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TIIK OMAHA DAILY HEE: , THUKSpAY, DECEMI1EK 24. lflO.T ft I fTlIE OMA11A DAiIyBEEL K. ROSltWATER. EDITOR. PUBt4SHEDEVEBT MORNING.'. TERMS OK unmcRinioN pally Ree (without "imdsy). nti Tear.. 4 on l'any Hee arid Bunnay, One J ear Illustrated B. One Tear Bunriay Bee, One Tear t'ifurday Bee, One Tear wentleth Century i'armur. One Tear. DELIVERED' BT CARRIER. r'atly pee (without flumlnv), per cony., 'ally Bee (without Bunday), pt-r week. 8 no t 0 1 "9 )M 1.00 . V Iaily Bee (Including' Sunday), per weeK..iiO Sunday Bee, per ropy Be Fvenlng Be (without Sunday). per week c Kvenlng Bee (including Sunday), pel week 1 Complaint! of Irregulsrltlea In delivery honld he add rained to City Circulation De partment , orna.8. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth OmahaCity Hall Building, Twn ty-flfth aad M Street. . Council BlMfTa-10 Pearl T?tret. . I Chlrean IfiW V'nlty Building. New fork 328 Bark Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street, ' CORRESPONDENCE. Commvnlcatlona relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed. , Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. PmlK k Mt - rinatal order I Rybl(i to The Bee Publishing Compun)'. nijr t-eent stamp accepted in payment of -" . . . . j , - " ----- Omaha or eastern exchanges, net ttrrepteu. THE BEB PCI PUBLISH J NO COMfAINl. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. , Jtate of Nebraska, DonsLaS County, a. : George B. Trschuek. secretary of The Be ubllhlng Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full an complete .aiu. m.i rw n-it. uniiin, Wvenlna ana Sunday Bee printed dnring the month of I ovemDer, law. wm as tnnuwa. . . 1 VO.OTO IS ,,o,7wi' t so,vo . v ' .BOfOo ST.400 I SO,03O 41,180 1 ai.TSO I... JMMMM . I ;.0,13N 14 tee. eJWV4ttO 11 . jw,ao It...... ..BO.94) U :.4o,ons 14t. ...80,810 I ..,.3W,V60 17 so.ioo !!!!!!!'.!!"!!. ti io,oo m so,tao n ,.. 8o,ooo M............ ai,i30 "!"'!!!"!'.!!8o!ioo a.w ...,:.V,om .. ..8Qoo Total,, .....A; ; .; Less unsold and returned copies. Net total sales.'. Net average sales . .t32,933 .. lo.auj ..2,Ta .. BO, TOO OBOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed hi my oreaence and sworn to Njfors me this 80th B0NBVJeyTF'I' (Seal.) . 'Notary Public The weather clerk is entitled to a handsome Christinas gift from the retail trade. t- I The roris strikl;, like the Tarls liat, seems a rather'aolsy affair without much inside it'.;.' , " V. The democratic prees, la booming Sen ator Hannamay fool some persons, but not the senator himself. ", Vhen Circuit Prosecutor Folk comes to Omaha he wtir mako his pigmy Imi tators hero look; like 80 cents. ' The council lnelsts' on having both the ialUatlTO aad the referendum in the ap- pointment of the dty electrician. -i. , . St Louis. would rather ..walk than do without something Chicago has had hence the nmmiHpd strlka of ifvorv rfrtv. I a - - . w. ..i 4 v ","J 1 L - . ' . J Oermany Buspocts (;reat Britain will fight In Japan'g causjs. , f tJpa could bu teel certafn of that thef fun would begin In twenty intnutcs.,-. MlafBter Buchanan v having -reached Panama abd taken charge of th AjDert can, interests, the United States consul thereVMl feel duly relieved. . " With Its Auditorium completed Omaha will be.ableto entcrta.ln the various state conventions this year with accom- tiodaUons unsurpassed anywhere. Another "law partner of Abraham Liln-1 Coin" has Just died in Illinois. ' The mar-1 tyred president had. It seems, almost as I many law partners as be had anecdotes. I Perhaps the voters had a sweet Christ- Bias for .city employes in vle.w when they allotted two seats In the council to dis tinguished representatives of .the candy ! trade. Oovernor Mickey has had a call from crank. That would Indicate that Gov- amor. Mickey is rapidly rising to the high plan of other governors and even of presidents. Mr, Schwab should not compiaiB of hla counsel, for, goodness knows, that worthy Is doing all b possibly can to trttveut tUo court's learning what It needs to know. Mayor Moores wants the gasoline lighting company to pay a royalty as a condition precedent to securing the pro posed contract A rebate will answer the same purpose. Having disclaimed the' alleged inter - view to which exception was taken, ucnerai Mernam may consider himself exonerated, but at the' same time cau - turned not to do It again . . . ' - '. 1 -i ! m Now that Colonel Bryan has a souvenir from the esaf In the Tona of an auto- grapnea puotograph,. he. will be polite uough to lower his voice when he re- guoiua nis denunciation or Imperialism. us - iNorasaa oaius mate a good showing or me year, wnitn is ennanced by com- paruous wim tne -showings mad by auts m.oiuer states, tl bank do- posits reflect fairly, accurately the con- nlshed at one of the commission's hear dltloa of the thrifty people to whom tngs. The uianftger of fhe Boston the money belougs. . It Is to bo hoped the example of the roraan who kllU-d. a man at Helena. e Monu. lor retusmg 10 pay a Din saui to be owing her will not become coaUgious. vuier. me -iua migm snow a severe svioack la tne population figures for the country. The Miles will case has been decided again, but as It is au estate valued at over 12,000.000 the chances are that the lawyers will not allow It to stay decided for th' export grain