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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
The Speed of Gable Messages.
From ~Scribuer's.

from SCribrers.
Ia operating long cables very delicate in
strumcnts are required. and the currents
arriving at the receiving end are very feabl.
IN comparison with those employed in land
line signalling. The Longer the cable. natur-
ally. the feebler the impulses arriyip. at
the receiving end. A short cable, 4 cable OF
under Leo miles being generally considered
= snort cable. gives u speed OF signaling am
ply sufficient for all purposes, with a con-
dcctoF Weighing about leo pounds to the
mile, surrounded by an insulating enveIoDa
OK sutta-percha weighing about an ed1aI
amount when We come to Il cable Of about
TWICE ihiS length it is found necessary. IN
order 10 get Il practically unlimited speed
that Is. i speed as nigh as the most .xpart
operator tan read IL. to employ a core OF
30 pounds OF copper TO the mike. Insulated
WITH ~" pounds OF guttl-percha To the mile.
These are the proportions of couuer and
gUtia-percha in the ia A~nelo-AIn.rira1
Atlantic cable, which is considered the rar-
or! Atla ltic cable for spe Il of WOrkirp AMI
has been worked. by automatic trlnsmfs-
SION, al ne rate OF som. iorty-hye words a
minute. =
The type Of cable proposed for The ya,
convert aiming section of the British p
chic cable. as designed by Lord Kelvin i
70 nave a core OF 30 pounds of conner ana
sho ppuhhS OF Suttd-perCbd to the mile ara
Is calculated To give a speed of twelve yvo-,f,
per minute over ii length OF $50, miles -
Is not considered safe TO adopI a v,yy n,i,1h
.edNlti Coie tnah this, Tor the reIsOn that
the Wei-ht OF the complete Gable WEI -
core that should weigh more thar a.
half a ton TO the nautical mite WouId h.
great that picking II up for REPAIRS fror,
Depth OF I,yp fathoms would he an extrey,o
W difficult and hazardous operations
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
The Danger of Morrnonism.

J. II. Sganiand in GGuton's Magazine.
The question is: How shall the growing
power OF he Mormon Church be met Dur
lrg the year ISs> the church membership
WAS increased i;y i0.vJ. and I'm the succeed
ing year they estimate an increase OF 90 Is,
These are mainly Immigrants. but a large
per cent Is included in the states and Ter
IituritS above mentioned. The church was
never stronger. numerically ard financially
than II II now. and il i as aggressive. al
least in spirit. as IL was i'm the days OF their
rebellion ana attcmpts to establish an indie
pendent Government Trey believe il il
their mission 10 rule the Uuitod States. and
Ultimately the world. both spiritually and
they Will work increasingly tp that enI nv
les CuteEe! ~ some authority. Their
CROWNS power u a menace to this Govern
Hitni; ana even 10 civilization. Though sur
rounded by civilization. they are not az
te'tei by II. but. on tho contrary. stiie il
by their contamination and poisonous
teachings.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
IN Notes and Queries

From Notes and Queries.
This word is in constant use in North
amptonshire. England. Ii has twO-mean-
inEs. one being ito throw" e. &. I'll sock
Il stone at you" A favorite diversion among
boys just now is seeking birds. They
proceed along the hedges. one boy or more
IN each side. all armed with stones. with
which they numerically pelt or sock
any poor bird they come across. The other
meaning OF the word is TO beat or 10
%clout." e. G.. III fetch you a sock o the
earhole."
L have known sock" in this connection
all my life. and f.; is sometimes now used
here. IN sock him." I'm give him bell
SOCK" He got Il good seeking" are Com-
mon forms. | have known when lads were
lighting their "siders'' to call out. sock
him Sock him. BY which. | believe. was
meant. in ring phrase. 10 give an upper
cut" a formidable fighter is called "a bell
sOcker." Sock" il common when speaking
OF "thrashings" given and taken.
ITO give one socks meaning "tO give
one d good beating Is In common use In
East Anglia. Ana So is Pull w your
SOCKS" for make haste" and set to
work"
\ stone in the heel of a sock or stocking
il a weil-knowB eXtempore life preseryer or
taker.
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IIO@arth.

