Punxsutawney Spirit, 1898-02-09

              m NO. 86 PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDfTESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1898, VOL. XXV. THIS WEEK EBREHART COATS! DOLLARS! YOU WILL FIND A STORE FULL OF SPLENDID SPECIALS THAT BEAR OUT THE ABOVE STATEMENT BETTER THAN IDLE BOASTING. DOLLARS.! ■ DOLLARS! DOLLARS DOING DOUBLE DUTY! AT OtR STORE THIS WEEK. Absolutely unique and alone in the saving it assures you by cash. This store in its stock-taking reductions reaches a level of price lowness that has no parallell. COATS! DRESS GOODS. ■ • ■v New Spring Goods. Will receive the first shipment of - ' .One Tan Coat, size 34. lined all through with fancy silk, was #10.00, and a beauty, goes now for $7.00. One Plain Black Coat, half satin lined, size 3<i, was #16.00, goes at - - $H.OO, a bargain. Two Blue Coate, satin faced, sizes :!4 and 3(5, was #12.00. nni9t go at - - - #5.00 each. We've got an assortment of Children's coats. About a dozen different styles, not one of which is worth less than from $ 1.25 to $3.60. You can have any one of them for 40 cents. 38-inch A11 Wool, Tan Mixed Novelty Goods, was 40 cts, goes at 25c yd. 38-inch Navy Blue Serge, with white pin stripe, all wool, was 50 cts, goes at - 39c yd. 42-inch Green and Brown Mixed Dress Goods, all wool, was 60 cts, goes at - - 42c yd. 38-inch Brown and Blue Mixed Dress Goods, all wool, was 35c, goes at - - 24c yd. 44-inch Tan Dress Goods,' all wool, was 75c, now 63c yd. 36-inch Tan Mixed Novelty Goods, all wool, was 25 Cts, goes at - - - 17c yd. Another lot of Children's Coats that run from $1.50 to $4.00. You can have your choice for 75 cents. Several Black Beaver Coats, that were a bargain at 16.00,. goes this week at fit. Sizes, 32, 34 and(:><>. One Tan Coat, size 34, satin faced, was #11.00, goes at 15. Another lot of Child's and Misses Jackeu, runs in size from 3 to 12 years ; prices from $2 to $7.00. Your choice this week for $1. Who An the DiacMraged Leaden? Bargains all through our Shoe Dept. tlliS V68t our $3 Welt a bargain, And many others all through our store that we don't have space to mention. If you have been here before at one of theBe sales you will realize the importance of coming early. If you have not and want the best take our advice and come early. Respct. J0HN g BA[R Bargain Counter Have kept many people from getting the benefit of our special prices, prior to taking account of stock in January. To accomodate such we have arranged a Bad Roads They are sure to attract special attention. We have studied the peoples' wants carefully, and are better prepared than ever to take t are of our many patronB. OUR I J1(*' ■ *. * -> % v ind black are the fitartuurb. i > - .1  -hoes are made of patent leather, and there are bronze shoes, and russet shoes, and shoes that are part russet ind part patent leather. There are shoes for all occasions. Dolls' shoes are packed In dozens illke, and in assorted boxes. The fill' ■st shoes are put up a single pair in 8 iox. Dolls' shoes are made in as iuan> sizes as there are doiy # tell at lUfeliw"'* f iollar i| J PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. Wfcy? Spring Footwear, To Talk A Little Early About But aB we have part of our Spring Stock in, we would be pleased to have you call'and inspect same. ' •' • ' • -4'. ' ■ i Star \Vorxhippfrs. S Gain. That will be tilled with goods at much less price than they can now be bought for in large quantities at wholesale. We will not pack any of this sea sons goods. They must be closed. Each season must bear its own loss. Now is your chance to save on every purchase. Is You Our Lo A Wholesale Furnishing Goods House Quits TWENTY DOZEN WHITE SHIRTS Business. 0 We were fortunate enough to secure WHITE SHIRTS. Special Bargains Good Linen Bosoms, and always sold at 50 cts. Special Prloe,25 Gts. All sizes from 14 to 16£. J. B. EBERHART, Yours truly, We goods ) Holds good ar |OhriHtian Ib^clllccenccr.] Our Arabian missionary, the Rev. Samuel M. Zweiner, befo.