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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS

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IF YOU WANT to buy, sell, trace or
rent anything, engage help or secure
a situation, the Mail is the one pa
per in Moline that can do it for you:
Mail wants are popular and Mall
wants bring results. One-half cent
per word is the price TO all alike, cash
In advance; 2-cent stamps will do.
Evening and Saturday Mail. Moline,
Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

Homeseekers' tickets on sale the
first and third Tuesday in each month
to points in Iowa, Minnesota. North
and South Dakota and to other home
seekers territory For further infor-
nation phone or call at any c., NJ &
st. p. Office
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ~ ST. PAUL
RaiIway-D. r. J. * ~. w. passenger
station nj foot OF Seventeenth street. 9.
p. STODDARD, Agent. i. l. Hinrichs,
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
Rock Island & Peoria Division.

Trains leave Twentieth street station.
Main line trains start from main depot
on Fifth avenue minutes in advance
Of time given.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
$3.50 to Chicago and Return. $3.50.

Via the c., NJ. & ST p railway. Dates
of sale and limit sell June 10, II, and
II. Limit tickets for return to June
II, 1906. Half rates for children of
3 and under II years of age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
HEATING AND PLUMBING.

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CHANNON, DCFNA q CO.-Heating
and plumbing along scientific lines.
Careful and skilled wOrkmen. Prompt
attention. 114 West Seventeenth street
sDArps
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
Very Low Rates to Boston Via Lake
Shore

One fare plus one dollar for round
trip. Good going June 2, 8. 4, and 5,
return limit by extension June so.
Write NJ. S. Giles, T. P. A. Chicago for
full particulars. Warren J. Lynch,
passenger traffic manager, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
s12.65 to Louisville. Ky, and r,

On June IL to IS the Rock Island
will sell round trip tickets to Louis
vile at rate of one fare plus 25 cents.
Tickets good for return to June 23, and
on payment of so ceHts an extension
can be had limiting tickets to so days
from date of sale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
MCKEE G. co.
Both Phones. 225 Eighteenth stree.
Bargains III
Real Estate

$500 cash and 5000 in monthly pay
mentS buys a nice SiN-room house on
Forty-fourth street. one-half block from
Elm street car line
s-s-5Oe buys "A new. all modern six
room cottage on Fifteenth street; beau
Tiff al place.
Look al those nice level lots on Elev-
euth street between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth avenues, for 1878. and up, on easy
terms. II you want one you will have
to come quick; they Will soon be gone.
List your property with us, if you
want to sell or rent.
We have houses to rent in all parts
of the city
We write fire. accident and health in
suTance.
We loan money on real estate.
IF you have city property to trade on
land. list IT with us.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
S25 to Boston and Return.

From May 81 to June 9 the Rock Is
land will have on sale round trip tick
etc to Boston at rate of one fare plus
S for round trip. For full information
call at city ticket Office, 1929 Second
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR SALE-A portable house, 16X10, for
camping purposes. Inquire at 1904
Fourteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms al
2S0S Fifth and-a-half avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

FOR RENT - Two unfurnished rooms
able.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
PATENTS.

PATENT AND TRADEMARK ONCE,
room "a Mitchell a. Lynde building,
Rock Island. James r. Murphy, as
sociate. branch OF Moore a. Co, pat
ent attorneys. washington, ID. c. and
Chicago III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
HOTELS AND RESORTS.

LAS VEGAS HOT SPRINGS-.Located
round resort A perfect place for
rest. For particulars, address Dr.
Daniel S. Perkins. medical director,
Las Vegas. N. NJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

WANTED-First class painters. Apply
at p. j. Lees wall paper store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

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FOR SALE-Lot 40x15O feet, centrally
located, on paved street For partic-
ulars address Box 267, city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

FOR RENT - To couple without chill
dTen, fiat of three rooms, furnished
or unfurnished, suitable for light
housekeeping; water. and use OF
phone; near Long View park and
street car line; 1909 Nineteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

I Trains. LecVe. Arrivo.
| Peoria, Springfield,
| St l.. Ind pls. $40 am $3.50 pm
| Peoria & st. Louis. 7:20 pm 5:55 pm
| Peoria. Ind'pls. Gin.
| BlOOmington..... 1875 pm I'll 20 avn
Sherrard Accom-. 80 am SAD am
Gable & Sherrard
Accom......... GAS am S:45 pm
Gable & Sherrard. $3.50 pm 220 pm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
RAILWAYS AND STEAMERS.

CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND a. PACIFIC
Railway Tickets may be purchased
at the city ticket Office, 1929 Second
avenue. or @. r. i 81 =. depot, Firth av-
enuc, foot OF Thirty-first street 'PhoDs
west 1893. west 1929. FRANK IL.
LI'MAiER c. T. A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

THE two-story brick store building,
situated at 1917 Second avenue, now
occupied by Dindinger, the printer.
This is good investment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
RAILWAY TIPS.
$3.50 to CHICAGO and Return.

June 10, II, and IL the Rock Island
will sell round trip tickets to Chicago
good for return up to and including
June II at a rate of $3.50.
c., M, & ST. p. Excursion Rates,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
:. daily except Sunday

IOWA x ILLINOIS RAILWAY INTER
Davenport. Telephone. Central Union,
North 74O. Fare, one way, between
Davenport and Clinton. 20 cents. Round
trip, s1.2O. Five hundred mile book,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
MONEY TO LOAN.

LOANS ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY
at lowest rates. Eudolph 81 Reynolds,
lawyers. Buford block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
MONEY TO IOAN-On real estate Sc
curity at lowest rates. Marion E.
sweeney, attorney, rooms 81 and 30,
Mitchell & Lynde building. Rock ISL
and.
WE MAKE A SPECIALITY OF loaning
money on household goods, horses,
wagons, etc. without removal and in
quiet way. Call on us for quick
loans Fidelity Loan company, room
IS. Mitchell & Lynde block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
FLORISTS.

HENRY AETHJE-Proprietor Chip
piannock nursery. Gu. flowers and
edsigns of all kinds. City store, 1914
aecopd avenue Telephone 111e.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

WHITE COLLAR LINE STEAMERS
May 20 to Oct. Is, for Muscatine. Bur
lington, and all intermediate points,
str Helen Blair leaves Rock Island
Monday. Wednesday and Friday at :
10 m str. Columbia leaves Rock Island
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at
y. .,
For Andalusia, Buffalo and Muscatlne
only str Helen Blair leaves Rock Is
land Sunday at 4 p. IN. Round trip 20
Muscatine by boat and back by ran
same evening, 81. Excellent meals for
so cents. Special rates 10 round trip
narties &. J. MANGAN,
w a. BLAIR Agt., Rock Island.
Manager. Davenport
Dock, foot of Nineteenth street
STFAMER ECLIPSE-DAILYC CLINTON
Packet - Leaves Davenport y. m;
leaves Rock Island 3:15 p: m; arrives
Clinton s o. m. G. J. MANGAN,
Agt., Rock Island Ill
Dock. foot Of Nineteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
LODGE DIRECTORY.
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Masonic.

Masonic.
TRIO LODGE, NO. 81. A r. & A M
"a Meets in stated communication
" ~ on the first Thursday of eaci
Nh month. A. w. Gillespie, w. NJ.
" William b. Petit, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL, NO. 20, r. &
$. M.-Meets in stated communica-
tIon on the third Wednesday of each
month. ri. NJ. Briggs, T. l. NJ; L. c.
Daugherty, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COMMANDERY NO. IS,
K. T.-Meets in stated conclave on
the second Monday Of each month.
H A. ]. Mcdonald, e. c.; r. G. Willer-
ton, recorder.
ROCK ISLAND CHAPTER, NO. 269, o.
e S.-Regular meeting second We'd
nesday of each month. Helena War
necke, w. NJ; Vashta Bollman. secre-
tary-
MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROL.-H
D. Mack, president; Il L. Myers. secTe-
tary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

St Louis. Spring
field. GalcsburR,
Peoria. Quincy 6:45 am 1:l5 an
ana Chicago. = Gas am 1915 an
St. Louis. Kansas
city. Denver and
Pacific coast. Is 1870 pm G:lb pr
Sterling and points
intermediate ... 700 pm b:50 pu
Dubuque. Clinton,
La Crosse. st.
Paul. Mimi, and
northwest. 1:3o pm b:8O ar
Clinton, Dubuque. 1l:2J am ODD pf
Clinton and inter
mediate points. j -" am b:5J pr
Galesburg. Quin-
cY. Burlington,
B'rdstOwB. PEORIA 2:45 pm lt2O am
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
ART DECORATION
FUEL.

