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The silver lance., 1899-01-06
JONATHAN AND JOHN.

Should Jonathan and John fall out
The world would stagger from that bout'
With John and Jonathan as one
The worlds great peace Will nave pesuh-
With Jonathan and John at war
The hour that havoc hungers for
VIII strike in ruin of blood and tears
The world set back a thousand years.
with John and Jonathan sworn to STAND
Shoulder to shoulder, hand by hand.
Justice and peace shall build their throhe
From tropic sea to frozen zone
When Jonathan and John forget
The scar of an ancient wound TO Iret
And smile to think of an ancient teuo
Which the God of the nations turneo 10
good
When the bond of a common creeo anu
speech. -,
And kindred binds them each to each,
And each in the others victories
The pride of his own achievement sees-
How paltry a thing they both VIII Kno"
That grudge of "A hundred years ago
How small that blemish of wrath anu
blame - fo,a,
In the blazonry of their common fame!
Charles G. d. Roberts in the January
Century.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
The Mind of . Child.

The mind of the average child Of to-
day is so alert that 1t often almost
startles parents to know how extensive
Johnnie's or Lucy's information IL.
And Lucy and Johnnie are eagerly and
inqusitively anxious to know more, as
is evidenced by the questions they are
always asking.
my boy of twelve knows more now
than / knew when l was eighteen
years old" said a father, in my hearing.
one day recently. "He can tell me
anything want to know about history
or geography. and there is no limit to
his general information. Sometimes
feel that he is more capable of teaching
me than l am of teaching him. And
his little tongue runs all of the time,
SO eager is he to impart information of
various kinds"
1t is certainly true that the minds OF
the children of this progressive age are
SO full Of knowledge that many of them
are capable of teaching their parents a
good many things. There should not
be anything particularly humiliating in
this fact, and these little child teachers
should be allowed to freely impart
their knowledge. 1t is not wise to tell
them that they know too much" or
that they are too smart" They
should not be sneered at and wholly
repressed
The old rule, that children should be
seen but not heard. does not obtain to
any marked degree in our day, which is
well enough, since 1t is not wise rule
when adhered to too rigidly.
The perceptions of children are
sometimes keener that the perceptions
of their parents, and many parents are
surprised to note how the keen eye dis
covers things the parent has not noted,
and how quick are the thoughts of the
child. There are no wiser men and
women in the world than those who al
low themselves to become as little
children" and who delight in the eager
talk of their own children. The writer
once heard a we'll known American au-
thor say that he cared more for the
criticism of his work by his boy OF
fifteen than he cared for the criticism
of the book reviewers. 1t is true that
the criticism of young people is often
singularly intelligent and just
Every well-nurtured child is a teacher
as well as learner. and parents can
make no greater mistake than to con-
them feel that they know nothing. A
snub often infiicts a wound which
leaves a scar.-Harper Bazaar.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Tho Age Of NIAGARA Falls.

The age of Niagara Falls, as indi-
Gated by the erosion at the mouth of
the gorge, was the subject of a paper
by Prof. G. Frederick Wright, read at
the recent Boston meeting of the Am
erican Association. The late Dr.
James Hall early noted the signifi-
cant fact that "the outlet of the chasm
below Niagara Falls is scarcely wider
than elsewhere along its course" This
is important evidence of the late date
OF it's origin. and 1t has been used in
support of the short estimates which
have been made concerning the length
of time separating us from the glacial
period. A close examination made by
Prof. Wright this summer greatly
strengthens the force OF the argument,
since he found that the disintegrating
forces tending to enlarge the outlet
and give it V-shape are more rapid
than has been supposed. AS the re-
suit of his Investigations. he concludes
that a conservative estimate of the
rate of disintegration for the 70 feet
of Niagara shales supporting the Mag
ara limestone would be one inch a year
with probable rate of two inches a
year. But at the lowest estimate no
more than 10000 years would be re-
quired for the enlargement of the up
per part Of mouth of the gorge 1000
feet on each side. which is very large
Iy in excess of the actual amount of
enlargement Some of the recent es-
Inmates, therefore, which would make
the gorge from 10000 to 10000 years
old. are regarded as extravagant Ac-
cording to Prof Wright. the age of the
gorge cannot be much more than 10,-
900 years. and is probably considerably
less
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Trained Colored Nurses.

