Punxsutawney Spirit, 1896-07-08

              4C. Markton Doing*. MAKCH/VNI) MENTION. HORATIO. IIciiih IVom Adrian. 1) is* no. m Clearance Sale M S iHHUll MU InfUuHll . " REV. HAMMAN'S SERMON EXPERIMENTAL CHRISTIANITY. The Mind is the Ileal Man—The Roily Hut the Habitation. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY. JULY 8, 1896. JOHN B. BAffi. JOBS B. BAR VOL. XXIV. \\ e u i-l» t(» close out all our meus' shoes, so will sell them at and below cost. Mens' Shoes. Cliallies. All six and .seven font challies llOW During the month of July we will have our annual clearance sale. We won't have room to mention the lot of bargains that we wilT have all through the month of July. But we feel safe in saying to you that it will be to your interest to look through our stock now. OOOOQOOOpOPOBOBBQPOOOqPPO 1 JOHI B. BAH. QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JULY 6LEflRflN6E SALE. Lawns. About 300 yards of six cent lawns at Ladies' Low Shoes. lo-tlay we commence our clearance sale of ladies low shoes. All go now at tirst cost price. 4C. 13C. Some more of that 0-4 unbleached sheeting at Unbleached Sheeting. Summer Wash Goods. All summer wash jjoodn at cut prices. B. Cunningham 6c Som( 4c for a nice unbleached muslin. Hair's Leader Hose, 2 p/tir for 25C. Shirting Prints. Standard light calicoes, all fast colors, 4c per yard. Wash Goods. A good line of wash goods that will bo cleaned up it a price, also a new lot of white ducks and welts, and crash homespuns. Lace Curtains. Goods at prices. That will interest the closest buyers. Ladies capes. ) i-, DD  Infants'Jackets ) 2 rn/wt. Newest bows 25c. Linen collars, either high, turndown or band collars, at 12c oach. Leather belts, 15, 20, 25 and 35c. Silk belts, 25, 35 and 45c. Ladles Furnlshlnos. All teck ties 20c. Latest handles and good glorias, at brices that are sure to please. Umbrellas. Wo have sold piles of fancy parasols, and have some nice ones left, that we are closing out at about f the former prices. That's Way Down. Oxfords. A big lot of odds and ends at your price. Worth $2,00, sale price $1.50. Misses black shoes. Worth $1.75, side price, $1.25. Glove Grain Shoes. Kegulur $1.50, our price $1.25. MImci Black Shoes. Shoes. Ladies 20th Century, tan or black, other get $2100, our price #1.50. 800 yards of best J bleached sheeting, worth 20 or 22c yd. Our price for this sale l(ic. — • 11,000 yards of Japanese Mattings all new, fresh goods, prices, 12 to 30c, and we will allow a special discount of 20 per cent for sale. 200 Monarch Shirt Waists goods that sold at $1, £2, #2.50 and 3.00, sale price 50 <fc 75. JOHN B. B _A_ XR. HILL £60. \\ ealcy Bnrkett, the young man who had his leg amputated at A drain Hospital this summer. is visiting atuong his numerous relatives in this vicinity. Children's Day service* were held at the ('Impel church. It was well attended, standing room being at a premium. The cxerciat» were excellent. Jimiuy Shaffer's nice, hi* farm, is covered by another man's farm. He would like to have it taken off, as be needs his in his husf* nesa. J. H. } let rick is raising quite a rro«» pfc young bees this season. He had one swarnt on Sunday that had more than 500 U-«-s in it. Fhe picnic at Cool Spring on the4th wound up with a fight which brought alnmt the arrest of live parties who paid flue and costs. A. L. Siverling had his bfst girl at his home in town for supper on the evening of the 4th, after which they went to Battle Hollow. !>. H. Hollenbaugh gave a social feast on the ith for a few of his friends which was an en joyable affair. David Haas has gotten hi nisei fa bikeffluch he is practicing on every spare moment. Ira Campbell and wife, of Punx'jr, were the guests of (}. \V. Aber on Sunday. Harvest time has come in earnest again. The re|K»rt is that Andrew Cochran has sold one of his farms to Will Haines. n Neighboring Village. Some* Iiucnl and Personal Items fVom SALE REDUCT SPECIAL ON ALL Summer Goods Bin tuts ml fcls. White dug* vests. H Comparison Hill <£ Co s wvI-Tf Punxsutawney, H. J. Loeb, ELJIO STORE. Pa. ST. Bl6U6le NEGLIGEE Shoes. STRAW HATS. suits. SHIRTS. GAUZE UNDERWEAR ALPACA COATS. Cut prices on all Russet Tlio fifth annual term of the Man-hand select school closed Friday evening, July 3rd, with .Superintendent Hammer's popular lecture "From Blarney Castle to Bonnie Doon." I he school lms been a success in every particular. There were fifty-five students ill attendance and K'xxl interest was maintained throughout the entire term. A number of parties will leave this place in the near future for Boone's inouutains in •1 nest of whortle tarries or, as we would prefer to say, huckleberrica. A number of our patriotic young folks took advantage of the excursion to >sa I'arjton July Itli. Ttiey report excellent time. Mrs. IdaS. Kinsel. of Washington, I). C,, aeeoiupauied by her daughter, Yeida.istho guest of her father, Archie Smitten. Samuel Peterson, of Yale College, is tho guest of If. W. Smitten. < . !