TOE OMAHA DAILY tJEE: SATURDAY, MAY 28. 1P04. THE BEST 13 A ARE THE nn M AM CT73 3(0) S When Sickness Comes Little Ones to Pe-ru-na Should be Kept la Every Household Pc-ru-na Protects Tho Little MeMoX)00eeeeo 8 Vfe 0 Where There Are Children. little IT JLl F IT IS thei Hfcc" -e Ji Ones It is the Mother Who Chiefly Suffers. She suffers even more thn the child who happen to be elck. . Her . sympathy la deeper than that of any other member of the family. The mothera look forward with dread te the torrid heat of summer, thinking- of their children and the many liabilities to disease that are before them. Sprint and summer are sure to bring ailments, eape ctally among the little folks. It doee not take a mother very long to discover that rerun la the beet friend she has In time of Illness among; the children. The doctors may come and go with their different theories and constant change of remedies. The doctors of years ago gave entirely different remedies than he does today. Each year finds some change in his pre scriptions and in the drugs he relies upon. A Oreat Multitude ot Mothers Have discovered that Peruna Is the stand by, and that in all ailments of spring and summer to which the children are sub jected, 'Peruna Is the remedy that will most quickly relieve. Whether It Is spring fever or stomach derangement, whether It is indigestion or bowel disease, a catarrhal congestion of the mucous surfaces is the cause. Peruna, quickly relieves this condition of the mucous membranes. Its operation Is prompt, the children do not dislike to take the medicine. It has no deleterious effects In any part of the body. It simply remove the cause of the dis agreeable symptoms and restores tbs health. Peruna la not a physic. Peruna Is not a nervine nor a narcotic. Peruna does not produce any drug habit, however long It may be taken. Peruna It not a stimulant. Peruna, Is a specific remedy for all ca tarrhal aliments of winter and summer, acute or chronic. ' N The mothera all ever the Vnlted States are the best friends that Peruna has. The Mothers Mold Pe-ru-os In tilth Esteem, Not only because It has cured them of their various ailments, bat because It al ways rescues the children from the throes and grasp of catarrhal diseases. We have In our flies bushels of testimo nials from mothers wboee children have been cured by Peruna. However, the large majority of mothers who use Peruna, we never hear from. But we do hear from a great number of mothers who are so overjoyed at some pedal good they have received frort Pe runa that they cannot restrain their en thusiasm. They are anxious to share these benefits with other mothers. - The Benefit which the Children of the United 5tates Have Received From Peru as Can Never be Put Into Words. The ' chronio ailments it has prevented, the suffering It has mitigated, will never be fully recorded. But at least this much can be said that the coining generation owes a great debt to Peruna. for U la in the Under years of youth that slight ailments are liable to develop Into lasting diseases, thus blasting the whole career of the individual. The mothers who are bringing up their children today to believe in Peruna. are doing a great work for humanity. These children brought up to believe in Peruna from tbe start, will, when they become heads of families themselves, use Peruna with unquesUoiiig faith. AFTER OMAHA MERCHANTS Lhoola Men Think Boma of the Aaieu- tneaU Are Too Low. i 1 .. W08KINQ ON RAILROAD VALUATIONS Bryan Gives His Views on Bedttus; la Answer to M Ianlry Will Ket Pledge HlBacelf to Support I Ticket. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, May (Special) When the State Board Of Equalisation meets In July to equalise the assessments ot the various counties representatives of the Lincoln Commercial club will appear with argu ments to have the assessment of the big mercantile firms in Omaha increased. E. C Bewick, secretary of the club, and County Assessor Miller were In Omaha yes terday looking up the returns made by these firms. They reported last night that Hayden Brothers returned their personal property at a valuation ot $207,000, while Miller & Paine of this city, with a much smaller stock and store, placed their valua tion on personal property at 217,000. In tha opinion of Mr. Miller the Omaha Arm should be assessed at least four times that of tha Lincoln firm. Allen Brothers, wholesale grocers, the committee reported, had been assessed at fl 60,000, while Oralnger Brothers, occupying half of the apace used by the Omaha firm, was assessed on their personal property at S1W.000. Paxton 4 Gallagher Is