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TlrtB A f. jptrgy ATi, JANUAUY 30, 1900. LEGAL fflEEBKS, Are Instituted at Springfield for the Possession of a Little Girl. BHE WAS KIDNAPED BY THE FATHER And Afterward He.slorod to Her by a Writ of Mnlx-nn Chl- wijro Must Siifrcr tho J'cimlUos of the According to Decision ot tlic Supreme Mnrrliigo of Knllroml Mnti. Springfield, Otto Bnnninnn, of Dnyton, niTlvud In Springfield hist evening nnd instituted proceedings I'or a writ ol' habens corpus foi 1 Hie possession of! Gertrude Allsup, nged '2 years, who lie says was kidnaped by her mother, Carrie Allsup, from the baby's grandmother, Mrs.

Katherlne Allsup, of Cincinnati, O. The child's father, Frederick Allsup, is in the employ of the National Cash Register company, at Dnyton. He sc- eui'ocl a divorce from his wife, but fho court, according to Mrs. Allsiip's statement, "gave I he child to her mother. Allsup, Airs.

Allsup alleges, kidnaped the child and gave her to his mother wife regained possession of her ou a writ of habeas corpus. While the case was pending on an appeal, Allsup came to Springfield with the baby. The sheriff took possession of the child last night. Hankers Must Go to Jail, Springlield, cases of Edward S. Dreyer and Ills partner, Kobert 10.

Kerger, were decided by the court In Washington yesterday. The appeal is denied and the bankers will have to suffer the penalties of tho law. The court: refuses to declare unconstitutional tho bank act under which the Meadowcroft brothers were convicted, and upholds the decision of the supreme court of Iliiiois tlmt the law is constitutional. Anti-l'ri'iik Upheld. Chicago, Jan.

clause of the anti-freak law passed iu 1800 which prohibits the public exhibition of persons wlio Lave become conspicuous through some criminal act is sustained by Judge Gibbons in a. decision entered yesterday. The same decision declares unconstitutional and void the clause fthc statute prohibiting the exhibition of persons whose deformity is such as to attract public curiosity. Tho decision is considered to be of far- reaching importance, and has been awaited with interest by public officials interested in the suppression of crime and by showman all over the state, who saw in the enforcement of the law the collapse of their business. The ruling of the court was made in the habeas corpus proceedings brought for the release of George Middlelon, who was aresrted a few days after the act went into effect for permitting the exhibition at his museum of Barney Nelson, a colored boy who, though bereft of hands, had acquired skill in sketching portraits with pen and pencil held between- his toes.

HVMKN AC'TS Married AV'ltliln Three Hours After Meeting Knelt Other. Chicago, P.O.—Andrew Brock, a railroad conductor of arrived in Chicago nt 7 o'clock Saturday night and left at 11. Delayed by ii freight wreck ho had no time to attend to the real business that had brought him to Chicago. As the four hours had to be killed in some way Brock spent them in courting Miss Anna Brown, of Ashland avenue, on the west side. getting Tho courtship proceeded at the rate of a mile a minute, and the block system was used, declaration following declaration, without collision.

At 9 o'clock Brock's train of thought arrived at Promisevillo. At 10, with Miss Brown's consent as a trailer, it pulled into the siding of a justice court. At 11 it. ran into the Union station, and 1lie wedded pair left for Blissvillo, Mo. Freight wrecks are not unmitigated HONOB FOE A WISCONSIN MAN.

I'rofeiwof Wood, of flip Stftto to Address Orent Scionlints. Madison, Jan. R. W. Wood, of the sfato university, who has distinguished himself In the world of science by several important tUscoverios, left Madison yesterday on a journey to England, whither ho goes upon the invitation of prominent scientific men.

The compliment which has been paid Professor Wood by this invitation has singled him out for a. great deal of flattering comment at homo and abroad and the university regents have granted him leave of absence with a continuing salary that he may go on his errand nnd bring credit to the Wisconsin Institution. He will be gone about two months, during which time he Avill address two of the world's most prominent, scientific societies, the first being the Society of Arts and Sciences and the other the Physical society, both In London. VIOLATING THE LAW. Every Saloon In Illuming Without LIJKII! Sanction.

Des Moiries, Jan. 30. According to a decision of the supreme court every saloon in the city is running without legal sanction in violation of (lie law. In 1804 a peti- lion of consent was filed and it was thought with the names of per cent. of voters, as required.