•. Work, is hoiiii- from Somerset county* V . ( '. Zener and Samuel Mottern celebrated in DuBois. Local and Personal News Iiciih From a Nice Mining Village. God for themselves. Each man may l>e assured in his way that God is his father. Such a communion is perfectly natural. Being spiritual, God is the only being and the only source from which man can live and grow and rejoice. God is the only spiritual attraction, l.ike attracts like both in the physical and spiritual realms. Oil and water cannot mingle because the drops are of different materials. There is no communion between the fish and the fowl because they occupy different elements. The ceraph and the demon can not commune because they are foreign in character. All substances and all I creatures seek for their kind throughout the universe, and they know them when they are found. Atoms of iron cling to | atoms of iron because of the congenial soul that binds them together. The pig eon knows and fellowships his kind. : Saints love the communion of saints. j God knows all of his children and is! known of them. There is not a creature | on earth that is not divinely guided. The swallow is divinely instructed in the building of her nest. The ant is taught when to gather its food, and the spider how to spin its web. Kvery animal, fish, fowl and creeping thing is taught of heaven, the laws of self-preservation and happiness, If every other creature is guided unerringly in its mission, are we to suppose that man, the master of all, ; made in the image of his God, capable of j I making for himself a heaven or a hell, i will be left to uncertainty ? Some say he  is endowed with reason, and this is his | guide and his only guide. It is true that the more perfectly reason is developed the more God-like he becomes, but is man merely a reasoning creature ? Is lie not as truly spiritual as he is rational ? Will the exercise of reason alone unable man to resist sin? Will the most com• pletely developed reasoning faculties produce peace of mind and composure of conscience ? The whole world says no. The mission of Christianity is to develop both rationality and spirituality. Two extremes are to be avoided. The church must know that the highest spirituality is attained by the normal development of mind and heart. The world must understand that it can never know God savingly and happily merely by research, or the exercise of reason. Man can reason j convincingly and be cultured in the high-j est possible intellectuality, ami yet be as miserable and corrupt as a demon. The reasoner may be only a half developed man. We are rational beings, but man's crowning distinction is that he is a spiritual being. Through the reason truth reaches the heart and the way is made plain. If the reasoning man willingly obeys and walks in the way, God will walk with him and they shall know each other as friend knows friend, and the further the journey the more complete the knowledge and the sweeter the communion.25c. 25c. 25c. regular 50c grade, Same in gunpowder, 6 lbs raisins, 4 H>s California peaches, '-£5c. l'can )>est Oregon salmon, 10c. 10 lb can loaf lard, - l.OO. 11 lbs loose lard, - l.OO. Curtice Bros fine canned goods The Best. 11 lbs rolluil oats, - '-ioe. 21) lbs good rico, - l.OO, 8 II) pail lake herring, - 31c. lO lbs No. 1, fyeat mnckerol, l.OO. 1 lb first class Eng. B. tea, Regular everyday prices with some of the noted "clearance sale" prices will convince you that Hill & Co. are the people's friends all the year round. This sale has been going on all summer and will continue indefinitely. The moral is: "Head the prices and visit the store : The Adrian Hospital haa for some time had but few patienta, showing aloeneo of accident as well as sickness. Dr. Manning's time expired in June and Dr. Brooks takes his place, while Dr. Pettit comes as assistant to Dr. Williams. James Findley is across the water for a three months' visit. Mrs. Hector Campbell is on a visit to her parents in Scotland. HILL & 60. JPripesMmt. Physicians Prescriptions ■pooooooooooooooooooaeoooooooooooooo A specialty. No substitution, lnd purest drugs only compounded. Pull line of nKTIfUlTST'S SUNDRIES AND PATENT MEDICINES. Lindsey, Pa. JOB PRINTING tel. | T«bc mi t»ko*M| Wfmlrnim Duvte. have is that there is no harm in a little or seven up for pastime. And we all Mill that it leads to gambling and qoanoUatio|B Tommy D. Davis, haa returned  Clarion, where lie hat been  normal. We are very glad to haa successfully passed the lime that it haa taken UatoJ These idle times causes muuy of our yooagv boys and even somo of the older once, to to* dulge in all kinds of card playing. Itki shame that heads of family will show  example to our boys. Tho only plea tiMM The Glee Club was out serenading Mr. Whitesel and family on Friday evening. Tho hour they came home Saturday morning would indicate that they had a jolly fMNt time. Miss Mary E. Huston, who has been at Portage, Cambria county, and also at Patten for some time past, is home visiting her par* ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Huston. Mrs. Jcnkin R. Davis and Mrs. Isaac Joneo came home Mouday from the Adrian Hoepital, very much improved in health. at Mariposa Park and Lindsey. Our town was almost aluindoned Fourth. The people had taken iu the i lCdwiu Judge hits taken in one of the B., R. «!t I*. excursions for Niagara Falls, etc. All infant rhild of Chariot Rule died Sanliny morning and was l«iricd Tuesday at Horatio cemetery, Joseph Harrison, Jr., and wife, of Adrian, visit**] their parents here the fln»t of the week. philosophical to the Ytry heart of all