PUERTO KJCO f ARIEE.
MEWED IN THE LIOHT OF COM
MON 8EN9G.
.'ho Foopta or tho litmil Would Not
fiiilTer Tlnoticti tlio Temporary Im
position of I.iiw Tariff Dulloi A Con
vincing; MatoniRiit.
Tho Journal haa seen no renson for
imlttlng shrill cries of anguish ovur
:hls matter. Wo havo not expected
.hat tho world would fold together ns
i scroll If tho I'ucrt.1 RIcans did not
havo free trado with tho United
States. Wo cannot go so far as to nay,
with yet nnolhcr contemporary, that a
low tariff against Puerto Itlco means
that "wo tiubt as well turn our sol
diers Iooeo In tho island to butcher tho
Inhabitants." Kvon a high tariff would
perhaps bo more humane than that.
What tho Journal believes Is that
Puerto Itlco Is part of tho United
States, and that a tariff should no
moro bo Ir pesed p-gAlnst Imports from
thcro than on Michigan butter sold
In New York city. Hut we aro prepared
to wait without showing signs of hys
teria till tho Supremo court of tho
United States makes a decision that
confirms our bsllef. '
In tho meantime If tho Puerto
RIcans nro compelled by congress to
cbargo'a low tariK'agalnst us at tholr
custom houses and wo against them
for the sake of enough rovtnuo to sup
port tho government of tho Island,
what of It? A raving contemporary
cays that' a duty of 2 cents tho pound
on rlco will compel tho Puerto Klcans
to pay $380,000 annually. That Is n
llttlo over 40 conta for each Puorto
Illcan, and thcro aro iivo other arti
cles on which tho lncroaso may he as
much about $2 tho year por capita.
Wo rogrot that It Is anything, but until
tho Supremo court says this Is Illegal,
nbuso of congrcas for what wo regard
as a mistake will effect nothing.
Now as to exports from Puerto Itlco
on which it Is proposed to chargo a
duty horo. Tho current understanding
Jmo been that Puorto Itlco wa3 not
selling a dollar's worth of its products
clsewhero than In tho United States,
and not much hero; that it onco hnd
freo trado with Spain, und lost that
market when tho Inland was ceded tp
us. Dut tho fact la that Puerto Itlco
did not havo freo trado with Spain.
Coffco shipped from Puerto Rlco to
Spain paid n duty of $5.70 the hundred
" ' , T ., .a
pauniH, nnu vo uur uu, . iiuuui.
UlO fapanisn tailll was reiuuvuiy ua
iiign, or moro man iwicu vrnai us
gested to bo Imposed In tho Unltod
Htatc3 on Imports from tho Island.
Puerto Rlcan coffee. In fact, Is in any
event to bo admitted freo Into bur mar
kets. Moreover, of tho duties collected
In Puorto Rlco when it was a Spanish
provlnco about 40 per ccn( wont 'for
tho support of tho government of
Spain; under tho United States both
tho rovenuo from duties on exports
from Puorto Rlco, collected tn our cus
torn houses, and tho revenue froci
duties collected at tho Island will bo
expended in tho island.
.or. Is .lt.truq that tho markets of
Spain havo been closed to Puorto Rlco
slnco the- cession. The figures fur
nished by our government to cover the
fl:Bt thirteen months of our occupancy
show that Puerto Rlcan exports to
Spain, (1009,721) worth), Itnly, Franco,
tho United States, Germany and to
, , , . . . , I
othor countries amounted In valuo to
ovor six millions of dollars yearly,
nbovo tho nvcrago of tho period from
1887 to 1801, thought somewhat less
than tho total tor tho ono other year
for which tho figures aro available
UesldCB. ccneral exports to t'" United
Slates from tho island aro rapidly in
creasing.
