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It will do you to-take Hood's SuMparllki U
beyond estimation. It will give 70a warm,
rich, nourishing blood, strengthen your
nerves, tone your stomach, create an appe
tite, an J make yon feal tetter In wnrj way.
It is a wonderful invigorator of the system
nnd wards of colds, fevers, pneumonia and
the grip. The best winter medicine is
HOOCJ'S "&
Sold by all dealers in medicine. Price II.
Hold's Pills cure biliousness, Indigestion.
X. L. Francis, whose engagement to
Sliss, Jane Fuller, daughter of the
Mhier justice, has just been announced,
fell heir shortly before leaving col
lege, to nearly $1,0000.000.
nowa TbUI
v"c offer Ono Hundred Dollars reward for any
esse of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Ball's
Catarrh Cure
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Cheney for tho last IS years and believe htm
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
nnd llnaccially able to cany out any obliga
tions uiaue by their Una.
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Uruggists. Toledo. Ohia
Hairs Catarrh Curo is taken Internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free. Prica
36c per bottle. Sold bv all drugfflst
iliili's Family I'ills are tho best,
The population of the earth at the
time of Emperor Augustus is estimat
ed at 51,000,000. It is now estimated
to be about 1,580.000.000.
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For eliiMrf n tectlUEg.tof lent the rsm.relu-iloflm.
action, allays pal", curo wind co!lc S5 cents bottle.
Don't turn over a new leaf too often
or you will soon require an additional
ledger.
IJa-i eyed PH. SE7II AKN'OLD'S COCGH KILLETt
It tny fnmllv for 23 years. Sirs. A. fiuchanecfc,
illiiieacolls, Minn. 23c a bottle.
A doll dressed by Mrs. McKinley
sold for SIS at a charitv bazaar held
iu Cleveland the other day.
ris cvn a cor.o in one DA'S
Take l-uxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druspists refund the money If it falls to curc.
Vjc. The genuine has I H. Q. on each tablet.
A hypocrite makes more trouble in
the world than a fool. Atchison
Globe.
Piso's Curo for Consumption has saved
mo largo doctor bills. C. L. Baker, 422S
ltesect Su.., Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8, '83.
Doa't rush out of single bliss into
double blisters.
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Not worth paying attention
to, you cay. Perhaps you
have had it for weeks.
It's annoying because you
have a constant desire to
cough. It annoys you also
because you remember that
weak lungs is a family failing.
At first it is a slight cough.
At last it is a hemorrhage.
At first it is easy to cure.
At last, extremely difficult.
ctoral
quietly conquers your little
backing cough.
There is no doubt about
the cure now. Doubt comes
from neglect.
For over half a century
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has
been curing colds and coughs
and preventing consumption.
It cures Consumption also
if taken in time.
ice se or Br. Ascr's Cftcrri
Federal rosters ttcf tw
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ShaH we send yea a
book oa this subject, free?
Oar KSadisal Dmtmrtimmnt.
If yon liaro any complaint wbst
cier sud dcslro the lt medical
nl vice yon can possibly obtain, write
the doctor freelv. You will receive
a prompt reply, wlthost cost.
Address, D1L J. C AVER.
Lowell. Mass.
WHEAT
WHEAT
WHEAT
"Nothing but wheat; what yon might
call a sea of wheat," is what was said
by a lecturer speaking of Western Can
ada. For particulars as to routes,
railway fares, etc., apply to Su
perintendent of Immigration, Depart
ment Interior. Ottawa. Canada, or to
Yv. V. Bennett, 801 New York Life
Building, Omaha, Neb.
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Only a twinge? Who knows what years of Mf I
HHEUMATISM st.jmok oiJggM
IT PENETRATES, PUTS OUT, CUKES, AND PREVENTS.
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Princess Henry of Prussia, tne kai
ser's sister-in-law, is about to make a
sea voyage half way around the world
against her will. The kaiser called
on her recently and told her that it
would be a good idea for her to spend
Christmas with her husband in Kioa
Chou. The princess thought he "was
joking, and said that she was content
to suffer the lot of other sailors' wives
and live without her husband for a
while. Wilhelm II., however, declared
that he meant what he said, and that
Prince Henry would not be recalled
till the fall of 1899. The empress was
called in to use her influence, and
Princess Henry was obliged to sub
mit. Try Grata-ot Try Grata-!
Ask your grocer today to show yon a
package of GRAITT-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without Hi
lary as well as the adult All who try
it, like it GRAIN-0 has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress.
One-fourth the price of coffee. 15c
and 25c. per package.' Sold by al!
grocers.
Don't expect too much of the man
who is wearing his first home made
shirt.
MANITOBA'S CAPACITY.
Euonch Wheat to Supply Brltala All
She Requires front Abroad.
Toronto, Nov. 10. The "World"
comments on the report of the United
Empire trade league on the capacity
of Canada as a granary for Britain.
