A Queer World A Train Running from Chi cago to Pekin, China. Is Possibility of Near Fu ture. Quite n Distance. Chicago, Feb. IS.—A train running from Chicago to Peltin, China, by fall Is a possibility of the not far dis tance future, Julian Arnold, govern ’iient-conunpreial attache to China, de 'l.ired In an address here before the Chicago Association of Commerce. “It is possible to stand on the shore >f Alaska and view the mainland of Asia,” lie said, and added that engi neers had deelarod the Bering straits eould be tunnelled and thus span the gap between America and the orient by rail. China offers unprecedented commercial opportunities, lie declared and asserted that the project was feasible. Largest Anchor. Chester, Pa., Feb. 15.—The Amer ican Steel foundries here have com pleted what Is declared to he the largest anchor ever made In this country. It weighs 33.300 pounds and Is wrought of cast steel. It was hullt for the Levlathian, which Is In dry dock at Newport News, Va. Ordinary anchors for vessels weigh from 6,000* to 10,000 pounds. Hear the Brox Sisters the hit of the Music Box Revue, sing “ BRING ON THE PEPPER” A spicy bit from the bigge3t show hit of years. Bennie Krueger’s Famou Orchestra adds a full Jazz Band intro duction. Like all Brunswick Records, it is a true reproduc tion — crystal clear; every word plain, not a note missed or slurred. Good as going to the show. “Come on Home,’’ another Brox Sisters’ hit, i3 cn the other side. Nebraska Cartoonist Makes Nation Laugh Nebraska's own, that's Clare A. 1 Briggs—and once more a nation of more than 100,000,000 persons has to 1 doff its hat to one of its baby— speaking numerically—states. For Briggs Is one of the favored few endowed with the heavensent j genius that enables them to bring gladness Into the hearts of their fel low men. Where is the man, woman or child who hasn't laughed at "Mr. and Mrs.” i or "When a Felle: Needs a Friend," or "That Guiltiest Feeling" or "It Happens in the Best of Regulated Families'.’'’ lie doesn’t exist. It could not be possible that there should he horn upon this earth one so lacking in a sense of humor that he wouldn't at least smile at one of Brigg's comic i cartoons. j Studied Under Pershing. Nebraska well can be proud of Briggs. Although he was Lorn in Wis consin and “plnufored ’ in Illinois, his education following his 13th year was obtained in'Nebraska. He graduated from the state university at Lincoln, where he was a pupil in mathemat ics under General Pershing, then com mandant of the university cadets. Ilis first newspaper work, however, was in 1S06 on a St. Louis newspaper. His “Kelly Pool" cartoons in a Chi cago paper first brought him na tional attention. Then he went to New' York. Briggs does not people his cartoons with exaggerated characters. His car toon people are normal people, and hi* characters find their counterparts in every city where his cartoons ap pear. Always ( lean. His cartoons are always amusing, always clean and of universal appeal. He docs not have to resort to slap stick, nor depend upon highly fla vored word accompaniments to make his humor felt. It's spontaneous wit. genuine fun, not heavy “hokum" in which the play on words predomi nates. Beginning March 14, Briggs’ car toons will appear each day in The Omaha Bee. Watch for them and then join with the thousands of readers who are thus enabled to begin their day with a laugh. r enttire Transactions of Livestock Exchange A. r>. Colvin came in from Clotlien I'lirg, bringing a load of choice Poland China hogs that averaged 241 pounds and sold for $7.SO a hundred. According to Mr. Colvin, the farm ers are suffering in Dawson county for (he lack of moisture, which is threatening their whiter wheat crops, lie said it had hern very dry all sum mer and that not enough snow had fallen to wet the grass roots. “The livestock business has b»en greatly hampered In Dawson county,'1 said Air. Colvin, “by the uncertainty of (he corn crop. In 1921 we had a good corn crop, but the coming year ;s problematical. We have hopes of an irrigation system soon that will help out all right.” Steers Make flood fiain*. R. E. McPherron of McPherron, la., brought in a load of steers averaging 1,373 pounds that were good enough to bring $9.05 a hundred. Mr. Me I’herron said the cattle