The Conshohocken Recorder, June 21, 1904

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®l)c Consl)ol)ockcn liccorfccr.
No. 2318
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
CONSHOIIOCKEX, PA., TURSDAV, JUNE 21, 1904 $1 PEH YEAR
NOTES OF OUR TOWN
ITEMS OF INTBBBBT CONOBBN-INC
THE PEOPLE OP OUB BOR-OUGH
OONDBNBBD POB BE-OOBDBB
RJBADBRS.
Miss Minnie Harrison left to-dnj to
visit friends In Wilmington
A motion Tor a new trliil 1ms bMD
Bled in the ease of kUrgarel Flyno vs
On' Borough.
Mrs Edward Harrison, of Pittshnrg.
is visiting Mr. and Mrs Wyukoop. ol
1'iiyi'll*' Sllt.l
National Delegste .1. BBfwood i*e.
uiui John P. Bowkor went to Chicago
i.n Baturday afternoon to attend the
National Bepubllean Convention.
Benator Algernon it. Robots has is- r
sued Invitations to I reeepUOM al liis
residence, al Bala, on Prldajr, from
B o'clock to ni'-«-< HOII. James B
Holland and Hon i Whltaksr Thomp
son
The H'v. Dr. .1. c. Cornwall, or
Pnlladelphla, will preach al the moro-ns
service, and the ROT, A. C. James
of Di.Kinson College, win preach al
Ih., evening s.rviri' al tin- Mi'tliodisl
Church BOXl Sunday.
John Si i > In as bOUghl of William
Perm .lones three brick houses at Elm
and Cherry ■treat*. The John Wood
mansion, ui Hector and Forrest itraata
will be remodeled for occupancy by
ill.. Aral of Beptember for a mission
houac tor Polish Fathers, AI the
Kroni ami Maple corner or thli estate
a (ilium brick slore and dwelling house
will lie pnl up. while on the opposite
-on- of the Street a row (»* nine houses
will he built
An application was made to the
Conn in behall ol Nicholas Manning
jr., or this borough, who was com-mitted
to jail without hail on Thurs-day,
by 'Squire Bmlh, on the charge
or breaking Into the bedroom ol Mrs,
Bex. or this place, to have Mm ad-mitted
to ball. The facts as stated
to the court do noi seem 10 show any
intent to commit burglarly, so the
court ordered thai defendant mlghl be
i.leased on SaOO hail.
A host or Mends called al the home
ol John Met'all on BhSl Klin stive! on
Wednesday .veiling. It was a sur-prise
puny, the members of which
assisod John, Bttlngly observing the
anniversary of his birthday. Music
games . dancing and singing WON
features of the entertainment Lun-cheon
was served.
Among those present were: Anna.
Katie and Ella MoCall, Annie Dotey
Bails M, Keiiy. Margaret HoeyUmle
Mark. Lizzie Slranalian, llessle Wil-liams
Kdns Schlles. Mayuie Keona,
Isabella McOuire; Hurt, i.ouis and
Lawrenos McCall, James I*. McQee,
Thomas Wesley. Prank Wesley. <ieo.
Huiianl. John Hurl. Hurry (laysor.
William Donnelly, Wm. Waters. Jo-seph
Lambert. John Redmond, Dan-iei
it. Redmond and Lewis .i Mason,
The Columbia Improvement league
u the name of an association jusi or-ganised
I" n western town. Its ohjert
is to nld in keeping the public thor-oughfares
clean, beautify waste places
and vacant lots, improve sanitary con-ditions
of i tic streets ami to do
everything in Ms power |o make the
town a heller place to live In, Every
town anil village in the laud should
have an organisation Of this kind and
i! the right sort of citizens are en-rolled
and will take hold or I he work.
much good will result. Village Im-provei
n societies are recommended
because they cultivate a general
friendly reeling; they roster public
spirit: they do much to break the mo-notony
Of the life of small communi-ties,
which is not commonly too ex-citing
under any circumstances; they
make life belter worth the living and
leal estate better worth the buying
they attrnel people of taste ami for-tune
who are prospecting for a place
which they can call home.
The conviction of a bottle accused of
selling adulterated lieer has consider-able
Importance, The facts In tills
case were nut disputed. The question
left to the Jury was whether the sali-cylic
acid admittedly used In the pre-paration
of the beer made it "poison-ous
and Injurious." The effect of the
verdict Is to bring this "preservative
within the prohibition of the law. This
Is undoubtedly a correct conclusion. It
Is true that the brewers prod >d
chemists who were of opinion that
the sninll amount of salcylie a, 1.1 em-ployed
cigjld hnve no injurious MTsst
but the weight of opinion was distinct
ly unfavorable, and the broad fact re-mains;
that salicylic acid is a drag of
considerable potency, which is not
among the recognised constituents of
POre I r. anil thai therefore Hx use
is to ii,, condemned. This is in accord-ance
with the generul purpose of the
laws against adulteration, which Just-ly
apply to all srtlfjclal medication
of foods and drinks. Whatever dif-ference
of opinion there may lie as to
the merits of beer as a beverage, those
who drink are entitled at least to get
whnt they pay for without sophistica-tion.