Tho report refers to Manitoba as fol
lows: Manitoba has an area of forty
seven millions acres. Deducting ten
million for lakes, rivers, town sites and
waste land, 37,000.000 acres are left for
farm cultivation, or homes for 116,000
families on 320 acres each, and as up
to now there are only 27,000 farmers
there altogether, that leaves room in
one province for 89,008 more wheat
growers. Supposing, then, we got
ther.i there and each one of them out
of his 320 acres grew on an average
100 acres aU20 bushels to the acre; if
you figure it up you will find it is quite
possible for Manitoba alone to supply
us with all the wheat we require from
abroad. It is only a question of money
and comparatively speaking not money
either. The cost of one first-class bat
tleship (about 750.000) would put 5,000
families onto farms in the Northwest,
allowing 150 to each to find them in
implements, seeds, horses, etc., and
would keep them until their first crop
was harvested. Five thousand farm
ers, averaging 100 acres of wheat each
at 20 bushels to the acre, means an ex
tra 10.000,000 bushels, for if that
scheme is not .liked Britain would put
a duty on foreign wheat. In addition
to the wheat lands of Manitoba there
are the millions of acres in Assinibola,
Alberta and Saskatchewan.
James Tyson, the richest man it
Australia, started in life on a salary
of 30 per annum. A short time ago
he took up 250,000 of treasury bill
to assist the government.
Kci ilng the Patent Lav.
The commissioners appointed to re
vise the laws relating to patents, trade
marks and commercial names bad a
final meeting November 22.
Prominent membeis of the Patent
Law association (among them ex-Commissioner
Doolittle and ex-Chief Clerk
Rogers) expressed themselves in favor
of abolishing the Caveat system. We
have advised our clients for 20 years
to file incomplete applications in lieu
of Caveats, and were the pioneers of
such practice, aud upoa appeal won a
decision iu favor of the practice.
In the list of United States Patents
issued this week are the following for
which we prepared the applications:
To S. H. Piumborg of Leland, Iowa, for
an adjustable wagon and hay rack. To
W. Z. Marsh of Brooks, Iowa, for vehi
cle axle, lubricator and sand band
combined To B. C. Armstrong of Bur
lington for the simplest and most
practical wagon tongue support known
to us. To J. F. Hand of Des Moines
for an apparatus for purifying water.
Consultation and advice free to invent
ors. THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO.,
Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moiues. Dec. 17. 1898.
Don't complain. The quinine pill
maker never makes a kick against his
bitter lot.
More Equipment for Baltimore & Ohio.
The improvements that have been
made on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road during the past two years have
rendered it possible to operate cars of
a heavier capacity than have been in
use in the past and the receivers have
Just ordered from the Schoen Pressed
Steel Company of Pittsburg 1,000 steel
coal cars of a capacity of 100.000
pounds each. These cars will be used
for the seaboard trade and are ex
pected to be in service during the early
part of 1S99. In addition to these cars
the receivers have also ordered from
the Pittsburg Locomotive Works 50
more of the consolidated locomotives
with 22x2S inch cylinders.
Don't tender advice until rou find
out what particular kind is wanted.
Uoe's CouRti Bai3tn
I the olccrt and best. It will break up i cold cnlcker
than scything else. U Is always rsbsbls. Try It.
Don't trust your future happiness
with a woman who never laughs.
ToCrFSraTTor sal. 52 per acre castaiba
ictil MiO. .J- Mnlbslt. Siaall
Col. Vifquain, who succeeds William
J. Bryan in command of the Third Ne
braska regiment, has been created a
mandarin and invested with the Order
of the Double Dragon by the emperor
of China, "in recognition," says the
Chinese ambassador, "of the valuable
services he rendered his majesty's
subjects while United States consul
general at Panama.
POYNTER AGAINST PASS
New Executive is on Record Against
Free Transportation.
ASKS JUSTICE FOR
Calls Attention of the Legislature to the Needs of
the Various State Institutions Mentions
the Great Growth of the Dairy Indus
tryA Short, Pithy Message
Gentlemen of the Senate ami House
of Representatives: Having' been cho
sen to the highest office iu the state
by the votes of the people, in conipl:
mice with the provisions of the consil
tu;:on, before assuming' my active du
ties, I desire to address you briefly,
ion have had presented to you ver
abry by his excellency, Governor Hol
I'umb, the condition of our public in-j-lUutlons,
and recomnicrintions result
ing rom liift perfect acquaintance with
affahh acquired by his term of office
as chief executive Coming as I do
from the walks of private life, the ob
sermtioiiB and recommendations
which 1 now make to you must of ne
cessity he solely of those matters of
general public iiiterest with which ev
cry ell informed citizen in the state
is supposed to be f.tmiliar.
We recognize that the primary pow
er xcits in the hands of he people,
und that their will should at all times
he considered supreme. Men are so
constituted that differences of opin
ion always have existed. So in a gov
ernment of the people some rule must
be established determining the man
lier of adjustment of differences and
the oiilj' means for such determiiia'ion
must rest with" the majority. Hut while
the majority must nt all times rule, the
right of the minority to n free discus,
sioti end a candid presentation of its
opinions should never in n free govern
ment be abridged. The three func
tions of cur state government, as es
tablished by our fundamental law, the
constitution, are defined to be the leg
islative, executive and judicial, aud
neither of these "shall exercise any
powtr properly belonging to either of
the othersi" They are each alik- re
sponsible to the people for the manner
iu wjreh they discharge their d'llies,
and il is impossible to make ary ::
fivr.ce of political opinion which
might exist between those who arc the
elected representatives of the people
iu riny one of these departments of
government u reasonable excuse for
any failure of duty to "the citizens of
the srate. Partisanship may be bitter
before election, but the will of the peo
ple having been expressed, citizenship
should rise above partisanship and the
welfare of our people, the material ad
vancement of our industries, the good
name and fair fume of Nebraska
should outweigh all partisan advant
ages. It is mj most sincere desire that we
shall co-operate for the best interests
of the state. To you is entrusted the
law making power of the state, and
the apportioning of the revenues
among the various state institutions.
