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THE ALLIANCE HERALD T. J. O'Kcefe, Publisher. ALLIANCE, ' NEBRASKA. m:-:4H"m::";"Wm :xw r BRIEF TELEGRAMS. : 4- j..X..HlH'JK4M"IMH Congressman Vincent Boreing of, XunsaB is critically HI with pneu monla. Word comes from Paris that Riclf nrd Groker, who is at Wantage, Eng. is dcslrious that Arthur Gorman bi the democratic nominee for president A dispatch from Kobe, Japan, say thrco Japanese have- been arrected ou suspicion of plotting the assassination of tho premier of Japan, Viscount Kab cura. Mrs. Anna Bellow, whoso hiiBband Is an employo at tho 'Frisco lco house at Ceresco, Nevada, shot and killed her 18-year-old daughter and then killed herself. A Now York man, after ovorpowor ing a policoman, ended life llfo under an elevated train, a panic resulting among the hundreds of peoplo on thq train and platform. Tho villago of Sant Antlmo, near Naples, Iibb been destroyed by fire Ono woman waB burned to death and twelvo persons were injured. All io Inhabitants are homeless. Tho Berlin Tageblatt saya tho Ger man Levant liner Fyrgos has been blown to atoms in tho Black sea by it Macedonian bomb. Tho Pyrgos car ried a crow of twenty-three. Sir Charles Eliot, tho hlch commit Blon for East Africa, is said to havo reported strongly against tho British government's project of a Zlontat col ony in tho East African protectorate; A largo four-masted schooner found cred near Southeast lighthouse in" Rhode Isalnd. No traco of tho croW has been found. It is believed tho ves sel was run into and sunk during tha fog. Tho final BCSBion of tho Fraternal Order of Eagles, which had been in convention in New York for Bovcral days, was hold Friday. Baltimore was selected as tho placo for tho next na tional convention. At Vinton, la., tho two-story brick building occupied by Qulnn's grocery store partly collapsod, killing William Johnson, a laborkr, and injuring flvd painters. An iron corner support gavd .way whllo tho building was being re paired. Thero la a movement on foot to havo Now Tilexlco agreo to Join Ari zona for Blnglo statehood. Tho effort will be to join tho two territories into ono state Delegate Smith of Arizona has consented. Tho plan is t6 prcsont congress with a potltion asking that this be done. Franklin Farrol, Jr., a Yalo grad uato and tho heir to a fortune estimat ed at 18,000,000 has entered-tho employ of his father's iron foundry in Ansonla as a toolmakor's apprentice. Ho is working ten hours a day at a grind rtono, learning to sharpen tools for tho machinists. Tho Pittsburg Dispatch is nuthority for tho statement that President The odore Shafor of tho Amalgamated As sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work ers is missing mysteriously. Ho start ed for Cleveland to attend a meeting of tho sheet metal workers, and has" not been seen since. Commencing Mondny morning and continuing for ono week, not less than J 30,000 spindles, one-third the entlro number in Fall River, Mass., will bo Idie,N "throwing In'to Idleness 12,000 operatives, who will lose $34,000 in wages, and is duo to tho depressed condition of cotton. Tho ministry of the Interior has di rected the police president of Berlin to organizo npeclal police, In plain clothes, to protect woman and girls' from the attentions of men on tho' streets. These daylight insults are probably practiced more in Berlin than in any other Continental city, Figures compiled from records by the local internal revenue officers' show that tho sweet wine output for Southern California for the season of 1903 will exceed 1,300,000 gallons. Tho output of brandy is estimated at 40,000 gallons tax-paid, and 250,000 gallons free of tax for fortifying purposes. , A special from Bristol, Tenn., Bays: Miss Cloyetta Brownlow, daughter of Congressman W. P. Brownlow of Jonesboro, Tonn., oloped with Mark E. Pritchett, a llvorman cf Jonosboro, ud they were married at Bristol. Tho attentions of Pritchett to Miss Brown low aro said to havo been opposed by the congressman. The comptroller of the cunoncy has received a report from the receiver of the Groesbeck National bank of Groes beck, Tex., giving tho total liabilities of the bank at $165,159, and the esti mated value of the assets at $144,691, bhowlng a deficiency