Punxsutawney Spirit, 1900-10-17

              f WW* {■} ®f|e fJtnutgtttttqmgjj Spirit t*'- " NO. 20. HOBATIO. A liONt Art. Carpets! Carpets! "OBER 17, 1900. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY, FOR —AND WEBER'S HONEST 6L0THING HONEST DEALING. VOL XXVIII. We have plenty of Oxford Shades, in the Prince Charles, Chesterfield and Raglans. SWELL OVERCOATS. Buying cheap Clothing is not saving money, but waisting it. Saving money on honest Clothing is true economy. We confine ourselves to reliable goods only, and sell good Clothing for the same, often for less money, than inferior or shoddy goods are sold elsewhere. FireSale BIG CONTINUES, EBERHART'S EBERHART. EBERHART. Benjamin Phillips spent last week at Bellefonte. He is troubled with bis eyes. He is under treatment with an eyo specialist at the above place. John Fisher, chief clerk at the company office, is going to leave in the near future, and James Cook, of Belifonte, will take his place. Mrs. William Williams left Saturday for Antrim, Pa. She wan summoned by the death of her brolhertn-law at the above pface. Mrs. Rees Harris returned home oil Friday from a weeks' visit at Mayville, Summerville and vicinity. Arthur James, Thomas Watkins and Miss Sarah Watkins spent Sunday at Eleanora with her (Hands. Will McKallip and Miss Mary Phillips left on Saturday for Sheffield, Pa., where they are visiting Mr. McKallip's sister. John E. Williams and Thomas Bevan, of LIndsey, and Dr. W. Wilson, of Morris Bun, Pa., visited T. Y. Evans and family Thursday. Quite a number of our people attended the K. of P. excursion to Pittsburg last Thursday. Miss Hannah Long returned home Sunday after a weeks' visit with her relatives at Eleanors. John Brazue, of Antrim, Pa., is visiting Hugh Fox and family. Ernst Johnson was laid up last week with a bruised ankle. Mrs. John Rioliards left Friday for Hootedale for a visit. Local and Personal Sews from a Nioe Mining Village. Mines worked half time last week. John Richardson is on the sick list. James Hawley returned home from Brookville Friday. Union Suits. MEN'S UNDERWEAR at SAVING PRICES, And more to select from than shown at any other store in town. Linen Mesh Underwear. Our New Opening! and with it further reductions in all kinds of Dry Goods and Notions. Some of the choicest fabrics are sold at sacrifice prices, but the stock must be closed before 'MCNJ' C CHHPQ ,s where we show a very strong line, and styles new. Blue Prints at 4 cents, worth u cents. Best Outing at 10 cents, worth 12 cents. Flannels at 20 cents, worth 29 cents. Heavy Black Cat and others assorted at 17 cents, worthy Scents. Ribbons at Greatly Reduced Prices. Silks—some $1.00 goods as low as 50 cents. We are now selling $1.25 Goods to 75 cents. $1.00 Goods to 50 cents. 50 Goods to 25 cents. in Never go out of style, but some lines we have cut the price of Black Dress Goods More Hats Are Sold Here Than at any other three stores. We always have everything that is new, and are first in the field with new styles. Youman Stiff Hats and Dunlap styles. And plenty of Soft Hats, wide flat brim, which we can sell faster than the manufacturers can furnish, J, A. WEBER/"™,™ { Gf+EGKEREP FRONT. "Just returned from the little town where I wnsborn," said Brown. "Same old place it was 40 years ago, and if it hadn't been for a little incident that oame under my observation I should have come away with the impression that the town was identical with the one I left in search of my fortune. "I chanced to break the point of my penoil one day while I was there and, caving left my jackknife in my other clothes, I asked a small boy who was standing near by with the utmost confidence for the loan of his. He said he did not have one, and Ave other small boys who were with him said the same thing, although one of them admitted that he did have one some time ago but he had traded it for a fishhook. "Now, in my time a Barlow knife was the dream of every boy, aud seldom did the dream go unrealized, as a boy without a jackknife lost caste. "The incident started a line of thought and I looked around for the village loafer: He was still there, sitting on a dry goods box, chewing cheap tobacco and spitting at a mark, the same worthless, good-for-nothing mortal that I bad known 40 years ago. But strange to say, he wasn't whittling, and the box upon which he sat showed no signs ol his art as a whittler. "Since my return to the city I have been trying to discover how many men carry jackknives, and I find that with the exception of a few. mainly among men of my age, the jackknife is an unknown utensil. I am afraid that the gentle art of whittling a pine stick is rapidly becoming a lost one." —Detroit Free Press. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY! Misplaced Sweetness. Interesting Items From the Jefferson County Capital. B BOOK VILLE Messrs. Jamas Aharrah and W. D. Shields the Heath township lumbermen were in town on Tueaday. Mrs. Sua L. E. Horn* left on last Saturday for Clearfield, where she will spend a week with her brother, Dr. J. L. R. Helohhold, one of Clearfield's leading dentists. Messrs. David L. Taylor, Syl Truman and H. C. Beach left on Monday for North Carolina, where they go to inspect a large tract of timber land with a view to purcharing.The Court House roof and the conductors therefrom are being repaired by the County Commissioners. The repairs are much needed and will save additional expense in the future. James C. Moore's railroad show and theater after lying on the siding at Brook- viUe the past week, left on Monday. On account of bad weather and oool nights the show waa not well patronized. The newly laid flagstone walk in front of the residence of Dr. A. F. Balmer, on Main streot, and the conforming of R. Art hurs walk adjoining to that of Dr. Balmer's, makes one of the com pie test jobs turned ont by J. A. Paddock, who is an oxpert at auoh work. An application for a commission in lunacy to inquire into the condition of John Cuddy has been made and William J. Shaffer, the commissioner, Is taking evidence. Mr. Cuddy has been failing the past year and is now being taken care of by relatives in Eldred township. William Henshaw is getting out the material for building a barn on the property he purchased last week from Mrs. Lizzie Shobert. Mr. Henshaw now has two carriages and five horses in service which stock will be added to as soon as craps, as he would have bis friends believe.the new barn is completed. Eddie Blaokweli, the accommodating conduotor of the American hotel bus, is ofT on a three day's vacation. |Theee short trips are becoming so numerous with Eddie that his friends havefvery strongly suspicion that he does not go away alone for the purpose of participating in a game of Mrs. Mary Charlotte Hendricks has Issued invitations for the marriage of her daughter, Miss Laura Leila Hendrloks to William Ennis Lucas. The wedding will be on Wednesday, the 24th Inst. After the ceremony the newly married couple will go to lieynoldsvlile, where Mr. Lucas is engaged in business and where a snug home has been provided beforehand. On account of the excellent reports from W. N. Humphrey's gss well No. 2 in Pine Creek township, much activity is displayed in the matter of securing leases. Several hundred acres have been taken up la the past week. Among those securing leases is the Oil City Fuel Supply Co., whose sgents succeeded in leasing some choice land in the vicinity of the well, which shows a better flow of gas than any well yet drilled in this vicinity. A shooting affray which from latest re- ports will result In the death of one of the principals occurred at Cool Spring last Sunday evening. For some time past there has been bad blood between Boyd Oeer and Tomp Shaffer two well known young men in that community. It appears from what can be learned that the men, who had both attended church, met at the conclusion of the service and had some words which resulted In Geer striking Shaffer, who immediately drew a 38 calibre revolver and fired a shot into Geer the bullet striking him on the left side of the abdomen and lodging in the right side of his back where it still remains. Oeer was assisted to his home and medical aid summoned. Very little could be done for him and at last accounts it was said that he cannot possibly recover. Shaffer came to Brookvllle on Monday morning accompanied by his father, Mr. Laftyette Shaffer, and Squire George B. Shannon, of Oliver township. He was held in the sum of one thousand dollars to answer the charge of felonious shooting. The principals in the