A Man

"USacquÑtedwhe oeocraphy of this country, will " V 8EE BY EXAMININO THI8 MAP. THAT THE g-, - - ¦ - - ' LZ"',V 7-- ll lff"wTV?'!''l'O''t "i0" ¦L? iSflf 'oSf' :; J55it'WÓ"'r'nfff l l i No i sj5 ; !( jisjSlCANSASCYVM iuLi.j-"viut-"y-''. cmV?"' ] JffiSjg--" - -" CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY By reason of its central posttion and close relation to all principal Unes East and Weatratinitialand terminal pointa, constituías the most important mid-cont - nental link in tuat systom of through trar;oortation which instes and facilitates travel and trame botween clties of tho AJantic and Pi aciflc Coftsfc a.lt ta also the favorite and best route to and from points East, Northeast ana Southeast, and corresponding points W est, Northwest and Southwest. The Rock Island systam includes in its main line and branches Chica go Joliet Ottawa, La Salle, Peoría, Geneseo, Mohne and Rock Island, in IlUnplb; Davenpoi% Muscatlne Washington, íalrüeld I Ottumwa Oskaïoosa, West Liberty, iówa City, Des Moines, Indianola, Winterse Atlantic, Knoxvil e, Audubön, Harían, Guthrie Centre and Council Bluffs, in Iowa; GallaUn, Trentou, Camoron and Kansas City, In Missouri; Leavenwortb and Atchleon. In Albert Lea, Minneapolts and St. Paul, In Minnesota; Watertown In Dakota aiid hundreds of intermedíate cities, towns, viliages and stations. THE CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE Guáranteos its patrons that sense of personal security afforded by a solid, thorouïhly ballasted road-bed; smooth tracks of continuous steel rai; substantiallv built culverts and bridares; rolling stock as near perfection as human skill can make it; the safety appliances of patent buffers, platforms and air-brakes; and that.exacting discipline which soverns the practical ojperation of ali its trains. Other speciaftiea of this route are Transfers at aft connectln? points in Union Depots, and the unsurpassed comforts and Th Fast Express Trainsbetween Chicago and the Missouri Rlver are oomposed of well ventilated, flnely upholstered Day Coaches l Magmiflcent Pullman Palace Sleepers of the latest design, and sumptuous Dinlnfr Cars, In which elabomtely cooked meals are leisurely eaten, " good Digestión waitingr on Appetite, and Health on both." Between Chicago and Kansas City and Atchlson, are also run the Celebrated Reclining Chalr Cars. THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE Is the direct and favorite line between ChicaffO and Mlnneapolis and St. Paul, where connections are made in Union Depots for all points in the Terntones and British Provinces. Over this route, Fast Express Trains are run to the watering places, summer resorts, picturesque localities, and huntlng and nsnlnp- grouncls of Iowa and Minnosota. It is also the most desirable route to tho rich wheat flelds and pastoral lands of interior Dakota. Still nnother DIRECT LTNE, via Séneca and Kankakee, has been opened between Newport News, Richmond, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Lalayette and Council Bluffs. Kansas City, Minneapolis and 8t. Paul and intermedíate points. For detailed Information see Maps and Folders, obtainable. as well as Tickets, at all principal Ticket Offices In the United States and Canada; or by addresing R. R. CABLE, E. ST. JOHN, President and General M-' auer. Chicaoo. General Ticket and Passenger AQent, Chicago.