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The silver lance., 1899-05-19
China Refuses Russia's ID mands.

Shanghai. May 1.-THE Tsung Ii
Yamen (Chinese foreign office has re-
piled to the Russian minister at Pekin,
NJ. De Giers. that the government Is
unable TO ;ccede to the Russian de-
mand. made last Wednesday, for a
new railway concession connecting
Pekin with Russia's present system in
Manchuria.
Not since the taking of Port Arthur
by Russia have the Chinese been so
agitated as over this demand. Whether
NJ. De Giers named a specific route Is
not vet ascertainable, some officials as
serting that only preliminary notice
was given by Russia. and others that
she is asking for line direct from
Pekin to Hai-Kwon.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
A STIFF BLUFF.


Long Sitting Of Mining Ms9aasss In
Virginia City.
One night in 1866, when I was play
ing in Crittenden & Gentry's in vir-
ginia City. I made the two greatest
biuns l ever made. 1t was a royal
game. Several very rich Ophir and
belcher mining magnates sat at the big
round table. We had played for hours
and 1t was getting along about dawn.
grew pretty gay at my luck. for I
was some 5000 ahead at that stage OF
the game. One Of the mining kings
looked at his watch and said he must
soon quit. Another miner proposed
that we double the jack pot we were
engaged in and that we close the game
with that. We all agreed. We doubled
the jack pot, and with the six players
about the table we had jack pot OF
Sso0. A man third from my right
opened the pot for $780, The next two
men stayed in. l was never more ner-
vous l evidently showed my nervous
ness. A few seconds of deliberation
and 1 stayed with the jack pot. Two
men on my left dropped out. An Ophir
Ae mug idlSCd eOOV do qdiSh ao q
Hash. Then the active work began.
There was $2,100 in the pot at that
stage. The opener got out stack of
golden eagles and saw the raise. The
TWO men between him and me dropped
out. l was all perspiration. l re-
solved to risk 1t. So l dug down in my
inner pockets and stood the raise.
There were three players left in the
game, and there was $4,000 in the pot.
We all drew cards in breathless ST.
lence. The opener on my left drew
two cards. / started to draw one, but
while l bit my lips and tried to be
calm l drew three cards. The dealer
dealt himself one card, and then
slowly dealt himself another. The air
grew thick and heavy. / felt it a dizzy
whirl. I knew the moment was to be
memorable one in my life. l never
skinned my cards so anxiously as l did
that night. 1 knew instinctively my
two opponents each believed / had
drawn pair of aces. had $3.50 in the
pot and l meant to stay by it until
the showdown. After deliberation
that seemed an age the opener bet
$500. l deliberated and called. The
dealer saw the $500 and went back
$1,000 over and above that. The open
er saw the $1,000 and went it $1,000
better. I thought again and acted art
fully. Then I just called. The dealer
saw the openers 81, 900 and raised 1t to
$500. The opener called the $1,000.
They were so excited at each others
playing that they had for a moment
forgotten all about me. | sat between
them, you know. They were just going
to show up their hands when 1 ex-
claimed: Here, I'm playing here, too
Then 1 called the $500 myself. You
ought to have seen the mining kings
look at me. Well, the opener had
three tens, the dealer had three jacks.
and had but pair of kings. New
York Sun.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
No More "Ordinary- sIecpers.

Some time ago the Pullman Com
pany, as an experimental measure. in
troduced Ordinary" sleeping car SER
vice on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road between Baltimore and Newark,
and Pittsburg and Chicago. The re-
suits to the Railroad Company were
very gratifying. but subsequently II
was ascertained the Pullman Company
was not in position to furnish this
class of equipment to all roads oper-
ating Pullman cars east of Chicago
and St. Louis. and to allay any friction
that might result from this inequality
of service. the Pullman Company re-
quested the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road to resume the standard cars pre-
viously in service, which will be done
commencing April 10.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
BUFFALO STRIKE ENDeo
Grain shoveler. G., ,adx.,,.,w.

