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I Ja in THE ALLIANCE llHMLD.S' T. J. O'Kecfe, Publlahor. ALLIANCE, NEDRA9KA. King Ddwnrd VII wolgha 250 pounds and Is G foot 7 Inehos high, Senator Quay has Introduced n bill granting Bt&tehood to Oklahoma Goorgo II. Slealo of Port Huron, su preme record keeper of .the Mnccabeos of thq World, died nt a nanltariura at Hint," Mich. At-tho cabinet mooting It was decide rd to jnako no effort to ratify tho Isth mian canal treaty hero until it is rat lflcdT.jt Panama. llcy; David Hogan of Vernon county, Missouri, has to his credit a list of 1,007 marrlugos solemnized by himself in his .long ministry of sixty-eight years. J. II. Aclcorman, stato superintend ent of public Instruction In Oregon, urges, that tho elements of sclonttnc fnrmuYg bo taught in the public schools. Medicine as a profession for women Is constantly growing In popularity in London. Women now holding medical degrees In Great Britain number more than COO. Iter. Dr. CharleB W. Winchester, who has acceptod tho presidency of Taylor university, at Upland, Ind has a long record of active sorvlco in tho Methodist church. Miss Bornlco Llntz, who posed for tho status emblematic of "The Perfect Typo of Ohio Woman" for tho Pan American exposition, died of perito nitis at Cleveland, Ohio. Tho Italian government has gradu ally established a system of industrial schools so that one Is to bo found in every village that can boaBt of having an industry of any kind. Charged with having held negroes In a condition of pcanngo, twonty-slx Indictments havo been returned by tho federal grand Jury ngalnBt soven citi zens of Southern Georgia. Snead Cox, who Is to write a biog raphy of Cardinal Vatighnn, says ho will bo greatly assisted through tho very careful and exhaustive diary that tho Cardinal kept for many years. A Manila dispatch Bays that It has come to light that two of tho four mur derers who wero garrotod nt Amalag, province or Cagayon, October 31, and whp wore declared to bo dead, aro alive. Tho Toklo correspondent of tho London .Dally Mall says that tho. out comoof the conference, of the minis tors on tho Chomulpo fracas Is that foreign pollco will bo appointed In tho settlement. Senator Newlands, author of tho resolution annexing Hawaii, Intro duced a Joint resolution Inviting Cuba to become a stato of tho United States upon terms of equality with tho states of tho Union. A bronzo statuo or General Nicholas Herkimer, founder of tho Now York village that bears his name, Is to bo presented to tho peolo of tho town by ex-Senator Warren Miller, who re sides in tho placo. Frau Coslma Wagner, widow of tho groat composer, Is bollevod to bo drnwlng about J120.000 a year In roy altlesfrom her late husband's operas, insplto of tho fact thnt ho squandered hU copyrights to many cities. Tho comptroller of tho currency has been advUed that tho Indiana Nation al bank, Elkhart, Indiana, did not opon for business a few mornrngs ago. C. H. Bosworth, national bank examlnor. has been directed to take charge. purlng a play at tho Imperial the ater, St. Louis, Howard Hall, an actor, who enters a cage containing two lions, slipped as no entered and tho lions sprang at him. Hall defended himself as best ho could, and was res cued by proprapt notion on tho part of tho keoDor. Alderman Georgo Lo Gllso, of New ark, N. J., while tearing down an old building several dnya ago. discovered a silk banner which evidently has a history. Tho emblem which Is or or nngo and blue, appears to symbolize the cause of tho followers of the Prince of Orange, Rev. John Sinclair, the olghtoonth Earl or Caithness, has Just been In stalled pastor of the First Presbyte rian church of Brookllne. Mass. The earl, as long as he lives, will be on titled to the title, but a former earl willed tho estato away, but the title can never bo lncludod In a will. At Urbana, Ohio, because the par ents of Emma Mummoy, 14 yoars old objected to the company she kopt, she put Paris green In tho coffee poisoning her father, mother, sister and two brothers. Their lives were saved b the prompt work of physicians. C. C. Crulkshank and Marvin Mor ris, both married men, wero blown to pieces In an explosion of nitroglycerin In a building owned by the Keystone Powder company, near Emporium, Pa. Oeorge Nlcholoson, who was outsldo the building had a leg blown off. f . - a , ?mwm?w'mTT? , . - ------ BHef Telegrams li..i,;nu1,,' '.": ' ' .""" . . . ' HALFWAY A STORY OF THE PLAINS I1Y B. HOUGH, At'THOK Ql Tllll STORY OP Tlllt CIIWIIOV Cctrithtt, 1003, j D. Atttlton & tetttfattr, Ntvo Ytrh gyftawfvaMwfytofcwwrfil CHAPTER V. Continued. Franklin looked