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MARDI GRAs CELEBRATION,

New Orleans and Mobile, Feb. 2eth-27th,
 1soO.-Redueed Rates via A. G. s. R. R.
 o account of the Mardi Gras Celebration at New Orleans, La.. and Mobile, Ala. February 2sth -a7th. the Alabama Great Southern R. R., will sell tickets from points on its line to New oriens and re- turn: also to Mobile Ala, and return, at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold February goth to 25th inclusive, with final limit to return March 18th, 190O
 The Alabama Great Southern R. R. of fers excellent and convenient schedules en rnnte to New Orleans, La, and Mobile, Ala. and passengers should purchase tick cts reading via that line.
 For further information call on Ala han Great Southern R. R. Ticket Agent Advertise in the Age-Herald.
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aiiy auatenist

alveston-steady; middling. Sc; sales, 5S3; receipts, 7,073; stock, 169,9S6.
 Mo5iIe-F'rm; m.ddfng, 7'Se; sales, 800; receipts, 2,06S; stock, 3S,25S
 Savannah-Flfm midd4il3g, Sc; sales, $50; receipts, 9,112; stock, 134,6SS.
 arleston-Quiet and steady; 13-16c; receipts, 2,S45; stock 2S,0S1.
 Wilmlngton-Firm; nAddling, 7&lc; re- ceipts, 9G5; stock, 13,564 Noriolk-Firm; mldd,ing, S1sc; sales, 1,116; receipts, 9,079; stock, 45,59i.
 Baltimore-Nominal; mid6fing, SAc; re- ceipts, 340; stock, 19599
 Boston-Steady; mlddiing, 5-1ec; net re- ceipts, 746; gross, 5,361.
 FlhEladelphia-Fi mfddling, s 11-16c; receipts, 50; stock, 1867.
 St. Lou:s-Firm; midddng, Sc; receipts, 45e0; stock, 93,234.
 Menphis-Firm and 3-16c higher; mid ding, 1-1Gc; receipts, 1,45O; sales, 5000; shipments, 1898; stock, 165377.
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Birmingham City I,onds


 Frnits ord Prctiuca Butter-Elgin, 2Sa25c; dairy, No. 1, 1S@2Oc; country, 15u16c; cooking, SQ10e.s Potatoes-Irish, 75c
 Lemons-Choice, 8. .751Di.50. Foultry-Hens, 25G271ac; fries, 15G17c; small. 12d13e; ducks, 2oc; geese. 25a29c. Eggs, 15c per dozen.
 Tomatoes-S1.5O per crate. I Cabbage-2Ac per pound. Ontons-Whilte, Ike; red, 1%c, pples-S3.50a450 per barrel.
 accst ttapc Grcse,ie Flour-Best patent, $4.5O; straight, $3.65; patents. si.1O,
 Sugar-Granuf2ted $565; Y. C., 54c. , Coffee-Green. 1012@12e; Arbuckle's pack ages $12.S0; Lyon's packages, $11.S0. Eard-71S. Clear rib sides, 6Ac.
 Molasses centrifuea, t5a3sr; sugar house. 2O@S5c; Georgia cane, See. . l.ice-iN 6l&c.
 Corn-Mixed, 4Sc; white. 49c. Pearl meal-e5c. : Hay-Choice timothy. $1S.75; No 1. $17.75; clover mixed, 4s14.50.
 oats-Mixed, s6c; white, 37c; seed, 89c@ 4oc
 -B.an-Mixed, $l7oO; pure wheat. siSoo Cotton seed meal-$9t50
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The Iron Market.
Local Stocks and Bonds

