Punxsutawney Spirit, 1898-07-27

              ilfje §$ttti VOL. XXVI. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27,1898. NO. 8 HOTTEST— Of the Season. OHN B. BAIR'S— The big store.-\ . i glowing adjectives. THIS. \ —" COME! TO THE SIQ STORE. BEAD Everything advertised ie here. We've got the cold convincing facte to show you when you onl y Dans more ot our Great July clearance sale. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of This Week. There are fat facte here for slim pocketbookB. We've been furnishing them all thiB month. Here is another lot for thiB week. We're not working on your imagination by These arr beautiful Goods. For a limited time only. Pure Taffeta Silks, all shades. Price, 50 Cents. A few prices will convince you. Not ouly the weather. but the contest for your trade. If price and quality are cousidered we will have it. 18 cents buys any of our 25 cent Oreandios. lO cents buys any of our 18 cent Organdies. ■S cents buys tiny of our 12 cent Organdies. 5 cents buys any of our 10 cent l/.iwns. lO cents buys any of our 15 cent Madras. cents buys any of our 8 cent Organdies. It will not l;*t long at this price. NHfrowSHti" Rack Velvet Ribbon. This lot 15 cts. All shades (except black,) for trimming <lrosne« of all kinds. Never sold for less than 3Sc per bolt. We sell <» cents buys any of our 10 cent Percales. Crepon Goes at 4 cts. BIG Store i.gmwmmmu 15 cents buys any of our 25 cent Silk Ginghams. 10, 12 and 15 cent White Goods goes at 8 cts yard. 9c for all l'ic Mattings. 19c for all 2;>c Mattings. 25c for all 30c Mattings. 27c for all 33c Mattings. 29c for all 3.r>c Mattings. Window Shades 25 cts. Those prices arc for this sale only, so cnmc early ami get n good selection. Special for this week, IP GAPPET ZMCattings. hows THIS. Moire Sashes, 31 yds long by 5in. wide, regular* price 12.00, special price - 11.48. White Gros Grain Sash, 3} yds by 9 in., bought to sell at $4.00, special price, - $1.98. Satin Sash Ribbon, all colors, 5 in. wide, regular price 85c, special pricc - 68 cts. Ladies' Fancy Hose, bought to sell at 35c, special price 24 cts. White Pique 22 and 25 cts. Children's Parasols, bought to sell at 60 to 75 cts., all go at . - 35 cts. 4c for a regular (5c Unbleached Muslin. 5ic for Hill & Blackstone Muslins. 34c for Blue Prints 3c for Light Prints. Special prices on Sheetings, Table Linens & Napkins. 68c The Pair. All $1.00 and $1.25 Oxfords go at Oxfords. All Shirt Waists 50 cts. Shoes—a new job lot, 58 cts. Favorite Spring Wheat, - $1.25. (roldon Skoaf, Full Patent, . $1.2i5. Superlative, best liisrli grade, cloth wick, *1 IO. Made from pure o!<t wheat. Kvery e:!«-k fully warranted. JOHNSON BLOCK, Pl'NXSl'TAWNKY, 1»A. This means that R. E. BROWNELL, Lindsey, Pa. Mrs. l*orler Tells of Wounded Men Shut Head While on lied Cross Litters. SPANISH BAKBAKITY. ATTENTION MOTHERS. 50 Per Ct. Discount Sale. o d m FRUIT JARS. 1 qts., ~>0c per doz. Wo tinil we have over estimate ! our wants in this size jar, and for a short time only, iv» will sell them at this price, which is less than the present wholesale price. HALF PRICE. We have placed all our OldB and Ends of Children's Suits- on a Bargain Table. Mostly single breasted and light colored Cashimere Suits, sizes from 5 to 15 years. All to be gold at J. B. EBERHART, ' man thai he might give his whole life to lighting the Americans. The men who have been the most prolific in sentiment of this sort are not the men who have been the most daring and persisting in actual warfare. Cervera did not talk about what he was going to do, but pushed ahead with his ships. He lost in the fortunes of war and is now a prisoner, but he is entitled to more honor than the whole Madrid Ministry, the royal establishment and General hlanco combined. Linares and Toral were tongue-tied till they got into battle. They art* among the few Spaniards who have made the real test in this war and they have found out the situation. They have surrendered, but their condition is honor itself when compared with the attitude of the ruling elements which keep out of harm's w:iy and encourage the killing of others in a hopeless cause. Sagasta showed the qualities of a diplomat and statesman in the earlier part of the war, but cruelty to his countrymen and servility to a toppling monarchy seem to have overcome Ills good qualities. P ■ 0 The American Sailor of To-Day. OUR 98° TABLE CONTAINS I u Missus and Childrcns shoes which -old for 11.15 to $1.50. Ladies' Shoes - " " 1.50 to 4.00. Liulioa' Oxfords " " 1.25 to 1.60. Mons'Shoos " " 1.25 to 3.00. HT T aaL Mens' and Boys' a VI llOGDa FURNISHER, W PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. $5.00 Suits are 4.00 Suits are 3.00 Suits are 2.00 Suits are A SAVING OF I TO $2.50 ON EVERY SUIT. $2.50 2.00 1.50 I.OO u o Pi in g, © ■ 50 Per Ct. Discount Sale. Washington D. C..July 25.—From Santiago, uniler (late July S, Mrs. John Addison l'orter, wife of the secretary to the president, and now with Miss Clara Barton in Cuban relief work, has written a personal letter describing conditions there. It was written a week after the battle of Kl Caney and San Juan. The Red Cross was then aiding in the care of the wounded and feeding the thousands of fugitives from Santiago. The Spanish wounded captives expressed much gratitude that they were given the same attention that the Americans received. One surgeon who dressed the wounds of 2<x> American and Spanish soldiers told Mrs. Porter that nearly all the Spaniards were hit two and three times, while as a rule the Americans received a single wound, indicating the difference of marksmanship. At this time everyliody was busy caring for the sick and wounded. The American dead had been buried, but the trenches were full of dead Spaniards whose bodies lloated on the surface of the water, caused by the rains, and filled the air with a sickening odor. She cites instances of Spanish barbarity and says in several instances meto were ahot dead as they lay in Red Cross litters on the way to hospitals. This firing was so unceasing that the surgeons operated by moonlight. They were afraid to light candles or lanterns as Spanish sharpshooters would have picked them off. Commissions authorizing this dastardly work, she writes, were found on the bodies of some of these guerrillas. The letter speaks of the high estimates the private soldiers have of Gen. Wood and Lieut.