Punxsutawney Spirit, 1892-09-07

              [ NO. 15- SFRUCEUALE LETTER. r \F v v "v v 'NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1892. The Extraordinary Powers of a Young Senorlta. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA, Our Platform. ROOM, % ROOM I We Must Have Room ! jQjng 111111111111111 r 7 7he Mammoth 1 I I II"t I I I I Boot and Shoe * 1111111 s '' riouse Favor in i/idttr. Is crowded for room. We have and immense stock of Fine Footwear Odds and Ends AS OTHERS SEE US. Disposed of. That must 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'Hoots and Shoes, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Ac. h /' With that end in view we we have cut the prices of shoes .Jh\ down to such a ridiculous "Wr) figure that the cows \L/ and calves and \(A! goats feel very | \ much, hurail]Ljr="' iated. SHOOTING IN TEXAS. Read A ladies' fine opera toe Slipper, worth $1.25, only 95 cents. A Ladies' One Dress Shoe, with patent tip, worth $1.50 for 05 cents. A Ladies' Fine Kid Shoe for $1.50 worth 90c A good Ladis' Grain Button Shoe worth 11.25 only 95 cents. These Prices. v> A man's fine dress shoe worth 11.75 only $1.25. A lot of foncy baby shoes only 29 cents. A man's solid every day shoe worth $1.25 only 95c A man's good lace shoe worth $1.50 only 95cts. A ladies' fine patent tip Oxford worth $1.25 only 75 cents. quantities J ' * We sell the Cheapest. We are Headquarters. The latch string is always out Come and see us. Prepare yourselves for a grand surprise for wo 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. —Fine clothing, boots and shoes, at the Big Run brncli of the Mammoth Shoe Store, In Dr. Cox's building, Main street. |. I f A Cure For raralynls, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Boot I Shoo. 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. * House, MEXICAN MIRACLES. formances. All Sorts of Physical Affliction* Dispelled by Hep Supernatural Influence—Miraculous Per- PROTECTION of Customers from Overcharge, Adulteration and Misstatement. We Pledge Ourselves ■FREE TRADE for every one withjjthe Merchant who does most for his Customers.place. Mrs. Sophia Oswald, of Luthersburg, is visiting; her sister Mrs. Kate Swartz of this Dr. T. R. Williams, of Adrian., who had been away oil a pleasure trip, is at home •gain. Miss Kmuia Swart*, of Paradise, is visit ing her parents of this place. Quite a number of the jwople in this locality celebrated Labor J>ay at Punxsutawnoy.Joe Madill has moved into his new resi donee in Pleasant Valley. Al. Sitjich is building a house for Mr. Baldwin on the northside. The giant coke crusher at Adrian is now in full operation. The new C. P. church is about ready for roofing. PROHIBITION—Monopolistic Rings, Inflated Values, and Oppressive High Prices. Wm. Henry, who has been lying for several weeks suffering from appendicitis Tor which in order to save his life an operation had to be performed, is now rapidly reeove.-ing.REDUCTION of the Peoples' Burdens Buyers' Bugbear—tax profits. Buy as yon Vote—Intelligently- The steam hydraulic eider press in East I'uuxsutawney will tie in operation Wedne - day, September 'Jlst, and will continue in operation on Wednesday of each week through the season of 1893. Wo use clean linen cloths in making up the cheese, theretore the farmer is not required to bring u load of straw to mix with the cider. It is a well known fact that the last pressing of jiomace makes umch the host eider, therefore it is of great importance that the work of pressing l e thoroughly done. This can best bo accomplished on the hydraulic press ns it has a wonderful and almost unlimited pow- ,1. A. KN mi er. Farmers are cordially invited to call and examine the pi'ess ami our excellent facilities for making superior cider. Gen. Tweedie's bullet has a mantlet or case, which is closed at the base and open at the head, tho mantlet ending about half way between tho shoulder and the point. Tho result is that on striking' the head spreads or "mushrooms" so as to innko tho bullet, after having the advantage of a small diameter in flight, to bccome on impact practically one of lnrgo bore, the main difference being that tho energy consists more in velocity and less in weight than was the caso in an old large-boro ball. It is said also to ba much more efllcient against thin iron or steel plate for tho samo reason— namely, that it makes a much larger hole and acts particularly well in obliquo impact. Of courso it will be clearly understood that this is only