The Conshohocken Recorder, September 22, 1896

              &l)c €oiisl)oljockcn ftccortcr.
NO. 15 | I
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
CON8H0HOCKEN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1890. i']JX) PEW IEAB
TOPICS OF TWO TOWNS
HMM "i literati cnacerataf llic people lh-1
Wl knnn in hnlh llornuxhs.
Other chat.
M -■ I) aa ' •'Brleti la Ihe guest ol Mr.
Thomas tfovlns, Orange, Now Jersey,
Ba I Roberts Is just i wring from
a severe .III.I ik ol neuralgia ID the u
Ml Katie Wilson of Turtle Creak, Al-legheny
County, (ma visiting Mends bare,
Batui
The i nl lain storms have washed
deopgull i Poplar street and Spring
Mlllsvei
Yesterday's bedgei pubUahod a out ol
Ken i 9 Sheppardand an abstract from
thosonnonhe ajpaobodon Sunday morn
Ing,
I odertaknr .1 P Uoore 1- an onl husl.
astic dlaolple ol Izaak Walton, and nan
ul Ij be seon emptying the 1 Ivej ol
hah.
The westhor d tpartmenl says thai Bun
day and Momlaj wore il aides! Septein
bar 80th and 31sl we have had foi twenty
jn u
•I - and L.iiT'iiy have Ived the
oontiaot I ■■■■ 1 two, 11 story, brloU
dwelling houses for Louis Boharff, at
Spring Mill,
Jo iph Wllfong'acarriage was wrecked
near the foot of Fayotto Btreol on Satur-day
evening by a Scheldt's brewery team
colliding with it.
The rain storm oausod a poatponenienl
of the shooting matah on the grounds of
the Washington Gun Club from Saturday
afternoon until next Saturday.
Mi-. Samuel Roberta bad a number of
1»>tt• 11 plants that she valued very highly.
On Friday nlghl some tnlsoreanl visited
her front yard and stole all of them.
Daniel ES, Lewis preached at the First
Baptial Churahi morning and evening,
inday. Mr. Lewis will go to Ore
-■•■■■ii Seminary to-morrow.
Rlegera Brewer) and the Inter,
William Wood in some Conshohooken
propurty "ill be sold by Sheriff Johnson in
theConrl House, Norrlatown, onWednee
day afternoon.
The woods meetings of st. John's A. M.
I'.. Churob, in Comfort's woods, wore
brought to a oloee on Bunday evening,
They werevery mini imifnl attraottng quite
a number of peoplo Interested in religion.
The rain storm on Saturday evening In
terfered Bomewhal with the attendance of
the n ting of 1 ii.- Bryan and Bewail Club
in tin-A. <>. II. Hall Edward Stearns of
Philadelphia, rnade the principle address,
K. J. W. Luoas, of Philadelphia, batter
known as "Chiok," who acquired consid-erable
reputation In this oonntry ass
wrestler, is now located In thlavloinlty
and following his trade as a paper bmigcr
and painti'r.
John s Blpple appraised for the Queen
Insura Company the lose to Prank
Burns' house, destroyed by iii" on Thurs-day,
Barry Martin appraised (01 the
Union [nauranoe Company, the Ion on
tin' adjoining house.
Messrs. Woodward and Moore decided
Mot t.i oolleel the borough and school
taxes forthls year, arrangements have
therefore been rnade with John J. Meyers
to take out the duplicate. n.» expect* to
be ready for business next Monday
8a 1 Williams who wasremoved late-ly
from hi- home on Seventh avenue to
the Enlaoopal bospltal, Philadelphia, bad
an abdominal ooeration performed on Bun-day,
il- was greatlyImproved yesterday,
and there is much hope or his ultimate re
oovery.
About ii."i members of Washington
Camp visited Washington Camp ol Nor.
rlstownon Friday evening. The mem-bers
went via the trolley. 8| heswere
made by It. T. s. Hallowell, John Keel,
i". II. Cay, Eooofa Eddleman, Jesse Fa-mous
and others. After the oamp had
oloseda banquei was given the members
and visitors a) the Ouster restaurant
Dr. Schaifer, the superintendent of pub-lic
Ins) t ion. baa Issued ■ proclama-tion
appointing Friday, October 18, as
autumn arbor day, and earnestly urging
directors, superintendents, teachers and
pupils in observe th.- day with appropriate
exerauMB, both by the planting ol trass
and the dissemination or Information on
the growth and can of trees and their
value to present and future generations,
A ne ■ has ' D arranged by
the Si'iniyiUiil Vallej Traction Company
that went Into effect yesterday, The oars
will leave Hector and Fayette street ovary
half hour, on the hoUf and half hour.
