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THE ALLIANCE HERALD
T. J. O'Keef, PublUher.
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
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An arbitration treaty bctwcon Swe
den nnd Norway nnd llolglum was
lgncd at Brussels.
Mmo. Pattl will give n concert In
St. Petersburg In December for tho
benefit of tho Russian wounded.
Captain Peter Miller, chief of tho
Philadelphia detcctlvo bureau, died at
his homo In Philadelphia, aged C2
years.
Tho weather bureau officials report
that last month way tho dryost in
Ohio slnco 1878. Thero was only .18
of an Inch precipitation.
Tho light grndo rnll mill or tho Ed
gar Thomas steel mill at Draddock,
Pa., which lias been shut down for six
months, started tip last weok.
Baron Locffelholz von Colbcrg, a
lieutenant In tho Prussian army, wnw
married in London to Iono Shopc,
widow of tho lato C. W. Shopo of Now
York.
Tho official canvass of tho voto of
Connecticut shows: For lloosovolt,
111,009; Parker, 72,909; Debs, 4,513;
prohibition, 1.C0C; people's party, 495;
socialist labor, 575.
Tho sccrotary of tho Interior has or
dered tho withdrawal of 58,000 acres
of land in tho Minor, N. I)., land dis
trict on account of tho Buford-Trenton
reclamation project.
Tho voto of Wisconsin for president
was1: Roosovclt, 280,104; Parker, 124,
107; Dobs, 28,220; Swallow, 9.770;
peoplo's party, 530; socialist labor,
223; Roosovolt'a plurality, 15C,0G7.
Two votes wcro cast In Georgia In
18G0 for Lincoln. Ono of tho voters,
William Bowors", Is still living In
Franklin, that state, nnd voted the re
publican ticket at tho recent election.
Tho doath of Prlnco Frederick of
Ilohcnzollcrn, n member of tho non
reigning SIgmarlngcn branch of tho
family, and a younger brother of King
ChnrlcB of Roumanln, Is momentarily
awaited.
Oscar Adlor, 28 years of ago, who
died a banking business under tho
firm namo of Novak & Co., nt 14 Aov
nuo D, Now York, was arrested as ho
was making preparation to escape to
Europe.
Tho chamber of commence of Au
gusta, Ga., will invito President Roose
velt to Includo Augusta In his contem
plated trip to tho south, assuring him
n hearty reception nnd generous hos
pltnllty.
Tho omclal tabulation of tho voto
cast in Louisiana In tho presidential
election shows tho following: Parker
nnd Davis electors, 47,708; lloosovolt
and Fairbanks, 5,205. For tho socialist
electors 995 votes wero cast. '
Tho top works of tho central shaft
of tho Woodsldo Coal oampany, lo
cated south of Sprlngllcld, 111., caught
flro and wero destroyed, tho flro go
ing into tho mine, whoro thirty men
wero nt work, nil of whom escaped.
Tho United States army transport
Logan Balled from San Francisco for
Guam nnd Manila. Sho has on board
n largo numbor of cabin passengers,
214 officers and men of tho Philip
pine constabulary, forty-four recruits,
n full cargo of supplies nnd 1,000,000
newly coined Philippine posos.
Final arrangements, it Is stated,
havo been mado by tho Itlo Grando
Western railway for the .taking ovor
of tho Copper Bolt railway. This is
a ton-mile lino, taking in Bovcral of
tho big Bingham copper mines In
Utah, nnd Its acquisition brings tho
Bio Grands system Into direct contnet
with theso properties.
Commander Nugent, commanding
tho British gunboat Algorlne, will ro
colvp from tho American government
n handsome gold watch as an evl
denco of this government's apprecia
tion for his services In rescuing thirty-three
seamen of tho crow of tho
American steamer Mlneola.
President Roosevelt wns presented
With a fine 'rapier of fifteenth century
make by Representative James Taw
ney of Minnesota on bfchair nt Jacob
Scherftus of Winona, Minn., a person
al nnd political admirer of tho presi
dent. ThCxajpICr. camo down from thg
Magnus family of Bavaria in the flf
teenth century.
Governor Wnrfleld of Maryland has
certified to tho election of seven demo
cratic and ono republican elector. Tho
largest voto was for Charles J. Bona
parto, republican, who received 109,--197
votes', and the largest democratic
voto was for Frank. Brown, who re
ceived 109.44G, a majority of 51 for
tho republican elector.
