR OUT OV TOWN. abaorlbara lalnaT th rlly tarn rarllr abaaJd bai Tha Uaa mallid to tkam. It la bettar tbaa aallF Iattar tram horn. Ad 4raa will b bac4 oftaa aa raajaaataa. lltary whent Jo the fleldit doul)tl a explains the llKbt vot Ju llio l'lmt. riTtlHpH till! CUITOt'l hllllJlKUl WOllld l) to turn the Iionu on Humn of our flury couucllrncti. At) a chiiiiiiIku ninniitfr Hlclmnl L. Metcalfe In not a liowllnu iuccoaa. That' verjr evldont. It 4a only iiiilnriil fur It to lx left to Jobn I). Itot kefclliT tn UlHcovor lu coal 4)11 an effective limei'tlcldi'. Ileat In drlvliiK ieoiiti JiiHima In ,Nw York. Homo who mirvlvc will no crary next been lino they cannot my conl Mll, For tiio Ui'Mt tlniu Mince 1M'.K NvbroHka will bo repreKcnted by a aolld rrimlillcnn dolegatlou In tiotb bouMe wheu the next congreM convenea. Mr. Hyde of the ICqullnble lias the ad vantage of reuiulrfrln(( gome, flue din ners which la not granted Mr. Hyde of the Agricultural department. With the temperature aoaiiug above 00 It U a little too uncomfortable for public officials to get hot tinder the collar over tha municipal pnvlnir plant. The eontrarlnoHH of ao maiiy of tha council la to be aiicrlbed chiefly to the contrariness of the weather and the scarcity of ice In the circuit lemonade. Weather rcnorU from HoMon would indict te that New Orleans might enter tha lists sgalnHt rortMiiinuth as a sum mer resort for pence plenipotentiaries. These Toting machine resolutions must bars baen well greased. They weut through without slipping a cog In either Routb Ouiuha, tba city ball or the court bouse. If ths speciaj elecUon lu the Flrxt Ne braska district was ouly a 'warming up" beat, the data was surely selected with due regard for the amenities of the sesson, I l . , i ; la not tha answer to Uist spectacular telegraphic appeal to Lawson for a Toung Men's Christian assoclstlon con tribution to be made public? Or wasn't there any answerT Ta revised Foutauelle club directory shows so msny brarea on the retired list test the "governors" are In serious dan ger of hsvlng nothing to govern, be cause every buck wants to be a big chief. The principal difficulty la the way of making goats a articia of commerce on the live stock market la that they might bear the price, of those goats which now masquerade as spring lambs. fcl Cripple Creek assayers have been arrested for buying stolen gold ore. Evi dently mine owners' "cards" are not more conclusive proof of houesty than tradea uulon membership certificates. According to Councilman 8chroeder, rresldent HlmmaA doesn't know any thing about boa aud never will. That Is aji insinuation that President Zltuman baa a right to resent, especially In view of the fsct that be once clerked In a dry goods store. A local newspaper calls upon demo crats te stand their grouud on the tariff Inane, Which ground does It meanT The Llga tariff oo sugsr ground of the touts tan democrat; the blgn tariff on Iron ground of tba Pennsylvania democrat, or the blgb tariff on wool ground of the democrat fruiu Iditbo and L'ubf The national rr-clprrx-lty conferrre to t b-ld In Chics tro nxt month will doutrfleas have tin IT t to stlmillnt gpnersl InferMt In the eubj-t of our trsde ri'letloni, pMlally with (ii-r-umny. wln.se new tariff law threstens to le excKillnjily injurious to our trsde with that iDiintry. The interel that will if reprem-nted Ui the ctnfer,iice ore among the most irnportsnt snd Infiiion tlsl In the country, so tlist the result of thtr flfiirwrstlorta will rsrry gront weight, psrtlcularly among ih protluc- em, vh are as much if not more cn- cernl In the situation than the manu facturers, for Oerinsny's new tariff Is al most prohibitive ss to many srtlcles of A merles n farm produce. In a report several months ago the Culled Klat'-s consul general at Iterlln snld tlist "the a II Important question whlih Intlmati-ly concerns the future trade lietwi-en the United Btstes snd (Si-rmsny Is whether the present amica ble nrrangement, numely, the most fa vored nation clause, which baa with stood sll mutations of tariff laws In Uith countries for nesrly three-fourths of a century, will le allowed to stand under the new situation that w III be cre ated In (jermany by the enforcement of the new tnrlff law and the commercial treaties whli'li have len based upon It." The nRrarlnns end their sympathizers wsnt the favored nstlon privilege with drawn, while the Industrial snd commer cial clitswes are opposed to so extreme it policy. The former, however, had their way to a very Inrxe extent In the fram- ItiK of the new terlff nnd there seems ev ery reason to expect that they will con tinue to have their way. (lermany lias made treaties with a nmnlier of Euro pean i-ountrles under which those coun tries will have the advantage of the minimum duties nnd It Is against these that the American producers must com pete. If our products are subjected to the maximum duties the effect