Show 00 ard RICO C 0 revivified arx r the stars and stripes the life of the island is 15 rapidly assuming an aspect aspe li ARE AKE SITTING UP NAMES NIGHTS LEARNING burr LAW OE AND THE LINKS THAT BIND THEM TOUS TO US ARE ABE DAILY efino jorng STRONGER juan jana borlo rica nico elarch 31 arlt of reconstruction has ln jil 1 tile ilia body celal as demio well c 1 I 1 as a in porto ro 0 batic bly ty he ha succeeded tto the grandiose of oth spanish period perl cil until illa tilts ajr of 0 the year disorganization mira J lil be 1 t alto I 1 I 1 inevitable it ill i of the american Linc rican li grandc nho with I 1 lila 1 pil grandee anil dauch laughters tere formed tile has basis 1 of borlo rica I 1 life W ami the front tho the scene ani lillne clas alisis aued the kar gap to 10 the manliest deit deto natives to d a ill ng lead id generals genral palace eliose 1 cottor pro jaeth jae tg acre were formerly tor merly re it ot of state lias been con urd end mrs alenty by gen amo charmin bold health of 0 mrs ji be liwen wentell ted ani thins thing very y mi ila ircle b abi ti wy WIY w IY y of the cabio in the old ucros palace ilace gen and mrs naval flava p i i their regular mon men D G grain rant llad day evening informal Inform alls which have become exceedingly popular and important features jit in the readjustment nothing so BO tends lends to lo weld nold a people together as tile iho understanding that cornea comes through Arb social commingling com mingling and those occasions hale been a con Inet n big link in making fast tho the porto itlean airlean tie tic 0 of blidt officials and citizens delally ne lally hero mingle in it the trained of unofficial inter couise aro are aln always a number ot of linguists present to act aa a I to tile the less acsa accomplished amt tho the exchanges sichanh cn ot of courtesies 1 13 therefore not in ill his big omeral capacity as aa Gocr governor nor ot 0 tile the eastern cattorn of porto fieo gen orant grant has bag become IM poi iular tjui v jill tile people ot of his jurisdiction he hns has something of the quiet quid method of oc his hil father in gathering material for and intelligent nork k and has haa m made ade a c close study ot of tile the people their condition cat edition and charae charac the that comes of this knowledge kno ledge uledge camill combined I 1 with ill gen Gra Cruji jils ts dignity and decisive deci siva cliar acter have I 1 inspired confidence and respect front from I 1 those alli lallona ifft ill duties havo have brought him in III contact there Is not I 1 I 1 I 1 Y pi clotilde clotilda biard thomas studio studies our new colony a class of people from the halt balf savage brei breed that inhabit tile hie thatched hamlets in the mountain fastnesses fast nesses to the polite circles of oc the capital that he does not know in hla his frequent tr trips ip on horsek horseback ac k throughout tile distri districts t ho has had not dinst the I 1 ho opportunity offered by studs ing in both the ibe people and tile tho country count rr nd tho the contrast cont rasit pres presented onLA between the rigid off lelal reserve and broad democratic dealine berneen mail ra I 1 a and nil mari man results has not been inthout ti beneficial the most popular commodity in the tha commercial held field Is the spanish american ivery now arrival on tho the island Is belt tagged by tho the little red volume that kicks out f from rom coat po pocket catt or ts 1 carried with 11 nger blaue between e n pages ivady for fop service v T the 1 porto rican does doea not lot igo keep p ha dictionary so much lii it en el benc c but with equal aba and profess on ad man a and nc I 1 politician tire aie ai e burning tho the mian oil pouring over their en r 1 sh lei cons they have heard or of sh sharp arp 1 yan an lice methods and arcon tho the tho the revolutionary programs pro gres is therefore foro slow alow in commer commercial clat life tough though the influx of f americans has ila s given an Impe tupi L to 0 some departments of trade rentals and the ot f real late have climbed up and tho native citizen openly manifesta a determination to 10 hold bold a 0 firm grip on oil 4 all he h possesses jn in anticipation 1 oi I it IN duties the merchant in the th clou dan it rf of the iho american occupation stocked hn warehouses from the french and spanish marts and a nd now seriously doles out his goods over tho the cowl tero it title the yankee trader tracer brits hla hit teeth over the high custom duties that prevent an import of competing american products not long ions ago a venturesome spirit from now new england tho the pro cabla t honin of sharp traders arrived with a small stock of goods his ballner waa I 1 to follow him a month later nith alth a a larger la invoice the now arrivals arelva IM ami ernale leivas broad tho the neld field was promising the people were numerous and thy they cro TO moreover mild mannered bott eyed and gentle but mb time lime passed on tho the smile battle waned then the new elander flew to tile babl office and d Is d tile iho terse message mc asage I 1 do dont ri t come iiii trunk wa was packed and on tho iho truck for an outgoing steamer and ho he hj hii 9 winter traveling clouis clothes when hen ho he was waa accosted avith hello takina you 0 oft if its answer was vis wa these d 1 d porto forto Ill cans 1 I cant gut got ahead ot of ono one ol of them there la Is some restlessness restless nebs felt over the failure of 0 congress to take fiction action relating to the a adjustment of the internal affairs or of the island it 11 is or ar gued that tho the conditions axe different hero from those thosa existing in cuba aud and the philippines and tha th 3 belov in es cs tab lishing a stable of if operations together eulth tile tho high custom duties maintained only serve to retard ond and endanger enda neef tho the tranquil and easy transition to llio abo requisite con for future policy CLOTILDI PILARD THOMAS |