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FISK BROS. FISK BROS. FISK BROS. CHRISTMAS GOODS. Don’t fool your money away when you buy Christmas presente, nor do} FOR = appreciated than a What more useful or could be better hristnas) comfortable pair of | j " fe ae y é ps ' | Many jokes passed away the quilting, | Phe Clinton Daily Democrat pub- | and funny incidents Jong to be re- membered by all. The debating society at Hill school house is having a good time. They meet every week. Next Friday night several of the old debaters of the township expect to be present and take part in the discussion. Last week Aaron received a letter tae from bis old chaplain in the army, Rev S G Clark, who is living at Ap- pieton City. He tells us that he is now 81 years old and enjoy pretty We hope good health. lim ‘lished a death rotice of Ed Lamar, | ja boot black, saying that be bad | Fexpired at 12:30 of that day in an, Dandrutf 1 epileptic fit. Edis adwarf acd it is] jsaid that bis affiiction was brought lon by cigarette emoking- But Ed | didn’t die, and when he went around | | Suoday morning bis regular custom-| ts Disease The beginning of baldness is dandruff, Keep the scalp clean and promote the | growth of the hair by the use of Ayer’s Skatr Dagor ‘ers took him for a ghost. He is now ‘claiming damages and threatens to sue for $5,000 unless the editors compromises by giving him a suit of uot be wisled by people advertising /$ Slippers Or a pair of fine dress shoes, soon and taik over what happened | ¢iothes. goods at cost and are going to close ‘e — aces ex | : i (ee is ¢ : 1 Ve ropes . aT] ‘ er Mrs G Park -| HH) out—that is an old fake; merebants/$ WWe have the largest selection at ex Recs aga ree: CHRISTMAS WILL SOON BE HERE. who will advertise ecmethiog that | they are not going todo will skin you if they get a chance Come to Firk Bros. and lay in your Christmas goods. They bave tremely low prices. no old stock that they bought years ago aud are trying to close out, but everything they carry is new and cheap. Goods bought this year are 50 per cent cheaper than goods bought last year. A man that can get seventy-five cents for a day’s work these times is alucky mav. The farmers all know they almost have to giye away what they have to sell. We will ehow you the difference on prices in this year and last year ona few things that would make nice, useful Christmas One decorated lamp, b'ue, pink or canary color suld last year for $1 25 this year 75c One fine banquet lamp, new pat tern Rochester burner, worth last year four dollars, thie year $2 Water sete of brilliant crystal assorted colors, each set contains one half gallon pitcher, six tumblers and tray worth list year $2 50, this yesr $1.50. Don’t be humbugged by people | | | | MAX tender feet $.., Warm Felt Shoes for those that Suffer with cold EE ET ORE : | | | WEINER. Iusure with the St. Joseph Farm Mutual and save 30 per cent of pre mium. Fars and Town property. 50-tf HOLIDAY GOODS ———o They have a large line on display Toilet Cases from 48c up Albume, Celluloid front,back 40c up Ole up Virginia Items. Kind friends if you wish the Virginia news another year, Do for Aaron what he does for yeu, tell him all the news you hear. The Times goes to friendsin ether states that set up ’till eleven, Mr Kenuet of Rich Hill, was dru mning for Woodmen last week. Gordon Wallace went to Lee Sum- mit last week. Mrs N BM Nestlerode of Illinvis, | came Saturday to visit relatives Chas Cope and wife of New Home, visited his mother Sunday. | Miss Mamie Neal is getting better | slowly, but is not up yet. | PM Famuliner is very sick, \ | round Virginia | Dr Deepwater Items A crowd of young people visited at the howe of D H Kash on last Wed- nesday eve. Master Olaf Chambers visited Geo Shelton Wednesday night. Geo Moore has a new b A crowd of young people s Judge Coleman’s pond last Thurs- day night. Some of Elm Grove young men are dealing in Klondike gold. JM Kash spent a few days last week buying cattle. We understand that the party at Mr Betz’s on Monday night was a grand success. Mr Will Morton, who has been sick for some time is reported better at this writing. j pair of skates and are learning to n Johnstown was entered by burglars {Thursday night, but they failed to getany woney, At the time there was four dollars in the safe, but for some cause they did not get it. Whooping cough is reported in Johnstown. John Rains turned his horses in his stock field and they got out and Miss Annie, moved