The question of the legality of the signatures to the petition was raised by the Anti-Saloon League and evidence was 1 to prove that teas than the required number of voter's names was on the petition. The supreme court holds that the evidence is sufficient to prove the correctness of the league's claims. The saloonkeepers have signified their intention to apply for an injunction to restrain the operation of the decision until another petition can be secured. WILL TO MILWAUKEE. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen (o Lot-ate In the Cream City.

Milwaukee, Jan. Sentinel says: "There is a possibility that the general headquarters of the Brother- Hood of Locomotive Firemen, which now are in Peoria, will be removed 1o this city: also that the biennial convention of lOOli will be held hero. Secretary T. J. Sullivan, of the Citizens' Business League, received a letter from Kdward Henrnthy, secretary ot Guiding Star lodge B.

of L. of this city, asking the league to cooperate with the lodge in having the headquarters of the organization moved to this city. Ilenratliy also wrote that the local officers would do everything in their power to secure the biennial convention to be held in 1002." It is also said that: Grand Master F. P. Sargent favors Milwaukee I'or national headquarters.

President McKlnlcy'a Uirthduy. Washington, Jan. the president arose in the morning he found the breakfast table decorated with his favorite flowers and an immense basket of beautiful roses, from the conservatory adorned his desk. These kind remembrances served as tin early reminder that the day was the 57th anniversary of his birthday, he having been born at Niles, Jail. 29, 1843.

Very few persons knew that it- was the president's birthday, although the officials about the White House were aware of it, because for tho lust fow days he has received many congratulatory messages anticipatory of the event. Shot by nn Man. Holdon. Jan. Jackson, a detective for tho Missouri.

Kansas and Texas railway from Scdalia, was shot; through the head by an unknown man here parly yesterday morning. I'helps' Condition UncliiinKCtd. Now Haven, Jan. condition of E. J.

I'helps, ox-minister to lOngland. who is ill at his homo here with pneumonia, is nnchangod. lie passed a fairly comfortable THE MARKETS. REVISED VERSION A DRUG. flookaellArl Are Still Ororstooked Coplftftof thn Nawnftt Those who remember the enormous sales which attended the Introduction of the revised version of the holy scriptures will be not a IHtle surprised at the general collapse which has gradually made this publication a drug In the market.

Over sixteen years ago the first edition of the revised New Testament was published at the Oxford Press, and at that time so strenuous were the made to obtain advance sheets of it, that one house alone offered £5,000 for a single copy without success. When the revised version of the entire Bible was published, four years later, the run on the Oxford University Press warehouse was unprecedented, upward of 1,000,000 copies being Issued between cms midnight and the next midday. At the New York branch of the Oxford Press, In Bleecher street, the office was besieged the night before publication, and special detectives were placed around the building to prevent overeager purchasers from obtaining copies, even by depositing their money. It is estimated that 1,000,000 copies were sold in this country during the first three weeks after the publication. Such a sale has never before been known, and several American firms, including Harper D.

Apleton Dodd, Mead and Porter Coates of Philadelphia, issued American editions in large quantities to meet the demand. The collapse was experienced less than two months after the first ap- peirance of the new version. The to- tnl IOFS to the American firms interested has been variously estimated to be $500,000 and $600,000. From that date until now the sales have been small, less than eight copies sold to 100 of'the King James version. As a text book it is considered almost invaluable, and is used extensively by clergymen of all denominations and in many Sunday schools.

superiority in technical accuracy is everywhere recognized. Its lack of popularity in public worship seems to grow out of a loss of sentiment, which is found to so large a degree in the authorized version. One of the passages which has evoked the most unfavorable comment is the translation of the Lord's prayer, which in Matthew 9-14, is made to read as follows: "Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, BO on earth.

Giv0 us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." The substitution of "the evil "evil" brought forth a flood of criticism. Another passage which has attracted attention is the translation of "Gloria in Excelsis." Instead of "Glory be to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men," the revised version has it: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace among men in whom he is well pleased." These two passages, perhaps, alone have decided the fate of the new version as a book "appointed to be read in York Times. ftAMONA'S FIGHTING PARSON.

He Able to His tJtternneef With His fitt. Rev, Stanley Wilson, of Ramona, is perhaps the 'only clergyman in the country who has the record ol preaching a sermon and thrashing a bully all In the same Sunday forenoon. Mr. Wilson is an athletic young man. being considered the best boxer in the mountain region of his county, and, in addition to riding the circuit embracing the various hamlets in the hills, is editor of the Ramona Sentinel.