In the enactment of wise and bene
ficent laws and tin just and economic
apportionment of public funds, I
pledge you in advance my sincere and
hearty assistance. The welfare of the
state shall at all times be mj- first con
sideration, and I shall never hesitate
to use the power conferred upon me
by the constitution to withhold my
approval of any measure which you
may enact that I consider inimical to
the public good. Xor shall I withhold
my approval of any measure you may
pass in the public interest. If any dif
ferences in judgment should arise I am
ready to accord to you the same hon
esty of purpose and desire for the peo
ple's welfare that 1 claim for myself.
The intereference with, or the usurpa
tion in any way of the power of one
branch o. the state government by
another, which the constitution de
fines as co-ordinate, is dangerous to
the liberties of the people. Henc'c 1
deem the veto given by the constitu
tion to the governor a power that
should onlj- be used as a last resort to
prevent unjust or hurtful legislation.
You are the recognized law making
power direct from the people, and to
them you must render an account of
your actions as their representatives.
Having done your work carefully
and cous;c:entious"y. that work
should stand until the people
express a desire for change. Too
often, however, the work of the
legislative department is made in
effective by our judiciary. Even the
sentiment, is gaining in the minds of
the people that no act of the legisla
ture is a law until it has the approval
of the courts. This, if true, makes the
legislature useless. Not only so. but
it destroys one of the co-ordinate
branches of Mate government. The
nullification of so many laws by our
Courts. 1 am led to believe, is not oc
casioned by the intention of the court
to usurp the authority of the legisla
ture, but more on account of the inad
equacy of our constitution. This was
adopted at a time when our state was
new, its resources undeveloped, and its
settlements meagre and sparcely dis
tributed. With cur splendid develop
ment, our state has outgrown many
of its constitutional provisions, and
the endeator of the legislature to meet
by law existing conditions, is ham
pered by inadequate constitutional
powers. To meet this growing de
mand, nearly every biennial session
submits to the people amendments to
the constitution. Hut in the press of
other matters, aud in the excitement
of political campaigns, they are lost
sight of and fail to receive the popular
ratification. In my opinion should you
make provisions for the calling of a
constitutional convention, such ac
tion would meet the hearty approval
of the people.
Article 11, section 7, of the consti
tution, makes it mandatory upon you
to prevent by law "unjust discrimina
tion and extortion in all charges of ex
press, telegraph and railroad compan
ies in this state, and enforce such laws
by adequate penalties to the extent, if
necessary for that purpose, of forfeit
ing their property and franchises."
This provision of the constitution
which you have taken your oath to
support allows you no opportunity to
escape responsibility. If the laws which
we already have upon our statute
books are sufficient and only lack
penalties for their enforcement, then
jour duty is plain. Penalties should
be attached to compel compliance. If
the existing laws are insufficient and
fail to establish justice between the
people and the corporations, they
should be promptly repealed and oth
ers enacted by you which would ac
complish that purpose. Other states
in dealing with the texed question of
transportation have in a great meas
ure solved it in the election by the peo
ple cf a commission with adequate
power for the regulation of rates and
the final adjustment of differences
which might arise between the peo
ple and the corporations. Oar consti
tution dee not permit us to so provide
and in the ene'eaveor to overcome this
difficulty the yisltnri of 1885 placed
THE BEET GROWERS
the burden of the responsibilities of
a railway commission upon a portion
of the executive department and At
the same time relieving the state exec
utive officers designated in that act
from the labor by allowing them three
secretaries to do the work, nnd finally
gave the secretaries all the power con
ferred by the act upon the executive
officers composing the commission. At
various times since 4885, th.s law has
been amended, but I think its most
ardent, supporters will not claim that
it has been either successful or satis
factory. The people for years havd
nslv-ed relief from uniust and ex-
tortiomite transportation rates. They
I (have asked bread and hitve been givCn
a stone. It is a question whether povr
j er which the constitution places in the
I legislature can be transferred by it td
I a commission. Could that be done you
might make it mandatory upon the
railway commission to fix a just and
equitable schedule of transportation
rates nnd confer upon them the pow
er of enforcement which you possess
under the constitution; Were the Com
mission an elective office and its in
cuiiibents chosen by the people, then
its duties and powers could be defined
by legislative enactment. But being
1 created by legislative act in a round
! about way to avoid the plain provis-
ions of the constitution, and td permit
I the legislature to shirk its responsibil
j ity it can have really no legitimajte
,' powers and consequently can only be
advisory at best. Whether the work
which the commission does in the col-
; lection of statistics, the arbitration of
! difficulties between the corporations
aud the citizens of the state is of suf
ficient value to warrant a continuance
of the present law is for your wisdom
to determine.