another Arm that the Lincoln committee complulned of. This firm Is said to have a stock three or fcur times greater than Raymond Brothers, though their valuation was only 1241,000, while the Lincoln firm returned lta valua tion at I16S.00O. The Boston store at Omaha, the committee reported, had turned In its valuation at flSO.OOO, while Herpolshetmer had been aasessed at $157,000. The commit tee found that on the smaller Arms the assessment was about the same as In Lin coln. Douglas county's assessor, so the committee reported, foiled to value the big Aims nt their full valuation because he feared they would move over Into Iowa and sell goods from offices located In Omaha. The JJncoln Commercial club and the big merchants are considerably wrought up over the matter and will certainly ask the board to make an Investigation when It meets as a board of equalisation. Should the report of the committee be correct It will he the duty of the board, under the law, to remove Assessor Reed. J u dare Sears Misquoted. By the use of the word "now". Insfead of "not" In this column this morning Judge Bears, who appeared before the board yes terday to Interpret tbe revenue law. Is made to say that the board should "now" And the value of other property, and If It Is increased Ave or ten times the railroads n MEATY BOOK "THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE" Minlaturn copy In very pkjr- of Postum and Grape-Muts i. u 6; ferlli I lt S '' ""'9, v v '.-, : . X .... ? 2' . 1 I I l a .eo j. . -,.v IRS THREA EO0KE, rlUi tlLKAND CnlLD, l253N.AjlilaDclAve..Chicaqo,llL Mrs. Ttiresa Rooke, KM N. Ashland T.1I i . , ,. 0 kmiicb uk ma jnaocaoees, wruen: ' "In our home Peruna Is the only msiflclM we have. OranJi mother, mother, father and child, all have used Psruna. It Is oetr great remedy for catarrh of the stomach and head, colds and female complaints of which It has curai me. "We find It of great value when my bnsbsnd becomes worn out or catches cold. A couple ol dons cure him. "If the baby has colic, or any stomach disorders, a dose or two cures her. "I consider Peruna finer than any doctor's medicine that I have ever tried, and I know that as long as we have It In tbe bouse we will all be able to keep In good health." Thresa Rooke. Mrs. John Holllngsworth, Prescott, Ont., Can., writes: "I am pleased to testify to the value of Peruna as a household rem edy. My h isband has used it for colds and I have found It very beneficial for Indiges tion. I And It especially valuable for my children. My two .daughters, seven and cine years old, have taken it tor .colds, as It cures la a day or two. They have been cured in an hour from cramps and colic, and whenever, they have -(alb-badly, -nervous or Irritable, or have lost their appetite or sleep, a dose or two of Peruna would Invariably cure them." Mrs John Hoi Kugsworth. should be Increased tbe same per cent. As a matter of fact. Judge Bears said tha board should "not" And the value of other property and If It was Increased five or tea times, then Increase the value of the railroads the same per cent. Ha advised the board to pay no attention to tha value of other property In arriving at the value of .that railroads and thai the ratio be tween the two classes should not be con sidered. Consider Berllegton Yaleatloa. The board today has been in executive session considering the Burlington valua tion while awaiting for tha supplemental reports requested of the Union PaclAc, Rock Island 'and the Missouri Pacific. In tlje first supplemental report filed by tha Missouri Pacific It figured out that oa Its stocks and bonds the road in Nebraska would be worth about $27,000 a mile and that figured on Its net earnlnga it would be about $21,000 a mile. In this connection the company stated that the Pacltte rail road In Nebraska, which is a branch of the Missouri PaclAo, waa not a paying Investment and was worth probably $10,0U0 a mile, which upon a one-fifth assessment would be $3,000. It suggested to the board that a medium should be struck between the $27,000 and the $21,000 as a valuation of the Missouri PaclAc, making the figures somewhere about $20,000 qr $25,060, the com pany believing that the first figures would be nearer correct. The report filed by this company ha occasioned much work for the secretary and his assistant, a-.d It will have to be revised by the company before the returns are made to the counties and school dis tricts Inasmuch as It falls to show through which school districts it runs. Bryan on BadtlsME. W. J. Bryan. In the Commoner today, gave his views "As to Bolting," by pub lishing a letter which he had written to an Inquirer. It follows: My Dear Sir: Your favor at haad. While a uemocrut presumes that Ins convention will wine a piuuuriu anu nonmtau a, uJut that he can cuiiitcienuousiy support, it is not a conclusive presumption and I do not believe mat any one eugut ie Oe asked er expected to bay mat uo matter what a convention dooa, hu will support the m kel. 