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rCCES3 HAVE NEVER BEEN EQUALED
INT. HIS DISCOVERY GAVE TO
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develop
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before, and at no additional expense or the
ifford to have anything but Mazda lamps in
agents:
POWELL SUPPLY
SARATOGA DRUG
SHERMAN & M'CONNELL DRUG CO. - 16th and Dodge Sts.
SHERMAN & M'CONNELL DRUG CO. . - 16th and Harney
SHERMAN & M'CONNELL DRUG CO. - 207-09 North 16th
SHERMAN & M'CONNELL DRUG CO. - 24th and Farnam
STRAUSBAUGH
UNITED STATES
Harney Street
VOCHAL'S PHARMACY
WALNUT HILL PHARMACY : . . 3923 Cuming Street
WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY-1920 Farnam Street
WILLIAMS' PHARMACY
WILKE & MITCHELL
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COMPANY Auto Supply . 2119 Farnam
COMPANY - , 24th St. and Ames Avel
PHARMACY
1816 "inton Street
AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY
602
ICth and Bancroft Streets
- 40th and Farnam Streets
COMPANY
IF IT'S
BETTER
ELECTRIC
FIXTURES
OR WIRING
YOU WANT
CALL US!
The following are just a
few of the many big insti
tutions for whom we arc
doing work :
Creighton Gymnasium
Edward Hotel
Victoria Apartments
Mayfair Apartments
Leigh' Apartments
There's a reason for
their selecting us to do the
work. They want service,
quality and workmanship.
American
Electric
Company
520 South 16th Street
Phone Doug. 1481
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Pierce Street
1207 HARNEY STREET
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We Sell
Edison Mazda Lamps
And carry a big and varied line of Electrical
Goods, such as the Every-Ready Flash
Lights, Motorcycle Lamps and all kinds of
Electrical Household Articles.
Mickel's Nebraska Cycle Co.
Cor. 15th and Harney Sts.
Louis Sommer
4820 Dodge St. Phone Walnut 102
Fancy Groceries and Fresh Fruits
We Sell Edison Mazda Lamps
Adams-Haight Drug Stores
21th am! take Streets. 210V! INirt Street,
l'hono UwWr MOI. riione Webster .
Oiudily First. Together With rrompt Service.
We Sll' Kdison Mnsda Iami.
Step by Step with Edison-
It ai lust Thirty-six years ago that this company was started
under the firm name of lshans & McEwan, at 15th and Farnaru
Streets, whero the Barker Block now stands.
The firm name has been changed twice since then. In 1890 to
F. M. Kussell Fixture Co., and In 1905 to Burgesa-Qranden Co.
The wonderful developments made by Mr. Edison In Electrical
Appliances and Lamps have made It possible for this firm to expand
rapidly and today it Is one of the largest fixture houses in the west.
WE SELL EDISOX MAZPA LAMPS
BURGESS - GRANDEN CO.
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Edison
Prize
$2,500
Some of the Big Prizes:
Indian Motor Cycle
Edison Phonograph
Evinrude Motor
Old Town Canoe
Iver Johnson Bicycle
Elgin Watch
Kodak and over
2,000 Other Prizes
Any Agent will gladly give you
information regarding the contest
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i PART RIYERS PLAY IN WARS
History is Full of Great Battle i that
Are Remembered by the Name
of Stream! Nearby.
BLOOD TAKES PLACE OP WATER
Rlvr hsv ) plnyrj a irt mid
MonwtlmiN a d'l!lv role In th rt
ilnmi of r, n. the coIoikiI Kupjprnn
ntniKKl I no t xf-vptlon to the rule. On
th runtrmry. the sratft buttle the world
li rrr een, holh t'f raun of lt
duration anil the number n-il. 1 not
uuUkrly to so down to hletnry aa the
buttle of the rlvrn. Thrae are the Alanv
the Oie ami the bomme, all af whluh.
(Hiring that Interminable bat tin, literally
.on with blood.
What role, too, liaa Out Mouiie playel
In tltta war! it waa the dtl'l.i'ulty of
ri.aalus It In lh ot the fire of the J
l-os" torta which rau?.l tnat fortnluht J
urlay In the rarrylns out ot the kaUor I
lionram whit A avet France and, tr-
I hapa eventually, the urlttah empire.
l'uilns that lortnlght the water of the
Mouae were choked with the bndlea 01
Die alaln.
The Itlver Net he. a tributary of the
f lilvtlt, formed one' ot the main ob.
atauies to the Uermana in thvlr treat
avanull upon Antwerp. Time and time
aaaln the Oermana auceeetled In setting
a pontoon brUlK completed and came
down to the river bauk In aolld muwi to
croaa It.
Aa tuey camo every Bellan sun that
could be turned upon the spot waa con
centrated upon them, and they were
blown away and the brldae destroyed,
until the river HteraJiy ran wiUi blood.
