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>.—<spe
rial.)—Fire ortfinaUn* from a defec
tive flue In the W. H. Wilkins rest
deuce, a three story structure, caused
five families to be temporarily home
less and a loss estimated at from
$6,000 to $ 10,000. The home, once the
largest and most beautiful in the elty,
has in rcent. rears been used as an
apartment, house. Two of the oreii
punts liad no Insurance on household
goods, much of which was badly dam
aged by water. The damage Is largely
by smoke and water.
Kails Gity Commerce Body
Get,« Veteran for Secretary
rails City, Neb, Feb. IS—(Special)
The Falls t'ltv Chamber of Com
uier S' continued the practice of em
ploying only war veterans for the of
ftee of secretary with the announce
ment of the appointment of Alvin A
Burger of Webster City, la. Hts
predecessors, Ronald Kingsley and
Paul B. Murphy, also were world war
veterans, the former having been dec.
orated for valor while with the Can
adtan forces. Kingsley is now see
retary at Braddock, Pa.
Items That Help Us Grasp
Size of British Debt
$4,604,128,085
$1,801,900,000
jk. $1J92,461,00\.
BRITISH DEBT TO THE U. S. CORN CROP U. S. COTTON CROP
UNITED STATES 1922 - 1922
$1,652288,600 $4,287,122,887 $1,040,626,272
U.S.COAL PRODUCTION ALL GOLD AND SILVER TOTAL SOUTH AFRICAN DIA
_1921_IN U. 5. IN 1922 MOND PRODUCTION TO 1921
Great Britain and the United States have agreed upon a way to settle their financial
differences, the settlement of “this momentous question,” says the British Chancellor, “is a
necessary prelude to settlement of European questions.” “Here,” says President Harding, “is
the first clearing of the war-clouded skies in a debt-burdened world. . . . It is a recommit
ment of the English-speaking world to the validity of contract; it is, in effect, a plight against
war and war expenditures.”
Read THE LITERARY DIGEST this week, and you will pet an accurate idea of just what the
Lritish Debt settlement means and the full flood of public opinion upon it. Other striking articles are:
I o Put Up More Immigration Bars
Uncle Sam’s Spending Spree Over
Another Negro Exodus to the North
End of Our Watch on the Rhine
Abolishing the Terrors of the Sahara
Screen Dealings With Dickens and Hugo
Is Marriage Breaking Down?
Topics of the Day
• End of the Thompson Era in Chicago
The Pueblos’ Plea For Justice
What Drove Belgium Into the Rhur
Third Anniversary of the League
No Baby Rats Without Vitamin
The Right to Stay in a Church and
Deny Its Creed
What Boy Scouts Are Good For
All About Radio
Sports and Athletics
;*/any Interesting Illustrations. Including C artoons
WHEN YOU FEEL BLUE
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You II get five minutes ot chuckles and laughs and in all probability a good dramatic program be
mdes. “Fun From the Press” is produced by The Literary Digest and distributed by W. W.
Hodkinson Cnrp.
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Tterary Digest
Fathers ————^ I
fUft'hF* fet Wtiy not make sure that your children have the /> 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<vi#
in drop patterns—
$34.50 $49.50
vr--v
The Drapery Sale
It' you want to *et hotter and better and better values in
draperies, you should attend this sale of draperies.
Barred Voiles
Hit* Carlton and plain and
Harrnl Voile, 36 and 86 inches
wide, in white only, with hats
of various siaes. Special sale
offer, yard—
Tuscan Nets
Newly arrived for this sale; 36
inches wide: priced at, yard—
Marquisette
Sheer White Potted and Harre i
Marquisette*. 36 inches side.
Special values, per yard —
48c
Cretonnes
In Wide and attractive assort
ment. irreatly reduced to seli at,
per vard—
25c 38c
50c 68c
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