Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1901 — Page 2

THE JEWELLED TALISMAN PURITAN AND CAVALIER

BY MRS. CAROLINE ORNE

CHAPTER lll.—(Continued.) As Ml. Walwortfr finished speaking, (he •lock commencedMntriking eight. It was the hour for family worship, and as the hist stroke died away, Joseph Walworth, • boy of thirteen, with the dark complexton and sedate countenance of his father, and his brother Benjamin, two years younger, with bright curling hair, and eyes full of the same cheerful light which beamed from his mother’s, entered the room and quietly took their seats on a tow bench a little apart from the others. They were followed by the subordinate members of the household, all of them demeaning themselves in an orderly, quiet manner. When all were seated, Mr. Walworth, removing little Ella from his knee, and telling her to go to her mother, drew his chair to the table, on which lay a large Bible. It had been brought to this country in the Mayflower. A chapter was selected, which he read with a connte■snee expressive of earnest devotion, and a voice deep-toned and full of solemn fervor. ’Hie reading of the chapter was followed by a prayer, and during the performance of each, the different demeanor and aspect of the auditors might have formed an interesting study to a spectator. Mildred Dacres now n.-ui turn winked at Falkland. who in return smiled deris fvcly. But it was in vain that either of them attempted to catch the eye of linrlelgh. There was to him, whose emotional nature was more earnest and profound than theirs, something touching, •ven sublime, in the simplicity with which til was conducted, which could not fail to Inspire a feeling of reverence. “Tarry the night with us, Gabriel,” said Mr. Walworth, when, as the elock struck nine, he rose to, go. “I came for that purpose,” he replied, "but now I don’t feel fully satisfied in my own mind. It might have been a temptation.'-’ As he said this, his eyes suddenly dilated, and for a moment were fastened upon Clarence Harleigh, burning with the same fierce glare as when they rested on him in tin* earlier part of the evening, as be stood at the threshold. “You are too scrupulous,” said Mr. worth. “It surely can't be amiss for you to sleep beneath the same roof with those who differ from ns?” “It isn't that—it isn't (hat," he said, hurriedly ; and then walking up to Alice, he seized her hand. “Alice," said he, “you stand on the brink of perdition. If your feet slip, remember that I didn’t neglect to warn you.” “I don't know what you mean," said Alice, attempting to withdraw her hand from his vice-like grasp. “None are so dull ns those that won’t ond ‘retain!. This very evening, you gave a pleased ear to the honeyed words of oue Who, being not with ns, is against us. I was near at hand and heard all.” “Then you’ve been acting the part of the eavesdropper.” “If I have. It was In the way of duty. Once more f warn you to avoid the unfodly aiid woe to you and him f you neglect heed to what I ■ay." “Gabriel Guthry,” said Mrs. Walworth, who stood near, “I don't know what is in your mind, but as you have taken it upon you to warn Alice, I take it upon myself to warn you, and not mistake fanaticism for religion.” Oabriel stood in a musing attitude a few moments, and then abruptly left the room. “ llow strange lie seems, Aunt Esther;” •aid Alice. "He makes me afraid.” “I don't think that he means any harm," replied her aunt, “but he needs checking. I will speak to your unde about it." All present had by this time risen, in order to separate for the night, - nine o’clock, in those primitive days, being the customary hour for retiring. "Harleigh," said Mildred, ns she pass ed him, “I shall leave here to-morrow morning early.” “Not before breakfast?” “Yes; soon after sunrise.” “Shall you walk home?” "No; I shall cross the bay in the little canoe in which 1 am accustomed to cross it "

“And do you not fear the water, aftyr wliat took place yesterday 7" “Why should I* I have crossed t}o bay In the canoe a hundred times, and Jf some one—the Indian girl, I suppose, I hare heard called Bird-Voice—hadn’t made free with it yesterday, I shouldn't have been obliged to employ Silas Wntkins, nnd then the accident might not have happened. You must hunt it ep, anl have it ready for me at the foot »f the* stone steps.” “Your command shall be obeyed," was Burleigh's reply, though it did not escape Mildred’s quick eye or ear that IV promise was reluctantly given. The time which lie would be obliged io devote to the required service would have enabled him to speak a few words io Alice, who was an early riser, and more he thought of it the more lie felt determined to have what Mildred had ia iinuated respecting Falkland either co» firmed or denied by her own lips. Though, as has been said, Mildred saw that Har' leigh't promise was given with reluctance, she felt no disposition to release him. The few moments it would give her alone with him—for she intended to be in season to meet him nt the foot of the steps— she could, os she believed, turn to good account. “My sweet Alice,” said Mildred, i ncireling her waiat with her arm, as they left the room, “don’t put me into the spare chamber; let me share yours.” “But the spare chamber will accommodate you ao much better." “No matter; your company will more than make up for any lack of accommodation; so remember that to night, and all future nighte I may spend here, i am determined to shrvre jrnur iwn."

