w u U U
There are a Million Women now Ailing Who Should Remember that Pe-ru-na is an Infallible Specific for Spring Golds
Coughs, Lassitude and Nervousness Incident to the First Warm Weather,
X-sST VCJCs-O5 1 1 , vXyV T7T ISS ELLEN CRAWLEY, 2U South I CATARRH OP LUNOS
S.W' 5?SS'' ' ' ZZW 1 Mad,n avenue, La Grange, 111.,
Spring Tlma the Beit Season of th
Year to Treat Chronic Catarrh.
Notwlthatandinc that a dreat Number
of People Have Been Cured of
Chronic Catarrh by Takinf
Pe-ru-na During the
Past Cold Station,
Yet It Cannot be Denied That the Cold,
Wet, Stormy Weather Has
Retarded Hany Cures,
And, In Some Cases, Actually Pre
vented a Cure.
SPRINGTIME has coma at last, and
now U th tlm for all catarrh iufTer
ers to begin a systematic! coursu of
treatment for this dleciiae. The grcatCHt
dimculty In the way of treating chronic
catarrh la that the patient Is bo liable to
catch cold during the treatment and thus
delay a cure.
This liability at this season of the year Is,
in a great measure, removed, and no one
should neglect the opportunity to take
treatment,
Peruna Is acknowledged by everyone to
be the only reliable and unfailing cure of
catarrh wherever It may be located. When
you take Peruna you are not experimenting
with an unknown remedy.
RAILROAD HEARING MONDAY
Bo ugreaueD Tat ai to the Me1 hid of As
tiling Taut Co 'porstions.
ALL AT SEA REGARDING FRANCHISES
President Brown of State Roosevelt
- Laagaa Worklaa for Bl At
tendance at Meeting in
Lincoln.
(From a Stall Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, May (Special.) Monday
tha State Board of Equalization will meet
for the purpose of hearing tha arguments,
already familiar to every member of the
board, te be made by railroad repre
sents tl vet lo show why the railroad as
sessment should not be Increased, but in
fact should be decreased. The secretary
waa authorised to make formal announce
ment to the various roa-ls interested, of
tha meeting.
One of the questions that tha board
failed to agree upon at the first session,
that It had announced would engross it
first of all, waa whether railroads should
be assessed aa a unit of the lines of the
different systems separately. This matter
waa merely deferred without comment.
The board members profess to be very
Ignorant regarding a method of finding tha
value of a franchise. Not a one Of the
members but who professes to belter that
a franchise should be tsxrd and not a
one of tha members but who pretends to
be unable to arrive at a way to find tha
Hard to quit
COFFEE?
Not it you use
POSTUM
FOOD COFFEE
"THEWS A KEASQH"
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ISS MART E. JUDGE. KS Richmond
Btrte't," "SVetst,' Toronto, Canada,
writes:
almoat ever alnre I can remember,
Aboat lire reara aire It aettlefl In lie
middle ear, eaiilna avreat dlmoultr
In hearlnK. I am Indeed arratefal to
aar that three bottlea of I'erunn re
llered me ao arreatly that 1 felt en
eoaraa;ed to continue Ita nae. After
(lilnK eleven bottlea more, I nna en
tirely and permanently cared. I had
apent handreda of dollnra on bottlea
of medicine without relief, while 14
apent for I'erona, cared me within a
few abort weeka."
A Cold In the Head or Throat Is Almost
Certain to Develop Into Catarrh
It Neglected.
CATARRH usually begins as a cold In
the hoad or throat and Is neglected
until It becomes chronic; then it be
gins to duwu on the victim that he has
catarrh. Unions he Is very foolish, Indeed,
he will not rest easy until the catarrh la
entirely cured. Thousands pay no atten
tion to It until it Is too late.
If Peruna Is used the cold never be
comes chronic, and hence catarrh Is pre
vented. Rut after catarrh has become
thoroughly established, Peruna will cure it,
but it will taKe much longer.
Men and women of national reputation,
as well as thousands In the humbler walks
of life, publicly endorse Peruna. Peruna
does all that is claimed for It. It cures
catarrh.
value. Many suggestions have been made
the board aa to how to get at this matter.
