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&''- "hlfe K-tr:1fTa,Tw 4tU ei: r t THE ALLIANCE HERALD W S. RAKER, Publisher. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. News in Brief Stock losses In Keith county. Neb., during the recent cold snap were very Email. Ranchmen Bay this Is tlio hard est winter cvor oxporluneod In tho locality. According to tho correspondent nt Shnlnghnl or tho Dally Telegraph, Genorni Kuropatkln npparuntiy Js changing his haso from Mukden to Fushun. j A conductor on tho loniBvllfo; and Nashville .railroad, testifying )ororo tho senate hi tho Impeachment pro ccertfngs.'sayfl JndgtflSw'nyno traveled on n imss. ' Minister' Thompson has cabled tho atnto department from Fctroimlls, Hroz.ll, that the decree establishing martial law has been extended for thirty days. Frnncla Kossuth, son of tho famous revolutionist, and head of powerful Hungarian Independence party, dis cusses tho political situation with Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. Scnntor Bacon introduced rcoolu tlons nakinR for nn inquiry Into tho nntlon'H rights in San Domingo, nnd tho relations between tho senate and president nro forced nearer to tho broakltig point. Govornor La, Follotte, ordered Sher iff Simpson to stop tho fight between Thomas Mowatt and Edward Hanlon nt Oshliosh, and tho contest was pre vented. A largo audlonco bad gather ed to sec tho fight. On tho petition of creditors, n re ceiver was appointed by tho federal court for tho A. Haas & Sons Pants company of St. Ixmls. Tho liabilities of tho firm nro placed at $95,000, and tho assets at $G0,000. Tho president hns approved tho son tenco of dismissal from tho sorvico ,ot Captain David 11. Mulllkon, Twenty 'seventh Infantry, who wns recently tried nt Fort Sherlday, 111., for dupli cation of pay accounts. Representatives Hearst and Sulli van of Massachusetts, both democrats, bare their political hatred hi tho houso In such a manner that tho other members protest, and tho speak er cuts short tho dobate. Tho navy department has decided to .forego tho usual winter maneuvers of .tho combined fleets In tho Caribbean this year In order to allow tho ships' companies to perfect themselves In tho uo of tho signal codo. - Aincdeo .Toulllln, a prominent artist of San Francisco, has been mado nn officer of public Instruction In tho French republic nnd honored with a decoration from J. Chnumle, minister of Instructions' and lino arts. Tho houso committee on claims au thorized a favorable report on a bill to pay William Radclirro. a British sub lect, $25,000 In settlement forjij.s ilsk hatchery In Dolta county, Colorado, which was destroyed by a mob.. lV2fho mart who annoyed Miss Helen ' ' Qoitld with proposals of marrlago was arrested in Now York City. Ho is believed to bo n maniac, and bad pa pers claiming $5,000,000,000 for dis covering a mountain. United States Senator Mitchell, Congressmen John N. Williamson and Dinger Hermann and others again aro Indicted by tho federal grand Jury in Portland, Oregon, on tho chargo of conspiracy to defraud tho government of land. Tho London Dally Mall publishes a story to tho effect that a Russian non commissioned officer has confessed that ho wns bribed to put n loaded shell In a saluting gun on tho occasion of tho blessing of tho waters of the Neva. President Roosovelt, In an address at a Lincoln banquet in Now York, declares tho "square denl" to bo tho key to the solution of tho raco prob lem, and says all good citizens should work together for tho moral nnd In dustrial uplifting of tho negro. Colonel William S. Patton. Major Carl Dcvol and Georgo P. Whltto, all of the quartermaster's, department, have been ordered to meet at San Francisco to Investigate and report upon an nllcgod shortage of funds, for which Captain Lafitto Is accountable. Tho houso committee on xillltary affnlrs has ordered a favorable report on Roprosontatlvo Kinknlds bill grant ing Charles H. Cornell tho right to croct a dam across the Niobrara river on the Fort Niobrara military reser vation. Representative Townsond. author ot tho Townsond rate bill, aftor a con ference with tho prosldont, expressed tho bollof that a