CHAPTER IV. Morning had scarcely began to kinule its fires in the east when Harleigh rose. Soon afterward he left the house, and directed his steps towards that part of the bay, opposite a lodge, where dwelt the Indian maiden alluded to by Mildred. He did not notice Gabriel Guthry, who was npproaching the house by a different path from the one he had taken. Alice had risen, and was at her chamber window. Though she soon lost sight of Harleigh, she could see Gabriel Guthry, as he glided in and out among the trees. A feeling of dread fell upon her as she recalled what lie said to her the previous evening, for the thought occurred to her that he was following Harleigh with some evil design, as she saw him stealing cautiously along in a direction nearly parallel to the path taken by her lover. . She had already thrown a short cloak over, .her shoulders, with the half-formed, intention of following him, and by her presence defeat any sinister purpose which he might have formed against Harleigh, when Mildred, whom she imagined to be still sleeping, suddenly roused herself. "You are preparing for an early walk this morning, my dear Alice.” said she. “I half suspect that there’s a lovers' appointment to fulfill.” “I can assure you there is nothing of the kind,” she replied. “You are merely tempted by the beauty of the morning, I suppose, then?” Alice, who still stood close to the window, instead of answ’eriug her, bent eagerly forward, having, through an opening I among the trees, again caught a glimpse of Guthry, whom, for a few moments. ' she had lost sight of. Mildred was at j her side in an instant, and in time to see I a man holding aside the branch of a tree, as if to prevent its intercepting the view of some object. Alice hurried from the room. t Mildred watched her from the window, and sau her hasten to the woods, which she entered, and soon disappeared. “I should begin to think,” said she to herself, “that what T told Harleigh concerning her and Falkland has some truth in it, if I hadn't seen that steeple-crown-ed hat looming up in the morning mist. It cannot be that she has taken a fancy to the grim Gabriel. Compared with him, Mr. Walworth is a pattern of refinement and affability. But never mind. Fulkland or Guthry, I can make equally to subserve my purpose. She might have staid long enough to arrange my hair.” And she went to the looking glass, which was about the bigness of a common-sized window pane. Before commencing the unwonted task, she opened a small pearl box which sat on the table.

“I thought this was whore she kept Harleigh’s gift when she didn't wear it,” said she, ns one of those rare opals, whose lively piny of colors makes it one of the most precious of gems, met her view. As she removed it from the l>ox, the suti darted his first beams In at the window, and kindled it into a dazzling brilliancy. “I am half a mind to make sure of it now,” she added. Fur a moment she stood Irresolute, and then returned it. “No; it will be prfmature. The broad Atlantic must roll between him and Alice when she misses It, or an explanation will make all right between them,” were the thoughts which passed through her mind. Alice, after entering the woods, stopped nnd looked in the direction where she had last seen Gabriel. He was nowhere in sight, but just as she was about to ngaiu move forward, she heard a slight crash, like the breakiug of a dead limb. It was not long before she came in sight of the nmn. Gabriel’s usually pale fnoe was now to ghastliness. He stood as if rooted to the ground, with his cyts glaring still more fiercely than when, the preceding evening, they fell on Harleigh. Alice was near enough to seff that they were fastened on some object ft no great distance. All at once she hefed voices. One of them was Harleigh’s, the other a sweet, girlish voice, which she knew was the Indian maiden’s, 0 who divllt in tha lodge hard by. At that moment. Gabriel Gutf.ry changed his attitude, nnd then she saw that he held a rifle in his hand, fie partly raised it, and Alice, springing forward, was about to utter a cry of warning, when he suffered it to fall buck again to its former position. “A curse on the ungodly cavalier, an,d on the little copper-colored hcf.then by his side. I should have had h‘«m if it tindn't been for her,” said Gabrtel, in a voice quivering with rage. The next moment he turned and plunged deeper into the woods, while Alice, with an unflttered prayer of thanksgiving in her heart, pressed close so ihe further edge of the'woods, that wdth her own eyes she might see that Harleigh was safe. At a little distauce, the waters of the bay broke on a beach of hard, silvery sand, and Harleigh, in a tiny canoe which would hardly have afforded space for the accommodation of a second person, nnd which Alice knew belonged to Mildred Dacres, was just pushing off from the shore. Bird-Voice, with the golden arrows of the sun glancing in and out among h«v ebon hair, which was ornamented with a wreath of delicate nnd many-colored shells, nnd with lips parted with ig smile, stood in front of a rude though pUturesqne lodge, watching him. Harleigh waved his hand to her, and then applied himself diligently to paddling his cuoee. In a few minutes he rounded the bendland. ami could see that Mildred was standing on the up|K>r step, awaiting his arrival. Bhe was skillful in the science of attitudes, and the haughty grace of her magnificent, almost Amazonian beauty, wa« now artfully sqftencd nnd toned down, in , a way wW ;h she knew would b* fastiaat*

