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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28
General Business of Country Was
E Upward While That of sSecuri-
ties Was Downward.
sHARRlMAN's HEALTH FAC TOR,
Union Pacific Lost Over Ten Points
Money Abundant and De-
manti Light.

New York, Aug. es.T The securities
market and the general business OF the
country continue to march in oppo-
site directions. Stocks went consider
ably lower this week. following the re-
turn Of Mr., Hartman with his health
/ only partially restored, and his plain.
5declaration1t that no plans are pending In.
connection with the properties which he
controls, 5l ~ y Ssg
Union Pacific lost over 10 points in.
j,thc course of tho week. with severe 6e-
selines in the preferred stock. Southern.
Pacific and allied stocks. The general
situation shows increasing better1nent.
Money is abundant and in ght demand.
/ Bank clearings for the week gained
over 10 per cent compared with $685.
Western and Southernwestern financial
institutions show large cash "a; "a re serves
( to meet crop movements. Spring wheat:
is practically all harvested and on the
way to market. Corn continues to SUI
fer from drouth and cotton has done
better. In some sect tons, while falling
back In others. Merchandise movements
are gaining rapidly. Improvement at all
the leading centers OF Industry is at
tested In the actiylts of the mills,
higher prices FOR manufactured parts
and unusually heavy output of pig iron.
The week also brougt very heavy. ex-
ports Of copper at advancing prices. u
While the stock market opened un-t
der pressure today there was not Sucn
excitement and activity as was appar-,
ent in recent days. The Hartman,
stocks were the center of attack at the
opening with a break of 2 points in
Union Pacific and half as much in
Southern Pacific. Colorado Fuel. Ameri-
can Car ana Northern Pacific also
dipped u and New \ 0rk Central and
Reading /. United States Steel8was firm
in contrast to the general run of prices
and got up Il he market had q brief.
resting spell from the stream of liau!da-
ton and there We're some rallies which
impaired q better tone to the market
for a while. Later on the flood-gatess
anche of stock, Union Pacific broke pre-
5cipitately to 1917, an overnight loss of
81. Severe losses also were registered
in other representative stocks. Wabash
preferred going down 8 points, Northern
Pacific az. Reading ~ Southern Pacific
and New York Central ~ and Della
ware e Hudson @ Other losses ranged
from to TX. Shorts bought heavily at
the low figures and there was rally
of IS almost 2 points in Union Pacific,
which resulted in somewhat steadier tone
at Ii O'clock, }5,s5y
The market closed active and strong.
Sentiment became more hopefuI when
the rally failed to bring out any con-
siderable amount Of stock and q brisk
inquiry developed for both accounts
Union Pacific rallied 8, Reading wiped
out a loss Of a. similar amount and Unit
ed States Steel was pushed above yes
aterday's closing, These stocks figured
most conspicuouslygi In the recovery but
many others also MAYED up notably.
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MINERAL FLAT makes
GOOD SHIPMENT OF ORE
Five Thousand Pounds Of Galcna Sent
10 Shelter from UDraisc in Prop
s " # erty iii American Fork.

e Although the stock of the Mineral
Flat Mining company has been remark x
ably low during the past week there
have been some very encouraging res
ports come in from the property. A
mum Der Of old miners who have come
down from the canyon declare that the
property is now more promising than
ever. Ore has been found in number
of places and shipping ore could be
sent down If the company should be 50.
disposed, it is said: The Knight In
3terests have always been very friendly.
with the public, but since the market
has been playing capers with their
stocks this confidence has been with.
drawn to some extent.
The first shipment of ore from the
Mineral Flat mine reached American
Fork Tuesday evening, declares per-
son who was recently at that place. The
shipment consisted of 5000 pounds of
steel galena, carrying good values iri
lead and silver and is OF an excellent
fiuxing quality. That the ore is high
grade is shown by some of the assays.
made Of 1t. These showed the pres
ence Of mineral valued at 500 ton.
The ore was taken from the upraise
in the mine which the company Is run
ming from the middle tunnel, and where
an ore bearing chute some 200 feet long
has been discovered.
e In the lower tunnel the company Is
now engaged In running a crosscut to
tap this same vein, and according to
the reports received FROM the property.
the lead runs through the rock and an
other ore body will in all probability
soon be discovered. Two drifts are be-
ing runfto the right and work Is also
being done to the left on assures which
were tapped some time ago, where q
nice vein, but small, was uncovered
Manager Jensen has always been con-
sfident that the com aI,y would sproge up,
sa good mine. President j esse Knight
has shown his confidence in the prop
Herty in the way he has prosecuted the
development work. Present Indications
go to show that this confidence win DO
rewarded.
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MARKET SHOWS BETTER TONE.

