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pitrorlir lc nilu li:iit 1 lie lice
mifled i tjit-m. AtldrrsN ill lie
tiiaiiKc.l um ilieu rh reiiuca.eil.
Nothing ia Tammany's sto-.kina this
J oar.
For a man who talks so UUlo, J. I'.
1. is singularly fond of telephones.
The base bull magnates take care to
FiiHtaiu the interest during the closed
season.
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Leopold's daughters get only three
iiiiuiuiic. idimiic iulucih ure su lui-
firovldent;
Dropping, dropping, hear tiio dollars
of the sugar ring dropping into I'nele
Earn '8 hat.
Talk about back to the farm, here's
New York going back to "St. Elmo"
for a new play.
, The protnihc of a wireless telephone
from the Eiffel tower to New York has
thus far faUenoH .deaf ears.
Rockefeller's Bclentidt having found
the germ ' of poliomyelitis, the' next
question Is what he will do with it. "
Manitoba province has assumed
nwnernliln nf nil th ffraln olovntnra In
the province. More government up
lift! It begins to look as though defective
rails were again dealing their deadly
work. Have the railroads not yet
taught the steel manufacturers their
lesson7
The southern newspapers manifest
the true Christmas spirit towar.!
ldent Taft for his appointment
i'res-'
of u I
Tennessee democrat to the supreme
bench in the holiday season.
Aside from his characterization of
the Illinois Central as a fraud, a rob
ber and a Judas cariot, Attorney Gen
eral Stead of Illinois may be willing to
concede that the road is otherwise all
right.
. His Juliet gets a verdict for $2,000
against young Zelaya for his "love
mood," but the recreant swain's dollars
seem to have flown after his affection,
for he confesses himself bankrupt of
both.
As usual, the human unit proves to
have been t fault for thy rear-end
collision near Erie, Pa. All the safety
devices In the world cannot avail
against the personal equation that dis
regards orders and signals.
The three radical parties in the (ler
mr.n relchHtag have agreed to unite, on
the theory of strength In unity, but in
asmuch as the agreement does not take
effect till 1912. the impatient socialist
has abundant time to speculate on the
results.
Another reason for special condem
nation of the poet Watson for his stabs
Against tho premier's daughter Is dis
covered in the fact that when he was
subjecting her to 6ticU criticUtn ah'e
a nursing her fiance on his deathbed.
The English race is not likely to for
give this additional bitterness flung
Into a woman's cup of grief already
brimming.
The obstructive tactics of th Slavs
In the Austrian releheraih present the
curious feature of physicians In attend
ance upen the speakers, taking their
pul.-w'S and temperatures, so that they
may not over-exert themselves. This
reads nioro like a tix-i'ay go-as-you-pleas
bicycle race. A filibuster iu the
American congress would scorn to ad
mit that there was any limit to human
uudfetmM la the speech line.
A Test of Prosperitj.
Jf the proof of tht pucHiug is In the
eating thrrcof, then the payment of
dividend, may hf taken an a fair gauge
of buinrFa prosperity. .Judging from
thin standpoint, the record for 15109 la
most t'tirouragiOK. It Is far ahead of
1908 or 1907 and proven moat con
clusively the soundness of the state
ment made at different times during
the year that the business of the coun
try was on a paying hauls, and waa
growing at a remarkably rapid rate.
It is now cptliuateJ by a competent
Wall street authority that between
the? 1st nnd l.'tli days of Jauuary next
(here will be paid to the holders of
stocks nnd bonds of the various cor
porations tif the United States more
than 1223,000,000, the largest Interest
and dividend disbursement In the
history of finance of this country. This
enormous pament Is compared with
similar payments In the corresponding
month of 190s of approximately $198,
000,000 and in January of 1907 of
$220,000,110
This great increase
represent h the improvement in general
business conditions in the last half of
1919, as compared with conditions pre
valent (luring the same period In 1908.
Railroads will pay to shareholders
In Jani'nry a little more than $72,
000,000, nn increase of about $49,-
000,000 over the same month of last
year, w hile stockholders in industrial,
commercial and public utility concerns
will receive more than $61,000,000, a
total cf over $131,000,000 In dividends.
Interest payments will aggregate more
thnn $92,000,000, of which $62,
000,000 will represent the fixed
charges on outstanding railroad bonds,
and $00,000,000 of interest payments
v 111 be made on the combined bonded
i in '.eble Iness of miscellaneous cor
i peratiens of the country. These figures
are referred to In order that some
bettor Idea may be had of the enormous
extent of the curpoiate buuluess carried
on In the country.