log to Harleigh. Her pensive air, In striking contrast with the sparkling and breezy freshness of morning, produced a favorable impression. “A lovely morning,” said she, in a soft and sad tone of voice. "Exhilarating, too, is it not?” said Harleigh, while at the same time he remarked that her countenance wore an expression of melancholy. “It should be, I suppose,” was her reply; "but the truth is, my spirits are too much depressed.for me to be alive to the cheering influences of nature.” "What causes the depression? Hasanything happened?” "I believe I should answer you in the negative; for why should it affect me thus, even if Alice is guilty of an indiscretion?” “What second indiscretion has she been guilty of? I thought her eagerness last evening to act upon Falkland’s hint was enough for the present.” “Nothing very serious. I am foolish for letting it affect me thus. But then, you know she is the same to me as a dear sister.” “Tell me what she has done.” “That for which I, at least, should hardly blame her. She took an early walk, and so have I. T expected to meet yon, and she, no doubt, knew very well who the one was that was waiting in the woods, though the distance and the morning mist, still'hanging round, prevented me from having a distinct view of him.” “It was Falkland.” “I don’t say that it was.” Harleigh sprang from the canoe, and Mildred, descending the steps, took his place. “You are not afraid to cross alone?” said he. “Nbt on such n smooth sea as this.” With a graceful inclination of the head, Mildred turned away, and the next moment was darting lightly over the blue waters. Harleigh did not move from the spot where she had left him. “Harleigh.” His name was spoken in a low, sweet voice, and a hand, at the same moment, was laid timidly on his arm. He turned at the sound of his name. “You are abroad early,” said he. “Yes. I have sought you to tell you that you'are in danger, and may be still.” “If danger threatens any one, I should think it was you rather than me.” “O no; I have nothing to fear from him.” “Yon think he likes you too well for that?” “It may be that he»does.” “You own it, then?” "Should I conceal it, what reason could I give you for his attempting your life?” “Attempting my life?” “Yes.” “How? When?” “This morning! not an hour since. Had not Bird-Voice, been close by your side, he would have shot you with his rifle.” “I had little opinion of Gilbert Falkland’s morality, but T didn’t think him bad enough to attempt a persWs life.” “It isn’t Falkland that I mean.” “Who can it be, then?” “Gabriel Guthry.” “And you didn’t meet Falkland in the woods this morning?” “Neither in the woods nor elsewhere.” “It was Guthry you went to meet?” “No —not to meet, but to watch him.” And Alice related to Harleigh those incidents of the morning already known, and how her fears for his safety had taken alarm, in consequence of what Guthry had said to her the preceding evening. “I have wronged you, Alice. I have suspected you without sufficient cause,” said Harleigh, when she had finished her recital.

“Of what have you suspected me?” she Inquired. “Of preferring Falkland to me.” “It was indeed without cause.” "Have you forgotten that at his request you released this beautiful hair from its bondage? It was a request I shouldn’t have ventured to make, even though n half-hour before you had permitted me to believe that you preferred me above all others." “He never made any such request, and if I was not sorry that Mildred refused to restore the ribbon which, nt the moment we were about to enter the room, she playfully snatched from my hair, it was because I hoped what I believed to lie my improved nppenranee would please, not Falkland, but you.” “Can what you say be possible?” “ft is true.” “I believe you, my sweet Alice. I have been basely deceived." . He was aliout to tell her the way and manner, when Gabriel Guthry, whose approach had been concealed by some bushes, suddenly stood before them. (To be continued.)

How a Hedgehog Fights a Snake.

