Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 24, 1909, Page 7

THE BEE OMAF FRIDAY BRIEF CITY NEWS 1909 DECEMBER 1909 PUN,MON Tl WED THu PR SAT 123 4 5678910l 121314151617 18 19 20 21 22 232425 | 2728293031 Mave Moot Primt T n T Aceountant. Rinshart, Photographer, 13th & Farnam. Lighting Fixtures, Burgess-Granden Co. | Mayn, phogo, removed to 16th & Howard | Hquitable Life—Policies sight drafts at| maturity, B D. Neely, manager, Omaha 1850—Nasional Life Insurance Co—1909 Anguity, Badowment, Life, Term Policles Charles B. Ady, General Agent. Omaha Savings Accounts in Nebraska Savings and Loan Asen. One dollar to 3,000 each Six per cent per annum, credited semi- annually. Organized 188 1608 Farnam. Divorces As Christmas Gifts—A decree of divorce has severed Tracy DeArmand from Bert DeArmand. Tracy is the wife Mrs. Lizzle Johnson has likewise been Judicially separated from Fred Johnson. Suss for Death in Glue Vat—Walter L. Joseph, as administrator of the estate of John Kzucba, is suing the cudahy Packing company 1n district court. Ksucba fell in a glue vat and was killed. The sum of $15,000 1s asked. Rev. B. B, Curry Lectures on Cuba—Rev. E. R Curry e a lecture fiustrated | with lantern slidcs at the Cavalry Baptist church Wednesday evening. His subject was “A Trip Through Cubs,” treated from & missionary standpoint. Insurance Company Expands—Stock- holders of the Columbia Fire Insurance company have bought a controlling inter- | est in the Western Fire Insurance com- ny of Lincoln. The Lincoln offices of V( company will still be maintained. Army Officers Are Promoted—The fol- lowing promotions have been recently made in the Department of the Missouri: Cap- tain Arthur.Johnson of the Thirteenth in- tantry to be major, First Lieutenant Law- rence P. Butler of the Eighteenth infantry to be captain. Of Intevest o Banks—Brokers, Tiust companies and Corporattons. The Rudo.ph | Guenther -Advertising Agency, 115 Broad- | way, New York, has issued a “Ready Reference Financial Rate Card” (for free distribution) covering the New York City papers as well as the leading pub.ications throughout the country. Prince Oharles Wanders sway—Has any- one seen “Prince Charies.”” He was stolen sometime Wednesday night, and his mas ter, Gould Dietz, 368 North Thirtieth street, | has iny the aid of the law in an en- deavor fo recover him. “Prince Charles" by the way, Is some dog, and Mr. Dietz is anxious to recover him. Douglas County Waats Funds—If C. T. Dickinson, as recelver of the extinct Omaha & Nebraska Central railroad, ever Kets together any assets of that company, the county of Douglas will bave first call on $62.10 worth of the assets. The county has been made a preferred creditor to that extent by decree of district court for per- sonal taxes against the road. Shares Profits With Employes—The Falrmont Creamery company has remem- bered its employes in a substantial way. It has given a check to“each, equal to 5 per cent of his December salary. In the letter accompanying the check the com- pany states that it has ‘been successtul urin s Peke Hedduss o?s:nvm -opera- tion of its employes and it wishes to show its dpprecifition in this way. Mrs. Julis Ward Dakin at Rest—The tuneral of the late Mrs. Julia Ward Drugs, Per fumes, Ctgars 25¢ Sanitol Tooth Powder 12¢ ~'26¢ Sanitol Face Cream ..12¢ 26¢ Lilac Talcum Powder ..7c 50c White Rose Perfume, per oa., special, at ., .. . 23c¢ 50¢ Dabrogk's Locust Blossom, per ox., at Buffers, at .. ‘We have box perfumes of all kinds; prices from 25c to $10 Tom Moore Cigars, box of 25, special, at ¥ T Hoffmanettes, box of 25, spe- clal, at . 85¢ Robert Burns, ll ln box 'l 00 Robert Burns Club House, box of 80, special, at . .