He preached the other morning In the little Baptist Church that stands among the pines the hills back of Julian. After his sermon Mr. Wilson was acc 4 osted on the streets by Dave Putnam, a bully, who has been in many scrapes who demanded a retraction of a certain Item that lately appeared in the Ramona Sentinel reflecting on. himself. "Did you write that article about me?" asked Putnam.

"I am responsible for it if I did not write it," replied the preacher. "Well, if you are responsible for It, take that," said Putnam, striking at the eloquent young parson. The blow failed to land. The parson sailed Into the miner and they clinched. Then the dust of the streets arose in a cloud.

The miners gathered around and cheered the parson to the echo. Within five minutes Putnam' was knocked out and the preacher was calmly dusting off his plug hat. Even before this occurrence Mr. Wilson did not lack popularity, but since then his stock has gone up a hundredfold. Putnam has been laughed out of the aid.

Tlmes-Her- Tho wort-ins of a wnrtk nnd sick motlior am only hORtm with they birth of her child. By day nor work Is constnntly interrupted, and nt nifflit nor rest is broken by tho wnilintr of the perish, puny infant. Hr. Ptoreo's Favorite Proscription mnkes wetik women strong and women well. It liRhtons all tho burdens of maternity.

to mothers strength nnd vigor, which they impart to tboir children. In over thirty yonrs of practice Dr. Pierce nnd hia associate stntt of nearly score of pbysieinns have fronted nnd cnrnd more tlian half million sntTering women, hick womon are invited to consult Dr. by letter free of charge. All correspondence is strictly private.

Address R. V. Pierce, Hotel nnd Surgical Institute, HulTalo, Y. The town of Kos, iho capital of tho small Turkish island of that name lying off the coast of Asia Minor, possesses the oldest tree In the world. Under Its shade Hippocrates inculcated his disciples in his methods and views concerning tho healing art 2,000 years ago.

YOI I 1 the best remedy for all diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs. Dealers are authorized to gaurantee it to give satisfaction iu all cases. 25c. H. J.

Moogk, W. F. Jungkunz Co. To rapidly decrease tho area of a canoe sail a new reefing device bus a light brace sot in the sail- parallel to tho boom, the hitter being suspended in brackets which nllow it to be revolved by pulling cdrd. thus winding up the sail and drawing it down on the mast.

Foley's Honey and Tar is abolutely A POSTMAN ON STILTa Mining Itooiu For 1'aiia. Pann. It. is reliably stated that the representatives of the syndicate that has gained possession of the local mines contemplate putting in coke works here. They claim that they have perfected a process whereby coke can lie made from bituminous coal at hull' the cost of the anthraciiet, find flint the plant, employ hundreds of men.

Ii is said that the mines, which are now working less than half time, will be operated to their fullest capacity. There is great rejoicing the over Hie new deal. Sllddon Dentil of Mowrn. Chicago, Jan. Miss Anna Maude, Bowen, dean of the Northwestern university.

died suddenly in her rooms In Woman's hall. Miss Annie W. IVit- terson, matron of Woman's hall, found Miss Bowen on the floor of her room unconscious. Physicians were called, but Miss Bowen died shortly before 1-' o'clock. Congestion of the' lungs' a ml fatly degeneration of the heart were given as the cause of death.

Only in the World. JOflinghnm. Jan. Lewis P. Bissell.

president, of- tho Illinois College of Photography, with the faculty, has closed a deal for a building. This school being the only institution of its kind on the globe, students will attend from all sections, and is to be conducted on Dr. Sheldon's place. Sentenced tor Contempt of Court. Chicago, Declaring that lie would be doing injustice by not preventing interference with workmen.

Judge Iloldom yesterday sentenced Herman (May. one of the I'nited Metal ongnjred in ti recent strike it i he factory of Winslow to sixty days in the county jail. Charged with Criminal Lihal. Jan. Jeorjje W.

Hin- njui, editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean, TOIS placed on trial before Judge Stem, charged with criminal lUel of II. H. Kohlsaat, publisher of th? Chicago Times-Herald and the Chicago Evening Post. The trade union deposits in the Savings bank, of England, amounted lust year to $3,500,000. Chicago (irnin and Produce.

Chicago, Jan. 20. Folowing- were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Open. High. Low.

