Punxsutawney Spirit, 1906-11-28

              capital PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., NOVEMBER 28, 1006. VOL. XXXIV. WEBERS Correct Style At Ready for your inspection. Copyright i 906 by Hart Schaffncr & Marx FARMERS' BANK BUILDING SHOT I1IS HAND. ONE PRICE CLOTHIER you arc thrombi buying rep.iirs for years. We guarantee them for five vears. « Boys' Over| Codts 33 per cent off. Boys' Suits 31 per cent off. Men's Over- Coats 33 per cent off THANKSGIVING ANNOUNCEMENT Men's Suits 33 per cent off. No tuw t ) keep the fire in it n ii»ht. The\ burn un> kind of coal. S1 i e k coal q ves lust as s'ood service as lump coal. NOW RIGHT The warm weather did not help t<> reduce our stock of merchandise, which we have prepared for the fall. In order to unload we decided to throw our profit to the public. $12 TO $25 seasons. but handle none the genu ne. B. Priestly cravanette made of the by one fore mo R in- Coat makers the country. Price from in one. coats Have >ou ever what a useful garment a R in Coat is, is really, three and can be worn in all We To neglect style cism, for carelessness or ignorance of what is correct Hart' Schaffner & Marx are creators of style and always correct. The garments are hand tailored and the fabrics are all wool guaranteed. invite criti- is to Young man a necessity. stylish clothing a matter is not To every of choice, but Overcoats, the best that can be secured. Winter Underwear Boys' and Children's Suits and $5 to $8. Cheaper Suits and Overcoats from $10 to $20. Men's Overcoats $15 to $35. Clothcraft Suits and Overcoats, Men's Suits $15 to $25. J I $\Ln Men'sand Boy's Mid Furnisher We have such a varied assortment that we can please you, no matter what price you want to pay. We can save you money, prices from 50c to $2.50 per garment J. A. WEBER It is not surprising to learn that the farmers of the United States, represented by the National Grange convention at Denver, have adopted a resolution condemning the free distribution of seeds by the government. For a long time the farmers have .shown signs of becoming arrogant. They are like many other people— in prosperity they forget their friends. Why should American farmers attempt to buldoze Congress In this free-seed popaganda? What business have the farmers with it, anyhow? The free-seed distribution was begun without their consent or cooperation, and it has been carried on without their assistance ever since. It has become one of the cherished institutions of our common country. It is the chief perquisite of first-term Congressmen and the basis of their hope of re-election. From a modest, shrinking beginning the free-seed appropriation has swollen to such rotund, Juicy proportions as to insure it long life and immunity from successful assault. Its taproot goes deep into the fountain of Congressional human nature and its branches are blessed with the sunshine of Executive approval. Why disturb it? Unless Congress has lost Its old spirit, it will teach the Insolent farmers of the country a merited lesson In this business. There has been too much fawning upon the son of the srtil. Other people have rights. Heretofore It has been entirely optional with farmers whether they should accept or reject government seeds. Congress has not exerted Its full power. But if the farmers become obstreperous and refuse to co-operate in this national beneficence, a law may be enacted that will compel them to receive and plant free seeds. The diffusion of knowledge and the acquisition of political influence cannot bo hampered by mere prejudice and obstinacy. The-free seed appropriation or the farmers must give way, and It Is easy to see what a thoroughly aroused Congress will do. The base ingratitude of the farming element is sufficient In Itself to warrant stern and unanimous repression. Let Congress proceed with its dispensation of seeds. Let it send cactus to Maine and cranberry stalks to the arid regions, that the latent resources of the country may be developed. Let it scatter turnips and onions ovor the .land In  Let It call upon farmers everywhere to assist in using- up the appropriation by cultivating the riotous rutabega and the humble garden sass of commerce. If there is any grumbling anywhere, let Congress rise and assert itself.—Washington Post. INGRATITUDE OF TIIC FARMERS. WHEN YOU BUY A George Colkit, who lives on a farm r rrownsvllle, was examining a fy-lwo calibre revolver Thursday. ailed the least. bit too hard on :■ i ini 'iu: * he gun to go off. •. .m hole In the center hi U f: hand. l' ;.' i. i'.i• ;■ tely o the doctor : h !'• w 11 ho e n sore hand ,. i • . , i h* i < fullness of t hat if ii w ..•»t i ;-crma nen My im- For these reasons we are Inclined to doubt tlie efficacy of capital punishment.Jurles naturally revolt at the idea of condemning a man to death, and will seek the slightest excuse to conlure up a doubt in order to avoid such a responsibility. Many men have such a strong repugnance to the taking of human life that they cannot bring themselves to the point of uttering the fatal word "guilty." If it • lid not ivolve death to the person on trial they could see with a clearer vision. Abhorrence of the idea of saerinrjng m life, vi Ions of the scaflfold, of a grief-crazed mother, and of the pain they must Inflict upon the innocent relatives, blinds their judgment and makes them forget their duty to the State. The awful fear that they might be con emning an Innocent man, and the knowledge that the mistake could not be repaired after the victim was in his grave, also haunts the mind of a juror and makes him unduly cautious. Because of these things, and the fact that the culprit must be either hanged or acquitted— there being no intermediate course— many murderers escape punishment absolutely, with the exception of that which their own conscience may Inflict upon them. In the states of Michigan, Rhode Island and Maine capital punishment has been abolished. The states of Iowa and New York abolished the death penalty, but owing to the subsequent increase of homicides capital punishment was restored. Many eminent philosophers of both ancient and modern times have contended that capital punishment rather tended to Increase than diminish the number