affair are related by marriage having married sisters. Buy Clothing for Yourself and Family "AT AWAY DOWN PRICES." FIRF QXII F will continue until I IIVL d/lLL ill goods are sold. It will pay you to buy them now if you don't use them until spring. Two thousand dollars worth of carpet at 5 to 25 cents per yard under regular prices. REDUCED PRICES IN ALL OTHER LINES. CLOTHING FOR MEN AND BOYS' AT 25 JO 50 PER CENT. REDDCTION. UNDERWEAR For ladies and children. Some choice goods sold very cheap. She was pouring at a tea that afternoon and she looked unusually bewitching. He was sitting at her left, in a bower of palms that almost concealed him. He was holding one of her hands undercoverof the tablecloth, while she tried to pour with the other. She did not look at him as he talked, but he knew by her color and the little quiver of the hand he was holding that she heard everything he said. "Dearest," he murmured, as she sent one cup off without a spoon and another filled only with whipped cream, "dearest, if you don't mind my saying all this to you, just drop a spoon. Couldn't you manage it?" A clatter of silver and more color in the girl's face, as. in stooping to Sick up the spoon,he kissed her hand, purred by this success, he went on: "Dearest, if—if you return it—that is, if you love me, von know, just put three lumps of sugar into the next cup you pour—'y-e-s.' Or, if you don't, two, to spell 'No." One. two, three! The tiny cup was almost rail, but in her haste to hide her confession she covered the three lumps hastly with chocolate and cream, and sent them off. He asked bis mother, as they drove home that night, if she had enjoyed herself. "Ugh! No!"' was her disgusted reply. "Such horrible stuff to drink as they gave me! Why, my cup was halfftill of sugar. "—Smart Set Jupiter Warmer Than the Earth. An Ideal Candidate for Senator. Hon. Benjamin K. Focht, editor of the Lewisburg News, and candidate for State Senator in the Twenty-seventh senatorial district, stopped off in Punxsutawney for a couple of hours last Friday while on his way to Pittsburg. Mr. Fooht served three terms in the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, and took an active and intelligent Interest in all legislation calculated to benefit the farmer and working man, and was a zealous worker for the good of his constituents. Being a fluent and forcible speaker and an industrious and painstaking legislator he soon acquired a commanding influence, and was recognized as one of the leaders of the House. He was a credit to Uulon county, and gave it standing and dignity at the State Capital. As a State Senator bis force and efficiency will be increased, and his skill as a legislator—acquired in the school of practical experience—together with his genial disposition, clean out features and line physique, will give his constituents abundant reason to be proud of their representative. To expreas a doubt of Pocht's triumphant election would be to eaat a reflection upon the intelligence and discrimination of the Republican* of his district. Shoes - FurnishingGoods - Hats From Dix to Brjaa. H. J. Winslow LOEB. Block. There was a Democrat once who ■aid: "If any one attempts to haul down the Amerioan flag, snoot him on The paramount chief of the so-oalled sssstsjffi.f'ssjswi en the AmeHn—*afc bedA down."— Vow YockBu» The gigantic mass of Japiter has a much larger warmth than that of the earth. It is the result of molecular movement produced by the compression of the strata, and must be greater the more powerful the masses, and hence the larger the pressure of the strata is. Jupiter surpassee the earth in point of mass 807 times, and fbr this reason the inner temperature or Individual warmth of the plannet is probably high enough to evaporate the water upon the surftoe quickly, ao that water vapor forms the principal substance of the atmosphere of Juipiter. Water vapor is an exoellent reflector, and readily amounts for the bright radiation of light emitted by the planet—Ohioago Tribune. Etonian. PwxsutiwMfi Pi. B. Yours Truly, Jsbnsin Block, J. Our New Opening will come just as soon as the present stock is closed out. ■toil it wife and I agree perfectly." ted. How ao you manage 1" sfcssyanSr1- a • * # v,o ri ' " WV). *• ,',V,V>'A'. - ,'»'.'AVAV ,1 w. :■ »"