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Subscribers leavinf Ik city tamporarily
should bars The Bm mailed to than). Ad
dress will ba changed as oflan as raquirad.
The Allies continue stewing in Greece.
At lett the kaiser deserves credit for skill
fulness in brightening his corner.
Count that day won whose rising sun finds
thoughtful shoppers on early run.
The rush for a share of the new city lamps
suggests that those voting against more light
didn't mean it.
People inclined to kick on ro weather will
promote safety by omitling the stunt in the vi
cinity of coal offices.
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The Teutonic war drive through Roumania
hardly surpasses in execution the Teutonic peace
drive through Wall street.
Possibly a few of the new city lamps might
be spared to illuminate the municipal limousines
whose glims were dimmed by unfeeling cpurts.
So far as Petrogrsd is concerned the dove
cotes of Berlin twitter in vain. Romanoff ears
ire deaf to all sounds but the toot of the Golden
Horn. '
Topnotch prices nOvr await every product of
the farm. Still, there are farmers who assert
with a straight face that farmers are not making
any money.
The exchange of greetings between Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg and Chancellor Bethmann
Hollweg goes to prove that the Teutonic Christ
- mas spirit glows above the ravages of war.
Congressional free seeds are condemned by
the farmers' convention as a waste of money.
The closer real cultivators get to the seedy hand
out of politics the quicker they reach for the
hammer.
. If we except the State Teachera'-association,
' no other convention gatherings as readily com
mand the double glad hand as the farmers and
implement dealers. The city is theirs, to do with
as doty and fancy dictates.
The quantity of "young blood" infused into
tht new British cabinet is not likely to develop
excessive speed. The ages of five members of
the war council range from 54 to 68 years, an
average of 60 years. Youth is reserved for ac
tion at the front.
Congress once more challenges the presiden
tial lightning by incorporating the literacy test
in the immigration bill, The large vote on the
passage of the bill in the senate is sufficient to
override a veto, but it is mighty uncertain how
administration senators will vote when the White
House demands a showdown.
. At a time when boosting the necessaries of
life is the sport of provision and fuel kings, mon
arch! of the diamond ignore the rule and dis
pense Joy in fandom. By cutting out sidelines
of graft in world series games the managers
spring a surprise calculated to tickle the bleach
ers until next fall. Moreover, the generosity
involves no expense.
' The wild horse drama thrown on the federal
screen in Omaha pictures man as a surprisingly
easy mark and in need of a guardian. The vic
tims admit it. But mere man has ao monopoly
of failings, only he gives himself away oftener.
Some eighteen well-to-do Chicago women in
vested $80,000 in a chicken ranch enterprise engi
neered by a smooth sister, whose methods are
under review in a bankruptcy case. The victims
hold a sack as copious as the wild horse investors.
Our Schools for Flying
SclaatMe American
. Thus far it appears that the material forces of
our new air fleet, which will be under the com
mand of Lieutenant Colonel George O. Sauier.
will in alt probability be composed of about I7.V
airplanes tor the army, which number is to in
clude high-speed pursuit machines, scouting ma
chines and bomb-dropping machines; 100 hydro
airplanes for coast patrol duty and 100 school
machines to be used in training aviators.
... The army authorities state that all the per
sonnel must be trained from uninstructed mate
rial. This also applies to a great extent to mech
anicians and chauffeurs.
In the training of aviators it is planned that
the schools will be of two general categories:
First, the United States army aviation schools
such as the one now at San Diego, Cal. whose
number, for the time being at least, is intended to
be three; that is to say. one for the Pacific coast,
one (or the central states and one for the east;
second, the civilian schools, maintained by manu
facturers or others, which may be utilized for pre
liminary purposes. The country will thus be di
vided into three school districts and the command
ing officer of each army aviation school will have
jurisdiction over all the schools in his district. It
is intended to send aviation personnel for all for.
nations, excent those of the regular army and
possibly the National Guard, to civilian schools
to obtain their preliminary instruction, after1
which they may finish their course at the army
aviation schools and obtain their military avia
tors' rating.
THE
Our Right to Mediate.
