l Ti i J I V l i Ik PROVESGREATPOWER When Regular Medical Treatment Failed Dr Williams Pink Pills Cured Her Rheumatism r Hundreds of people afflicted with rheu watisin liavo spent years under the care of cscelleut physicians in vain Then they iiavo settled down to the conviction that it is fastened on them for life Mrs Diusraoro was not willing to join the ranks of the hopeless merely because- her doctor did not know how to help her Hero is her etory Four years ago I suffered greatly with rheumatism in my hands and knees After I hnd been sitting a while my limbs iseumed to heavy I could hardly wnjllcou the first attempt So long as I kopt moving I was all right but just as soon as I stopped something seemed to settle in my knees and make them ache My hands were bo bad I couldnt touch the palms of them ouafkifc surface they were swollen aud pained so Did you call in a physician I doctored steadily for over a year hon one doe J or said You have taken medicine strong enough to kill almost anything Still it did not kill mo nor tho rheumatism Hovy then did you get rid of it At different times I had read in vari ous publications about Dr Williams wonderful Pink Pills for Pale People nnd I finally decided to try them I took them steadily for four mouths in ac cordance with tho directions By that time I was completely cured Have you been free from it ever eince Sinco then I have had but one slight return of my trouble aud a box or two of tho same pills made me all right again Mrs F A Dinsmoro lives in hearty enjoyment of her recovered health at Wbburn Mass entirely freed from the grave anxieties that rheumatism alwaj s brings When it appears in bat a single joint it shows that the blood is in a faulty state in tho whole body It may at any moment break out elsewhere and one of tho dangers is that it may break out in the heart and then tho result must bo fatal Tho only security is to keep tho blood all tho time in a perfectly sound condition Dr Williams Pink Pills make healthy blood All other relief is superficial This is thorough These pills aro sold by all druggists The Good Old Times When Benjamin Franklin took the coach from Philadelphia to New York ho spent four days on tho journey Ho tells us that as tho old driver ogged along he spent his time knit ting stockings Two stage coaches and eight horses sufficed for all the commerce that was carried on be tween Boston and New York and in winter the journey occupied a week Success Rum Changes Tribe The Nyam Nyams of the upper Nile vaHey used to bo a very harmless amiable people whose amusements were to smoke and hold nightly con certs But rifles and rum changed them and now a British expedition is marching to punish them for shooting at British patrols though what British patrols were doing in the Nyam Nyam country is not explained Value of System i A VTethy merchant remarked the other day that his filter of success Ixad a wrapper marked system And lio declared that both those who sold goods to him and those who bought of iuB were so Impressed with his show -St system that the confidence ema nating therefrom was a big capital in itself Success Especially for Women Champion Mich Jan 9th Spe cial a case of especial interest to women is that of Mrs A Wellatt wife of a well known photographer here It Is best given in her own words I could not sleep my feet were cold and my limbs cramped Mrs iWellat states I had an awful hard pain across my kidneys I had to get up three or four times in the night I was very nervous and fearfully des pondent I had been troubled In this way for five years when I commenced to use Dodds Kidney Pills and what they caused to come from my kidneys will hardly stand description By the time l had finished one box of Dodds Kidney Pills I was cured Now I can sleep well my limbs do sot cramp I do not get up in the night and I feel better than I have in years I owe my health to Dodds Kidney Pills Womens ills are caused by Dis eased Kidneys thats why Dodds ludney Pills always cure them He who stops to help a tottering brother over the rough places arrives quicker than he who rushes headlong down the lane of life BABYS TERRIBLE SORE Body Raw With Humor Caused Un told Agony Doctor Did No Good Cuticura Cured at Once My child was a very delicate baby A terrible sore and humor broke out loa his body looking like raw flesh and causing the child untold agony jMy physician prescribed various rem edies none of which helped at all 1 became discouraged and took the mat- Iter Into my own hand and tried Cuti cura Soap and Cuticura OintmenI with almost immediate success Be fore the second week had passed the soreness was gone not leaving a tracf of anything Mrs Jeannette H Block 281 Rosedale SL Rochester N Y Make a practice of doing some ad rof kindness every day until the habit grows on you and stays with you GOVERN HIS ORS MESSAGE SECOND AD Approves of Revenue Law Passed by the Last Legislature SAFEGUARD JO PROGRESS Urges Members to be Cautious Opportunity to Make Good Record in Their Hands To the Members of the Twenty ninth Session of the Legislature of Ne braska Gentlemen It is a constitutional re quirement that at the beginning of your deliberations the chief executive