-Col. Roosevelt, who, they say, always have a good word to say to them. The white soldiers also pay tribute to the bravery of the colored troops, but complain because the Cubans, familiar with the Spaniards' tactics, did not prevent the Spanish bushwhacking. Ladies Shoos which sold for $2.00 to <v>.5(». Ladies Oxfords " - 2.00 to Just think of it, those handsome Oxfords, purchased this spring, and sold for $2.50, $2.75 anil $3.00, now $t.<>9. OUR $1.69 TABLE CONTAINS CMCDCDMIC Mens' $4.50 Tail ShoGs, now $3.25). LlflCnoUN wj Mens' 4.<K> " 2.98. Emerson's and Arnolds ."..50 " " '£.11*. Where Democracy Staid*. Those arc all this summer's goods, and are A I, and as thoy aro going very fast at those prices, you ought to take advantage at onc.e, before they aro all gone. Jacky, who used to be more sailor than gunner, is now more gunner than sailor. Just in proportion as he has ceased to be a part of the great engine on whirh he lives, so he has come more and more into the control of It. And as the cardinal Eurpose of a warship is to hit things with er projectiles, Jacky has become a specialist in getting that work out of her. lie does it in two places—at the guns and and at the engines. Correctly pointed guns are of no use, unless the platform on which they rest is put in proper relation to the thing to be hit, ami kept there , equally it is useless to get the ship into proper place unless the guns are correctly pointed. Men who can do either of these things must have natural capacities and be susceptible to education, and only men of this sort are eligible for our navy. Accordingly the "beach-comber,"or the "rock-scorpion," or any other variety of that ruck of marine refuse which drifts around the great maritime ports and ships in any craft where "grub" is plenty and work light, no longer slings his hammock on I'ncleSam's berth-deck, as he used to do to the shame of the sendee in years gone by. Nor can the tramp, nor the jail-bird, nor even the incorrigible black sheep of the family thus be provided for to the relief of constables and long-sulTering relatives. No man or l>oy can now pass a United States naval recruiting officer unless he is clean, healthy, honest, yonng, strong and intelligent ; nor can he afterward get that advancement, which is certainly open to him without fear or favor, unless he continues to show aptitude and ability. I I'nrk Henjaitiin iu the I Ariepetulcnt.| A MODERN DRUG  carries one of the largest and choicest selections of pure Drugs and Medicines in Jetierson county. He makes a specialty of compounding Physician's Perscriptions,  and gives you the purest drugs manufactured for the most reasonable prioes at 'whioh they can be sold. It is Means' Pharmacy * St root car fare paid from and to Punxsutnwney. (Chicago Daily N«w«.| "The man who wins,"she saiil, "is the man who is always ready to embrace an opportunity," "Well," he whispered, after he had slipped an arm aronnd her, "how do 1 strike yon as a winner?" "Only fair," she answered. "This might have happened a month ago." UaaecMsary Keuor Sagasta and his associate ollieiais at Madrid talk aliout peace from a false point of view. They always drift into inquiry as to what is proposed l>y the United States. Thus it is that in the stress of war Spanish statesmanship has dwindled to pettifogging. This country has no overtures to make. Its policy is to prosecute the war unceasingly till the Spaniards cry ' 'enough.'' The possibilities of peace and the terms on which it may be accomplished are discussed in the United States, but from a humanitarian inspira| lion. Our people are merely asking when Spain expects to get enough. How long is a useless war to be kept up ? Why are the Spanish authorities imposing heavier burdens and penalties on their country by postponing an inevitable surrender ? The rhetoric about vindicating Spanish honor and fighting and dying for Xing and country has become miserable fustian. General Blanco ia a man of great prominence and we presume fine ability, bat sensible people merely langh at him when he wishes he were a young Talk About Peace. (Cincinnati Inquirer.] Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Illinois, and has indorsed the Chicago platform. Pennsylvania straddled the platform, but every other Democratic State convention which haa been held this year indorsed it, and everyone to be held will indorse it, with the exception of New York possibly, where a strong effort la being made by certain leaders to ignore it. [Albany Journal.] The Democracy of the State of Vermont emulates the Democracy of (>regon, Michigan. :H>o. -»Oe. Corset Cover ll>c. Skirls Drawers "£Iic. Infant's Kobes Nisrht Dresses lie. Children's Dresses '4Uc. Wc also have all those "foods in the hotter grades, made in beautiful styles. We have a complete new line, with the manufactory guarantee, that every garment in perfect. The prices speak for themselves. Muslin Underwear. CAR LOAD FLOUR. BIG Store aii sum waists soe. $1.50 Tan Shoes go at 98c during this s<ale. JOHN B. BAIR. wm Wi-y W > ' .V 1 ■ » * ... - "f