Dean Wright of tho academic de
partment of Yale has ordered tho
members of tho freshmen class to
pay an assessment of 20 conts each to
meet tho oxponso Incurred by tho
city park commissioners in donning
East Rock park after a freshman cele
bration there. Signs and foncos in
the neighborhood wero disfigured.
Minister or Justice Vallo has ap
pointed a commission of tho most
prominent Jurists, senators, deputies
and academicians to revise the civil
code of Franco. This will bo the flret
comprehensive revision of the code
slnco Napoleon promulgated it In
1804.
Charles Hendricks, a Hon tamer,
badly lacerated by a huge lion during
an exhibition, died nt San Francisco.
Rov. William Cayen, president of
Knox college and the foremost theo
logian and chief educationalist of
Canada, Is dead, aged 74 years.
Brief Telegrams
CONGRESS AGAIN
NATIONAL LAWMAKER8
TO ASSEMBLE.
ABOUT
LITTLE WILL BE DOME THIS WEEK
Message of President Nott to Bo De
livered Until Second Day Adjourn
ment In Memory of Members Who
Have Died.
WASHINGTON Little In tho way
of legislative buslnoss Is expected tho
first week of tho sosslon of congress
Tho first day will bo devoted to call
ing the roll nnd swearing In now mom
bers who havo been elected to fill va
cancies. The usual commlttco will
bo nppolntcd to Inform tho president
that congress Is In session and tho
resolution notifying tho sonata that a
quorum of tho house Is ready for busl
noss will bo passed. Tuesday tho
president's messngo will bo read, bnt
It Is not expected that any othor busi
ness will bo transacted.
There arc a numbor of minor mat
tors of legislation which may bo con
sidered on Wednesday and on Thurs
day, as no special order has been
made for consideration of any general
monpuro. It Is posslblo that tho leg
islative, executive nnd Judicial appro
priation bill may bo reported Wed
nesday or Thursday.
Friday Is ponslon day nnd there will
bo moro than a thousnnd prlvnto pen
sion bills ready for tho houso to con
sider. Early adjournments each day are
exported during the first weok In or
der to glvo time to shnpo tho ses
sion business.
An Intimation hai been given that
objection may bo interposed ngnlnst
administering tho oath of ofneo to J.
Thomas Iloflln, who has been elected
to fill tho vacancy caused by tho death
of Representative Thompson of tho
Fifth Alabama district, on account of
cortnln laiigungo Heflln Is alleged to
havo used regarding tho president of
tho United States. In enso objection
is mado thoro Is no doubt there will
bo n spirited party dobato which
would occupy considerable time.
Tho first net of the senate after
convonlng will bo ono of respect to
tho memory of two distinguished sen
ators whoso deaths have occurred
Blnco tho adjournment of congress.
Senator Penrose, Immediately after
tho eenato Is called to order, will an
nounco Senator Quay's demise, nnd
then will glvo way to Senator Lodge
to perform a like service In tho case
of Senator Hoar. Adjournment for
tho day will 'follow nt onco and will
postpone receipt of tho president's an
nual message until Tuesday. Tho
document will bo received early Tues
day nnd very llttlo If any further busi
ness beyond Its rending nud tho In
duction Into ofllco of Messrs. Knox of
Pennsylvania and Crano of Massachu
setts. For tho remainder of tho weok ex
ceedingly brief sessions nro expected.
On Thursday nn adjournment will bo
taken until tho following Mondny.
Senator Lodgo will press tho houso
bill for tho amendment of tho', Pfiillp
plno government law as soon ns l Is
practicable to got that moasurp .bo
forc.itho senate, nnd has announced
his' Intention not to brook opposition
to Its consideration. Tho bill has tho
vast advantage of being on tho calen
dar as unfinished business, so that It
cnunot easily be displaced, it Is not
probable, howover, that Mr. I.odgo
will now attempt moro with referenco
to It than to glvo notlco of his Inten
tion to press Its adoption.
