THE ALLIANCE HERALD T. J. O'Keefc, PublUher. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. UneaBy, too, Hob Uie hoad Uiat wears a royal fez. Yet no one hears of tho coal barons giving any surpluB millions to educa tion. As Mr. Schwab haB dono nothing startling of Into wo may concludo bo is getting better. Honolulu can now talk to San Fran cIbco every day and all day If Bho hap pens to have tho price. There is food for superstitious minds In tho thought that tho figures In 1903 added together mnho 13. Emperor Francis Josoph will not lot hs premier resign. A good premier is as hard to got as n good hired girl. Somo folks tnink their wholo duty 1b performed whon thoy build a big flro and warm their feet and pity tho poor. A government tnx 1b soon to bo im posed upon soda fountains. Now 1b tho tlmo to hit them while they arc down. One of tho oddities of tho mldwlntor market 1b that a car load of coal costs tho same as a crato of Texas straw berries. Two drunks a year Is all tho new English law will allow to ono person. But how long may a man stay that way each tlmo? Diplomats havo ono great advan tage. They nro seldom discharged. They can generally resign on account of falling health. Dr. Lorcnz should ho permanently uttnehed to tho staff of General Pros perity. Ho can keep tho times from getting out of Joint. Thomas A. Edison ngaln soes the finish of our old friend tho horse, but tho farmers need not give away their oats on that account Charles M. Schwab, It Ib said, Is well again. But ho has wisely con cluded not to resumo earning his ?100, 000 salary boforo March. Andrew Carnoglo's mall may include BOO begging lettors every day, but ho 1b rich enough to employ discreet, tin Impulsive men to rend them. Kentucky now fnecs a whisky fam ine. How insignificant muBt Beom our trivial coal scarcity In tho light of this threatened calamity I At last tho American invasion has intruded upon tho old world In the very center of tho domain of art. The cukewalk has reached Paris. In order to get their portraits In the magazines tho authorities of a large city have only to Indulge In some gorgeous and plcturcsquo rascality. "Whero thero'B smoke, thero must bo fire, remarked tho banker, as ho handed tho clguretto fiend a uotlco of indefinite leave of absenco- without pay. Tho newest thing is tho mercury vapor lamp. It Is said to be bright yet soothing to tho eyes. Its effect on tho pockctbook will bo demonstrated Inter. Before many days tho discovery will bo mado that tho crown princess of Saxony has wonderful dramatic ability, for which sho will demand $1.50 per scat. Germany has organized nn electric trust, to bo known ns tho Union Blaktrlcasts Gescllschnft. That Is a good deal worse than anything wo have In this country. Tho regular weekly report of tho death of tho Mad Mullah has not been received for tho past fortnight. Ho scemB to have been overshadowed by the Venezuelan trouble. Austria and Hungary are out of har mony on the question of government al expenditures. It is to bo hoped that tho quarrel will be carried to Tho Hague rather than to the Austrian leg islature. In commemoration of tho coronation Durbar 16,138 prisoners have been let out of Indian Jails. It Is almost saddening to think of such an army of men suddenly turned out to work for a living. Owing to tho now conditions wo may now read in the morning papers that "Honolulu had a flro yesterday which caused a loss of $100,000." Still, this Is nothing to be especially enthusiastic over. Marconi has made It posslblo to pub lish a daily paper on tho Atlantic liners. This cuts us out of our an nual trip to Europe in our efforts to get away from business for a season. Mary A. Livormoro says she never knew a woman who drank. Mrs. Llv ermore is to bo congratulated on tho character of tho friends she has made. What should a skeptical preacher do? is the latest theological ques tion. Undoubtedly he ought to quit bkeptlclslng or else quit pleaching. !CtC'M-C'6-e(&tJOCCif5ft6Clt&&5'C:0ffftffCtJete MRS. HAROLD STAGG. I L Copyright, 1890 nd 1801 Vy CHAPTER XIV. Eleanor looked radiant and thero was a becoming blush on her cheeks as sho turned to nod farewell over her shoulder. Struthers had closed the front door, apd thoy wore descending