mny- '■ t4riwi tfcit rodi heart My friends, we are spiritual being!, and nothing but a spiritual environment and a spiritual life can guarantee our Ipppineas. It is scriptural and it is genius of a ceraph, and could you live a million of years, your researches would only discover to you your deeper darkness and greater need of light. And were the ocean, earth, and sky to open to you their bosoms of infinite mystery, and were you to come suddenly into the possession of all knowledge, you would only possess the revelation of an infinite curse without the consciousness of God in the rned? Were you endowed with the There is a great necessity in the world for such an experience, and if it l>e not a fact, God has failed to gratify the most intense and the most universal longing of the human soul. It is needed to give certainty to life. Nothing is so fruitful of a comfortless, aimless career as uncertainty. How oppressive and burdensome life becomes, when spent in the anxiety of perpetual uncertainty concerning the greatest issue of all existence. Such is life without a religious experience. The soul scans the future, conscious of a mighty destiny, and grasps for something amid the mists of the impenetrable eternities, by which to determine its bearings in its tireless march through the unknown and the eternal. Revelations and discoveries cannot meet the demand. Truth ami logic, however lucid, cannot calm the soul-cries for God. In its balmiest gardens of joy, and flooded with the sunniest light of its earthly comfort, it looks beyond the horizon and inquiries "whither?" Vain are all the guides to reason. The Bible may make the way sufficiently plain for the wayfaring man, but if God lie not with him he will l>e lonely and miserable. He would be happier in the desert with God, than journeying the sunlit highway alone. Truth alone cannot comfort the soul, it can only make plain the traveler's pathway. The Origin of truth must be realized, or we must live and die comfortless. Sages and philosophers have racked their brains, and exhausted their resources, lead wandering, uncertain lives, and then died in a fog as dense as ever enveloped the path of the savage. There is too much truth to be gathered by so feeble a creature in so brief a period. Truth thrills the universe. It flies on the winds, throbs in the floods, and slumbers in the rocks. But what of that, as far as our peace is con- Bible are not sealed in the human soul by the burning testimony of the living spirit, then the book is worse than a fable, and the gospel far more destructive than mere theory could possibly be. Religion is pie-emincntly a life, without which all dogmas and theories are nothing less than empty, meaningless perplexities. If this be not true the church has nothing in common above civil institutions, and the Bible contains no tidings of greater value than other ancient literatures.with the hope of winning men from the seductive attractions of a world so real and material. If the doctrines of the all progress within the bounds of safety, we are in heartiest sympathy, but we think it well to keep our spiritual bearings well defined. Religion is a spiritual life, a thing of moral experiences, and we must not lose our fervor in the mazes of our researches. By experimental religion is meant a conscious communion with God. It means absolute certainty of God's indwelling presence. The church can only be consistent with itself in holding to this doctrine. It is the pedestal upon which the christian temple stands. The doctrine of regeneration would be meaningless if we could not know when we were regenerated. The doctrine of the Holy Ghost would have no vitality as a mere theory. The existence of God would be of no comfort to us, if we could not realize that we are his children and commune with him as our Father. "Truly our fellowship is with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ." We have an actual personal fellowship with God. Such a thing as unconscious fellowship i> unthinkable. Fellowship means a congenial comniuniou of spirits. A mere contact is not fellowship. It is a blending of spiritual entities, an entertwining of all the affections of the soul. It is a conscious realization of the real essence of spirits. It presupposes congenial qualities in different characters, and a mutual infusion of those qualities. If religion be not a thing that is understood, if it giasp not the reason, and enlist all the strong affections of the soul, it is the vainest vanity to proclaim such a gospel The new era of intellectual research brings with it many ominous indications. There is a strong tendency to mystify religious faith, and to becloud the evidences of personal experience. With bold investigation, diligent research, and lie ru<lim*tl an neoiiiK Him who i0 invisible. Hcb 11:27. God must reflect his aadfading resulting from the actional grace through each peculiar personality, aad then la a* gnat variety of thought ions experience. Some say llint experimental religion is unreasonable. We claim that the creation of the world and the growth of civilization i« inexplainable without it. It is in perfect nccord with nature. The IhmIv is but tlie habitation of the soul. It is but the vehicle of sensations and impressions. The soul life is the