.jli S -T- ivy ' ' i T- 7" vy c Df b 1NJ o * - , A 3 o .14 'I * xVT A STORY OF PJTARY UFE IN INDIA , C * * , i\L " " " ' " ' J v $ . ' v".a. : " ' * ' W ? I AL.LAlM.tJ. . $ V 5 , r T ijc vie ik / i. ti. li ; t > li li. MM ti > ! i jli > ! i iti i1 Jx. CHAPTKR They aat thua ; , o"rin J ilj tlrijc' , ; HpouU- ing In broken i tones of tiiat ifiuo .which liiul been fruughj , with mich blttdrncnrf to both. Shcilovcd'hlm for lie hud puRfied' 1lirou } f/i | < iiid'llitJlovid } ; her that aho < lld pity thcnu" ) . "My. dgarcat , " spld Don at last1. ' "thorp Is only one thlni ; 1 can aski you jtp dp now to Insure your"huppl - IIOHS' and and your safety. ' ' IfJlvo ) to | the right 'at oncf to Hllleld you from ( harm , and ( b care foi'jyou as oijly , liushandcnh. . " "You moan , ? " a faint cellar Ilhtlet'ert toher. . wan cheek. , / tv ] , > , , ' . ' " 1 meait Iff , ' 8 'bo [ married without delay , dnrltngi" " Don Unlshrd , Up'Wi.- ; tonco for lion , 'H'ainiot bear lolhlnk of your going home to Rngland when Mrs. Franklin KOQH , nor ( > t\t.of \ .y.OJU' . b / - Ing left hero alonei and f may 'have orders to leave PJndl 'at any'inoti'ip'nl.Vl "Oh , Don , I could not marry you just yet , " she aald. her voice breaking In a tremulous sob. "It would be too. cruel to my poor father ! " "Would It not be more cruel to me than to the dead , to llvo In constant feur of of Bomeonev annoying you , or HomcUilng liappcnfnV tb you. when 1 was not at hand to protect you ? " 1m asked. And his voice ( lulvetcd. "Yea , yesl" BIQ | sighed. And invol untarily a memory of Prince Clement Sing ( lashed through her overwrought brain. How * might not ho take oppor tunity of harassing her now her father was gone , especially us ho claimed to have ( ho dead mnn'H sanction to ad dress her. And Impulsively she tdld Don df the Prince's visit. "But hq went uwuy In unite a friendly mood , saying If I ever want ed help T mlglt ) count on him. It was a great relief. I was terribly afraid ho might go away angry , lie Is so passionate and KO powerful , I imagined all soils of harm ho inlght do. " Yet- her tcnior } heart- recoiled from thinking of her own welfare , whilst her fntlier'M grave "lay so freshly dug.1' "Dear Don , " she said , putting her little hand tenderly In his , ' 'pcrhapH you. cannot understand my foellng ; hut I seem to feel his presence Htlll , an If lils.Hiiirlt stood quite near mo now , and 1 think It would hurt him to know I wanted to be happy without him HO < oon. < ; " The. iiaml'shc ! touched' . ' Irojiib'iHit. ' * " "No ; 'I ' , 'don't , , ' underhand that.he said , almost , roughly/ ijm nfrajilSl can only think of tho-di'ad as dead .uid burled In their graves. " ' ' * "No , no ! dqn\t say , that ! " she said. and Mho drew his hand to her lips and her hot tears foil upoji'.lU ' 'J.PJt'.ivhp have proved so strong and true through all your trials , won'f you tal o the so lace of my belief that ( hero -eternity to re , ward' us for all 'oui''grl6f find part ing ? Dear Don , how clsa could wo say , ' 0 , death , where Is thy sting ? p , grave , whore is thy victory'- Ho arose aul pacved the Iqngth of the room twice before ho came baok an-I stood once mortf by her aide. "Llllie , " he said , and she knew by the tone of his voice ho had been strug gling with some strong emotion , "come to me now. and teach mo how to bo- llovc these things , while my heart Is Htjlt fj'esh to y6ur sorrp'w. ' ; Promise ' ' me , LIlllo ! " q reslimeid"hls , neat by her side ami put. out his , , hand to her appealingly. .Sh.q- met his eyes , her own all shining IL ing with unshed tears. "Don. dearest , If 1 wont homo to Eng f land with Mm. Franklin for a few months , wouldn't you come and fetch mo there ? But to jnijiiry , you now oh , Don , I cannot ! " "Then heaven help me ! " ho an h swered bitterly. . , Again he rose' , and' she H\W ; by Ui workings of his face how the Indomi table will of ( ho Mining man , which liatj noyer before brooked rebuff , strug gled. , for supremacy , even over lls lie came buck to her , and when ho applcd'hls ' voice .was low alid't ' nsR. "Then It's all been In vain , Lllllc. You love me , you say ; but you can not love , me so much as I love , you , for if you had asked me todo' what ! have asked "you 1' vfQiild , hot hlive forsaken you/v , ' , . . " ' Shc"r6sp