tho BtcpB, ns n stylish dog-cart, drawn by a mag nificent looking pair of bays, clattered slowly up tho street. Tho flush on Eleanor'B cheeks bocamo a deep red. With a glanco sho had realized that tho young man who held tho relnB was Owen Pane. Ho waB looking Inquir ingly at tho numbers, and now, as ho drew up boforo tho house, ho recog nized her and sprang down from tho box. "I hopo I am In tlmo to catch you," ho said, ns they shook hands. "Will you do mo the honor of driving with me? I had como to ask you." For an Instant, Eleanor hesitated; then Bho Bald: "I am very sorry, Mr. Pago, but 1 havo promised to walk with Mr. Struthers this afternoon. Wo wore Just starting, In fact, ob you drove up." Tho two men exchanged looks, and there was an awkward pauso, which was broken by hor adding: "Mr. Struthers, thlB 1b Mr. Page, a friend of my aunt's and mine." They bowed. "I regret exceedingly that I Bhould bo so unlucky," said Owen Page, with evident chagrin. "I shall hopo to bo moro fortunato another time." "I beg that you will not allow mo to lntorforo with your pleasure, Miss Baldwin. Wo can walk another day," exclaimed StrutherB, In a tone that was gentle, but almost Bad. Eleanor looked from ono to tho other, and, uncomfortable ns tho sltua- tlon was, could not help being struck by tho contrast In their appearance. Owen Pago woro a perfectly fitting, dnrk drab coat, adorned by a big but tonhole bouquet. Tho standing collar that encased Ills neck, his closely cropped whiskers, and short, pointed, nuburn beard and his tan-colored driv ing gloves were equally trim, and In keoplng with his well-appointed equip ago, tho horses of which were now held by an Irreproachable groom. Be sldo him, Mr. Struthers, In nondescript popper-and-salt, looked commonplaco and sober. Again Bho seemed to hesltato. "I cannot go with you both," Bhe said, with a smile, "and I think an engagement 1b an engagement Mr. Pago, I must ask you to excuse me this afternoon." A moment later, Owen Pago had mounted to his seat, and raising his hat rather gravely, ho drove his pair down tho street. Glancing at Struth ers, Eleanor observed that ho was standing gazing after him with an absorbed air that seemed far from happy. "Aro you ready?" sho asked, gayly, opening her parasol. Sho was conscious, somehow, of ela tion. "Why did you not go with him?" ho asked quietly. "Did you wish mo to go with him?" "I did not wish you to feel bound to go with mo." "You will havo to put up with mo now," sho said, with a smile. "I am afraid you think I am un grateful." Then ho said with marked directness: "It would have been a grievous disappointment to me." Sho made a little curtsey. "Who Is that gentleman, Miss Bald win?" "Mr. Owen Pnge." Then sho added: "I havo seen him quite frequently at my aunt's and elsewhere. Ho Is very rich, I believe, and he owns a yacht and a great many horses, and er Is much Interested in farming." "Oh!" The melancholy In Struthers' tono struck Eleanor. In her reply sho had spoken half Ironically, without exact ly meaning to do so. It had suited her mood, which had become buoyant. And now her companion's mournful ejaculation seemed to her very funny. Why should ho be mournful? What was Owen Page to him or ho to Owen Pago? If she had forsaken him for Mr. Page, there might havo been ground for gloom, but hero he was walking with her as he desired, and yet his humor had changed In a mo ment from cheerfulness to dejection. What was tho reason? She was conscious herself of being In the best of splritB. What a lovely day It was, and how agreeable tho air with its bracing suggestion of au tumn! Sho felt like flying, or, since that was denied her, like talking vol ubly. "Oh, Mr. Struthers! Uncle Phln approves entirely, nnd he thinks that he Knows of a position. In another month I hope to bo hard at work. Wo had Just finished talking about It w hen you came in." At her words, Struthers seemed to start as one awakened from a maze. "1 congratulate you," ho said. "But you do not approve?" "On tho contrary, I do, heartily." "There was so little enthusiasm in your tone that I was doubtful." "Can you expect mo to be enthusi astic that you are going away?" "Trial was very prettily said, Mr. Struthers." "Prettily said? I am not a man to make pretty speeches. Miss Baldwin. I am very much in earnest. 