Punxsutawney Spirit, 1896-03-04

              WI I his week we put <m sale 500 '■ . i! the low price of 8 Gents JEacii. Not more than four to a customer, t onic early for these at the price will i;u (juick. \ Heroine School CJirl. We are going to reduce la ins l)i<*K of His Wounds. NOW $1.50. H. d. bOEB. MEN'S AMD BOYS' FURNISHER. A Deer Chase Through a Little Town. REV. HARTMAYS SERMON. >Tff\ PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4,1896. GROWTH OR TUB PERCEPTION OF (MM). From (he lowest Brutality. Mentally and Morally Mail IIiinGrown to wets. ft BARGAIN VOL. XXIII. MARC Bargains for Now. There's just two things about March which may be unfailingly predicted. The first is bad weather from the signal service and the second is big bargains from us. We propose to let the winds do the blowing, we will do the selling. Wash Goods—jur lino all in, percales, lawns, dimities, organdies, ehallies and the new linen effects. Embroideries to match the linen organdies and embroideries in white and butter color. Double our usual qUanity of all embroideries.Ijaees—there are only a few sty Its of laces used this season, but there is an endless variety of designs in each style, and wo have bought largely of the latest style in white, butter and Linen color. • Corns and See the Late Laces. *-> ■ WE ARE Shoes r',!A-NU LATE STYLES. Ribbons are O. K. and we have all the goods made in satin and persian. liinings—we buy everything that is used by first class dress makers and will try to please you in this dept. Shoes—We are leading in low prices. \ Dress Goods including, ail the late woaves ». in addition to our large new stock of staple \ serges and cashmeres. See our lino of all \ wool serges 25 and i!5e yd. Silks for waists and dresaes a line that can- not be described because of the great variety. Printed warp silks <!5c to $1.25 fri minings new jet effect?, on net grounds, "beautiful as a dream." velvets, braids and laces. Dry Goods & Shoes. £. CMIIMMI & SON, It id Gloves —Your choice from incomplete lines of good, stylish, porfoet-fitting gloves, latest backs and prices lowest for good goods- .j 75a to $2 pair. StonkiiiKS for boys and girls. Good double knee goods that will wear 15, i2l> ami5. fjauo Curtains—All our new stock now open. Three yard curtains, 05c; 34 yds up to $5 pair. Try our $2.51) and $3 curtains— nice enough for any parlor. Carpets and Mattings. Window shades, 30 to 50c. I*. V. Corsets are self advertisers, for every lady who wears thom recommends them to her friends, so it is like an endless chain system. We have all the popular makes that we consider <>. K. LINEN. TABLR SPECIAL-We will put on sale 1,650 Beginning Thursday, March 5th. Prices 'way down and quality away up. We will make it remunerative for you to visit our store most any time for most any line of goods, because we buy in large quantities and will not be undersold. JOHN B. BAIR. thordox Christianity. Could wo compound our tr«s-.i's so a« to discover that the universe in a thousand time" larger than it U, that discovery would til ing ns no fieai.e. A thorough comprehension <>t ail n-velation, in itself, would bring in 10 pcace. 'I'lio simple (act ot Cnrist's iucarnaliou will give tin no peace. Oh, how ofloti have wn stood under the Mardecked sky, teit the power ot immensity, and longi d to know more of Him who haili planned and burnished tho glow ing sues! A simple, childish Irust in (iod will us a composure as sweet and a rest as peaceful as tho balic who talU to sleep ou its mother's bosom. HERE IS HOW MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. All our winter goods. All our 18 and 20 dollar overcoats $15.00. AF ur 15 and 16.50 " 12.50 All uur 12 and 13 " 9.50 All our 10 dollar overcoats 7.50 NorriMown, l*a., Feb. 25—Tho brave rescue of her companion froip the icy waters of a skating pond hv made Miss Alice Beyer the herolno ( Ironbridge. A lot of tho young folks of the village were having a jolly time on the ice when it suddenly broke, and Miss Lillian Dorworth was plunged into the cold water. Sho could not swim, hut managed to hold on to tho C'lges ihe ice while most of the youii < pi-oplo stood by powerless to assisi. ' Miss Heyor, however, as soon as she realized her classmate's danger, glided forward on tier skates, and, reaching the very edge of the break, seized tTio uplifted hand of the struggling girl, and by exerting all her strength, succeeded in pulliug her onto firm ico, while tho bystanders cheered the bravo rescuer and crowded about to render any further assist anee. Several people were iu attendance at the school entertainment on Saturday evening in the town of Greeuvalley. They reported * good ontertainracut, because it could be nothing else when under the care of Armour McGiffln. Daniel ltaybuck and Oal. Cayloi made a flying trip to Perrysvillc on Saturday. The Sprankle Mills faculty spent Moudav evening in Cool Spring. They were attending the debating club. Whether they exposed any of their oloctitiouary talents we know not. Miss Pauline Ncalo, of Perrysville, has been visitiug at ffm. Knitz's tho past week. H. Groves, teacher at Fordham, made Ilia uncle, Oal. Milliron, a visit last week. SPRANKLE MULLS. Miss L of Worthvilie, was visiting friend* in tills community. Dwighl Sailer and Mrs. Croasmun, hU grandmother, made a visit to Cortez on Friday. Odd Pairs Hen's Sloes at Half Price Hazleton, Feb. 2!).