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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1900)
vv vwwv vi/vv\vtvvvw vvt.vtvfc'u w < wvi'v a > * M" * IT sf W nkv T yf 'N ' 'la1 ' ' K ill ; b : j KING D ° % * ! ! A STORY GF MILITARY LIFE IH INDIA. J i i % OV A1AVOR ALLAN CHAPTER X. ( Continued. ) That night aho would not consent to forsake his couoji. A new strength the strength of dc- upalr had coroo to liej.v-ai d the doc tor and nureKvnllke mrfrv led at the courage and promptltude 'ivllh which Hho assumed the duties o ujjjwnoaltlon when the sleepless night wasyover at last and the good nhlp steadied slowly Into Southampton docks. t > There she indited tclfigrinj ; . ar ranged for Don'fl removal to the lit tle steamer for the Isle of Wight , and gave orders' ancnt their luggage , all with a fortitude and forethought that had never been called upon'till now. The sympathy of the whole ship went with her , for the calamity which had befallen her"and Irtr great endurance beneath it had"won her golden opin ions from all. The captain stepped forward and grasped the little hand she proffered in silent gratitude' for his condolence when the moment of farewell came at last. lie had a letter to deliver Into her keeping which , owing to Don's Ill ness , he had refrained from doing be fore. He explained that the letter had been found upon the dead body of the Indian when recovered from the son ; nnd ns Captain Gordon's name was mentioned In' It , ho thought Captain Gotdon'a wife should have it. Llllio took It and put it In her pock et , with n wan Httlo smllo of thanks. Vivid as was her remembrance still of that ghastly scene the night of the Htorm , her thoughts had seldom dwelt on the swarthy seaman's dastardly deed which had added this twofold agony of Don's illness to her sorrow- laden soul. Indian life had Inured her to the deep-rooted thirst for revenge of fho native If he believed himself wronged ; but Don was ever ao unl- vorHal n favorite she could not fathom the neansm's attack. She had neither tlmo nor heart to read the letter now. Yut it was not till the channel pack et moored alongside the Cowes pier , and she saw Roddy and Dl , In response to her telegram , hurrying forward to greet her. the unnatural strain upon her endurance and calm gave way , nnd aho fell on Diana's neck with the bit ter , broken cry which meant the whole world to her. "lie b dying. " * * * All that night Don's life was de spaired of. His fccblo pulse went down to the lowest ebb ; nnd , an if that brief period of consciousness had sapped the last spark of vitality , lib exhaustion was BO great that at tlmos they scarcely could tell If the breath of life had not gone out forovor. There was no question of proceeding to Shamklln , whcro Roddy and DI had fondly expected to welcome brldo und bridegroom to their cottage home. To the big hotel overlooking the azure Bca they carried Don to die. True , the fever had left him now , but it had loft him prostrate , helpless as an Infant. Ho slept continuously , knowing not the difference between night and day , sometimes dimly con scious of a loving hand ever ready to minister to his wants , but too weak , too far out on that limitless gulf that flows between the worlds to dream of what awaited him on either shore. . And Lillle ? She must have miffcrcil oven If she had not loved him , and her love during thoncs long weeks of nurs ing had become to her both life 'and food. She sat by him while night waned and dawn broke. "Why seek rest when sleep was Impossible ? " she ar gued. And so they lot her have her way , passing In and out of the sick room , ulwayu to find her sitting there , with her blue eyes fixed upon Don'a face , motionless , almost breathless in her piteous dospalr. * Hut just as the aim was rising and bathing the fall- world , without In. a blaze of gpldon light Diana stole to her with some re freshment , to ( hid hpr a.lttltifi up hi her chair , a hectic flush on her face , her eyes aflame with mingled excitement and grief. A letter lay open on her lup. It was the lottcr the captain of the troopship had given her , and which had lain in her pocket forgotten until now , when a chance thought recalled It. It was written In Hlndoataneo , and bore thte straggling signature of one \vho had so ruthlessly wrecked "the rWhlte Lily's" peace. The signature v/aa Sing , and was it wondrr , as Llllio laboriously waded through Us brief contents , passion and pain and remorse overwhelmed her bleeding heart ? "I command you to remove the des picable Ferlngheo ( Englishman ) Cap tain Gordon out of my path , " ran the Prince's scroll. "Dotard ! poltroon ! that you were to take Captain Dor- wont's life in his stead ! Your excuse that the darkness of the night ant Captain Gordon's conduct led to your failure avail you nothing. You have robbed me of a friend , and lot rny fee go free. Expect neither reward noi mercy from me. " Sh * understood It all now. Tlie In dlan v/hos'o/kpiffl , .Jv d , .w.lprcd vpon's breast was no othoc.thantho sopoy who , In the secret service of th Prince , had followed Don Into Tlrah. His ordois had been to shoot Don , but In the gathering dusk of the nullah he had mistaken Captain Dei-went for hla Intcndnd victim. Ho had thereupon graphically reported Don's o\vry word and action to try to account for the ex citement which led to the mhdliectlon of his own rifle ; but the c < ciio lia'l weighed not at all with the haughty potentate , whoao imperious will had thua been frustrated. And the epoy , with that blind devo tion to his master which Is the In dian's truest point , had willingly faced death , disguised ac a seaman , again to make attempt to carry out the Prince's desire. Slio realized with n shudder the nw- ful strength of her royal lover's deep- rooted Jealousy. She felt anew the agony of it-morse doublefold. In vain Diana , with her larger faith nnd greater endurance , tried to solace her. She knew Intuitively that Dl , in her noble abandonment of self , would have sacrificed her grief for the fatlior vho was dead In order to teach tha omfort of repentance at the foot of he cross to the living husband's nuf- erlnj ; soul. And now Don was dying dying ! ' and that supreme privilege would'nev er be hors. She might never hold his land and Hay : "If we confess our sins , He is faithful and just to forgive is our sins , and to cleanse us from all tnrlghtootisncsa. " She hud told Don rfho forguyo him , yet she had bidden lim go and work out his own re- lentancc and salvation , bereft of jarthly comfort and companionship- Don , whose nature she knew was HO weak to resist temptation or endure lardahlp , who knew nothing of the strength of self-rcll\nco \ or the trust in redeemer. Ah ! what was her forgiveness worth ? Colonel Gordon from Gadie arrived it West Cowes on the second day fol lowing Roddy's message of Don's con- Htlon. Though his son undoubtedly hold the firdt plucc In the old lalrd'a lieart , his nephew Don had ever re ceived a large share of his affectionate 5ollcltiile ( , and he was profoundly moved by the young ofllcer's Illness. Yet It was ho who resolutely drew Llllla from the sick room , leaving Roddy nnd Diana to watch with the nurao through that time of dread crisis He saw the strength of the girl wife was all but sapping beneath the aw ful strain , both physical and mental ; and It was In those short , calm con verses by the wide seashore at the bravo old soldier's side that Lillle learned the greatest of faith's secrets 'Ho dooth all things well. " And It was then then , when her heavy-laden heart had found relief In submission to that Higher Will tlrin her own , the vital wave of Don's life , having ebbed to Its furthest limit , ' be gan to flow back. The doctor's verdict went forth that Itvas possible Don might live. Oh , the agony tlipn of those nights ) and days ! those alternate hours when life and death struggled for supremacy , and each hung In the balance ! Once more Llllie hovered almost In cessantly by Don's pillow , living only In that hope of the first look , the first word of recognition. She hungered for It with an eager Intensity that had no thought of self In It now. She longed to pour out In his ears the comfort of that proof of the Prince's guilt and his own Innocence. She told herself not even death could nppal her now If but that brief com munion of souls might bo theirs , for suffering had taught her even resigna tion's wondrouu hope. "I shall go to him , but ho shall not return to me. " , * * * * * The sun was setting over the green , sloping hills and glinted on the flpots of yachts and llt'tle boats In the luir- bor and on 'th.o ' castle at its mouth. Away beyond the dividing lilvor Medi na rose Non-la castle , with Its fair parks extending to the shore , and still further were just visible the two squaio turrets of the little Island home of the sovereign lady , Queen Victoria. It was a fair , fair scone , and as Lll- llc stood at Don's window looking out upon It , her heart qwelli'd with min gled patriotism and o otlou. Ah. .surely God , who was s.o inorclfui , would grant that Don , too , might yet revel in the fairness she now. looked on ? ( Then suddenly , as she turned , she saw Don's eyes were open , and' he was gazing upon her with the Capture of lull consciousness which once' before lit his face on board the great steam er. She went to him and fell'-on ' her knees besldo his bed. "My darling , " he said falnt'ly , nnd his weak arms went out to her nnd gathered her nearer and drew her head down jtoJiorl rflasJi 'iWUy'p/ / we ? " lie uskod then , after a moment of sl- lonco that was too full for speech. "Wo are homo" she answered , In a ' mi ' 'r ' volco'of joy. Through'thf > near bay-window his eyes fell on tlio1 distAril'tbwefs of Os- borne , and suddenly , at that touch of memory , he hlfsod her passionately , with all the nrdor of hope and life. "My queen Is hero , " he murmured. Yes. like the Israelites of old , those two had needed to paps through the wide red spa of sufferV g ere they gained the promised land. But "King Don" had come into hl.s kingdom at last. last.The ( The End. ) LIFE IN SAMOA. DoKcrlpllon of tlin Isluticl I'ouplo by Mrn. Htronic. Mrs. Isabel Strong ( , sli6p-foHjhfcr"of ; ! Robert Lou'Ju Siovensoh' , lived w'lt'i ' the StcvciiEon famly'durlriEJmoHt ! 