While on the subject It may be of
intercut to note Hint at the end of this
year more than $1,500,000,000 will I
HUf Um'H JJlll I'l OLVJLl U1IU UUII'I
holders of the United States, which is
also a new record for such payments.
Recent compilations by the Wall Street
Journal show that the free stock of
money in the United States is about
$1,600,000,000, so that if the entire
payment of dividends and interest had
fallen on one day It would have taken
nearly all the money In the United
States to have discharged the obliga
tion. Hut the principal concern of the
public with this matter Is that the
business of the country is on such a
basis that these enormous payments of
fixed charges and profits are possible
without disturbance or. special notice.
Time to Uncover Frauds.
With the testimony given la. the
federal court at Denver as a basis,
there seems to be afforded an oppor
tunity for discovering some phases of
the coal land frauds that have thus far
defied Investigation. One of the farmer
victims of a Colorado deal claims that
attorneys advised him that the filings
had been irregular and that there had
to be some quick covering up. It
would appear that any lawyers coercing
stockholders, as has been testified to
in this case, had laid themselves liable
to participation in the prosecution as
well as the profits, and it is to be
hoped that the government will ' not
overlook the opening thus afforded for
Including the tricky legal luminaries in
the net.
Furthers than this, It Is testified
that a "minor official" In the land
office at Washington had advised the
promoters to change the identity ef
their company and bury it deep to
help the fraud." It Is eminently In
order for those to whom the "minor
official" gave this advice to name his
name. If any government officials are
included in the land fraud ring, now
Is the time to vneover them. The ad
ministration covets just such facts as
are here hinted at, for the more shin
ing til 3 example, the more lasting will
be the lesson that these prosecutions
rf the government against public do
muin Jugglers are intensely in earnest.
The Family and the Public.
Just now much attention is being
demanded by reformers of two sorts as
wide apart as the poles. One set is
clamoring loudly for the abolition, or
Ht least the restriction, of divorce, set
ting up that under the laxity of the
law which readily dissolves the mar
riage bond the family is threatened
with all but extinction. Much able
argument is brought to the support of
this position and the status of society
when the family shall have become ex
tinct is painted in darkest tints.
Another set of reformers, almost as
numerous and equally clamorous, are
apparently bent on destroying the fam
ily. In the name of society these good
people go into the homes and under
take to regulate the conduct of parents
towards their children and, failing in
this, remove the children entirely from
the charge nnd keeping of their natural
parents and with the sanction of the
law thrust them into detention homes
whence they are taken, if at all, to
places where they may be reared at
least In a manner different from what
might have happened had they re-
I malned with their parents.
j net ween these two sets of reformers
' havpily stands the large body of cl'l-
lensbip who hold aKiof from divorce
court and Juvenile court a!!k. The
family Is still the unit in American so
- iety and must remain so. On its per
petuity practically rests the safety of
the government. It has not been es
tablished that the so-called divorce evil
Is a serious menace to the sanctity of
the home, nor has It been uibilsued
that the Intervention of the law for the
alleged purpose of protecting children
from parental neglect Is working the
wonders the reformer promised for It.
Abuses have arisen under the divorce
laws and caes have come tip wherein
the juvenile court has served a good
purpose, but so far experience has
proven that the demand for reforma
tion represented by these two methods
is more apparent than real. The fam
ily, if left to itself, is auite U8 apt to
woi k out Its own ralvallon as It is
when directed in its development by .1
law designed and administered by
theorists.
King Albert'i Opportunity.
I'nder the reign of Albert I, to be
ushered In this week, Pelglum may be
expected to take a long stride forward
in economic and social progress, in
case the new monarch lives up to his
opportunity. The masses of the pop
ulation have for decades been ground
lower and lower under a most op
pressive national debt and a system of
tuxation that has constantly grown
more burdensome. So that they might
nt rebel afcalnst the tertible drain of
the public revenues, which have taxed
even the trades, they have been kept
In ignorance and In a country whose
constitution forbids all armed ag
gression, the ministry of war spends
nearly twice as much as does that of
the Interior and public instruction.