about him at tho squat buildings of tho littlo town, nt tho black loam of the monotonous and uninviting flolds, at tho sordid, set and undcveloplng lives around him. Ho looked also at tho whito wagons moving with tho sun. It seemed to him that somowhero out in tho vast land beyond tho Missouri thcro beck oned to him a mighty hand, tho Index linger of somo mighty force, Impera tive, forbidding pause. Thq, letter of Batterslolgh to his frlond Captain Franklin fell therefore upon soli already well prepared. Ho read it again nnd again In Uh some what formal diction and informal or thography, was as follows; "To Capt. Edw. Franklin, Bloomsbury, 111.: "My Dear Ned I have tho honor to state to you that I am safely nrrlved nnd woll established at this place, Elllsvlllo, and am fully disposed to re main. I must tell you that this Is to bo a great -ninrkot for Western beoves. Great numbers of theso cat tlo are now coming in to this country from tho far South, and since tho By. is yet unablo to transport theso Ani mals as they arrive there Is good Numbers of them in tho country here about, as woll as many strange per sons curiously known as Cowboys or Cow-Punchors, which tho samo I may call a purely Hcathan sort. These for tho most part resort nt tho Cottage Hotel, nnd thcro Is no peace In the Town at ttIs present writing. "For myself 1 havo taken entry upon one hundred nnd sixty Acres Govt. Land, and live a littlo way out from tho Town. Hero I have my quar ters under tent, following example of nil man, for as yet there are scarco n dozen houses within fifty Miles. I havo choson this point because It wa3 tho furthcrcst one yet reached by Rail. I bnve been advised that It is highly dcstrablo to bo in at the be ginning in this Country It ono ij to i "Got a letter stay In tho Hunt, tbereforo I havo come to a Town which has JitBt Begun. Believe mo, dear Ned, it Is the begin ning of a World. Such chances nro hero, I am Sur6 as do not exist In any other Land, for behind this land Is all tho Richer and older Parts, which aro but waiting to pour money and men hither so soon as tho Ry. shall bo Fully completed. I havo heard of many men who hnvo made Fortunes since tho War. It is truly a rapid Land. "I nm persuaded, my dear boy, that this Is tho placo for you to come. There nro an Hundred ways In which ono may earn a Respectable living, and I find here no Class Distinction. It is an extraordinary fact that no man and no profession rankB another here. Ono man is quite good as an other. "A year from now, as I am told, wo shall havo 2,000 Persons living hero, and in five years this will bo -a City. Conceive tho opportunity mean time. Tho Cattle business Is bound to grow, and I am advised that all this land will Ultimately bo farmed and provo rich as that through which I Past In coming out. You are welcome, my lear Ned, as I am sure you know, to half my blankets and rations dur ing your stay hero, however long samo may be, and I most cordially Invite you to como out and look over this country, nor do I havo tho smallest doubt that it will seom to you quite ns It does to me, and I shall hope that we mako a Citizen of you. "I am but now hero as yet myself, but am fully disposed, as they say in tho strange language hero, to drive my Stako, I want you, my dear boy, also to drlvo Yours beside me. and to that Effect I beg to extend you what ever Aid may He In my Power. "Hoping that you may receive this communication duly, and mako reply to Same, and hoping above all thiugs thnt I may soon meet again my Com panion of tho 47th, I bog to subscribe mysalf, my dear boy, over your Obdt. & Affect. Friend, "Batterslelgh. "P. S. Pray Herlld your advent by n letter & bring about 4 lbs. or 6 lbs. of your Favourite Tea, as I am Short of Same." Tho letter onded with BatterBlelgh's best flourish. Franklin turned It over again and again In his hand and read it more than once as h pondered unon Its lnessacc. "Dear old fellow." j ho said; "he's a good deal of a Don AT THE OUSE Qulyoto, but ho never forgets a friend. Buffalo and Indians, railroads nnd ho tols It must nt least bo a land of con trasts!" CHAPTER VI. Edward Franklin, Lawyer Edward Franklin had taken up his law studies In the office of Judgo Bradley, tho loading lawyer of the lit tle village of Bloomsbury, whore Franklin was born, and where ho had Hpont most of his life previous to the tlmo of his enlistment in the nrmy. Judgo Brndloy was successful, as such tnnttors go In such communities, and It was his opon boast that ho owrd his nttcccsB to himself and no one else. Thirty-flvo years earlier, a raw youth from old Vermont, Hollls N. Bradley hnd walked Into