Punxsutawney Spirit, 1892-08-17

              ■ / ■» asro. 12. ROOM, t ROOM! I l I 11 l l H 11 111 11 iTTT #• Have Room / Platform. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17,1892. 111111 Ihe Mammoth Moot and Shoe 111 riouse in Favor of Is crowded for room. We Shave and immense stock of Fine Footwear 111111' 1111111 ii i i i i i i i i 111111111111 Odds and Ends 11111 n 11111111 Disposed Oj That muxt be As candidates for your patronage we invite an examination of our record for fair dealing. We promise for the future the best in quality and the lowest prices to our customers without distinction of age and class, and behind our promise stands our splendid stock of Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing, Hats, Caps, and Men's and Boys'Boots and Shoes, Gents' Furnishing Goods, &c. I With that end in view we we have cot the prices of shoes down to such a ridiculous figure that the cows and calves and goats (eel very much humiliated.Head These Prices. A man's fine dress shoe worth $1.75 only 11.25. A lot of foncy baby shoes only 20 cents. A man's solid every day shoe worth 91.26 only 95c A man's good lace shoe worth $1.50 only 95ct«. A ladies' fine patent tip Oxford worth $1.25 only 75 cents. A ladies' fine opera too Blipper, worth $1.25, only 05 oents. A Ladies' fine Dregs Shoe, with patent tip, worth (1.50 for 95 cents. A Ladies' Fine Kid Shoe for $1.50 worth 90c A good Ladis' Grain Button Shoe worth $1.35 only 95 cents. Jefferson county. quantities. We sell the Cheapest. We are Headquarters. "The latch string is always out. •Come and see us. —-Fine-(Slothing, boots and shoea, at the Big Ron brnch of the Mammoth Shoe Btore, in Dr. Cox't builiing, Main street. WHITE8VIIXK Three more new houses started this week. Isaac Lind purchased a lot from J. B. Means last week. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Boot s Shoe1 House, We carry everything that Men and Boys wear from the very cheapest to the finest made. We have trunks, satchels, valises, umbrellas, Macintosh coats, leather, oil and rubber coats. The finest line of Neckwear you will find in the State. See cut of the best fitting White Shirt in America. m* FMi j4f\- * ■. The Week's Happening* In 4t 1*1 ve Traa THROUGH GERMANY. Some Interfiling Bit* of History. Dr. Ernst OMcribM the OM Cities and Gives PROTECTION of Customers from Overcharge, Adulteration and Misstatement. FREE TRADE for every one with"the Merchant who does most for his Customers.We Pledge Ourselves PROHIBITION—Monopolistic Rings, Inflated Values, and Oppressive High. Prices. Miss Mamie Koch, who hn* been visiting in town for several weeks, returned to Hrookviiie on Monday. A lodge of Daughter* of America wu instituted at Kathmei last week. There was a birthday party at Mn. Vn. Rcdaker's in Paradise on Friday. Mis* Iuiogene Hill, of Cattaragus, N. Y.t was visiting friends here over Sunday. Mrs. Blakely, of Bast Brady, has been tha guest of Mrs. Win. Copping for a few day*. Miss Bert Copping left Wednesday for an extended visit to friends in Clarion county. There is a terrible mortality among babies here during this hot season. Four wore buried on Thursday. Miss Ada Bcott returned from Driftwood Friday night. Mrs. A. A. Whit* was in DuBois on Friday.Mn. J. 8. Smith is ill. Mn. Wood ring, of West Reynoldsvillo, h Ul. REDUCTION of the Peoples' Burdens! Buyers' Bugbear—tax profits. Mrs. Alice Bowser, who has been visiting here for several weeks, returned last week to her home in Olean, N. Y. Miss Kuima Lowther. who has been visiting friends here for several weeks, returned to her home in Reimersburg last week. The Republican club of this place has ordered natty campaign suits. Tlioy are of white duck with white continental hats. Buy as you Vote—Intelligently. Mrs. Jennie Morley, accomparied by her daughter Miss Grace, of Andover, Ohio, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Albert Reynolds. Misses Mary and Flora Rew. of Kranklin, Pa., arrived here Saturday and will make an extended visit to friends in and around Reynoldsville. Mrs. John Wylum, of Rathmel, Mrs. Julia Reynolds, Mrs. Jennie Morley. Mrs. Margaret R. Gorshino and Miss Grace Marley drove to Memorial Home. Iirookvilie, on Monday. The little Hetrick child that died at Rathmel last week was one if once seen would never bo forgotten on account of its remarkable size. Ho was two years old but as tall as nuy child of sis and weighed over eighty pounds. A sister ten years of age weighs one hundred and eighty-nine. Her waist measure is forty-five inches, and her bust is forty-nine. Hheis also quite tall for her age. They were both bright