These oars will ran direct to the hospital
Instea 1 ol to 0 illegevilleas Formerly, The
Collegevllle oars will ran In ETorrlstown bo
Walnul street Instead ol to thoout off The
,: lor this borough leaves Morris
town a 1 11.18 p. in , and the las! for tfor
rlstown leaves this borough at twelve
o'clock midnight.
"There Is no way ol being really sure
that yon get fresh aid a Hector
street man, who likes an egg every morn
Ing for his breakfast, "unless you take
them warm from the nest as anon as the
hens announce with loud oachlnnations
thai they havo arrived, I wai In th 1
country .-.-< yeai In Sept tn-r T y
kept .. r at M in' op] re
I was bad really fresh
eggs. Bui people who hong
later in tin sensou • ml.1 nol be iure ol do-ing
theK ' '. 'I don'l sell man
now,' th< . "nun of the house oohflded to
me. 'Eggs are verj oheap. Arooud
Thanksgiving time I can gi t Woontea
dozen for them, so I am saving until then.
[puUKafewegg ■ sryday.' That was
s.'|if^^fc,'i. an 1 Thanksgiving oomes the
huu^Bti i,f Nio-.'intii'i. when thenelgh-borssWn
buy ipiantitios of No
Mr and Ura. Samuel Meredith are \ is
- Carlyle.
Mi M K Bteraple Is oonftned to ha
home by slol
Tho mills of the Alan Wood Company
are running this week,
Miss 1. le MeNan la Improving hat
Paj otto ii. >: proport],
Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Field are visiting
relatives In Manunka Chunk.
John II. Btoniplo, Jr.i Is spmidlng a two
weeks raoation touring the State.
The tool ball season will open ai Oak*
view I1.,! .. Norrlatown, on October 8d.
Henry Baumgard has secured a poeitki
a- moulder, at Win. T. Bate & Bool
foundry.
In the rivei acrose from the water mill,
i 1-1 above the bridge, i- an excellent apol
for oarp.
Miss Martha Ely has removed from 61
Fayette Btreel to Fourth avenue, Deal
Maple -
Letters testamentary In the estate ol
U bael Wall have 1 n granted to Mai
garel and Kate Wall.
John Wood, -li's SohoylklU Iron
Poundrj resumed operatlous yesterday,
after a weeks stoppage.
Councilman Richard ll. Bate has had
cement walks laid about his residen 1
Pourth avenueand Harry street
Mr. ami Mrs. Joss,' Wilson, of Phila-delphia!
« former resident of this borough,
were visiting Mends here on Bunday,
Roberts has purchased a lot on
Payette street and Tenth avenue 840 by
ISO feetfrom Juslah F, Jones, for 18800
James G. Jones has returned home
from 1 two weeks trip to Washington,
D. C. 1 and Norfolk and Winchester, \'a.
Miss Annie R. Simmons, of St. Glair,
Schuylkll] Bounty, has returned holm
from a ten days visit to Mrs Isaac Staley,
Jr., of Eighth aveii ie.
Win. T. Hate ,v Son haven Ived the
contract to furnish the oast-iron columns
and bason tor supporting the new building
of the Norrlstown Wire Works.
A eiuuinission in lunacy yesterday deoi
ded that James Houlihan was Insane, and
in- was removed to the insane asylum, Kx-olgarotte
smoking oauaed the loss
ol his mind.
The Ladles Relief Corps ofRoxborough,
visited the Ladles Auxiliary of Qeo.
Smith Posl at the Post room last evening.
Following the Imslnees meeting an enter
tainmenl was given ami a banquet.
Rev. Alfred R. Taylor, of Portsmouth!
o., was the guest over Bunday of Rev.
and Mis. Herbert J. took. Mr. Taylor
la a flue reader anil greatly assisted in the
Sunday service at Calvary Church.
All the drug Btorea In the borough have
eg 1 to close every evening exoept Bat
arday at nine o'clock, between October 1
and May 1. 1897, and will 1 losfld on
Sundays from midday to II o'eloek p. in.
