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DECEMBER J 8, 1902.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT,
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LLER & PAINE,
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
Beautiful Pictures. ,
Artistic articles that, in addition,
jast suit your tastes are hard to find.
One must see all that is offered be
fore making selections. We have to
day new pictures and frames that will
easily find admiring buyers.
Our subjects , have been . carefully
chosen" from the lines of a dozen of
the best picture makers in the country.
We have
" 6,000 Subjects
framed and unframed. . Here are a few
of the kinds.
Figure Pictures.
are ..always liked and lately, designs
well posed and photographed from life,
have become very popular. We have
a new and handsomely, -framed assort
ment from $3.50 to $15.00.
Etchings.
in great variety.' " Large subjects in
carved oak and burnished gold frames
at $10.00. T.. " - , : ,
pthers in oak and gilt at $2.00', $3,00
and $4.5,0. : , .. r : ,.
Prang's Autotypes
.in wide white mats and gilt fraiwas at
vThe pictures are uncolored and of
favorite subjects "Countess Potocka,"
"Soul's Awakening," "St Cecelia," etc.,
19x23 inches.
Phbto Prints
in" gray mats ;aft(. ' black frames, very
: attractive subjects children romping
at games or single figures 18x22 inch
-$1.25. . . . . .
- Print Etchings
in shaded brown frames with gilt
corner ornaments, 7x14 inches. This
is the best low priced line we have in
stock. Your choice of 10 subjects,
landscapes mostly, for 75c each.
Colored Pictures
in gilt shadow boxes. These are really
a surprise something new and taking.
8x10 inches, 50c each.
Large Pictures
for little money op- small inexpensive
pictures of these- we have a plenty.
Colored designsin fruits, landscapes,
figures, and hunting scenes, 22x28
inches, in 7-inch gold Florentine or
combination oak and gilt frames
$3.25 ard $3.75.
Daintily colored landscapes in green
and gold frames, 20x30 inches $1.75.
For 3bc and 40c
we can give yoa a choice from a num
ber of lines and many subjects.
' Dainty oriental landscapes in gilt
frames 8x11 inches.
Brightly colored figure pictures in
red, black, and green mats, with
frames to match 11x13 inches.
Animal pictures in round fibre
frames 14 inches in diameter.
Medallions greatly reduced in price,
etc., etc. If you want a picture for
Less Than 35c
We recommend our line of matted
atid ready-to-hang pictures at 15c and
25c. ' ,
We have sold within a few months
3,000 of these pictures and have 2,000
more lo dispose of before Christmas.
They are
NOVEL
ATTRACTIVE
and in GREAT VARIETY.
One of the few lines of pictures that
everybody buys. Colored or uncol
ored, gray, red or air gilt mats.
A whole page would be too small to
contain a description of our immense
stock of pictures.
We have hundreds of them in the
sheet and have made especial' arrange
ments that will enable us to turn out
a large number of frames during the
Christmas rush. ,
Come early if you wish to select pic
tures and have them framed for gifts.
Mexican Leather
These hand. ; carved f goods are more
popular than ever this year and the
prices more reasonable than they have
ever. .been beforer -
Purses, 50c. ;
; Stamp bo,oks,.25c. and 35c. '
,Co.ki. purser, 25c, 50c, 75c and 85c.
' Cigar ccses, $1.00, $1.50, $2.25, and
$3.00.. - . ... ... .
Card -cases,: $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00
and $2.25. '
Combination card cases and purses,
$1.00, $1.25, $1.50,- $1.75, $2.00, $2.50,
$3.00, $3.50, $4.50 and $5.00. "
Bill books, $2.25, $2.50,'- $3.00 and
$4.00. .
Belts, 50c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and
$1.75.
Music rolls, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, up to
$10.00.
Burnt Leather
Pen wipers, 25c. .
.Purses, $1.00,
Memorandums, 50c and 45c.
Address books, 50c.
' Blotters, 45c.