Montague Marks in the Art Amateur.
Most Of US know the series. The Eake'S
Progress" so well from the prints that I
feel as IL I should apologize for giving ever
SO brief z description Of them. But with
these wonderful originals before me, iaok-
ing as fresh a. II they we're Just painted.
now can ] pass them by simply because
they are old friends Here We have Tom
ttakewell entering into the Inheritance o;
the hoardings ut his miser father. What a
tumble of leases, bonds. and rculeaus Of
t"Id surround the young prOdigai as re
stands there to be measured for his suit Of
nEouTninS. We can tell by his features that
ne ~ half a fool. and we fear, from his cast
ing OF the poor siri he has ruined. that he
Is also a knavc. We next see him as a man
or fashion. He is holding a !evee in an ante
hambe crowded with iradessnen. who So
iiclt the honor Of serving him. II seems that
lie already maintains a poet. Il landscape
gardener, Il cancingmaster. a fencinsnias-
Ter; while the great prize-fightcr Fig him.
sen appears as his instructor in the nob!s
art or seif-defense. and, as if this were nos
enough. there Is a ruitianiy hirelirg, a pro-
teSsluilal bully. ready to look after our
S.dpesrace should he get into a row over
ms Midnight revels. Next. we see him
drunk III a DrUry Lane tavern, and sur
rounded by the only kind OF women with
Whom ne seems to associate, lie 10 go,n9
last down the hill now.
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world. but who had still preserved the IN
t.Nidrd tenderness ui a woman an! the at
iaahnatnt % "A friend. pIsso! over IN poeti-
"a! and religious conversations with Peter
he Venerable. IN the yr;.temTiat!ou and
study ~ futgrity. IN the contempt II thoss
Nariti"T wl!r. had u.' ,"usp.v8 him for
IN" devotion 81 q si.E'" heart. and iu tho
hope OF the happy r,G,.aa which lirlo.ss
assured L!H would D." assigned 10 them in
! heaven.
Ire dislnterestPd attachment CT feter tho
venerable ceased nos uuUl he had super
intended TIE irterls-!.J uf his friend.
I II" felt that AHelari above. and li,I0ISe on
earth. demanded 81 him the last consola-
i"E ~ 4 reunion IA the grave.
lie wrapped Up IN secrecy the Y.ous thrct
which h" himself was about to commit on
: tir cemetery Of Marcel. AN oratory belong
Ing To the abbey. Ia wh.ch Abelari WAS In
t'rtta. No hands were worthy Of
touching this sacred deposit except t.iuse OF
a SAINT and a wife. Tie :n-- Ia the night.
"Nhlfhed the coffin. conveyed Il To- the para
'-eie. and Inscribed in verse the ep.ta.a Of
MS friend. The Plato 81 our age. equal or
superior 10 his predecessors. sovereign mas-
-r' OF Thought. arhuuw edged throughout
Tie universe Tor the variety and extent Of
his genius le @.-ra-.,rI al mon in the
strength az his Imagination ami ttr power
90. Ht@ "i'I.aH.". His name was Abc.a-I."
Heloi-e survived her husband twenty
years. - pT;e-tess ~ God. devoted To- tho
WORSHIP - "A sep.i lie IA the solitude 81 tho
larsciere. When she Eel. the near aurrp.ch
q the death she haG long invoked. She d.
Tecies! m" s.ste:hnoi 60 place her n..sy nv
the side Of hat 20; her husband. IN the same
conn. Al the moment when tho cof-
IN q Aheisrd MAS Ci,H-a ta Law within q;
tAr BODY 81 H'iG-so, il was said that the
arm or the skeleton. compressed !ar twenty
years under the weight Of the lii. stretched
i'H,Ii out. opened. and appeared 10 be reau-
lHai"d. 10 receive the spouse restored Sy
heavenly love 30 an eternal embrace. This
c!e-GAty OF the H-". transformed into an
actual occurrence. vas related hy rf-;ori,-.
and sung by poc,e. and c.us"crat,d in the
imagination OF the people the holiness OF
the rsun.,e! pair. I
They ref"sed for so years IN one q, ~.
a.='os O. the Paraalete. The Frc-ra pay,- /
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Monterey.