— A. big buck deer, followed by a pack of ten hounds fleeing through the principal str< eta, was the unumal scene witnessed at Weatherly to day. Tho deer was started in the vicinity of Broad Mountain and chased up through the valley towards Lizard Creek. As it approached Weatherly, it took to the hill, but descended again and entered the town at the eastern end. The dogs gave tongue vociferously as they went tearing after the buck up the Main street. Here the number of hounds was increased to about twenty Ave by town dogs. It is not known whether the deer was run down. All single pairs men's pants, former prices $2.50, $3 and $3.50 now Baltimore, Feb. 'Si.—William 11. lams, who gained such notoriety as a member of the Pennsylvania militia during the Homestead labor riots, in lX'.t-, died in tho Maryland Hospital this afternoon trom the etlects of a pistol wound indicted by Charles Arndt several days ago. lams had been employed as a bartender in this city tor several weeks and he and Arndt boarded together. They i|iiarrcl!cd while lams was under the influence of liquor and Arndt shot him in the abdomen while acting in self-defense. lams' wound was considered mortal from the first, but Arndt was discharged from custody yesterday, there being no evidence against him. Notice to Navigators. % Pa., Jan. 22, '96. ! The partnership heretofore existing between G. A. Weiss and A. T. Krhard, trading under the firm name of G. A. Weiss & Krhard, Is this 16th day of Januarys A. D. 1896. dissolved by mutual consent, A. T. Krhard retiring. All accounts due the Arm are to be paid to G. A. Weiss who is also to pay all claims against the said firm. G. A. Wbiss, A. T. Ebhabd. 01 Iron Wanted. Atactica. TXTAMMB—A MAS » 1THI MOTION VVrtooM to Mil itapl. food. to Swlani ao .MMHMI scsarisoM uummhuti MMIM. -9VS.SS ■ Booth 8alMT ui u|nM or tergs •ooMoauli. Addnas wttk two-esai stem* ftirwilil pvtlralan,Otttton SospudMuilaatmilic Ooapua, OindjiMtt, Ohio. llwtS Dissolution Notice. Washington, D. C., Fab. 25.—Mr. Squire to-day presented to the Senate a report in favor of the4>il! to provide for fortifications which carries $80,- 000.000. Of this sum it is proposed to make $10,000,000 available for the remainder of tne current and the whole of next fiscal year, and thereafter $10,- 000,000 per year for each of the next seven years. Millions For Defense. &T. ELMO STORE Boiler Exploded. Frankfort, W. Va., Feb. 28.—A frightful accident occurred here thia afternoon in the establishment of W. H. Overholt. While a large number of people were working in the building the boiler exploded and almost completely demolishing the building. The machinery, located on the different floors of ot the building, was entirely destroyed. Five persons were killed outright. Some five or six others were badly injured, and it is believed that at least two more will be added to the list of dead in a short time. Burning the Governor Out. Itellefonte, l'a., Feb. 25.—A desperate attempt was made early this morning to burn the Reynolds block, which contains, besides the banking Arm of Jackson, Cridor & Hastings, the law oflico ot Governor Hastings, Nagiuey's furniture store, Kurtz's book store, Masonic lodge rooms, and a number of otlices. Slioi IK-iul In a (juarrel. A tire was built on tho floor at the door of ( ol. Reynolds' offices on the second floor, and when discovered had gutted tho offices and burnt through into the bank. The lota byfire aud wator will reach $1500; covered by insurance. No clut to the incendiary has been obtained. Gallery Collapsed. Two Bridges Away. Alount l'lasant, Pa., March 1—In a quarrel, at Coleman's boarding houae. last night, John Naaaia killed David Jet, by shooting him through the neck. Jet hail threatened to have Naesiaarrested. Both were colored ooke workers. Nasaia haa not been caught. Lewis ton, Me., March 1—Two bridges connecting Auburn and Lowistown were iweptt away by a flood. The Androtooggin River la higher than has ever been before known. let us not reject the truth wherever found, or by whatever name it may bo called. • There is only one way of knowing (•oil, and thai i- by Man must advance like a man. He can not leap at <■ clear perceptions of the Infinite. It matters not what the revelation" have been, man must proceed according to the sMv processes of experience. When God spoke to the patriarchs, he addressed them as men. The people to whom the best revelations wore ma te, were as crude and brutal as others. The old testament is but the history ot the brutality and carnal struggles of the people of whom it