in cases in which tho plato is outmatched by the bullet. As tho chief objection to tho bullet is that it will not do tha work of an armor-piercing projectile, tho objection can stand, says a prominent ordnance authority, and, as tha Tweedio bullet possesses almost all of tho qualities required, it seems very probable that extensivo experiments will bo made to prove its superiority to other small-arm bullets in uso to-day. Rmtta*r Than Kill Them. A New Projectile That Will Disable Mm THE MUSHROOM BULLET. Oen. Tweedie has designed a bullet which is thought highly of by English ordnance experts, and is in their opinion something that will meet a long-felt want, says the New York Times. The new small-bore bullet has been found to pass through living animals in less sensitive parts without their being aware that they have been struck at all. This is due to the combination of high velocity and small diameter. In war the object is to disable men, and thia is often more effectually fulfilled by wounding than by killing, because m wounded man at the moment requirea one or two men to look after him, whil* the dead man is for the time let alone. If the wound, however, is one that hardly makes its existence known the immediate object may not bo answered. A savago especially would despise a wound of that character. If the bullet strikes bone the effect is different, because bone splinters terribly under a blow at a high velocity, but for what are called flesh wounds the small bora is "nowhere." buy in the largest Jefferson county. We IS COMING IN EVERY DAY. Our Pall Stock ;he largest and finest line of Boots and Shoes in We carry ' Si The hacienda of her father is sixty miles from Alamos, between tho Yaqui and the Mayo. And there all day long1, and day after day, in the eternal summer sunlight of that land, the crowd of sufferers come walking on their knees and droning their prayers and beseeching tho "holy maiden." And Teresa meets them with benign self-confidencn and bids them bo well and depart in peace. "Something very curious about it," say tho skeptical, and shrug their shoulders. "What did you see?" asked Teresa. "Nothing," ho stammered. "That is, it was an optical illusion." But he was converted. And so Teresa keeps on. She is a tall, slendir girl, with small features, a melancholy glance, and modest manners. Sho has but a modcrato education, and is disposed to preach faith and good works. Don Tomas, the father, began to think it had gone far enough, and said emphatically that the nonsense must cease. "Yon may say what you please, papa," said Teresa, "but you will see, by and by, that it is not nonsense." And she immediately started in to give him a proof of her powers in mind reading. Tho old gentleman was quite upset and had no more to say. Teresa, therefore, continues in the good work. The authorities have thought it worth while to investigate, and tho result is a report signed by Senors Tiburelo, Esquer Parada, Castro and Amparjsa* all of whom are tho opposite of superstitions. According to what they have discovered Miss Urrea has cured more than three hundred sufferers from all kinds of complaints. Tho Mexicans, especially the men, are rather given to scoffing at such manifestations. One incredulous individual named Jose Parades laughed in the young girl's face, whereupon, so says the report, she slipped out of her body and stood before him for an instant in double form, both shapes being perceptible to him. Parades rubbed his eyes and his hair rose on end. Teresa Urroa, the eighteen-year-old daughter of well-to-do parents, who has been astonishing the inhabitants of her native state with miraculous performances for many months, is still at work, says a Sonora correspondent of the New York Sun, and in such a way that responsible persons, whose tales are to be credited, shalce their heads and say it is certainly very curious. Old Don Tomas, the girl's father, a practical and prosaic hacienda proprietor, is not happy at the notoriety brought upon the family. At the same time he cannot help himself. Teresa began her strange actions by awakening her parents one midnight, many months ago, with pitiable groans and lamentations. The terrified old folks tumbled out of bed and hu. ried into the adjoining room. Teresa informed them that she was suffering a "great agony of spirit," but that as soon as the cock should crow thrice she would be relieved. Slio had spasms, and went into a trance that lasted thirteen days, I lor parents thought her dead and were