will be to exclude them from the fierman msrkets, which would mean a very serious loss of trade. In the flscsl year HKH Germany Imported from this country merchandise to the value of over $210,000,000, a very considerable portion of this being the products of agriculture. Oermnny Is understood to desire a commercial treaty with the United Ktntes under which our products will be given the minimum tariff rates. It has been stated that rresldent Roosevelt is favorable to the negotiation of such a treaty, but this does not appear to be the position of the republican lenders In congress, if statements emanntlng from Washington are trustworthy. There seems to be more talk of .retaliation than reciprocity. The conference nt Chicago will perhaps tend to strengthen recipro city sentiment. Isith sinong congressmen nnd the people. The question Is cer tainly Important with Kuropenn govern ments Intent upon adopting measures hostile to American trade It Is. mnnl- festly necessary thnt something; be done to countersct this hostility nnd nt least preserve our trade. It Is a' question which must le met very soon-and It should be considered from an entirely practical standpoint. We have a large foreign commerce to be cared for nnd we are seeking to extend it. It must be ex tended if we are to keep our Industries active and our labor well employed. How this can beet be done Is a question of the highest Importance to nil American Interests. aOVKHSLD TOO MUCH- For years The Ree has endeavored to Impress upon the taxpayers of Omaha, ttouth Omuhu and louglas county that they are governed too much, lu other words, that tho machinery of locul gov ernment la too complicated and alto gether too expensive. With a popula tion of about ltlo.OOU and taxable prop erty valued at $1BO,OU),uoo lu round fig ures we uialntalu scores of supernumer aries aud taxeaters who could as well be dispensed with If the government ma chinery of the city, county and school districts were simplified and made more harmonious. We now maintain separate legal de partments for Omaha, South Omuhu and the school district of Omuhu, besides the county attorney's office, wheu one legal department could do all the civil business and the County prosecutor, then relieved of his duties as legal adviser of the county, could devote bis eutlre time to law enforcement We have one engineering department for Oraahn, another for South Omaha nnd a separate engineering department for the county, when all the engineering could readily be done at a great saving uuder one department. While we are about to take tho first step In the direction of more economic local government by the consolidation of the city treasurer's oHlce with that of the county treasurer, and the consolida tion of the city tax commissioner's dfUce with that of the county assessor, Bouth Omaha still maintains a separate city treasury and a separate tax commis sioner, Imposing a needless tax upon tho property owners of that town. Soouer or later oue county comptroller will be able to.tske up all the business of Omaha, South Omaha and the county without a serious strain, and sooner or later one school board will tie able to supervise all the schools In Omaha and South Omaha, If not In the country dis tricts aa well. In the due course of time It may also dawn upon the people of South Omaha that they are squandering a great desl of money In maintaining a separate mu nicipal government, and Ao an Infinite amount of barm to themselves In pulling for a smaller Omaha when their energies should be directed toward the upbuilding of Oreater Omaha. striking proof of the fact thst we ere governed altogether too much has Just been furnished by the voting ma chine deal, which had to be negotiated and consummated by the Joint action of the Board of County Commissioners and the city councils of Omaha, and South Omaha, each creating a separate debt for a glveu number of voting uuachluea wheu by rlfhts the arrsngements should all have been msde by one governing body. But Rome wss not built In a day and neither will the work of building up Greater Omsbn be sceompllshed by a single generation. SICCHtTAHV BuS A I' A HIE. The new eet-retary of the navy Is al ready showing that the president made no mistake In selecting him to succeed Mr. Morton. Mr. Ronaparte has taken hold of the duties of the poeltlon In a wny thst Indicates first rate ex ecutive capacity and also a deter mination to act upon his own Judg ment. He has done one or two things which overrule the action of bis predecessor aud for which he bns re ceived public commendation. One of these wss the rescinding of the order of Mr. Morton transferring two naval engi neers from the Cbarlestown navy yard, the transfer being made at the request of certain contractors who complained thst the work was delsyed because of the too close supervision of the engi neers. Becrctary Ronaparte, after care fully looking Into the