Close. January .6714 May July .69 January .31 .31 .30 7 .31 May July January May a July 22U January in.5."i May July Lard- January May July Short ribs- January May July Produce: 24c per 11); 10.90 ,10.95 10.9J 10.67 1 10. 10.77% lO.SJiV 6.02% 6.10 6.05 6.12% n.92V» 15.00 5.80 5.92% 6.02% 5.75 5.SO a.K-'Ms 5.82V- ii.70 5.80 5.82% 5.7?Vj creamery, extra dairy. piickirifr stock, IGc. stock, per doz.

Dressed choice, per Hi; fair to good, chit-kens, springs, 8c; ducks. SM-c; Keese. to choice, Sweet per hrl. 3.25 per brl. and bugle, Chicago Uvo Stock.

receipts for the day, 32.000. Sales ranged at for pigs, for light. for nigh packing, for mixed and for heavy packing- and shiping lots. receipts for the lay, 15.000. Quotations ranged at for choice to extra steers.

5.90 for good to choice for fair to good common to medium butchers' steers. fed western steers, feeding steers. cows, 4.85 heifers, bulls and oxen, stags, Texas steers, and veal calves. receipts for the day, IS.000. Quotaions ranged at $3.75 westerns, natives, $5.00 western lambs, and native lambs.

Milwaukee Grain. Milwaukee, Jan. 29. No. 1 northern, 67Vj No.

2 northern, 63 1 Rye No. 1, No. 2, 46c; sample. No. 2 white, THISTOWN ISA COMMONWEALTH.

A New Colony at Ruskln, which Ituns Smoothly. Mr. Klamroth, an advocate of social- Ism reform, a resident of Ruskin, a small town near Nashville, that is conducted on the co-operative commonwealth system, in an interview gives some very interesting facts about the new colony. Ruskin is situated on the Nashville, Chattanooga St. Louis Railroad, fifty miles west of Nashville.

It was incorporated three years ago last August by thirty people. Its inhabitants now number 225 persons. The original incorporators of the town subscribed enough money to purchase half the land that is now the site of the town. The other half was donated to them by people interested in the enterprise and anxious to see the commonwealth succeed. This co-operative commonwealth colony now owns 1,005 acres of excellent ground and the 'stores, the farm land and the mills are all conducted on the co-operative plan.

Nearly every family owns its own house, but every resident in the place eats at the same dining table. In the morning the rising bell rings at 5:30 o'clock and all the members of the colony have to conform to a set of regulations which prescribe that all shall rise at this hour. At 6:10 o'clock the breakfast bell is rung and all the families of the village gather in the dining room. The table is waited on by schoolgirls, who also wash the dlshee. At 7 o'clock another bell is rung that is the signal to begin work for the day.

None of the men or women members of the colony are laggards or drones and as soon -as this bell is sounded they at betake themselves to the work that haa bean Chronicle. Getting About Ma tip Kaster In "fancies" of France. Between Bordeaux and Bayonne lies that stretch of open country known aa the "Landes." A great part of this tract, which was formerly waste has been now partially reclaimed and planted with pine trees, which are cultivated for the sake of the resin that is extracted from them. -The rest of it, however, remains wild and covered with gorse and broom. The villages and groups of dwellings in the "Landes" are very scattered, and in order to traverse the wide extent of the plains with ease the use stilts, according to "The London Graphic," which are tied to their' legs.

Mounted on these the shepherds watch their flocks in the brushwood, and can cross pools, marshes and peats without difficulty. They carry -with them a long pole, which serves as a support when resting. The postmen, too, employ this'means of getting about. In winter time, when the "Landes" are covered with snow, getting about on stilts is, of course, difficult, and in order to obviate the inconvenience and to enable him to get over the ground without loss of time the postman has lately fitted to his stilts a' kind of thin wooden skate, which enables him to When you can not sleep for cough- ngtakeChamberlainsCoughReniedy. It always gives prompt relief.

It is excellent for colds, too, as it aids expectoration, relieves the luuga tyid prevents any tendency toward pneumonia. For sale by Etnmert Burrell, Druggists. A 'largo number of men whoso services hnd boon refused by tho English war otlico wont to Natal at their own expense nud attached themselves to tho Imperial Light horse, or any other reg- accp.pt thorn. G. H.

Appleton, Justice of Peace, Clarksburg, N. says, "DeWitt's Little Early Risers are best pills made for constipation, We use no others." Quickly cure all liver and bowel troubles. H. J. Moogk.