-It is not accurato therefore to Btato
that tho Puerto Rtcans aro standing
starving In tho midst of a mass of
unexportablo and unsalablo products
because wo do not glvo them freo trado
with this country. Wo ought to glvo
them freo trado It (ho Island, In decld
cd to ho nn Integral part of this coun
try, and wo ought to glvo them sonic
form of government at onco, for uncor
talnty tends to prevent tho highest
prosperity and development, and bo-
causo tho pcoplo ilcscrvo at least that
much at our hands of right. Rut It Is
unnecessary that our local freo trado
contemporary should beat Us breast
nnil mix tisbcs In Its flowing locks as
might tocomc a sincere mourner. It Is
not sincere, and tlioro is no funeral
Detroit Jcurnul, ' -
, BRADFORD'S WOES.
Coined by tit Fact Hint American Aro
Wearing Clotliva Made In Ameiln
"Prospucts lif the Amorlcan trade
generally nro not encouraging, for ihu
pjcifqrta .'of cotton goods are likely to
fall away, America having got ma
chluory by which they can produco
special effects thomselves."
Such Is tho dismal forecast of tho
Bradford correspondent of tho Finan
clal Times of London. For tho year
1809 cotton 'goods formod tho principal
part of Bradford's trado with the
United States, tho gross value amount
ng,tp nearly $3,000,000, but tho export
cjf woqlen goods fell oft from about
12,200,000 lu 1898 to only about $0,000
In 1899. Flvo years ago Rradford sont
us In ono year ovor $8,000,000 worth of
worsted coatings, whtlu tho amount for
laBt year was a trlflo ovor $360,000
Tho Dlngley tariff Is to ultimo for It.
Through Its operations tho demand for
domostia fabrics., has increased, und
.tho trado losses lamented by Rradford
ha)d ptlur European wpolon centos a
nro represented by tho Immense gain
'for Amorlcan labor and matorlal
through the purchatso and uso of cloths
uiado In our own country,
Now it appears that by reason of
ths tariff on (Ino cotton Amorlcan mills
rq,
boln r
equipped w
tlth
machinery
IT WILL SURELY
that will turn out these goods so suc
cessfully as to seriously diminish tho
amounts purchased abroad. It would
seem that thcro Is no end to tho rav
ages wrought by the Dlngley tariff In
that portion of our foreign trado which
Is Included In tho Imports. Not so
tho exports. They keep right on grow
ing year by year. Tho tariff Is a two
edged sword which cuts both ways for
our prosperity.
HAMPERING FOREIGN TRADE.
II iK Only Hint I'art Which Itelalos
to Hoino.rroiliiceil Articled.
Tho placing of an order with a Mary
land company for 2,000 tons of stcol
rolls for uso In Norway foreshadows
tho opening of a hitherto untouched
market for our manufactures of Iron
and steel. This Is tho flrst salo of
Amorlcan stcol rails In that part of
tho world, and It Is another cvldenco of
tho steady advanco of our manufac
tured products In tho markets of Eu
rope Tho foreign country which is
not buying American rails, locomotives
and othor railway supplies Is tho ex
ception Instead of the rule. Now York
Mall and Express.
It Is becoming moro ana moro evi
dent from such frequent recurring In
stances as that cited abovo that tho
frco-tradcrs have much reason to feel
ngriovcu ui ino manner is wiucu iho
Dlngley tarfff "hampers foreign trado,
AnvM,in .,,,.,. ,,nmnnrn ., trnilo of
- " O " .... J.w. " -
foreigners Is always offenslvo to tho
Amorlcan free-trader. Hero Is a clear
caso of hampering tho trado of tho
Ironmongers of Norway by tho Intro
duction "In tholr midst" of a big order
of American-made steel rails. For this
tho policy of protection Is directly re
sponsible, for under the workings of
that policy tho Ironmongers of the
United States havo grown so strong
that thoy can Invade all the markets
of tho world with their products, and
thus hamper the trado of foreigners
everywhere. When to this unpleas
ant stato of affairs Is added tho enor
mous reduction that has taken placo
in tho marketing by foreigners of their
competitlvo products In tho United
States by reason of tho protective du
ties of tho Dlngley tariff, It is Impos
sible to deny that foreign trade Is In
deed greatly hampered, and that there
1b much ground tor tho sympathy felt
for tho unfortunate foreigners by tho
free-traders of America.
