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Guardian and Ward.

A rosy light of human helpfulness
sufuses the short catechism on eudow-
ment life insurance policies subjoined:
The Actuary-I don't think there hos been SO
much deception as disappointment.
Senator ARNnrRoN0-Were not the disappoint'
ments due to false promises!
Tho Aotuary-I think they were due to chang
ing conditions
Exactly. In the bright beginning OF
a ten-year. fifteen-year, twenty-year
endowment policy n hopes SO much,
The slips inserted in the policy hint at
such golden returns. The polioyholder
lies awake nights, thinking of the money
slowly gathering on that policy. He
hugs himself for his discriminating "in-
vestment" and his thoughtful provision
for his family.
He forgets that the company is a poet
and an optimist. He forgets that this
talk Of past results" is a poetic allusion,
not O guarantee. Can the company
foresee changing conditions? Can the
company prevent conditions from chang
ing? Some gold that glistefs is a brick;
and let the buyer bewarel
One o piece out of this admirable
short catechism:
= Senator A~nnsrRoNu-why should not q man
have the option Of drawing out his dividends every
yeaxi .f-
-Fhs Aotuary-BocAuSe he Ia better on with,
out IT.
This is the true theory Of life insurance.
The policyholder is a froward child. His
wise and loving guardians know what's
good for him. If he could get at his
money he'd spend it. 1t is a kindness
10 him to keep it from him.
Besides, II he is allowed to get it, they
can't use it; and some of 'em know how
to use 1t to advantage.
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The End of Coerelye Statehood,

The action Of the Senate on the Joint
Statehood bill may be regarded IA a
final disposition of the ugly idea that
Federal power at Washington should be
employed to force the people of one
Territory into an undesired union with
the people of another Territory.
The gallant fight which Arizona has
made in two Congresses for her higher
interests and her moral and les rights
Ia now won. Senator BEvERIDGE is
reported AZ announcing his intention to
\ renew the attempt at the next session,
We doubt il We the optimism OF
that energetic but sometimes misguided
statesman will be equal to the expert
ment when another opportunity comes,
The significance Of the Senate's vote OF
~ to 20 for the Foraker amendment
providing a separate reference to the
people of the two Territories is not likely
to be forgotten very o New Mexico
win probably com in at her time
and in her own way, and Arizona in
dependently, when she is ready. There
Is no other visible occasion for a rec,lr-
renee elsewhere Of the same issue. When
the case of Alaska m up in the indef-
mite future the question will be n of
partition, not of union. Joint Statehood
~by5coercive process, against the will and
the protest of an organized Territory, is
probably dead.
Too much Importance should not be
attached to this event as an Administra-
ton defeat. II is true that the Presi-
dents message of December last recon-
mended the immediate admission OF
New Mexico and Arizona IA one State,
along with Indian Territory and Okla
homa as another State, and Mr.. RoosE-
WELT then expressed the opinion that
there was no obligation to treat terri
toEial subdivisions, which, he said, were
matters of convenience only, as binding
Congress in the matter of admission to
Statehood. At that time, however, the
underlying questions Of right and wrong
we're not as apparent az they have since
become, nor was the overwhelming
preponderance OF sentiment in Arizona
against a forced union so clearly estab-
lished.
We do not picture the President as
bowed down in grief to-day over the
vote that gives Arizona a square deal.
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ton to each Indian entitled thereto, pay
s. $4,000 for the land vacated in 1892
and create from this money and the
proceeds Of the sale of the surplus
lands now occupied by .the Indians a
fund for their benefit. Living on their
allotments the Indians are to become
highly civilized and learn to speak
the English language, and Inspector
MCLAUGHLIN says their reservation
contains a a area Of very fine timber,
mostly pine, intermixed with some
tamarack and cedar, which will, when
the reservation shall have been finally
restored to the public domain, become
a very valuable asset"
The brief history of the dealings be-
tween the United States and the Indians
of the Colville reservation does not
disclose much Of the spirit of fair play
on the part Of Congress and the white
man. It does disclose the Sanpoils,
numbering sixty-three male adults, in
an attractive and romantic light, which is
more than can be said of the Government
with which they have refused to treat.