8. It. Hlghlcyman of the Missouri Pacific
railroad announced himself In favor of
taxing franchises and at the same time
said the law should be such that business
men who make money should be taxed on
their right to do business. He built up
straw men to show how the value of a
franchise could be found and then tore
them down, leaving sufficient reasons why
the board should not taks this matter Into
consideration lu arriving at the value of a
railroad.
The different systems have returned their
net and gross earnings upon the entire
system, but did not return what etch
branch line that makes up the system has
rr.de, thus giving the board an excuse, If
it wants one, to get out of taking Into
consideration the earning powor of the
road In arriving at the value.
M hooping t'p I.easue Meeting;.
President Norrls Drown of the Roose
velt league Is whooping up things for a
red hot meeting of the league- the night
before the sute convention, and he Is very
anxloua that everybody else in the state
get into the whooping. Hon. John L. Web
ster will be the principal speaker. It Is
llkly that Congressman lturkett also will
be ono of the speakers and probably sev
eral others of wide reputation. This meet
ing la intended to launch the campaign
and the Indications are that the meeting
wll. be one of the most enthusiastic ever
held In Nebraska
Looks Like Smallpox.
C. D. Dradshaw, acting chairman of the
Board of iloallh of Farnam, Dawson
county, notified Governor Mickey this
morning that in his town there were two
cases of illness that had all the appearance
of being smallpox. Mr. Uradahaw desired
that an expert in such matters be sent
there at once to examine the patients. Dr.
Towne of Omaha, wbo today is at Newman,
was notified, and will go to Farnam to
morrow. Opposes Nominating: Senator.
Former State Treasurer StuefTer of West
Point waa in IJnculn last night and to
day, enruut horns from lilue Hills, where
he had been to visit a daughter. Mr.
Btusrler announced himself as being op
posed to the state convention endorsing
the recommendation of the state committee
to nominate a candidate for tha United
States senate. "I hope the atate conven
tion will role down the proposition." said
Mr. Btueffer, "because I believe it is a
Oacjerous vlevt vi busintaa, .Very few
TIIE OMAIIA
U 0
QUE
THE FIRST STAQB OP CATARRH.
A Serious Mistake Which Thousands
are flaking. .
THE first stage of catarrh is what Is
commonly known as "catching cold."
It muy be in the head, nose, throat
or lungs. Its beginning is sometimes so
severe as to cause a chill and considerable
fever, or it may be so slight as to not
hinder a person from his usual business.
In perhaps a majority of cases little of no
attention la paid to the first stage of ca
tarrh, and hence it is that nearly one-half
of the people have chronic catarrh in loiau
form.
To neglect a cold Is to invite chronic
catarrh. As soon as anyone discovers the
tirst symptoms of catching cold he should
at once begin the use of Peruna accord
ing to directions on the bottle, and the
cold Is sure to paes away without leaving
any bad effects.
Unless this Is done the cold is almost
sure to end in the second stage of ca
tarrh, which Is making so many lives
miserable. If Peruna was taken every
time one has a cold or cough, chronic
catarrh yould be practically an unknown
disease.
MISS LORETTA WALL, 850 N. Dale
St.. St. Paul, Minn., writes: "Lost
spring I had a very severe case of
catarrh of the stomach and bowels. I
took three bottles of Peruna and found
myself gaining very quickly In every way."
-Miss Loretta Wall.
people out in the state seem to realise that
It will take very little to change the com
plexion of the legislature, and we shuuld
not be handicapped by anything. An en
dorsement by the state convention will
undoubtedly handicap the party."
Forbids Selllna; Standing; Hoom.
Frank Zehrung. manager of the Oliver
theater and general oatocrat of matters
theatrical In Lincoln, did not sell stand
ing room last night to parties desiring to
hear Richard Mansfield, as has been the
custom here, for the .reason that a city
official stood at the ticket office window
and Inspired the selling clerk to refuse the
many requests for standing room. And
this after It had been advertised that
standing room could be secured at so much
per stand.
D.-puty Labor Commissioner Bush pro
tested to the city building Inspector, Mr.
Campen, and the latter did the rest. He
served notice on Zehrung that to block up
the rear of the theater with people stand
ing around was against the public safety
and would not be tolerated. The result
was a large number of people were dis
appointed and Mr. Zehrung was out a
large number of shekels.