An Unanswerable Argument.
Tho excess of exports over Imports
for threo years of President McKlnley's
administration has been: 1897, $286,
203,144; 1898, $615,431,670; 1899, $529,
874,813. That tho United States sold far moro
than a billion dollars' worth of prod
ucts moro than it bought during this
porlod, dcsplto tho fact that a stato
of war existed during a greater part
of It, is an unanswerable argument in
favor of the protective tariff. During
tho last two years, under a wl3o and
careful Republican administration nnd
an ndequato tariff for protection of
Amorlcn, Industries, tho peoplo of tho
United Stntes have sold moro goods
abroad than umlor any threo years of
Democratic administration.
During tho past two years the cx
ecus of tho sales mado by tho peoplo
of tho United States In forolgn markots
over tho purchases In foreign markots,
ovor ono billion of dollars, has been
groatcr than In twenty years of Demo
cratlo administration.
During tho past two years tho peo
plo of tho United Stntos havo sold In
ox.cc8s of their purchases In tho mar
kots of tho world flvo hundred millions
moro than tho cntlrp excess over Im
ports during tho eight years that
Cleveland was president, Qulucy (III
Whig.
tot or Field lun Curtrldce.
Tho French war department Is now
carrying out a scries of trials with mo
tor carriages for field guns, nnd Gen
do Gallltet luis stated In the chamber
that tlioro Is qvery prospect of n satis
factory result. The point Is at consld
ornblo Importance, lu view of tho no
rcsslty established by war operations
In South Africa for a much heavier
weapon than tho 12-poundoiB and 15
poundors with which our army has
been hitherto equipped. Tho 4.7-inch
and the Blx-lnch guns nro regarded
with favor as necessary additions to
tho equipment of our Hold forces. As
to tho difficulties of mobility, tho 4.7
Inch gun with a mobllo flold carriage,
wo uro Informed, could bo made with
a weight of about two and a halt tons
which Is not an cxcesslvo load; and
mechanical powor could easily bo np
plied for tho movement of thoso gnns
us well as for heavy transport wagous.
Letters from tho front speak with np-
nrovnl of the success of tho traction
OVERWHELM HIM.
VftB0l VNtW EVE ' .
engine, used by Gen. nailer's nrmy
service corps, notwithstanding that on
tho way'from Froro nnd Chlovcloy to
Spearman's camp and Potglcter's Drift
very heavy loads wero experienced,
and the fact that thoy havo been sent
for Lord Roberts' service now further
proves their utility. Engineering.
A FREE-TRADE TRUST.
English Willi roller Manufacturers
Or-
' cnnlzn n Combine
Tho following bit of news, contained
In a special cablegram from Londdn,
vIll bo Interesting to thoso that con
tend that freo trado Is tho proper rem
edy for tho trust evil:
"Tho English wall paper trust, form
ing since last September, Is now com
plete, with a capital of $30,000,000.
Practically every manufacturer In tho
United Kingdom Is In tho combina
tion." As England nlready has freo trade,
and has had It for many years, tho
theorists there cannot throw tho re
sponsibility for tho formation of tho
wall paper trust upon tho tariff. Wo
may properly ask how It Is, If It Is
tho tariff protection that enablos trust3
to thrive In this country, that a num
ber of them can thrlvo lu tho British
Isles, whero thero Is no tariff protec
tion? Tho wall paper trust, wfllch Is de
scribed as embracing practically every
manufacturer In tho United 'Kingdom,
Is n moro comprehensive trust than
any that han yet been formed In this
country, with tho exception of the
Standard Oil trust, and tho Standard
Oil trust has no' protection upon Its
product. Tho great Rockefeller trust
has been organized and maintained
without any aid from too protective
tariff. . ,
In England (he wall paper manufac
turers nro not protected ngalnst lmpor-
ntlons from abroad by duties on wall
paper, and yet It seems that thoy can
comblno every manufacturer Into a
trust and tlx their own prices for what
they sell.