speaks. God may spe.tk l> men, but they can only comprehend i' proportionally with their euHute. God may give the world a Bible, but this leads men to understand him just as they become able to interpret tho divine will levcaled. Christ may come in the lesh and reveal God in all the bright- ness of tiis heavenly splendor, bill carnal ey es and ears are slow to learn. Slowly we arrive at the divino ideal. Slowly wu grow in grace. Tho prim- live ideas of tho barbarians are Mil clinging to our Christianity. Men first saw the elements all aglow with life and felt the impress of the invisible spirit. "The invisible things of him from the creation of tho world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and (iodhead, so that they are without excuse." Hut thoy did not understand that fiod-head. They know that there was a treat spiritual power beycud them. Thoy first thought there wero many spirits. Some were good and some wero evil. The stars, the winds and the flowers wt re all governed by spirits. Storms, earthquakes, and epidemics were ail tho work of malevolent demand". If the whirlpool caught ihe canoe ol the savage it was the work of a devil. It a man fell from epilepsy, sunstroke or lightning, it was tho work of an evil spirit. This lead to tho wearing of amulets and charms, whose presence would keep tho spirits away. It also gave rise to many forms of witchcraft, soreorv, divination and oxorcism. Schools of exorcists, like those mentioned both in tho Did and New Testaments, mane a business of tho study of spirits, and professed power to protect the people from their ravages. The sea and tho air and all animate nature was tilled with devils, aud tho people lived in perpetual dread of them. Tho beliof in ghosts, fortune telling, spirit rapping, eto.,aro lingering parts of the superstition of the barbarians. Almost everything that wont wrong was the work of a dovil. As time moved on and men learned of the laws of life, they discovered that their imaginarv dovils wero angels in disguise, tho simple processes of naturo's laws. The more man knows the less he is afflicted with devils. The broader and brighter the light the farther away they go. But they are still lingering in tho dark corners of civilization. When Christ was in the world they attributed his works to the devil. Good men are still saying that some of God'B most glorious works are but the works of Beelzebub. But when the light shines on this world a few centuries longer, there will not be a corner dark enough for the imps to hide in, and the doctrine of demouology will have lost its terrors, becauso the devils will be exceedingly soarce. What are the evidences of our having made progress in the knowledge of God? They are too numerous to mention. We have all the results ot the experience of the ages past. We have tho history and works of the saints who came closest to the heart of God. We have discovered that there is but one God, that he is omnipotent and can make himself known to all men. We have found that we must know him by an experience of our own. Experimental religion is in perfect harmony with the wholo history of the human race. Men in all age* could .know God in no other way than from experience. "Experimental religion" is the keystone of or- lis conscience, his social station an i ■ is estate were all that be detireil. Why then did you come for my ;ift?" inquiiod the prince, Ilissibret, like all other men had an in x• lainable thirst, that is divine and tuittiable.In the primeval history of htinianty there is a striking unity in the development ot the mind. In the esriest Beginnings men have hud largey the same ideas of fundamentals be world over. Tlio <1 iff re noes thai low exist in civic ><nd religious life, ind along scientific lints i* the r suit if a diversiviutl development; under 'ariid enitlitiins Ii \v»s nut «i rarird in tits* hOf-inninga. Many :U8totnt of liarhaiotis tribes were itrikingly similar in remote pans .if he world at a time w hen intercom nuiiication was impossible, showing hat the mind anil soul of titan have leveloped along the same lines in ivery quarter of the globe. The tin leveloped soul ot man is the saint vhether he be red, black, while <>i ellow. There was a time when I lu vorltl had no language. Man had tc ilowly discover methods of convey ng his thoughts to his fellows. Tl < licture was first ui-ed as a sign o tieas. Later on pictures were com ilexed so that one picture would con ey a number of ideas. Then symbol vero usetl. Then rnde tornts of writ tig, and the art of expression devel>ped gradually as the mind grew am •rested demand for exchange of ideas intil the mammoth processes of com nunication at our command wen natured. Our methods of exebang ng ideas, as well as the ideas them iclves, are the product of multiplied iges of growth. In the first steps ol writing we find that the Aztecs oi Vlexico, the North American Indians tie Chinese and the Egyptians, all lsed methods that were almost