Punxsutawney Spirit, 1898-08-03

              ®ije JjDtmxstttattmig Spirit. % NO. 9 YOL. XXVI. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3,1898. HOTTEST  Of the Season. Pure Taffeta Silks, all shades. These are beautiful Goods. For a limited time only. Price, 50 Cents. Not only the weather, but the content for your trade. If price and quality are considered we will liave it. A few prices will convince you. JOHN B. BAIR'S—The big store | Hair's add it's so. I REMNANT SALE. Gome to the BIG STORE This Week and See What You Get. To clean up all Short Lengths and ends of pieces, in fine Suitings, and all Organdies and Wash Goods. Dressy kinds to be sold this week, and prices to do it. Waist, Skirt and Suit lengths, and the prices that these goods can be had for this week are less than they were ever before sold. BIG Store 2S3SE.';!' ORGANDIES. All is and 25c ORGANDIES. l'ricc to close lOc yd. Sc yd. All 12 and 15c ORGANDIES. Pricc to cIobc All 1" cent LAWNS. Price to clnse !ic yd. Window Shades 25 cts. BEP'T. e/\ppET Oil'K* I (I. IN 3VLa.ttin.gs. 12c Mattings at 1>c 11 yard. 2.">c Mattings at 1 S)c a yard. 30c Mattings at 25c a yard. :5:5c Mattings at '£7c a yard. ;j."»c Mattings at 2!)c a yard. These prices are for a few days only. REMNANT SALE COME TO Til At the BIG STORE this week, ami get a Waist, Skirt or Dross at prices never bebefore heard of. Look at fhis. I1.4H. Moire Sashes, 3i yds long, regular price $2.00, all colors. Price to close White Gros Grain Sash, 3J yds long 1) in. wide, regular $4.00 goods. Price, - $1.08. Satin Sash Ribbon, all colors, 5 in. wide, regular price 85c. Price to close - <»S cts. Ladies' Fancy Hose, regular 35c ami 50c kind. Price to close, - - - 24 cts. Shoe Dep't. .">0 pr. Tan and Black Oxfords, bought to sell •! at $ 1.00 and $1.25. Price to clean up (»Sc 15 pr. Tan and Black Oxfords, bought to sell at #2.50. Price to clean up - Ct j ."j|| Cj ™ ' (r: And many other Bargains in Shoe Dep't that it will pay yon to coine to the Big Store and see. M 8S pr. Tan Lace Shoos, bought to sell at #2.50. Price to clean up $I.7K. 35 pr. Tan, Vesting Top, Lace Shoes, bought to sell at $2.50. Price to clean up $1, .89. •N'u'"vvS"li" Rack Velvet Ribbon. All shades (except black, I for trimming dresser- of all kinds. Never sold for less than 35c per bolt. We sell This lot 15 cts. It will not last long at this price Shirt Waists 50c. each. Corset Cover Mc. Skirts JiUe. Drawers "i<"5e. Infant's Robes 50c. Night Dresses l ie. Children's Drosses We also have all th"~e goods in the bettor grades, made in beautiful styles. Muslin Underwear. We have a complete new line, with tho manufactory guarantee, that every garment is perfect. The prices speak for themselves. All He ORGANDIES. Price to closo Price to close 35c. .lust a few more left Children's Parasols. BIC Store .»c yd. White Curtain Poles 20 Cents Each. JOHN B. BAIR. Shoes—a new job lot, 58 cts. CAR LOAD FLOUR. NATIONAL EXPANSION. Favorite Spring Wheat, $1,125. Golden Sheaf, S""uII Patent, . H.lift. Superlative, best high grade, cloth nark, ?! lO. Made from pure old wheat. Every sack fully warranted JOHNSON BLOCK. Pl'NXSUTAWNEY, FA. We want tliem to move. We have applied the right inducements HKRK THEY ARK. 3.50 3.00 2.50 4.00 $5.00 Russia or Vici Kid Shoes, - $3.75. 3.00. 2.75. 2.50. 2.00. Ladies Shoes which sold for $2.00 to $;?.&0. Ladies Oxfords " - - 2.00 to 3.00. Just tliink of it, these handsome Oxfords. purchased (his spring, and sold for $2.50, $2.75 and $3.00, now $l.(»9. Kmliarransing CMCDCHUIC Mens'$4.5i» Tim Stioes, now $3.'-it). lIUlIiuUIi U| Mens' 4.00 " 2.98. Emerson's and Arnolds 3.50 " " These are all this summer's goods, and are A I, and us they are going very fast at these prices, you ought to take advantage at once, before they are all gone. Sophisticated Yoitb. R. E. BROWN ELL, (toneral Whwlcr'n Had Break. retHbution. It is the command of destiny, and must be obeyed." Broad Views of th* Governor of Colorado 1 qts., 50c per doz. FRUIT JARS. We find wo have over estimated our wants in this size jar, ami for a short lime onl y, we will sell them at this price, which in less than the present wholesale price. J. B. EBERHART, WE HAVE TOO MANY MENS' RUSSIA LEAfHERISHOES. Making . . THEM MOVE! We don't want our friends to move quite so fast as Uncle Sam is making the Spanish move. OUR 98° TABLE CONTAINS Realizing the mistake he had made, he turned to the officers of his staff with this remark: "Hxcuseme, gentlemen, I mean Spaniards." It was during the heat of the battle, between 4 and 5 o'clock, that General Wheeler made a statement that will 110 doubt become as famous as the General himself. The statement was made under these circumstances: The Spaniards had started to retreat, and, seeing the urgent necessity of occupying the position held by them at once, the General jumped out in front of the firing lines and cried •'Come on, boys; we've got the Yankees on the run." Seeing the large number of wounded men the General climbed out of the ambulance and ordered that the wounded men be placed in it and be taken to the hospital at the rear, llemouuted an army mule, which was without a saddle, and, vigorously flourishing his sword, started for the head of the column, which place he never left until 10 o'clock that night. During the entire day he never left the tiring lines. He seemed to be everywhere, exposing himself to the fire of the enemy constantly and directing his officers to place their men at the best points of advantage.It is note worth v to mention the fact j that to General Wheeler chiefly is due our success of that day at Sin Juan. Before the charge was made 011 the fortifications General Wheeler was confined to his bed with an attack of illness Against his physician's advice he put on his uniform, and, getting into an ambulance, started for the front. The old warrior was unable to withstand the roar of battle without being there. I encountered him on the way. |0or. Pittsburg I >lH|>at<-h. I OUR $1.69 TABLE CONTAINS Misses and Childrons shoes which .