had been fat tened on a corn and alfalfa ration and hud shown big gains in weight. Sandhill ( attic. J. V Brocks of Stapleton was on Hie Omaha tmirkel with to head of short ted cattle tiial lib brought from the sandhill country, 'lie consign ment averaged 1,it31 pounds and wore sold for $s.Ti.) a hundred after having been on feed just no days. According to Mr. Brosliis, corn In the sandhill country i, better this season than it is In many places in the central part of the state and a large amount of llvesfoi k is being fed. Ilerefords Bring S7.90. • A load of choice quality Hereford yearling cattle was brought to the Omaha market by Henry Hoheneke of Hoskins. Tite rattle averaged 710 pounds and sold for $7 90 a hundred. Grand Island Apartment House is Damaged l>y Fire Orajul Inland, Neb., 1*Vb. ir>.— JL. "Ft%J & ■ • wt vl advantage of using the Funk ft Wagnalls Com- f^9wk I ttdf iimoafaa— prehensive and Concise Standard Dictionaries in school Wfflvi and at home? It means quicker progress a CSC ft CmS Man Severely Burned in Rescuing His Wife When Mrs. J>. H. Itunilstori, 30, 5113 North 'Thirty-third avenue, fainted in her home, which Was on tire, she probably saved her life, for in putting tad her hand to stop her expected fall she pushed out the pane in a Window and tumbled through the aperture. Her husband had just started to re enter the house to rPHouo his wife. Firemen stated that it Would have been practically impossible to have entered in safety. Hutnistofi was hadly burned about the face and Mrs. Hu mis ton was burned on the arms. Her body also was painfully gashed by window glass. Kvoivihlng (bo Humlstens owned was destroyed. Nebraska City Packers Rush I' illiiifr of Ire Houses Nebraska Pity, Neb., Feb 15.—(Spa* rial.>-»► The Moi tou t Jregson packing plant is harvesting ice of tlv ponds near the plant and filling their houses. The ice is more then seven inches in thickness. Thomas Bits., he deal ers, have abandoned all hop© of se curing ice from the river this winter and are enlarging their artificial plant ii? order to ho able to take care of their patrons during the summer. They secured about 700 tons of natural ice of the river during the December cold weather. Cranberries are plentiful and low in price! Profits Forgotten — The landlord only gives me a few days more until I am forced to close my doors. 1 in vite all of my old customers, and the public in general, to share in the genuine savings in drugs that my sale offers. My object now is to sell—profits—and even costs are forgotten entirely. J. H. GREEN Druggist. Green’s Preparations 50c Green’s Clispols . .39c 50c Green's Vanishing Cream . 35c 50c Green's Cold Cream. 35c 50c Green's Healing Salve 39c 60c Green's Buchu and Juniper Pill* for . 39c 25e Green’s Cold Tablets . 19c 30c Green'a Corn Killer . . 19c 25c Graen's Foot Powder . 19c Household Remedies 35c Radway’* Ready Relief 27c 70c Radway's Ready Relief 53c 30c Cftrgling Oil. 23c ft 50 Plough’s Prea. C-2223 $1.13 35c Hamlin’* Wlxard Oil 27c 30c Miller's Universal Balm 23c f»Oe Hamburg Drop* 35c 50c St. Gothard’a Oil 3$c 30c Klckapoo Oil . 23c 35c Chamberlain'* Pain Balm 27c 50c Hobson'* Rheumatic 011 33c 75c Q Ban Hair Color Restorer 39; 60c Hobson's F.etema lotion 37c 25e Salinos .. . . 19c 50c F.atotiic . .... 33c 30c Larkspur Lotion.Ifc 15c Sulphur and Cream Tartar Tab lets, 3 for f5c $1 OO A. D 8. Blood Remedy 59c $1.00 Zepyrnl 59c 50c Cardoseptii Tablets, antiseptic douche for women ... 33c 25e Nyal'a Cough Syrup 13c 25c Nyal's I aaacold 13c 25c Pensular Wh.ta Tine and Spruce Balsam . . . 17c $1 SO Pep-Zyme $105 Rqulhb's Aspirin, 1 dor 17* Sqtiibb'* Aspirin, 25'* 25c J0c Grove’s I asative Rirme Quinine 19c c HillS Ca*cara Quinine 21c 1 4-lh. Peru* Ide 9c Cough Preparation* 50e Dr. Arnold's Cough Killer. 33c 30e Allen's Couch Balsam 23c ♦*0r Allen's lough Balaam 43c 2S( Severa’s Balsam for Lungs 19< 23c Shiloh s Cough Syrup 19c $1.50 Eckman’s Alternative $1.04 90e F.ckman’s Alternative 64r 5Pc Kennedy's 1 an Cough I7c 73c Kilner's Cough Remedy 19c $1 OO M< ntho 1 asine 71c $1 20 King’s New Discovery 71' 00c King's New Discovery 4lc 30c Atplroiial 3Tr $1 00 Hover's Asthma Remedy . 