The great question of just transpor
tation rates still presses upon you for
solution. The law of 1893 has been
carried through the highest court in
i our country. Its weaknesses have
I been shown by the decision of that
court. The enactment of the law of
1S9:5, amending the sections against
which the supreme court of the United
States pronounced, would meet the
wishes of a large majority of cur peo-
I pie, and would be a compliance with
your plain constitutional duty, bnould
1 you repal the present commissioner
I law and at the same time pass a just
J and equitable rate law, you would gain
, the highest commendation oi a great
' majority of Nebraska citizens. While
j in my opinion this would be a source
J of temporary relief to our citizens, this
great qucsnon oi irauspuriuuuu uuu
communication between the people
cannot, be definitely settled by state
Jegislative enactments. The varied in
terests of the several states in tne
union are too closely linked in the
bonds of commercial union for the
state individually to properly adjust
the great question arising from trans
portation and with communication
among the people. The national gov
ernment itself must own nnd operate
the hijrhwavs of transportation and
the electric means of communication
j as it does now the great postal system,
j in the interests of all the citizens of
j our great common country. But until
i such most desirable end is attained
state legislatures are obliged to afford
all possible relief to the citizens of the
state from unjust freight, passenger,
telegraph, telephone and sleeping car
charges. Any law which j-our wisdom
directs you to enact upon any of these
subjects if in the best interests of the
people of Nebraska will receive my
most hearty approval.
The department of the executive of
fice konwn as the labor bureau should
receive most sincere and earnest consul
oration. Its original design was the
betterment of Inuor, not only for the
Collection of statistics which seems in
the past to have been a large part of
the work of the department, but for
the cognizance of violations of Iawa
passed in the interest of labor and the
discovery of legislation which would
be promotive of the welfare of our toil
ers. 1 believe profoundly in the teach
ings of the immortal Lincoln. He said:
"Labor is superior and prior to capi
ta!." I am for both the wan and tne
dollar, but in case of conflict the man
before the dollar. That department of
state set apart especially in the inter
est of labor should receive not only
iibcial appropriations to make its
work effective, but your best thought
in legislative enactment. An increase
in the powers of the commissioner of
labor, giving him the right to arbitrate
all differences arising between organ
izations of labor and organizations of
capital, to adjust strikes and lockouts,
and finally to determine disputes in
the matter of time and wages would j
e oi gr?at advantage to both employ
er and employed. I trust that you will
enlarge the scope of this department
by legislative enactment, and its use
fulness by adequate appropriations.
The constitution places the obliga
tion upon the legislature to apportion
the representatives and senators ac
ording to population, determined
either upon the census of the United
States or of Nebraska. It requires that
each ten years, beginning with the
year 1SSS, a census of the people shall
L-c made. The United States makes
an enumeration of all the people every
ten years, so that with the census of
the I'nited States and that of our ow;i
state we have a certain data for the
determination of the number of Ne
braska's people every five years Upon
these two enumerations the constitu
tion requires that the apportionment
of senators and representatives shall
be made, thus requiring an apportion
ment to be made each five years. In
'..-or,, when the last apportionment
should have been made, we find that
there had been no census, taken in
ihe state, as required by the constitu
tion, upon which to base such appor
tionment, and it was argued by some
that the legislature had no power to
make an apportionment. The lan
guage of the constitution is -that the
legislature shall make this apportion
ment at its first session after the enu
meration and at no other time. As I
understand it, that which the consti
tution requires to 'be done .will be
cone, and having been done shall not
.naain be clone until its provisions
again require it. The present appor
tionment is manifestly unjust to the
western half of our state. With more
shan one-seventh of the population, it
has only five representatives out of
a hundred, and les than three sena
tors of the thirty-three in onr senate.
As mi act of -justi e long delayed I
recommend you to take up the work
f? reapportionment which the leflsla-,-
nre cf 1S9S should hare made, and
give to our western people the rep-5 '
resentation to which they are entl-tled-
I desire to call your attention to an
evil which has grown with the growth
of the state, and one for the eradica
tion of which the best thought ot our
best minds have been engaged. I re
fer to free railway transportation. The
pass system has grown to such pro
portions that it has become a burden
to the managers of the railways of
the state, a scandal in s-tate politics
and disgusting to thoughtful citizens.
Railways are built as business enter
prises. Profits must be made for in
vestors upon business done. If all pas
sengers should be carried free, profits
must be made from some other branch
of the business, and it is fair to pre
sume that uwler su h circumstances
it would be necessary to advance
freight rates. If one half those trav
eling should do so upon free transpor
tation, all the profits of the business
must be collected from the other half
who pay fare. Now If the business
were remunerative with only one-half
those traveling paying fare, if ill
should be made to pay alike the
same profits would accrue to the rail
ways If only one-half as much was
charged for the servicr. It has been
estimated that our railways in Ne
braska receive less than two cents a
mile for the passenger service in the
state, when account is made of the
free transportation gtven those to
whom, under one pretext or another,
they think it necessary to give passes.
As a business proposition it is unjust
to the railways of the state that cus
tom should place this burden upon
them, and they should lc protected by
law, with adequate penalties for its
enforcement. If they protect them
selves against loss by charging in
creased ratcV to those who pay for
transportation, then as a business
proposition it is unjust to those who
oy fa-re and they should be pro
tected by law with ndequuttup-enaltics
for its enforcement. Such a Iavr
would reljcve the railways from prac
ticing an in justice upon a part of their
patrons and secure to them the same
profits upon invc-ifmcnts which they
now have nnd at the same time admit
of a material reduction iu passenger
rates. The passage of a law against
the issuan c of any free passes, ex
cept to employes of the railways, and
making the one accepting a free pass
a paTticeps criminis (participating
criminal), both alike subeet to penal
ties attached adequate for its en
forcement, with n reduction in passen
ger rates equivalent to the profits de
rived by the abolishment of passes
would be alike just to the railways and
the traveling public.