$8.50 Owl, box of 25, speelal ... .85¢ Henry George, box of 50, spe- clal, at . Montanos, box of 25, special. at ... Dakin, whoss eAtit’ oosuf¥SN; Wellseolay | morning at the home of her daughters, | Fifty-fourth and Hamilton streets, was | held Thursday morning. with serviees at 10 o'clock at St. Barnabas church. Ret. | John Wiiliams, the reetor, officiating. The | funeral cortege was a farge one. Mrs Dakin having been among Omaha's best known residents. Immediately after the | services the body was taken to the Bur- lington station, to be sent to Plattsmouth, where burial took place Thursday after- noon. Teachers Moliday Examination—Teach- ers’ examinations are to be heid at room 204 in the high schopl Tuesday and Wednes- day next. For teachers of the kindergar- ten, primary and grammer grades the ex- | aminations will be held on Tuesday from 9 to 3 o'clock, and on Wednesday from 9 to 4 o'clock. Applications for high school examinations must report not later than 10:30 o'clock Tuesday to register and select | their subjects. From 1 to 4 o'clock Tues- y afternoon these candidates will be ex- amined in their major subject. At 9 a. m.| Wednesday they will begin examination in | the optional major subject, and the hours between 1 and 4 o'clock Wednesday are to be devoted to examination in the minor bjects. Pioneer Engineer Dies at Waterloo Stebbins A. Teal, One of the First to Run on Union Pacifie, Passes Away.. Stebbins A. Teal, one of the first en |gineers to run on the Union Pacific after the eastern end of the road was opened, died at Waterloo Thursday morning at § oclock. His death was rather sudden, al- though he had been in poor health Yor | several months. He was for over a generation, one of the prominent figures among the rallroad em- ployes of the west. For the last thirty ye he was master mechanic for the Northwestern at Missourl Valley. He set- tled in Counc Bluffs, when that city was a village and was for sometime employed s an engineer on the Overland, when that road begam operations out of Counell Bluffs. Mr. Teal was T8 years old and his death was due to complication incident to old age. He was married five or six years ago to Mrs. Purchase of Waterloo and has been living here since. Dr. F. F. Teal of Omaha is a grandson. Mrs. Bereshelm of Council Bluffs is a daughter” and Frank Teal, formerly .of Oraha, now of Oakland, Cal, a son. The funeral will be heid Sunday afternosn at 1 o'clock from the residence here and the body will be taken to Council Bluffs | for burial. Sterling Ware—FRE™ZRR—5th & Dodge. FARMERS RUSH | GRAIN IN Anxious to Get Product to Market Be- fare Thaw Makes Rosds Impassable, Considerable grain is being moved to the Omaba market In spite of the bad weather. Elghty-one cars were received Wednesday in comparison with fifty-one a vear ago and forty-nine for the same day at Kansas City. The roads have com- pletely frozen over and the farmers are able to haul small loads to the rafiroad stations. The price Is attractive and con- siderable is being moved. The farmers also seem to be anxious to get grain on the road now, knowing when the thaw comes the roads will bé In very bad conditlon. There was an exceptionally heavy rain of several days' duration just before the freeze which made the roads impassable and they will be in the same condition when it warms yp a little. | turies the most | day | ana | the Armentan chureh, Baby Nanon, 25 in box . RAZORS Gillette Safety Razors in all the styles. PIPES OF ALL KINDS 50c Pipes, special Friday ,.25¢ 25¢ Pipes, special Friday | .14c To close out these toiiet cases Friday at less than cost while they last. v.ing Cases, special 49¢ ier Traveling Cases, $1.98 CAMEY‘ A8 2 Buster Brown .. uster, ..82.00 ‘ Brown, size 2%x4%, at, each ....$3.50 Therc is no gift that is more uail & Camera. eakes Ivory Soap .19¢ Tops All, per box Appropriate Xmas Gifts 1 1b. 20 Mule Team Borax,..¥%e IN CHINA DEPARTMENT—WEST ARCADE. 25% Discount on all New Brass Goods, Jardinieres, Cigar Jars, Ete. | Handsome Haviland & Co. Dinner Sets—beautifully decorated, 100 pieces, at. . ... ~ Electric Lamps and Domes—a new full line at | 33%4% discount. Appropriate Christmas Decorations Paper Bells at 10c per dozen up Paper Garlands, red or green Dennison's Crepe Paper—the bes! Dennison’s Crepe Paper, decorated with Xmas design Holly Paper Doilles, per dozen . Holly Lunch Sets——table cloth, set, at Paper Streamers, per mll Dinner Cards—-Clristmas d-l‘ll. doun Tally Cards, Christmas designs, = : Articles for to, each ... B¢, 10¢ and 15¢ -red,green and white, roll 10e roll 15¢ 5¢.10¢ and 15¢ nlpllnl doilies and plates, per --25e | -5¢ | lfit © 50 15¢ to 23¢ dozen .. Holly Paper for wraoping packages, put up in rolls, at . ] Also gold and silver cord, gummed ribbon, tags, labels, seals, stickers, etc.,, with which to wrap and tie up Christmas packag Empty Holly Boxes to hold Christmas gifts, at 5¢ 10¢ und 15¢° | solater, Some Things You Want to Know The Holy Land—The Church of the Holy Sepulchre. \ In the center of the marble pavement of the Greek portion of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher In Jerusalem is a short marble column which is deciared to be, by the Orthodox, the exact center of the world. The Jews and the Mohammedans assert that the exact center of the earth 4 the tip of rowk at the top of Mount Moriah, where Abraham offered up Isaac, where Solomon's Temple stood, from which Mohammed ascended into heaven, and which Is now sheltered by the magnificent Dome of the Rock, usually known as the Mosque of Omar. None of these theorles takes Into account the bellef of the sclen- tists that the world is a spherold. The really important thing Is bellef that the center of the world is in Jerusalem and the duly authenticated center of the Chris- tian world is the marble column in the Church of the' Holy Sepulcher. A visit to the Church of the Holy Sepul- cher, that edifice which shelters the tomb of the Lord and which has been for cen- venerated spot in Chris- tendom, is an experience productive of curiously conflicting emotions. In the first instance, there 18 no good reason to be- lieve that the Sepuicher is really that in which the body of the Savior was laid. In fact, every logical and reasonable argu- ment goes to prove that the holy spot Is | somewhere else. But even If one accepts the site as authentic, it is impossible for any reasonable creature who has grown to manhood under modern influences to be- lleve one-tenth of the legends and the sa- cred nonsense with which hé Is deluged upon entering this great church. He re- fuses to belleve that a block of stone cut with modern stone saws is the very block upon which the body of the crucified Lord was lald. Even the Armenian priests will admit that the true stone of unction lies underneath, and that the block which thousands of Christian pligrims kiss every has been In place only for a few years. One is given a stick which he shoves through a brass bound hole in the wall to touch, in the darkness, the socket in the rock in which the Cross was set. He s expected to kiss the end of the stick thereby aequire is apparently concerned with the fact that the socket In the solid rock wherein the cross I8 set is at least 100 yards away from the place which one is gravely as- sured s the exact spot where Jesus was crucified. In fact, the church makes no appeal whatever to one's Intellect or rea- son. It is a great house sheltering an en- ormous collection of absurdities which in themselves are so contradictory as to make faith in their authenticity impossible, But if one can forget the hordes of beg~ gars; If one can forget the Mohammedan soldiers stationed there to prevent the vari- ous sects of Christians from murdering each other; if one can forget the foul air, the fiithy floors, the nolsome pdors and the all but visib'e presence of couttless millions of germs, then he will find the Church of the Holy Sepulchre an appeal to | his higher emotional faculties which will compel his reverence. How long ago men came to believe that this spot marked the place of sepulure of Jesus Christ is not known. In the third century it is recorded that a Temple of Venus stood at this spot and the Christians then complained of the desecration. When the great Constantine, emperor of Rome, embraced the Christian religion he built a group of edifices at this placé ahd sur- rounded the tomb with a row of columns. This was the beginning of the church, A D. 3%. These bulldings were destroyed by the Persians In the seventh century, but were Immediately rebuilt. In the tenth century the church was.burned and In the eleventh century it was ruined by the Mos- lems. The present church was built by e Crusaders early in the twelfth century, al- though, of course, many additions and 1e- pairs have been made from time to time. The church is the joint property of the | Greek orthodox church, which has the |largest share; the Roman