A CRUTMEDICIIE BEINGS HEALTH TO THREE BEES 01 SAME FAMILY Curr n Debility After Wnlnrln a IJitnIiunilH KIiciittintlNtn a Daughters Ncrvmut Jronlrntloii I have recommended Dr Williams Pink Pills to many people said Mrs Gossett because I have seen such good results tiino after time right ininyown family There are three of us who have no doubt about their merits Wo do not need to take anybodys word on the sub ject for our own experience has taught us how well they deserve praise It was just about ten years ago that I first read about Dr Williams Pink Pills and bought my first box I was at that time all run down weak nervous and without ambition I had been doc toring all summer for malaria and stomach trouble Everybody thought 1 was going into consumption as my mother had died of that disease Thanks to Dr Williams Pink Pills I am now alive and hearty I began to improve as soon as I began to take them and when I had taken three boxes I was a well woman Everyone wonders how I keep so well and am ablo to care for my home and six children without help Dr Williams Pink Pills explain it My oldest girls health began to fail when she wasubout fourteen She was nervous complained of sharp pains in her head would get deathly sick and have to leave the school room to get fresh air t o revive her I gave some pills to hei She tool only a few boxes but they cured her troubles and caused her to develop Into a perfect picture of health Then my husband took them for rheumatism and found that they would cure that too So you see we have all got grout good from using them and that is why we recom mend them to others Mrs Minnie B Gossett lives at Uhriohsville Tuscarawas Co Ohio and is well known as she has resided in the same neighborhood for more than thir teen years Her story shows that a medicine which makes the blood sound and the nerves strong overcomes a vari ety vof diseases and should bo found in every household DrWilliamsPink Pills are sold by all druggists everywhere They have cured anaemia and all forms of weakness also the most stubborn erases of dyspepsia and rheumatism They arc indispensable for growing girls Mean Old Bachelor Again It was an old bachelor who said that it was futile to discuss the question whether a genius would make a good husband No real genius he said would ever marrj EFFECTS OF PROSPERITY In the six years of the countrys greatest prosperity from 1897 to 1903 average prices of breadstuffs advanced Co per cent meats 231 per cent dairy and garden products 501 per cent and clothing 241 All these were prod ucts of the farmer and stockman who profited more than any other class of the community by these advances The miner benefited 421 per cent by that advance in the average price of metals The only decrease in the average prices of commodities in that period was in railway freight rates which decreased from 798 per ton mile in 1897 to 703 in 1903 a loss of 44 per cent The report of the In terstate Commerce Commission shows that the average increase in the pay of railroad employes in the period was a trifle above 85 per cent One out of every four persons who die in London dies on public charity Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury as mercury will 6tirely destroy the sen e of smell and cumplctely derance tlie whole system when entering It through the mucous surfaces Such article- ehould never be ued except on prescrip tions from reputable physicians aa the damape they will do U ten fold to the good yon can pocsibly de rive from them Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by K 1 Cheney Co Toledo O contains no mer cury and 1 taken Internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the svstein In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be suro vou get the genuine It Is taken Internally and made In Toledo Ohio by F J Cheney A Co Testimonials free fcold by Druggist 1rlce 75c per bottle Take Halls Family Fills for constipation Important to Mothers ETflTTilno carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for iufanta and children and sec that it Bears the Signature of rr la Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought Once the sheepskin was the symbol of the student now it is the pigskin Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Successfully used by Mother Gray nurse in the Childrens Home in New York curs Constipation Feverishness Bad Stomach x eetnmg uisoraers move ana regulate tne Bowels and Destroy Worms Over 30000 testimonials At all druggists 25c Sample FREE Address A S Olmsted Le RoyNY ly required for an agreement between two London railway companies Write Eugene Moore 210 Odrt Fellows Bldp St Louis Mo for full information of 2SS000 acre plantation Stock for sale Easiest payments S dividends guaran teed Active Managers and Agents wanted Next to excellence is the apprecia tion of it Thackerj Pisos Cure is the best medicine we ever used lor all affections of the throat and lungs Wal O ENDSLET Vanburen Intl Feb 10 1900 Experience is the extract of suffer ing A Helps Dr David Kennedys Favorito Komcdy Rondout N V cured ra v serious kidney troublfi I trained 9 pound S Warded liurnsvllle X J Bottle tlWX Lewis Single Binder straight 5c cigar jTice to dealers 3600 per M They cost some more than other brands