Senator S'.one at St. Louis give utterance to
personal views on the right of the United States,
or any neutral similarly situated, to present a
demand that peace be restored in Europe, but it
may be shrewdly guessed that the chairman of
the senate's committee on foreign affairs is voic
ing at least the thought of the White House.
Since the announcement of the German note we
have been assured that Mr. Wilson has seriously
considered accompanying his transmission of the
document with expressions of his own. The pro
priety of such a proceeding is doubtful. As presi
dent of the United States he has been asked, to
present to those governments represented in Ber
lin by the United States a formal notice that Ger
many and its allies are ready to consider pro
posals looking to an end of the war. It would
seem that his duty ends with the transmission of
the note as received. To advise one way or an
other as to its reception would go beyond the re
quirements of the service and even surpass the
limits of neutrality. That the United Stales, in
commonwith all other neutrals, has suffered ma
terially through the war is not to be questioned.
That fights have been contravened and privi
leges ignored is admitted, but it docs not appear
that the moment for intervention has yet ar
rived, while mediation must await the good time
of the belligerents. The tender of good of
fices, made more than two years ago, is as far
as this or any other neutral nation can go without
risking the danger of being brought into the war.
It is not likely that any of the European powers
is unaware of our willingness to assist in restor
ing order and we can well afford to wait until
they are ready to ask us to take part.
Strength in Co-operation.
The sessions of the farmers' co-operative or
ganizations, just ended in Omaha, have given
further proof of the necessity for team work in
achieving success. .It is a tribute to the effective
ness of the organization that it could meet and
discuss widely varied interests and come to defi
nite conclusions on points of importance. Ne
braskans themselves scarcely realize what a di
versity exists Within their own state; how widely
separated are physical conditions in different parts
of the state; how all the elements of the great
industry of agriculture are represented, and the
many points that must be adjusted in order that
each may thrive as it should. But the delegates
to the convention managed their business with
tact and wisdom, and found at the end that har
mony of purpose prevails, and this naturally leads
to harmony of interest, and the future will see
the development of a community between the va
ried branches of the industry that will bring
good to all.
Hopeful Signs of. Peace.
Among the indications that the nations now
at war are willing to listen to peace parleys is
the avidity with which each seizes on the oppor
tunity to state terras on which peace will be ac
cepted. It doesn't particularly matter that these
terms for the most part are such as a generous
conqueror migh submit to a vanquished foe whose
friendship it was desirable to restore at once.
That was to have been expected, for, as already
pointed out in The Bee, none of the belligerents
has been beaten to a point where defeat will be
admitted. Therefore, first informal statements of
desires are made up to include about everything
that might seem of advantage to the side making
the proposition. All these are subject to exten
sive revision and will be modified to such a point
is will cover the just rights of each of the ne
gotiators. Quite interesting is the suggestion from Get
many that for the future national alliances must
be on lines materially different from those pre
vailing in the past. Coalitions, such as the Drei
bund, tend inevitably to war, and, for the mat
ter of that, were formed with the pjisjibility of
war in view. The peace of the world will require
that alliances be broader and more comprehensive,
including such combinations of nations and having
in view such objects as will forestall as far as
possible any tendency to war. It is what the
League to Enforce Peace has in view. Trade alli
ances will then have to be fashioned on a basis
that .will more completely serve the interests of
alt the nations. The success of such an arrange
ment will necessarily depend on the willingness
of each to forego its own advantages for the
good of all. Here is the obstacle that wilt cause
most trouble in the future, just as it has in the
past. y
That the belligerents will even tentatively ap
proach debate of terms of peace is encouraging.
It means that the passions of battle are cooling
and that anger and pride are giving away to
reason to that extent. Almost twenty-nine months
of terrible destruction has Tarried a message to
the world, and the reply may now be expected.
Passing Out the Pie.