matter, concluded that the engineers bad been faithfully performing their duty and the con tractors will have to submit to a rigid In spection of their work. i That serves aa an example of the kind of man who Is now at the head of the Navy department Contractors under that department wljll take notice that their work will be subject to the, most careful and thorough Inspection and that they must not expect officers assigned to this duty to be removed at their request on the ground thst they do make rigid in spection, even If it should cause some delny. Naval engineers will see In the action of the secretary assurance that when they faithfully perform their du ties they will be sustained. Mr. Bona parte has started well and may be ex pected to further Justify the confidence reposed In him by the president. THE ARUIKS IN MAtiCHVMA. It Is undoubtedly true, as stated by the commander of the Third Mauchurtan army, that the forces of Russia la the field are stronger st present than ever before. They huve been reinforced by iuuuy thousunds since they were driven from Mukden aud it is estimated now numlier more than 400,000 effective men. It is ulso probable that the position they occupy Is exceedingly strong, for every thing that military engineering could do to make it so has lieen done. Thus far Lluevltch has shown himself to be a very much more capable commander thuu bis predecessor. As to the .Inpiinese forces it Is believed they number considerably more than their enemy, the si veral armies probably exceeding half a million men aud It is thought having more guns than the Rus sians. Japan has been able to send larger reinforcements into Manchuria than Russia and whatever number of soldiers Oyama has asked for have been sent him. In view of rthls It seems some what strange that the Japauese com mander Is still delaying the movement for a general engagement which he was expected to make a month or more ago. One explanation, however. Is to be found in the adverse weather conditions, which for several weeks have been unfavorable to extensive military operations. What has been happening, however, shows that the Japanese liavo uot been alto gether Inactive and while not fighting on a largescsle have still beeu securing ad vantages of no small importance. It may be that the great armies which have lieen gathered in northern Man churia will not meet In a general engage ment. If a great battle Is not fought within the next two weeks, or before the meeting of the pence conference, the chances will be' favorable to an armis tice, with the probability that before its termination terms of peoco will be agreed upon. That Js what the civilised world is very earnestly hoping for and which there Is reason to believe will be realized. ran nicTTRrt nun photkctwh lu view of the exteuslve construction of store buildlugs aud warehouses now In progress in this city, it may not be out of order nguln to call public atten tion to the Imperative demand for strict enforcement of the provisions of our fire ordinances designed for tho protection of life nnd property. In this connection we deem It proper to print the following extract from the new buildlug ordinance of the city of Chicago, relating to the construction of shafts, fireproof and semi fireproof buildings: In raae where a pipe, conduit, cable, dumb wstter, wlra, conveyor, belt, or any combination thereof puaaea from one story to another atory tlirouth an open hatch er floor openlnt, a shaft or enclosure of fireproof man-rial shall be built from floor to floor around such hutch or floor open ing In esrh story above and below such hatch, or floor opening. In no rasa shall any wood tie lined In the conatructlon or support er fitting of auch shaft ss de acrlhed shove. If such holes In floors as decrlled shove In this section are not eiuloiod by surh fireproof enclosures, then the open apace In each floor opening not occupied by pipes, conduits, cables, wires, conveyers, belts, or any combination thereof , aliall be filled solid with fireproof material not leas than eight Inchea thick. All burnt clay, or terra cotta partitions of walla around shafts having openings on floors shall be pUatered on tha outalda and plastered or pointed on the Inelde. AH doora, frames, sashes, csalng and win dows In partitions In walls around floor openings or around stair shafts or elevator shafta ahall be built of Inoombuatlble ma tertsls. Tha supports of such doors, frames, sashea, caslnga and windows shall also be made of Inoombuatlble material. In the case ef doors such supports shall be of rolled structural metal extending from floor to celling and secured to both. Where there are brick walls of twelve Inches or more In thlrkneas tha supports need not extend to tha celling as above specified. All glass uaed In connection with such partitions or walls shall be Are-reslattng. (shaped metal work placed over aabeatoe paper and wood may 'be used