COCKRELL HAS HIS CHOICE.-
Positions Offered to the Mlssourlan by
President Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON Snnntcir f!nnkri11
of Missouri, who arrived In Washing-
ton i ueBiiay night from his home, call
cd Wednesday on President Roosevelt
and had nn extended conference with
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mm. u mum. .nu iirs i iimo mo presi
dent and Senator Cockroll had met
slnco tho election. When It became
evident thnt the result of the election
in Missouri would result In tho ifc
tlremont from the sennto of Mr. Codc
rell the president lot It bo understood
that ho would offer to hhn a federal
appointment commensurato with His
ability, kn&wlodge of public affairs,
wide experience and high character.
At the conference Wednesday Uio
president informed Sonutor Cockroll
that ho would appoint him as a mem
ber of either the isthmian canal com
mission or of tho Interstate commerce
commission ns the senator might elect.
Senator Cockrell did not Indicate to
tho presldont what ho might do re
garding tho proffer and said to his
friends after the conforenco that ho
would not announce his doclslon, per
haps for several weoks. as It was
not necossary that he should do so
Immediately.
Naturalization Frauds.
BALTIMORE Throo persons wore
arrested on bench warrants Issued by
United States Judge Morris on the
charge of falsely swearing that they
had resided In the United States long
enough to legalize their suffrages.
They are Max Cohen, Jacob Relnor
and Charles Einstein. Tho prisoners,
accompanied by sevoral other residents-
of Baltimore, went to Westmin
ster, Md., prior to tho November elec
tion and secured naturalization papers
upon which their names wero'eurollod
upon tho polling lists.
TALK OF RECIPROCITY.
The Question Likely to Be Up In the
Coming Congress.
WASHINGTON-Coupled with tar
iff legislation discussion Is the sub
ject of reciprocity A numbor of pro
posed reciprocity treaties havo been
and still aro reposing in tho pigeon
holes of tho Bonnto. During tho com
ing throo months thoro may bo somo
tnlk about these treatlos, but tho In
dications arc they will not bo serious
ly considered. So strong hns boon
tho opopsltton to them that It has
hover been considered worth whllo to
report them from the commlttco on
foreign relations, to which they were
referred. Thero was considerable
talk during tho last sosslon of con
gress concerning tariff revision, and
tho suggestion was mado by soveral
prominent lenders that any revision
thnt was necessary could bo accom
plished during tho short Bcs&lcn of
congress, tho Idea being that revision
would bo on tho lines of reduction nnd
would meet with llttlo or no opposi
tion may bo moro pronounced.
Rovcnuo legislation of any kind Is
suro to create considerable talk In
tho senato, and that means delay. In
fact It has become known under pres
ent conditions legislation during the
Bhort session Is enacted by practically
unanimous consent. Any hnlf dozen
sonntors who determine to defeat a
bill havo the power to do so, with tho
privilege of unlimited debate. In tho
house the stringent rules ennblo tho
majority to transact all business It
desires, nnd so far as that body Is
concerned there Is no difficulty about
any legislation that may bo attempt
ed, but If tho lenders do not want
tnr'ff revision or change In tho rcvo
nuo laws nothing will bo done.
ENJOINS THE TAXES.
Burlington and Union Pacific File Pe
tition In the Federal Court.
OMAHA The Union Pacific Rail
way company, through Its attorney,
John M. Baldwin, and tho Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy nnd B. & M.
Railway companies, through their at
torney, J. E. Kelby, appeared before
Judge W. II. Mungcr In tho United
States circuit court Wednesday even
ing nnd secured n temporary restrain
ing order against tho county treasu
rers of tho different counties of tho
state of Nebraska through which their
respective roads run, from attempting
in any wny or manner to collect tho
tnxes levied against the complnlnnnt
roads or from enforcing nny of tho
terms of nny tax warrant which may
now or horenfter be placed In their
hands.
Judgo Munger granted tho tempo
rary order and tho hearing is set for
Monday or Tuesday, December 20 or
27. 1904.
Tho petition accompanying the ap
plication mado by the Union Pacific Is
of seventy-four printed pages.
Tho haste in seeking tho restrain
ing order is owing to the fact that
under tho now rovcnuo law of Ne
braska tho taxes of railway corpora
tions becomo duo nnd delinquent on
December 1, and tho tnx collecting
ofllclals of tho respoctivo counties are
authorized under the law to levy upon
any funds that may be In tho hands
of any agent of the respective com
panies to apply upon tho delinquent
tnxes, or that mny thereafter come.
into meir nanus so long as mo taxes
remain unsatisfied. Hence, as theso
corporation taxes becomo duo on and
nfteWedncsdny, tho railroads had to
hurry and get tho restraining order
granted.