John Itiley.of Manayiink. ha- purchased
the good wijl ami lixlures or the Consho-hooken
Hotel and Restaurant, at the Fool
ol Payette street, from Michael J. Foley,
on private terms. The Court transferred
the license yesterday.
I In- strc-t committee signed thecontract
lasteveving with Alfred Nobllt to crush
the stones at Third and Spring Mill nvon
osa, Mr. NobUthasmenat work nowget-ting
the stone ready fot the crusher Ho
win begin orushlng In about a week.
B, 0. Potts sued the BohuylkUl Valley
Traction Company yesterday before Justice
Smith and got judgement in default of tho
appearan if any of 11 ousels of the
company. .Mr. Potts wanted the oompany
to put ma crossing ai Cedar Grove wher,,
the trolley tracks cross on tho Consho
bocken pike. The company refused to
do so, Mr, Potts had It put in at his ex
pense and sued lor theamount of the bill.
WBST CONSIIOtlOCKEN
John Havener and family me visiting
in lillthlieville.
Rev. T. 0. Brewater Is conflned to his
home by sickness.
John Flannlgan, ol this borough, la vis-iting
In -New York.
Hiss Meggs, of Downingtown, la visit
log Mrs. T. K. Amhler. of this borough.
It. Frank Cox, wife ami son. of Marple,
spent Sunday with relatives in this bor-ough
Mrs. Billman, of Brooklyn, N. v.. is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Aaron Merklo, of
this borough.
Daniel Kin/.ic of Half Mills is slowly
recovering from a paralytic stroke ro-
Oelved on Thursday of last a k.
A large number from this borough at-tended
the funeral of William Crawford.
OH Sunday, which took place from his mi
Idenoe in Philadelphia.
Jeannette, two-months-old duughtor of
Arthur and Harriet Garess, died Sunday
ol summer oomplalnt. Funeral tble af-ten
11 from the resldenoe of the grund-parcnts.
Joseph and Nellie Unless. Iu-t
■uncut ai Gulf oemetery.
The coroncis Inquest to Investigate the
death of William S. Crawford, aged four
years, who was killed on Wednesday by
a trolley ,-ai in I'liiladelphhi, was he I, I on
I'II.lay. The jury censured the I'lilon
Traction Company (or nol having a proper
fend 1 the ear.
1 ind Irs. 8. Q udon Bmyth gave a
1 1 ptiou to a number of
the friends of their daughter, Marion, on
Friday evening, ilany of the parents of
■ i,.:ks were present. Th - guests
were: .Mr. and .Mis. JosephC Crawford,
ih, A t lull in and Winifred Craw-
I01 I, 1 1 and Mi-. James I!. Holland.
Wluifrad and Bnmette Holland, Mr. and
Mrs. -I ihn B Light, George L'ght, Mr.
el Mi- John Knox ana Nellie Knox,
Mi and Mrs. Win. Ma, achy, Harry
Miiconiichy, Mr. an I Mis ,1a a Morrl-
Bon, Marion ami Fanny Morrison, Mr.
and Mrs. Miitou Nuss, George Nuas, Mr.
THE OLD SWEDE CHURCH
The above Oil is kindly furnished the RHOORDuby Howard I). Ross, of Wilmington; It was used in his his-tosryofthe
DeHnven family, recently issued. The sketch of the church in the RECORDER of the 18th, suggested to
M 1. Ross that perhaps many of the readers would like to see a cut of the famous building.
inulMrs Harry Messenger, Jr. Mr. and
Mm.John G. Gardner1 Ethel awl George
I on ilncr. Miss Clara Marklcy. Mr. Fred,
l!l« iiiinhiill, -Miss LlStle K ht, Miss
Th aa .Meyers. MadeUne Meyers, Miss
Miittin White. Mrs. I.I//.I,. Skeen. Graoo
Sk.'cn, Misses Fanny and Kiln M.H.TC.
MlasS Mogee and Miss Klrkpattiek, of
Ni>i ristowii.
Flghllnx the Battles Over Again
I'ln1 t'.'ttii Pennsylvania Regiment
Viiliinte.'is Association held their annual
ri'ii nion on Wednesday, Thursday and
Fri«l»yof bust week at Fraderlcksburg
unit t'lianei'llorsvllle In Virginia.
'I'liiiri-trlinenl was r.vruited In Chester.
Pelamra and Montgomery counties, ami
ihei-earo n niiiuher of the members of the
MB* 'cliilUin living In this vicinity.