preparing for the funeral when she revived and recovered. Immediately after tiiis she begau to perform wonderful cures by the laying on of hands. A lame woman was her first ease. This becoming rapidly gossiped about, the lame, blind and otherwise ailing began to arrive in crowds, walking on their knees as soon as they came in sight of the house, and reciting prayers and calling tho young lady the "holy maiden." Improve Upon Idnis, I Claim That Other Countrle» Adopt lint An eminent English electrical engineer, on a visit to this country, spoke recently in high praise of American originality in electrical work. He also stated that Europeans wait for us to develop a new industry, but whi>n thoy do introduce it they do it so thoroughly that we aro left far in the rear. An instance of this is found in electric lighting. A few years ago London hod very few electric lights compared with American cities. Now it far exceeds any of our large oit-ies," not only in the number of lights, but more especially In tho thorough, careful, woll designed and permanent construction of tho plants. The same solidity and excellence of construction obtain in Uerlin and Paris. While in America we wero trying to make ourselves think that underground lines wero not practicable, In Europe they wero introducing nothing else l*t such wires. Much of this is du§ to the fact that we have been doing pioneer work, and many of the older installations partook necessarily of the temporary character of experimental plants. But the standard of construction is rapidly rising, as good work is found cheaper in the end. It is pointed out, however, by a leading electrical journal that while wo may well take a lesson trom'abroad in tho building of our plants thero exists still one great drawback in the want of proper municipal participation in our largo cities without which we can never expect to hayo such general and complete systems as abroad. A municipal control in which "boodle" and "franchises" play an important part must necessarily be unsatisfactory and expensive. The way in which the progress of the storage battery in this conntry has been retarded by litigation is also alluded to and thus commented on: "More money has been expended in tho legal controversy than in developing and exploiting tho several storage systems. Despite this fact, tho companios now engaged in tho controversy aro in practically the same relative positions that they occupied several years ago. It certainly does ndt look well to see tho electrical companies of Europe instilling storage battery plants wherever electric lighting plants are found, while in America the plants of any consequence do not exceed a dozen in number."Mammoth Neither Time Nor Space will Permit us to describe further. You must see for yourselves. Seeing is believing. The Schools of Greece. Miss Mary E. Burt, who has recently returned to Chicago from Greece, says that tho common school children of Athens are taught ancient and modern Greek, French, and sometimes English. Unlike American children, they have no "school readers," but as soon as they are ablo to read they are put at once into tho classics of their own literature, so that before they have reached years of maturity they aro familiar with Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, Plutarch and tho dramatists. They do not recite nursery rhymes, but instead learn th« best myths of Hellenic literature. Not Intlulffrd lu So Promiscuously M Pkk pie lluve Hern jr.«d to lmPE1"*' It is generally believed by the outside world that the Texan carries liis life in his hip pocket. This is a mistake, says a letter to the Philadelphia North American. Our most facilo shooter* carry their revolvers just under the left arm. The real artist knows the minute differences iu shooting "on the rise" and "on the drop." The technique mastered, the cause for action elainls attention. Any assault upon the fair name of woman is almost certain to be followed by sudden death. For such cause* as this one must shoot. Imputations upon one's veracity or honesty, family feuds, quarrels and drunken brawls cause the remainder of tlio homicides. For such causes as these one may shoot. Men shoot each other in Texas on lesser ground than this, but they do not elioot on such slight provocation as th« •tenderfoot has been led to believe. They do not shoot visitors for wearing a stiff hat, for refusing to drink, nor for continually referring to the better things "back east." I have never lived among a people who were