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fllE OMAHA DAILY BEEi MONDAY. JUNE 25. 1006. The Omaiia Daily Bel . ROSEWATER EDITOR . Entered at Omaha PostolTIc aa second claa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Be (without Sunday, one year.M.O XJHy Bee and Burnt iy. one year i"0 Sunday Bee. one year 1M Saturday bee, on year I DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Ee (Including Sunday;, per week. lie Dally Be (without Bundsyt, per week. .IMS evening wee, twiinout Bunuay), per week. Evening Be (with Sunday;, per week. .10c Sunday Bee, per copy ae Addreaa compiatnta of Irregularltlea In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. eouth Omaha City Hall Building, ouncll Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 140 Unity Building. New Vork W Home Life Ins. Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newt and edl torlai matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company, only I-cent stamps received aa payment of mail aooounta. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE REE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT. OF CIRCULATION. Btata of Nebraska, Douglaa County, aa: C. C. Rotewater, general manager of The Be Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aaya that the actual -number of full and complete ooplea of The DaJly. Morning. Evening and Sunday -Bee printed dutlng 1 8A.2TO - 1 S1.S40 I SU.BJK) . 17 Sl.fWO I . SIATO . . It 81, MM) at&n . It 88.2T0 I 83,890 aO.UBO 80,000 .. S1.02O T 81.A0O . 22 81,000 I ... 81.AOO ,. .' a 31,080 S1.BOO M 81.MO0 10 81JWO " IS 81, MO u si.eno . m 8-Ao 13 w.. SZSO . 17... .'. V0 1J 80,a00 , 28..... 81.OT0 14 81,700 2t 81,740 U 81UrO ' ' W 81,6110 II Sl.U-tO Total VeiW.STO Lea unsold ooplea..... lo,MM Net tout sales......... vTS,M4 Pally averaga 81,570 C C. ROBEWATER, Oenaral Manager. Bubacrlbed In my presence and awora to before m thla 4th day of June, 1906. (Seal) M. B. HUNOATK, Notary Public. , ITHKH' OCT or TOW. porarlly sboald bar Tbe Bee sailed t tbesa. Address will be ehaaged aa aftea aa renoasted. The battleship Nebraska will make 1U trial trip the middle of July. It la td be hoped It will do credit to lta namesake. The Hon. Joe Crow evidently had no share in the family patrimony of luck which the Hon. Pat Crowe mo nopolized ahead of him. Congressman Mann of Illinois has made a reputation as the pure food expert of the house, despite the fact that the bill will not bear his name. Three republican gubernatorial can didates have 'now been formally launched by their home counties. Prospects are. good for a free, field and a largo, list of entries. .Perhaps the Water board sees no need of hurrying things on tho water work appraisement so long aa a free water supply is coming down so plen tifully from the clouds. Wu Ting Fang has established a new record In China, being the first statesman of International reputation to retire from high office without drop ping hia head in the basket. The weakness of the New York stock market is said to be due to prospective prosecution of the Standard Oil com pany. Oil and water seem to have been successfully mixed on the street. The emperor of Germany never showed greater friendliness to America than now, when he Is doing all he can to make German Insurance companies pay their losses In San Francisco. The objection of Senator Tillman to signing the conference report on the rate bill Indicates a desire on the part of the South Carolina man to make a record to be used In his fight at hornet - V . The report of the commission favor ing universal suffrage for the Trans vaal means that the Boers are to be given In peace that power they were denied while at war. Jamleaon surely rode In vain. Our trade excursionists, otherwise known as "the bell ringers." have re turned reporting 'that everything has the right ring where they have been, 'and that the only knockers found were Inside the bells. " Now 'that Secretary Wilson Is slated for retirement by Washington corre spondents who have so far been unable to drum Secretary Shaw out of the cabinet, the Iowa situation becomes more perplexing. Senator Bailey finds what he con alders a constitutional objection to the meat Inspection law as drawn. But he Is constitutionally opposed to any leg islation for which the t republicans would get the credit. ' '. i ... - 9"he democratic congressional com mittee of the Second Nebraska district haa at last Issued a call for a conven tion to be held at Omaha August SO. The republican candidate will have been nominated a week or so before that time and the democrats will then know better what they want to do. t - 'he Standard Oil company is now an adopted cltlten of Nebraska, having filed Incorporation papers in this state. It should take notice, however, that It will have to behave Itself and be governed by the same laws that govern other natural and adopted clt Isens. Nebraska's motto Is Kq-Mlity before tke law." CATtAL WORK AT F Alt AM A The announcement that the presi dent will make an extended visit for personal