traffic the latter until after th supreme court shall have have been In th habit of making spe refused to. grant th last rehearing or clul rates with certain favored shipuers th claimants shall Lave jjiade a private aeWeinent satisfactory to their lawyers. TUB rCBLW LAUD TRA CDS. Washington dispatches stata that the secretary of the Interior has taken extraordinary precautions to sectire secrecy as to the facts developed and tlifl evidence sihltuvu1 hi the investigation of alleged land frauds, so that the plana of the department shall be conflned to himself and the officials actively, en-R-ngod In the work. While' 'refusing to (five any idea of the total amount In volved In the frands charged, fsetretory Hitchcock has denied the statement that It approximates $M,0O0,0OO, though there" Is no doubt that It is at leart two-thirds of that sum. ' The secretary Is of. course correct In not disponing the work of Investigation that Is being prosecuted, except as re sults. are reached, as In the casa of the recent arrest of John A. Benson of Ban Francisco, for alleged eonipllcrty In the big land fraud scheme." It was intimated at the Interior department ' few days a co that .no further arrests were ex- . r . pn. "' " m the Ben80n cane, which Is scheduled for .1 ...All 1. . .I..,.. r r ih haa? nff in December 30, unless something demand ing Immediate action should be revealed in the Investigation of the land office records now In progress in connection with the cases In the west. . ' What the public Is ehiefly Interested Irr knowing is Whether the department Is - ,., ..lAn with nn.Wr - '"a Ieai and energy, ana teat it is aoing so is not to' be doubted. The tisk of ferreting out the frauds ; and-' securing the evidence necessary to enable the authorities to make -arrests is by no means an easy one.; Bhrewd - people were engaged in the commission of the (raud9 and they did everything possible, undoubtedly, to Cover, up their opera- tions. Hence the. work of investlgutlon lg difficult and must necessarily be Islow and tedious. That..the department will goto the bottom of the matter, however, can be conflderltly as(jertedt Secretary TTltohonfk con ho dfneiit1el linon to leave "' . . nothing undone to expose and bring to PunjBnment those who are guilty of hav- Ing defrauded the government in con nection with the public lands. . The in- 'vestigation and its results thus far give ample assurance of this. . When the frauds were discovered the secretary of the Interior issued an order suspending final action on entries under the timber .and stone act, several hun dred thousand acres of public domain in the west being involved. This order has been revoked and all such entries will be acted upon in the regular order by the generalland office. Of course this applies only to lands not involved in the , fraud investigation. It has been said that the extent of the frauds has been, somewhat exaggerated a.nd It is not improbable that such is the case, Dut u 14 "nould turn out that they are only half as bad as they. have been rep resented they are : serious enough and every effort within the power of the gov ernment should be exertedto punish the .iifi : r Buut '.' tANUAItr blTlDKNDii. -t j W to be exDected that the dlvl rfencls, at the', opening of. the new year will, aggregate as much as a year ago, although the amount will be large and should have a decidedly improving effect upon, monetary conditions. While the railroads have had a heavy, .business throughout the year they have also had considerably increffsed expenditures, so that the dividends of some of them wlU PnaPB 'ess.man a year ago. ine lnausiml norauou naveaone fweu. but &ner&y their profits have not been so gooa as in iw 0119 nence ineso may be expected to pay somewhat reduced dividends. However, there will bo tiiaDy millions distributed to stockholders of all classes and the utilization, of this money in new' investments, pa a considerable port of it undoubtedly will be, Ought to give a stimulus to enterprise and busi ness next spring. Among current, financial items, It is noted that Wall street awaits with a jrreat deal of Interest the reDorts of life insurance companies, glvlnc their bold- ng9 0( securities at the end of the yejr. A Few York dispatch states that twelve months ago each of the 'principal com- panics held ' stocks : to large, amounts. which during the year suffered , serious declines. - It is therefore expected that they will make an unfavorable showing at th eikl of the present year, as com pared with the close of 1002, unless n the meantime large amounts of the se curities have been marketed, which Is not probable. , BKCRST RAILROAD RAT tit. The Interstate Commerce commission is giving a hearing on the question of 1 requiring railroads to file schedules of I their rates ou merchandise Imported I from abroad. and that Intended for sx 1 port, as well as upon freight for domes tic. markets. This requirement is be- lleved to be' authorised, by law, if not made obligatory. It is stated to have be- come a common practice to Issue through bills of lading for sea and laud trauspor tation and how the rates are divided between the vessels and the railroads Is I generally not known. This has given the opportunity for what are ,ln effect secret railroad rates and for discrfmlna lion between shippers. A noteworthy example of this was fur- SteamshlD couiuanv admitted In his tes timony that the Northern Pacific Hall- road company had a contract with tho I .rt,ui,in. r.. . v.. I a.va, &usuay WVU1 V J UMUVt II U1V.U utter coiuoanv was aiven 4 lower rail road ntt) on Manll, hemp at Seattle than was given on the sum r.r- I i.i un i.nH mn. . ,...v -ta,,. 