fair prospect existed to get the bill reported from the sen ate committee on Interstate com merce. Tho senate has passed the Joint re solution or Senntor Gamble providing for the donation of condemnort cnunmt to tho Unlvorslty of South Dakota to bo placed on tho cumpiu? of tho unl vorslty to commemorate the valor of thoso who foil In tho service of their country during tho Spanish-American war. An ordor was issued by tho United States court of appeals nt St. Ixnils commanding Ira C. Young, convicted of using the mails with intout to do fraud, to surrondor to tho United States marshal by February IS, to liegln his term of olghtoon months In ithe Missouri penitentiary. BEAUTIFUL VfOMEN HOW THEY MAINTAIN THE OHAEMS ' Or THEIR BEX. Tim liHporUnr thiit Attntlirs lo Jlif Ore oflha lllnoil If One AVnliU Ilrllit Kjr anil a Clear Complexion. Every sensible womnn nalnrnlly wished toappear attractive. She knows tho value of bright cyci, dnlicnto complexion nnd livoly spirits. Sho knows nlso that good henlth isnt tho bosisof her charms, nnd that good blood Is the sourco of good health. Miss Mamlo Conway has a complexion which is tho admiration of all who know licr. Asked if fcho could ninko nny sug gestions that would bo helpful to others loss fortunate, she said I "My comploxion would noji liavo pleased you, if yon had scon it two years ago. JC wns men nuout ns unit nn it could be, and it gavo mo n great deal of dissatisfaction. If you want a good complexion you must tako care of your bonlth, especially of tho condition of your blood. My health was at that timo completely broken down. I was nervous, had frequent headaches, n torpid liver and a great deal of pain in thnt rcgipu. I Miffcred also from indigestion. It was clear thnt my blood was In bad condition, for pimples broke out all over myfaco." "It is hard to rcall.o that, for thoro isn't tho slightest traco of such blem ishes now." "It was nufortnnatcly quito other wise tlicu, nnd a long timo passed before I found anything that gnVo mo nny re lief. I became very weak and listless. Tho doctor's medicine did mo no good, nnd I took n number of highly recom mended tonics with no better result. As soon, however, ns t began to uso Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People my complexion cleared up, nnd nfter I had takon two boxes thcro was not n sign of n plmplo left on my face. My cheeks becnino rosy, I gained flesh and havo had perfect health over since." Rosy cheeks and sparkling oyes nro merely signs of healthy blood. They havo como not only in tho caso of Miss Conwny, whoso homo is nt 12 i 1 Fast Eighth street, Canton, Ohio, but to thousands of women for whom Dr. Williams' Pink Pills havo mado new blood. Thcro Jsno surer wny for von to obtain them, than to buy n box of theso pills from any drug gist and try them for yoursolf . They cor rect irregularities nnd banish weakness. Children Sodden With Liquor. Tho cantonal school board of Tlcino, in Switzerland, complains In a circu lar to parents that owing to children being nllowed nt homo to partake too freely of tho strong native liquor, boys and girls often go to school in a hope lessly Intoxicated condition. First Use of Piano. Thcro aro 10,700 pieces of wood, cloth and felt, and 1,185 feet of wlro In n concert grand piano. Tho earliest recorded public performance on tho piano forto took place at Covent Gar den, England, on May ICth, 17G7. Made III by Unfiltered Water. After a club dinner at a hotel In Stockholm, Bays tho Frandfurter Zel tung, Bovernl hundred persons fell ill of typhoid, duo to unfiltered river water being used for washing tho vegetables. Canada an Anglers' Paradise. Canada is the paradise of the angler,' AYIthln easy rango of Quebec aro hun dreds of lakes, sometimes milo in ex tent, which swarm with fish, and near ly all ot which nro free to all comers. Great Brltalns Herring Fisheries. Tho quantity of herrings lnnded on tho coasts of the United Kingdom is equal to that of all other fish. THE NEIGHBORS ALL USE THEM NOW. Quick Cure of Rheumatism by Dodd's Kidney Pills. How They Saved tho Shop of a Kansas Blacksmith Cure was Permanent too. Goodland, Kan., Feb. 20th. (Spe cial) So