In the matter of appropriations I
would earnestly recommend the most
rigid economy onsistent with the
public welfare. The amount of an ap
propriation does not always indicate
its character. What would seem a
large sum appropriated for a specific
purpose may be in reality an econom
ical expenditure of public money,
while a small amount set apart for
the same purposes would be extrava
gant. The appropriation of an amount
for any purpose obviously too meager
for its accomplishment, while nt the
time it would give color to the cltiim
for economy by the legislature mak
ing It, the following biennial would
show its true character, either in de
ficiencies to be met or in poor service
to the state, cither of which would
demonstrate clearly the dishonesty or
incompetency of the legislature mak
ing it. Our state institutions for the
care of our defectives are constantly
growing and would naturally require
an increased amount for their mainte
nance. The people have a right to de
mand economical management for
them, and at the same time that these
wards of the state should receive most
careful and conscientious care. The
legislature which succeeds in exer
cising business judgment of such high
character that our state institutions
are amply cared for without profli
ga y, that appropriates funds in an
amount sufficient to meet their de
mands without a deficiency, would re
ceive the approbation of all right
thinking people of the state. The ap
propriations for the maintenance of
our public institutions is purely a
matter of business and should be so
regarded by you.
It is to be regretted on some ac
counts that our public institutions arc
not all located at one place. It has
been too often the case in times past
that a system of log rolling has pre
vailed iii making appropriations for
their care, each locality where one of
them is situated using every endeavor
to make the appropriation for its in
stitution just as large as possible re
gardless of its requirements, and ne
fore the biennial appropriations are
finally made a combination of all the
localities having state institutions be
come very evident, each agreeing with
the others to support all demands
which any one loeal- might make
for appropriations. In this way our
legislature has too often forsaken the
broad highway of statesmanship and
trodden the footpath of ward pontic-?.
t confidently rely upon your honesty,
integrity and business judgment to
make appropriations economical but
not parsimonious, liberal but not ex
travagant. Let me urge upon you
that j'ou bring forward the appropria
tion bills as early in your session as
possible in order that they may re
ceive the careful and conseientio-is
consideration their importance de
mands. In 1S93 the legislature passed an act
offering a bounty of one dollar per.
ton to be paid to the growers of su
gar beets upon the theory of encour
aging the development of the sugar
industry in our state. For sonic rea
son best known to itself the legisla
ture failed to make provision for t he-
payment of claims which might arise
from the passage of such an act The
sugar company acting under the pro
visions of the bounty act made their
contracts with the growers to pay
them one dollar per ton extra for the
beets grown and delivered them, and
in the beet liar. est of 1SD.i the com
pany did pay the growers the oxra
dollar per ton for beets. The com
pany presented its claims for the boun
ty to the auditor and some of them
were allowed by him. but finally he
refused to allow further cfaims under
the act, and in the suit following hl
refusal our supreme court decided
that the claims could not be paid,
there having been made no appropria
tion to meet them. In the harvest of
1S96 the contracts of the company
with the growers were made provis
ional, agreeing to pay them $1 per
ton extra provided the court sustained
the payment of the claims. The ourt
'deciding against the payment of the
claims, holding the payment uncon
stitutional for the reason that the leg
islature creating the law failed to
make appropriation in compliance
with its provisions, jne company not
only refused to pay the extra dollar,
but actually kept back 1 per ton from
payments in the latter part of the sea
son to reimburse themselves for the
amount already paid on the 1S9G crop,
thereby giving the growers but $4 per
ton for leets instead of ?." as they
contracted to do should they be sus
tained by the court. Now these claims
for bounty under the act of 1895 are
in the hands of the sugar companies
and those for 1S96 in the hands of the
actual growers of beets The sugar
companies have sought Telief in the
highest court in. the state and that
court has decided against them. These
farmers made their contracts and
raised the beets in good faith, making
their estimates for profitsin the busi
ness upon -the promise of the extra
dollar per ton which they should re
ceive sis bounty from the state. T am
individually, and the party of widen
1 am a member, is opposed absolutely
to the protective policy of taxing one
industry for the upbuilding or ad
vancement ot another, but my party
a not now, nor has it ever been at any
time, either in theory or practice, in
favor of repudiation in the smallest
degree. The legislature having maiTe
a bad bargain for the state should not
seek to be relieved of that bargain, by
a subterfuge or upon technicalities;
The sugar bounty act of 1893 has cre
ated a number pf just claims against
the state, which are now in the hands
of the farmers who grew sugar bceti
I recommend that you make provis
ions for the payment of all claims aris
ing from the act. of 1S95 which may
be presented by the actual growers of
sugar beets in the state, whenever such
claims are properly attested by cer
tificates of weights from the proper
authorities.
Taxation is generally spoken of as
a burden. It should not be so re
garded in a well regulated state, but
rather as a sacred obligation of citi
zenship to be (iiseharged with alac
rity. It is only when inequalities ex
ist when some are overtaxed, paying
more than their share, and others are
relieved through the operation of law,
that taxation becomes unjust and a
burden. Our revenue system contains
a large number of defects which should
be remedied. I trust you will give
your best thought to a thorough re
vision of our revenue system to the
end that every kind of property in
the state shall contribute, its just
share towards the expenses of state
government. I would especially ask
3our earnest consideration of some
plan of equalization of assessments in
all parts of the state. Under our
present plan the same kind of proper
ty varies in valuation in different
counties from ten to thirty per cent.
This is grossly unfair, but for us
remedy no means at present exist.'.
