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10 VOLUME 3, NUMBER 45, The Commoner. tt Simply Serial a Postal and ask us to null you our new illustrated stove catalogue, and we will forward postpaid our complete catalogue of stoves and ranges, which Ii.ustrates and describes everything in the stove lino for cooking and heatlnc worthy of your consideration all at prices decidedly low. Wo sell only the best erades, avoiding tne verJr cheapest. If you want an honestly made stove you cannot afford to place your order until you have seen our stove catalogue. will bring it. A postal card v price for a rood stove Iwlth a 9JJ- Inch firepot. It Is a much bet tor stove than some firms sell at.a higher price, but If you want the best send forour stove c&ldocue and rrad about our famous Homo Oak atoves. The Illus tration shows our well known Home Oak stcve; a very powerful heater made ot no. i a gaure cold rolled Steel and finish ed with artistic nlckelplated trimmings. His 43 Inches high, 9?i Inches round and weighs 63 pounds. $4.53 buys larger size, weighing 75 lbs is the price of the most pop ular size of the Home Oak stove. 40 Inches hlgh,13tf Inches round. 1 35f inch I lre- pot.welght 108 pounds. The Home Oak stoves are the best, not tho cheapest, and are fully guaranteed. Alr-tleht beater made better than others on the market and cheapest at our price. We do not sell tne cneapest that we can make. This air tight heater at $1.14 is a better bargain than others at 95 cents up. It pays to buy the best. , Ji 7 o -iKn tM isvcisr m $87 ... A aiit ffa5ff9t!jwB&BfffflH fEillsaH iMfflEIS9H9 2 88 for an made kerotone oil heater. Other styles. $3.35 $3.68, $4.80. $7.00 and $7.35. i Don't waste your money by purchasing a cheaD stove. Get an honestly made one even If does cost a trifle more. Our stoves are all honestly made and sold at remarkably low prices. Our free stove "catalogue doscrlbes our handsome base burners, also a score of other styles all good, all low priced. You can not afford to buy until you have heard lrom us. Simply write a postal card and ask for stove catalogue. We will send It promptly. Address MONTGOMERY-WARD CO. Michigan Avenue, Madhon Washington Streets ' CHIGAGO m Christina Fixing. What's up? 'Tis something very queer, And I would like to know Why mamma and each little one Persists in acting so. Time was when I went home at night They met mo at the door; But now they scamper out of sight And I am met no more. And if by chance I happen in Unlooked for. so to speak, Straightway there conies an .awful din And shrill staccato shriek. Then mamma thrusts, beneath her chair The work she has in hand, And Rena shakos her ringlets fair And hides behind the stand. E'en Dorothy, tho little tyke, Is acting strange and queer; And none of them appears tovliko To see me coming near. At eve they whisper soft and low And slyly look at me m What's up? I'd really like to know What can the matter be. They shun me ndw, yet all the while As they confer apart They wink and nod and sweetly smile, And merry glances dart Thero's something up! Exactly what It is I want to know; For now it seems I'm quite forgot Huh! Christmas fixings? Oh! Glrlctte. . The man who thinks he understands girls is a supreme egotist. Schoolgirl secrets are very much like marshmallows big to the sight, but quita 'small in fact. A girl can never understand why a boy is so careless about his hair, but she rather envies him thrj fact. It has never been explained why a girl displays so much pride in her abil ity to make fudge and angel food and never boasts about ability to make good bread. It is all nonsense to say that a girl reads the last chapter of a love story first. She reads the first chapter in order, to learn the names of the hero and heroine. A girl of sixteen takes especial de light in bossing her eighteen-year-old brother around and , still more . in bossing some other girl's eighteen-year-old brother. - ' ffeeHolick ( aV J tTOn'lfH BWDTOjl c, V Games S0 different games ono In each , pacjeage ot Lion Coffee CATARRH is tho most prevalent of diseases. It Is alocal nilmont of tho mucous membrane as well as constitutional and AN BE eradicated by proper treatment. Dr. Sykes cured himself in 1870, and tho treatment has CURED thousands since, and by using Dr. Sykes' Surd Curo for Catarrh will cufo you. Send for tho best hook on catarrh eVer published. Mailed free. Ilt. 8YKKH 8UR15 CTJUK CO. Department C 118 So. Leavltt St., Chicago, 111. Don't DeTfeat. It is easy to buy Christmas presents with January's salary. Don't do that. The foolish giver imagines that the true value of the gift is measured by the purchase price. Don't do that. We know people wno make, sacri fices in order to buy costly Christmas presents for fear they will be thought stingy. Don't do that. Some people think it is smart to de stroy the dear old myth concerning Banta Claus and thus bring grief to childish minds. Don't do that. At this particular season of the year it is customary to begin worrying about what you'll give this one or that one for a Christmas present. Don't do that Every time you pick up a paper these days you see full directions how to make beautiful Christmas presents out of old clothes, and barrels, and boxes, and tin cans, and things; and you are immediately tempted to un dertake the task of trying to follow them. Don't do that. WANTED The addresses of all Fed eral Boldiora, their wid ows or heirs, who filed a f-'emeteU, on less J. than ICO acres be ioro June 23rd, 1871. Will purchase Land warrant lstica te Soldiers of y war. Cemrade V E. MOSES. 