We were not many. We who stood
Before the iron s!ost thar day:
Yet many a gallant spiri: would
Give half his life IL he but could
Have been with IL at Monterey.
Now here. now there. the sio. Z. ha,lad
In deadly drifts o: fiery spray,
Yet not 4 single soldier quailef
When Wounded comrades round him vadn1
Their dying shout az Monterey.
And on. still On. our columns kept,
Through walls Of fams rs whitening w~f
Where tel The dead the living slept,
SIN charging on the guns which swepe
The slippery streets .: Monterey.
The foe himself recoiled agha.t.
When. striking where he strongest lay
lie sv HoTed his fanking batteries PAST,
And. Drawing full their mUrderous blast,
S;ormed home the towers .: Monterey.
Our banners on those turrets wave.
Md there our evening hug!eS play.
Where ordTs" houEhs above their grave
hoer green the memory OF the brave
Who fought ana fell at Monterey.
We are rot many. VIC who pressed
Beside the brave who fell tina day;
Put who OF US has not confessed
He'd rather share their warrior res.
Than not bave been at Monterey"
-IICnman-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
MAUSERS AND
THEIR EFFECTS.

SIR WILLIAM NacCCIlNAC sends 70 the
London Lancet a highly interesting account
Of the medical aspects OF the Tugcla battle.
The most striking poirt in the narration Is
the extreme Cticrtty with which the wound
I'd men were removed from the field %
battle. All together $50 patients passed
through the hospital I'm the course OF the
day, and they were al! cleared off the field
within four hour, Of the end OF the en-
gage gen. and dispatched to the base with
I'm two days. This WAS 30 doubt dU. to
the Cleau-Cut and humane wounds inflicted
10y the Mauser bullet. The British Medical
JCurna! states that the wounds presented
a clean puuch-out appearance. being al
most entirely free from confusion AMI
decoration This is good news for the
friends Of the sufferers. and explains the
rapid rccpvcr!es which are being made.
Also. IL IS said. that out Of 800 wounds only
eight were caused by shell fire. the remain
der being due TO Nauser bullets. This
great d~isrruportion bears out tho WELL
known dictum that the effect OF shell fire
IS mainly moral.
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! dignity % our nature. and the station as
signed Cs;-Jrrciny collier.
81" commands who is bies, with indirer
uce--Chdmfor:
w mistake the cratuitous blessings Of
heaven for the fruits o: OF! own Industry
-LE-tTlnge.
There are no judgments 50 harsh rs those
q the srrin-. the Inexperienced. and tn,
~young-Miss Mrluck.
IT'S with our judgments az with our
vac'hes-n,uc go alike yet each believes
lis own.-rope.
Kindness has converted more sinners than
either zeal. eloquence OF lcarnug.-F. W.
Falcr.
knowledge withou, Justice ought to be
called cunning rather t1an wisiom-Pia,o.
r.o~srI are the horny hands o, toll: -
LovcH.
No-e people laugh n uz than with Us.
however il may appear at The moment
l;u:Ia..
voids.-iI. ". Shaw.
! The first ;h.ng necessary TO win the heart
! q u woman il Observation-Disclosures
Wishing. Of all cmr;cymen,s. Is the worst.
Young.
! Certainly -" -reatcst scholars are nor the
wI~'sJ m'E.-i.-gui.r
Nothing ]f'ltforS "a man 50 much as the
hdIpt.'sS of his wife; h. Is always proud o.?
himself as the source of it.-Doctor John
son.
bouHt.'~s the world is wicked enough; but
Il Will Rot ho improved by the extension OF
ID spirit which -"lf-riCn-euU-nsss sees more
to reform outside of itself than In itself
!. q. Holland.
Every one has a besetting sin to which he
returIis.-I-a Fontaine.
War Is the corruption and disgrace Of
man--ThomsOu.
Niyacitv IN youth IS often mistaken for
genius. and solid!ty for dullness-Colton.
Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce
70 prdctiCc.-iIosea Ballou.
Nothing S more surprising than the east
ness with which the many are governed hv
the fcw.-IIume.
L - the mouotony OF his own nature tba;
makes solitude into;ers,bie 70 a man.-Sghil-
ter.
Many speak truth when they say that
they dcsTi-e riches and prcferment. but
'hry mean the riches and prefermcnt of
othcrs.-Colton.
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THE ECHO OF WAR
IN NOLAN

