- MOTHER AHD DAUGHTER
Cured by Pe-ru-na of Systemic Catarrh.
An Interesting Letter From
Mrs. M. K. Bousch, of
Richmond,and her Little
Daughter. Pearl.
Mrs. M. K. Bousch, Richmond, Va.,
writes:
“/ had catarrh all through my sys
tem for two years and could get no re
lief. / was advised to try Peruna, and
I have taken five botiles of it and am
well and better now than I have been
for years. I can advise anyone who
has catarrh of any part of the body to
take Peruna My little girl, who is
eleven years old had catarrh, hut was
cured by Peruna. Before I began to
take Peruna I was sick all the time,
but now I am entirely cured and all
praise Is due Peruna.—Mrs. M. K.
Bousch.
Miss Pearl Bousch writes: “When I
was a baby 1 contracted c;>tarrh, and
was doctored by several good physi
cians, but none did me any good. My
imother was taking Peruna at the time
'and gave some of it to me, and I soon
| began to improve, and am now well and
i fat as a little pig. 1 am twelve years
’ old. The doctors told mother I had the
F consumption, but it was only catarrh.”
>—Miss Pearl Bousch.
► It is no longer a question as to whether
| Peruna can be relied on to cure all such
> cases. During the many years in which
Peruna has been put to test in all forms
and stages of acute and chronic catarrh
no one year has put this remedy to
greater test than the past year.
Peruna is the acknowledged catarrh
remedy of the age. Dr. Hartman, the
compounder of Peruna. lias written a
laiok on the phasesof catarrh peculiar to
women, entitled, “Health and Beauty.”
It will be sent free to any address by
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.
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 and he will
bo pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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A Fortune for a Quarter
You will read such a headline In the papers on or about Novem
ber 10, 1902. It will refer to the person—it may be to you—who for
twenty-five cents wins the Five Thhonsand Dollar Capital Cash Prize
in the Omaha Auditorium Stock Contest, contributed by the Defiance
Starch Co. of Omaha. There are over
One Thousand Other Prizes
Including 704 Cash Prizes and 300 Merchandise Prizes. In the lat
ter list is a $3,600.00 House and Lot, a $500,000 Kimball Grand
Piano, and Other Prizes ranging in value up to $700.00.
SEPTEMBER 16 AND OCTOBER 1
Special Cash Prizes will be awarded. Ore share of stock in the
Omaha Auditorium Co. and two chances to win prizes for Twenty
live Cents. No limit to the number of shares one person, or a club
of several persons, may purchase previous to October 28 unless all
the stock Is sold before that date. Better write for stock NOW—
while you think of it. Or get up a club and get more chances to win
a prize. A dozen hooks will catch more fish than one hook.
For further information, list of prizes, etc., or stock, address,
THE OMAHA AUDITORIUM CO.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
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Bl I DTI BOET PI IDCn ,NO ^N,FK- N<> "0 detention
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cured patients in Nebraska and adjacent
territory. Why patronize Eastern “fakirs” when you can deal with o rel-ai le company at
homo? An absolute guarantee in every case. Send for circulars. THE EMPIRE
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point your gun, buy Winchester Factory
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Black powder; “Leader” and “Repeater ”, loaded
with Smokeless./ Insist upon having Winchester
Factory Loaded Shells, and accept no ^others.
ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM
W. N. U<—Omaha. No. 36—1902
The skillful hunter is not a theorist,
but a man of practical aims.
Diphtheria, sore throat, croup. Instant
relief, permanent cure. Dr. Thomas’ Klee,
trie Oil. At any drug store.
Tears we shed for others are usu
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I
PATHOS IN A TRUE STORY j
Mother of Little Fellow Had No Tim#
for Petting.
The following may have bearing on
the geneial conditions of the present
"day in our cities. It is a true story:
A friend of mine, a physician, has
given much of his energy and scien
tific skill to work among poor chil
dren. One of his methods of helping
them is to take them on a week's
camping expedition in the country.
One night as he sat around the camp
fire with his little friends, telling
them stories, he beckoned to him one
of the littlcst boys, who was sitting
apart from the others, and who some
how invited a “mothering” without
asking for it.
“Climb up here in my lap,” said the
doctor, and the child did so so eager
ly, snuggling to his friend with a sigh
of contentment.