quick and completo was tho euro of N. E. Albertson, a local black smith, that it almost seems llko a mlraclo. Ho had Rheumatism so bad ho feared he would havo to glvo up his shop. Ono box of Dodd's Kidney Pills drove away all tho pains and they havo never returned. Speaking of his cure Mr. Albertson says: "I had Rheumatism In my shoulders and arms for years. Part of tho time it was so bad I could not sleep nt night. My arm hurt so that it seem ed I would havo to glvo up my black smith shop, I went to the drug store and bought ono box of Dodd's Kidney Pills and took them. I havo not had the Rheumatism since. A great many of tho neighbors aro using Dodd's Kid ney Pills since they saw how they cured mo." Largest Deposits of Nickel. Tho largest deposits of nickel are on the island of New Caledonia, a French possession in tho South Pacific. 8ALT RHEUM ON HANDS. Suffered Agony and Had to Wear Bandages All the Time Another Cure by Cutlcura. Anothor cure by Cutlcura Is told of by Mrs Carollnri"-Cuble, of Waupaca, Wis., In the following grateful let ter: "My husband suffered agony salt rheum on his hands, and I had to keop them fiandaged all the time. We tried everything we could get, but nothing helped him until he used Cutl cura. One set of Cutlcura Soap, Oint ment, and Pills cured him entirely, and his hands have boon as smooth as possible over since. I do hope this letter will bo tho moans of helping some other sufferer." Braggards are always laggards. GALLS A COUNCIL CZAR'S ADVISERS WILL CONSID ER THE SITUATION. UNREST IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE Oppression Like the Shadow of Doom Hanging Over the Capital Every one Seems to Shrink From What May Next Happen. ST. PETERSBURG An extra ordinary Bitting of the council of the cmplro has been Biimmoned to con Bltler tho situation resulting from the assassination of Grand Duko Sorglus. Tho emperor of Russia, by n ukaso Issued Saturday, restored to fnvor In tho lmporlnl family the Grand Duko Paul Aloxandrovltch. who Bomo cnrs 4go was dogruded of rank nnd honors jocnuse. In opposition to tho will of tho emperor and the wishes o tho imperial family, he contracted a mor ganatic marrlago with Madame Olga Pistolkoos. In-accordance with the de cree Grand Duke Paul Is reinvested with Ills' title and military standing, And ns general nlde-de-camp to his oiajesty, will attend tho runernl of 3rand Duke Scrglus, his brother. Tho body of tho Grand Duke Ser ;Iub lies In the Choudoff monnstcry it Moscow, where nn honory guard tcops vigil and priests Intone prayers !or the rcposo of his soul. That unrest Is yet prevalent within ;ho empire Is- evidenced by the fact :hat n district official at Igdyr was issasslnnted by Armenians for poli tical reasons yesterday nlid that at lragarshapnd the mayor was shot and tilled, while nt Kfchlncf an attack was made by nn unknown man on tho protect of police of that city. Oppression like the shadow of doom seems to bo hanging over tho Russian capital. Bells aro tolling and tho people In tho streets aro awe struck nt yesterday's bloody crime. Everyone seems to shrink before the lontemplatlon or what may hnppon next. The tragedy struck deep In tho neart of tho perplexed and tried em peror, and many who were unsparing n their criticism yesterday have anly expressions of sympathy for his inhnppy loL The bitter cup which luring the last year has been pressed Agnln and ngaln to his lips Is onco more filled to tho brim, and In almost oathctle words this morning ho Im plores his subjects to pray for the repose of tho soul of his murdered ancle. Death is in the air and no one snows .where the next blow may fall, Uthough precautions have been loublcd In every direction for the jrcsorvatlon of tho lives of the mem aers of tho Imperial family and the lilnlstcrs, and secret police are seek 3ig out nnd arresting thoso known to ao associated with tho fighting or ganizations. Tho authorities realize '.heir Impotency to ward off the swift acta of terrorism, murder In tho streets being posslblo nt nny Instant, rho only safety scorns to Ho In Beck ing safety behind palace walls, and Ml tho Imperial family have been warned not to venture