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A Great AssImuator,

To ri EDITOR OF THE SuE-Su: IL may
not be generally understood hat the Admi-
rsble Crichton who IL shaping our ends
and perhaps the end Of constitutional row
eminent In this country-poseeeees among
other marvellous qualities the gift OF asslm-
ilation.
Proudhon. the precursor OF Roosevelt, first
said. Property 10 theft: and Proudhon's
words are little more than q repetition from
st. Jerome.
The -impssaoned' denunciation Of male
factors Of great wealth" is only q tame repro
ductiop Of Isaak Walton's energetic phrase,
Men condemned to be rich': or. at best, Of
the dictum OF Moliere. -Peut-on etre honnete,
4 Atre si RICHIE" LEsLis CEASE.
NEW YORK. August 20.
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From the 81. Aafthssrs Is. o. Cosss,sraas Asraae,.
something unusual happencd In Columbia Last
week. Unusual In moro than one rsspect-unusus
Tor 20 many nshts 70 take place by the better class
Of citizens. and unusual because thew ver, os ,h-
old time "nst-cun- order without the usual dIspls,
OF nrearms. While We regret that Il 70 nsoesssr,
TO resort 70 nghts 20 settle dinncuitics. Il Ia some
what refre~hine 20 note that In thess lshts n,
psracipaass, with one angie exception. dspendsi
49, NC wespons gwen mem BY God for their
attack ana defence. Ordinarily In that many nshrs
az Least two men would have been punetursd by
bullets. May their tribe lnoressA.
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While the Emperor Of Germany may be
grateful TO ANDREW CARNEoIE for disoov-
ering him at this late day. he is likely TO
demur 10 the Laird's plan to consolidate
the countries OF Europe into one empire.
The designs Of WILLIAM II. are not no I'M
bilious az that.
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Mr.. WALTER WHITMAN waiting for wind
to take his airship to the North Pole and
amenting the fact. az stated by him. that
utter September Q no start viii be- possible
this year. 10 the victim Of q destiny as cruel
as IL 10 merciful.
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Red Bananas New 70 Losdss.
FROM fhs London CrooAss-

There seems 10 be . giut Of rare fruits IN III.
market Just now. AFTER passion fruis and e.psr.
tNias we come 70 q freak variety of the homely
banana rhts is the red banana Of Jamaica ana
~ u nov 70 DC seen In q city fruitsrer's. Mucn
IKE the ordinary canary banana in shape ,nsa IN
a trine fattcr and shorter. I've skin is Of . DUH red
color and Its favor very much richer. IL co~ss
tnrce tines the price Of is yellow brother,
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rHE REIGN or FANATICS.
How Much Longer Do business Co Ne the
FsaalAll Of RalltlCaf

How Much LsRger 10 business Ca Ne the
Football Of RssitiCsf
To rHE EDrroR OF THE SuN-SF: La IL
not about time the owners Of the railroads
and industrials in this country, a. well a.
the deposltors In savings banks. took scme
action TO protsct their property against the
attAoks OF political ~fanaticsf The savings
banks show O depreciation Of millions OF
dollars In the very best securities the mar
kct affords. Under tho abominabie laws
now on the statute books not q single cor-
poration 10 ssfs from prosecution, for IL 10
impossible "a do business without violating
sons one Of them. Tho sherman anti
trust law has been denounced by jurists.
scholars and eminent lawyers N grossly
unfair. II is oouched In ambiguous Ian
ghAge. It.is still used with othsr laws to
ernbarrass business enterprise. The result
is q decline in values Of many million dol
lars. There have been o few minor benefits,
but nothing TO compare with ths vast injury
that has been wrought.
II the bankers, business men, property
owners and savings bank depositors ahould
unite they could In q short time force n
change. They would be strong enough to
dictate 10 aucus and send business mon
to make our laws instead Of third rate law
yers. They would have power to dofsst
another Roosevelt with Bryan views or q
Bryan under another name with Roosevelt
ideas. Haven't We had enough Of both?
10 1t not about time We had tranquility in
the business world7 II the people Ishavs
mentioned will unite We can have Il after
March. 1909. CHARLu b. WHITING.
NoRroLK. Conn, August "a.
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To Tas EDITOR or TEE SuN-S1: Once on A
time I was custodian Of . sunday school library
here In Boston, the committee for the selection Of
which threw out the -Rolio Books" a. mot having
q distinct moral and religious tendency" This
is straight goods" ERSssr II. MORGAN.
BoaroN. August "A.
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" our friends uho Sdror US rpb manuscripts for
publication irish 10 haze rejeotcd ARTICLES returned tasv
must IN az cases send siofnps for that purpose.
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Paris ONCE. ~ Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily sud
Sunday editions arc on sale at Klosaue u. near the
Grand Hotel; Mosque ". Boulevard dcs capuclnes.
corner Place de iopers, and Klosaue 10. Boulevard
acs ItaIlens. corner Rue Louis le Grand.
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me disadvantage Of Owning stock Il
an American Railway.