King Albert gives promise of chang
ing all this, for he has spent his youth
In studying the American and other
advanced systems of government, and
It Is expected of him that he will seek
to lift his people from the slough of
oppression, ignorance and debt. In
stead of maintaining the throne for
selfish exploitation or private ag
grandizement, such a modern and high-
purposed ruler should be able to in
stitute fiscal reforms, remodel and ex
tend the Bchools, and lead his subjects
Into the ways of an enlightened civili
zation. Immediate Improvements are
possible, and If Albert undertakes
them with the far-sightedness that Is
said to be one of his characteristics the
progress will be steady and secure.
The w orld at large will be the gainer
to a ct nsiderable degree from an In
telligent application of what the young
king has learned from his travels
among the nations. Belgium is too
crowded with people to hope ever to
regain its lost possibilities as an agri
cultural country'- In mines and manu
factures it is susceptible of vast Im
provement, but It must buy Its food
from other lands. Lifted from abject
poverty, the masses will demand more
and more of the world's produce, and
the granaries of the United States will
have a new market as the Relgians are
developed along modern lines. Pros
perity for this long down-trodden
people will be a source of additional
gain for progressive producing nations.
King Albert has it in his power to lift
his millions of subjects from ignorance
and want into education and happi
ness, and in so doing he will be benefit
ing humanity at large, from every
high, as well as every selfish point of
view.
Congressional Criticism.
Some of the members of congress
have been taking up the time of the
house with attacks upon officials of
the executive department for criticisms
of that body. One of the representa
tives even went so far as to assert that
the auditor of the district ought to be
discharged for making some such
statements.
Sensitiveness Is an excellent thing in
public servants, for it enables those
who do not agree with their altitude
on any matter to say the very things
that will touch the spot aimed at. while
the man with a walrus hide must fre
quently be given up as hopeless. The
public will therefore welcome the
knowledge that congressmen are sus
ceptible to criticism, albeit that is a
weapon that some times cuts both
ways.
But the attempt to smother a citi
zen's ideas just because he happens to
be in the government service will meet
with considerable opposition from
thoe who hold that this is a land of
free Bpeech. How would It do for all
those public servants outside of con
gress to agree to cease public dis
cussion of congressional acts when
members of ttie house shall cease open
attacks upon fellow members and upon
administration policies and their ex
ponents? What a dull and somber
place the floor of tlie house would get
to be:
Censorship on News.
That is a rather unusual process re
puted to be under way In Washington
for the enactment of a law designed by
the officers of the general start to es
tablish a legal censorship of news re
lating to the movements of land and
naval forces In war times. As framed
the bill is said to authorize the presi
dent to Issue a proclamation forbidding
the publication of news relating to the
armed forces of the government, or the
means and measures by which the war
Is to be prosecuted. Further pro
vision is alleged to be a proposal for
the definite establishment of a press
censorship in the War and Navy de
partments to which correspondents In
period of stress must submit matter
an 1 ask leave to publish. Fines of
$5,000 and imprisonment of from six
months to three years are attached as
peualtles for violation.
One of the promoters of the bill is
said to be General J. Franklin Bell,
who, it is stated, desires to see the
measure enacted before he turns bis
duties as chief-of-stsff over to General
Wood on being assigned to take charge
of military matters In the Philippines.
The very name censorship is abhor-
rent to every American, savoring, as It
does, of methoda Rassiau, Spanish,
monarchical and tyrannical. During
the civil war the government had no
trouble to bring action for sedition or
treason against editors who offended
the union interests, and it would seem
that the present regulations provide
sufficiently for proper control of those
publications which have no respect for
truth and patriotism. Fortunately,
that class of scandalmonger is rare,
and the great mass of prudent and
painstaking newspapers should not be
made to suffer for the sins of the few.
War correspondents in the field have
customarily proved themselves to be
brave and honorable men, picked for
the service, and they have been suffi
ciently hedged about with restrictions
without being subjected to an espion
age which would render their work
virtually valueless. Newspapers rpend
many thousands of dollars to get the
truth, in war times, and in case this
country should become involved in a
confliit the people would demand the
facts without suppression.
The reader will be apt to cry out
that a censorship such as proposed
would be unconstitutional, yet It has
been found possible to enforce similar
prohibitive laws In some cases. In
Massachusetts no newspaper Is per
mitted to discuss In any way a case
that is on trial before any court in that
commonwealth, and some of the most
conservative papers In that state have
violated. the statute for the sake of
testing it, and have been heavily fined
as a result. Nevertheless, it Is well
for the advocates of the proposed cen
sorship to recall the constitutional pro
vision, which reads:
"Congress shall make no law which,
respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech or of the press; or the right of
the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the government for a re
dress cf grievances."