Inspection an idy of conditions at Panama follows quickly the senate vote for a lock canal, and is a suggestion of the energy with which the enterprise will be prose cuted. The period of delay' and un certainty caused by the controversy as to whether the canal should be lock or sea level haa been finally closed, the hands of the administration untied and the necessary funds for the coming yenfs work provided. The Importance and magnitude of what has already been accomplished on the Isthmus Is naturally not ftilly appreciated because It has been so largely of a preparatory character, whereas the public mind conceives of the work as a great ditch and measures progress by actual excavation. But In order to expedite construction there had first to be assemblage of ma chinery and labor on a grand scale, provision for the health of all em ployed, their subsistence and shelter, civil administration and arrangements for the purchase and transportation o' materials from the four corners of the globe. ... . ... NWeeks ago Secretary Taft officially notified congress thst a point had been reached at which actual excavatlonJ could go forward the moment- the type of canal might be settled. Accordingly we shall soon hear that the 1 8,000 la borers and the great modern excavat ing machines already Installed are ."making the dirt fly," and the results of all that has been heretofore done will be more apparent. At the beet It is hardly hoped to complete the historic enterprise in less than eight or nine years, and many authorities regard Secretary Taft as too sanguine when he fixes that min imum time. It Is certain, however, that President Roosevelt will exhaust every resource at his command ttf hasten construction and In Its progress during the remaining years pf his ad ministration to set a pace which will secure the ca lal to the country and to the world at the very earliest pos sible moment. SAS FKASCISCO DSPBSDESTS. The statement of General Gceely of the United States regular army, who Is in charge of the work', that 50,000 people In San Francisco are still de pendent upon the supply camp for food suggest the weight of the relief but den that has still to be borne. Great progress has Indeed been made since the weeks immediately following the earthquake shock and fire, when at least a quarter of a million had to be supplied from outside with food, shelter, clothes and medicine. The greatest hardships, too, are now passed. Multitudes then dependent are self supporting, other multitudes have left the city and chaos has been supple mented with order and relief proceed ing on strict system. But the subsistence of 60,000 people even under the most favorable circum stances Is an Immense task. The re maining dependents, if" General Greely'a report Is approximately cor rect. Is more than double the army at Santiago which the government of the United States, with all Its resources, experienced great difficulty to subsist. A simple calculation of food require ments shows the strain involved, es pecially when San Francisco is heavily taxed to aupport many who do not fig ure in the list of dependents and when help from the outside is rapidly dwindling. It Is clear front General Greely's showing and from the evidence in the local newspapers that San Francisco Is still far from the end of its troubles and that the number of dependents, though it will continue to decrease, will be formidable for many months. WHAT IS VAVSIXO THE DKLA Y SO W1 . There is a "well-defined rumor," al though fta source Is not apparent, that the long-deferred appraisement of Omaha water works Is being held back unnecessarily and that the delay Is chargeable more to the engineer chosen to represent the city than to the en gineer chosen to represent the water company or to the third engineer chosen by the first two. If there Is any foundation for this rumor, It must be that the appraise ment Is being held, back for mere dil atory purposes. Certainly no good reason exists why it should take three years to put in motion the machinery provided by the "compulsory" pur chase law under which the city is sup posed to be acquiring "immediate" ownership of the plant. So 'far as the public is aware, no substantial benefits have yet accrued to them from this law. either as tax payers defraying the cost of hydrant rental or as private consumers paying for the water supplied to their dwell ings or places of business. The chief result visible to. the naked eye has been to pile up a huge bill of expenses for salarlea for a water board, with no water plant to manage; fees for ex pert hydraulic engineers and retainers for high-priced lawyers engaged to represent the Water board in all Its multitudinous litigation, j It Is true that the appraisement has been promised over and over and the date for the report has been repeat edly fixed and as often postponed. The effort of the water board to nullify the rate schedule embodied in the water works franchise and reduce rates to private consumers In disre gard of the contract having come to nought, relief