null Him * . herself . > ! . in , his - "Oh , Don , my love , why dh you cpoak so ? What makes you so wild and strange ? Don ; Don. , I have not for saken yeniT' You are all 1 now have In thq whole worjd ! " ' ' His jeaj'pusy could not be but stayed by/hcr passionate fervor ; and , suddenly denlynt touch of those cllugiug iiriua- some of Uie old i-uU Impprlfrtisne&s'of the Dqii'of old came to his aid. "My 'darling , " he aiiHwerftij. drawing ' her DQarer , < 'I ' want you , T need yod you"vtonot know how much ! Why woVlj ! you defraiuj'ine pf what Is mine ? Ifrwe part now , CJod knows how next we may over meet. " Fateful words to haunt her In the long , loug duys (9 ( come. , But now , overcome by Ills mastery and pleading , she resisted no longer ; and as she .spoke the words of yielding lie sought , he klaeeil the | Iis ; which hud uttered them witlua Jlcratiifojisumlnj ( Joy. _ V J' CHAP-/TKR.AMI/ ' , > . " The wedding was over. It hud.been. . . a very siiuplej very quiet affair. In- dupd , It had quite fatfen llle" little com- 5 iunlly 'of the garrison sui'llon by silr- prlHo , for DonVdlHposltfim1w.tWHotiat - - iiiMllyy-'rcHerveh. 'nehad1 spoken little' of his , nngustmo'nt ! , land only a ifew , brolUur. oilc | ra , and.n Hiuiill nujuhcr of Llllle's personal Mentis were In the . 'Jho | bridegroom Mil , obtained , ' 'Jong leavt > " and with , gieat reluctances had uV l.ist yleiii.dMto'lillllerappeal ; ; 'to. spend fluh'oneymoon 1n , , He hail given In on the . . „ - , „ „ . . Hon that ( ladle Ha * tdiould noUl/o an- tSliuICd'ln the program ; aiyf fillP. ° V)1ji ] ; that touch of uymputhy ' 'flo | Whole world kin , " u . , -rn m- , jt-uloiiH pain it must bring to remem-i 1 > er that Scottish homo ot his childhood - , hood which ho had looked HonVc'day tel call bin own. rt , The winding up of her father'.s af-1 fairs , and the' dlspo'Aat of Hoint ! tit- nyn propdrty , waH'iIndonil her only . _ , i-fJiUlVo foVuthe homo ward Jouri y.Vl1 ! Hll ; for-with-the borti | of ( ivui'-doupen- ' ; 'ing Irtve , her1 llfti helic'cfoi'th ' \ < 'oilfdbe' ' lived for Don uone. ) It seemed u strange , commonplace ending to thut gay existence of coquotr ly and ambition and almost heartless worldllness whlch'onco hud constituted the sum total of her thoughts and actions. , As Llllie Gordon Htofld In her pretty bedroom , watching her maid puck away the simple white silk gown she , had worn for the m'arrlugo ceremony. , her thoughts leaped liack to those days' ' of long ago , and It scorned scarcely pus- slblo she could bo the same Lllllc who had held love HO lightly in that bygone time. , . , The wedding had taken placn at 5 o'clock , With no rpceptloiVaflerwni'ds , owing to the bride's deep mourning. The previous night Pqn hud ijartajH en of his farewell dinner as a bacheloi ; with his jolly romradoH of the liorll/- Hhlre , mess , and now was absent maJ- . Ing Koine last necessary arrangements at his quarters , as ho and his bride were to leuvo by the night train for Romlmyt where they would eaten a hired troopship homeward bound. There was a knock at the bedroom door , and Mrs. Franklin's sweet voice sought admittance. The young widow , was to stay on at the bungalow for a few weeks longer , as her child's health was In lee pre carious a state to undergo the Ion ? I-PII Journey home , and she had gladly ac cepted Llllle's Invitation to renrun. Llllio 'answered the knock herself. Despite the black crepe gown she now wore , the young bride looked radiant , with a mibdued happiness that made nil else forgotten but the Joyous ' -canty of her bue ) eyes and love-lit fueo. The other woman , who hud lost her .Hirc&t on earth , looked at her with u mo mentary pang of jealous grief. 