Kodak books, 85c, $1.00 and $1.50.
Magazine covers, 75c, and $1.00.
Bill books, 75c.
Lincoln .purses, 50c and 75c.
Warm Clothes
FOR CHILDREN.
Nebraska children are to have as
glorious winter weather as any chil
dren anywhere. Clothe the boys and
girls in leggins, overshoes, mittens,
and mufflers and give them some of
the red letter days of their lives, play
ing in the snow.-
CHILDREN'S MITTENS Wool, 15c,
25c and 35c; kid with fleece lining, 50c,
75c, . and $1.00. ". . ". ,
LEGGINS Boys' brown leather or
corduroy, worth $1.00, to be closed out
at 75c; little girls' white or black leg
gins," 50c,' 75c, $1.00 and $1.50.
. BOYS' MUFFLERS All colors, silk
cover' and quited lining, 50c.
CHILDREN'S OVERSHOES We
carry only the best quality and sell
them more cheaply than you can find
them, elsewhere.
Collar and Cuff Boxes
leather covered and most of them with
the small button box with a snap lid
in the top of the cover.
Plain round boxes satin or leather
lined, gray, black, tan or red $1.00,
$1.25, $1.50 and $2.00. ,
Square cases, $2.00, $2.50, $3.50, $5.00
and $6.00.
Traveling cases, flat shape, real alli
gator, $4.50; fine grain imitation seal,
$2.25 and $3.25.
Separate collar and cuff boxes, $1.25
and $1.50 a set.
Japanese Purses
Gay little affairs of crocheted Bilk,
pouch shaped, with oxldiied lid, five
inches long; red, green, yellow, blue
and so on with odd flowers or figures
$1.00.
Men's Slippers
Many of these comforts are being
bought for gifts. There are the Ev
erett, and Opera shapes, fleece-lined,
in black, tan, chocolate, or wine at
$1.50, $1.75 and $2.00.
Children's Cups
Silver plated, exceptionally pretty pat
terns and shapes, 25c, 50c, and $1.00.
The Season's Millinery
AT REDUCED PRICES.
Do you need a street hat or an extra
I'1, of trimming?, Come up. to the mil
linery section and get it at slight out
lay. . '
A variety of tips and plumes' are
being sold at unusually small figures.
A bunch of 3 ostrich tips for 25c or
full demi-plumes originally worth $1
and $1.25, for 50c.
Girls' warm angora tarns at ,75c,
$1.00 and $1.25; wool tarns, 50c.
Christmas Gloves t
enclosed in a box with .an envelope pf
sachet powder or a sprig of, holly ,
what a perfect, holiday package.
Mocha, $1.00 and $1.50.
Silk lined Mocha, $1.50.
Lambskin, all; colors, white and
black,' $1.00. , v - , .
Real kid, glace finish $125..
P. Centemeri's best French. kid,$l. 50.
Washable kid, $1.G5,: ;
Perrin's La Muir, $1.50. ;
Majestic or Monarch, $2.00.
French Jouvin, $2.00.
Mousquetaire evening gloves, -$2.50.
All gift gloves will be fitted or the
size exchanged after Christmas.
Christmas Aprons
of all kinds" from the straight plain,
lawn ones at 25c and 35c to those of
fine India linen trimmed with tucks,
embroidery, and tiny pockets, for $1.25.
Bib aprons with straps over the
shoulders, 45c, 50c, 75c, and $1.00.
Round aprons with ruffles, 25c, 50c,
95c, $1.00 and $1.25. .
Black sateen round aprons, 35c.
Our 25c Table
In the Notions Section holds all sorts
of useful and pretty gifts. Silver plat
ed articles:
Mustard pots, pie spoons, meat forks,
children's sets (knift, fork and spoon),
teaspoons (set of 6), pin trays, card
trays, hair receivers, bonbon dishes,
fern dishes, toothpick holders, napkin
rings, children's cups, berry spoons,
gravy ladles, olive dishes, sugar bowls,
creamers, candlesticks. Then there are
soap boxes, vases, smoking sets, jelly
stands, nut sets (crack and picks), salt
and peppers (sterling tops), nai!
brushes, hat brushes, hand mirrors,
whisk brooms, combs.
