The Conshohocken Recorder, October 15, 1901

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"ALL THAT'S TRUE
WE'LL GIVE TO YOD."
H«W©W»-M falls OB Thursday, Octo-bar
Slot
Cheetnut burners are having ~po„r
rac* In th« woods.
Resolve to plant * tm ea OotolMr M
HM lutumn \ii„,r Day.
1 •' ''■''" ■<<>■ (ailing rapidly now. and
BOOH Hi.- trees will he bare.
11 ''"'"* ■<>■■ eoning down and
111 noora nra going op,
An anny of political orators win be
employed the next three weeks.
'■iuir.il ooagregatloaa shared the de-an
utteete or Bonds*, murky
weather.
Revival esrvlcee will probably be
""'"""""'i in tho M B, Church nerl
week.
A""" uddllag rornaee was ■tart'
"'' 0D v'sl '>' morning in the Alan
Wood Cos. mills.
Christmas toys arc arriving bv thp
ton from Germany, and are beginning
to be eeen in ihp stores.
Mourning hung when Prealdeni Mc-
Mnley died has begun t„ dtoappeay,
Hi ■ thirty dayi wer i yeaterday
Mrs. Montgomery, of Philadelphia
Hra William Pnrvln. of Oprman-towa
were netting here last week.
Vh" ladleeofthe M B, Choreh elaar-
1 - by the Rummage Safe bald In
Ihe Btample Building on Friday and
Saturday.
Bxtenalve repalra are batag mad.- to
li"f1"1 I'- l<a...-„. of Philadelphia.
I his parents In ,l,ls ,Mir((,1Kn
yesterday. ""
-Revival services ore still being
held a. the Holiness Chrlellai. Church
Severn,! have :,,.,-„ converted |j,.,
*»«WM Preachcl from Jeremiah .11 ■'
•I- One professed conversion last
night. The meeting! Will continue ev-ery
night this week.
-Harrold H, an Infant son of Theo-dore.
Jr. and Nellie St III wagon, died at
its parents residence at 0„lf Mills on
Saturday, aged H months. The fun-eral
services were held this afternoon
interment was made In the Gulf cem-etery.
-The horse of Isaac Daniels, Mall
':"'i'-' on Route No. 2. ran away on
Friday, while Mr. Daniels was deliver-ing
mall on Rebel Hill. The wagon
was completely wrecked and the horse
Injured so badly that It will probably
bare to be killed. The driver was un-injured.
—Despite persistent rumors to the
effect that the dreaded disease, small-pox,
has broken out In the "Yellow
BOW," an Kalian Battlement, there has
as ye, been no reporta made to the
Board Of Health. The health of the
horough at present is equally as good
If not better than It has been for some
lime; the numerous eaaes of typhoid
fever having seemed to die out.
-Michael I. Ilnshen, proprietor of
"'" HlntO Hotel, and ex-president of
Town Council, was on Saturday ap-pointed
by the court Burgess of this
», <o fill the unexplrcd term of
SMALL POX IN NORRISTOWN
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Board of Health. School Board and
physicians of Norrlstown havo tak-en
all necessary precautions known
to science, to keep the dreaded miila-dy
of small pox from entering the
limits of the town, their efforts have
Keen unsuccessful and on Sunday
morning a case of the disease was re-ported
to exist In the West End.
Several days ago a physician was
summoned to the home of George
Schronck, No. 753 George street, where
Miss IJdy Schronck, an eighteen year
old girl was III. She had beeen vls-
Iting relatives In Philadelphia but her
Illness was not considered to be of n
serious nature. She grew rapidly
worse, however, until the services of a
physician were required and he watch-ed
the patient carefully until Sunday
morning when he pronounced the
symptoms of the girl's affliction as
those of small pox. The case was Im-mediately
reported to the authorities
and every precaution was taken. An
OHeat was placed near the house to
keep all persons from going in or out
of the house and a smnll pox card wna
placed on the door.
The young lady who la the victim
of the disease recently graduated from
the Norrlstown High School.
The physician in charge stated that
it is not a severe case as yet, but ser-ious
developments may result.
OUR ARC LIGHTS
» STATEMENT FROM THE OOMPA
NY I-RICSICNTING THE OTHBH
SIDE OF THE CONTROVERSY!
To the Recorder:—
Our attention having been called to
an article In your paper of October 11
entitled "A Borough Electric Plant,"
we ask you to print the following re-ply
In the Interest of Justice and fair
play to people who have Invented their
money In your city In good fnith and
with the Intention of giving the very
best possible service to the city and to
the citizens generally.
When the majority interest in the
Electric Light Co. was purchased bv
Philadelphia parties about two years
quirements.
