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J FINALLY LAID AT REST.
B4ttrent of Napoleon III and th
Prince Imperial.
The remains of Napoleon III and tbe princa
imperial, or Napoleon IV, as Bonapartints
prefer to call the latter, were recently re
moved from Chiselburst, in England, to tbe
mausoleum prepared for them by the Em
press Eugenie, on Farnborough bill. Tbe
widow and mother desired that the mau
soleum should be erected at Chiselhuiut, but
an Englishman who owned the only suitable
ground, treasuring a hereditary bato for
tVenchmon, and especially for Homan Cath
olics, despite tbe intercession of tbe queen
and tbe Prince of Wales, refused to sell, and
it was necessary to select another site.
MEMORIAL CtlAPEL, XARXBOnOUOH.
Since the late emperor found a retreat in
exile among the peoplo who dethroned his
uncle, the great Napoleon, Chisolhurst has
been an attractive point for sightseers, and
the name of the place has become a familiar
word throughout tho civilized world. The
prejudice of an English lord of the manor
has deprived it of a great portion of its in
terest in the future, and it is said that its in
habitants are greatly dissatisfied and cha
grined at the result
On the fifteenth anniversary of the death
of the emperor, and on a typical English
morning under a lowering sky and fulling
rain, the cofllns containing the imperial dead
were transferred to their later resting place,
to remain, it is intended, till perchance
anotht" branch of the Napoleonic dynasty
shall sit on tho throne of France, in which
event, doubtless, the bodies will again be re
moved, to rest with'those of the founder of
the family, in tho Hotel dos Invalides, at
Paris, on the banks of the Scino.
Of those who remained faithful to tho im
perial exiles but two were present at the re
moval, Pietri, the secretary, ami Bassano,
tbe son of tho ex-household minister. Tho
church is cruciform in plan, with a dome over
the crossing, is vaulted in stono throughout
and has a crypt under tho chancel. It is
described by an English paper as being a
favorable siecimen of the transition lietween
the flamboyant and Renaissance styles,
which is so popular in rural Franco. It is
built of white Portland and Ruth stono, 1ms
neither spire nor tower and is very rich in
detail. Behind the high nlfnr there is a semi
circular passage, to Ik) used ns a sacristy,
with an entrance to tlm vaulted chamber
under the church, in which tho bodies have
been placed.
THE MAUSOLEUM.
Near the mausoleum there is a red brick
building "the Priory" wherein reside cer
tain members of the order of "White Canons
of St Norbert," a portion of the 0,000 "re
ligious" cast out of Franco by the decrees of
1880. Theso canons, once a very numerous
order, have found a friend and protector in
the Duke of Norfolk and a generous bene
factor in the ex-Empress Eugenie.
A HOTEL ON A RAILROAD.
Trvlnc to iet Away from the Sail Sea
Waves at Coney ImIhikI.
Encroachments of tho land upon the ocean
and the ocean upon the land are always
going on.
These changes are observable nt any of the
summer seaside resorts on tho Atlantic const.
At some xints tho hotels nro at a much
greater distance from the lionch than was
STARTING WITH A BIO LOAD.
originally intended, while at others they are
so near as to bo drenched constantly by the
spray. Change or this sort is constant at
Coney Island, New York's great summer
breathing and bathing place. Coney Island
is really the southwestern extremity of
Long Island, and can bo visited from New
York within an hour. At Brighton the sea
has so far encroached upon the beach as to
roll under the great hotel there. So now it is
the old story about Mohammed and the moun
tain, or, in other words, as tho land in
its retreat from before tho waves has left the
hotel behind and will not return for it, the
hotel must go to the land But such a re
moval requires extraordinary measurea
The ordinary singlo horse who, with
drooped head, meauders around a windlass
and thus moves small frame houses, would
have no effect whatever in this
case, and a for greater power must be called
into play. The hotel is being elevated on to
135 platform cars, and when all is ready ten
locomotives will unite in an effort to drag the
building back on to hard ground, some .ViO or
COO feet distant This move will be attempted
about the 1st of February. It is supposed by
the superintendent of the work thiit there
will bo no insurmountable didiculty attend
ing it
Tho illustration shows the building as it
will appear when all is ready nnd tho en
gines are in position to start with their enor
mous laid.