must now be had. If It Is to come within any reasonable time, either through the purchase and oper ation of the plant by the city or through a new contract with the com pany on terms more favorable to the city. No gtsp caA be taken In either direction, however, until a know at what price the plant ran be bought and on what valuation the water rates would have to be figured it the city bought It. Suffice to say the Inaction of the appraisers !c pressing Close to the limit on the patience of our peo ple. now thf.t UK. World-Herald. May 27, 1!. POSTAL CONORESS ENDS. E. Rosewater Is Received In Private by the Pope. Rome, May 21 The International Postal congress ended today after a sitting In which the treaties which had been pre viously agreed upon were signed. Before leaving Rome several of the dele gates were received by the pope In private audience, among being Edward Rosewater of Omaha, Neb. World-Herald. June 24. 19n. ROBEWATER MAY UND MONDAY Bneclal Dispatch to the World-Herald. Wsshlngton, D. C, June 23. It la learned In Washington thst Edward Rosewater will arrive In New York probably on Mon day on bin way home from Europe. Mr. Roeewater's return is hasty and utterly un expected. The postal congress to which he was accredited by the United States is still In session and nothing but the most Important exigency would hnve been per mitted to recall. The exigency. It la pretty definitely understood, relates to the polit ical situation In Douglas county. It Is as sumed here by people who know best about the situation that the Rosewater senator!! candidacy that Mr. Rosewater was cabled to come home and start the machine going right again. These two extracts from the World Herald Indicate whet sort of m'ade-to-order mendacity may be expected ffom that source In everything that relates to the candidacy of Edward Rosewater for senator. For the benefit of our friends, the political enemy, we are pleased to in form them, if It will make them feel any happier, that Mr. Rosewater reached New York' harbor last Friday night by the steamship "La Proven', and may be expected In Omaha tomor row or next day. Not only this, but he engaged his return passage at the time he made his outgoing voyage and has not changed his plans whatsoever as to the time originally set for his return. COMMESCE1IEST ADM0S1TIOSS. One of the most significant signs Is the tone of the addresses to this year's graduates of colleges and universities, which, almost without exception deal with subjects of current interest. The unanimity , with which the thinkers and educators who appear on such oc casions have discussed wealth .In Its ethical and political relations rather than from the special econoraicstand polnt must strike the thoughtful ob server. It is all In marked contrast with, the traditional and customary matter of such deliverances which cross a much wider range, compre hending many diverse areas of scholar ship 8nd generally inclined to run to abstractions and limitless variety of generalisation. Nothing could more forcefully sug gest the serious character of the prac- ucai questions wnich are engrossing the attention of profound moraliBts and educators as well as the interest of the general public. While there are a few cases of extravagant and ex treme views, the dominant note Is ex hortation to duty, with emphasis on the obligations of wealth. The ex pressed or implied premise is depart ure in our fevered commercialism from ihose fundamental mial piec.sts bfch alone give permu,ent safety nml well being. Generally speaking these admoni tions are not the expressions of selfish demagogues and charlatans, but the sober convictions of the very highest type of our citizenship, whose candor, courage and motives are beyond sus picion. Nor does It matter, so far as the significance of their injunctions Is concerned, whether existing dissatis faction be caused by absolute decad ence of business morality or by sheer elevation of the standards required by public sentiment. In any event , the necessity of readjusting conduct Is Im perative. Now you see it, and now you don't? The Fontanelle orators worked stren uously upon the sympathies of the court in the mandamus case by piteous appeals in behalf of the right of every voter to choose for himself In the light of his own best judgment whom 'he wanted from many of the candidates asking to be sent to Lincoln and for the right of every man aspiring to serve as a delegate to have an equal chance of election with every other as piring delegate irrespective of prefer ences for senator or for any other office. That was a good enough Mor gan to spring upon the court, but now the sacred rights of the Individual voter and of the independent delegate no longer cut any figure. The Fonta nelle bosses would like to force all the independents off the ticket arbitrarily so that their official slate makers may prescribe the dose for bat-blind fol lowers. It begins to look a If that rotation ballot mandamus were pro cured by fraud and false pretenses. The rules and regulations