Bid. Ask'd First National Bank.... ..........n5 Biham Trust & Savings Bank....10o llO Ala. Trust & Savings Coz. ....100 1OS Jefferson County Bank. .... 90 Peoples Savings Bank............ 80 So Alabama National Bank........... 80 3Berrey Natlogal Bank. ............ 80 Water Works stock ....... .....,nom B'ham Water Works oonds..... 100 Sloss-Sheffeld s. & I. O.. com. :! Sloss-Sheffeld s. 6S I. Co.,. pfd.- ] fsloss-sheffed s. & I. Go. 'ds.. nom. B. R. X l1. Bonds. s................... 971a go B. R. & E. pfd stock ck.............. 45 90 Bess9mer L. & l. Go. stock. k...... 20 221s Nor.h Birmingham Land Go..... 16 70 Ofd Ensley .......................... S32 lO New 1hsiey ........ ...............l6O lIo me Ensley Co...... ....,.. ....... 5eO East Lake Land Co................ 20 8 Avondale Land Cc... ...... ...... 80 100 Birmingham Ice Co.......... ..... o5 Avondale Mi1ls..... ..... .......... 65
 sNone offered.
 No bid.
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Drv Goode

New York, February 6.-The demand for stable cottons has not varied to any ma terial extent from yesterday in any de- sorfption. The strength of raw cotton is Improving. The undertone and the market generally is somewhat firmer in brown and grey goods. B,eached cottons firm. Coarse coored cottons strong. Prints steady. Print cloths firm, but business quiet. Mems wear woolens queter after recent activity. but tone of market strong through out.
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.iyerroo, Cotton Market

Liverpool, February 6.-Spot cotton, fair demand; price, 1-32d higher; American mid- dling fair, 1-16; good middlng 47s; mid ding, 13-16; low middling 4 11-16; good ordinary, Az; ordinary, 5-16. The sales of the day were 15,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for speculation and export, and included 14,3S0 American. Receipts, 5000 bales ir- cluding $500 American. Futures opened firm and closed irregular and unsettled at the advance. American middling, low mid ding clause: February, 4.47G44Sb; Febru- ary-March, 4.44d445s; March-April, Al V; Aprl-May, 4.31 s; August-Sep ptember, 4.25b; September October, 4.15s; October -Novem- Der, 4.07b; November December, 4b
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LOCAL MARKETS.

8 Iccal Cotton Market 2 Good mtddling, S14. . MfddJng. s.
 ' Strict low m.ddnng, "A. . Low middling, "A.
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New Orleans Cotton Marke:

New Orleans, February 6.-cotton futures very steady. Feoruary, S10 bid; March, OCG1S,07; April, S.O6@S.O7; May S.OoqS,07; ]; June S.O54SGS; July, S.O4q805; August, 79l @7s2; September, 7.36@73S; October, 72lQ 722; November, 7.15@1i7; December 7l6lQ 7.1S
 New Orleans, February 6-Cotton firm; sales, 12,5O0; ordinary 6 15-1Cc; good ordi- nary, '. 7-16c; low nNddlirl5 715c; middling, SEC; good m.dd1.h,s, 5-1tc; midalns fair S3sc; receipts, 1865; stock, 395S10.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts, 10S,- 509; exports to Great Britain 29,63i: to France 21 ,954 to the continent, 51,220; stock, 9S0S52.
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No 1 from Macon. Columbus, Albany, etc. 7:45 D. m.
 No from Savannah Macon, Columbus, etc, 1885 p. m. Elegant through sleepers between Btr- mingham, Columbus, Macon and Savannah on Nos. 3 and 1. az Connection at Savannah with superb , freight and passenger steamers of thes Ocean Steamship company from New York. Boston and the east.
 To Cuba and West Indies via Central of Georgia railway. By taking the Central Of Georgia railway close connection is made at Por. Tampa and Miami for Key West and Havana. N For further Interruption apply to
 soLON JACOBS, Commercial Agent. JACK w. JOHNSON,
 Union Ticket Agent
 Birmingham Ala. ~
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IMPROVED SERVICE

