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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
STEAMBOATS,.
Carnival City Packet Co.


Regular Rock Island & Burlington
packet steamer W. j. Young, Jr..
handsomely equipped, leaves for Bur
lington every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at $3.50 p. m.
Acme Packet Co.
Rock Island and Davenport & Gin
ton and Fulton packet line. Fast and
finely equipped steamers City of Wi
mona and Verne Swain. Delightful
steamers for pleasure parties. Boats
leave at Z n. m. and 2:45 p. m. Boats
meet at LeClaire. Round trip to that
point so cents.
To PARTIES of 10 or more, round
trip rate to Clinton 75c. Regular
Sunday round trip rate to Clinton soc.
For freight and passenger rates and
all other information in regard to any
of the above lines inquire of
GEO. LAMONT q son, Agents.
Foot of 18th ST. Telephone 11O5
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
Havaiian Commission BacIx

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-The steamship
Gaelic arrived here yesterday from
Hong Kong and Yokohama via Homo
lulu. bringing the congressional COM
mfttee from the latter place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
FIRE ATE UP MILLIONS
Flames in the Wisconsin Forests
Have Been Enormously
Destructive.
LOSS OF 100000

Given as the Highest Estimate, Roughly
AIadc-Two Here Deaths Reported, Men
Burned tn Deaih i'm Wells. Where They
Went for Ssfety-Rarron sayed-TurtIe
Lake Wants Help-TwO Men Nearly Gre
nated-Destftut!oz Is Great.
ST. Paul, Oct l. - The forest fires
which have been burning in various
places throughout western Wisconsin
for the past few days were famed into
furious storms Of. flame by Thursdays
winds and did great damage though
Chippewa. Barron. Dunn. St. Croix and
Polk counties \ very general destruc-
ton Of telegraph wires makes the re-
ports very Incomplete. but it seems that
the villages of Clayton, Alenena and
Posl1in have been wholly or partly de-
stroyed; that Cumberland has suffered
heavy losses. and that Glenwood. Bar
ron, Prentice Phillips and Turtle Lake
have been threatened and only saved
by great efforts. Associated Press re-
ports from various points indicate that
the fires have been checked in places
by rains 81 the subsideAce of the
winds. y rough estimate places the ag
gregate loss at rot less than $780, 600
to S5.G0OO0O.
Barron Saved by Hard Work.
at the railroad offices in this city are to
the effect that the forest fires in the
northern part Of the state were quenched
by a heavy fall of rain late Thursday
night. \ special to The Sentinel from
Barron, Wis, says: Terrible forest
fires ragged in this section Thursday
afternoon, but by the desperate work
of hundreds OF men this city was saved
from destruction. Everything is dry as
49,
loss in the city is only three small barns.
Within a few miles fifteen families bst
homes and everything else. Five miles
from here Peter Olson sought safety in
well and his dead body was found
yesterday. Another man saved himself,
wife and three children at the bottom
of a forty foot we'll. The fire ran with
terrible rapidly. at times faster than
horse"
A special to The Sentinel from Madi-
son. Wis, says: Governor Scofield yes
terday received telegram from j. II:
Bunker, president of the village of
Turtle Lake. Wis, saying that seven
ty-fve families are left destitute thers
as a result of the forest fires, and ask
ing aid. 1t is feared here that this dis
patch is only Indication of appeals
which viii be received from other points
in northern Wisconsin when communi-
cations are restored, and that he may
b,, informed of the exact facts Governor
Scofeld ordered Adjutant General
Boardman to start at once for Turtle
Lake and make a report on the sltua-
ton and the proper steps to be taken to
relieve the distress. General Board
nan started north last night. He VIII
visit other places in the burned district
and report to the governor. An appeal
for aid will probably be made to the
people of the state"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
THE TRAVELLERS, GUIDE.

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND g. PACIFIC PAIL.
~ way-fickets can be purchased or ba gage
checked ct II & Twentieth street deTOt, or
G X / d depot. corner Fifth avenue and THIRTY
first street. Frank Plummer, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
NE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Sept. 80.
Wheat Open. High. Low. Close.
Following were the quotations on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
homeopathic Physician.
DIR. S. ii. MILLER,

Audiseases of horses and cattle treated on
approved principles Surgical operations per
formed in a scientific manner. Dogs treated
All calls promptly attended to Residence
g26 Fifth avenue. Telephone on 1861. ONCE
and infrmary, l6I5-i6i7 Fifth avenue DANES
Maucker's sab -, opposite No. fire house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01

Passenger trains leave g Il a moline
ayenac) depot i've (5C minutes earlier than time
given. Trains marked daily, all other trains
daily except sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
Professional Cards.
McCAsKRIN & McCAsKRN.