76 Jacabsea Black, Denver, Ceto. SOLDIERS HOMESTEADS M b08tbyTeat-S VfiARS, Wt mp A VCASI Want MORE 8alesmkn r I Weekly Stark Narwry, Leatetou, Me.; Haatsvllk, A Boysrapba. If the boy is tr.eated like a gentle man at home he will act like a gen tleman abroad. We feel awfully sorry for the bov whose father has forgotten that he Was once a littlo fellow. If a boy forgets -his mother the chances are that tho reason may be found in the example of the father. Some boys would be overjoyed to receive as much attention lrom their fathers as is bestowed on tho family horses. , As a general . proposition the boy who is untruthful has been .made -so by being punished, for telling the truth. If a boy finds a sympathetic listener in his father when lie tells his boyish troubles ho seldom goes out on tlie streets to 'make confidants. Brain Leaks. Honesty begotten, of policy is dis honesty. The church that reaches out is the church that brings in. If you have the proper love of roses you'll not think of the thorns. The pies that mother used to make tasted good to the palates" we used to have. Man has two ears and one tongue a hint to listen twice before speak ing once. The man who will go hungry in or der to buy a good book is a man worth tying to. Some men pray "lead us not into temptation" and then go right .out looking for it The race is not always to the swift it is often to the man who makes the quickest start. Isn't it a good thing we do not have to pay taxes on the value we set on the baby's smile? If the memory of a good dinner is the only pleasant one you have of Thanksgiving day you are to be pitied. We are too prone to use subtraction when figuring our blessings and mul tiplication when figuring our sorrows. We often wonder if- some women do not think of heayen as a place where there are no dishes to wash! or stock ings to darn. When we hear classic songs we ap plaud with our hands. When we hear the old-fashioned songs we - applaud with our tears. Cautious. The great millionaire philanthropist thoughtfully studied, the face of the university president who had called upon him to secure a donation. "I am afraid ;that what I maf for your educational institution will not amount to a reat deal said the philanthropist.'. "I assure you, sir,' said the edu cator, "that every dollar of it will be wisely expended in the cause of promoting public education." "O, that's all right," said the phil anthropist "But what I'm thinking about is that your5 publicity bureau is not in very good shape." Not until then did the university president realize how far beliind the modern methods 'of University work he really was, ' . After Pattl. 'Tis the last turkey gobbler L6ft strutting alone; All his feathered companions Are slaughtered and gone. Not one of his kindred Still struts by the way To note his proud gobble Since Thanksgiving day. Yet we'll leave thee, thou lone one, Still fatter to grow; Your fate will be pleasant To some folk I know, Thus kindly I scatter Thy food on the ground, And laugh loud at hearing Your loud gobble sound. So soon will you follow Your friends gone lefore, Stuffed full of sage dressing And oystersfigalore. When friends all have vanished Why live ye alway? Tis uselessyou'll get it On next Christmas day. Maupin's Book It's a good book Maupin admits It. It has 277 pages, printed from clear type on good paper, cloth bound, with gold side and back stamps, and "Foreword" by Mr. W. J. Bryan. The book is worth a whole lot more than tho price asked, Which is L Whether Common or Not That's tho title of the book. It contains proso and verse selections contributed by Maupin to Tho Commoner and other publication?. Tho book was published because Maupin wants to make a little money on it. Between Rockefel ler's oil and Bacr's coal, tho author needs all ho can get. You send a dollar and get a book that will make you iorgct the cold. Mr. Bryan Says! Mr. Will M. Maupin, whose literary producv tlons All this volume, has been a member of tho stall of Tho Commoner durincr its more than two and a half years of existence, and I take penu ino pleasure in commending his work to thosa who enjoy innocent fun, delicate humor and philosophy seasoned with sentiment. His mbles, dialogues and paragraphs are to the point, ami the wit is mado subservient to the argument I10 presents. He is especially happy in his verso when as ho often does ho deals with the ten der attachments of the family and thehomcl7 virtues of every-day life. Tho moral in his writ ings is always apparent and paramount, ana 1 contribute this toreword in the belief that tho book will benefit those who are led to peruse It. W.J.BHYAX ' Order tho book now, and you'll like It so well that you'll order more as Christmas presents lor your friends. The raster you order the better ChriHtmas Maupin will have. See? Ifyooi think the book is worth the dollar, send it bacc and Maupin will return your money, ui" fair. Sent postpaid On receipt of price, Si THE BOOK IS READY Parties who have already ordered may now remit, as the book Is ready for dollvcry. Ami it's a model of typographical elegance. Auarus the perpetrator. WILL M. MAUPIN, aoaa So. i7th St. Lincoln, Neb. Gen. Chas. Dick,- OhiVs famous Congressnian, wntdsJ "There is no remedy so efficient or headache as Dr,MUe Antr-Pain JhU Our and preyent. fold and EgJ3y all drugelita. No opiates. -fc"gw, faYar oW In bulk. doe conta, D MZUW JUDICAL 00., KH&Mt, n V lwH