out. BAYS STOESSEL IS A COWARD Naval Lieutenant Denounces the General.'jgp,. sri 'VICTORIA. B. C Aboard -the iteamer Turtnr, which arrived hero A'oro Lieutenants Below and Bondy, ameers of tho Russian cruiser Sevas topol, captured at the fall of Port Arthur. They were released by the Japanese after giving their parole. Tho captain of tho Sevastopol, and a lumber of other prisoners recently eleased, aro expected to reach San Francisco shortly. Lieutenant Below charactciizes Seneral Stoessel as a coward. "Tho irorld will know Stoessel as he Is," laid Below. "Ho Is n coward. Stoessel was burrowed' a great deal of the time In a cave. Tho real herolno was Mme. Zouhonell, who, when her hus oand was killed, took command of a oattery of thrco eleven-Inch guns at i point commanding the water sup ply and held thorn until sho was also killed. The garrison was deceived by also reports of the approach of Kuro patkin's army and tho Baltic fleet." METCALF ASKS FOR FUNDS. Needs Money to Prosecute Standard Oil Inquiry. WASHINGTON Funds with which :o prosecute the Inquiry into the methods of the Standard Oil company In Kansas wero asked of tho houso Dy Secretary Metcalf or tho depart ment or, commerce and labor. In his rommunlcatlon tho secretary says hat this Inquiry cannot be completed oeroro July 1. His suggestion Is that tho ur.oxponded balanco or an Item or $10,000 and another or $15 000 carried in tlio curront legislative, exocutlvo and Judicial appropriation act, bo mado avallablo ior this as woll as all other work or the Investigation which his dopartment Is prosecuting. Those Itoms wore apuroprlntcd to carry on the "beet trust" and other Inquiries. ji EMPEROR IS PROSTRATED t And All Festivities In Prince Leo pold's Honor Canceled. ST. PETERSBURG The new ot the nssassiuntlon ot the grand duke reachod Tsarskoo Selo whilo the Im perial family was ontortalnlng Prince Frederick Ieopold or Prussia. It created tho greatest consternation. Tho emperor Is reported to have boen complotoly prostrated. All fostlvitlos in honor of the" Prussian guost wore at once abandoned. Hi -1.1 IX 'jA'tifl'tlSPLORETHCXniME. nut Express Sympathy for the People of Russia. TOKIO -Commenting on tho nHsnfi sination of Grand Duko Scrglus nt Moscow, tho Jljl Shlmpo expresses Its sympathy nt his cruel death, but dcclnrcn tho act Is attributable to the high-handed manner of the Russian government in repressing tho recent lnlor demonstrations. Tho paper says that oppressive measures ngalnst ex pression of untlonal wishes Invito such outrages from the oppressed. "Tho war in the far cast resulted from tho aggressive action of tho Rus sian government, with which tho Rus sian people hnve little sympathy," tho Jljl Shlmpo adds. "In one sense Japan Is waging n war against tho Russian nation arising from oppres sion by tho nutocracy, but Japan Is fighting the government, nnd not tlio people of RusSla." Tho pnper predicts a better under standing with Increased sympathy be tween tho two peoples after tho war has ended and, after ngaln lomentlng tho crime which resulted In tho death of Grand Duke Serglus, exprcsBes the hope that It will be fruitful of good re sults. Other newspapers comment In a similar strain on the assassination of tho grand duke. SHORTAGE IN CASH ACCOUNT Army Officer to Be Investigated at His Own Request. SAN FRANCISCO Orders hnve been Issued from tho war department appointing a board to Investigate and report on an alleged shortngo of the accounts of Cant. Jncqucs do ILafUte, quartermaster of the transport lx gnn, now In this port. This board, It is stated by Captain l'Lafltto's friends, is appointed nt his own re quest, as he Is held responsible for 'tho funds, and he asserts that thcro Is n shortage In funds which were be yond his control. It Is necessary that tho quartermaster of each transiort tnke $5,000 or $0,000 In his safe on each trip, as all payments of em ployes must be mado In specie. On the return trip from Manila Captain l'Lnflttc was 111 and confined to Ills bed most of tho way across. While ho was 111 tho money was In tho chargo of subordinates, and tho In vestigation demanded la to. fix the re sponsibility, if possible, for