Governor-Elect Keith Neville is just now hav
ing the time of his young life trying to evade the
clamorous horde of hungry democrats, each
claiming the right to sit at the table and par
take of the bounty that has again fallen into
the clutches of the party. Those who are closest
to the governor-elect admit they know very lit
tle of his plans. Those who have hitherto posed
as prophets for the donkey are also at sea, while
the rebuff encountered by Chairman Langhorst
gives color to the belief that Mr. Neville either
has a mind of his own or a machine of his own
and doesn't feel tne need of advice or assistance
from outsiders. Add to this the fact that so far as
his personal appointments are concerned he will
be replacing one democrat with another and that
the places are far too few to anywhere near meet
the demands, and the perplexity of the pie-passer
may be appreciated. It is one of the penalties of
winning, though. 1
When Uncle Sam takes over the Danish West
Indies two famous fountains of shivery romance
come under the protecting folds of the flag.
Bluebeard's and Blackbeard's castles radiate a
gruesome literary atmosphere on the islands, but
they are not as fearsome as pictured. Besides
their value as a tourist attraction they afford
advanced women an opportunity to glimpse the
fabled haunts of tyrant man long since dead.
Attributing criminal acts to "a frenzy of drink
might get a respectful hearing in Nebraska for a
few more months, but it 'will not work in Iowa.
The Hawkeye state hasn't had the means of
"wetting its whistle" for eleven months.
Congress quietly shelved all the hills designed
to hit the rising cost of living. By shifting the
problem to investigators and grand juries the
politicians unload both responsibility and worry.
BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1916.
The High Cost of Dying
John Burroughs, ui New York Tiatss
If one could figure out why the cost of dying,
yes, and why the cost of being born, also, has
so gone up in the last fifty or more years, he
might be able to throw some light on the much
discussed question of the high cost of living.
Doth birth and death have in our time become
very expensive luxuries, and one had better think
twice or thrice before he indulges in them. In the
first case there is danger that he will bankrupt
his parents and in the latter case that he will im
poverish his heirs. '
If lie rnntemnlatea making! his advent in. Or
his egress from, one of the great cities, say, New
VnrU let him lieware Let him Out t off as
long as he can. Let him change the venue to the
country; he will find the terms hard enough then.
And the reason is that we demand so many com
forts and conveniences and luxuries and elegan
cies, even in the country. We must be nursed
into the world and nursed out of it. We must be
born sumptuously and be buried luxuriously.
The time I selected to come into the world,
nearly eightv years ago, things were different.
Neither the standards of birth nor of death had
taken such a rise. I doubt if it cost my parents $3
to launch me fairly on my career. One or two
visits from the old village doctor with his leather
saddle-bags, a call of a night or a part of a day
from a neighboring housewjfe, a little extra care
and attention front the "hired girl," and the cri
sis was safely passed. A trained nurse was never
dreamed of, or heard of. And in a couple of weeks
mother was probably up and around about her
business skimming milk and packing butter.
If I had decided to die after a week or ten
days' illness, on reaching man's estate, the cost to
mv family would probably not have exceeded $25
or $30. Say ten visits from the doctor, three miles
away, a good cherry coffin made by the local cabi
net maker--good enough for a king no under
taker, no hired carriages, no vain show, the cof
fin taken to the church in a farmer's "pleasure
wagon," then borne to the cemetery by the hands
of neighbors, and the grave filled by the same
hands and all is over!
Hut the old simplicity, the old homely ways
are gone and the showy, high-priced, (ussy new
ways have come in. There is a vast army of
trained nurses to lie supported, and a vast army
of doctors to be supported and to persuade you or
command vou to employ a trained nurse.
A friend who had been referred from special
ist to specialist, for whom trained nurses, a mas
seuse, sequestration, special diets, and various
other remedial measures had been adopted, was
naively assured by her last trained nurse (who
was about tn be dismissed that a nurse for other
specialties might be installed), "Really, Mrs. N ,
it would be cheaper for you to die."
In the household of another acquaintance I
recently learned of there having been five different
specialists, and as many trained nurses, called
within eight days.
Yes, and there is a member of the coffin trust
in ever village to tax you $100 for a sham but
showy i-rtffin and the use of bis dismal trappings
and funeral properties.
No special class of persons is to blame for
this c hange. It is the spirit of the times, the in
crease in wealth, the rise in the standard of liv
ing, the growth of pride, the rivalry and competi
tion in all departments of life, the decay of sert-ous-mindedness,
of humility, and the shifting of
the standard of values from the real to the mere
tricious among the people.