governing the sale of highly explosive fireworks In Omaha prescribes one ridiculous discrimination. The giant firecracker and dangerous bomb are absolutely prohibited within the range of the mu nicipal ordinances whose jurisdiction is confined within the city limits, but anyone from out of town may buy all the dangerous toys he can pay for. Of course, a dynamite cracker is not half so deadly when exploded out In the suburbs as It Is when exploded within the geographical territory officially designated as the city of Omaha. If the Fontanellea should undertake to make a selection from the 140 odd candidates they have filed for dele gates to the republican atate conven tion, where will they begin? . Will they start with father-in-law's son-in-law, or with the World-Herald ear- toonlst, or with the World-Herald no tary public? Or will they take the other end and exclude Senator Mil lard's assistant cashier or the book keeper In the Millard bank? Which end of the heated poker will they lay hold of first? The acquittal of lormer City Clerk Elbourn and his exoneration of com plicity In the ballot box frauds uncov ered after the late city primary leaves It aa much of a mystery as ever as to who really did the 'Job. It Is to be hoped the truth will come out at a day not too far distant to bar prosecution under the law. To Onrselves, Greetlnnt Chicago Inter Ocean. The republican party Is the most useful political organisation that ever existed. Its record of achievements has never been paralleled In the world's history. An Improved Revision. Pittsburg DVspatch. Senator Ixidge reverses Bishop Potter, putting It this way: "Europe conceals Its dishonesty while we expose and punish ours." Which Is mors flattering and more accurate. Where to Seek Knllajkleament. . Chicago Trthune. Those German edltora who assert thst President Roosevelt has surrendered to the Beef trust and the railway companies should consult the packers and the rail way magnates for fuller particulars. Tbe Final Analysis. Wall Street Journal. Government Inspection and government regulation will amount to. very little, how ever, unless It Is Inspection that Inspects and regulation that regulates. Adequate government Inspection ought to carry with It civil service requirements tbat will eliminate politics and secure efficiency and falrneas. On Wronsr Bide of l.lne. Baltimore News. The only Instance of a holdup of a rail way train In Canada resulted In the ar rest and conviction of three mep, who were sentenced to lire and twenty-five-year terma In the penitentiary. Of course, they want to take an appeal, but that Is not a matter of right In Canada, and they are complaining at this denial of the or dinary privileges which criminals enjoy In thla country. They ahould have thought of thla before plying their Industry In Canada. From Onr Friends, the Enemy. Baltimore Sun (dem.). In the half century of Its existence the republican party has been a party with positive policies and aggressiveness. Its advocacy of a liberal interpretation of the constitution has In effect worked a radical change In our methods and Ideas of gov ernment. The party, whether Its policies have been .right or wrong, has achieved marvelous results, and the fifty yeara of Its existence Is a longer life than any other Pl!ilCR' Party In this country has enjoyed, except only the democratic party, which haa lasted from the beginning and has seen party after party' disintegrate. Whether It will outlive the republican party, as It outlived the federalist, the American republican, the whig, the know nothing and various other organizations, remains to be seen. CHECK TO OVERCAPITALIZATION. Rnle Eatnbllahlnar Valuation of Re verelonary Interests. Philadelphia Record. Though Senator I-a'Follette's suggestion are treated with studied neglect, one might almost say contempt, by his republican colleagues, many ' of his projects of legis lation are worth careful attention. The amendmenta offered by , him to the Ohio and Lake Erie ship canal bill are of this character. One of them provides against overcapitalization nd the other for an Investigation by tha Interstate Commerce commission, aided by experts, of the true and fair value of the projected canal; the Investigation to begin aa soon aa any work on the canal shall be undertaken and to continue as Improvements and additions may be made. Inasmuch 'as the bill con templates the acquisition of the canal at some future time by the United States, the government ought to keep Itself Informed about the value of the property for which It will some day be called upon to pay. A valuation of the property, moreover, would supply the only fair baala for de termining what are reasonable and "fairly renumeratlve" rates of transportation. It would be furthermore a safeguard against tha over-Issue of bonds and capital stock. A more certain means of making capitali sation represent actual Investment and of preventing the government from being overreached when It ahall ultimately taka possession of the waterway could not be