-old for $1.15 to $1.50. Ladies'Shoes - " " 1.50 to 4.00. Ladies' Oxfords " 1.25 to 1,50. Mens'Shoes - " " 1.25 to 3.00. The New Urography JT AL'U Mens' and Boys' . ilUJClJD, FURNISHER, ' PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. H. We have about a dozen pairs of Narrow Toe Russia Shoes, worth from #4 to #5.00, for $1.50. Come and look them over. Every pair a Bargain. A MODERN DRUG STORE. and gives you the purest drugs manufactured for the most reasonable prices at which they can be sold. It is Physician's Perscriptions,  Means' Pharmacy carries one of the largest and choicest selections of pure Drugs and Medicines in Jefiereon county. He makes a specialty of compounding A school inspector, finding a class hesitating over answering the question, "With what weapon did Sampson slay the Philistines?" and wishing to prompt them, significantly tapped his cheek and asked: "What is this?" The Whole Class—"The jawbone of an ass."—Punch. —Remnant sale at the Big Store litis week. John B, Bair. "I preach a new political gospel—a creed to whicli I am in part a recent convert. I believe that duty anil destiny demand that the United States retain control of every island captured from Spain in the West Indies or in the Pacific. Our Quixotic friend proclaims that we are engaged in a war of humanity, not of coquest—that we must give up every acre we gain at the cost of our treasure and the rich blood of our sons. How can we better meet the demands of humanity than to place our Hag over lands that have been riven with revolution or debased by tyranny and misrule? "The war with Spain makes the United States a world power. She is no longer a self-centered provincial country, but an imperial nation. Our llag will do for the Phillipines and the Indies what it has done for California and Texas—for every Spanish posesslon that has come to us. Against these new extensions of territory there come the same protests that met Jefferson when he purchased Louisiana in 1803, against the admission of Texas, against all Mexican cessions and against California and Oregon's admission as States, against Alaska in 1867, and yet to-day the American people look upon these additions as the proudest triumphs of statesmanship. "Our factories and farms demand wider markets, livery laborer, every producer, will gain by the new fields that the Pacific will open to our commerce. Give us control of the Phillippines and a new merchant navy will be born and we will see American products in American ships, carried under the American flag to every foreign shore. Do we realize the possibilities of the Pacific > Half of the population of the globe look out upon its waters. In i852Sswardsaidofthe Pacific: 'Henceforth European commerce, politics, thought, activity, will relatively sink in importance, while the pacific Ocean, its shores, its islands and the vast region beyond will become the chief theatre of events in the world's great hereafter.' "This prophecy is ihout to burst into flower. American ideas, American civilization can bring into life the unmeasured that have been dormant under the vampire rule of Spain. A reciprocal commerce can be developed that will carry happiness to every Pacific shore and increasing power and greatness to the American flag. Humanity, civilization, demand that the Stars and Stripes should never come down when once planted on Spanish soil. "There was never a more Imperative, never a mission more holy, than to give American liberty, prosperity and a pure Christian faith to the millions whose lives have so long been darkened by Spanish iniquity and oppression. Pate hat made the United Statea the agent of Among the Governors of the States of the Union the Hon. Alva Adatns of Colorado is one of the most scholarly and thoughtful. A Democrat to the core, he is neither a reactionist nor a provincial, but, on the contrary, a progressive American. In a receut address he spoke as follows upon the new issues which the war with Spain is likely to call to the front: | Courier- Journal. 1 Willie—"Grandpa, tell me a story." Grandpa—"Once upon a time, before people thought of marrying for money—" Willie—"Oh, I don't mean a fairy story."—New York Herald. It holds the Ladrones, and probably the Carolines, stations in its marvelous westward progress. In Cuba it heralds freedom and selfgovernment for the Cubans. And to-day it is entering Porto Rico, the Atlantic key to the interoceanic route of the world's traffic in the twentieth century, as Hawaii is the key in the Pacific. Does not the new geography thrill your American heart ? Do not be afraid of inconsistency. The logic of events has advancer! further and faster during the three months than the wisest American statesman conld have foreseen in the middle of April last. In the Philippines it covers possessions which the wildest dreams had never included among the possibilities of the nation's future. To-day the American llag is flying in Hawaii, to remain there forever. I New York Him. | Thirteen weeks, crowded with achievement and with glory, have wrought a greater change in public opinion respecting the national policy and destiny than the hundred years preceding the destruction of the Maine. Lindsey, Pa. Street car fare paid from and to Punxsutawncy. ■ y ~ : w. ■*F T ' fffff