but no more than a goodac cigar should cost Lewis Factory Peoria 111 The best democracy is a theocracy LEGISLATURE of NEBRASKA A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth Gen eral Session HOUSE The house on the 27th spent the afternoon pass ing the following bills House roll No 297 creating a railway commission house roll No 272 pro viding for making assessments and1 levies in irrigation districts house roll No 200 for the relief of G A Joslyn of Omaha who complained of double taxation and threatened to re move from the state It provides for the non assessment of stock and prop erty when the latter is all real estate and owned by the corporation house roll No4 ICO for the election of the South Omaha fire and police commis sion house roll No 527 for the com pensation of the clerks of the dis t ict court house roll No 158 for the nomination and election of coun ty commissioners at large house roll No 309 requiring county officers to report fees received to the county board senate file No 7S to regulate the sale of fish spawn to private per sons by the state fish commission senate tile No G to allow counties cities and villages to foreclose tax sale immediately after sale senate file No 111 to provide a penalty of 200 for each person convicted of the crime of adultery The Cady railway commission bill was recommended for passage It was amended to al low the legislature to fix rates It has already passed the senate Sen ate file No 37 by Senator Sheldon to allow the settlement of boundary disputes without the services of com missions was recommended to pass SENATE The senate passed these bills on the 2Sth Creating the office of county comptroller of Douglas county and making that officer ex officio city comptroller Making the state pay for one bridge in each coun ty should it be over 500 feet in length Sections G30 and 031 in the civil code of the Compiled Statutes These sections allow two trials for the recovery of real property when the party against whom judgment is ren dered makes effective during that term Appropriating 5000 to pay for bond of state treasurer Allowing ad ministrators executors etc to give a surety bond and to charge the same to the estate To prevent the marriage of cousins The salary bill In the afternoon the senate resolved itself in to committee of the whole to continue its discussion of the appropriation bill All of the committee amendment here tofore published were adopted except these The committee recommendation that 9500 be appropriated for the pay of employes of the Deaf and Dumb in stitute at Omaha was increased to 11000 Appropriation for salaries at Hastings asylum was increased to 70000 The committee had cut this appropriation from this amount Sen ator Cady attempted to get in an item for 3500 for a new building at the Grand Island Soldiers Home but his motion was lost Bresee wanted the senate to vote 15000 to pay a bounty or- wolf scalps and the senate did it HOUSE These bills were passed on the 2Sth Making the offense for jug sale of liquor when the drink is delivered Appropriating 3000 for a silver service for the battleship Ne braska Empowering cities or incor porated villages to establish and op erate their own heating plans To abolish slot machines making viola tion of the act a felony punishable by not less than one nor more than three years in the penitentiary Providing that over payments of taxes made to the state auditor by counties shall not be applied upon the account of such county for any year later than one year prior to the current years tax Imposing a fine of 500 or a coun ty jail sentence of six months for brib ery or attempted bribery in the city councils contracting for paving ma terials To provide for the Appointment- and the payment of assistants for clerks of the district court in counties having over 30000 and under 00000 population To prohibit pooling of elevator concerns and to prevent a division of profits as is done by the independent elevator concerns HOUSE These bills were passed on the 29th Makins the State Historical society custodian of state records documents and his torical material Amending the law relating the granting of mill dam sites Requiring state banking corporations hereafter to establish a property holding qualification To punish jurors and referees for receiv ing bribes Defining Nebraskas boundaries in case of dispute arising from the shifting of the current of the Missouri river Amending the law relating to municipal electric plans in cities of the second class or incor porated villages Declaring the hunt ing and killing of squirrels a misde meanor Providing a system of pri mary elections in Douglas county It had been the purpose to amend this bill so as to make it apply to United States senators but it was advanced to third Trading before the member hav ing this amendment in charge had op portunity of presenting his argu ment Oiving school districts in metropolitan cities the right of emi nent domain To define the boundary lines of Dakota county Amending the code of civil procedure relating to the filing of transcripts of federal court judgment and decrees in the counties of the state Providing for the pay ment of costs in misdemeanor cases and suits to prevent crime and of fenses At the