Punxsutawney Spirit, 1896-09-30

              no. r HORATIO. a Just received a new ! able to well and wide thene cheaper than von can buy the froodfl skirt. We are lint* of very pretty wrappers, well made, the latest sleeve, and make them Tli? World's Srhuol-llouNiv HKIOOK VIIjIJIS. HIS FAITH WAS UllKAT. Money refunded if goods not satisfactory. Sat UpM. VOL. XXIV. ALL GOOD. ALL 6fl&flP. ALL STYLISH. NEW ALL and CAPES! JACKETS PUNXSUTAWN PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30. 1896. LADIES' WRAPPERS I Headquarters for ladies' and misses coats and jackets. 25c per garment. LADIES' UNDERWEAR. We h ave again this year the celebrated "Onr Leader" Underwear. both pants and vests. Very heavy fleece lined with GUSSETS under sleeves. Wroup Interested in Them. A Couple Who Ksrapetl Recognition hv a TilK UKNKKAL AMI ANOTIIKK. Mr. U.irreut, hntc.iier for the Kun-k* Supply Company, who ha* been sick for the past two weeks. went to Be 11 wood, bin iiHt;\e home, for a visit Monday. Prof. Kills K. Carrier, graduate of the Asylum for the Blind, Philadelphia. will \» an entertainment at tin- OuiiKMKMioiiiil chur. I , Saturday evening. T. Y. Evans aud Jen kin 8. Davis were down to Whitcsvillu Monday evening, org> ui/.ing a musical elans. They met with good mecess. Benjamin Lewis, of West Virginia, formerly uiiue foreman of No. 2 ami 6 minis, of this place, visited James Moon* and family laM week. Rev. Zetler, who has l»eru appoints! by the M. E. conference for this district, preached j.t Sports!wrg Sunday evening. An iufaut child of Mrs. M. Lstughliu died Sunday morning, aud w.ih Imrud on Tuesday, Rev. Thomas officiating. We are glad to U-arn th:»t Dr. Shires, who has been ill for the past two weeks, is imprtriif.Joseph Harmon. Sr., attended the Friends conference at ('urwensvitle, Pa., lai-t week. Joseph Harrison. Jr. of Anita, vsited his parents Suuday and Monday. Tlie illee Club w r« nad«**l John 1). Davis, Ford ham. Saturday evening. Patty Jenkins in on the siek list. Mines are still running very slow—on y one day a week. Mining Village. Lacal and Person til News From a Xicf can give you just the price you want in the style you like. because we have the largest assortment and Buyyour wraps from our stock L>. (Cunningham 8c Son. Some Kurts Worth Kememl»eriii£. Fanner Steer husked same of the finest corn we. have Men this fall. His crop is extra large and good. Filmorc Smathors and daughter Ida attended the funeral of Mr. Irvin in Westmoreland county a few days ago. Rev. C. J. Zetter, of Frostbtirg, was in town last week. While here he purchased Rev. drove's driving team. Our friend BurtStear has found something attracting in the upper end of Oliver township. Saturday evening finds him absent from his usual haunts. The devotional meeting of the Kpworth League was interesting on Sunday evening, but poorly attended. All members should attend and aid in making it a success and a power for gool. S. (J. Falk and W. W. Perry are the only original members of the bald headed club left, others here think it should he reorganised. Vic EmhoflT, principal of Mt. Pleasant school, spent Sunday with his parents near this place. Communion services at St James Lutheran church Sunday were largely attended. Rev. Streich is pastor. Harry Frees, of I>ayton, rode over on his bike to visit friends at this place on Sunday. ('has. 8tewart, who has been travelling with W R. Neal for several days, hs* returned home. (litheriug ehestnuts and Mime grape-* on Sunday is more indulged in than it should be. Mr. aiid Mrs. Dee Howard are visiting Mrs. Howard's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E Campbell. Chaa. McLain is now ready to chop corn aud other gr.tin by the power of the elements. Fil more S mat hers will take the cake this wiuter. He raised 465 bushels of wheat E. A. Holben is in the city this week purchasing a fell Mid winter stock Of goods. Miss Kale Milliron is visiting her sister Miss Cora MllUron. of Punxsutawney. Mra. Raymer aad daughter, of Worthville, visited Mia* Ed. Falk last week. Chas. Stewart and 1 jester Falk attended the fair at Brookville on Fridsy. Miss E«le Perry visited friends at Punxsutawney wad IJndsev last week. Miss Millie Stewart vi-dted friends at Sprankle Mills last week. Mi* Maggie Wise has gone to Pittsburg to spend the winter. S. G. Falk made a business trip to flrookvilie this week. Mub Blanch*Sou tliers is attending school at Lindaey. m- Lissie filling i* visiting her parents here. See Center of Stores. See Center of Stores. from Your choice an entire new stock of $3,000 worth of stylish wraps at prices never before quoted for such goods. Briefly Set Forth. The IjocaI News of the County Seat Hunting a Suit ? A FALL, OVERCOAT ? A Pair of Winter Shoes? Pa. Punxsutawney, 500 Dozen 01 Pieces WINSLOW BLOCK. Lackman CHINA STORE, 3E3E jSL. — ~ Men's or bods' wear Anything in the line of 10 CENTS. Of fine imported Decorated China, suili as cups «ind saucers, pitchers, plates and bowls. Placed them together on one table and yon can have yonr choice for only "Well, gentlemeu, if 1 had known that, hang me if I wouldn't have hollered, for I haven't had a holler this campaign. But as it is too late to holler, I want you gentlemen to step inside here and call for anything that will make you feel though the war is over." And thev all accepted the invitation but one. He had a Bryan button in his lapel.