To rHR EDITOR OF TEE SUN--Sn: II
any one desires an object lesson Of the effect
Of legislation on railroad stocks. the sales
to-day of two stocks will furnish all that
can DO asked. Both stocks are under the
Vanderbilt management. and any one famil-
lar with prices for tho last ten years knows
that Big Four has ruled around % and 100
while Canada Southern has been around
10 and rs.
To-day there were sales made Of both
stocks. c., c., G. d St. l.. sold at 90 and
Canada Southern at o.. with that figure bid
at the close.
OF course. Canada Southern stockholders
have nothing to fear from any United States
legislation. OBSERVER.
New York. August 20.
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An Addition 20 the Temple OF Fame.
To TEE EDITOR or The Ms Can Stitch.
the tailor, OF Woousocket, n. L., come lnr
NEW YORK. August ~. @. W. FRKScz,
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Wasn't IL Boz la FoLLRTrE that spoke
unexpectedly OF S~rurvEsANr FrsH at long
range?
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Joshua.

When Roosevelt speaks the world stands sin
This modern Joshua OF rcpown
Lets Ioose his trumpet. and the walls
OF Buslnessvlie come tumbIlng down.
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order Of Procedure.

Knicker Whom the gods destroy they nrst
make mad.
Small Investor Not much. they nrst make the
President mad.
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ances full of vigor and dash. The
Novelties, in a trained animal number.
which included elephants, ponies and
dogs, were a real novelty and made
themselves instant favorites. The
Grunatho Sisters in an acrobatic spe-
cialty did everything heretofore ac-
complished by male acrobats. and
then some more. Dressed in splendid
ball room gowns. which to the lay
mind would seem to be hindrance in
their work, the young ladies perform
ed single ana double somersaults from
shoulder to shoulder, formed human
pyramids and presented stunts new
and old. which We're beyond compare.
The fun-making was not overlooked
in the programme, and the older peo-
pie, as well as the young, were high
ly amused by the army of clowns,
among whom "Spader'' johnson and
''Slivers' Oakley may be mentioned as
especial favorites. The aerial per-
formances were of a high order of
merit, especially so the Seigrist-Sflbon
troupe of trapeze performers. Their
midafr evolutions were thrilling to
degree. the act concluding with
double somersault and twister thrown
by Eddie Sflbon to be caught by the
feet by Toto Seigrist- 1t was a fine
climax to performance which has
never been exceI1ed here. The Car
men troupe on the high wire far up in
the dome of the tent were just as good
along different lines. and the two
beautiful and shapely women included
in the troupe formed no small part Of
it's attra ctiveness. Perhaps the crown
ing feature of the show to most peo-
pie was the automobile Dip of Death,
in which Miss Isabelle Butler. the
young and attractive American girl.
takes a headlong dash seated in the
sutono bile. floats through space and
lands safely upon an inclined platform
fifty feet away and descends in safety
to the hippodrome track As
thriller the feature is up TO all ex-
pectations-
Not the least attractive thing about
the big show was the beautiful ward
robe displayed and the superb horse
flesh exhibited. Everything was "spick
and span" and worthy of the Barnum
& Bailey circus. 1t was a perform
ance to be rernem bered and to be I'M
qualifedly fndorsed-
Tonight the programme will be re-
peated in full commencing promptly
at eight O'Clock. The Dip of Death
comes among the first events in this
evenings programme, so be in your
seats early.
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STILL MORE LIQUOR SALES.
Total for September Shows Slight In
crease Over August.