of $20,465. In reply to a question regarding his reported Intention to retire from tho leadership of the Liberal party in tho British house of commons, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman telegraphs that there is "no truth whatever" lv- tho report The Two (By W." CLARK Copjriibt, 18V7, bj P. F. Collier. M CHAPTER XII. Continued. "I left her in port," replied Captain Bland, "and I'm hero waiting for her." Popo foil back with a wild look at Crystal, and Btruck his thigh a slap that soundqd llko a shot. "Good mercy I" crltd ho with a dull, rather palo face. " 'TIs a Bmall world, Captain Bland. Tho Madro's tho ship wo aro waiting for," Tho beardod skipper looked under a frown, withhis black slow eyes at him, gathered his board to a point In a lelRuroly clutch of Ills fist, and said, without amlling, "Wo must go into partnership," at which CryBtal broke into a moro gcnulno explosion of laughter than Popo had over heard fly from his lips. "Who Is thlo gontloman7" Bald Cap tain Bland. "Captain Crystal, my chief officer," nnawerod Popo. "I bollovo wo havo met," said Cap tain Bland. "Wasn't you onco mas lor of a Httlo barquo with a cargo for London from Kingstown, Jnmnica?" "Tho William Pitt," said Crystal. "I boarded you off Turk's Island." Crystal frownod, reflected, and an swered, "Yds, I recollect. Your visit Iwns brief, and your usage handsome." "You had nothing aboard good fqr ub," Bald Captain Bland. "Pray stop below," said Popo, who Iworo a faco of chagrin. "Grindal, bco lmt that boat's crew havo plenty of grog to toast us in," and ho went down 'tho companion Btops, Captain Bland and Captain Crystal following. t Tho cabin servant placed drink and clgara on tho tnblo, and tho threo cap tains filled, then chinked glasses, and Btnokod. . "Sco hero, Captain Bland," cried Popo, "thero aro two of us on this Job. What dd you Bay to this, that tho Bhip which first falls in with tho Madro will bo tho vessel that takcB cor? If wo'ro alongside of her and you lieavo in sight and como bowling down upon us hoy, Captain Bland?" "If you aro pillaging her, and I como "Here's to our brave little- sweetheart!" jipon tho Bcono, thon," said Captain Blnnd, with a peculiar glow in his dusky eye, "I will mako off. 'Tls a tuIo of mlno never to interfere in any good business that may bo doing by my friends." "So!" cried Popo, his faco lighting jp, "each of ub then haB his chance, and no man can ask for moro. Your hand on that bargain, friend;" and ho stretched his arm. ', Captain Bland gravely squeezed Captain Pope's fingers. "A prosperous voyage, Captain." CHAPTER XIII. The Madre. Nothing answering to tho descrip tion of tho Madre hovo in sight. Popo had not known until ho met Captain Bland that ships from Cadiz for two or three years in succession had been taken by pirates, Ho -consulted with Crystal, and they agreed it was pos Blblo that tho commander of tho Madro, fearing to bo plundered, had shaped a course for the Horn widely remote from, that pursued by his predecessors. Four days had passed since the Julia Morton parted company. Popo and Crystal wero sitting at dinner. A piece of salt beef steamed upon tho table; a boiled fowl lay before Crys tal; on a Httlo brass tray, suspended Irom tho upper deck, swung three or four bottles, containing as many dif ferent sorts of liquor. Popo, after receiving a leg of fowl upon his plate, Instead of falling to, sat eyeing his companion steadfastly. "Crystal," said he, "I have mado up my mind to quit this barren, cursedly hopeless bcciio to-morrow and go for tho Antilles. It is a horrible disap pointment, but wo must face it llko men. Before I take this fresh step I will call the crew aft and hold a council with thom." "They'll oxpect it," said Crystal, helping himself to a glass of the Earl's champagne. Just then tho boatswain called through tho skylight: "Three sail, right ahead, aro re ported from tho t'gallant yard, blr. Heading for us." "Right," and tho boatswain's ugly face vanished. After swallowing another tumbler Captains RUSSELL. Copyright. IS77, by Dodd, Mead & Co. of grog apiece, the- two captains went on deck.' It was not until flvo bolls, half-past two, that tho threo Ball sprang into sight ahead; two Bhowlng from tho deck before tho third. It