Catholic chureh, the Syrian church, the Abyssinia church and the Coptic or | Egyptian church. The Church of England is the only Protestant church having any pecullar privileges, it ' being permitted twice a month to celebrate the holy com- | munion in one of the chapels of the church. There s alm processions winding in and about the halls and corridors of the great church, wor- shipping at the various sacred shrines But each sect ignores a sacred place Pe- cullar to another and denies strenuously the authenticity of the traditions of the | other sects. | The Holy Sepulchre stands in the center of the great rotunda, which 1s the principal feature of the edifice. This rotunda is the common property of all Christians, oriental and occidental, orthodox and hetrodox; it is the one place in the Christlan world where all sectarianism |s forgotten and (he Christian pligrim is free to com® and wor- ship sccording to the dictates of his own conscience. Whatever may be one's own religious be- llef or unbellef, the heir of twenty cen- turies of christian civilization cannot look | upon that Sepulchre without emotlon. Its dirty marble, its sofled tinsol, its forty three twinkling lamps, stand not in the way of the imagination. .For here is the place which faith has long accepted as the spot where was laid the body of the Crucified Jesus, the spot where He arose from the dead and where He made unto the world His supreme revelation. This i the spot for the possession of which Chris- { t an endless succession of | ! | | DECEMBER |has been dead for several years. tlan Europe for two long centuries battled | In vain. This s the spot which was the inspiration of that most remarkable of all psychological folk-movements, the Cru- sades. This s the spot so holy that| never has it passed from the ownership and | control of the Christian church, for even when the Crusalers sought to deliver the | Sspulchre from the dominion of the Sara- | cens, although unknown to Europe, this church was safely In the hands of the Oriental Christians. Here come annually tens of thousands of pllgrims from every quarter of the Chris- tian world. Russian peasants in compa nies of several hundreds, &t the expense of every bodily comfort, make the great sacrifices necessary to bring them to the Holy land. And here, at the tomb of the Lord, one sees them prostrate themselves and kiss the holy stones in a passion of religious fervor and zeal which must im- press the American onlooker with the fact that to the miserable Russlan moujik the | consolation of the Christian religion very real and potent thing. Here comes a cowled friar from the mountains. of Northern Spain who has begged his w along the long journey with a faith that rivals the passion of Peter the Hermit himself. Here comes a nrelate of the Church of Rome, who has been laboring for the cause of Christ in far-away America, who thanks his God &t tbe aiter of Constantine that wherever Christ was biried He lives everywhere today in the hearts of man. Here comes an Ethiopian with skin black as night, from the heart of Africa, a priest in the Church of Abye- sinia against which all the powers of Islam and o! paganism have not prevailed Here comes a Nestorian pligrim from Chinese East Turkestan, a representative of the tiny remnant of that once great Christian church which held sway over all Asia, even unto China and Japan. Here comes, in the uniform of & Twentieth cen- tury Crusader, a Salvation army ecaptain from the east end of London, whose zeal equals and whose morals are far above those of the grod English soidiers of the is a Cross, who followed RieBard of the Lion | Heart, into battle against Saladin. Here comes from the United“States the presi- dent of the woman's university, who here, amid this incongruous:eorivention of all types of Christians, "gives “thanks unto her Risen Lord for herl'own country in which the teachings of ‘Jesus Christ have resulted In the emancipation of her sex One wishes that the church was clean, one shudders to think that Moslem swords must preserve the peace between the bick- ering factions of those who follow the lowly Nazarene, one is depressed by the squalor and the superstitions; but one is forced to