1 ship. That this is illegjil.dlscrimiiuitiou and an Infraction of the law will hardly be seriously questioned. . Another fac disclosed la that la the rivalry between the eastern roads and those to the Oulf and publishing ttu;s as re.ular -after I the contrasts have been mad. It la pointed out that while this is a formal compliance With the law, It Is an evasion of Its Intent, for the effect is diserlmlpa-1 tlon. Inasmuch ns little advantage can be taken of the reduced rates after they are published. The rates are secret when they are made and. when they ae pub lished those for whom they cre first made have secured most of the ad vantage. Referring to the matter the ew York Journal of Commerce says It seems cer tain that the schedules of import and ex- port rates should be filed and adhered to like any other. The schedules should do puDiisnea ana au snippers snouia oe treated alike. There Is no more Justifi cation for secret import and export rates than for secret domestic rates. A spe- ciai object or tne law was to prevent secret rates and this Should apply to goods coming in- or going out or tne country as well as upon, shipments ginning ana enumg in tne country, xne matter is manifestly of, no little import ance, since discrimination In rates In fa vor of foreign producers is a distinct In justice to domestic producers. . A 'MAS tFFlClBUT ISSPMCTlOIf. 1 The coming new year will witness no change ip the' municipal government of Omaha, but ti-ere Is a popular demand for changes In the municipal machinery. In every campaign preceding a municipal election promises are made in platforms anil liv canillrifltoa that thn affairs of the ... ... ... v.,.1 ness principles, nut tnese pieages are . ..... . . j. i frequently entirely forgotten or only half fulfilled after-election. Thus, for example, the mayor and council were elected Mast spring on pledges of municipal ownership of public utilities and especially In favor of the establishment of .a municipal electric I lighting plants An ordinance author izing the Irhus of bonds for the purchase or acquisition of an electric lighting plant' was introduced in the council as a matter of form, but when the time came for juittlng it through it was killed by dilatory, tactics. For several years past public sentl- ment in Omaha has favored supervision I of the storage and hauling of explosives I and the inspection of premises where l" ""-c.v.j ... """ been frustrated through mysterious in- j fluences. The pcrlodlc( loss of life and property in 'flrctrap structures and overloaded warehouses calls for more efficient in spection on the part of the superintend ent of buildings, but no action has been taken to forestall such accidents beyond the pressure of public opinion exerted I through the newspapers.. The charter calls for the submission of every build ing plan to the Board of Health, with a view to insuring sanitary protection, but this provision hag . been Ignored for years. ; While the City employs anjnspect(ir of weights and measures to prevent wMjwiMi hntnk.M M m.l . kabnM ieAi tri Wj I Bv--,c. -viuvi. urn. m.cn-..vi leg thirteen ounces for, a, pound, there has been no' attemut made for the in-1 snectlon jof ' electric Dower " and light 1 1 meters, gas -meters and water meters that have jro'-erbial elasticity.' It is doubtful whether any other city of equal nnrmlntlnn axnonrllncr mom thnn lurrt ; '..' - , J thousand dollars a day for metetedjrub- UC Utilities Is left .entirely Without pro- tectlon through the periodic inspection 1 of meters. ', , ' I While the city electrician is, presumed to inspect the wiring of every new struq- j ture erected in the city as well as all! the plants supplied by electric power; public safety also demands the periodic . .... ,u 1 . inspection of the whin electric lighting and power plants that have been tn- stalled years ago, but which by reason of wear and tear may be in an unsafe condition liable to endanger life and property. . " , . Without laying the responsibility for these shortcomings at the door "of any officer. The Bee deem, it its duty to cal. public attention to the crying need of I v)rgln,a or th! reason that they are one more efficient Inspection that should be I aixty-tourth Indian blood? Randolph was. Inaugurated with the coming year, . It is related In the history of Artemns Xard that when he was once upon a time chased bv a rtirate on the Wabash canal he dumped a peck of oats on the tow path and when the mules that piloted the piratical crart .readied the oats they would not budire an Inch and! allowed Artemus to escape. .Acting upon thlsjllustrious example. District Attor- ney Summers is said to be pondering over a no less onuiant piece 01 strategy of having a peck of onions dumped on hla political tow path that would beget a sympathetic flow of tears and arrest th wind up of his official career for at least a month or two- The Shipbuilding trust magnates deny that they had apy fraudulent Intentions In thefr manipulation of the stock or i iuo