was plain thoy wero keeping company and sail od closo together. Popo and Grindal had been watching tho ships on tho bow through the telescope intently for Bomo tlmo in silence, when Grindal exclaimed: "Tho Httlo 'un to tho right is a Bchooner. She's under small canvas whllo t'othor shows all sho's got to spread, and tho amldshlp vessel," ho added aftOr n pause, letting tho glass Blnk from his oyo and Bpeaklng in a hollow voice, whllo ho fastened his wicked bloodshot gaze on tho com mander's countenance, "is a frigate aa I should say by tho hlsto of the tawB'ls, of all fifty guns." "Quick! tho glass!" shouted Pope. Ho wrenched It with the violence of a sudden passion of excitement out of tho boatswain's hands, looked, and in a note of thunder bawled: "It's an English frigate, as you say, convoying tho Madro, that's half wrecked aloft, and tho schooner Julia Morton is her prize, by heaven!" Ho then rushed aft, roaring, "Shift your helm two points; let tho shift be gradual! Grindal, trim with caution! A holllsh trap to stumble on! AH ot a sudden, too!" Ho was blood-red with sensations and passions. Popo was perfectly right; but then no seaman ntded by a glass could havo mistaken; tho schooner was un doubtedly tho beautiful fabric com manded by Captain Bland, and tho ship with her fore-topmost gone an swered In overy mlnuto point to tho description Popo had received of tho Madro do DIos. "Damnation! she's after us," bellow ed Crystal. And Buro enough tho frlgato might bo seen with yards slowly squaring, rounding slowly out from her con sorts, and as sho brought her bow guns to bear upon tho Gypsy, flash! and her most intolligiblo hint of thunder veiled the fok'sle In blue pow der smoke. Tho brig was put dead beforo tho wind. Hor people tolled In frantic haste, and In a frenzy of desire to escape; for well did thoy know tho penalty that many of them would have to pay If that shapely cloud of soft, swelling whiteness astern brought tho grinning artillery of the hull below within easy reach of tho Gypsy's spars. "I expect that scoundrel Bland has peached," says Crystal fiercely to Popo, while the two captains stood to gether near tho wheel watching their lofty, swaying pursuer. "Does ho gain on us?" "No," answered Pope, with the sud den decision of conviction. "But curso seize this swell! Is It tho fore runner of a calm? Then we are dead men, Johnny. Or Is there wind bo- hind It?" "I bellevo I seo wind in that sky," answered Crystal, looking into the southeast. "What shall you do If she overhauls us?" "Strike," answered Pope. "I'll not bo taken alive," said Crys tal. "So help mo God, I will shoot myself when you strike, if, after fight ing them, I am alive. I'll not swing." Again tho frigate tried the range; to no purpose. All tho pirates looking as ono man could not Beo where tho shot hit tho water. Thero could be no question that tho Gypsy was not only holding her own, but that sho was distancing hor pur suer. When her people made sure of this, their savage exultations broko out. They filled cans of gin and rum, and Popo, flourishing a glassful, roar ed out: "Here's to our bravo Httlo sweet heart. Hero's to hor darling hoels, my lads. Drink to her drink to hor!" And a roaring huzza went up from the crew. "If they're going to broach the liquor casks in this fashion," muttered Crys tal in Popo's ear, making a dreadful faco as he slowly turned his eyes from the frigate, "thero'll bo no fight ing whon fighting's wanted." "There'll be no fighting anyhow," answered Pope. "What! with a fifty- guh ship, and Bay four hundred and fifty of a crow? A Blnglo broadside would blow us Into ribs." At four o'clock in tho afternoon tho frlgato was still in chnso, but tho light breezo and tho keen entry of tho brig had helped hor as though with tho gift of an auxiliary screw, and now when you looked at tho man-of-war you saw that she was sunk to her ports, but still sho hung astern, a full majestic moon of canvas deadly in resolved pursuit. "Ain't tho wind sennting," said Grin dal to Captain Pope, creasing his nose and snuffling as he brought his wicked eyes to bear on his comman der, t "Wo may havo it out of southeast," answered Pope, "I Bhall keep all on, everything abroad, dead boforo It until wo can sail her into darkness