Stocks Hold Their Own but Business
Falls Below tho Standard.
Although all stocks We're fairly strong
on the local stock exchange the volume
of business this morning was far be-
low the standard. Interest in the mar
ket has been at a low ebb for many
days. and the flood tide Of a stock
movement is still believed to be. some
days away.
Buying and selling in Grand Central
was fairly heavy this morning, but
the stock held 4 firm and unchanged.
Mason Valley, which has been improv-
ing by jumps lately, was also in the
same class. Sioux Consolidated was
somewhat better than on yesterday and
Tintic Central was low with but few
sales. Conditions at Iron Blossom are
so promising that the stock has re-
manned unchanged for several days.
s The market for the week was very
low, Only 49s, 1894 shares Of stock were
transacted in and the amount repre-
scented was s24a 1850. 81. fSs
The transactions on the board this
morning represented $1,000 shares, and
"a value of SOS, sS2.5O.
NJ Only one sale was made on the curb
market and that was Eureka Silver
Queen at 10 cents.
ToDAY's QUOTATIONS.
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ANOTHER SUIT OVER
COLORADO SECURITIES.
"a. n. Moon Alleges stocks Have Been
WithheId from Distribution 10
Stockholders OF Success Coz

Charging that jesse Knight ira udu :.
%lcntly kept and still keeps $500 shares
z. of the Colorado Mining company STOCK
which shoiild be distributed among Inc
stockholders OF the Success Mining 15lt,lg
company, and that he is ENJOYING ny t l1
dividends from the stock, As =. M oon
has filed suit IN the district court ask
ing for an accounting. Moon represents
former stockholders of the Success COM
,,anS who claim to be owners OF 2o,22o
shares of the total capital stock Of 800,
900 shares of the old Success company. E
,rhese stockholders and their holdings
are: w. r.. Wightman, 5000 shares; Geo.
w. Jones, 2,5eo; o. j. Bourne, 1000; W..
Nv. Calder 1000; "A. G. Smith, 2, 900;
Charles G. Sindar, 500; a. y. " ont
tyofnery, 1000; w. j. Shelly, !, 900 .Mrs
j. W. Farrell, 1000; George H.i5 ray
bould 500; c.. ID. 3Rooklidge. 500; PEI. $:
S NJ stl / 900; Homer f. Robinson,
jjnO1: ~ Ira. futile, 5000; G! s. Hum
pllley, i, $50; A. N. Randolph, 900; w
w. Rivers, 500; r. T.. Colburn, ,ooo
shares. These have assigned their mold
ings to Moon. who asserts that the
value Of the holdings for which nc y
suing is $4,000 -, -
The suit is against the Success Min
ing company, the Colorado Mining COM
pany. Ernest Williams. Jesse Knignt I,
Jacob Evans and w. Lester Mangum,
who we're officers and directors of both
mining companies. Williams disap-&
reared and the affairs of both COM
panies, in a mix-up. particula rly, IN
connection with the transfer Of the
holdings of the Success company, o.
which Williams was secretary ana
treasurer, to the Colorado company
There has already been considerriaa Die
litigation in connection with the trans trans
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LIVESTOCK.