Hlmllar deatructlnns of pontoon brldgea
burdened with their living freight of
men and horaee and gun have, occurred
on all the many river which Oil war
hue brought Into the terrible limelight of
buttle.
Who will ever forget the tragedy of the
TugelaT Krorn being an unknown liver,
except to Poutn African. It auddenly
.i.rn into universal fame. 1U eroaalng
! proved the cru of ths Boer war. The
I attempt to foroa a paaaag ooat thou
1 an.U of live. Including that young hero,
i the only on ot lr& Robert, who d.ed
In trying to av tha guna, n UP"
v. horn the Victoria Cro was betwed
ufler death.
i Everybody will rJl tha srt whkin
' "Father TUwr played In olda dys M
the dofenae cf Rome, and epUlly Lord
Macaulay aUrrlng ballad which tells
how Horatlu kept tha bridge against an
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army and men a warn "
bridge u hewn down, weighted with hU
armor. That ballad and Us herolo toplo
I but an Indication of tne etaem in
which rlvere hava ever been held by
alrategtata ss Una ot defenie.
Wntek tha Rhine.
What war tha Oermana elm'j, before,
the palace of their emperor Juet before
tha war atartod? And what are they sing'
Ing a they march to battle T The Ger
man war song. "The Watch on the
Rhine." They have good raon to lng
that eong, for tha Rhine for generation
formed their weetern boundary, and no
five aver croaaad It unorpoed. From the
day of Julius Caeaar, Who oroaaed It
I twice with an army, to modern times It
ha been making history- Napoleon
croased It times without number. Hla
moat tragical eroaalng waa after th
groat Battle of Lepilg. .when hla broken
army atrugglad back Into France. But on
most occasions he crowed It victoriously,
I and on on memorable occasion hi army
1 oroaaed by moonlight on the ice.
A tributary of Oie Klb., Germany's
mint famous river nest to the Rhine,
has been made Immortal by a great but
tie on Its hanks. This wss the battle
ot Hohanllnden, fought In midwinter be
tween the combined force ot France
and Bavaria undor that great military
genius, General Moreau, and the Aus
trlana. The latter were defeated with
a losa of 18.000 men. The victor toil
9.000, but captured seventy-nine of the
enemy's gun and took 7,000 prisoner.
Immediately after this battle an Kngllih
bard w tote one of hla finest odes upon
It.
Another famous little river, s tributary
of the Dunulie, which Itself he seen
mors flshtlng, perhaps, than any other
stream In Kurope except the Rhine, Is
the Nlbel, Upon this slresm stand the
Village of Ulenhelin, after wnlch the
splendid palace of the Duke of Marlbor
ough, a gift from the nation, la called.
The river at thia point, where it falls
Into the Danube, is divided Into severul
brenc he. with marahy ground between,
and th French made It their left flank.
APPLY SAGE TEA
IF HAIR IS
Grandma Used Sage Tea and
Sulphur to Darken Her Hair
and Nobody Knew
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Tint uae ot H&k and Kulphur lur re
torltiK faded, gray hair to lis natural
color date bark to grunUmothcr' time.
Hhe used It to keep her hair boautlfully
dark, tiluisy and abundant. VS'liont-vir
her hair ft-ll out or took on that dull,
faded or streaked appearance, thU sim
ple mixture was applied with wonderful
effect.
But brewing at homo la many and
out-of-date. Nowadaya. by asking at
any drug store for a frvceut bottle of
"Wyeth's Hsge and Sulphur Com
pound," you will get this famous old
recipe which can be depended upon' to
restore natural color and beauty to the
hair and I splendid for dandruff, dry,
feverish, Itchy acalp and falling hair.
A well-known down town druggUt
It darken the hair so naturally and
evenly that nobody can tell It ha been
applied. You simply dampen a aixinge
or eofl brush with It ami draw thia
through your hair, taking one strand at
a llniH. Ky morning the gray hair dla
appenra, und after anothor application
or two it become beautifully dull.,
gloxy, Bfft and abundant
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GRAY
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SUES FOR TIPS HE
HIGHTMYE HAD
John P. Byrne Wants Py for Whm
He Would Hare Taken In if He
Had Not Been Removed.
GUESTS AVERAGE 13 . CENTS
John r. Ryrn. former head porter
ot the Kontenelle hotel, tHea.es In t
stilt sealant the Intorstste Hotel
company filed in district court, that
during; a period of right months hr
lost 9M&U.75 of his share of tip
paid ny guests which he should haw
received if th rnanaKement hsd de
served the condition of a contrnei
which ho hsd. He sued for thes
tips and $500 salary from Septt-. i
ber, when he ceased work until Ff
rusry, when the contract expires.
Byrne charge that the manSRomcut
prevented hla employee from moetiiiK
and serving gueats and diochargrd him.