ideuical. Another custom largely universal among primitive people is urn making—making heaps ol mine over the graves of the dead I'liis custom ws. found to be prevalent aini.'ig North American Indians, Mexican tribes, Africans, Asiatic ant! European peoples. The practic ■ ol ■ ■rpent. vvuit-hip is world wile Many other universal ideas might In uentioneil, but these suffice tj sliuw he unity »f mental processes during :he firsts agi h of development. This jnity of mind is no lest manifest, ii: -eligious Hi- ugbt than any other kind >f thought. At the beginning mei lave entertained about the same idem >f God the world over. In eoint places man is found so crude, and s< lear the animal in his nature thai In las no distinct idea ot Deity at a 11 Mr. Darwin says, "though some trlbei n various quarters havo no clearlj ie lined idea of a God of any kititl nan in all places and conditions liai deas of spirits." Tnis is tho first re igious impression made on all primi ,iee people. They all believe ii ipirits, not one spirit only, but man; ipirits. As they grow into iutelli {enceaud religious consciousness thei deas becomo better defined, unti hey reach the perception of the omi rue God. Sir John Lubbock, one o ho highest authorities on priinltivi :tilture, classifies the singes of religi ius thought as follows : First, Athe sm, or the absence of any deliniti deas of a God. Second, Fetishism u which man is superior to tin leities, and cau force them to com jly with his desires. Third, Totoism >r nature worship, iu which trees akes, animals, etc., are worshipped <\>urtb, Shamanism, in which the leities are more powerful thau man itid of a different nature. Fifth Anthropomorphism, in which godi iro patterned after men, a part of naure and powerful, but not creators Sixth, where the Deity is abovo na ure and a Creator. Seventh, where norality is connected with religion This is the classification of one great cholar. There may be slight diver'encies iu the opinions of ditteicnt itudeuts, but Mr. Lubbock's classili:atiou is essentially tho same as all ither great students of the develop, nent of civilization. These are (acts ivoll established. There is at leasl in overwhelming harmony of facts ai o the gradual development of inati'f eligious character. At least ninety >er cent, of scientists, the men whe lave lead the thought of the world in 'ecent centuries, are believers in the ivolutionary theory in some form. )n this subject is waging a spiiitod war at the front, among the comcrvaive theologians and the progressive hinkers or I he times. The matter is lot definitely settled, but the thinkers ire in the line of progress. Whoever s right on this question, one thing is horoughly established by the facts, hat man, wherever found, in his larly history, has been fouud to be iut a rational animal. Whether he las been evolved from lower forms nto his present physical frame or lot, it is certain that mentally and norally he has grown from the lowist brutality. When we find him Irst in the savage state, all ov§r the world, slowly struggling his way into sivllized life, learning to hunt, to war, to build, to communicate, anfl to formulate laws, beginning in the very crudest state of anlmality, could we expect him to have exalted ideas of religion? The best religious ideas have always produced the best civilization. What ever our view or teaching along these lines have been, let us not reject well established facts. II we are involved in any difficulty, and people who think will discover problems, let us not try to offset well established facta with what may appeal to be facts. If well established factc seem to contradict each other, it only argues that we lack the wisdom t< harmonise truth, and that i* all. Bu An agent of the I4berlnt Government is organising ooloniea In Taw* promisingland and cattle to all wk» $ shall emigrate. My soul Ihirsteth for CJotl, for the living Vhen Khali 1 come and appear before (Ji»d. IN. Man's oarthlv care-r is ]<i\dv <li>- icndent Oil t.hi character of ihe God hat ho worships. We showed in our ast sermon iliat man is a worshiper vliere ever found. That his worship ias not bortii Iho same kind of visible cults is tnanif('»t to an student <if he early euiiure ot Ibe race. That nan is saved wherever sincere is not i inauec of debate, but that sincerity loe« not answer for the cliaracter of he Goil worshiped, is equally true. iVbile men have worshiped all kinds >t animalK and objects, their best elori in the adoration and service of jrod ihe world over, and tiavj beeu aved, it is unquestionably true lha! ho visible results of their devotion iave been manifest in their lite and civilization. The man who pavs the ribute of his soul to a serpent, a stock >r btono is inevitably contracted. Ho u*\ be worshiping God iu spirit, but i'i- vision >f that God is no broader han the slock or stone to which he WW*. It, is not a lack of sincerity hat in doing hitn the damage, it may lot be a lack ot spirituality, is is