DECEM BER 1890, We made contracts for all our Spring Carpets, of which we have the largest and best line ever shown in Butler. These goods were all bought at the very lowest prices carpets have touched in the history of the trade since the beginning of 1891. Carpets have advanced in price from 2 1-2 to 22 1 cents p<-r yard foe the different grades. We are in position to, and are selling them at our former low prices. Please remember this, and also that we have control of several of the leading makes, for this county . New Cottage Carpets - -» 20 cents. New Ingrain - - - " 25 cents. Better Ingrain - - - " 35 cents. Union Extra Super - - - - 5° cents. New Brussels _ - - - 5° cents. Rag Carpets - - 3<>, 35. 40 and 50 cents. Cheaper than you can make them, and of new material. A splendid line of Lace Curtains, Curtain Poles, Portieres, I- ix tures and everything kept in a first-class Carpet House. RITTER & RALSTON. MAIN STREET. 1 rr E Grocery i G 1 Trootman Building |d j n—s _j§ i ■V/ T 1! r T IB I _ ; ]K | ; WASHINGTON STREET. '•-3 . All drug gists have It or can get it for yon, or It will be sent to any addree» on receipt of price by tho proprie tors. PR. 1). J. KENDALL CO., Eaoibarfh Falls* Vermont. SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 2 or owicfi.wno wish to exam Ins J mm Is \ IwCil V this pape.or obtain estimat » }i ftpC when in Chicago, vv-il find it on ffc 1 1 s LORD & THOMAS* JOHNSON^ LIHSMENT JKE.-0,- \J V Tr KTEiTAI ill SZrrUTil /f -GENERATION AFTcR oENERATION UQ HAVE rSED A>"D BLESSED rr. . Dropjtrtf on Sir .r, Children Tore Tf. i Every Travel' • ..ave a bottle of it in hi alchoi. ! Every Sufferer ntica. Neuralgia, N.'r i TCHJineaul.oche. I>iphth< ri&,rv>airhii,<"ftt:ArTh. Bronchitis. ! A:thir.a, < "hoU-ra MorNt h, I»i.B jAp : '! ao X JjFx*>.\ . a. : il* jva «'tp et jatpju-is, \ ia 't{U*)H l»o«D 'P OO III P on O j£r I GIVE AWAY To every reader of this paper who suffers from Indigestion, Biliousness, Liver Com plaint, Sick Headache, Nervous Debility or Con sumption, a free bottle of that most wonderful medicine. Floraplexlon, which is the only ab solute and permanent cure for the above named diseases. I can afford to do this because I know that nine out of every ten pcrscnswlio try it will be so well satislled with the results they will take pleasure in spe.'kinK about its marvelous curative virtues to all their (ri'T.ds and acquaintances. '1 he value of this sort of advertising to me is worth many times the cost of the medicine given away, so 1 am well compensated lor the seeming large expense. I have over 70,000 letters on tile from people who have been cured of one or more of the complaints above named. Write to day stating your disease and receive a free bottle by return mail, or ask your druggist for it and get well. Address, PROF. HART, C 8 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK. DOCTORS LAKE faff. I'RIVATK DBPEXMItY. -JIV JN OCR. FENM AVE. AND FOURTH ST.. PI TTSBURGH, PA. k A All forms of Delicate am! ( om •-; TFC "™ hf-A plicated Diseases requirln T ON » if FIOKXTIAI. amISciBNTirif X- pcii.-a'ry with a success rarely attained. Pr,>. X. Lake la • lemhwr of the Koval Ctlm of Wj - ami Surgeons, and is the ol t«:=» rm-I m-• 1 exoeriew-ed SPECIALIST in the city SjH*-ial at tention rjivon to Nervous Debility fromexi essivK .110u >1 exertion, indiscretion of youth, etc., caus ing physical and mental decay,lack of energy, i.'s|ion'l>'ncv, etc.; also Cancers, Old Sore', Fits Pile-. rheumatism, and all diseases of the Skis:, F.ln.. I. ininvr-i. I*rinaryOrgans,etc. Consnltat i,n !ive ami strictly confidential. Oißce h irs,lo i ami i to 8 p. M.; Sundays, 2 to 4 p. M. o>.iy. 