To Rome and Dalton, Via. the Southern
 Railway. ! Effective January 15,t the Southern Rail way dnaggprated double daily service be- tween Anniston and Rome, Ga. New train makes close connection with trains 3S and 37 between Birmingham and Anniston. .s.
 Passengers can now leave Birmingham at 6:00 a. m. arrive at Rome at E:5O a. m., re- turning, leave Rome at $50 D. m. and ar rive at Birmingham at 10:00 D. m. 1-17-30t. x
 Texie Cigars! Texie Cigars!!
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St. Louis, February 6.-cattle: Receipts, 9,5eO fneludlng 220O Texans; market steady to easier; native shipping and export steers, $475M6S5; dressed beef and butchers steers, S400Q5.35; steers under 000 pounds, $3.S0D 4.75; stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.75: COWS and heifers, $2.OO94SO; canners, $125d2. S5; bulls, S3.10@400; Texas and Indian steers, s35Od4S5, with some fine stock worth $5.0O @5.10; cows and heifers, $2.25@3.90. Hogs: Receipts, 12,000; market active but steady; pigs and Nights, $4.009dsO; packers, $3.65@ 4.S5; butchers, $4.S544B0. Sheep: Receipts, 1,2O0; market strong and active; native muttons, $4.506575; lambs, $5.09G70O; cul.s and bucks, $2.50Q45O; stockers, $9.5OQ3.65.
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Chicago nanee

Chicago, February 6.-The increased movement in the northwest and the ab ssence of shipping demand were the ruling factors in weak wheat market today, May closing as@1zc under yesterday. Corn closed a shade lower down, and oats un- changed. Provisions at the close were 5d 1212c improved from yesterdays final fig ureS.
 The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles iOnened fIJiChestl T,oweStl Closing
The age-herald., 1900-02-07

No. 3s. "washington and Southwestern limited" solid vestibuled train. Atlanta to Washington; Pullman sleeping, car, Bir- ningham to New York; also Pullman ii. brary observation car. Atlanta to New York, making close connection at Atlanta
 No. ss. "U. s. Fast Maii.' carries Pull. man sleeping cars. Birmingham to Jack sonyiile, Fla, via Atlanta; also sleeper At iznta to New York,
 No. s7 carries Pullman sleeping car, Sir. npffghan, to Greenvilie, Miss.
 FS Cannon, Third President and tstnaral Mariafer. Washington. D e.
 J M. cuip. Trafic Manager. Washington.
 IVA. rufA. o. P. A.. washington, D. c. sC. "A Benscoter. "A. c. F. A. chatta- !. C. E. jaekson. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala
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BONDS
FiIiancial

New York. February 6.-The Commercial Advertisers London financial cabfegram says: African mines opened blazing here today. The market being full of rumor that Ladysmith had been relieved and that 1000 Boers had been captured at Coles burg The other departments participated in the rise though business was small. There was no confirmation of any of the riinlors and prices fell away after 2 o clock. Consols, which were 101A, closed at 101 Americans maintained their strength. The continent and arbitrage. houses bought freely though there was hardly any Lon don account and New York support made the close at top prices.
 The chief feature was N. & W. on the theory that that road would be amalga- mated with the B. & O. or the Pennsylva- mia.
 Treasury Statement
 Washington, February 6.-Today's state ment of the condition of 7fhe treasury shows: Available cash balance, s292, ,422,- TAP; gold reserve, $216, Al, ,SOS.
 Coffee
 Nenw York, February 6-Futures opened steady at 5d10 points decline and ruled active without much further disturbance ito prices; closed steady at a net loss of 5 to 20 points, later, on July Total sales, 47250 bags, including: March, ST 15D725; May, s72507. .35; June, as7.40; July, s74O9I 45 August, $7 30; September, A$7.450I760; sOeto- Der, sS7. co., November, s768; December, s$7 65 @775. Spot Rio barely steady; Mo- in- voice, Sc; No. 2 jobbing. 91sc.
 Metal Markets
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour easy; No. spring wheat, 631a665l2; No. red, 6S15@691a; No. 3 corn, 3l12932; No. yell low corn 3203214; No. 2 oats, 231s6123ss; No white, 26d261S No. white, 25d25s4 No. ? rye, 521k@5S15 No. 2 barley, 3SG9i2; No. 1 ffaxseed, s1.596160, and N. w., sl.5961.60; prime tin1c,.hy seei, $40; mess pork, per Dbl, $9.90411.00 %; lard, per 100 TOs. $5.S71am 605; short ribs Sides Goose), s5.S5G61 10; dry saNted shoulders Cboxed), 5%@6c short clear sides 0ooxed), $5.9566O5; whisky, pIts- tGllers finished goods. per gallon, $l.233h; sugars, cutloaf, unchanged; clover, con tract grade $S.40.
 On the produce exchange today the but ter market was firm; creamery. 19G2414; dairy, 19@22. Cheese firm, 12@13 Eggs weak; fressl IA.
 Murphy X Company's Stock Letter New York, February 6.--The London prices on American securities opened strong and active this morning and continued so throughout the entire session. This caused a firm opening on this side. and prices were quickly advanced in the granger and steel and iron stocks. raid was made however on sugar while this activity was on, causing break of about $6 per share Only a fractional part of which was re- covered. Tobacco, after selling at 101s, ad- vanced to 1071a Louisville and Nashville rallied to S2: Tennessee Coal and Irion to 101 Southern preferred, to 571a, while Ma tlonal Steel and American Steel and Wire gained over per cent; St. Paul, Burlington and Rock Island rallied over 1h per cent, and Continental Tobacco 11a. Money ruled easy throughout the day, loaning from 20 31s per cent. Sales of stocks to p. m., 72b, coo shares. The outlook for tomorrow s market is higher prices on the granger and steel stocks.
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Texie Cigars cost more to produce than other SC cigars.
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WALL. STREET,

