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PAGES OITB TO SIX.
VOL. XXXIX-NO. H7.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOttNIXG, FEBRUARY 27, 1010.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Swofford Bros, KS?5 Bankrupt Wholesale Stock Dry Goods from the Sale by
IicKittrick D. G. Co., loAl Bought by Bennett's at Unprecedented Low Prices. On
Thousands of dollars' worth of the splendid new spring stock was scooped in by our buyers at
Bleached Muslins
Percales
tne sae reb. 15 th. Its just by such methods by profiting by every opportunity and theh magic
of big buying that enables us to give better bargains than others. Bennett's will be the bargain
a. r . i a a ...i. 1 f t 1 e .i f . .
36-Inch bleached, very best
10c quality; wholesaled by
One of the best Swofford tale
pick ups; thousands of yards
of 30-inch standard loo per
Swofford Bros, at
7 4c; our Monday
price, yard
6c
cales, dark red with
white figures; while
quality lasts, yard. .
5c
center oj tne great west tomorrow wnen tnis jme scock goes on sate jor tne prst time.
TAUT TWO
Hargadme
Sale Monday
Bleached Sheets
Bleached Muslin; full 8x4 size;
Identical quality we
retail at 63c; Mon- ,jjJ(J
Bleached Sheet, heavy, durable
muslin. 9-4 Hir.e,
worth 80 Tin y
ft good supply,
at
49c
Swofford's Cream Serges at 79c
Here's one of the be6t "buys" of the sale. Values are
lmruenH". Cream serges, plain or white hair line,
beautiful nil wool fabrics, 4 4 inches wide, worth $1.00
and $1.25 will make handnome spring stilts. There
Is also a piece of 60-inch, $1.50 cream coating serge
In the lot. Monday the purchase of,
ten pieces Is offered at one price,
yard
79c
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I Home Journal Patterns Is in. Get
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Embroideries from the Swofford Sale
All new fresh stocky selected for this season's trade, the
wholesale price on every piece being 27V4c to 45c a
yard; goods retailing at 45c to 75c; CO pieces 24 and
27 Inch flouncings, 8 pieces 45 inch skirtings', 20 pieces
allover embroideries, 25 pieces corset cover embroider
ies' and others, totaling 3,000 yards,
values actually to 75c, nllat
per yard
25c
Pillow Cases
Two splendid bargains; bleach
ed cases of fine muslin; 42x36
Inches; nowhere
for less than 16e,
at
vBIeached Case. 45x38
flnn ft 20c article
an you will find,
our Monday pries,
at
IliC
Inch. Aa
13ic
Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, Handkerchiefs from Swofford Stock Average 50c on Dollar
Blankets
A fine spring weight blanket In
white and colors; Just a little
soiled; 10x4 size,
worth 69c per pair,
at
All. WOOI. BLAJTXBTB Grey
only, size,
always $5.00
a pair, at
pair
3k
$3.49
A Great Glove Purchase 90
dozen very choice French Kid
Gloves, secured from the
Swofford stock at ti marvel
ous price. Cloves are all per
fect, in full complement of col
ors and black, for spring; all
sizes, too; one row embroidery
on back; values are $1.23 and
$1.50; Monday,
on sale,
at.
69c
Thousands Samples of Hosiery,
from big St. Louis jobbers; we
bought all the house samples
in fine black lisles, all colored
lisles, embroidered lisles, in
black and colors and hand em
broidered hose. They are very
fine imported lilies for spring
wear; values
up to
for. . .
Children's Hose Buy stock
ings for the boys and girls
buy a season's supply. Two
cases all we could get. Dur
able ribbed, seamless stock
ings with triple knee. The
price is less than cost to make
at the mills. "YVe have all sizes.
The regular fotail price is 19c.