3hp lit tle knew she was coming to chas" the Joy from those blun eyes taravwv. . "My love. " Mr.s.Ji'ianln ; ] ) spoke upolr ogellcally , "I am sortsorry to trouble' you , but Prince Clement Sing has Just arrived from Simla , and d/Hiiands. . sen you. I explained to him yon wore busy , and asked If I could not deliver a message ; but ho insists on seeingybli alone. " "Has ho heard of our our muij- rlage ? " queried Lillie.i wJille a fdeepar color tinted her cheek. "Yes. Ho evidently Icnew , gf.it , for ho spoke of you as Mrs. Ggrdoir , " .s'j- swcrod the other lady , smiling. "I think , dear , perhaps It would be morn diplomatic of you to , go to him. i'o toll the truth , ho was BO emphatic about seeing you he quite frlghtene'd me. " . ' "He will not frighten me , " said Lll lie , lightly. "Really ho is a very 111-9- ' ' somc Individual , and' 1 hop'u I shall gpt rid of him before Don comes hank , for 1 .know Don cordially disilkQs him. " ' - She picked up an ivory fan from her di easing table'and went , with a proufl , llnu stop , down the broad stalrc-iHO. Her dignity as Don's wife see-red to have already added a subtle Increase pf matronly power to her slim , youig ( llguro. Prince Clement Sing was standing In the middle of the big drawlng-roonii and the look on his face made her stop falter in spite of herself It was dark and almost lowering with suppressed j . Then she her 1 fury. recovered self-pew- session with an effort , and went foV- ward with a pretty obeisance and out stretched hand. "This Is an unexpected pleasure , Prlneo ; and hud you come a little later you would not hav < > found me hero. Myhlisbahd and I Htart for Bombay to- ! nlght. " „ j ( "I fear you will not count i't ' a plean- ju-e when you hear on what errand1 I have comehe answered grimly. . "I ( inly regret , for > 'our sake that ' 1 have' fpn\e \ top laity * ' _ ' "May'l auk what you moan ? " she said , somewhat haughtily. "I mean , madam. I know you sulll- clontly well to feel sure you would have hesitated. U > al.ly yourself to one whom you wo'uld feel 11 nbt worthy to breathe the same air with you If you know what'l knowfooncernhiK him. " Llllio diew up her small person to Its full , height , andv In. her Indignation , . , , - - l , , i , , i llt4 J l . ] . * . , . laid aside the air of deference which usually marked her demeanor towards her royal Visitor ; , ijV ; . ; , , ' I i 'i ; I " Nothing you can say for or against Captain Gordon can have the slightest weight with niet" she miTd-wltIi proud scorn , ' > > She still stood , 'because ' tuo Prince also remained unHeatoi' ; and as she Kpoko she put out her little hand to the clutlr-back and stayed herself by It , for she was trembling between ar.iioyance and alarm. / , s"H IH unchlvalroiis to cor.tradlct n lady , " , said Prlncp Clement , withi slow , cruel smile ; "yet I find myself In that unfortunate position obliged to repeat my statement , that f hnvc It In my power to tell you what I know would eiitli'ely alter your ii'ntimpnti towards" ' the1 tmiti ' ybli have 'Unfortu ' nately mirried. " t J. "Then toll me nothing ! " she cried , -wltlia , little burst of passion. "I do- cllno to listen to you ! " She made u movement a.s If to sweep a pi olid curtsey and 'pass from the room ; Imt , wltlt a quick stride , the Prlnci covered the /dlntanco between them and laid a ( 'oinniaiKl " Ing. hand on . . . . , . , , , shall listen to me ! I heard of 'ii. too late to prevent tills unholy mar- rlugb. hilt at leiis't I will 'notbo cheat ed of my revenge , i lo\'ed yod you flouted ihP ! ' and now I can niuko you .suffer , mid you shall suffer ! * ' "Sho shrank beneath' his Iron touch. for , desplto her calm exterior , her heart beat high with unknown terror In the clutch of this fanatic , with whom revenge - vengo was virtue.1 " ' "Then I ask your highness to ay whal yon Intend to say quickly , and allow me to retire , " she said , with a brat\'e Coolness she was far from feel- Ing. "I beg to remind you again that svo are leaving Plndl In two hours' time , and 1 expect my husband to join me here every moment. " "Let him come ! " returned the Prince and he laughed a scathing little laugh. "Let him come and deny , If ho can , tlio reason why your father's mur derer has never been found ! " Her hands clung convulsively to the chair , and she , staggered ; but only for an Instant. She lifted her blue eyes to his , full of Imperious scorn. "Will you kindly speak more plainly , Prince ? If you compel mo to listen to you , I at least deny your right to speak In riddles. " It was open warfare between them now ; but , In tin- tortured excitement , she was growing reckless of conven tionalities , If "DOM wcro only by her side to protect her ! She felt she would have given the world to summon her kltmutgar native footman and drive Prince Clement Sing from her presence there and thun. "I will speak all too plainly. " he an swered , bowing low , "It was Captain Gordon himself who shot Captain Der- ment. " "You dare say this to mo ? " The words came In panting breaths through her parched lips , her bosom heaved , and she stood like a lioness at bay. " 1 dare , because it is the truth ! " h/ > hissed. "Ask himself. He is here to answer. " For the portiere had been driven aside , and within the threshold of the dppi ) stood , Pmi , | n all the bravery of fjill-drcss uniform he had _ worn for his weddlnfe , and which he had not yet had tlmo to change. 