There is no broader field for the exer
cise of true statesmanship than iu the
creation of a just and equitable sys
tem of revenue nnd taxation. It is a
matter that affects every citizen in
dividually nnd the material interests
of the entire state.
A prominent industry of our state
and one which is destined to become
more and more a leading factor In
wealth production to our people is the
dairy. There is nothing in which the
fanners of the state have engaged
which has assisted them more to b-
independent by keeping them free of
debt by furnishing them regularly
throughout the entire year with a
steady cash Income. Yet in its infancy
the dairy industry in Nebraska has
made wonderful growth. Last year
it assisted the material interests of
the state by the distribution of nearly
ten millions of dollars among the citi
zens of Nebraska. This industry asks
no special protection as a struggling
infant industry, but is perfectly will
ing to stand or fall upon, its own mer
its. What it asks is as a matter of
right that other industries be required
to do the same. The laws now upon
, our statute uooks are prooaoiy sme
quate with proper enforcement. In
1113- judgment an industry of such vast
importance to the agricultural inter
ests of this great agricultural state
should receive your most careful and
candid consideration. The creation by
vou of a department charged w'th the
interests of the dairy industry, pre
sided over by a commissioner whose
dutv would be to enforce the laws
against imitations of dairy product
and such other duties as your wisdom
would dictate as proper for him to
perforin in the interests of the dairy
industry, would meet the approval of
the majority of the wealth producers
in the state
I shall be pleased to communicate
with you from time to time by special
message as occasion may require and
I bespeak from each of you that cor
dial relationship that should charac
terize the association of our state leg
islators with her chief executive to
the end that harmony may prevail in
all our efforts for the common weal.
With a firm reliance upon all wiss
providence, may we each be guided in
our duties by wisdom and in all our
actions by integrity.
W. A. POYNTEIL
HOW FANNY WAS SAVED.
Not many months ago Fanny was
struggling for life in the Atlantic's icy
waters, a thousand miles from land,
while Capt. Scroggles, her owner, was
being taken in a life boat, with his
half-clad, halrfrozen crew, from their
sinking steamship.
When the captain left the white
cliffs of England on the Dago, b'umd
for Baltimore, the weather was so
pleasant that the dog was a "deck
passenger," going from stem to fore
castle, and taking her after dinner nap
in the sun. A January gale struck the
ship a few days out, and the force ot
the wind and waves opened her seam3
and caused her to founder. Beforo
she sank, the Allcr, bound for New
York, hove In sight, and answering a
signal of distress, sent a life-boat to
the Dago.
Three times the brave German sail
ors pulled from ship to ship with thoir
human freight. Capt. Scroggles and
his officers being the last to leave. It
is a rule of the North German Lloyd
steamship company, which owns the
Aller, to save only human life from a
wreck. What was to be done with
the dog? It was the last trip. Tho
boat was dangerouly loaded already,
and if she were taken aboard the olll
cer in charge would probably lose his
position.
There was a Yankee seaman on tho
Dago who had made friends with Fan
ny. "Give me that rope in the stern,
captain," said he. "I can rig It so ve
can tow her."
As the boat pulled away, the dog was
dragged after it by a rope fastened,
around her body behind the forepaws.
Half the time buried In tho waves. It
seemed as if she would be dead before
the long half-mile was traversed; bat
she never whined, and now and then,
when she was at the surface, the cap
tain could see her paws working like
blades in a paddlewheel to keep herself
afloat. "
Fanny evidently realized that it was
a llfo struggle, and tried to aid the
men by taking the line In her teeth
when too much exhausted to use her
limbs. This kept her head above
water until she could regain strength
enough to swim.
Fanny is part collie and part water
spaniel. Her coat is a glossy brown,
hut where the rope passed around her
it has turned partly white. When
her photograph wa3 taken, oa Wash
ington's birthday, at the base of
Washington's monument in Baltimore.
he wore a blue ribbon on her neck in
honor of the day, but her head is
turned so that It is concealed.
At last the ship's side was reached.
Just at that moment, however, the
rope slipped and the dog was adrift.
Two of the sailors caught her forepawa
as a wave threw her toward the beat,
and the Aller's captain graciously al
lowed her to be drawn up in it to the
davits, after the men had scrambled
up the sides with the aid of a rope lad
der. She was taken to New York and
thence sent to Baltimore.
III Kiit Indian Tin Factory.
The largest tin factory in the world
!s situated at Sulo Brani. an island in
the bay of Sing-joore. It turno out
monthly 1.2C0 tons of tin, more than
the product of Corn well and mere than
that of Australia. The ore comts from
Selangor and Perak In Malacca.
PUNNYGRAPH9. I
Mrs. Lushforth Isn't alcohol a good
thing to clean a hat with? Mr. Lush-
forth it nlwnvs shrinks mint-. .Tmii.
anapolls Journal.
Professional Persiflage Doctor, Is it
difficult to put a person in the Idiot asy
lum? O. no. Most patients go there
under simple conditions. Indianapolis
Journal.
Mrs. Youngish O Bob. what shall I
do? Baby is crying because I won't
let him pull all the fur off my new
muff. Mr. Youngish Well, that's all
right. Give him the cat! Tit-Bits.
"They say she takes a milk-bath
every day," said the rural spectator.
"Ye3," answered the urban spectator.
"With a glass one can see how the
chalk has settled on her." Indianapo
lis Journal.
"What will your next political move
be?" inquired the energetic politician.
"I don't think." said the defeated can
didate for Congress, "there's going to
bo any. I guess I'll stay at home."