'or llul rcuiiua 1 defer umu Hie vuuveuuou hua acted a uecislon upon the course that 1 will pursue. If the rule suggested by you were the Correct ono namely, thai whatever toe pmiturm and whatever I no candidate,' the ticket aiiould be supported at the poiia, UiBQ there would be uo neeu of a campaign, bwause no rule is a sound one that dues not answer as well lot- republicans as tor uemoo'tiis. There is nu inure ri'.iaon why exery ueinoorat should pieUge tnmawlf la advance than there Is mat every repul. Ucan should, and it' all aid, campaigns would aol change a vole, if Hint is a cki reel rule, turn when a party is once In power it can only he UislouKed by a change m political ailiiiutions. Ami then, too, you win notice tnut i ne euiern Ueraoxunts never pledge themselves to support the ticket, and there la no reason why western deinocruis should hold hi a lower value their duty to give to their country their best rtiiiecienie uaii their beat judgment at Ine tune vttran action is required. Because eastern dcniuu.ii refuse to tune Tonuses and uert their right to uijt'penuent action hut the convention luuir opinion are new Del eg conaii'ted, .ruiie li is not thought neceHa..ry to eonau.t (l,u opinions ot tnuee v, no vociferously an nounce that neither their conviction iiur their interest need be cuiuiUVied. but th.it li.ty c.vn be counted uluu to hurrah tir uiuing In Ine piMtfmm and to change it.eir un opinions wet-never the eastern aemut r.i' deciae that the time has come to change. TaJverslty Begeats. The board ef regents of the University of Nebraska held a brief special session yes terday at 1 p. ra. Tbe regents present were Allen. Rich, Teeters and Whltmure, those absent being Ernst and Calkins. The medical college faculty reported, recommending that the degree of doctor of medicine be conferred upon a class ot thirty graduate at Omaha. The chancellor and the secretary, as a special committee oa the finance budgets for the currant year and the revUioa of the . ' I y-: v , i liillBII ... ...v .:.. ::..-..-::,v..- ', ".St Ave., Chicago, HI., Treasurer 1 Mr. a. H. Farmer, New Mar tinsvlt.e, W. Va., wrlteat "Our little son, Han, Is . well and healthy now and vre think If we ale sis you dl. reeled as, he. will keep h:s health and grow trosc. "We know that oar little sob's life was saved by yen? rrenderfnl medicine, Persat, and vre shall alrrays prar.a Parana and viae It la onjp family when needed. "Should we have any aaore catarrhal froafcl In - ear family, we ahull alwaya write to yoi for treatment." G. H. Farmer. , fees schedule for the new catalogue, sub mitted reports, which were approved. , Ordered, that after the close of the pres ent year candidates recommended to re ceive degrees in absentia, shall pay a fee of $10 In addition to the diploma fee. The following promotions were ordered upon the recommendation of the chancellor: ' T. L. Bolton, assistant professor of phi losophy, to be professor of psychology. Melvln Price, Instructor, to be assistant processor of mechanical drawing and ma chine devlgn. Miss Clara Conklln. assistant professor, to be professor of romance, languages and literatures. C. C. Arbuthnot, Instructor, to he adju tant professor of political economy. Appointments to fellowships were ap proved as follows: In mathematics, Charles K. Payne: In soology, Chauncey Juday and Robert T. Young. Leave ot absence was granted tor the next year, beginning September 1. 1904, to R. B. Llllla. professor of physiology, who will conduct original research work in physiology tor tha Carnegie Institution. A debating board was constituted, with power to make such rules as are neces sary to carry out the purposes ot its or ganisation, consisting ot eleven members, seven from the factulties the professor of American history and politics, the asso ciate professor ot English writing and speaking, tbe professor of European his tory, the dean of the law college, tha pro fessor of philosophy, the professor of polit ical economy and public finance and tho professor of sociology; from the students the four offices of the debating Association the president, vice president, oecretary treasurer and the representative to the university authorities. The board will direct the debating affairs much as the athletic "board acts for university athletics. 