mmmmmmmmmmmSmm W M The Alliance Herald T. J. O'KEEFE, Publisher. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. JBH Brief Telegrams Milwaukee has a population of 812, S68, according to tho city census T?hlch has Just been completed. Richard Henry Llttlo of Chicago, tho war corrospondont during tho Japanese-Russian war, was ono of tho principal speakers at tho Chautauqua nt Rockword, 111. Rov. Myron W. Hayncs, pastor of tho boldcn Avenuo Baptist church, Chicago, is accused of securing half rate railroad tickets by "gross mis representation." Dun's woekly review of Chicago trado says tho movement of leading commodities Is testing tho facilities of tho railways, and tnonoy is In In creasing demand, Mrs. Mary Mapos Dodge, pootoss, editor of St Nicholas Magazine, and of Bovornl stories for children, died at her summor cottago In Onteora Park, Norriavllle, N. Y. Elaborato preparations aro being made for tho Atchison, Kan., corn .carnival, to bo hold Scptembor 13 and 14. A big featuro will bo troops from Fort Loavenworth. Tho Evening Post says that tho Standard Oil company is about to ab sorb tho San Francisco Gas and Elec tric company and tho San Francisco Coko and Gas company. Tho secretary of tho interior has or dered tho withdrawal from entry of 100,000 acres of land In tho LaGrando, Ore, land district on account of tho Umatilla irrigation project. Computer Horbort R. Morgan of tho United States naval observatory, has accepted tho position of astronomical director of tho Morrison obsorvatory of Pritchott collogo, Glasgow. John Wanamnker addrossed tho convention of tho Negro Business League nt Now York, tolling tho no gro buslnoss mon that their success had no depondenco on tho color. Marino hospital officials at Now Or leans havo trouble with bollovors in tho arsenic treatment, who claim to bo immune and refuso to tnko sani tary precautions against tho yellow fovor. Tho Prosident and Mrs. Roosevelt and their chlldron, with somo of tho members of tho other ROosevelt fami lies, went up Bhoro sovoral miles from Sngamoro Hill and had a picnic under tho trees. It has beon ordored by tho stato health dopartmont that nil porsons ontoring Texas by northern gateways must furnish health certificates signed by, legal health officers and proporly attested. Miss Stella McMullin, of St. Louis, gavo up hor llfo in a vain effort to savo Frederick Churchill, quartermas ter of Light Battory A, from drown ing in tho Mississippi river, whero they wero bathing. Federal Judge Baker nt Indianapo lis decides that a public service cor poration cannot give an option for tho purchaso of its plant In its char tor, and that a municipality has no power to onforco It. Charges have beon filed in tho de partment of justlco by citizens of Globe, A. T., against Associate Jus tice Tucker of tho territorial court, which, it is said, lnvolvo tho judicial and personal conduct. Kermlt Roosevelt, tho second son of tho prosident, loft Oyster Bay, N. Y for Doadwood, S. D., on a visit to Captain Seth Bullock, supervisor of tho Black Hills forest reserve and will hunt nnd fish tor threo weeks Tho now Dominican college of tho Immaculate Conception, which has beon somo years under construction at Brookland, a suburb of Washing ton, D. C, hns beon dedicated, Cardi nal Gibbons presided at tho ceremony. EH Titus, for twelvo years gouoral llvo stock agent for tho Atchison, To- peka & Santa Fo, died at Kansas City of locomotor, ataxia, aged 59 years. He was stricken with paralysis seven years ago and had not walked since. Tho foreign offlco denies categoric ally and officially tho report that Count Lamsdorff, tho foreign minis ter, has resigned or has attempted to resign. William E. Curtis writes that tho people of nil classes in Arizona are waging a strenuous campaign against the joint statehood plan, and declaro tho attempt to mergo their territory with Now Mexico is extremely unjust. The isthmian canal commission has adopted as a coat of arms for tho government of tho Panama canal zone and for tho use of the commis sion a shield showing a bas a Spanish galleon of the seventeenth century, under full sail, coming head in be tween two banks tho sky being yel low with the glow of tho sunset In