JAPS GET NEARER.
Report That They Now Occupy 203
Meter Hill.
LONDON According to n Toklo
dispatch to tho Standard thero Is an
unofllclnl rumor that tho Japanese
hauled largo caliber guns to tho top
or 203 meter hill, from whence their
llro hns a sweep of the whole harbor.
This report doubtless goes beyond
tho fncts. but various dispatches in
dicate tho progress the Japanese aro
making in tho reduction of Port Ar
thur. Japanese here oxplnln the great
importance of 203 Meter hill, which,
besides giving comtnnnd of the' har
bor, will servo as u wide breach 'mado
by the wedge the Japanese had pre
viously driven In between tho ' Etso
group and the Russians' last retrent
in tho ravines of Laotlo mountain.
They , declaro that retreat to Lnotlo
will bo 'effectively cut off and tfiat it
is, not unlikely that Laotlo will be si
multaneously attacked In tho flnhl qs
sault. Bennett Burlolgfi'wlres to tho 'Dally
Ttlegraph from Che-Foo that In tho
last assault tho Japanese lost 4.000 In
ono hour's fighting. They claim to
havo cautprcd two more of tho north
eastern forts and a third, which Is
part of the West Kekwan fort. Thcv
claim, Mr. Burlolgh adds, to havo ef
fected a lodgemont nt Pigeon bay,
thus turning tho fort on 203 Meter hill,
nnd that they aro now tunnelling from
tho gorge below Laotlo hill, which
they hope first to damage and then to
rush. The dispatch continues:
Norway Wants $10,000,000.
CHRISTIANIA. Norway During tho
discussion in the storthing of tho bill
to raise a loan or $7,500,000, the
finance minister - unexpectedly an
nounced that the lonn would be In
creased to $10,000,000, or which the ad
ditional $2,500,000 would bo sot asJdo
as a special reserve for use "when tno
country is In distress." This announce
ment of what may bo regarded as a
war fund created some astonishment.
Some members asked an explanation
or what had happened, but the rain-
i lster refused to bo drawn out.
I FALL OF ARTHUR
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ioi. rtiLHSUUHU NOW THINKS
IT IS IMMINENT.
ARE PREPARING FOR THE WORST
Capture of Two Hundred and Three
Meter Hill Seals Doom of Besieged
Town General Stoessel Will Never
Surrender.
ST. PETERSBURG With tho con
firmation of tho news that tho Japan
ese have occupied Two Tundred nnd
Three-Meter hill and tho report that
tho Russians unsuccessrully at tempt
ed Its recapture, officials at tho war
ofllco are beginning to prepare them
soIvcb for tho Inevitable. Golden hill
nnd Llnott hill aro higher and domi
nato Two Hundred and Three-Meter
hill, but tho omcluls Bay that If tho
Japaneso succeed In mounting heavy
guns upon tho latter It probably will
bo only n question or days or weeks
before the fortress falls. Still thero
Is not tho lightest Idea among Gen
eral Stoessel's friends that ho will
surrender even if he should be or
dered to do so. It Is hinted that It is
possible that tr tho fall of tho for
tress Is shown to be Inevitable tho
emperor may direct his surrender in
order to prevent tho unnecessary sac
rifice of the remnant of Its brave de
fenders, but It Is believed by those
who know General Stoessel best that
ho will make good his threat to hold
out to tho last man and cartridge In
Port Arthur.
Tho ships In the harbor. It can now
bo stated on high authority, aro in
no condition to attempt to break
through tho blockading squadron. Tho
guns of tho warships were not long
ago landed and the marines and sail
ors have been participating in the
lnnd defense. Some of the ships
have also been Injured by shells. If
tho fortress falls, It Is understood,
they will be taken outside and sunk
in deep water in order to prevent the
possibility of their ever being of serv
ice to tho enemy.
Tho question of the ndvlsablllty of
reinforcing Vlco Admiral Rojestvcn
sky's squadron with the Black sea
fleet Is again being agitated in somo
of tho pnpers, notably tho Novoo
Vremya, which points out that with
tho addition of tho Black sea vessels
Rojestvensky will havo a superiority
which will insure victory over Admir
al Togo's fleet.
