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1 TIIE OMAnA DAILY KEKi THURSDAY, OCTODETl 23, 1002. The omaha Daily Bee. E. HOSE WATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORN1NQ. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. llally Bee (Without Hundiyi, One Ya,r..$.f0 Daily Mee, una euiiouy, u.i Year o.i Illustrated nw, uiit" Ver t-unuay !', wno J t ar Ssturuay Uee. tine leur I w Twentieth L'cMurjr Farmer, One Year.. l.W DELIVERED HY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy... 2c Dally llee (wltnoui huimay). per wee... lie Dally tttu Itnc'uuing Butiuuy;, per week..lic Hunday itro, per copy 6c Evening ijtee (Wltho.n Sunday), per week w; Evening lite Uciudlng bundayj, per week 11c Complaints of Irregularities fn delivery should be addrcssi-d to City Circulation De partment. OFFICE8. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hail tfulldlng, Twenty-tilth and M Streets. Council Blurts 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 104o L'nlty Building. Jsew iurkZS2h i'urk How dulldlng. ' Washington M fourteenth Streeu CORKKhPONDENCE. 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Tzsuhuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of September, 19v2, waa as fol I lows: 1 30,130 16 Sl.lBO 3 80,740 17 81.IK20 80.8GO ., 18 81,140 80,310 31,ltMJ 1 31,870 20 B1.430 6 80,40 a 3tt,074 7 StU,a70 23 81,000 1 80,'JOO 23 34,600 ... 80,700 24 82,240 10 31,030 2a 81,200 11 30,820 2 30,770 12 81.2SO 27 30,030 U 81.2DO 23 21,02S II 20,600 2 80.S00 U 81,000 80 81,100 Total .928,225 Less untold ul returned copies.... 10,144 Net total sale .918,081 Net dally averago 80,002 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed in tny presence and sworn to before me this auth day of September, A. P., 10O2. M. B. H UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. It Is now up to the anthracite arbi trators. If you have not already registered don't fall to register Friday. Bo long as the Indian summer con tinues the price of anthracite coal cuts no Ice. The Omaha fire department has al ways got to be saved Just before an election. Perhaps It was John N. Baldwin who put Dave Mercer up to wcurlcg the Union label. Over 100 applicants have presented themselves already for the vacant county clerkship, and the cry Is "Still they come." . - . ... Now that the Boer -war and the coal strike are ' settled, ' South'- Dakota ; has started an agitation for the removal of its state capital. . The famous physicians are going to discuss consumption. There are plenty of cures, but the essentiul point Is that consumption Is seldom cured. The federal . judges have taken the Union raclflc cose under advisement, but while the men on the picket line ant enjoined from talking to strike breakers they are not enjoined from talking poli tics to other worklngmen. The Omaha Are boys were taught In Sunday school that "the Lord will pro Tide," and they have' learned by this time that Councilman Lobeck and the ther city fathers are always willing to act out the will of the Jrd as providers. There is very little satisfaction to be derived from the confession of John Flax, who was arretted for complicity in the recent Burlington robbery, that Tat Crowe was In It so long as the re doubtable bird of 111 omen remains at large. Bo far as the Denmark treaty is con cerned, it may be said that one or two little Islands more or less do not make much difference to the American people anyhow. However. Denmark may as Well understand that the market for selling its West Indian possessions is restricted to the United States. Our Dave takes great pride In telling the people that he has neon officially -n-Aorsed by the union labor organizations tnd wears the union label inside of his est pocket, but It is very singular that the union labor organisations have not endorsed Our Dave's unholy alllauce with John X. Baldwin In transforming the Omaha police force Into a strike breakers' guard. The missing link In the electric lines between Chicago and Milwaukee Is being staked out aud the completion of the Hue la expected early next spring. If a trolley line eighty miles long can be operated profitably In Illluols and Wis consin why could not a trolley line twenty to fifty miles long be operated profitably between Qtnahu and the towns within that radius? It has not been long since the South Dakota farmers were complaining of high rates of interest and went popu list But today South Dakota has on hand $500,ooo belonging- to the school fund which It Is impossible to lend be cause the law