oA'" shoveiers Get 1Advance In Ware.
buiialo, N. Y, May 14.-Tbe grain
snoNelers Will return to work to-mor-
row morning under the agreement
reached this morning at the confer
ence between the Lake Carriers ele-
satof men and grain shovelers. The
terms of the agreement were reduced
70 writing and properly signed tonight
at the residence of Bishop Ouiplev II
provides that the grain shovelers shall
receive x1.S3 per 1000 bushels. that
.Iie contractors shall not receive high
mans pay that superintendent shall
De appointed by the bishop to guard
the interests of the men. that a local
Doard or arbitrators shall be appointed
70 pass upon any grievances that may
arise IN the future, and that fourteen
OF contractor Connor's boss scoopers
shall be suspended pending an inyesti-
CATION into the charges made by the
grain shovelers that they are identified
with saloon Interests and are other
wise Objectionable.
Az meeting of the grain shovelers
neld tonight the agreement reached at
tne conference was approved
Ihere are about 5000. 900 bushels of
grain af1oat here now. 1t is believed
that this will be cleared by the middle
or the week.
Notwithstanding the adjustment of
the grain shovelers' trouble, the labor
situatlon here, so far as the CONNER
clai interests of the port are concerned
is threatening. Practically all the coal
anu ore handlers. numbering about
l,5O0, are out. The freight handlers
who struck out of sympathy with the
grain shovelers. now refuse to go back
to work until their wages are raised
ana the men employed in the freight
house. also on strike. likewise refuse
TO return until they have secured an
advance in pay.
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som e FISH.
How the MILDLY Managed to Fool the
sub-Lieutenant.


How the MILDLY Managed to Fool the
sub-Lieutensnt.
The followers of Izaak Walton on
board a man-of-war are wont to ply
the gentle art with line alone) from
over the ships side during the even
ing, says the Cornhill A sub-neuten-
ant, who was not particularly liked
so engaged, when a midshipman, see
ing the line depending from the
chains" above, reached out of one Of
the main deck ports and gave 1t
couple of violent tugs, In imitation Of
a fish biting. Up the line was hauled
with alacrity, but, Of course, with no
result Once again the sub essayed
to catch this big fish that had given
him so heavy a bite. This time the
middys plan was more elaborate, for,
getting a companion to keep the nee
essary strain upon the upper portion,
he hauled up the lower part Of the
fishing line and attached to the hooks
an old shoe, an empty bottle, q holy
stone and a sardine tin. Having care
fully lowered these to the full extent
Of the line, he gave it a more power
full pull than ever, and the expectant
fisherman above hauled in as fast as
he could. hand over hand. But his
language when he discovered the ma
ture of his catch" is too much to
ask even an unfortunate compositor
to set up in cold type.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Goes to War with Trusts.

Wheeling. W. Va, May 14.-The an
nouncement was authoritatively made
to-day that the Wheeling Iron and
Steel company will at once begin the
erection in this city of tin plate mill
and wrought iron and steel pipe and
tube works.
Since the formation of the tin plate
trust and other iron and steel combines
none of which has taken IN thls
company. the Wheeling company finds
itself without ready and steady mar
ket for the output of its three furnaces
and big steel works. With the view
of securing the use for its output. the
tin plate mill and tube works VIII DE
erected. The new plants are TO COST
about $75O,OOO.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Revolver Save, Him From wild Students

Terre Haute Ind. May IA. - All
through last night the uptown streets
were filled with squads of yelling col
lege men from the Rose Polytechnic
institute and the Indiana State Nor
NAL school.
For some time there has been bad
blood between the students of the two
institutions. resulting from disputed
ball game. Last night 100 of the Poly
technic men broke INTO T. j. Kimmefs
room and endeavored to kidnap him.
Kimmel. who is physical director in
the State Normal. at the point of
revolver. compelled the collegians to
retire. Later $50 Normal men acted
as body guard for the physical di-
rector and there were frequent clashes
between the students.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19

MIR. W. H. B. Williams. Columbus. o.
other remedies with little or no sue
cess. But in Pe-ru-na l found prompt
and sure cure l always keep the
remedy which promptly relieves any
attack Of the same malady.
My wife also uses Pe-ru-na. She
dnds 1t Of especial use for severe spells
to which she is subject. We always
keep it in the house as family medi-
cine. We think it an excellent remedy
for the various ills to which children
are subject, especially climatic dis
eases. Address DR.. Hartman, Column
ous. Ohio, for a free book on family
medicine.
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what "AvabR Stiu ~ In

Aiabastine Is a durable and natural
coating for walls and ceilings 1t is
entirely different from all "kalsomine"
preparations. Alabastine comes in
white Or twelve beautiful tints, and is
ready for use by adding cold water.
~ Is put up in dry powder form in
nVe-pound packages, with full direc-
uons on every package. Alabastine is
handsome. cleanly and permanent. 1t
can be re-coated and retinted at slight
expense. Paint dealers and druggists
ssa sen Alabastine and furnish card Of
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Tn Conk NaN Peaa.