1 " Ho stopped short in his eager dollvory, and, after an instant, L'dded softly: "Excuse me. I havo no right to bore you with my own emotions." "Bore me? You could not do that, I tLInk," Eleanor answered, awed by Robert Donner'a Son. fi his serious tones into soberness on her own part. For somo minutes thoy walked in silence, traversing tho stretch of side walk that lay between them and tho park. When closo to It, ho suddenly turned and said: "Thero is something I wish you to hear, Miss Baldwin. I will wait until we aro where wo can talk freely." Whereupon ho led tho way Into tho park and along tho main avenue. At tho first opportunity ho branched oft Into a sidepath, with which ho ap peared to be familiar. When thoy woro sheltered from probability of interrup tion ho slackened his pace, and snld, pointing to n bench: "Shall wo sit hero?" Eleanor seated herself. Sho had divined from his manner what waB brewing, and sho would fain havo pre vented him from speaking; but It was obvious that ho was determined to havo his say. Ho was standing bo foro her with his hands still clasped behind his back. His face reflected gravo resolution, his eyes were bright with tho stress of excitement. Still tho voice In which he now began was composed, though clear: "A fortnight ago, Miss Baldwin, 1 did not know of your existence; to day thero Is no ono In tho world to ward whom I feel as I feol toward you. 1 am a young man Just starting In life, poor and struggling, without Influence, and dependent solely on my own endeavors in order to make my way. I am well aware that a woman such as you can afford to bo Indlffcr 'cnt to tho love of a man llko me. I remember well that on tho first even ing of our acquaintance an evening vory moment of which is precious to my memory you said that you would make nono but a brilliant match. Moreover, what havo I to offer you excopt poverty? Even If you would, wo could not venture to bo mnrrled, for I have not the means with which to support you. You see I recognlzo tho hopelessness of the situation. And yet I am bold or fatuous enough, whichever you may call It, to tell you of my lovo; to tell you what a bliss ful Influence your presenco and so ciety havo been to mo during theso two short weeks. I told you on that Bamo first evening that I had never been in love. I know now both Its rapture and its anguish. I know, too, how the gall of Jealousy can In an Instant blot happiness from the heart and bleach the glory from the sun shine. You are going away far away, very likely, and In another fortnight I can scarcely hope to bo remembered. Well, you havo my secret ono which I did not Intend lo part with; and the worst of It is, tho telling of it cannot avail mo, as I well understand." As Struthers finished ho seated him self on tho bench beside Eleanor and covered his face with his hands. For a few moments she was silent, then she said: "You may bo suro of ono thing, Mr. Struthers: I shall not easily forget you. This fortnight has been a very pleasant one to me, and largely so be cause of your presence. I am very, very sorry that you feel as you do, and that I cannot help you. I am your friend, but It is not lovo that I feel for you." "I had no Idea that you loved me. No; I havo merely opened my heart to you because I could not help it Still I shall never give up hoping against hope," he added, lifting his tear-dimmed eyes to hers. "You spoko onco of your life-work and asked If I would over give up mine for the sake of a woman. My life-work for the fu ture is to win your love. Only tell me truly before I ceaso to trouble you," ho went on, "that thero Is no ono else whom you love. Thero was something In tho look of that man who came to take you to drive with him that forced the iron into my soul and mado me feel that I had in him n rival. Does be lovo you, too? You cannot deny It, I see." "I do not lovo Mr. Pago. I shall never marry him, even If he asks me." "Thank you for that. And now all thnt remains for me is to make the most of myself, to win a name and fortuno and success, In order to ren der mysolf In somo measure worthy to bo your husband. I shall hope you cannot prevent mo from that; and the day