1 Fowler Denies Charge, Superintendent Fowler has been charged by a couple of publications with having made a combination with Tom Majors, both being members of the State Board of Education, whereby the new normal school was to be located at Kearney, tbe scalp e Superintendent Clark of Peru waa to dangle and Fowler was to become the principal ef the Kearney normal. The pub lication gave It out that Treasurer Mur tenseu was responsible for the statement which came out in connection with the election of J. W. Crabtree aa superintend ent to succeed Mr. Clark Mr. Fowler emphatically denies the charges In this signed statement: I believe 1 was the original Kearney man In favoring the location of the a lute Noiinul school there. k favored Uie removal of the Institution at Peru to Kearney until the organis.i lion of the last house of repiesentatives, wnen Mr. Uood of Peru was rewarded with the clialroianslilp of the committee on normal school. That organisation killed my plan. Then I favored the establishment ot a new normal school in the west, to be lo cated by a committee of the legislature. In voting on tha location of the school I favored Kearney almost from the tlrst ballot, and Mr. Majors came in later on. 1 bad no previous understanding v. 1th any member or member as to how I intended to vol. I have never heard any discussion among any members ot the board relative to Dr. Clark's position or his probable successor. 1 have always been as hearty a supporter of Dr. Clark personally aad of his adminis tration of affairs aa Mr. Mortensen or any other' niamber ut the board. I hafe- no understanding with any mem ber of the board relative to the Kearney prlnclpalshlp. Every member thereof is absolutely free, so far as I know, to act aa he pleasee in the matter. If anyone of the board consider nimaelf under any obligation to me for any reaeon what soever, I am pleased to thus publicly re lieve him at Oils lime of such obligation. It waa Mr. Mortensen. 1 believe, who first mentioned my name in that cunnection. I am not an applicant for the Kearney prlnfipalship, and I still hope that the tple of we tern Nebraska will believe that I have worked and am still working in the interests of their public school children. 1 have never "fought bitterly" any por tion of the hoard. There are no factions on the board, though the two members that supi-orted Kearney, Mr. Majors and pjjsvlf. Mis two pial suiyforled tlasllugs, ?l 1 s i ia sn sv a- .v...' -v! A ' - ' 4 1 ft 4 it v . iff I m 1 ' G.H.EWIEE and UTTLEOT HARK. New Flartinjvillc, and the three that each supported a differ ent location, might, 1 presume, have been designated factions, making five In all: For the truthfulness ot any or all of the above, doubters are respectfully re ferred to Dr. W. A. Clark at Peru or any member of the Board of Education. hew Grata Company. The Worrell Grain company is the latest corporation along these lines to file articles with the secretary of stale. Ths headquar ters of the linn w)4 be In Omaha and the capital stock is $50,000. The Incorporators are Thomas D- Worrall, Charles T. Teavey, J. W. Thomas and W. H. Ahmanson. Each ot the members of the firm is a member of a big elevator company. Agent Are Responsible. Insurance agents who write insurance for wildcat companies that do not pay losses are liable to the policyholders for the amount of the policy. This Information In surance Deputy Pierce desires to get be fore the people of Nebraska and It is not generally understood that Nebraska has such a law. Mr. Pierce believes that if the agents have their attention called to the matter there will be less wildcat companies securing business In the stats. The matter was called to his attention by a case in Iowa, In which the agent of the wildcat company was held liable by a decision of tbe supreme court. Section e)f of the Ne braska statutes Is similar to the Iowa law. dominations IVot Costly. Xxpense accounts being filed by candl ittes and nominees for state offices show that i.fter all It whs not a costly enterprise to get In the running. Governor Mlcky paid out $10 for his headquarters and spent a total of $7 to secure his nomination. Treasurer Mortensen spent $30 for head quarters and that was all. E. M. Searle, Jr., spent $22.75 for headquarters) $1.14 for railroad fare and a t'-tnl of $K.2t to secure his nomination as auditor. F. J. Sadllek spent a total of $42, of which $23 went for his headquarters. Tbe certificate of nomination leaned to Congressmen Htnshaw sf the Fourth dis trict was filed with the