After ]. j. Schenck had concluded
in July his inquisition into the
handling of liquors and beer by drug
gists the prediction was made gen.
orally that the druggists had been
scared out of their boots and that
there would be an appreciable falling
off in their reported sales at least dur
ing the succeeding months. Like
many predictions there was nothing
to them. The sales reported for the
very next month, August, were greater
in number than they We're the month
before and greater than ever in the
history of the county.
And now the sales reported yester-
day to Capt. George Flanders. clerk Of
the probate court. for the month Of
September are greater by four hun
dred than they were for August. A
peculiar feature of the returns is that
there has been a falling off in the re-
ported sales of druggists who held the
records during previous months and
sort of general increase in the sales of
the other druggists. The thirsty seem
to be distributing their trade
The reported sales for September
aggregated 22,s93- This is more than
five times as many sales as was re-
ported by them in January of this
year and the January sales were
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FOOD STOPPED
Good Food Worth More Than a Gold
Mine.

To find a food that will put IN abso-
lutte stop to running down" is better
than finding a gold mine.
Many people when they begin to run
down go from one thing to another
without finding a food that will stop the
progress of disease. Grape-Nuts is the
most nourishing food known and will
set one right if that is possible.
The experience of a Louisiana lady
may be interesting. Il received a severe
nervous shock some years ago and from
that and overwork gradually broke
down. My food did not agree with me
and lost flesh rapidly. / changed from
one kind of food to another but was
unable to stop the loss of flesh and
strength.
II do not exaggrate when I say that
1 finally became, in reality, a living
skeleton. My nights We're sIeepless, and
I was compelled TO take opiates in varf-
Gus forms. After trying all sorts of
food without success I finally got down
to toasted bread with a little butter,
and after while this began to sour
and 1 could not digest it. Then I took
to toasted crackers and lived on them
for several weeks, but kept getting
weaker.
"One day Grape-Nuts was suggested
and it seemed to me from the descrip-
ton that it was Just the sort of food
I could digest 1 began by eating a
small portion. gradually increasing the
amount each day.
My Improvement began at once for
it afforded me the nourishuent that I
had been starving for. No more harass-
ing pains and indigestion For a month
1 ate nothing but Grape-Nuts and
little cream, then I got so well could
take on other kinds Of food. I gained
flesh rapidly and now 1 am in better
health than I have been in years. 1
still stick to Grape-Nuts because I like
the food and 1 know CT IT'S powerful
nourishing properties My physician
says that my whole trouble was a lack
of power to digest food and that no
other food that he knows of would have
brought me out of the trouble except
Grape-Nuts." There's a Reason
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A TWlSTER in SALINE.
Wind Wrecks Many Buildings in the
North Part of the County.

Salina, Kan, Oct 2.-The Union says:
Last evening a twister dropped to the
ground about seven miles north of town
and left a trail of destruction in its
path The wind storm was first noticed
shortly after I o'clock It seemed TO
originate at a point on the Saline river,
about seven miles north of town. 1t
Travelled in an easterly direction
The first damage noticed was on the
Robert Came farm Mr.. Games large
windmill was blown over. About 40
acres of corr fodder was scattered in
every direction and wheat stacks were
scattered over a quarter mile of
ground
The residence of C c. Peters was
raised from it's foundation and turned
around No one in the house was
hurt Mr.. Peters barn was entirely
demolished by the storm Smaller
buildings on this place suffered.
The residence of Grant Dunn was also
turned around As far as could be
learned no one was hurt. All the sheds
and smaller buildings on the Dunn farm
were demolished
It is feared that the wind did a great
deal of damage other than that men
toned. Telephone communication can
not be had and until word comes from
the farmers, nothing Of the extent Of
the storm will be known
Reports from farmers tell of heavy
rains north, east, south and west of
town. fields standing under water in
every direction.
Big limbs were blown from trees and
small buildings demolished in different
parts of the county.
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FREIGHT RECEIPTS DECREASE.
Heavy Decline in 1906 Owing to Low
ering of Rates.