Cover fresh peas with cold water,
season with salt and boil till tender
Drain of the water, add three or four
little pats of butter. and let the butter
melt through the peas. Put them in q
vegetable dish and serve very hot. II
the peas are not sweet enough sweeteu
them with a very little sugar.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Do four Feet Ache and Burnf ?

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease. powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores. Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy. N. Y.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
500, 900 FAMILIES
RELY ON PE-RU-NA.

W. H. B. Williams, publisher Of The
Farmers Industrial Union, In a recent
letter to DR.. Hartman says: Il have
used Pe-ru-na as family medicine for
several years. l find 1t Of especial use
for myself. 1 have had several tedious
spells with systemic catarrh and before
using Pe-ru-na / had tried several
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Pnlriot.c Exclamation.

Teacher-"John illustrate the difference
between sit and set"
Bright and Patriotic Boy-"The United
States is country on which the sun
never sets and the rest of the world never
sits. s."-Detroit Journal
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Shirt lSOsons

Should always he dried before starching
Apply "Faultless Starch freely to both
sides, roll up tight with bosom inside and
lay aside twenty minutes before ironing
All grocers sell "Faultless Starch, +" 10c.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Her Idea.

"A woman" read Mr.. Meekton from
the newspaper. may argue. but she
won't reason" Yes" answered his
wife. "And a man as rule dossn t
do either.'-Washington Star.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Her l. tie Ways.

4. When my wife buys a SIS hat she says
VIII last her three years"
that's cheap enough
Yes; but every season she gets 81
worth OF new trimmings put on it"
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
A Dome.tIc Outcast.

You go home late. Billy; is your wife
cleaning house2"
mo; she's only cleaning clothes presses.
When she gets to cleaning house she
doesn't let me come home at ALL
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
ThenIrIcnl Expedsnt

Jack used to be on the stage. and what
do you think he has done, mamma?'
what. daughter
He has had trap-door cut In our par
lor so he can escape when / have call
ers.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
HaIl's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

Aren't you afraid your golf club will
injure your bicycle business?" mot at
all; we are going to have the links so far
out that every member will have to ride
a wheel"
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Beware of Fraud.

Every success breeds imitators and counterfeit
ers. Look out for substitutes when you ask II
Cascarets Candy Cathartc, All druggists loc, %
bOc.
The silver lance., 1899-05-19

THAT professor says that Shakespeare $
women are not intellectual" "Of course
not. Look at Ophelia, going out In he
woods and picking flowers when she
might have made Hamlet buy them for
har
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back yard?'' i've ordered some trees.
and l drove those pegs down to show my
wife where ! didn't want them planted.
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Mamma and ] are not on speaking
terms" How distressing" She wen
and told Harry that ! trimmed all mS
own hats before we were married.
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w YoMEN assaed every by roules peculiar
wv to their Every mysterious ache or pain Is .
w symptom. These distressing sensations will keep
ON coming unless properly treated
The history neglect written In the faces and
The silver lance., 1899-05-19

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for COMMUNICATIONS A. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan, April 81, 1895.
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thar atuIine didn't break her heart over
con,,,t naithiess man. after ALL" mo: she
him h heed herself mat If she had married
oreadfully.' 'siati''Aeo o'e' "e'
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wasted figures of nine
tenths of our women.
every one of whom may
receive the invaluable ad-
vice of Mrs. Pinkham.
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn. Mass.
Miss LULA EVANS, of
Parkersburg. Iowa, writes
The silver lance., 1899-05-19

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces In
nammation allays pain. wind collie. 25c bottle
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and snaps. Positively guaranteed and equal TO any
t35.D Harness sold elsewhere. Order at Cata-
logue Of 20 styles OF saddles and Harness. Fres
Fred Mueller. itt3 TO itig Larimer ST. Denver, Colo
The silver lance., 1899-05-19
Denver Directory.
ssy55 &c CGNc1Rp Ca!!; ~ .. 'Ss;s2 ~

ESS FOR VIZ
sent toyour near
eat R.H. depot for
era m In atfon.
This IL the biaHsst
bargain ever Of
fered In the u. y.
Has Bolt. HAmes
and Traces ~ In.
solid single ply.
q ood h Q svy
breeciiings. wool
faced collars. ! In
4 IN foot II es
spreaders. Gs
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1aa aas DAIRY FARMER !?