may come whon I shall dare to speak to you again of my love, which tlmo will only make stronger and deeper. I see you shake your head. That will not deter me. Some day I shall win you from yourself." Again Eleanor shook her head sadly. "It Is true," she said, "that I cannot prevent you from hoping against hope, but I warn you that it Is at your peril. Poor Aunt Emma! Sho has done her best to win mo from myself. Why should you hope," she asked, with a sweet smile, "to succeed when she has failed?" CHAPTER XV. Five years had slipped away. Ono autumn afternoon, not long after her return from the seaside, Mrs. Stagg was sitting In her drawing-room bo- side the low table, from which sho had dispensed tea to five o'clock visitors. Thore had been several of these, hut the last had Just gone, and It was lato to expect more. She had taken ad vantage of being alono to fill a cup for herself, from which she was sip ping meditatively. Time had boen for bearing toward hor; sho was compla cently conscious that few women with a daughter nearly old onough to ontor society could boast of so good a flguro aud such a generally youthful effect. But her prcsont reflections concerned neither her appearance nor hor daugh ter. Ab she set down tho empty cup sho gave a long sigh, as a sort of out let for her feelings, nnd glanced at tho clock. Whllo she was saying to herself that it was lato for her hus band, ho entered tho room. "Ah, Cherub! I am behind time. Is tho tea cold?" "I havo only this instant finished mine." When he was comfortably estab lished with a smoking cap, Emma said: "Who do you Bupposo has been here?" Llko most men, Harold had no tasto for guessing. Ho merely stirred his tea and waited. "Owen Page," sho continued. "They got back a week ago. Ho Is looking wonderfully well not a day older and he says that his wifo has entirely recovered from the effects of tho Ro man fever." "How long havo they been abroad?" "Three years. They sailed a fort night after thoy wero married, you remember, and havo been thero over since. He says that, with the excep tion of his wife's illness, everything has run as smoothly as possible and that they could not havo had a pleas anter experience. Whenever I think, Harold, that It might have been El eanor, instead of her, I declare that I feel like screaming." Harold Stagg, whose movements mentally, as well as physically, were slightly more deliberate, as tho result of a fow inches of extra girth, stirred what waB left of his tea and drained It; then, as ho handed back tho cup, replied: "You might scream yourself black In tho face, and you couldn't help It now." Emma shook her head despondently. "You never did understand, Har old." "Understand what?" "My feelings on that matter. You never truly sympathized." "What matter?" "Eleanor's refusal to accept Owen Page. It was madness sheer, sheer madness as I have said fifty times before." "You have, my dear. What Is the use of reviving it for the fifty-first? As to my lack of sympathy, that Is a now charge. Did I not represent to Eleanor in tho most solemn languago that 'such an opportunity may not occur again?' " "May not! It could not! I do not be lieve thero over waa a girl who had so good a chance, and who throw It away so idiotically. I remember what you said perfectly well. You let her see, though, that you were not going to Interfere." "I couldn't compel her to marry him If sho didn't chooso to." "No, but you could have put your foot down and declared that sho should not leave us. I was willing to trust to time. If she had not been allowed to go to that fearful college, I am confi dent that she would have married Owen Page within a year. Well, as you say, I am a fool to bother my head about her. I washed my hands of her five ears ago." "Oh, no, you didn't, Cherub. You pretended to, but you couldn't. You will alwnys have a soft spot In your heart for her." "I did my duty by her If ever wom an did," Emma answered, with non committal sternness. Then, with quick perception, she added: "Is that letter from her?" , Harold had taken out a letter from his pocket while sho was speaking. "Yes," he said. "Sho wishes me to pay her a visit." "Where?" "At her college." "What do you mean?" (To he continued.) HAD BUT ONE DRAWBACK. Apart