Iran. .v. fictitious values. Of course not They expected the revenues of the concern to Inmuiie at anch a ranlil rute under their skillful management as to earu profits ,, . - " . J . . on all the watered securities floated. They and tit others are simply victims of their 0WU unbounded confidence, or, to be more 'predue, their own confidence gam. - , ' The celebration of another forefathers' dsr emohaslzes the lmDortanc of the work done by the original colonists as well as their Absolute Incapacity to ap- prectate the significance of What they were doing. The mere intimation that they would be the heroea or the excuse, for an annual dluner in the twentieth century would have been scouted by them as preposterous. The abandonment oT the proposed bond Issue by th ltock Island road, la ex plained on the theory that the scheme of Improvement for which the proceed were wanted is not to be carried out and the money therefor will not be net-tied. The explanation would prob ably lav beu littl inor frank if lit had declared that the contemplated Improvements were abandoned because the money was not in sight Becauso the noise on the proposed grain exchange for Omaha has subsided j somewhat no one should delude hlra I self that the project is not being stead ily and rigorously pifshed. Take hold and, help It along. ' The deadlock between the mayor and council over the appointment of a rltv electrician will tint cost the electric 1bM any ,nconTenlence in the coUecilon of u,,, bmt or the computatlon of its royalty. Colonel Cody has succeeded in finan- nintr him Tilt ITnrn.Mnil KliomJI wl. 1 nit t cmnInte ,n expenditure of 3.500, L, tvh carj.t ttUtoi0 mn b. induced . .. . . .. . th r, -t rf be-Cfln(j projpctj ( It has not yet been publicly announced Just how many of the eminent gold dem ocrats who have been recalled from exile by the Jacksonlans have planked down their money for a place at the club's innual feed, i - ' ' Kakcri of Prosrreas. Chlcaan Inter Oeean. in the matter of obstructing everything that looks Hka nnwresa the rrand old democratic party stands today whers It always has stood. ' Thl.fci ( Ik 8a,Vlc. nBininiwn i ueu w u.-ivw. ,m la rh.ra-ed wtth homnK four positions and drawing four salaries. ' Just think what he Is sav ing the state In desk room. Threw Aaother Fit. . Detroit Free Pfess. After reading .Attorney General Ksox'a aVgument In the NortHorn securities case. wail street must bavybeen more continent than ever that President Roosevelt la an unsafe man. ".But They Feel It. . 'Chicago News . TJy an oversight mall carriers In passing a civil-service examination are not re quired to answer Questions ' as to what they regard as .the duty of a first-class Banta'Ciaus. , : . . . ' 1 ' 1 f ' w'" iMitimor American. his appearance "again at th head of a regiment will be. a striking tribute to the fact that in the higher civilization of the world right la becoming might.. A Few 1st Kvch irtll. .-' Indianapolis Journal. Senator Chauncey M. Depew, an unqnes. Ooned authority In n that relates to plu tocracy and its sttrlbutfs, .estimates that there are 100,000 millionaires in . the United gt(Uea Yet there . arvsom people who say that no middle.. Class of any extent exists In this country, . . '.' That Will Hold Him, . -' . New ykTrttrana, i A Texas court has. sentenced a criminal to a thousand years, of Imprisonment for a crime which, ths'ljws -of She Ixne Star state did not, make Vntshable with death. Whori that felon, f menres from hla mlllen- . V. . - ! . . . ... 1 ntoi coni!nrment,nrNiiu unaovoieoiy enusi las s 'memjer.-6ft ahe erew of the Flying uutenman. Rsnnlnaf or I.lcklasr. Indianapolis Journal. ' If Senator GorMnn should succeed !n making tne administration policy in th fanama anair. an issue in me nexi cam paign, as tie seemi Ho be timing at, he will be ebaJly -,Ttls , An,,rioan pK)ple wnl never favor apolicy of -Subordinating American Interests to the dictation of a tettth-rat power jiae, coiomma. . ; gooa Thine for Parker. , . Philadelphia Press. :tK . General Weaver of Iowa, who was once a hopeless canowaw ror presiaent mmseir. Pbabiy has something sgainst Judge Parker, he has declared for th New Tork JurUt Jerry slrrrp,on dl(1 th same the other day. if this sort of thing goes on there will be democrats who will hat Jud prker or th friends he has made. what void Randolph Sot 1 . Philadelphia tedger. . . I W wonder what, John Randolph of Ro- anok would y could he know that little EL Va XlTZZ as every on knows, lineal descendant of Pocahontas, the daughter of a king, and the Hotspur Vlrctnlan was never ashamed to admit th fact.. Pocahontas was th daughter of a naked Indian, who cooked hla fish -with the scales on and th entrals undisturbed within, whii the little prin- r. would pla y with th. Jamestown bys, "turning a somerset" equal to any of them. Yet, after all. he was a princess. and her marriage was the first In the now rZS-lT n M nav, nld, impossible the exclud- 1 ig of the Dabney Children from that Vir I gtnla school. BACKSLIDERS TAKES III. ,1 1 - , Osaaha Jacksoataus Bid for Qad Coaiaay. Chlcsso Inter Ocean. Tne jacksonian club of Omaha, en of I the first democrstio organisations of th west to support Mr. Bryan's aspirations, by unanimous vot has reinstated forty I aKam BtiAin It Avnelled aeven-veara aaro for rber,on agalnat Mr. Bryan's peculiar I theories of th