THE ILLUSTRATED UEE.
lVct'inlier 21. 1002.
APPROPRIATE
FOR THE SEASON
f hi-IMmn ComM lnt Oncf n YeBr.
lint C otnlnn Onrt Kill All
Month with fhrff.
THE BANKERS RESERVE LIFE
Looks Kwrnnril l This lirllmii
with More Tlmn Ordinary
I'lenmire.
Christmas Is tho great rhrlstlan fi'Htlval.
All other celebrations sink Into Insignifi
cance In tho presence of this brightest day
of tho calendar. Nut nlnno licraiiHO of lis
dorp religious Importance do wo enter Into
the festivities of tho birthday of our Lord
and Savior. It Is the fi-aat day of all, Jew
and (lontllo, native and foreign born, re
ligionist and Infidel, Catholic and apostle
tiik iiAKr.iiH iir.sr.nvr. i.ii r.
has Been but five Christ mas anniversaries,
but It comes to the front this year nil
smllrs and nil Rood rlu-er. The year 1 !)''.
ha been a genuine record breaker. No
single month of the rolling year Just paused
hns failed to make Its record on new busl
iipbb. The result Ib iiiohI gratifying to the
management and Its friends. The
1AY OK SMAI.I. TIIIJ M I" ST.
The Hankers Reserve Life, having fought
Its way to the front, Is In position to lead
In the Insurance field In Nebraska. It
should have $10,000,000 by July, 1003. The
assets are rapidly Increasing. Next year,
unless all signs fall, It will receive an In
come of at least $2M,000 In cash. No
wonder
it. ii. iioiiiHo, pur.sini'.M'.
la eagerly seeking experienced underwrit
ers. He tins already engnged several old
commercial travelers. These men having
bad training ns biwlness . solicitors, make
superior life Insurance ngents. Any man
who has traveled for a commercial firm
for a period of years can make big money
soliciting applications for the
II A N K K II 9 It ISM Kit VIS 1. 1KB, t)MAII.
BEAUTY HINTS.
New and I'p-to-Date Ideas, Hints nnil
Advice, About the Care of the
Skin and Complexion.
The Moat Kspenslre, Kiqulslte anil
I'erfeet Toilet Preparations
In the World.
They cotudst of A tllKAM which Is a
perfect tissue builder, restoring the kln
to its natural healthy condition, H A
SKIN TONIC, something entirely new, to
be used externally, put up In tablet form.
One tablet, dissolved In a bowl of water.
not only medicates It, but perfumes It with
a delightful odor, converting It into a cool
ing, healing and benullclnl tonic, $1.50. A
It) WD Fit for the face which contains no
hurtful Ingerdlents and Is the tlnest powder
ever manufactured. $1. A COMI'LKXION
HKU8II made In the form of a wedge, the
pointed part of the brueh being more pene
trutlng, as the bristles are stlffer and of
unequal length, a new and good Idea, $1.21.
A MEDICATED BOA1 made of the purest,
best and most expensive materials ever put
Into a soap, equally good In either hard or
soft, hot or cold water, 25 cents.
All of the preparations are pucked In a
box called "THE VALUON ltEAUTY
BOX," price $o. With this box only nre
given the Instructions of Louise Vunbonne's
physician, the most distinguished physician
In France. Ills Instructions are worth sev
eral times the price charged for all the
preparations.
Sl'EClAL SAMPLES AND HOOK-Tu
prove that the Valbon Preparations are
"THE FINEST IN THE AVOHI.D." we
mall for ten cents a suiniun of the Soup,
Cream, I'owdcr, Skin Tonic Tublctti and our
book, one of the duintlest, prettiest books
ever printed, full of up to date Ideas abou
the care of the complexion, the hands and
linger nails, the teeth and hair, etc. Its
Illustrations are works of art.
VALHON CO., 156 Fifth Ave., New York
Cleanliness Is Next to. Godliness
Neat, clean clothes Is the badge of self
appreciation and evident respect for others
This applies to ladies as well as men. It
Is our business to keep you looking thl
way, and at a very small cost, considering
the benefit derived. By having your clothe
carefully cleaned and pressed occasionally
they will look enough better and wear
enough longer to more than pay for the
cleaning. We clean and reflnlsh ladles'
dresses, shirt waists, wrappers, jackets,
ball costumes, etc., just as they do In Paris,
without the least danger of fading or
shrinking. All work guaranteed.