We offer them A j
Monday, C
Swofford's Spring Underwear
Samples House samples and
travelers' samples, 320 dozen
of them in spring weights;
sleeveless vests, long sleeve
vests, pants, union suits
every kind of a garment a wo
man, needs all V
grades; all T 0 p
offered at........ & V'
Handkerchiefs A treat if ever
there was one; 425 dozen
"seconds", embroidered cor
ner Swiss handkerchiefs and
lace trimmed effects; values
to 15c. Imperfections are very
slight'and scarcely noticeable;
.-. Ll. 4
each,
at
3k
sr
Japanese China
4,000 pieces high grade ware,
with fancy floral decorations
and solid gold designs; cups
and saucers, plates, bowls,
rUnvo'ttXHm'' A(07 Off
tea aeta. etc. Ttf O
AlscouaiotJ
Swofford's Foreign Silk and Wool Dreps Fabrics
The very cream of this high grade stock, ridiculously cheap. Fabric of silk and wool, retail
ing at $3.00, $2.50, $2.00 and $1.50 a yard. Such as merchants usually buy In slngla
dress lengths for exclusive trade. Such goods as these. Silk marquisettes, silk voiles,
fancy silk wool poplins, silk warp tarre tas, eoliennes, son cnuron
weaves and others. These come in light shades for dinner and evening
gowns, alsa In blacks. Undoubtedly the most sensational bargain,
in high class goods and wanted fabrics ever In Omaha,
at yard
7k
Swofford's Stock of Fine Laces at One-Half Price
Many thousands of dollars' worth of exquisite, high grade laces of every description.
The superb wholesale stock of the defunct firm. Magnificent trimmings In full piece
lot. !ftc. on the dollar.
Net Top-Bands and Galoons, up to $3.00 yd.; Venise Bands, with edges to match, up to
$7.50 yd.; Filet Bands and Galoons, wortn up to $12.00 yd.; Baby irisn Edges, witn in
sertions to match, up to $5.00 yd.; Irish Crochet Bands, up to 6 inches wide, worth to
$12.00; Real Cluny Bands, worth up to $3.50; Motifs of all sorts,
cluny. filet, baby Irish, up to $10.00 yd.; All overs, cream o
white, baby Irish, Venise, Filet, Oriental and others 'All go Mon
day, at
tucnes wine, worm to
i Price
New Spring Suits for An Early Easter
Picture Framing
Annual Quarter Off Male For
One Whole AVeek.
500 frame samples to choose
from; . gold leaf, mahogany,
rosewood, ; lacquer, bronze,
' oaks, etc., all -kinds and widths.
. Do you realize that one month from today is Easter?
Be a little forehanded and come now for your new suit. We
.are splendidly ready. Several thousand new spring suits,
all exclusive Bennett styles are im The selling is active for
as usual we have stuck to our policy of naming most moder
ate prices. . . , . .
We can make alterations, If necessary, in good season and with
greater satisfaction now than during the rush days preceeding Easter.
The prices run like this.
Ternary Offriuf.
Room Rugs
New Velvet, llotly Iirussels,
Wiltons, lloyal nd French AVil
tons and Axmiuster Rugs
priced lower than the lowest
and surprising 8. & II. Stamp
offer Included.
VelTet Knirs, new spring lines,
axis ft. size saa.so
And 700 Stamn.
Body Brussels Bugs, always In
(treat demand, 9x12 ft., special
at 1M4.7
And 750 Stamps.
Ax minster Xugs, 9x12 ft. size,
beautiful floral designs, Monday
at 923.60
And 760 Stamps.
Boyal "Wilton Bns;s, 9x12 Jt ., al
ways $45.00, here for .. 943.80
And 1000 Stamps. ,
Trench Wilton Bars, 9x13 ft.,
t $68.00
And 1000 Stamps.
Seamless WUton Burs, 9x1! ft.,
at 933.73
And 50 Stamp.
Axmiaater Boa's, 7x61 Inches,
at 3JS
And 80 Stamps.
SALE Or BED BATBBTOBTS
Leather, moroccollne and car
plush. $115.00 kind fit .... 921.23
And 10 other grtat values.
COUCXZg SS Per Cant Off A
clea:i-up reduction on our entire
mock, nona excepted one-quarter
off.
$15.oo $25.10 $29.10 $35
These are modest figures but they represent biggest kind
of suit values. Clearly five to ten dollars less than you'll see
anywhere else.