From That He Thought Ver mont a Paradise. A number of members gathered about tho seat of Representative Fos ter of Vermont yesterday were dis cussing cold weather In tho New Eng land and other northern states. Mr. Foster declared that Vermont has sleighing more weeks In the year than any other state of the Union, and to prove this assertion related tho fol lowing story: Hank White, a noted mlnctrel In his time, who probably was tho original "end man," was a native of Vermont. One of his Jokes used to run some thing like this: "So you come from Vermont?" the middle man would ask. "Yes, I am proud to say that I was born and raised In the good old state of Vermont," White would answer. "You make pretty good maple sugar up In Vermont." "Yes; our maple sugar Is the sweet est on earth." "Havo some pretty good horses up there, too." "Tho Morgan horses bred In Ver mont, are not excelled anywhere In the world." "Pretty girls, eh?" "Vermont has the prettiest girls In America." "Well, Vermont must be pretty much of a state," the middle-man would say, In conclusion. "It's the greatest state In the Union," was White's answer. "There Is Just one thing about It I don't like. For about six weoks in midsummer, whon the snow melts off, wo have to drag around on wheels." Washing ton Post. Saved That Infliction. "I'm so grateful to Mr. Chumplelgn for sondlng me his photograph." "Why, I thought you hated him?" "Yos, but Just think, he might havo brought It." NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. Telephone rates havo been reduced In York. Beatrice has secured a splendid crop of lco for 1303. Rtglous revival meetincB nro in progress at Wymore. Tho town of Orchard, in Johnson county, has been Incorporated. "Grandma" Powers, ono of Polk county's oldest citizens, is dead. Tho B. & M. depot at Greeley caught fire, but tho blozo was quickly sup pressed. WolveB havo been seen on the Island near Fairmont, and a grand hunt Is on the tapis. The matter of establishing free mall delivery In the vicinity of Plattsmouth Is being investigated. Tho Millard hotel at Omaha on tho 1st of February will pasa Into tho hnnds of Rome Miller. It Is estimated that Callaway does moro business in the way of shipments than any other town in Custer county, Tho farmers from tho vicinity of Ellis will meet and consider the pro position of building a 100,000 bushel grain elevator. Rev. Blakesen, pastor of the Congro gatlonal church, Ashland, has accepted a call from Wisconsin and will soon remove to that state. It Tb reported that a United States army recruiting station Is soon to be established In Beatrice, nnd thnt It mny become a permnnent thing. A. M. Walker, a rural mall carrier, who delivers on a route In the vicinity of Cedar Bluffs, has bought an auto mobile, which he will use in his work. The north wing of St. James orphan age in Benson, a suburb of Omaha, was gutted by lire, causing a loss of about $20,600. Nono of the inmates wore in-t Jured. Mr. Lou Frazier of tho Fairmont Chronicle, has been appointed secre tary for tho state printing board. Ho succeeds L. A, Williams, editor of tho Blair Pilot. Ex-Stato Senator t. H. Woods fine residence on his farm, adjoining Vio let, was completely destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $11,000, which was partly Insured. Miss Carrie Rasmussen of Lancaster county has brought suit In Beatrice for breach of promise and $10,000 damaged affections against Thomas G. Mont gomery of Gage county. The January Jury term of the Dodgo county district court proved to be the Bhortest on record. The Jury was ex cused for the term without a case hav ing been submitted to them. The four rural mail carriers from the Tccumseh postofilec walked their respective routes one day recently as tho result of a banter. The average walk for each was about twenty-two miles. Governor Mickey has appointed Mrs. Sohus as superintendent nnd Mrs. William Faulkner as matron at the Lincoln Homo of the Frlendlrss. These two havo held these positions for the last two years. The large general merchandise store of Langdon & Drake at Odell, Neb., was burned to the ground. The stock was valued at about $G,000, with very little insurance. The loss will be total, as very little was