'all at office or address DR I *. LAKE, •K.N'K AVT. ASDLXUST..PITTBBLI:UU, I'A. -'i •ti' ' i' ;.l. . i - mmsmamm. I*lll L A DELPHI A. i*A. at once, no operation or losft c f time from bu>lnc&». Cast's pronounced iiz curat>le by others wanted. £*eh(l f«*r < 'ircular. CURE GUARANTEED, cak'l PATENT STEEL PICKET FENCE. HAXDSOXE, INDTSTIU-CTIHI.E. Cheaper than "Wood. The abore cutfhowa Picket Fence with gate. (This Is not a netting,) can be used on Iron or Wood Fo«ta. V hen writing for prices glre Quantity, Number of Gates, Double and Single, Wanted. We alao Manufacture Heavj Iron Fencing, Cresting, Stable Flttlnea, Fire Shutters and FIRE ESI'AI'KH, Cellar Donra, and Railings, Hra.a and Iron Grille, WIKK DOO& ASD WINDOW SCREENS, and ail kinds of W IRK WOBL * TAYLOR & DI:A>, 201, 203 & 205 Market St.. Pittsburgh, Ta. fffilDßSnffill By Using Allen B. VYrisley's SOMCSERSW latest and Best Investioa —Little or HQRUB3!NS OF CLOTHES Rcquired-Ack your Grocer for it Foijlqw Directions Clash* JjpS Ot « n Patent£ Caveat* Tin* V/ Marks, Copyrights, «ent Irce. - ddr ee« MUNN a CO./JXT* ron j|Vi IVV.I £>MJflGcnenU atdHEKVOUB D'-UlllTl i "i 1•' ; MWeakneisof Body and Jfind, Etfectt :?£rrorsor Exaeocsir. OUor Young, I **>«.«., Bob> OAMHOOD fdlr Restored. H««e foenlerre and :rr«>'h»nMuK, 1 M)K*'ELOrKDO!U7ih THKAT MkNT—liei>eAta la a dif. . tmtify from 60 htatc» and farelga Conntrl»e. Write ttieij. ! -teriath* book, AbUd»iUb and proif. oij'.VJ (tealed fr<*e» TIMIS ERIE MEDICAL CO.. BUrf-ALO. N. V. 4% JUDICIOUS ArtD PERSISTS.' Adv< rt:siu>; has always prove* " snort sful. Boforo placmrrany J Newspaper Advertising consult gVLf* LCnD & THOMAS, iPVillTlbl.Mi AGILMR, ViMvil (kncii CUIOAO tut: CITI/KN. M ISC EL AENEOUS PAKLIAMKXT lit \ DEFINITIONS. "The question before the house." .| | 1 || ~mH h<.• 1 1§1 "Shutting' off debate. 1 ' —Puck. Extremely Frank. "Now, Robby, if you don't want tc go to Bessie Smith's party, you must write a note and tell her so; and be sure and get it polite. You will find fome models In this booltof etiquette," said Mrs. Carhart to her little son. Robby struggled with the problem foi an hour, and then presented for his mother's inspection the following truth ful but unconventional effusion: "Mr. Robert Carhart declines with pleasure Miss Bessie Smith's kind invi tation for the 14th, and thanks her ex tremely for having givep him the op portunity of doing so." —Harper's Bazar. —The success ol Hood's Sarsaparilla for scrofula is vouched for by thousands whom it has cured. —AH nature srciles, or words to that eil'ect. To Consumptives. The undersigned having been restored to health by simple iue lghtsweals, .Nervous Debility or any lorm ol Consump tion? it so, seiid to l'rol. llart, £>£> Vi arren St., .New Vork, who will scud ) oil tree, by mail, a bottle ol medicine wl.icti is a sure cure, bend to-day. —llow old is your boy? lie is old mough now not to be old enough to know that he don't know some things that he'll kuow w hen he's a little older. —Rheumatism cured in a day—"Alysti eure" lor rheumatism and neuralgia, radic eally cures in Ito \i days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious, it removes at once the cause and the dis ease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly benents. 10 Cts. Sold by J C KedicK, druggist, butler. —The Frerch method ol' administering castor oil to children is to pour the oil into a pan over a moderate lire, break an egg into it and stir up; when it is Joue, 11 avor with a little salt or sugar or currant jelly. —ltch on human and horses ana all ani mals cured in UO minutes by Woollord'.- Samtary Lotion. This never tails. Sold by J C Itedick, druggist, Butler. —The cost ol' u high class tight-wheel passenger locomotive is about Sh,OOU. —Dr. Fenner's Golden Belief is warrant ed to relieve toothache, headache, neural gia, 01 any other pain in - to 8 minutes. Also bruises, wounds, wire cuts, swellings, bites barns, summer complaints, colic, (also in liorses), diarrhoea, dysentery and Uux. il satisfaction not given money returned. —At Detroit .aLeiy six men eutereu into a competition . uo v. it.lout sleep lor ICS hours, and but ~ccoiuplisiied it. —For hcadac. ibiliousness, constipa tion, dizziness, sh cpie. ncss, the blues, scrofula, the bli .i. and ail skin eruptions Dr. Fenner's Lie. ■: and Liver Kernedy and Nerve Tonic ne\er lails. Warranted to satisfy or money refunded. —To remove rust front linen saturate, the spot with a .