| Spring Goods. || our Entire Spring Stock Complete stock of t;ie SOROS IS Shots J ffv I fix the new shoe for women. Made of the lines K> J w Dongola, Tan and Patent Leather; also com- M&)M 00 plcte stock of Baker & Bowman s fmehaml mmm turn's and hand welts in Dongola and fine M MM ow Russett Kid, made on the latest up-to-date last.. Hr (£) MEN'S SHOES. Tlle selection was never better. Very large QgJH made on all the new lasts. We cany these 00 shoes in all sizes and widths. Our line of >.lisf*.*s Shoes i'l fine Patent Smpre\e a Hne Ta °hndren-s Stoes in the latest <8? styles in all sizes and widths. || BOYS- SHOES. See Our Window Dispiay. JOHN BICKEL. 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, I A. HUSELTONS PKT 11. o - cu * 00TWEAR Latest Spring Shapes in You've Every Reason to Watch Our Shoe Ads. This Shoe House is in prin:e shape for early spring business. Whether it's a shoe at a dollar or five, it has to be the best of that particular grade. HUSELTON'S SHOES ARE GUARANTEED. On that basis we're bidding for and getting the shoe trade of Butler county. £u Men's Spring Shoes. Three new spring styles The "Princeton" at #3 00. in women's black and The "Regent 'at $3.50. ... ton chnoC A shoe for men v\\o want the best to Idll ollUuo« bC *rhesc shoes fill aif"\he requirements All signs point to a strong " Tan . for style, durability and comfort. Side season. You 11 find special interest in by side with the best $3.50 and *4.00 these particular lots of Black and lat shoes going, they arc WINNERS Shoes. Correct Spn.ig .liapcs that get FVERY TIME. their introductory showing litre. Your favorite shai>e in the new Spring The Famous "(jneen Ouality at Jj.oo Styles is here in Black,Vici Kid and Ca»f The "\V ellesley at $2.50, Tan, Russia Calf and Kid. The ' Dorothy'' at *2 00 . See our Men's Tan Shoes at $1.50, All the toes—narrow to full—round kul $2.00 and $7.50. or vesting tops, bee our line S s c, SI.OO, Black, 90c to (2..50. $t. 2 5 and $1.50. 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SHARP POINTS.
An unwelcome guest la one of the
best things goicg.
Paradoxical as It may seem, silent
speaks for Itself.
The queen of the tea table not onl}
reigns but she pours.
The occasion is always around some
where when it is required.
Marriage isn't spelled m-i-r-a-g-e,
| but that is often what it is.
For every consulate there are many
\ disconsolates, says an office-seeker.
Our own faults always look small in
| comparison with those we see in oth-
T?"
The man who dwells in other people's
! memories has to pay exorbitant rent.
! A little child can discover more stray
sunbeams than a grown person can.
i The hunter who is chased by a bear
i is lucky if he comes out ahead Of the
j game.
A woman confers upon herself a
I doubtful honor when she reforms a
j man by marrying him.
"The stars are peeping," says a poet.
Well, that's what the peephole in the
drop-curtain is for.
And now it is reported that a St.
Louis woman died from pneumonia
contracted while attending a faith
cure meeting.
The evolution of the worm results in
a butterfly, A can of dynamite at
tacked by a goat will also make the
butter fly.
PREC OUS STONES-
All precious stones are purified by a
bath in honey, according to an old
Idea. Many curious notions fire cur
rent in regard to gems.
It is said that the agate quenches
thirst, and if put into the mouth allays
fever.
Amber is a cure for sore throats and
glandular swellings.
Cat's eye is a charm against witch
craft,
Coral is a talisman against thunder
and evils by flood and field.
Diamonds produce somnambulism
and spiritual ecstasy.
Emeralds, friendship and constancy.
Garnets preserve health and Joy.
The onyx is apt to cause terror to the
wearer as well as ugly dreams.
Opals arc fatal to love and bring dis
cord to giver and receiver.
Sapphires impel the wearer to all
good works.
The topaz is said to be a preventive
to lung troubles and imparts strength.
DEVIOUS DEFIN TIONS.
Divorce—The cold lunch that follows
love's banquet.
Humility—The uniform worn by hyp
ocrites on dress parade.
Whistling—The transformation of a
popular air into an ill wind.
