The silver lance., 1898-03-11


fakirs. 1t should be the earnest endeav-
or Of every citizen to assist in exposing
! such fraudulent detriments.-Pitkin
Miner.
1t will be interesting to study the pc
litical phase of all this war talk with
Spain, as each party will take every
advantantage OF the conditions as they
arise and should we find our cause Just,
and the administration declare and sue
cessfully conduct war with Spain it
will take more than Bryan and a free
silver issue to rout the Republican party
But should the Republican party tail to
meet the demands of the people on the
war question, any old thing will defeat
them in 19OO.-Gunnison Champion.
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Tho United States court of appeals has
decided case against an insurance COM
pany wherein a man held an accident
policy Of 5000 and died as result of a
sore toe, the skin OF which had been
abraded by tight shoe. What is not
the result Of design or Encouragement
is accidental. No man Intentionally
wears the skin of his toes, and such in
jury must be considered accidental" is
the language of the court. Insurance
companies will doubtless in the future
incorporate a new question into the ap-
plication for an accident policy, which
will be, do you wear tight shoesY"
hop ~ Il
a host OF men.-Gunnison Tribune.
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1t is said that the Holland submarine
boat has at length been perfected. 1t
dives under water at will, remains there
an indefinite time and finds its way
about like fish. What use are fighting
ships after this achievement? II there is
no mistake in the announcement, of
course no hostile fleet would dare enter a
harbor, or hover around harbor, any
more than whale would knowingly run
over a school Of swordfshes. If, indeed.
the boat is what it is represented to be,
navies will hereafter be practically use
less. 1t looks as though the contract
had been given to scieence to eventually
kill war by the very means ofdestruction
called in to make it effective.-Salt Lake
Tribune.
In Germany there stood a castle having
two towers, and the old baron to whom
it belonged stretched wires from one to
the other, thus constructing harp upon
wbich tho xv;n1S oo,,ld y,lov nal L;p0 ~,
SIC for the inmates Of that home. Soft
winds make gentle harmonies, and the
strong tempests rushing down the mour-
tam side hurled themselves against the
wires and they began to roll out the mo-
majestic strains. There is sweet music
in every home where the heart strings are
touched by gentleness and courtesy. A
desolate, dreary place is a home devoid
of those little courtesies which are prac-
ticed in the best social life. The cour-
tesies which are practiced in social life
are fully as charming and more thor
oughly appreciated in the home circle.
BE courteous. us."-Chrtstian Herald,
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Emile Zola has triumphed. He has
proved his case. Standing in the place
of an indicted offender, he has convicted
France in the court of nations, Of injus-
tice almost incredible. He has placed
demoraiized government in the pillory Of
worldwide contempt and stamped Dis
honor" in blackest lettering upon the
emblem of his native land. Zola convict
ed! By jury Of puppets, perhaps, re-
spending to the touch of desperate
federal administration held by the throat
by gang Of cowardly and conscienceless
men in epaulets and spurs. But by that
larger jury, limited only by the confines
of civilization and Christian champion
ship of human rights, which his country
challenged to decision, France herself
is pronounced guilty, and Zola is heralded
as a man of exceptional courage and
nerve. His body may languish for twelve
months behind prison bars, but no mod
srn bastile has power to confine the
spirit of truth and justice which is today
embodied in him. This will go forth
through locks and bars and walls OF stone
sowing righteous seed in the hearts and
minds Of men as passion gives way grad
ually to reason, and there comes reali-
zation of the enormity Of a crime worthy
of the sixteenth century committed on
the brink of the twentieth. What will
be the outgrowth of this spirits spread
no man can say. But there is hidden
here possibilities Of retribution from
which the imagination shrinks. For
truth is eternal. Let no man say that
Zola is convicted. Behind the superfil-
ciaI verdict Of servile court looms that
other, which circles this man with the
glory of victor and opens wide the