-; the American Society of Comparative Religions, last week gave an interesting account of a curious religion he encountered :u a trip to the lower Euphrates and TigtN. He said of this peculiar sect: "These strange people, whom we kn ">w as the Star Worshippers, Sabeans, Nasoreans, or St. John John Christians, designate themselves the Mandseans, and although they number only a few thousand, remtun entirely distinct from the Jews, Moslems, and Christians, among whom they have dwelt for centuries. Their origin is lost it* obscurity, and their number is rapidly diminishing. Their religion is compounded of Christian, heathen, and Jewish elements; the language they apeak is entirely different from that of thieir neighbors. They are a moral, peaceful and Industrious people. They believe that the stars embody the good of the universe, and the planets the evil. Unlike the Parsees, they do not worship the sun and the moon. I found that their knowledge of astronomy was thorough in many respects." He further said that their moral code is that of the Old Testament in every particular, and that he found them an easily approachable people, though it required a long acquaintance before they allowed their literature to be seen. JOHNSON BLOCK, .Three dollar and a half kind at $1.75, Don't fail to get the benefit of half prices on Shoes. All narrow toes. Five dollar Patent Leather and Cordovan shoes at $2.50. •y J*T rYClTD Mens'and Boys' , I it J Hi K. FURNISHER, * PUNX8UTAWNEY, PA. H. e have a few of the small sizes of Overcoats at half \lalue, sizes 33 to 36. I New York Sun. J The intelligent and nsually well-informed correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle reports from Waahington that "the Republican leaden expect to lose the next honse of Representatives." What Republican leaders expect that the House bf Representatives in the fiftysixth Congress will be controlled by the Bryanite Democracy? If any Republican leaders are now preparing the way for an actual defeat in the Congress elections of next November by confidently predicting defeat and discussing the reversal of the majority in the House as a foregone conclusion, their names ought to be known as soon as possible. They ate dangerous men to retain aa party commanders on the eve of a battle as important as that which is ahead. The Republican party ought to rid itaelf of them, as too poor of sptrit and too pale of liver for the needs of the time. At the very least it ought to know just who they are, in order that it may try the virtues of large doses of quinine and small doses of arsenic and strychnia upon their depressed energies ana alarmea imaginations, with a view to bracing them up again, if possible, to the condition of men and patriots. Who can they be, if sucn they are? Certainly not President McKinley. He has just sounded the clear note that calls the united forces of honest money and thi national credit to victory at the approaching elections. Certainly, no member of the President's Cabinet. Secretaty Long has admirably expressed for himself and his associates the confidence and courage which Mr. McKinly's New York speech inspired in his official family. Certainly not the speaker. The raven croak was never heard from the Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed when there was work to be done. Certainly not the prudent Dingley, the aelf-rcliant Joe Cannon the fiery Henderson, the intrepid Dalzell, the rugged Grosvenor. They and the men who with them constitute the backbone of the Republican majority are no raw recruits, who deem the fight lost before the bullets begin to whistle. They all expect to be back in their seats when the Fifty-sixth House is called to order, and to find there a substantial majority of Republicans behind them, as determined as ever to preserve the nation's honor against the assaults of the repudiationista. We survey the whole field from this distance without discerning the first sign of down-hearted leadership at Washington. The Brooklyn Eagle ought to justify its surprising statement by giving the names of the rabbit-nerved leaders who are already prophesying Republican defeat in November and preparing their timid souls for that unspeakable, immeasurable catastrophe. And if it cannot five the names, the Eagle ought to withraw with an apology its imputation of folly and cowardice. Mark Twain, in "More Tramps Abroad," tells how be got out of a controversy about Scottish dialect. In a discussion with some strange Scots, he remarked that the peasantry pronounced three "three" and not "thraw." "There was a moment of astonished and ominous silence, then stomy weather ensued It was a bad defeat for me. It promised to remain so, but I had a saving thought. While the storm was still raging, I made up a Scotch couplet, and then spoke up and said : 'Very well, don't say any more, I confess defeat. I thought I knew, but I see my mistake. I was deceived by one of our Scotch poets.' 