There will ? another attempt to baild a
railroad through tho Euphrates valley, nifc
withstondin;; the many previous failures.
REV. THOMAS A. UZ2ELL
He Stands Very II I eh Among tho Camp
Preacher of the Far Wect,
Rev. Thomas A. Uzzell is one of tbe best
known of the mining camp preachers of the
far west His work has led him among the
wildest and most depraved inhabitants of
Leadville and like settlements, and bis work
has invariably been such as to insure respect
even from the most reckless. Often after a
broil, in which somo reckless creature hail
fallen before tbe oft used revolver, the iar
son would be called in to perform the last
offices for tbe dead. Then would the strango
gathering stand uncovered, tamed, in the
presence of one who told them of tho error
of their ways, while sympathizing with their
weakness as a brother might.
This singular man, so well fitted for the
singular Held in which he labors, is a native
of Lebanou, Ills. Forty years ago ho was a
wild young fellow himself. He was a gam
bler and a horse racer, and it is said that he
attended camp
meetings for the
purpose of pelting
tbe worshipers
with corn and peas.
At 21 he reformed.
Ho could then
neither read nor
write. Somewhat
v late in life he went
to college, being
graduated at As
bury university.In
diano, in 1875. The
next year he was
ordained bv Bishop
REV. THOMAS A. UZZELL. Simp80n) gt
to Colorado. In February, 1878, he struck
Leadville, when the place was a mere mining
camp of 500 people.
The morning after his arrival he started
on a tour among the saloons and gambling
places. Tbe inmates laughed at him and in
vited him to take a drink or a hand at poker,
but Uzzell began at once by filling his im
provised cabin at evening service, and com
menced to raise money with which to build
a church. He first tried tbe miners, but not
getting all he wanted bo extended his solici
tations to tbe gamblers and tho women of
the town. From these reckless people ho
met with a universal response. One saloon
keeper offered 1im the proceeds of a keg
of whisky, which Uzzell refused to accept.
Having tokon quite a collection in the saloon,
a gambler, remurkingthat they had done the
fair thing by the parson, insisted on bis
taking a drink. It appeared that Uzzell
must either drink or fight, so ho pulled off
hi coat, whereupon tho stalwart bartender,
who was something of a fighter himself,
leupod over the bar and declared that ho
proposed to take a hand, and Uzzell needn't
drink if he didn't want to. This restored
quiet
Mr. Uzzell tells a number of good stories
anent queer weddings and funerals bo has
ofllciated at Hero is one concerning a wed
ding: " 'I have just lwen let out of jail,' said the
man who wished to bo married, 'and bor
rowed a saw and buck and went in search of
work. When I asked this woman hero by my
side for a job, sho said sho had no money to
hiro n man, being a poor widow woman. I
told her 1 would saw the wood and tnko her
for pay, and she said "all ri.ht," and hero wo
are now to get married, hut I haint g"t no
money, parson, to pay the bill.' "
Mr. Uzzell performed tlio ceremony and
paid the recorder's fee.
There was then a great deal of what was
called lot jumping in licadvillo. Mr. Uzzell
secured some lots for his church. One day ho
found a jumper unloading logs for tho pur
pose of building a cabin on these lots. Uzzell
took off his coat and prepared to resist the
jumper, who was beginning to unload a fresh
lot of logs:
"If you get off that wagon I will thrash
you," said the preacher.
"Parson, you wouldn't fight, would youf
replied the jumper.
"I dont want to fight, but if you put
another log on this lot I will thrash you, or
you will mo."
"Well, what do you want doner
"Drive away with the load of logs you now
have and then haul off the others already on
the lot"
The jumper concluded that Methodist prop
erty was not good property to jump.