devised.. A similar provision ought to be embodied In the charter of every public utility company whose plant and equip ments are contemplated at aome time to revert to the goverment of cltlea or states or of the United Statea. AGE OF FRATF.R1AMSM. Dr. I.yman Abbott's Raeealnnreate at Harvard tnlveralty. I.yman Abbotfa. baccalaureate at Har vard: in tha coming age all the creeds and sects will be united by a common aim, purpose and spirit, because the coming sge Is to be a fraternal one. Every age haa lta vices and lta virtues. The nine teenth century has had vices, all due to the same aourcr. The first vice hss been that of accumulation. Put 'men together and tell them to look after their own In terests and push ahead and each man will be measuring hlmaelf by hia accumulations. The second vice Is the lawleasnesa of self will. We hear of the criminal classes. Can you tell me today who belonga to tha criminal class? Do the Insurance directors who bought storka low and aold them to companlea In which they were directors at high prices? Do the railroad officials who broke the law of the land and now stand convicted? Do the coal carrlcra who did by a gentleman's agreement that which was against the law? In religion the ten dency haa been toward narrowness and sec tarianism. Eaeh man haa thought for hlm aelf and haa thought that thla waa all there was to be thought. This Is the Irreverence of self-conceit. "It Is not alone the processes of the Chi rsgo packers that need Inspection. We have false labela In thla country. There Is one remedy for all this. Society ahould be considered aa a unit. And tha law of society should be tha law of mutual serv ice. Already accumulation la on trial. I am not attacking tha multimillionaire. It Is better to be one than wish to be one and rot have the ability. We' have learned that the best Interests of the community are not served by each men's voting for his own Interests. He must look after the national welfare. "Already we have such men as Folk In Missouri, Jerome In New York, Colby In New Jersey and Roosevelt in Wsshlngton. We tnay not agree with them, hut they rec ognise that something must be done la the state, ether than looking for Individual In terest. Tbe age you enter haa been called socialistic, but that Is falsa. It Is frausaai." F.DWARD ROSEWATER FOR SKI ATOR Parly Waala lienor Itself. Humboldt leader (dem.). It Is practically conceded that F.dwsrd Rosewater will oarry the Douglaa county primaries In spite of ths unscrupulous fight which will be mad upon him by certain selnsh Interests, and with that powsfful delegation behind him hs stands a good show to win In tha senatorlsl contest Should the republican party so honor him It will be. wo believe, to Its everlasting credit, as he IS not only thoroughly com petent and deserving.' but has stood for those principles which now form the main planks in ths republican platforms. While by no mesne an aged or Infirm man, Mr. llosewater la getting along In years (most of w-hlch hava been spent In standing up for Nebraska) and should he given an op portunity now. If ever, to demonstrate what he can do for tho state In an official ca pacity. At tha same time It would bestow upon him sn honor to which h aspires and to which he Is certainly entitled. We never believed In keeping good words back; until a man la dead, we have no sympathy with those who bestow honors only through flowers on the bier, and w think It ex tremely unwise to allow Jealousy, partisan ship and unworthy motlvea to keep the state from being represented In ths upper house by the very best material within her borders. What Paaalna; Events Foreshadow. Tekamsh Journal (rep.). It' begins to look as though Nebraska weren't going to have such a big ml up after all on the question of senatorial suc cession. Passing events and the Inter change of Ideas makes one feel that Edward Rosewater of Omaha, Is to be Nebraska's next United States senator. Kmsi aa n Flgbter, All Rlarht. Beatrice Hun (Ind.). The fight on .Rosewater continues. How ever, Mr. Rosewater would not appreciate an honor that he did not fight for. None Better Qaallfled. Sovereign Visitor (W. O. W.). Edward Rosewater, as republican candi date for United Statea senator from Ne braska, appears to be In the lead. Mr. Rosewater Is a self-msde man. He was a telegraph operator during the war; h came to Omaha Immediately after peace waa assured. He started an amateur news paper, which he gave the. stinging nam of Omaha Bee. v Its snsp and crlsplness attracted attention. It was ridiculed by the city Journals which attracted further attention. It rapidly gained popular favor and. under hia masterly direction, has be come one of the most influential factors In republican politics of any paper In the west. Mr. Rosewster has made and de feated scores of political aspirants. His ability Is unquestioned, his Independence hss been manifest. If elected. Nebraska will have an able representative. As an orator he la forceful, a tireless worker; ambitious, public-spirited, sealoua for the