Gaards Ready for Practice.
The varloua companies of the National
Guard are Just now getting ready to begin
target practice and at the same time Ad
jutant General Culver Is busy checking up
and receiving quarterly report. The guard
is seriously handicapped In the target prac
tice because there are few available ranges.
General Culver is watching the progress
of an experiment being made In Pennsyl
vania. There the guard Is taking the bar
rels from the Krag-Jorgenson rifles and
substituting a 22-callber barrel. This les
sons the distance the gun will carry and
makes It less liable to shoot someone In
the next county. If the experiment proves
all right. It Is his Intention to endeavor
to secure an appropriation to secure dif
ferent gun barrels.
Rallas; oa Tsary,
A ruling of great Importance to money
loaners aa well as borrowers was made by
the supreme court today in the case of
Allen against Dunn, from Garfield county.
It Is, in brief, that the taking of Interest
for more than one year in advance Is un
authorised by law, if by such action mors
than 10 per cent la received on the actual
sum loaned. There la a statute In Ne
braska which says: "Any rste of Interest
agreed upon, not exceeding 10 per year
upon 1100 shall be valid upon any loan or
forebesrance of money, goods or things in
aotlon, w&loa rate el latsrest ee rU
DAILY REE: RATUIWAY,
OlflUTY
and
"For years I had been a sufferer
with catarrh of the throat and larynx.
I Rot hoarae on the sllahteat provoca
tion, and my voice became weak, and
tired very eaally. I could not talk
for any IciiKlh of time and It waa
very annoying:. I .was very much
dlacouraifrd, as nothliiK seemed to
help me until a friend peranaded me
to wive I'erunn a trial. I did not have
much confidence In It, aa everything;
else had failed me, bat I tried It Just
to pleaae my friend. . My rtella;ht,
therefore, may be liiiniclneri when 1
bcfian to improve at once, and I have
kept right on improving until my
voice la trung and 1 am never hoarae
now. l'eruna baa done a (treat deal
for me." Mlaa Ellen Crawley,
MRS. W. WASHBURN, la South VII
lere Bt., New Orleans, La., financial
decretory of camp No. 2, Sons and
Daughters of America, also recording sec
retary of the Lady Standard Mutual Ue
nevolent Association, is a lady of promi
nence of that place. She writos: "Last
spring I caught n severe cold, being re
peatedly exposed to wet in our rainy sea
son. It settled all over me and in a few
days I had chills and fever, with inflam
mation and headache, so that I was un
able to be about. I hnd one of your book
lets In my home, and had road In It an Indif
ferent way of the value of Peruna, but when
I became sick I thought about It and sent for
some. I found It truly wonderful. It
simply hunted out every sick and ailing
place In my body, and within a week I
was well. I used It about two weeks
longer, and have been In the best of
health since." Mrs. W. Washburn.
may be taken yearly or for any shorter
period, or In advance, If so exprossly
agreed."
It Is further provided that If a greater
rate of Interest than Is hereinbefore al
lowed shall be contracted for or received,
the contract shall not be void, but the
luanr can, If proof Is shown of illegal in
terest, recover only the principal, the
loss of luternt being the penalty for ex
uding usury.
Under the rulings of courts heretofore
It lias been possible for the men to exaot
usury and yet avoid the penally. For
instance, a man may apply for $1,000 for
five years, but takes his 10 per cent In
terest out In advance. In effect he loans
the man IjtiO actual cash and holds a
contract upon which he may collect tl.OOj
at the end of live yeara. Actually he col
lects Interest at the rate of per cent
a year. Such loans have not been unusual.
If the supreme court opinion is what It
seems to be the payment of Interest
thereon can be voided.
Attorneys have protested against this
holding, but the courts have pointed to
the statute quoted as permitting the tak
ing of 10 per cent "In advance." The su
preme court, In this opinion, says that
"it Is quite clear that under the statute
the taking of Interest for more than one
year In advance U unauthorized. If by
such action more than 10 per cent Is re
ceived." In the syllabus of the case it
restates this position and declares that
the taking of the interest Is unlawful.