“Several years ago I was an interested spectator at a combat between a hedgehog and a huge black snake,” said W. D. Ingraham of Memphis recently. “1 came upon the scene just as the hedgehog liegan the attack upon the snake, which was lying stretched out on the road asleep. The liog advanced cautiously upon the reptile ami seized Its tail in its mouth, giving It a sharp bite. Then lie quickly withdrew a few feet, and, rolling himself Into a compact spiny ball, awaited developments. The snake, iqion being thus rudely awakened, turned In fury upon its antagonist, striking the hog nguln and again with Its fange. The wily hedgehog, securely Intrenched within Its spiny armor, remained perfectly motionless all the while, allowing the snake to keep up the nttack. At every stroke the Jaws of the snake would iHM'ome filled with the spines, until at last, exhausted ami bleeding from dozens of wounds caused by the ncedle-like spines of the hog, the snake gnve up the battle. This was evidently what the hedgehog was waiting for, as lie Immediately proceeded to roll over the stuike again nnd again until In* had completely disemboweled his victim.’’

Densely Populated British Parish.

Islington (London) Is the most densely populated parish In Alio United Kingdom. A Just issued by the medical officer nhows Hint at tho present time theTe are 112 persons living on each acre, an against 08.8 persons at Boltsn, which ranks next on the lls<\ The fcood or evil we confer on often recoils on ourselves.—Fleldln*.

NEW BLOCK FOR ’CHANGE.

Design* of New York Stock Exchange Building Ara Mott Ornate. One of the finest buildings in the Wall Street district, New York, will be the new home of the Stock Exchange, which, It is expected, will be ready for occupancy on May 1, 1902. It Wlil not be a skyscraper; indeed, it will be only four stories high, as this will give enough room for the exchange. There will be no other tenants. The main entrance in Broad street will cover all the land occupied by the pres-

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ent structure, and, in addition, that on which the Western Union building atands, the property having been purchased by the exchange. The Broad street front will be depressed from the second floor to the pediment, and the greater part of the front will be of glass, which will insure an abundance of light and air. The building is to be set on caissons, and the foundations are to be sunk to a depth of sixty feet. The whole building, the estimated cost of which is about $1,500,000, will be lighted by electricity generated by the exchange’s own plant. The work of demolishing the present structure will begin on May 1 next.

FROM FOREIGN LANDS

After negotiating with each other for several months the envoys of the powers at Pekin signed the preliminary demands upon the Chinese government, and they were formally presented to Prince Ching, Li-Hung-Chang being too ill to pose as a joint recipient. The terms imposed on China are, as long ago decided upon, rigorous in the extreme. China must pay j an indemnity, make abject apologies to j Germany and Japan, punish the Boxer j leaders, including seven members of the ; royal family, raze the forts protecting Pekin, permit permanent guards around fortified legations, and cease the manu> facture of munitions of war. It is now reported at Pekin and Shanghai that China will not accept the terms; that the Emperor hesitates to behead the princes, that he does not wish to destroy his forts, and that he fears the presence of permanent legation troops in Pekin. If the Chinese imperial authorities persist in refusing the terms it remains for the powers to decide upon a new program. A hew program is to be dreaded above all things, for it may mean quarrels between the rivals for influence in the far East and bring about partition of the Chinese empire, or eveu a general war. The meetiug of the shareholders of the Panama Canal Company in Paris on Thursday developed the fact that, while the directors of the company hope to transfer the enterprise to the United States government, the individual holdera of the stock a?e opposed to American I control of the waterway. For some un- ] known reason few people of the United j States take the Panama canal enterprise seriously. The De Lesseps failure, however, was far from sounding the death knell to the project. According to scientific journals, the difficult engineering problems have been solved and thousands of men are being continually employed. Work has been opened up along the entire length of the canal. Fifteen of the forty-six miles have bveen dredged to the full width of the proposed waterway, and t oa depth of from sixteen to twenty-nine and one-half feet. In a word, two-fifths of the work on the great enterprise has practically been completed. Little seems to have come of the Boer ■invasion of Cape Colony. The Dutch residents of the British colony have not risen en masse to join the burghers, who nre making a desperate resistance to Lotd Kitchener's army, and the invading columns themselves have been so closely pursued that they have been com peliod to abandon several guns and many carts. In the Orange Free State the generals are making a strenuous effaort to capture Gen. De Wet, who is reported to be cornered—again—in the vicinity of Thaba N’Chu, in the western part of the territory. Numerous minor engagements are reported d#ily in which the Boers seem to be holding their own. The people of Cape Town presented to Lord Roberts a sword of honor, l’n his speedh he lauded Lord Kitchener nnd Sir Alfred Milner. * The Grand Vizier nnd other Turkish dignitaries were present at a dinner in honor of the officers of the United States battleship Kentucky. The Sultan also received them. An official report shows the water plant owned and operated by the municipality of Paris netted a profit of 15,000,000 francs ($8,000,000) during 1900. A small municipal electric ligtit plant, started as an experiment two years ago, cleared 900,000 francs ($180,000). The year’s statistics show that more than 10,000 alcoholic patients were admitted to thirteea Paris hospitals. The treatment and maintenance of these desperate drunkards cost the city more than 2,000,000 francs <S4OO.O<Y