W. H. Stevens, of the Iron mine, was a
great friend of Uzzell's, and on one occasion
Stevens authorized some ladies to give a
party, saying that ho would pay for the re
freshments, and suggesting that they sell
tickets at $ 1 apiece, the proceeds to Ixi given
to Uzzell for his church. During tbe evening
tho parson stood at tho door taking tickets.
Suddenly he was called up stau-s. There ho
found that Stevens had lieen smuggling
champagne in the building. "I was too late,"
says Mr. Uzzell, "to stop tho drinking, but I
put an end to an intended dance. As I en
tered tho room somo one jumped on a chair
ami shouted out, 'Oct your partners for the
first dance!' That was Dick Allen, of The
Leadville Reveille, one of the old newspapers
in the camp. I interposed and said I would
not iermit any dancing at a Methodist so
cial, and Diek did not urge tho matter any
further, but an Irishman present did. He
said he had paid his dollar to get in und in
tended to dance. He insisted, notwithstand
ing my objections, and finally threatened to
give mo u thrashing if I interfered. I was
expecting trouble, when Tabor, who after
ward became United States senator, being
present, interfered in my Ix'half and quieted
the troublesome Irishman."
Mr. Uzzell is now in charge of tho People's
tabernacle at Denver, under the supervision
of the Homo Missionary society of New
York.
Mifigouri'a New Governor.
Hon. A. P. Morehouse, the new governor
of Missouri, vice Marmaduke, deceased, was
born in Delaware county, O., July 11,
1835. Ho received olily such schooling as
naturally falls to farmers' boys, terminating
his studies when ho was 20 years of age.
However, he made tho best of whatever ad
vantages he pos
sessed, and becamo
a teacher in Cam
den, Mo. Soon after
he removed to Nod
away county,where
he occupied what
ever timo was not
devoted to teaching
to studying law,
and was admitted
to practice the pro
fession in ISfiO.
Governor More
house has always A. p. moreiiouse.
been a Democrat, and for more than twenty
five years has been actively identified with
the Democratic party of his state. Ho was a
delegate to the national Democratic conven
tions cf 1872 and 1S78. Ho also served in tho
Twenty-ninth and Thirty-first general as
semblies, being tho presiding officer of tho
senate for two terms and a member of tho
Democratic state central committee cf
1SS3 and I'viG. Personally Governor More
houso is tall nnd dark, his manners being
mild and affable. Uo is an ardent prohibi
tionist.
The Australian market gardeners are beinz
ruined by Chinese cheap labor.
IN AN ELEVATOR CAR.
PERSONAL PECULIARITIES OBSERVED
BY THE MAN THAT RUNS IT.
Difference Between the Artloim of Men
and Women Who Itlilo in I'.lrvators.
Hunting for a Lout roekrtliook Worth
Itemeni tiering.
"Do you observe many peculiarities or od
dities on the part of your passengers!" asked
.a reporter of a man who runs an elevator in
a large building down town.
"Oh! yes," was tho reply. "Sometimes it
is quite amusing. If a person has a jwculiar
streak in him, or her, at all ho or she is pretty
sure to show it on the elevutor. For one
thing, the ersou running tho elevator is al
ways supposed to be a perambulating direc
tory, and the less the passenger knows about
anything, tho more the elevator man is ex
pected to know. Well, as a rule, we are ablo
to direct people to any part of the city as
well as to any part of the bouse in which
we work."
QUITE INTERESTING.
"Do you notice any difference between the
actions of mn and women who ride on
elevators C
"Yes, and it's quite interesting. A woman
from out of town will call at a store with
some of her lady friends, do some shopping,
take a ride on the elevator and do some more
shopping. After having purchased all they
intend to, tho party sometimes find that they
have neither money nor pocketbook. Then
away they rush to the elevator and 'go for'
the man in charge after this style:
" 'Have you seen my poeketliook? I was
in the elevator an hour ago, don't you re
member? I sat right thero. Just look on tbe
floor and see if it ain't there. If it ain't it
must be in the elevator at the hotel, for I've
only been in that elevator and this one.'