The styles arc the new 32-Inch fitted or semi-fitted straight
coats and Russian or Balkan blouse effect. Many of them
have just a touch of self color silk or moire at collar and cuffs
and mde with long roll collars. Materials are light weight
serges, diagonals and plain stripe worsteds In light and dark
colors. Every one la man-tailored and finished; cut, built'
and stayed to fit the form perfectly and to be shape retaining
"until worn out.
Xdg-ht Welffht Jackets New S2-lnch
covert serges and diagonals, plain
weaves and stripes, In tans, grays
and dark colors 96.98, 97.95 and 98.93
Kisses' One-Fleoe Dresses Sailor style
In navy and green serge, trimmed
with white silk, Hercules braid and
red tie; a stylish new model at 918.00
Print Dresses, In two-piece styles
dressing sacque and flounced skirt. In
shepherd checks and stripes, at. 91-89
Misses' Junior Bnlts Smart. Inuntv V
tailor mades, for the young woman
or 18, 16 and 17 years. Mostly of all
wool serges with pleated Bklrts, full
satin lined coats; about ono hundred
new spring garments 915.00
Long Berg Coats for early spring.
New full length garments, Rome
strictly tailored, others with a touch
of silk trimmings at collar and cuff,
light and dark colorings
at 915.00, 919-60 and 933.09
life
Silks Below Swofford's Yholesale Prices
1 -
; 186 pieces in all and just such kinds everybody is buying this spring. Our
buyers got the choicestjplums when this stock was sold. Less than half price on
."every lot, " Come with the Monday crowds.
FOUJiARDS.
50 pieces In all the new spring
colorings, wholesaled by
Swofford at 62V6C yard. No
where Is finer
quality shown''
under 85c and
$1.00 yard, at.
59c
"MARS" SILKS.
Everywhere retailing at $1.00
and $1.25 yard, soft, shim
mering semi-rough' silks In
all new shades
ftrfd na t ural
pongee tans
yard
58c
MKSSALINES, ETC.
We. bought all the cut pieces
of the Swofford stock, waist
and' dress lengths, mostly
messallnes and
other soft silks,
fancy taffetas, etc.
75c and 85c val.
19c
PONGEE 3 6-inch goods and ten
good shades. A marvelous bargain In
season's most popular silks, 9Ql
$1.00 value rC
BliACK WASH SILKS Guaranteed per
spiration and spot-proof, full yard wide,
Heavj strong 89c and $1.00
dress and waist silks
49c
Swofford's White Goods and Linens-Great Bargains
Fortunate for you that these sales come in February. Some of the best bar
gain feasts we ever have had are told of here. . Come Monday sure. Every item
speaks eloquently of big savings.
Rep Suiting, actual 25c quality 15
Plquette Novelty Suiting, 50c quality,
33
Welt Piques, best 39c quality 25
Cotton Ramie Suiting, 25c quality 15
White Unen Crash Suiting, 50c value,
39
All Linen Suiting, $1.50 quality Qg
All Linen Suiting, .75c quality 49
BED SPREADS Hemmed, full size; $1.50 val
28-inch
28-inch
.at
28-inch
36-Inch
36-inch
at . . .
90-inch
45-inch
50c Mercerized Table Damask, at .... 33
95c Bleached All Linen Damask at.... COC
v$1.39 Double Damask Linen, at, yd 98
$2.25 All Linen Napkins, per doren .. .$1.49
$3.25 All Linen Napkins, per dozen - .$2.25
$5.00 Double Damask Napkins, dozen $3.50
11c All Linen Bleached Crash, yard . . , .SH
14c Huck Towels, 19x40-lnch, at 10
ue; Marseilles designs, at 98t
Save $1.25 on These Shapely Corsets
Monday we will have on sale 25 dozen stylish corsets in the new long
skirted models. It's the correct corset to bring out the long slender,
slightly curved lines of the fashionable figure. The skirt Is long and
snugly Increases the hips and Is made without boning, $ , .
allowing freedom and comfort, especially while in a sit- Tj jj
ting posture. It's a regular $2.50 model, beautifully v Eg Jr U
trimmed and fitted with supporters; Monday for il4f Jr
J
Boys1 Two Pants Suits
200 aults to sell in a day Here's
the reason. Double breasted cas
slmere suits In three good pat
terns, every suit with two pairs
knlcker pants, sizes'
6 to 12 yrs., best
bargain ever . . . .