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To THE EDIToI OF THE SUS-tStr' Lily Bradford
OF Avery Island. La. says that pensions paid 10
soldiers constitute q stream of graft and corrup.
ton. and she adds: 1T Is my belief that the time
will come when the descendants OF these pensioners
will strive TO hide the fact, and a boy be less ashamed
OF a father In the penItentlsry than one on the pen.
sion rolls"
II may be that In making this statement Lily
Bradford has In mind and refers TO the Confede rate
soldiers OF the South. who are drawing pensions
from their respective state Governments and the
other Confederate soldiers who are passing their
declining years In the soldiers homes provided
by the states of the South and 10 the support of
which soldiers homes the daughters OF the Con-
federacy arc giving valuable assistance.
TIT happens Lily Bradford does not refer 10 these,
maybe she will point out the difference from a moral
point of view between an ex Federal soldier re-
celving a pension from the Federal Government
and an ex Confederate soldier receiving a pension
from n State Government.
CINCINNATI, March Z, MARY STNCIIn-
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The Old Faith.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: I was glad
20 notice the space given In your paper TO
the address delivered at the New wick
Seminary by one Of New York clty's most
successful preachers. How refreshing to
hear from the lips Of such a man as DR.. Burrell
that the old fashioned. unadulterated and
untatnted theology still throbs with vital force
and has lost none of lis attractiveness.
There are still those, thank God, who have
not bowed the knee to the modern Baal of
destructive criticism. but who earnestly con-
tend for the faith which was once delivered
unto the saints"
May their number steadily increase is the
prayer of one whose faith in the old Book
has not been and will not be shaken.
ioNkERs, March y. JoHN FRosCHL.
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70 ENp EARrRs WRoNes.
A RretherhOOd 81 Nsahns with Interua,
tIonal Police Powers.


To THE EpIroB oy TIE suN-Sir; What
is the matter with q brotherhood Of nations-.
a real pact between all the civilized peoples
of the earth for the promotion Of peace, jus
tlce, liberty and progress7 No Civilized peo-
| Die would have any reason for holding aloof
for 40 close would be the tie that what would
benefit one would beneht all. The sessions
Of this union should be at stated and frequent
intervals, and its representatives, especially
gifted, drawn from every section Of the globe
and al strata OF society would represent
truly all mankind.
The majority Of the world wants peace.
In this union each would draw the attention
of the other nations TO their respective abuses.
and would not wait TIL those abuses became
lntolerable before ringing the alarm.
II a man mlstreats his family we have him
up before q judicial bar. II man kills man,
he must pay the penalty. but we see with
equanimity and Indifference the life blood be-
ing squeezed from the exhausted heart Of a
long suffering people. and diplomatic Ell.
duette demands hat we sit back and fold
our hands. 1t Ii to just such conditions as
these that a brotherhood OF nations would
bring relief.
No ruler would lie allowed to maintain
an imitation Hade' in his particular
domain; He o w3u "a not sn pc l 4ermifbbe We s to tax K
human misery, without making himself liable
TO the Laws Of that af1liatioI, He could not
prey upon another and weaker nation for his
own private ends. He could rot support q
majority OF hfRs subjects, and In fragrant viooo
iatipn Of their rights and prlvile es, lie
and his people that they might not approach
that barrier without being raked with grape
shot.
man could not make @ corner on the COM
mon necessaries OF life, as grain, oil. beef and.
maybe, water, air and standing room, on the
earth itself. No nation could maintain n
and q menace to the general well being Of
society.
that might still makes right and there ID no
true moral sense In the world that shall make
suoh wrongs impossibls? Are we not strong
enough. or Is II only the " LII that Is wanting
Is It y obable that In view OF .suc'' m active
afillatlon the infamles that belong 10 a lower
stratum of civilization could EXIST.
NEW YORK March 3. CARITAS.
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Notes from india.

Work has commenced on the construction OF the
Hooghly-C utwa branch of the East Indian Railway,
which 10 TO cost about sa,0oo. 900, for the develop
ment OF the Jute trade.
The RAo Sahib Of Clutch having protested against
the passing OF the Bombay Sind Connection Rail-
way through his territory, the preliminary survey
has been suspended.