I Yours very respectfully,
THE CONSHOimcKKN
BLBOTRIC LIGHT CO.
$1 PER YEA1
ago. the plant was In a most deplor-able
condition. The engines, dynamos,
lamps and line—In short, everything In
connection with It, were In Immediate
need of repalra. Some new apparatus
was purchased at once and the rest
was overhauled, piece by piece, until
It became evident that It would be Im-possible
to obtain the beat result,
short of completely rebuilding the
plant
CONVENTION OK SUNDAY SCHOOLS
The Union 8unday School Conven-tion
of edjaeaai ,..unships in Cheater
Delaware and Montgomery eow
will hold Its fourteenth annual session
next Thursday. The morning session
will be held In St. Luke's Methodist
Episcopal Church, Bryn Maw,. ,!
ternoon session In Lower Merlon Bap-
Hat Chapel, and the evening session In
the Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr.
The speakers of the morning will be
Rev. Edward P. Randolph, Rev. ) 0
Colby, Rev. John Oaynor Five, it. v
J. H. Richards, Rev. E. H. Hoffman
and Rev. Alden W. Qulmby and II, w
H. Miller. In the afternoon "The Bi-ble
School Plant" will be discussed.
The address of the evening will be giv-en
by Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt, of Phil-adelphia.
EATING AT NIGHT MAKES FAT
I........ !■ it- uejng made to *"■ *" "" "■» unexptred term of
the Water Mill of .1. Wood * Bros. Co, l;,|v'"'1 "■ Britt, who has removed to
-inch rolls are being placed in I PWladllphla. Mr. Hushen has always
been a staunch Democrat and is very
ACCUSED OF THEFT IN FACTORY
Burgeaa Dlrlek sent Andrew ixiugh-ery
to jail for 30 days on Sunday. Of-
II. er Heald had arrested him on Sat-urday
for drunkenness.
Mr and Mrs Frank McGovern. of
blirg, formerly of this borough.
have jus, recovered from a. earlou
spell of sickness.
B, Williams and son. Ed-mund
*penl Saturday afternoon and
Si.ii,lav with frlendl In Newark. N. J.,
and New York City.
The Busy Workers of the Lutheran
Church will hold a Baser and Tea on
Sal iir.l; jv evening. October 2fith in the
I.e. Hue room of the Church.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Callartan
have Issued Invitations for the mar-rtage
if their daughter HUM Katharine
Theresa to Mr. Thomas \V. Slnnott.
Wednesday, October 80, tMl.
The convention of the Bpworth
League will IH» held on Thursday and
Friday a, Phocnlxvllle. A delegation
from the M. K. Church will be in at-tendance.
The lecture on Alaska by the Rev.
Victor Herbert Lukens, of Wllke*.
'""" «ill be given in the Presbyter-
Ian Church on Thursday evening of
this week. Mr. Lukens has been In
ka this year and his talk will be
Interesting.
Chestnuts are scarce this year. There
M to be plenty of walnuts and
■hellbarks. Not one chestnut tree In
twenty has a full crop of nuts on it
Many ,rees that have hitherto done
well, have none at all on them this
year.
S. D. Woodward has resigned his
pos.tlon In the engineer's office of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and sails on
Friday for Culm, where be will hejre a
responsible position with the Cuba
Company, which Is now building rail-roads
in that Island.
E. B. Nuss. Jr., Andrew Long. John
,C. Murray. George Orner. John W
Steward, H. E. Albright nad A. O.
Koch took the Civil Service cxamlna-
Uon In the P. O. S. of A. Hall or, Fri-day
It was , on,In, „.d |,y H A Fow.
ler of Washington. The appointment
of Ihe clerk and carriers will be an-nounced
next month.
Miss Almee Klair, of Norrlstown,
sad Mi Morgan Thomas, of Jefferson-ville.
will be married on Wednesday
morning at 9 o'clock In the First Pres-byterian
Church of Norrlstown. They
are both well-known in this borough.
Mr Thomas is a brother of Dr. J. Quln-
. v Thomas.
On account of the Immense stock of
gOOdl 00 hand, the committee of the
Rummage Sale at the Baptist Parson-age
wero unable to dispose of all the
goods, so the sale will continue
through Friday and Saturday after-noons
and evenings of this week, with
a full line of home-made coltes, bread
and candies.
Father O'Donnell, assistant rector of
Bt Matthew's Church, has been trans-ferred
to a Philadelphia charge and en-
'"'- "i""1 the new Held Immediately.
Conshohocken members of his faith
will hoar of the change with regret, as
Father O'Donnell. during the interval
thai he has been here bus endeared
hlnisel, to all the members of his par-
Ish, !(. > S .1 McSorley has been ap-
. Mated to succeed Father O'Donnell.