-t >ng solution of lemon juice and salt and .. id over the nose of a kettle iillqd with iliug water, when the spot will almost ii. i..:it iy disappear. —English Spui i-. '.inimcnt removes all hard, soft or c:. , '.i < d Intnps and blemishes from horses, i pnviiis, curbs, splints, sweeney, ring «, stifles, sprains, all swolen throats i _hs. at •. Save SSO by use of one bo? Warranted the most wonderful bl< misb cure ever known. Sold by J C Redii I , d aggist, Butler. —Dr. Fen: - I'S Cough Honey will relieve any cough amm hour, Ivjually good for horses. es energy and strength. Money refund" ,f satisfaction not given. —l' pirg tish in scalding water will cau • the scales to come oft' very easily, but it tl e fish arc to be salted down they must on no account be scalded. You may pour o\er them vineger with the same re sult. Salt fish will soak fresh much quick er in sour milk than water. —l)r. Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cnre is warranted to give satisfaction in every case or money returned. Save Yourself Money. When you go to Pittsburgh, l'a. t stop at t! e Anchor Hotel, corner Liberty and . ourth streets. It is a strictly first-class Hotel conducted on the European plan. Lodgings, 25, —33, —or 50 cents. —A fruit grower reports that having an orchard ofyouug trees,badly infested with bark lice, he made a solution of sal soda, hail'a pound to a gallon of water and ap plied it with a whitewash brush. In a week's time they were all dead and washed ol.'. The trees grew two feet a year after ward and remained very healthy. Consumption Suroiy Cu.'Od. To THE £I>ITUR:— I'lease Inform yonr readers tint I hare a positive remedy for tfio Above-named disease By its timely use thousands of hopeless caeoe have been permanently cured. I 3ball be glad to send tvro bottle* of my remedy FKEE to any of your readers who have consumption if they •end me their Lxpres* and P. O. addrt;«s. t- j ittUy. X. A. SU>CUM, U. C., mJWI St.. S. Y. i \YK AKKRKADY To show vou the largest and lowest «/ o priced stock of FURNITURE in the country. Don't forget to call and %J see our Parlor Suits, (j pieces, upholster ed in Crushed and Silk Plush. Two beautiful pictures and one handsome oak Parlor Table for #SO. We also have a Parlor Suit for #-?•"), as follows: G chairs, upholstered in plush; 1 rocking-chair, up holstered in plush; 1 sofa, upholstered in plush; all for the low price of #25. Our oak bed-room suit for $iS can be bought only at our store for the price. We have China Closets for any price you want them from S2O up. Parlor Cabinets from $8 up. Side boards from $-20 up. We have any kind of furniture at any price you want. Campbell & Templeton, 136 NORTH MAIN STREET. BUTLER, PA. If you want a perfect fitting suit o*o to n H AB E RNIGG 202 S. Main St., Clothing uncalled for in (Bradford sells for half price, mostly winter goods. .RINGS, I Hill Ol Irl < J EAR-RINGS, LJlcllJlOllClh < SCARF PINS, STUDS, I GENTS'GOLD,! Wo + z-.1-mc J l abies gold, W atclies gents silver chatlain, Tnttml utt j Gold Pins, Ear-rings, tW ( 11 \ Rings, Chains, Bracelets, Etc, t Tea sets, castors, butter dislies and everything that be Oil \ ( 1 > V tl 1 1 found in a first class store, RODGiR BROS, ilfl Sp ™"- E. GRIEB, THE JEWELER No. 19, Tioith Main St., BUTLER, PA., SOMETHING ABOUT If HOODS I CARPETS. DO VOU NEED—Are you going to buy a new dress this spring? DO YOU WANT a new' Jacket in all the new colors and styles? DO YOU WANT anything in the Notion line? DO YOU NEED—Are you gointr to buy any carpet this spring? DO YOU WANT Fref-h. Clean Goods, the latest and choicest styles? DO YOU WANT any kind of Brussels, Velvets, Moquett, in the choicest designs, made up with beautiful match borders in first-class style? DO YOU WANT an lugraiu. 