for tha open Inga In auch partitions, aaoept for elevator doors in shafts and where the provlalona of this chapter require all metal doors. It would seem that the time la .ripe for the adoption of similar regulations lu the conatructlon of all brick store and office bulldlnrs la Omaha. Experience hss demonstrated thst elevator shafts and bstches leading through a building from one story to another sre the roost llsble to convey snd spread fire through buildings of this clssa. The late ststlsticlan of the Depart ment of Agriculture, John Hyde, Isys claim for a credit mark for the lnvaluv ble services he rendered Nebrsska as supervisor of census ehumeratora in IKK) In refusing to consider complslnts abont census psddtng In Omsha snd other Nebraska towns, and thus securing for Nebraska six representatives In the house when at thst time It would have been entitled to only five. But Omaha received the worst black eye ever given to any American city by the padded census of 1800 snd It has not entirely recovered from It yet. - The chairman of the defeated candi date's committee is trying to console himself with the thought that a lot of republicans did not vote In the special election to choose a congressman to suc ceed Senator Burkett It seema. how ever, that a lot of democrats didn't vote, either. Secretary Root msy not be paid for his services as attorney for Mayor Weaver In the municipal Investigation, bnt a man who, relinquishes an Income of $200,000 to accept one of $8,000 will probably be willing to lose the pay if he has advanced the cause of good govern ment Judge Hooker's statement that he paid no part of the money refunded by the Fredonla postmaster as the result of the Brlstow Investigation msy have some bearing on the case, but at this distance it Is neither apparent nor transparent. s The best way for the officials in charge of the asphalt repair plant to refute Mayor Moores' Intimation that the project is foredoomed to fsllure is to make It work successfully and produce economical resnlts for the taxpayers. Having found former Congressman Funston guilty of disturbing the peace and carrying concealed weapons, the trial Judge st Tola generously declares that the convicted statesman has the sympathy of the court From the ease with which Mr. Pollard won in the First district the suggestion that Mayor Brown be nominated by the democrats for governor will cause little uneasiness among other aspirants. How to net Publicity. Atlsnta Constitution. All a fellow has to do to get In ona of the yellow magatlnes thane; dsys Is to pose ss an expoaer of something or other. No stock of facta needed. Made ta the West. v Boston Globe. The battleship Oregon continues to arrive, having now captured tha marksmanship trophy for a second rear In her class. A great ship Is the -Oregon. i Empire, State's Dilemma, Kansas, City Star.' The only defense 'which New York Is abls to make Is thst If Flatt and Depew were not Its senators the state would be repre sented by two othera equally undesirable. Or Hard Rolled. Brooklyn Eagle. The farmers on Long Island are con vening to improve tha breed of hens. Tha breed of hen In demand this weather la tha one which will lay lump of Ice be side her egg on the editor's tsbls to keep tt fresh until It. ran be cooked. Not tha editor on the table, but the egg. May Reeoma Habltoal. Chicago Chronicle. Perhsps there Is some ground for the ss- sertlon that most municipal reforms move ments are spasmodic In their nature, but It msy be asserted thst even spasmodlo re forms are not Ineffectual when they result In tha discomfiture of rascals. A "grafter" In tha penitentiary, for Inatsnce, does not derive any consolation from the fsct that the movement that sent him there vis spaamodlc, and grafters still at large are dlauuleted by the Impossibility of telling when another spasmodic movement msy be gin. It may be sdded thst when a munici pality Indulges In even spasmodic reform it Is likely to get into the hsblt eventually. What the World Owea the Dootora. Portland Oregonlsn.i It would be commonplace to point out the advances msde In both medicine and sur gery during the last half century, for In that time medicine has come to be a real science and surgery both an art snd a sci ence. Sanitation, hygiene, the broad prln clples that underlie the health of communi ties snd states, are new well underatood and the individual la made safe because the public msy be thoroughly safeguarded agalnat pestilence of sny kind. The doctors hsvs conquered smallpox, diphtheria, yellow fever, the bubonic plague and all but ona of the dreadful scourges thst devastated the homes of our fathers, and they seem now on tha right track In the systematic, relentleaa, Intelligent and herolo war they are waging against tuberculosis. Typhoid fever, pneumonia, snd scarlet fever are robbed of much of their terrors, for where either wss once likely to prove fatal now they