Punxsutawney Spirit, 1898-05-18

              31 -f* r ' ■■ * •' V* t' "s * «2 -X • •  ®t)£ p*nx0utftiimic|) Spirit NO. 50 PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18,1898. Forth in the present crisis is only conjecture. Facts are stuborn things, and while they are slowly making History we must all be fed and clothed at the least possible expense consistent with our vocation. Blac* Dress Goods. '■£ 4 c yd DeLaines, beautiful colors, Kouboix Challie, Radnor Lawns, Colberteen Novelties, worth 15c, Bates Dress Ginghams, Dimities, fast colors, Summer Dress Goods. :?c per yd. 5c per |xl. 5c per yd. Sc per yd. 10c per yd. l'-iic per yd. *1.50 and *2.00. 30c. 7 5c. *1.00. Plaid Dress Goods at Pi,aid Dress Goods at - Plaid Dress Goods at Plaid Dress Goods at ... Plaid Dress Goods at Plaid Dress Goods at ... Plaid Cress Goods at All shades and combinations. ALL NEW.  OOc yd. $1.00 yd. •?! .50 yd. Summer Underwear. Elegant \ allies at prices ranging from 5c to 50c. < )ur popular 2~>c niiml>ers have no superior. 50 in , at - td.OOyd. 50 in., nt $1.25 yd. T.lc yd. BIGGEST BARGAIN VET. A job lot of Children's Lace Caps, regular wholesale price #2.25 to $9.oO per doz. Your choice while they last lO cents. UNIVERSAL WAR PREDICTED. l'UNXSUTA\VNEY, PA. Removal. Tli© American Difficulty. Wall Paper. JOHN B. BAIR - JOHN B. BAXR - JOHN B. BAZR VOL. XXV. = EBERHARr. A day may bring EBERHART. At The i Hlg Store Truthful Advkrtisino. Courteous Treatment To All. Prices Always The Lowest. Qualities Always The Best. At The C Big Store I SAVING PEOPX. MONET will consult their own interest by dealing at the "Big Store." Here is where you will find a complete line of PLAIN and FANCY DBESS GOODS. All New and at PRICES that are always the lowest. Fsncu Dress Goods. 50 in. Covert Cloth, all colors, for Suits, $1.00 yd. 42 in. Satin Soilcl, all colors, at - 85c yd. 44 in. Whip Cord effects, all colors, at - 11.00 yd. Special 50c Leader at Special Value Ask for our number at Our best ones ace Curtains. Choice new lot Lace Organdies, Lappet Stripes ... 14c. French Ginghams, Satin But- and Stripe, 25 & '40c. 18 mid 25c. Wash Goods. 10c —PERCALES—^-10c. 5 c CREP( >N 5c. 14c MADRAS 14c 8c-— ORGANDIES 8c. 25c yd. - 35c yd. 45c yd. - 50c yd. 85c yd. - 90c yd. 15c yd. S.ji; yd. Fancy Blaok Dress Goods, Satin Finish, with small white figure, 40 in., at if J.00 yd. Fancy Black Dress Goods, 4<! in., at - JI.OO yd. Black Dress Goods, with narrow white striiH", 40 in., at Fancy Black Dress Goods, satin Finish, 38 in., a1. ... 40and ."Oc yd. Fancy Black Dress Goods, satin Finish ">0 iu,, at - - - - J).>e y<L Fancy Black Dress Goods, 36 in. lilaok anil Gray Fancy Dross Goods, lu in., (>Oc yd. Bltv k Gloria Silk, 50 in., at Fancy lilack Dress Goods, Crepon effect, NEW, 4L> in., tit - - $1.35 yd. BLACK HEX Kill ETTA 4(> in., at - ">Hc v<i. 48 in , at - 75c yd. Black lJoplino.s 42 in., at Black S tiii Soilel, 44 in., at 50in., at The BIG STORE For Bargains.  91-00 I A *1/ M.' VI/ ■' t /> f> <r> «i* • * ■ Misses Shoe. SZH3E3 THEM Q,TT.ia.K:. $1.00. Lace or Button. P;it. Tip, sizes 11 to 2.  The kind that wear. John B. Bair 25c yd. 35c yd. 45c yd. 50c yd. - (50c yd. AH MAIL ORDERS Receive Prompt Attention. Beautiful Effects in Fancy Dress Goods in all the new shades, at 15, 25, 29, 34, 40 and 50c yd. Fancy Mohair, 38 in., at - - 35c yd. Plain Serges in All Wool and all Colors, 3(> inch at 38 inch at 42 inch at 46 inch at 48 inch at All MAIL ORDERS Receive Prompt Attention. A Diplomat is Washington Says it is Sure to Come Unless Diplomacy Prevents It. Shoes! 75r, t»Oc and $ 1 .O0. *1..">(>, »2.00and W.OO. *1.50, *».