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THE AUG US, MONDAY. APRIL. 17, 1899. THE TBAVELEES' GUIDF. CrZZZk& rtiiZi or Wat. .TTi,vl .t u I A F Tweti'ictn s.re O H I P Civet, comer Fiftn arenae ana Tcin j Crtt itsst. Frank H numcer. Aga. i Zjc TRAIK9. Wr. Denrer L'ro'td Oma&s y Worth. Uner it O.... M innespo OmaL atd ! o!ne tOmtfu A Minwapolia OmabitDci 3Ioii.cs Ex .... JOroaba Ex .. .... UenTcx Lir.cn fc uzuaua. . y.innr F.rn-r Hock I!and & barcan Ac BtPaalA Minnesro Is Denrer, Kt Worth A K O jmiwMC'.'.jAI't Joseph.. Stock I!and Waniiicun Chiearo A D Moioa Jck Tln A B'OoklT" Ac.. iOsrjha otid Kccfc I'and t 3:15 am ' trWani t!0:0 pm 8:1 om t 5:05 am t 5:50 am t am t!J:'5am ::Me II :f. am 2:F5am tU:(A m pi) s:00 am 5 : am I0:"0 i) Sv am tlO-M pm t 7:H am t am 7:6 am um M0:40pm 11:10 pm fl:v am t S:S0pir :: Dm 1':40 ptr t 1 :30 m 6:85 pm it 7:" m 6:fiO pm ArrlTBl. Denmiro. JDallT, xrvt 8ot1T. fOnVr cjwpt Saturday. Ail o Liters daily. Tele phone WW. BCKLTStiTO EOUTH-C B Q BAIL D"pot First avcca. and bin aJ llrMt, M J Vonng. Agnt THAI N 8 Bt. 'I, Ppriapfleia. Peoria. Bu. iai. la M onmonti1 Ch'ctim, Bier ling, Clin ion & Dubuque -. ... ... Pnoria. Bea'dftown. Bar llston. Denver A Weirt. ... Bt. Panl A Minoeapnlla .... (Merlins C'lDtnn A Dnbame I ABBITS 70 am i 7:2) pa t 7:40 am t 8 40 pa t 2:15 Dm-tll -JA am 7o pm 8:15 aa i :du pa t o:iu am I A Pac. Coat y1aOaloo'rg 7:10 pra 6 55 am Daily. tDHij exo?t dtttday. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE A 6T PAUL Kail wy Katie e A Southwestern Dlrteloa Depot Trentitb (tteet, between rlnt and SeconC avenues. L H Orcer, Agent, TRAINS iBATB AllHJVl If all an4 Bxpreet... rH Paul xproa rreiK&tand Accommodation 7:S0 am 4:iW p:n! 8:00 aia' :1Sam 11 MSa V.tu ao iwll; except baitday. P. CX)K 1BLAHD A PBOK'A RAILWAt Ix;ict Firnt Awrnn and Twentieth street Btockooose, Oen'l Tkt ARorU TRAIU8. Lurt Aamrra o--r atr 6:40 IJ.IO aiu l.spra litis 1 : S3 pni 1 :i3 u C am 6-.W pn. 8 : am 2 :a) a 3:ao pn 7:S6 a it Bprlnglcld, Cioriuiati. Peo ria, etc - Peoria, Bprir?eid, St Lcolr etc Accomodation Pt Prefifh. i-eoria. Hprintlcid. Cioc.n- Htt!l, etc Peoria Arton Freight...... C'afcjp :.1 ioerrrd Accom. tiWo Acricxa'.lon Cab'e ar.d :i rrard Aecora.. Pecpcr trains leave C K I A P (Mnl1n avenne) depot lire (V tr-:ctitf earHer than tint aiVL-iu Trbir.n marked daUy, all oilier train' daily except Bacday. INSURANCE. CHAS. E. HODGSON . . Fire Insurance Agency, Established 1874. Traders Ins. Co., -' - Chicago, El. Union Ins. Co. - Philadelphia, Pa. Kockford Ins. Co. - - Kockford, 111 Security Ins, Co. - New Haven, Conn. State Ins. Co. - - - Eocklord, 111. Offlee, Room S, Huford block. Ratra aalow aa cunuiem with aecurity. J. M. Buford, General it Insurance Agent. The old Fire and Time-tried Com panies Represented Losses Promptly Paid. Rates as low as any reliable company ean aUord. Your patronage la aollo i lied. FIRE. LIGHTNING . . . TORNADO, WIND STORM Protect your homes by insuring in Re sponsible Compa nies. Call on or extdr. C.'R. Chamberlin, Agent. Telephone 1CXL Kxm 43, Mitchell A Lynda Block. A. D.HUESINQ, Insurance agent. Eevresents the tci&cnrtBg wall known rira and AocMent IoaV tao9 Oompanlee: RooTiester German Its Co Rochester. N T l.enaan Krecport. Ill HufI:o German " Buffalo. N Y Kellanca " PhUadelphla tiennaa Fire ' Peoria. Ill Nw Ilmi.pfhlre ....Manchester, N H Milwaukee Meebanlca " .Milwaukee. Wla lUeliiy aid Caauaity " New York Office corner Eghteentn street and Second atenne, aecood naoz. Telephone 1047. DROP IN BILLY CATTON'S White Seal saloon A RUNAWAY ICE YACHT. Am KxcltlnK Ctaae aad a Narrow E rape From Death. Some rears ago there was a rnnaway down at Shelter Island in which a yonng girl was left in the boat with a pale blowing. She tried to throw the sheet loose, bot it was frozen and her fingers were too cold, added to which the Meet had fonled the tiller, and she conld not bring the boat up into the wind to stop its way, the sail being bo set that the boat continned running right along at a terrific rate of speed. Occupants of the other boats soon realized the position and made chase. gaining slowly, one boat finally being far in the lead of the others by the time the end of the island was left behind. Right in front lay the nd of the ice, broken short by tho action cf the tide water, and there the breakers rolled in. throwing up the anchor ice, dashing it down, and then retreating, trucking it under the floe and packing it up for an other break. For some time it was a question as to whether tho chasing bcj.it would catch up with the girl before fehe was earned over the edge to certain death. But at la.