rights of the people, and he deserves their confidence. Visitor does not cars to dab ble In politics. Woodcraft Is not partisan. It has a cosmopolitan membership of all shades of religious and political affilia tions: Visitor would not presume to In fluence even one member, but If Nebraska decides to have a republican senator, we know of none better qualified or more deserving than Hon. Edward Rosewater. Senate eeds More Newspaper Men.. Press and Printer. Editor" Rosewater of The Omaha Bee Is a candidate for the republican nomina tion for United Statea senator from Ne braska. Should he be elected his presence In that body ought to help to counteract the unsavory odor that has been given to It by some of Its members. A few more newspsper men and a few less "interests" members would Increase' the public re spect for that august body. So Occaaloa for Alarm. ' Thurston Gazette (rep.). Pender Republic: If Rosewater is nom inated for senator, s democratic delega tion to the atate legislsture will be elected in Douglss county and Nebraska will have a democrat In the United States senate for the next six years. If Mr. Rosewster Is so much feared as that, we can do no better than nominate him. He'll win out In the fight, alright enough, and carry along with him a harm less delegation from Douglas. Veteran Champion of Reform. Omaha Posten (translated). Norrla Brown, candidate for United States senator, opened hia campaign with a public apeech at York last Saturday. He called attention to the necessity of proper government regulation of the rail roads and the danger of permitting these to exert too dominating an Influence In atate politics. Well snd good. It should be noted, however, that the reforms which have now won auch popularity with the people and the advocating of whlcji Mr. Brown expecta tot land him in the United Statea aenate ars the very same reforms for which Mr. Rosewater hss made vSllsnt battle for years long before they gained a standing as prominent Issues In the re publican platform. If a champion of these reforms shall represent Nebraska In the senate, would It not be most fit that it ba Edward Rosewater, the veteran of them all? Sentiment Continues to Grow. Hartlngton Herald (rep.). The sentiment that Edwsrd Rosewater la "the man for the "place" la growing aa fast as the Nebraska corn crop these days. Stands for the People. Randolph Tlmea (rep.). Tbe matter of United States senator will no doubt come before tha county repub lican convention at Hartlngton tha 27tli, and it Is possible that Cedar county will send an Instructed delegation to the atate convention August 21 It aeema to us that Edward Rosewater Is tha moat representa tive Nebraakan before the people today for senator. He stands for those things the people are demanding, and haa advo cated them In yeara past when they were not so popular as at present. It has been urged sgalnat Mr. Roaewater that ha is ambitious, and haa been seeking the office. Would It not jm better If there were more ambition In the world? Loftier alms, higher aspirations and nobler endeavors for usefulness? The cry of "ambition" Is often uaed to blind the eyes of the people to real merit. When the populace of Ron; ahouted that Caessr was ambitious they sounded their own death knell. Edward Rosewater would give Nebraska a live representative In the senate aryd with Sena tor Burkett as his running mats our stata could hold up Its head with the best of them. Edward Roaewater atanda for the people and aiwaya haa since he waa a poor telegraph operator when Omaha was a struggling western town. Ability I I nqnestlened. I Sterling Bun (rep.). The Omaha Be has juat completed lta thirty-fifth year and has aiwaya been on of the most Independent of republican papers, alwsys voicing ths sentiments of Its founder and editor fearlessly In tha In terests of the people aa he saw them, and haa done much In the upbuilding of Ne braska. Fxlitor Roaewater, like other peo ple, has hia faults; but nobody ran ques tion hit ability or fearlessness as aa editor. noisn Atioi'T nkw york. Ripples n tbe Cnrrent ef Ml In the Metrapnlla. Uke other cities with a vigilant civic spirit the Brooklyn division of Orester New York Intends to regulat out of busi ness soms ef the billboard evils. Follow ing Is a section of an ordinance recently psased which deserves consideration In other cities: "No person shall put. psste, print, nail, maintain or display upon any bill board, fence, building, frame or struc ture, and In any manner eaposs to public view aa an advertisement of any show, play or performsnce any Indecent print or picture or-ut tending to represent the doings of any criminal act tending to deprave the morals of Individuals or shocking the sense of decency, or tending to Incite the mind to acts of Immorality or crime, or to familiarise and aceaetom the mind of young persons with the same." An apartment house that Is expected by Its designers to eclipse all others In taste ful furnishings and arrangements for the comfort of the tensnts. Is shortly to be erected