'In ono hand he held by the silicon drapery , the other hand was clutching the hilt of his sword , and on his face the Bmllet , Joyous welcome had frozen and loft l ghastly pale. ( To be continued. ) Venice Without Witter. Venice without water would hardly bp yenlco.at all , but , we are assured tlioj-o is a possibility lhat the pictur esque Venice of today may become a city of the past , and eventually Ven ice may bo wateriest ) . Accpj-lng | to lrof , Marinqllli the. regular Increase In the delta of the River Po is snch that In process of time the northern Adri atic will bo dry and Venice will no more be upon the sea. A comparison of the Austrian map of 182U With the I'ocord of the' surveys of 18 ! ) ! ! shows that the mean annual Increase ot the delta during those seventy years lias been three-tenths of a square mile. An encroachment upon the sea of throe- tenths of a mile in a year means a" large Increase in a century. It appears that the total Increase in six centuries him been , about 108 square mll.es , Tho" Ipyrcase is } continuing and the Unit of VenlceMh doomed to disappear. .No im- ' ' 'm'eiiiuto alarm need bo felt , and it will not bo necessary to hurry off to Yen- Ire to take a farewell look at the city In Its present picturesquencsH. Prof. Marlnolll calculates that between 100 and 120'centurlea ' will elapso-befoVe the enllro northern Adriatic will have he- pomo dry land. A' lMmute for tliu llrttur. Lady Violet Grovlllo.'commonl'liiK $ n the emancipation of women , says-thiit In-the early days of Queen .Victoria'a , married .woman never took an alrjug on foot , even In the park , , unless 'at tended by her maid , and itjw onlr\-wth- | | nthq last Jlfteen yeurs that glrlp'of ' good family could walk alone , In .cor- taliv quiet and respecttlbfe s'trpets' Th'ero' was once a tlmo when to drive alone In a hansom woujd have subject ed -a lady to th Imputatfoji of being fast and hnhipdcst. : Now" ( here It ? scarcely anything women rnnnot do. I.ove'n Deception , "Aftor all , " said tho'tliouglilful mjln. "tho porpotuuUon of the human race is founded on falsehood. " "How so ? . " 'demanded the prosaic man. "What would courtship be without It ? " asked the thoughtful man , ' and Instantly to the mind of the prosaic man came rec- .ollectl on of assertions that "sho was the only girl ho ever jove'd as ho loved her , " that "ho couldn't live without liBr .aiul.Umt''lie.fHii'ly ivonshlpoU her footprints in the snow. " PUERTO 11ICO VIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF COM MON SENSE. i Tim I'eoplo i.f I ho lnUiiil Would Not Hiiffor Tlirnuli | Ilia Tempo tuny Jui- liotltlon of Low XiirlfT Iull A Con vincing SliUoment , The .luurnul has seen no reason for emitting shrill erica ot anguish over Ihltf mutter. We limo not expected Unit the world would fold together us 11 Hcroll If the Puerto Illcuns did not luivc frco dude with the United Stilted. Wo rannot go so fur us to any , with yet another Contemporary , that n low tariff against Puerto Rico metinn Unit "we nilKht us 'well turn our sol- dleiH IOOHO In the Inland to butcher the inhabitants. " Even a high tariff would perhaps ho more limnanu tlinn thut. Whut the Journal believes Is thut Puerto Rico is part of the United States , mill thut u lurlff should no more be lir posed against Imports from there thun on Michigan butter sol-l Ih New York city. But wo are prepared to wait without showing signs ot hys teria tril the Supreme court of the United Stutes mukes a decision that eonllrms our belief. In the meantime if Ihe Puerto Hli-ans are compelled by congicss to charge u low tariff against us at their custom houses and we agalnsl them for the sake of enough icvcnue to sup port the government of the Island , what of It ? A raving contemporary imys that a duty of 2 rents the pound on rice will compel the Puerto Hlcuns to pay ? 