Price Boosting Offenders
Maw York Journal of Commerce
The national government's inquiry into the
cause of high prices, as directed by the president
and cabinet, seems to have no legal resource ex
cept a hunt for something unlawful that may be
made the occasion for prosecution on some
ground. Directed by the Department of Justice,
through one of the United States district attor
neys, it is to work through grand juries indif
ferent parts of the country, whose function is to
inquire into violations of law and bring indict
ments against accused persons where sufficient
evidence is found of conspiracy, unlawful combi
nation or other offense against national law. The
fruitfuliiess of this method is open to a good
deal of doubt so far at least as food supplies arc
concerned.
The most tangible thing in sight for this kind
of investigation seems to be the advance in the
price of coal. The Interstate Commerce com
mission is said to he working up evidence relating
to car shortage and irregular coal shipments on
various lines of railroad, with detentions and de
lays. The question seems to be whether there was
in this a conspiracy or any unlawful design to
put up the price of coal. Thus far this and other
incidents relating to shortage in supply or in
means of delivery and to withholding from mar
kets are mostly matters of inference or suspi
cion. It may be well to have a sifting of the
facts and there should be penalties inflicted where
real offenses have been committed, but this is apt
to be a slow process, without much publicity until
cases are actually tried.
There is not much to be expected from this
process. The most effective thing would be a
concerted exposure all around of the truth of mat
ters by local and oilier authorities, to, bring the
power of public opinion to bear against real of
fenders. Trading in what people live upon is
pfftty free and it can be made more prntitable
by honest and fair dealing than by underhand
methods for getting gain. There aire few things
which people are compelled to buy at places
where they arc imposed upon. Exposure and dis
crimination may he made more effective than
prosecution, except where flagrant violation of
law can be shown.
Anti-Joker Ankndment
Minneapolis Journal
The United States Chamber of Commerce
has ordered a referendum on a constitutional
amendment empowering the president to veto any
item of an appropriation bill without disapproving
of the whole measure.
The obvious benefits of such an amendment
will doubtless lead the various commercial organi
zations of the country that make up the cham
ber to vote heavily in the affirmative.
The measure might be entitled "A bill for a
constitutional amendment to abolish the 'joker'
in appropriation bills." Under the present system
of requiring the president to approve appropria
tion bills in block, or to subject the government
to the inconvenience and hardship of a veto hold
ing up the money supplies, unscrupulous commit
tee chairmen and conferees slip in "jokers" that
couldn't possibly pass congress or receive presi
dential approval on their own merits.
There was a typical example of this when
Chairman Hay of the house military affairs com
mittee inserted in the army appropriations bill
last summer a provision that would have forced
the president to appoint a personal and political
friend of Mr. Hay to a high-salaried position un
der the judge advocate general. Mr. Hay's in
genious little plan was exposed in debate, and
that eminent pacifist and army-wrecker was forced
to withdraw it.
But too often the "jokers" go through, be
cause the success of the bill itself must not be
jeopardized. There are also the "riders," whereby
general legislation that cannot get through in the
regular way" is sometimes effected. Such measures
ride through congress on the backs of appropria
tion bills which have the right-of-way.
The way to stop such reprehensible methods
is to give the president the power to veto any
item in an appropriation bill. Here in Minne
sota the governor has this power and its use has
proved salutary. An effort was made in the last
election to adopt a constitutional amendment per
mitting him to reduce any item in such a bill, but
it failed to get the necessary majority.
, ngnaagg g I J "
Thought Nugget tor the Day.
Here's a sigh to those who love me.
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever sky's -ahove me.
Here's a heart for every fate. .
Byron.
One- Year Ae Today in tne War.
Italian destroyer Intrepldo and
transport lie L'mberto sunk in Ad
riatic. Austrians advanced tn Montenegro,
while Italians landed army in Alba-
la, Germany reported lively artillery
; artionn Hnd great aerial activity on
western trunt ana minor aiiai-ns uy
Russian..