Tho Novoo Vremya calls attention
to tho fnct that Japan was not ono
of tho signatories to tho treaties clos
ing the Dardanelles and asserts that
If Japan had the power sho might
force an entrance Into the Black sea
and engage tho Russian fleet. Con
vorsely, tho paper continues, with
tho consent of tho portc thero is noth
lug in tho treaty to prevent tho exll
of tho Black sea fleet to fight some
power which is in nowise involved in
the treaty.
AMERICAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
New York Man Jumps to Vestibule
from Third Floor of Hotel.
LONDON Elvorton Chapman, aged
23, whoso homo Is in New York City,
committed suicide at the Carlton hotel
by throwing himself from tho third
floor landing to tho vestibule, where
he was shockingly mangled on the
marblo floor. His skull was crushed,
ono arm -was shattered nnd there were
othor Injuries, from which ho died In
terrlbleagony within n few minutes.
Chapman arrived at tho Carlton last
Saturday accompanied by his valet
After dressing for dinner Monday
evening ho loft his room and upon
arriving at the head of the staircase
suddenly eluded tho wntchful attend
ant, sprang forwnrd, cleared the ban'
lster and fell three flights to tho
ground. Tho vestlbulo was filled with
well dressed men and women who
wcro proceeding to tho dining hall.
Tho band wns playing when tho tragic
Incident occurred. It was all so start
ling that great confusion nt onco pro
vailed, but tho doctors speedily arriv
ed and Chapman was conveyed to his
room. He succumbed almost Immedl
ately.
NEW BANK 'TO RUN AT NIGHT
New York Financiers Plan Institution
for Transients.
NEW YORK Impressed by the
need for an Institution where money
may bo obtained at any hour, promt
nent New York financiers nnd com
mercial men have, it Is announced by
tho Herald, organized tho first night
and day bank and safe deposit com
pany. The names' or men prominent Jn the
business and, social world appear In
the oVgjjnzatlon committee and tht
.capital stocK or $250,000 already hat
been subscribed. Tho concern alsc
will have a working surplus or $250,
000. The plight In which many trav
olers or wealth often find themselves
because they are unablo to draw cash
In cases of emergency suggested tht
organization of tho bank. It is likely
that Oaklelgh Thorno of the North
Amorlcan Trust company will bo presl
dent or the new Institution.
Taft Will Arrive Saturday.
PBNSACOLA, Fla. A cablegram
was rocelved Sunday from Secretary
of War Taft and his party, announc
Ing that they would arrlvo In Pensa
cola on the cruiser Columbia on Do
cembcr 10. It Is the intention of See
rotary Taft to return to Washington
aout December 14, according to pres
ent plans. Ho stated on his departure
from hore that he would remain In
Pensacola several days on h.s return
Preparations are being mado for tin
entertainment of the distinguished
ynrty during their stay here.
OUR COLLECTIONG.
Internal Revenue Money Is More Than
Last Year.
Washington. Tho annual report of
Commissioner John W. Yerkes of the
Internnl revenue bureau shows that
lor the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904,
the receipts of tho bureau were $232,
'104.001, an Incrcaso of $2,104,079 over
Iho collections for the year next pre
ceding. The cost of collection wns
1.98 per cent, ns against 2.07 for tho
year 1903, nnd 2.83 per cent, tho aver
age cost of collection since the forma
tion of the bureau.
The estimated receipts from all
sources of Internal revenue for tho fis
cal year ending June 30, 1903, arc
$230,000,000.
In 1903 the total production of dis
tilled spirits was 148,200,875 gallons;
In 1901, 139,505,214 gallons. In 1903,
in round numbers, 111,000,000 gallons
of tax-paid spirits were withdrawn; in
1901. 117,000,000. There has been a
decrease In the amount of tobacco
manufactuied and an Increase In snuft
manufacture. There wns an Increase
in the production of beer.
Tho four states having tho largest
production of distilled spirits during
tho year are: Illinois, 41,785.899 gal
Jons; Kentucky. 23.070.1G2 gallons; In
diana. 20,838.8GS gallons, and Ohio, 13.
173,537 gallons.