The Training School for Nurses at the
colored institute at Tuskagee furnished
four nurses for the army at Santiago and
nine for the camp at Chickamauga. one
of the most interesting features of the
parade before the President down there
was float representing the old kind OF
nursing in the South compared with the
new On the first float was the interior
of a negro cabin. with an old nanny
cooking some sort of herb tea over fire
in the chimney place. while her patient
lay on pile of straw in a corner, covered
with a ragged bedquilt. The other float
represented a neat bedroom. with an iron
bed dressed in snowy linen. a nurse in
uniform with a white cap, and the differ
ent appliances that are in common use in
well-ordered hospitals. 1t made a very
striking contrast, as well as a pretty pi-
ture.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
The Buccapcer. urIa,.

correspondent sends us this song
with the following note: 1T was very
popular thirty forty years ago. 1
only know II from hearing my father sing
IT, The air is very beautiful. The last
Two lines of each verse are repeated in
singing"
Away, away o'er the boundless deep
We merrily. merrily roam.
tome. my bride, break the mermaid's
sleep.
With song of your Highland home.
On the deep they stand, my gallant band,
To guide thee. love. over the sea,
10 spicy isles. where the bright sun
smiles
With her golden fruits for thee.
I VIII make thee queen of a brighter
scene
Where no chilly winds doth blight.
Where the dark-eyed maid meath the
palm-tree shade
Holds her Joyous dance by night.
Dream on, dream on. my bonnie, bonnie
bride
Think not of your Highland halls.
There brothers shall watch for the buc-
cancers bride
TIL the dew on the twilight falls
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Advantages of the Nicaragua Canal.

Captain Crowninshield, writing in
the January Century of the "Advan-
tages of the Nicaragua Canal, sum
marizes some of them in this wise:
when the divide between the Attain
tic and the Pacific is cut through. part
of the waters of the lake, which for
untold ages have flowed east TO the
Caribbean sea, will flow west to the Pa
.cific. Lake Nicaragua, covering as 1t
does nearly 5000 square miles, be-
comes not only part of the water
route itself, but grand reservoir To-
Gated exactly where it is most needed
at the summit level. Thus it will be
seen that while nature has not quite
opened through Nicaragua complete
water route to the Pacific, she has
come very near to it. In fact, of all
the routes for an interoceanic canal
that have received consideration, 1t
must be admitted that so much has al
ready been accomplished by nature to-
ward this end that the work which re-
mains for man to do will be far less
than by any other route"
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Seasoning Lumber by Electricity.

A new process is announced Tor sea
soning wood by electrical action. Inc
timber to be treated is put into quau-
rangular tank of liquid, Immersed 10
rather more than half its depth, ana an
electric current applied through a met
allie conductor so arranged as 10 uls-
tribute it throughout the area anu II Is
stated that in space of four minutes
tbe san begins TO exude at the lower
end of the wood: in six hours it is all
extracted. The wood is then placed III
another tank from which septic solu-
tion is forced into the pores by an elec-
tro-capillary method. If, says the
Builder, this process has successful re-
suits at a cost which will not be com
mercially prohbitory, it may prove OF
great importance.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Surprised the Par slams.

All the French papers are caught by the
fact that the five American commission
erS appeared in evening dress at the last
nights session of the peace commission.
When the American delegation first ar
rived in Paris the Madrid papers spread
throughout Europe the report that its
members were ill-mannered. addressed
and without personal servants-that. in a
word. they looked like a company of per
sonally conducted" tourists. Amba ssador
Monson's recent reference to American
diplomats had revived the French phrase,
''shirt-sleeve diplomacy" so that the
comme-il-faut appearance of the Amer
leans in the final scene of the negotia-
items made quite an impression on the
public mind. The explanation is found in
the simple fact that the commissioners
had dressed. not for the signing of the
they were invited for the same evening.
but that humdrum circumstance thus far
has escaped the Partisan newspapers.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Using Up Stale Bread.