shall convey to you information by message of the condition of the state and shall recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient I have but few recommendations to make In general I may say that the slate was never more prosperous than it is today the several executive de partments were never in better work ing condition and the institutions are at the zenith of careful and economical management Owing to tho chance of politics your membership is chosen al most entirely from one great party With this unprecedented1 majority comes a corresponding responsibility The dominant party cannot escape the burden thus laid upon it and it should be sobered by the thought It is a time for earnest zealous work it is a time when state patriotism should rise superior to personal prejudice and petty whims it Is a time when the privileges of the few should not be allowed to take precedence over the welfare of the many it is a time for laying broader and making more secure the equitable foundations upon which the state shall continue to rise toward a condition of future greatness which we now but faintly appreciate If you would merit the highest encomium of praise let your deliberations be dis tinguished by honesty of purpose careful research and strict economy Thus will you protect the public treas ury and guard against hasty and im perfect enactments Your motto should be not how much legislation but how good THE REVENUE LAV The revenue law passed by the pre ceding legislature has met the expecta tions of its friends and has been re ceived with popular favor This infer ence is fully warranted by the results of the recent campaign The law be ing an innovation in some of its fea tures and having a direct bearing on the interests of every citizen was nat urally brought under the searchlight of public opinion and was made the target of extreme criticism The agi tation was helpful in that it gave the people generally a better understand ing of revenue problems than they had previously enjoyed and enabled a more Jnteligent vote upon the issues in volved1 The result was such an en dorsement of the work of the legisla ture which framed and passed the bill as has seldom been recorded in the history of Nebraska Not a single member who voted for the bill and who stood for re election this year was defeated The conclusion is that the time was ripe for revenue revision The people understood the inequitable provisions of the old system under which the growing state could not adapt its revenues to its increasing obligations they appreciated the logic employed by former executive officers in challenging public attention by message and biennial report to the urgent need of revision they were cognizant of the non partisan spirit which entered into the framing of the new law and realized that the measure was the product of the best thought regardless of party which the legisla ture could command supplemented by the valuable experience of older states along similar lines They knew too that the two foundation principles were the essence of justice namely the listing of all property for assess ment purposes at its fair cash value and the levying of an equitable and uniform tax upon all property so list ed without bias or favor One assessment and one set of levies have be made under the new law and we are ow in a position to judge of results It is apparent that a large amount of property which hitherto has been covered and has escaped taxation entirely has been placed upon the as sessment rolls and is made to stand its just share of the expense of gov ernment Other property which in the past has been valued at ridiculously low figures has been listed at approxi mately its true worth Tax shirkers have been brought to time both pri vate and corporation property have received their just deserts the grand assessment roll has been Increased to a reasonable sum the state has been enabled to raise sufficient revenue to meet the expenses of government eco nomically administered and in the transition from the old to the new no Interest has been injured beyond the few isolated cases which have been the victims of mistakes or concerning which the judgment of the assessor or of the levying body may have been faulty In some communities the taxes for this year are considerably increased over the taxes of last year but an in- Decided to Hold Their The directors of the Wabash Railroad company at a meeting in New York decided not to make any distribution on the debenture A bonds In June it was decided that the money which might be used to pay interest on the A bonds was needed for improve ments to the property Nothing whl please the small boy more than the privilege of assuming the role of father to the man occas ionally ItB a longiiove that has no cooling - DRESS vestigation of the facts discloses that the fault is not with the law but rather with the local levying bodies which in making their levies did not take into proper consideration the Increased valuation upon which they were act ing While the essential principles of the lav are in my judgment eminently just and correct there are some mat ters of detail which might be improved and to these I invite