Mi loo, t New York is visiting
Mis. M 1/ Davis
A Ball] ot the Luthern Church ol
i his \ it in it y will be held on Thursday
in Vall.-y Pi
Miss Sadie Sleel ol Norn, town Wl
riSltini Mis Charles Head ot Eighth
avenue 00 Sunday.
Mrs and Mrs. William Dverbach and
children of Philadelphia are visiting
Mr. and Mrs If. l\ llavis. or Eighth
avenue and Harry streets.
Rev. Herbert J. Cook, or Calvary P.
B, Church, participated in the ex,
cs on Sunday, when President RuOSC-telt
made an address at Valley Forge.
William Dunlap has accepted the
tor Orausfs celebrated ice
cream in this borough. Orders may be
left at his home Fifth ami Spring Mill
Avenues. /
The Busy Workers wll give a l.awn
l-Vle on Hie lawn of .Mrs. Edward
Nngle on si\ii avenue near Mania st
on Saturday afternoon ami evening
July 2nd
Mrs. Thomas Sinclair will entertain
the Fortnlghlly Club this evening at
her Inline in Plymouth Meeting.
The Hoard of Directors of the Trades
man's Nntionnl Hank has declared n
semi-annual dividend of five per
cent.
There will be a meeting of the Pres-byterian
Snbbnlli School Association
to-morrow evening at the close of
prayer meeting to consider further
about the annual picnic.
The Presides! ami Secretary or tin
ii,MMI win ciub. or this borough are
sojourning at Whitford Lodge, lie
vacation bouse belonging to tlie Na-lional
league of Women Workers and
which originally was the home of one
nf the early Welsh settlers in Clus-ter
Valley. Saturday, June IXIh was
the opening day of the summer sea-son
ai Whitford ami a train load or
live hundred club members spent Sat-urday
at Hie lodge. They were royal-ly
entertained by the committee hnv- ,
lug the bouse in charge. The lodge ;
has accommodations tor thlrty-flvs
women and Is full the whole summer |
of those who go lo stay one or two j
seeks In this charming restful place.
it is n marry household and good fsl
lowshlp is the ruling Influence that
pervades the place. Any member of a
girls club Is entitled to enjoy this
privilege at the merely nominal price
of three dollnrs per week.
KRUSEN-CARRELL
A very pretty home wedding was
solemnized at the beautiful home of
I>r. E. A. Krusen. CollegHVille, on
Tuesday evening. June 7th. at 7 o'-
olOCk, when Miss Anna OaiTOll was
married to Dr. E A. Krusen. by ltev.
Mr. Hendricks. of the Herman Reform Oration-'Human Prejudice
SCHOOL AFFAIRS
, ONTBACT POB Tin: NEW BUILD
INI; AWARDED. Tin: PROGRAM
POR THE COMMENCEMENT BX-BRCISBB.
\i a s|iecial meeting ol tin I'onsho-hocken
Bchool Board on PHday even-
:; T S. Hallowell was awarded
Hie contract for the addition to the
ii.u.y street school building, the price
being llii.HHl. Mr. Hallowell agreesto
have the building finished within live
months from the signing <>r the agree-ment
*10 per day forfeit will 0,
acted ior every day the building Is nol
completed. The beating system win
COS) about IIIIIMI extra.
After an acrimonious debate 'I"
board decided Hint the rooms of Miss
Calne anil Miss Matthewsshould not be
equal, but thai the pupils ot Miss Mat-thew's
should he promoted to the room
ol' Miss Calne.
The contract for furnishing Inn ions
ol p,a coal lo the school for the com-ing
term was awarded toWillinm Potts
Jones, ai flil". per ton. ticket weigh!
James Tracv hid $3.75; Thomas Me-
(Iralli, $3.90 and S. & J. Pugh. M-00,
delivered.
President Howkcr made the follow-ing
ci nitt.i appointments tor ins
ensuing year.
Teachers anil Text Books Messrs,
Win Cleaver. J. (' Jones, llr. Tegt-meler,
lames Morrison, Millurd Davl
Building Committee Messrs, Prank
Shay, Patrick l.ac.y.
Manual Training Committee Messrs
Prank Collins J. Boles, J. Stevens, A.
I. Miller.
Finance Committee—Messrs. John
Nell. Dr. Tegtmeler. E. J. Morris
Wood.
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The following will be the program
of the commencement to be held on
Monday afternoon. In Littles' Opera
House;
Overture Orchestra
Invocation Rev Aimer .1. Danes
Salutatory with Recitation—"Scorch-ing
versus Diamond"—
Florence Maconachy.
Oration—"Commencement"
William A. Keys
Chorus—"On Life's Journey—Vea/.le. ,
School
Recitation—"Wet Weather Talk"—
Rlley Ethel Rlghtcr
Oration—"Love of Country"—I. II.