In the case In question a loan of SOuO
was made at per cent Interest. The note
that was signed, however, called for the
payment of tiSO, and the effect of It was
that the borrower paid W.S0 Interest more
than 10 per cent. The court says that
the statute did not authoilze this nd
that the taking of the Interact in advance
in excess of 10 lr cent constituted usury
and prevents recovery suve for the prin
cipal. The answer i held to properly
plead usury.
wholesalers Must Pay Back.
After long litigation fhe creditors of
Julius Erlenborn, who failed In business
some years ag., havs succeeded In secur
ing a decree of the court ordering Har
greaves Bros, and the Raymond-Clarke
company to make restitution of th
money they collected on their accounts
to the common fund of the creditors.
Erlenborn was in falling clrcumstauc
and Was negotiating a deal with K. J.
Kettering for the purchaMe of the stock.
The twj wholesale grocers found cut
about Ui eeal, ana Kettering bought
MAY 7, 1904.
flEALTQ
Is Generally the Result of a Neglected
Cold Pe-ru-na Cures Coughs,
Colds and Catarrh,
CATARRH of the lungs is, ordinarily,
known as consumption; also called
tuberculosis. In those cases the ca
tarrh has usually found Its way into the
lungs by the gradual extension of the dis
ease from the throat through the bron
chial tubes. Consumption is the natural
termination of all cases of neglected
chronic catarrh. Everyone who is af
flicted with chronic catarrh Is liable to be
attacked by consumption at any time. In
the first stages of the disease Peruna Is
a sure cure; in the later stages of the
disease Peruna can be relied upon to pro
duce great benefit, and in a large per cent
of '.ases produces a permanent cure. All
those afflicted with this dread disease
should begin at once treatment with Peruna.
A slight cough, which, without a vestige
of doubt, would soon disappear with the
use of Peruna, because chronic bronchitis,
which requires a persistent use of Peruna
for some time. There are a great many
cases of consumption every year due di
rectly to a neglect of coughs, colds, etc.,
which, If Peruna had been kept in the
house and used according to directions,
would have been prevented.
MRS. L. E. CLAUDER, 68 North Elev
enth street, Newark, N. J., writes:
"Peruna has done for me what much
medicine of various kinds did not teem to
touch. I shall keep it on hand and when
ever I take a cold, as one frequently does,
I will use it. I am In all respects now
well. Appetite good, sleep well and sys
tem regular."
their accounts at 75 cents on the dollar,
turning them In at face value on the pur
chase price. Th deal went through, but
when the other creditors got sctton they
found little left. W. W. Hackney waa
made trustee In bankruptcy, and he be
gan suit against Raymond and Hargreaves.
In the supreme court th Raymond ftuit
was lost by the trustee, but th Har
greaves suit was won. The facts were
exactly the same and a rehearing w
aked so that the court might point out
which was right. It now vacates the Ray
mond decree and holds to its deoislon in
the Hargreaves case.
Case In Supreme Court,
Aria Cattle Company against Burk, stip
ulation allowed; Holmes against Seemm,
reargument ordered; Commercial National
HHntt against Grant, reargument ordered;
Felsch against Itabb, reargument ordered;
Colglazter against Martin, motion for re
tinal tng denied; Union Pacific Railway
Company against Kevstr, motion for re
heuring denied: Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacltlu Railroad Company against Urown,
motion for rehearing denied; Gosnell
against Webster, motion for rehearing
denied: Cakes against - Zlemer, motion for
rehearing denied; I'unteney-Mitchell Manu
facturing Company against T. G. North
wall Company, motion for rehearing denied;
Tlndall against Peterson, motion for re
hearing denied; Armour A Co. against
Arres, motion for rehearing denied: Bell
against Wlltson, twenty days additions!
time for rehearing briefs and motion;
Storey against Robertson, motions for re
hearing denied; Mcleod against Lincoln
MedlcHl College, motion for rehearing
denied; Blank Tea and Coffee Company
sgalnst Trade Exhibit Company, motion
for rehearing denied; Hndgea against Gra
ham, motion for rehearing denied; Fslksen
against Falls City State Bank, rehearing
denied; Michigan Mutual Life Insurance
Company agalnat Klatt, rehearing denied;
Andrews against Clark, rehearing denied;
periine against K. T. L. I. Company, re
hearing allowed; I.apham against Uoas
meyer. rehearing denied; Nebraska Loan
ami Trust Company against Tranerman,
rehearing denied: Osborne against Missouri
i'acltic Railroad Company, rehearing
denied; Gingrich against Rogers, rehearing
de lied; Albln against Parinele, rehearing
denied.