Presently he looked up into the dos
tor's face and said thoughtfully, as
though he had been considering the
subject for some time. "My mother
never does this.”
“Never holds you in her lap, you
mean, Arthur?”
“No—never does.”
“Well, why not?”
Drearily, hut with entire resigna
tlon, the child answered:
“She works.”
Mothers, sociologists, kind people
everywhere, do you hear the child’s
answer? He has missed not only edu
ration, good times, a pleasant home, .
areful bringing up, but he has also ,
missed that small, inalienable right j
of children—being mothered a little
in the hour when the evening shadows
fall, because "she works.”—James
O'Donnell Bennett in Chicago Journal.
HORSE WAS A TRUE SPORT.
But It Is Doubtful If His New Owner
Appreciated Him.
A shrewd old Yankee horse-trader,
after years of success of a kind to
make David Harum look small, got i
badly stuck on a nag so feeble and !
spiritless that it squatted like a jack
rabbit every time its ribs were
touched. Th new owner felt very
sore, but determined to do what he
could to retrieve. He invited a dea
con of the village church for a ride,
and himself rode the new horse. See
ing a rabbit, he jabbed the horse with
his heels, and the animal promptly
squatted. When the deacon inquired
the cause, the trader explained that
the horse had the faculties of a set
ter, and set whenever he saw game.
A rise of partridges brought forth
another manifestation, through the
trader’s heels; and then the deacon
insisted on trading his own horse and
$50 for the sporting equine. On the
way home, the deacon rode his new
purchase. Fording a stream, he
raised his feet to keep them dry and
accidently jabbed the horse in the
ribs, whereupon the animal sat down
in the water, wetting the rider from
feet to chest.
“What's the matter, Zeke?’’ called
the deacon. “He can’t see no birds
nor rabbits now!”
“Fish, deacon,” explained Zeke, sol
emnly. “That critter’s a sport thru*
and thru’!"
11 —. ... i.
GAVE THE SNAP AWAY,
Embarrassment Caused by Answer of
Thoughtless Youth.
A young lady who had been pouring
tea at a function in a suburban New
Jersey tow n, having toward the end of
the affair become somewhat fatigued,
sat down in a quiet, corner of the
room, where she witnessed the follow
ing incident:
A young man came in and made his
way to the hostess, greeting her and
apologizing for his lateness.
“Awfully glad to to see you, Mr.
Blank,” said the hostess. “So good of
you to come. And all the way from
New York, too. But where is your
brother?”
“I am commissioned to tender his
regrets. You see, we are so busy just
now that it was impossible for both of
us to get away, and so we tossed up to
see which of us should come.”
“How nice! Such an original idea!
And you won.”
“No,” said the young man, absently;
‘I lost.”
Explanation of Little Value.
An editor on a daily paper has laid
himself open to unkind remarks by
trying to take up a collection in his
office. Happening to want a small
;oin, he turned to a fellow-worker and
asked for a quarter.
“Haven’t got it, but here's a dollar,”
the man repliad, as he tossed it over.
The editor put the dollar in his pocket
and immediately turned to a special
writer at the next desk and said:
“Miss -, could you lend me a
quarter?” Then, seeing the man from
whom he had got the dollar grin, he
added, hastily: “Oh, never mind; I
just got a dollar from Brown.”
In analyzing his conduct he said
that Brown's reply that he did not
have a quarter was apparently the
anly part of the transaction that made
any impression upon him. But he is
under suspicion in that office, and will
probably never be able to live it down.
Work of Making Cashmere Shawls.
Cashmere shawls are made from the
wool of the Cashmere goat, which
lives in the Cashmere valley, Thibet
and Tartary. Only the summer wool
Is used, and this Is bleached by a prep
aration of rice flour. For each colored
thread a different needle is used. The
»rocess is so slow that when the de
sign is elaborate, the completion of
qne square inch will occupy three per
sons for a day. and a shawl of re
markable beauty wonld take this nun
, ber a year for its execution.
Great 3anker Died Poor.
The entire estate of William Llddw
dale, latn governor of the Bank of
England, who died last month, |
amounts to only $5,000. He was an
authority upon all questions of Brit
ish finance and for years was a power
In the operations of the English ex
chequer and the London Stock ex
change. Ills power was Immense, but
it had to he exercised in accordance
with law and with strict regulations.