Brown Harry J. (Jag lei
Hecitnllon—"The Broken Pitcher'
Elsie Lee
chorus—"Hunters' Call—Veazie
School
Oration—"American ideals"
Aaron Ruth
Recitation—"A Letter and Its Ans-swer"—
Brady Ella Martin
ST- GERTRUDE'S COMMENCEMENT
The Cloaing exerdi ss ol Bl Qert
noes Bchool oi the Weal Bide will ><•'
held i i,i Pellows Mall on Thursdaj
evening There are Bis Graduate
The follpwing Interesting program
sin be rendered.
Selection Cecellan C
opening Hymn Chorus
B tndler March Cecelinn Club
Balntatoi |
greeting Song
Frolic of Hie Kittens
Motion Bong
•A Day in the Cottonfleld"
Cecclian Club
"DOTTIE'B DREAM''
■ China, ten'
Miss Nellie Colin Nan
Miss clara Clinton Bay
Hi Julia Clinton I'1
Mi \niin Mellon BV8
MIS) \nn:i Sohank Nellie
\ii. Jennie McDonald Dottle
MIS- Am.a Dugan Qrace
Mi.-s l.a Hue (ioiidmnn ...<■) n Mah
Little Boys
.Cecellan Club
. .Little Hols
PHILIP CAFFREY
COMMITS SUICIDE
Miss C. v. Can .
Miss I M. Oarr ,.
Miss A. M, Hayes
Miss C. A. B
Miss M. A. Nugent
Miss E. J. Burns ..
Selection
Oentle Voice
Kind-Eye
.., Heady-Hand
. Loving Heart
... Happy Smile
. silver Tongue
. Cecclian Club
e,i Church, of Coiiegeviiie Alter the
ceremony and congratulations for
many long years of happiness together
a bountiful and elegant repast w,as
served.
Dr. Krusen wns born and spent all
of his life in the community of North-ampton
township until his entrance as
ll Student In II :i In.email II College. Al-ter
receiving his degree from that In-still/
ion he located in CoUegevilla
some Bllteen years ago and has DOW
a very large and lucrative practice.
He Is a prominent citizen ill all the nf
fairs of the town, director of Orslnus
College and also a memlier of the ex-ecutive
committee.
Dr. and Mrs. Krusen Started on
Thursday morning for a week's stay
in Atlantic City then wenl to Niagara
Falls, whore the doctor will attend the
sessions of the Nntionnl llnlinemnnn
Medical Institute.
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Class Song—"Boat
Hnrnette Holland
Song"-*t'owan
By Class
Prophecy Marlon Booth
Class Presentation,
Misses Smythe anil Morrison
Valedictory—"Elements of Success"
Walter Wood
Chorus—"The Engineer—Veazie,
Bchool.
Address—"The Newer Outlook"—
Dr. S. 0, Schumuckcr
Presentation of Diplomas
Pres. Bchool Board J. F. Bowker
Benediction Rev. Will F. Bars
Overture Orrhestrn
KILLED IN A COLLISION
The two colored nun who were
found badly cut and mangled on the
Trenton Cut off Railroad near Whlte-inarsh.
on Saturday afternoon, have
been blentItleil as James Powell and
lames Muhoiiey, workmen, employed
With Contractor Riley and Weber at
Fort Hill, this county.
On Friday night a collision ocurrcd
between two freight trains on the
above railroad. By a misplaced signal
trains running in opposite directions
crashed into each other. Several cars
were wrecked and the engines were
damaged. Saturday when the wreck-age
was cleared away the mangled
bodies of the two colored men were
found In the debris, They were
Identified on Sunday by their employ-ers.
Friday was pay day for the men and
the presumption Is thai In the even-ing
Powell and Mahoney came to Nor-ristown
to make some purchases.
Having done so they evidently board-i
ed a train for the purpose of going to
llielr homes When the wreck oc-curred
It was In all likelihood lni|Kis-slhle
for the men to escape anil they
were to all appearances killed Instant-ly.
The men had $2(1 In cash UPOD
their persons when found.
The best $l.r,o and 12.00. soft and
stiff ban are sold by Trncey, the hat-ter.
Thousands to select from.
lilt. MASONIC MOYl'.li
DENTIST.
yd Fayctt; Street, Conshohocken
Office Hours:-7.30 A. M. to 4.30 P. M.
8.30 P. M. to 8 PM.
PAINLIISS EXTRACTING
Nitrous Oxl.lf Has or Loral Anea*
Ihetlc.
The following Is the order of
standing of the class;
Marlon E. Booth.
J. Harry Onyser.
J, Burnetts Holland.
William A. Keys.
Elsie Ls*;
Marion Morrison.
Florence A. Maconachy,
Ella L. Martin.
F.thel M. Rlghtcr.
Aaron I.. Ruth.
