The silver lance., 1898-02-11
OUR SALTED PLACER.
Washed From the Rich Deposits on The Lance
Exchange Table.

Washed From the Rich Deposits ON The Lance
Exchange Table.
W. s. Smith and W. D. Burrus were
callers at our office this evening and
while here both left us cash on subscrp
tion.-Memphis, Missouri, Democrat.
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If alamosa is the coldest place in the
valley, Del Norte must be the hottest.
When common county commissioner
can lay out an editor so they have to car
ry him home on shutter, then things
are getting not only hot but tough
Alamosa Courier.
Gunnison county will soon be well
known in the gold fields of Alaska and
North West Territory. Scarcely party
leaves from any part of the country for
the frozen north in which we do not
recognize some familiar character in
Gunnison county history. But we may
say this, that those who have withstood
the hardships of winters in the early
days in the Elk Mountains, are well fitted
to face and overcome the obstacles pre-
sented to those seeking fortunes in that
land of the midnight sun.-Gunnison
Champion
Senator Frye has been studying geog-
raphy. He finds that with the Nicara
qua canal finished, New York would be
as near Hongkong as Liverpool is, 1900
miles nearer the northern ports of China
1900 miles nearer Japan, 1000 miles near
er Australia, and 2700 miles nearer the
western South American ports. He
might have added, 230O miles nearer
Vladivostoak, which, unless the trade is
drawn away to Port Arthur, promises in
the next fifty years to be the greatest
commercial port on the west shore of the
Pacific.-SoH Lake Tribune.
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Jane Porter, whilst standing on the
heights of Ben Lomond, felt that she
was half mortal, and half etherialized,
and forgot where she was. What would
have beep the nature of her emotions
had she stood upon the Mount of the
Holy Cross: its helmet bathed in f1eecy
clouds, and its snow white emblem of
the Christian faith cleaning against the
sky. The sight of the grave, and the
field where Burns plowed up the Daisy,
attuned the poetic Tyre of Wordsworth
to the symphonies of a sadder but
sweeter song. What might have been
the inspirations Of his muse, had he
gazed upon Cheyenne mountain-tha
mount Of tender memories, where repose
the remains of Helen Hunt Jackson
Rocky Mountain Sentinel
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Many people believe, without iyestiga-
ton Of the subject, that life insurance is
a fad like ocultism or Christian science,
and that it will finally die out. The facts
are that life insurance is the most stu
penduous thing in this country. Enough
is already known Of the condition of the
life insurance organizations Of the coun-
try, without waiting for the totals as set
forth in the yearly statements, to show
that the interest in questions is as pro-
gressive and mighty as ever. More than
five thousand million dollars of insurance
is now in force, protected by actual inter
est yielding assets Of over twelve hundred
million dollars, while a combined surplus
of one hundred and eighty million dollars
above all liabilities testifies to the sol
vency of the companies. The annals of
social and business achievements in any
age or cline, the records of financial
triumphs in any land or era, fail to show
aught approaching this marvellous and
satisfactory accomplishment of American
life insurance. Life insurance is good
thing because it is backed by business
principles; no promise is made that can
not be fulfilled next year, or in twenty
years, or hundred years. Endowment
life insurance in the best companies pays
over four per cent compound interest on
every dollar invested, in addition to free
life insurance, and this result is attained
because the theory is right. 1t has been
tested by time, and no old line mutual
company has ever failed. Hundreds of
assessment and benefit companies have
failed because they attempt to furnish
life insurance at less than cost. This
cannot be done in life insurance any more
than groceries can be furnished at less
than cost The best companies pay big
results because they invest their money
to better advantage than smaller inves-
tors can possibly do it. and long expert
encs teaches the officers what are safe
and what are unsafe investments. Life
insurance is the best thing offering, and