Are you anxious 10 make a. much ~ possible out
of your and your labor, Are you doing ~ Not
without you use a DE LAvEL CREAM sEPARA-
TOR II you Interested and want 70 know more
about the and advantage Of using = Cream sep
arator write for catalogue and prices. THE LIT
TLETOS CREAMERY CO. I13z-;S Blake st.. Dsn-
yer, Colo Full line Dairy supplies ard Apparatus-
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WOMEN WHO
NEED Mrs.
PLMNEHAM,S AID

{ her recovery as follows;
i had been a constant sufferer
lad Inflammation of the womb
bearing-down pains. backache
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that life is not all flowers and sunshine.
In other places there are other insects and
they are always persistent, always Virulent.
Another factor that cannot be disregarded
is the leprosy, of which so much has been
written. At present 1t is zealously exiled
and isolated, and is at present but slightly
contagious, but it still exists, especially in
the lower quarters of the city. That the
disease Is here Is known everywhere, and
yet it is one subject that is under the ban.
To speak of 1t is to incur the displeasure of
your host. If he is a native he will shrug
his shoulders and walk away. If he Is a
white resident of the islands he will insist
that the reports have been exaggerated and
that your fears are groundless. In spite of
all that can be said however, the leper
colony at Molokoi is living witness to the
fact Of the existence of that horrible dis
ease and 1t Is whispered that In that horri-
BILE place of exile there are Americans who
are suffering this living death. At the pres
ent time, as things are now situated, there
is little danger of contracting the disease,
and yet to many person even this slight
chance would mar the beauties with which
nature has been so lavish in these islands.
Politically Hawaii IS about as peaceful
place as one could wish to see. The whites
and many of the better class of natives are
well satisfied to accept the protection or
Uncle Sam. AS to the native proper, as he
is seen in the common walks of life, he has
no opinions at all upon the SUBJECT. VI
course there are still natives in high posi-
ton who are thoroughly royalists at heart,
but even they are willing to accept things
as they are. The common native, however,
harbors no resentment at what ant-annex-
ationists have been pleased to term his
downfall" At the same time he does not
feel any sentiment of gratitude at being
relieved from the bondage of a monarchy.
The simple fact is that political feelings of
any kind are a disturbing element and the
average native is decidedly averse to maxi
ing any effort either mental or physical.
Under these circumstances it will only be
necessary for the United States govern
ment to use wise discrimination in the plac-
ing of the ballot and there will be little
danger that this one of our new possessions
will ever cause us any trouble.
GEORGE ALFRED EDWARDS.
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A Scheme That Failed

