The silver lance., 1899-04-21

I ehdt iduy ttdCneT5 muSt wear snort SkirIS
and the dear creatures are kicking about
it. If all we have read Of the feet OF the
women of that city be true, we don't
blame them for desiring to keep them
under cover.-Denuer Post.
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We are great nation. We are going
to be humane" to the PHILIPPINES il they
| will be reasonable and return to their
homes. If they don't we are going to
| leave off the final "e'' and be human.
What's the use of having an army and a
great navy, if we don't give them busi-
ness?-Er.
The Spanish West Indies, with Hawaii
and the Philippines, all of which are ours
equal in size all New England New York.
Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Their
total area is 16S,O00 square miles. The
population is somewhere about 10000.
600. That is the result of about four
months work. No ancient world con
queror ever did 50 much in 50 brief u
time. The most remarkable item is that
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German science announces that every
thing needed to make a man weigh 100
pounds can be found in the whites and
yolks of l, 200 hens eggs. Reduced to
fluid, the average man would yield ninety
eight cubic meters of Illuminating gas
and hydrogen enough to fill balloon ca
pable of lifting 12o pounds. The normal
human body has in it the iron needed to
make seven large mails, the fat for four
teen pounds OF candles, the carbon for
sixty live gros, of crayons and phosphor-
Gus enough for o2O,O10 matches. Out of
it can be obtained, besides, twenty coffee
| spoons OF salt, fifty Jumps of sugar and
f1rty-two litres of water.-E.C.
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One OF the best laws enacted by the
last legislature, from humanitarian
standpoint. is the one that forbids the
senseless. cruel docking of horses tails.
The snobocracy for years have endeav
ored to improve natures methods for
making horses beautiful by this brutal
mutiation. They have subjected the
noble animals to this most exquisite tor
ture simply to satisfy whim, to possess
themselves of something different from
the common herd, few, if any, OF whom
possess so little humanity as to allow
themselves to resort to such inhunane
practices in the pursuit of fad. The
only wonder is that this barbarous mutt
lation of driving horses has not been
stopped by law long ago.-CdrbondIte
Item.
The mineral resources OF Siberia in
clude gold, silver, copper, iron, mercury,
tin, coal, Ignite, graphite, sulphur,
paptha, common salt, glauber salts. and
"A great variety OF precious stones. Gold
il distributed and worked over very
large territory, principally in the basins
of the Obi, YeDnissei, Iona and Anoor
rivers. Over 5000 miners are employed
in the gold mines. and occupation is also
given to considerable population in
Transporting goods to the mines. Th9
absence of railroads and Of mechanical
works for making and repairing machin-
cry has prevented the development OF
these fields, bnt the great Siberiad rail
road will soon open up vast territory
Iron and coal are also widely distributed.
but have not been developed for the lack
of transportation faciIItie5.-lHiainy Re-
porter.
Admiral Dewey is right in blocking
the proposition to nominate him for
President. He belongs to the whole
country now, and 1t would be misfor-
tune to have the thoughts OF any portion
Of the people turned away from him.
And then the Office could not add to his
fame. Had Nelson outliyed Trafalgar
and had he then boen made Premier OF
England, the chances are he would havo
tarnished the perfect fame which now
attaches to his name. He came up out
OF the seas as it were and wrote his name
abo7e that of all Adniirais who ever
s.eadied and directed fleet in battle.
He fell IN the hour in which he had brok-
en- the maritime power OF both France
and Spain and the measure OF his glory
was full. No honor5 of civil life could
have enhanced the spiencor OF his name.
none could add TO Dewey's giory.-odH
Luke Tribune.
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1t would seem that the time OF wars
and rumors OF wars" preoIcted ia the
Good Doo6, has arrived. After moro
tnan quarter OF a century OF uEin.er-
ruptei peace, the United States GDds
herself confronted oy hosti.itIss on all
sides 1t has been SAID tnat every gen