The Pantorium,
407 South 15th St. Telephone 963.
logs for sale of all kinds. Fancy pig
eons, lielglan hares and ferrets. Send 6
cents for catalogue.
LtANDIS, Vox o. Uowers Station, Iterks
Co., Pa.
Husy Season for Aids
(Continued from Fifth Page.)
bucketful, but by the carload of bucketsful.
If every oyster had Its pearl, pearls would
be, at this season, cheaper than glass
beads or resolutions of respect.
To the freight companies, Christmas
loesn't mean so much at least not Just
at Chajstnias time. Indeed, there is a posl-
ive slump In business during the holidays.
They have done their part earlier In the
season, when stocks were replenished In
ho stores and shops. Few presents nre
sent by freight, (ilft-glvlng Is supposed to
be conllned to a single, particular day, and
ho man who has ever tried freighting
knows that single, particular days are noi
o be relied upon in that business. He
knows that December 25 Is apt to find the
Ift bo started December 20 lying cold and
undisturbed on the floor of a box car side-
rucked at Sullie's Siding, twenty mile
from anywhere and ten miles from a tele-
graph station. Chrlstmus presents sent by
xpress average in weight from three to
five pounilH, bo that the charges are not so
heavy as to seem to Justify any experi
menting with the freighters. Frequently
birds, cats and dogs are sent as gifts. Il
freight they might be fossils before they
reached their destinations and the recipl-
nts.
Hut most of all It Is the messenger com-
iany that profits by the Christmas boom.
Tho day prior to last Christmas the thlrty-
flvo boys employed by one company an
swered 2,800 calls. This is not an estimate.
I is the record on tho company's books
and the busy young woman In the sweater
an show the entry In the bank book as
further proof. The calls were all answered
between it o'clock one morning and 2 o'clock
the morning following. All the money paid
for the service is not shown on the bank
book, however, as It was a memorable day
for tipping. Tho boys were tipped until
they literally bent over with the weight
f their wealth. In the ofllce the night be
fore had been stored hundreds and hundreds
of bundles which had been left there to be
delivered at certain designated hours.
TIiobo to go at 1 o'clock were In one pile;
thoso to go at 2 o'clock In another, and bo
Any left over from 1 o clock and I
o'clock were dollvered together at 3 o'clock,
after the fashion of the man In the vaude
ville Joko who was out of remedy No. 9
and so took Nos. 4 and &. Every messenger
boy knew the plan because he knew the
Joke. Indeed ho would be a very slow mes
senger boy if he didn't know that Joke, be
cause It's older than his father. Hut every
thing goes at Christmas time! Especially
Jokes. And money! Money goes easier
then than at any other time, and the mes
senger boy knows that better than anybody.
lie knows, too, that wherever he goes ne
wUl be received more kindly than ordl
uarily. It is a noteworthy fact that people
who growl and grumble at the lad ordinarily
havo nothing but pleasant words for him al
Christmas time especially when he Is com
ing to them with a packugo instead of going
from them with one.
The boys have strange burdens at such
times. Last year the wheeling was gooa
and they could carry almost anything. And
that's what they did carry. Boxes of candy
were more numerous than all the other
thlnira combined, but among the other
things were plenty of boxes of tlowers,
plenty of sleds, plenty of dolls, plenty of
chlnaware and even such things as baby
buggies (two of them sent to bachelors by
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an alleged joKerj, gas stoves, a pair ui mi-
glan hares, a suit of clothes and a corset,
The boys knew it was a corset because one
of them accidentally stepped on the box
and the woman cashier screamed. A
woman has Just three kinds of screams
One she uses when she Is kissed without
warning, one when she sees a mouse with
a warning, and one when a corset box Is
crushed. The average messenger boy early
learns to detect between the three and at
Christmas time be gets .to hear all three
kinds with rather more than ordinary fre
quency.
The transfer wagons carry what the boys
cannot and their deliveries mount high into
the tons for a single day. Usually they
have to help the delivery crews of the big
stores, as these delivery crews working
early and late are still unable to keep up
with the demands of the time. It Isn't In
human power and horse strength to do so,
But to tell all that is hauled would be to
give an invoice of a department store and
the Invoice of an Omaha department store
is much too long to print.
Those Chicago Knots
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "They've got a
clergyman up In Chicago who takes a great
pride In the firmness of the marriage knots
he ties."
"How does he show It?"