your attention Under the interpretation placed up on the law by the state board of equali zation and assessment it has no power to differentiate between classes of property in equalizing county assess ments It can raise or lower the en tire assessment roll of the county but cannot raise or lower one class of property without reference to the other classes For this reason It is impos sible to secure a just equalization for in raising or lowering one deficient class to the proper standard other classes with which there Is no fault are by the unit system raised or low ered in unison and hence while jus tice may be secured in the one instance it is violated In the other I theiefore recommend that Section 130 Article 1 Chapter 77 of the Compiled Statutes of 1903 be amended so as to permit the state board of equalization to differ entiate between classes of propert in equalizing county assessments Another inherent weakness in the present law is the fact that county boards of equalization are compelled to make their levies in advance of the equalization of the county assessments by the state board I recommend that Section 13G Article 1 Chapter 77 Compiled Statutes of 1903 be amended so that county boards shall make their levies after the certificate of county equalization shall have been received from the state board Also that Sec tion 130 of the same article and chap ter be amended so as to provide for the transmission by the state board of the certificate of county equaliza tion to the county clerk at the earliest date consistent with the general tenor of the section and that the said county clerk be instructed to call the county board together within seven days after the receipt of said certificate for the purpose of making the necessary levies for the ensuing year For the same reasons the law fixing the time for making school district and municipal levies should be amended in harmony with the above suggestion STATE BOUNDARY COMMISSION By act of the last legislature the chief executive of this state was au thorized to appoint a commission of three members to act with a like com mtetsion niwnmtpd hv thp sio prnnr of South Dakota in the matter of agree ing upon a boundary line between the two states This couimision met witjh the representath es of South Dakota in due time and after repeated con ferences and personal inspection an agreement of the joint commission vUs filed with me March 4 1904 which I now transmit to you tor approval or rejection The preceding legislature also made provision for a similar commission to act in conjunction with a commis sion representing the state of Iowa However as our enactment was con tingent upon the action of the Iowa legislature in providing for a boundary commission and as the Iowa legisla ture neglected to take such action nothing has been done Owing to the technicalities involved lawlessness and crime have been fostered in the disputed territory and the rights of property owners have been subject to much annoyance This state of affairs will continue until relief has been af forded by the settlement of the bound ary dispute I recommend therefore that your honorable body make provi sion for another boundary commission the statute of limitation having run against the old act to co operate with a like commission from the state of Iowa in agreeing upon a boundary line The litigation regarding the bound ary line between Nebraska and Mis souri which had been pending in the supreme court of the United States for some time was permanently settled recently by a decipion of the court fully sustaining the contention of Nebraska The court fixes the bound ary line in the center of the old chan nel of the Missouri river confirming to Nebraska what is known as Island Precinct Nemaha county I recom mend that an appropriation of 1000 or as much thereof as may be needed be made for the surveying of the line and the erection of permanent monu ments the state of Missouri to meet its equal share of said expense THE BATTLESHIP NEBRASKA On October 7 1904 the battleship Nebraska was successfully launched at the yards or the builders in Seattle Washington The impressive cere monial was participated in by a num ber of the executive officers of this state Tho Nebraska is one of the latest and most efficient types of bat tleships and our state is highly hon ored by the national government in being permitted to stand sponsor for her The remaining work of construc tion and equipment will occupy about one year and she will then be ready for commission At that time it will be highly proper for our state through Its legislature or unofficially through its citizens to present to the officers of the Nebraska for the use of the ship some practical gift as a token of our California Tournament of Rose Under the most auspicious weather conditions imaginable and in the pres ence of sixty thousand people Pasa dena Cal held her seventeenth an nual new years feast of flowers the celebrated tournament of roses Self control is when you can play cards with women and make them think you are enjoying it The cleverest thing is for a girl to pretend she is afraid you will 6ee her shoe tops when she Isnt Interest in the lighting