"Opener and closer" is a new feminine vocation. She is sent for when a family departs from home temporarily, putting things to rights and repeating the operation before the return. Cheap Rates South. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month, up to and including October, the Southern Railway offers to homeseekers and settlers the advantages of cheap one way and round trip tickets to practically all points in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama. Georgia, North Caroline, South Carolina, Virginia and Ploriiia.

Homeseekers' tickets will be sold al the rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip, tickets good twenty-one days from date of sale in which to return. The Southeastern'territory off era to the prospector and settler more advantages than any other part of the United States, and the Southern Railway has arranged for the sale of tickets on the dates mentioned above at low enough rates to enable any one to go South and investigate the opportunities offered in that territory. For illusi rated matter, rates and further pa nculars, address, WIK tl TAYLOE, A. G. P.

Louisville, Ky J. C. BEAM, N. W. P.

80 Adams Chicago, Ills. 6-8dwtf PEOPLE'S morning- of lO canu; ona lino, for Deaconess ply at this FOR SALE. TTIOR SALE OR RENT-Hoiiae, bath ancf JP lots Bead's add. Inqulrd at laundry, 41 S. Galena Ave.

1-SdU TjtOR SALE-Property on St. A. Hoover. OKSALK OR RENT-32 acres of land, Jfc. qniro of corner A dams and chnnse streets.

OR class second hand Smttfc Premior type writer. this cffiefc 1-Hdlw OR S.YLE-Hotise and lot, -with lot. nt a bargain if taken at onde. J. IV Wheat, at Walton's store.

OR farm located section Jit Florence township, ISOacres, Also 11 acres of good timber in section TraMt easy. 1- or particulars inquire on tho fattfl of At tin North Ualena avenue. Freeport. 111. Ellis.

MWtwtf tag Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and structlng the exhausted digestive organs. It is the latest discovered digest- ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It instantly relieves and permanently cures walk on the sinking in.

top of the snow without Lewis Dennis, Salem, says, "Kodol Dyspepsia Cure did me more good than anything I ever took." It digests what you eat and can not help but cure dyspepsia and troubles. H. J. Moogk. stomach case of one cereal, rice, the United States produces only about half the auiouut Its population consumes.

Of all tho others this country produces an enormous surplus for export. yspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, latulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gustralgia.Cramps and all other results of imperfect digestion. Price 50c. and 11. Large size contains 2H times small size.

Bookallaboutdyspopslamalled free Prepared by E. C. DeWITT A Chicago. H. J.

MOOGK. OR to lettle Qp the the heirs of C. A. Sheets, OL sale the following property, situated la port and vicinity: A well cultivated and proved stock farm of 240 acres, 2M miles wwt ol court house; a 40 foot lot, fronting on son street running through to Exchange, tween court house and city hall; also residence property in different parts of the eltji inquire of or address R. 7-14 dittf TO RENT.

RENT-Seven room house, No. 227 Bnren street, between Galena and streets. Inquire at Electric light office. of 8 rooms, 18S All modern improvements. Hot and coid water.

Laundry in basement. Jacob Hart l-23dtf Mund meat market at Ridott, 111. Terms reasonable. l-26dlw ANNOUNCEMENTS ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.

MISTOOK HIM FOR A KING. In the German Court the Hlghrtit in Rank on Right. A famous naval architect was the guest of a prince of the German imperial family, and, when out walking with his host, observed that the side of the path he occupied was smoother and easier than that upon which latter was walking. Thinking it to be only ordinary politeness, he changed from the left to the right side. Then he noticed that the notables whom they met saluted the prince with profound respect, but stared at him as if they were very much surprised and wondered who he was.

In a short time the prince said: Did you observe that after you changed to my right side the people whom we met looked at you in great surprise?" "Yes," was the architect's reply; and then he explained why he had changed his position. "Ah, yes! just so!" laughed the prince. "Well, I will explain why they looked so intently at you. It is a rule of the German court that the person of the highest rank shall occupy the right-hand side. All the people whom we met knew me, but when they saw you on my right-hand, they supposed you to be a king, and wondered who you could be." The guest promptly got back to the left and Ends.

F. B. Thirkield, Health Inspector, of Chicago, Dyspepsia Cure cannot be recommended too highly. It cured me of severe dyspepsia." It digests what you eat and cures indigestion, heartburn and all forms of dyspepsia. H.