i kapsas City. Aug. % Cattl e-- Receipts
100; market steady. Native steers, 4. Is
@ 7.8D; ma tive COWS and fers, 20O@65O;{
sstockers and feeedrs. 2.75G5 %: bulls, 2. rs
q $780, calves, 3506 s. 90: ives tern steers,
$50 q $50: western cows, 2.75 q 4.50.
Hogs-R eceipts,, 1000; marketB5c. higher.
Bulk of sales, 7.7559T 90; heavy, f.s0dD
lights so 7.95; pigs. 6. ooa7 Is. '53 93 j
(. E. OMAHA.
South Omaha. Aug. Cattle Re-
teeipts, 100: market steady, Western
range cows and helfers, .7694.5O: can
.ners 4 rs az. Is; stockers and feeders,
20 @5.1o: Z, calves Y s5oas5o; bulls and
Hogs--Re cepts, $500; market &c. high
3er. Heavy. q .40GT7 .s0; mixed Z .6odlT. rs;
lights 7.7oa7 IS pigs, CSC 25; bulk of
I Sheep Receipts. 200: market steady.
YearHngs. AS @5.s5; lambs, IT'S 97.75.
5S CHICAGO.
Chicago, Aug. 2s.-Cattle-Receipts, es-
timated at 500; market steady. Beeyes,
4.15 @T.75;; Texas steers. 4.Oo@5.40; west
ern steers 4. 40Gl6 40; \ stockers and feed
zers,5 3.1b a 515: cows ana heifers, ,GG
$40; calves, 6.5OlS.75
q Hogs-Receipts, estimated at 5000;
market sc. higher. Lights 7.55@S.9;
mixed, 7.45Is.D; heavy, 7.15as .l7i1s;
rough. 7.15GAT.d0; good to choice heavy,
z .40@S.171ls; pigs, 7.o5@7.So: bulk of sales.
7465@S.05 81 l
Sheep-Receipts, estimated at 1000;
market steady. Native. 2.75GD4.75; west
serp, 2.0014.1 40: yearlngs. i450@ $50; lambs.
native, 4 25df.S5 western, a so 4f.75.
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100. .
stock. None Of this. he says, we ever
delivered nor were the 79.500 shares OF
= Colorado which represented the pur--
chase of the Success properties ever.
distributed among the old con1ptlily',''s.
stockholders.
On Sept. 90 1907, he says that knight,
4Mangum, Evans and Williams resigned
as officers and directors of the Success
company, just after an action was IN Z
4stithted against that company, and he
declares that this was solely for the
purpose OF embarrassing the stockhold- =
sers In their efforts to obtain the, distri-
button of the shares OF Colorado paid
for by their property. These persons
he asserts, have had access freely to
the books of both companies at all
times and the stockholders have not;
and that they still hold the a, 900 shares
which belong to the stockholders Of
the Success company. its
Since Oct. is, he further says, diyi-
bends on Colorado stock have amounts
ed to s1.7O u. share, andJothers are likely
while the litigation is pending. These
dividends, he says, have been fraudu-5
lently appropriated by Jesse Knight,
who was president of both companies.
and that property to the value OF
$4,000 is thus fraudulently being with
held He asks for an accounting, for
the court to fix the value Of what is
due and that the Colorado stock alleged
to he withheld be delivered.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28
PRODUCE.

Chicago, Aug. 2s.--An advance of 81
to sid in the price of wheat at Liver
pool was the signal Of q bullish demon
istration at the opening of trade in the
wheat market today. The principal de-
niand was for the September delivery
and prices were readily forced UP from
so q to Fs az on initial transactions
opening quotations being at o9A to 90
Other deliveries showed gains of a
shade to Is December opening at 951s
ito 95s.
After the first rush was over the de-
mand dwindled to&small proportions and
September sold off to s91s December
sold at 953a and then dropped back to-
t951t
able selling of corn early in the SEES
sion. Opening prices were Is to II a 7s
lower, September being at 65a. Later
September sold off to 65ss.
sion house buying. but weakened with
corn September opened unchanged to V
az higher at BIZ to " and sold off
to 81.
Light receipts OF live hogs inspired
moderate buying of provisions at the
start which caused slight advances.
throughout the entire list. Opening
prices were a shade to ~ higher.
h Wheat-The market became weak in
the last half of the session owing TO the
sharp declinea at all northwestern mar
kets due to prospective liberal arrivals
of now wl1eat. September declined to sSls
and December 10 % "a +
The close was weak. with September
off y @ IS at $50 December was down.
lis Oh at 933s.
Corn-Prices siunlped still further with
the break III wheat, September declining
TO 65ls. The close was weak with Sep
TENDER down Is at 65li,
NEheat-Sept.. ssla; Dec.. 937s:
May. T. 9155s az
corn-scpt.. ssh: Dec. s. "a: May, 5iss..
oats--sept., $685. Dec. sslA May. sotss
az.
Lard--sept.. Y, 2 Oct. l21Tls:. Now,
i1.T7la; Jan. 1850;
Ribs-septs. li.s2's Oct. n.To; Jan.
Rye-c'ash, saMs,2 Sept, IS; Dec. 60.
( Barley--Cash. 50T66,
Timothy sept. $50; Oct. 40
Clover ash. 20; March. l2.o5N12 IS Z
SUGAR AND COFFEE.
New York. Aug. ss, sugar, raw,
STEADY. Fair refining, s,6I; centrifugal,
% test. t.tf !. naolasses sugar. 3 .36,
Retlned.steady. Crushed 5.55; pow.
Coffee-ouist. No, Rio, rs No. 4
Santos. S9Ma.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28
.RICliFIELD MINING NOTES