requires It to be loaned t not less than 6 per cent, whereas t money in any amount can be had In South Dakota on' good farm land se curity at considerably less .than 6 per jccaC... ' . ' v " the q vest toy ar the hour. The question of the hour In Nebraska Is tax reform. Compared with that Is sue all others pale Into Insignificance. The constitution of Nebraska expressly prohibits the state from contracting debts to exceed la the aggregate 1100.000, except for the purpose of repelling In vasion, suppressing Insurrections, or de fending the state in war, but the state debt today exceeds 12.000,000, is increas ing steadily at the rate of $100,000 a year, and will so contluue until the state compels the railroads to pay their full share of the expenses of government. The most flagrant wrong perpetrated upon Nebraska tax payers under Its ex isting revenue system is the assessment of the railroads at less than one-twelfth of their true value based upon their earnings and capitalisation, while the bulk of all taxable property In Nebraska Is assessed at one-sixth of Its value. The effect of this discrimination against the rank and file of property owners is strikingly exhibited by the table of com parative railroad assessments that ap pears on this page. The figures presented are carefully complied from official reports of the state auditor, the' bulletins recently Is sued by authority of the railroads, and the reports to their stockholders pub lished within the past year. These doc uments afford conclusive proof that the aggregate true value of railroads in Ne braska based on net earnings after de ducting operating expenses, betterments and taxes paid exceeds $312,000,000. An. Inspection of the table herewith presented shows Just how much each county has lost by gradual reduction of the railroad assessment within the past ten years, the aggregate apportionment of railroad assessments to etch county for the year 1002 and what the aggre gate assessment should .be If the rail roads were assessed at one-sixth of their value based on net earnings. The ap praisement of railroads that have not re ported net earnings, which constitute less than one-sixth of the entire railroad mileage in the state, Is based upon the value of their tangible property. The citation of a few figures should suffice to Impress every citizen of Nebraska with the imperative necessity of a rad ical change in railroad assessment. For example, the total assessment of railroad property In Adams county for the year 1002 is $682,521.00, assessed at a fair valuation it would be $1,284,306.11. The railroad apportionment in Buffalo county aggregates $640,324.00 for 1002; a fair valuation would have given Buf falo county $1,858,764, The aggregate railroad apportionment for Butler county Is $401,133, when by rights it should have been $1,052,712. The aggregate railroad apportionment for Cass county Is $862,614.20, when it should have been $1,141,147.00. The railroad assessment In Clay county ten years ago was $725, 402.00. This year it is $645,510;--if as sessed at a fair valuation it would have been $774,448. The assessment of Col fax county foa 1892 was $332,042, this year only $272,404. A correct apportldn- ment would have given Colfax county $468,300. Dawson county was credited with railroad property assessed at $569,025" ten years ago, this year only $498,801. A correct assessment would have given Dawson county $1,214,446. Gage county was assessed ten years ago $700,710, with thirteen miles more rail road it was credited this year with $763,042, when by rights it should have been credited with $2,540,736. Further comparisons would be superfluous. In order to make these -proof s more convincing still If such thing need be. The Bee will print within a few days a detailed exhibit by counties, the mileage of the various railroads in each county, present assessment per mile, true value of the railroad property within each ounty based on net earnings and rate at which each railroad should be assessed per mile. , " It remains only for the voters of Ne-j bra ska, and especially the taxpayers, to see to It that the candidates of all par ties shall be committed to. revenue law revision and railroad tax reform. 