The aRilrcad Age in the current issue
! says: .
The latest statistical report of the in
| terstate. commerce. Commission shows
that the average revenue of the rail-
ways of the United States per ton per
mile in the year ended June 50. 1906,
was 7.4S mills, as compared with 1855
mills in the year ended June 80, 1905.
Only in two years in the history of the
railways of the country, the fiscal years
1889 and 1900, was the average charge
Per ton PER mile less than il the fiscal
year 1906.
The difference between the average
charge in 1905 and that in 1906 was not
great, yet the total bill for the transport
tation of freight in 1906 was S3s, S57, 759 %
less than it would have been if ship
pers had had to pay the same average
rate that they paid in 1905
These figures are a sufficient answer
to those who talk, as Allen Mayfeld,
chairman of the Texas railroad com
mission. recently did, of the enormous
advances which the railways have
been making in freight rates. OF course,
a decline in the average revenues per
ton per mile may be caused either by
a positive reduction in rates or by a
larger increase proportionately in the
volume of low grade than of high grade
traffic.
Which Of these causes contributed the
more to the decline in 1906, the commits
sion's annual Summary of Freight
Traffic Movement Will indicate when it
IS available. But that, taking all facts
into consideration, the tendency of rates
on the various classes of commodities
was not upward but downward seems
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ade and peanuts, are all absent when
the preparations are on foot, but one
tnen mas an opportunity of seeing
something of the system without which
a circus would be disorganized and
farcical.
The system of the Barnum q Bailey
people is Incompatible. Shouts OF
command. the scurrying employees,
countermanding of orders-there We're
none of these this morning. Men took
their places quickly, everyone zppar-
emily knowing where he must be ar
each moment and knowing, also, that
he must be there The toot of "A
whistle or word or two sharply
spoken, and stakes were driven. canvas
raised. cages arranged or seats sprang
into their places as If by magic Every
thing went smoothly, the wrangling
and profanity so common with many
shows were absent here-the work was
done, and it was done quickly, and
without a semblance of confusion. II
was little wonder, then, that people
stood with EXPLANATIONS on their lips
There was a great deal that was OF
interest to be seen as one took a
casual stroll about the fair grounds
this morning. Aside from the fascina-
ton of watching the men. skilled in
their work by long experience. there
was for the horse lovers the pleasure
of watching the splendid teams of
Percherons as they were driven about
the grounds And more than one
horse lover was noticed watching the
handsome beasts with eyes that were
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clear, which is renaarkab BILE in view of
the contemporary advances in the prices
of practically everything that the rail-
ways had to buy
1t is worthy of note in this connection
that in the statistics prepared by Sfason
Thmopson, for the General Managers
associa ton, which covered the opera
tons OF railways having "a per cent OF
the aggregate mileage of the country,
teh average revenue per ton per mile
for the year ended June 80, 1906, was
estimated at $50 mills or barely OF mill
more than it is shown to have been by
the statistics of the commission rms
is a tribute to the accuracy of Mr..
Thompson's compiIa ton, which was Civ
en- to the public seven months before
that of the commission.
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On orders from the city council the
heavy circus wagons which unloaded at
Eighth avenue were sent down Monroe
street to Fifteenth to avoid the pave
ments, SO the entry through the city
was missed. The showmen submitted
good naturally to the order though it
is doubtful if it could have been legally
enforced. No attempt was made TO
have the wagons weighed.
Three special trains were required
to bring the aggregation here from
Emporia, where performances were
given yesterday. The first train ar
rived about 5 O'Clock, and long before
the average person had finished the
morning meal all trains were n and
unloaded-
To watch the preparations OF a cir
Gus is in many ways no less fascinating
than to watch the performances them
selves. Tinsel and bright costumes.
the blaze of the band, the pink lemon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
MUST SHOW CAUSE.
Big Telegraph Companies Cited to
Appear in Court.

New York. Oct. 1.-The Western I'm
ion Telegraph company and the Postal
Telegraph company were ordered today
by Justice Ford of the supreme court
of New York state to show cause on
Friday why the states attorney gen.
eral should not be permitted to sue
them for forfeiture of their charters on
the ground that they have formed a
combination to increase telegraph tolls
Attorney General Jackson, in his ap-
plication alleges that the combination
was made January l, 1907. and that a
new and increased schedule of rates
was put into effect and that the COM
panies agreed to maintain joint offices
at certain points and divide the re-
ceipts of business received therein.
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FIFTY YEARS A MIsER.
A Fortune OF $3.50, 900 Found After His
Death.