TIT
- - - rom i"'ii'h Jour
na'S s"'" no" the echo u wars alarm
- Prne'rd'.d EHsIlsA sOcl"ty, and how.
- <'- 10 o'H-LAoh't' 'he hElJeh peo-
'-7. '' "-inlis' or waiting.
- eN'as i"r nose OF thelr c"untrynea
S AZ o'1SA africa
me Queen "iii not leave Osborne until
aonGo"s n.l-.- OF FehTuaFy- Many uE-
her Majesty will not 20 70 ftaly tbiy -
in spite OF the fact that the .rrar.,,,,-.,,
for her visit are nearly cgmnIa-ed 80 ~,
the furniture for her rrIya.a ara,,,,.,,t
| has already beer Forwarded - ma5
| OF fact, the Queens MANS v,il ds,o,d -
! the news fom the sell e W. 5,ri.- ~
| next few weeks. 80
-
Lazy Beatrice Kemp, tie only married
saGehter OF Lord and Lady Ellesmcrc. il
leaF4nE London On Saturday IN the Norman
Tor the Cape. Her husband leaves the fol-
lowing Day with his regiment. and Lady
bea;rice hopes TO lie il time 70 erect MN
Mr.. Gotten. who has died az fever n tha
seat Of war. Is "a nephew 81 Lord A!rt.g,u
ms mother being "a daughter Of the late
.'!i M'L-u'E. his father. who was in The
Scots Guards, is Il brother Of Tho lIf. IorI
'oHbefin'r'. aa! grandson Of the ftu.us
soldier. Field Marshal Lord C.ub.rr,,.,
LADY Nr1hGr. Who has been spending 1o-Da
weeks II Rome for the benefit of her health.
came home very unexpectedly. as SIR G,ur.a.
Arthur = going TO South Africa. Jsiy -
thur. why was Present az The y.uma~rv in
srcctl6n at Albany street Barracks. which
was h.II on one II IN" most uCi.m,ut DAVIS
o. this winter. caught q Very >,y-rc chill
ana l. lam Up At the house IF her sist rim
law. MIS-. Alfred Darby. III Grysvcuor place,
NJ .'A E,.d . Sch'me
~, - ~, "Sap.'u : i'l'Es
-. "'thtt by No
So r. - i,r y
49,. , :. - - 49,; % E.l".
md l.. -. r,.,,- =, 80
H. ..r.,I,sc.-, - "a "'"''-
HisI.y 80 b. -" t...a- 80 '9''1 III
u45r-arao,e al A. f,,-,,.s -. "
rori, If Vol ri - N
Egl II Taff"rl.rH ana ~ r..
Ladies Ar.v,udr, - Er.rl mr. - .-'
CO.'S s=,..rf. p,--5.f, :, ,-.~,
The sgbscriri..n list
-
Her Majesty, Princess Henry 81 Titt.n-
berg. and Princess Victoria Of S.hl,sW.g-
tioIsteia. have sent some beautiful flowers
ana pants 10 Nctley Hospital. 10 be placed
IN the WARDS "f"Ee ,Gr wounded soldiers
'e' I"e%e tA"uEntIH donations SHOW Yet
70 the pleasure of sufferers from .le vgr
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IA rr l. 20
@LA GS.