'a HVHPLL't ,UF LABOR. ,v It is stated that! there is more labor In the anthracite coal fields than can at present be employed, so that a consider able number of the striking miners and others who went out with them will not Immediately return to worjt. The op erators are not disposed to at once dis miss the nonunion men who remained with them during the strike, and besides there are many collieries that are not In condition now to be worked. Doubtless when all preparations for resumption are completed most of the union miners will be reinstated and In the meantime those who are not will be cared for by their organization. f This is not an unexpected situation. It was considered in the convention of miners and was the cause of such oppo sition as was made to the arbitration plan. It Is a fact, however, that, there was a surplus of labor In the anthracite region before the Btrlke, and there prob ably will be when mining Is fully re sumed, or at auy rate when normal con ditions in the market have been restored. Careful investigators have pointed out that there were more men at work in and around the anthracite mines than could be steadily employed, consequently' the earnings of most of the men were small and unsatisfactory. The high priced men were steadily employed, but the laborers lost nearly one-half of their time because there were too many of them competing for the same Job. For this condition of affairs the operators were chiefly responsible. One writer In the anthracite coal Industry says that the surplus labor is largely due to a policy, designedly pursued by the op erators whereby they might expect to keep laborers in due subjection. "They acted on the idea," says this writer, "that employes could be better con trolled, their tendency to combination more effectually frustrated, and indus trial friction, mors successful!, stasd, if they were kept near the starvation point, Irregular wages and a miserable exist ence were their devices to quell all at tempts of the mining employes to Insist on their rights as nieu. They believed the workmen could not stand prosperity and that the peaceful operation of the industry depended ou having a surplus of cheap labor." The operators should now be convinced of the mistake of this policy, but how shall a remedy be applied without In flicting hardships upon many of the men who are In the anthracite coal region? That Is the perplexing question, but 't would seem that sooner or later It will have to be met and determined, other wise there will be danger of a recur rence of controversy and trouble. Per haps the commission will be able to sug gest a practicable plan for dealing with the problem of surplus labor In the an thracite coal fields. THE BUGVS CLAIMANT. For sublime assurance and monu mental impudence commend us to our nonresident, sixth-term candidate for congress. As a great claimant be is without a peer in all these United States. Mercer's capacity as a claimant is em bodied in a card that bears his face on one side and a summary of claims on the other. To be appreciated they, must be studied and digested. To a man not fa miliar with Nebraska's history for the last ten years one would Imagine that Mercer was the only man who repre sented this state In congress and the only man to whom the state and the dis trict Is indebted for the appropriations made in those ten years. What are. the facts? Mercer takes credit for the entire $1,845,000 appropriated for the federal building, when 'as a matter of fact $1,200,000 of this amount had been se cured by Congressman McShane and Senator Manderson before Mercer en tered congrv-w3. Mercer claims all the credit for the $200,000 appropriated for the Transmls sisslppi exposition, when, as a matter of fact, the exposition bill was introduced by Senator Allen and pushed through the senate by Allen and Thurston, and would never have passed the house but for the Influence exerted by the Ne braska senators and the exposition man agers Mercer claims credit for the $40,000 ap propriated for the Indian congress, but, as a matter of fact, the bill introduced and put through the senate by Senator Allen was stalled In the house and given up by Mercer until the chairman and six members of the Indian committee had been converted by Influences outside of congress. Mercer claims the entire credit of $250,000 for Missouri river Improve ments, made chiefly for the benefit of the railroads, when,- as a matter of fact whatever credit is due belongs as much to the senators who represented Ne braska during the last tea years as to himself. Mercer claims credit for the $250,000 for Improvements expended at Fort Crook, when, as a matter of fact the ap propriations were secured through the Influence of Senator Manderson and en tirely regardless of the chairman of the house committee on public buildings. Mercer has the sublime cheek to claim credit for the building