The silver lance., 1899-01-13
OUR SALTED PLACER.
Waahed Prso the Rich Deposits % The Lance
Exchaage Table.

ono IN Dox, and That he Is the only
article Of his kind on earth, he becomes
an object Of ofamusement.
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Integrity cannot be bought. It is like
re!igion-a service Of the heart, 1t means
loyalty to duty. to ones self and to those
who trust and confide in one.
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There is as much honesty involved in
the rendering Of services as there is in
the handling Of money. The man who
shirks or idles away time is dishonesty
pilfering it from his employer, who pays
for it.
Be sure you are right and then 60
ahead, but do not spend your life IN
considering whether or not you are right.
Indecision Of character is worse even than
impetuousity, though both are to be
avoided.
The man whose sympathies are broader
and deeper and wider this year than last
has made great progress toward that
higher life which we should all aspire to.
and is better equipped to make others
contented and himself happier.
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The proper mode for reaching the Utah
case is by an amendment to the Federal
Constitution prohibiting polygamy, to be
enforced by appropriate legislation. This
will make it Federal question the same
as slavery. and it will be within the juris-
diction solely OF the Federal courts.
Didn't you say" injured the Mormon.
"that marriage is lotteryS"
Yes"
"Well, sir, having admitted this, / don't
see how you can reasonably dispute .
mans right to take as many chances as
he thinks he can afford.-Washington
| Star.
O.H.P. Belmont, the New York mil
lionaire. is publishing reform journal
called The Verdict. 1t is q protest
against the alliance that goes under the
general name of trusts. He has money
enough to Indulge ip the luxury Of being
independent. and it is hoped the people
will have sense enough to co operate with
| him in thoroughly arousing public senti-
ment. The overthrow of trusts and the
corrupt rule Of political bosses takes rank
over any other issue before the country
to-day.
Expansionf OF course we favor ex-
pansion. Commercial expansion, il you
please, and the construction of the Nicar-
aqua canal and the completion of great
north and south line Of railroad from
Minneapolis to Cape Horn would be the
two things OF greatest potency to bring
commercial expansion. We should get
connected with Salvador. Nicaragua, Cos
ia Rica, Venezgela, Bolivia, Chill, Brazil,
Argentine, Uruguay, and all those coun-
tries by rail just as soon as possible.
Such connection would give the United
States an unlimited market for all the
! products Of labor her people could create
for centuries to come,
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AFTER careful inquiry am satisfied
that it would be ill-adyised for any young
man or young woman to go to Leschetiz-
Ky, the famous piano teacher OF Vienna,
for less than two years, and with less
than thousand dollars year ospepd."
writes Cleveland Moffett in the January
Ladies Home Journal. Tho Proffes-
sor's best interest is rarely aroused in
the first year Though a pleasant city
Vienna is by no means a cheap place.
Board may be had in clean pension
with proper food for eight or ten dollars
q week, and some of the girls bring their
expenses below this point by occupying
an apartment together and employing q
housekseper to cook for them. Pianos
rent for ten Ruldens -four doiiars)
month, and there is no way OF getting a
piano free Of cost. as often happens In
America. The uorbereiters Tor prepara-
tory teachers) charge five guldens two
dollars) lesson, and the pupils usually
take two or three lessons week-indeed
this work with the Uorbereiters is prac-
tically the most important part OF the
whole course since they are really. only
mouth h-pieces for Lesahetizky himself.
Twenty guldens (eight dollars a month
would cover the cost OF concerts and
operas, which are rather expensive-for
instance, the cheapest seats at the Phil
harmonic concerts cost two guldens,
(eighty cents). German lessons may be
had from good teacher for one gulden
(forty centsl each. As the professor
speaks no English it is necessary for the
pupil to speak German or French. And
than thera are personal expenses for