afternoon session two reports were submitted by the special committee appointed to investigate charges against Superintendent Stew art of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb at Omaha The majority report was adopted SENATE The Jahnel bridge bill house holl No 255 was passed by the senate on the 29th with but one nega tive vote Senator Vore opposing the bill House roll 225 by Windham was read for a third time and passed This bill allows the district court to hold sessions in chambers House roll No 279 by Roberts was passed This al lows railroads to lease right of way lands House roll No 219 by Bur gess was indefinitely postponed This bill regulates warehouse charges and allows the sale of goods to satisfy bills House roll No 175 was recom mended for passage The bill regu lates the payment of money by agri cultural societies House roll No 359 was advanced to third reading This bill is directed against newspapers and seeks to prevent collections after the date of subscription has expired House roll No 2SG was indefinitely postponed by the report of the stand ing committee House roll No 372 met a similar fate House holl No 47 by Gerdes was recommended to pass The bill gives more powers to village boards of health House rolls No 303 and 257 were indefinitely post poned These bills gave authority to the state board to purchase supplies for the next session of the legislature House roll No 194 was read for a third time and passed This bill by Rouse allows county treasurers to give surety bonds House roll No 174 by Andersen of Douglas was recommended to pass The bill defines the status of territorial soldiers These bills were recommended for passage House roll No 304 giving Ruth Oberg of Douglas county permission to sue the school district House roll No 320 fixing sheriffs fees in Gage county House roll No 121 forbidding the wearing of badges of secret orders House roll No 205 permitting the sale of lands for right of way for irrigat ing ditches SENATE These bills passed the senate on the 30th A proposed con stitutional amendment allowing legist lature to create courts Appropriation for farmers institute and North Platte experimental station Giving purchaser the right to recover money paid on contract of conditional sale etc A joint resolution memorializing congress to fix the status of the Ne braska territorial soldiers Giving more power to boards of health in villages Providing when a foreign in surance company is entitled to a cer tificate from the auditor to do busi ness in Nebraska Allowing execu tors to mortgage real estate Agricul tural associations of Lancaster and Douglas counties to receive financial assistance from county boards Boun ty for wild animals scalps To pre vent newspapers from collecting sub scription money after subscription has expired For conveyance of interest of insane person to his or her spouse 12000 appropriation for exhibition at Portland exposition Providing for sale of school lands in ten acre tracts to thoe holding lease Providing a hospital for crippled and dependent children Charging a fee for register ing state warrants Allowing cities of first class to grant franchises for electric light plants Insuring grain in the stack Providing how foreign in surance companies may secure ad mittance to the state Allowing print ing board to purchase supplies in bulk HOUSE These measures were passed on the 30th To amend the civil code relative to procedure in the district court To quiet and per fect title to platted land in cities of the second class and villages To amend the law relative to labor taxes in cities of the second class and vil lages To amend the law relative to the canvassing of the vote cast at the general election The negotiable in strument law To authorize the coun ty courts to dispense with the admin istration of estates free from debt and legal entanglements To amend the law relating to the building of bridges across streams that form the bound ary lines between two or more coun ties To distribute funds heretofore paid into the county treasuries for free high schools To authorize the use of voting machines in Omaha Authorizing the land commissioner to dispose of exposition property Amending the law to fix fees of clerks of district courts To increase the salary of the chief deputy game and fish commissioners from 1200 to 1500 a year To enforce the com pulsory education law in school dis tricts outside the cities To provide for a 1 mill levy to be applied on the payment of the states floating in debtedness To prevent favoritism in the selection of grand and petit jurors Authorizing the State Board of Pub lic Lands and Buildings to lease state lands in certain cases Making the bribery of jurors or referees a felony Constitutional amendment for a rail road commission To amend the code of civil procedure relative to pratS tice in district courts To define and punish the crime of breaking and entering buildings SENATE Next to the last day of the senate March 31st these bills were passed To punish persons guilty of bribery and to define it The Nebraska South Dakota boundary bill To allow the secretary of the State Board of Irrigation the use of a seal Providing for the sale of school lands Providing salaries for sheriffs To make it