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Articles of Incorporation of the
Daily News Publishing company were
tiled by Dan 13. Motrin, Samuel Klnlay
son and John Douglas.
The following pupils of the frnam
school took part In the exercises cele
brating the seventy-ninth anniversary
of the birthday of John G. Whlttier:
Annie Marshall, Wert Thompson.
G"oi'(flna Park, Harry Finn, George
Ke.ac, Annie Street. Nellie Jlniunks,
Jessie Gofr, Louis Marnoy and Clara
L'l.irkson.
Iteprenentatives of the Richardson
Drug: company of St. Louis are In the
city making arrangements to trans
fer tlie business and stock of the
Goodman Drug company to their Arm.
The smoke house connected with
Harris & Fisher's packing house- sit
uated near the house of Joseph
Sheehy, was burned. At the time of
1513-1515
the flm it contained thirty-six pieces
of brp.ikfa.st baron, each piece wHph
Inff S00 pounds, which were consid
erably "fried."
The marriage of John W. Gannon
and Miss Lulu Roekentleld occurred
at the residence of the bride's parentu,
1428 North Nineteenth, Rev. Detweiler
performing the ceremony.
Postmaster Oalvtn of Walnut Hill
announced that he entahliflhed his
office at the northwest corner of Mer
cer Htreet and Kureka avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. fieore A. HipRina
celebrated their silver weddinjvr at their
residence, corner Popplcton and Geor
gia avenues.
to suit
1773 Citizens of Boston, disguised
CitW
s Indians, emptied 340 chests of tea
Into the hay, in protest against the
English tax.
1 xuflNapolenn T and Empress Jo
sephine were divorced.
1811 -Town of New Madrid, Mo.,
was almost destroyed by an earth
quake. 1 -Taptain Montgoitiery, with
sixty-eight men, entered Fort Scott,
Kan., and released Benjamin Rice, a
free-state prisoner.
1859 William K. Burton, the fa
mous comedian, made his last stage
appearance at Hamilton, Ontario,
18f!4 - Hattlc of Nashville, between
the federals under General Thomas
and the confederates under General
Hood, ended In a federal victory.
1 8 84 World's Industrial Cotton
Centennial exposition opened at New
Orleans.
1 889 Coughlin, O'Sullivan and
Burke were sentenced to life impris
onment for complicity In the murder
of Or. Cronin in Chicago.
1 892 Charles de Lwpft was ar
rested for complicity in the Faflama'
canal frauds.
1S99 Iord Roberts was appointed
eommander-tn-ehief of the British
forces in South Africa, with Lord
Kitchener a chief of staff.
1904 The funeral of Paul Kruger,
former president of the Transvtfal Re
public, took place at Pretoria.
The Day We Celebrate.
Willium H. Ahmanson, secretary of
the State Insurance company of Ne
braska, is 44 today. He is a native
son of Omaha and has been in the
Are insurance business since 1888 with
various companies and with his pres
ent company for eight years.
Frank L. Weaver of Weaver & Cil
ler, attorneys-at-law, wan born De
cember IS, 1861, at Anamosa, la. He
was graduated in law from the Uni
versity of Michigan and has been prac
ticing here in Omaha for more than
twenty-six years. He was deputy
county attorney for one term and pres
ident of the Jacksunian club three
terms.
Williatn A. Smith, general manager
of the street railway company, is 68
years old today. He started out with
the old horse car line.
Robert K, Noume, architectural en
gineer with Thomas li. Kimball, is
38 years old today.
Dr. Albert Frederick Pollard, pro
fessor in the I'niversity of London
and noted writer of history, born at
Ryde, lCugland, forty-seven years ago
today.
Oscar B. Colquitt, former governor
dishes,
Book
Fresh
S0c Meloroae Cream
for
25c Packer's Tar Soap
for ,
50c Hind's
Cream for
Tar Shampoo Soap-f-40
Shampoos for. , .
25c Mermen's Talcum
6 kinds for
or rexas ana recent candidate for i
united States senator, born at Camilla,
Ga., fifty-live years ago today,
Rear Admiral .Austin M. Knight,
president of the Naval War college
at Newport, born at Ware, Mass., sixty-two
years ago today.