While Miss Mary Nelll. the 14 year
old daughter of William Nelll. of
Spring Mill avenue was returning from
a store to her home on Saturday even-ing,
she was annoyed by the atten-tions
of a drunkenman. Her screamB
brought her mother, armed with a
broom to the scene, ami the man was
well beaten by the angry mother. A
crowd quickly collected ami the
"drunk'' was taken to the station
bouse, lie WSR given a hearing by
Burgesi Dlrlek, but as Mrs, Nelll re-fused
in make a charge against him. he
was discharged.
popular among his party friends As
Chief of the Councilman's body he
showed good Judgment on all quest-ions
and as a successor to Mr. Brltt
he should prove most worthy.
—Miss Clara Redfearn was greeted
with a pleasant surprise on Saturday
evening when a large number of
friends, from this borough and the
East side, congregated „t |„.r nome for
SO evening of enjoyment. It Is need-less
to say that they were not disap-pointed
for all had their wishes grati-fied
to the fullest extent. Games of
various kinds, singing and music help-ed
to pass awoy the time until a late
hour when a sumptuous repast was
partaken of which was not the least
enjoyable part of the occasion, after
which the guests departed for their
homes wishing Miss Redfearn many
happy returns of the evening.
Justice Bitting, of Ambler on Satur-day
committed Joseph Foster, Prank
Stevens and Harry Golden, all of Phil-adelphia,
to Jail on the charge of steal-ing
brass fittings from the Keasbey &
Mattison works, at Ambler. All the
prisoners are young men. and have
been In that section several days.
WIDENER HOME COST
ABOUT 12.000.000
It was formerly thought that food
taken at bedtime created Indigestion
When this course was decided up-1 and bad dreams. While undoubtedly
warned by experience in the old rich and hearty food is Inappropriate
FRANCHISES FOR BELL CO- RIVALS
Lewis Ockermnn. Goshen. lad,: "De-me
double like other pills, but do their
Witt's Little Early Risers never bend
work thoroughly and make me feel
like ■ boy." Certain thorough, gentle.
For sale by Wm. Neville, and Clark's
drug store. West Conshohocken.
The Philadelphia Times of yesterday
prints the following:
By the incorporation of the Penn-sylvania
Sub-Way Company, of Phila-delphia,
with a capital stock of $500,000
at liarrlshurg on Wednesday, the Unit-ed
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
furthers its plans to control a, long-distance
telephone service In Pennsyl-vania,
which will compete with the
Bell Telephone Company and furnish
a system of conduits In the principal
cities from Buffalo to Washington for
the use of the electric, telegraph and
telephone companies.
The incorporators, who are also di-rectors
and officers in the United Tel-ephone
Company, are W D. Barnard,
E. M. Yamall, Edward Davis, F, E.
Smith, of Philadelphia, and Congress-man
Ward R. Bliss, of Chester. A
meeting of the stockholders will be
held next week in the United Tele-phone
and Telegraph Company's office,
411 Fidelity Building, when officers
will be elected.
All the corporations using under-ground
wires In Philadelphia are now
supplied with their own subways, and
the new company will not attempt to
enter this city. The corporation la
formed for the purpose of constructing,
purchasing, leasing or otherwise ac-quiring
underground subways in ana1
through which wires may be carried
for the purpose of conveying electric-ity,
with the right to rent space In the
subways to Individuals and corpora-tions,
municipal or otherwise.
As a part of the United Telephone
and Telegraph Company's plan to con-trol
a telephone system in this and
other States, the Cumberland Valley
Telephone Company, with a right of
way from Harrlsburg to the District of
Columbia, was organized on Monday
with a capital of {500,000.
By using the conduits of this com-pany
the Keystone Telephone Compa-ny,
the Bell Company's competitor In
this city, will connect with towns and
cities throughout Pennsylvania, part
ot Maryland and Virginia, and the Dis-trict
of Columbia. Cumberland, Car-lisle,
Chambersburg, Hagerstown, West
Choster, Westclnster and other import-ant
towns will be reached by this com-pany.
The United Telephone and Tel-egraph
Company already controls lo-cal
companies in twenty-one cities and
towns of the State, including Altoona.
Harrlsburg, Lancaster. Chester. Wll-liamsport.
and between these cities
from Williamsport to Darby a connect-ed
line Is now in operation.
The Keystone Telephone Company
will connect with the United Tele-phone
and Telegraph Company's lines
nt Darby and Conshohocken when the
city system has been completed.
Wohk will soon be commenced upon
the buildings of the Wldener Memorial
Industrial Training School for Crip-pled
Children. The plans hawe been
completed by the architect, Horace
Trumbauer, late of Jenkintown. He
hac submitted them to several con-tractors,
with requests for bids.