$1.65
Maker's Big Surplus Shoe Stock
Th eagerness of Eastern shoe houses to close out their over supplies
of women's shoes, has made great bargains possible; $5.00, $4.00 and
$3.50 shoes for $2.45. New spring shoes in many styles; gun metal
button shoes in several styles, gun metal
lace shoes In several styles, patent colt button
and lace shoes, patent colt cloth top shoes,
shoes in Russian calf. Just think any pal;
ycAi like best, at
Apron Checks
Well known Amoskeng Olng
hams; dealers everywhere
must pay more than we sell it
for Monday. I.arge line ot
patterns. You know
the goods. Crowds
will come; yd
5c
Wash Suitings
Beautiful linen finish materials
look like all linen; every
good color; 25 pieces, 28 Ins.
wide; fast colors; worth 35c;
from Swofford
sate, at
yard
15c
Zephyr Ginghams
We were fortunate In securing
three cases of thorn; genuino
25c Scotch goods, in a world
of pretty new patterns; Swof
ford's wholesale price 12 He
and 15c yard;
ot
;Spr&f:...7ic-10c
All Wool Challies
26 pieces only very choice
light and dark colors all
wool goods, worth 59c. Hand
some patterns for
long kimonos and
negligees; yard. . . ,
25c
Flannelette Gowns
75c
White Flannelatt; honvy mater-.
ihib; regular ann pxiru
slzs: best ILL'S Knr-
mnt Monduy, each,
at
BUk Waists Tailored Me-saltns
and Taffetas; bwt col-Aa Ap
ors; worth $6.60 andlki.Hil
18,00. at VV9
Groceries
On Sal Monday and Tuasdaj
Bennett's Golden Coffee, roasted
while you wait, lb B6o
And 40 atatnns.
Dennett's Capital- Coffee, lb. pka;,
now at 38o
And 40 Stamps.
Bennett's Capital Baking Powder
'B-lb. ran $1.00
And 00 Stamps.
Tea.s, assorted, lb B8o
And 75 Stamps.
Teas, assorted, lb 48o
And 65 Stamps.
Tea SlftlnKs. IRrt pka; 12o
Capitol Mince Meat, 3 pkffa. SSo
And 10 Stamps.
Green Turtle Meat, $1.00 sle
cans, at Boo
All Ready Codfish, can 10o
And 10 Stamps.
Hartley's .lams, 800 stone Jars,
pure fruit sugar, 80a Jars, now
for a0o
Mignonette Peas, 3 cans 9Bo
And 10 Stamps.
Sterling GIohs Starch. 6-lh. box,
now at ,. .boo
And 20 Stamps.
Mt. Oarmel Pumpkin. 8 cans BSo
Wiggle Stick Blueing. 6 for . .860
And Be Wonder Wax free.
Huntley's and Palmer Imported
Biscuits, lb 15o
Rex Lye, 3 cans 3Bo
And 20 Stamps.
Double Stamps on Buttertno.
Capitol Pure Maple Syrup, H pal.
can, at 75o
And 60 Stamps.
Polk's Soups, 10c cans, 4 for 35a
T. A. tiaSEB'S GOODS
Catsup, at 330
And 10 Stamps.
Chili Sauce, at BSo
And 10 Stamps.
Pyster Cocktail Knurr ...... .SSo
And 10 Stamps.
SuJad Dressing tBo
And 10 Stamps.
Gaillard's Olive Oil 43e
And 60 Stumps.
Some Things You Want to Know
Hunting and Fishing.
The foree.t, fih and game exposition now
being held In Chicago hus brought to
gether a most unique collection of outfits
for fishermen and hunters. There never
bus been so m&ny devotees of the rod and
gun aa there are today, and manufacturer
and dealers ire reaping a harvest from It.
A Massachusetts authority estimates that
there are 30,tM) hunters and fishermen In
the Bay state, and If the same proportion
obtains in other states the number of
"mighty hunters before the Lord" in
America must run Into the millions.