tho embry onic settlement of Bloombsbury with a single law book under his arm and naught but down upon his chin. He pleaded his first causo before a Judgo who Trade circuit over a territory now divided Into three congressional dis tricts. He won his first case, for his antagonist was even more Ignorant than he. As civilization advanced ho defended fewer men for stealing hogB nnd moro for murde'r and adultery. His practlco grow with tho growth of tho population of the country about him. Ho W8B elected county attorney, local counsel for the railroad, and Judgo of tho Circuit Court. Ho was mentioned for gubernatorial honors, and would perhaps have received tho party nomination but for the breaking out of tho civil war. Not fancying tho personal risks of the army, he hired a substitute, and this sealed his political fato, for Illinois nt that time did not put In power men who sent substitutes to tno war. It was an immemorial custom in Bloomsbury for tho youth who had nsplratlons for a legal career to "read law" In Judge Bradley's office. Two of his students had dropped their from your girl?" books to tako up rifles, and they came not back to their places. They were forgotten, save onco a year, upon Dec oration Day, when Judgo Bradley made eloquent tribute nbovo their graves. It was theroforo predetermined that Edward Franklin should go Into the olflce of Judge Bradley to begin his law studies, after he hud decided that tho proresslon or tho law wbb tho ono likely to offer him tho host career. It was ono of tho unvarying rules of Judge Bradley's ofllce, and Indeed this was almost tho only rule which he Imposed, thnt tho law student within his gates, no matter what hto age or earlier servitude, should each morn ing sweep out the ofllce, and should, when so requested, copy out any law papers needing to bo executed in duplicate. So long as a student did these things, he was welcome as long as he cared to stay, Edward Franklin accepted his seat In Judge Bradley's office without any reservations, and ho paid his dally fee of tonuro as had all tho other students before him, scorning not tho broom. Ardent, ambitious and reso lute, ho fell upon Blackstono. Chltty and Kent as though ho wero asked to carry a redoubt. He read six, eight, ten hours a day, until his head buzzed, and ho forgot what ho had read. Then at It all over again, with tooth set. Thus through mcce than a year ho tolled, lashed forward by his onsh de termination, until at length ho began to see some of tho beautiful first prin ciples of the law. So in his second year Franklin fared somewhat beyond principles merely, and got Into note3 and bills, torts, contracts and romo dies. Ho learned with a shiver how a promise might legally be broken, hew n gift should be regarded with suspi cion, how a sacred legacy might be set aside. He road theso things again and again, and forced them into his brain, so that they might never be far gotton; yet thU part of tho la'w ho loved not so much as its grand first principles of truth and Justice. One morning, after Franklin had fin ished his task of sweeping down tho stairs, ho sat him down by the window with Battcrslsigh's lotter in his hand; for this was now the third day since he had received this letter, and It had been In bis mind more vividly prosont than tho pages of tho work on con tracts with which he was then occu pied. It was a .bright, frosh morning In the early spring. A long and hazy confines of tho town, thero ronched the flat monotony of tho dark prairie soil. A dog crossed tho street, paus ing midway of tho crossing to scratch his ear. Tho cart of tho leading gro cer was hitched m front of his store, and an ldlo citizen or two paused near by to exchange a morning greeting. All tho ljtllo, uneventful day was begin r.tng, as It bad begun so many tlmra before here In this little, Uneventful town, whero tho world was finished, never more to change. Franklin shud dered. Was this, then to bo his life? There came a regulaf tread upon tho stair, as, thoro had always for years como at this hour of half past sovon In tho morning, rain or shine. Judgo Bradley entered, tall, portly, smooth shaven, his silk hat pushod back upon his brow, as was his fash ion. Franklin turned to mako tho usual morning salutation. "Good morning, Ned," said the Judgo, affably. "Good mqrnlng, Judge," said Frank 11 "I hopo you aro well." "Yes, thank you. Nothing ever tho 1 matter with me. How aro things com ing?" "Oh, nil right, thank you." This was the stereotyped form of tho dally greeting between tho two. Judgo Bradley turned as usual to his desk, but, catching sight of tho letter still held In Franklin's