-it the boats came together for one brief second, the girl was snatched by strong arms to the pnrsnei's yacht, tbo shet was eased off m a flat-h. and, spin ning round in its own length, it was set right before the wind instead of reaching into it, just as the rnnaway dashed over into the anchor ice. A short, sharp crack gave notice of the parting of the ice beneath the very rnnners cf tho now homeward bound savior, and with a long ttagger, which only her ppeed enabled her to with stand, he dashed across tho fast open ing crack, safe, to bo brought up into the wind at a distance, while the late runaway danced, a wreck, among the broken ice. It was one of the close calls of ico yachting which, thank goodness. very seldom occur! W. P. Pond in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. LUCKY DEUCE OF SPADES. Rrinarkalile It tin of Look, bat All l'ur tbe Olber Man. Ono by ouo tho old snpt-rstitions aro bfing torn front us. P,-ople nowadays walk ostentatiously nnuer ladders and snftVr no evil consequence. Friday is qnito a popular day for the commence ment of a long journey, and fitting down 13 at dinner is frequently unat tended with untoward results. A deep ly rooted superstition among card play ers is a belief in the lucky properties of tho two of spades. Tho present writer's faith, however, was severely shaken by u phenomenal coincidence which occur red only a few days ago. Hitting down to a game of- whist, he thoroughly shuffled both packs of cards, and happened to notice that tho two of spades was tbo bottom curd of ono of the packs. . 'This ought to bring mo luck." he remarked to his friends. He then took up the second pack, and was astonished to find that the two of spades was also at the bottom of that. Words failed to express his amazement when, in drawing fcr partners and deal the cards had leen shuffled again he once more drew tho two of spades. Tho odds against this triple event oc curring must be enormous, but more was to follow. The deal fell to the writer, and the turn np card was the in evitable two of spades! After this tho dealer felt justified in believing he was in for a good evening. As a matter of fact, ho lost six rubbers in succession. London Mail. Children and Dolln. Writing in The Contemporary Re view, Professor Sully discusses the curi ous aspects in which children regard dolls. Hn says: Professor Hall has brought to light some enricus prefer ences of children. He tells us, for ex ample, that, whereas out of 845 children 191 preferred wax dolls, as many as 144 pronounced in favor of rag ones. Odd preferences are sometimes shown with regard to size. A lady writes me that she preferred 4 inch halfpenny dolls lecauso there was so much more to be done with these in tho way of putting on wigs made from doormats, inking in eyebrows, etc. On the other hand, another English lady tells me that her childish ambition was the possession of a big doll "one that would fill my arms and take some of tho cuddling that I wanted to bestow and which no Ixnly seemed to want." This girl image is so far as the uninitiated adult can divine, the true child's dolL Conlflelda of the World. Geologists estimato the great coal fields of the world in square miles as fullows: China. 200,000; United States, east of the Rockies. 190,000; Canada. 63.000; India, 85,500; New South Wales. 24.000; Russia. 20,000. and tbe United Kingdom. 