of the Carnegie library at South Omaha. He might as well claim credit for the Omaha public library building or the auditorium. Mercer claims credit for the appropria tions made by congress for the $131,000 appropriated toward the construction of postofHces at Has tings, Norfolk and Lin coln. Where do Congressman Burkett and Senator Dietrich come in? Burkett is a member of the appropriations com mittee and could have secured the ap propriation for Lincoln no matter who was the chairman of the building com mittee. Senator Dietrich secured the appropriation for Hastings because he lives there and had some influence in congress. If . Mercer is entitled to credit for all these appropriations now does It come that Wyoming, with only one congress man, secured more appropriations from the last congress than Nebraska with six congressmen? How does it come that the congressman from St. Louis, Sir. Barthold, secured over $6,000,000 ap propriations this year for St Louis, al though be Is not chairman of the com mittee on public buildings? And how does it come that the District of Colum bia, where Mercer owns his residence, without any representation in congress secured ten times as much for public buildings as Nebraska? Crediting Mercer with the full amount of appropriations to which he la entitled, namely, about $1,700,000 In ten years, or less than $200,000 a year, he has nothing to brag of in comparison with congress men from other states. But Mercer has wrought wonders. According to the great claimant's card he secured five branch postofHces for Omaha while Manderson, Thurston and Millard were looking on. He secured military training In the Omaha High school when high schools in all the other large cities enjoy the' same privilege. and Omaha Is paying for its military trainers. He has allowed rural free de livery routes to be established In this district snd so has every other con gressman In his district with Uncle Sam footing the bills. Last but not feast Mercer claims to be officially endorsed by business men's associations, farmers' clubs and tradel unions, but falls to say why or where fore. He claims by the card to have voted for an anti-trust bill In congress, but does not explain why the allied rail roads and the allied trusts have exerted all their Influence and power to bring about his renomlnatlon for a sixth term. The coal operators demanded that one of the arbitrators should be a "sociol ogist," and accordingly President Roose velt appointed E. E. park of Iowa under that head,- Jiow the tatara oers art NEBRASKA RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS What They Have Been -What . Ba-A Startling Assessment for 1802. I 740.238.OO ' 840,765.00 64,400.00 147,878: OO 142,050.00 740,721.00 ' 170,050.00 244,405.00 057,127.00 . 8.18,(182.00 227,870.00 O.O.tO.OO 503,550 OO 438,4 18.0O 725,402.00 332.042.OO - 181,000.00 284,055.00 288,625.00 860,025.00 403,850.00 200300.50 21S.1A5.00 804,808.50 701,004.00 100,302.00 731,400.00 205,008.00 128,620.00 268,400.00 760,710.00 10,480.00 83,320.00 108,115.00 100,005.00 604,708.50 820,868.00 845,012.00 87,770.00 203,388.00 377,078.00 100,030.00 878,145.00 803,104.00 275,130.00 807,744.00 405,812.80 425,872.50 138,800.00 1,108,447.00 840,633.00 . 281,605.00 588,767.00 152,730.00 802,070.00 500,828.00 532,185.00 800,024.00 178,400.00 181,500.00 288,600.00 682,574.00 0437O.OO 217,070.00 800,060.00 118,600.00" 657,017.00 412,700.00 830,410.00 220,035.00 217,050.00 114300.00 454,130.00 110,550.00 84,400.00 154365.00 207,000.00 227,700.00 314,837.00 11,700.00 443,022.00 Coisty. Miles. Adams 132.0T Aatelope .... T2.3T Blaine ....... Jg.40 Be Dllt 42.3.1 Brows ...... .. 28.8 BnfTalo 107.OO Bart 85.21 Boone RO.On Ratler 134.27 Case 124.1.1 Cedar 4T.84I Chase 2.01 Cherry 112.T1 Cheyenne .... ft.ft.32 Clay llft.ftO Colfax ........ 43.43 Camilla- 80.32 Caster ........ 81.13 Dakota 80.01 Dawson 83.87 Dawes 60.78 Denel Xfl.ftS Dixon 45.4S Dodge 81.80 Doaajlaa 1OO.02 Dandy 41.84 Fillmore ..... 127.86 Franklin . . . . 40.34 Frontier ...... 82.18 Fnrnas 62.87 Case 168.04 Oarfleld 4.71 Gosper 20.83 Grant 30.80 Greeley 51.88 Hall 74.00 Hamilton .... 66.83 Harlan 81.05 Hare ia.50 Hitchcock m . . 40.16 Holt TT.4S2 Hooker 80.18 Howard 01.20 Jefferson .... 105.83 Johnson ...... 88.40 Kearney ..... 70.81 Keith 41.75 Kimball 88.15 Knox 27.00 Lancaster .... 200.04 Lincoln 105.35 Madison 58.46 Merrick 68.88 Nance 83.04 Nemaha 73.67 Knckolla ..... 140.22 Otoe 112.14 Pawnee , 87.10 Perkins '43.85 Phelps ....... '45.80 Pierce ....... 50.30 Platte 07.10 Polk 31.48 Red Willow.. 