Chicago. Oct. A special to the Rec
ord-Herald from Kenosha, Wis. says:
After living as a miser for more than
fifty years ard accommodating more than
$3.50. 600 Lander z. Merrick died at the
home of strangers In this city today.
The old man came 60 Kenosha county
in 1910 and lived In the town Of Ran
DAN until two years ago. when the off,
cials OF the town found him nearly
starved and took charge OF him aiHl
his property. A guardian was appoint
ed and when the hut which the old man
occupied was searched $350.00o In cash
and securities was found George W.
EIdridge of Richmond. ILL.,, former stats
senator, a nephew, will receive a por-
ton of the estate
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She Kills Sixteen Rattlesnakes.

Goodland. Kan, Oct. Edna
Lloyd. a school girl living near here,
has demonstrated that she is a rattle
snake killer. She states that on Sum
day morning she was startled by q
rattIesnake warning. She killed it with
a hoe Going to the other end of the
match she saw two more which she
killed Next day she came upon nest
of thirteen and disposed of them, max
ing sixteen rattlers disposed of in this
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almost covetous. Then there was the
herd of elephants that stood motionless
save tor the waving of their trunks, or
tramped ponderously along in response
to a word from their keepers For
others the intelligent looking little
ponies or the queer, sleepy dromedar-
les and cameIs or the striped zebras or
strange animals whose like have never
been seen here or-but why go fur
Their? There was ample to hold the
rapt attention of everyone for hours.
and when one walked among the tents
it was clear that the joys of the circus
were coming home to thousands.
Gave No Parade.
Despite the fact that the Barnum &
Bailey circus gives no parade the
streets began to take on an animated
before the announced hour for open
ing the main entrances thousands
were assembled upon the show
grounds. The anticiDations of the
public aroused by the first announce
ment of the coming of this show, and
strengthened day by day by the vari-
Gus announcements made through the
columns of the local papers, were
realized in every sense of the word
by the performance this afternoon.
People were led to expect that they
were to see the latest and best de-
yelopment of the circus idea, together
with the largest and most compre-
hensive animal exhibit travelling, and
in every respect their dnticipations
were justified.
The Barnum & Bailey shows, with
their reputation for immensely and
excellence, have no smooth road to
travel in presenting performance
which shall meet with the approval of
all concerned. People naturally ex-
pect much from a show of the prestige
of the one bearing the trademark
"'Barnum & Bailey" and in this in
stance at least there were no disap-
continents The entire ensemble of
management performances, men
agerie, department Of employees, care
and consideration for its patrons, in
fact, in all essential things there was
nothing left to be desired. This after
Moons performance practically tested
the capacity of the huge tent. and at
the night show this evening the
crowds will be large. Nothing but
praise can be uttered regarding the
performance itself.
Good Work of Elephants.
Where all were SO good in their re-
spective lines il seems almost unfair
to individualize. But specific mention
must be made of the trained elephants
working in the three rings and espe-
ciaIIy those in the middle ring work
ing under the direction of Harry J.
Mooney offering military drill con-
Guiding with a battle scene and carry
ing their dead captain from the battle
field draped in the American flag.
Nothing finer in the way OF trained
animal intelligence has ever been seen
here and the audiences appreciation
was not stinted in the least. Josie
DeMott. DalIfe Julian and Ella
Rradna among the women riders, and
Fred Derrick, William MeIrose and
John Rooney, of the male contingent
of equestrians, proved that after all
there are some new wrinkles in bare
back riding and presented perform
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
EIGHT BEARS LOCATED.
An Abundance of Sport Is Promised
the President

New Orleans, Oct 1-Presideul
Roosevelt will be within one to four
hours communication with the outside
world when he goes into hunting camp
in northeast Louisiana at the end or
this week The location of two of mis-
camps. which have already been made.
was given ont here today by A K.
Amacker of Lake Providence, La. who
helped to make the camps
So far eight bears have been located
in the brakes by experienced hunters
who have been selected to lead the
presidents expedition.