Special to the 'News".
4 Richtield, Aug. 2s.M L.. Murray Of
Ephraim Is in town, having Just res.
4 turned from the Gold Development min
Ing properties at Marysvale. He reports
work progressing nicelyin the Log Ca
bin tunnel and that a force Of men has
Just been put to work at the l.. &c N.
workings,
p. L. III. Outzen has Just returned from.
"a trip to the Outzen mining properties
where a force of men are doing assess
sment work. Some very fine ore has
recently been encountered in the tun-s
mel. where some repair work has been
done, an assay showing over $50 in
values.
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FED 10. TR ANsFER.

Noon sets forth that on Oct. 81, 1906
at Il meeting Of certain stoc XXI old der
5or5the Success company, IT was agreed
y to accept an offer of 7s.50O shares OF
Colorado stock for the oldings5 Of II the
Success company 'llich we're 70 pc dis-
+ trIbuted among the Success stockhold-
4 erss DIT the rate of 265 shares Of Colo
RADIO for each 1000 shares OF Success
stock. AS the directors of the Success
company. he says, Williams, KNIGHT 1rllg
Evans and Mangunns ca rried out the
deal, and as directors of the Colorado a.,
company delivered the shares OF that
company
JIe asserts that they knew at the time
that there was "a large amount Of Sue
cess treasury stock on hand which
should have been distributed among the
stockholders OF that company pro rata
or IL there was not such treas ury5 stock
there was its equivalent in Colorado
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NEW DIRK & 5, ING ! i $40 6 s

"A u l., flop lvvVtgae5
Copper - 49,
4 American Beet sugar ri 80 ~,
Z American Car s. Foundry % p
Anne ritan Cotton OIL q e y
American Locomotive y. . % w
\ American Smelling g Refining ys1s
/ Am. Smelling & Refining pfd., bic. ll4 ~
American Sugar Refining ! ~ ~ g
Anaconda lining Co. Il, . u. :. !, III "
sAtchison &. J. 80. \. ,;s'lloA
Atlantic Coast Line W 6Sas
Baltimore 8 Ohio Y. ~ SO. lloas
Brooklyn Rapid ransit q y
Canadian Pacific 4. 20 q
Ghasapeake s. Ohio 8. W q
sChicAgo g. Mort hwestern w
Chicago. Mil. &, st. Paul ~. ...l5 So s
Colorado Fuel & Iron \ ssa,S ~
Colorado 8 Southern, bid I. !. y y &
Delaware g. Hudson n. nv. "A w r.
Denver e Rio Grande II. 46 ~
Denver 81 Rio nde pfd. .l.,. % !.
Erie .... . I. (. 4. s., y
Great Northern pfd 4. ~. .151 "a
Great Northern Ore Gifts. 1s11a
Illinois Central loa %
marlborough M ct. 81 z
iInterborough Met. ND, ....3. As
u louisville & Nashville l4a :.s
Missouri, Kansas g. Texas -. 4o1,
National Lead ..s ]. /. !. 4. I. s.a
Penple's Gas i. (. . &. 7. ~ \. Il. 33s
Pullman Palace Car -. Y. !. :. " 7
Reading {. 1! !. !. /. &. 1. 1571s
Rock Island Co. z. { -. U. 3s
Rock Island Co, pfd. 70 55ss
Southern Pacific ~. :. l269s
Southern Railway r. a. 4. Il. ........,.. 3011aa
Union Pacific !. N. . 4. s.. 1875
United States Steel u. !. 4. 1885
Tinted States Steel. pfd !. I. -. .134
ash {. ), (. !. !. \. Z. 20A
wa bash, p,fd, I, &. h. 3. 4. 5O5a
Western Union 1880. ......... Is
Standard Oil 4. $50. !. 61l *
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28
T,INTICI ORE .sHI[pMENTs.