only real life. The soul is to live oil in all of its completeness after the dissolution of the body. If this be true its culture and life is separate and apart from the body, even during its occupancy. Just as the laws that govern matter were in existence liefore the creation, and will conti nue to exist after the dissolution of the earth, so is the soul utterly independent of material forms, now and hereafter. From whence, then, comes its life, with all of its marvellous power to sacrifice its temporal dwelling ? Its life and its power is from God. It lives and moves and has its being in him. It is the soul that suffers and weeps, not the Ixxly. It is the soul that prays and repents. It is the soul that sins and dies, the body can but decay. It is the soul that communes with God and is to be immortal in the heavens. It is the soul that hates, loves and rejoices, and all of these are the veritable realities of existence. Why then is experimental religion unreasonable? You say, "I never felt it." What does that signify ? The paralytic has never felt anything since his nerves went dead. Because a man is deaf he should not want to smash all the musical instruments in the world, neither should the blind man desire to soil all the pictures and burn all the art galleries. You must have another man's nerves before you can feel pain just as he feels it. You must have another man's eyes to see things as he sees them. You cannot think exactly as any other man thinks without his brain, his education, and his experience. No two men, however good, have the same relig- him carols celestial, but he knows not of their presence, he hears not their heavenly melodies. There must be a power spiritual to counteract this corrupting carnality, or tile destiny of the man is undebatable. There is 110 truth more transparent than that the carnal mind leads to death, while the spiritual mind leads to life ami peace. The spiritual life may be as tangible and real as the carnal. If not, the hell of a carnal corruption awaits us all. Religion is the expression of a prevalent spiritual |>ower capable of controling the whole being, lifting it above every opposing force, and transforming it into the character of God. Such a power is most vital, anil could not but be | felt and realized. If we are to be progressive in goodness, there must be a positive force in our character. We need more than assurance and resistance, we need aggressiveness. There must l>e an expulsive jjower to urge us out of and beyond ourselves. There must be an inspiration to stir the slumbering powers of lieing, to energize the soul in ils.development through the exercise of its powers called forth upon the external world. Otherwise we would die in our lethargy. Great convictions '>orn of spiritual influences afford the fuel for great sacrifices. Perils, imprisonments nrd martyrdoms have born august testim ly to faith in Christ all over the world. The soil of every clime has been stained by the sacrificial blood of the heroes whose convictions cost them their liberty and their life. The purest and bravest spirits that ever answered to duty's call under these night stars, are the men who with abiding faith in God, and feeling the impress of His spirit upon their souls, have gone forth to fight the battles of the race, with 110 other remuneration than the 1111- uttered gratitude of generations to come, and the hope of rest in Heaven. "Liberty or death" is the voice of God in the soul. Again, divine certainty is essentia] as a power of resistance. We are effected most by whatever is most real in our lives. Nothing is more reasonable than this. No fact is more experimental than the corrupting influence of carnal things, uncontroled by spiritual power. If a man gives himself over to the service of the world, at the expense of spiritual culture, nothing is more certain than his depravity and apostacy. He loses moral sensibility. The angels of mercy may spread their wings over bis dwelling, and sing to condition ami certainty of destiny, tb;;t the life is inspired by the loftiest principles and sustained by an unseen power, and assurance of peace and safety, whatever may happen to the body, or whatever may take place in the world around us. Such an experience is the sure foundation upon which character can l>e built with safety. Theu alone does life form itself into such plans as yield the best results. Such an experience lodges immovable convictions in the soul, plants the feet on an impregnable rock of safety, chases every cloud of fear from the mind, and brings all the faculties of being to a balance that guarantees the best possible service. endit on the donoct. Altimthnr. the school --v■ U"ii' Tho Presbyterian Sunday school had Children's Day exercisee last Sunday. It waa attended and pawed off pleasantly, tho pro* gram very properly avoiding everything theatrical. A line, large collection was taken for Sunday school missions, which reflects great: The most that has been heard from Adrian has been of riots and the like, not because there is no other news to tell, but rather because the bad kind only is reported usually. We hope to chauge this for tho future. The various kinds of riotings are being put a stop to and a new era we hope and believo is opening before us. □ E Pip ■,,