38OUO ! ) annually. Thut Is a little over 10 cents for each Puerto Rlcan , and there are five other urti- cles on which the Increase muy be as much about $2 the year pet * capita. We regret that It Is anything , Imt until the Supiome court says this is illegn ! abuse of congress for what we regarU us a mistake will effect nothing. Now as to exports from Puerto Rico on which it Is pioposed to charge a duty here. The current understandlni , him bpeu , thut Puerto K.ieo was not selling a dollar's woith of Its products elsewhere thun In the United Stutes and not much here ; that it once inn free trade with Spain , and lost that market when the island was ceded to us. But the fact Is that Puerto Rico did not have free trade with Spain Coffee shipped from Puerto Hloo tl Spain paid U duty of $5.70 the hundret pounds , and as to her other products the Spanish tariff was relatively as high , or more than twice what Is sug gcsted to be Imposed In the United States on Imports from the island Puerto Rlcan coffee , In fact , Is In any event to be admitted free Into our mar kets. Moreover , of the duties collected in Puerto Rico when It was a Spanish province about 10 per cent went for the support of the government of Spain ; under the United States both the rovemie.-from duties on exports fiom Puerto Rico , collected In our cus tom houses , and the revenue from duties collected at the Island will be expended In the Island. Nor Is it true that the markets of Spain have been closed to Puerto Hlco since the cession. The figures fur nished by our government to cover the Hist thirteen months of our occupancy fellow that Puerto Ricun exports to Spain ( ? 9G9,72t ! worth ) , Italy , France , the United States , Germany and to other countries amounted In value to over six millions ot dollars yearly , * above the average of the period from 1887 to 1S)1 ! ) , thought somewhat leas than the total for the one other year for which the figuies are available. Besides , general exports to t ! - United Statosi from.-the island are .rapidly In creasing. , . ! j It Is not accurate therefore to state that the Puerto Rlcans are standing starving in the midst of a mass'of unexportable and unsalable products because wo do not give them free trade with this country. Wo ought to give them free trade If the Island Is decid ed [ o be an integral part of this coun try , and \\e ought to give them some form of govetnment at once , for uncer tainty tends ito prevent the highek prosperity and development , and be cause the people deserve at least that much at our hands of right. But It in unnecessary that our local free trade contemporary should beat Its breast and mix nshes In its Mowing locks an might become a sincere mourner. It Is not sincere , and there Is no funeral. Detroit Jqurnal. < ( ' BRADFORD'S WOES. CmiHcit liy the Fuel 'lhat UincrlriuiK Aio , U'cnrliiK G'lottiUH Mnilu In Anierln .1 "Prospects In the American traUb generally aio not encouraging ' , for tjie exports of cotton good's are likely lo falIT away , America having got ma chinery * by which tlu'y can1 produce special effects themselves. " 'Siii'h ' .la the dismal forecast of the Bradford cot-respondent of the Finan cial Times ot London. For the jcar IjSpOjcotton goods. foinu ; , > d the prjlncinjal part of BradfoulVstrade wl\li tha United Stales , the gross vajuo amouit- } , lng to nearly | : i,000,00d ; but the eSpcjrt Q ( woolen gooifw fell off from' about $2,1200,000'In 1898 to p'nly about SfiflOO in 1899. Five years ago Bradford'aent us in one year over ? 8noO.OOO worth ipf worsted coatings , while the amount for last year was a trllle over $ : iuO,000. The Dlnglpy .turUC'Is.Jto blame'.for It. Through Its operations the demand for ( jomcstlc fabrics bus Increased , and Ihe trade losses'\amonted \ by llradford and other ISiiiopcan woolen centeia are represented by the Immense gain for American labor and material through the purchase and use of cloths made In our own cquntry. Now lt < , , uppi'ijrs thut by reason of the tariff on jine cotton American mills eVe lielnij V'aulpped with machinery IT WLL | SUR.ELY OVERWHELM HIM. , , , . i that will turn out these goods so suc cessfully as to seriously diminish the amounts purchased abroad. It would seem