currency. I Th resolutions readmitting these gold JmocraU loth club declare Ihera to bav. J been "iually loyal to the cardinal prln. i lr.. tK. rv" with the Brvanitea I who sought to deny then any right to b I called democrats. In other words, th Bryaaltas, and not tho geld democrats, are Mr. Bryan will nrobably feel that an un e.ir Avmnlmm baa bean takeit of his ab ia Europe, in spite of all his fuiini- nations saralmt the "reorganisers," no sooner Is h out of the country man some of his most faithful followers of )h past in hla nwn atata not only make neao with I th "reorganiaera," but positively surrender I to them. Most democrats, however, have got be yond earing what Mr. Bryan thinks or feels. They know that' Bryanlsm has be com . absolutely hopeless and that Mr. Bryan 1 now nothing but the discredited leader of a dwindling faction. They know that ther to but on way to give thelr party even a chano o( success, and that la to cut loos from Mr. Bryan. Even in Nebraska th democrats are tak trig thle way. beuaua fhey see that only thus can they make their party respectable and re-eatablbih Its reputation for sanity They are leaving Bryan and following the "reorganlsem" because they are weary of "the bi:k of defeat" . PERSONAL FOTKS. Congresaman Ollla James of Marloh ind David Illghbaugh of Hodgevllle are called the Pavld and Uoliath of the Kentucky delegation In congress. Christmas trees, according to th Chicago health department, have no place In Tats. Flatvdwellera are subject to arrest any way If they try to be happy. William C. Rodger, chief of the Chero- kees, will probably be the last to hold that position. lie haa little Cherokee blood In bis veins, being nearly white. Because of strikes among the livery drivers It is Impossible to hold funerals m Chicago. At this rat Chicago will lose Its reputation of being a good town to dls In. Not long ago a caller complimented Herbert Spencer by tailing him that ha had don more than any other man to popu larise philosophy. "I think it probable," the sag answered, "that If you should ask ninety-nine out of a . hundred people whether they would dally tak a spoonful of cod liver oil or resd a chapter of my 'Principles of Psychology they would pr far th cod liver oil." , ' It Is doubtful if there Is a public man In the Unlfed States who has a better mem ory - than Senator Cockrell. ' II never for gets a fac and he can go Into any neigh borhood of Missouri today and call by name dosens of men whm he has not seen In many years, and recall little Incident In thele owrr lives or those ef their communi ties which they themserves but dimly recol lect or bar entirely forgotten. General Lew Wallace of Indiana, stoutly denies reports that he Is seriously 111. Th general was In New Tork a few days ago, saying he had gone there to purchase a couple of hunting outfit for himself and on. Then he Is coming back to Indiana and will later go duck hunting In th Kan kakee river district. "That doe not look Ilk a Job for a sick man." he said. "When I can get around to It I am going to hunt up th fellow who ls trying to make an Invalid of me. He'll probably need a doctor when I get through with htm."- KEEP POLITICS Ol'T. . Partisanship Haa JSo Plaea . I Raral . . Fre Delivery. Indianapolis Journal. 1 v A curious Illustration of how ''everything runs Into politics" Is afforded by the dis cussion regarding rural free delivery which pcurred In the house of representatives on Tuesday. ' One would -think that the question of extending the rural delivery service was about as remote from party politicises anything could" be, but th en tlre discussion . on Tuesday was political. Ther was comparison, of northern and southern states, of '.republican and demo cratic districts, allusions to "the pi coun ter," etc., but no mention of th cost of, the service, the reasons for it extension In one locality and not In another; nor to any business aspect of the ess. It was all politics. As th government has exoluslve charge of themail service It Is under obligation to give the people the best possible service at th lowest possible cost. Th people do not demand that the service be self- sustaining, as In fact tt Is not, but they do demand that It be a efficient as possible. The number of persons who ar directly and continually, day after day, Interested In the postal service Is vastly greater than the number of those Interested In any other branch of 'the' government service.' It IS the one branch that keeps the great mass of peopl In constant touch with the gov ernment and makes them .realise Its effl ciency and its benefits. They expect It to be maintained at the highest possible point of efficiency, and they are wjlllng to foot th hill for any deficit. But they want It to b run on business principles and not on political. Th mall should . b carried as rapidly and cheaply as possible, and mall matter delivered as quickly and as widely as possible In all parts of th country, ab solutely regardless of politics. 