"When he finishes he says to every cou
pie, 'Now I want you two to unders'and
that I'll take it as a personal affront If
ell her one of you applies for a divorce In
side of six months."
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The above Is a cut of the first "Foot Hall
Team" the Omaha Commercial College ever
hnd. but It will not be the last. Though
their record for 1902 was not brilliant. It
was not disappointing. The team for 1903
will be organized early In the season and
placed under a competent coach, who will
put it In fine shape. The team la now
open for engagements next year. We want
the names and addresses of every foot ball
player who Is so situated as to be able to
take a Commercial Course or a course In
Shorthand and Typewriting next year. We
propose to offer superior inducements to
crack players who will attend tho Omaha
Commercial College and Join our foot ball
team. Special arrangements will be made
for those who signify their intention of be
ing with our team. There are many high
school foot ball teams within 500 miles of
Omaha. We would like to have the names
of every one. We will have some Inter
esting communications to make and sonic
remarkable propositions to submit to them
for a course of study In the Omaha Com
mercial College. It is our purpose to have
a first and second team and not less than
thirty of the best players that can be se
lected from experienced men. Those In
terested in foot ball playing and who con
template a commercial course will please
write us at once. Address, Rohrbough
Bros., Omaha, Neb.
WINTER TERM opens Monday morning,
January 5. New classes in every depart
ment. Send for Illustrated catalogue at
once. Address ROHRBOl'GH BROS.,
Omaha, Neb.
A $5.00 Value for
$322
CUT THIS COUPON OUT AND
MAIL, IT TO US WITH $3.00 EN
CLOSED AND WB WILL SEND YOU
FOUR FULL QUARTS OF
10-YEAR OLD KEN
TUCKY CABINET
AND A FINE QUART BOTTLE OF
OUR MEDICATED BLACKBERRY
FREE WITH OTHER SOUVENIR.
COUPON
Distiller to Consumer
HARDINO DISTILLING CO.,
1308 Farnam St..
Omaha, Neb.
Enclosed find $3.00 for which
please send me 4 full quarts of the
10-YEAR-OLD KENTUCKY CAB
INET and the present you offer.
Name
Town ,
State
P. 8. All charges prepaid.
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Her Rule
Chicago Tribune: "Auntie, how long do
you have to roast a chicken before It's
done?"
"Well, If your oven Is good and hot, one
hour for every year of the chicken's age."
"But how do you find out bow many
years old the chicken Is?"
"That's easy enough. At the end of ev
ery hour stick a fork in it and see If It's
tender."
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10FT13 BROS. & CO., H'.W:",
CpC U A tl U BIW kb, Ultus 11., U.S. A.
G. A. Lindquest
TAILOR.
A good assortment of winter suitings,
finished and unfinished worsteds, for Cut
away, Prince Albert and Dress Suits.
Also a One stock of materials for over
coats, fancy vestings and trouserings.
Prices Very Reasonable.
1410 FARNAfl STREET"
Omaha's
Popular
Tailor!
YOU'LL choose from a beautiful as
sortment here, not a few ORDINARY
PATTERNS, but you'll make your pick
from nearly 1,600 choice fabrics drapad
Ids by side for easy and quick com
parison. Trousers $5, $6, $7, $8, $9
Suits $20, $25,530, $35
On finest tailoring wa save you ONB
TTURD off the lofty price commonly
asked by CREDIT TAILORS.
Our window display Is an index 0
what you'll find oa our tables.
YAH LOR
209-211 So. 15th Street.
Grand Electric Go.
Moved to Larror Quarters
GENERAL ELECTRICITY
Industrial
I Iron
I W orks
ft Office and
" wsr 1 n 1 .
iviacmne anops
1406.8 Howard St.
Telephone 1449
Iron and
Brass
Foundry
802 Jackson St
Telephone 2432
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Drop Into the water pan of your furnace,
a small quantity of your favorite perfume,
lilac or roses, and it will give your house
an air of spring-like sweetness that will
surprise yourself and friends, liefore doing
so clean out the water pan and give it a
coat of our white enamel.
It vou find our advice In this matter
good, you will find It equally as good when
you need hot water attachment furnace
tlrepots or grates or stove supplies of any
kind. We also move and set up stoves,
cover furnace pipes with asbestos and In
fact when you want anything In the stove,
range or furnace line (except to buy a new
one) telephone 960. Omaha Stove Hepalr
Works, 12Jl Douglas Street.