craft which bears our state name and as a further indication that we aro not insensible to the distinction which has been con ferred upon us by the general govern ment SUPREME COURT COMMISSION The legislature of 3903 made pro vision for the temporary continuance of the supreme court commission six commissioners to be appointed for the period of one year and three commis sioners to be appointed1 for the period of two years from April 10 1903 The court is unable to keap up with the worlc which comes before it the num ber of cases filed each month being in excess of the number disposed of It seems imperative that a commission of at least three members should be provided for the coming biennium to the end that the rights of litigants who are seeking relief may be con served without unreasonable delay THE STATES FINANCES On Novemlier 30 1904 the floating interest bearing indebtedness of the state as represented by outstanding general fund warrants amounted to 225338640 an increase during the biennium of 2fi405777 This condi tion was made possible and practically unavoidable by the operation of the old revenue law While the new law was passed in 1903 It did not become operative until 1904 and it has had no appreciable ef fect upon the states financial condi tion With reference to the sufficiency of the states income during the com ing biennium Iquote from the current biennial report of State Auditor Wes ton To the estimated income fiom he levies of 1905 G have been added a con servative estimate of income from back taxes and a very considerable amount derived from miscellaneous sources making the total estimate of income for the general fund 2S1924471 As agairst this estimated general fund in come the estimated requirements for the biennial period commencing April 1 1905 and chargeable to the general fund amount to 2n4U31fi From the above it is apparent that if the present legislature holds its ap propriations within reasonable bounds the receipts of tho coming biennium will exceed the expenditures by 278 92S a condition which has not existed in Nebraska for many years With such a state debt as now con fronts us it requires no argument to make clear that the strictest economy consistent with the public weal should distinguish all your relations with the public treasury The opportunity is most auspicious The state institu tions were never in better condition The two preceding legislatures mad appropriations for permanent improve ments amounting to a little more than 100000 The result i that needed buildings and equipments have been generously provided and the present legislative body will be expected to do but little in the way of expenditures THE LOBBY The banc of every legislative body is the subsidized lobby Vicious legis lation is not the result of ignorance but is rather the result of prejudicial influences which ought not to exist and which certainly ought not lo be Tolerated within the halls cloak rooms or offices of any deliberative body which has power over the destinies of a people I recommend that such ac tion be taken as will protect jour membershio from the onslaught of private and corporation lobbyists who seek to accomplish pernicious ends by the exercise of undue influence LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSI TION The legislature of two years ago ap propriated 35000 for a Nebraska ex hibit at St Louis and laid upon the chief executive the duty of appointing a non partisan commission of three members upon which should devolve all responsibility pertaining thereto I am informed that after paying all ob ligations there will remain unexpend ed about 16000 of the original appro priation This is certainly a most gratifying condition one which speaks eloquently of the wisdom and discre tion which the commission exercised in the discharge of its duties LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION The people of the Pacific coast in particular are now preparing for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposi tion an event which will commemor ate the trials and triumphs of the ex ploring expedition sent out by Presi dent Jefferson during the year follow ing the purchase of Louisiana and which succeeded in penetrating to the mouth of the Columbia river in 1805 FOOD COMMISSION Tho work of the food commission is necessarily curtailed by reason of the fact that the law restricts inspection to dairy products cider and vinegar As a consequence the great mass of food products containing injurious adulterants escape the jurisdiction of the commission and are amenable only to the general statutes The subject Is an important one It seems desir able that the present lav be broadened in its scope and made to include all food products and that provision be made for such additional assistance as the enlarged duties may make neces sary OIL INSPECTION The preceding legislature raised the inflammability test of illuminating oils from 100 degrees to 112 degrees Fahr enheit thus affording additional se curity to life and property Since the law was made operative it has been rigidly enforced not a single case hav ing been reported where oil below the test has been placed on the market