children— something quite unusual in cases of abnormal fat. People are always glad to got u barga'A. Well, Monday, August 22, they can get fifty cents worth for ten cents. The entertainment given by the W. It. C. in the opera house, will be worth the first named sum for the latter- Miss Mfiy Iseiuau is to  Miss Lillie McCreight, l-ecite, ttii<i Mlw Grace Marley from Andover, Ohio, who baa recently taken the gold medal at a Demorest contest, will give several recitals, a glee club from DuBois will bo a special feature. and the programme will be generally first-class. A pleasant surprise prepared by his wife, was given L. W. Scott on Saturday evening1, August 30th, that being the anniversary of his birth. About thirty gentleman were invited to share the sumptuous supper with him. What that supper consisted of all will realize was of the best, for the whole community know Mrs. Scott i < a born cook. Most of the guosts wore all comrades in army, and it was quite a little reunion of the boys in blue. As a token of their good will the guests left a purse of money to be used by their host as ho saw fit. Also other gifts were presented. buy in the largest We IS COMING IN EVERY DAY. Our Fall Stock line of Boots and Shoes in We carry the largest and finest Prepare yourselves for a grand surprise for we are going to give you all an agreeable surprise in Fall and Winter Clothing. Our stock will be of greater magnitude for style, quantity and quality that it will surpass anything you have ever seen in Punxsutawney. Another member of one of the pioneer families of Jefferson county has passed away. Near his home in Gaylard, Mich., Valencine Smith came to a sudden and violent death. He had been huckleberrying with a party of men and was on his way home on a hand car when ho fell off and was killed instantly, his neck being broken Mr. Smith was the son of Valentino H. P. and Rebecca Smith and came to this county from Frankly county, New York, in 1835, being then fivo years of age. He lived her* till about lSflO when with his family be removed to Andover, Ohio, where he resided until a few years ago when he went to Michigan. The deceased was the youngest brother of J. S. Smith, Mrs. Clarissa De- Lorme and Mrs. Orlando Uray, Sr. Ho was of a very social nature and was generally beloved. migrate from the right to the left bank of the Shine by Agrippa in 38, H. C., and here Aggrippina the mother of Nero founded a colony of Roman Veterans A. 1)., '61. There are still remains of the strong walls of the settlement, but from the end of the 6th century it belonged to the kingdom of the Franks. Charlemagne raised the Bishopric to an Archbishopric, but soon there was a conflict of authority between the political and ecclesiastical powers, and which often resulted in sanguinary feuds, lasting at intervals from 1066- 1297. At last the contest was decided in favor of municipal Independence. The Cathedral is undoubtedly the most magnificent Gothic structure in the world. The corner stone was laid in 1218, but about the year 1447 the work stopped and was not begun again until 1823, during which time it had becomo very much dilapidated, in d was not completed until 1880, ♦ho estimated wst byijig betwwn six and seven millions of dollars. 11 is built entirely of stone In the shape of a cross, the principal portal being 93 feet high and 31 feet wide, side portals 38 feet high and 18 feet wide, the central window 48 feet high and 20 feet wide. The interior is supported by 60 pillars, and is 390 feet in length, the nave is 145 feet high. Tho area of the interior is 739,909 yards. The windows are all of stained glass, being representations of Biblical history. Tho two church towers are the loftiost in Europe, being 612 feet high, anil tho largest bell weighs 26 tons, and was east from French cannons captured during tho war of 70-71, and it requires 28 ringers to sot it in motion. Legend has it that when Archbishop Conrad decided on building a cathedral such as the world luid never scon, ho called in one of tho greatest architects of that day, who undertook to furnish the plan, being granted ono year's time. But us the time passed and lie was unable to transfer to paper tho model he had conceived in his brain he became morose, but three days before the appointed time ho wandered into the forest, and as night approached a fearful storm began, and he sought shelter beneath a huge oak, which was shortly struck with lightning, and from tho burning trunk ho saw a man step forth, and who approached him and spoke to him, calling him the Dom Architect. The stranger then offered him a drink from a bottle, which he