Should you not be in a position at the present time to take advantage of this op- portunity, or if you desire information about anything in Wall street, write us; our services are always at the command of our customers, either present or prospec-
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Thn Garlic Markets

Chicago, February 6.-Cattle generally steady; Texas steers, 10c lower; bulls, steady; receipts, 1,20O; butchers stock a shade easier; calves, steady; feeders, fifm and active; good to choice, $5.25a610; poor to medium. B. 10q4.So; mixed stockers, s. .25 @3.95; selected feeders, S4.25a495; good to choice cows, $39OQ4.40; heifeIs, sS.25Q4.7o; calnners, $2 206I2.So; bulls, $2,65q4.60 calves, $l.5068.75; fed Texas oeeves, $00@5.10. Hogs active and strong to 5c higher; top, s$5; good clearance; mixed and butchers, $4 70Gl4. 971h; good to choice heavy, $4.S5M500; rough heavy, $47014S0; Nights, $+65@490; bulk of sales, $4.S5d5.95. Sheep, strong lambs, 10c lower; seven double decks of Colorado lambs at $7; native wethers, $i.50 d5.35; lambs, $5.OO@7.oO; western wethers, $440m5.40; western lambs, $6.C017.O0.
 Receipts: Cattle, 4,0OO hogs, 3O000; sheep, s1I000.
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WITH IDLE CAPITAL,

we wish to say that we are now in posses sion of knowledge regarding several stocks which are going to have a big advance in rrice If you buy them now and sell them later at price, of which We will advise
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lS2. .60O.OO to $5.00O.OM

prOfit Withln tHe HeNl 5V WIyS.
 We will buy and carry these stocks for you on a margin of five per cent. and will accent accounts of zone hundred dollars fs1oO oO) and upwards. When you open an account with us, for the purpose of buying the securities we eiave in mind, you are at the same time opening-for your own pass age-taie gate of the ROAD TO WEALTH,
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yOlI WILL, BE RICH.

There is no question about it; the prop critics have the merit. and new develop ments, which are soon to take place, will wake the securities almost double in value. I;xa hundred dollars
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A BIG WINNE:R

was the man who followed our advice, glv. on every day during the first week in De- ceuber, to
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Treasnry Statement
Coffee
Metal Markets

New York. February s.-There was no
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-tS5OO.OO)

invested at once in the stocks kl question will make you from twenty-five hundred to five thousand dollars
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Ala. Great Southern B. B.

s,or,.st and q,hcEest Inc to Clnci1hat, vo,,isvill ssnr tire North: also to shrcy~- port, Kew Orleans ard all pomra south Schedule in effect Nov. ls. 1899 :
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REGULAR SPEGULATORS

can see at glance the value of such knowledge, regarding financial affairs, as our connections enable us to acquire To those who have never speculated, men and xpn
The age-herald., 1900-02-07

Ours was the only house in Wall street that insisted upon its customers getting out of their long stocks, and urged them tc cell short large amounts of Sugar, Tobac co. T. c. l., At. pfd. and c. B. Q.
The age-herald., 1900-02-07
SELL STOCKS
FORTUNES.