The four states which produced tho
largest quantity of fermented liquor
are: New York, 10.G91.8G8 barrels;
Pennsylvania, 0,123,936 barrels; Illi
nois. 4.G32.44G barrels, and Wisconsin,
4.035,292 barrels.
On the subject of wood alcohol Mr.
Yerkes says: "The recent death in
New York city of sevoral men, caused,
as alleged, by drinking In a saloon
liquor sold as whisky, which In fact
was a liquid composed laregly of wood
alcohol and colrod so as to resemble
whisky, has brought prominently to
the nttentlon of the public the sup
posed uso of wood alcohol as a bever
age. "There Is no tax upon wood alcohol
and, therefore, no record of Its manu
facture or sale Is kept by this bureau,
and In no way does It come within tho
pcope of the inspection or regulation
of this office.
"The methods of purifying and re
fining wood alcohol now employed so
far remove Its toxic qualities that It
can be nnd probably is used with somo
less danger than formerly to adulter
ate ethyl alcohol in the preparation of
various kinds of compounded nlcohollc
beverages. Through theso Improved
processes of refining it is n competitor
with ethyl alcohol for use in the man
ufactures and arts, In tho preparation
of perfumes and cosmetics nnd to
tome extent in the making of medi
cinal compounds.
"Unless by legislative enactment the
uso of ethyl alcohol free of tax In tho
arts and manufactures should be
granted, then this .ofllco submits foi
consideration tho propriety or tho im
position, through necessary legislation,
of a tax on wood alcohol to an amount
sufficient to place tho two articles
wood and ethyl alcohol on a basis of
equality."
LEGISLATION ON TAP.
Congress Meets for Short Session
with Calendar Full of Bills.
WASHINGTON On tho stroke of
12, Monday, the second session of the
.Elfty-elghth congress will bo called
to order by President Pro Tern Fryo
In tho senate and by Speaker Can
non in the house. . When tho gavels
of tllft nrnstillnfr nfflnAra EiimVllnn Itin'r
senators ind representatives to duty
only routine business will bo trans
acted. Tho chaplains will pray, tho
rolls will be called, the regular reso
lutions of notification will bo passed,
committees to Inform tho president
will be appointed nnd adjournment
will follow out of respect for tho de
ceased members. The president's
message generally Is received and
read tho first day, but tho senate Is
punctilious In certain matters and Is
almost sure to adjourn as a tribute
of respect to the late Senator Hoai
of Massachusetts and tho lato Sena
tor Quay of Pennsylvania. The mes
sage, therefore, probably will not bo
read until Tuesday.
After tho opening day, when tho
message of tho presldont Is read, tho
regular business or tho session will
begin and the legislative wheels will
grind steadily until March 4, 1905.
There is plenty to do. Tho calendars
or both houses aro loaded with bills
or all kinds; hundreds or now bills
will be introduced and committees
nro ready to report enough to keep
congress busy for twelve months, but
In the three months congress prob
ably will do little moro than pass the
regular annual appropriation bills.
Official Vote of Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Tho state
election board canvassed tho voto of
Indiana Monday. Tho official figures
show Roosevelt to have received a
plurality of 93,944. Tho total vote of
tho state for each ticket was as fol
lows: Republican, 3G8.289; democrat,
274.345; prohibition, 23.49G; people's
2,444; socialist. 12,013; socialist labo-,
1,598; total vote, 082,185.
White House Callers.
WASHINGTON Senator Fairbanks
was at the white house for some time
in conference with tho president.
Senators Aldrich or Rhode Island and
Depew also called the latter to pay his
respects to the president,
Body of Paul Kruger.
CAPE TOWN The body of tho
lato president of the Transvaal repub
lic, Paul Kruger, Is lying in state in
tho Hugenot memorial building,
where it is1 daily visited by great
crowds.
EVERY WALK IN LIFE.
A. A Boyce, a farmer, living throo
and a half miles from Trenton, Mo.,
says: "A se
vere cold set
tled in my
kidneys und
developed so
quickly that
I was obliged
to lay off
work on ac
count of tho
aching In my
back nnd
sides. For a
time I was
unable to walk at all, and every make
shirt I tried and all tho medlclno I took
had not tho slightest effect. My back
continued to grow weaker until I be
gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills, anil
I must Bay I was more than surprised
nnd gratified to notice tho back ache
disappearing gradually until it finally
stopped."