The fact that this was adopted as the
first amendment to the constitution
would tend to prove that a free press
was to the minds of the states an es
eentlal bulwark of the nation.
Sugar King Convictions.
The wisdom of deferring congress
ional exploitation of the sugar ring
frauds is manifest In the success of the
prosecution under way in New York,
where five of the offenders have
already been found guilty. When the
government shall have exhausted its
ability to reach the ringleaders with
the arm of criminal indictment will be
time enough for a congressional com
mittee to expose any ramifications that
are beyond the power of the prosecu
tion because of the statute of limita
tions, and exposure then will bo Just as
effective without having hindered the
administration's efforts.
Five verdicts of guilty are a distinct
encouragement. The Jury's disagree
ment over the case of Bendernagel, a
former cashier, while disappointing to
the government, may prove to be of
real service, for Bendernagel testified
that his deeds were at the Instigation
of men higher up, and on his retrial
the prosecuting attorneys may be able
to disclose some of the chief offenders
not yet discovered. Fortified with the
records of the cases just closed, the
government may be regarded as In a
position to present even stronger evi
dence in the trial of the additional in
dictments now pending, and the public
may confidently expect that no of
fender is to be permitted to escape if
guilt can be fastened upon him beyond
tho reasonable doubt to which every
defendant is entitled.
The people of Kansas City have reg
istered a vote against the extension of
the franchise of the street railway com
pany of that city. Without reference
to the existing terms on which the ex
tension was sought, the verdict may be
interpreted as indicating the purpose
of the citizens to have the valuable
franchise come directly within their
control. While the present company
still has sixteen years of life, it will
eventually find itself In a place where
the public may prescribe the terms un
der which it shall exist. This is in
Hue w ith the general trend of modern
thought. Wrhlle in many cases the
people expect, perhaps, too much of a
public service corporation, it is but the
swinging of the pendulum to the other
extreme, for in the past it has been too
frequently the policy of the public
service corporation to give too little.
Valuable franchises will no longer be
awarded merely as an encouragement
to enterprise, and corporations formed
for the purpose of providing public
service will necessarily have to make
their offers attractive In order to se
cure the privileges sought.
New York state is about to abandon
its candle-power tests of gas for those
showing its heating power, a fact
which emphasizes another phase of
modern development. Electric forms
of lighting have in a large measure
supplanted gas, and those who still uso
gas for light have discovered the effi
ciency and economy of the Incandescent
mantels, while gas for cooking has
come into practically general use. This
is one of the marked evolutions in
household economy.
New York republicans have lost an
able leader in the death of State Sen
ator John Raines, who for seven years
bad been the chief on the floor of the
capitol, st Albany. His famous liquor
tax law of 1896 made his name cele
brated throughout the country.
Society women In New York have
abandoned the slumming fad for the
real work of supporting the working
girls in the waistmakars' strike. Here
Is an opportunity for the sex's persua
sion to become effectual. If the women
who buy support the women who make,
the men who sell will be forced to
capitulate.
Relatives sought to have declared
Insane tha millionaire who planted
Michigan barrens with thousands of
apple trees, but now the trees Hie
harvesting a fortune and taking state
fair prizes, and the barrenness has
been transferred to the relatives' codi
cil in the crazy man's will.
Attorney General Wlckersham's an
nouncement that hereafter no assistant
district attorneys will be appointed for
political reasons has cast a gloom over
partisan circles In some of the large
cities, where the feeling grows more
acute that all the joy Is steadily going
out of politics.
A woman Is in Washington to urge
congress to establish a school to teach
farmers' wives how to cook. Any
farmer's wife who thinks she cannot,
will please rise up. But then the ap
pealing theorist is a spinster who has
never kept house, so she may be for
given. SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
No man helps people much who thinks
only of plea-sln them.
One way to defend the right is to at
tack all wrong vigorously.
Making the hcHt of that which ia wrong
Is often buttressing an evil.
Many believe In the discipline of Buffer
ing, provided others take It.
No man hits the mark of righteousness
by aiming at respectability.
If you never dream of the impossible
you will never do the possible.
You cannot sow weeds In your heart
and keep the burrs to yourself.
You will never lead a boy into your fuith
until you have much faith in him.
Muny talk so freely ot religion because
they have never met the real thing.
Th6 best way to get the help of heaven
Is to give vome other fellow a little helu.
Many a sulnt eats pickles and cream and
then goes to sleep waiting for a vision
from Ood.
