The silver lance., 1898-04-01
Atchison Globe Sights

Spain is not only little, but has nc
money.
Women observe Lent in order to get |
their summer sewing done.
The affair with Spain will soon be
referred to as the late war.
Some boys are so worthless that they |
won't run away from home.
Never swear at the mud on your
clothes in March; on the contrary. thank |
God.
During the present war excitement |
nearly every man believes he is the only
real patriot in town.
When girl begins to refer to horse
as steed or Palfrey, watch her: she
will be clipping next.
You may be great sufferer. but it will
you are Il Cuban sufferer.
The trouble with the Populist party is
that it always accepts the loafers story.
whether he is right or wrong.
Occasionally you hear man say he
did better than he expected" No man
ever did as well as be expected.
War has reached that bloody stage
where roostars in chicken fight are
called Uncle Sam and Alphouso.
The new American navy has never be-
fore attracted attention, and is making
the most Of the present opportunity.
We do not take much stock in prize
fighting, but We wish Fitzsimmon would
smash the fresh youth known as KID
Mccoy.
Every little while the fools make
another attempt to convince the world
that they are right, and that precedent
is wrong.
The accounts from Cuba OF the naked
ness OF the women on the streets are
beginning to read like certain portions Of
"Quo Vadis."
Notice to those who have babies named
after them: mothers refuse to be grateful
this year for baby buggy that hasn't
rubber tires.
There are some curiosities outside OF
museums: An Atchison bridegroom wrote
all the letters acknowledging their we'd
ding presents.
| What has become Of the old fashioned
parlor in which there was so much straw
under the carpet it was like walking on
feather bedY
The latest census OF Egypt shows that
that country is about the only one in the
world where the men are in Il majority
over the women.
| II Spain thinks that Uncle Sam must
have a good hand TO raise the limit to
S5O,OOO,OOO, she should see the cards he
has up his sleeve.
Some of the Madrid papers are strong
| jingoes, but they can never abuse Ameri-
ca as much as the American papers have
already abused the Spanish.
| A girl student who passes this Office
every day carries book with her, which
she studies as she goes along. We won
der if she thinks she fools anybody.
There will be a terrible bother in the
newspaper offices when the Klondikers
return home: every one will want to see
the papers which contained his letters.
In view of the war excitement it might
be well to remember the example Of old
John Brown. who began shooting too
early in the last war and was hanged
for it.
| The people you know may be divided
into classes: those who rent and wish
they owned home. and those who own
their homes, and wish they didn't have
to pay taxes.
You no doubt believe that when people
favor a mistaken theory, they believe
they are right, and have been fooled.
| Plenty Of people who are wrong know it
and don't care.
1t is cary to become jingo. II you
hate a man, and abuse him without
reason, that is jingoism. II you believe
an improbable story about an enemy, and
circulate it, that is jingoism.
Every day, when We put our foot into
| the Office, we make the same resolution:
to use all our strength Of will power
during the day to resist the temptation
| to use the word prominent"
| Because a man fools away a great deal
OF money is no sign OF immortality. Many
a man has spent all he earned all his life
whose idea of highly wicked time was
to chuck girl under the chin.