Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-25

each Is also seen to be possessed of be elsewhere found.
 There are now in the states west of the Mississippi s4 cities of more than 5000 population each, being located as follows: Arkansas, -four; California;, nine; Colorado, four; Iowa, A twelve; Kansas, nine; Louis, jana, SSthree; Minnesota, six; Mis- souri, s eight; Montana, two; Ne braska, eight; Nevada, one; South Da- kota, one; Texas, eleven; Utah, two; Washington, three, and Wyoming, one. The total urban trans -Mississippian population is 3,152,593, or nearly one twentieth of the entire population of the United States, and one-fifth of that in trans Mississippi California leads in the number of the city residents, although Iowa has the largest number of cities. Missouri takes the palm for the largest city, St. Louis, which, once a rival cf Chicago, the imperial me- tropolis of the lake region, but of late years fallen far behind in >the race, now shows signs of revival, and, so her enthusiastic partisans assert, will give Chicago a close and interesting race for supremacy in the years to come.
 Those who attended the trans-Mis sissippi congress will probably be greatly impressed by the change that has come over St. Louis in the last few years. Until recently the city has been considered by the outside world as es- sentially a southern town, and has been tbnroOf of its streets was like that of other cities in the south; it's business men were ac- customed to go about their occupations after the leisurely fashion of southern CTS, and the softened accent of those who dwelt below Mason and Dixon's line predominated everywhere. St. Louisans liked to do business. to be sure, but they were fond of taking their time about it. They long claimed that their town was as progressive and as rapidly increasing in size as the bustling, wide-awake neighbor on the shore of Lake Michigan, but all the same they failed to reach out and cap turc the prizes of material advance ment that were taken by the Chicago ans, and so, as surely as night follows UIlc udY, . C. IOuiS etIOPPCu CShAtAi'
 Now, however, St. Louis is beginning to put forth the forward foot. Her business men seem at last to have learned the lesson that if you would win you must strive; that in order to get your share of trade you must do your share of advertising and general ''hustling," and moreover. that if you would have your city take fore most place, you must be possessed of lots of public spirit. Much of this is undoubtedly due to the influx of north ern blood and capital, for now the sharper and more nasal accent of the Yankee and the western man, who IS simply another edition of the Yankee, is to be heard everywhere upon tho streets of the metropolis of the Missis- sippi valley. Besides those business men who are St. Louls born seem many of them, to have caught the infection, and they, too, are bestirring themselves to get their share of what is going in the way of trade and manufacture, and the result IS cheering to the visitor, and will be of vast benefit to the city. Whether st. Louis will ever succeed with the cities that have been more enterprisingin the past, is question that time only can answer.
 I. D. MARSHALL.