'tO.46 Richardson ' , An.BO Rock ........ 03.12 Sallae ........ 0.8 Sarpy 04.10 Saanders ..... 85.80 Scotts BlaS Seward 85.36 Sheridan '77.05 Sherman ..... 67.37 Sloax 48,18 Stanton .22.08 Thayer 00.11 Thomas 83.SO Tharston' ..... 10.88 Valley 40.11 Washington .. 53.40 Wayne 45.54 Webster 60.07 Wheeler 8.30 York 80.02 Total . . . , 820,330,031.00 Averse aaseasment per mile, Average assessment per mile, Fairly assessed, weald be discussing what a sociologist really Is. But If they will turn to John Fisk's booli entitled "The Evolutionist," they will find the thing set forth as clear as the noonday "un, as follows: "The student of sociology assumes as data the general and undisputed facts of human nature, and with the aid of all such concrete facts as he can get from history he constructs his theory of the general course of evolution." Anybody can thus see what the sly corporations were driving at There Is a very general curiosity en tertained as to what proportion of the amounts Omaha mine speculators and street railway magnates have t$ked In by the sales of their properties to eastern syndicates will be spent for enterprises In Omaha. The packing combine Is now about ready to extend Its operations. The principal direction of the extension. It may be presumed, will be the floating of Its securities. There has for years been an ironclad understanding among the big packers affecting the essential matters of the Industry. Ahead of the Procession. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Industry of President Roosevelt is remarkable. He has already done most of bis work for 1904. Recalllac the Geed Old Days. Washington Post. At aay. rate, tbe talk of Mr. Olney and Mr. Cleveland will tend to remind tbe de mocracy of tbs better times It enjoyed be fore It waa made tbe adjunct of tbe lectur ing and publishing business. Maeh Cry Over Little Wool. Philadelphia North American. Compared wltb England's mining industry tbe anthracite business of Psnnsylvanla Is a small affair to have made sock a tremen dous row. Our anthracite mines produce about 60.000.000 tons a year. Last year England exported te Hamburg alone 1,111. 000,000 tons of coal. ' Let It Om at That. San Francisco CalL Admiral Crowlnshleld announces there la no truth la the report that ke Intends to retire, and so another pleasing hope vaa Ukea Uh the glee af aatuaaa leaves. The Thay Are What They Should Array of Figures. What Assessment Shonld Be. 8 1,284,800.11 205,402.50 65,200.00 148,500.00 l--t2.22S.76 1,858,704.75 241,233.71 652,405.10 1,052,712.50 1,141,147.00 246,833.50 66,440.00 621,283.75 1,080,010.40 774,448.41 408,300.40 178,888.40 470,220.041 825,628.80 1,214,440.00 865,803.78 825,560.40 814,085.88 735,025.33 1.007,803.52 782,322.82 834,183.33 527,878.48 00.800.00 208,018.05 2,520,730.27 12,510.06 62,400.00 02,670.00 808,471.00 1,040,540.71 1,108,240.53 710,832.00 37,770.00 630,252.08 810,086.25 00,540.40 1,270,354.20 1,101,201.70 001,002.02 407.3OO.44 815,452.80 711,104.40 107,450.78 23203i2.ll 1,201,580.80 407,187.33 1,022.150.28 717,401.00 085.520.44 775,076.13 1,848,535.55 878,008.05 181,550.00 130,470.10 244,472.82 1,810,550.25 830,070.03 041,201.20 1,185,582.48 100,030.00 045.772.33 832,663.75 1,01533433 120,150.00 343,018.84 206,585.00 400,403.00 108,180.00 110,770.02 034,040.08 00,000.04) 113,044.88 208,282.40 157,000,47 811,004.04 002,237.07 10,080.00 030,710.08 Assessment for 1002. 8 O82.521.0O 240,018.00 02.8fl0.OO 150,404.00 102,024.00 040,324.00 188,002.00 181,455.00 401.133.OO 802,014.20 204,780.041 58,440.00 405.750.OO 600,360.00 040,510.10 272,404.00 144.688.00 807,108.80 . 208.022.00 408,801.60 820,124.00 202,248.00 251,848.00 453,022.00 740,531.00 180.030.00 020,024.00 185,001.00 110,848.50 252,207.00 703,042.00 12,070.80 71,803.50 105,020.00 101,851.40 40O.57O.OO 280,657.00 817,070.50 87,770.00 104,070.00 267,282.00 102,012.00 302,101.40 687,033.00 258,280.00 855,600.00 400,800.00 854,858.00 120,824.00 1,205,807.20 735,004.50 215,000.00 618,018.40 118,700.00 802,211.00 617,110.50 525,463.00 860,377,00 101,282.60 150.707.O0 206,020.00 460,008.00 70,648.00 200,073.00 401,007.00 ' 83,232.00 827.878.20 681,078.00 847,501.80 88,110.00 832,080.00 271,842.00 188,802.80 170,042.00 85,060.00 415,504.00 113,220.00 87,770.00 140,044.40 230,000.00 230,808.00 287,853.50 10,214.40 303,202.00 Miles. 