Toilet Articles
5c EACH.
Ebony finish and sterling mounted:
Nail files, cuticles, tweezers, letter
openers, erasers, roller blotters, glove
darners, darning eggs, shoe spoons, tea
bells and letter seal3.
10c EACH.
Imitation Roman horn, sterling mount
ed:,
Nail files, cuticles, button hooks,
tweezers, letter openers, erasers, roller
blotters and letter seals.
Books for the Children
.BY THE THOUSANDS.
Louisa M. Alcott's works, 45c, 60c,
85c and $1.10 each.
The Elsie Books, 85c 'each.
The Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf, con
taining 30 titles by Miss Alcutt, Har
riet Prescott Spofford, Louise Chan
dler, Mouiton, Jean Inglewood and
other writers, CO each.
The Little Colonel Series, ly Annie
Fellows Johnson, 40c each. 1
'. The Cozy Corner Series 25 titles by
Juliana Horatio Ewing, Miss Mulock,
Marshall, Saunders,' etc., 40c each.
The A lcott Library.
The Ewing' Library.',,
' The Nora Perry Library. -'
The , Laura E. Richards Library.
; The A. G. Plimpton Library,
Three to eight volumes in a set,
price, 45c a volume. "
A full line of books for boys and
girls by: J. G. Trowbridge, Hezekiah
Butterworth, W. A; Stoddard, Oliver
Optic, lie v. Jas. Kellogg, .Edward S.
Ellis, Horatio Alger,, Mayne Reid,
tlarry .Castlemat, G. A. Ilenty;, The
Jack Harkriy'ay Stories,, Beacon'aPrize
Medal . Stories,, ; Famous Hooks for
Boys, The Vassar Series for Girls, The
Snug Corner. Series for Girls: "
PRICES 25c, 33c, 50c, fC0c, $1.00,
?nd $1.20. 1
The Very Littlej People
have "not been forgotten"."' Thijlbook of
the season for them ir,v'T)erislowV
''Night Before Christinas;" $1.25: Then
comes Mr. Bunny, His Book, $1.00;
Animal Life in Rhyme and Jingle, $1;
u lly Whiskers, 85c; Puggery Wee,
8"c; Mother Goose Paint Book, 85c;
Guess Again, $1.25; Bridgman's Kewts,
$1.00; The Bandit Mouse, $1.00; Foxy
Grandpa, 60c and 85c; Jingleman Jack,
$1.00; The United Slates of -the World,
75c. And 5,000 smaller books to de
light the children. ,
Xmas Handkerchiefs
Beautiful plain hemstitched linen
squares on which may b esewed edges,
insertions, footing and ribbon, tatting
and so on; daintily worked, initials
that, bought by the dozen, would make
one's handkerchiefs very individual;
besides a surprising variety in men's
handkerchiefs.
WOMEN'S Plain linen hemstitched,
5c, 10c, 3 for 25c, 15c, or 2 for 25c,
20c, 25c, 35c, and 50c.
Hemstitched and embroidered, 15c,
25c, 35c," 50c, 75c, $1, $1.50, and $2.
Scalloped and embroidered, 25c, 50c,
75c, $1, and $1.50.
Lace trimmed, 15c, 25c, 50c, 85c,
$1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.50, $2.75 and $3.50.
Initial, sheer unlaundered, 10c;
laundered, full finished, 15c; sheer
shamrock, neat initial, 25c; pure linen,
44 script initials around border, 25c.
MEN'S Pure linen, 2 for 25c, 25c,
35c, 50c, and 75c; plain Japanese silk,
26c, 50c and 75c; Japanese silk with
fancy border, 25c and 50c; initial, un
laundered, 10c; laundered. 25c and 50c;
silk with elaborate initial, 50c.