the al leged shortage. SIGN PARCELS POST TREATY Agreement Entered Into With Great Britain. WASHINGTON A parcels post treaty between this government and Great Britain has been signed by President Roorevelt, Secretary Hay and Postmaster General Wynne. It has already been signed by tho Brit ish officials and will tako effect Tho final conclusion of tho British treaty is a source of considerable gratification to officials here and a substantial increase In tho volume of postal business Is expected to follow. Tho movement for a parcels post ar rangement between the two countries began many years ago. The treaty follows tho general provIsIoiiF of existing parcels jpost treaties , with otlior governments. ' AvParcels po3t treaty with Franco is expected to be concluded shortly. ,! POUNDING RUSSIAN CENTER Japanese Continue Active Against the Enemy. MUKDEN Tho Japanese fired Tuesday and Wednesday on Poutlloff hill with eight-inch guns, carrying 250-pound projectiles, indicating that they aro siege guns used at Port Ar thur and the first to bo mounted In position before tho Russian lines be low Mukden. A new situation, therefore, con fronts tho Russian center and the general situation appears to have been rendered more uncertain and .complicated by the battle of Sandepas and tho arrival of open weather. In dlcatfng an early spring. At some pnrts of tho lines there Is unusual familiarity, Russian and Jap anese oflicera In parties entertain each other. At Slnchlnpu tho Japa nese cheer the Russian band. LOOKS LIKE EXTRA SESSION TherCMust Be Legislation on the Rate Question. WASHINGTON, D, C Representa tive Townsond of Michigan, ono qr the authors of tho Esch-Towr.sond froight rate bill, had a talk with tho president regarding the prospects for tho onaetment of the measuro Into law. Mr. Townsond, who has canvassed the situation pretty thorouphly. ox pressed tho opinion that there was a chance for the passago or the bill by the senate at tho present session. Alter bis talk with tho president Mr. Townsend said that In tho event no legislation on tho rate question was enacted at this seRfdon, nn extra ordinary session or congross would be called by President Roosovelt for next autumn, porhaps In October. Great Fire in Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS For 'four hours Sunday night tho wholesale d'strlct, bounded by Georgia and Meridian stroets and Jackson Placo and the Un ion depot Bhcds. was mennced by a flro which started in tho wholesale warerooms of tho Rahnley & McCrea Millinery company. At 9: SO o'clock three general alarms brought Into ac tion every department In tho city and suburbs. Whon tho fire was brought under control the loss was ostlmated to bo not less than $1,500,000. Ono flroman was hurt by falling walls. : hemIloWn off UNCLE OF CfcAR ASSASSINATED WHILE DRIVING. BOMB BENEATH THE CARRIAGE Vehicle Is Blown to Pieces by Force of the Explosion. The Assassin, a member of the Noted "Fighting Group," Under Arrest. MOSCOW Within tho walls of tho far-famed Kremlin palace and almost undernenth tho historic tower from which Ivnn the Terrible watched the heads of his enemies falling beneath the axe .on the Red square, nnd within a stone's throw of tho great bell ot Moscow, Grand Duke Serguls, uncle and brother-in-law of Emperor Nicho las and the chief of the reactionaries, met n terrible death shortly befovo 3 o'clock. Tho deed was committed by a slnglo terrorist, who threw beneath tho carriage of the grand (hike n bomb charged with the same lilgh- power explosive which wrought Min ister von Plehve's death. Tho missile was packed with nails and fragments of Iron And Its explosion tore the Inv perlal victim's body to ghastly frag ments which strowed the anow for yards around. Tho assassin belongs to tho noted "fighting group" of tho socialist re volutionary party, which hns removed other prominent officials and long since passed sentence of death upon Grand Duko Serglus. Tho grand duko knew that ho stood In tho shadow of death. Ho was the recipient or numerous warnings and elaborate preparations were taken to Insure his safety, but all tho re sources of the gendarmerie, Bceret po lice and