POLITICS OF THE DAY

Two McKin'ejr Murder*. An administration la to be judged quite as much by what it attempts to do as by what It actually does. The success of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and of the ship subsidy hill Is not necessary to shosv where the McKinley administration stands. It Fas attempted to “dish” the Monroe doctrine and It has attempted to open the doors of the treasury to a raid as inexcusable as it is dishonest. The suspicion existing for some time that there is n secret understanding of some description between the American and British governments is immensely strengthened by the circumstances under whjeh the Hay-Pauneefote treaty was negotiated and has been pressed upon the Senate. In one sense it is net Important Whether the Nicaragua Canal be fortified or not The nation with the most powerful navy will p;obably control the use of it in case of war. It Is of importance, howover, whether the United States shall recognise the right of any European nation to interfere in a matter concerning American Interests so closely as the Nicaragua Canal does 1_ . ... It has been known and admitted for fifty years that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, In which British' claims to rights on the isthmus ara recognized, was a mistake of great magnitude, to call it by no harsher name, and, in view of the fact that tha treaty has been violated, and by oigs American ndministratlon has been denounced, it has been held by some cf the ablest of American lawyers that It Is no longer in force. There was one excuse for Mr. Clayton which Mr. Hay cannot urge. In Mr. Clayton's day it was proposed to construct the canal with British capital. In Mr. Hay’s day It is the intention to employ American money and the people’s money at that. What might have been urged as a concession of necessity in 1850 becomes, under the changed conditions In 1900, a surrender without palHatlon and without a. purpose, except as there may be a secret understanding of some kind between the two governments. If the right of any European power to Interfere in the matter of an isthmian canal In America he admitted we shall prepare a world of trouble for ourselves. While the Monroe doctrine does not specifically cover this question, the importance of the canal in a military sense is so great that the nation in Europe which has anything to say about the canal will he in a position also to say a great deal about the matters with which the Monroe doctrine does deal with much particular lty. Whether there be fortifications at the entrances of the canal or not is a ques tion which should he settled by the United States and by no other nation. The canal is to be built, if built at all, with American money. It will necessarily become an Important factor in the coast defense of the Republic. To complete this great enterprise with American money and then to relinquish American sovereignty over It would make the canal a source of weakness rather than of strength. It were better that there were no canal than that hundreds of millions of American money should be expended In an undertaking so vital to our own Interests and which on completion would pass beyond our control. The ship subsidy scheme is an administration measure. Jt Is Intended to enrich men who have commended themselves to the administration. It Is unnecessary. It is extravagant. It Is undoubtedly corrupt. It certainly will take millions of money wrung from the people by taxation and bestow it upon Interests which have no claim whatever upon the generosity of the public. In Its best aspect it is a lavish gift of public money under false pretenses to men already rich. It its worst aspect it is au unpardonable robbery of the people, Involving personal dishonesty on the part of some of its promoters. In both of these matters Mr. McKinley’s administration has already made Its record and must he Judged accordingly.—Chicago Chronicle. . Need for Care in Granting £ub*idie*. The ship subsidy bill is getting its hardest blows just now in the house of Its friends. People who avow their belief in the principle of subsidies are coming forward all the time to show why this or that feature of this particular measure is entirely inadmissible, and poor Mr. Frye keeps his typewriter jumping In making the necessary amendments. All this is not surprising. In principle the subsidy Is the least objectionable form of protection, for the amount of the favof granted Is exactly known nnd the people do not have to pay ten dollars that they do not see for every dollar they do see. But in practice It la usually found that tha persons who get the subsidies are not the deserving infants who ought to have them, but the greedy giants who do not need them. The Pacific Mall subsidy Illustrate* the care that naeds to be taken to avoid Buch mischances. In 1847 nn act was passed requiring the Secretary of tho Navy to arrange for American steamships to carry the mall from Panama up the Pacific coast. From this contract •fuse the Pacific Mall Steamship Company.' In 1805 the Pacific Mail Company was offered large Inducements to extend Its lines to China and Japan;