of homicidca, because the government sanctioned the taking of human life by resorting to It Itself, and set the example to the vicious of sheddlfig the Wood of one who had proved himself to be an enemy of the state. We are inclined to believe That capital punishment is Inconsistent with a lofty civilization. The certainty of punishment is a better deterrent than the severity of it, and it is universally admitted that the heavier the penalty the less likely it is *to be inflicted. When a man is prosecuted for a crime whose punishment Is death his friends will naturally resort to the most extreme measures to save him and very frequently to a long series of crimes and frauds, to say nothing of perjury by the wholesale, are committed as a consequence. In the various states of the United States, which severally have Jurisdiction in their own territories, capital punishment may be inflicted for murder, treason, rnjfeie, arson, piracy, robbery of the iHjMls with jeopardy of the lives of in charge, rescue of a convict b*ing 1« dto execution, burning a vessel of war, and destroying a private vessel. After the death of President McKinley by assassination Congress passed a law making an attempt upofi the life of the President punishably by death. Capital punlrihment has been abolished In Hollaitd, Rumania, Belgium, Portugal, Italy. Switzerland and France. In several of the cantons of Switzerland the right to Inflict the death penalty was subsequently restored, has not been invoked, while the abolition remains in the other fifteen cantons, which include more than four-fifths of the population.Among a primitive or barbarous people the death penalty naturally suggests* Itielf as the best means of preventing crime. They argue that it not only acta as a restraint upon those of homicidal tendencies, but extirpates the criminals. Acting upon this theory most of the nations of ancient times attached the death penalty to a multitude of irlmes. During the time of Sir William Blackstone, who was alive only 125 years ago, there were 160 offenses punishable by death under the laws of England. And England is presumed to be the most enlightened country on earth. But since that time the number of capital offenses have been reduced to four, murder, treason, piracy with violence and setting fire to the royal dockyards. Mr. Brownell established the Punxutawney store on Mahoni lg Street >!'«!■>• e.go, bavin# a Ion*-: ::;n» previous to that been engaged in similar business In Lindsey. Si ice eoming here he has enjoyed a stainless reputation for square dealing among his customers and the Peerless Shoe Company which is com- f liv.-nl npi.nl. will endeavor to carry out his policy. The old staff of clerks will be maintained in both establishments thereby assuring the same treatment by th<* new firm that has been accorded by the old. H. E. Brownell, perhaps the best II. K. Drownell llcilres th.; , lai e has retired from business has in.; Sis- • •••«: • i i |.i ■ i rr' \ • • • • . Id tie IV- i !• • * ;S! -e < '"inj>.iiy wlv e.ivv I" ■ dueli• •. . s'< i c oil Find!« v sir* slat "- la • March The Peerless Shoe Company took possession Its new quarters on Wednesday morning, under the management of W. A. Dick, who will aet in . t. i .. i • y i '»r I" .i h oi*t • now mj. t!acted by the company. The consideration of the transfer has not been stated. II \D \ \ Ml HOW ESCAPE. Rain Coats MO. 32. Yon take 33 per cent off every piece of new nieaehandiKe in the store. From a 5c handkerchief to a $20 suit or overcoat. For instance a suit or an overcoat marked to sell for $6.00, take one-third off and pay ns $3.35 only. The sana reitution applied to evjry arti cle in the store. Sale Begirts Thursday, November 22 and Closes on Thanksgiving Day Torrence | 1 | I | I I Punxsutawney Block | \ L vJ 11 1 Penna. Ladles' Coats and Fur Col* lars 33 percent off. THE ONE- PRICE CLOTHIER Shoes 33 per cent off. Men's Pants 33 per cent off. Hats 33 per cent off.. No cinders to bother with, as the perfect combustion burns all the coal, and leaves on!y the fine dust for ashes. PUNXSUTAWNEY HARDWARE CO. We have a fine line of Gas Heaters that will surprisfe you in price and appearanceThe doctor nearly tore down the wires in trying to Inform his anxious relatives hero that It was a boy. Only a Hoy. The wires were kept hot Thursday between I unxsutawney and Charleoi. For a time it was thought that a riot was on. Then some said it was a fire. Others said that an earthquake was coming this way. Anxious relatives hurried to and from the telegraph offices for the latent news, but it turned out that there vas no reason for sorrow. In fact It was all the other way. And the . ause of the excitement wa sa newborn babe who had come to bless the home of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin McKay, of Charlerol. Mrs. McKay was formerly Miss Belle Jenks, of this place. Not a shot touched him and aside from the powder, which was removed from his face by Dr. Snyder, he Is none the worse for his hunting trip. James Ford, of Bowersvllle. while hunting Thursday enme as close to blowing off hin own head as a man can os«dbly come, and live to tell about it. Mr. Powers and a friend started from Bowersvllle early Thursday morning and had gone about a mile and a half when Mr. Bowers endeavored to climb over a log. and In lolng so the trigger guard of the gun struck the log and when he had recovered sufficiently to take Inventory of, himself, he found the brim of his hat missing and his face full of powder burns. The gun had gone off directly under his chin and tore the rim off his hat close to the crown. Home of Reliable Hardware. lot of precious relics that are of i precious little praotioal value. The brain that is filled with a mass of Ill-chosen and ill-digested erudition Is a good deal like the attic of an old homestead. It contains a There is an epidemic of tramps in Altoona at present and the citizens are being bothered considerably. The police also have some trouble with this class, as they seem to be able to purchase liquor In sufficient quantities* to become "paralyzed" and lie down to pleasant (?) dreams on the sidewalk. | * " r i k ' ' ■ IP '-mmm jifl|HS^*iS,.'  ifcidlfe- j^£^ «*•!.>- ' : • jflp# JBm- * ¥