Mi. John Hugh Is a 1 nberofthe ex-ivut-
ivocommittee of the association, and
ittaaoded the reunion, ht oompany with
liis trite, Misa Anna Hurry, Mrs. Smedloy.
Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison and Jos>
i'ph <'. Jonos.
In OOPvenation with n representative of
tat ltKi'oi:i>Ki:. Mr I'ngh told of his trip.
T ticy arrived at Frederickslnug at noon
on Wednesday, In the afternoon they
drove ovar the battle Beld of Prederioks-
MngC. ThetombOf Mary Wiisliiiigton, the
motlliTof (ioorgo WuHlilugten, was visi-
Utl: nswi-lla.s the place where the general
tine NV a silver dollnr across the river into
the t on. In the maaonlo hall, where the
liKlg«' nuMitsof which General WiLshlngtoii
was aluoiulier, is the bible 00 which he
took, the inasonli' obligation*
TiioNiiiionai BoldlersCemetery of Frod-orlulcaburK
wan exceedingly interesting.
In It 15.243 soldiers are burled ; of this
lingo iiriny the names ure known of only
'.'"43, 12,500 are of the unknown dead.
Otx Thursday tho association hold its
litinii ICSH meeting at Hooker's lleadipiar
fan ■ >II tho hattletiold of Chancellorsvillo.
Col. I Imvli-y was elected I'resident. Hen
jamlvi llrook, vlco president: C. P. K h,
sn-ri-tiiiy: .loseph IlollingHWortli, troasur-i'i,
ai ul ltov. Mr. Kvans (luiplaiii.
A Inixo map of the battlefield Was hung
mi t ln< si.lc of the building, and Mr.
I'.li-ii nlinll explained in detail the three
days <k»|H>rate lighting on the ground
vvlii'H-tliey were now vlsitluy;. The regi-iiiciit
JHUSHIHI through this <'iiui|>aigu ami
had it*share of tho desperate lighting.
In driving over the battlefield, thoasso-
1 iatiim ini't General Lacy, tho owner of
oitousive farms in that vicinity. Ho had
serviMl In the Confederate army, and took
the visitors to the place whore Stonewall
.lat'ks^on 1 iviil his inortiil wound, and
tolil of his last ri-oonnoitoting expedition.
A monument lias been ereoted where be
wan laiihiirsed.
Fit«til)' was spent In visiting the luittle-llclds
in tin' vicinity of Fri'dcricksluiig.
wlicrt - soiue of the bhHKllcst Imttloaof the
war ^of« fought. On Suturday tho visit-ore
vlowixl Arlington (emotery. Fort
Mi'j'ox-s and the other dofonsives, and the
public: buildings and noteworthy sites of
Washington, arriving homo lute on Satur-day
c V''l ill|4.
Tho next reunion will bo hold at l'a-oll,
011 September 20th.
Tin; It. H. Newbold A Son Iron works
of Noarlslown. 011 Saliirdiiy poHt.il ano-tio
, >f on eight per cent, reduction in
wiucsi iiffeetlng V<T> eiii|iloyeos. The
anuiiii it will bo restored us SIKIII as trade
oiimlitioiit, warrant it.
Tln» 103il anniversary of tho Schwouk
folders will lie held T'liursday. In the
Worcester church. Sorvieee for 1
ami abfteriiooD, as usual. The speakers
rm ilia - iK'ciusinn will includ* Prof. Chester
1). Ilii riiauft. of Hartford, Conn.
■veiffcedf Sara
Tltftt Vli<< iviiH'-iiinl hrnndy lit lie- BoeSr N ■'.
M'lhi'C*, , I'a .sin,-, ,\, .1.. are IcailiilK nil ••tilers
in iniiti ii-tiivor. Their Bnwdlca are UIWSI alii d
r.ir deli «-4n-y ol Oliver, mid BIS pronoun,',! hy
iii-mi.-*t lapuid,' fudges to batba varybaatln
tin- inarkll. while llii-lr line 111,1 Port iinU tic
fiiimn t,,l (irii|ir .liiire ur,' auperioff to all
othvi forth* sick room and Goron Ion table,
l-',»r|i,ir«- niiipe liriiutly llu-ir Old Ciniiix. vint-ii
«, 1S7H. isailiiiillcl the IM-HI i„l„. hii.1. Viii.-"
ynnlaik<l ii'lliir.-at I'ICWUIIC, N.J.