Marlon M. Smyth,
Walter A. Wood.
the
IMC.EON FLY
Hoop Drill Intermediate Qlrl
"March by Moonlight"
Cecetlan Club
Brigade Drill Intermediate Boys
Selection Cecclian Club
Flowery Garland Drill Girls
Behind the Hounds —Ceoellan Club
"THE HARVBBT STORM"
I Chanters i
John (inrner (an honest fnriuer)
J A. Bowe
Michael Itadl'ord F. .1. Hnslieii
Andrew Radford P. I Boyle
Samuel Lexicon T. C. Harper
Mr. Lynx i Detective) I. A. Harper
in.k Derrell w. P. Murphy
Barker, a policeman i. r. Dugan
Nibier. a policeman.... H. A. Bohanh
Chatlea Cooper, a gypsy ..D. A. Poley
Nat Loves, a gypsy....P, x. Mngulra
"Btasa Away" Cecellan Club
Pantomime Senior Hills
Selection Cecellan Club
Letter Carriers Drill Hoys
Evening Schottische.., Ceoellan ^luli
Valedictory
Hisiiiliution of Diplomas and Medal.
"Holy Hod" Chorus
"Rajah" cecclian Club,
Despondent because of ill health
nn.i business troubles, Philip Caftrey,
aged 62 rears, oi I the beat known
residents of Conshohocken committed
suicide al an early bom Sunday morn
lug by drowning himself In Die rivet
Mr. CaiTiey'.s health bad been bad
for several months and he had sever-al
times threatened to end it all Last
week he wandered from ins borne late
Li and was found walking along
the BchuylkiU river in DM vicinity
of when' lie mil bis tragic death,
Since that time dose watch ha I
I n kepi upon him. AII of Saturday
niglii lie would not sleep ami his evi i
1'uticni wit,- kepi careless vigil at hut
bedside. Shortly after B o'clock Bun-day
mocnlng she had occasion to leave
his room for an Instant. I'pon bci
return be wns missing Her Instlncl
nt once discerned the truth and with n
neighbor she rushed toward the liver.
where she found her husband, dead,
lying lace dona in the water.
For many vein's Call'rev conducted
with sui i i natal al i lector and
\ i, ; i eel i, now managed by Bdward
Siott. ami later the Hast hoi,I Hotel al
Hector and Jones streets, Jsmes
bin. present proprietor. Later lie be-gan
Hie operation or a w idclv-kiuiw n
speak-easy, on Hector street, near Ap-i
la, on ■ count of « Men several yean
ago. he was arrested, Hs was con-victed,
■ heavy letaenea of line and
Imprisonment being the punishment.
He has been III for some lime, and
oi late years be bus lived reiired. A
widow and several children survive
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WILLIAM HENRYS LETTER
A HITuil'.l ui' QQSSTP AND 0OM-MK.
NT CONCERNING Cl BRENT.
TOPICS ANH BSVBNT8 AND \
VARIETY OF Bl BJBCTB AS
VIEWED HV mi! SPECIAL COR-RESPONDENT,
CIVIL COURT
RF.DUCF.n RATKS TO CHICAGO
For the bensfll of those desiring to
alien,I the Republican National Con-vention,
to Is* held at Chicago, June
21 to 24. the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell round-trip tickets
to Chicago, from all stations on Its
lines, from June Hi lo 2ii, Inclusive,
gonil returning, leaving Chicago not
liiiei than June JH. al rale of single
fare for the round trip. For Specific
Information concerning rales and
time of trains, consult nearest ticket
agent.
The r.ufl mile old bird race of the
Conshohocken District was flown On
Thursday. ICth lost NtDSty-elghl
birds were liberated al Spartanburg.
8. 0., at five o'clock In the morning by
Mrs. William F Young. It was clear
with southwest wind al start, at home
threatening weather with north wind.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable con-ditions
at biime, one bird arrived the
same day at 5.4.r. P. M.. The Sum-mary.
Yards
(leo. N. Hlghley,...ri 45 P. M 1164.80
0, B, Fletcher 5 24 A.M.—806.7J
0, M. Hlghley 5 40 " —filll.xn
O.B.Fletcher r. r,ll " —698.03
.las. J. Cashore 7 20 " —r.r.i.n^
Jos. Ferrler 7 22 " - 662.07
II. J. Baker ...7 60 " - HI II
JO* Fcrricr 8 00 " —660.22
Messrs. Oeorge Robinson, fienrge W.
CalhOUn, Wllllnm II. Shade, and .1 I).
Ditterllne also reported arrivals on
second day.
For a hnurtrei! years or more Witch
HaaSI has been recognized as n su-perior
remedy, but It remained for K.
0. DeWItt & Co.. of Chicago, to dis-cover
bow to combine Hie virtues of
Witch Hazel with other antiseptics,
liv the form of a salve. DeWilt's Witch
Hazel Salve la the best salve in the
world for sores, cuts, burns, bruises.
and piles. The high standing of this
salve lias given rise to counterfeits.
and the public is advised to look for
the name "De Witt" on the package,
and accept no other. Sold by all
Druggists.
Simon P. Kline and A. C. Ho.lsliall.
William II. D. QodShall and llariev
ii Qodshall, co-partners, trading as
A. C, Qodshall eV Co., have sued the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Company for damages sustained by
reason of being struck bj a train ai
Hie Foundry road crossing ill Lane-dale.