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all
dealers or mailed on receipt of price.
50 cents per box. Foster-Mllburu Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Men who havo no religion outside of
their creed may find they have no
heaven outside of their imagination
Chicago Tribune.
The December issue of Everybody's
Mngazlne, (New York), will certainly
attract atentlon, not only because of
the sensational interest of its in
stallment of Thomas W. Lawson's
"Frenzied Finance." but through the
distinction and excellence of its gen
eral contents nnd the beauty of its
illustrations. Somo of tho best fic
tion writers before tho public nre rep
resented within Its covers. There
are stories and good ones, too by
Booth Tarklngton, O. Henry, Eliza
beth Jordan, Lindsay Denlson, Inez
Haynes Glllmore and Hall Caine.
Henry Van Dyke contributes "Is tho
World Growing Better?" an article
especially appropriate to the season
of "Peace and Good Will,' in which
ho discuses the development of kind
lines into a world virtue and the
Eradual diminution of cruelty.
English Marriage Rate.
The marriage rate is higher in Eng
land than elsewhere, being 13 a 1,000.
In most other countries it varies from
7 to 10 a 1,000. Tho highest birth
rate, nccordlng to a volume of statis
tics, referring chiefly to foreign coun
tries, issued by tho British Board of
Trade, is in Roumania 30 a 1,000.
That country also has tho highest
death rate, 27.7 a 1,000. The lowest
marriage rato is in Sweden, where it
Is .9 a 1,000.
Cuban Soil Is Productive.
Tho soil of Tuba Is extremely fruit
rul. Cabbages mere arc so largo that
heads weighing twenty pounds each
aro common. All vegetables do well.
Radishes may bo eaten from fourteen
to eighteen days after sowing, lettuco
In five weeks after sowing, whllo corn
produces three crops per year. Sweet
potatoes grow all tho year.
Don't Let the Years Count.
Ago will never succeed In retaining
a youthful appearance and mentality
until people mako up their minds not
to let tho years count until they
coaso to mako tho body old by tho
constant suggestions of the mind.
Success Magazine.
Hearty Appetites of Birds. "
A redstart has been known 't'cT'cat
G00 flics an hour, and b'ackcajjjlhaa
mjai.juyi.-u ,uuu Krvuu jues ironr"a
roso bush in a greenhouse in a few
hours. Tho wren feeds her youns
thirty-six times' an hour.
HAPPY CHILDHOOD.
Right Food Makes Happy Children
Because They are Healthy.
Sometimes milk does not agreo with
children or adults. Tho same thing Is
true of other articles of food. What
agrees with ono sometimes does not
agreo with others.
But food can be so prepared that It'
will agreo with tho weakest stomach.
As an Illustration anyone, no matter
how weak tho stomach, can eat relisb
and digest a nlco hot cup of Postum
coffee with a spoonful or two of
Grape-Nuts poured in, and such a com
bination contains nourishmentto car
ry one a number of hours, fotyalmost
every particlo.,or it will, bo digested
and taken up by the system and bo
made use or.
A lady writes from the land of tho
Magnolia and the mocking bird way
down ifi Alabama and soys: "l wa3
led to drink Postum because coffeo
gave mo sour stomach and made me
nervous. Again Postum was recom
mended by two well known physicians
for my children, and I feel especially
grateful for the benefit derived.
"Milk does not agreo with either
child, so to the eldest, aged four and
onohalf years, I give Postum with
plenty of sweet cream. It agrees with
her splendidly, regulating her bowels
perfectly although she Is of a consti
pated habit.
"For tho youngest, aged two nnd
one-half years, I uso one-half Postum
and ono-half skimmed milk. I have
not given any medicine since tho
children began using Postum. and
Lhey enjoy every drop or it.
"A neighbor ir mine is giving Pos
tum to her baby lately weaned, with
splendid results. Tho little rellow Is
thriving famously." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Croek. Mich.
Postum agrees perfectly with child
ren nnd supplies adults with the hot,
Invigorating beverage in place of cof
fee. Literally thousands of American?
have been helped out of stomach and
nervous diseases by leaving off cof
fee and using Postum Food Coffee.
Look in pkg. for the little book, "The
Road to Wellvllle."
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