the shield, the colors of the arms of the United States. Under it Is writ ten "Tho Land Divided, the World United." William A. Russell, the new Ameri can minister, presented his credentials to President Castro, by whom he was cordially received at Caracas. Bowlegs are so common in Cincin nati that they aro valueless its a means of identification in court, Thomas H. Shovlln has given ?G0.O0; to the University of Minnesota for a woman's building, which will contain a gymnasium, a luncheon room, etc. Roland W. Dlller, pioneer settler of Illinois and intimate associate of Abraham Lincoln for many years, died at his home 'in Springfield. The Cosmopolitan. Tho CoBmdpolItan (Now York) fihows that It Is fully ablo to llvo up to its claim of being tho magazino ot tlmoly Interest. At least throe arti cles in tho September issuo aro dis tinctly of that nature. Nono of tho other periodicals of tho month con tains so Interesting nnd important an artlclo as that by Garrett P. Serviss on tho "Artificial Creation of Life." Mr. Serviss describes in great detail tho latest dovolopments of Dr. Loob's experiments with parthonogcnctlo croatlon, and also tolls so far as may bo of tho English scientist Burko's work to creato llfo by chemical ac tion. Thero exists no moro fascinat ing subject than this attack on ono of Naturo's most lmprcgnablo secrets, nnd It bohooves every Intelligent read er to keep paco with It. Enamel on Cards. Tho enamol on address cards is producod by rubbing over tho card a mlxturo ot Kremnltz whlto, which is a flno varloty of whito lead. When dry tho surfaco is rubbed with flannol dipped In powdered talc and polished by vigorous rubbing with a hard brush. Ola Bull the Patriot. Olo Bull, tho wizard of tho violin, is ovcrywhero known. Olo Bull, tho patriot, Norway's lovor and beloved, is a character less familiar to tho gonoral public. A most fascinating bit of history is tho record of Olo Bull's passion for his country and his sharo in Norway's development; and this is tho Bubject of Margaret E. No bio's "Olo Bull as a Patriotic Force," announced to appear in tho Septem ber Century. "Ono of tho world- voices," Olo Bull Is called, "ono of thoso world-voices in whiqh porfect command of a difficult tochnlc is mado, In Its turn, only tho instrument of a higher impulse tho heart of a wholo people pressing forward to tho utterance." Tho recent .secession of Norway gives timeliness to Miss No bio's paper. Laugh at Sultan's Jokes. Whon tho Sultan of Turkoy "com mands" a theatrical performance ho ordors a number of his own jokes to bo Interpolated, tho court being care fully coached that thoy may laugh at his creations and politely Ignore tho moro Genuine humor. Everybody's" Magazine, September, 1005. Comparison of tho City of Today with tho City of tho Futuro Is a cheerful exorcise. And plenty of ma terial for tho comparison is offored in tho September Everybody's. Thero is, for instance, tho intensely modern biography of James R. Kcono, tho groat Wall street magician, whoso contests with Jay Gould and with "Standard Oil" nro brilliantly describ ed by Mr. Lawson In a particularly absorbing Installment of his "Frenzied Flnnnco." It Is a chnptor from tho very heart ot tho llfo of today, this story of a man, according to Mr. Law son, "of infinito strategy and daring." Japs Are Born Sailors. A Japaneso mnrlno ofllccr has ex plained why Japan has such good sail ors. Most of hor coast vessels aro small, but there aro a great many of them, and almost any man taken from a fishing vlllago has had enough ex perience to enablo him to become an efficient sailor In a short time. O. Henry, Champion of the Down Trod. O. Henry's "Unfinished tStory" In tho August McClure's was a stinging lash at tho snug employers of girl labor at starvation wages. Whether tho author had nny deeper motive In writing his caustic llttlo talo than tho compelling force of tho tragedy the conditions Buggcst, only O. Henry knows; but down In Texas, tho au thor's native Btato. tho official organ of tho Stato Federation of Labor lift ed tho story bodily from tho magazine nnd accompanied it with an editorial giving it direct application to somo dopartmont store owners whom they accuso by name