On the sixth day of April, IMS, Mi
Kline was driving over the railroad
when the team which be was driving
was si ruck by a train.
Mr. Kline was thrown out Of the
Wagon, his head was badly cut, his
leg Injured and his eye skinned.
He stopped liis team and looked
both ways bel'oie starling lo cross, no
train was in sight He then crossed
ami was nearly across when the train
si ruck bis team. He says I hat no
alarm was sounded until ibe emer-gency
whistle was blown.
The team was the property ol A. 0.
Qodshall & <". This was smashed
and one of the hoises so badly In-jured
thai II was practically worth
less.
Damages are asked In the sum or
$10,0011 by Mr. Kline
POT the loss of the horse and wag-on
the Qodshala ask damages In the
sum or tMO.
Dr. F n. Blgoney oi Mtnsdale, de-scribed
the fracture sustained by Mr.
Kline, stating that ths injury was
permanent und materially affect bis
earning cnpacily. Dr. Blgony describ-ed
the crossing, ami suited thai in his
Judgment H was dangerous
in Hie case of William i.. Abraham
l' \- It By. I'", Ibe jury awarded
plaintiff'f1460 damages for land taken
in enlarging defendant'! tracks
Merlon station.
The case of Joseph Abraham, Mrs.
Martha M. Walker and Dr, .Tames B.
Walker vs. P. & R. Ry. Co., which
arose in a similar way. was settled by
a verdict for plaintiffs by agreement
for $4000.
ltebinann vs. Lower Merlon.
Mrs. Rehinunn has expended be-tween
$*» and $100 for doctors bills.
and medicines She is suffering from
severe headaches: has received Inter-nal
Injuries and these have i
led her giving up her position as
seamstress at Mr, Wood's.
Mr. Wager, coachman for Mr. Wood
slated that the fence at this particu-lar
spot was in a rotten condition, The
post which the wagon slrnck wns rot-ted
at Ibe ground, ami bill a very
slight blow was necessary to cause It
to break,
The defense asked for a non-suit,
which wns refused
l^iuls ,1. Ilenly wns called by the
defense and staled that he was the
Inspector of highways for the upper
end of Lower Merlon township, and
that III the month of April lie bad In-spected
this fence along the lop of the
banks where Hie accident occurred and
thnl it wns Iben in good condition
The jury returned a verdict of $11110
fOI Miss Kcliinann.
BASS SEASON IS OPEN
According to the State laws the
, BSOn for the catching Of bam opened
Wednesday, and for a lime Hie stories
ol* the bass tisliermen are egpectod to
outshine bhOM told by the anglers lor
trout The Indication! are thai the
fish will be plentiful this season ami
those who take delight in angling lie
11 Siny llsb Will have plenty of spoil
il they know the right places to try
their luck.
For the bensfll ol the flahermen who
are not famlUai with the [aw regulat-ing
the catching of the various siss-ies
of bass and uainc-lisli the follow-ing
laws, passed al the session or the
Legislature of mill, arc given:
Black bass, green or Oawego bass.
crappie, grass or itrawnarrs bass
White bass, rock bass, bine pike, pike
pickerel, sutiflsh and iniiscalonge. all
of which are classified and hereinaf-ter
designated as game lish: thai II
shall,ho unlawful to catch or llsb lor
or have in possession, the same being
killed, any spec I the above men-tioned
fish or pike perch, commonly
called wally-eycl pike, Susnuehanna
or Jack salmon, pike, pickerel, except
from the fll'leeiilli day Of June until
the „fleenili day or February, Inclu-sive,
in each year. Any persons vio-lating
any of the provl Ion of this
section shall, on conviction, be sub-
Jed to a line or leu dollars for each
and every llsb so caught
That from ami attai the passage of
ibis act, ii shall lie unlawful to catch
kill or have iii pos i ion, the same
being killed any while lias, rock
bass, or cripple, strawberry or cms-bass,
less than live Inches In length.
any brook or speckled trout, or any
specie or trout save lake trout, leal
than six Inrhen In length: any snl-mon.
trout green or Oswego bass,
Btriped bass, otherwise called rock
llsb. blue fltke, pike-perch, pike
pickerel less than nine inches in long
any black bass less than seven Inches
In lengli The line attached is $lu for
each llsb.
A STRONfl HP.ART
is assured by perfect digestion. Indi-gestion
swells ihc stomach and purrs
It up against the heart, This causes
shortness or breath, palpitation or the
heart and general weakness Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure cures indigestion re
the stomach, lakes the strain oir
the heart ami restores it to a full per-formance
of Hs function naturally.
Kodoi increases the strength by en-abling
the stomach and digestive or-gans
to digest, assimilate and appro-priate
to theblood nud tissues nil of
the food nunirimeiit. Tones the stom-ach
niul digestive organs. Pobl
all Druggists.
by
Complete stock of fireworks; large
assortment, wholesale ami retail at
Kehnc's. He, lor sinel.
You can get your fireworks, whole-sale
and retail at Kehoe's on Hector
street.
Are You
Always Tired ?