This institution was projected 1u
the latter part of 1899 by Peter A. B.
Wldener. of Ogontz. who will endow
the school, which, with the endow,
ments the buildings, equipment, fur-nishings
and alte. will represent an
expenditure of not less than $2,000,000.
It Is expected that the work on the
school will be commenced within a few
weeks. Inside of a year It will prob-ably
be In operation.
When Mr. Wldener Informed the city
authorities of his intention to found
the school he accompanied the notifi-cation
with a statement that ho had
purchased a large plot of ground at
Logan, fronting on the Old York Road,
between Thorp's lane and Somervllle
avenue, as a site for the institution.
Steps were Immediately taken by
Councils, in accordance with Mr. Wide-ner's
request, to prevent several streets
which were plotted upon the city
map from being cut through the tract.
The plans show an arrangement of
buildings of which the main Structure
will be the centre. At each side of
the main building, and connected with
it by pillared porticos, will be two
wings, running parallel with the main
building, and extending back and front
further than the walls of the former.
At the rear extremity of the wing, to
the left, will be the Industrial build-ing.
At the other extremity of the
wing will be the educational or school
building.
The wing to the right will consist of
two cottage buildings. Identical in size
and construction with the educational
and the Industrial buildings.
Colonial features will predominate
In the architectural style of the school.
The material to be used will be red
brick and Indiana limestone. All of
the roofs will be of cooper and the
buildings two stories high.
Instruction will be given in various
branches of mental and manual train-ing.
Nothing wllll be left undone to
comply with M r.Widener's conception
of what the institution should be.
which, as expressed by him in his
letter announcing the project, is "a
home, hospital and school for crippled
children, where they can be cared for
If helpless, where they can receive
medical and surgical attention as will
cure or allay their deformities, and
where they may receive not only a
general education, but an education
and Instruction in such Industrial lines
as will assist them towi.rd self sup-port"
WHAT'S YOUR FACE WORTH?
Sometimes a fortune, but never If,
yon have a sallow complexion, a Jaun-diced
look, moth patches and blotches
on the skin, all signs of Liver Trouble.
But Dr. King's New Life Pills gave
Clear Skin, Rosy Cheeks, Rich Com-plexion.
Only 25 cents at Neville's
drug store.
Dr. Mason K. Moyer, 16 First avenue.
Nearly 2800 Pottstown school child-ren
were given a fall outing at Ring-ing
Rocks Park.
The rhefctnut and eh, 11 bark crop
In Montgomery and Ch-stor counties
is a failure.
Norrlstown Catholics will erect a
new church and convent in the central
portion of the town.
The receipts at the Pc tstown post
office during the last three months
were $4516.75.
Madison Ixxlge of Odd Fellows, of
Pottstown, gave a banqi ot last even-ing
to visiting brethern from Norrls-town.
DeWltt'a Little Early Ti leers never
disappoint. They are s-.fe, prompt,
gentle, effective In removing all im-purities
from the liver ind bowels.
Small and easy to take. Never gripe
or distress.
For sale by Wm. Neville, and Clark's
drug store, West Conshohocken.
Plant, only the very best and most
modern appliances were purchased, re-gardless
of cost. Wherever It was pos-sible
to do so. the work was given to
Conshohocken contractors even when.
In some cases, the prices were higher.
No expense waa spared to make the
Plant complete, and the best of Its class
In every respect. Any one who desires
to assure himself on this point need
only examine the new plant, and then
compare it with the old one. Please
note that we do not claim that It is
"perfect." No human forethought or
Ingenuity can entirely prevent trou-ble,
and In any new machine there Is
almost certain to be trouble of some
kind until after It has been In use long
enough to detect and remedy Its faults.
What we desire to call special atten-tion
to, Is the statements made by sev-
I eral Councllmen to the effect that the
new arc lamps are of lower candle pow-er
than the old ones, and not equal
to the requirements of our contract.
This matter of the candle-power of
arc lamps has been repeatedly discuss-ed
by scientific bodies and as frequent-ly
decided by the courts, which have
all held that a 2000 candle-power arc
lamp is one consuming 460 watts of
electric energy per hour. The new
lamps consume from 475 to 600 watts
per hour, or between 6 and 10 per cent,
more than our contract requires us to
furnish. These new lampa are dey
signed and built on the principle that
for lighting purposes the best results
are obtained by softness and diffusion
Instead of concentration. In other
words, with a certain amount of light
at your disposal, it Is better to give a
good average light over a large space
than to throw a brilliant light Into
one small spot, leaving the rest of the
space In correspondingly heavy shad-ow.