6f'lhplr life In Samoa , and she was closely as- soclatfcd with Mr. StuvpitHon in hi * lit erary work. She told recently of tlii beauty of the I.aland , and naid It could really bo called the "Kmorald Isle , " on account of the luxuriance of Its tropi cal vegetation. Orchids grow there like butlcicups and daisies In an Eng lish meadow. Stevenson had a grc'it love for tile place , and he considered It restful and full of Inspiration. Tin natives looked upon him with venera tion , and his mother , who always wore a white cap , they called an exiled prin cess , confusing the cap and the crown as symbolic of royalty. Mr. Stevenson became friendly with many of the na- tlvon and one of his pleasures was to are tlio effect upon them of highly civ ilized customs , as for Instance , Invit ing twelve or more of the warriors tea a course dinner , served with great formality. The warriors would conic In native costume and never appcaiv.l 111 at case , always waiting for Mr. Ste- vciinon to begin a course and thea Imi tating exactly. Contrary to the life of most savage people , the women of Samoa do not do the heavy work , anl under the teaching of Mr. Stevenson they became still more exempt frcm unnecessary bin dens , and lived much the same domestic life as civilized women. In their dress they still're tained , however , many savage traits , and it was not an unusual thing to sec the children going to church at tired only in n hat and a wreath of smllax. When Mr. Stevenson died , the natives built a coral road from his home to his grave , and this they call "the road of loving hearts. " They have also built a hospital In his mem ory , and Mrs. Stevenson partly sup ports it , sending a yearly contribution. The natives have always been afraid the body would bo removed from Sa moa , and they guard the grave with gieat care. A CHEROKEE ALPHADET. It HAH llOOII IllXOljtlMl br I' I'11 IHUOlllHl flloiiibor of , Hi" Ti'llio , The now hieroglyphic alphabet is a novelty. It is the invention of a full blooded Cherokee Indian , by numj Sequoayab. He has for a long time hought some method of wilting' the Cherokee language.hltherto only npok- en. Ho found that the English letU-rs would not express the sounas of that tongue , nor would his fellow Cherokees - kees ti ko up the white man's letter. * . To overcome this dlfliculty he dec-Idea to Invent a new alphabet , easy to learn and at the same time expressive of the sounds of the Cherokee language. The Indian eye will not easily come down to mere lines , so he used pictures of things'to ' In'dfcatc 'tho ' letters or sounds of letters. Ho succeeded "at last In forming an alphabet of sixty-eight signs by which ho could cxpiess all of the sounds of his-native tongue. At the same time the , letters are so largo nnd distinct from eaoh other as not to bo easily confused. lie first Hied his now alphabet on his wife , and round that she could easily remnuiber the sounds and leurn to read. Then he called In half a dozen of the Cher okee warriors and tried ills lett'vs on them. Here again he succeeded , llo wrote a few sentences In Chuiokeo , and they lead them after a little train ing. Alinut Frightcnlnc Children. If a child Is constitutionally nerv ous , says the American Journal of Health , It is no uro to think that it can bo made c'lfTerent by force. Aigu- ment , too , In many cases only Intensi fies .til ? terror which children often feel If left alone in the dark , and gives definite expression to fears which arc purely Imaginary. Many people nrguo that a child who Is afraid to be left uloiio or to 30 Into a dark loom ought to be made to do either of these things in order to find out that no harm will come to him. Now , chil dren are seldom really afraid unless they have been made so , and it is a curious fact that the most tlinld child shrinks from disclosing his fears to aiu-ono. In such a case someone has certainly warned him that worse things will happen If ho dares to dis close the icason of his alarm. Very often It is the simplest thing which has been made to appear so tcnible under certain conditions. Say * < iunlu < Should Not Marry. Possibly the best known unmarried man of loiters Is Henry James , the novelist. Ho maintains stoutly that the artist , no matter what the medium of his expression , should remain sin gle , on the ground that the potty cares and earplugs of domestic llfo tend to wear on dellcateiy-adjustec nerves aiid exhaust the mental fiber of genius , whether its possessor bo a. painter of pictures , worker In words , n modeler of statues , a composer of music , a'singer or ono who amuses the people from the stage. Some men never realizeliomoan ; , , they have been until they run for oillcc. IT COiXCEllNS LABOJR , VITAL ASPECT OF THE PUERTO RICAN QUESTION. Him American