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Not long ago a prominent citizen of New
Orleans went raging into the electric light
oompany's office, and declared that one of
their wires had killed pet tree on his
premises.
THAT tree" he said, "has been standing
there for twenty years, and we regarded
it DIS one of the family. Ny children played
under 1t when they were babies, and it Is
associated with some of the pleasantest
memories of my life. When it began to
die We all mourned, and we could not i'm
agine what allied it until yesterday, when
noticed that wire was lying right across
branch. My poor tree has been electro
cuted, and l feel as if murder has been
done in my house."
Considerable moved, the agent of the
company went to view the scene of the
tragedy, and found the tree still alive, but
feeble When he came to trace the wire
he discovered one end nailed to the roof
of an old barn and the other twisted
around a discarded pole 1t had been cut
off for at least two years, and forgotten
But the occasion demanded something, sc
he made the following report:
Tree alive; wire dead. Wire evidently
killed by the tree. Bill enclosed"
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are still the careless, lazy people they all
ways have been. The Kanaka man wears
a white negligee suit, much like that of his
more civilized brother, but about his
shoulder he wears garland of flowers and
in his wide-brimThed straw hat are thrust
many flowers and peacock feathers. The
women also go barefoot. They wear a
bright-hued Mother Hubbard, belted in
with festoons of gaudy flowers and green
vines
In the Hawaiian Islands one may select
the kind of climate that is best suited to
him and know no other. He may select a
spot that is sufficiently cool, while yet
frosts are unknown, and chilling winds
blow not; he may select another spot where
the heat is excessive, or he may ascend
from the sea to the mountain tops and feel
the air growing cooler with almost every
step In fact, as one scientist has remark
ed Every graduation of temperature, alti-
tude and humidity, with varying forces and
volume of wind currents, is presented in
the Hawaiian Islands. Moreover, each
grove, beach, vale, summit, and belt or
land preserves its respective climate attri-
butes almost unchanged throughout the
year" 1t is this latter fact that has made
these islands the ideal spot for invalids A
certain climate may be Selected and there
one may remain without fear of change
or, by travelling about from place to place,
one may follow what is something like the
rotation of the seasons in the temperate
ATTITUDES without danger of meeting those
sudden changes of temperature that are SO
shocking to the sensitive organizations.
Of course Hawaii is not without its pests
and these are the insects. They vary as
to the locality, but in many places it Is
the mosquitoes that make one remember
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Hawaii June SOTO tell the truth, and
have been instructed to do by the editor
of this paper, is certainly a unique under
taking. For years, the press of the United
States has been printing letters that pur-
ported to describe things as they were on
these islands. but I have found that much
of the matter has emanated from the pens
of subsidized correspondents, or writer's
who relied too much upon their imagination
for their facts. The plain, unvarnished
truth about Hawaii has been told so sell
dom as to have been overlooked, buried as
1t was beneath such a mass of misrepre-
sentation.
That Hawaii is beautiful, no one can de-
ny. That these islands are among the
choicest of our new possessions there can
be no question, but that they constitute an
earthly paradise for a man out of job
is statement that is not true to fact. For
some time the opinion has prevailed that
all one had to do was to go to Hawaii and
that wealth would follow as a necessity
On the contrary, Hawaii is the very last of
all our colonial possessions to which 1
should advise a man to go unless he he had
sufficient capital to make him Independent
of circumstances for a long time, as well
as enough surplus to allow him to take ad-
vantage of his Opportunity when 1t presents
itself. Even then l question if he would
not be just as we'll off in the end If he turn
ed similar energies and the same amount
of money to some line of business some
where In the United States.
1 have many good friends in Hawaii, men
and women who have received me kindly,
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HAWAII AFTER A YEAR OF AMER1CANISM,
A FINE WORD PICTURE OF THE ISLANDS

toria. There is also presented the Stuart
portrait of George Washington.
OF course there is no such vulgar thing
as an advertisement, not even of the mag
azine iteelf. John Lanes name appears
as the publisher, but nowhere is 1t possible
to learn that the magazine costs four
guineas year.
There is a long description of the bind
ing It Is set forth that it is fac smile
of Thevet's "Vies des Hommes Illustres,"
published in Paris in 1854 for James 1.
Lady Randolph Churchill says in an In
troductory article that the first object of
every publication is commercials; also that
the Anglo-Saxon Review has ideals. The
editors idea is to publish articles to be
preserved instead of thrown away, and
therefore they are to be presented In the
most attractive and desirable form.
When one looks upon the beautiful vol
ume it is patent that many people will will
lingly pay 500 year just to see 1t in their
library. 1t has a great distinction; 1t
breathes an aroma of high society.
OF the eighteen contributors. six, in
Guiding the editor, were born in America.
There is very Henry James story called
THE Great Condition" Elizabeth Rob-
ms writes about "A Modern Woman, Born
in 1885," being Lady Mary Montagu.
Whitelaw Reid tells of Some Conse-
quences of the Last Treaty of Paris" from
which it may be inferred that there will
be no more treaties signed in Paris. Lord
Rosebery has fine article on Sir Robert
Peel.
John Oliver Hobbs Mrs Craigie) has a
powerful tragedy in blank verse called
"Osbern and Ursyne." A tribute to time
illness and science is Prof. Lodges arti-