Every one who has taken the trouble
to read this article will remember that
with the old lamps there was a very
black shadow Immediately under the
lamp; around this then a circle of pos-sibly
thirty or forty feet In diameter
which was very brightly lighted, while
beyond the circle there was almost no
light. In fact half-way between the
Inmps there was almost absolute dark-ness.
Any one looking directly at the
lamp could see only a blinding spot of
light.
With the new lamps this space be-tween
lamps is far better lighted than
ever before, while there are no heavy
shadow anywhere.
To Illustrate the fact that the new
type of lamp is more desirable than the
old. we beg to call attention to the
fact that Messrs. Alan Wood & Co.. and
the Inngmead Iron Works in their new
plants, where assuredly light is of more
importance than money, have Installed
the new type of lamp. Can any one
doubt that they would not put In the
best to be had?
No modern up-to-date electric light
company would dream of Installing
any other kind. BoBton. admittedly the
best lighted city In the world has these
lights and New York la now changing
to the same. Fifth avenue, the best
best lighted city In the world, has these
exclusively from this type of lamps.
But to go even further. About a
year ago we Installed one of the new
style lamps In the old station as a sam-ple,
and Invited our customers, who
then had only the old style lamps, to
call to see It. The superiority of the
new lamp was so evident that they all
demanded at once that we replatcc
their old lamps with the new type.
In order to demonstrate the compa-ny's
real attitude toward the city, and
to prove beyond the possibility of a
doubt that we are living up to our con-tract
In all honor and good faith, we
beg to submit the following propos-ition:
Let a committee be formed, con-sisting
of one man appointed by the
borough council, one by our Company,
and a third by the two. thus selected.
Let them select an electrical engineer
of recognized ability and standing: a
man of such reputation that his decis-ion
would he beyond dispute. I-et this
engineer make a rigid inspection and
test of the new arc lamps, dynamo and
station, choosing his own time and
making as many visits as he may think
necessary.
If this engineer reports that the new
arc lamps are not equal to the require-ments
of the contract, we will pay all
of the expenses of the test, provided
the city will a«ree to do the same If he
reports that they are up to their re-at
the time chosen for repose, a light,
nourishing repast at night often con-duces
to sound sleep by drawing the
blood away from the brain, says the
Chicago Chronicle.
Physicians are now advising a bed-time
lunch for weak, nervous and
emaciated people. The long hours of
sleep consume about one-third of our
existence. Although the demand made
upon the system Is naturally much |, ss
than .luring the waking hours
Is a wasting away of tissue consequent
upon the suspension of nntrimenl for
many hours. The bodj feeeds upon
itself, for food taken at dinner is di-gested
at bedtime. Often one Is rest-less
and wakeful at night because the
Stomach Is empty.
Says a well-known physician: Man
Is Ihe only rreafture I know of who
does not deem it proper to sleep on a
good meal. The infan, Insiincllvely
cries to be fed at night, showing that
food is necessary during that time as
well as through the day, and that left
too long without it causes it discom-fort,
which It makes known by riv-ing."
If you crave It cat a light, easily di-gested
|„nch ffl bedtime. And the
long hours of sleep will work out tor
you a problem In addition, instead of
subtraction, of adipose tissue.
WHY TRADE GOES TO THE CITY
Many of our merchants complain
that business Is dull and that they a,,
getting too old to hustle for more trad,
but the most complaint Is that people
go to the city to trade. Why ,1,, they?
There must he some reason for It. Here
are a few reasons and some words of
advice.
If you have any Inducements to of-fer
that will keep trade at home-don't
keep a good thing to yourself—
tell your customers about i,.
Does your trade know as much about
your store as it does about the inside
of the big city stores?
Answer these questions satisfactorily
and there won't be so much talk a ho.,,
"ruinous competition" of the big city
stores.
Fight them with their own weapons
—good advertising.
Buy ah much newspaper space as you
can afford and All It with good bus,
ncss talk—store news.
If you can BCII goods-as cheaply or
cheaper than the city store*, your mon-ey
drawer wont show it. if nobody out
side of yourself knows It.,
Now here's a straightforward ques-llon:
What are you doing to keep
trade at home? Are you talking Inter-estingly
in your newspapers ahou, the
new goods thai Just came In. how pond
they are. how little they Boat, wl
good store you have, about your bright
clean stock and how well you
serve your trade?
THE TASK OF A POLITE MAN
in a Norrlstown ear the othei
91 girl dropped a lead pceil win, h
! ""■'"> between the data „i ,i„
wooden mai on the Boor or the ,
'" ''•' "■ ■ Oolite man who ml op
positeber. and who straightway poUts-iv
sel himself si the work of recover-ing
it.