Waco i : : rn < ; rn Would llo AITncti-il by tlin Competition of I.o\v 1'alil a IK ! HiilfClvlllrrtlVorl * ri from Our New > .lthough occupying in the columns of the Congiesslonal Record ncarcely more than one-tenth of the space com monly taken up by statesmen desirous of disseminating their views through the medium of the government print ing olllce , the speech of Congressman ( jrosvonor of Ohio on the Puerto Rican question , delivered in the National House of Representatives on the -Sth of February , 1)00 ! ) , Is among the mo.5t Important of all the speeches made on this subject In cither branch of Con- gicsd more Important than all .the rest of the spcecliod put together , wo had almost said. The strength of Mr. Urosvenor's presentment of the leal factors of the Puerto Rlcan problem lies In Its brevity , Its directness , its simplicity of statement , and above all its truth , solid , vital truth. "Surely In vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird , " began Mr. Groa- venor , aptly tajcng from Holy Writ a quotation that'should put to shame a considerable number of Republican speakers and writers who have deliber ately walked Into the net spread out In plain sight before their open eyes and have been awkwardly flopping around in It now some two niontlu. It was a net spread by the enemies of American liberty and American labor ; a net spread by prototypes of those who in 1SGO forced upon the country the dangerous issue of Intrenching hu man slavery Into the territories on the principle that "the constitution of its own force carries slavery into any or all of the territories of the United States , " a net spread by free traders with the design of advancing their fa vorite dogma of cheapening Amerl can labor and American manhood ; a net spread to embarrass and defeat the Republican party at the polls this year. It la strange indeed that in the minds of those Republican writers and speakers who enlarge upon the cruel ty of the 15 per cent tariff proposition and who discourse so eloquently upon what they designate the right of the people of all our new possessions to instantly enter upon the enjoyment of all the rights enjoyed by the people of the states of the union , the real pur pose of the net spread In their plain sight had not been more apparent ; strange that they should not j > ee , what Mr. Grosvenor so forcibly points out , "that behind It all Is simply the stalkIng - Ing of the Democratic purpose , mani fested at the very outset , to drive the Republicans of this country Into a po sition where they could destroy them at the polls. " The telling points which bristle in the speech of Mr. Grosvcnor may thus be briefly stated : 1. The question whether "tho con stitution followed the flag" Into Puer to Rico , and if Into Puerto Rico then of necessity into the Phllippnes , for you cannot separate the two proposi tions. 2. If the affirmative of these proposi tions be true , the chcap.degraded labor of the Sulus , the Tagals , the Filipinos and the horde of Asiatics which we took unto ourselves when wo took the Philippine Islands will come into com petition with American labor In our mines and mills , for you cannot legally prevent a full fledged American citi zen ftom ottering his labor where ho will and at what price he will. 3. That the entire volume of Puerto Rlcan sugar and tobacco now awaiting transport to the American market has long since passed out of the hands of the native producers and Into the hands of trusts and speculators who alone would profit by the removal of all tariffs on these commodities. "That is all there Is of it , " says Con gressman Grosvenor , "and in order to bring that about the whole Democratic party of the United States.and all their coagitators anil co-operators have launched their boat In support of a principle that will bring to the labor sections of the United States millions upon millions of half-dressed vaga bonds to cut down the price of wages. " Truly and well it Is urged by Mr. Gros vcnor that If the question had stood alone , and had not carried with it a much bigger , broader and more portentous tentous question , nobody would have been seriously or permanently disgrun tled if abosluto free trade had boon granted to Puerto Rico and the people of that Island would have been grant ed , without much opposition , the boon of unrestricted commercial Intercourse through legislative enactment by a Re publican Congress ; but not , mark you , In pursuance of the false and danger ous doctrine that ' 'the constitution fol lows the flag. " It was in the interest of American labor that Mr. Grosvenor made his powerful speech of February 28. No one ) ias yet answered that speech ; no one has yet shown , and no ono can ahow , how the Republican party could have squared itself with the labor in terests of the United States If it had walked Into the Bourbon free trade net so artfully spread for the purposes of the campaign of 1900. Only Stoolnlgeani. The most significant statement rf the trust question in relation to the