Punxsutawney Spirit, 1898-11-02

              * ' *«*" * ••-*! « jfj 1 VOL. XXVI. NO. 22 Ladies fleece lined, extra heavy, at Mens' Wool Fleece SHOES. That no one shows a letter Cape In rough goods, trimmed in fur or thibet, than ours at #5.00. A few more of those excellent $4.00 Plush have just arrived. GOODS DELIVERED PROMPTLY ANYWHERE. The Ruler of Chiia. Do You Know PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2,1898. EBERHART. DO you j<|yow Tne PeoDie's Popular store EBERHART. Underwear 25c. 50c each. Price, 5g to $I.OO per garment. COR Children, I Women Men. To flake the Blood Flow & Wraps, We bought our line of Coats and Wraps only 30 days ago, and in our assortment can show you styles that no other dealers have, who bought early in the Pall, and our prices are the lowest. C our line before buying old style goods. Our goods are only 1899 goods. C our (2,50 plush Cape. Kom & C. Goats lacket Store Do You Know Our unusual large sale of I.idies Coats has compelled us to size up on our best selling styles, ami add some specially good new numbers, that are now here for your examination.is where all the people do pome trading, and some people all of it. JDo "SToxx Know We arc showing tonic excellent values in Dress Goods, Silks, Satins and Velvets. All wool Ladies Cloth, 3(i in. wide, 29c, worth 35c. The kind that never rip, nor wear out, until you have had the worth of your money. | wen soon noised about, and before long she waa elevated to the rank or principal concubine of the Emperor Hienfung. This rank she held until his death. The absolute control of the person of Kuang- Hsn, which she has had since he was a child, has enabled the empress to be absolute mistress of the situation. Within the palace grounds at Peking no one lives save the Emperor, the harem, aud the palace eunuchs. The only men who penetrate the gates are state officials and diplomats, and these only enter the palace in the most ceremonious manner; so the Kmperor has had iu reality no genuine companionship with men. The eunuchs of the palace are not the lower order of slaves. Many of them are highly educated and shrewd thinkers, but for years they have been under the domination of the empress, and they would hardly let anything come to the ears of their muter that the empress would not permit. She haa chosen the Emperor's wives and all of his concubines, and it iB reasonable to suppose that she allows no one to enter that bevy of damsels that she can not control. Thus she has the poor young man a prisoner in his own palace. Nothing can save him if she has condemned him to death. Even should England attempt to step in now, she would probably find that it is too late to do anything. That wicked old woman at Peking lias the whip hand of events in China, and she is the friend of Russia. DO YOU KNOW that we handle a full line of Jergen's Fine Toilet Soaps. DO YOU KNOW that we have just added to our stock a complete line of Canon's High Grade Perfumes and Toilet Articles. Every article is warranted to he just as represented. Also expect one Car Salt, and one Car Sugar, 100 barrels. If price is what you you are looking for, come in, we can and will save you money. You had better buy flour now, looks as if it would go higher soon. KING'S BEST FLOUR, car of the celebrated This week we are unloading a You can put it right down «8 low as your feet that we have the stock as well as tin price. All we will say, Kom & C for yourself. Shoes! Shoes! They are going fast. Cold weather is here, and so are we with the Blankets, atid the price of the goods is proving to the people where to buy the goods. C our 33c pair Blankets. How about 11-4, all wool, and Comforts. Our goods are selling fasti so Kom now. Flannels. I would like to show you the good old country goods we carry. They are made in Center Co., by small Woolen Mills, and SURE AU WOOL. Why buy onehalf cotton goods, when you can buy all wool at the same price. Get into some of our Underwear, that we know will keep you warm and save you money. BARGAINS. C our Child's Union Suits, • 25c C our Ladies' Union Suits, new style, 50c Boys' Heavy Fleece, - - 25c Mens', - - 25, 29, 43 and 48c Blankets. Wholesale apd Retail. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. JOHN H. FINK Do You Know Tbe Kashoda Affair. | London Saturday Review. | The facts on which the Kashoda dispute is based are very much deeper than is generally supposed. At first sight it would appear as if the I'reuch were grasping at a shadow and disregarding the substance in pertinaciously laying claim to an apparently barren and unproductive spot while neglecting the fertile district of Bahrel Ghazal. But this is by no means the case. Fashoda is a point of incalculable importance to 1-Yauce, and it is correspondingly important that we should frustrate her designs in that direction. It is her cherished project to make a railway from east to west of Africa, in order to divide the continent and thus prevent the joining of the two British spheres (north and south) by direct communication. With this object in view she has obtained from Menelek concessions to build a railway right across Abyssinia, the line being already in construction. It is essential to the scheme that this line should be carried through to Kasluxla. But it is equally essential that we should retain Kashoda, both for the prevention of the plan—which would be a severe blow to British interests—and for the establishment of that Cape to Cairo communication which will give us supremacy in Africa. The issues at stake are so vital to both countries that a conflict between them is more seriously threatened than most people are disposed to think. We Have Taken an Empire. Children's Coats The number of Goldep Pule We are selling fully justifies the low prices we have on them. We make no boastful claim when we say this line side-tracks all others in style, quality and low price. The manufacturer of this line certainly knows his business. Ladies Calico Wrappers, 49c. Ladies Fleeced Wrappers, 90c. Umbrellas, good, 39c. Newest Brands Kid Gloves, Corsets, Jackets and Capes, Caps and Shirts. Winter is here. Kom & C the P. P. LONG. Racket Store. DO YOU KNOW that we sell a better Cotton Blanket for 50c than we ever were able to offer at 75c. Wool Blankets, all sizes and prices. DC) YOU KNOW THAT OUR Is second to none. We pay the highest price for triule, und sell you good fresh goods st Bottom l'ricos. Grocery Department DO YOU KNOW that our stock of Carpets and Oil Cloth will be kept up in New Stylish Patterns all season. DO YOU KNOW that our Shoe Stock has just been improved by the addition of several strong new lines in Mens' and Children's. Ask to see them. and well made. Of course we have low priced good?, but we make it a point to have them durable Is to make "cheap" the only object. Goods made only "to sell." The wrong way to buy Clothing. JOHNSON BLOCK, OUR MOTTO:—Same price same day to everyone. J. B. EBERHART, PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. [New York Sun.) Our Manilla correspondent records another of the pithy utterances of Admiral Dewey, an exclamation as he sat on the quarter-deck of his flagship: "We have taken an empire here—an empire!" It is true that the Philippines will add another impireto the already imperial domains of our republic. This splendid group of fourteen hundred islands, large and small, having an area nearly equal to that of the British Isles, is one of the richest in resources on the globe. Manilla hemp is famoaa the world over, and yet with this product, as with sugar and coffee, "almost nothing" says our correspondent, "is done now." Then there are "forests of teak, ebony and mahogany that have never been touched," and there is an untold wealth of coal, iron, lead, mercury, copper and so on. with the enormous populations of India, China, Japan and Australasia at hand. For this splendid empire the Spaniarda have done almost nothing, but when American-made roads connect the interior with the excellent and abundant harbors its progress will be wonderful. Imperialism in its best sense is for our country an accomplished fact. As Admiral Dewey says, "We have taken an empire" already, and men worthy to be the countrymen of Dewey will take good care that the opportunities which destiny has opened to us through his splendid achievement shall not go unimproved. The K«al Slate Issues. The right way to buy Clothing. Is to buy "Good Goods" at a "Fair Price." All our goods have the Quality, Make, Style and Workmanship. Bought and Sold to give Satisfaction. Prices Lowest for First Class Goods. Vicwi »f H. C. Campbell. 1 i. C. Campbell, Esq., of this place, submits the following reasons for supporting the Republican ticket next Tuesday: "This campaign has been one of vilification. The opposition to the Republican party has thought wise to present two thoughts for the consideration of the people, vis:—1st. That the issue is limited to State Questions; and, 2nd, attacks upon Senator Quay. The manner of presenting theae questions contains a strange feature of logic. Let us consider the question ot State issues: This is answered by the question of what offices are to be filled by the votes of the people at the next election. There are thirty Congressmen and a full house of Representatives, besides State Senators. The Senators and Representatives to be elected will choose a United State Senator. True it is we have a Governor