His position instead of bringing him
opportunities to gain wealth deprived
him of such opportunities.
A Place to Spend the Summer.
On the lines of the Milwaukee Rail
way jn Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa
are some of ttie moot beautiful places
in the world to spend a summer vaca
tion, caraping out or at the elegant
summer hotels. Boating, Cshiug,
beautiful lakes and streams and cool
weather.
Okoboji Is the nearest of those re
sorts, but all aro easily reached from
Omaha, and the round trip rates this
summer are lower than ever before.
Full Information on application.
F. A. NASH.
Gen'l Wc'tern Agent. C. M. & St P.
Ry., 1504 Farnam Ft.. Omaha.
Lots of men suddenly become near
sighted when they start out to look
for work.
RED CROSS BALI. BLUE
Should bo in every home. A“k your grocer
for it. Largo 3 oz. package ou!y 5 coats.
Friends on on airship voyage should
never fail out.
“Now good digestion waits on appetite,
and health on both "
If it dusen't, try Burdock Blood Bitters.
Affection is the lining that’s missing
from a breach of promise suit.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES
VIA
WABASH RAILROAD.
HALF RATES, round trip (plus J2.00) to
Sandusky. Columbus. Toledo. Cin
cinnati, Indianapobs. Louinvll'e and
many points In INDIANA, OHIO
AND KENTUCKY. Tickets sold
September 2. 9, 16, 23.
LESS than half rates to Washington, D.
(’.. and return. Tickets sold Octo
ber 2. 3, 4, G.
HAI.F RATES, round trip, to EufTnlo,
Toronto, Niagara Falls. Pittsburg.
Detroit, Cleveland. Colombo and
many points in MICHIGAN,
INDIANA. OHIO, PENNSYL
VANIA. WEST \ 1ROIN i A AND
KENTUCKY. TICKETS sold Oc
tober 2. 3, 4, G.
HAI.F RATER. Bo-ton. Mass., and re
turn. Sold October G. 7, 8, 9 and 10.
LONG LIMITS and STOPOVERS AL
LOWED at Niagara Falls and Detroit
on above tickets.
For rites and all Information call at
Wabash New City Ticket office, 1631 Far
nam St., Omaha, or write Hnrrv E.
Moores, Gen'l Act. Pass. Dept., Omaha,
Neb.
No, Cordelia, a flsbworaan isn't
necessarily a mermaid.
A wooden leg is an amendment to
the constitution.
I am sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved
my iife three years ago.—Mrs. Thor. R dtuibA
Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, l'JCO.
You cannot serve God with tools in
vented by the devil.
It you would know a young lady's
faults, feet chummy with her girl
friend.
Terrible plagues, tlioro itching, pestering,
diseu o of tho skin Put an t utl to misery
lioan a Ointment cures. At auy drug store.
After all, there Is no nerve food su
perior to good luck.
Sensible Houseveepers
will have Defiance Start fi, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because of
superior quality.
In the game of life the one-armed
man plays a lone hand.
ALI, FP TO DATE HOUSEKEEPERS
use Defiance Fold Water Starch. h»rauna
It ts better unit 4 oz. more of it for same
money.
People who fish for compliments
sometimes lose their tackle.
WHEN YOU El Y STARCH
boy Dctlance and «. t the best. 16 os. for
10 cents. Onon use!, al.vays tjRtd.
Any man ran make ltls wife do any
thing she wants to.
rMTTT’Ri' prrmanrntly cured In SO to
60 days: send for circular O. 8. Wood. M.
la. Dill New York I.lfe bldg.. Omaha. Neb.
The wisest prophet places the fulfill
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Mrs. Win*lotT*H Soothing Syrup,
For children tn-thtag, sinter.* tlie *. t mu. reduce* tn
CauiDiatloa,>iiuy» pain, cure* wind colic. &»■ a bottle.
The greatest men concern them
selves least about their greatness.
Stops dxe Oongii «n(l
IVi.i-lii Off (lie (util
Laxative Bi-j.no (.Juiniue Tablets. Price25c.
Iv is better to miss being rich than
tc make otheis poor.