to Foster last | Grove lyceum on last Friday evening | ney chocolates aod keep them in }, } ated on | Walter MeCoun’s drug store in| fle sco Torey BENNETT-WHEELER Merc. Co, FOR YOUR—— ! \ } | | i ; Queensware end Lamps of all styles is complete aud prices way dows. is much larger and better assorted than ever before and is being offered at prices that will surprise you There never wasatime withia our |#nd 16 gauge guns. 20 years experience in business thit| If you want to buy a Christmas s COME TO ‘Fe read what happens you and what other folks Sas! re Jacks | = a : ge Let pices decorated chamber ee mn aie - Pe on Jnahicriars = ts fe Remo wt we could cffer you euch bargains | Present come in and see our stock, P rs Washington Park, who has eee i “s tee s = \ W i cary. { = * visiti 4 | tinue the hound business; their office J = | si HEA lait piece tie Ant ht cue ee wes < : Neer office | AE you want @ bice banquet lamp, ve se we youa —— of i. year $225 NEW VORK RACKET Pyle at Carterville, Mo, returned; is located on Pium street (Plum out |chiva dinner set, salad diab, stand or | €TS; Sliver range orks, spoons, thn ¢ Neat home Wednesday of last week. of town. hanging Jamp, or anything in this |'#2°re, pocket knife, skates, ching § . ij - oe = we pay cash for John Hussy, the city butcher, was; 4 protracted meeting will begin at Jixe do not fail tocall aud examine‘ dinner eet, fancy lamp, china plate ill i} if4 chicken kept busy last week slaughtering the Christian church in Johnstown | 4) stock and get our prices. We salad dieh or anytbing in the ching i One decorated wash bowl and FOR YOUR hogs. the fifteenth of this month. ‘ li A 1 b i line. eh ( e r $1.25, thi- Ylassen of Boyeor i fessrs J M Kash lie Shelton = , itever acld last year fer $1.25, thi bn Classe Mecrs J M Kash, Willie Shelton | © eelipe nico up to date banquet P $1.25, Jobn Classen of Boycort, Kan., | x = W 1 sell 1} ene eae } } hk el Ase aw | lxmps at from $150 up and hanging | 0 | year 850. 4 was in Virginia Wednesday. jand Join Jackson each have a new Ixmps at from $1 50 up and hanging | e will sell you a farm wag | ‘lawps at your own price We also) buggy, spring wagon, sulky plo {have a complete lire of toy dinner lor anything in the implement line scts, cups aud eaucers, children’s jata very low price, aa we propose to |p ates, mugs, money banks and ev erything in this line that will inter est the children We have enovgh Christmas Can- dies for all the children in Bates c¢ uuty and we buve to sell it as we do not propose to carry any over Will sell you mixed cavdy from 6c of January on account of invoicing. We are also making some unbeard of prices on buggy and wagon har- ness. We will cell you a set of sia- gle buggy harness from $5 to $10 per set and double wagon harness from $12 to $25 per set. : j ‘ ; Christy, of Butler is tending on him. | uptodate he has been unable to S If a hatch | Ove eet of warranted steel knives| Kid doll, natural hair 10c up| H8 Davis of Shelby county, Mo., | find them. a pound up and better grades in you need an axe, hatc! et, cross re | and forks worth last year $1 50 thie| Kid doll, closing eyes 25c | is visiting relatives here. The most entertaining and interest- | proportion. cut or hand saw, wrench, hinges, ‘| ear 750. = tes Mrs John Bassett and daughter, jing part of the program at the him We are also headquarters for Low naile, bolts, horse shoes, horse nailty Het 7 f Rubber dolls 09c up builders hardware or anything i Christmas resents as they Keep Everything | ut We are eelling any size loaded shells - at 35 cents per box and can give you pron any size loads you want for 10, 19 @., | reduce our stock cne half bythe first = if A aoa eae ne house they le 41 jand an au rig! . r . The man that dug a house where] Gilliland represented the state and (GD CE LE soe the water witches told him to now| Mr Wright appeared for the defense. of Plearanton shorts and bran which has plenty of water for all his stock.| DL Kash, tax collector of Deep-|™mukes the richest feed of any shorts Holiday books Handy volume classics Booke, silk finisb, cloth binding advertising goods at cost—look out for them. Buy goods from people that you can can depend on what they sty, and who szll what they the hardware line, come 1m and see ws, a8 We can save you money. Come | in and get our prices on pumps, ¢ wind mille, gas pipe and all kinds. 20c advertise. 