<)<) and *.UM>. Groceries Pure eiiclcI Fresh. Shoes! Children^1 Tan Lad ion1 Tan Mens' Tan Shoes! Carpets and Oil Cloth. Prices from 20c to $ 1.1per yard. Tabic Oil Cloth, - - - lOcperyd. Floor Oil Cloth, - - 25c to 75c per yd. ft Matte IT MIGHT BE ..01 A QUESTION ? Argument. Whefe you Gap Bu The Nobbiest up-to-date Shirts, Collars, Neck- ,e Best Spring Suits. The Most Durable Fine Shoes. The Plost Stylish Hats. 25c. 25c. lOc. J. B. EBERHART, Lutz's Pure Fruit Preserves. Lutz's Pure Apple Butter, Lutz's Pure Mixed Pickles, JOHNSON BLOCK, PHILIPPINE EXPEDITION. Army of 12,000 Men. Supplies For Sufficient to last Six Months. Washington, May 16.—For the Philippine expedition the War Department is laying in a store of supplies which will, if necessary keep the army of 12,000 men for a period of six months. For this puipose 2,160,000 rations are being accumulated by the commissary department at San Francisco for shipment from time to time to Manila. A large consignment will be taken out on the City of Pekin, which is to sail the latter part of the week, Enough beef on the hoof will be taken to supply the 1,200 men who go aboard her, for 10 or 15 days and for the remainder of the trip bacon will be the meat diet. Lieut. Sydney A. Clomati has been appointed commissary and will accompany the expedition. The quartermaster's department has supplies of equippage, uniforms, etc., at San Francisco for 5,000 men and additional ones will be purchased as necessity arises Canvas as well as woolen uniforms will be taken for the comfort of the men. It is said here that the First California and portions of the l.jth United States infantry may compose the troops going on the Pekin although this is not finally determined.These are PortentiousThings. Oxfords^1^ Strap Sandals wear and Fancy Furnishings. We Can Help You to Decide. We guarantee to please you in every particular or refund your money. HT T AL'U Mens' and Boys' • U. iiU ri n> FURNISHER, * PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. Washington, May 15 —The Charged d' AfFaires of one of the European legations made the following statement this evening in an interview on the international aspects of the war between the United States and Spain: "It may be safe to predict that we are near a universal war unless diplomacy f>revents it. You see, Kurope has been ooking for it for a long while, and every power has been preparing to meet it. Russia is alwavs, and we may say the same thing of England. Kugland would have provoked war over the Turkish trouble had she won the United States for an ally. Now, in my opinion as an individual, the time for this war is very ! near, and it may come sooner than you think. It will come by an attempt to stop the American-Spanish war assoou as the latter's great fleet meets the American squadrons. England, of course will not join with the other powers in their attempt, further than, I may say, the expression of her sympathy, which will amount to nothing. England wants this opportunity to be on the side of the United States, so that when disputes shall arise she will be engaged in a war for which she has been preparing for a long while. The war will surely come, because the United States will not give up fighting Spain until the resolutions of Congress are carried through. The powers do not intend to allow the war now on to continue, and even if the United States should consent to declare a truce there will be a disagreement about the terms for peace. "You may rely upon what I say that universal war will come in this way: Austria, France and Italy will for a while remain on the fence, until England openly sides with the United States, in which instance Russia will join Austria and Germany the United States. You can rest assured that these plans are now under consideration by the Cabinets, and that the United States Administration knows it as well as England does ; and that is one of the reasons the Lafayette was set free, and why you will hear nothing about the French officials holding despatches at St. Pierre intended for the Government here while Spanish ships were coaling there." Strap Sandals for Ladies, Misuses and Children, 75c to $1.25, in Black, Tans and Patent Leather. Our Ladies Chocolate Oxfords with vesting top at $1.25 is a l>iir Bargain, also our $2, $2.25 and $2.75 Oxfords in McKays and Turns are the liest money can buy. We can give you Ladies Oxfords from 75c to $2.7 •) the pair. now in season. Shoes for Children. See our New 'Highland Lassie # Scottish Queen' R. LINDSEY, PA. E. BROWNELL, Punxsutawney, Pa. Oi'P. Pantall HOTKL. Ask to sec our now #.'