Thcro must, then, bo something be
sides tho tariff that Is responsible for
the trusts, and It that is tho case, tho
introduction ot freo trado would not
provo to bo an cffectlvo remedy. On
tho contrary, freo trado would probably
servo to extend the operations ot tho
trusts. With tho duties abolished wo
should seo international Instead ot
merely national combinations to con
trol tho output and prlco ot many arti
cles.
Tho protective tariff operates to
keep tho foreign trusts out ot tho Unit
ed Statos, leaving us with only our own
creations to deal with and tho way
will bo discovered to curb and control
them effectually. Minneapolis Trib
une.
Ilnil for tlia Calamity I'arty.
Prosperity stories havo taken the
placo ot calamity croaklngs in Kansas,
and Mr. Bryan Is wondering what he
can do to regain his former hold upon
tho ears of those who no longer find
him Interesting. The story Is told of
nu old farmer who. nt tho point ot a
shotgun, compolled a creditor to uc
copt payment of a noto before It fell
duo. "Why did ho do that?" some ono
asked tho narrator. "Oh, he wantod to
stop the Interest," was tho reply. John
W. Uroldenthnl, tho stato bank com
mlssloncr, tells of a banker out tn tho
short grass country who wrote a lcttnr
asking if thcro was any law that would
compol him to recolvo money for do
posit In his bank. "I wroto him," said
Broldonthal, "that If he had moro mon
ey than ho know what to do with, I
know ot no law in Kansas that would
compel him to tako moro. You see,
thoy aro paying tholr taxes, and tho
county treasurer wanted to make a da
posltory out of his bank, hut ho would
bo mandamuscd before ho would sub
mit to It."
All this looks bad for tho political
party and candidate who hope to win
by rovlvlng tho froo-trado and freo-
sllvcr Issues ot the Chicago platform
Opimied to All lleclprocltf Treallei,
Tho way to fight those treaties If
not to spend all our strength In expos
ing tho gross Injustlco done to this
stato in thoso particular cases, but .o
attack tho prlnclplo Involved. It Is ut
terly vicious. No reciprocity treaty
can bo negotiated whoso effect U not
to directly and without compensation
tnko money from ono class ot our c t
izens and bestow it ouwwhcro at tho
caprlco of tho negotiator of tho treaty,
It lu a rollo ot medievalism; It shoiM
havo no place on tho statute books of
nny civilized nation. Fight not merely
those treatlcB, but all reciprocity trea
ties. Let us end tho wholo business
oace tor all. San Francisco Chronicle.
OUR BUDGET OE FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED. .
A Variety or Quips, tllbrs nnil Ironies,
to Causa a Smllo Flotsam and
Jelaam from tlio Tills of Humor
Will; SnjliiR.
tlot What Ha Aikcd For.
"So you are looking for a position,"
said the merchant to tho youth with a
high collar and noisy necktie. "What
can you do?" "Oh, any old thing,"
replied tho young man. "Of course, I
don't expect tho Junior partnership nt
the start, but I want to bo mire ot an
early rise." "Very well," replied tho
merchant. "I'll make you assistant
Janitor. You will rise nt 4 o'clock
every morning and sweep the floors."
Chicago Nowa.
Not (loort Kutlnc.
The prlmo minister was Idly turn
ing the pages of a book ot proverbs
and pithy saying which ho had found
among the effects of tho late mission
ary. 'I wonder what this means?" ho
said suddenly. "Ono man's meat is
unothcr man's poison?" "Perhaps,"
eplled tho cannibal king, "It refers to
tho fact that tho cigarette Bmokcr Is
not edible." t
Taken at Ilia Word,
"Here," said tho timid caller to the
editor, "Is an article that I have writ
ten on 'Tho Valuo of Time.' Let mo
read It to you. 'Tho fool may waste
his own time, if It pleases him to do
so, but ho has no right to tako tho
tlmo of othors. The ' " "You'ro
right. Never mind tho other ninety
seven pages. Gov)d-day." Chicago
Tlmcs-IIerald.