took, and immediately felt as a transformed being. The stranger then told him that without his assistance ho would bo unable to formulate a plan of the Cathedral, and if ho would but sign a bond with his blood ho would give him tho plan, which ho had carried so jn lii» brain and yet unable to produce, lie signed the bond and received tho plan, which proved to bo his ideal, and went his way. The building was begun, but as it progressed the architect became more and more gloomy. At last ho confided his trouble to tho Bishop, who sent him to a Hermitage in tho Kifel mountains, whore ho did penance and was at last assured that ho was free from tho bond. In a conspicuous part oi the church there had boon placed a brass tablet bearing his name, but when in later years he died, and the saino night the tablet disappeared from the wall, stolon by tho evil ono, enraged over tho loss of a soul, and soon after this began tho disputes ami discord, that interrupted tho building of the dome for centuries. There are numerous other sights, among which is tho old Town Hall, built on the east sido of the old Roman city, and it is built on Roman ruins, tlioso of the old Prsetorlum. Kclic.i wore found here in the 16tli century. Whilo constructing a portico in 1407 an addition was built for keeping tho public records and armies of the city, and was paid for by the fines collected from tho families that had been overthrown in tho Revolution of 1396. In the Housa Hall are nino statues, three representing Christianity, throe Paganism and three Judaism. These were found under tho plastering of tho hall in 1860, where they had been hid during ono of the many revolutions to save them from destruction. There aro many other worthy points of Interest, yet a description of them would require too much space. Old ehurehos may be found on almost every street. There is a good museum and picture gallery, and statues of German sehollars and heroes adorn every park. C'lIAItLKS G. KllNST. Neither Time Nor Space will Permit us to describe further. You must see for yourselves. Seeing: is believing. Mammoth Earl Gourley has returned home front Philadelphia, where he had been in a hospital for some time. He looks well again. The steam clutches which were put on tba hoisting engine at West Eureka No. 4, two weeks ago broke down last Friday. New ones will have to bo made to replace theafe as the company has none on bands. —During the epidemic of flux in thiscounty lost summer I hod bard work to keep a supply of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy on hand. People often came ten or twelve miles in the night to get a bottle of the remedy. I have been selling patent medicines for the past ten years and find that it has given better satisfaction in cases of diorrhas and flux than any other medicine I have ever handled.—J. H. Benham. druggist, Qolconda, Pope co., 111. Over Ave hundred bottles of this Remedy were sold in tha. county daring the epidemic referred to. It was a perfect succen and waa the only remedy that did cure the worst cases. Dozens of persona there will certify that it saved their lives. In four other epidemic* of bowel complaint this remedy haa been equally successful. Twenty-live and fifty cent bottle* for sale by Joeeph Beyer, of Punxiutawney, Pa., and Dr. Oruhe & Co., Lindsay, Pa. B. 9ILBL00M NORTH, ONE PRICE CLOTHIER, CLAYTON THE ORIGINAL AND POPULAR Conor Aoom Hotel PanUll Building, —As a general liniment for sprain* and bruiae* or for rheumatism, lame back, deep seated or muscular pain*. Chamberlain'* Pain Balm is unrivalled. For sale by Joseph Barer, Ptmxcutawney, Pa., and Dr. Orube, k Co., Lindeey, Pa. Mrs. Moore and ion from Brisbin, Clearfield county, were in this town on Saturday for the purpose of bnying a lot in somegooA business location. It is thought they latest to bring on a hardware business here If they succeed In getting the land at a reasonable price. The F. & N. W. railroad company officiate war* bare last week buying the land M which they took option* three weeks ago. They paid price# ranging from one bundle# to two hundred dollars per acre tor It. Kb a» ported they will start to bolld the I road aa aooa aa possible. Cologne, July 20, 1N92. After leaving Dresden I went to Ijeipsic, where are established the largest book printing establishments on the Continent. But hero my stay was very short, for having an engagement to meet at Cassel on the 16th, I was compelled to make haste. On reaching Cassel I fouud my friend Dr. Maler, of Philadelphia, awaiting me, and on Sunday we took in tho various sights about that city. It dates its origin to 913, and since