which can't ho far off; though flro selzo that buu! d'yo notico how alow ho nlways Is in his going when night's wanted in a hurry?" It was a famous saying of Nelson, "that at sea a good deal must bo lcftN to chance," and very often chance, which is another name for fortune, will show mercy to tho undeserving even to pirates, though a meritorious frlgato has been sweating astern all day In their wake. For by six o'clock tho Bky southeast was painted a threatening dark gray with a mass of loqse stuff sulkily scaling off it; and now it was that both Popo and Crys tal stood waiting breathlessly; it was llfo or death to them; thoy stared into the horizon and their faces looked their tremendous intentions. Each man as ho gazed saw tho brig filled wltn men-of-warsmen and his own corpse crimsoning the white plapk with a great bullet wound In his head. No! these starving master mariners had hoisted the abhorred flag for a fortune, not for a gibbet. Then with no further scanting the wind shifted all of a sudden slap with tho run of the bwcII. "Starboard your holm! Starboard your helm!" roared Pope. "See what aro they doing yonder?" Such a cheer as a man reprieved from death would Bend up to heaven or being a scoundrel plrato would send down to tho devil, broke from Pope's deep throat as ho dropped the tele scope and turned to Crystal. Tho fri gate with a shift of wind had down helm and was bracing her yards up to join tho two vessels out of sight be hind tho rim of tho sea. She had abandoned tho pursuit. With a huge oath Crystal dashed his cap on to tho deck, shouting, "What an escape!" Scarce had ho said this when all hands began to seo what had hap pened and they fell mad. The decks were covered with dancing figures, the air was split with their hideoua roars of joy. CHAPTER XIV. The Thetis, West Indlaman. Nothing happened the next two days. The crow were bitterly dis appointed by the oscapo of tho Madre. They admitted that their commander had not deceived them. That sort of fortune over which tho black star trembles had admitted thom to a sight of tho object of their cruise; but for Bland and his accursed schooner, tho Spaniard might havo been theirs. However, it was to bo tho next ship; Captain Popo had sworn it. Cap tain Crystal had echoed the oath. Tho men, defeated In their greed, wild to get money and end tho , dangerous cruise, were furiously determined. It was a Sunday morning, fair and peaceful; one of those Bweot, warm mornings, which at sea mako you think of tho glad music of tho moun- Ing lark, whllo memory calls up the woodland scene, tho dusty road, the little highway Inn. Crystal had come up from breakfast, leaving Pope at table, and Grindal, re lieved from his watch on deck, waa rolling forward, when a loud, clear voice, sang from tho fore-top-gallatf yard, "Sail ho!" (To be cpntlnucd.) Artificial Babies. A genius has invented a mechanical baby designed for tho use of ladles, when traveling, who wish to secure the solo use of a compartment of a railway carriage. Here Is an extract from his printed circular: "Common traveling infants yielding Intermittent cries of fear, and capa ble of being put into the pocket, 10s.; second class, crying not too loudly, but lamentably and lnsupportably, 20s.; third class, full squallers, with a very piercing and aggravating voice of flvo octaves, 2; tho same ar ranged as a prompt repeater, 2 6s.; fifth class, first quality, capable of continued squalling, 3. These babies can not only be set going in a moment (as Indeed can most living ones), but they can also bo stopped as quickly, which, tho natural ones cannot." London Answers. Caustic Criticism. R. K. Munklttrlck. editor of Judge, tells a good story of one of his neigh bors out in tho wilds of Now Jersey. Tho said neighbor, whllo In a prepara tory school, concluded that he would one day startlo tho world with his lofty literary style. Having devoured many works of rhetoric, ho finally landed In Harvard, where ho determined to begin with his "startling" tactics. Ho prepared, at great longth, an essay that ho sayB ho considered a masterpiece of sub limo and lofty style. When it camo back ho was quite astonished to find tho following brief criticism written across ita face in large blue-pencil letters: "Don't