1 There ought not to be any favoritism in I the establishment of rural free delivery routes, but there are conditions whlch.may make It easier or more advisable to estab lish and extend the service in one locality than another. Obviously, two of these con ditions are density of population and good roads, in both of these respects there Is great difference in different parts of the country. According to th last census Ohio had 102 inhabitants to the square mile, In diana TO and Illinois 86, while Kansas had i. iNeurassa 13, .North Dakota 4H and South Dakota 6. City and town noDuIa- tlons count In bringing up th average density per square mil. Th southern states are not 'nearly as densely populated as 1 tne northern. Alabama ' has S5 in habitants to th square mile. Mlaaiaainni SS. Louisiana W, Georgia V, Arkansas 24, ana sa on. in mast densely Dooulateii rnese states has only a Httl mora than one-half as many inhabitants to th square mil a Indiana, That is an lmoortant factor In th establishment of rural de livery. ,Tha Question of good roads Is an other, material factor. Both of these must necessarily bs taken Into account In the esiaDiisnraent of rural delivery, but politics ougni not to, liave anything to do with It ALU OF F1HHARMS. Reasoas Why the , Baalaeaa ' gfcoald B Reatrleted. New Tork Mall and Express. mat the. oonatUutlon of the United States guarantee to "th people" th right to aecp and bear arms" is generally un oerstood, and the second amendment In part is quoted to prov the right of carry-. tng '-guns." Th clause, however, does not prevent the states from legislating as to tne way in permitted arms shall b car. ried. This state, by forbidding the carrying or concealed weapons except by those hav Ing licenses therefor, and a ew especially named persons Ilk the Justice of the supreme court, has undertaken U modify the constitutional permission to some slight extent, without in any way affecting the principle laid down by th organic law of the country. Th exploits of the recently captured car barn 'gang of Chicago, consisting of four young meii, barely 20 years old, who have murdered eight persons, ahow that be sides the regulation of the carrying of arms there should b rules governing their sale. Th constitutional permission to keep and bear arms depends In terms on the recog nised nscosslty of a well-regulated mllltla. rThere would seem, thereore, to b an openlng-lier for laws governing th sal of weapons. As matters stasd now, per sons manifestly below th militia age,' and persons disqualified for service In the miltla by their criminal record, may buy and keep arms ss easily and completely aa the most reputable ' person liable to ,J called en to serve. 1 The sale of firearms and deadly weapons should be regulated a fully as that of poisons,' and the . rules governing th sal of weapon and of poisons should be en forced. At present It Is more difficult for a reputable peraon to buy a few grains of strychnin than for an Inmate of Buirtd hall to Ruy enough carbolla acid to kill herself and most of her friends. 80 It I with firearms. Th four members of th ear barn gang bought revolvers, rifles, am munltlos and dynamite In Chicago without trouble, and could buy them her without delay, while peraon of reputable appear ance would be likely to meet with som difficulty In making similar purchases. It Is high time that th sale of firearms and other weapons was regulated more carefully1 than it Is now; and there are ccasiituttonul method of regulating It. ROt JID ABOTTT HEW TORK. Ripple the Cwrreat of Ml la th Metropolis. v Chinee reformers and reformed China men are to launch a newspaper In New Tork City early In th new year. It wm be printed with hatlvw- hieroglyphics, such as lend to t boxes th outward glow of Oriental romance. Tong Chew, a reformer from Wayback.' will do th heavy editorial work and occasionally laps Into poetry and burnished paragraphs. A delicate hint Is given exchang editor to help themselves, with proper credit, the pro jector Intimating that a few chunks of wisdom and levity for hatlvs mastication msy be found by diligent search with a hammer. ' The work of publishing a Chines news paper will be appreciated when It 1 known that ther are 60,000 separate characters In that language, each word having a symbol for Itself. It Is not absolutely necessary to use all these characters, but at least 20,000 must be employed to properly represent what a Writer desires to say. Th article Is resd from tho top downward In narrow col umns, on character directly below another Th name of the paper will fitly express Its object. Its main feature will b edi torials appealing to Chinamen In America and th motherland to join th reform movement Th pric will probably be so low that all may buy It Th daily will likely be sold for 1 cent It Is expected that It will circulate not only In this coun try but In China. Th on dally Chines paper published In th United 8tals I Th Chines Dally-World of Ban Francisco. "New Vorkltl," th victim of which Is Imbued with an overweening sens of th Importance of New Tork and New Tork ers. Is a very common disease, "but an other malady, which may become even mor prev&lertt. ha mad Its appearance. This ailment, according to a well known physician. Is "humerltls manhattanensls," or "New Tork shoulder." It Is said to be on of th penalties of being a "strap hanger." The physician In 'question de clares ' earnestly that th necessity of hanging on a strap in a surface or ele vated car several hour during a week haa contributed largely to th prevailing deformity of the - right . shoulder being higher than th left. This doctor say that according td his experience, three- fourths of all strap-hangers