HANDKERCHIEF CENTERS Sheer
linen, 6, 7, 8, or 9 inches square, 1-8
or 1-4 inch hem, 15c and 25c; em
broidered, 25c and 40c; round, button
holed, 25c.
A HUGE JOKE
Civil Government in the Philippines And
Very Expensive One
Doubtless readers of The Indepen
dent have noted the dearth of news
from the Philippines. With the ex
ception of a short item relative to the
cholera or one laudatory of Governor
Taft, but little reaches ,this country
through the channels of the Asso
ciated press. A' private letter to a citi
zen of Lincoln, however, was shown
t the editor the other day which con
tains some information which may be
r lied upon. The writer is a republi
can and, hence, would have no parti
san reasons for coloring his story.
"Civil government here so far has
leen a huge joke," he says, "but a very
expensive one, for the cost of living
is outrageous, and the whole country
is paralyzed; what with the currency
question, cholera, ladronism, etc
They are not called insurgents now
only ladrones. There is general dis
content among all classes, Including
1 Americans, at the situation here.
Taxes are higher than ever before,
and everyone grumbling.
"The whole thing is a farce and I
should not be surprised, before many
months, that 100,000 soldiers will be
needed here, unless things change
rapidly for the better."
Butler county used to be strong fu
sion. This year things went galley
west. The fiddler must be paid. But
ler pays $920.39 for her folly. The
smallest December school apportion
ment ever made to her by the fusion
ists was $4,582.48. This December she
gets $3,662.09. The difference will pay
for shucking 30,000 bushels of corn at
3 cents a bushel or nullify the earn
ings of 500 stay-at-homes. Retribution.
Keep up the Fight
Editor Independent: Having sent
out one hundred and fifty letters con
taining the seven-plank new party
movement, I thought best to acquaint
you with the result. My letters went
to states from Ohio to California and
Tennessee to Montana; but few failed
to respond. With few exceptions all
favored the continuance of the fight on
party lines. Also that in the event
of the reorganlzers getting possession
of the party, the radicals will have
ample time to confer and organize.
I was pleased to read that all declare
the money question not settled, and
government by injunction as plank 8.
DR. R. H. REEMELIN.
Cincinnati, O.
Mr. Theo. Thorneton, of Weston, la.,
had a load of heifers of his own rais
ing on the South Omaha market Tues
day, that sold for $4.25, a very high
figure considering the present condi
tion of the market. . They attracted
much attention and a photograph of
them was taken before they went to
the scales. Nye & Buchanan sold
them.
Proud to be a Populist
Editor Independent: I enclose six
educational subscriptions and assure
you that I admire The Independent in
its advocacy of principles above par
ty more than any paper 1 ever read or
knew of. I regard the principles ad
vocated by The Independent as the
original Jeffersonian democracy that
I have always contended for as what
our fathers fought, bled and died to
establish, that we might as Ameri
can citizens govern ourselves; and not
that the laborer should be governed by
organized capital.
I maintain that a common laborer
who helps to create all the wealth
should at least exercise as much politi
cal power as the milionaire, if he does
belong to the organized trust So the
latter-day so-called democrat and I
differ along that line, and they call
me a populist or people's party man.
I am proud to be recognized as being
one of the people, and contending for
equal rights to all and special priv
ileges to none, be he rich or poor, la
borer or syndicate millionaire; and I
bid The Independent God-speed in
fighting the battle for the people as a
whole. G. W. WALTERS.
San Saba, Tex.
Receipts of the postoffice
during the last year amoun
000.000. The exoenditures
$125,000,000, leaving a d
$3,000,000. Ten years ago
deficiency of $6,000,000, the
ing $71,000,000, and the
$77,000,000.
department
ted to $122,
were nearlv
eficiency of
there was a
receipts be-expenditure
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