Abuse—The penalty an eminent man
is compelled to pay the public.
Love —Something that makes the
heart flutter and the tongue flatter.
Critic —A man who can see no merit
in anything he doesn't do himself.
Anxiety—The cause of more brain
trouble than anything else except love.
Logician—An individual who can fig
ure out anything to his own satisfac
tion.
Language—Something used by law
yers to conceal the thoughts of their
clients.
Timetable —The one you acquire by
paying for it on the weekly installment
plan.—Chicago News.
IRONICAL IFS.
If you don't keep a secret it's no
longer a secret.
If you can't haw what you like try
to like what you have.
If we could neither laugh nor cry
life would not be worth living.
If a man would get along smoothly
he should do his level best.
If you trust to luck for happiness
you'll be in luck when you get it.
If a man has common sense he sel
dom makes use of it in a love affair.
If a man ever indulges in mature de
liberation it's when he has a note to
meet.
If the day breaks before you get up
you should not expect to find the whole
day before you.
If you think you resemble a great
man say nothing. The resemblance
may cease the moment you open your
mouth. —Chicago Hews.
WHY?
Why isn't the shepherd's crook a
ram-rod?
Why isn't the carrier pigeon a feath
er-duster?
Why isn't the detective's salary al
ways spot cash?
Why hasn't there been pay-meant if
a man meant to pay?
Why isn't the average dime novel a
sort of blood relation?
Why isn't it a milk-shake when the
milkman forgets to call?
Why isn't the leaden hour entitled to
the heavyweight championship?
Why is it we seldom see a family
enter at a door labeled "Family En
trance?"
Why doesn't some enterprising cigar
ette manufacturer give away a fresh
lung with each package?— Chicago
News.
MERCANTILE DEFINITIONS.
Bookkeeping—forgetting to return
borrowed volumes.
Double entry—charging the same
thing twice.
Single entry—charging a man with
goods, but not crediting the cash hi
pays for them.
A ledger—a counting house compan
ion upon which peofde often spen
their entire fortunes.
A promissory note —acceptance of ai
invitation.
A foreign glass of cognac.
There is a tremendous demand for
Hood's Sarsaparilla this spring. It's
Nature's Spring Medicine.
A great manufacturing concern of
Dayton, (>., has notified its employes
that henceforth preference will be given 1
to young applicants for employment
who have had a kindergarten training,
and after 1015 no applications for em
ployment will be considered unless the
applicant has had a kindergarten train
ing. The company has conducted
kindergartens for the benefit of chil
dren of their employee's for a number of
years and has observed the results.
The educational classes and other
enterprises which have been carried on
for the benefit of the employes has
resulted, in six years, in completely
transforming a poor factory suburb into
a pretty residence district. If corpor
ations would emulate the Dayton ex
periment, they would find that in a few j
years all the money they had invested
was returned to them. It does not
need a statesman tn see that social dis
orders which are liable to cost so much
in the end can be cured at the root by
properly educating the less fortunate j
citizen. —Sci. Am.
j
RHHOUATISM l"l RED IN A DAY.
"Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and j -
Neuralgia radically cures in I to 3 days. !
Its action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. It removes at once the ; ;
causes and lilt disease immediately di.s- , j
appears. The fir>t dose greatly benefits; i I
75 cents. Sold by J. C. Redic, and J. F. 1
Italph Druggists liutler. 96, I
STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE
How a Caterpillar's Ilo«lr Iternm.t th.
the Hoot of a ISulru.li
From some of the newer countries,
so-called on account of the lack of
definite knowledge regarding them.
! reports of strange freaks and euriosi
| ties constantly appear, and. as a rule,
they are laughed at. but once in a
j while they turn out to l>e the truth.