that there Is no end to the rav ages wrought by the Dlngley tariff In that portion of our foreign trade which Is Included In the Imports. Not so the expotts. They keep right on grow ing year by year. The tariff Is a two- edged Rword which cuts both ways for our prosperity. HAMPERING FOREIGN TRADE. IIill Only 'Hint 1'urt Which Itolales to IIoiuu-I'roiluce < l Article * . The placing of an order with a Mary land company for 2,000 tons of steel rails for use In Norway foreshadows the opening of a hitherto untouched market for our manufactures of Iron and steel. This Is the first sale of American steel rails in that part of the world , and It Is another evidence of the steady advance of our manufac tured products In the markets of Eu rope. The foreign country which la not buying American rails , locomotives and other railway supplies Is the ex ception Instead of the rule. New York Mail and Express. It Is becoming more ami more evi dent from such frequent recurring In stances as that cited above that the free-traders have much reason to feel agrleved at the manner in which the Dlngley tariff "hampers foreign trade. " Anything which hampers the trade of foreigners Is always offensive to the American free-trader. Here Is a clear case of hampering the trade of the Ironmongers of Norway by the Intro duction "In their midst" ot a big order of American-made steel rails. For this the policy of protection Is directly re sponsible , for under the workings of that policy the ironmongers of the United Slates have grown so strong that they can Invade all the markets of the world with their products , and thus hamper the trade of foreigners everywhere. When to this unpleas ant state of affairs Is added the enor mous reduction that has taken place in the marketing by foreigners of their competitive products in the United States by reason of the protective du ties of the Dlngley tariff , It Is Impos sible to deny that foreign trade is in deed greatly hampered , and that there is much ground for the sympathy felt for the unfortunate foreigners by the free-traders of America. An Unannucruhle Argutiirnt. The excess of exports over imports for three years of President McKlnley's administration has been : 1897 , ? 28U- 203,1-11 ; 1S9S , ? G15,4tlG76 ; ; 1899 , ? 329- 87-1,813. That the United States sold far more than a billion dollars' worth of prod ucts more than It bought during this period , despite the fact that a state of war existed during a greater part of it , Is an unanswerable argument in favor of the protective tariff. Durlne ; the last two years , under a wise and careful Republican administration and an adequate tariff for protection of Amerlcn Industries , the people of the United States have sold more goods abroad than under any three years of Democratic administration. During the past two years the ex cess of the sales made by the people of the United States In foreign markets j over the purchases in foreign markets , i over one billion of dollars , has been ! greater than in twenty years of Demo cratic administration. During the past two years the people ple of the United States have sold In excess of their purchases In the mar kets of the world live hundred millions more than the entire excess over im ports during the eight years that Cleveland was president. Qulncy (111. ) Whig. Motor Hold ( inn furlrlilcofi. The Ficnch war depaitment is now carrying out a series of trials with mo tor carriages for Held guns , and ( Jen. de ( Julllfet bus stntsd In the chamber that there Is every prospect of a satis factory result. The point Is of consid erable Importance , Inlcv of the ne cessity established by war operations In South Africa for u much heavier \\unpon than the 12-poundcrs and K > - pounders with which our army has been hitherto equipped. The 4.7-inch and the six-Inch guns aio regarded with favor as necessary additions 'to the equipment of our Held forces. As to the dllHcuUles of mobility , the1.7 - inch gun with a mobile Held carriage. \\o are Informed , could be made with a weight of about two and a half tons , which Is jiQt an exceswlve joad ; and mechanical power could easily he , ap plied for the .movement of the/so / guns as well as for heavy transport wagons. Letters from the fiont speak with ap proval of the success of the traction engine , used by Gen. Buller's army service.corps , notwithstanding that < on the way from Frcro and Chieveley to Spearman's camp and Potglctor's Drift very heavy loads were experienced , andjthe. fact that.they have been sent for Lord Roberts' service now further proves their utility. Engineering , , A FRi 'ADE TRUST. ' Wall 1'k ir Manurnuhirors < > r- . Cnnlr.o n Combine , The following bit , of news , contained ' ' in a special' cablegram from' London , will be Interesting to those that con tend , that frqe trade is tup proper" rem edy for the trust evil : "Tho English wall paper trust , form- fng since last September , Is now com plete , with a capital of ? 30,0.00,90.0. Practically every manufacturer in the United Kingdom is in the combina tion. " As England already has free trade , and has had It for many years , the theorists there cannot throw the re sponsibility for the formation of the wall payer trust upon the tariff. We may properly ask how it is , if it is the tariff protection that enables trusts to thrive in this country , that a num ber of them can thrive In the British isles , where there is no tariff protec tion ? The wall paper trust , which is de scribed as embracing practically every manufacturer in the United Kingdom. is a mpre comprehensive trust than any that has yet been formed in this country , with the exception of the Standard Oil trust , and the Standard Oil trust has no protection upon Its product. The great Rockefeller trust has been organized and maintained without any aid from the protective tariff. In England the wall paper manufac turers are not protected against Impor tations from abroad by duties on wall paper , and yet It seems that they can combine every manufacturer Into a trust and fix their own prices for what they sell. There must , then , be something be sides the tariff that Is responsible for the trusts , and If that is the case , the introduction of free trade would * not prove to be an effective remedy. On the contrary , free trade would probably serve to extend the operations df the trusts. With the duties abolished we should sec international instead of merely national combinations to con trol the output and price of many arti cles. cles.Tho The protective tariff operates to keep the foreign trusts out of the Unit ed States , leaving us with only our own creations to deal with and the way will bn discovered to curb and control them effectually. Minneapolis Trib une. Hail for the C'tilninlty I'nrty. Prosperity stories have taken the place of calamity croaklngs In Kansas , and Mr. Bryan Is wondering what he can do to regain his former hold upon the ears of those who no longer ilnd him Interesting. The story is told of an old farmer who , at the point of a shotgun , compelled a creditor to ac cept payment of a note before it fell due. "Why did he do that ? " some ono asked the narrator. "Oh , he wanted to stop the interest , " was the reply. John W. Brcldenthal , the state bank com missioner , tells of a banker out In the short grass country who wrote a letter asking If there was any law that would compel him to receive money for de posit In his bank. "I wrote him , " said Breidenthal , "that if he had more mon ey than he knew what to do with , I knew of no law In Kansas that would compel him to take more. You see. they are paying their taxes , and the county treasurer wanted to make a de pository out of his bank , but be would be mandamused before he would sub mit to It. " All this looks bad for the political party and candidate who hope to win by reviving the free-trade and free- ' si'lver Issues of the Chicago platform. i to A l Keclprncltjr Trcatlrx. he way to" llgllt these treaties Is1 not to spend all our strength In exposIng - Ing the gross Injustice done to this state in these particular cases , but to attack the principle Involved. It is ut terly vicious. No reciprocity treaty pan be nqgotiatcd whoso effect.Is not to directly and without compensation take money from one class of our cit izens and bestow It elsewhere at the caprice of the negotiator of the treaty. If IB a relic o fvmedlevallsm-It ; should , have no platje on the statute books of any civilized nation , Fight not merely" these treaties , but all reciprocity troa- . tins. Let us end the whole business once for all. San Francisco Chronicle ,