Whoever has attempted to pick »P
anything from between the slats of
one of ih.se wooden mats knows that
Ihe task is a dim, MI, one; and perhaps
as hard a thing as any lo pick up is a
WMPSncll, as ibis gentleman. If he did
not know ,, before, now discov |
for he kept at this pencil for blocks
before he finally go. It up.
The man would r | ,„„. end ,,t It
iiPP-d up almost within reach, only
to have it slip away from the pencil
Witt which he was endeavoring to
work It out and rail back as far away
as ever. And nt other times It would
■" the slightest touch roll awav over
'" the other side, down at the bottom
of that narrow recess, nqd so most per-sistently
and obstinately i rsd.
cry.
At this time, to his great credit be
M -aid. the polite man. as he worked
kept perfectly eool. I|„ ,||,|„-, nermil
himself to get flustered In the sllgh,-
asl degree i, was the schoolgirl, for
whom all this work was being done,
who now liegan to show some slight
signs of nervousness. If the pencil
could have been picked up In a mom-em
and simply handed to her she would
have been glad to get it back, but she
would have preferred to lose it ,
than have nil this to-do-made over It.
for everybody around was now watch-ing
the efforts of the polite man and
onally regarding her.
And Ihe .situation was further cm
I'11,' ' ,,v 'I"' 'art that she was now
approaching the street where she was
to get ofT. And what should she do?
•She could go, and escape ii all, leav-ing
the pen.il behind, hut would it be
right for her to go when this gentle-man
was still trying to get it bark for
her? Truly a difficult problem for
the young lady to Solve. Hui she was
not finally railed upon to solve It
F"|-. coolly and steadily keeping at
It, the man who wop trying to r,
the pencil finally did actually gel n
Just as the oar came to the young la
dy's street. Just as she was on the
point of deciding what to do and as
U was slowing down to it,
this critical moment he gol ,),,
safely into his possession and prompt-ly
handed It over to her.
Thanking it rescuer as she received
it, and rising as she did so. the young
woman took the pencil and b
out of the car. and then all the rest of
the passengers who were going farther
resumed (he several attitudes they bad
held before they became Interested In
the recovery of the pencil.
READING IMPROVEMENTS
The many improvements undertaken
the past year by the Heading Compa-ny,
some of which have been coniplel-
-'I. are outlined In the fourth annual
Of the directors.
\ ong the Improvements were I boas
el Harrlsburg, ■ nee fa Ighl house .it
Pnoenlai 011, a new Interlo I • cleat
.>" Hi. Richmond branch and th* p ■>•-
Chase of land at various points .-
9" i;i I lO avoid grade , ,-,,,. .,,,.
'" Of way. and f,, , M,n-i
tracks,
The principal Item or track exten-sions
were: The additional second and
third tracks upon the Philadelphia,
Narrlaburg, and Plttsbnrg Railroad,
thi construction or the second track
"P m the Little Behnylklll it: ii,, id,
thr constrnotton of third track and Y
wmnecOon between the main line and
the Wilmington and Northern branch,
near Birdsboro. and of the connection
north of Rending, between the main
line and the Reading Belt Railroad.
The yard trarks. In course of con-
THE CONSHOHOCKEN
PROPHET
PREDICTS
That loose change orfln makes a man
That butter nutstlon't grow on milk
weeds.
That n man in debt gives everybody
short ansire.
That gum coats ^11 be ther relenin
■traction at Rutherford, near Harris- stvlc th|s fall.
ROW OVER NEW FIRE HOUSE
MITCHELL'S OFFER
The David Mitchell Estate will pre
sent each purchaser of a suit or over-coat
p.' $5 or over with a resell I
ticket for the Oerman Reformation at
the Grand Opera House. Norrlstown or,
Thursday and Friday evening.
DEATHS
THWAITE.-On October 11, U
Conshohocken. C, -ge. \\\, infant son
Of George and Sarah Thwalte, aged
2 weeks,
SI.IFER.-On October 13. 1901. ELI-ZA
DAOBR, wife of Charles C. Rlif, ,
The relatives and friends of the
family are respectfully Invited to at-tend
the funeral, on Saturday sftei
noon, at 12.30 o'clock, from her hus-band's
residence, Flourtown. Montg-omery
County. Carriages will meet the
arrival of the 11.40 A. M. train from
Reading Terminal to Chestnut inn.
Sen-Ices and Interment at Zlon Luth-eran
Church, Whltemanh.
A WORD TO TRAVELERS.
The excitement Incident to traveling
and change of food nnd water brings
on diarrhoea, and for this reason no
one should leave home without a bo,lie
of Chamberlain's Colic, Choler
Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale bv Wm
Neville.