"She seems to think that she could not lose
her money in any place but in an elevator.
The man, of course, remembers her, as he
has only carried about a hundred such peoplo
since she was there before. Yes, women
always como to tho elevator to inquire about
their lost umbrellas, jwrasols, spectacles,
portmanteaus and anything else they may
chance to lose. Women who aro not used to
riding in elevators don't like it very well at
first; they say it gives them such a peculiar
sensation, and they often declare that they
would rather walk up stairs, and that they
will walk down. But they often can't tell
whether they are geing up or going down.
They'll get on at the street floor and ask to
be taken up. They're apt to get confused you
see. Men don't do shopping the same way
women do. They hardly ever go in crowds,
they don't carry so much stuff with them,
and they rarely lose anything. If an article
is left in the elevator, it's generally a woman
that leaves it thero.
A MAX'8 WAY.
'.'Men seem to ltd almost dummies when
they're riding with us. If a man inquires for
a certain department, and is told that it is to
tho right; in niuo cases out of ten ho will go
to the left; audit's just us bail when ho is
told to go to the left, for he will then nearly
always gotherhrht ; it doesn't matter whether
ho is i;i the habit of riding in elevators or
not. While a woman, if sho has any experi
ence in tho matter at all, always knows what
to do. She 'catches on' as quick ;u iv snap.
The reason for tho difference may be, I sup
pose, in accordance with tho law which says
that man ads from reason, while woman
acts from instinct, a woman's leading char
acteristic iH'ing perception, while man's is
reflection. Ho may be pondering over some
thing which has no immediate connection
with that which he may be doing at the timo.
But when a woman is out shopping it's all
shopping and nothing else. Sho seems to pos
sess the happy faculty of combining business
with pleasure. When sho starts out shopping
she generally calculates to have a good time
as well, although she may not admit it. Tbe
greatest troublo with men and boys is that
they want to open the doors and run the ele
vator themselves generally. But there is one
class of men that I ought to except from
pretty much all that I have said, and that is
old soldiers. They always go where they are
told and act with courtesy. "
"Is the 'tipping' system to the elevator men
in vogue f"
"Yes, in hotels to, some extent; but no
where elso in this country. In England,
where they call tho elevators 'lifts,' the at
tendant exjieets tips from everylwdy. There
is one thing you might say, if you aro going
to print any of that," tho reporters inform
ant added, "and that is that everybody ought
to know that if they simply grip hold of tho
rope and hold it firmly without pulling it up
or down, it will stop tho elevator. Perhaps
that's the most useful thing for people who
ride 'on elevators to remember in case of ac
cident.' "New York Commercial Adver
tiser. Hie Platonic Friendship Fad.
"Tho latest fad," said a shrewd old maid,
who keeps a keen eye on ull that goes on in
society and has the entice everywhere, "is
for the young men of 20 or l!.") to ilirt with
some wonmn of U5 or 40. I don't think thero
is anything wrong in these attachments the
friendship is purely Platonic. 1 asked for
an explanation from my big brother, and ho
bays a woman is never interesting until sho
is iiO. 'Girls say yes to everything you say,'
he said, 'or elso they are so smart there is no
enduring them. A woman, when she gets to
be 28 or :W finds out that if 6ho holds her own
sho must have something beyond a handsome
face, so sho reads and tries to lie well in
formed. They learn to bo tolerant of others'
ideas and not to preface every adjective with
"s." Young men of 20 to 25 know more than
their seniors in literary matters, and more
than they do themselves later. They are
awfully book learned, I tell you, and use less
slang but a great deal more profanity than
we do. So I suppose that is why they catch
on the old girls. You just talk with a man
of 35, and you find that all he thinks of is
business. Oh, yes! You just talk with a
girl one of our sot and it is dress, dress,
and nothing else. Of course tho boys don't
marry these old girls. Men seem afraid of a
woman who knows enough to lo an equal,
but such a woman makes a very pleasant
companion for a tete a tete." Buffalo News.