'A Scotch poet.' 'A Scotch poet! Oh come! Name him.' 'Robert Burns.' It is wonderful the power of that name 'These men looked doubtful —but paralyzed, all the same. They were quite silent for a moment; then one of them said with the reverence in his voice which is always present in a Scotchman's tone when he utters the name: 'Does Robbie Burns say—what does he say?" 'This is what he says: 'There was nae bairn but only three— One at the breast, twa at the knee.' It ended the discussion. There was no man there pronfane enough to say any word against a thing which Robert Burns had settled. There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition." Don't think is is any trouble or annoyance to us to show you goods, FOR IT IS NOT. It gives us pleasure to show goods whether a purchase is made or not. 1-4 TO 1-3 OFF REGULAR.PRICE. Kindly bear in mind that most of our winterjweight Shoes are from • Makes a specialty of Physicians prescriptions, ''\r. and guarantees absolutely pure materials and . accuarcy in compounding. He can save you money All the year round, If you give him your business. l Means* Pharmacy . MEANS; D&NTflL PARLORS . to get the best workmanship possible when you are having repairs made to your teeth. If you go to It Will Pay You When the British fleet was at Hong Kong, a merchant ship waa seen coming over the bar with her ensign upside down. The ships in the harbor at once lowered lifeboats and raced to be first to give assistance to the supposed sinking ship. When the first boat got within nailing distance, they saw the skipper clapping i his hands and shouting: "Go it! Come on! Well pulled!" etc. The officer in charge then said: "What's the matter, captain?" "Nothing the matter,"said the •kipper. "Then why have you got your ensign upside down?" The skipper glanced aloft at his colors. "It's that boy Joe again," he cried in disgust: "I thought it was a regatta."—Argonaut. Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us seems I lesa mysterious, and the crooked path looks straighter as we approach the end. I — Richter.  Give us a call, and see if we cannot save you money in buying: Shoes. E. BROWNELL, Lindsey, Pa. R. PUNXSUTAWNKY, Opp. Public Square. Why isn't bigamy a two-fold blessing ? Why is it that a silent partner has so much to say ? Why is the hired girl of foreign birth called a domestic? Why does a man that is really good usually look so sad ? Why does a loafer always bother a man when he's busy? Why do we use the term "playwright" instead of "playwriter?" Why does nearly all the milk of human kindness taste of the can ? Why is It that your shoestrings never break unless you are in a hurray ? Why is it that a woman can never throw anything straight but kisses ? Why does the average man always want to open adoor marked "private ?" Why isn't the wedding ceremony a success unless there is a hitch in it somewhere ? Why is it that about two-thirds of a doctor's bill is for guessing>t your complaint?—Chicago "News." Prose ti. Poetry. "A little while ago," says Mr. John Hollihgshead, "I was at dinner with a number of friends, when the question arose as to whom was the wealthiest actor In London. 'Why, Penley,'hazarded one of the company, thinking, no doubt, of the very large sum which Mr. Penley made out of 'Charley's Aunt.' 'No,' was the answer, 'the richest actor in London ivWllliam Terriss.' In support of this statement Mr. Hollingshead said Terriss was connected with a firm of stock-brokers, and had a taste for buying property. He earned good salaries on the stage, and waa a man who lived extravagantly. He was not a giver of dinners, nor waa he what is popularly called a society actor. As a matter of fact, I remember that once when he was in the witness box at a trial he waa In the usual form asked what his occupation waa and he answered, Stockbroker.' 'Are you not an actor?' waa the next queation. 'Yes,' replied Mr. Terriss, 'I'm considered to be one.' "—London Daily News. Romantic Maid—And would you be willing to die for me ? Practical Man—No ; but I will gladly try to make a living for you.—Chicago Daily New*. In the Johnston Block, you will find it eoeta no more for the best work than for any other kind. Johnston Block. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. \ -■ £• ■ ■ ' ? . y *