J. Moogk. Winter in the South. The season approaches wheu one's thoughts turn toward a place where the inconveniences of a northern winter may be escaped. No section of this country offers such ideal spots as the gulf coast on the line of the Louisville Nashville railroad between Mobile New Orleans.

It possesses a mild climate, pure air, even temperature and facilities for hunting and fishing enjoyed by no other section. Accommodations for visitors are first- class, and can be secured at moderate prices. The L. N. R.

R. is the only line by which it can be reached in through cars from northern cities. Through cars scheduled to points all in Florida by this line are also perfect. Write for folders, to J. K.

Ridgely, W. P. Chicago. 114dtf SOMETHING NEW! NEW FIRST-CLASS LINE CHICAGO-OMAHA Over new tracks recently built from Tara, in connection with tho Central's through western lino from Chicago. Through Daily Service TO BE INAUGURATED JANUARY 28TH, 1900, FROM CHICAGO, JANUARY 20TH "THE LIMITED' Lv.

Chicago 5:15 p. m. Ar. Omaha 8:15 Lv. Omaha 7:35 p.

m. Ar, Chicago 10:20 a. m. A fast wide-vestibuled train making principal stops only and with new equipment throughout, consisting of, buttet-library-smoking car. Pullman sleeping car, free reclining chair cur, dining car, "THE EXPRESS" Lv, Chicago Lv.

Omaha 12:10 p. m. Ar. Chicago 4:05 p. m.

7:00 a.m. A Fast Vestibule Train, doing more or less local work. Included in its equipment is a through sleeping car between Chicago and Omaha, and dining car service ourouto. NEW SHOET LINE Omaha-Minneapolis and St, Paul. Illinois Central between Omaha and Fort Dodge in connection with the Minneapolis and St.

Louis between Fort Dodge and Minneapolis and St. Paul, also to be inaugurated January 2Sth, 1900. Lv, Omaha Lv. St. Panl 7:83 p.

in. 8:00 p.m. "THK Ar. Minneapolis Lv.Minneapolis 7:30 a.m. 8:30 p.

in. Ar. St. Paul Ar. Oman a 8:00 a.

m. 8:15 a. m. A fast vestibuled uisht train, daily, carrying through Pullman sleeping cars and coaches. "THE Lv.

Omaha 7:00 a. m. Ar. Minneapolis 7:00 p. m.

Ar. St. Paul 7:30 p. m. 1)1(1 That Suit Her.

"What I like," she said, "Is a person who Is who says just what he means, without boating around the bush." "Well, then," he replied, "I'll be straightforward. There is something I've wanted to tell you for an hour or "Yes," she urged, seeing that he hesitated, "what is it?" "There is a big black streak down one side of your nose. I guess it's Leader. To live is to have justice, truth, reason, devotion, probity, sincerity, common sense, right and duty welded into the Hugo. All railway tourists are personally A ItHliirull of Seeds.

Some time ago the province of Macerata, in Italy, was the scene of an extraordinary phenomenon, Plalf an hour before sunset an immense number of small blood-colored clouds covered the sky. About an hour later a cyclone storm burst, and immediately the air became filled with myriads of small The seeds fell over town and country, covering the ground to a depth of about half an inch. The next day the whole of the scientists of Macerata were abroad in order to find some explanation. Professor a celebrated Italian naturalist, stated that the seeds were of the genus cercis, commonly called Judas tree, and that they belonged to an order of leguminossae found only in Central Africa or the Antilles. It was found, upon examination, that a great number of the seeds were actually in the first stage of germination.

The C. M. St. Ry. has resumed the Midland Route Tourist Car service between Chicago and San Francisco, which will bo run on the following schedule: Leave Chicago via C.

M. St. P. 10:36 p. Friday, arrive at Omaha 3:55 p.

Saturday; leave Omaha via C. R. I. P. Ry.

at 6:40 p. Saturday, arrive in Colorado Springs 10:45 p. Sunday; leave Colorado Springs via Col. Mid. 11:10 a.

Sunday, arrive Salt Lake via R. Q. W. Ry. at 9:30 m.

Monday; leave Salt Lake via R. G. W. Ry. at 9:05 p.

Monday, arrive at San Francisco via So. Pac. Ry. 9:45 a. m.

Wednesday. Au opportunity is presented to spend a clay at Salt Lake City, enabling the passenger to visit all points of interest in that vicinity. East bound this car leaves SauFrancisco every Saturday at 8 a. arriving in Chi-Mgo JH Wednesday at 8:25 a.m. G.