—New York Sun. "You gentlemen do not know \> it you missed. That little man was Siuiou Bolivar Buckuer, and the man who made him get in was John McAulifTe Palmer One of the party said to the speake "Are you sure ? " "Dead sure. I was with rainier in Illinois when he was running for the Senate, ami I was with Buckuer when he was lambasting the Yanks." Then the man who had asked about the dead sure identification said : K°?" . t . "He got his bearings some time ago. Bynum told him." The smaller man got in, the General followed, the door shut hang ; and the barouche rolled away. Fewer than a half dozen men had seen and overheard, and only one man 011 the sidewalk knew the two who had the hurried talk. T!:< one man said : "Very well, if you insist. But say, General, does the driver know where to "Get in, get in. We are one to-night, anyway. Get iti, or some people will discover us." "Oh, pshaw ' £et in ; never mind ceremony.""But, General, your are first, you know, in more ways than one." Two men came out of one of the private entrances of the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Monday night, and a coachman opemd the door of a waiting barouche. Kach of the two men wore a slouch hat, and earh had gray whiskers on his chin. For t\\«• men of their years they were unusually quick in their gate. The larger man stepped aside and waited for his friend t" get in. "After you, General," said the smaller man. New shoes are boing received at our shoe emporium daily. The most notable anfong those, for Indies' wear are E. I. Reed & Go's new Semi-Coin toe, welt sole, Lace or Button, It, C. 1), E and EE widths. Also their oriental too, corded tip. The best shoo for $3.00 ever offered. All widths. Wo also make a specialty of Dougless and Emerson* fine dress shoos for men. All stylos. "It pays to trade with us." Respectfully, THE LINDSEY SHOE STORE. R. E. Brownku, Pro. Lindaey, Pa. Labor adds value to what it works on. Its share of that value is wages. Wages are paid 111 money. The money stands for the worker's share of the thing he has helped to make. How much can a man get tor his week's work? This is the question of wages. It isn't how many "dollars" can he get. It is how much of the things he wants can he buy with his week's work. He is paid money for his work, lie pays out money for his wants. The wage-earner pays out all or most of his week's money on pay day. It is not the money that counts. He does not get the money. It is how much rent or food or clothes his wage,that is, his week's work, buys. Money is only the "go-between." John Jones puts six good hard day's worth of work into the week On pay day he gets, say f i.s in money. This buys say, fS worth of things to eat and drink, pays rent and leaves f ; towards clothes anil other things for him and his family. Suppose there should be a new kind of money. Suppose the old dollar should now be called two dollars Then the same food would cost fib, the same rent and the other fj, would now cost f6. John Jones would be no better otT with \o than before with $15. He would be worse off witli $20, that is, if labor rose slower than things, or wages less than prices. He would be better off only if he got that is, if labor rose quicker than things, or wages more than prices. But prices always rise first and wages last. "Till-: c.rkat i-'act or' \vai;i-:s." capita. The latest statement of the treasury department gives the "amount ol money in tlu t'nitea States, per capita,  ami the "money in circulation in the I'nited States, per capita, £21.10. Placed side by side the facts stand as follows: The population of the nations of the world whose currency is I wised upon gold aggregates 376,000,00 \ and the total amount of their money is $<>,7X9,000,000. Thus the average amount of money for each citi/en in the countries whose currency is based upon gold is $18.05 P*r Thus the average amount of money for rach citizen in the countries whose currency is based upon silver is $1.30 per Capita. The total population of these silver using countries if &No,ooo,ooo, and their total currency, metallic and paper, is given by l'reston at $3,785,000,000. The free ami unlimited coinage of silver would place the currency of the Knited States upon an exclusively silver basis. Not only does the experience of all nations show that this would happen, but the friends of silver admit that this would be the result of the adoption of their plan. Now let us compare the condition of the countries having a currency based exclusively on silver with that of the gold countries whose currency is based upon gold. The silver using countries are Mexico, China, Japan, Russia, India the straits settlements, the South American states the Central American states. The currency of the other nations of the world is upon a gold basis. (•rami