The silver lance., 1897-12-24
OUR sALrED PLACER.
Wsshsd Frs0 the Rich Deposits on The Lance
Exchange Table.

pect to Keep warm when she has killed
oil all tho sealss-Bufalo Eupress.
The American hen this year laid $685.
100000 worth Of eggs. Surely this on
titles her to supplant the eagle as our
National bird.-Oakland Tribune.
That is an Interesting event in the
Khedive's family, and it is presumed that
all the Mrs. Khedives are doing as we'll
as could be expected.-Boston Herald.
That car load of cancelled Kansas mort
cages should also contain pair of Jerry
Simpsons socks. q wisp OF Peffer's
whiskers. and discarded Ingalls, neck
tie.-Rochester Herald
The poor African native gets the worst
Of it from everybody. The latest infor-
nation is to the effect that Chatfield-
Taylor is going over there to SOW the
plague Of golf upon the dark continent
Chicago Record,
Paris restaurants now serve artificial
raw oysters. They should be favored
with wooden nutmegs from Connecticut
and eaton in the radiance Of sunshine
extracted from cucumbers--Neso York
Mdii and Erpress.
What the country wants just now is
Mark Twain's complete report on Austri-
an legislative methods. There are many
people who heard that he was struck by
czech, and are anxious to learn what
sort of missile that is.-ISprinafeld Re-
publican
Comes now Richard Reddick, colored,
aged l20 years, and asks the charities in
Pittsbarg for help, alleging earnestly
that he is too old to work to support his
family. The old man has probably
brought on this premature decline by
the use Of Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal.
Dog-owners in England are opposing
Conservative candidates for Parliment
because OF the existence OF law requir-
ing the muzzling of dogs during GER
tain portion Of the year. Politics and
pups are a rather queer combination;
but Love me- love my dog may yet be-
come war cry powerful enough to
overthrow British Ministry.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The late Mr.. George Palmer Of Read
ing, England, the head of the well known
biscuit firm, left personal estate worth
a million sterling. The whole OF this
was accumulated by his own industry in
legitimate trade, for he started in bust
ness as buscuit-baker practically with
out any capital, and he is not known to
have INDUCED in financial speculation of
any kind.-.SdH Lake Tribune.
How dear to our hearts is the old yell
low pumpkin, when orchards are barren
OF stuffing for pies; when peaches and
apples have both been failure, and ber-
ries Of no kind have greeted our eyes.
How fondly we turn to the fruit Of the
cornfield-the fruit that our children are
taught to despise-the old yellow pump
kin, the mud-covered pumpkin, the big
bellied pumpkin that makes such good
Ne,rs.
II amt doin' to say my pwayers any
more" said little four-year- Willie the
other evening. as he was about to retire
prise.
"Tose," he replied. 'evwryfing l ask
for you say atn't dood for little boys"
-
Mike" said Flooding Pete, II guess
dey've got u.s."
What did de folks in de house say?"
"Ef we don't chop wood we can't sleep
in de barn. Dey1l lock it."
"Well, we kin go furder down de road"
No, we can't. It's goin' ter rain in
about five or ten minutes, an rain hard.
De horrible alternative is Just dis: which
will we do, go ter work OR take a BATH"
Washington Star.
Following is the announcement Of
yellow journal Of the year 1900: In our
Sunday supplement we will furnish to
our patrons the following interesting
reading: How the special confidence
man of this paper (the Saffron Sewer
bird buncoed the President Of the Unit
ed States;' How our commission OF
Jail breakers rescued Durrant. whom we
know to be as innocent as an unborn
babe, from San Quentin prison.: The
clever manner in which our squad Of
incendiaries reduced the building Of our
esteemed contemporary to ashes;' How
our train:wrecker wrecked an excursion
train, causing the death Of 3O51i persons;'
How we poisoned the water Of the
Spring Valley Water company-one ton
Of rough on rats used The Sunday
after we hope to give a startling account