saved. M. T. Rowland of Central City left for Valdez, Alaska, In which district he has some valuable mining property. George Batty of Clarks, William Tra ver, G. Peterson and C. S. Beard, late of tho Nonparlel, accompanied him. Much apprehension Is being felt by the Grlswold Seed company of Lincoln over Its Inability to obtain enrs. It has orders for fifty cars of seed corn to bo shipped to several different points in Texas and, although planting timo I nearly at hand In that stnto and their customers are urging Imme diate delivery, they aro unable to make shipment. The State Board of Agriculture elect ed the following officers: J. B. Dins more, Sutton, president; W. B. Ewlng, Franklin, first vice president; C. W. Caley, Crelghton, second vice presi dent; E. Mclntyre, Seward, treasurer; W. R. Furnas, Brownvllle, secretary. The following wero elected as a board of managers: C. H. Rudge, Lincoln; L. E. R. Williams and Peter Younger, Geneva; W. R. Mellor, Ioup City, and T. A. McKay, Aurora. Secretary Furnas has Issued tho fol lowing report to the stato board of agriculture: The total resources of tho board were: Balance on hnnd from last year, $391.73; current re ceipts for the year Including stato aid, $3,015.00 with which to pay premiums $38,195.08; from this sum $13,968.62 were expended In payment of prem iums $22,831.46. For all other expendl tures $36,800.08 were used, leaving a balance on hand of $1,786.73. The secretary of the Interior, says a Washington dispatch, reported favor ably upon the Dietrich bill for leasing public lands for grazing purposes, which had been referred by tho sen ate committee on public lands. Com missioner Richards of the general land office wrote the report, which says the bill protects tho homesteadc, and and must minimize the disturbances over the Illegal fencing of the public domain. Should tho bill fail tho de partment will compol the removal of nil fences on the range. Tho action of the Nebraska legislature on the subject Is awaited hero with lntcjest. Mrs. F. Wright, of Oelwein. Iowa, is another one of the million women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Young New York Lndy Tells of a Wonderful Cure : My troublo was with the ovaries ; I am tall, and the doctor said I grew too fast for my strength. I suffered dreadfully from iuflnmmatlon and doctored continually, but got no help. I suffered from terrible dragging sen sations with the most awful pains low down in the side and pains in the back, and the most agonizing headnches. Mo ono knows what 1 endured. Often I was sick to the stomach, and every little while I would bo too sick to go to work, for three or four days ; I work in a large store, and I suppose stand ing on my feet all day made me worse. "At the suggestion of n friend of my mother's 1 began to take livdiqt E. Pinkham's Vegctnblo Com pound, and it is simply wonderful. 1 felt better after the first two or threo doses; it seemed as though a weight was taken off my shoulders ; I con tinued its use until now I can truth fully say I am entirely cured. Young girls who are always paying doctor's bills without getting nuy help as I did, ought to take your medicine. It costs so much less, and it is suro to cure them. 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Tho statistics of church nnd chapel attendance which tho London Dally News is publishing are of general in terest, even if they are not edifying. Out of 17G.628 people In Kensington 43,372, less than 25 per cent, wero counted in places of worship during the various services on November 30. For 81,942 In Hampstead the record of attendance was 20,447. about tho samo proportion. Somo addition should bo made to theso figures for the reason that tho Sunday was an exceptionally wet and gloomy one, but probably a larger deduction than this must bo mado for the people who attended more than one service during tho day. But what gives most significance to the figures is that Kensington and Hampstead are in a special degree haunts of the "church-going" class. Twenty-five per cent muBt be regard ed as the high-water mark. ;0iS0WiKHWH5ito0toa a ST. JACOBS OIL POSITIVELY CURES Rheumatism Neuralgia Backache Headache Feetache All Bodily Aches AND CONQUERS PAIN. ISrWOrPJWOOOtWJKittrira 4 i A