are very likely not to. Who, then, hna done so much for his fellow man as the doctort Who else hss lived for him so self sacrirkingly and dled for him so uncom plslnlnglyT Kansas City Star. It is not recalled thst Secretsry Coburn has yet sdded "The Giddy Goaf to his series on "The Helpful Hen." "The Horae Caeful" and "The Beef Steer and His Sla ter." Yet sccordlng to the Department of Agriculture there Is a call for precleely this bit of literature. The department finds that masquerading under sn aaaumcd name, the goat la rapidly winning for hlmaelt a place In the dumasllc economy of the land. Thta dlarovery waa made by what might almoat be called a happy acHdent. A phlloaophli-sl eapert of the department happened to rumi nate upon the fata of the aumeroua kids found within the environments of every large city. The fsct was borne In upon him that there was a dlacrepancy between the multiplicity of three animals snd the num ber of adult goats that rams under his ob servation. Inquiry disclosed the Interesting news that many of the animals were served up as mutton. Whereupon he reflected that If peopl could only be prevailed on to lay salde prejudice there would be a fine op portunity for tha development of a new and legitimate American Industry. Evidently all thai la needed Is a campaign of educa tion to give the goat a proper footing out side of lodge rooms. If people are to con sume goat meat there la no reason why the animal shouldn't get sll the credit or dis credit -thai la talily coming to him. ROrD ABOIT UW YORK. nreeer Rite ( Ooealai from the Streets tf the Werplle. . Skip Diindy always did like a ds. Snd particularly a good dog. And FYed Thomp son hss a heart In Ma bosom ss big as Coney Islsnd. Knowing theae gentlemen Ss well ss Omsha people do, the readers of The Bee will have little trouble In be lieving tha followlr. told by the New York World, ef sn sd venture Thompson and Dundy and their guests hsd en Sun day: "A valushln Ruaelnn wolf hound wss reacued from the sea yeaterdsy by the crew ef the steam yscht Nsd when two mllee esat of Bandy Hook. The snlmsl was nearly exhauated. It Is thought thst It moat have Jumped overboard from sn outgoing vessel. The Nana left the At lantic Yscht club anrhorase off Pea Gate esrly In the day with Its owner, Frederick Thompaon of I.una Tsrk snd a party of gueata. Including Dr. E. W. Iee of the Ban Remo hotel, Howard Fielding, former Representative Joseph TVaahlngton of .Ten neaaee and Elmer S. Dundy. At 4 o'clock, while homeward bound, the man at the wheel saw the dog In the water. "Bhsrp, pleading barka begged for help. The dog made frantic efforts to get near tha yscht. Once or twice it dlaappeared under a whlterap, but quickly reappeared. "The Nada's engines were stilled and pas sengers snd crew shouted encouragement to the swimming beaat. A small boat was lowered snd Hans Chrlatlanaen. a sailor, rowed to the animal snd lifted It Into the bost. The onlookers cheered. "Dr. I-ee restored the shaggy derelict snd It wss fed. dried and petted. At Luna Park the animal chnae Mr. Thompson's spartments ss lta home and the senior owner of the psrk as Its friend and boss. Dt. Lee said the dog had been In the water many hours." At the rink of his own life William Doyle, an ambulance driver for Harlem hoapltal, saved that of his pet horse. Pony, Sunday sfternoon. The ambulance waa presented to the hospital recently by the New York City Railway company In place of one wrecked by a Second avenue car, and, re turning from a call without a patient, was crossing Third avenue at One Hundred and Twenty-third street when struck by a northbound car. Dr. Oewald Dlmmlck saw the impending crssh and shouted to Doyle to Jump, st the same time leaping from the ambulance. But Doyle didn't Jump. He knew that If he let go the reins Pony would be killed. He tightened his grin snd with a cut nf the whip swung Pony to one side. In the next second the ambulance was a mass of kindling wood. Pony was on his back, but comparatively unhurt, and Doyle was lying half conscious In the gutter. Dr. Dlmmlck with a sprained ankle and Doylo with an ugly cut over his eye were taken to the hospital In another ambulance. Pony escaped with a cut on the neck and bruised legs. No arrests were made. Six sturdy fellows, arraigned In the Har lem police court on a charge of begging, had nearly tfiOO In cash between them and a bank book showing deposits amounting to 11.400. The sextet were arrested In tha vicinity of the Church of Our Idy of Mount Carmel, In East One Hundred and Fifteenth street. Three of the beggars were ranged on the sidewalk In front of the church and three more directly serosa the way, so thst they did not mlsa a single worshiper, going or coming. Detectives watched them for more than an hour and saw many pnssersby put money Intoi their hands. In court the prisoners admitted they had been begging, but declared that It was their