R*|>Ma iMicli.) Avt-mRi per <-npiU» circulation, nilvcr stomlftrd com 11 trie* 9 I ;io A vernier per enpitn cirnilittion, '•luiidftrtt countries 9is 0., Ave rug-* prr em illation in tlic I ulte«| Stilti - f_»l 10 Which class of nations do you want to belong to? Don't you think it wise to let well enough alone, and at least not join the class of nations whose per capita circulation is only one half of that of our own country? GOODS. UP-TO-DATE You will find we have a > Complete Line I'M —of— The excursion to Canton to hear McKinley make a speech is a go sure. The drum corps and glee club are going and Reynoldsville will take the Keystone hand. The county chairman is making arrange men to to have s|>eechcs and music oil the train going and coming. As we march into Canton wo will sing, "We are coming, father William, two hundred and fifty thousand strong " The Flickers railed a special meeting when they heard of William McCracken getting a picture of Mr. Bryan aud wife, and after talking the matter over resolved to write for a picture of Bryan's son, ami also to extend an invitation to the worthy youth to come this way if he should ever turn prodigal and want to go on a husking excursion ""here it is again. Another Brookville hoy ...id Punxsutawney girl went up into New York and got married, or in other words Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McKnight will make their ap pearanco at prayer meeting Wednesday evening,Socrates says he can prove by the Bible that gold is better than silver, aud it has a more honorable history. "Do you remember about the thirty pieces of silver Y " he asks. N. 1" Snyder has been trying to ride a bicycle for the last week and just discovered that he had lieen wearing the glasses that he used for reading. Henoe the road was drawn too near his nose. It is reported that Joe Clingclsmith hits his oyc on the Clarington postofflce. Of course there will be a change after next March. David Roll is oue of the Flickers again. His return was celebrated in the usual style. Judge Clark, of Clarion, is assisting Judge Heed in holding court this week. R E. Clover, of Punxsutawney, was in town last week. Mr. I)ager is putting the finishing touch on the depot road. Capt. Manges and family, of Philadelphia, are in town. The stock parade was the great event of the fair. H. J. L.OEB. EL-MO ©TORE. PUNXSUTAWNEY. PA. ST. —A hacking cough is not only annoying to others, but is dangerous to the person who has it. One Minute Cough Cure will quickly put an end to It. J. M. Beyer. THE AMERICAN HOUSE. Brookville, Pa., BUFFJNGTON & LONG, Prop's. Tlif Water. .t Defiance, O., Sept. 27.—Charles (ioffler of Kvfin«port, a rtligous fanatic, met a shocking death near this city yesterday while attempting to walk on the water, in in order to demonstrate that his faith waa equal to that of the Savior's. Coaler waa a young man of good habits and an industrious temperament. He was an ardent supporter of the Seventh Day Adventists' doctrine, and recently became demented over his riligous belief. week he was married to a young woman at Evansport, and since that time he has spent all his spare moments in reading the Bible. He waa cutting corn in a neighboring farm yesterday with a companion, and at noon they started for dinner together. When they reached the dam in the Tiftin river Goafer refuaed to cross over on the apron, saying he would cross on the water above. After leaving his companion, he spent some moments in prayer and singing hymns, and then started out boldly to walk across on the water. .Some boys who saw him said, he appeared to walk all right for several paces, then he commenced to splash am* flounder, and finally sank from  singing, when the body waa r£ life was extinct, • A Man moors His hoath Trying to Walk on Same Old Joker. These figures are from the 1 'nited States Senate (Aldrich) Report of 1892. They show the wage-earner has not suffered by "the crime of 1873." At the South from 1861 to 1865 prices rose out of sight, but wages were a long way behind. Coffee cost $40 a pound and boots $200 a pair. Wages in money were many times what they had been, but never so many times as the prices of things. The people paid "from twenty to forty prices for everything and were denounced lor demanding five or sis prices for their own labor and skill." Confederate money became "cheaper" and "cheaper" until it was worth nothing. This has been the result of every "cheap money" experiment in the world. Since the country came back to a gold basis it has all been the other way the right way. Wages have increased more than half aliove the wages of i860 and prices are below the prices of i860. The man who earned $10 in i860 earned iu 1890 over Jti5 and could buy for #»> what would cost #10 in i860. He could buy seven-ninths more than before with his week's work. "HOW WAl'.IiS RISK \N1> I A 1.1.. When the purchasing power of monev changes, wages are first to feel a fall and last to get a raise. That is a hard fact. The wage-earner is the one man who is the most hurt and least helped by "cheap money." He never gets $2 in