$500,000 annually was given to it foe ■the transpacific line. In 1872 an attempt was made to increase the subsidies to the Pacific Mall Company. As the company had not given value government for Its formed subsidies, an investigation revealed a frightful state of affairs. Prior to 1865*11 bad been a sound concern. When the subsidies were increased it fell into the hands of speculators. The stock fell from above par to below 40. Owing to the fact that the speculators who had control of the stock deliberately took the subsidies nnd put them in their own pockets, the company failed to construct enough vessels to carry on its business properly and the government mails were not properly carried. But still it begged for more subsidies. The result was that the Pacific Mail Company drove off by corruption all private enterprise and did the same injury to the shipping interests of the Pacific Coast that Its twin subsidized Southern Paciilc road had done to overland traffic. That example terrified Congress for a good riany years. It ought to be borne in mind by the framers of the subsidy bill now. -New Y'ork Journal. The Bnzzirdb Opportunity. The indications are that before Congress shall adjourn in March it will have effectually dissipated the treasury surplus. Claimants are as thick in Washington as are files in midsummer. It Is not only new projects of expenditures that are pushed with unexampled pertinacity; many old schemes have been resurrected. War claims to tho amount of $500,000,000 have again been brought to the front. It isalleged that the parties Interested in these claims have formed a log-rolling combination, which will antagonize other necessary legislation as a means of compelling consideration. There is no danger in administration which it Is more essential to guard against than the accumulation of public money beyond the amount needed for-useful and economical expenditure. A deficit would be less dangerous to the public weal than is an Inordinate surplus.—Philadelphia Record?! Compete Abroad, Combining at Home, The reported combination of fourteen of the largest steel manufacturing corporations In the United States to divide up the country between them and to fix a set price at which their products shall be disposed of In the home market is a new and startling manifestation of the disposition and the power of these tar-iff-made monopolies to arbitrarily control the domestic market for their wares. They will sell their steel plates at S2B per ton In this country. In foreign contries they will compete: in this country they combine. This they nre enabled to do under the aegis of protection. They plunder the American consumer under the pretense of benefiting the American workingman.—Philadelphia Record. Modern and Medieval Baron*. The trusts only represent history in the act of repeating Itself. They cannot claim originality in purpose, argauizatlou or methods. They are at best but svccessful Imitators of the Barbary pirates and the hold barons of Germany In medieval days. These latter were the Rockefellers, the Haven>eyers, the Dukes, Carnegies and Hannas of tlieir time. They built their castles on tho routes of commerce, on highways or commanding navigable rlvers. They threw chains across the Rhine not with any Idea of obstructing or discouraging trade, but for purposes of tribute and to protect their own infant industry.— Washington Times. An Andacion* Lobby, The lobby that is in Washington working In the Interest of the ship subsidy bill Is referred to as one of the strongest and boldest that has invaded the capital in many years. It consists principally of officers of corporations owning steamships that would he directly benefited by the propi>sed bounty. These eorporntions. It Is said, were large contributors to the Republican campaign fund, and now they nre demanding of Sonatoar Hanna nnd the party that they be repaid for their Investment.- Savannah News. Conciliation s untreated. Is It not time to abandon the futile effort to coerce the people of the Philippines by martial law and try what conciliation will do? General MacArthur’s latest proclamation sounds like the British proclamations In the Transvaal, and we have had convincing ev!J dence of how little such threats avntj to pacify a people fighting for their liberty. There Is no ground to suppose that the Filipinos are less determined than the Boers—Philadelphia Times. Establishing a End Precedent. The pension granted to Congressman Boutelle by the shady shift of transferring him to the navy and retiring him on half pay for life is another step in 'the slow but steady march toward the establishment of a civil pension list. The precedent Is a dangerous one and Is certain to be made use of in (he future for the benefit of other Congressmen—unless the people enter an emphatic protest—Grand Rapids Democrat. Cans* of Some of the Opposition. Doubtless some of the opposition to the ship subsidy bill comes from persons who, by defeating the measure, hope to show that some things can be done without the aid or consent of Mr. Hanna.—Milwaukee Sentinel.