Intention to use the money for re ligious purposes. They were held In 1300 ball each for examination. Little Ida Baum was very much engaged with her nuralng bottle when a snake two feet long wriggled up little Ida's baby carriage and nestled down beside her. It was not a milk snske, but a garter snake. The snake did not harm the baby, but the sight of It", twisting and squirming ground her child, frightened Ida's mother nearly to death. Mrs. Baum put Ida In her gocart, wheeled her to a shsdy spot before her home and seated herself In a front window to watch the baby. Ida was pensively satisfying her thirst and appetite when the snake, which probably came' from Watseaslng swamp near by, made Its appearance on the baby's pinafore. Darting Its head here and there, the snake Intently watched the baby; plainly Ida thought a new toy hsd been given her and put out her chubby hand to grasp the snske, which easily eluded her. Terror nearly paralysed Mrs. Baum. She could not move, but at last she uttered a piercing shriek. Mrs. Herbert Springfield, who lives In the same house, ran to her. Mrs. Baum, scared speechless, pointed at Ida snd the snake. Mrs. Springfield, a woman of courage and action, rushed out to the baby carriage, seised the snake by the tall and flung it yards awayf Then she grabbed up a stone and killed the reptile. Little Ida cried when her pretty new toy was taken from her, but the nurs ing bottle soon comforted her. More than lOO.OOO Italians on Monday congregated between One Hundred and Fourth snd One Hundred and Sixteenth streets, the "IJttle Italy" of New. York, to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. They came from as far eaat aa Boaton and from ss far west as Plttaburg. From thirty miles around New York, Ital ians came on foot, many of them barefoot ss a greater penance. The day whs spent In seml-religlous fes tivities. About the colony were scattered altars of wood and tinsel, before which Italians knelt In the streets and on which msny of them lsld wax reproductions of fingers, limbs, or other parts of the body, which they prayed to the saint to heal. Csndles, many of which were expensive Importations from Italy, were sn Important part of the festival, and It was estimated that more than seven tons of them were used. Hundreds of pilgrims from out of town were forced to live In the streets and 300 patrolmen were detailed, to pre serve order. Tha moat picturesque bit of foreign color seen for a long time on a New York street wss a couple of kvaas sellers who did a thriving buslneas st Rlvlngton snd Allen streets Sunday afternoon. They were Roumanian Jewa, dreased In Turkish fes and gay souave trouaera. The kvaaa was contained In a tank of glistening ham mered braaa four feet high, strapped to the back of the smaller man. A long spout, curved over his shoulder, chased In rude designs, was hung about with Turkish coins. The kvaaa seller would shout this refrain: "Trlnk a leetle von der guter kvaas. Verth a neekel a glaas." Tha Roumanian Jewa, remembering tha beverage of their native land, stepped up Immediately and paid their pennies. Tba kvaas bearer bent forward, deftly pouring the brown augary, lemonady liquid into a glasa. which the e.riler took from a braaa rack strapped around his waiaL The seller washed the glssaes with water decanted from a tall, slender ewer of dull brass he carried In hit hand. The average man might not care to drink the kvaaa, but what would he not give for the lank, glaaa rack and ewer, all of gleaming, beautiful hammered braas and copper! Aid ta C heertalaree. Chicago Record-Herald. Who couldn't have put up a smiling front with Chauncey Lh; a iul PERSOSAL SOTXS. Mrs Georse Krrl of England wears a pendant of emeralds, the moat beautiful In tha world. Mr. Kendal, tha noted Engliih sclor, hss a second vocation. Inasmuch as he Is a successful pslnter. Junl Aho, the Finnish poet, hss been granted a pension of 7W a year for a decade by the Senate of Finland. The empress of Rula spends tlO.W) a year on perfumes, pastes, sospa, and toilet waters, which she hss sent to her exclu sively from the French capital. Frederick Fanning Ayer of New York, a native of Lowell, Mass, hss given tV).1 to tie Lowell General hospital. This brtngi his gifts to tha( Institution up to $200,005. Brigadier General William H. Carter, now commanding one of the military divi sions in the Philippines, has been chosen president of the Army War college In Washington. Charles Stanley, the great baritone, owes much ef his success In life to the gen eroelty of his first employer, a draper, who discovered his voice and then gave him tbs means for three years of study In Italy. E. H. R. Green, a son of' Mrs. Hetty Green, Is to become a practical horticul turist In TexsB. The flower farm enter prise will be chartered wjth a capital stock of ln.non, practically all to be owned by Mr. Green. Admiral Rojestvensky, ,the Russian ad miral, has always been considered a pessi mist. In reaponae to an English girl's re quest for an sutograph, he wrote: "Life Is stupid. A little gayety, a little weari ness, and then good night." An American has Just purchased In London a rare edition of Shakespeare's "King Richard HI." which eontslns. In five places, the signature of William Penn, probably thst of Admiral Penn. tha father of the founder of Pennsylvania. Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, the American singer, known to the stage aa Mile. Elena Elvanno, has Just made her debut In grand opera In London, appearing as "Ollda" In "Rlgoletto." She scored a complete suc cess and was given a warm reception. Prof. N. A. Cobb of Spencer, Mass., who has been In the employ of the Australian colonial movement In New South Wales, hss been engaged by Secretary Wilson to push scientific farming In the Hawaiian Islands. He will assume charge of tha new United States experiment station at Hawaii. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Charles A. Protity and family are spending the summer, as usual, at their old home in Newport, Vt., where the family has been Identified with the town from tha days of Its settlement. The Commissioner's oldest son. Ward Prouty, Is his father's confidential clerk. William J. Calhoun of Chicago, who has been selected to treat with President Css tro as President Roosevelt's confidential agent, comes of a family "who do." Mr. Calhoun Is not only a most successful law yer, but he is one of the best posted on International, commercial and corporate law, snd Is a quiet, modest snd unassum ing gentleman, who has msde his record by sheer ability to win. AT MSKTY IK TUB SHADE. What to Do Whea the Mercury Bab Mea la the Tub. Philadelphia Public Ledger. The torrid weather In which the city has been sweltering has no terrors for the phi losopher. It is an infliction to be borno, not railed st. There are some rars spirits that can be happy though the mercury soars dangerously near the century mark. It has been there before snd the fittest sur vived, and there are other places where It Is hotter. To the resigned snd philosophic soul much comfort cornea from the reflec tion that it Is more sultry along the shores of the Gulf of Aden than on the banks of the Delaware. We sre alwsys happy when vn., that others are worse off than ourselves. The pessimistic Schopenhauer declared a truth, but discreditable to hu manity, when he said that if a misfortune befalls us the most effective consolation it the thought of greater misfortunes than ours. The humidity rises several degrees if we talk overmuch about. It. Discomfort is con tsglous. If your friend has not discovered for himself that It Is hot, why spoil his day by telling him to be miserable? The weather being one of the possessions which men hsve in common, weather talk hss n Irresistible fascination, but we are sure to perspire and mop more desperately if we are told at every turn that it Is the warm est day of the sesson. A great deal of enjoyment can be found on a torrid day even In the arid city. It one csnnot resdlly desert it and hie to tha country, one msy toy with nature in the little park. The trolley, too, is always ready to create a breeze for E cents. It is easy to raise the wind. There are great possibilities In the porch house and In the upper stories or on the roof of the sky scraper. The upper ether snd bracing ozone can be reached by way of the elevator without costing a cent. There are refrig erating resources In ths modern city un j.n,. nt hv the fathers. The cock ney who Is unhsppy when out of. the glare of the gas lamps snd electric ngnis and out of sound of the city's din can exist more or less comfortably in town, even In August, If he has sense enough to And an electric fan, an open trolley car or a roof garden. One of the best antidotes for hot weather la a busv mind. If one has nothing else to do but growl st the westher, one Is in dan ger of collapse. Be resigned. Walt for the thunderstorm which Is sure to come along when it gets ready. ... I'l,:' ;,.,., 1 ... ...I'm.) i i! , iiMit!,!!':,.!', itH.:,li!lu!!i,.IIIDJ THS DOS! AyeTe Cherry Pectoral das Ms . . . e is e anas a rasa so a as ansa sm aa . t a SO axes Mfsanaa touusfwa SrMaea i(iMe fMea .iSailsMes t f-m art . .. a a IS ana liaa a lease laMt....a Ssms I -4: J'V L,f! ;i, . a s. 1 inannusa APJKASf AS ASD THE TH t ITS. Itaalahmeat t Flra laaaraaee f om ataalee May tea 4 Develop meala. Chicago Record-Herald The Arkansas supreme court M sis. talned the vslldtty of ths anti trust ln,i reii'e law paasM ty the legislature Isn winter As a result, the big Insurance comirilea if ths country will he to And an heela on which they ctirt bustneaa In tt,e state. Arksnaana may. In deed, have to Irsure themselves asainst fire In strlotly lo-al companies for some time lo corr.e In the matured Judgment of the lealsla lure ni'lneurame company that