Prod. I Hlooinhall wnlches. clocks,
jewelry and s| tacle repairing and en
KravhiK. Ooeapesi and IK'HI. Opposl-tlM'l'.
»st (Ullcc.
LOCAL SPORTING NEWS
Items of Interest fo the admirers of Wheeling
and Hasc Ball, with some
pointers for all.
Base Ball Budget.
The If lyersford Hase Hall Club claims
to have held the obamplonshlp of Mont-goinery
county for several years, and
questions the right of the Conshoho'ken
Olubtothal title. To prove to whom It
really does belong these two teams will
play at tlakview Park. Norrislown, on
Saturday aftci noon, Septemlier Slith. The
game has been arranged ae a benaflt
game for the players of our local olnb -all
the prot Is to he divided among them.
Reserved sent tickets will be twenty-five
'cut-, and g nil admission tickets llf-
Icei nts. Our boys have made an ad-mimlile
record, this season, and are de-serving
„r big patronage on tbnt day.
Tickets should -ell like hot eakos. aa no
doubt they will. livery lovor of good,
genuine ha.se hall should turn out on that
day and give the team plenty of encour-agement,
both by their ptoaanoe and their
enthusiasm. Tickets.-ire for sale al the
cigar stores of William Mctioveiii and
Daniel K. Press and Son, and all the
members of the team are well supplied.
Oar Joy ha- turned to sorrow,
our bapoinesa to imf,,,
inir visions all have tur 1 to IIUHKIII.
since ■ lint unlucky rain.
Poor Ijiugliery has ««MMI lo mnilr,
ind all tin. i.oys took bine,
Ami Bambo prayed bofora the rain
Kor nnollier run or two. * * hut nil'
We'll lake our dose, Ihe jiK i- up.
We've met our Hint defeat,
Hut about thirty to three will he lie- MOTS
The inuct line both teams in,-el.
Thoro is sorrow throughout tho length
an I Ineadth ivf our iHirougb from the ut
teriiuist oonnnes of Connanghtown to
I'enn Jones' brlek yatil, and from the
river to tho reservoir. Tho tears of tho
Third ward sports are shod In tho same
cause as those of tho First ward belles.
The Conshohooken linso Bull Club mot
Its Hist defeat, and that, too, from a club
that Is hardly In the game with tho locals.
Still It was defeat, nevertheless, and we
will have to submit to tho luovltnble.
That three-ply smile has flitted from
Malinger l.ouglicry's physiog iv. Cup-tain
Itaiuho looks as and as a Fiji Islander
with seventeen mothers In-lnw. King
• leCloskey now walks around iu a trance.
Joe tirth has lost his speech, little Dick
Clinton keeps up bis spirits by practicing
now jigs and dancing the couch incline
to inveigle Johnny Lyons and Dick Blake
from crying. Will Suppli-o is as mail as a
March hare In n frozen corn Held, Trhks
Mechuii Is as silent as the grave.
The Clinton athletic Club, of Philadel-phia,
has won the distinction of being the
llrst club to de-rout tho CoiiBhohoekon
team, and tho defeat Is attributable to a
number of tiufoiluiiute circumstances,
principal among which Is tho fact that a
heavy rain came up In tho seventh Inning
while the Conshohooken ten iu wore bat-ting
their end of the inning, and with tho
-'on standing six to live, one man on
base, ouo out and Joe Drth at the but, the
game was called. Had the seventh In-ning
been finished even the locals would
have cither tied the score or heat and a
full game meant a sore victory for C'on-sholiocken,
Tho team was Imdly crippled to play
bull. Will Supple wus accidentally
■piked on the light ankle, Injuring the
bone, hut the plucky halsinen continued
Io play. King McCloskey was Ht ruck di-rectly
over the heart with one of those
terrible straights of pitcher JoetJourtneys,
and for awhile it looked as If our great
catcher was going to sleep, but plenty of
rubbing and timely assistance brought
him around. John Lyons hail a very sore
hand, ami altogether the locals were badly
used up, but managed to play good ball
all urotiml.
Aa for the visitors they have a great
battery, Joe Courtney Is an admirable
pitcher and MeCorniiek Is n good man be-hind
the bat The Clinton Is one of the
hest amateur teams Iu Philadelphia, and
backed by one of the head men Iu the big
-polling house of A. O. Spaldlng A Bros.,
Philadelphia.
Tho full soon of Saturday's game fol-lows:
Conshohooken, it. II. o. A. K.