you think you took a pretty long run for so short a slldo?" New York Times. PENSION LIST GROWING LEOS. Beneficiaries Drop Below the Million Mark. WASHINGTON Tho annual report of 'Commissioner of Pensions Waro places tho total number of pension ers now on tho rolls at 090,545, of which 725.35G nro Boldiers and 267, 185 are widows and dependents. Mr. Ware announces that it 1b not prob ablo that the pension roll will again cross tho million line, tho high water mark having been reached a year ago. Five of the pcnBionB arc on tho roll on account of tho war of tho" revolu tion; 1,110 of tho war of 1812; 4,734 on account of Indian wars, and 13,874 on account of tho Mexican war. Tho average annual value of each pension ia now $133. The total annual value of tho Spanish war pension roll has reached $L765,310. v Commissioner Waro makes the fol lowing recommendations : LawB for feiting tho pension or right to pension of any man convjeted in court of an infamous crime; prohibiting tho giv ing of pensions to women who marry soldiers after the soldiers become old pensioners; a different method of ex amining applicants for pensions, Mr. Waro stamping tho present system as uncertain, unsatisfactory and of an enornious amount of political friction. Mr. Waro says tho bureau has gain ed on the current work 100,000 cases during tho last two years. MONEY TO RECLAIM LAND. I Commissioner of General Land Office Makes Report of Cash on Hand. WASHINGTON W. A. Richards, commissioner of tho general land of flco, has made public a statement showing tho amounts to the credit of tho reclamation fund from sales of public lands in tho several states and territories during tho fiscal years of 1901, 1902 and 1903 under tho provi sions of the act of congress approv ed June 17, 1902. It is shown that concerning the great statesman's col , . .. . .. . lege days It Is a mistake to say that during the present year thero has , young ChamberIaln could speak wcll ueen covereu into tuo treasury irom i tho proceeds of the sale of public ' lnndH in Blxteon states nml territories tho. Bum of $8,4G1,493, making nn ag gregate of $16,191,836 aa tho total thus far received and on deposit in tho United States treasury to tho credit of tho reclamation fund. Of this amount Nebraska contributed during the present year $118,838, and a total since 1901 of $354,036. Dur ing tho year 1903 South Dakota sold lands credited to the reclamation fund valued at $239,420, making the total received from that state $546,982. In Wyoming lands wore sold which brought $272,923, during the current year, making an aggregate of $658,686 during the last three years. v TO ENFORCE PURE FOOD LAW. Some Foreign Goods Are to Be Shut Out. WASHINGTON, D. C Tho agri cultural department is making Btrong efforts to keep out of the country all Imported goods, the entry of which is prohibited under the pure food act. Since August 1, when tho act went Into effect, approximately 600 ship ments of meats, wine, olive oil, etc., have been held up pending an exam ination as to the determination of the question whether their use is prohib ited in tho country whence they aro imported into the United States. Up to this tlmo only ono shipment, con sisting of white wine, has been re fused entry. k The special agents and consuls abroad keep the department advised by cable of all shipments of goods which may como within the prohibl- tions of the law, and instructions are sent at once to the collectors at the ports where thoy are to arrive to hold thom in warehouses and send sam- pies to Washington for analysis. 'AUL MORTON AT OYSTER BAY. President Also Hears Report on Al leged Indian Frauds. OYSTER BAY, L. I. Tho president entertained at luncheon Paul Morton of Chicago, vice president of the San ta Fe railroad system; Francis E. Leupp of Washington, and Lieuten ant Gordon Johnston of- the army, who was a member of tho president's regiment of Rough Riders. Mr. Leupp, who Is a Washington nowspapor correspondent, was ap pointed by the president several months ago as a commissioner to mako an investigation of alleged In dian frauds In the Oklahoma teiritory. He has completed his work and made his report to the president. Omaha Steer is Dead. MILWAUKEE, Wis. A prized shorthorn steer belonging to