unlawful to wear a lodge- badge when not a member of the lodge To wipe off of the books of the auditor tax charKes against Hamilton county for 1891 To allow Ruth OBerg to sue school district No 23 in Doug las county for damages alleged to have been received because of an ac cident which occurred on the school grounds Exempting capital stock representing tangible property that is assessed in another state To prevent changes in school sites without no tice Reserving a place in Wyuka cemetery for the burial of deceased inmates of the state institutions in Lincoln Defining the rights of credit ors of decedents To prevent the sale of liquor within five miles of a gov ernment irrigation camp To acquire the registration of automobiles In crease in the road taxv Authorizing the state auditor to credit counties for over payments Authorizing the appointment of a district clerk in counties of less than 00000 and over 30000 Permits the appointment of county attorney in counties having less than 25000 inhabitants Fixing the salary for county assessors To ex tend hotel keepers lien to keepers of boarding houses and restaurants The deficiency appropriation bill HOUSE All day on the 31st the house pounded away on dry routine the passage of bills It took a recess in the middle of the day of several hours giving the senate time to act on a resolution to revive the fraternal in surance bill These bills among others were passed by the house Re quiring trading stamps to be redeem ed in cash when so desired Refund ing certain overcharges for mainten ance of insane patients to Lincoln county A reciprocal statute of limit ation provision applying to cases aris ing out of the state Requiring rail roads to afford equal shipping facil ities to all shippers and to apportion grain and live stock cars equally to grain elevators and stock shippers Defining electors in irrigation districts and requiring a five year residence in the district Requiring depots on rail roads to be opened one half hour be fore train time Defining and regulat ing method of selling school lands Designed for relief of Boyd county school land squatters Allows adminis trators to prosecute for trespass Re quiring the State Printing board to dis tribute biennial reports of state offi cers Permitting appeal from county boards in road matters Regulating child saving institutions and private orphan asylums Permitting school levy to be iy2 mills Amendment per mitting small cities to make their own charters Regulating progress and movement of automobiles and traction engines on public highways Raising the salaries of the members of the South Omaha lire and police board from 100 to 300 a year Raising the salary of city engineer of South Omaha from 1200 to 1500 SHORT CUTS The truth generally has a sting in its tail Flattery either makes friends or breaks them No sane man ever forgets those who owe him money You cant dodge the collector when theres the devil to pay The moment you try to be happier you cease to be happy There are times when modesty is quite as provoking as forwardness More men fail to rise through ignor ance than fall through conscious crime An old bachelor ays but few men are disappointed in love unless they marry Dont be fooled by the girl with dreamy eyes She is generally wide awake The soul of all improvement is the improvement of the soul Horace Bushnell Those who find revenge sweet to the taste usually suffer later from moral indigestion Men speak of womens vanity as something which is part of every wo mans make up It is the hardest thing in the world to understand why other people are not satisfied The average man says its hard to lose his friends the gdod thing says its impossible Many commanding men are easily controlled by those who seem to be other than commanding When a woman says she is of little consequence she does not expect she will be taken at her word Dont marry a girl who thinks she may learn to love you In time A lit tle learning is usually a dangerous thing The woman who thinks she can manage her husbands affairs never makes known how she would do it Philadelphia Bulletin When adversity comes around ask ing whero we live some kind friend is always ready to point the way and even to do the knocking This is an illustration of English as she is spoke I once said to a girl Will you not marry me And she said Yes I will not marry you Majors Keen Comment Next time youre in the armory said the captain of Company G proud ly take a look at our room Weve had it repainted and refurnished throughout I saw it replied the major and really sir your room is better than your company Phila delphia Ledger But Did Joseph Know Joseph T Buckingham of Boston one of the best writers and grammari ans of his time said that not one scholar in a thousand ever received the least benefit from studying the rules of grammar before i the age of 15 years Lynn Item Mythical Anci Four days after seized a lyre and Zeus with hisplayi ner frayed clean to his mother Cleto so answered Hera time ent History his birth Apollo astonished even ng He nas rags exclaimed proudly Surely Hes doing rag BABY ONE SOLID SORE Could Not Shut Eyes to Sleep Spent 100 on Doctors Baby Grew Worse Cured by Cuticura for 5 A 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