enters Into any kind of an agreement with other com panies concerning ratea Is fit to be al lowed In the atsie. The law not only for blda agreements msde tnsld ths ststa. but It bars sny company that makes any rate agreements snywhere. Thst hits prsc tlcally all the companies The Hartford , made a test case and lost, the supreme court holding thst It wss entirely within ths compenee ef the legislature to fix ths condltloajS on which foreign corpora tions should be sllowed to do business. Tha fine of several thousand dollars a day Is heavy enough to secure obedience to the lsw, snd Inasmuch ss ths companies would havs to readjust their methods cf doing business everywhere in order to adapt themselves to Arksnsss requirements they may conclude thst It Is simpler and cheaper to let the ststa slone. Of courae. If the supreme court ef the Untied Sfstes should ultimately reverse Itself and hold thst the Insurance business is Interstate commerce, there would be a ray of hope for the companies. But even then tha companies might Jump out of the frytngpan Into the fire, since a re versal of the supreme court's position on the lines suggested would st once bring insurance companies under the operation of the Sherman law, and special legislation would be necessary to exempt them. After Arkansas has experimented with its new law for a while It will be Interest ing to see how the people like tha results. Perhaps the siata will decide that It woutl have been better off had it left the com panies free to adjuat rates by mutual agreement and then taken measures l make sura that ths rates so adjusted should not be unreasonably high- RAID I JEST. J one a What did you think of tba Louvr gallery? Smith (Juat back) Oh, the pictures sre pretty good, but there are no Jokes under neath them. Naw York Sun. Grandmamma When your grandpa wss courting ma ha always klsaed ma upon the brow. Granddaughter If a roan kissed me upon the brow I d Just call him down a little bit. Smart Set "Look here!" remarked the thrifty msn to his extravagant wife, "you're carrying too much sail, my lsdy." "I don't know why you should bother shout that." she retorted. "Not" said he. "I think I should, since I have to rales tha wind." Philadelphia Standard. It is always a noble thing to defend the truth, but it really doesn't pay to excite yourself by argument with people who don't know tha difference. Puck. "Dr. Hlghprloe, do you take off any thing for cash?" "Yes, madam, anything. What did you wish taken off. your finger or your ear?" Town Topics. "Did you examine the house, sir?" asked the real estate agent "Yes," replied Kauatlck, returning tha keys. "Well, we'll make ths rant low to tha right party." "Ww Hasp alp there rauMn't Iw auch a thing. No party who waa right would' rent that house. 'Philadelphia Ledger. "Did you enjoy yourself at tha party, Resale'' asked her mamma. "I never ssw such a atupld lot of people, , mamma!" replied the Utrler girt-. If there 1 hadn't been a looking glass in the room. I. f wouldn't have enjoyed myself at alll" Yonkers Statesman. Barber I am trying a new kind of Im ported soap; don't you think tha odor Is excellent? Customer Final The flavor Is good, too! Milwaukee Sentinel. "But," said tha dear girl's mother, "couldn't you tell ha was going to kiss you?" "Yes, mother," replied the desr girl, "but there waan't anyone to tell. He waa the only one present, and he knew already." Philadelphia Press. "Why don't you make some ringing aneechea aaalnat the truata?" "Nothing to ain," snawerad Senator ' Sorghum. "The public wouldn't believe I meant 'em and the trusts might" Wash ington star. IF WE HAD BIT A DAY. Wa should fill! the hours with the sweetest things. If we had but a day; We ahould drink alone at ths purest Springs In our upwsrd way; We should love with a lifetime's love In aa hour. If the hours were few; We should reat, not for dreams, but for fresher power To be and to do. We should guide our wayward or wearied wills By the clearest light; We should keep our eyes on the heavenly hills If they lsy in sight; We should trample tho pride and tha dis content Beneath our feet; We ahould take whatever a good Ood Sent With a trust complete. Ws should waste no moments In weak re s' ret. If the day ware but one; If what we remember and what wa forget Went out with the sun; Wa should be from our clsmorous selves set free To work or to prsy: And to be what the Father would have us be, If we had but a iajf. Mary Lowe Dickinson. Do not undervalue the services of a skilful phy sician. Even the best medicine cannot take the place of the family doctor. Therefore we say: Con sult your physician freely about your case arid ask him what he thinks about your taking Ayers Cherry Pectoral for your cough. If he says take it, then take it. 'If he says do not take it, then follow his advice. Made by taa . O. Ays Oe , Lewail. ataee. 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