Remarkable Memories. Extraordinary memories, such ns seem to have been common In tho old times, aro still to bo encountered In India, whero there aro Hindu priests who can repeat tho 300,000 linos of Mahabharata accurately. Every housekeeper should know that If they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry uso they will savo not emly time, because It never sticks to tho Iron, but because each package contains 16 oz. ono full pound while all other Cold Water Starches aro put up In -pound pack ages, and tho price Is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch Is freo from all Injurious chem icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because ho bas a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of beforo he puts In Defiance. Ho knows that Dcflanco Starch has printed on every package in large let ters a,nd figures "1C ozs." Demand De flanco and savo- much time and money and tho annoyance of the Iron stick ing. Defiance never sticks. Bagpipes From Norway. It Is a curious fact that bagpipes wero invented in Norway and thenco imported into Scotland In a period when a portion ot tho country foil into Scandinavian hands. Word from Br'er Williams. "Yo got do gold fever, all right," said Brother Williams, "but you ain't got de diggln' principle" Atlanta Constitution. The Western Wife She walked behind the lagging mulct That drew the breaker thiough tho soil; Her wore tho early rising rules liters were tho eyts or wifely toll. Tho smitten prairie blossoms fair, Tho sod-homo faded from tho nccno; Firm gables met tho whlBp'rlng nlr, Deep porches lent repose serene. But wlth'rlnjr brow nnd snowy tress . Bespeak tho early days of srlfe; And there's the deeper wrought Impress Tho untold pnthos of tho wife. O western mother! In thy prnlso No artist paints, nor pot sings, But from the rosary of days Cod's angels shape Immortal wings! Will Chamberlain In National Weekly. teS (Copyright, 1905, by Dally Story Pub. To.) When Jack Preston onco said to his wlfo that nothing in tho world could possibly shake his faith in her, ho be lieved, conscientiously, that it was the truth. That not the slightest thing had over happened, either beforo their marrlago or after it, to interfero with this conviction, may havo had a great deal to do with Its firmness. But Preston's opinion seemed, to blmsolf, to bo based upon his own flno fidelity in his wife's Integrity; upon a concep tion that was too liberal to descend to pettiness. On this samo subject, Mrs. Preston entertained her own separate views not unmixed with considerable doubt. And tho doubt rankled. Finally, It as sumod such proportions, that sho set about evolving a means of experiment whereby she could ascertain a solu tion that would bo entirely satisfac tory. In doing this, there wero a great many things sho failed to consider at all as offset by the ono passion to discover whether her husband was rfially so invulnerable as ho Imagined himself. Ono morning, sho went Into her study with a determined plan In view. Sho toro up half a dozen sheets of pnpor beforo sho finally managed a letter to her satisfaction. It ran as fol lows: Mr. J. H. Preston, New York City, "Dear Sir: Heed a friend's disinter ested and well-meant advico and keep a sharp oyo on your wife A great many moro things than this might bo said, but a word to tho wise, etc." "Observer." Sho mado a careful typo copy of the above, sealed and clicked off tho ad dress to her husband's postofflco box. Then sho locked her desk, pinned on her hat and went hurriedly out Into tho street, walking with a sort of guilty, nervous hasto till sho reached a mail box. Dropping it in quickly, sho reversed her stops with moro of leisure and returned at onco to her Blttingroom and study. When Preston camo in, half an hour later, his wlfo was industriously en gaged upon her correspondence. "Caro about going out to the races this aftornoon?" ho asked after a llt tlo, Idly fingering tho pages of a maga zine. Mrs. Preston hesitated a moment. It took a good deal of will power to re sist, but sho made up her mind and must play tho part she had set her self, i "I am very sorry," sho replied, stud iedly, "but somo friends havo invited mo to go