EMPIRE COAL & COKE COMPANY-
Wholesale and retail dealers in BIZ
luminous and anthracite coal. Prompt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDBRs.

GUSTAV BLANK ENBURG-An kinds
of contracting, building and jobbing;
Workmanship guaranteed: estimates
furnished. Residence, SIT Twenty
ninth street. Phone 59SS.
JOHN VOLK & CO.-Contractors and
builders. Also manufacturers OF sash.
doors, blinds and mouldings. Dealers
in plate window and art glass. Of
fices and factory. 81 to 229 Efgh-
teenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


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FOR RENT-Office rooms in the Ire
mann building.
FOR RENT-A blacksmith shop in MI
Ian; good location. Inquire OF Mrs
TengeS, Milan.
FOR RENT-Desk room, for any pur-
pose except fire insurance, in w. Z.
Mauckers new office in Rock Island
house.
FOR RENT - A store building, 22k by
$50 feet; heat furnished; located on
Third avenue between eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets. Inquire of
Blake * Murphy, 1912 Third avenue.
FOR RENT-A store room, 20-foot front
by 90 feet deep; steel ceiling; has
steam heat and other conveniences:
in tho Maucker building, corner
street. Also, frame store room in
South Rock Island, fitted up for a
butcher shop. Inquire of w. {.
Maucker, office 80 West Seventeenth
street, in Rock Island house building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
1t Will
Pay You

To Investigate this if you want to own
Il farm in Texas.
The state is now offering public lands
at from 5 to 81 per acre Oue-fOrticth
cash Balance in 10 annual payments
at per cent interest. There is some of
this land i'll most every county in the
state. and also have a large list of
decided lands at from SO To $50 per acre.
Excursion rates on the first and third
Tuesdays of every month. Fare. $23
state with liberal stOp-over privileges.
We are selling real estate of all kinds
in all parts of the city.
If You have property to sell list it
with US. If you want to buy property
of any kind. call on us and see what we
have to offer.
Ward 6 Downs
I721k Second Ave-, Rock Island.
Old phone west 81. New phone 1862
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

VILLA DE CHANTAL-A home school
conducted for girls by. the Sisters of
the Visitation. documentary and
higher branches and all polite ac-
complishments taught. Twentieth
street and Fifteenth avenue. ROCK
Island. Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

AUDITOR AND ACCOUNTANT.
:. A. MAST-Public auditor and &C
-suntant- Davenport Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
ARCHITECTS.

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LEONARD DRACK-Architect and SUI
perindendent Skinner block, second
floor. Office hours. 10 to IL - M. to
s:3e D. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

Clinton. Dubu.ue,
st. Paul. Mil
waukee Chicago. . 700 am S:55 pm
Is. W. Limited) s;42 am 1926 pm
Muscatine, WASH
ington, Kansas
city IS. w. Linz
ited) ........... 1888 pm s:fZ am
MuSCatine. WASH
Cify..,......... $40 am 1895 pm
Eigin. Chicago. e. 1875 pm $40 am
Dubuque. ........' $3.50 pm '11:5O am
Clinton. Cedar
Freeport ......... IL BIAS pml '11:4O am
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

H t TOHER q CO.-Brokers, Daven-
port stocks, grains, provision, cot
ton. Private wire to New York and
Chicago. Offices, 109 Main street. Tel
ephone 407.
GEORGE II. SIDWELL & Cocoon
mission merchants. Grain, hay and
provisions Members of the Chicago
board of trade and Chicago stock eX-
change. Established % years. No.
542 and 543 Rialto building Long dis
lance phone Harrison 1865.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
EDUCATIONAL.

AUGUSTANA LLEGE-Business de-
partment- A thorough business train
ing given for entry into commercial
life. Terms reasonable. Apply at
Augustana college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
EXPRESS. STORAGE, BUS AND CAB

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ROBES TRANSFER COMPANY-12O
West Seventeenth street Old phone
1887; new phone 515S. New storage
building. Express, baggage, bus ana
cab calls answered day or night.
RELIABLE STORAGE-On first floor;
also manufacturer OF awnings, tents
wagon covers, etc. Tents for rent
3. Roessler & Co, 209 Fifteenth
street, opposite the court house, ROCK
Island.
EWERT & RICHTER-Express and
Storage company, having unequaled
facilities for moving. storing, packing
and shipping household goods, ana
can quote reduced freight rates to
Pacific coast and other points. Write
or call. Office and warehouse, S2z-
326 East Fourth street. Davenport
Iowa. Telephone 59S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
CLAIRVOYANT.