CITC P^tnoanmny ctiroa. No fits or n«rroucSMl9fl after
11 I w fJrsf day * b«H»f Ur. KHik n ( • ■ut Norve Unstop
rr Send f.r Fllil. e. :«VM albuttl- and treat Im.
Lift. K. li Slink, Ltd., PS.1 Arch h.rcet, l’.'.l,tulelj>l.t&, I'e.
The true servant is discovered in
his master's absence.
Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality, of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
Jinny a girl doesn't realize how well
off she was until after she gi ts a hus
band.
Haifa Catarrh Cure
Is token internally. Price, 75c.
There is n wide difference between
the self-made man and the sclf-in
| tinted man.
—
Let the deceased past act as its own
j undertaker.
All. tJP-TO-UATE HtltSKKErtrERS
: Use lied Dross Hall Blue. It makes clotkos
clean uud sweet as when now. All grocers.
A speaking countenance is most ex
pressive when tlie mouth is shut
j A man never knows whether a
I woman's hat is on straight or crooked.
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ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OP THE RAILROADS OP NEBRASKA.
Extracts from the Proceedings Before the Board of Equalization at ijncoln, July
28, 1902, Whereby the Real Estate Exchange of Omaha Secured a Reduc
tion in the State Levy, Amountingto Three Mills, in Douglas County.
In the preceding bulletins we have
shown that there was a general disposi
tion on the part of assessors through
out the state to assess the value of
property in their separate counties at
10 per cent or possibly less of Its value,
and In this reduction in assessment
the railroads only desired that their as
sessments should be made on the same
basis as other property.
In support of this form of argument
we have been ably seconded by the
facts and figures presented, and the
Argument made at Lincoln by the Om
aha Real Estate Exchange, in their
presentation of their case, asking for a
reduction in the levy for state purposes,
in Douglas county.
Mr. McIntosh in his argument before
the board, ably presented this feature
which the railroads wdshed to make
plain.
In his remarks at the opening of the
proceedings he states, after mnking the
assertion that Douglas county farm as
sessments have been higher in propor
tion than those of other counties, which
is a fact, he says:
"That being true, it is a matter of
right on the part of the tax payers of
Douglas county that the levy should be
so adjusted as to equalize the taxes as
between the different counties of tlio
stale, and whereas, in our petition
which is on file here, we claim the dis
parity Is the difference between a one
sixth and a one-tenth—our petition was
drawn up before we were as well ad
vised of the facts as we are now, and
if we were making <»ther allegations
now, we would say the disparity Is be
tween about a one-fifth and a one-fif
teenth, and I am not sure but what we
ought to amend these figures in our
petition.”
After Introducing testimony confirma
tory of the position taken, that the
farm property In Douglas county was
assessed higher in proportion than
c\‘her property through the state, In his
remarks to the board, he states the fol
lowing;
“We have gone along in the State of
Nebraska now for some forty odd years,
taxing property, or not taxing It, In
about as slipshod, hap-hazard fashion
as one could possibly invent, if he sat
down to evolve something thoroughly
ridiculous in respect to taxing, out of
his own mfnd, • • * It is not
within the power of the state, and
therefore eould not be within the
power of the hoard to make one piece of
property valued at $1,000 pay one lota
more tax than another piece of the
value of $1,000. * • • Now, from
what I have been able to learn of this
constitution and this revenue law In
this state. In my opinion our con
stitution could not be Improved in Its
revenue features, and our revenue law
Is as good a one as any state has. The
trouble, If this board please, with the
State of Nebraska In this revenue law,
is not about the iaw but about the
fool way in which we have been ad
ministering the law. Assessors go out,
and either don't look at the property,
or copy off old valuations and bring
In assessments that are perfectly
absurd, and everybody knows it.
• • • The board has no choice; the
board must equalize the assessment,
after you have determined the facts.
It doesn't make any difference whether
It is something you want to do or not.