In Harlem, reports the Times. The archltecta have endeavored to utilise the latest Ideas In apartment house construc tion and the plans for the building Indicate that It will have several features thst are out of the ordinary In dwellings of the kind. The style of architecture will be French Gothlo. The entrance hall Is to be finished In Carrara marble, with sculptures and bronsework. From the salon hsll a stone staircase will lead to a large central court, with a pergola. On the sides will be stone settees and niches for statuary. The building Is to be four stories high, with four apartments of six or eight rooms on each of the upper floors. The dining rooms are to hav oak wainscot ing, surrounded by a Dutch shelf and English tspestrles. Solid oak beams will be used In the ceilings. The drawing rooms wilt be In the styl of Louis XIV, with mirrors and silk hangings. The bathroqms will be lined with whit marble to the ceilings, which will have glass panels. The bedrooms will have dec orations of white enameled wood and deli cate wall hangings. The kitchens are to be provided with glass til walls and ranges for cooking by coal, gss and electricity. On the top floor space haa been arranged for a small ballroom for the use of the tenants. It will accommodate 100 persons. The entire roof Is to be devoted to a roof garden, the floor of which will be of Spanish tiles. The building will stsnd at the southwest comer of On Hundred and Twenty-first street and Lenox avenue, ad joining the new Temple Israel. Agitation of the food adulteration ques tion hss paused the New York authorities to look more closely to the ctty's milk supply. Sixteen milk Inspectors have been added to the force already employed by the department of health, making . thirty men available for the work of protecting the vast milk supply of the city from con tamination and adulteration. New York la an Immense consumer of milk. About 1,890,000 quarts ar used her each day. This great ocean of milk Is produced by the cow of between 86,000 and 40,000 farmer, whoa dairies are scattered over the states of New York, New Jersey, Ptnnsylvsnls, Connecticut, Massachusetts snd Vermont. Some of the milk comes from points as far north as the Cansdlrn border, virtually the whole supply being brought into the city over the lines of ten railroads. The new Inspectors will be assigned to the large farms and creameries. The hand ling of milk. Icing, method of cleaning can and bottles, the water supply, the j health of the employes and the general sanitary condition of the farm and definite recommendation if corrective measures are neceesary. They will also wstcb, for adulteration at the sources of supply, and report by wire to the department here the shipment of suspected milk. Coney Island among Its many other mod ern attractions Is to eventually possess an Immense board walk Ilk that on which has made Atlantic City famous and had so much to do with the building up of the reputation of Asbury park. The department of public works of Brooklyn la taking atepa for the construc tion of a board walk capable of accommo dating 100,000 people, that la to be eighty feet In width and will extend from Manhat tan beach to Sea Gate, fronting that en tire piece of property known to everybody aa Conev Island. No place In New York City has changed more than th notorioua "Five Polnta." When first known It was a sparkling spring In a gravel basin, from which radiated five paths; then It became a center about which were huddled aqudlld rookerlea and low drinking placea, headquarters for the crim inal class of the city; and now lta center la an Inviting breathing place known as Paradise psrk, surrounded by mission schools, chspels and respectable stores, shops and great mercantile houses. The officials of New York are death on fake beggara and bogus cripples. If a stranger Is found begging or soliciting alms here he Is put to the test to prove that he Is reslly in need of aid and unable to help himself. Th old scheme of playing deaf and dumb has proved a Waterloo for more than one ambitious person who haa found himself too strong to work. There ha been provided a powerful electric battery at each of tha several hospltsls and when a "mute" Is found asklnr for aid he Is taken to the hospital and the "juice" Is turned on. If the victim goes th limit without "holler ing" he Is turned loose and permitted to continue hi business of living without For Coughs and Colds There is a remedy over sixty years old Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.: Of course you have heard of it, probably have used it. Once in the family, it stays; the one household remedy for coughs and colds. Ask your own doctor about it. Do as he says. We have no secrets We publish the formulas pf all our medicines. . V " ' ht4 kg k I. O. Aye 0., LaveU. Mass. Ala MaaaaMWirs ef ATtl'S lAIS YIIOl-For tke kalr. AYIK'S FUXt-Fwr esastlmtlea. ATU'S ABArAaUl-r th heaaa. ATBK'S AOOS CVUL-Pm auUrM Ss4fs. working. But during the ft week ther, hav been flv "'fake" mutes discover through