11.500. There are many deposits in other countries, but their extent is inconsiderable. Eng land's coal area is small; still she for years prrdaced more than any other country. Now the United States is ahead. English coal veins are thin ; one only 14 inches wide has been worked 1,200 feet down. On the other hana. there are veins in the Pennsylvania an thracite region 60 feet thick and in the bituminous regions 18 feet thick. Our Appalachian coalfields are the lar gest known, and alone could supply the whole world for centuries to come. Aa Orlarinal Oath of Allegiance. In the old days when the Spanish province of Aragon was a proud and independent monarchy the people used, when choosing their king, the following singular form of election: "We, the free born inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Aragon, who are equal to you, Don Philip, and some thing more, elect you to be oar king on condition that yon preserve to na our rights and privileges. If in this you should fail, we own you for our king no longer." Harper's Round Table. Tho DanjreTon . ' S tajrey -r-f The gentleman bad'rung the bell, sev eral times before the servant lei J him in. He was looking i surprised and 'a trifle apprehensive when Mrs.' Bly kins came into the room. "I called," he explained, "to inquire about your husband's health. . He and I belong to the' same f organization, and several of the ! members : desired me to call to see how he is 'getting along. We were very sorry to hear of his illness. "It's very kind of you. " she answered. There was a crash which shook the chandelier. She paid no attention to it. "I think it will be only a day or two before he is able to get out and go down town, she added. , The slamming of doors echoed heavi ly through the house. "Has he been dangerously sick t "Not until today. " "But I understood you to say that he was convalescent. "I think I may say that he is so. ne wasn't well enough to be dangerous till this morning. But before noon he had discharged the trained nurse, quarreled with the cook, smashed a rocking chair against which he had stubbed his toe and'thrown the canary bird out of the window. Those are always hopeful symptoms with him. and I feel fairly justified in saying that ho is convales cent. " Washington Star. Ill Manner of Bath. - At a little cosmopolitan. gathering in a home on tho North Side tho company were discussing the unkind thrust at Chicago for Hatting tho letter "a. when the girl from Boston remarked as she peered serenely over her glasses: "We alwavs give it the continental accent For instance, we say bawth. " "Pshaw 1" said the New York girl, shrugging her handsome shoulders. "That isn't continental. That's New England. Now, we always pronounce it barth." "You're away off," retorted Miss Chicago, going into the subject neck and elbows. "We are the most correct people in the world, with all the up to date knowledge there is, and we tfive it the full value baarih." . "There's a Londoner among us. suggested ono of the company. Get him to pronounce the word andtnotice what ho does with tho 'a.' " So they tackled tlip bewilc'eredi Eng lishman, without letting, him lnow their motive, bnt asking him solemn questions about his opinioncf tho (bath. After regarding them with et sphiaslike stare through his monocVd eye, the gentleman from London saM: "Quite so. Quite so. I ahvays tubun the morning. " Chicago Times-Herald. Itlaek Tooled Them. , Sir Wemyss Reid. in a personalfsketch of his friend tho latoMr. Blnck in Tho Speaker, tells how tho novelist out witted Tho Saturday Review. When "A Daughter of Heth" appeared, it took tho town by storm, and ais it ap peared anonymously Sir Wezn;rss heard for the first time from an acquaintance who the author was: It was with a certain senseof injury that he asked, "Why, if BlackTwrote the book, did he not put his name to it?" "Oh, don't you know?" w.ss tho in stant response. "That is th-i best part of the joke. The Saturday Rlsview has been 'down' upon everyth'Ag he has written, eo ho purposely prjblished this book anonymously in orderi to take in The Saturday Reviewers, andithey were the first people to sound tjio praises of 'A Daughter of neth. ' If iiistname had been on the titlo page thoy ' would have damned it. " Unlike many bits ofj gossip about successful authors, this f s Sir Wemyss learned later from Mr.lJack's own 'lips was strictly true. ' . Dlckent Was "Lond." " -Z In theigenioir of the late J. H. Fris