A Counter on the Sidewalk.
A step higher than tho ordinary street
peddler is the man who has a counter in
front of somo shop. His tenure is generally
that so common in tho middle ages, and con
sists in services rendered, such as doing
chores or koeping tho sidewalk clean for tho
owner of the building iu front of which ho
has his stand. Sometimes, however, a con
siderable rent is paid for the privilege during
tho holidays. Seventy-Ova dollars, for in
stance, was jjaiil this year for one of tho cor
ners of Sixth avenue and Fourteenth street
The tenure is an uncertain one nt best, and
tho J xo;.ricVr u liable to nrn-st nnd to
havo his i-t'x-k in trade carted off by the
bureau of encumbrances, from which he can
only obtain it by paying the cost of cartage
and i rha; s a fine. New York World.
Secret s ar l.:it poor property; if you cir
culate t hi:::, you In so them, tml if you keep
them, you ko tho interest on your inv.t-nient.
OWEN'S UTOPIAN COLONY.
They Live in Tents on the Gulf of Cali
fornia and Are Said to lie Happy.
For several months disappointed colonists
from Owen's Utopian colony, at Topolo
bampo, on the Gulf of California, have been
fluding their way to this city. From their
stories, told with deep finding, it appeared
that they wen the victims of a base decep
tion, and that the alleged Arcadia whence
they escaped was iu reality a barren desert,
devoid of food, water, and all that goes to
make lite worth living.
Capt Richard P. Leary, commanding the
Uuited States steamship Iroquois, which re
cently arrived at this jnirt from Callao,
after making stops at Acapulco, Mazatlan
and Topololmnipo, says:
"My orders were to visit the Topolobampo
colony and learn whether tho rejxirts of the
hardships resulting from luck of provisions
or from other causes were well founded or
not The Iroquois reached Topololwmpo lust
December. She anchored about eleven miles
off shore and wo visited the colony iu our
steam launch. It was found that most of
tho colonists were at Gonzalez, or Bay City,
situated on the bay a short distance from the
sea. There were about MO in all, including
men, women and children. We wero re
ceived cordially by them. Every possible
facility was given us to form a correct im
pression of their actual condition. They
were living in tents, there being but one or
two permanent buildings Iu tho city. Iu
this vicinity there are two or three farms
upon which a number of the colonists were
cultivating crops, and tho results showed
very sensibly tho remarkable salubrity of
tho climate and tbe exuberant richness of tbe
soil
"Upon the low banks of tho river the need
of irrigation was not manifest, but on higher
lands, away from the stream, it wus seen to
bo absolutely necessary. Upon the land cul
tivated, watermelons and sweet Ktatoes wero
growing luxuriantly and little else seemed to
be cultivated. We examined Gonzales City,
El Suffrugio and tbe Mocbis (Spanish, for
"farming land"), and in all theso places we
were satisfied of the richness of the soil and
its capabilities for supporting a largo popula
tion. The country is a paradise. Without
irrigation it will produce two or three crops
a year, while with irrigation there is not a
mouth iu which crops cannot lie planted aud
gathered. Tbe climate is magnificent, never
reaching an extrcmo of tenicrnture. Tho
harbor of Topololwrupo lay is one of tho
finest. There is at low tido never less than
sixteen feet of water on tho bar, and its
capacity is very great." San Francisco Cor,
New York World.
A Senitational Marriage Abroad.
llele.no do Rothschild, the strong headed
young woman who married in spito of her
folks' wishes, has begun to reiient, and may
already be held up as a horrible example to
insubordinate young women. Sho was very
rich, as her father had did when she was a
baby and h:ul left her millions. She made
up her mind, although sho was very stout,
that tho Dutch Baron Zuylen loved her for
herself alone. She defied her folks-, drew
iU,lKi0,(KK) francs out of the bank for current
expenses, liought a line big house, and went
to take up her abode at tho houso of tho
family doctor, and married the baron from
there. It, v:n grand and sensational, and
Paris admired it very much, (hough mothers
regretted the had example.