Blake, ef 0 3 10 0
Meahan, 3b 1 t 3 o 3
Lyons rl t i l o o
Supples, 8b l l o 0 0
Orth, p l 3 1 0 1
Rambo, if o o t o o
MoCloskey, c 0 1 5 0 0
Waldi'on, lb 0 0 10 0 0
Clinton, as l l o 3 l
Total B 11 31 2 4
Clinton A. c. It. 11. (1. A. E
Crawford. 3b.... ....0 11 1 0 0
Courtney, p ....i 1 0 0 0
Soiitherlaiid, If... ....i 0 Ii II 0
MeCann, ss ....3 0 1 0 0
MoCormlok, o... ....() 1
0
I
4
1
0
0 1
0
0
Lynch, rf ....0 0 0 0 1
droves, lb . ..1 1 II 0 0
Dougherty rf ....1 1 0 0 0
(1 7 HI 0 4
1 3 It 4 8 0 r
Conshohooken, :f 10 0 0 0 1—fi
Clinton, A. C„ 0 0 3 4 0 o o-fl
BICYCLE BRIEFS
It costs more to keep a liicycle lii repall
than it does to keep an old girl looking
young.
Tho icicle will soon supeisedo tho bloy
They hang men for stealing wheels In
Arizona.
Do not (lerjuro yourself by swearing by
your eycloniotor.
The rubber band ernzo baa struck Con-ahohooksn
in earnest. When you ride
along the stiiHit and think a pinning mill is
hack of you, don't got scared It is only
a rider with several rubber hands on his
wl I.
These moonlight nights, In the woods of
the fair riders, are "just delicious" for rid-ing,
and each night throngs of riders on
their silent si Is arc out.
The drug men ar ijoylug a nourishing
tiade iii rubber bands which is ocoasioned
by tho fad of Stringing them over tho frame
Of a wheel in order to produce the musical
tone one hoars when u cyclist rides peat.
Saturday's storm caught a groat many
riders unprepared.
A Dumber of young ladles who had rid
den to the Palis wore compelled to return
by train.
T. F. .McCoy and Frank Messinger
started 00 Sunday on a two weeks bloy.
cle tiip through the southern |uirt of the
state. The t'onshohockon Wheelmen a.
eompnnied then as far us Downingtown
Foot Ball
Tho llrst game of tho season was played
on the Pioneers grounds, Ninth avenue
and Forrest street, on Saturday, batman
tho Pioneer's second and the Millwanl A.
A. of Conshohooken. Tho score was .33
to 0 in favor of the Pioneer's second. The
lino up was as follows.
Millwanl A A. Pioneer's Second
H. Shaw Full Bock Shore
Dorr it. Tackle.... II. Beaver
Horn It. End Irvln
Herrod It. Uuard Ferrler
Lobb H. Half Back... .Bennet
O'Brien Quarter Buck Miller
Kay Center Ftobthsoo
Albright I.. Half Back.... Veroos
Sent man |.. (luunl ('. Bennett
Williams I, End E. Baavei
BUTk I.. Tackle Clen
Touchdowns E. Beaver, 3, Verooo 1;
Shore 1; Irvln 1: tloaJs, Custard 1
He sure Vou arc Kichi
4nd then go ahead. If your blood i« Impute,
yoliriippelile fllililiK. your nerve* weak, yon
limy lie sure Unit II..oil- Nnranimrilln IK what
you need. Then take no sillistltllte. Insist
u| Bood'a and only Rood's This laths
iii,-dli-l,u- which luis the latin-st stiles In Ihe
world. flood'.i Hnrnii|iarllli! In II"' One 'I rue
Blood Pnrlaar.
H.MMI'H I'lllnaru prompt, efllelenl, alwav. re-liable,
eu-y lo lake, easy to o]>criitc.
DR. CLAItK V. llll.K. Dentist.
Cnn-iioii-i ol H iMkiii'-i-
The following i-a'i ah-tia.-t .da sermon
preached on Sunday i olng al tho Con
abohookeo Presbyterian Ch h bj th
pastor, the Rev, John p, Bheppard, his
text being, "When I am weak, then am
I strong" || Corinthians, \ii. 10.