and State officers to elect, bnt that cannot take away the fact that the office ol United States Senator and Congress are national offices and we must deal with them as such. The questions that will be brought forward for their considetation are the support of the finances and tariff laws enacted by a Republican Congress and approved by a Republican Preaident, the questions growing out of the war with Spain, and last but not least in importance, is the endorsement of the Administration of President McKinley. In the face of these facts how can it be said that the questions at issue are purely State issues? If this is but a question of State issues why is the attack made upon Senator Quay? If his office is not at stake, then the attack upon him ia unwarranted and the abuse should have no effect upon the voter. The most important question for your consideration ia who are the men and what is their record who are making these aasualta. We need not devote much time to that faction who go over the State heading the display notices with the Biblical quotation, "Thou shalt not steal," and in their religous fervor forgetting that no less important anil appropriate quotation, just following, "Neither shalt thou bear lalse witness against thy neighbor." The cloak of Chi i.itianity should not be worn so as to display but one virtue, wheu there are so uimy to practice. Let such receive the merit of their owu perfidy. That party is out of the race except as it can aid the Democratic party in its campaign of vilification and misrepresentation. The Swallow party has no past, and is not iu any likelihood to have any future that we need worry about. I,et us look over the record of the Demooratic party and see if it has any virtue that we can commend, or if its pledges and promises of the past are worthy of your confidence and trust. They have presented for your approval their Standard-bearers, and can we say that they are above the party that placed them iu nomination ? We have the record of one man who sought to rise above his party in some small degree and we have the record of his failure as an example of such bravado. Mr. Cleveland endeavored to keep his party in line with honest money, and the result ia that Mr. Cleveland ia condemned and vilified by his own party, and the present head of the Democratic ticket declares that he sold out hia party to Wall Street. How then are we to judge the pledges and promises of the head of that ticket ? By his personal promises or the past declarations of hia party? Mr. Jenks prides himself upon m hundred years of blue blood of democracy in his veins, that there has been no break in the line. The only deviation from that record is his brother, Major Jenks, who went to the army and by galantry won a name as a galant soldier and who aince hia return has been an ardent Republican. Let that fact speak for itself. What has Mr. Jenka advocated? Let us briefly review hia personal record. In 1861 be opposed the Issne of greenbacks, declaring upon the stump and in his private conversations that it was a violation of the Constitution. He opposed Preaident Lincoln, and made many bitter speeches against him. In 1864 he opposed the Soldier having a vote, characterizing the amendment aa a means of legalizing a fraud, and that the soldiers were not entitled to vote. He alao in that campaign declared that the war was a failure, and advocated the Chicago Platform of the Democratic party. In 1.S6S, after the necessities of war demanded the farther issue of greenbacks, he joined his party in their wild and deluaive cry of "Green-backs for bonds ami equal taxation." He spent the force of his genius in support of that dogma. He is an ardent and ultra free-trader, and ia in sympathy with the results of that policy which shut down our mines, mills, factories and works. And last, but not least, he took up the cry of free-silver, ami preached the doctrine of cheap money and its accompanying dogma, free-trade. Ktom thia you will see that he has advocated everything that was vicious and demoralizing in the Democratic party. He tells you be is a Democrat. Then can you afford to support a man who has spent the power of his great ability in the advocacy of such pernicious doctrines ? The answer is he is a Democrat, and will follow in the future the falacies of his party, and every time you have listened to that false cry of alarm yon have repented of it in sack-cloth and aahes. [ Pittsburg Timet*. ] National issues are also State issues and local issues. In Pittsburg is not the question whether our mills and factories shall run or remain idle a loi al issue, and a big and vital one ? Isn't it a local issue whether our mechanics shall starve by the thousands