W. F. Christian of Omaha passed to tho hap py hunting grounds Wednesday morn. Ing. Ho had brought it from Omaha, whore It captured tho red ribbon. A string of red and blue ones floated over its quarers. It was taken ill with bladder and kidney trouble in Omaha, but appeared to havo recov, ered. Tuesday night Is suffered a re lapse and died. Dry District Ruse. Rodrlck That druggist had a great ucherno for putting a "stick" in hi soda water. Van Albort What was it? Rodrick Why, ho soaked tho straws In liquor and all his customers tasted it and thought it was tho glass. Green is not becoming to any per son when it's tho shade produced by envy. Never fail to keep your appoint ments, nor to bo punctual to tho min ute. Be tho stake ever so insignificant a a rule It makes the game. Btops trio Cough nnrt Works Off tho Cold Lax&tlve Bromo Quinine Tablots. Prlce25a. Privations of the Poor. A slum inspector told tho Glasgow Municipal Commission on tho Hous ing of the Poor that on somo occa sions he had found families sleoplng in tiers tho parents on tho floor, then a mattress, and a layer of chil dren on tho top. Superior quality and extra quantity must in. This is why Defianco Starch is taking tho place of all others. Wisdom follows in the wako of ex perience, but doesn't always catch up. Her Amlrer Remembered. Miss Eldora Sinks of Marengo, la., has been notified that she has been, bequeathed $500,000 by B. J. Thompson of Colorado Springs. Thompson was.' a mine owner and a bachelor when MIbs Sinks with a party of friends,, visited Colorado three years ago and; became acquainted with him. He was evidently attracted by her. Sho spent the entire summer in the west, and, returning home, supposed she would never again hear of her middle-aged admirer, festerday tho notice of his death came, with tho statement that he had willed his entire estate to her, having no heirs. An Early Chamberlain 8peech. Some fanciful stories aro being cir culated about Joseph Chamberlain and his oratorical powers as a youth, i but from what a friend of his says when at school. In fact, he could never be Induced to speak, and in tnia he- somewhat resembled tho retiring Arthur Balfour. One day one of the masters of the school asked Chamber lain to make reply to a speech which had Just been delivered by ono of tho older students of the debating class. 'I he hour c'ame, and with a firm step Chamberlain mounted the platform. With perfect outward self-possession he faced the audience and made his bow a low bow. Every one waited expectantly. People became anxious when the young man again bowed but said nothing. Then a titter went round among tho boys. Suddenly tho coming colonial secretary, with a look of utter despair, sidled off the plat form wHti another bow, not having said one word. ART OF'P.cST. May Be Acquired and Used With Great Benefit. Complete and restful polso of tha body and mind Is an art not easily gained. Perhaps nothing brings ono as much content, comfort, happiness and pleasure as thoso conditions of easy, restful, resourceful and well balanced mind and body, that mako of work a pleasure and the daily llfo happy and peaceful. Tho nervous housewife busy with a hundred duties and harrassed by child ren; the business man, worried with tho press of dally affairs, debts, etc., cannot enjoy the peace and restful reposo and healthful nervous balance unlesn they know how. There is a way. First and foremost tho stomach must bo consulted. 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I Theso are solid substantial facts and can be proven clearly to tho sat isfaction of anyone, by personal ex perience. Try the chango yourself and note how tho old condition of shattered nerves and worried mind changes to that feeling of restful polso of a well balanced nervous system. The managing physician of a hygi enic sanitarium in Indiana says that for five years In his practice ho has always Insisted upon the patients leaving off coffee and taking Postum Food Coffee with the most posltlvo, well defined results and with satisfac tion to tho most confirmed coffeo toper. Tho Doctor's name will bo furnish ed by tho Postum Co., Ltd, Battlo Creek, Mich. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book. "The Road to Wellvllle." m 1 I r f x f - I .