If you feel tired and sleepy all
the time, If your sleep does not
sleep to ret yon, il you haven I
got any "go" In you or if yon have
any other symptoms or a rundown
system you Should take
This preparation is the vary
best system builder that there Is.
It will put you OS your feet again.
Ton will lose your "Don't care ii
the whole shooting mntrh goes lo
smash" feeling. You will want
to get out ami ha\o Mmethlng lo
say about II once more. Try II
Vou win not regret It
Thomas F. McCoy
Fayette St. and Fourth Avenue,
241 East Hector Street.
(Written exclusively tor the Recorder)
Philadelphia, June », 1904
'i lie siiccesi ion thai John Booth, of
Conshohocken, be appointed to nil
i he vai ancy In the Hoard ofTrui b
the Norristown Btata Ho pltal tot the
Insane, caused by the fleam of Dr.
t M. Stiles, IS an admirable OM
und II Is sincerely honed Ihai Bovsm-
OT I'ennypnckcr will lose no time in
naming Mr. Rooth. There never wns
n trustee who did so much for the In-stitution
as did Dr. Stiles Ii was one
of his many characteristics to take
Ibe deopesl iiilerest in anything with
which he was aonnsoted His affilia-tions
willi numerous public bodli
hearty enthuslnsni. his bluff and ready
manner made him a welcome a
in many places where men of deep
thought. Intelligence and ability were
saary, Dr. Btllee was ex dlngly
popular in not only his own town and
county, but throughout the Btate, and
his wise counsel, admirable MI
lions and friendly co-operation ami
advice will be sorely missed. Mr
Rooth. loo is a mnn who become*
deeply inleresled in anything with
which he becomes connected, lie is
an able nmi intelligent advocate ol
everything lending to advance public
Interests anil an enthusiast In the ad-vancement
of public enterprises.
There are few more popular men in
Montgomery County than John Booth
and Oovernor Penny-packer could
make no lietler appointment for nny
pot ilion than the naming of the enter-prising,
populnr and hard-working
Conshohocken manufacturer. Let us
hope his selection will he a matter of
only a few days.
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-All eyes are turned this week to-wards
Chicago, where the Republican
National Convention Is to be held *n
CCUrse President Roosevelt will he
nominated and In that regards the
voting will be unanimous. Hill there
will be lots of excllement Just the
•nine There Is the selection of a
candidate for vice-president, deciding
contested seats, the preparation nnd
adoption of a platform nnd the selec-tion
or a chairman of the National
Committee. And this latter selection
may be the basis of a hllter contest,
for the President nnd the parly lead-ers
are far from agreeing upon i
chairman. The eastern leaders .want
Senator Pen rose. President Roosevelt
wants his old Secretary. Heorge H.
COTtelyOU, and there Is a host of other
applicants. So there are Indications
Hint the convention might not turn out
to be the tame affair thnl was prophe-cled
by many of the newspapers. Still
n little life in the convention Is bai'dlv
likely to prove harmful to the pnrlv
or the candidates.
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Here Is a neat little story, with a
mixture of romance and politics, lold
of the late Senator Quay At the
ilose of his college course and while
still very young. Quay wenl South on
a visit to a college chum named John
firlfnn. who lived at Madison, Mil
slppl. Owing to n dlsagreemenl with
his father, Young Quay did not return
to bis home, bul remained With the
(ii iilins for a long time and became en
i aged lo his friend's sister. Elizabeth.
Fiunlly. through the financial assist-ance
of Mr. firiffin, he was enabled to
go to Texas and slnrl a newspaper,
which work be lefi ai the outbreak or
the Civil War to enter Ibe Northern
\rinv. while John firllTIn became Ibe
Colonel of n Confederate regiment
Opposing sentiment In thai greni
struggle separated the lovers and
Quay's engagement lo ICII/aheih Orif-fln
wns broken, she subsequently
marrying Owen n. Baldwin. Some
M-ars ago hard times overlook the
Baldwin family and when il came to
a question of their losing even llielr
very rooftree. Eliznlieth bethought her
of her old lover, now risen to prom-inence,
and wrote him In her hour or
need, obtaining a loan which tided
her over in her difficulties. Subseipien-ly
Quay got her appointed postmis-tress
in the little village of Canton,
Miss., which position she holds to the
present day. When Hie question or
her renppolnlment arose ,-n the outset
or Roosevelt's Administration Quay
called nl Ihe White House to inter-view
the President and was Informed
abruptly thai someone else was slnl-ed
for the place, in vain Quay's ex-planations
nnd expostulations. "What
Mi Qulty wishes |s quite Impossible:
Hie position Is promised elsewhere."
he was told. "Whereupon the senator
delivered this liltlmnlnni: "I have this
then lo say lo you. Mr. President. In
case you nie a candidate for reelee-lion
you may take your choice—either
you make iiiis appointment as I have
suggested or you lose your thirty-two
electors] votes or Pennsylvania." "Oh,
well, now, my denr sir. If It really
menns as much to you ns Hint, of
course—" and Elizabeth (liiffln Bald-
Win got her post-office.