wages instead of when the "dollar" buy'a only 50 cents' worth of things. I11 1865, at the North, after four years of "cheap money" wages had gone up less than half and prices had gone up more than double. Clothing was three times the old price. Workingmen in New York could not afford meat for their families. The man who earned #10 in i860 was paid |i4 in 1865 but it took #21 to buy what $10 would buy in i860. He could buy only two-thirds as much with his week's work, though he got more dollars.Mr. Bryan really has not brought forward any valid excuse for his present attitude toward the government, the currency or the people of the United States. There is nothing the matter with the silver dollir. Its purchasing power is equal to gold. There is nothing the matter witl Jhe percapita of circulation. It is greateMBw than ever before. National bank bills are the best ever put in the hands of the people. It is a well established fact that good money is the workingman's friend and poor money is his worst enemy. Mr. Bryan therefore has nothing to stand upon. His campaign is an effort to benefit the silver miners of the West. With Bryan at the head of the government what would become of the permanent interests of the country?—Buffalo Evening News. Bryan's False isnne. The American House ia one of large*! and bent established hotels in Jefferson eounty. Has been recently refitted and refurnished. Table is always supplied with the best. Large, comfortable rooms and all modern conveniences. Only two doors from the Court House. If Garfield was 90 bitterly opposed to the free coinage of 80 cent dollars, how more earnestly would he have opposed the free coinage of 51 cent dollars? tiARFIKLD'8 W ARNINU Twenty Years Ago. |Kktr»ct from n Speech Delivered July III, 1S76] In opposing the free coinage of silver President Garfield used the following impressive words: "Mr. Speaker, I can hardly conceive a situation in which the house could be brought more directly face to face with what seems to present,on the one hand, public honor,ami on the other, the deepest public disgrace. "It has happened in the fluctuation of these metals that there is now a notable opportunity to cheat seven millions oi men by adopting the baser metal as the standard of payment, and thus accomplish a swindle on so great a scale as to make the achievement illustrious. By the proposed measure one-fifth of the enormous aggregate of public and private debts can be wiped out with a sponge. This nation owes $2,100,000,000 and private citizens of the United States probably owe f 2,500,000, 000, possibly more. At the present moment the relation of debtor and creditor in the United States involves nearly $5,000,- 000,000. It is proposed by the amendment of the gentleman from Indiana that, at one fell stroke, one-fifth of all this enonnous sum shall be wiped off, repudiated, and that the process shall be called honest legislation. Since I have lieen in public life I have never known any proposition that contained so many elements of vast rascality, of colossal swindling, as this. "Gentlemen may remember the financial shock of 1837, the later shock of 1857, and the still later shock in 1873. Conceive them all in one vast crash, and the financial ruin, the overthrow of business would be light in comparison with the shock which would follow. "Putin operation the provision now suggested, and all our gold coin will leave the country as fast as it can l>e carried abroad. Do this and a revolution in our monetary affairs, utterly unparalleled in the history of our nation, would follow/* His I Iterance When Opposing Free Coin JR. 22. From 10 Cents up to $5.00 ! Lamps! he Prices Will Suit You I M. RUSHMMAXS. Lamps! Ha 7e decided to close out uiy entire stock of lamps as I in tend to quit handling them. If you need one 1on't think of buying uptil you see my collection. Sealed Proposals. Bid. will be nnlnd on or before TfiewUv, October U,(ur>be pultluK of • new root on the ol acbool building near Kceee'i pl.nln. mill. Bid. received either for beat No. I .hlnsle. or ilaie. The Mbool bowd rwerre. the right to reject any or all bl<W. D. A. LOWK, Hin liny. 1M. The bloomer girl was rather proud of herself and the progress made by haft 1. "Women are becoming very socccarfM, don't you think ?" she awed. "In what wav ?" he returned, bitterly. "They can't be men and they mtft; women, and there yon are."—CWcaa* Poet. "Bluely's impecunious brother writes that he is in hard lines now and that the deserves something better because for every hair in hia head be has done some generous and expensive act. "He'a the aame cultivated rascal. The fellow is as bald aa a door knob."—Detroit Free Praaa. —Speed aad safety are the watchword* of the axe. On* Minute Oough Cure sets speedily, safely aad never fells. Asthma, bronchitis, eoaghs sad eold* sre cored by it. J. X. Bw*. —DeWitt's Witch Hasel Salve is an antiseptic, soothing aad healing application for barns, scalds, cuts, braises, etc., aad cures piles Ilk* M«le. It iaatoatly stops paia. J. JL B««r. EK£>W \WnFLA >-(f. F V-V m eiic jhifixottt twites Spirit m V m