Arizona republican., 1892-12-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

'SC. Louis Is Already the ntth III SIZE
among the cities of the land, and would
be the fourth if Brooklyn were rated
what she is. in fact--a bedchamber Of
New York." writes Mr.. Julian Ralph in
Harper's Magazine He tells us about
the remarkable second growth which
the fine old city has taken on within the
past ten years. The inhabitants now
claim a population of 100000, and even
its rivals do not deny to ST. Louis 47O. O0C
residents.
MIR. Ralph's story illustrates strikingly
what city may become when its own
citizens begin to hustle for it, A few
years ago progressive men of st. Louis
began to consider that their city was
getting left in the march of progress.
They resolved it should not be- The
Merchants exchange inaugurated the
new movement with a boom. They be.
gan to advertise their city They started
the Autumnal Festivities association,
which prepares sort of Columbus cele.
bration for st. Louis every fall, coming
just after the leading crops are har.
vested 1t has brought to the town
money, fame and business
A new tide of migration has set to
ward the southwest in the past decade
This passes through St. Louis and leaves
its contribution as it goes. The city is
the heart of vast agricultural and
mining territory, whose future develop
ment cannot be fixed by the imagina-
ton at present The town is not all
huddled together but its business dis
trict covers ii large territory 1t has
PA miles of street railway tracks, and
most of them are traversed by electric
and cable cars New York would open
its eyes in surprise at the size of these
electric street cars Some Of them are
twice as large as New York street cars.
But a stranger from the east feels more
at home in ST. Louis than in any other
western city, Mr. Ralph says He
hastens to explain, however, that this
Is nothing against St. Louis
In a comparatively short time he
prophesies that the city on the Missis-
sippi will have a million inhabitants
Her greatest manufacturing industries
are beer and tobacco The city has the
largest brewery on the continent, if not
in the world, and she is at the head of
the list in the trade in chewing and
smoking tobacco.
St. Louis has one hearts desire at pres
snt. 1t is that the United States GOV
ernment should so improve the M;,ds-
sippi river from st. AnthoDys iai.s to
the gull tnat it will have a channel ten
feet deep ..l ali Seasons ut tl-r v-aE-
The average human being gets about
one-fourth as much air into his lungs as
he needs; certainly not more than that.
a lady who was thought to have con-
sumption was told to begin and breathe
slowly and deeply, taking in at each
breath all the air her lungs would hold,
breathing only through the nose. In
twelve hours a marked change for the
better was noticed. She coughed less
than she had done in month"; her eye
had sparkle; her face had begun to
lose its parchment color. She had the
grit to continue the same deep, slow
breathing, and that was the end of her
consumption.
1t is laziness that prevents us from
getting the air we need. 1t is a bore, and |
troublesome AT first to remember to fill |
your lungs as full as they can hold with |
air at each inspiration, letting the re-
sulting contaminated air slowly and
gently out at the nostlils, but there is
magic In 1t for the individual who will |
The Bible saying that tn,
breath IN the life Is exactly true. We !
draw into our bodies through the nostrils
the very spirit of life itself Thin blood |
is so because II is starved for oxygen.
Give II plenty Of that to work on, and |
its purifying fires will cleanse your body
and set yoD free Good, rich blood will |
take the place of the old, starved, thin
Fund: your complexion will become white
and red your whole being elastic. Try