remember that the religion of Jesus Christ is for all men of every shade of opinion, of every race and color, of every age and century. No armor of ma- terialism, no dafense of rationallem, no argument of -eason Is potent to with- stand the powerful emotional influence of the spot which is after all, to Christians, the center of the world. BY PREDERIC J. EASKIN. Tomorrow—THE HOLY LAND—Bethel- hem of Judea, OLD MAN MAY LOSE PENSION Colored Veteran of 92 Liable to Loss After Twenty Years, ANOTHER OF HIS NAME A RIVAL Erastus Duncan of Omaha and Eras- tus Duncan of Kansas Are Caus- Pension Department Some Tall Guessin, Erastus Duncan, a confesses to the age of 92, living in the north part of Omaha and who has been | drawing a pension of $15 a month for the | last twenty years, is liable to lose that | donative of the government on the possibil- ity that he is mot the real can Duncan secured the allowance of his pen- {slon clalm on the allegation that he served {in a colored regiment during the war, but the number of which he was not whally abfé to give. He sald he was enlisted just | at the close of the Vicksburg campaign in | {1882, That was about all he knew of It | but the pension came and he has been en- joying it since. The case was brought into question a few years ago through the widow of an Erastus | Duncan applying for a pension. This Dun- | can was the member of a different resi- ment, entirely and serving in a different | part of the army from the Omaha Duncan | It was then declded by the pension com- missioner that the Omaha man h‘ld estab- lished his claim to the satistaciidn of the | department and the widow's claim was re- Jected. Special examiners were put on thé case and Mrs. Duncan again renewed her claim. | turnishing conclust evidence that she was rightful widow of & regularly enlisted named Erastus Dunecan. | the Death Record in Doubt. It was shown that her husband had served fithfully and received an honor- able discharge, but it was difficult to estab- lish the fact of his death case coming from Kansas. It now appears that the Omaha Duncan this particular has been drawing the pension wholly upon | the military record of the Kansas Dun- can, the Omaha man Insisting that his first service was immediately following the Vicksburg campaign, while the Kansas Duncan had been In service over & year prior to that campaign, and was & much younger man than the Omahs man. The Omaha man positively swears that he never served in the regiment accredited (o the service of the Kansas man, but he has Dot been able to show what regiment he did serve in. The pension examivers aie still working colored man who | Erastus Dun- | | | on the puzzle and it begins to look as if the Kansas widow may yet win out and that the venerable Erastis Duncan of Omaha may be dropped from the rolls, It is the policy of the pension bureau to give the holder of a pension the benefit of every doubt and so Erastus Duncan of | Omaha has had his pension suspended un- Ul the case is definitely settled one way or 'dren of Redfisld, S. D, (Biair and J. W. Bird of Grand Island are the other. Watches—FRENZER—15th and Dodge. FINDS SECURITY TO BE ONLY CASTLE IN SPAIN | Lets, He W, Duped Because Bor- rower Belonged to Church. to his own statement, and Addie S. Stone, “belonging to the church and professing to | be a Christian woman,” $760 on a note. [ Mrs. Stone, his petition In county court avers, said she had a big estate In Maine, | but its resl location, according to Letz, was in that Hispanolian country of many castles. “So he ‘et her have his all and was left | with nothing but the bare coat to his| back.” | Estella Stoneham and Estella Belknap are made co-defendants in the suit. POLICE SLEUTH LOSES SHOES Rats Make Christmas Meal of V able Hides and Officer Wil- son Grieves. Officer Wilson, the first of the Omaha traffic squad, stationed at Sixteenth and | Farnam streets, is extremely peeved, Last week he invested In & pair of elk hide shoes and instantly became an object of envy on the force. He changed for a pair of slush proof boots and left his prided shoes at a cormer clgar store one day during the heavy snow. Then the trouble began. Two days later he went after those shoes