secretary of state today. Sues Traction Company. Catherine Shepherd, who was Injured by a fall from a street car about a year ago, this morning obtained a Judgment against the tractioti company for $7,300 In a suit wherein she asked for $30,000. Miss Shep herd fell in ettempttng to alight from the car and struck on the buck of her head. At the thne'et the accident she was a teacher la the high school and as a result of her injuries gave up her position. TWO DROWNED NKAR ORBELBT Body of One Bsteevered, bat No Trace f Other Team. GREELEY, Neb., May 27 tdpoclal.) A man by the name of Pollard and a young man from Omaha, who was visiting with him, wera drowned in attempting to croea Freeman creek while the bridge was uaier water. The accident occurred Tuesday evening near the Davelln farm, sou i beast ot Bpaulding. Tha body of the young man was found a little way below the bridge. Parties are still searching tor Pollard, but no trace of hlw, horse or buggy has been discovered. Reports coming in from the country in dicate that a good many farmer have met with loss in the recent storm. Cattle and bogs have been drowned and cropa partly washed out in places. Listed corn has suffered most and will nearly all have to be replanted. Otoe Coaaty for Bryaa. STRACrSE, Neb., May 17. (Special Tel egram.) Otoe county democrats assem bled In convention here today. AU were for Bryan. The Kansas City platform Was reaffirmed, Bryan was endorsed to head the Nebraska delegation to the St. Louie convention gjil resolutions were adopted , J;?"!? 1 r.V.: - i !v i i t NNV HUDREDINEZ ZdriW & "MeQaha.; liJi 3. 'Mrs. Amelia Sailor. V.ennsha, Wis., writes: "I have used Peruna for a number of years. It cured me of crronlc catarrh, which I suffered with from infancy. "When my three children were born they all had catarrh, but I have given them Peruna and find it very effective In rid ding them of this horrible trouble. I find that it Is also good to give them as a tonic and a preventive of colds and colic. "In fact, I consider it a household blessing. I would not know how to raise my children without it. I am pleased to give it my recommendation." Mrs. Amelia Sailor. Mr. Peter C. Herr. Bluffton, O., wrltos: "We take the pleas ure to write you that our five year old son la well. It is safe to say that he Is cured. He took four bottles of Peruna. We thank you very much iox your kindness and advice." Mr. Peter C. Herr. Mr. William D. Ward, Daw son, Ga., writes: "Last 1 ecem bor we had a little boy four months old afflicted with ec lema. After trying various pre scriptions from doctors we com menced using your Peruna. Be fore we did so every particle of hair cimo out. and his scalp was Irritated, In fact, he was sore from crown of head to soles of feat After we had given him two bottles his hair came back, and since then we have seen no sign of the eczema. We give yon th'-s endorsement with out solicitation on your part, and we whl gladly answer any'ln , Qt lriea from affected parties In " regurd to this matter. Your medicine la everything you claim for It." Wm. D. Ward. having a distinctly Bryan flavor. Less than one-half of the delegates were pres ent Captain Enyart of Nebraska City was endorsed as district delegate to the national convention and aeventeen delegates were elected to the state convention. FIREMEN TO BKTIHK TO NORFOLK State Tournament to Be Held There This Year. NORFOLK, Neb., May f7. (Special.) The firemen of Nebraska will race at Norfolk this year. That was decided today by 'he board of control of the state organization and along in the latter part of August the speedy ones from every section of the fire fighting commonwealth are coming up hers to try for the prizes. The tournament was held for the first time in Norfolk last year. The boys went away feeling that it had been tho best tourney they ever attended nnd since the day that the excitement ended they have wanted to return. The attendance last year was the biggest that ever happened in Nebraska and some of the fastest records were made that Cornhusker carti ever saw. Hastings wanted the tournament this year. So did Nebraska City. Seward was mentioned besides. Hastings reported a few minutes after the decision was made that enough money had been ralwd to hold the event there. But the board of control had acted and the knockers out of Mazes are coming up to northern Nebraska. The city has raised enough funds to en tertain the crowds and entertain tl.em well. Stanton now holds the ehamplonxhlp belt. Al Marks, who heads the 8tanton bunch, holds the championship badge for fast coupling. His was a world-beater