79c $.4 00 Hover's Asthma Remedy $2.19 30c Logan Rocky Mt. Tea ..19c 23c Nyal f as Herb ... . Lie 40c Coe's Cough Balsam .29r $1 00 Slocum Cote's Loot Fspert 30c Candy 73c It* b"* Chocolate Centers, lb 49c Peanut Brittle.. Iti ... I*»* Jot dan Almonds, lb 47« $.<.30 but genuine Alligrsttl Choro Utea . $1 49 Insectides 30c package Hofstra 19c 10c package El Vampiro. 4 boar#, 25c Larkspur Lotion. KiM 'Em or Knock ’Em—for head \ermin—bottle, 17c Hobson's Rat and Roach Paste, 30c package 19c Peterman's Liquid Discovery, 30c else . .. . 21c Peterman's Roach Food. 2Sc else, 17c Peterman’s Roach Food. 1 S< also. 11c Peterman # Ant Food, 13c sirs 11c Peterman's Moth Fcod, 13c site. 11c 23c Packing Camphor.1 Sc 1 |b. Cedar Moth Chips ...... 29c S os. *apt holene Flaks# . 1 Sc I HI o*. Moth Repeller .. 39r I lb. Moth Palls .| Ac 5 tbs. Moth B.rlls .. 73c Lb. Sulphur Cardie# . 13c 60c Formaldehyde ... 5Sc Parke-Davis Drugs Parke-Davis tff. '"ilium Pho# 4f*c ' 35r Parke-Davis Hinkle’s Cssrara Comp ||c 35c Parke-Davis Analgesic Bslm. 23c 29c Parke-Davis Peromde 13c sOe Tsrke Davis Antiseptic Tablets for 27c 33c Parke-Davis Cspsolin 23c Drug Wants ?5r Woodbury's Facia! Soap lSc ISc Say man • S^ap. 3 for 29c •Or Listerine . . . 37 c It 20 Listertne 77c 30c Tlirpo . . ..19c 6Or Ttt? po 37c Nyal Analgesic Ralm . IBc BOr Ulvhto 3Vc • l 20 Compound Sulphur Hair Lo tion for 7PC 25 r Carbolic Ointment 13c .r0e ('.lycerine and Rosewater 29c 35 r Olvcer'ne and Roscwatet 1<>c ?5r Tr Iwlhr y 3 rt. Ca* b-'lie Arid ?5c *Ot Sfulbb's Castor Oil 73c ,f,f SRU bb s ArnmatL (actor OM 29 A V W To.let Ti-lff. 1.000 sheet rolls pc HN) I it AM Cases j»pc to $9^ 35c Mufti |gc 25c t olorite Straw Hat Dye 15c 15c pa* Wage Diamond Dye* 9c 10* package Putnam’s or Rutter fly Tint g* ?3r Coloril# Fabric Pee t7c 7 ' , g HOi Steam's Morning Salts 33 FrankHn Nursing Dottle* 5c 5 or Sterilising Pottle* 5c 75'- VVretb’« F If Sodium Fho# 49 to. Sf horn I ield’S Tea 19i > blather Gray Aiomati* 1 raf 47c 10* Simmon'* Liver Regulator 19c Rouges SCc Vogue 25c BOc Pier Kt«* 35c 35c Sanitol Rouge 2lc BOc Hudnut Rout# , 27c For Men Men'a Billfold* 1 Price SB* Bvrb.treole lTc $1.00 floor Ilia Beaulifter 75* Bl 00 Gillette Blades 59* 35c Fndei Blade* .... 27c 50* Gem Blades .... 35c. BOc Put ham Blades 35c 3Br Palmolive Shaving Cream 27c 3Bc liqmd Shampoo 13c No Goods Taken on Approval or Exchange Southwest Corner 16th & Howard Orchard Oa SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD BTS. Our Annual February Sale Presents so many items that it would take a'whole forty-pajfe newspaper to describe and illustrate them all. We, therefore, just advertise a few interesting items. A Splendid Queen Anne Bedroom (As Illustrated) Foundation of northern birch with genuine American walnut veneer, one of the most serviceable combi nations on the market. Dresser is .18 inehes wide with French plate mirror 18x24. Chifforette has three sliding lift-out trays and three ' drawers. Bow-foot bed is full sire. 3-pieee suite complete, includ ing Dresser, Chifforette and Mow foot Bed, February Balt price See cur 3-Piece Oak Bedroom Suite; — _ h"d, dresser and chiffonier with mir- s( | ror. Complete for.sp\J / Score* of odd Dressers, Chiffonier?, Beds, etc., at prices that mean savings in many instances of HALF and even more. A AS February Sale of China Ashworth’s, Bird Design. An allover pattern is buff and pale green. 60-piece set. For merly S66.00. FEBRUARY SALE PRICE— $AQ50 •J. & G. Meakin’s Neat Blue Ivory semi porcelain ' Veronica” 60-piece set. Formerlv $33.00. FEBRUARY SALE PRICE— $1 050 Alfred Meakin's, Bird Design, Semi-porcelains, Palmeston pat tern, 50-piece et.1 Formerlr $4-4.50. FEBRUARY SALE PRICE— $25»o The shove sets e:.n also be bouirht in 32-pieee end 100-pieee sets. O—-n During the February Sale This Detroit Jewel Range Illustrated £ “ will he sold at. And a 1’orcelain top Kitchen table with white enamel under part* will he given away with everv range FREE -o The February Sale Prices Constitute Quite a Saving in the Rug Department 9x12 Heavy Axminsters In copies of Chinese and Ori ental design*: oolorinfrs nf rose, Hue and brown. Some are seamless and some are sliphtly imperfect, hut not to affect the sorrier of the rup in any way. Sira Pxl2. February sale price*—• $49.00 $57.50 Heavy Axminsters In 8m»!l Siie?. 22 4x86 92.95 27x64 .94.75 ™*7o . 97.75 «»« . 916.50 Seamless Velvets Full Ox til til**, p*rf»rt po