The broken pieces of bread untitled
for toast may be put into a pan and
dried in a cool oven. When thoroughly
dry, roll them on an old bread board;
sift through coarse sieve; put them
INTO glass jar or tin box, and stand
them aside for bread-crumbing GRO
luets, outlets, etc. This will save the
purchase of raspings. The crusts may
be used for queen puddings, mullins or
plain bread puddings. Pieces of cake
Or bread make delicious cabinet pud-
iings.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Wonderful Old Women.

1t is an acknowledged fact that wom-
en- more often attain very great age
than men. Among women one of the
most famous centenarians was the
Countess of Desmond. who died in the
reign of James l. from the effects of
an accident. Her reputed age was las
years. This wonderful old lady, at the
age of 100 years, was SO lively and
well that she actually took part in a
dance, and only five years before her
death she travelled from Bristol to
London-a tremendous journey in
those days-in order to personally at
tend to some business matters.
Lady Desmond's fame sinks into
nothing compared with that of a
French woman of the name of Marie
the age of $50 years. Toward the end
of her life she subsisted entirely on
goats milk and cheese. and, although
her body was so shrunken and wasted
that she weighed only forty-six pounds
she retained her mental faculties to the
last.
1t is a curious fact that some women
have been known to enter a second
youth when most of their fellows die
hair and teeth come again, and sight
and hearing once more become sharp
and quick. A certain Marquise de
Mirabeau Is an example of this. She
died at eighty-six, but some years be-
fore her demise her whole appearance
changed SO that she looked certainly
not more than thirty.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Nor. Equipment for Baltimore 8 Ohio.

The improvements that have been
made on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road during the past two years have
rendered it possible to operate cars OIL
a heavier capacity than have been IN
use in the past and the receivers have
Just ordered from the Schoen Pressed
Steel Company of Pittsburg 1000 steel
coal cars of capacity of 100000
pounds each. These cars will be used
for the seaboard trade and are ex-
pected to be in service during the early
part of 1899 In addition to these cars
the receivers have also ordered from
the Pittsburg Locomotive Works 5o
more of the consolidated locomotives
with 22x2Sinch cylinders.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Remarkable Auction Bids

The Zola sale in France at which
little table was sold for more than $50
times its value, recalls many Instances
of remarkable bids at auction sales.
Zola's table was worth ga 16s., but the
first bid for it was G1.2S0 and the auc-
tion became probably unique in the
annals of sales by being closed after a
single bid. 1t Is not the first time
that table has been sold for such a
remarkable sum. Cicero's table was
put up to auction after his death. but
the highest bid was f750 Another
historic article, for which an enormous
price was paid. was Cato's purple robe.
which Nero bought for G6,S00. The
habit worn by Charles XII. at Pultowa
was sold for G f22.000, and a cup used by
Napoleon went for thirty-seven guin-
cas-. The hat which Napoleon wore at
Eylau was keenly bid for at an auc-
tion by thirty-two persones. and it
was knocked down at ELS.
Mr.. Quaritch, the famous bookseller,
recently advertised two of his rarest
volumes for sale for G10.25O a sum
which may seem ridiculous to most
readers. Mr.. Quaritch. however, once
bid $4,000 for a Latin Psalter, and
E3.9O0 for a Mazarin Bible at an auc-
ton sale. Five hundred and forty
guineas for a snuff box suggests that
the bidder was verging on madness.
but a snuff box from the emperor of
Brazil's collection was once knocked
down at this price. Another, supposed
to have belonged to Marie Antoinette.
sold for 800 guineas, bids of fifty and
a hundred guineas being quite COM
mon at snuff boxes. vase in the
1000 guineas; and two violins-a
Stradivarius and Ruggari-were sold
at sale for f760 and 6 1,2SO respective
ly. A violin bow by Tourte was sold for
f44. and the autograph Of Sir Isaac
Newton once drew bid OF f64. An
admirer of George Nv. few years ago
bid e E18 for a walking stick which be-
longed to the king. A silver penny of
William the Conqueror's reign was
sold nine years ago for f32. and = half
crown of the reign of Queen Elizabeth
went for f44. Lord Fitzhardnge once
bid 4,500 guineas for calf at Lord
Dunmore's sale. The previous highest
price for a bull was 1000 guineas, bid
at a sale at Ketton. Lord Fitzhar-
dinge's bid was the highest ever paid
in England, but 1t has been beaten
OF course in America-an Englishman
having bid the unprecedented price of
f8.120 for bull at Utica twenty-five
years ago.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
INDIANA TRUANCY LAW.
1t Is Resulting in Increased Attendance
school.