132.07 72.37 18.40 40.62 28.58 108.10 36.21 50.00 134.27 124.34 47.80 18.48 112.71 134.45 12O.O0 43.43 80.32 04.2O 50.01 63.60 0O.7O 20.76 50.O7 81.80 1O7.O0 41.54 127.80 46.84 82.13 62.87 171.16 4.17 20.83 80.80 81.85 74.00 00.33 81.55 12.80 40.10 77.62 80.18 01.20 110.41 88.40 70.52 41.52 30.21 27.00 228,10 105.35 58.46 08.33 38.04 78.07 130.00 112.26 87. IO 43.85 45.30 50.30 67.16 21.40 60.46 80.80 28.12 82.72 ' 88.40 80.80 40.05 85.06 77.05 67.37 48.25 22.08 00.11 33.SO 10.88 40.27 B3.40 ' 45.54 O0.07 8.80 80.02 .... 820,580,502.70 852.803,002.55 1802 85,307.66 1002 4,001.67 ........ 0,222.14 admiral continues to Insist, bqwever, that his name shall bs pronounced "Crunshell," so we can shorten tbs name it not the service. A StartllntT Theacht. Baltimore American. The report that an eminent physician might have discovered a virus that would form an antidote for all diseases Is nat urally awakening a great deal of interest ia the ranks of tbs medical profession. That one of their comrades would do any thing that would make them useless mem bers of the community is a startling thought to tbem. A Lone Felt Want. Chicago Chronicle. Sleeping cars are to be run on tbe trol ley line between Detroit and Cleveland. Our local electric systems do not stand ia need of sucb equipment, but a hospital car with surgeons and trained nurses aboard could do a large business at pretty nearly every intersection of east-and-west and nortb-and-south lines two or three times a week. Valcar Display an Irritant. Washington Post. Wealthy people, living decent Uvea and dispensing their means with self-respecting discretion, are a boon to tbe needy and Industrious within the horlxon of their In fluence. But mere vulgar display and stupid wastefulness create an entourage of pampered Insolence fully as mischievous as tbe coarse ostentation tbat promotes and nourishes it. Honest men who labor In le gitimate occupations are merely infuriated by tbe spectacle of highly paid flunkey who superintend dog lunches and monkey matinees. Tbey recognise In sucb func tions the degradation of labor and their hearts grow hot against tbe millionaires who patronise such parodies on manhood. Law aad the Beef Trnst. Philadelphia Record. Tbe beef trust doesn't appear to be afraid of Knox, and, to do him Justice, tbe attorney general doesn't appear to be much afraid of tbe beef trust. The sit uation Is not unlike tbat set forth by a showman who was dilating on tbe merits of a picture he bad on exhibition repre senting Daniel In tbs lions' dea. "Thst fel low with tbe cotton umbrella under, bis arm." be explained to his audience. Is Daniel. Tou will see tbat Daniel does not care a bawbee for tbe Hon; and by looking clust you'll Bad tbs lion doesn't care a cuss for blra." The people are "look ing clust" at tbs moves of tbe government and tbe beef trust, but they sea so evi dence of tremor and no particular falling off la tke price ef steaks aad ckeps. A NOTAM.K FRKriCDF.1T. Action of rresldeat Roosevelt la the Coal roatrnversy, rhlladelDhla Lcdser. It was the latent power and majesty of the government of tbe United 8tates tbat Invoked patriotism as a means to peace. It as the president's snpesl which proved to be irresistible; It was tbe government, in the perron of the president, who accom plished peace. And thereby was estab lished a precedent which will stand hon ored and observed In all surh matters of momentous popular concern as long as the republic itself ehsll stand. Men may look In vain through law and history to And a precedent of greater Importance, more valuable, worthier of being followed than that which President Roosevelt created when In his wise and brave old sincerity of patriotism, he, by tbe unassalled dignity of bis office, and tbe power of tbe gov ernment for which It stands, moved the leaders in tbe prolonged struggle to settle their difference. With tbe making of this precedent a new and potent force of Inestimable worth has been added to our political Institutions and a new Influence for peace has been estab lished. They stand for the ending of quar rels, for the laying down of arms by con testants whose contentions adversely affect the general good. The functions of government should all be beneficent, but tbe Public Ledger can conceive of none of tbem which can be more beneficent than that of intervention for the amicable settlement of quarrels of such vast magnitude as to not only inflict loss and suffering upon the people, but which threaten tbe very foundations of organized society. President Roosevelt has eetsbllBhed this wholesome precedent of ar bitration as a law to which every loyal, patriotic citizen should at once yield cheer ful obedience. IRRIGATION PROBLEMS. Eqaltable Dlstrlbntloa of the Water Supply