Rumors have Eeached india through Afghsnistan
that the OF tho central Asian Khan.
ates had addressed a petition TO the Gear through
the Amir OF Bokhara. praying that the promises
made them by the Russian Government during the
war might be fulfilled. The Gear replied graciously.
but tho people were becoming impatient al the in
action OF tho local ofncials.
The Tashl Lama OF ShiGatse In Tibet, who came
70 india 10 meet the Prince OF Wales, left India
on HIS return early in February. The latest news
of him was that he had accomplished about half
the journey after losing a number OF baggage
animals In snowstorms. His visit was said 10 have
been displeaslng TO the Chinese which
has ordered the Dalai Lama 10 hurry back 10 LhAsa.
This he seems unwilling to do. having halted on
his way from Urga in Mongolia at a place where he
announces his intention TO rem ain in or 10 buId
q monastery In which he will reside. There was
talk at pekin OF sending an escort to force him IN
continue his journey.
The stan Of workmen al tho indian Government,
rife factory at lshspur has been largely augmented.
as II is desired to increase the output Of rifles for
the army. The army In India is being eoulpped
with the new short rife, which has been adopted
in spite OF the protests against II, but Il viii DO
some little time yet before the distribution can be
completed and the necessary reserve OF the weapons
turned out.
The indian Government Railway Board has been
visiting Burma and inspecting the railway lines
and workshops. 1t also examined the propoaed
route for an extension OF the Burmese railway
system into China, the natural obstacles 10 which
are very great. o..
The lowest tender recently received from Epr.
iHnA inv 4 mn aNAAI NlrAa ~, - - A.
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products brought from the South and
West. Any attempt to equalise rates
on a distance basis on the ground that
the farmers Of the East are, by dlscrim-
nation In favor of Western farmers,
deprived Of their natural market would
inevitably operate against the South and
West. 1t would be u sorry day for the
rest of the country If there should be
adopted a system Of distance rates.
But it is in the field Of manufactures
that the most important feature appears.
Manufacturers are shippers, In the
matter Of gross tonnage the manu-
facturers Of the East do not Of course
compete with the Western and Southern
shippers of corn, cotton, wheat, -four,
cattle, &c; but IL Is probable that more
money il annually paid to railroads by
the manufacturers Of the North Atlantic
States, and on the products of their
factories and mills, than ia paid on all
the bulky, low class freight OF all the
rest of the country. These conserVa-
tive Eastern Senators represent, by the
census Of 1900, 204, 265 out of the total OF
5l2, 191 manufacturing establishments Of
the country. They represent 2,772,l17
out of 6,3l4,53S wage earners In the
country. They represent s,product
value of 50, 49s, 05s, 900 out of a total ma
tional product value of SIS, 900, 4 1900.
They represent 5,25O,0O0 horsepower
used in productive industry out Of o
total of II, 300, 900.
If to this volume Of representation
there be added the interests OF the COM
munities represented by those who share
the view OF the Eastern men that the
courts of the country shall protect the
interests Of both the shipper and the carr
rier, it would appear that these care
lessly and ignorantly berated oonserva-
tive Senators are really defending the
largest interests of the oountry.
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and there is no doubt that when his mar
is completed It will be a distinct oon
trlbution to the geography Of this great
mountain complex.
He realized that until he actually stood
at the base Of the mountain he ooulC
not show it's relations to the rest OF the
system. The curious fact was that the
splendid pyramid was very frequently
in view. He could not climb to any
height on any Of the ranges without
seeing Khan Tengri towering above them
1t was an enchanted mountain, that
seemed TO be everywhere and nowhere.
He did not dare to attempt the hazardous
work Of climbing over the ranges and
glaciers till he reached 1t, for he might
fall, his time might be lost and the val
leys and ranges he crossed would remain
unmapped, for his supplies would not
hold out indefinitely.
