The silver lance., 1899-02-03
OUR SALTED PLACER.
washed From the Rich Deposits on The Lance
Exchange Table.

About the time of the outbreak Of hos
tilities with Spain. in discussing the
sulphur supply Of this country we ven
tured the prediction that il, under tho
stimulus Of war prices, the known vast
deposits of birthstone OF the West and
South were opened and worked, the IN
dustry thus created would not be allowed
to perish with the cessation Of the war,
but would become permanent. We are
pleased to learn this prediction has been
verified to the letter, and 8 great deal
sooner than we anticipated. 1t is now
announced that the owners and workers
Of sulphur mines opened in California
Humboldt County, and in Utah have
found that the deposits can be worked
At a profit at peace prices Tor those which
prevailed prior to the war with SPAIN
and the mines are now in full blast on
this basis. The United States is thus
made independent Of Europe and the
rest o: the world, in still another COM
modify, important in peace and indispen-
sable in warfare. With her extension Of
territory in the tropics, the great market
there opened to her and the mighty in.
dustrial advances thus stimulated the
time must soon come whom our country
will not need to go beyond her own
boundary lines to obtain every necessity
and even luxury of life. Whether this
condition Of independence Of all foreign
powers, or that of give and take" hith-
erto existing, will be the be tier for US in
the long run, IS, however, problem that
tbs futurc. .r..' -..oclde- "'te National
Druggist
ut seems natural that the largest ranch
In the world should be found in the
largest State in the Union-Texas" writes
William Clinton in the February Ladies'
Home Journal. Indeed, this ranch is
so extensive that some States could not
contain it. Connecticut, for example
could not hold it by several thousand
acres. The two States of Rhode Island
and Delaware combined could not contain
this immense ranch, which consists OF
three million acres. or about five thous-
and square miles. About a dozen years
ago. when Texas needed new State
capitol, the Legislature adopted novel
plan to get it. A promise was held forth
That vast tract of unappropriated land
would be given in exchange for a suitable
granite building at Austin. Among those
tempted by this offer were ex-senator
Charles B. Farwell and his brothe John,
VINO finally formed syndicate in Chi
cago and took upon themselves the re-
sponsibility of erecting the proposed
capitol Their part Of the agreement
appears to have been earned out to the
satisfaction of the State, and in due time
'nsy came into the possession of the i'm
menae domain now known as tha X. l. 7.
ranch.
court Of inquiry in the army 1lls
"acn the same place there that grand
Jury does in civil life. 1t ascertains if
saefe IS cause for the trial by court mar
'.A' OF anyone in the military establish
A'eos' and its report that there is such
'suse leads to the fling OF specific
enafges and Specifications, which in mill
s courts serve the purpose that an
.lo'csnent does in civil court-it puts
.ae alleged offender on his trial. In any
o'nef army than ours, with tho exception
pornaps, of the British, the testimony OF
Laean' Washington correspondent de-
e's'ss. would have led to pistols for two