1 set silver spoon, knife and fork for children $ 25 comprising 250 tales, 190 or 6 for $1 Self pronouncing Teachers’ Ox- A W Simpsou’s team ran away and | water township, is now ready to take| or bran that ever camé to Butler, and tore his wagon to pieces. Geo Ruble was afflicted with the in the shekels. It was with sorrow that we learned of plumbers supplies, as we can save you money. We will sell you we are prepared to sell you at any time from one sack to 10,000 pounds ford Bibles $1.33 | toothache a couple;of days last week. |of the death of Mrs Connie Baker, . . Weue P q 1 set childs plate, cup and saucer 25 “4 LL Judy hauled*a load of goods] who was buried at Johnstown Sun. ez HELE UE right oe =e . = — $ Fee 1 fioe decorated night lamp 25|Bageters comprehensive Bible from Butler Saturday for J W Mc-|day Dec 5th. in our feed house so you will not ons 1°00 The to get your ehickens| ; jose $1.75 | Fadden and O M Drysdale. There was a social hop at Gus Mc-| have to wait when you want a eack 58 ib Straight Patent four 1 16 and turkeys weighed correctly is at _ Geo Thompson reports everything | Cool one night last week. until we send out and buy it as, 50 tb High Patent flour 1% Fisk Bros. Collar and Cuff box 35c up | quiet as neighborhood. Grandma wilker purchased some | others are dciag. We aleo keep corn | 10 fh Mich. navy beans % 5 Isaac Park is still confined to the| hogs from Mr Jones last week. i 12 tbh homi : GROCERY DEPARTMENT. Ribbon, Suspender, Glove, Fan, house most of the time. J E Prewit and wife visited in aac eee = a < 10 tb ot Sak 2a = 10 fb band picked navy beans, Necktie and Handkerchief CW Wolfe is still talking free sil-| vicinity Sunday. Se 10 on Ark = *) they are fine a o4e up ver. Bert Tyler says he istoo busy with igs oe Sores and Power Ars a sige - aa 2650 worth of chewing gum for 05 = Prayer meeting at the M E chureh|his traps to bea candidate for mat-| Dros. and can sell youin any quan are Ciairette soap 4 bb of four crown raisins 25| Tourist Leather Cases Te gener night. rimony — — bot warns ee tity cheaper than any store in Butler. | 8 bars Lenox soap 3 ib three crown raisios 25 oo ees 3 iss Mary Taylor, who is teaching | girls to look out in the spring for he| We sre making some extremely low | 6 bars Old Country soap 2 ib of London larger raisins 95| Leather Music Rolls 47c up| at the Hickory Grove school house, |!* fast becoming tired of this single ‘ * “ GB cacdibes vcial = i Speak Gatanas end Silas at home: ood ic ieuaeeee ag in 500 to 1000 pound quanti = ne Sici — 5 ib dried apples 95 Rev Blake of Drexel, preached his| rabbits at the present time. ee: ‘ tb ae i 3 tb California prunes 25 To our customers buying | f@tewell sermon at the Christian| There was a social givenat the res- Our grocery stock is larger aud a| 4 shot #3} 1 dozen sweet oranges 30 LoS j church Sabbath night, acne) ot w M Shelton on sly Stes better assortment than you will find | Any size loaded shells | | 1 ~ good oe 20 $5.00 worth of goods we ss Rape is still suffering with | °"" i “lin Butler and prices lower. Coal hods Bh rive straight to our store; we the rheumatism. pay cash for chickens, turkeys and eges 3 tb evaporated blackberries 25 Hour Glass Medallion | on time; they were found awe, ES best all week troups that bas|cbuck full of goods and we are cut | 1-q¢ tin bucket 1 tb evaporated raspberries 20 -.9 The kces Methodists commessoie virited this city in years. Pavements | ting prices in two. | 2-qt. tia bucket We carry a freeh line of bulk xe. of Paris, played Monday evening olives, lemon peel, orange peel, cit rov, sweet and sour piekles, celery, grapes, in fact you can get at our atore anything that you could get ir Kansas City or St. Louis in the grocery line. COFFEESe will present them with a New York Racket One Low Price to All. West Side Square. | WJ Bard and H P Nickell falied to see the new drilling exereise that was protracted meeting at the Peter | Crook school house Monday night The Scally agent was out Monday looking at W W Park’s and Peter Denning’s farms. The quilting at W J Bard's last | Thursday was well attended; a few }of the invited guests were not able The Howard DeVoss Co, playing at the Butler Opera House, is ove of was exceptioually geod. and the dencing and singing was fine, es p-ciliy the acting and dancioag of ittle Ruby Retnor. What Our tinware, galvonized iron and granite iron ware departmen's are 3 piot cups 1 quart cup Our line of stoves is still complete and we have knocked ihe bottom out of prices. We are celling Oak heating stoves frcm $6 00 to $14 90 | Granite Iron water pails Airtight wood stoves in ths largest | Gooll ecffee trom 6c to 250 per Ib siza from $3 75 up. | Bring us your butter, eggs, chick Cook stoves from $10 up owing | 3 qt. coffee pote Granite Iron waeh pans Granite Iron dish pans 8 05. 