nutomobiling, and " she paused. "Somo friends?" i "Yes; tho Kelbys, you know." "I know, of course. But" "Well?" "Well, It seems that you always havo something else on hand wnen i ask you to go anywhere." "Purely a coincidence. Experience should teach you that I'd far rather go with you." "Then break this engagement and come with mo," ho pleaded. "Impossible. It would spoil the partly, and I couldn't take such a re sponsibility on my shoulders." Preston colored, crossing his knees VrtT Wm With a sort of nervous, guilty haste, with a sudden gesture of petulance. His wife watched hlra closely fot several seconds, through contracted lashes. "Looking at you now," she re marked laughingly, "ono would actu ally suppose you to bo jealous." "That is utter nonsense." "Being jealous?" sho hazarded. "Certainly." After an Instant's reflection, Mrs. Preston rose, and coming over to whero her husband sat, bent over tho back of his chair and touched his cheeks with tho tips of her fingers. I "Jack," sho began in a queer little 75$$'' vTvPfllKl sCtcs Visrv s?i Sl OP rQOTTCX? tone, "Isn't thero anything that could mako you jealous about me Don't you lovo mo enough?" sho added wist fully. "I lovo you too much, that is it," ho responded swiftly. "Of course we've argued all this be fore and always with tho self-same result. But I had commenced to hope" "Yes?" "That possibly you had grown more human." "I hopo I havo not grown moro nar row." "Suppose," she ventured, tentative- "Jack!" ly, after a pause, "that you that some ono were to tell you that you wero just to find out " "Ridiculous!" ho brusquely inter posed. "Do you suppose that I am capable of allowing any one to talk to me?" "Oh, no. Only these things some times happen without our being exact ly able to prevent them." Preston reached up suddenly and drew her down to his knee. "My dear llttlo woman," ho deprecated gravely, "my ears wero mado to hear only your praises. My eyes, for your virtues alone" "Jack! How gallant you are. And what a silly you must think I am." Dinner was announced at this junc ture, and at tho conclusion of the meal. Preston returned to is office Whon ho had disappeared down the wldo avenue, Mrs. Preston ran up stairs as fast as sho could and threw herself, face-down, on a sofa in her be'droom and burst into a storm ot sobs. What a llttlo fool she had been, to bo sure, to tamper with her hus band's faith In so ignominious a man ner. But it was too late to draw back now. Confession would only tervo to brnnd her as a simpleton, and somehow, tho Idea of turning tho whole thing Into a joke, appeared al most ghastly In Its farcical aspect. There was but ono thing left to do. and that was to stick it out. So. stick it out sho did. The next morning nt breakfast Pres ton erected her as usual. Thero were no constrained silences; no forced gayety to hide any Inward emotion. At dinner it was Just tho same. At tho opera that night, and again in the morning. Mrs Preston had begun to hopo and thank heaven in tho hope that her husband had never received that let ter. Sho did as sho pleased, went where she pleased and remained away as long as sho felt disposed to, and all without question or explanation. Her husband was always tho samo. But the strain had commenced to tell upon her. On more than ono oc casion she was on the point of blurt ing out tho whole thing, but prudence held her back. And so tho days passed. One morning Preston announced bis Intention ot going duck hunting. Mrs. Preston watched him feverishly, as he mado a few hasty preparations, ex changing his coat for a shooting jack et, and tho soft gray Alpine for a rid ing cap. When the last echo of tho horse's hoofs bad died away, she went back to her husband's dressing room with a beating heart. It was the work of a minute to e'mpty the pockets of his coat. Thero were several letters, some memorahda and a box ot matches. Mrs. Preston examined letter after letter with eager eyes, her fingers trembling beyond resistance as she wen, through them. Yes. the anonymous letter was there; It had been opened and read, then and Ignored! All at once the door opened nrl fill! 19 closed and Preston himself camo quickly Into tho room. 