In the Illaok Watch.
"Hol' on dar. Private Scott!" cx-
clulmcd the colored captain of tho raw
recruits; "I notlco dat In marchln you
lifts yo' leg too high." "Cap'n," Bald
Private Scott, "I can't ho'p It; I got
a sorter Jerk in it." "Lomme neo,"
said tho captain. "Now, march to'rds
mo en llf, both yo' legs at do samo
time, so's I kin sec which comes do
highest!" Atlanta Constitution.
Wonderment.
"A man can't help pausing in this
busy lifo to be astonished at tho won
ders of science," remarked the rellec-
tlvo person.
"Yes," answered tho flippant friend;
'I never will got over being surprised
at how they managed to get up some
ot those words of flvo and six sylla
bles." Washington Star.
ConUdcnt of Ills Strength.
'Young man," said MIsb Hevvy-
wate'a father, "If you marry my
daughter on your present small sal
ary, aren't you afraid you might have
an elephant on your hand3?"
"Oh, I am not afraid," repllod tho
young man, boastfully; "I've had her
on Ziy kneos quite frequently already."
She Meant llutluesit.
'How shall I provo tho sincerity of
my devotion?" asked tho young man
who had been so long coming to tho
point that doubt had begun to accu
mulate against him. "Call tho parson
as a witness," suggested the young
woman, who meant business. Detroit
Free Press.
Ton Lone to Walt.
"If you will get my new suit done
by Saturday," said a customer to a
tailor, "I'll bo forover indebted to
you." "If that's your game," replied
tho tailor, "tho clothes will not bo
dono at all." Indianapolis Journal.
A Itcaionublo HnppoMtlou.
"You know that lady who was hero
yesterday who smellod so strong of
perfume, mamma?" "Yes, my boy."
well, Isn't she one of tho colognelal
dame3?"
Tlio Undo' Ulismce.
Uncle It's disgraceful, Karl, that
you havo no many debts! Nephew
Isn't It, when I havo such a rich un
clo? Fllegondo Blaetter.
Too Rerloni.
In a caso of an assault by a husband
on his wife tho Injured woman was re
luctant to prosccuto and glvo hor ovl
denco. "I'll rave mm to aod, mo
lord." she cried. "Oh, dear, no!" said
tho judge. "It's far too serious a mat
ter for that." Green Bag.
Not lllmioU.
"You nro not yourself today," said
tho frlond.
"No," replied the amateur theoso
phlst. "Today I tool like tho devil."
Philadelphia North Amorlcan.
A llrlRlitcr Sldo
Tho officers of tho Klmberley garri
son wero nt mess And such a mess.
"Well;" remarked tho cheerful sub
altern, taking his second helping ot
horgefleshj "wo might bo worst off."
"Indeed! 1 can't Imagine It," ex-
clalm'cd tho dyspeptic major.
"No? Well, Just fancy where we'd
bo It the automobllo had been Intro
duced here." Philadelphia North
American.
Where the Taint Went To.
"I thought you wero working on Jay
Krank's new house," said tho houso
painter's friend.
"I was going to," replied the houso
painter, "but I had a quarrel with him
nnd ho said ho'd put the paint on him
self." "And did ho do It?"
"Yes, that Is where he put the most
of It." Philadelphia Press.
Curlodltr Satltiled.
Burly Tramp Wot's th' good of a
llttlo dog llko that?
Mrs. Rural To keep off tramps."
"Hce, he! Wot kin that llttlo crit
ter do?"
"Ho can bark, that will wake up tho
big dogs under tho porch."
"Y-o-s, mum. Good-day, mum."
aire the Water Awajr.
Servant ffacellniiHl Dn von chareo
extra for tho water? Milkman (equal
to tho occasion) No; the water Is
thrown in.
Dlfflcultlei.
"It was very kind of that naval offi
cer to bring you this parrot," said
Maude.
"Yes," answered Mamie, "but tho
bird Is so profane."
"Shocking!"