soldiers proved unavailing against an attempt almost exactly duplicating the procedure that caused the death of Minister of the Interior von Plohvo last July. It was tho Irony of fate that Serglus, after taking re fuge In his country villa during the strike troubles of a month ago and later seeking even more secure shelter In the palace within the Kremlin wnlls, should be killed while proceed ing to tho governor general's palace beyond the walls, and which he hnd abandoned to enablo the police to better protect him. Grand Duchess Elizabeth, who was daily engaged in preparing comforts for the sick and wounded In Man churia, was about to drive to tho palace to join her husband. When she heard of what had befallen tho grand duko sho was driven In haste to the scene of the tragedy, and knelt, hat less and coatless, on the bloodstained snow and murmured prayers for tho welfare of her slain consort. Tho scene of tho crime was the great open triangle within the Krem lin, bounded by the arsenal treasury and courts of Justice. In ono angle of which Is the Nicholas, or little palace, where the grand duko dwelt. On the snow lay fragments of the body of Grand Duko Serglus. mingled with tho wreck of the carriage. The giand duke's head had been torn from nls body and reduced to a shapeless pulp aud tuo trunk and limbs .worev fright fully mangled. A finger bearing a rich ,soal ring was found lying several yards away. The crimson tint ami smell of blood were everywhere. Only a few fragments of cloth Indicated that the body had been clothed. The coachman lay moaning with pain be side a deep hole in tho pavement. Tho horses, dragging the front wheels of the carriage, had dashed off. madden ed wltn pain, to sink dying before they reached tho gate. LONG MARKED FOR DEATH And Grand Duke Had Lately Acted Like a Hunted Man. PARIS The Grand Duke Serglus, uncle of the Russian emperor, and for merly governor-general of Moscow, is understood to have been condemned to death by tho revolutionary party In December last. Tho governor-Keneralship or Mos cow was abolished early In tho year and the grand duko, according to dis patches rrom Moscow January 4, kept closely to the well guarded Nlckouskl palace, on the outskirts or Moscow, retaining his position or commander-ln-chler or the military district. Later In January, however. It was nnnouncod that tho grand duke had sought refuge In one of the palaces of tho Kremlin. lie has been classed ns the' most reactionary member of tho imperial family, as tho head of which ho has been stigmatized by the liber als as Russia's evil genius. Graiid Duko Sorglus wa3 born In 1S57, and was married in 1884 to Princess Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt. They havo no children, Prof. Goodsneed Dead. CHICAGO- Dr. Georgo Stephen Goodspeed, professor of history at the Unlvorslty of Chicago, died of pneumonia. Ho graduated from Brown university in 1880, and took his doctor's dogreo nt Yale. President Wants Big Navy. WASHINGTON Several mombers of both the senate and house of repre sentatives Friday discussed with the prosldont the pending naval appro-p-iatlon bill. Tho president told all his callers that ho hoped congress would provide In the bill for three battleships instead of two as tho measure now stands, saying he thought it unfortunate not to carry out tho program for tho building up of a new navy and that retrenchments might be better mado on other depart ments than on the naval. T TORTURING PAIN. Half This Man's Sufferings Would Have Killed Many' a Person, but Doan's Cured Him. A. C. Spragite, slock dealer, of Nor mal, 111, writes: "For two whole years 1 was doing nothing but buying medi cines to euro ray kidneys. I do not think that any man ever suffered as I did and lived. Tho pain In my back was so1 bad that I could not sleep at night. 