of First Importance. New York Independent. Operations for carrying into effect the new national irrigation law have begun. The initial steps, consist of surveys, meas urements and estimates, with tbe accom panying withdrawal from homestead entrj of millions of acres in the semi-arid regloa which it is expected will be benefited by the law's procedure. Eastern investors who have spent large sums developing Irri gation properties alopg western streams too meager for the demands that may be made upon tbem are anxious; settler under these ditches are likewise worried. The Arkansaa river, for Instance, waters a rich territory in eastern Colorado, making It blossom as the rose, but the stream is so thoroughly drained in the process that It enter Kan sas a six-foot brook wandering through a half mile wide expanse of drifting sand. The status of the Platte as Its branches enter Nebraska is similar and there ar other examplee, the results of irrigation's de velopment. Supposing an attempt la made to equalize the water supply of thesd rivers among tbe states through which they pass, what is to become of the ditch properties now only fairly nourished? Indications are, however, that this will not be undertaken at present. The money from the sale of government land In the semi-arid section, which is to be the basis of the appropria tion, will be used at first to sink artesian wells where possible, to establish reser voirs tbat may impound the surface waters and to utilize In a larger measure the rain fall now vouchsafed. These are the sensi ble things to do, for tbey will demonstrate tbe possibility of adding te the fertile area of the west without robbing those portions already making satisfactory progress. The results of these experiments will be watched with keen Interest by two large classes Investors and would-be settlers. They are' of much importance to both. PERSONAL NOTES. President Mitchell will now have to yield in tbe public eye to the man who Invents a new foot ball play. James Albert Washington Green of Not toway county, Virginia, who had seven sons who fought with bim in the confederate army, Is still living. Hon. Alfred Davles, a Liberal member of the British parliament, is in St. Louis for the purpose of investigating the exposition conditions and prospects with a view for tbe proper commercial display of his coun try. In tbe colleges which give course l mu nicipal administration the professors should not overlook tbe wonderful feat of the New York police captain, who, with a salary of $2,750 a year, could lay by more than $100, 000 In ten years. Wu Tlngfang Is to be tbe guest of Raw lins post, Orand Army of the Republic, at Minneapolis in December. Governor Van Bant of Minnesota will preside over a ban quet to be given in Wu's honor, after which the Chinese diplomat will make an address in the opera house. Thomas F. Ryan of New York, who has given a new cathedral to cost $250,000 to Richmond, Vs., Is one of a group of multi millionaires who are Identified with the grest street railroad systems and which In cludes ex-Secretary Whitney, W. U Elklns and P. A. B. Wldener. The duke de Loubat, who has come to New York to attend the congress of Ameri canists, is trying to induce some American publisher to bring out an English transla tion of the manuscript of Brother Bemsrdo Sahagun, relating to tbe pre-Columbian his tory of Mexico, which has lain for reutnries in tbe Library Lorenciana Medici, in Flor ence. A little red. a little white, oneway. Here's a better : Take Ayer's Sarsaparilla. and rich. You know the rest: red cheeks, steady nerves, good digestion, restful sleep, power to endure. Keep the bowels reeular with Averts Pill . tKiJ will greatly aid the Sarsaparilla. Two grand family medicines. Keep them on hand. j. a aytb co.. lowu. xass. TUB FOINTAIN OF 101T11. Lone Felt Waat Discovered by at F.dltorlal Ponce de Leon. Baltimore American. Ever since the days of Ponce d Leoi men have been searching for the fountain of youth. The desire to live forever, to retain youth through endless sees, Is a.s strong now as it waa when tbe hnrdy nil Spaniard went roaming over "the wild and woolly southland." Kllxlra of life have come and gone, each with Its short-lived vogue, and still the quest tor the source of youth eternal goes on. It Is an alluring pursuit Its promises are so delightful. Its possibilities, should it terminate success fully, so attractive that tbere is no flagging pf test. Youth happy, bounding, exuber ant youth! ia the quarry, and the gnmo Is well worth the candles tbat are