r + .srr chat Friendship often ends ia
love. bur i.H" in friendship rer'r.-'".'on-
l. Is wonderful - goo persons or sens,
passing NAY % Gaaau l"IrH together ia
shutting and dividing "a pack Of eIris.-Ad-
olson.
Generosity 81 the accompaniment of high
birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants,
This is the highest miracle Of genius tina;
thiH-a i'i' are Rot. should hr as though
they Were. t.It the Illustrations Of one
mind should become tho personal recollcc-
:;oas OF auathcF.-Magsulay.
\ gentleman IS a rarcr thing ;nan some
OF us ;hink for-Tha"keray.
However II be. IT seems 70 mo
It's only noble 90 +" good.
Kind hearts are more than .oronefs,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
-Tennyson.
In effective wonauiy beauty. FORM IS mora
than face. and manner more than either
IhGCdeTay.
Do YOU know what is more hard to bear
than the reyorses of fortune? 1t Is the base
ness, the h.Icous inera;itude. OF m-n-Na-
roicon /.
InErati,nde, more strong than traitors
arms-Saake~peare.
No said"r proof can he given by a man OF
his own n'tloness than disbelief in great
men.-carlyle.
Oh. well has it hccn said that there Is no
grief liz" the grief which does Rot speak
LonEfellow.
Habit is the deepest law OF human ma
tur".-CaTlyle j..
When "A young man complains tina; a
young lady las TO heart it j. pretty certain
that she has his.-GoorEe u. Prentice.
There lives more faith in honest doubt
than In half the Creeds.-Tennyson.
A woman's hopes are woven OF sunb-ams:
a shadow annih.Iatcs them-George Eliot.
Nothins can he further apart than true
humility. and se~rvilty.-Beecher.
Idleness IS both a great sin and the caus.
OF many more-SouJh.
In friendship. as in love. We are often hap
pier through our ignorance than our knowl-
edse.-ShIkespesre.
The loss 81 our Illusions Is the only loss
fiom which we never recover.-uuida.
our sins. like orr shadows when our day Is
in It's glory. scarce appeared. Toward our
evening how great and m0nstrous they are.
What reason would gr0pe ror IN vain.
spontaneous impulse ofitimes achieves at
a stroke. with light and plcasureful guild |
anCe.-GOethe.
What persons are by starts. they are by |
nature.-Sterne. |
a woman IL more influenced by what she
tnan by what she IS tolG.-Ninon de |
l.enclOS.
jealousy is sustained as often by pride as |
by aifeutiOn.-CO!tvn.
Joy never fr4sts 50 hiGh as when the first
is MISUNDERSTANDING.
lndecision and delay are the parents OF
failure--Csnniug.
Much Of the good or evil that befaIls per-
sons. arises from the we'll or III managing
u their cunVcrsdtion.-JudSe Hale.
W hat can be more honorable than to have
enough 40 execute the commands
II reason and cOnsciencs-to maintain tho ]
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Washington.

ooh. courage! There he comes:
What ray ~ honor round him iooms!"
Where may the wearied eye reposs.
When gazing on the great.
Where neither guilty glory CLOVIS.
Nor deSpicable state?
Yes. cue-thc first. the last. the h.St-
The CinciffuatUis Of the West,
Whom envy dared not hate.
BeqUeathed the name Of Washington
To make man ~bluSh-there was but OnA
Byron.
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HOW LOVE VI

IAke dams Kiss. unaskoi. grsouCht,
Low" gives it-.lf. but Is not bought:
Nor voice. nor sound betrays
Its deep. imUassiouci rgzr.
i comcs-thc beautiful. the free.
tt" crown OF al humanity
In silence and alone
To seek taa elected one.
Il lifrS the t"Hc;!s. whose shadows dep.
Are LIES oblivion. the Souls sleep,
Ard kisses the closed eyes
OF him who si4mh. ring lies.
O weary hearts - sIumhariuC eyes,
O dru0pi-- souls who c'Sfiui-s
are frHu-at with fear and pain.
Ne shall ac loved again.
No ono f. sa acrUrsrl 10y fa:e.
y" one - utterly desolate.
Eu; snEc heart. though ~unkno~.,
l.'-r"u.s unto lis oUU.
R~ospoud5-a' if With unseen wings.
An angel tggeh"'; irs pa.ler.uE strings,
M Whispers i i'- Sa.-.
"N.,le hast JG.g stayed 50 long
-!su-:c.lU".
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ATAs1oUs !
GPO 8
SIr~~~| -
Oh. Why Should the Spi'it Of Mop
tai Be Proud?

81 T.. rr.uJp
tdi u" t''''-
Reprinted a. the reaa'-' % 'aaas ~r-'ae-'
proud"
Like a swift-fectirc meteor. = t1st-rvn,
cloud.
4 fash Of the !iEhtE.r@. = t-rtk OF The
Mn nerEe,h from lie 70 his RS. f., N,
,-.,-
I'll. leaves OF The oak and -" willow shai,
fade.
Re acaftered around a-I together - !7js.
Ana ire young and the Oh. ana The 10.
and the high
The infant a mother ATTENDED ara loved.
Tho mother that infants Alton VII,
Th- husband that mother an iataat who
b.csaad.
Each. all. are away 10 tae!- dre:inss o.
Ees,.
The maid on vhcsr CHECK. On whose brow,
IN whose eye.
Sh0aa beauty and pleasure h.- triumph,
are By.
And the memory az those Who .-ysd b.-
ana praised,
Are alike from the maids % he living
The hand % the E--g. that 80 sr-n.,,
hath borne.
worn.
Tie eye % tho sage. and the heart @. ths
brave.
Are hidden and lost n The depth. o. TIA
The ;easaut whose lot was 20 SOW ana 2,
reap.
The hsTtsDaaa, who climbed ~i;a his soats
Up the steep:
bread
Have faded away Ike the grass that xs
hsaven.
given.
The wise and The foolish. the suiity ana
j.-'.
Have quietly mingled the'- bon.s with tie
So the multitude gees. Ike the nowc %
the weed.
That withers away 20 Iet Others s1ccssd,
50 TIE multitude comes. eye, those We BE-
hold,
To rorest every tale tina, ha, often ss..
told
For We are tho same that ou- fathers have
t'-".
We s." iae same sights that cur fathers
~. p,
'f4hh lH- sam" stream and re v!sv
~" SAM" sun.
Ann W Tu" ~" SANE course that o,r "a
4he S.tN---l+ y" are thinking our fathers
r.,. ".a,d minis
.,Ai y" "'ati v" are shrinking cur IA
I-'if ""H.'. sfGif@-
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THE REAL. CONVERSATION