1 could A. o. smAot'E. not ride a horse And Bometlmes was unable oven to rldo In a car. My condition was critical when I sent for Doan's Kidney Pills. I used three boxes .and they cuied mc. Now I can go anywhere and do ,as much as anybody. I sleep well and feel no discomfort at all." , A TRIAL FREE. Address Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, CO cts. A, man Hkc3, to feel that his ways are froc,from selfish motives. t n "jWMUlinji In Onlx. ' Salzcr'sMvcv National Oats. yielded in Mich., 'JJCrim.. in' Mo., 255 bu., in N. IV. 310 bu., and in 30 other states 'from 150 to .TOO bu. per acre. Now this Oat if gen erally grown in 1005, will add millions of bushels, to the yield ami millions of dol lars to the farmer's pUrsel. lloinebildder Yellow Dent Corn grows like a weed nnd yields from 157 to 2G0 bushels nnd more per acre! It's the big gent yieldcr on earth! Saber's Spoils!, Beardless Barley, Maca roni Wheat, Pea Oat. Billion Dollar Gra tind Earliest ( nne are money makers for you, Mr. Farmer. just sr.n this J;ot;ci: and 10c in stamps to John A. Salter Seed Co., La Cro-e. Wis,, nnd receive their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples. .W. N. U.j Use of Astbestos Increasing. The use of asbestos by electricians Is dally Increasing, for It meets the most exacting requirements for pur poses of Insulation. Its latest applica tion is to the "clectrotherm," the now device which Is already taking tho placo of hot-water bottles in hospitals aud sick rooms. Fancy Prices for Relics. For a love letter written by Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, $50 was paid' not long ago. Yet a brass collar which was worn by Boatswain, the dog to whoso memory Lord Byron erected a monument at Ncwstead abbey, fetched 21 guineas, while the collar of Thun derer, another of Lord Byron's dogs, realized 4 guineas only. Boyish Indiscretion. A Pittsburg boy who left home to pose as a man was discovered wear ing trousers much too large for him. This wns easy for the police. If ho had been a real man he would have worn trousers entirely too tight for him, such as so many fashion plates foist on buyers. Buffalo Express. ' Lives of Different Meaning. It is noble to bo alive to tho little ness of earth, but It Is nobler to be-, come Impressed with its greatness; to the animal life It Is only a plcturo, ground; to ordinary men it isthe com-; mouplnce world; but to him who llvos above It it becomes a shining moon. Trade Guilds In Canton. Canton boasts of over seventy trades guilds. Tho guilds have fine halls ind spacious courtyards, where their members meet dally anil discuss tho nffalrs of their respective trades and other matters. READS THE BOOK. iqg6sqyi "The Road to Wellvllle" Pointed tho Way. Down at Hot Spriugs, Ark., the vis itors have all sorts of complaints, but It is a subject of remark that tho groat majority of them have some trouble with stomach and bowels. This may be partly attributed to the heavy med icines. Naturally, under the conditions,-tho question of food Is very prominent. A young man states that he had suf fered for nine years from stomach and bowel trouble, had two operations which did not cure, and was at last threatened with appendicitis. He went to Hot Springs for rheu matism and his stomach troublo got worse. One day nt breakfast the waiter, knowing his condition, sug gested he try Grape-Nuts and cream, which he did, and found the food agreed with him perfectly. After the fcecuml day ho began to Bleep peacefully at night, different than he had ior years. The perfect di gestion of tho food quieted his nerv ous system and made sleep possible. He cnys: "The next morning I wa astonished to find my condition of con stipation had disappeared, I could not believe It true after suffering for bo many years; then I took more interest In tho food, road the little book 'Tho Road to Wellvlllo and started follow ing 'the simple directions. ju "I havo mot with such results that in tho last flvo weeks I have gained eight pounds in spite of hot hatha which tako away tho fiosh from any one. "A friend or ralno has been entirely cured or a had case or IndlgeMInn and stomach trouble by using Grape-Nuts Food and cream alone for breakfast "Thore Is ono thing in particular I hove noticed a grfut change In my mental condition. Formerly I could hardly remember anything, nnd now the mind seems unusually acute and retentive. I can memorize practically anything I desire." Namo dvsn by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. T