The great problem confronting the Ameri
can sportsmen today, with respect to fish
and game, ia how to "eat cake and have
It." They realize that the pot-hunter is
cutting down the supply below the danger
Mmtt. The quail and the pheuar.t axe dls
l luring and In the effort of the sporu
oien to rvstuck the country with these game
birds there haj come a new Industry tht
of Quail and pheasant raising. Young)
quail have been pown with only Indiffer
ent success, but pheasants are compara
tively easy to rear. A Colorado corpora
tion has been organised to raise and aell
pheamntaand has been receiving orders
from ever) here. Among the patrons of
this corporation is President Dtaa of
Mexico.
The National Association of Audubon
Societies of America Is making ear-newt
efforts to conserve the game of the coun
try, and tho protective laws that are on
the statute books of nearly ajl the statea
are for the inout part a result of Its labors.
It is now making an effort to have taken
a bird census of the country, in order to
get full details as to' the destruction that
has taken place, and the beat methods ot
protecting the birds In the future. The
association has Issued a number of educa
tional leaflets Intended to Interest school
boys, one of which is entitled "The
Aigrette Has Lost Caste." It Included a
letter from ex-Prenideiit lloosevelt declar
ing that Mrs. Itoosevelt will not wear an
aigrette, thus showing her disapproval of
the slaughter ot the beautiful birds which
bear them.
Another work of the association is the
purchase ot inlands off the coast of
Florida and Louisiana, and their conversion
Into havens of refuge for the millions of
shore birds which Inhabit those regions.
The year 19d caw the extinction ot one
of the most beautiful species of birds
America baa ever possessed the whits
heron. Along with the great auk ,the
white heron perished because of the love
of woman for its beautiful plumage. It 1s
said that over l.OCO.oot) robins are slaught
ered annually in Louisiana alone, and the
Department of Agriculture thinks that the
; eastward spread of the boll-weevil is to
be traced directly to the destruction of
these birds in the Mississippi country. It
has been estimated that the annual loss
from Insects in the United States amounts
to something like $00,000,000, and that a
large percentage of this sum might have
been saved by the protection of all soft
billed birds.
One of the greatest natural deer parks
In the world Is the Cocodrle swamp of
Louisiana. It has been overrun this winter
by a lot of hunters who shot the deer for
their skins alone. More than COO carcasses
already have been found and this Is known
to be only a portion of them. The people
of the community are up lu arms over this
pot-hunter invasion, and It probably will
result in some addition protective action
by the Louisiana legislature. The other
side of the game law question la shown in
the experience of the farmers in. Shelby
and adjoining counties la Iowa. Here the
game laws have been enforced so rigidly
that 400 deer are running at large and an
noying the farmers by their depredations.
The bucks in some instances have become
ao ferocious as to attack school children.
This splendid herd of deer has grown from
a few animals which escaped from a pri
vate park in Avoca, la., some ten years
go.
Out of the countless millions of American
bi.son which roamed over this continent In
the eighteenth century, less than 3,000 now
remain as sombre, sentinels of a dying
species. A bison census taken by William
' T. Hornady two years ago showed 1.H1 in
the United States, fUO In Cunada and 130
. In Europe. In addition to these there were
345 hybrids called cattaloes a cross be
tween buffalo and cattle. The last buffalo
which is known to have associated with
the great herds that roamed wild over the
prairies of Canada, was Sir Donald, the
veteran bull of the Banff herd. He was
killed recently for museum purposes. This
animal was captured In lt7 by James
Mackay. All those which survive Sir
Donald were born In captivity. In Alaska
the caribou still roam wild, and herds con
taining 10,000 animals are frequently seen.
For deep-sea fishing the whaler St. Law
rence broke the world's record last winter
by capturing 818 whales In a single sea
son. Of these 241 were hunmbucka, sixty
six sulphur-bottoms, ten finbacks and one
sperm whale. With all this great catch
there was not a single serious accident.
The modern whaler uses the latest twen
tieth century methods in his work. He
raisesthe dead whale to the surface with
compressed air. An Incision Is made In
the body and a connection established
with the air pump. When the carcass Is
sufficiently buoyant the Incision la plugged
up with oakum and a buoy with a flag
Is attached; the carcass is then turned
adrift until the day's work Is over, when
the whole catch ia towed to the whaling
station. It has been said that In the great
packing houses everything about a pig Is
saved but his squeal; at a modern whaling
station everything is saved but the spout.