the use of the electric bsttery. an these are all doing time on the Island now "I.eft-yed people simply own th tnwr these dsys," said a Broadway oculist quoted by th Sun. "If th promlnenr and Importance of that optic continue tt Increase w shall one day b a left -,- race. In more than half the patients 1 treat ths left eye Is already consldrrablj larger than the right. It Is brighter ant It lasts longer. If you want to find out which eye Is stronger try to read first wltl on eye then with the other, unassisted bi lis mate. Nine times out of ten thst tesl shows how much more useful th left is than the right. - There .wae ft tlm whei tha superstitious, and even aneclallst ei eyes, believed that only left-handed peoplt were aiso lert-eyed. Thst theory Is no exploded. Overdevelopment of th left evi la In danger of becoming a disease, tl.t peculiar effects of which r already ap parent In many faces." . . . . FKRSOS At. SOTES. Fsgnanl's famous portrait of Oners John C. Fremont hss been presented to iht St. Ixnils Public museum by J. F. Ballard of that city. Edwin Higglna. 'who hss Just died in Washington, when t yesr old became governor of the territory of Utah. He sat the youngest man who ever held such an office, and was known as the "Roy Gov ernor of Utah.'! Of Queen Victoria's "twenty.on gvsnd daughters only four now rsmaln unmar ried. These are Princess Victoria of Eng land. Princess Bestrlc of 8x-Cobtlrg, Prince Patricia of Connaught and Prin cess Victoria of Sphleewlg-Holsteln. John B. Moran, the Jerome of Boston, la going to run for governor of Massa chusetts as an Independent, and -Thorns W. Lawson is to stump the state for him. Moran Is a democrat and a day laborer, and Lawson is a republican and a mil lionaire, j , , . Pearson, the London magasfna and weekly paper publlaher, la beginning to. regret that h fros T. P. O'Connor out ef "M. A. P." Mr. O'Connor's new weekly atarteU out with a sale of HOO.on for the first num ber and seem destined to cut hesvlly Into the Pearson field. , In a breach of promise esse In New York the defendant's letter which most amused th Jury was one In which he sent "a bushel of kisses" to his lady love. It waa only a few month later that he found a bushel of kisses had boiled down to a peck of trouble. Colonel Andrew L. Harriswho became governor of Ohio on the death of John M. Pattlson, Is 7J years old, served with distinction through the civil war. studied law and has held many political positions, lake his predecessor, he Is a total ab stainer, neither using tobacco nor alco holic liquors. MXES TO A SMILE." ' 8tell8r-Toes she go swimming? Sl '.l1, y?u mlnt he goes be T"k Sun bsthing suit-New n,'.'L.K,0Ucft .2'0U ch"'''n8 with Mrs. Ouseh, ssld the conceited suthor. "Yes " replied his bright wife, "and she seemed to be under the Impression that I had been married before." indeed?" "Yes she asked me how It felt to be Press ,0 c,,v,,r man-" Philadelphia "Down In Ohio, a few Sundays ago," hs ssld, "a preacher chlded a young woman r wearing a peek-a-boo waist to church." "Th mean thing," she replied. . "If I were in her place I'd go to a picnic or eomethlng every Sunday after this. Just for spite. " Chicago Record-Herald. Bess I've often wondered what Is ths secret of beauty. Ned There couMn't ' possibly '.be SOrtf thing. Any woman who had beauty wouldn't think of making a secret of lu-r Philadelphia Ledger. Ruby-Is that Harry Harker a handwrit ing? Pearl Tes. I am engaged o him, yot know. Ruby Yes I know. I was engaged tc him myself last summer. Pearl Dear Harry! I wonder who will marry him eventually ?-Mllwaukee - Sentl nel. There was to be a convention, and. ar- cording to plan, the lion and lamb were to lie down together. "How waa It?',' waa asked on of the leadera after adjournment. "It would have been all right." tie re--sponded. licking his chops. "If w hsdn't run out of iamb." Philadelphia ledger. "Money talks.'" said the aggressive per son. - "Yes," answered the sarcastic msn. "but sometimes It says things It ought to be ashamed of." Wsshlngton 8tsr. "Whst are you trying to do?" ssked the man with the stubby mustache, who was making his wsy towsrd the turnstile of the elevsted railway. "I'm trying to get shesd." said the freckle-faced monopolist who hsd shoved him to one side. "I'll help you." rejoined the other. Whereupon he put k head upon him. Chicsgo Tribune. " FORGIVE ONE WORD. enmnssssnmm Msurlce Smiley In Collier's Weekly. Forgive the word I ssld. Repentance cries. I dire notay 1 did not mean It. dear. Thnt Is the thorn In mem'ry'a rose. I hear Again th murmur of your ssd surprise: I see the wounded pain In your blue eyri Thst brimmed an Instant with an unsheil tear. That bravely met mine own aerene and clear. It sll comes bsck- -that day when smillns skles And whlap'ring treetops ind the singing nroox Filled life with tender melody ind insde Each hour a song. Yet,, dvarest, do not grudge One little cuss word, for he broke tny hook. And Una and waa a pounder If h weighed An ounce. You would hav said at leaat: "Oh, fudge!" ,