"And that isn't the worst of it. It
doesn't speak English, nnd I've got
to iilro nn interpreter in order to un
derstand him." Washington Star.
A Kemlnder.
"What did tho minister do when you
inadvertently dropped tho buckshot
Into the plate?" asked ono Ken
tucklan. "Ho was very much annoyed," said
tho other; "ho looked at me severely,
nnd said that this was a church col
lection, not a campaign contribution."
Washington Star.
Alwnyn Hlmrt.
" I don't know what Smith
does
with his money."
"No "
"No, I don't. Yesterday ho was
short, and ho's short again today."
"Did ho want to borrow from you?"
"No, hang it. I wanted to borrow
from him." London Tld- Bits.
At Kurljr A ecu.
"What's Mamie crying for?"
"She wants to vote when she grows
up."
"Well, what's she crying about?
Maybe sho can voto all right."
"Yes, but llttlo Tommlo Stlckelbat
says ho won't marry a strong-mlndod
girl." St. Paul Globe.
Tho Doctor' Orders.
Larry Faith! Ol'm almost stharv
In'I Denny Phoy don't yer ate some
thing? Larry Th' docthor told mo not to
ato lnyt'lng on nn empty stomach.
Chicago News.
lUro or Well-Uono .Ioiihoii.
"I um a great ndmlrer of Ben Jon
son," romnrked tho doctor. "Every
thing he tried to do was woll dono."
"And yet," tho professor said, "I
have always heard him spoken ot as
rare Ben Jonson." Chicago Trlbuun.
When the Jury Was ''llunc;."
"Yes, null." said tho friend of tho
prisoner, "de news Is dat.de lawyers
what wuz tryln' ter git do Jury ter
hang William so confuse en mix up
matters dat do Jury went In en hung
ltso'f!" Atlanta Constitution.
Hoodoo Ileinovnd.
"This won't do," exclnlmed Mrs.
Box excitedly, "thero's thirteen nt
table."
"Never mind, ma," shouted llttli
Johnnlo, "I kin cat fur two.'V-Stra
Stories.
Why He Drank.
Tho Wayside Missionary Why
da
you drink thnt vile stuff?
Dismal Dawson 'Cause It's the
easiest way to git It down; I can't
breatho It, kin I?Indlanapolls Pres3.
Itejnarkably Iteserred.
"Shrinkshy 1b n very reserved man."
"Yts, indeed. Of course I don't
know, but I honestly believe ho could
havo n toothache without anyone
knowing It." Harper's Bazar.
MARRIAQE BY FORCE.
Indians of Tlerra Del Fur-go Take At
vantage of Their Htrength,
Dr. Frederick A. Cook tells of n Htttn
knowr rnco of aborigines In an nrtlcla
In tho Century magazine for March
on "Tho Giant Indians of Tlerra del
Fuogo," whom ho visited on tho Bel
gian antarctic expedition. Of tholr
mnrrlago customs he writes: "Mar
riage, llko nlmost everything Ona, is
not fixed by established rules. It Is
arranged and rearranged from tlmo to
tlmo to suit tho convenience of tho
contracting parties. Tho bargain Is
mado almost solely by tho man, and
physical force Is tho principal bond of
union. For ages tho strongest bucks
have been accustomed to steal women
from neighboring tribes, nnd from
neighboring clans of tl elr own tribe.
Tho OnaB, being by far the most pow
erful Indians, havo thus been able to
capture and retain a liberal supply ot
wives. A missionary who has been in
constant contact with these Indians
for thirty years has given It as his
opinion that n plurality of wives is
entirely satisfactory to tholr peculiar
emotions nnd habits of life. Tho rela
tion to ono another of tho women who
possess but ono husband In common
In tho family wigwam is ot novel In
terest. As a rule, they nro no moro
Jealous than arc tho children In n civi
lized homo circle. Tho principal rea
son tor this Is that tho several wives
aro often sisters. A young man takes
by force, by mutual agreement, or by
barter, tho oldest daughter ot a family.