A western Inventor has patented a steel
trap for catching fish. It Is very much
like the ordinary steel-Jawed fox trap, ex
cept that the Jaws are perpendicular in
stead of horizontal. A hook is baited and
the trap let down into the water; the mo
ment a fish touches the bait the Jaws
close and the victim is held secure. An
other Inventor has patented a trap which
catches the body of an animal as well as
a leg. It consists of four upright pieces
extending abovo the Jaws of the trap.
When ex-Pretdent Roosevelt goes to
Berlin he will find Kmperor William a
no less enthusiastic sportsman than him
self. As a hunter tiie kaiser has had
some, exciting times und nothing but his
office has prevented him from tackling the
big game of Africa. At his hunting lodge
at Potsdam simplicity marks everything.
The hunting horses 'are all Knglish-bred
roans, and tbo dogs are English (ox
hounds, taken across the channel when
they were pups. There are seventy hounds
In the pack and the emperor personally has
watched over their training. He has two
sets of kennels, one of which Is occupied
every other day, while the other Is being
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
What the greyhound of this country is
to the deer hunter the cheeta la to the na
tive antelope hunters of Africa. It Is
known as the bunting leopard. The only
point where real skill comes into play In
dealing with them ia In capturing the
adult animal. The young cheeta cannot
be trained as a hunter. There are certain
trees to which the older bnes go to whet
their claws and around these trees are tied
many nooses of deer skin. The leg of the
cheeta Is caught in on or these nooses
when he begins his claw-sharpening opera
tion. He Is then carried Into camp and
his training begins. This consists in his
being bound and blind-folded, tormented
and starved, kept awake when he wants to
sleep and handled so persistently and
roughly In other way that he gives up In
despair and becomes as abjectly tame as
he formerly vai wild.
When the training period la over, and he
Is to play the part of the bunting dog, he
is taken Into the field with a hood over
his head. When fairly close upon the
quarry he is given a sight of the game,
and such a superb race ensue that one
sportsman declared It worth a trip from
Europe to Africa to see a single antelope
caug,ht In this way. The cheeta Is perhaps
nature's nearest combination of the cat
and the dog. lu claws art only partially
retractile, and It has ao many canine char
acteristics that It aometlmea Is called the
dog-cat. Very few of the American and
English hunters who visit East Africa
use the cheeta In their operations, i
Tho North American big game Is now to
be found mainly in Canada and Alaska.
The moose. In addition to being monarch
of the Canadian woods, la tha largest and
moat powerful apeclea of deer now In exist
ence. Like all other game It is now pro
tected by stringent laws, and hunting is
allowed for only a few weeks at the end
of each year. The most popular method
of hunting these animals Is known as "call
ing." This is done by an Indian guide with
a birch-bark trumpet, who Imitates the
low of tho cow If this fails the call is
changed to the sudhued challenge of the
enraged bull. To complete this deception,
the guide breaks off liranches of trees and
thrashes his. horn against the bushes.
What Is claimed to be the biggest moose
ever killed In Canada Is one that waa shot
this year on the shores .of Georgia bay.
The spread of the horns is fifty-eight
Inches and the length from hoof to horn
fifteen feet, seven Inches. It required six
days for four men to bring the carcass
twenty-three . miles through the forest to
the railway.
BY rilZDEaUO J. XASKXjr.
Tomorrow IO Jff ATION AI. MUSEUM.
1
Promptly Answered.
Bllis Csrman, editor and author, told at
a dinner In New York a story about James
Russell Lowell and a bad boy.
"A Boston woman," said Mr. Carman,
"asked Mr. Lowell to write In her auto
graph album, und the poet, complying,
v. rote the line:
" 'Whst Is so rare as a day In June?
"Calling at this woman's house a few
days later, Lowell Idly turned the pages
of the ulbum till he came to his own auto
graph. Beneath It was written In a child
ish scrawl:
" 'A Chinaman with w hiskers.' " PhlU
delphla lUeurd,