Rock Island and Milan Rock Island oGee
over KreH & Maths store Milan once on
Main street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01

Immediately after applying it you
feel its soothing, warming, strength
emng power.
1t quiets congestion; draws out
Inflammation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
TRAINS.

sArrival. departure. tDaily, except Sunday.
| All others daily. Telephone 1893.
| BURLINGTON ROUTE-C n q RAIL
| d way-Depot First avenue and Sixteenth
street, NJ Young. Agent
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
WILL FERTILIZERS PAY?

A Michigan farmer, in long letter
to Country Gentleman, tells of his ex-
perience for years with commercial fer
tilizers. He writes that he has sometime
seen good results and sometimes not
He explains as follows:
believe commercial fertilizers, as
rule, are more appropriately applied to
light soil than to heavy. One place
where 1 have seen best results from the
use of commercial fertilizers is in the
garden. The sweet corn never grows
quite so rank and thrifty as when under
this influence. The peas, beans, radishes
and cucumbers all grow to rival Jacks
beanstalk, while my very best success
with watermelons is directly traceabls
to them, literally applied. There is no
doubt but that far greater yields might
be obtained by more thorough tillage.
Glover, could we get it, gives us an
almost ideal fertilizer, provided the
proper rotation is followed. Green ma
nure furnishes most excellent fertt-
izer. The state of preservation has much
to do with the value of barnyard ma
nure. That allowed to become leached
by rains or fire fanged" is worth much
less than that well taken care of. The
liquids, which are usually wasted to .
greater or less degree, are really more
valuable than the solids. Manure from
COWS is richer than that from horses or
hogs, while that from sheep is superior
to any of these.
The concentrated form Of the ferti-
lizer makes it much easier of application
than is the barnyard manure. On farm
Of large size or where the buildings are
not centrally located the cost of haul
ing and spreading the latter is not less
than So per acre if thoroughly done.
This So per acre, which is the actual
cost to me in getting out my barnyard
manure, would buy fertilizers in album
dance for the crop to be grown, and that
of the best varieties. Yet | would not
have any one think that do not appre-
ciate the value Of stable manure. Every
bit is carefully utilized and considerable
commercial fertilizers purchased be-
sides.
do not believe there is any such
thing as a complete manure for all kinds
of soil.
| believe III using commercial ferti-
lizers in add ton to barnyard manure,
for there are few farms where there is
enough of the latter. Ibelieve in green
manuring. l believe in tillage.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER
Eighteen Persons Hurried to Eternity at
Railway Crossing.

Eighteen Persons Hurried to Eternity at
Railway Crossing.
Albany, N. Y, Sept. 6-The Montreal
express on the Delaware and Hudson
railroad due at Cohoes at about Z
o'clock last night, struck Troy and
Cohoes trolley car at that place. Fifteen
persons were killed and about twenty
injured.
Later.-The accident at Cohoes Is
worse than at first reported. A trolley
car laden with thirty-five people was
struck by a Delaware and Hudson
train going at full speed at q grade
crossing in that city last night and cut
in two. Ten persons were killed out
right, eight died soon thereafter from
the effects Of their injuries and the re-
mainder of the passengers were all
injured some Of whom may die.
The following bodies have been identi-
fed at this writing: Archie Campeaux,
Of Cohoes; James Temple. of Lansing
burg; Edward Barney, Mrs. John
Craven, Miss Kittie Craven, Joseph
SEM, Nellie SWEET (15 years old), Mrs.
Eliza McElroy, Mrs. John Suhtcliff,
Mrs. James Taylor, Miss Winnie
Craver, James Linez, Mrs. Ellen Shaw,
and John Timmins-all of Cohoes.
The injured are: Isaac Shaw, of
Cohoes, skull fractured; George Ankers,
Of Cohoes, injured internally; John w.
Suhtcliff, of Cohoes, head cut and ribs
broken; Miss Lizzie M Elroy, of Cohoes,
leg broken Mrs. Lizennesse, of Cohoes,
collar bone fractured and several ribs
broken; baby in her arms, crushed and
will die; Emma Devashire, of Cohoes,
skull crushed; Mrs. James Temple,
Lansingburg. jaw fractured and injured
internally; Mrs. Ira Dewey, of Cohoes,
head crushed
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
were going TO MAKE a break In the