{.00 Ladies Shoo, with Black'und Yellow ;fancy vesting top. •Wall Paper. Paper. Means' Pharmacy Has thousands of designs. Everything made in wall paper, ifrom the cheapest up to the very best jyades. His prices will win your trade if you find out what they are. Wall Paper.' After May 1st. the office of the passenger department of the Nickel Plate road at Buffalo, 391 Main street, Ellicott Square Building. The move from 33 Exchange street, where it has been located for the past fifieen yean, is in line with the many other recent improvements of the road and its service. The EUicott Square is already known aa being one of the finest and largest office buildings in the world, and the NickleJPlate Road's office will be fitted np to correspond with the building and the progrenive spirit of the road. 48t4. Budding Plants. Any quantity, any variety, at low prices. East End Greenhouses. The St. James Gazette, London, of last Thursday, says: "Important signs*of the uneasiness of Europe, of its fear of anarchy at home and aggression abroad, are reflected in London financial circles. Russia is raising a loan of and, more significent still she is raising it in Germany. The bank of England is directing its energies to the accumulation of a gold reserve, a fashion wUhout recent precedent; while Japan, not content with the vast sum she received from China on Saturday, is preparing for a fresh loan of 15,000,000. The reapproachmetit between Germany and Russia and Russia and Autria is very marked." All this, the St. James Gazette believes, portends a combination against America and Great Britain, as "we are universally regarded as forming part of this transatlantic aggression on Europe." And the article warns Great Britain to "prepare for a struggle which may involve the most important events siuce the fall of Napoleon. Europe believes America is trying her strength on Spain and that her inevitable victory will be followed by similar acts of aggression to- ; ward other powers with interests iu the j Atlantic ana in the Pacific." There are unmistakeable signs that the continental powers have taken steps to share in the fruits of the American victory at Manila. Germany has intimated to the United States that she expects to have a voice in the disposition of the Philippine islands, basing her claim on German interests in these islands. Diplomats credit the report that Germany may demand exclusive control of Samoa as the price of her acquiescence to American sovereignty over the Philippine islands. Or, as an alternative, Germany may demand one or more of the Philippine islands and a harbor, suitable for a coal depot, in Hawaii, which promises to add to the complications." 1 London Graphic.] The difficulty in which he (Dewey) finds himself (as regards troops) is typical of the whole situation as far as the United States is concerned. The need of trained troops in sufficient numbers is seriously hampering the progress of the war. It renders landing in Cuba and Puerto Rico alike impossible for the moment, and it seriously embarrasses any scheme for an expedition to the Canaries or Cadiz. Until troops are available it looks very much as if the Americans will have to continue the present wearisome and monotonous blockade operations. This means a very protracted war, especially if the Spaniards continue their present waiting game. i-' $ Wm m •>