3 p!y, or Cotton Carpet of any kind' DO YOU WANT nny Lice Curtains, Portieres, Curtain Poles or Win dow Shades 7 AJNTD ABOVE ALL, Do you want t.» pay less thau you hive b.?en payiug elsewhere for inferior goods? Then Come and See Us, We Can Save You Money, TROUTMAN'S Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House. BUTLER. - - PA. Sf-fefSnll BS'sisJ o Mw* 1 l^feJ HAY " FEVER tJzt %J COLD HEAD BHH Ely't Cri-i)ft Jialm it iu>t a liquid, snuif or poirdtr. Applied into the iwttnl* ii .J 'quickly abtorlxd. It cUannfs Vie head, allay* inflammation, heals L (in th> mrrt*. Sold by druggist* or sent by mail on receipt of price. Lll DUG ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street NEW YORK. 3uu ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HAS The Largest, Most Reliable and Leading o O Millinerv House in Butler County. * We are now prepared to show vou a complete line of the latest novel tied and ideas for Children'*, MISWR', Young and Old Ladies' Trimmed Hats and Bonnets Straw and Lace Huts. Gilt, Silver and Si>k Ribbons. Flower? in great variety. And we would verv specially ruenticn that Mourning Hats and Bonnets receive our best attention. Every order in this line will be executed with neatner-. «kill »nd promptitude. N i charge !i r uimniing bats when materials aie bought here. In this line we defy coiuj>etition. A,w «- ID T PAPE r°™ Cheapest. I • ■ # »■ | Street. "GET THERE ELI!" Follow Dan McGinty, Annie Roone\ and the rest of the crowd to EL fcs. DREW'S FURNITURE ROOMS, And secure the new pieces you will need after house cleaning. Pick them out, make a deposit on them, and we will set them aside un il you are ready for them. No trouble to show goods whether you buy or not. J 128 E. Jefferson tet., • Butlers Pa. This space is reserved for Grieb & Lamb's Music Store, removed to No. 125 North Main Street. WHEN YOU GO TO PITTSBURGH, be sure to visit UOSENBAUM & CO.'S. 510-518 Market Street. The spacious stores are at present filled to overflowing with tbe largest and best selected stock of new goods in the city. The many departments contain hundreds of attractive bargains which this limited space will not edoc.t of enumeration. Visitors will find in our LARGE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT the best productions of America's most talented modistes. We always make it a point to serve customers with the latest conceits in fashionab'e head wear at lowest possible prices. This policy has made our Millinery Depart ment what it is to-day—the most popular of any west of New York. We have just opened extensive lines of beautiful SPRING BLAZERS, JACKETS AND SUITS! Every popular style, shade and color is represented. Our ladies' suits ore equal in appearance to any tailor-made suits, and range in price from $0.50 to $29.75. A In Blazers and Jackets,-we can name any price from $2, $3, $4, $5 up to $20.00. CORSETS, GLOVES AND HOSIERY. Our line of Corsets contains all reliable makes. Kid and Snede gloves we show in every shade and color. Being direct importers we can afford to undersell other dealers. We also irifport most of our HOSIERY and are prepared, at all times, to offer special Low Prices. living out of town are cordially invited to call and in spect our stock for themselves. We guarantee to save money for all who favor us with their patronage. ROSENBAUMco. 510 518 Market Street, It takes in the Leather. fThis is the grist that poes to tbo mill, This is the machine you never can fill; Let it devour as much as you choose And the result is always a stock of fine shoes. Coino to our store 'twill be well worth your while If you're on the lookout for cheapness and style. DO YOU WANT Good Honest Goods at the Lowest Possible Prices, Men's Genuine Kangaroo shoes - $3.00 " Best Domestic Calf " - 2.00 " Finest Buff " - 1-50 " Good Buff " - 125 " Solid Split Leather " - 90 Ladies' Fine Dongola Kid Shoes, new process, hand sewed, $2.00 " •' " McKay sewed - 1.15 1.50 .. 1.25 •' Pebble Goat Shoes - L 25 " " Grain " - - - 1.00 Kid " - - - LOO Boy's extra fine Press Shoes - - $1.50 _ - - - 1.25 " Good " - - - - 1-00 Youth's High Cut, Extra Fine Shoes - - $1 50 " - - - 1.25 « « 1.00 85 Misees Dongola Kid shoes 51.50 Misses Gooi Dress shoes sl.OO - 1.25 " " " - 85 Childrens fine and heavy shoes 50 | Infants Fine Shoes . 25 The BO prices do not represent our cheapest nor yet our finest shoes, bnt are a few chosen from amongst the most popular grades. These goods must be seen to be apprecia tedjktjjha piiuea WtßffT. AL. RUFF, 1.14- South Main Street. I 3 a.