Washington Star. v
"That boy Is always trying to put
things off until tomorrow," exclaimed
the Spanish lad's mother. "He'll nev
er get along In this country," said hi3
father regretfully. "He ought to put
'em off till week after next." Wash
ington Star.
Far Worse Snlggicton I'm In trou
ble. My landlady told me I'd have to
settle up or leave. Giggleton Why,
your In luck, old fellow. I'm in a
worse fix than that. My landlady told
me I'd have to settle up before I could
leave. Harlem Life.
"Witness." said the cross-examining
lawyer, "are you willing to swear that
the prisoner was smoking a pipe at
the time?" "No, sir," replied the wit
ness, "I never swear. But I am will
ing to bet you 5 to a shilling that he
was." London Punch.
Dumleigh The dentist told ma that
If I took gas I shouldn't feel the pain at
all. Gibson And of course you took
the gas? Dumleigh Of course not.
Don't you see, had I taken it I should
n't have been able to tell whether the
ucuu.11 iuiu iuk u urn ur uuu uusiu"
.ft..:.-. 4nt.1 .!. 1...1I. . .. Tnfin 1
transcript. j urgent warnings tmtii overtaken by
"Say, Weary, they're gcttln so much j actual coUspsc.
gold on hand in th' United States j 'xilc proscut Mrs. I'inkliara'a experi
Treasury that th officials is gcttin I cr,ce h, treating female ilis is wnparal
scarcd." "You bet It would scare me, lcled, for years shu worked side by side
too. Why. dern It all, I nearly fainted with Mrs. Lytlia. K. I'iuhham, and for
away last week when I seen a dime j sometimes past lias had sole charge
lying In th' gutter. What do you sup -of the correspondence department of
pose would come over me if I saw a
whole
Dewier.
dollar?" Cleveland Plain
It is only when a man die3 that
jvery one of his good qualities come to
he surface.
riea.! thy.Mappy GitIs
often. Ftoiu no apparent
cause, become languid and
despondent in the car! d&ys
of theiT womanhood They
drag along at v ays tiTed,
never hungry, breath I ess
and with a. pilpita.ting
heart atcr slight exercise
so that merely to walk
up stairs b exhausting.
Sometime a short. dry. co'Jjih
Izidi to the fear that they
are going into consumption. -"
They are anamic. aoc
tors tell them, vihich means
that they have too little
blood. Are you like that' Have 700 too httte blood? V
Wore anemic people have been made strong, hungry. P
energetic men and women by the use of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills tot Pale People than by any other means Ihcy jj
are the best tonic tn the world.
Miss I.ulu Stevens, of Gnsport, Niagara Co , N. Y., had br;:i n very
healtliy jjirl uctil chout n jenrago, trhcn she Kv.- vccr.k aril p-Ic. Slic
lost her appetite, was as tircl in tlicinoraiajjasoii rctirin;;. an-1 lost fit-sli
until she became so cmacia'Jil that her fricnils hardly knew Ikt. Th- lc
ton; declared the lisea.-e anxmia.antl jpive her iij to die. A physician
vrho was visitiapj in Caspcrt prevailed upon her to try Dr. Williams rink
rills for Tale Tcoplc. She did so, and '.vas benefited at once. She is now
well and strong the very picture of
TuC genufne re sold enly in package, the vi-rAppcr U
always bearmcJ the full nme. Fov sale by cU rfrog- v4
distS OT sent , post pciu. oy tnt ui nuuan.-.- .-
Company. Schcnccte.dy. N Y.. on receipt of price, fifty
tents per bo: Book of cures free on recest.
Lives of snffcrlus ami nil wry front this repnU'.vo .llsen.se turned ixit.lir:i:tli ami hnppt.
ites through tlio use vt f
RiGiiara's Gatarrn
Catarrh, or Catarrhal liiM-asc. ur CATARRH, EXPELLAS . .v.n 1...1 1 urt.
Ifesifn-.. resulting fnra -itarrh. ii,ui-kly t-.irerl
I.ksif .-n-if !-i:ii-iI nl Taste quickly rcitort.. ... .. ... ,n-,.,r-M
AllrepuMv.siiniit.imsiH.vulIar
Hncklntr. C'lMseisitii;. aaillsirlttliis. relieved at once. , , ,., -,rh
Catarriu.l AJTectititw fifVt.iinacli. Liver or Kidneys. ratrVnj; rBdiBit,oH.HrkMi.n.acIl.
Mint of tle -wi-aUitcs of men and women is r-iusi-d by 1 a'arrh a : - - ' ' ;.,JU1
discharges litd their way to t n-stoma-a and Intotl.e -J. ;n... .t.JJrrtt 'i.i""'?-:'-""!
So "ntTn-sys:i-n. affix lliisc the vital aiidUfr 1-or-, aud i-a-.,lii tlr-M. r.! and
Xervois-. W -km . mj dreaded by every man i:ind woman . .., lui. ...,d
These wea'cnee.. aro cured by CATARRH EXPn-.Lt.AHT and j erf .it e a it . i.iu
ccia
RICHARD'S CATARRH EXPELLARST
wul cnre ?0K
T C. H. RICHARDS CO.,
o:;a!:a. Nebraska.
CORE YQUfi&'LF?
V:c IJitr fur unnatural
('Uch&iv-s, inUainmatiocs.
irritation or uirt-intioni
of isiutim c-o:tiranri.
una. r.-i:cl.-j. s:iu r.ot attria
VICiLCO. K-"t r pouonoiM.