If ho proves himself a good hunter and
a kind husband, tho wife persuades her
sister to Join her wigwam and sharo
her husband's affections. Frequently,
when n girl is left an orphan, Bhe Is
taken Into a family and trained to be
come tho supplementary wlfo ot hor
benefactor in after years. In the hut
each wlfo has hor own assigned posi
tion, always resting In exactly tho
Bamo spot, with all of her belongings
about hor. Tho wealth of the house
hold is not common to all the occu
pants. Each woman has her own bas
ket of meat fragments or shcllflsh, her
own bag with Implements, needles,
nlnews nnd bits of fur, nnd ench wife
hns her own assemblage of children.
Tho work of the man is strictly limit
ed to tho chase. Ho carries his bow
and quiver of arrows, nnd his eyo Is
ever on tho horizon for game; but ho
seldom stoops to anything like manual
labor that Is not connected with tho
nctual necessities of tho chase. Ho
kills the game, but tho wife must carry
It Into camp. In moving, tho women
tako up all ot their earthly possessions,
pack them Into a hugo roll, and with
this firmly strapped across their backs
thoy follow tho unincumbered lead ot
their brave but ungallant husbands.
Thus tho women carry, day after day,
not only all tho household furniture,
but the children and tho portable por
tions of the house. The women cer
tainly hnvo all the uninteresting detail
and the drudgery of lifo heaped upon
them, but they seem to enjoy it. In
defense of the men it should be said
that they aro Worthy husbands. Thoy
will fight fiercely to protect tholr
homes, and they will guard the honor
of their women with their own blood.
It Is a crying sin of the advance of
Christian civilization that this rod man
ot the far south should be compolled
to lay down his lifo at tho feet of tho
heartless pale-faced Invaders to shieM
the honor of his homo."
THE WORD "GUN.
flow Its Moaning Has Chuncod
Mill
Modern Ordnanor.
Evolution of tho word "gun" forms
an Interesting llttlo story In an up-to-dato
etymology. A dozen or bo years
ago wo all understood gun to mean a
fowling pleco shotgun as distin
guished from a rifle or musket. Heavy
and light ordnance In fact, all pieces
ot artillery, without regard to size
were known as cannon. That, ot
course, was In tho confines ot civiliza
tion, where peoplo mado nn effort to
speak English. Out In tho frontlor
tho word gun was applied almost ex
clusively to pistols, and when a citizen
of Tombstone or Dcadwood invited
another citizen to "pull his gun" ho
was understood to refer to the 44-call-bro
Instrument worn as a chatelalne
bclt ornament by everybody In good
society In thoso localities, Nowadays
tho nomenclature has curiously
changed. By degrees tho good old term
gun has become monopolized by tho
long, slim, murderous machine that
constitutes our modern artillery. Wo
speak of qulck-flro guns, wire-wound
guns, automatic guns, olght-lnch, ten
Inch, twelve-Inch gunsnnd tho word
seoms singularly apropos. Thoy aro not
cannon. "Cannon" immediately sug
gests tho big, lumbering, black-throated
smooth bores of the past. Tho word
conjures up all sorts of martial pic
turesmotionless men holding lighted
matches, frigates lashed together and
firing Into each othor's ports, Sepoy3
bound to tho muzzle, neat geometric
pyramids of round shot, tho light bri
gade and lots of othor things too nu
merous to mention. New York Tele
graph. Made Trouble for Himself.
They met at the Woman's Republican
club ball at Chrlstensen's. Sho was
from tho east; he was a homo product.
Tho conversation lagged botweon tho
dances. Finally ho ventured this:
"How do you llko 'David Harura'?"
Sho bristled like a porcupine "I havo
no uso for harems of any kind," she
retorted; "they'ro Just perfectly hor
rid. Look at tho aultan of Sulul Look
at thoso wrntchos In Turkey! Tho
wholo system Is Intended to degrade
women Into beasts. Don't talk to me
about harems." Tho young man was
frantically trying to squaro himself
when the music drowned the conversa
tion. Salt LaV.o Herald.
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