II, were going TO make break IN the
night.
He saw at o'clock and reported the
fact that the lines of smoke before noted
had moved toward the entrance. Fifteen
minutes later he reported the smoke
moving more rapidly, and Of his own
accord prepared the signal numbers
800, meaning 1.-THE enemy's ships es-
Gaping" and made them ready for
hosting. At half past o'clock he saw
the first emerging warship. and report
ed the fact to the navigator, who order
ed him to hoist the emergency signal.
He did so, and the navigator said:
"Sound the alarm, bugler Sound
general quartersF'
Then the battle was ON.
The hero of this incident has his
home in Newark, N. j., where he was
educated. He enlisted in the navy two
years ago as an apprentice, and has an
elder brother ON the Portsmouth.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
BRIGADIER GENERAL M'KIBBEN.

youngest of 13 children, four of whom
served their country in the army.
General McKibben came Of fighting
stock and early in the civil war enlisted
as private in the regular army. He
was Immediately afterward appointed
second lieutenant, and his first promo
ton came to him in 1864, when he was
made first lieutenant. He was brevetted
captain for gallant services in battle the
same year and at the conclusion of the
war, deciding to remain in the army,
he was promoted to be captain in the
Thirty fifth infantry. In 1892 he be-
came major of the Twenty fifth infan-
try, and in 1896 was promoted to the
lieutenant colonelcy of the Twenty first
infantry. He held this rank when he
went to Cuba. His services at the battle
of Santiago were of so distinguished a
character that he was specially men
toned in General Skaters official re-
port. He was among the officers recon-
mended for promotion, and few days
later the president made him briga-
der general of volunteers. General Nc
Kibben's home is in California.
OF his three brothers who entered the
army General David McKibben served
in the Mexican and Indian wars and
upon the breaking out of the civil war
was appointed assistant field officer to
General Mcclellan. He was brevet brig
adler general of the regular army at the
close of the war. Another brother, Rob-
ert, served with distinction in the civil
war, and when it ended was brevet
lieutenant colonel.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
HE SIGHTED CERVERA.
Story Of the Signal Boy Who Gave the
Alarm at Santiago.

Story of the Signal Boy Who Gave the
Alarm at Santiago.
A perfect army and navy presupposes
not only that all the individual men,
bers of such are courageous and capa-
BILE, but also that they have the feeling
of personal responsibility, are in thor
ough sympathy with the cause for
which they fight and are devotedly at
tached to the country in whose service
they are engaged. Probably nowhere
else are those requisites more frequent
ly met with than in the army and navy
of the United States
Joseph L. Gaskin is only signal boy
on board the Iowa, but had it not been
for his unremitting attention to his du-
ties, his keen sight and reflective mind
Cervera's fleet might have escaped I'M
injured from the harbor of Santiago.
Young Gaskin was ON duty on his
ship ON the morning of July and was
watching the entrance to the harbor
keenly. He was more than usually
alert, as he had reported the night be-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
WAVE OF HORRORS UPON US.
Terrible Accident with IA Death Roll That
May Reach Two Score.

May heach TWO score.
Hogansburg, N. Y, Sept. about
noon yesterday two south spans of the
International bridge of the New York
and Ottawa railroad, now under con-
struction across the st. Lawrence river
about three miles tbove st. Regis Indian
village, fell with sixty men at work on
the bridge, all being thrown into the
river, some sixty feet below. over thirty
were picked up and taken to Cornwall
hospital, and twenty-seven are now
missing. The bridge consists of three
spans. of which two were completed
spans, of which two were completed,
when the south pier gave way at its
foundation, causing both spans to fall
into sixty feet Of water, taking its load
OF human freight with 1t.
AS far as can be learned eighty-seven
men were on the payroll. of whom
eighty-two reported for work yesterday
morning. OF this list only thirty-eight
have actually been accounted for.
Following are the dead and wounded
as far as known: Killed-W. j. Cubby,
Paterson, N. j.. w. ]. Jackson, Column
bus. o.; Louis Banner, YOUNGSTOWN, Pa;
r. l.. Dysart, Tyrone, Pa; j. d. Craig,
Detroit; Pat Murphy, Toronto; Thomas
Birmingham; Dan Hughes, Cleveland;
Frank Leigne, Osdensburg, N. Y; w.
Sherman, Cornwall, Ont; w. Saunders,
Baltimore: John Clause. Caughnawega,
N. Y; H. Davis, Pittsburg; Cyril Camp
bell, Cornwall, Ont.
The wounded = worst cases - Peter
O'Keefe, Cornwall, leg and chest in
jured; Louis White, Cornwall, spine in
jured; Mitchell Reeves. Cornwall, seri-
Gus; Andrew Smith, Rochester, N. Y,
serious; John Bero. Indian, Cornwall,
internal injury; p. Delevant, Elkhart
Wis, legs injured; d. Barton, Buffalo,
legs crushed
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
4 UNIQUE HONOR.
General McKibben the First United States
Military Governor In Cuba.