The Fall of a Cotton Mill Application for a receiver of the Devis cotton mills of Fall River was made The Industrial Trust company of Providence holds a mortgage for 500000 on the plant to secure an issue of bonds payable in twenty years oung man beware of the girl who lets you do all the talking during the courtship shes playing a waiting game moved from clothing with the aid of a small pair of scissors IRRIGATION The report of the uecretary the state board of Irrigation sho at considerable progress has been made in irrigation matters during tho last two years While the number of ew projects has not been great muck has been accomplished In the way of Im provement of existing canals and ad ditional area has been brought under cultivation The United States recla mation service has undertaken a large project which has for Its object the storage of all the flood waters of the North Platte river and the reclamation of thousands of acre3 of land in Ne braska and Wyoming It Is hoped this plan will work to a successful conclu sion thereby adding a large productive area to our domain THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT The military department has as sumed a position of much greater im portance since the enactment of the present militia law by congress ap proved January 21 1903 The purpose of the law is to recognize and make ef fective the volunteer lorce organized under the title of the national guard as the reserve army of the nation In order that tho state may receive its full quota of assistance and- that its privileges under the federal law may materialize a sufficient appropria tion should be made to carry into ef fect the designs of the enactment in sure safety of public stores provide suitable quarters for company organi zations and extend encouragement to the young men who voluntarily as sume the duties of a soldier duties that may at any time become arduous fnd dangerous in the enforcement of law and protection of life and prop erty EDUCATION The state views with ever increas ing pride the progress of its great edu cational centers the university and the Pern normal and is looking for ward to the time when the Kearney normal will take its place with the other and will become an important factor in our public school system HARTLEY BOND CASE Your attention is called to the suit of the state against the bondsmen of former State Treasurer J S Bartley After more than seven years of litiga tion the state is Avlthout any judgment against the bondsmen I am informed that not a single bondsman has a dol lars Avorth of property in his own name out of which the state could en force a collection of any part of the judgment should cne eer be rendered Pome of them have already gone through the bankruptcy court since the suit was instituted I get this informa tion from the rourt records and from the last official report to me of Attor ney General F N Prout in which he recommend the dismissal of thi case on the payment of the costs which have been made by the bondsmen and on the best temis possible GUARANTY BONDS Under a recent dec is Ion of the su preme court it is held that the statute is invalid Avhich authorizes the execu tion and approval of official bo ids with puarantv as mretif The defect is technical and can bo reme died I recommend that at the earliest date consistent with the amount of work involved you paa a law which will legalize the execution and approval of either personal or guaranty bonds STATE ACCOUNTANT The experience gained in tho past two years serves to confirm mv judg ment as exniesed in my proios in augural address recommending the creation of the position of state ac countant It should be the dinv of such officer to scrutinize and erify the account of the A arious stato offi cers and state institution I believe that such an official would prove of great value to the state and hence I repeat the recommendation PURCHASING OF SUPPLIES I recommend that the purchasing of all sunnlies for b jth tie Institute for the Blind and the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb be placed in the hands of the board of purchase and supplies this being the board Avhich does the buying for all the other institutions THE INSANE ASYLUM The Institute for the Feeble Minded is in a very crowded condition About thirty applications are now on file from those seeking- admission and who are properly entitled to tiie care of the state but who are denied en trance on account of the lack of room I recommend an appropriation of 20 000 for the purpose of erecting a cot tage for girls as an adjunct of this institution The Norfolk asylum for the rebuild nor 0f wbir h an nnnronriation Avas made by the last legislature is near nig completion but nrobably will not be ready for the reception of inmates until about the first of May When the last lesrlsliture made for the rebuilding of the Norfolk asylum it was believed that the institution would be completed in at least ten months of the present biennium Ap propriations amounting to S34S50 Avere accordingly made for officers emplnvpos wages and general expense of maintenance As the build ng has been delayed no part of these ippropriations has been used I rec