hand, remarked carelessly: "Got a lotter from your girl?" "Not so lucky," said Franklin. "From a friend." Silence resulted. Judge Bradley opened his desk, took off his coat and hung it on n nail, after his custom, turned over tho papors for a moment and romarked absentmlndcdly, and moro to be polite than because tho matter Interested him, "Friend, eh?" "Yes," said Franklin, "friend, out West"; and both relapsed again into silence. Frnnklin once more fell to gazing out of tho window, but at length turned toward tho deBk and pulled over IiIb chair to a closer speak ing distance. "Judgo Bradley," said bo, "I shouldn't wonder If I could pass my examination for the bar." "Well, now," Bald the Judge, "I horo you can. That's nice. Goln to hang out your shingle, eh?" "I might, If I got my license." "Oh, that's easy," replied tho other; "It's mostly a matter of form. No trouble about It not- In the least." "I am clear In my own mind that I don't know much about law," said Franklin, "nnd I should not think of going up for examination If that end ed my studies In tho profession. If I wero Intending to go Into practlco hero, sir, or near by, I should not think of applying for admission for at least another year. But tho fact is, I'm thinking of going away." "Goln" away?" Judgo Bradley straightened up, and his expression If anything was one of rollef. He had his own misgivings about this grave faced and mature young man should ho go Into the practlco at tho Bloms bnry bar. It was well enough to en courage such possibilities to tako their test in some other locality. Judge Bradley therefore becamo moro cheer ful. "Goln away, -eh?" ho said. "Where to?" "Out West," said Franklin, uncon sciously repeating the phraso which was then upon tho lips of all tho young mnn of the country. "Out West, eh?" said tho Judge, with still greater cheerfulness. "That's right, that's right. That's tho placo to go to, where you can get a better chance. I came West In my day my self, though It Isn't West now; an' that's how I got my start. There's ten chances out thero to where there's ono here, an' you'll get better pay for what you do. I'd advise It, sir I'd ad vise it; yes, indeed." "I think it will be better," said Franklin calmly. (To bo continued.) The Diet Fad. Apropos, the diet craze of tho last two or throo years pay not and does not perform all that It promises for those who listen to the voice of tho medical or other faddist, says the Lon don World, but from Its extravagances may come ultimate good, and another generation may reap happily whero wo havo sown. Tho time may come, a great contlbental doctor believes, when tho science of dieting will bo so perfected that we Bhall not merely be able, as we do now, to keep peoplo alive much longer, but we shall like wise keep thorn in a useful condition. Octogenarians will retain their fac ulties to the full, senility will be avoid ed, and If, perhaps, grandfathers and grandmother's do not contrive to pre serve their youthful appearance to tho end, they will at least, so wo nro assured, bo as cicar-bralnod at 77 as at 27, and thus, with tho advantage of ripe experience, they will help on tho work of moro youthful brains and temper the follies of the rising gener ation. A Man's Time to Die. Whon a man appeared the other day before Justice Blume, In Chicago, and a3kcd for protection against some neighbors who had threatened to kill him, tho justice refused to grant the requost. When asked for his reasons ho said that when It carao a man's time to die ho would die, and not be fore. He announced himself as a fatalist and said belief came from his own experiences. 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I kept this up for six months, and steadily gained strength and health, and when I had used fittccn bottles I considered myself entirely cured. I am. a grateful, happy woman to-day." Miss Muriel Armitage. Pcruna cures catarrh of tho pelvic organs with tho samo surety as it.cures catarrh cf tho head. Pcruna has be come renowned as a positivo euro for femalo aliments simply because the ail ments are mostly due to catarrh. Ca tarrh is tho causo of the trouble. Pcruna cures the catarrh. The symp toms disappear. greatest exhaustion. This is a very com mon sight and is almost always due to pel vic catarrh. It is worse than foolish for so many women to suffer year after year with a dis ease that can bo permanently cured. Peruna cures catarrh permanently. It cures old chronic cases as well as a slight attack, tho only difference being in the length of time that it should be taken to effect a cure. 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