The following opinions will be officially
reported:
Rank against Garvy. rormer decision ad
hered to; Harnea, J. Hackney against llar-
f reaves Bros, judgment; llolcomb, C. J.
lackney against ltuymond Bros. & Clsrk
Company, judgment; llolcomb, C. J. Both
well against State, reversxd; Holcnmb,
J. Emanuel against Barnard, affirmed;
Barnes, J United States F. G. Conipsny
sgalnst Ettenhelmer, affirmed; Sedgwick. J.
Altiln against Parmelee, motion for re
hearing overruled- Sedgwick. J. Trumbull
against Frey, affirmed; Holcomb. C. J.
Wardell against Wardrll. affirmed; Amea,
C McAdama sailnst McCoik. revrraed;
Oldham. C. Hofrlchter agnlnst Enyeart,
reverned; Ames, ('. Vilnnett sgalnxt
Adams, affirmed; Albert, C. Tlndall against
Peterson, lodgment; Ames, C. Allen against 1
Luna, ecUtutd; Wkpatrlck, C (Holt
TO
MISS MARGARET FAHET, 49 Adams
St., Troy, N. Y., writes: "We have
used Peruna In our family for years
and I am very pleased to say that It cured
me of catarrh of the lungs when the doc
tors gave up all hope of my recovery. I
used Peruna for six months, and at the
end of that time my cough had disap
peared, my appelte was much better and I
had gained ten pounds and looked the
picture of health. I am in perfect health
now and feel that Peruna not only cures
catarrh, but builds up -the system, and Is
therefore a grand medicine." Miss Mar
gret Fahey.
The best cure or preventive known to the
medical profession up-to- date for 'Catarrh
in all Its conditions Is Peruna. During
the uncertain weather of springtime It Is
an unnecessary hasard for anyone to ne
glect to guard himself from taking dis
ease, by taking Peruna.
MISS VIOLA MARSHALL, 4 West
Mason street, Springfield, III., writes:
"Two months ago, when I sought
your advice, and you told me that I was
suffering from systemic cntarrh, I had
gotten so bad that I could not hear the
Jolt of walking and had to lie down most
of the time. I began taking your Perunu,
and now I feel like a new woman. I can
walk justas far as I please without feel
ing any fatigue, and I have taken only
three bottles of Peruna. I shall never
erase praising Peruna nor thanking Dr.
Hartman for his kind advice." Mrs. Viola
Marshall.
Peruna Is of national fame as a catarrh
remedy. It Is the only Internal systemic
catarrh remedy known to the medical pro
fession. It makes diseased mucous mem
branes healthy, whether It is the mucous
membrane lining the nose, throat, . lungs,
stomach, kidneys or pelvic organs.
against Anderson, affirmed; Albert, C.
Kbersole against Omaha National Bank,
affirmed; Ames, C. Omaha Loan and
Trust Company against Omaha, affirmed;
Ames, Muller against Parcel, reversed,
with directions; Oldham, C. Coleman
against MeGrew, reversed; Oldham, C.
t'rmdron Opera House against Isomer, af
firmed; Ames. C. Montague against Ma
runda, affirmed; Letton, C. Card against
Dawes County, affirmed; Ames, V.. Strong
against Eggert, reversed; Letton, C. Ken
nedy against State, affirmed; Barnes, J.
The following opinions will not be offi
cially reported;
Delaney against Updike Grain Company,
affirmed; Albert, C. Shaw against K'iul
tubla Mutual Accident Association : Glan
Vllie. C. Edge agalnut Edgu. affirmed: Fu-
cett, C.
FltEMONT K.NTEHTAIXS Til A VELEItS
Two Uundred of Then Attend An
nnal Meeting-.