Many a man is so busy making a living
for his chimiim that ho forgets to think
of their real lives.
The world la not likely to believe In your
faith if when it luoka for fruit you can
show only Bound roots. Chicago Tribune.
SECULAR SH0IS AT PULPIT.
Chicago Kecord-llerald: A Philadelphia
preacher has arranged mattera so that
half a dozen of the prettiest young women
in his ciuikregation act as ushers. A
largely Increased attendance of men la
reported.
New York Tribune: That young minister
who wants to divorce his wife because she
does not appreciate his sermons ought to
prepare a clibcourse on the text about a
prophet net being without honor save in
hla own country.
Charleston News and Courier: A Pitts
burg l'lcshytcrian elder has departed with
$10v,lK'J, i.'iit; or leas, of money belonging
to in. prmbytery, of which he was treas
urer. He is reported to have gonu to Japan,
but not as a missionary.
Philadelphia Press; President Taft has
miBeil no opportunity since he was In
augurated to emphasise his confidence In
missions, and his speech last night in New
York, at tho diamond Jubilee of the African
mission of the Methodist Episcopal church,
adds to the many occasions on which ho
has given foreign missions his personal
support and approval.
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PERSONAL AflD UriiERWISE.
Golde,n text for today: If you haven't,
do it early tomorrow.
Kcrmit Roosevelt shot a bongo,' but the
whungdoodlo got away.
A special election enabled the Traction
managers of Kansas City to see stars with
out a telescope.
Fining the New York Ice trust the awful
sum of u,000 is about aa painful a penalty
to the concern aa the melting of ice cukes
carefully placed on sunny doorsteps in
midsummer.
No United States senator la to be elected
by the Illinois legislature at Its present
session, and tho more hopeful patriots ex
pect It will devote its talenta to business
worth while.
A salaried scribe, .on tho Detroit Kre'o
Tress pipes off the sentiments of the
Fourth estate In two lines. He will em
brace spiritualism as soon as a medium
makes the ghost walk twice a week. No
less.
A Pennsylvania grocer attempted to
prove the "strictly fresh" quality of hla
stock of eggs by eating a sample, lie ex
pects to return to duty before Christmas.
Thereafter he will simply Ineist pn the In
tegrity of the printed label.
Every well regulated boy and girl can
Increase the store of parental esteem by
cutting out the habit of spooking around In
places where packages might be atortd
away. Catching on before the appointed
time dims the glitter of the Christmas
tree.
Expert rock sharks express surprise be
cause they did not find a fragment of tho
shale rock in a Chicago sewer trench for
which the city paid tho contractor nn "ex
tra" of $46,000. The conclusion is thai tho
contractor made a clean Job of It, especially
the city "rocks."
THE SHIPS OF YULE.
lilies Carmen In the Delineator.
When I was Just a little boy,
Before 1 went to school,
1 had a fleet of forty sail
1 called the Ships of Yule.
Of every rig. from rakish briu
And gallant barkentlne
To little Fundy fishing boats.
wih gunboats painted green.
They used to go on trading rips
Around tha world for me.
Fur though I had to stay on shoie
My heart was on the sea.
They stopped at every port of call
From Babylon to Home.
To load with all the lovely things
We never had at home;
WHh elephants and Ivory
Bought from tha King of Tyre.
And shells and ailk and sandalwood
What sailor men admire;
With figs and dates from Hamarcand.
AuJ squatty slngur Jars.
And scented silver amulets
From Indian baxaars;
With sugar cane from Port of fpain,
With monkeys from Crylon.
And pap r lanterns from Pi kiu
With painted dragons on;
With coconuts from Zanzibar,
And pines from Singapore;
And when they had unloaded these
They could go back for more.
And even after I was big
And had lo go to school.
Mv mind wan often far away
Aboard the Shtpa of Yule.
Nearly every
in the year
we receive letters like the following:
Such letter sarc our best advertising.
They rather tend to show Permanency,
Persistency, Fair Dealing.
CHARLES M. DIICTZ,
OMAHA
January 12th, 190!).
Mil. II. 1). NEKLY, Manager,
Omaha, Neb.
My Dear Mr. Ncoly:
I am this morning in receipt of New York
draft in Hettlcmcnt of my $50,000.00 policy in
the Equitable Life Assurance Society. I notice
notice the cash value is moro than the prem
iums I have paid.
Tho absolute protection of $50,000.00 has
been a great source of comfort all those twenty
years.