Now, they are glad, for the Ii.u'oness
Zuylen and her husbaii 1, just back from
Spain, do not present tho picture of perfect
harmony with which they left tho house of
the family physician. 1 leleiie, the very stout
young baroness, finds married life, especially
housekeeping, u bore,, und has adopted a plan
for ridding herself of worry that will striko
deep to the hearts of the advocates of
women's rights. She bus mndo tho boron
housekeeper, and allows him 50,000 francs a
month to meet expenses. He can manage as
he likes, but everything but her private ex
penses must come out of tho 50,000 francs,
including tho wages of the cook and other
servants, the market bills, his own tailor
bills, etc Paris, which enjoys such things
very much, spends much time elaborating
funny schedules of Baron Zuylen's prolxiblo
exiiense account The fun will not last long,
as the stout Baroness soon starts with her
husband and her millions for Nice. Paris
Ix-tter to New York Sun.
Iluylng Cigars In IIuokIu.
To get a cigar anywhere in Russia you
must buy a whole box. It frequently Imp
pens, however, that the whole box contains
but ono cigar. Boxes are never broken, and
the. purchaser can make examination of tho
weed only through tho glass cover. You
cannot tell till you buy and aro crniitted to
break tho seal just what tho article is.
Every box of cigars or cigarettes has a gluss
lid or cover, and you can seo tho article you
purchase, but you cannot feel or smell it.
Generally when you ask for a cigar a largo
box is handed to you. This has a cover of
gloss so large that you can see well what tho
article is. When you have selected tho
quality desired from n number of boxes laid
out for insH'ction, you make known how
many you desire, and the dialer tho "tolac
fabricker" gives you a box containing tho
exact numlH'r. Thus boxes of one, two,
three, five, six, etc., ore made of every qual
ity. .Most of tho cigars are very bail tho
domestic manufacture generally intolerable
and the price is high.
This mode of guarding against evasions of
tho high taxes on cigars has liecn followed a
longtime. It grew out of tho proposition
laid down by Ivan tho Terrible, Peter the
Greut and other czars, who held that all Rus
sians wero thieves and should lie watched.
I have heard a Russian proverb which de
clares that "Our Savior would rob also if
His bunds were not pierced." Tho guard
kept over tho salo of tobacco is extremely
close. Whilu nearly every lody smokes, very
few chow, and chewing tobacco is rarely
found on sale. Moscow Cor. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Tho Cook of the Elyiiee.
It appears that amid tho incessant changes
which have taken place in tho personnel of
tho French Third republic, thero is ono dis
tinguished personage who manages to hold
his post Presidents may come and go, min
istries may rise and fall, but the chef of tho
Klyseo palace remains to console all parties
with bis good cheer. The family namo of
this important functionary is a kitchen secret,
w hich may somo day be divulged. At present
bo is known only as "Lo Bel Alfred," and tho
rival of Gamlietta's famous "Trompette,"
His salary is fixed at 12,000 francs a year,
and ho is allowed to make perquisites. Under
M. Grevy ho was not ablo to "faire dunser
l'anse du pariier-' much, owing to tho sim
plicity of the ex-president's table, but ho
hopes to make up for lost tune under the new
president. "I Bel Alfred" has reminded M.
Carnot, it is said, that tho way to mint oo
ple's hearts i dowu their throats. I 'all Moll
Gazette.
IIcaltliftilnrSH of Soils.
Extended observations at Paris und at
Munich indicate that tho sanitary oiul'tion
of a locality depends on the amount "f water
Contains' in tho ground. The years in
which th to has Ixtn a lar-e ipiantitj of
ground w it. r present havo invariably boon
the heaith:et periods. Arkaita .v Traveler.