ommend that 18000 of the mainten ance fund appropriated for the Norfolk asylum be transferred to the account of the Nebraska Hospital for the In sane Permit me to express the hope that Aour duties will prove pleasant and that the result of your labor will pro mote the welfare of our beloved state Signed JOHN H MICKEY The more flattery a man hands his wife the less pin money he will have to dig up Grease spots may be quickly re faith Wigg There are more ways than one of losins oney Wagg Yes -none can be lost in more ways than won tt horse rciTur tne chap who gets the worst of it is the bettor The suburban policeman Is generally annexed to a country club ALL DONE OUT Veteran Joshua Hedor of 70G South Walnut street Urbana 111 says In the fall of 1899 after taking Doans Kidney Pills I told tho readers of thla paper that they had relieved mo of kid ney trouble de posed of a lamo back with pain across my loins and beneath the shoul der blades During the interval which lias elapsed I have had occasion to re sort to Doans Kid ney Pills when I noticed warnings of an attack On each and every oc casion the re3ults obtained were Just as satisfactory as when the pills were first brought to my notice I just as emphatically endorse the preparation to day as I did over two years ago Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y proprietors For salo by all druggists price 50 cents per box Raw Food In the North The eating of raAV fish Is by no means confluod to tho Esquimaux Fairly well smoked salmon cod and trout are oaten raw by Indians and Canadians alike and are both palatu blo and easily digested when cut with a sharp knife into the thinnest pos sible slices much as old Avoodsmen like to shave off the chippings of a well smoked but uncooked caribou ham A Rare Cood Thing Am using ALLENS FOOT EASE nnd can truly say 1 would not ha vo been without It so long hud I knoAvn the relief it Avould give my aching feet I think it a rare good thing for anyone having sore or tired foet Mrs Iloltwert Providence R I Sold by all Druggists 25c Ask to duy Practical Scotty Positively the worst struggle I ever had in the water said the young man wiio had been at sea was one night trying to save a man with a wooden leg Man said an old Scotchman who Avas listening if ye had got a bit of rope ye could hae saved the man quicker wi it than ye could dae wi ten widden legs Embezzler Boiled to Death In 1890 the last instance of boiling to death took place in Persia Tho offender guilty of stealing state rev enues was put into a large caldron of cold water which was slowly heat ed to the boiling point His bones were distributed as a Avarning among the provincial tax collectors When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch you may be sure he is afraid to keep It un til his stok of 12 oz packages ara sold Defiance Starch is not only bet ter than any other Cold Water Starch but contains lf oz to the package and sells lor same money as 12 oz brands Siamese Must Pay Debts Debtors in Siam when three months in arrears can be seized by the cred itors and compelled to Avork out their indebtedness Should a debtor run away his father his wife or his cnil dren may be held in slavery until the debt is canceled Many who formerly smoked 10c cigars now smoke Lewis Single Binder straight He cigar The best combination of tho best tobaccos Lewis Factory Peoria I1L Not Founds A letter arrived at the New York postoffice the other day bearing the following address To Any Respect able Lawyer New York City New York The carrier Into whose hands it fell for delivery returned It marked In blue pencil Not found A GCAKANTKKD CUKE FOR 2TXKS Iichln lllliMl IUeelw or Protruding I1C3 Youe irusjjlst will refund uumur If PAZO OlXTMliNr falls lo cum you in G to il daj3 COo Worlds- Unexplored Regions Outside the polar region3 there re mains unexplored it Is estimated about one fiftieth of the land surface of the globe Fifteen years ago the unknown portions were about oae eighth of the earths total I am sure Iiso8 Cure ror Consumption saYeg zny life throe yeore ago Mrs Thos Robhiks Maple Street Norwich N Y Feb 17 1900 To Kill Germs in Water It is not always convenient to steri lize water and boiling makes It taste less In casea where germs are to do destroyed four drops of tincture of iodine in a half gallon of water left to stand for a half hour renders th wter harmless Last year tho Sure Hatch Incubator Co of Clay Centre Neb shipped 500 Incubators to Germany and several thousand to Australia South Africa and South America Virtue and Vice Wo pass for what we are Char acter teaches U3 above our wills Men Imagine that they communicate thel virtue or vice only by overactlons and do not see that virtue or vice emit a X breath every moment SAjo Emex son - Few Suicides ir Tnfr nrlfViafoTirlln tr fYtn haraklri i3 held In iS EB VR I M whfca 8 tlon of suicides there comparatively low 177 a million to 24G in France 238 In Denmark 233 In Switzerland and 20S la Germany Have No Use for Pockets We ordered a new pah of trousers the other day and when we got them they were without pockets When wa kicked the tailor told us he always made newspaper mens pants thai way Sauk Center Herald r i