Brigadier General Chambers McKib-
ben, who temporarily acted as mill
tary governor of Santiago and was the
first American to hold sway in Cuban
city, achieved a unique distinction. AS
aid-de-camp to General Shafter he had
the honor of first raising the stars and
stripes over the city.
General McKibben was born in Cham
bersburg, Pa, in 1888, and was the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
Little
Pirnp1es Turn
to Cancer.

Cancer often results from an i'm.
purity in the blood, inherited from
generations back. Few people are en-
tirely free from some faint in the blood,
and It is impossible to tell when it will
break out in the form Of dreaded Can.
Ger. What has appeared to be mere
pimple or scratch has developed into
the most malignant Cancer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
Bayard's Condition Unchanged.

Deiham. Mass. Sept. 6.-The condi-
ton Of Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, who Ia
seriously Ill here, is unchanged.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Sept. 8.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
ELECTION IN VERMONT.
Republicans Carry the State, Electing
Every Member OF the senate.

Republicans Carry the State, Electing
Every Member of the Senate.
White River Junction, VT, Sept. T.
In the regular biennial Vermont cleo
ton yesterday the Republicans elected
their entire state ticket as follows:
Governor, Edward c. Smith, st. AL
bans; lieutenant governor, Henry c.
Bates, st. Johnsbury treasurer, j. l..
Bacon. Hartford secretary of state, F.
A. Rowland. Montpelier: auditor of ac-
counts, o. NJ. Barber Arlington; men,
bers of congress-Fi1st district, II. Hen
ry Powers, Morristown; Geccnd district,
william M. Grout, Kirby. 1t is prob
able that the Republicans have elected
their entire list of thirty senator's.
Twenty-Five Democratic representa-
tives are reported elected in the 116
towns thus far heard from. Thomas w.
Moloney, of Rutland, the Democratic
candidate for governor. has poled about
the same vote as the Democratic candi-
date four years ago, while the Republi-
can vote for governor has materially
decreased. Returns from 116 towns out
of 245 give Smith (Rep.). 1885; Moloney
(Dem.), 6.614; Wyman (Pro.), 537. Same
towns in 1894 gave Woodbury. (Rep.),
2o.60s; Smith Dem.), SOFA all others, 44S.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09

Produce: Butter = Extra creamery
1Sc per 10; extra dairy, 15c: fresh pack
ing stock, 10h@11c. Eggs-Fresh stock.
12ihc per dozen Live Poultry-Turkeys
9bc: ducks, SIC. Potatoes-Early Ohio
25M3Oc per blu. Sweet Potatoes-Jer-
seys, $2.25@2.5O per Dbl.
Chicago Live Stock.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
$4,000: sales ranged at $2.75@3.S5 for
pigs. $3.6O@3.95 for light, s350@3.65 or
rough packing, $S.65@4.00 for mixed,
and s370@4.0O for heavy packing and
shipping lots. Cattie-Estimated re-
ranged at s5.4O@5.75 choice to extra
steers, $4.75@535 good to choice do,
$4.6O@5.50 for fair to good, s4.25@4.65
common to medium do, $4,000 As
butchers steers, $425@5.50 fed western
steers, $3.20@4.20 stockers, A.05@4.75
feeders, s2.00@4.25 cows. $3.o0@4;75 heif-
ers, $270@4.25 bulls, oxen and stays,
S3.5064.5O Texas steers. $3.75@4S0 grass
western steers. s3.0O@4.35 western cows
and heifers, and $4.50@7.00 veal calves.
sheen and Lambs-Estimated receipts
for the day, 10000; feeling weak: quo
tations ranged at s3.70M4.55 westerns.
$3.6064.75 natives, and s3.1b@6.So lambs.
st Louis Grain.
ST. Louis, Sept. 6.
wheat-Lower: No. red cash eleva-
tor &c: track, &c: September, 64c; De-
cember 62Ac bid; May, 64lhc; No. 2
hard $50 to 60c. Corn-Higher; No. 2
cash. 29c; September, 29Mc; d ecember,
22A 0l22sSc; May. s1h@3l%c. Oats
Steady: No. cash. 201hc; May. 22%c;
No. 2 white, CSC. Rye-Lower; 42c.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, Sept. 6.
wheat-Lower; No. 1 northern, 69c;
No. northern, Gle; December 607sc.
Rye-Firm; No. /, 4Slsc. Barley-Low-
err; No. 2, 42e; sample. S1Q42c. Corn
s01s a s2isc. Oats-Flrm; 20% a23hc.y
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09

soon pass away. ! was
treated by several able
physicians, but In spite
Of their efforts the Gan
Ger spread until my cor
'dition became alarming
After many months d
treatment and growing
steadily worse, I de-
ci de d to try 8. 8. 8
which was so strongly
recommended. The dr6o
bottle produced an Inn
provement. I continued
the medicine, an d In
four months the last liz
tie sea b dropped Oh.
Ten years have elapsed
isease has returned"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09
Rain, Wind and Hail.