Here is the story the Battle Of Manila Bay, May ]. 1898. as told bv the sor,k COM.
ard ryccned by Admiral Deweys flagship the Olympic, during that hisorcs bereavement
II has never before been related in this form.
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The service which was held on Saturday
n memory Of that very popular young
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-02-02
He Defends Trusts.

The Mercury's editor printed a long
editorial last week in which he en-
deavored to create the impression that
the things we buy have advanced but
slightly in cost, while what we sell
has advanced SO much more that the
advantage is greatly in our favor.
This appears to be part of smooth
scheme that IS being worked all over
the country to try and make the people
believe that they are not being hurt
by the trusts enough to make fuss
about. This defending of the trusts
may be good exercise, but it strikes
us as being about as poor judgment
as that of the little bull which tried
conclusions with the locomotive. The
people of this country believe that the
trusts are abs orbing all of the surplus
wealth of the country, and that unless
they are checked it is but a question
of time until all of us, banker, mer-
chant, farmer and lab0rer, will be
where we will have nothing to say as
to the price of either what is bought
or sold. He triu1nphantly says that
our grocery bills are no higher than
they were a year ago. Well, we are
compelled to admit it. We now go
without some of the things that a year
ago we fought we could afford and
keep our bills down to about the same
point, or a little under, but we did
not suppose he knew it. However, we
do no propose to drag our skeletons
before the public nor try-to prove the
state of the country at large by our
local conditions, for every intelligent
reader of the papers knows that the
general average of the prices of what
we buy has gone up very decidedly.
and that this advance is due almost
entirely to the trusts. If the editor of
the Mercury wants to put in his time
trying to convince the people that
trusts are "christianizing" factor
and that their mission in ''bencvo-
iently assimilating" the substance
Of the producer will improve
his condition, he is welcome to the
job. An offended people will one day
arise in their wrath and let him know
what they think of it.
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Cattle Rates.

The cattle men of the state are evil
IDENTIFY in need of guardian to pre-
vent them doing themselves an injury,
to Judge from the deductions of our
friend over the way. 1t will be re-
nembered that at the recent state
meeting of the association they waxed
extremely warm over the fact that the
roads intended to put into effect the
hundred-pound rate in place of the
carload rate then in force, The men,
bers of the association said that it
was scheme Of the roads to raise the
cost of shipping cattle, and that the
effect would be to increase the cost of
carrying stock TO Kansas City s. to
So per car. Their contention was not
that it was costing more to ship cattle
than wheat, but that the roads in
tenoed to raise the rate on cattle and
were taking the hundred-pound rate
in order to do SO. 1t is to be remem-
bercd that these men have been hand
ling cattle for years and are supposed
w hhO" "uoo -ANSOiOlu-
to the editor of the Mercury they don It
know what they are talking about.
and if allowed to have their way
would compel the roads to chxrgc
them more than they pesire to. That
strikes US as funny and suggests the
idea thas an injunction should b.. EN-
pioyed to compel these ignorant q III
misinforned cattle men to keep still
while the roads force the money into
their pockets. In constituting himself
the champion of the roads against
what. the shippers have heretofore
considered their interest MIR. Smith
has invoked a ghost that may pes
sibly arise to haunt his footsteps as
hies himself gaily over the plain tiiis
fall in search of votes.