last summer. But from the number of enthu siasts runners who have signified their In tention of coming for the contents. AT Marks will have to hustle to hold his honors. The date of the meet Is not yet definitely determined, bat that will be Axed within a day or two. There will now be a queen of, the tourney to elect and It la anticipated that a con siderable number of the cities Interested will have candidates. Tor carted off the honor last year. Chairman McKee of Kearney telephoned Norfolk firemen when they Informed him that trwy had rained the money that the tournament would come. Cadets Give Reception. YORK. Neb., May 27. (Special.) Tha university cadets, who are attending Camp York at the beautiful park here, held a reception tonight al Boyers hall. An ex cursion from Lincoln was run here today and a large delegation of Lincoln people, students and fi lends of ths State univer sity, came In, After the reception there was a dance and an alumni banquet. Nebraska New Notes. vTAHOO, May 27. The cornerstone of tbe new Saunders county court house will be laid here on the afternoon of June t. CAMBRIDGE. May 27. A stock company has been organized and will take charge of the Cambridge electric light plant, which hae heretofore been manaaed bv I' H Coler. I HPMBOLDT. May 27 The high school alumni held their annual banquet at the hiune of hie. and Mr. J. 8. Hnethen and admitted to membership tbe t'Uuts of lfcot and selected officers. HASTINGS, May 27. The new $1,800 pipe organ has urri.vsd and been Installed In the Methodist church. Aside from the on in the Presbyterian church, tills Is the only pipe organ In the city. CLAY CENTER, May . The Methodist church at this place was crowded lust night by thoee interested in the graduation of the high echool class of lwi. There were sis graduate. Hvu girls and on boy. HCMBOLDT. May r.-Mayor Hackett hit been advised that Ms position In refus ing a license to Al Shaffer tc operai a billiard hall has been sustained by Judge Kelllgsr. before whom the case was heard a few day a since. THIIT.B HrCK. Mar 27.-The fnmllv of Rev. W. A. Tyler, the new Methodist minis ter, having just arrived, a vuuiu reception 7k :.'.,Tt . . -. V and MARIE. Mr. Edward Otto, 927 De Soto Street, St. Paul, Minn., writes: "I cannot say enough for Peruna. It has done great work In I my family, specially for my oldst boy. I We had doctored with three or four dif ferent doctors and they did not seem to do him any good. We gave up hopes of cure, and so did they, hut we pulled him through on Peruna. He seems perfectly well; eats well and sleeps well. It is Peruna that did It. We had several doctors and they said they could do no more tor him, so we tried Peruna as a last resort, and that did the work. Since then we keep It In the house all the time, and no doctor Is re quired. When we feel a cold coming on we take a few doses of peruna,' and the next day It Is gone. It has done wonderful work In my family. I recommend it wherever I can." Edward Otto. ' A. O. Harding, of Freecott, Ont., has been presented with a 26-year Medal of Honor In Odd Fellowship, and Is also one of the leading druggists of Preecott. He writes as follows: "ver since I have been handling Peruna, I have had a fine trade. Once a family buys a bottle, I am sure of selling them more and It never falls to bring additional customers. 2 have nothing better for catarrh In all of its various forms. It cures colds in a day or two, re lieves cramps Immediately, cures lung trou bles and the various stomach disorders." was tendered them last evening at .he Methodist church, at which there was a large attendance. HEBRON. May 27. The county commis sioners are now In session. The contract for cement walks around the new court house and to otherwise beautify the grounds has been let to a Lincoln firm, who are on the ground and have commenced work. CAMBRIDGE, May 27-The fifteenth an nual commencement exercises of tbe Cam bridge public schools took place in the opsra house last evening. A class of ten received diplomas. The class was the youngest ever graduated from the Cam bridge public schools. NEBRASKA CITY, May 27.-Nebraska City lodge No. 1, Iroquois tribe No. 25, Independent Order of Red Men, have elected the following officers for-the en suing year: Sachem, M. A. McCartney! S. S., John P. Batman; J. S., N. Andreason; prophet, George W. Parr. 6TOOKVILLE, May 27. The preliminary trial of the state against Cunningham be fore Judge Williams came to a close yes terday after a lively legal battle lusting three days. The case was dismissed and Cunninghom was cleared of the charge of stealing several head of horses. GREELEY, May 27. A young man by the name of Kay was killed by lightning five miles northwest of Greeley. It appears that he had got out of the buggy and was holding the her we by the heads, when the bolt struck, killing both horses and man. The vehicle was unharmed, Kay lived at Fullerton. SEWARD, May 27.