NINE. ZELDA'S last week-Palm. %
cents; cards, 81 cents: fun reading
palm and caTd), 30 cents: gives ad-
vice in business, tells if one you love
is true and how to gain your heart :
desire: I112 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
FOR sALE-CIrY PROPERTY.


FOR SALE-Lot 40x15O feet. CENTRAL,
located, on paved street. For partic.
ulars address Box 267, city.
FOR SALE = 100 feet ground. facine
Twentieth street 90 feet deep, corner
lot north of Sixth avenue. H. X
| Walker
FOR SALE-A five-room cottage just
being completed; Will sell very cheap:
small sum down and payments to
suit purchaser. Address A. care
| Argus.
FOR SALE Acre and town lots just
outside of city limits on bluff near
ments. inquire of John T. campbell
| 1929 Seventeenth street. Phone 1922
| West.
FOR SALE-.Cheap. nice level lots, Ask
l25 feet, facing Long View street car
Eighteenth avenue. Also will sell or
trade, adjoining the above. new sew
en-room house, with nearly one acre
OF ground. Inquire on premises, 1915
Twenty-sixth street. No city taxes.
THE two-story brick store building,
situated at Isl! Second avenue now
This is a good investment.
FOR SALE-To close estate. the beau
tiful home No. 1872 Seventeenth street;
eight rooms; fine location; best of re-
pair Call and examine.
FOUR acres. with house, situated on
corner Twelfth street and Cemetery
road. in South Rock Island: fine place
for gardening, florist, or poultry rails |
ing. The heirs DESTROYS of SELL !
Ing these properties as soon as posi- |
Bile. For further information, apply |
TO ID. r krell. 513 Eleventh street.
FOR SALE-lnvestors or anyone who |
desires d home should call on me, as |
have some good propositions to |
offer, namely. two fine lots in High |
land Park addition, a very desirable
double house, centrally located also |
four cottages with five and seven
rooms each, ranging in price from
$1,000 to $1,000, all nearly new; will !
sell for one-half cash. b dance on
long time at per cent interest. w.
G. Maucker, rear Rock Island house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
wANTED-srALE HELP.

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WANTED-Bell boys at the Harper
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
FOR RENT-ROOws.


FOR RENT-Unfurnished rooms at 2516
| Fifth-and- a-half avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
INSURANCE..


INSURANCE on dwellings and house
hold furniture speciality. G. r.
Chamberlin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROL.-H
d. Mack, president: Il L. Myers. secTe
a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

not fathom his identity. I would at least segregate myself from knot Of distinguished scholars with which 1t was a genuine embarrassment to be thrown.
 Madame Svorza. the guest and attrac- tion of the evening was formally ush- cred in by Professor Crookes, swith every demonstration of honor and re- spect. I knew something of palmistry, of astrology--- a smattering Of necromancy, had even studied Her mann, but had no conception of how he caused boas and mantillas to appear and disappear at will, to be found at a later period In locked safes or on the apex of St. Paul's. As little did un. derstand how blindfoId he could read letters, and at a distance cry tho number of the watch of a passing ped- Astrain. These were sphynx riddles to me---so, wrapped in cloak of de- licious expectation, l eagerly waited the forthcoming feats of Madame Svorza
 I haa not long to wait. Rays from I know not where suddenly condensed overhead Into a fulgent star. The plain tive tinkle of a bell resounded In the distance From the inner recesses of damask portiers sprang a being-- -god- dess shall l say?-for she seemed to descend upon us from another sphere. EnveIoped In festoons of rustdling silk surmounted by coils of ebon hair, save where starry glints of diamonds skim mered through, she blazed, she shoue, she glittered 4 dais had been im> provised at one extremity of the hall, a regal divan in place, and after smile that enraptured, salaam that raYished and a wave of bejewelled and divine hand, that flung aside the last vestage of canting criticism, she walk ed to her seat No, that language is too poor--ambulavit ad cathedram. de- voured her face, her eyes, her hyacip- thine ringlets which seemed charged with electric mystery. A little midget sat by her slde--how she came there ! never knew. The tiny elf or flibber- ty-gibbet cIouched on hassock at her mothers knee, 1.-the, attenuated, de- muFe.
 with a sublime flourish Madame
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
A MEMORABLE STANCE -:- Weird Story of the Occult Science With an Unusual Expose
 CredhRc
MHwRE mama mamMmmnnmWmHmnmuw "a
By Warfield Creath Richardson.