suffer wtth en larged shoulder joint and Intermittent pains there, which they frequently attribute to rheumatism. Passengers - hanging on th straps are swayed . and jolted with fore enough- to wrench the tendons, strain th muscles and injur the nerve and blood vessels. He says, further, that th un natural strain not only seriously Injures th joint and muscle of the arm, back and shoulders, but also weakens th heart action and affect th brain center. If th latter be . true, perhaps humerltls man hattanensls is . one cause of "New York It!." A Fifth avenue car was whirling toward the east end th other evening, when an old gentleman who had been .occupying a seat near where a young woman was stand ing for some time started to arise, as if to eitend th courtesy of his position -to her. The woman Instantly put her hand on the, old man's shoulder, and, pushing mm baca gently, remarked: "Oh, never mind I Keep your seat.' The car whixxed on for another square, when the old gentleman one more at tempted to arise, only to b pushed softly back by the woman, who said: "Pleas keep your seat sir. I hav stood so long now that I will not mind it for ths balance of th trip," "Well, but I want to get off' said th old man. In querulous tone and Jittering voice. 1 1 . . As he left the ear the passengers 'ap peared to be wondering whether he had not been held captive just one square be yondswhar he originally Intended to alight Taxes collected from th state and na tional banks and trust companies In Greater New Tork during the coming year will be KVil.lM.M greaterlhan during the present year. Under the, law, all banks bav to pay 1 per cent on ineir i.apnai, eurpiua and undivided earnings. The taxable prop. crtles of th banks of Greater New Tork under this act for the year 1903 aggregate 1206.169,060, as against )202.049,668 for 1902, a gain of 64,119.294. . . If 'prises were offered for perseverance, there is a man In Umbo, across th way In New Jersey, who is surely entitled to the top souvenir. He Is decidedly the most persevering man, whose activities hav claimed public attention hereabout for. a good many years. This man was married twenty-three years ago. ' Eighteen of these years, or more than two-thirds of his mari tal life, he has spent In prison for beating his wife. Th wonder Is not greet that New Jersey is proudly pointing to this un tiring and persistent man as a record breaker. Ha has ajso gained undying fame as a bone-breaker, seeing that every time he has undertaken to macerate hfk spous to a squash "lie has broken on or th other of her bones, and never by any chano re peated himself; but New Jersey is willing to preen Itself solely upon th undaunted seal with which .he has kept at his life work during all of then years. That he regarded the urging of his wl fe as his duly cppo!ntd mission in lif Is per fectly evident from th tact . ffeat on th very day he married her, twenty-three year ago, he punched her Into a shapeless pulp, nor has he ever abated In hla en thusiasm in th slightest degre sine that hour. Half a dosen of the biggest breweries which supply the NeW Tork market are said to have entered Into an agreement which practically amounts to the forma- Uon of a trust. The reasons for the forma tion ef the pool are said to be defensive Recent hostile legislation brought them to gether. One claim made Is that the naw combine will mak better beer and that although the price to saloon keepers may b higher. It will still remain at the old price to the consumers. "That useful piece of tinware known as "the can" la under the ban In th new order. It will not be profitable to operate a broomstick with pint and flUdrt pendants after th trust prices com in. There will be a howl to this, for th "poor man' loving cup" Is on of th institutions of New York. t That aWry small mule can register a very large protest when to Inclined wss demonstrated th other day, when the "Littl Corporal," th '"stul hornest mule on th job," wa lowared into the subway In lowef Broadway. The Corporal wa one of three that hav been hauling earth to th chut In front of Bt. Paul' chapel Placed in his cage for lowering, the ani mal began first to bray, then to snort and finally to kick, -so that th oa swung from sld to side like a rolling ship After three unsuccessful efforts Jo get him down, th eag was drawn back and th "Littl Corporal" wa removed.. A coat wa placed over hi head and a bag of oat given him. Between th coat which shut off hi alght, and th oat, which oc cupied his mind, th stubborn little fellow wa lowered without runner irou&ie. It wa a matter of great suryrlae to New Yorkers, as it no doubt will be to member of the medical profession through Out the country, that th late Dr. Cyrus Edaon, on of th. moat eminent medical men In th country, has left an estate ef little mor than e4.Su. Ilia yearly income was said to be between 120.000 and 140.07. , Th widow herself give a Clue as to how f this was spent "When th summer earn around and he wa tired." she said. "h would ask me It I wouldn't Ilk to go on a rsrhtlng trip. I'd i b glad. of course, to tak hi vacation with him, and then h'd go out and eharter a yacht for tS,000 or 110.000, and by the time we got back he'd hav little oe nothing left' and would plunge Into work to get money for th rext great extravagance." The house st M West Fiftieth