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Many horrible stories are told, of
incidents connected with the terrible
fnle which overlook the excursion
steamer General Riorum. In New York"
but one of the most horrible story
was that told before Coroner Berry by
James Corcoran, the second mate of
I >• 11in It was in reference to a
woman, Who given birth to a child in
the no,i i ot the panic on the steam i
Ii was a sight I'll remember for a
long time. I i, in,i i or, oian "I
.iw i woman fall down on the deck.
in- • , Mi ii, to a i Mid. i wa
pinned In by the crowd, und could
Bl to her. She had not help at all;
the i pie about her were too crazy
to notice her. In a few minute- the
1 rai ked hei surrounding! and i
■ r get lip and pick up the queer-looking
little creature iii her arm1-..
"She wrapped a piece of her own
clothing about it and, sick and frigbt-li,
was, she stood there for
a minute looking about for the best
WSJ out. I finally saw her climb up
on the railing. For an Instant she
stood there, With her babe clasped In
her arms and then leaped oveiboard.
I saw idem both go down and never
BW Hiem Come up. It was the worst
thing I ever saw In my life It Is aw-ful
to think nf."
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\ Pre despataJj from Brussels last
Saturday night, said that Ihe ca
of an elephaul In th Ghent Zoological
Garden, which had to be killed wai
brought up by a local pork butcher,
who at once proceeded to transform
I In' body Into Frankfort sausages. He
Was able to manufacture no fewer
than I'.Kiin pounds or sausages, which
sold like lint cakes. The elephant's
heart, weighing in pounds, was sold
In slice- to people who bought It ou:
of curiosity. Those who partook of
the elephant flesh declared It to he ex-cellent.
I- ACTS FOR THF ITHIOUS
The lasl woman executed In Philadel-phia
was Mrs. Whltellng. who WSI
hanged June 25. 1889, for having fa-tally
poisoned her husband and two
children.
Within ten days after a muidcrei i
Sentenced to death, the Clerk of the
Court certifies the fact to the Gover-nor,
who is required to fix the date of
the execution.
This,- proofs oi birth and parentage
are required to admit an orphan to
Ciranl College. The marriage certifi-cate
of the parents; physicians certi-ficate
as to lime and place of the or-phan's
birth, also physician's certllii-cale
as lo time, place and cause of
father's dean in lieu of the above,
sworn affidavits of the surviving par-ent,
attested by Iwo reputable , itizens
may be leieived.
These calculations of physical excel-lence
of symmetry of the Ideal or per-t,-
i t woman are commonly based upon
the tatue or the Venus de Milo, as
follows: Height 5 feet, I Inches;
weight. 188 pounds; with arms exten-ded,
the distance from finger tips to
flngei tips should measure tin- .one n
Ihe height 5 feet, -"> inches; the length
Of hand should lie a tenth and ot ths
loot a Seventh of the height of the
measurement of the waist. 24 inches,
and of the bust .'14 Inches.
To the superstitious the ruby betok-ens
a cheerful mind, anil Is regarded
us a good amulet against poisons, sad-ness
and evil thoughts: also as a pre-servative
of health and having power
to admonish the wear against Irapend-
Ing dancer by changing color.
It is said thai an American dress-maker
will do three times as much
work In a day as a dressmaker in
"i ance.
There Is a grave-digging school in
Bru .1 and all candidates for the
DO i Of cton iii Belgium to be eligi-ble
must have graduated from this
vhool.
North Dakotah owns a street rail-way
ai Bismarck to carry members of
the Legalatnre to and from the capi-tal.
Hnl one cai is owned and oper-ated
in the system.
Stephen Oirard was initiated In
Lodge No. I, Free and Accepted Ma-sons,
ai Philadelphia, September 7.
1778. I luring a VlSlI lo Chill lesion. S.
i' where he bad taken his wife on ac-count
of her Illness, Qirard was made
a member or Union nine Lodge. No.
8, Ibal city, January 28, 17SS; the re,
ord refers in him as "Captain Stephen
Qirard ol Philadelphia, merchant
The census ot 1808 showed ,.
females and 684,488 males resident In
Philadelphia In the United Mates
lb,-re an 39,059,841 males and 87,1*4,-
i i , females.
By tin- records of Roninu conquest
both London nnd Paris are known
to be more than 1,800 years old. but
Ibe exact date when they w,-refounded
cannol be determined, as they were
lilst settled ill prehlStOriC limes. Geo-logists
place the time of the earth's
creation variously from 800,000 to sev-eral
millions ot years ago.