The shipments from the Tintic dis
trict for the week ending Friday night
amounted to 5192 car loads the shippers
and amounts being as follows: Centen-
NAL Eureka 40 car loads, Gemini 2,
Scranton A, Mammoth 2. Grand Central
2, Victoria 2. Sioux Consolidated ID Co
dorado l. May Day 3, Eagle and Blue
Bell !, Chief Consolidated /, Uncle Sam
a, East Tlntic Development 2. Iron Bios
som II. Dragon Iron 81, Beck Tunnel 4,
Ajax 8 : total 90 car loads, n
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28
MINING, BUSINESS AND STOCKS.

~ silver King, $50 at 4. 90, a3 81
Sioux Con-, 5000 at 96: 200 at ~
buyer 60; 200 at 96. seller 80.
Tintic Central, 1000 at 10
Uncle Sam, 700 at rs. y al
Utah Con. 400 at Va: 500 at IL,
"A Yerington Copper, ! 900 at 8 X &
OPEN BOARD. sB
H Ajax, 300 at IS.
vs. Columbus, 200 at ]. 25; 400 at 1.2 22 81. y
East Tinttc Development, 1000 at
1211aa 1000 at 10 VIZ
2 Iron Blossom, $50 at 1870.
Mason Valley, 100 at, Z. 3d. seller 10.
Mineral Flat, 800 at Z.
Mountain Lake Ext, 1000 at 2.
@ Plutus. 5000 at g.. ",
Provo. 900 at 8 X iFsyl ys,55
Sioux Con. / 900 at 06. MI
Silver King, 200 at 40
TOTALS. "
{sE Shares Amount
iRergular Call -. 81, $50 s23,000o0s
Open Board !. 1870 4,gs2.5o$
Totals =. I. .,. 500 s2s,ss2.5o5
Weeks totals 4. -. (. ;49s. 694 $40, 35os57
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DELINQUENT NOTICE.

( UTAH CONSOLIDATED MINING
AND MILLING OAiP4ANY Y, incorpor-#
ated under the laws or the State OF
Utah. Principal place OF business, salt
Lake City. q tall Notice.---The are de-
upon the foilowing described
levied on the 18th day of j July, 1909, Of
one cent dc.) per share. the several
set opposite the names OF the
shareholders. as follows:
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! ToDAY's MONEY MARKET.

New York, Aug IS. Money on call
nominal.
/; Time loans tirner; for GO days. 2s4p
per cent; for 80 days, 3M per cent; for
six months. 4 per cent.
Close: Prime mercantile paper. 4i4@.
Az per cent ~ e!
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at 4S5.25@
1880 for co days and at 4,S5.s5 for de-
niard
Commercial bills, 4.s4e94.s5 4,
Bar silver 5lE.
Mexican dollars, "A.
Government bonds steady; railroad
bonds heavy
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,7l.I AND
Roosevelt Avenue.

We have over 200 lots
and you can select your
choice for 1925 to $500 per.
lot. Cash OF on monthly pay
nlents SIS per lot at low in
terest on unpaid balance.
Grading now being done
for cement sidewalks. City
water mains will be laid
next. Regular commission
Oh sales to any real estate
dealer. Or you can come to
our office, 512-513 Temple
ton Building.
No trouble 10 show pro
perty. IT YOU mean bust
ness, an automobile is al
ways at your disposal, and
you can reserve the lots You
desire, after seeing theexact
condition of each lot.
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cUlB,R CHOSE.