He tnformn the court he we to havf
control of acrvlce to sucats. the chock
room and the handling ot wrap an-l
baggage In the Kontenelle. for which l-.t
waa to receive tliO a mouth, with th
understandlng that he was to pay hl
own aeniatanta and divide th tips re
ceh-ed. The fact that he was to receive
a percentage or the tips, amounting In
some Instances to W per -cent, waa the
main Inducement which caused him to
taks the Job, Byrne allege.
Ttge Averaa; Fifteen Caa.
The average tip paid by each of th
average 1M new guests who, according
to Byra, stop at the hotel each day lx
11 cents, he asserts.
Thst th outgoing gueet, however, i"
leas generous. Is Indicated by the head
porter's saMrtlon that hla average tip l
14 cent.
The following facts and figures con
cerning the welt known subject of tip
at a hotel of the class ot ths Footenelle.
Is contained In Byrne's petition.
Th check room pars an average of 1220 u
month In tips. Two men wera employed
there by Byrne and thry received wsgen
of $M a month each and one-half their
tips, Ths other half went to Byrne and
amounted to an average profit of 60 s
month, he says.
O Davaee llahta.
On banquet or dancs nlghta. which
occur about four times a week at the
Fontenella, tips amounted to $14 a night.
Including check room gratuities.
One hundred and fifty Incoming guest
paying an average tip of IS cents each
for service returned a revenue of 122. So
a day, of which Byrne's share waa ..
Ths same number of guests outgoing
Paid an average of 10 cent each, or a
total of $1 of whloh hla share was f
a day.
Byrne was employed at the hotel from
February last till Beptomber 24. One
week after the opening of th hotel, he
al legea, the management put a man In
front of tha check room, who directed
gueats to check wraps In another part
of ths hotel end hired men to huiullo
bsggaga and wraps other than hl em
ployes. Byrne Urged for
Re-Election On the
Federal Baijk Boartl
A "campaign la on emanating from the
Omaha Clearing Houso n wo. iatiou f n
the rs-electlon of T. C Byrne of lunuhii
to a place on the board of Uiravtor.i oi
th federsl reacrve bnnk nt Kunwa"
City, for the tenth regions! rcsi-rve 1 Uj -trtet.
Mr. Byrne and President Jones of the
United tS tales National bank (f Denver
were Uie two director put on the boart
to sen one year. Their year will soon
be up, snd In November nominations are
to be mads to headquarters at Washing
ton for directors to rill their plsces. Mr.
Jones Is to retire from the board, as the
situation has been such that ha hss hsd
to spend fully ono-Uilrd of his time at
Ksnsaa City.
Mr. Byrne, however. Is being urged by
ths national banks of Omaha and Ne
braska for re-election. Ths local bankers
sre greatly pleased with the way this
merchant has stepped out and mastered
the banking business In a year, and the
way ha has administered In his capacity
as a member of ths board.
Th clearing houss Is preparing to send
out letters to all th national banks In
the dlstlct, which Is Nebraska, Wyoming.
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and western
Missouri.
Denver Is using Its Influence for the
election of President Mitchell of ths Den
ver National bank to succeed Jones, who
will retire from the hoard.
PIONEER ASKS OFFICIALS
TO INVESTIGATE ASSAULT
Kdward Ourske, pioneer Omahan, now
residing at ths. House of Hope, has asked
city officials to Investigate an assault
and robbery of which he claims to have
been the victim Friday morning. Ths al
leged crime Is said to have occurred near
the House of Hope.
Mr. Ourske cam to Omaha fifty-nine
years sgo. He Is 83 years of age, and
during a conversation with City I 'rose -cutor
McOuIre said he la a veteran of
three German campaigns lsw, li and
H70-7L He further Identified himself by
stating that hla son, Kdward K. Ourske,
l h resident of Omaha for many years. l
; now the head of the Kmplra Candy and
lilucult company at Spokane, nan., and
: U worth more than ll.0U0.0u0.
HANSC0M PARK DANCE
FLOOR READY FOR USE
Who wants to be the first to dunce on
the new floor al tlio Hanucom park pa
vilion? Superintendent English of the
recreation board wants to know.
The second floor of the pavilion lis
been prepared for danclug, which privi
lege will be granted to organizations upon
application at the recreation board office
In tha city hall.
Ths plan adopted contemplates allowing
these dances only under the auspices ot
approved organlsatlona whoe members
will be held responsible for the observ
ance of a set of rules which have been
printed for distribution.
Applications for this dance floor way '
now be mads.
Boll's Plne-Tsr-Honey gos right to Uie
spot. Checks the cot'.gU, eajtes throat,
kills the cold gerui. Only 2fi, All drug
gldl. Advertisement.
Apartment, flats, houses and cotuttu
can be rented quickly and ciieauly by a
Bee "For Rent."