The state truancy board of Indiana has
just completed appointments of the truant
officers for the present year. The report
which it has prepared shows what lndi-
ana's new compulsory education law, in
the first year of its enactment, did in In
diana schools last year.
In 1897 there were 237 truant officers;
Two hundred and ten of these made full
reports. showing that their cost to the
state was s25544.61. or about Sl6S for each
officer AS a consequence of the law and
its enforcement 1900 non-attendants were
forced into the schools.
In assisting the poor to clothe their chill
dren and to buy school books, only Slo,-
S06 43 was necessary. The law being new,
there was considerable trouble last year
in enforcing it, and little needless ex-
pense. The anti-child labor law, which
rather co-operates with it, is also better
understood and it Is thought that about
IL, 900 more children falling under the re-
quirements of the law will be brought into
the schools. There are some, defects in
the law which one years experience has
brought out. but they will be remed1ed by
the next Legislature.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Strange BrIdais.

The Chinese have an elaborate we'd
ding ceremonial. 1t begins with pres
ents and the reports of astrologers. The
parents then correspond. The girls
father offers his ugly and ill-favored
child"-for such is Oriental etiquette.
The father of the boy. not to be out
done in pollteness. describes his son as
"slothful. INDECENT. and weak of intel
iect." The BRIDES procession for
which even a mandarin must make
way, goes to the bridegroom's house
and is carried over the threshold.
Japanese politeness is like the Chin
ese; female subsection is the same, but
the national good humor makes 1t
more tolerable. There is a beautiful
symbolism in the lighting of the
torches, when the brides and BRIDE
grcom's lights are permitted to
= mingle.
The Persian wedding includes a
torchlight procession of the bridegroom
and his friends to the brides house.
where the groom and his companions
secure her and then return to the beat
Ing of drums. An Arab wedding lasts
seven days. The husband sees ais
wife.s face after the ceremony is over.
It is then proper for him to cry out in
delight at it's loveliness, and then, as in
the Bible, "the friend of the BRIDE
groom, who standeth. and hearcth him.
rejoicing greatly because ,e the bride
groom's voice"-the people cutside the
tent raise an answering cry.
In Turkey the bride stands behind a
screen during part of the ceremony,
and is first seen at its conclusion. A
Moorish wedding is also seven days
afYair. There is a clever custom some
times followed in Persia. crowd Of
young men rush into the feasting
crowd, capture the guests and shut
them up in a dark room. They pay
ransom to get out and the money is
added to the brides dowry, naive way
Of enriching the young couple.
Catching and capturing the bride
nsed to be a common item of mans
.ourtship. and one in which he took
, masculine delight. 1t is still to be
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
OLD SORES HEALED.
Incidents In the Presidenis Southern TIP
show Patriotism

At every place visited by President Nc, NJ; :,
Kinley during his recent southern trip
there were manifestations of patriotism
that were very gratifying to him An oc-
ca sion of this kind was the banquet given
al Savannah. 1t would have been
notable event in any city for the perIec-
tion of the arrangements. the distin-
guished character of the guests, the
Speeches, the enthusiasm that greeted
every allusion to reunited country ana
the renewed relations of affection pc
tween the two sections. 1t was veritable
love feast, and the demonstrations OF
honor toward the President and the 10y
atty to the flag could not have been ex, so
ceeded in sincerity in any city of the
North. Secretary Alger again ofiiciarrtso 1rto
as chorfster and led the singing: Ine
guests and the hosts united in singing
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner, Dixie and
1.-The Red, White and Blue" The Presl-
dent Joined as heartily as the most en- en-
thusiastic and cheered as loudly as the
rest the expressions of love. pride and 10y
atty that came from every speakers lips.
The address of welcome delivered by the
mayor was notable for its patriotism and
eloquence, and when he alluded to Cen
eral Grant the greatest and most mag
unanimous of soldiers the outburst or en-
thusiasm was greater than greeted any
other name or sentiment.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
How's Thisl

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years and believe him
perfectly honorable in ali business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
o.; Walding Kinnan s. Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Testimonials sent free Price
55c per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
Electrolysis of Water P!pes.