Puerto Rjcaii tariff bill was made by Congressman Cannon of Illinois , on the floor of the House. He charged that both the tobacco and sugar stored In Pttci to Rico arc ownrfd by the sugar and tobacco trusts. They have put forwaid sonip natives as stoolplgeona to beg for free trade , so that , while the Democrats cried out against the trusts , they would be voted for them. In other words , while the Democrats are shouting out at the tops of their voices for free trade with1 Puerto Rico they are but ncljng directly In the in terests of the toliacco and sugar trusU , who hope and pray for such free trade since they own the sugar and tobacco that have been stored up In Puerto P.Iran warehouses. There Is something for all Intelligent men to ponder over , and Mr. Bryan would do well to give It more than a pausing glance. The Democratic parly , which , by the way , shcltcicd and honored the greatest trust maker of the age , ex-Governor Rowoll P. Flower of New York , actIng - Ing as the atoolplgeon of the abomi nated sugar and tobacco trusts ! Shades of Thomas , leffc"son ! Youngstown ( Ohio ) Telegram. A PREDICTION. Z'rro-TriuIoM Will Accept Itryunllni for tliu H.iltu of OverlliroiYlriK I'rotoctlon , The Philadelphia Recoid ID ono among the few Democratic newspa pers which indulge in the vain delu sion that It is yet possible to prevent the nomination of Mr. Bryan as the Democratic presidential candidate this year. Reviewing the platform just adopted by the Nebraska Democracy in state convention a platform which undoubtedly was submitted to and ap proved by Mr. Bryan prior to Its adop tion the Record says : "Tho Democrats have before them an opportunity and a problem which icqulro a statesman of high ability and coinage , capable of leading the gov ernment In constitutional paths. By his Populist platform and his speech menacing the people with a new greenback agitation just when the specter of free silver has been laid Mr. Bryan has shown even to his most zealous adherents in the past that he Is not the man for the hour. No mat ter how sound may be his views upon the great issue which a Republican ad ministration and a Republican con gress are forcing upon the nation , his identification with the worst monetary heresies and humbugs , Including sreenbackcry , has inspired a distrust of him which cannot be overcome in the pivotal states that will decide the contest. " And yet William Jennings Bryan will be the Democratic nominee at Kansas City next July ; nothing is surer than that. Will the Philadel phia Record refuse to support him in tlie campaign ? Probably not. Its hatred of Republican doctrines and policies Is too strong for that. Rather than abate one jot of Its unreasoning hostility to what It calls "the perni cious policy of protection" the Record will most likely accept Bryanism and all the rest of tlie Democratic free- trade press of the United States. Mark the piediction. WILL NOT BE FOOLED AGAIN. INTERNATIONAL TRADE. n.xportH of Miimifnoturoi TliU Year VFI11 Amount to Moro Than S lOO.OOO.OOO. The fact that there was an increase of more than ? 10,000,000 worth in the exports of manufactured commodities from the United States in February , compared with the exports of like com modities In February of last year , la the most striking fact In connection with the International trade in which this country was interested during that month. The February exports of manufactures this year aggregated more than ? ? ,1.0UO,000 worth , and It is estimated that according to the pres ent outlook our total sales of manu factured good for the current year will amount to more than $100,000,000 worth. These are striking figures , and must bo impressive to every student of our Industrial enterprises , and of the remarkable success that attends the effort to extend sales into foreign countries. It Is only necessaiy to re mark , In this connection , that four years ago our total annual exporta- tlons of manufactured commodities amounted to less than $200,000,000 worth. By far the greater percentage of Increase in our foreign sales of manufactures has taken place since the Dingley protective act gave such encouragement to American Indus tries , ns not only to enable them to hold the domestic market , but to so reduce the cost of production on many lines as to make them competitors in the markets of the world. Export of manufactures in 1899 were more than double those of 1890. Will Churco It to Protection. A Scotch linen manufacturer writes to tills country that Jinen yarns have advanced fifty per cent. , coal 200 psr cent and bleaching and wages fifteen per cent. And yet when linens art ) 'advanced about thirty-three per cent , sonio of the Democratic papers will be ' 'charging It'up to the trusts or pro- 'foctlon. Hamilton ( Mo. ) Hamiltonian. FAULT FINDING MERELY. Urmortliy Atlltncle of I > tfin6crit < In tlie 1'tiorto lllciut flutter. Observe the nature of the Demo- < ratlc fissuults upon the proposed nc- Jlon of congress relative to Puerto aico. How keenly and with what wrathfulness - fulness they jump upon the tariff pio- vlslon of the bill passed by the house of representatives. With what an as sumption of righteous indignation they seek to tear to tatters the legis lation which is engaging the attention of congress , and how painstaking in their efforts to worry the majority. When you have waded through the bitter denunciations with which they have made the circumambient atmos phere look blue , do you not recognize the familiar and over-scolding voice ? It Is the old , wrangling , vitupera tive objector , who Is always pulling down and never building up. The democratic wail Is that a tariff should not be imposed upon Puerto Rico. Where in all the denunciation of that measiue in there a suggestion of any thing constructive In Its place ? Grant that there should be no per manent tariff wall between Puerto Rico and the United States , and no Re publican claims that there should be , what do these Democratic saviors of their country offer in its place ? There is crying necessity for provision of some sort for the relief of the storm- swept , Spain-ridden Islanders , but the only idea that' has secured absolute possession of our Democratic critics is that a tariff restriction is horrible. They have only traveled one seg ment of the circle and Imagine that they have been clear around. The party that seeks to feel its way toward constructive legislation for our new island possession , the party that has the courage to march along un trodden paths and blaze away , is de nounced by a party that is paralyzed witli fear over the necessity for posi tive action. Grant that the Republican party is meeting with dlfliculty in all at once striking upon the absolutely correct policy to pursue , in view of the now questions that confront us , in heav en's name where would we be if the solution of these questions were in the hands of the party that objects but does not suggest , of the party that looks down and does not look up , of the party that fears to go forward and dares not go back ? Los Angeles ( Cal. ) Expiess. OUR OPPORTUNITY. If Only Wo Hud tlio Vanltoo SIiljiH to Tulio Advanlngo of It. The cheerful condition of a foreign conmerce carried almost exclusively under foreign flags is emphasized by England's last move In the Transvaal war. Dispatches have been received at tlu < ff State Department from Ambassador J | Choate which state that British vessels ! % are not permitted to take goods for the enemy's territory , and there are no other vessels running between East London and Lourenzo Marquez. The representation of the American merchant marine in those waters is confined to one or two sailing vessels that occasionally appear there. Am bassador Choate , it is to be noted , aays there are no vessels other than British plying between East London and Lourenzo Marquez , so that , even If goo'ds could be sent to East London and discharged thereIt would be dif ficult to transport them to Lourenzo Marquez. . England has done a very sensible thing. No one will blame her In time of war for harissing her antagonists In every possible manner. She builds her own ships , subsidizes them and controls not onlj the vessels for transports or auxiliary cruisers in time of war , but can put an embargo if she likes , upon their cargoes. Of course , such action hints the Tnlted States. Of course It hurts an ; ' nation that has to do business under n foreign flag. The fanatics who are opposing Senator Frye's shipping bill , us they opposed the making of steI rails , as they opposed the making o ? tin plate , as they opposed tha building of the navy , as they opposed resistance to Sece-jsion , would doell to paste this incident in their hats. ( They will not , of cours" , because , s heaven help them , they are either in the pay of foreign steamship lines or else members of that sincere but mel ancholy group who were born with the belief that their country Is something of which to be nshan.ed. Boston Commercial Bulletin. IToulil Kemlu tlio ' 1'rlnclplc. The decision of th > Senate Republi can Steering Committro to further emend the Pueito Rican tariff bill by striking out entirely the provision re quiring the povment of d-itles upon American goods imported Into thU f-ountry to a merely nominal rate , riurh smaller than the nftc n per cent of the Dingley duties provided for In the House bill , brings the whole ques tion Iwcit very closf to the president's oiiRlnal proposition for tree trade with the Island. Such a taiiff ar- langement would be practically equivalent to frc < 3 trade and yet would retain the vital principle for which the Republican party contends , that the constitution does not apply to the now territory without specific action of congress. Denver Times. Our Level-IIeiuloil Country. Excitable editors who are retiring President McKlnley because of th.s little Puerto Rlcan muddle forget that the country loves prosperity. Kansas City ( Mo. ) Journal. Wise is the man who acts as If he expected to live a hundred years , bur ls prepared to shuffle off tomorrow.