On two occasions he stopped to ascer-
tain, with a considerable degree OF re-
finement, his astronomical position; and
then he measured base lines and took
angles to the top Of Khan Tengri. The
results would enable him to place the
eliminating mountain On his map with
approximate accuracy, but this was not
enough. The work would not tell him
what particular valley would give a route
to the mountain; IL would not reveal the
relation of Khan-Tengri to this tangle
Of valleys and ranges. Was the Jul
tain, as 1t had been represented to be,
the point from which all the ranges Of
the central Tian-Shan radiate or was it,
as he began to suspect, in q secondary
system Of ranges branching of from
the main ridges; was it a part Of the main
watershed? He could not answer these
questions until he found the highway,
however rough and toilsome it might
be, that would lead him right to the
foot Of the noblest summit in the Tan
Shan.
The opportunity came only in the Sec
ond year of his work. He solved the
riddle, and 1t was worth the effort. He
found that the greatest mountain Of this
region does not stand on the main water
shed, nor is il at the centre Of the con-
verging ridges. The pyramid rises, in
fact, out of a secondary spur which pro-
jects from the main range far to the
southwest. The mountain which occu-
pies the very place where Khan-Tengri
was represented as being is known as
the Marble Wall. Near it branches off
the subsidiary range in which stands the
highest mountain Of the Tian-ShaD.
The error of the Russians was doubt
less due to the fact that the characteristic
outline Of Khan engri seems to be the
background OF nearly every valley and
glacier Of that region. There is nothing
very surprising in this, for all mountain
GERS know how deceptive are many as
poets of mountains that seem easy to
interpret.
DR., MERzBACHER's long search for
the elusive mountain makes q fascinating
chapter in the history Of exploration.
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Hunting for a Mountain.

Four years ago DR.. MERzBAcHER, an
Alpinist who has long been engaged in
studying the problems of the rocks,
forms, sno and ice Of the higher nouns
tains, went to Chinese Turkestan to
| explore the central part Of the Tian-Shan
ranges. The Tian-Shan are among the
largest mountain systems, covering at
least four or five times as much ground
as the Alps and carrying an extraordi.
nary amount of snow and ice on their
slopes and in the upper valleys.
One OF the first tasks the explorer
undeStook was to thread his way through
the valleys among the many peaked
ranges to Khan-Tengri, the eliminating
summit Of this magnificent mountain
region. Though many of the noun
tains are more than 10000 feet high,
the slender pyramid Of Khan Tengri
overtops and dominates them all. Its
summit is %, 900 feet above the sea, and
from all points where it can be seen IL
Is most conspicuous, for 1t towers in
solitary grandeur above the surround
ing ranges. In this respect it differs
from Mount Everest, the highest NOUN
tain in the world. which is 30 hemmed
in by surrounding mountains that from
every point OF view yet attained its real
grandeur Is dwarfed and it is disappoint-
ing in the impression it makes upon the
spectator.
DR.. MERzBACHER had with him the
largest and best map that Russian ex-
plorers have made of this region. The
map was to be his guide on the way
through the valleys to the base of the
Khan engri. But it was an incompetent
guide. Though it delineated a large
part Of this area, there we're portions
Of the map that did not suggest a re-
mote idea Of the reality. 1t was another
illustration OF the difficulties in which
the first maps Of a new region have
often involved explorers who attempt to
base their work upon these Inaccurate
products.
DIR. MERzBACHER went up the valley
at the head OF which Khan Tengri was
represented us standing, but though he
saw many magnificent peaks his expec-
tatlOH Oh COIlTotntliiB holo tho BIedlesI
Of them all was disappointed. Khan
Tengri was nowhere to be seen. 1t
could not be far off, but in which Of the
valleys bordering his route would it be
found?
Then began the hunt for the greatest
Of these mountains, for the explorer
knew that his map would be n poor thing
unless he could place Khan engri accu-
rately upon it. The hunt lasted all the
rest Of the season Of 1902 and was not
completed till the work Of the following
year was considerably advanced; and
while the purpose Of learning the exact
facts about Khan Tengri was constantly
uppermost, the explorer was making
the fret detailed survey Of this region,
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THE s. p. G. A.
Necessity OF Complete Reorganization to
Make II Useful and Potent.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: To those
of us who are outside Of the g. P. G. A. the
agitation OF It's members over the sins OF
omission and commission Of Its president
appears rather ludlorous: and n these ladies
and gentlemen are sincere In their under
takinFs In behalf Of the animal kingdom
investigation as to their own acts would d.
vulge many interesting facts.