I It is this way with the strange freak
; of nature called the bulrush cater
| pillar, which is Indigenous to New
■ Zealand. This report, which static!
that at certain seasons a large black
caterpillar would bury itself in the
ground, and be converted into the root
of a bulrush, was laughed at. like the
rest, but now an English scientist,
who recently gave an exhaustive in
vestigation of the strange phenomenon,
stated that in many respects the state
ments are strictly true. From this re
port it has been learned that the eater
pillar grows to about three and one
half inches long and when about to
assume the chrysalis state buries it
sell" in the ground, and in doing so it
is frequently infected by the spores of
some fungus, which becomes involved
in the scales in its neck. These the
larr e is unable to < xpei. and the vege
tation thus set up rapidly extends
throughout the entire body, replacing
ea< h animal cell ihus destroyed by
vegetable matter, and finally convert
ing it into a c ;aparatively dense vege
table structure, which retains every
detail of the body, even to the legs,
mandibles and minutest claw. From
the neck, the portion first Infected,
there then shoots up a single stem,
which grows to the height of eight or
ten inches, resembling very closely the
clubheaded bulrush in miniature. It
has no leaves, and if she first stem be
broken off another rises in its place,
though two stems never grow simul
taneously from the same "caterpillar."
A Community of Mai*k<»m*ii.
The little commune of Attinghausen,
iu Canton I'ri. lias b • n iuad< famous
throughout the world by the pen of
Schiller in his "William Tell. The
commune at 1 res ut has a population
of about 500 souls, including the ba
bies. Like all its neighbor communes,
it holds it-< yearly "Schutzenfest." It
appears from the report of the con
test in the Urner Zcitunz t..at no fewer
than IS4 out o Its otto inhabitants are
capable markes! ri or markeswomen,
for out of the IS4 who took part in
the contest at the communal butts 43
were women. Not only did some of
the women prove to be better shots
than their husbands, to the great de
light of the sex. but the highest honors
of this year's festival were won .y fe
male hands. Tae Jungfrau Ivatharina
u Irscli, who is only iu her fifteenth
year, made 50 points at the "Zweck
schuss," and so carried off the first
prize. She is the daughter of Matthias
Wirsch. who, with s.»von of his sons j
and three of his < a.igbters, appeared |
at the Attingb ' • ••elr--izeiifest. ami
the whole la: i'.\ v. v so d xterous I
•1 ith their i\ ■ bey gained nine
prizes durii-g the ljy.
The Xi-ii .T!t i-«*ai»t i;i> Ta\ \ ws.
The r.ew iu?rc.ai!t>lo tax, wh: •!» has
been appr ve l y >veraor, will
certainly be the subject of great con
troversy owing lo the new system of
fixing valuations imposed, and the fact
that it levies a tax on the total amount
of sales rather than by classification.
The new law imposes an annual tax
of on retail dealers, and one mill
additional on each dollar of the whole
volume of business transacted annually.
Wholesale dealers shall pay an annual
tax of i(i3 and one half mill additional on
each dollar of the whole volume of busi
ness transacted annually.
Mercantile appraisers shall be ap
pointed by the county commissioners
annually on or before December 3(1.
The blanks to be distributed by the
merccantile appraisers are to 1m 1 pre
pared by the auditor general and shall
contain an affidavit to which the dealer
shall subscribe.
The whole yolnme of business, inclnd
ing cash receipts and merchandise sold
011 credit, shall be the basis on which
the license is to be rated.
If the owners, proprietor or any other
person connected with a business re.
fuse to produce the books and papers
and appear before the county treasurer
to give information on which to base
his tax, he is made liable to a penalty
of SI,OOO. All dealers coming under the
act are required to place permanently
at the entrance of their place of busi
ness a sign describing the business in
which they are engaged, under a pen
alty of *lO for each and every offense.
It is estimated that the new law will
raise annual revenue of over $1,000,000.
HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bil
iousness, Indigestion, Headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 25c.
When a man discovers he has made a
mistake lie generally looks about for
some one to blame it on.
Many a youngster has his eyes on the
pie while his father is askin;; the bless
ing.
A Baccalureate sermon is a very
pretty thing. It makes the graduates
feel proud and high-minded to think
they can understand it.
Pride goeth before destruction, and
falsehood followetha fishing expedition.
The same people who make a lion of
a man will make a monkey of him if he
doesn't look out.
A woman's idea of a "function" is
something where all the women wear
dresses made 011 purpose.
A man may say that all men are
equal, but thinks himself a little better
than his neighbor just the same.
Cider is said to be fatal to the typhoid
bacillus. Ex. If hard enough, it's oft
times fatal to other folks besides the
aforesaid bacillus.
Horse buyers are plentiful this season,
anil prices are better than for several
years. We haven't entered upon the
horseless era by a good deal.
Your winter flannels don't yon doff
Until it's nearly .Tune,
For lots of folks are taken off
Isy dotting them too soon.
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