Dr. Isaac Sharp less, who has an
nounced his intention to retire from
the presidency of Haver ford college,
born in Chester county, Pennsylva
nia, sixty-eight years ago today.
William Hunter Kendal, for many
years one of England's foremost ac-tcr-managers,
born in London seventy
one years ago toduy.
Jsj
Timely Jottings and Rem In tiers.
Numerous patriotic societies will ob-
serve the 143d anniversary of the
"Boston Tea Party." I
The annual winter exhibition of the j
National Academy of Design will be
opened today at the galleries of the
American Fine Arts societv in New
York City.
Eight thousand workmen employed
In the factories of the American Win
dow Glass company In Pennsylvania
and Indiana are to receive a 10 per
cent wage increase today.
The sixth biennial exhibition of con
temporary American oil paintings will
be formally opened today at the Cor
coran Gallery of Art in Washing
ton, D. C.
Sir Ernest Shackleton is to sail from
Dunedln, New Zealand, for the Ross
sea today in an effort to rescue tht
ten members of his Antarctic expedi
tion who were marooned near the
Ross Barrier twenty-one months ago.
The styles in women's clothes for
the coming year will be displayed at
an exhibition to be opened in Chi
cago today In connection with the bi
ennial convention of the Designers of
Womens' Clothes association.
100 brands
StorjreUe of the Day.
The editor was pretty mad.
"Are you the chump who wrote up
that recruiting ball?" he said to the
quaking reporter. "Oh. you are? "Well,
look here. Among the prettiest girls
In the room was Colonel OldnuL'
Nice rubbish, Isn't he?"
"He may be," said the reporter bra
senly, ''but that Is where he was."
New Tork Times.
Read
be tSib H yeai. Mv equipment is
wrth $l.uu and upkeeps between
$ mv an.i $.".00.
I would hale to be a patron of a
fourth -clai postotTlce with imn
with no more judgment than Mr.
Burleson postmaster. A. MI TT
Rex-alls Frontier History.
Calhoun. Neb,, Dec. 11. To the
Editor of The Bee: In Johnson
county. Wyoming, on the Powder river
at the loot ot the Big Horn range
stands what is left of the old Fort
Phil Kearney, made famous by some
of the must hard-fought Indian bat
tles. On December 21, 1866, oc
curred the Fetterman massacre on the
Rozeman trail and on the summit of
Massacre hill, overlooking Prairie Dog
valley, stands the Fetterman monu
ment as mute evidence of some of the
sad and tragic Indian battles, on Au
gust 2, 1867. occurred the most re
markable Indian battle in history,
known as "the wagon box fight," be
cause the men had seven or eight
wngon boxes fr protection. In this
engagement thirtv frontier sharp
shooters armed with the Henry re
peating rifle kept 1,500 Indians at bay
fr seven hours until help came from
Frt Kf rtUiey and lost only three men,
killing over 600 Indians.
CHARLES KTOl.TKNBRRO.
Rural Mail .Service.
(imaha, Dec. 11. To the Editor of
The Bee: I see by yesterday's Bee
Mi. Burleson has a number of recom
mendations for economy and improve
ments In the postal service. Anion);
them is to pay rural carriers according
to pieces and weight of mail, length
of routes and time required to serve
them. I have a car and three sum
mer months make the route in three
hours. In the winter I drive and own
four good horses and make the- Toutc
in five and one-half hours.
My brother carrier who has two
ponies worth about $40 apiece is from
seven to ten hours on his rout. He
has better roads than I have Mr.
Burleson once before wanted to pay
carriers who served their routes
quickly and that Had good equipment
ouch as I have) liiss money than car
riers like my brother carrier who has
no equipment and gives poor Service,
but TV balked at that time.
That's democratic efficirncy and
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DOJJGLAS ST.
1513-1515 DOUGLAS T.
Ask About Our Special
Christmas Picture Offer
We have in stock about 10,000 Pictures, including ehole
paintings, water colors, etchings, mezzotints, carbon photos
and prints, ranging in price from $1.00 up. Each picture is
in perfect condition and will make an ideal Christmas gift.