Almost all of our customers did so, and several of them made
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-30
SPIRITED COMPETITION.
New Firms Seek to secure Contracts
for the DuildinE of
WRrxhips,

The monopoly of constructing war
ships of the largest type, hitherto en-
joyed by three concerns in this coun-
try, promises to be invaded by four or
five firms. which have expressed a
great desire to make proposals for the
construction of the vessels bids for
which will be opened on December 6.
The three firms winch have always
bid upon this work are the Union iron
works. of San Francisco; the Cramp
Building and Dry Dock company. OF
Philadelphia, and the Newport News
(Va) Shipbuilding company. 1t now
appears that these firms will have as
rivals the Fore River Shipbuilding
company. of Weymouth. Mass; Town
send & Downey, of New York; the
New York Shipbuilding company. of
New York city; the Trigg Engine and
Shipbuilding company. of Richmond,
Va, and the Risdon iron works. of
San Francisco. The appearance of
the latter firm in the list of compel.
itors is something of a surprise. IT
will make it interesting for the Union
iron works. which has had no com
petitors in the race for naval con.
tracts covering large ships on the Pa
cific coast.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-30
SCARED BY INDIAN YELL.
ON Surveyors by u Band
of Comanches.

A crowd of United States surveyors
and allotting agents were recently
working in the reservation Of the
Comanche Indians, surveying, establish
ing corner. stones and getting every
thing ready to divide the land in quar-
ter sections, says the San Francisco Ar
gonaut. The Indians did not take very
kindly to the division and allotment of
their land, and, seeing that the whites
were scared, they decided to act. The
surveyors were all tenderfeet from
Washington. Suddenly, without warn
ing, their camp was invaded by yell
ing, shooting band of 500 Indians in war
paint and feathers. The surveying
party could not stand the pressure and
started out for the settlements along
the Texas line and kept up their fight
pursued by the Indians, until they
crossed the state line. Then they tele-
graphed to Fort Sill and the command
er there sent out "A large cavalry force
to protect the surveyors. The general
superstition is that a lot of cowboys
and young bucks played a practical
Joke.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-30
MAIL FROM LEpER COLONY.
Precautions Taken by Post Office De.
partment to Prevent a Spread
of Dread Disease.

Marine Hospital Surgeon Car
michael, at Honolulu, Hawaii, in re-
port to Surgeon General Wyman on the
disinfection of mails from the leper set
Element on the island of Molokoi, says
a reasonably safe plan has been adopt
ed to avoid the delay incident to send
ing them all to the quarantine station.
All mail from the leper settlement will
be disinfected with sulphur dioXide at
the settlement and then transferred di-
rectly to the steamer and received
aboard in clean and disinfected sacks
furnished by the post Office author
tiles. AT Honolulu the mail will be
taken in these sacks directly to a room
in the post office used for disinfection
purposes and disinfected with formal
dehyde without removal from the
sacksin which received from the steam
er at the 1eper settlement. All letters
are perforated or the corners clipped
at the settlement before disinfection.
No case of leprosy, the surgeon reports,
has yet been discovered among the post
office employees, although non-disinfect-
ed mail from the leper settlement has
been handled by them for many years.
81 suffered with piles for nearly ten
years. could heal them up for time
but they always came back. Three
I years ago I bought box of Beggs
German Salve and used it as directed
! obtained immediate relief and have
never had piles since. NV. q. Carlson
Sioux City. la. Tomas & Son.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-30
THE pERpLEx1NG LEoN1DEs.
Astronomers Prepare to Photograph
Heavenly Display That May
Not Appear.