Even More Necessary than a Family Umbrella
Is Santa Claus Soap. Why? Because it's made to fill every
want, and does what it's made for. Pure as the purest, and yet
cheap as the cheapest, and always the same. More profitable to the
family than any other soap. For Kitchen, Laundry, Bath in short;
for everything, use Santa Claus Soap.
nTk. FAIRBANK & CO., Chicago.
(PO IFL )
Carriages, Buggies, Road Carts,
GO TO
All Vehicles Guaranteed as Represented
And Prices as Low as First-Class
Work can be sold for.
M.KNETJ SSL'S DRUG STORE,
IsLAXIS" STREET,
West of La Salle Street, (south side,)
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.
Ci'Uij'imnil and keep cc DftMitijr on hand a liuge ar.d well itiectetl itock uf
DRUGS m CHIEfsSSC AL8
Al the nrw and pou!iir Faicul MidU llH . Kxtract am! Spii ei for cutlnery iim
Pwfunier.v, Brushes, and Fancy Articles for the Toilet.
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, WindowGss.&c.
l'nrliculnr -Attention lliven to the (Tdinjioumlinjr of Physicians' Prescriptions.
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'Y,
Its central position and close connection with Eastern llnea at Chicago
and continuoua linos at terminal points, West, Northwest, and South
west, make It the true mid-link in that transcontinental chain of Bteel which
unites tho Atlantic and Pacitlc. Its main lines and branches include Chi
cago, Jollet, Ottawa. LaStilto, Peoria, Geneseo, Molina and Rock Island, in
Illinois: Davenport, Muscatine, Washington, Falrtield, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa,
West Liberty, Iowa City. Dos Moines, Indianola, Winterset, Atlantic, Knox
ville, Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie Centre and Council Bluffs, in Iowa; Gallatin,
Trenton, Cameron, St. Joseph and Kansas City, in Missouri; Leavenworth
and Atchison, In Kansas; Minneapolis and St. Paul, in Minnesota; Water
town and Sioux Falls In Dakota, and many other prosperous towns and cities.
It also offers a CHOICE OK ROUTES to and from the Pacitic Coast and inter
mediate places, making all transfers in Union depots. Fast Trains of finfl
DAY COACHES, eloirant DINING CARS, magnificent PULLMAN PA LACK
SLEEPING CARS, and (botwoen Chicago, St. Joseph. Atchison and Kansas
Cityi restful RECLINING CHAIR CARS, seats FREE to holders of through
llrst-clasa tickets.
THE CHICAGO, KANSAS & NEBRASKA R'Y
(CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE)
Extends west and southwest frbm Kansas City and St Joseph to Fair
bury, Nelson, Horton, Topeka, Uerlngton, Hutchinson, Wichita, Caldwell,
and all points in Southern Nebraska Interior Kansas and beyond, fcntlra
fiassenger equipmont of the celebrated Pullman manufacture. , ijodcuy bal
asted track of heavy steel rail. Iron and stone bridges. All salety anpltancea
and modern improvements. Commodious, well-built stations. Celerity, cer
tainty, comfort and luxury -assured.
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE
Is the favorite between Chicago, Rock Island, Atchison, Kansas City, and
Minneapolis and St. Paul The tourist route to all Northern hummer Resorts.
Us Watortown Branch traverses tho most productive lands ot the great
"wheat and dairy belt" of Northern Iowa, Southwestern Minnesota, and tast-
Ce Yhe Short Lino via He neon and Kankakee offers superior facilities to travel
between Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Lafayette, and Council BliiUs, St. Joseph,
Atchison, Leavenworth, Kun.-tus City, Minneapolis, and St. Paul.
For Tickets, Maps, Folders, or any desired lniormation, apply to any Cou
pon TickutOtlico la th-J United Stutos ur Canada, or address
E. ST. JOHN,
General Manager.
CHICAGO,
FURNITURE
The oldest House,
The largest Stock,
The Best Variety
Of goods in this line in
La Salle county.
35 and 37 La Salle Street.
E. A. HOLBROOK.
Ue&'l Tickot ft Paas'r Agent,
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