Factional differences prevented Ihe
organization of a fire company at West
Maiiayiink Friday night. Numerous
in.endlary fires In the lower end of
Lower \lerion township dOriplg Hi,
past two years, and a recent blSSS Si
John Minniek's barn, aroused the , iti
zens In that locality, and a m
was held Fridaj , veiling |„ a biree
room of the Ashland Paper Mills, AI-oynlus
Rudolph presided and In I short
address advocated forming a volunteer
association, with headquarter* near the
pap. !■ mills.
Hi.- Ashland Heights cKlsens, wiu-
Wiiiiam i.yie as spokesman, wanted
the flre-honsc on (he pill top. clulc-l-
Ing M Wai Ml ler to run the machine
downhill than to pull i, up. Limes
Ogl", who wanted to lie chief ol the
any, stated that nobody W,IB nt
ho e on the heights during the lav if
a broke out. and bj the time the
iici. ran up the hill they would no, Li-able
to pull the machine ,,. the (lr»
Hot words followed, and :, was final
ly agreed to take a vote on location.
Albert wise and P. Mclntyr* were ap-pointed
tellers, but auoihei row broke
out ii being claimed that the Ashland
Heights people had both fellers. Wise
declined to serve ,an,i Thomas Scho-field
took his place. When the voting
was In progress II was charged that
die itiver road people began to ring In
the foreign element, and sum. body
turned out the lights, bn I ing up the
Di ting.
burg, the new railroad yard at Thirty,
second and Master streets. Philadelphia
and the resjTangmnsnt of the traci™ at
Wayne Junction, in connection with
"'her improvements at that point, to-gether
with the additional tracks re-qulred
by some of the manufactories
at various points upon the line, account
for a large part of the expenditures for
yard, depot, coal yard and manufactory
tracks. There was an Increase In the
mileage from the expenditures for
tmes xlinsions of 53.40 miles.
Interlocking plants and signals paid
for during the past year covered the
Installation of signals from Fort
Washington to South Bethlehem, on
the North I', ,m branch, and from Ew-ing
to Hamilton and at other points,
on the New York division, and on the
main line at West Falls. A large part
of the work of protecting the line be-tween
Reading and Harrlsburg with
signals was also done last year, and
this improvement is now about com-pleted
'cndlturea for passenger stations
were made at Wayne Junction and at
Lebanon. Improvements were also
made on the freight stations at Thir-ond
and Master streets, the new
track tanks and pump house at Yard-ley,
the coaling station, engine house,
ll East Penn Junction, the coal-ing
stations and ash dumps at Trenton
:.nd Lehlgh avenues and the water fa-cilities
at Port Reading Crossing.
Expenditures on docks and wharves
were made at Port Richmond. In con-nection
with the ocean business. Wll-
"lam street station at Pier A was pur-chased,
and the new covered freight
pier. C. was completed. Tho construc-tion
of the new covered freight pier, D,
continued, bat considerable work
still remains to be done before this
pier will bo ready for operation. During
the year the sum of $65,508 wna spent
for equipment renewals.
I luring the year the construction of
the belt railroad has been" continued,
and it is expected that it will be com-pleted
before the end of the venr.
Wort is also progressing on the new
locomotive shops at Reading.
At Harrisburg. where extensive lm-i
enls have been cont dut.nl
tol BOme time, no further progress has
been than the purchase of the real es-tate,
Plans, however, are being pre-pared
for the new freight house and
yard and for the now passenger sta-
That hoo cake don't have ter be
eatln with iron teeth.
♦
That presents of minds is a good
thing for a Christmas gift.
•
That peepil ll believe In free speech
an pay ter hoar a fonnygraff.
♦
That many a fair girl has lota o'
fake, when It kmns ter makln uu.
That ther chimney sweep has ter do
dirty work but he alwus kums out on
top.
♦
That some women kin mend any-thing,
an thers others thlt cant patch
up a quarrel.
♦
That some men think Its hatrd ter
carry bricks, while women kin carry
whole stories
♦
That when a man loses his tomper
he keeps all his family searching for
—contentment.
That if every man was only offered
a penny fer his thoughts, poets would
starve to death a* never have much
cents.
♦
That when a man's a counterfeiter,
his friends Jist call him a nassln ac-quaintlntz.
♦
Thnt all thin men aint narrer mind-ed
an many a man with broad should-ers
can't control n, corporaahun
♦
That If you kiss a girl agin her will
Shell say that yer 111 b,e,i,
Hit then of course, she will love you
If yer kiss her lips Instead.
USEFUL TO KNOW
To make dinner platen and dishes hot
before sending to the table, dip them
'n very hot water Instead of putting
them In the oven. This takes only a
ttle more time than putting them In
the oven, and is less liable to crack the
china.