well there) is a glimjiso of Dickens which will seem familiar to those Americans who remeraber the some what flamboyant dress ; of the novelist' "On one occasion." wroto the author of the "Gentle Life."' "we were walk ing down Wellington street and just passing . the office of Household Words when a hansom cab stopped, and out stepped a gaylydre&Ml gentleman, j His bright green waistcttat and vivid scarlet tio any ono would havetnoticod, but the size of the noeegayin his buttonhole riveted ray attention. .My father intrc; duced me. and I.. who had onlV seen engravings of thelMacfise portrait and photographs, . was astonished to find myself faeo to face with Charles -Dickens." i. if wr-v; She Swept tiie Street. -v-r A newly arrived Iri sh servant was in stalled in the homeauf a family on tho west side last weelc. and on the first mcrning of service -ishe was told to go out and sweep the sidewalk. ; After an absencetof something like an hour tbe housekeeper went out to see what had become cC 'the newiservant-1 She was seen Waydown j at ' the end of tbe block hard at work. ' Sheihad gone the block's length, and ehei said. she ekdnft know where shu'waa tto stout New York Sun. sn? 3 iri 1 - - -if. Kate So Carrie is to be j named. 5 1 suppose she is very happy I t Ruth Happy t I should aiy so. Mr. I Fixton, her nance, doesn't amount-to much, but her trousseau is jtast, elegaatl Boston Transcript , Jf . "7 :. They Seldom Do. i 'tS Isn't it awfully difficult. asked the gushing maiden, "to findnew 'ideas for your p' tyst" "I don't know," repliedlthe success ful playwright "I have never tried it" Brooklyn Life Mj, London has a resident , copulation c nearly 1,000 prof essionaltorchestraLin-' Etrnxnentalists. - A i 1 The eggs of the silkworm are 'about' j the size of mustard seeds. J.,' J ij LOVE'LL SHOW THE WAY. When tbe cl worM fwms so cloomy en the ekies ain't lookin bright, When it seems ,ex dark in daytime cn ex lone some rnt nicnt. It serins ex if a ray ' light's a kinder strug glin throngh When yon think o" some ole friend yon know '11 shiike tho hand o you. When yon think about the dark spots o' the times that uster be. En gazin at the future all is lonesome that you see. There's ono time when ycur mind gits on to happy thoughts awhile. En "that's when mem 'ry shows you that ole sweetheart's happy smile. So I jist don't heer bow lonely past er future looks to you, You'll alius find somehow the skics'll turn from pray to blue. You'll alius find them lightin up, don't keer how dark tho day. En wht n they lisht yon 11 alius find it's love that shows the way. Edward Sinser in Cleveland Plain Dealer.- HE KEPT THE SEAT. Hot It Waa Worth What the Other Man Paid For It. A man who had not been to church for a very long time, says a London ex change, finally harkened to the persua sions of his wife and decided to go. He got the family all together, and they started early. Arriving at the church there were very few people in it and no pew openers at hand, so the man led his family well up the aisle and took possession of a nice pew. Just as tho service was about to be gin a pompous looking old man came in, walked up to the tloor or the pew and stood there, exhibiting evident sur- r-riso that it was occupied. The occu pants moved over and offered him room to sit down, but ho declinea to Do seat cd. Finally tho old man produced a card and wrote upon it with a pencil "I pay for this pew. " "He gave tho card to tho strange oc cupant, who, had ho b;en liko most people, would havo at once got up and left. But the intruder adjusted his glasses and with a smile read the card. Then ho calmly wrote beneath it: "now much do yon pay a year?" To this inquiry tho pompous old gen tleman, still standing, wrote abruptly "Ten pounds." The stranger smiled as though ho were pleased, looked around to compare the pew with others, admired its nice cushions and furnishings and wrote back : "I don't blamo you. It is well worth it." The pompous old gentleman at that stage collapsed into his scat. o Deadheads There. I heard a good story that comes from a little town in the northern part of tho state: . Among the members of the Methodist