How many members Of the s. p. c. A. wi
docked horses and dogs with mutllated tails
and ears? BY whose orders were these
mutilations made? How many of the members
wear upon their persons the skins and plu-
mage OF animals and birds destroyed to pro-
vide adornment? How many OF them allow
their horses to be cruelty checked UP and to
wait about the streets for them unprotected
from the weather? How many of them have
ever stirred a finger to prevent or to punish
any act of cruelty? How many Of them
Roundup O. unnatural to them? How many
OF them ever think their duty TO their society
continues for one moment after they have
We outsiders have long regarded the $. j.
c. A; as a Laughing stock. as e channel for
layish graft and as a fsd for hysterloal old
such is the case could never have obtained
had its directors and members proved other
gent in the one case and chiidishiy blind and
supremacy selfish in the. other: Hainee has
proved what all expected. but his, retirement
VIII never avail to raise the society In public
estimation unless he is accompanied thlther
by the entire board Of directors. whose syypine
negligence has made his arrogance and In :
competency possible.
No such society will have any standing
or dc much good unless 10 is oficered by men
who really know about animals from ex-
p~erienoe and whose qualifications are those OF
experience and active association With the
for visionary philanthropists. hysterioel
women and personal vanity has passed.
NEW YORK, March 0. AMERICAN.
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Can q Robin Run?

From he Charlotte Ettps and ObNrrtr.
Writes a valued subscriber: "I saw a freak
In birdoloRy just now as I was coming from m
house TO my once. and called the attention OF tuu
others TO II who were standing near by. There
were several robins running about In the yard sd
Joining my lot. and among them was one with :
white head and neck. VIII the president OF the
Audubon Society please tell us how to account for
itf"
Pending Mr.. Pearson's explanation. we would
suggest that o robin never runs, since he can uS'
one leg only synohronously with the other. and
both have 10 20 the same way al once. II Is a
funny thing about q robins legs. but they are de
pendent to a degree. Perhaps the robin ran hr
cause he was white headed. Now. why he is whit"
headed is another question. The principle OF rns
albino charaoteristics Of heads that once were
black and now are white has never been solved
except by those concerns which advertise to make
white heads black-and they won't tell.
But II this robin has learned how to run. he is
the Oldest In the nock certainly. We put II down
TO old age at a hazard.
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The East and the Rate Question.

The demand for conservative action
on the railway rate question comes from
a solid group Of Senators from the North
Atlantic States in combination with a
larger contingent, although less compact
in the matter Of locality, from the rest
Of the country.
These Senators represent the interests
Of their constituents. This fact stands,
in spite Of all the denial which may be
advanced by critics Of the Senate and
by the Socialists and Populists, who,
usually in enthusiastic ignorance, echo
the dreary note sounded by the fault
finders. Remembering that the o-called
conservative Senators from other parts
Of tho country v e outnumber those
from Che North Atlantic States, and that
the larger group also represents vast
interests. 1t Ii worth while to note what
1t is that these Eastern Senators, stand
ing together, really represent.
The North Atlantic division includes
New England, New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. About 27l9 per cent,
of the entire population Of the country is
resident within that area. O~ne-seventh
Of all the farm property Of tho country
ia there producing o~ne-seventh OF all that
Is grown on American farms. A large
percentage VI this Ia consumed within
the Local area but most OF II Is shipped
by rail- at high local rates, as compared
with the rates charged on competing
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Save Some Blue Sky for New York.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-sfr: I was dc.
lighted to see you take UP the cudgels to help Mr..
barney In his efforts to save our blue skies. I'm.
derstand that Judge Gaynor made an adverse
decision to the Board OF Health In reference 10 this
matter recently; but to this decision no appeal, SO
far as / know, was ever taken, although such IN
appeal gave every promise OF being successful,
There is no doubt that Il will not he long az
nothing is done before our city will be as bad as
any OF our Western cities, as conditions are rapidly
getting worse. 1t Is equally true that II our news
papers should take up the matter and make a nght
all along the line the nuisance would soon be abated
am therefore delighted that the first gun In this
campaign has been fred by THE SUN.
NEW YORK. March o. WILBUR b. MARBLE.