06 10 5 50 60 ene, turkeys, ducks, geese or avy 4 Tb beat broken Java coffee 25 tl to be ee quilts on the pro- 5 to size and quality. If you are in| tbing you have to sell, as wo alwafé 2 tb pure Rio coffee 25 ucklen’s Arnica Salve gram. ose present were Mrs H F Scott Ss need of a steel range we will sell pay the high ice in’ : 3 = you y iehest price in cash’ or” 1 tb Java Blend coffee 15 : Smith, of Mogollon, New Mexico; : . a 2% good green coffee 25 ‘ies g ‘sar tinggi Pipestone “a a Mesdames J W McFadden, C W one cheaper than any one in Bates|trade Thanking you for the liberal 9 full store of new goods that we are selling at small profit. POWDER play of eatables they ever saw placed | experience of twenty-five years has upon a table, and yet they disfigured | proven it in tens of thousands of many of the fine cakes, pies, jeily, cases. B- you to call at the dreg store of oe: te ener £0, EAST SIDE CQUARE, BUTLER. 10 H N LU DW I CK, 5 t SCOTT'S Exuision, A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. &c. One lady said she would remem- a ase ee “2 FISK BROS. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD, | ber that quilting as longas she lived. scott Sapraens Sew York. Sreeosoocoooooooosoooooosoosooooooce s i : We carry the largest stock of good Wolfe, Wm McKibben, A W Simp- E | ") County as we propose to close out | Patronage you have given us the coffees in Butler ra ee ee oe ie ae son, Geo Thompson, Jack Berry, Joe m u Ss i on @ |our stock by January let. past year, and eoliciting a continu- FLOURe eruptions, and positively cures piles | 7 Whinnery, Mike Maloney, John Si dn “6 chcagthinictage Stile acl We are selling more skates than all | ance of same, we remain 50 tb of Family flour $ 80lorno pay required. It is guaran | Hensley, Jas Walker, Cole, H P : in ite flest the stores in town, for the reason Yours respectfully, 50 tb XXXX flour 1 00| teed to give perfect satisfaction or | Nickell, D R Braden, Leech, Taylor, | ODI ¥ —— ee — thst we have a larger and better | : 50 th White Rose flour 1 15|money refunded. Price 25 cente | Jas Cuzick, WW Park, Geo Ruble;/ing prope He RTEEEE ily stock aud are making lower pricee. | BENNETT-WHEELER MER. CO. 50 t Umpire flour 1 15|perbox. For sale by H. L. Tucker. | Mother Craig, Misses Louie Cowan, | Liver Oil emulsified or partially | Our stock of shot guns, rifler, loxded | LEADER 50 tb Centurion flour 1 20 2 : Daisy Walker, Rachel Park. Report! digested, combined with the well- S OF LOW PRICES. ~ i 50 ib White Goose ftour 1 25 Awardea comes from all sides that they had a/ known and highly prized Hypo-| LTT Bran and shorts in 500 th lots 65| Highest Honors—World’s Fair, —. gs = of attraction | phosphites of Lime and Soda, so MAROON RR LA Ae oat ta tr saad ea 5 gallon oil and can 1 00] Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair, | Was Mrs Smith, of New Mexico, used| that their potency is materiall iy 1 pase coal hod 15 ‘DR: |to be Lillie Stephens, she having i ace “4 . 2 | CH RISTM AS PRESENTS. ; i i 1 good Buck saw 50 | many new thiags to show them, aud | \ i. b mm 4 a 1 Lippineott ax and handle 75 | having traveled largely in the min-| Fy { Partie ae F } Avy #1ze rope O7 s ‘fag territory of the western states, What Wit? fe Do? tomeioct obese a are ee, ore : n ii Northern potatoes per bushel 65| | made it interesting forth present.) Jt gif t loss of fesh and! cineane dieser a 4 |e 3 boxes new club shells 1 00 Mrs thh lmemory and aloo. 0, Baer ee ieee i 1 ~ . a a . = vine aharsae at T0E0% {2 2 cormal condition the|f TOilet Articles, Manicure Sets, } § ti 4 fb shot 25) seen i When the time for | 29% ge as ae bates ce ol , ‘ 13 3 Tb blasting powder 23| CREAM refre me they surrounde ch the Blood of the ee BIBELS, AM 9 cance cae onlin : 20) | the loaded with all tha gh, magic Salt Perfumery, Collar Boxes, &c aa 1 broom—not very geo 1 » there seas eatt and lungs, and/ ys KES, XC. : Ee ; 25¢ worth of chewing gum 05 BAKING \ ing left undone. Some of the | H ion. We) lap Pia edien needa pt ct: Pe i i i We have no old goods that we are | jreport that it was the grandest dis-| make this state: because the} same quallty of goods can be boughs at any b closing out at cost, bat we havea Before buying your hoiday presents a cordial i Lass