Haiti by ura:nr!st3.
nr ciit la pliin wrapr".
!y exnr-, pn-piiil. far
"ocular Bent on ituwat
8e!Yo!irFMslea
DOUBLE QUICK
Write CAPT. O'FARRELL. Pension Aeni,
1425 Nev York Avenue, WASHINGTON. D. C.
LS'S'y B C? if jclrk reIlefor.il rc-es worst
re-t Send ur -j".lc of I t'-r.f nun ar.J I O lay
trcatiucntl're' & K.S!.'-ii-VSS';-.s. AiUnta, u
Dr. Kafs Renovator. $
sia constipation. Jiver and Wdr.ey diseases .bii-llouines-s,
l:eaOac!ie. ?:. -U drussists 25c & ?1.
,fTc c-lri- f Thorciworfs Eye Wafer.
f QTrUT riTraoTnaarjzintmr&. Search free.
TH It"! Cc:Uir.cr I: Co. 3 1 F St.. With. D.C
V.-A"TKD Cms or nac TcrTO nut TM-P-A-I.'-S
trill l-otbenellu -cu4 5 ccn to l:'p?ns Chemical
C0..-315 Y?il:.fur VJ taiRSlus :cl !XtO te.tlracalals.
r'2S'WaHrlL iV&s. t-W
Det CousS Srrti?. TantcsG".
cl
22 I'OIU. CMU UJ ---
f gla 1 to S cljs.X I
f Garsatnl y
f (IS not to esneta.
rwlmEKisC-
f EUSSSSiy
Bill Docs your mother give yoa
anvthinr if vou tnko vonr medicina
without crying? Willie No; but she
Sives me something if I don't- 1 OH-
kers' Statesman.
May Xli-in? leprosy to This Country.
Our soldiers in Hawaii may contract
leprosy and bring it to this country.
While leprosy is to be dreaded, thejo
are a thousand times as many victims ,
to stomach disorders, but there is a
curo in Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters..
Other ailments that the Bitters aie a
specific for are malaria, fever and
ague. Sold at all drug stores.
It Is estimated by the police of Mon
treal that the people cf that city spend
ovc.r 2,500,000 a year on lotteries. The",
number of policy tickets bought annu
ally is about G.000.000.
A LIVING WITNESS.
Mrs. Hofftnan Describes How &
Wroto to Mrs. Pinklmm for
Advico, and la Now WclL
Pear Mrs. Pixkiiaj:: Before using
your Vegetable Compound I was :t
great sufferer. I have been s.iek for
months, was troubled with severe pabi'
in both sides cf abdomen, &ore feeling
in lower partof bow-
J. els. also suffered
Jgk with dizzincsK,
9rr l a .T.. nl . ...!
X? in-"i.njm.-, umi
VSS could not sleep.
I wrote you a
letter dcEcriJ
iug my case and
asking your
n. advice. You
grr replied tell
ing me just
what to do. I
loucwcu your mrec.
tions, and cannot praise your medicine
enough for what it has done forme.
Many thanks to you for jour advice.
Lydia E. I'inkhamo Vegetable Com
pound has cured 111c, and I will recom
mend it to myfriends. Mrs. Floukxcb
E. IIoFTMAi.-jotri JiclandSt-., Canton, ().
The condition described bj-Mrs. 1 toJT
man will appeal to many women, j-et
1 lots of sick '.voinea struggle on with.
410:r toil"
tasks disregarding tho
iicr great business, treating 1 letter
as main as a hundred thousand ailin;
women during a single ycur.
W.N.U. OMAHA. No. 1-1899
fc'h:n Aastccrrnq r.ave:t!sca-?E;3 His'ily
ficntior. This rarer.
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EVERY WAN A?iD WOW! AH
SHOULD READ.
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Jlra-.I. J. Frank,
ui-RtdsrSV-rli?
I'tmiler.
t'-.ire!:p Colo.. iys: "I am r-ijrd .' ' fit ,
not pra!-it encush for what s -j?5S3r '-JhL
li has i!on- for m- poultry. " "SSsS4 52
mete air CMCKens arm iac Z2U- wr-rr
basket r. r 11 Slloil fvery laj-." S S ,1
V.'esca-Ia'ije.IioxofTcnIcanil "fiJ v55 '
a.v- .-ni: r !-' Lire Killer. j . r2
wi!ch V:l"-s all "uoIy Iff, mit-. --&S?i
etc., onp.V.try li t-irc-ily J"ii--tf)r -4H
iwf on roosts. .-. Kiriiple-i fcrr.O'-t'. LS v -f'3
If jen wa..i Its iI ijV, f -rtile :JrP'ii a
i-XZ and stros-.', hfaUny cV.ec-". "'S-jiS&k
'ca "iRmtx" .:! "I'ouitrj"f re-.
GEO. H. LS2 CO., Fc-aa St., 0.VHIIA. .NEB.
I.ucil ;;pnt. W -silted.
A HaZiws Slack by
Buokfngiiafn's Op.
ssm a
S Price 3j ccat3 of all (IrtisRltts or
i: I'. llall& Co.. Nashua. X. II.
NSf QMS, PATENTS-. CLAftlS.
Of tfzl 1 unrY ?oTw TC census. ccM?,;
ft Cijf i Ullg bulls! andthrcstdiseaso
f AlHBAitf S SCALES
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