habitable globe in the whole cosmos pr. Parallax rebutted this theory by mildly asserting. that "A single mqle- eule of chalk with It's atoms of colcium. oxygen and carbon. made up of millions of ions and these again of su-ions, and so on ad infinitum. Many be a vast uni- verse, with center and planets and satellites. containing verterbrates quite as intelligent as pr. Wallace himself, but too minute ever to be reached by his microscope"
 looked around for Lord Kelvin, but to my regret he did not appear, MT. Raincastle, the eminent meteoroiogist, came late. He spoke Incidentally of the weather. and said that if it rained on St. Smithin's Day, it would probably rain for an entire month. He explained that the new moon gathered moisture. while the full moon dissipated it. and proceeding gradually from fog to driz- gle and from drizzle to downpour, ne described cloudburst In such graphic terms, that Dr. John actually put on his mackintosh and Professor Pastle- burgher groped around for his umbrel. la
 Dr. Paraliax the astronomer, in a few cursory remarks of half hours dura- tion, swept the entire horizon, and In passing dropped a remark that to me at least was unintelligible, viz: that OHf CatelnSS HA0 4MOknEF sue ku&N AA& one turned to us, dark side as well as a bright side. far side aa we'll as a near side" As no one present had ever seen the far side, the statement was very properly received with sniff Of distrust. Prof Paraliax went on further to assert, that the far side more eer. tainly existed than, the near side" cries of hear. heari1 "for whereas we were assured of the latter only by the senses, which are necessarily failibIe. we divine the far side by the reason. much the most godlike of our facul. ties" Grave head shakings followed the announcement of thls aietum. which indeed weli-nigh broke up the harmony of the meeting
 Somewhat apart in a -dsky aleove sat a taciturn individual of sombre port and trestiful visage His grim and sour features were familiar. but try as might, could not place him. One facetious savant whispered to me, that he was Junius Another insinuated that he was the Man in the Iron Mask or Bounivard, the Prisoner of Chiffon. Disdaining such levity in a coterle of renowned scholars, I appeared to my host and klnsman, Prof. Crookes, who seriously informed me that 1t was no less a person than the redoubtable Sir Lock Homes. Supposing that he too, was quizzing me. yet abruptly arose, and quietly taking a seat near the mysterious stranger. resolved If could
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

make full and immediate restitution. What gives character to a man? Sand in his g--stomach. What gives vitality? The solar plexus abides there, Land a blow on the stomach, the liver ceases to live and the lights go out immed- lately. When you have a difficult problem to solve. you say, cannot digest it. If you disapprove of thing you say, I cannot stomach 1t. On the green grass we repose on our stomach to read to write. to reflect, when you have a speech to make. When you are asked to respond to 0 toast and are spouting like an inspired geyser. what more natural or indeed more graceful pose, than to let your arms recline on that soft pollow known as the stomach? The mind, the will, the life, the character -all are located in the stomach. CRah-rah. ow-ow. kee-owD and even these bursts of laughter, with which you greet me. are only the joy ous reverberations of that noble and tubliant abdominal cavity"
 Poars of applause followed this speech and the body adjourned to the hall amid gusts of merrlment. All but Professor Postleburgher, who seemed to have lost something and was looking for it under the table, Sir John blandly remarked, that a prejudice to the contrary he was compelled to think that twice two was tlVe, ana Df. Parhl- lax averred that. looking at 1t dtspas sionately, seven was not enough, for he saw distinctly seventy and seven coIors in the Solar Spectrum A com mlttee was appointed to hunt up Prof. Postleburgher and the seance proceed ed.
 The Madame announced that she would conclude the evenings enter tainment by an exhibition of the won derful feats of Planchette. Tess ap- peaied to. deliberately produced from a blue velvet case heart-shaped disc of wood mounted on castors with a pencil fixed in its forward end Svorza grasped the instrument with a con fidence inspired by long practice, roll ing it back and forth. on a taboret In front of her, finishing off with lateral flourishss as if to arouse it's latent z @@iutfs-