H. HEAFTORD, G. P. T. A.

Lv. St. Paul 0:00 a. m. 9:30 a.

m. Ar. Omaha 9:40 p. m. The Atlantic Monthly.

IN 1900. Past day train, daily, except Sunday, carry ing through parlor car and coaches. TOUR OP ALL MEXICO via tho Illinois Central under tho auspices of the American Tourist Association, will leave Chicago March Otli, 11)00. Tickets include all oxpetises, Railway, Sleeping and Dining Car Pares, Hotels, Carriages, etc. MARDI GRAS AT NEW ORLEANS occurb this year on February 20th and 27th.

For it excursion rates will be iu ell'ect to New Orleans ou specific dates which your local ticket will bo able to advise you. "Amtrica's mast popular ra. A Footliglit Meteor. you ever played a leading part? was it? led the mule iu an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company News. for two A diamond of the first water is one that has oevvr beeu, iu PERFECT PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN CHICAGO and KANSAS CITY, CHICAGO and ST.

LOUIS, CHICAGO and PEORIA, ST. LOUIS and KANSAS CITY. Through Pullman service between Chicago and HOT SPRINGS, DENVER, CALIFORNIA and ORE60N. If you are contemplating a trip, any portion ol which be made over the Chicago Alton, it will pay you to write to the uuduislgued (or utapk pamphlets, rates, time etc. CHARLTON, xr Ticket CHICAGO, HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS to certain points iu the South ou tho Hues of the Illinois Central ami Yazoo Mississippi Valley Ruilruadd will be twico euch mouth during February, March and ou dalos your local tickot ugt-iitii will bo ably to.adviso, Hammotid, AN IDEAL RESORT.

Tho passenger department of tho Illinois i'eu- trul Kailroati hus just i.ssfted 11 beituti- fulty illustnituil t'ulder that describes in dftail tho itdvuutagt's of llHininoud, Louisiana, us an ideal health and winter resort. Those in any way aflllcted with asthmatic, calarrhul anil bronchial troubles, or who would eujnj tin- winter untlis south at a nominal expenso, ahuuld upply for froo copy by addressing at Dubiujue, Unva, J. F. Merry, A.sst. lion.

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R. PALTFt)RNlA NEW ORLEANS. From C'hiciiKo e'ery Wednesday tuoruiug. I'ersoually conducted. Kuus through to Los Angeles and Sail Krauoisco via Now Orleans iu conuectiou with tho Southern I'uoitic, leaving Chicago uu tho Central's fast "New Orleans couiicctiou also made by this train with daily trains out of New Orleans for the Pacific Coast.

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Mr. Stillman'a career as artist, editor and newspaper correspondent in various foreign countries has brought him into touch with many of the roost striking personages and events of the last fifty year. The early papers of the ser'ea give singularly interesting characterizations of Dr. Nott, tho famous of Union College, of Ruskin, Turner antf other English and American artists, of Kossuth, whom Mr. Still man served aa secret agent, of Emerson, Holmes, Lowell, Agassiz, and other members- of Adirondack Club.

John Fiske. Duringl900 THE ATLANTIC wrll present several papers from Mr. Fiske, among which will DO one upon The AfricanSUnpo Trade in the Fifties, nnd another wpoo The Life and Work ol Huxley. Zitkala.Sa (Red Bird.) ZUIcnla-Sa, a young Indian girl of Sioux Tribe of Dakota Indians, who rocei ved her education In the East, has written Jor the January, February and March numbers three exceedingly interesting papers, entitled I. Impressions of an Indian Childhood.

II. Tho School Days of i Indian QjrJ. III. An Indian Teacher Among Fiction. One of the features Of THE ATLANTIC for 19t 0 will be the publication of a larco uumberof Stories of the first qnality.

Conspicuous among these will be Maud Evelyn, by Henry James. There will also be short stories by Kate Douglas Wiggln.W.D. Howells. barah Orno Jowett, Joel Chandler Harris and many others, Foreign Letters. One of the distinctive features of THB ATLANTIC for 1900 will be the appearance fro at regular inteivals of letters land, France and Germany.

The first letter in the series will be A Review ot England in 1889, by A. Brlmley Johnson. the January ATLANTIC, Recent Social and Industrial Changes in Germany will be commenced in March by W. C. Dreher and Alvun F.

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