It Is a right which the property owner
has, and which he has a right to be
protected In, and in which it is the
board’s duty to protect him. So that,
whether it is an agreeable thing or
not, a convenient thing or not. if you
find that one property owner whose
property is worth $1,000 is assessed at
$100, and another who is worth the
same sum is assessed at $106, you must
equulize, and if you equalize by vary
ing the rate of the levy, and the levy
Is 8 on the one whose assessment Is
$100, you cannot make it more than
about 5, whatever fraction It Is, to
make the result of the tax the same on
the two,”
Further on In his argument for the
lower tax levy In Douglas county, and
calling attention of the board to Its
powers to regulate this unequal form
of taxing, by changing tho rate of levy,
he says:
‘This Is the first time that the
powers of this board have been in
voked for that purpose, and now the
opportunity rests with you, gentlemen,
by the 1< vy that you make to show to
the people of Nebraska, that the plan
that they have so long worked suc
cessfully, they cannot continue to work.
As soon as a county sees that by mak
ing a low assessment, its levy Is cor
respondingly higher th n that Induce
ment to juggle with the atsessment
will be largely taken away.”
In addition to the argument present
ed by Mr. McIntosh and Mr. Shields
along these lines, they presented thres
expe t wltnos. es (Mr. F. H. Myers, Mr.
F. J. Fitzgerald an 1 Mr. Tnos. F.
Boyd) In regurd to the value of farm
property In Nebraska, who testified un
der oath as to their belief of the value
of land In various counties suggested
to them, and in addition a great many
affidavits from local real estate men
In various counties were presented and
used in evidence. The State Labor
Commissioner was also placed on tbs
stand and certified to the correctness
of the report made by him, which has
been compiled from estimates sent him
hr the surveyors of the different coun
ties of the state as to the value of lands.
We have tabulated below these returns
from twenty counties which show
the extraordinary low valuation pinned
on farms in comparison with these
estimates from different sources. The
estimates of the witnesses, It must be
remembered, represent the value of
all of the land of the county, both Im
proved and unimproved. The assessed
value here shown Is for 1902:
Statement Showing Twenty Counties In which the Assessed Value of Lands is Less than Ten Per Cent of
Any Value that C' 1 Pe Placed on Them by Conscientious Appraisers.
VALUE LAND RETURNED FOR County Surveyor's
ASSESSMENT IN 1902. Estimate for State SWORN TESTIMONY PRESENTED.
Improved Unimproved Statistics
Per acre. Per acre. Per acre. Myers. Fitzgerald. Boyd. Affidavits.
itoone ...$2.55 $2.36 $30 to $50 . $27.60 $27.50 .....
Buffalo. 2.03 1.19 30 to 40 $17.50 . . .
Hurt. 6.52 6.02 60 to 75 62.50 60.00 50.00 $50.00
Butler .. 3.55 40 to 50 60.00 . 45.00 ......
Dawes . 0.70 0.57 20 to 35 . . . .
Fillmore . 3.11 1.31 35 to 45 87.50 . 40.00 .
Greeley. 2.45 1.61 * » to 40 15.00 ..... ..... .....
Kearney .. 2.06 1.21 25 to 35 ..... 20.00 «.... 23.<5
Knox .... 2.68 l.<3 30 to 45 ..... 25.00 ••«.* *....
Loup ... 1.83 0.88 25 to 30 . ..... . .
Merrick . . 3.00 2.42 40 to 50 27.50 . 30.00 30.00
Nance . 2.27 2.18 85 to 50 25.00 . 27.50 32,00
Platte ”. 8.01 1.99 40 to 55 60.00 60.00 60.00 60.00
p0lj{ . 3.18 .... 85 to 50 45.00 . 40.00 .....
Red Willow . 1.63 1.09 30 to 46 . . . .
Richardson . 6.65 .... 60 to 75 65.00 ..... 63.00 .....
galine . 4.09 3.65 40 to 70 45.00 . 40.00 .
Saunders » 4.06 ■ • ■ ■ 60 to 76 62.50 ..... 50.00 .....
Wayne . 4.53 .... 43 to 65 . 46.00 45.00 45.50
York . 4.25 1.92 40 to 50 45.00 . 43.00 .
With the showing given above and the an, iments presented, the State Hoard of Equal zavion very properly in
duced the mill levy on landa In Douglas county from 8 2-8 In 1900 to 4 1-2 mills the present year, nearly cutting their
charge for taxes for state purposes In two, and as the farms of Douglas County for the present year have been
returned as of value of 117.29 It can be seen that this reduction watt but fair.
IF DOUGLAS COUNTY RECEIVES BENEFIT OF EQUALIZATION, IS IT WRONG TC
EQUALIZE RAILROAD VALUESf