-E. E. Archer and daughters started from their home for Heward on Monday, when the team became frightened and ran away, throwing them nut. Miss Maude Archer sustained a broken leg, the bone being badly splintered. The other occupants ot tbe carriage were badly bruised. DAKOTA CITY, May 27? The commence ment exercises of the Dakota City High school will be held In the Methodist Epis copal church on Friday evening, June 3. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev. S. M. Lee her In the Methodist Kplncopal church at this place on Sunday morning, May 2v, SEWARD, May 27. The History and Art club of Seward will give a first and second prize for the lawn making the best appear ance during the summer. On scrounl of entertaining the Oeneral Federation of Women's Clubs In Seward on next October, strenuous efforts at every sort of Improve ment is now in progress. OSCEOLA, May 27. Osceola's fire depart ment, consisting of the J. L. Makeevcr Hook and Ladder company, had Its annuul election, and the following will be In au thority lor the ensuing year: Charles O. Oyirtng, chief; C. D. Morse, first assistant; George liurrlt, second assistant; Cle Monre, secretary, and Oliver E. Mickey, treasurer. HEBRON, May 27. A large number of cltisens met at the Commercial club rooms a few nights ago and decided to celebrate the Fourth. Something like $T!0 has al ready been raised. Tills will b a Thayer county celebration and those having the matter In charge say it will be the largest celebration Hebron and Thayer county has ever enjoyed. ALLIANCE. May 27 The fifth grad uating class of the Alliance High school terminated their two days' commencement exercises at the phelan opera house to night. The efforts of the graduates were of a high order. The lecture. National Character Illustrated by National Bong," r- r-ttrar & ejf H U e$r What was the matter with this man ? Ask your doctor. He will tell you that the man's blood was impure. Just as soon as the Sarsaparilla purified and enriched his blood he was en tirely cured. See that your blood is puree Consult your own doctor about this. 1.0 feoeu. SJ'SnsstMs. Peruna should be kept In the house all the time. Don't wait until the child IS elck, then send to a drug store. But have Peruna on hand accept no substitute. Children are especially liable to acutt catarrh. Indeed, most of tbe affection of childhood are catarrh. AH-forms of sore throat, quinsy, croup, hoarsness. laryngitis, etc, are but different phases of catarrh. , Mr. Howard Androw Sterner, Muddy Creek, Pa., writes: "I have Pentna la my house all the time and won't be without It. It In the greatest catarrh remedy that was ever manufactured. It Is good for children when they take cold or croup. It cured my baby boy of croup. I have Introduced Pe runa Into alx families since I received your last letter, and four have seen relief al ready." Howard Andrew Sterner. Mrs. J. II. Russell, at Horton Ave. De troit, Mlch writes: "Peruna certainly did wonders for our little son, Arthur, as he has been the picture of health all summer. Ho has taken four bottles of Peruna. and t have followed your directions as carefully as I could. I ant very happy with the re sults. I thank you very much for yoar Interest In his case." Mrs. J. K. Russell. Pe-ru-na Protects tbe) Entire Hows hold Against Catarrhal Diseases. As soon as tha value of Peruna. la appre ciated by every household, both as a pre ventive and oure, tens of thousands ef Uvea will be saved, and hundreds ef thou sands of chronic, lingering cases of oatarrh will be re vented. Peruna Is a household safeguard. Mrs. 8. Miles, gtoughton, WfeA, writes: "When my baby, Evelyn, was quite young I noticed that site had catarrh. This wor ried me so much that I took hoc to a doc tor and he prescribed for her. She seemed to get better, but the relief was only tem porary, as I noticed that with the next sold she contracted she wns worse. "I had used Pes. una myself some time before with such good results tnat I de c!led to give It to her, feeling rare that there was nothing In It that could injure her. I gave her two bottles, whtoh was all that was necessary, for It cured her. I am glad I took hold of this trouble while she was young and before It had secured too strong a hold on her system. I keep .it on hand now and give her a few deems when ever she takes eold, and It always takes effect and keeps her well and strong." Mrs. 8. Miles. Mrs. Mary E. Connor, 724 23rd St., Ban Francisco, CaJ., writes: "Peruna has been a blessing to my home. It has kept sick ness out and we are today a happy and well family, thanks to Peruna. My hus band was cured of lung trouble through Peruna and this showed us Its merits. "I am the mother of six boy, and when ever any of the family la sick with a cold, cramps or indigestion, a few doees of Pe runa restores them. I am especially thank ful to you for what Peruna has done for I.eo and Francis, my two oldest hoys. They had been troubled with catarrh and Peruna cured them within s, few weeks." Mary E. Connor. f. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of Peruna. write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohfo. by Hon. N. K. Griggs ef Lincoln, smeed te) be both highly pleasing and quite unique. SEWARD, May 27. A Jury In the district court here on Wednesday night returned a verdict of guilty against Bert Myers.' charged with having criminally assaulted Lavonla Egolf at the fair grounds park on the night of March 22 last. The jury fur ther recommended that he be sent to the reform school, aa the evidence . Showed him to be about IT years of age. HASTINGS, May XI, A summer school will be conducted at the high school build ing, beginning on June 13. and oonllauinc for five weeks. The object of the Summer term Is to afford means wAetwhy tnex- fierlenced teachers may be given a pre liminary training. County Superintendent Julian will have charge and the principal Instructors will be Principal J. O. Lyne of Juniata, and Prof. McCoy of the local high school. OSCEOLA, May IT. A. A. Young and wife were taken violently 111 last night. The doctor waa called and he thought they were suffering from poison frcm something they hsd eaten. Tbelr condition has Men such since that it has seen ImaoeMible to find out anything about I-., and the dootora, with their neighbor frlbnd, are dolus; everything possible to relieve and pull them through. TABLE ROCK. May 27. Last tUght was a red letter night for Phoenix encampment No. 61, independent Order of Odd Fellows, at this place. About a dosen mwmberi e.f the emcampment at Teouineeh came here, as there was work to do, and oandldutes In all the degrees. The work was put on by the Tooumneh members and fisted until the "wee snui" hours of thd morning. After partaking of refreshments, the visit ing brethren left for Tecurnseh at I a. m. HEBRON, May 27. Archie Maxson met with a dreadful accident a few days ago. The Case Threshing Machine company wera exhibiting one of their 1904 machlnea and la some way while the machine waa In opera tion, Maxsoi, came In contact with oae of the large belts, which pulled his right arm tinder the wheel and cut It off between the elbow and shoulder. A further amputa tion wii afterwards made by Drs. BoyeS snd Reynolds and the patient Is getting? along fairly well. HARVARD, May 17. Stokes' opera house was well Ailed last evening to listen to the graduating ceremonies for the puhllo schools, there being nine in the class, with the somewhat reversed rule of more boys than girls, as there were six of the former" and three of the latter. Charles Fordyae, 1'h. V., of Nebraska Wesleyan university, delivered an interesting address, with se lected music. Tomorrow field day will be observed by the schools of ths county. In tills city, at which time large numbers of liberated school children, sfter another year of close application to books, will hnve their yearly outing. ST. PAUL, May $7. A class ef twenty, three buys and seventeen girls graduated from the St. Paul High school this year 'and the week has been full of the exer- i cises for the occasion. Sunday evening I Raw George A. Ray preached the baooa , laureate sermon In the Methodist church: : Tuesday evening a large audience attended the class day exercises and a class pisy. ' "A Case of Suspension," finely executed I by the graduates In the opera house; and i finally, last night the regular commenoe ! nmnl exercises took place. The opera house : was filled to Its utmost capacity and a splendid program was rendered. Ths clos ing event of the local school year will be the annual alumni festival Thursday even ing, June 2. if a as sn szt Sarsaoarilla " I had breaking out on my bod and I tried different remedies without relief. I then tried Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and before l naa taken bait a Dottle l was entirely cured." M. A. Wall, Bentley Creek, Fa. .. Os I