church at that place is an old railroad conductor who has been retired from the bnsiness for ten years or more. During the morning service at his church not many Sundays ago the old railroader was called upon by tho minister to assist in taking up the collection ono of the stewards who usually helped in that work being ab sent The retired railroader started down the aisle with tho contribution basket and passed it around like an old hand at the business. Everything passed off smoothly until he camo to a good old brother who had nodded himself fast asleep, and just as he was about to pass by him he was suddenly overcome by the force of habit acquired in his rail read days. Giving the sleeping brother a dig on the shoulder' with tho basket he blurted out: "Ticket, please 1" Ohio State Jour naL it Two Dear Seats. Sarah Bernhardt while in London dropped into a bookseller's shop one morning. "I sold her quite a pilo of looks," said the proprietor, "and she Beemed pleased. As sho was going out she took hold of my pencil and asked me something in French which I did not understand. Seeing that I failed to catch her meaningshe looked about on the counters, then, quick as a flash, she took np a volume of one of the very best sets of Scott, bound in tree calf. opened it at the very center, wrote something quickly, calmly tore out the leaf, handed it to me, smiled, and went out." The astonished bookseller looked at the leaf and discovered that Sarah-had written a pass for two to her perform ance that evening! Magnificent, but it was not a cheap entertainment for the bookseller. The One lie Missed. "I was elected by the votes of eight different nationalities' declared an east side alderman as he tucked his thumbs in the armholes of his vest and struck an attitude. "That so? What were they?" "Irish, German, Polish, English, Italian, French and Greek." "That's only seven. " "What the deuce was the other now? There were eight sure. " "Americans," suggested a reporter. "That's it. Couldn't think of them to savo mo." Detroit Free Press. Foor Business. Ah old gravedigger who lived in a village at the foot of the Grampians was one day complaining about the dullness of times. "Man, Jchn, is trade that bad wi' ye?" said a sympathizing neighbor. "Bad!" returned John, bringing his staff down with an impatient gesture. "I havena buried a leevin sowl this sax weeks." Daring the middle ages, when the aristocracy of Florence and Venice was so tyrannous to its dependents, mur der was considered as a small crime and poisoning was so skillfully effected that many people lived almost entirely on boiled eggs. In the river Llano, in Texas, islands of floating sand are sometimes seen. - . as 4l 7 if JAM language, but is it prcof ? is the experience and public expression of Rock Island people, the statement of friends and neighbors, easily investigated, easily indorsed. Many readers of this are troubled with backache, with rheumatic pains, with urinary disorders, with sick kidneys; have tried many recommended remedies and faiied to get perman ent rel ef. No wonder they ask for better proof. We say to evey kidney sufferer, Doan's Kidney Pills cure all forms of kidney ills, from Backache to Diabetes. Our evidence of it? .The best that can be had. Impossible to produce stronger proof than the indorse ment that guarantees full value for every box of Doan's Kidney Pills. Here is a case of it. An emphatic statement of a Rock Island citizen. We have many more like it: A. Stces, of 921 Nineteenth street -says: "I have been troubled with kidneys all my life I mi;htsay. and it has caused m; a great deal of discomfort, to say nothing of the money I have spent trying to be cured. In the spring of 1897 I had a severe attack". There were constant pains in tho small of my back and if I changed my position quickly I was rewarded with ains shooting through my kid neys. There was too frequent action of the kilneys secretions accompanied with a burning sensation. I have better control over my kidneys secretions and the burning sensation has left me. I am satis lied that Doan's Kidney Pills areau excellent remedy and I know of others who have received equal ly as much benefit as I have. You use my name at any time as one "who highly indorses the claims made for this valuable preparation." All Druggists sell Doan's Kidney Pills, PriceI50c per box. Best Dining Car Service. Only Depot in Chicago on " tievated Loop. WAYNE'S Mends Everything, The only Cement that is not effected by heat or moisture. SOLD BY Otto Grotjan. 