Chicago eagle., 1904-04-30

est amusement institutions of the st.
Louis Exposition with the amusement.
seekers Of Chicago through the meli-
um of the cnnal and set Of fine cx-
cursion steamboats,.
The venture IL not new one with
those interested In this enterprise. as
the al Fresco' Beach. ideal summer
resort Mt Peoria, ILL.,, maintained ana
handled by the same company. has Il
national reputation for perfect service.
and as an ideal rest resort.
The al Fresco' Roct Garden will
be one Of the chief attractions for those
seeking rest and recreation during the
strenuous days Of the st. Louis En-
position. Vaudeville. music, mazes,
Shoot.the- Chutes, dancing. bathing.
boa ting and other numerous attractions
will be features. The location has
been secured and 10 in close proximity
to the fair grounds.
The trip from Chicago will he con.
Quoted by this company on the only
steamboats, running from Chicago to
st. Louis. These are first.class ves-
sells. luxurfously fitted. Some OF the
best known business men Of Peoria.
as we'll as Of Chicago, are deeply In
terested in the enterprise. Tho stock
can be purchased now ut 80 cents Oh
the dollar, which will he only for u
short time. The stock IL fully paid
and mona assessable.
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The Steuben County Wine Company
dspenses excellent goods at Its head
quarters. 2lO and 2l2 Hast Madison
street. Its ever increasing patronage
Ia the best testimonial to the value of
its high grade wines and liquors.
Lange Brothers, l40 Dearborn street,
supply the very best line Of goods In
gentlemen's shoes. The material is ex.
ccllcnt and the price charged reason
able.
Mr.. Paul Pohl. the leading weiss
beer brewer of the United States, ia
one of the most popular citizens of
Chicago. He is affable In his manners,
square in bis dealings and punctual In
his appointments. He has repeatedly
declined political honors, being cOnten,
with his rapidly growing business.
Aha. now we know why Uncle Andy
Carnegie has been So eager to give
away his money. 1t has been discOv-
cred that all money has bacillus sta
phylOcoccus on 1t.
The story to the effect that the
guileless natives of India have taken
to raising yenOmois serpents In order
To get the government reward OF u
dollar for each reptile killed somehow
has familiar sound, 1t suggests that
the IIlndoo and Mohammcdan sub
Jccts of his Britannia majesty are up
To snuff, and that possibly they have
heard of the good old Yankee practice
of breeding foxes aud other var
mints" In the days when State and
local authorities paid well for destroy
ing those pests and when fox pelt
represented just SO much cash.
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Hawaii is rapidly losing its native
population, according to the reports in
| the Hawaiian Annual for 1904 Cap
tain Cook, who discovered the group
of islands in the eighteenth century,
estimated the population at two hun
drcd thousand. In 1872 the number
had fallen 10 fifty thousand; and there
were only thirty thousand in 1900, The
Japanese population to-day is greater
than was the total population thirty
years ago, ana the present total pOpu-
latlon is about fifty thousand less than
Captain Cook found, but it Is increas-
ing almost as rapidly as that of a
boom city in the West.
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1t was an interesting contest which
the WOman's Club of Evanston, H.,
recently arranged. The event was
known as "A science exhibition. Twen-