'I forgot my ammunition tho most important thing" ho began, then stopped short In tho middle of tho floor, "Jack!" Ho answered her with a surprised look, taking in tho situation at a glance "I found this letter," sho said, cold ly. "What do you think of it?" "What do I think of it?" ho asked, coming closer, "Why I haven't real ly thought much about it." Ho smiled. 'Then you caro so little " "Things of thnt sort have a way of not worrying mo much, Kitty." Ho took tho letter from hor hand as ho spoke, and held it up so that tho light could shlno through. "Did you exam ino the water mark on this?" ho ask ed, giving her cheek a playful pinch of deprecation. Mrs. Preston felt her heart lurch and tears ot vexation crowd, smarting, to her oyes. "We haven't a corner on stationery, havo we, Jack?" sho ask' ed, with a lamo attempt at Indigna tion. But Preston shook his head and smiled again. And Mrs. Preston is still at sea. QUESTION HE OBJECTED TO. Victim of Cyclone Would Answer All but One. "Yes," replied the man from Arkan sas when asked If he had ever ex perienced any cyclones In his locality, "I've been through a cyclone or two, and I don't hanker after any more." "Cnn you glvo us any particulars' about them?" was asked. "Why, yes, a few. When tho last cyclone came along t was out in tho field plowing with a four-mewl team. I started to run for cover, but I had not gone more'n four rods whon tho wind picked mo up, and the next thing I knew I was astride of the back of one of them mewls, and wo wero both In a tree top, 50 feet above the ground. Tho handles had been twisted out ot tho plow and driven right through tho trunk of tho tree and one of the other mowls was hanging to them by his tall." "That was a queer thing. And so you wero left in the treo top?" "I was." "And and " "That's all." "But I want to ask you " "I don't caro to say anything moro." "But look hero," said tho questioner. "You were blown into a treo top along with a mulo and " "Pleaso don't press mo sir." "But can't I ask you how you got down?" "Oh, yes, you can ask that and wel come, and I'll answer you that somo fellers camo along and chopped the tree down. I thought you was going to ask mo If the wind blew my hat band off and If I ever recovered It again, and that's a question I hain't going to answer for anybody." Cleve land Plain Dealer. Rags. Dey call mn Bags; I s'pose de'ro right; I ain't dressed up. Ye seo Dat guy clpro uld his fine togs on, he wouldn't play wld me. Ills dad runs a policy shop; nnd my dad played his game. An wot he done t' my old man I tell ye wuz a shamo. Mo mudder sold afore dad died ho earn't two bucks a day, An' dat guy's dad, mo mudder sez, got most of my dad's pay. When my pop died, mo mudder sez, she went to dat guy's dad. An' wot ho said to help her troo Just med me mudder sod. Dad's funeral cost fifty bucks; now mud der scrubs all day T" git do stuff to pay his Nobs, wot tuk mo dad away. When I git big enuff to shine, I'll get a shiner's box; I'll work from daylight down t' dark, an' I'll give mam uo rocKS. I'd go an' slug him In de Jaw, but It wouldn't be just square, He'd mako n beer, an' call a cop, If I J 1st mussed his hair. Ho ain't bred right; ho wouldn't fight; he's only jlst a slob. Mo mudder sez when ho gits big jlst llko his dad he'll rob. When I git big I'll pay do rent, I won't let mudder scrub; I'll dress her up an' she'll look flno sho shan't go near a tub. Do doc told mam mo head Is shaped to mako a mark somo day, I beared him tell hor on do quite I'd nevor bo a Jay. James Conner Koach In Now Tork Sun. When Hadley's Reign Began. A few years ago, when Timothy Dwlght was succeeded as president of Yalo university by Arthur T. Had ley, the exercises attendant upon the transfer of authority wero marred by a heavy fall of rain, which drenched tho column of people moving across tho campus in honor of the event. President Dwlght and Prof. Had ley, tho former old and bent and gray, and the latter comparatively young, erect and strong, were at tho head of the column, walking ' arm in tvra. Some one banded the couple an um brella, and Prof. Hadley was about to open It, when the older man, who is noted for his kindly heart and witty remarks, as well as for his profound