street M ' wMch Dr. Kdson lived for - snany year - and which everybody supposed he owned, was rented. A GRAtlf MARKET FOR OMAHA. Fremont Herald-Leader: It has been several days athc w hesrd anything about "Omaha as a grain market' This la an Indication that th season Is unfavorable for th hooking of suckers. O'Neill Frontier All Nebraska would Ilk to see th Omaha grain market propo sition succeed. ' On of the ihtxcussbl thing In commercial conditions today Is hauling products of th western farms to points beyond thn Mississippi for market. Crelghton News:' Omaha seems now to he assured of a ers In market and matter are being pushed rapidly tor the permanent establishment cf th asm. A good grain market at Omaha would certainly be1 of unsurpassed benefit to the West and mor especially to th great stat of Nebraska, and should receive the unqualified endorse ment and ectlve support of vry farmer, , business msn, mechanic, laborer, la fact all th people of th stst, to -whom it mean mur-h. Th matter I being energetically pushed to suocess by th business men of Omaha. Th establishing of such a mar ket will mean higher prices all ever thl territory and will h of vast benefit t th peopl residing therein, more especially the farmer. Hastings Tribune: It -Is to, the Interest of the stat that capitalists push the grain business within Its boundaries, especially Is It true with regard to cereal, mills.. Ne braska In situated favorably for successful production cf most of th grains, and thee can' just as well b bandied .within th state, and put Into condition,, to , supply horn demand. Whether th center be Omaha, Lincoln,, or Whatever city th ex perlenc of dealer In that business points ' out the best situated location, Is of small Importance to th number that will be benefited; those who raise' th grain and thoa who consume th prodaot Th Idea that rhould get hold of the capitalists I th utilising of all th resources which state contains. Th west IS making rapid advances toward greater and greater Im portance as a national division,'-nd It la only by.glvlng each branch of Industry full opportunity to develop- Very reaoutc that Nebraska can hold her place tit th van of th proceaalon.- Ther th a rumor In the air that a new grain center !- to be estab lished In this section-cf th west; let Ne braska bestir herself to get It before It falls without th stat lines. .'-'. MERRY' WIJTKS. "Would vnu cull t os fcensational FrencU . -novels current literature' .Well poasibiv undercurrent .literature. .Detroit Free Press. . : Maybell Can you keep a searetT ' ; Elisabeth Tes, eaally, . But I can't help any one else keep one. Judge, . ' Mrs. Caudle I think there' a hiaa down stairs. . .. ; , , . Mr. Caudle I thought I heard som one. Suppose vou go down and ask him whst n wants. Even a burglar wouldn't stke a woman, you know.--ISoston' Transcript. Tou'r th first glrl.' s"Oh.don1!' sh "For whether Or nrt, the' past Is rsst The point now is to tik me feel. Quit sur that. I shall,, the Jsst" ' . - . .ti T0wn Toplos. .. ' .. ' . 1 ..-i r . j. "What are you going to gtv your bus band for Christmas?'' T "A whole lot of poker chips." said young Mrs. Torklna, "so that he can hev all he wants without having to sit up all night trying to win them." Washington BUr. "Desplt her age'kh Is still a. peach." "tes, of th canned variety." Cleveland Plain Dealer. ' ' Mis- Fella Knr.e You deliberately cut m the other day, didn't yo.T le other day, Cian't yo.T ., -, , , MIsh Ka.dley Well .or rtally, I dldn t enn to ' ' . Miss Bella - .nse ino, i iijjpuw couldn't help cutting erybody; you've got. la - h n cut such a hatchet-face, fhliaaipnia hatchet-face, Ph!ladlphl Nodd Wilkin has had a . lot of troubl Wl'.h his wife, hasn't he? Todd Yet, wny, l ieneve n w on tioi account that he had to exparat from hla typewriter. Indianapolis News. . , r:otroT-Toil have no Idea how the other half of the world Uvea. Why, ray dear, thi rhrlatmss mar.y uoor fellow Will b ea' Ing snowballs. . ' Mrs. Ootrox Gracious! Why don't they go south for the wintrT Towrl Toplo. k Mnrir4a vnimvater aired this rhyming remit of his holiday otprvsff nsi i n. i nr .'mm nuia -.. i Give dad th chills; " TII1 nmvr elimb ' ' .... The heavenly hills. ' .'. . Nor wear the angels . , v Wings an' frills. . . Because o' them ' ' " Same Crlstmss bills !" ''-' Atlanta Constltntlor 1 . '"' OJt.C'HHISTMAg EVI2. Jo Con In Four Track New. Last night I had a dandy time, ' ITwas night 'fore Chrlatmas, toe; Ma put me early into bed. . Jus' Ilk they always do The night 'fore Chrlatmas, an I lag As'siTil as I could keep. -An' made my pa and ma bellsv . 'At I wa fst aaleep. Well, by an' by I heard a noise. An' then I sen my pa ' Who says to ma, "I hs aslsepT Uv course he Is," says ma. An' then they fetched a lot uv stuff, A phonograph sn' sled, , An' Skates ai- things an' put .'m all Bcsld my trundle bed. An' then pa flllfcd ray stockln full, i An' then both tip toed near, An" ma she tucked me In ag In, An' sld. 'the littl dear." . An' thn I set rlsht up In bed, An' O. I had such fun; . v I'aald "Boot Mr. Banty Cla:" An' pa an' ma both run. i 1 If you dont know th sis thty can be Mchanged aftr Chrlatraaa, , Th pric and quality rsvnala th same. , . . - Prica S3.G0 ; Quality, None Better Sorosis Shoe Stord 303 5. 15th ,Frank Wlleox, Manager ....... Writ for th late catalogue