a ack of breadth and height iu his noral vision. Heisdyingofconiraeion. His idea of God must b(i widened belore his sphere of life will lie widened. The manor the nation, with its spiritual power conconlratcd 311 a lifeless block of stone, can never make long advances either in the intellectual or spirtual life. There is nc room for (he development of the divine powers of ihe human soul, wlimi the man is greater than his Lord Again, if man has grown to the con zeptiou of the infinity of his God, Ik is still allec'ed most vitally by hiconception of the character of ilia Deity. If ho conceives Jehovah to bt the embodiment of tyranical power his lifo will be an eternal appiehcu •ion. It were belter to bo au Atheist i han to conceive God as a being win lias created only to puuisli. whose dn jrees are the expression ot releutli si exaction. Such an idea of Go 1 r.m but produce a religion of gloom. (In ibedienco is the result of a acrva lear. All christian work is done t< :vado punishment. But when vvi ;iave added to our acquired concep ions ot infinity, the idea of iutiiiiu :ienevolence, that higher perceptioi >f Fatherhood, and perceive that iu Unite generosity is pouring bis richc uto our liveB, and that infinite wis loin is planing better things, and tha 11 finite tenderness is weeping ove: nisfortunes, then it is that religioi >ecomes Christianity, and takes on tin tallowed radiance of unshadowui lopefulness. In such a presence the ntellect is expanded, the soul is awec nto reverence, aud the great infinin ;oodness thrills the heart with a peaci hat can not be expressed. The soul thirst expressed by thi 'salmist is universal. The most im jortant question with sage and sav ige is, "When shall I come and stant >efore God ?" Do you say "where ig lorance is bliss that it is folly to bi vise," and do you long to leave thi worries and perplexities of civili/.cc ife, which bring so many problems md go into the wilds with the sav ige, where your ears will not b< narred by the world's mighty humi Would you rest in the bosom of tin ;roat foreit and bo lulled to sleep b\ lature's wild winds? Would yoi (lide over the surface ot the placid akes, or along the boeom of the crys al rivers, and gazing at the happy graceful creatures in their blui lepths, forgot the responsibilities o: ife? The very winds that wouk au your brow, and your very imagt u the clear waters would remind yoi hat you possessed a soul, and yoi rould fall on your face and worship There is a divinity within the sou ;hat brings man to his knees as inev tably as the waters of the rivers lion o the sea. There is a thirst withii lis nature that forbids perfect rest ..isten to the tread of millions! Wha noans all this stir of the nations kingdoms have risen and fallen housands of generations have livec tnd perished, wide seas have beet explored and new worlds discovered ind still the march of restless human ty is steady and aetlve. Mankind ii n search of its God. The oceans he skies and the rocks have beet learched to find him. The earth ii hrobing with the mighty plans and raterorfses of men, whose final ob ect is a better knowledge of God The divine thirst cannot be quenched tf an can not destroy it In wickedness leither can he slake it in goodness Hie barbarian and the philosophei hirst alike. The chase nor the wai lance make the savage forget his God learning only teaches the scholai iow little it is possible for man t< enow. Wealth, learning, ease anc tme have all failed to soothe th< vrestless spirit All men, good anc iad, are either laboring to atone foi in. or to pay a debt of eternal grati ude to God. There is not a normal 'atlonal man on the globe who is sat sfied. They are working to pleas< lim, studying to know him better, oi trivlng to shun his presence. A irince once announced to the subject if his realm, that if there were asingli nan in all his domiuions who wai perfectly satisfied that he would b< given a prize for his peace by comini to the palaoe. Very soon a man ap peared, who declared that his life wai entirely satisfactory, that bis home Allegheny Valley Bailway Company. I Until further notice, the navigation of Mahoning Oreekwill be completiy obstructed by trestl e work and oiling at the mouth of creek, on the site of our bridge recently destroyed by fire. The trestle work will remain until new bridge is erected, which will be about April 1st, 1896. DAVID1 MoOAttOO, Pittsburg, Jan. SI, 1M6. Gen. Bupt. I will pay a good price in cash for all kinds of Scrap Iron and Metal, alio Old Bobber, Brass, Copper, Lead and Zinc. Person* having any such can oaU at my residence near the lower iron bridge, or address X. COSH, Funxsatawney, Pa. t 83*4* Fall ltlvei\ Mass., Feb. 25—A gallery In the Casino collapsed dunng the polo game to-night and 50 spectators were thrown to the floor. Thirty persons are more or less inured. Naroissus Maynard, an old San, died soon after; others are ought to be fatally hurt. Sfc • 1 m (Mjc Spirit ' * m . - m a v NO. 39