FREMONT, Neb., May C.-lSpecial.)-The
annual meeting of the United Commercial
Travelers is 1.1 session here today at 11a
onle lodge rooms. About 200 visitors arc
la attendance. AH th merchants of th
city have their windows decorated with
th colors of th organization, blue, white
and gold, some of them being very elabo'
rat. The meeting was called to order
this morning by the president and Mayor
Woll In a brief, witty speecn, extended to
them the freedom of the city during their
Stay, assuring them that the best on hand
Was theirs. After the appointment of com
mittees an adjournment was taken. At
l;30 this afternoon a reception waa ten
dered the visitors and their ladles at tli
residence of J. T. May on North Nye ave
nue. The decorations were ferns and plants.
harmonlsng well with the colors of th
erganlsaton, Muslo was furnished by an
orchestra and refreshments were served.
The affair wag a very pleasant on, es
pecially to th older members, as Mr. Muy
Wna a pioneer traveling man In this statu,
having formerly been on the road for May
Brothers of this city.
In the absence of the grand councillor,
W. H. Holland of Hastings, Neh.. Grand
Jury Councillor E. W. Get ten of Omaha
presided, and J. A. Graphagnn of Lincoln
was appointed to take his place. Secre
tary Cruncleton reported a total member
ship of 7uS, a satisfactory Increase since
th last annual session. A banquet and
ball a, ss given tha visitors at Maaonlo hull
this evening.
Holt County Ralaea Spelts.
O'NEILL. Neb.. May -(Special --A
light, gentle rain has been fulling In this
vicinity during the greater part of th last
(wo days. Tb rale rm so. trtuly that
flSS MARTHA KAPLANSKT, presi
dent "Sokol" club, 1538 West liith
St., Chicago, 111., writes:
"My health wna In anch a state that
my friends were alarmed over my
condition. I doctored and took
nearly everything; that waa recom
mended to me, but nothlnjr, seemed
to have any effect on ine until I took
Perana. My lunga were In a weak
condition, were aore alt the time, and
the slightest cold would settle there.
I waa acarcely ever free from pain
and had loat much in weight. . My
phyalclun advised a chanwe of ell- '
mate; and I waa about to no away
when I waa persuaded to try Peruna.
I beo;an to Improve with the Brat bot
tle, and kept ateadlly Improving un
til I waa well. I alio gained In
welttht and feel like my old aelf
again." Mlaa Marsha Kaplanaky.
MRS. JUDGE J. F. BOYER, &2S Davis
St., Evanstou, 111., Buys: "If any
one has a reason to praise Peruna, it
Is surely myself. Last spring I becume so
run down from the serious effects of a
lingering cold that several complications
united In pulling me down. I could neither
eat nor sleep well and lost flesh and
spirit. I Anally tried Peruna, and It did
wonders for me. In two weeks I was like
another person, and In a month I felt beti
ter than I have ever done before. I thank
l'eruna for new life and 'strength."
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, end he will bo
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratia.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Suniturlum, Columbus, O.
all the water falling was ubsorDed by th
soli us It fell, thereby rululng tha crop
prospects Very materially. Oats, spring
wheat and spelts ure looking line. Two
years ago only a few acres of spelts were
sown in this county, but the grain has
been found to be so well adapted to this
soil that this year the acreage will run
Into the thousands. As a matter of feed a
bushel of epelts la equal to a bushel of
corn, nnd the experience her has been
that from thirty to thirty-five bushels of
spelts per acre can bo grown on land that
Is considered too light and sandy to grow
corn on. The country is now busy with
farmers putting In their crops and condi
tions appear most favors bio for a good
year.
Killed by the Cars.
LEXINGTON. Neb., May .-(Rpclal
Telegram.) In attempting; to board a moT
Iner train on the Union Parlflo here this
forenoon a man named Krebs fell under
the wheels and had both legs cut off be
low the knee. He. died shortly after being
carried Into the station. Krebs was on
his way from California to Pittsburg, Pa.
When the train stopped here he went up
town, though warned lie would not hav
time. The train pulled out when he wan
a block away nnd. running to catch it,
he missed his hold on the platform rail
ings, fell and rolled under tho wheels.
Krebs had served twenty years In the
regular army, having been discharged
about three years ago while a sergeant of
Company B, Eighth United States civ
airy. "
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