I regard tho future of the Society most au
spicious under the guidance of our fellow Ne
bniKkan, Paul Morton, and I further desire to
congratulate the Society upon having such ef
ficient representatives in Nebraska.
Very truly yours,
During the past ten days we have received
by telephone orders for $100,000 of business.
Call us up.
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF NEW YORT
PAUL MORTON, Pres.
" STRONGEST IN THE WORLD"
RD. NEELY, Mgr.,
Merchants NationalTBank Building, - - - - Omaha
DOMESTIC PLEASANTELES.
"Mother, I got engaged last night."
"Take him, my daughter, and be happy."
"But you don't know who be In."
"I don't care. The man who will get en
gaged to a girl this near to Christmas will
always be good to her." Cleveland Leader.
BoUp Mr. Illgglns started to kiss me
last night.
Beulah And weren't you surprised?
Belle I should soy I was. Ha didn't
do It! Yonkars Statesman.
She Some day I want to show you our
family tree.
He (looking at her adrnirlnely) I
should like to see It. 1 am mire it must
bo a peach. Soinerville Journal.
"What do you do while your wife Is en
gaged with burning thoughts at the suf
fragette meeting?"
"1 stay home," answered Mr. Meekton,
"with the burning biscuits." Washington
Btar.
"There's Mrs. Nuritch," said the first
woman at tho reeepi ion. "I understand
her husband is at death's door."
"Sh!" cautioned tho other woman; "I
believe she doesn't uny Moor,' but 'porte
cochere.' " Catholic Standard and Times.
"Sir, I wish to make your daughter my
wife.''
The old man hesitated. "Hadn't you
better see her mother first?" lie asked,
gently, after thinking a moment.
"I've seen her mother, and It doesn't
make any difference I'm willing to take
tho chances !" exclaimed tho voutb, with
all the ardor of honest love. Puck.
For Holiday
Sliopp
With Christmas but a few days away the quest is for
gifts for men and boys.
There are a hundred suitable tilings in our assort
ment of holiday goods.
We've a splendid assortment of House Coals aW
Lounging Eobcs at very moderate prices.
Men's Neckwear is as
Givable as a Kiss
Our scarfs are made of fine silks, in exclusive pat
terns and beautiful color effects.
Maybe the list below will remind you of something
for "him."
Mufflers,
Suspenders.
Silk Hose,
Fur Gloves,
Dress (jloves,
Shirts,
Silk and Opera Hats,
Holeproof Hosiery.
See our beautiful display of boys' nnd children's fur
nishings on second floor.
'Brownina'Kirig & Cq
bTk7
CLOTMINQ,
j HrTtcNTH
v
E. B. WILCOX Manager.
week
IVe Sell 100 Kinds
Mineral Vaters
We will sell over 100 kinds Import-.' and
American Mineral Waters, and, n w ob
tain direct from springs or Importer, can
guarantee freshness and genuineness.
Boro I.lthia Water, bot., f0c; case. $r, i)
Boro Liithla Water, pints, doxen, l..A);
ctse, 100, J 10. 00.
We are distributing agent i in Omaha for
the celebrated waters from l-Jteeislor
Springs, Mo., and sell at following pri-vs:
Kegent, quart bottle, 26c; dozen.
case. 60 bottles, 18.00.
Sulpho-Saline, quart bottle, V: dozn,
$2.26;; caae, 60 bottles. $K.O0.
Sulpho-Sallne, quart bottle, 2,"c; dozen.
11.60.
Soterlan, quart bottle, tOc.; dozen. S.'.OO.
Kotorlan, pint bottle, 16o; dozen, $l..r.0.
Soterlan Ginger Alo, pint bottle, lSo;
dozen, $1.50.
Soterlan Ginger Ale, quart bottle, Oo;
dozen, $2.26.
Diamond Llthla, half-gallon bottle, 40e;
case, 1 dozen, $4.00.
Crystal Llthla, 6-gallon Jugs, each, SJ.OO.
Salt Sulphur. S-gallon Jug, each, 2.2".
Delivery free to any part of nmulia.
Council Bluffs or South OmiiliM.
Sherman & McConnell Drug; Co.
16th and Dodge KCs.
Owl Drug Co.
10th and Harney Sta.
Full Dress and Tuxedo
Suits,
Initial 'Handkerchiefs,
Sweater Coats,
.Jewelry,
Combination Sets,
Toilet Sets,
n 1? ii
i raveling nags,
Leather Novelties.
FURNISHINGS AND HATS,
and DOUGLAS STREETS,