as indifferent to the peculiarities of strangers or recent immigrants. However, the Cannibal islands are no more dangerous fields for the missionary than is Texas for the airy, aggressive prig who insists on reforming us to his standards out of hand. I have known several men in Texas who have killed their man; a few who have killed two or three. Some of then 'were boasters, who, after their tragedies, degenerated into bravos; others wero high-minded, high-spirited gentlemen who had killed somo bully for mortal offense or as a defanse from deadly assault, and who boretho agony of tho tragedy in humility and silence. Homicide hardens and wrecks the tough; it saddens and overwhelms the gentleman. As a means of securing justice between men it is least satisfactory of all known methods. It is th« poorest kind of test of righteousness. The villain is often a cooler hand and better marksman than injured virtue, so that tho avenger often meets th» doom tho betrayer deserves. Frank Cornelias, of Purcells, In«l. Tor. says: "I induced Mr. Pinson. whose wifo had paralysis in the face, to lmy a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Halm. To their great surpriso before the bottle had all been used sho was a great deal 1 totter. Her face had been drawn to one hide; but the l'aiu Balm relieved all pain and soreness uud the mouth assumed its natural shape." It is also a certain cure for rheumatism, lame back, sprains, swellings and lameness, fifty cent bottles for sale by J. M. Beyer, of Punxsutawney, and Dr. Grubo & Co., Clayvillo. Fifty-Fire Tears a Queen. Queen Victoria is seventy-three years old, and on June 20 sho had reigned fifty-five years. Ilcr excellent if not robust health gives every promise that she will round out the century as queen and empress. The story of the scene when the news was brought her of her accession to the throne is interesting. The king died at Windsor and messengers were at once dispatched to Kensington to inform her of the event. It was midnight when the sleeping queen was awakened, and she came at once into the room to meet the messengers, attired In a white night-gown, with a shawl thrown over her shoulders, her nightcap off, and her feet in slippers. Sho was then a filonder girl, pale but pretty. Two years later she became the iride of Prince Albert. PMOPBtmroM. B. 6ILBL00M CLAYTON Corner Room Hotel Pantall Bailding, THE ORIGINAL AND POPULAR NORTH, ONE PRICE CLOTHIER, Turku at tlio Fair. Those who liavo been charged with the preparation of tho Turkish exhibit are making very extensive preparations to have it of superior merit and interest. They will charter a largo ship to tranaport tho exhibit. They will bring over four hundred native Turks arrayed in their national costumes. They will reproduce at Chicago a street in Constantinople with all its peculiar crooked* ness and narrowness and its interest lng bazars and restaurants. The bazar* will be filled with salable articles of Turkish manufacture. Tho cxpeditkut to Chicago will start from Constantino* pie and will call tit all Turkish porta for reinforcements and articles to bt placed on exhibition. Adrianapolia and Philoppolis havo caught the fever and will do quite as much as the capital to make the Turkish exhibit a succeed Tho exhibit will include a reproduction, in miniature of the mosque of St. Sophia. This has never been reproduced in any Christian country, and for its reproduction at Chicago special permission of the sultan had to be obtained. A Tree-CIimblng Flff, An account of a tree-climbing pig pomes from Australia. For a number of years wild pigs have been numerous !n Queensland, and the theory is that (ho common i ':T has been changed, pr.rtly by np.iev.xMos of his wild life. Into the variety discovered. The tor« feet are furnished with hook-like claws, I but the hind ones with only two hooka upon each hoof. Tho tail is thick, about ft footr long, and curled like the figure 8. I —For many years Mr. B. F. Thompson, of Des Moines, Iowa, was severely afllicted with chronicdiarrhcua. lie says: "At times it was severe; ho much that I feared ii. would end my life. About seven years u;"i. I chanced to "procure a bottle of Chombe Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Itemed) It gave me prompt relief, and I believe our ed me permanently, as 1 now eat or drink without harm anything; I please. I have au so used it my family with the best results." For sale by J. M. Beyer, Piulxsutawney, and Dr. Urube & Co., Clayville. ' A.;,:"-. l'*"! ' " "V r , V