the doath of The Electorates of Thuringen has been the residence pUce of those of Hassen. It has a population of 70,000, and is beautifully situated and surrounded, by a very rich agricultural section. There are a number of points of interest, but the principal ones are the museum and the marble baths of tho Orangerls, built in 1720. The walls being set with marble sculpturing of Bacchus, Faun, &c., and representing Medkeval scenes taken from Ovid. We then walked out to Wllhelms Hohe, three miles from the city. It is the summer residence of the Kurfensten of Hesse, situated in a beautiful old park of natural forest. The castle was built in 1787, and was the prison of Napoleon III from September 1870 to March 1871. On a high hill facing the castlo stands an irregular octagonal stone building, representing an old castle, from the top of which-extends a high tower and on top of this stands a stone statue of Hercules. In the building is a reservoir where the water is collected from various springs for the purpose of producing the artificial falls for which tho place is noted. These falls play on Wednesdays and Sundays, and promptly at 3 o'clock the water is turned on. First a fountain throws a stream forty to fifty feet high, at tho summit, and the water pours down over the falls, which consistof forty-two different falls extending down the hill a distance of 864 feet, and are 37 feet wide, flanked on each side by the same number of falls, eight feet wide, but on a higher plane than the wider one. From tho time the water falls over tho first fall until it reaches the bottom it requires fifteen minutes. At the base is a huge tower from where the water is conducted by pipes to the Steinhofcr water fall where the water pours in numerous streams over a perpendicular wall of artificially placed rocks fifty feet high, producing a beautiful appearance. From here the water pours another smaller fall under the Teufels bridge, and then to the huge fountain at the base of the hill, where the water is thrown to a height of 185 feet, and is the highest fountain in Europe. The sights here are beautiful, and thousands come out every day to see thom, and although it shows the work of an ingenious and artistic brain, yet it was but made as a plaything for some lordling, that by mere circumstance of birth considered himself bettor than those who tilled the soil, and hence they sweat and paid a tribute money for the building and completion of this work, which is no benefit, yet a pretty sight. We loft Cassel 011 the lHth for Essen, the city where the noted Krupp (iun Works nre located, and from where we expectcd to make our tour on foot. Before reaching the city we stopped otT for several hours at Soest, which in its earlier days was a business center between Westphalia and o'.her German Provinces of tho north with Saxony in the south. It was noted as such in the year 900. It was bosieged in 1447 by 60,000 soldiers under the Archbishop of Cologne on account of their refusal to comply with his demands. It was also the first of all tho German towns to obtain tho city right or Soester Schraa in the year 1'200. Here maybe seen a Catholic Doric of the year 1200. Inside are paintings dating from 1100, and glass staining from 1*200. There are also several other churches almost ae old. The town is still surrounded by the ancient stone wall, but only one of the towers or portals has been left standing. Essen is a city of 75,000 and dates from the year 900, and at present is noted for its coal mines and iron works. Surrounding the city are forty-three coal mines, giving employment to 20,000 men. The Krupp works were ostablished in 1810 and have grown until at present they give employment to 10,000 men. They have in the works a large trip hammer weighing 100,000 pounds, and have to the present time made over 200,000 cannons, the heaviest weighing 240,000 pounds. The company have erected a large number of substantial brick houses, each surrounded by a garden and a well-kept lawn, where their workmen live. Here is also seen one of tne oldest churches in Germany, built in 878, and the youngest article in it of interest, dates from 1622. It rained during our entire stay, and as the proBpects for its stopping were not encouraging, we took the train to Cologne, and it has been raining here every day, but rain or shine we tramp frcftn here to Bonn to-morrow. Cologne is the largest city of the Rhiniah Province and one of the most important commercial centers in Germany, having a population of 275,000. History shows that it was founded by the Ubri when they were compelled to f ' H? J&aJi ■' ZaJL* <> ♦ r