learning, took it from his hands and said, as he unfolded it and placed it over their heads: "Lot mo carry it, professor. Your reign will begin to-morrow." Whom Dr. Reed Was Addressing. The late Thomas B. Reed told the writer tho following story: Dr. Reed of Indianapolis, who jwas in Congress at one' time, was opening tho Sunday- morning service at his church with tho usual prayer. While he was -in tho midst of the prayer a stranger entered the church and took a seat far back. Dr. Reed was praying In a low voice, and tho man in tho rear, after strain ing his ears for a while, called out: "Pray louder, Dr. Reed; 1 can't hear jou." Dr. Reed paused, opened his eyes, and turned them around till they rest ed on tho man in the rear; then he snld: "I was not addressing you,; r was speaking to God' For Health and Economy use Calumet Baking Powder ( Best by Test t f tf Used in Millions of Homes John Milton In Russia. Tho most popular author In all Rus sia Is John Milton, whoso "Paradlso Lost" is read in every peasant's cob tage "Paradlso Lost" is tho book, most in demand in tho vlllago libra' ry At a fair In Moscow thero wero seen five or six different translations of "Paradlso Lost," with Illustrations, at a few pence apiece Milton is to the Russian peasantry what Shake speare Is to tho Germans. Sphere. Two English Golf Storleo. Hero aro a pair of this season's golf stoVlos Imported from England. A golfer drove a low ball over a river and a salmon jumped at it with such vigor that it Jumped right out on tho bank and was secured with tho golf hall In Its mouth. Another player killed a lark with a golf ball In his' morning round and another with the same ball in his afternoon round. ' Function of Fish Bladders. Tho air bladder of fishes is tho pro vision within their bodies which en ables them to rise or fall in tho water. According to tho dilation or contrac tion of tho blailder they may regu late tho depth in tho water at their pleasure. Lesson for Women. Jersey Shore, Pa., Aug. 28th (Spe cial) "Dodd's Kidney Pills havo dono worlds of good for me." That's what Mrs. C. B. Earnest of this plase has to say of the Great American Kidney Remedy. "I was laid up sick," Mrs. Earnest continues, "and had not been out of bed for five weeks. Then I began to uso Dodd's Kidney Pills and now I am so I can work and go to town without suffering nny. I would not bo without Dodd's Kidney Pills. I havo good rea son to praise them everywhere" Women who suffer should learn a lesson from this, and that lesson is "cure tho kidneys" with Dodd's Kidney Pills and your Buffering will cease." Woman's health depends almost en tirely on her kidneys. Dodd's Kidney PlHs have never yet failed to mako healthy kidneys. Hunter Death to Tigers. A traveler return from India re lates that Andarkoh. in central In dia, ho killed four full-grown tigers with five shots In under six minutes, tho first threo being singlo shots. CUTICURA GROWS HAIR. Scalp Cleared of Dandruff and Hair Restored by One Box of Cutlcura and One Cake of Cutlcura Soap. A. W. Taft of Independence, Va., writing under date of Sept. 15, 1904, says: "I havo had falling hair and dandruff for twelve years and could get nothing to help me. Finally I bought one bo of Cutlcura Ointment and one cake of Cutlcura Soap, and they cleared my scalp of the dandruff and stopped the hair falling. Now my hair is growing as woll as ever. I am highly pleased with Cutlcura Soap as a toilet soap. (Signed) A. W. Taft, Independence, Va." Lake Turns Red. Lake Morat, In Switzerland, has tho curious property, every tenth year, ot turning red, owing to the presence of certain water plants, which aro not found In any other lako In the world. Flso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of u a cough cure. J. W. O'Unim, 823 Third Ave. X, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1800. Feat In Telepathy. Tom I can read your thoughts. Clara I can hardly believe it, for If you could you wouldn't sit so far away. Try One Package If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, reurn It to your dealer. If It does you get one-third more for tho same money. It will give ypu satis faction, and will not stlcc to the Irba i - V Vf t- ; i X