A curious state of things was OBJ
served recently in observing the elec-
trolysis of water pipes in Dayton, Ohio,
in which it was found that stones and
pebbles near the pipes in some cases
seem to have been electro plated with
the metal of the pipes, which one of
the experts believe has never been OBJ
served before.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06

discovered in the games played al SONS
wedding feasts, where the girl pretends
to run off and the husband pursues
her and brings her back again
captive
The silver lance., 1899-01-06

An examination of the newspapers
shows that they are able to prove any
old thing of George Washington's fare
well address.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

ooms Remarkable Auction BIDS = A
Record of Strange Bridals-The Mind
. Ealla
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pleasant to me" 'Why?'' Because it is
hard work for him to be pleasant to any
body.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06

FITS rermsnentyCurcd II fits nervousness after
first day of DR.. kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE S2.OO trial bottle and treatise.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06

Why are the affairs of others al
ways so interesting to most people!
The silver lance., 1899-01-06

"Those new neighbors must be very or
dinary people. 'Why?' Their cats
catch mice
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There is little more of the pathetic
history. Josephine passed away in
the summer of 1914, before the worst
came to her unfaithful husband; but
she never swerved in her affection Cor
him or her wish for his success and
happiness. She is buried in the little
village church at Ruel.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06
A LIVING WITNESS
Mrs. Hoffman Describes
Wrote to Mrs. Pinkba Nv She
Aovlce, and Is Now Wen

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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-17
True to Her Lover.

Rushville, Ind, June 1.-THE mysteri-
Gus killing of George Palmer last night is
still unsolved. Abner and John Leonard
are still in Jail on suspicion but no
charge has yet been filed against them
The coroner's inquest will be held in the
morning, and the authorities say they
can produce sufficient evidence to hold
Abner Leonard on a charge of first degree
murder and his brother John as an ac-
cessory.
City Marshal Jones said tonight that
the state can show by one witness that
Abner Leonard followed George Palmer
into the private alley, near the postof1ice.
in which the shooting occurred that Abb
ner Leonard shouted to his brother:
John, here he is and then fired the one
b. other. This witness, While not being
able to positively identity Abner Leonard
says he believes it was he.
Miss Anna Palmer, daughter of the
murdered man and the fiance Of Abner
Leonard, is firm believer in the inno-
cence of her sweetheart. Five weeks ago,
Palmer drove his daughter from home,
causing her to take up her home with
her sister, Mrs. Lloyd. Her father, she
says, on several occasions since then
threatened her life and swore he would
kill Abner Leonard if he ever caught him
with her.
Palmer it seems made several threats
against Abner Leonard's life. Mrs Lloyd.
a daughter of the murdered man, sides
with the Leonards and her sister in
working for the acquittal Of Abner Leon
ard. Anna Palmer and Abner Leonard
are both about 10 years of age, and John
Leonard is 21.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-17
Indians On a Strike.

Vancouver, r. c.. June 17.--Twenty- five
handred Indian fishermen of Rivers Inlet
and Skeena, 200 miles up the coast, are on
a strike and now the dozen canneries on
the northern coast are running at about
an eighth of the usual capacity. The
fishing season has just opened and the
Indians absolutely refuse to go to work
unless they are guaranteed ten cents per
fish for the season. and the Gamers say
that they cannot give more than six or
perhaps seven cents for the season.
Usually at this time of year, ten days
before the Fraser river season opens
there are thousands of men, especially
Americans in Steveston ready to fish but
this year there are scarcely 200. New
regulations provide that only British sub
jects may fish and altogether the sea-
sons industry is paraiyzed from the can
ncrS point of view.