A.. & NJ. 11k@1ss; Gas, 6s@64; c..
Nat. Cop, s t-16@6 7-16; La Rose. s 1-t6
5DSs3-16; Mex. D, 9O0p95; Ri Coal, 27 a
%; Raven, 65I67; Yukon, 59s65 1-16;
Chief. 1MGp1Ss; Inspiration 7A675s:
Chino, rs as: b. & En-. 9-1fGD1 11-16; !.
b. & L., 22d25: Cum. Ely. 7671s; Ely
on, TOTO; CT. Con, 6aa Gp6Is; Maj. 800.
E 80: New. Utah. 4 x al Isle; Hay Con, IS
619: Leaf, 136114; Queen. 42@44; Gila,3
9@9A: Ray Cent, 21aGp 9-16.
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WOOL.
- Z -

ST. Louis, Aug. 2s.--Wool, steady. Ter
sritory and western mediums. 23aeS; fine
mediums, a2a24;; iine 10 a L.
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FORENOON SALES.
Ajax. 800 at s61a.
Bullock, 1000 at 8.

Colorado, 800 at 1Stts
East Tintic Development. 500 at 49,
seller 60: 500 at 1915, buyer so.
Grand Central. 1900 at $50 200. at
2.523s, buyer 60; 100 at 2.52 Il, seller 60:
100 at $50.
Iron Blossom. 600 at 1!27n.
Lower Mammoth. 100 at 4o1s
Mason Valley, 200 at 2.32M1 1,4oo at
22,s5.
Mineral Flat. 5000 at SO.
Mountain Lake, 1000 at a. 4.
Mountain Lake Ext. 1000 at 2.
Ohio Copper, 100 at 40.
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shares unIssued, IN place
of old certificate No. 291,

100 Sflares 30. 90
And In accordance with law and an
order OF the Board Directors. made OH
shares 8of each parcel or such stock as
may be necessary will be sold at public
auction at office room, No. 425 Atlas
Block, Salt Lake City. Utah, on the 10Th
M to pay the delinquent assessments
thereon, together with the costs Of ad-
tertising and the expenses OF the sale
HART u FITZGERALD. Secretary.
425 Atlas Block Salt Lake City, utnh.
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LOST
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-21

bring up again me nothin' that I writ long ago, after Is done forgot all about it; and I votes agin all the laws, cause I dun no which is good and which is bad; but when a good law passes, the people is satisfied, and don't look at the ayes and noes; and when bad law passes they does look at the ayes and noes; and then they sez: Senator Cockey Dye was agin that law; so I votes agin em all' Cockey Dye may have been ig- norant; but he was no fool. Indeed, he had in him the making of a philosopher
 But returning to Paulus Powell. His district became so hopelessly democratic that the whigs found it useless to make nomination.; and so Shelton F. Leake another democrat-contested Powell's seat. During the canvass I happened to be in the law office of Alexander Rives
 afterwards judge of the United States district court. He was a fine speaker
 and though whg, evidently preferred Leake to Powell. He said: They say that this man Powell is a sort of solon, ana that members of Congress and the heads of departments consult him about grave matters of state policy; but really he appears to me to be very ordinary man. Why, at our last court day, in Charlottesville MT. Leake gave him, fro n the stump such an excoriation that, if I had been Balaam's ass, 1 should have arisen, trusting that the Almighty, iD his mercy. would inspire me with some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-21

word of reply; but there sat Powell, and heard 1t all, and never opened his lips"
 Skepties who are not spiteful nor friv
 olous but thoughtful and candid, fre- quently find themselves compelled to con- cede to Christianity things which logical y ought to destroy their skepticisn. Among the most thoughtful and the most candid of all modern skeptics was John Stuart Mill. and here is a passage quoted from his Three Essays on Religion page 253 and. following
 "The most valuable part of the effect on the character which Christianity has produced. by holding up in a divine per- son a standard of excellence and a model for imitation, is available even for the absolute unbelever and can never more be lost to humanity. And what ever else may be taken away from us by rational criticism. Christ is still left: unique figure, not more unlike his precursors than all his followers, even those who had the direct benefit of his personal teaching. When this pre- eminent genius is combined with the qualities of probably the greatest moral reformer, and martyr to that mission who ever existed upon earth, religion cannot be said to have made bad choice in pitching on this man as ths ideal representative and guide of hu- manity; nor, even now, would 1t be easy. even for an unbefiever. to find A better translation of the rule of virtue