and they were not to be found The sleuths of the de- partment were turned loose on the case. The shoes were found far under a cigar case, where the rats had been indulging themselves In a meal from the tender elk- skin. Thursday Wilson called at the repair shop to don hs much-beloved elk hides. His cup was filled with bitterness. “Had & fire last night and your shoes were burned up,” sald the clerk, pointing to & pile of charred rubbish hegped in one corner of the shop. Desperate Shooiing | rains in the chest require quick freatmen: | with Dr. King s New Discovery. Prevents pneumonia. o and §1.00. For sale hy Betton Drug Co | Starrett, | |new Brandeis theater and office building in | | this city, | listea among | cago | | Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 24, 190 |0CTOPLS GETS CONTRACTORS | Standard 0il Pulls Thompson-Starrett Into Capacious Maw. | | MILLIONS IN BUSINESS AHEAD | John D.’s Scouts See Good T Capture It——Take Over Brandel: Job in Omaha with New Company. | A story of the interminable ramifications of Standard Ofl is wrapped up in & recent | development in Omaha that has become public property to some degree. It concerns | the practical disappearance of the Thomp- son-Starrett contracting firm from the busi- | ness world, except in name. This firm was organised a domen yQ‘rIl ago In the east to handle heavy construc- tion contracts, and had a large oapital | stock. In it as originally made up were | five Starrett brothers and Thompson, Who | The firm secured and made good on many large jobs in different sections of the United | States. The business proved profitable and | one of the many scouts of Standard Oll | discovered this fact. It was reported to | headquarters, where enormous profits are | received and thelr investment becomes a | matter for very serious consideration. | A campalgn was started by a leutenant of Rockefeller to buy up Thompson-Star- | rett stock. Gradually the Starretts were | bought out, until only two remained. Ralph | who Initiated the work on the | and superintended the construc- | tion and W. A. Starrett. The latter is still the vice-presidents of the company. All the work of the firm west of Chi- is handled from a’ Chicago office, | where the manager is a Mr. Fisher, who has been In Omaha once or twice since the Brandels work was begun and who is expected agaln within a week or two. | Ralph Starrett has been out of the com- | pany for six weeks or more. He was frosen | out, according to the story told by local men who were on terms of intimacy with | him while he was in Omaha. | Hol Enormous Contracts. } The Standard Ol end of the story ean | well be belleved when it is stated that the | Thompson-Starrett company at present | holds contracts amounting to between §30.- 000,000 and §%0,000,00. It requires large cap- ital to handle that amount of work, widely scattered, with profit. The company is understood to have made | very little or no money on a large amount of work it undertook irn San Francisco | after the earthquake ard fire. Largest | profits have been made in the east, where | Standard Oil Influence is strongest. The | head office of the company is now located | at 49-51 Wall street, in the Atlantic build- | ing, and there is a branch office in San! Francisco as well as in Chieago. The president of the company, as moW organ- | ized, 1s Albert B. Boardman, and besides | the subordinate officers in the administra- | tion department there is a board of direct- ors consisting of twelve rich and prominent men in the east, who are understood to | be close to the heads of Standard Oik This | board of directors has virtual control of | the bldding for and execution of vast con- | tracts in all parts of the United States. Novelties—FRENZENX~Iith and Dodge. SEES SNAKE EARLY IN THE DAY | Stranger Points Out Lomng Reptile Which None but Himself | n Discern. “See water?" that long shadow there In the remarked a strange young man | into the aquarium in the Bee bullding | court, and at the same time indicating with his finger a serpeutine line through the | water, A man to whom the query was directed | (it was directed to many men) was unable | to notice anything unusual, when the stranger passed round to the other side of the aquarium and still Intently gasing into | “Why, why, yes, can’t you see; It is about | four feet long and must be a snake. I| ousdar i€ 1L end b e 16T put 3T bADA a| in there.’ Then he decided slender fish. It was early in the day it was just a lon ~too, For Croup there is nothing bettér than PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Judge Altstadt ‘\lll spend Christmas with | his daughter, Mrs. M. T. Haskell, of Lin-| | W. A. Gilmore of Auburn, C. P. Christian tamily of for Lost Fortume, Saya @MY, 00 D 8 aimage, | Lomarson of Ploche, | Lost Springs, Wyo., | Platte, P. E. 8. Letz was a trusting soul, according | cordia, Mr. and Mrs. 8. E. Rigg of Hall, he let her have | S | con. Dick Houston of Tenamsh, G. E. “Thomp- son of Big Springs, O. P. Stewart of Schuy- ler, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Walker and chil- W. P. Dixon of | at the Merchants. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Trotter of Brady Thomas D. Boler of Denver, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Grimes of North Platte, C. J. Smith of Ashland, Ore., and Mr. and Mrs. Otis Moulton of York are at the Henshaw. H. 8. Hale of Denver, A. J. Ricker and Duland, 8. D., Mr. and Mra. C Mr. and Mrs. Z | G. Clevenger of University Place, B. T, W. 'B. Bprague of W. F. Cook of North V. Pulsifer, R. Hanson of Con- | ldaho, and J. P. Jack of Seattle are at| the Paxton. - The tradition which ties up c:.an with Christmas is as old as Santa Claus him- self. For $2.50 a box you have a choice of brands in United Cigar Stores that stand out as un- nsual values. For example: PALMA DE CUBA, In~ vincible size, box of 25, $2.50 BENEFACTOR, Perfocto size, box of 50, $2.50 LA TUNITA, Princessa Size, box of 50, $2.50 ORLANDO, Bismarck size, box of 25, $2.50 We invite inspection wwith- n‘“fi‘(m’-.‘. UNITED STORES 219 SOUTH IGTH STREET. who was leaning over and looking intently | ; the water and pointing, insisted: |§ 8 for Your Boy What will Christmas Day bring to him? Will it be just toys, candy, ete._that last but a day or two, or will it be something of use to him, such as an Overcoat or a Suit from this store? Honestly, now, he'll better appre- ciate a Suit or Overcoat that will keep him warnf and comfortable for play in all kinds of weather, than if his stock- ing were filled with candy. Oure are made in every new style shade, fabric and pattern that could be desired by either boy or parent. You won’t equal their quality at 25 per cent advance over our prices. Christmas Suits and Overcoats for Boys of all sizes and ages, at— $2.95, $3.95, $4.95 to $10.00 ‘‘“The House of High Merit." Timely Tips for Gift Buyers SAFETY RAZORS, the Latest Makes BARNEY & BERRY SKATES TURNING LATHES for Boys Henckel’s Emperor Razor, $2 each ;"0 " Hrow your money away on cheap affairs. Then wo bave lower priced good rasors. Manicure Sets, Shaving Sets, Scissor Sets Table Cutlery, Carvers for Game, Roast, Steak SCROLL SAWS Pocket Knives silver and miss our or the Little Folks (o the larger ones for oot power for larger boy Never before e we shown such an im- mense variety of patterns. All prices from 25¢c upward to the finest Sterlin 1 handled scissor knives. Combipation Hunting Knives. Don'l t Knife Bale. Remember, every one guaranised. The Tool Cabinets.,. & =&k o s ot 5 notag of Be but the best tools im them. Your boy knows what he wants. We Mannal Training T Tools 1o P ha™im JAMES MORTON & SON CO., 11 ig . oc! largest line ever shown here. Just gift for the man of the house or his OMAHA'S PURR FOOD CENTER. This modern grocery offers for your Christmas Dinner everything obtain- able to make it the one Dinner of the Year. Ready for your inspection we offer: Fancy Ripe Florida Strawberries, Cuban Winter Melons, lish Hot House Grapes, o ‘ancy Almerl Spanis! pes—pinl Ralsine and Mixod Nuts: Dates, Figs_and Persimmons, Oranges, Tangerines, Grapd Eruits, Fresh Mushrooms and Cauliflower, Fresh Mint and Bruseels Sprouts, Hot Houss Tomatoes and Cueufnbefs, Green Peppers and Fancy Celery, Fresh Endive, Head Lettuce, Bte. A car 10ad of Christmas Trees to select from—table trees to large hall trees. 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