aale astronomers are preparing to
what Leonides appear in
the heavens this fail. Last year at this
time the most extensive preparations
were made to photograph the meteroric
display. but the cloudy skies and the
fact that but few leonids appeared
threw the astronomers into state of
great perplexity. Since then the rea-
son for the, non-appearance of the
meteorites has not been discovered.
DR.. Frederick L. Chase. of the Yale OBJ
servatory, says:
There is just as much reason to ex-
Pect the leonids at this time as last
year. Astronomers have not vet been
able to discover why it is that with the
usual regularity with which the
leonlds come every 33 years the shower
last year failed to appear. There are
two possible explanations of this.
Since the last great shower in 1866
Jupiter has passed quite close to the
portion of the orbit containing the
meteors due in 1899, and has. accord-
ing TO calculations. so perturbed the
path as to make them cross the line of
the eafth's orbit several hundred thou
sand miles inside the orbit-that is.
nearer the sun-so that the earth nav
not have passed through the swarm.
AT the same time the stream will take
but four or five hours in passing any
way, and if it comes before the radiant
is above the horizon it will not be seen
at all.
The second possible explanation is
that there was dearth of meteors in
that portion of the swarm encountered
by the earth in 1890. and there is no
reason to-day to think that they are
evenly distributed 1t is possible. how
ever, to believe that the portion of the
stream due at the intersection of the
earth's orbit this year, has not vet
oeen perturbed by Jupiter in the same
way as last wear"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-30
Welded AFTER SIXTY YEARS,
Lovers Who Qunrreled and Separated
in 1910 Married In Old
Age,

Sixty years ago Fisher w. Griswold,
then 25 years of age, was engaged to
marry pretty Matilda Brown. aged 20,
both of whom resided in Naples, N. Y.
A lovers quarrel separated the two and
Griswold went west. where he acquired
considerable wealth as stock man.
Matilda in the meantime was welded to
John Whitman and after his death
struggled many years to support her
self and family.
Last August Griswold returned to
Naples to spend the remainder of his
life. There he met Mrs. Whitman. q
woman of SO, and last Saturday they
We're married at the home of F. A
Monahan, at Rochester, N. Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-30
AAAAAAAA
,ersonally Conducted To ,r. to c.l,forp..

Personally Conducted TORS to California
in Pullman Tourist 81 .cplng Cars
Via Chicago Great Westn Ry to Kan.
sas City and and Santa lie Route 10
Los Angeles and Southern California.
Only line having Gcw Pullman T. ~.
list Sleeping equipped with wide ve,'i-
bules, steam heat and gas light. ono
of these new sleepers leaves McIn'i.v
at 1885 a. m. every Monday, via q t.
cago Great Western for Los Angel $
and Southern California via KANSAS
City. reaches Los Angles the following
Friday morning. These tours are Ier-
sonally conducted by an experienced
official who ace lnpalIics The train 10
its destination. Tile cars are Well
equipped for long journey and arc as
comfortable as the standard sleepers,
while the price for double berth is
only about one half. Full informa-
ton furnished by any Great Western
Agent, or f. FL. Lord, General Pas
senger and Ticket Agent, 1l3 Adams
ST., Chicago. dec 81
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-30
OLDEST DELUsIoN YET.
Poachcd Egg and Is Looking for
Toast to Sit On.

Kingston can boast of a good many
things of which it is proud, but the
latest it~cAn make is~alitt tie bit ecrpn~-
trio. OF all the crazy men with queer
decisions there is none to compare
with that of an individual who is con-
fined in the insane asylum in Kingston,
Ont. He thinks he is poached egg.
and for 90 years he has been looking
for piece of toast big enough to sit
down on. When visitors come and
meet him he always approaches them
with the request for moments con-
versation in private. As he is per-
fectly harmless the keepers do not put
any restrictions upon him, reports the
New York Sun. If you grant his re-
quest he whispers in your ear:
Have you got piece of toast about
your"
NO" you say what is the mat
ter with you? Are You hungry?"
Hungry" calculates the man.
"Why should be hungry? ! get plenty
to eat. I'm tired. I'm a poached egg
and I'm looking for piece of toast to
sit on
Naturally this request leads to laugh
ter, and the poached egg retires in high
dudgeon, but he comes back regularly
on the arrival of the next batch of
visitors to see if he can't have better
luck. All sorts of things which look
like toast have been supplied to the
man, but he wants the real thing, and
as chairs and couches are not made out
of toasted bread. he is obliged to go on
making his perpetual plea to visitors.
In all other respects the man seems
normal, and if this crazy idea could
only be gat.ant-of Ills head he might
''oetain his discharge. AS he persists
in his delusion he will probably spend
the rest of his days in the asylum.