The silver lance., 1899-04-07

duct OF Wyoming is put is the manufac-
ture of toilet soap. The high percent
age OF alkali carried IN this clay, and the
extremely fine grain Of the material
renders it valuable as an adulterant.
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Lunatics often assume a superiority of
intellect to others that is amusing. A
gentleman while walking along a road
not far from a railway, encountered a
number of insane people out for exercise.
With nod toward the railway lines he
said to one Of the men: Where does this
railway go tor" The lunatic looked at
him scornfully for a moment and then
replied: Nowhere. We keep it here to
run trains on"
The area of the ore fields of tin has
recently been examined The extent Is
surprisingly small. To show this the
area may be compared with that of the
gold fields of the world. The latter are
over 100 times tho extent of the tin
fields. The great source is in the East
Indies, the Straits settlements. The
Cornitnh tin mines, England, while very
much smaller than the Straits OF Banca
mines, occupy a very Important place.
1t would seem as If the rapid reduction
in price of aluminium might go to dunn
ish the need for tin in the near future.
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fhn Tort .,e Aha
women Of manageable age it may be
stated thar their prospects of marriage
are mucc better than those Of women
in the older countries. According TO an
authoritative statistician there are in the
United States as whole, 965 women to
every 1000 men, while in all Europe there
are 1919 women to every 1000 men. The
proportion in the different European
States is. however, variable. A woman's
prospect of marriage is distinctly affected
by age. The statistics OF all countries
show that the great majority Of women
marry between the ages of twenty aud
thirty. Before reaching twenty a woman
| has, CT course, a chance OF matrimony,
but the objections raised by parents or
friends to marriage at a tender age fre-
quently outweigh the desire of the young
woman to acquire husband, and lead
her to to defer the wedding day. All the
statistics of this country bear out the
statement that woman's best chance 10
marry is at the age OF twenty-five Prof. ID.
r. McAnaliy in Ladies Home Journal
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The grave burics every error, covers
every defect, extinguishes every resent
meat. From its peaceful bosom spring
none but fond regrets and tender recol-
lee lions. Who can look down upon the
grave, even OF an enemy, and not feel a
compunctious throb that he should ever
have warred with tho poor handful of
earth that lies mouldering before himY
| But the graves of those we loved what
a place for meditation, There it is that
we call up in long review the whole
history of virtue and gentlenes, and the
thousand endearments lavished upon us,
almost unheeded, in the daily intercourse
of intimacy; there it is that We dwell
upon the tenderness, the solemn, the
awful tenderness of the parting scene
The bed of death, with all its stihed
grIefs, its noiseless attendance, its mute,
watchful asslduities The last teJtimon
les of expiring love, the feeble. huttering.
thrIlling-oh, how thrilling! pressure of
the hand. The last fond look of the
glazing eye, turning upon us even from
the threshold of existence! The faint,
faltering accents, struggling IN death to
give one more ASSURANCE OF affection!
Aye! go to the grave of buried love and
mediate! There settle the account with
thy conscience for every benefit unre
Quilted, every past endearment unregard-
ed. of that departed being VINO can never,
never return to be soothed by thy con-
triton! Ii thou art chiid and hast ever
added sorrow to the soul, or a furrow
TO the silvered brow of an affectioDate
parent; If thou art husband. and hast
ever caused the fond bosom that ventur
ed its whole happiness IN thy arms to
doubt one moment of thy kindness or
thy truth; il thou art friend and hast
ever wronged in thought, word or deed
the spirit that generously contded in
thee; il thou art lover and mast ever
given one unmerited pang to that true
heart which now lies cold and still be-
meath tiny feet; then be sure that every
unkind look, every ungracious word,
every ungentle action, will come throng
ing back upon the memory and knocking
dolefully at the soul; then be sure that
thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repent
ant on the grave, and utter the unhsard
groan, and pour the unavailing tear.
more deep. more bitter. because uDheard