A ver y hot flatiron will fade some
delicate tints. Therefore. Iron your
pretty shirt waists with a moderately
-. ... *..„ «0 TV ,hln^iiKn sia- i ;""! one. Of c"o■ur«se■,( y/"o"u mussti hr aie .
Mon ami tennlmd, nnil the work Ofjhotone for the cuffs and collar.
PHYSICAL CI'LTCRE.
course of lessons in Physical Culture
known as the "Emerson" svstem. Bos-ton,
Mass., should addfSM OT apply to
Lydla Q. Wehter. fleet,,r n,,, Con
ahohorken, Pa. 10-15-7L
LUNATIC FOUND IN HIDING
John Kh'tz, who was believed |,>
i From the Hospital tor the
Insi ne at Norristown last Fridny. and
for whom a vigorous search all Over
Moi tgomery county has been made by
the authorities, was on Sundau found,
more dead llian alive, bidden under a
pile of mattresses in a closet In the
host Itnl. The discovery was entirely
iceldental, and was made by an attend-ant
Who was cleaning out the closet
KIrbt was recently-transferred ,,, the
hi s: Ital from the County .laii. ,.. which
he hail been commit,cl on a, count of
his persistent attentions to a young
woman with whom be bad bet ome In
fntuate.l. and whom be constantly fol-lowed
on lb -,:,.! \ lunacy com-mission
pro, ced him insane eflec
be had made several Ineffectual at-tempts
to escape from the jail and
.me., threatened to blow up the fall.
Dining bis confinement In the hospital
he refused to Sat, saying If he could
not secure Ihe girl he loved he wished
to die.
•onstnietion will lie commenced with-in
a short time.
A large amount of work has been
lone during the past year at the new
Rutherford yard near Harrlsburg, and
.mtiacts have been made for the con-ftnicl
ton of the necessary roundhouse,
turntable, etc, pumping station and
Utter necessary appliances.
New passenger stations are contem-plated
at several points where the pres-ent
facilities arc Inadequate, or where,
by reason of adjacent improvements,
the present accommodations nre ren-dered
Inaccessible or dangerous.
Speaking of the purchase of the Cen-tral
Railroad of Now Jersey last Jan-uary
the report says: "The acquisition
of the control of the Jersey Central is
not only of enormous advantages be-rause
of the additional facilities give;i
to the system, but through the acquis-ition
the Reading system now owns
ind controls about 63 per cent, of all
the unmixed anthracite coal in the
State of Pennsylvania.
Charged with stealing hor husband's
lotting, Mrs. Francis Peyton,of Potts-town,
van locked up.
W. T. Wesson, Gbolsonvllle, Va.,
druggist, writes: "Your One Minute
rough Cure gives perfect satisfaction.
My customers say It Is the best remedy
for coughs, colds, throat and lung
troubles."
For sale by Wm. Neville, and Clark's
drug store, West Conshohocken.
To make whitewash that will not
rub off, m|x half a pall „f nmo and
water ready to put on the walls; then
take a quarter of a pint of flour, mix
It with a little cold water, and pour
boiling water upon it In sufficient
quantity to make It liquid. Pour this
into the whitewash, stirring well while
doing so, and It is ready for use.
Hooks taken from public libraries
for the use of convalescents may easily
become the vehicles of disease. There-fore,
In the absence of any restrictions
about the matter, patrona of libraries
should. In the Interest of the whole
community, refrain from the use of
such Institutions while there Is any
suspicion of n contagious disease In
their homes.
Ink-stained fingers may bo cleaned
with lemon Juice, spirits of wine,
methylated spirits of eau de cologne
or better than all, by rubbing the,,,
with a piece of pumice stone.
A soft sponge moistened with alco-hol
will remove dust and the soiling
which Is caused by humid weather,
from a gilded picture frame. The
sponge must not be too wet and must
be lightly used.
8TEPPED INTO LIVE COALS.
, i W.h.e» "I, chl,d ' b"n»*l my foot
frightfully.' writes W. H. Bads of
Jonesvllle, Va„ "which cajised horrible
leg sores for SO years, but llm-klen's
Arnica Salve wholly cured me aftor
everything else failed." Infallible for
Burns, Scalds, Cuts. Sores, Bruises and
Piles. Sold by William Neville, 26c
When von have no appetite, do not
relish your food and reel dull after
eating yon may know thai yon need
a dose of Chamberlain's stomach and
Liver Tablets Price it cents, Bam
pies free at Neville's drug store.
The Finest Cake
Is made with Royal Bak-ing
Powder. Always light,
sweet, pure&wholesome. i
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