The term Strawberry Mansion was
given lo Hie building and grounds now
design i by that name many years
before they were Incorporated Into
Full-mount Park in lsi;s. The build-ing
was originally a summer residence
erected by William Lewis, a lawyer,
in the early part of the nineteenth can
tiny, and then called Sunimervllle. if
a/aa afterwards occupied by Judge
llempbill. hut abandoned as a resi-dence
about 18W, and then the prem-ises
for years was a favoiilu rcsorl
lor picnickers, who gave it the name
of Strawberry Mansion. When this
■ i of the Park was opened up in
I84W the building was turned into a
restaurant
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SNAP SHOTS
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN ITEMS
BHOBT ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
inn BOBODOH 4.CB08S THB
RlVl.H
Morris Hushen, a well known West
Bfda Resident and basket ball player
and a son of Landlord Michael Hii.sli-en.
has been awarded a gold medal for
inarkable attainment in wood-csrvlng
at the Roman Catholic High
School, Philadelphia.
A special meeting of Hie School
Hoard will lie held in the Bchool build-ing
this evening. The object of the
meeting Is to fix the tax rate. The re-cent
Indebtedness of the School Boar?
caused by having to erect the new
school has caused the Idea ot an in-creased
tax rate to spring up in the
mlndss of some of the directors.
Patrick Campbell, of Ibis borough,
died at Charily Hospital on Sunday.
He has been unable to attend to his
duties tor several weeks past, owing
to the rupturing of a blood vessel. He
was confined to his lied for some
time, but recovered sufficiently to go
about. Lasl week he became worse
and was taken to the hospital, where
he was found to be suffering from a
complication of diseases. The funeral
services will be held from his- late
home on Thursday. The interment
will lie In St. Matthew's Cemetery. De
ceased Is survived by a wife and sev-en
children.
Pastime had sweet revenge on Sat-urday
afternoon, when they wiped out
the sting of defeat given them at the
hands of the Highland Athletic Club,
of Roxborough. a few weeks ago. by
turning the table. Score 18-7. Pas
time was strengthened by the pres-ence
of F.d Harrison, a veteran play-er,
at third base. Both teams played
fine ball and the game was a revela-tion
lo the popular Pastime In this
borough. A large attendance was
present and ropes were introduced as
suggested in this column last week.
and to say the lest, the game was 100
per rent, better and no one encrouched
on Hie catcher's territory, hindering
blm from doing Justice to himself and
team, and no unpleasant episode.; put-ting
the crowd back, occurred.
One week from to-day the happiest
and most Joyous season of the year
to the hearts of the school children will
he here—vacation. For two hundred
, ays the boys and girls have struggl-ed
through the hardships of tedious
studying and the approach of a two
months rest la heralded with delight
and happy thoughts of Idleness. Td
the graduates the close of the school \v
term has a graver meaning. To them
It is the beginning of aneweraln their
lives and is looked upon wiah much
more seriousness. Yet to each and
everyone the ending of the school
term brings Its Joys and pleasures.
The Polish people of our borough
had a joyous feast lasting from Sat-urday
afternoon until last night. The
happy event was the celebration of
a wedding which took place on Sat-urday
evening. The crowd that had
assembled In the neighborhood of the
old "Farm House," blocking traffic.
In their eagerness to get a glimpse of
the bridal party would hush to silence
some of the like occasions that stir so-ciety's
realm along the fashionable
Main Line. After the ceremony began
the feast. The strains of music and
toe patter of the merry dancers could
be heard continuously until a late
hour on Sunday. No underhanded
work was shown In the serving of re-freshments,
as the front lawn was
used as the dining room. There were
no fights, which generally terminate
such festivities and the Justice of
peace nor the county either are any
the richer.
A night of pleasure was enjoyed* by
a crowd of twenty person* who left
this borough about 7.80 o'clock or.
Saturday evening In the large hay-wagon
owned Irvln Fulmer, of Gulf
Mills, bound for Ihe home of Harry
Real, of Wayne. Upon the arrival of
the party they were met by a large
party of young folks who had been In-vited
by Mrs, Beal. All Jollied In
Merry making and the spacious lawn.
lighted with Japanese lanterns and
presenting a very pretty scenery, was
the scene of Joyous rlvelry until near
eleven o'clock when Hie party repaired
to the dining room and partook of a
bounteous repast consisting of all the
delicacies of the season After satls-fylng
Ibe Inner mnn all returned to
the parlor where music and games
were Indulged III to the heart's de-light
of every one present. About two
o'clock the Conshohocken contingent
•tola away from the beautiful suburb-
BS town in all the quietness possible,
well pleased wllh Ihe visit Among
those present Included persons from
Burlington, N. j.; PhoenlxvlUe, Clif-ton
Heights, Wsyne, Roxborough, and
this borough.
AN ALARM CLOCK FOR "5c.
If you want to get up early and feel
pood all day take a Little Early Riser '
or two at bed time. These famous lit-tle
pills relax the nerves, give quiet
rest and refreshing sleep, with a gen-ii,-
movement of the Itowels about
breakfast lime w II 11,,well. Hous-ton.
Tex., says "Early Risers are the
best pill made for constipation, sick
headache, biliousness, etc." Sold by
all I u ii.-i-i :t-
All the parks are open and crowded
v, iv day and evening.
(Continued on 4tli Page.)
Dr. J. B. MAHN,
DENTIST,
69 Fayetle Street,
Bell Phone 61 W. Hours 9 A. M. to
9 P. M. Electricb.1 Equipment