Select Your Gift Here .
We hare a complete assortment of every description ot destnbte
gifts for every member ot the family and for the household. At prtoes
every purse.
Vases and Statuary
Desk and Piano Lamps
Never before hss onr variety
been so great. Beautiful desk
lamps from $5 up. Piano lamps,
$12 up.
Smokers' Sets
These sets come In wood or
brass with stand or tor table. Our
stock is new and complete and af
fords a good selection. Table
sets, tl and up. Brass novelties.
Me up.
Included In this selection are
some of the most beautiful Falper,
Holland and assorted vases that
are obtainable. Statuary of every
description. All reasonably priced.
Artificial Flowers and
Flower Dishes
Roses, chrysantheminns, pan
sles, violets, nasturtiums, poppies,
daisies, geraniums, etc, from lOe
up. Beautifully designed flower
fl up.
Ends and Book Backs, Wall Mirrors, Brio-a-Brat,
Candlesticks, Candles, Cordova Leather.
Desk Sets I Adjustable Lights
A most pleasing gift for a man
or woman whether for house or
office Is a desk set We have a
large variety of plain or fanry
sets, complete In every detail,
fS.75 up.
This handy electric light wtth
8-ft cord can be placed in any
position and render efficient light
Nor a novelty but a necessity.
Regular (5; special, 98.
SPECIAL PICTURE FRAME SALE
Buy Your Drugs at Headquarters
Wc purchase direct from manufacturers or importers or growers.
Our books show that we are buyers direct from nearly 1,000 manufac
turers and importers from Portland, Me., to Portland, Ore.; from At
lanta, Ga., and Tampa, Fla., to Burlington, Vt., and Keene, N. H. This
policy, followed for many years, has helped to establish the truth of
our business slogan: "You save time and money by trading at oar
storea." There is the added and important advantage, viz., that we can
and do guarantee the freshness and genuineness of the articles we sell.
Toilet Articles and
Perfumes
Standard Proprietary
Medicines
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tl.OO Horlick's Malted Milk
for
Bromo Seltser, 7Q.i
10c, 18c, 39c and 13
Honey and Almond
25c Carter's Liver Pills
35c Castoris Genuine-for
$1 Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for
.12
14
14
$1.00 Wine Cardui
for
25c Kspey's Fragrant Cream
for
25c Hay's Hair Hralth
for
50c Doan's Kidney Pills
for
SI. 00 Listerine Genuir
for
50c Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
lor
$1.00 Itcxall Kidnoy Remedy
for
S. S. S., $1.00 aire'
for
.15c Limestone
for
50c Tape's Diapepsin
for
50c Syrup of Figs
for
$1.00 Dr. Pierce's Medical Dis
covery for
There Is Beauty In Every Jar
IngtQm's
Millrwppf. Cream
Corrects Complexion Faults
50c site for 34c
SATURDAY
25c Hentbolatum
for
Cigars for Christmas
w amos man extracts. or
2 bottles for J5
Thermos Bottles
C9q
Full Pint Thermos Bottles,
$1.00, $1.50, $2.50
Full Quart Thermos Bottles,
$2.00, $2.50, $3.50
Pure, Fresh Drugs
at special prices by tba box.
Our Beautiful
19th Street Store
Christmas shoppers will find it
a pleasure to visit our 19th and
Farnam street store, where
merchandise is well displayed
in altogether the most at
tractive and commodious drug
store w Omaha. This, together
with Sherman . & McConnell
Service and Prices.
Witch Haiel, large bottle
for
Wood AJcohol, large
bottle
Hinkie Tablets.
100 for
Quinine Capsulei, 2 dozen
for
Aromatic Castor Oil
1 Honey -Oil t
100 Blaud's Iron Tonic Tablets
for
2 doten Aspirin Tablets or Cap
sules for
SHERMAN & McCONHELL DRUG CO.
CORNER 16TH AND DODGE,
CORNER 16TH AND HARNEY,
THE OWL.
CORNER 19TH AND FARNAM,
CORNER 24TH AND FARNAM,
THE HARVARD.
Want Ads for Profit Use Them for Best Results
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