or have full employment and good wages ? Was it State legislation that reversed that and gave us our present prosperity? Are our memories so short that we cannot recall these local issues, which were produced at Washington and not at Harrisburg ? In ignoring what they call National issues, the Democrats pass by and attempt to cover np the State issues which are of the snpremest importance to the people of this Commonwealth. This is a nation; its life is a national life, and the vital questions which concern us are not stopped by the imaginary lines which enclose the States. We have a stock of $18,000 worth of HATS, AND FURNISHING 600DS, AND CAN PLEASE ANYONE. CLOTHING, SHOES, HT T A Ijl L-> Mens' and Boys' • J. I «t f W«ri FURNISHER, * PUNXSUTAWNEY. PA. The KiitcddfM $2.48 OCTOBER Very Satisfactory. It being our Imtincr month since being in tmsinoss, and wish to thank nil our friends iind customers for their liberal patronage. Now, we aro anxious to havo November month still bettor, and in order to increase our sales, aro going to offer, excopceptional bargains. For this week we offer for special inducement : . . . . Ladies Vici Kid, light Solf, white Kid lined, a $3 Shoe, Indies Dong. Kid, Welt Sole, dime toe, a Shoe, - Ladies " " " coiu toe, a $,;.oo Shoe, - Ladies Box Calf, Cork Sole, Hrgllsh toe. a #3.00 Shoe, L. dies Willcw Calf, " " " a$.V5oShoe, Our Business FOR Was Men we never forget you. Kmerson's $5.00 Cordovan, pi. or coin toe, this week only, - $4.00, . Kmerson's #3.50 Storm Calf or Kangaroo, " " f J.9.X. Arnold's $3.00 Calf, Hannah toe, this week only, - #3.48. We will offer many more inducements, which space will not permit ns to mention. Will you call and see us ? R. E. BROWN ELL, Street car faro paid J jn/4cow Pa from and to Punxsutawney. II lUoCjr j * —Mr dental offloe it PnnnateWMr will be eloeed Tuesday ud Wednesday of Melt weak. Dr. W. O. Henry. 18w4. The new Carnegie music hall at Home■tead will be dedicated on Sitnrdav next to its great service by the annual Ki st.ild fjd, the time-honored musical institution of Wales, trai.il«-ifLl to America. That music ii a sort of univeaal language can be seen by the list of donors of prizes; not one of the half-dozen so liberally acting being of Welsh blood. The occasion acts as motive for pilgrimage to large numbers. Thousanda will turn their steps toward Homestead, one of the iudustrial suburbs of Pittsburgh. The entries for performances include every variety of vocal and inatrumental music, aa well as recitations, poems and composition, preserving and sustaining the nse and character of one of the oldest languages and literatures of the world.— Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. IPhllMlelphla Inquirer!. There ia no figure in current history so interesting as Empress Tsi-An. Born of common parentage, she was Mold bv her poverty-strickc.i father to a munduiin at the age of twelve or thirteen. In his household she was first a sort of scullion and housemaid. Being bright, she was ultimately placed in the embroidery room, and there ane made a gown for her master that pleased him much. He had the maker brought to him and he was as much pleased with her appearance aa he was with her work, so he took her out of the workroom. His admiration increased, and at her request she was taught to read and write, an almost unprecedented thing for a Chinese woman of her claaa of life. She learned rapidly. She also acquired a broad knowledge of public affairs from her Lord, who was an imperial official. Jealonsy drove her out of the mandarin's house. He dressed her in yellow and sent her In an elaborate Utter aa a preaent to the Emperor. Once in the imperial harem, her beauty, wit, aad learning 2K MODERN DRUG STORE. Means' Pharmacy — carries one of the largest and choicest selections of pure Drug* and Medicines in Jefierson county. He makes a specialty of compounding Physician's Perscriptions,  and gives you the purest drugs manufactured far the most reasonable prioes at which they can be sold. It is Celestial View tf the Wkito Devil. (Singapore Pre* Fim] A Chinaman living near Shanghai saya concerning the barbariiin Europeans: "They certainly do not know how to amine themaelvea. Yon never ice them enjoy themaelvea by aitting quietly opon their ancestor!' graves. They jump around and kick balls as if they were paid to do it. Again, yon will find them making long tramps into the country; but that is probably a religousduty, for when they tramp they wave sticks into the air, nobody knows why. They have no sense of dignity, for they maybe found walking with women. They even ait down at the same table with women, and the latter are served first." A ■ i ' Ni< * nriRI •' pi '' * • ' R a ■