1501 Second Ave. A- J. Riess, 2229 Fourth Ave. J. M. Keim, 7th Ave. and 38th St Otto Rudert, 5th Ave. and Elm St Emil Koehler. John Volk & Co., Contractors and ' Builders : : : ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF Sash, Doors, Blinds and Mouldings; Veneered and Hard Wood Floor ing of All Kinds. DEALERS IN Single and Double Strength Window Glass, 1'olished riate, lieveiea Plate and Art Glass. 8lltoHhteenth Rock Sland. Honseholfl CenM It rectal with yon whether yrm rorrtltm tb-mm nerre-atlliuiff UtYrro havfett. M aVTO-hACvjB I restore tbe deire for tobavrco. -f " J t.ne, purifies the blood, re--q f a 1 1 iVlni, ore lo inulwoiaflll JB afPpgut boxea Kavite too trt;inr f! Iff 4loil. 400,004 and poce--aft a i VI gftJfTO-BA froim book. 117 ty LJjoar owi Arnwtrt, vki Rll wLPil rooclt for us. Take It wita art'( fi.- Ill, pUnUy. permanently on i VU LaP box. 1. ttjaaUiy cure: S boxe, egBfateo toenre. or we ref and momv Stronger Proof is evidence. Evidence is testimony, but testimony is not always proof, for testimony differs. A stranger from a faraway place -a man in Maine a woman in Wisconsin may testify in most emphatic We think not! Positive piooT to a Rock Island citizen An In vestment as Safe as a Government Bond With Yearly Dividends Ten to Twenty Times as Large without changing ' occupation or moving Is what is offered to a limited number of investors by the Ozark Commercial Orchard f Fruit Co, incorporated under the laws of Illinois, with orchard land in the Famous Ozark Fruit Belt OF MISSOURI The most productive apple and peach country in the. world. An Acre of orchard yields from $100 to $3C0 worth of fruit yearly. The attention of investors in past years has been drawn to the profit of fruit growing and many have given up occupations in ollicc and on farms to engage in what has been described to be an ideal life. Lack of knowledge and experience has, however, often sadly interfered with the hoped fcr outcome, and the enterprise has fallen far short of what it could have been if properly j gone about. The right plan is clearly the co-operative one, by which the capital of the various investors is com bined and the proper class of skilled superintendents and helpers is em ployed. The plan is the most productive, and instead of being a weary and worried cultivator himself, the investor is a bond-holder cutting off his coupons and drawing his regular and handsome dividends. The latter is the plan of the Ozark Commercial Orchard & Fruit Company. The shares of the company can be bought on a basis of f 10 down and $5 per month. lEach Share Represents an Acre ot Orchard. To have one or ten of these shares is obviously, however, better than to have one or ten acres of orchard, for the economy of working the whole great orchard over a large number of small ones results in much greater profits to the investor. An investment ot a small part will secure an Income for life. Full information and Beautiful Views of the Ozark country mailed free. Ozark Commercial Orchard k Fruit Company. President Hon. Delos P. Phelps, ex-assistant treasurer of the United1, States, Chicago. Secretary Charles 11. Porter. Chicago, 111. Horticultural Sujerintendent W. F. Benson, ex-prcsident South Missouri Horticultural Society, Bartlett, Mo. Address all communications to Suite 515 Roanoke BIdg., Chicago, III. FINE TAILORING A few notes regarding fall goods that can be found by looking at this ad. Here are some prices we quote: Fall novelties In suits the prices range from $18, 20, f22, $25 and up. Tbo prices in tbe fall trousers range from $5, $5 50, $6, $6.50 and upward. Come in and see oar fine line. 6 US EN G LIN, 1 SOS Second An To Produce Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. satts of your earnings tor a short time ... i I i