burned In the cbaso. Strange that nan has hunted so long and laboriously for this fountain of youth. If only you know. It Is easy to find. Ponce de Leon .could not find It because he lived too soon; It did not exist In his day. It hides in no dense wilderness, lurks not in tbe center of any great morass. Is not guarded by demons in hideous shapes, nor doe It gush forth sparkling elixirs. We have discovered it when so many failed. We found It quite by accident, in a dull, low, red-brick and gravel-roofed building, filled with noisy clerks. The only real fountains it possesses are commonplace hy drants that flow liquid mud. It Is in Washington, and over Its doers are the words, "U. S. Census bureau." A abort time ago tbe Census bureau Is sued a population age statement, showing tbat whereas the medium age of the Amer ican people that age at which one-half are over and one-half under it waa 15.4 years in the year 1810, it bad Increased to 22.4 in 1900. The causes of this Incresse are stated thus: "The rapid progress of medical snd san itary science, which has tended to in crease the average length of life; ths de crease In the relative number of children born, which has made the earlier age periods less preponderant numerically in tbe total population, and the Influx, espe cially since 1840, of great numbers of adult immigrants, increasing the number in the older age periods." ' Now for our discovery. We hold that the Census bureau Is the real fountain of youth, because It ha shown exactly how life in America i being lengthened. Ac cording to its calculations. It will, as we figure it. only be a matter of 11.730 years before the median age of the American people will equal the age of Methuselah, ' beyond which even Pone de Leon would hardly have cared to live. The Census bureau proves it by facts and figures tbat youth Is being prolonged at the rate ot five-sixths of one year. every decade. As a fountain, It is still aomewhat backward, but if it only holds on and keeps its causes active the people who live 120 centuries hence will be youthful a good long while. And having enriched the world by this promise of perpetual youth to our progeny 860 times removed, we think the Census bureau should now save Its energies for the work it will have to do in the year 13632 A. D. FLASHES OF FIN. Detroit Free Press: "How energetically they play," said Mrs. Hojack, who waa watching a foot ball game with her hus band. "Yes." added Mr. Holack. "They kick while the gridiron is hot. Philadelphia Catholic Standard: "Colonel," asked the northern undertaker, "do you people of the south believe In cremation?" "Sometimes, suh," replied the CVilonel, "when we think plain lynchln' . wouldn't begin to fit the crime, suh." , Brooklyn Life: Yellow Editor I see you denounce that last police shake-up story as a lie. New Reporter Yes, sir. "Well, I want to caution vou that when denouncing any story as a lie you want to be careful that It did not originate with us." New York Sun: Ills Reverence What, Mrs. Flynn, washing on Sunday? Mrs. Klynn Sure, an' wasn't It yer Rlv erence thot towld us thot cleanliness was nlxt f hollnesx? Ol'ra only makln' a hum ble effort t' git next, yer Rlverlnce. Chicago Tribune: "Have a good time when you want on that big secret society excursion?" "Yes, only we got our grips pretty badly mixed." Philadelphia Press: "See here." she said, "Just tell that clerk I can't wait. I've got to catch a train, and he'a been gone fully ten minutes looking for a pair of shoes for me." "Pardon, madam," replied the floor walker, "but the smaller the size the harder It Is to find, you knftw." . "Well er If he 11 hurry a little I'll watt for the next train." WHEN THE MULLAH IS MAD. Chicago Tribune. O, Tommy Tommy Atkins take our quiet little tip: Don't monkey wtth the mullah when he's mad. He's a tough old proposition and a nasty man to whip. And he'll put you. Tommy Atkins, to the bad. He has his lucid moments, when you may approach him, and There are moments when he'd rather be alone When he gets the crasy notion that his state, Somaliland, Isn't hitched securely' to the British throne. O Atklna Tommy Atkins of your prowess we're aware, . And we know you're always Tommy on the spot. But, Atkins, of this mullah you are chas ing have a care He's tbe maddest, maddest mullah of the lot. When he gets the craxy notion of his country's ownerehlp ' His case of grouch Is very, very bad So Tommy Tommy Atkins take our quiet little tip: , Don't monkey with the mullah when he's mad. delicately blended. ThaiR It makes the blood