Webster City, Ia, Sept. ca severe
rain, wind and hail storm Sunday
caused damage to the amount of $780,
900 in an area three miles wide and
twelve miles long about six miles north
Of that place. The hail was exceedingly
heavy and many persons caught away
from shelter were severely injured by
the hailstOnes
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-09

"I had q severe Cancer which was at frgo
only a few blotches, that I thought would
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-04-12
FRICTION OF RAILWAY TRAINS
A Large Amount of Air II Dragged
Along by the Rapidly Nov
ing Cars.

Prof. F. E. Nipher has recently meas
ured the frictional effect of moving
trains upon the air near them, reports
the Scientific American. His appar-
atus consisted of hemispherical cup,
which he could Ak at distances up TO 30
inches from the window of railway
carriage. The mouth of this collector
was turned toward the direction in
which the train was moving at the time
OF observation, and the pressure due 70
the motion was conveyed to pressure
guage by means of an India rubber
tube attached to the back of the collect
ing cup. The results obtained showed
that a large amount of air is dragged
along with rapidly moving train, the
motion being also communicated to air
many feet away. The air not only pos
sesses sufficient power to cause one 10
topple over, but It also communicates a
spinning motion. tending TO roll per
Eon under the train IL the nature OF the
ground does not prevent suck result
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-04-12
HltcliS0l'S Bargain Store
No. 1859 Front Street,,
ELEPHANT BLOCKED THE WAY.
English Clergyman While Cycling
Has n Strange Experience.

This story comes from Birmingham,
England: The clergyman of neigh
boring town was returning home on his
bicycle. He had been preaching in an
adjoining village, and this means of
locomotion was the one most suited to
his tastes and to his convenience. The
night was dark, and the rays of the
reverend gentleman's lamp did not
pierce far into the gloom. Suddenly
something seemed to loom large, vague
and ominous before his eyes. He had
short sensation that he was rushing
on to some unknown doom; there was
a collision with something soft and of
shape most curious, and away flew the
machine one way and the cleric the
other. When the reverend cyclist had
pulled himself together he heard noises,
and there was CLEAN of lantern
near at hand, Pickering as though in
dicative of much agitation. Through
the darkness came sleepy-looking
man, rubbing his eyes. From him the
cleric discovered that there was an ele-
phant stretched across the rather mar
row road. The animal had been as
awkward as "My Lord the Elephant"
of Rudyard Kipling creation. True. he
was not blocking pass, but he had
fallen in the road on his side, and had
stopped there, refusing TO move. He
belonged to 4 circus, did this trunked
obstruction. in course of transition
from one town to another, and since
his fall had been left in charge of two
men with lanterns, who appear to have
fallen asleep. Beyond few quiet and
quaint utterances, the elephant did not
mind. What the front wheel of the
bicycle thought about 1t is not known
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-04-12

Com ents on the Latest Phase OF the
Cuban Situation-The Armisrics u Rec
Ognition of the Cuban Insurgents as
Belliyerents.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Times COM
menting editorially Monday morning
on the latest phase of the situation
says:
I'VE can not doubt that had the Sa-
gasta government taken this truly
statesmanlike and patriotic action a
little earlier it would have led to So
luton honorable to Spain and satisfac-
tory to America. Even now, despite
the ominous tone of our New York
correspondent, we find it hard to be-
lieve that so signal an advance on the
part of Spain will not meet with some
response from Washington.
1T is to be earnestly hoped that
nothing in President McKinleys mes
sage will CRATE needlessly upon the
feelings of Spain or enhance Senor
Sagasta's difficulties"
The Daily Mail says:
1.-The armistice implies a recogni-
tion of the insurgents as belligerents
and it is therefore very notable step,
if not too late"
The Daily Graphic thinks that unless
the powers are convinced that the
Cuban insurgents will accept an armis
tice and the United States is ready tc
give autonomy a fair trial, the pro
ceedings are more creditable to their
hearts than to their heads"