Pad's thinking Is vigorous and
veiing. lie thinks bis subject oul
full conclusion, so lie commands It Then
his uttnranoH is brief, cleai and ooneluslve,
ihn text is easily rei bered, easily on
'I'lsl I, ever ready for use in actual life,
wher,. n j, constantly i dedl. Men are
■•weak." inn most men do not know It In
human knowledge 01 powerthe Ibnltatlone
are soon found. In moral eliaiat l.i all
sorts of temptations have theli vletlms
easily mad,I. 11 od is perfect In power In
every way. True heli,",,.is. oonsolousol
their weakness, ii.,1 trcngthens with His
strength, and the world has th" great |oy
of having men in it who arc through the
grace of Crod, not weak, but strung.
PlBt «2' '• "weak'' men, those Apos-tles.
They turned the world upside down
as to Its reason for doing things a- to ii-oustoms,
thought and suns, Ouroentury
has witnessed nuirvelloiis changes In what
is calhil progress, made largely by new in-ventions.
Themachln powered bo do
its work by steam 01 electricity gets done
what man-unaided never could baveai i-plishcd.
In pioduciiiui and distribution,
witness liettor houses, choi • and more
abundant food, better and more varied
slothes, oonveya booki and papers,
linger liusiness. We have iii t his. progress
;i and better of what men have ever
hud—food, raiment, shelter, intelligence.
pleasures, but no essential ohangea are
wrought iu n. Ihe earnest are helped
in their schemes, and so are others. Hen
themselves remain anohanged. The Apos-tles
of Jesus, these "weak" II. sought a
higher sphere of effort Men trereohanged
Convicted of error in belief, of folly and
wickedness In life, they were stirred to
seek a better way. They ceased to be
dead and I nine alive, or gave up living
to the flesh and began to live to the spirit.
They realised thelractusl itate andbeoi
new men iii Christ Jesus. No men by elc-picnce,
by philosophy, byofflolalauthority
could huve di what the Apostlosdld.
Sc I. llow the Apostleswere humble
mill modest men, doing nothing themselvei
hut as directed by God and made ably by
Ills power. They had poWOI I ausereal-i/.
ing their human Inability to be or to do
anything they consented to beoo the In-striuiieiits
of tiod. Th".v wNughl miraeles
of healing, spoke in oilier tongues, under
stood Jesus and i he Qospel, testified to the
truth before all classes, hut all in Ihe exor-cise
of "gifts" not of talent m pels, I
power. There ure higher things than
"gifts." What a man is. la more inipoi
lunt than what he achieve-.. Tospoak in
other tongues, to know mysteries, is not so
great a thing us to have charity 01 love.
(I Cor., xiii, I: St. Luke x. SO ) The gia-clous
qualithw of liclicvci ~ are wrought in
t li.'in not by force of will. DOT are they the
result of training, inn by the Holy Bplrlt
of trod. Power 1.1 do. The splendid re
cord of achievement of Paul Be explains
ihn-: "I can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me." The believers ol
to-day have the greatest opportunity the
Church has ever bad. It Isountogive
Ihe Gospel lo all the world; it is ours lo
change the customs, aims ami though Is of
tho wicked world till its vices, unbelief and
relicllioii against God shall he no inoic.
"Who tt sufficient for these things?" Wt
realize our weakness learn by this wherein
is our strength. Our strength is in the
living tiod. "All things arc possible to
him tbnt helievcth.''
Power to endure. Hostile governments
can persecute, but they oannot oonquei
men who have God's strength wlthtl
The hardness of per.-.'culjoii calls out tin
words of our text. Remember In reoenl
months 60,000 Armenians, poor, untaught,
helpless, have metdeath In testimony ol
their faith. They could huv saved them-selves
by professing Mohaan Iiinisin.
"We arc slaughtered all the day long.
Nay, in nil these things, we are more thai
coiiipierers through Him that loviil us."
[Philadelphia Ledger,
Hugh Mansfield Seriously Hurt
Hugh Mansfield, aged 10 years, a SOU ol
John Mansfield Ol Spring Hill, was aerl
ously Injured In the picker room of II. C.
Jones A- Co. on Saturday morning.
No one hut Mansfield knows how the
accident occurred. Joseph Dempesv, who
works In the game room with Man-Held,
noticed about half past -even o'clock that
the belt running the blower was broken
ami not seeing Mansfield In the room,
thought thai he had gone aftsi bell laoes
to repair the break. As he ilid not return
in tho course of a few minute-. Llempsey
started iu search of him, and almost fell
over his body on the Hour mar Ids ma-chine.
There WSJ a large lump on his
forehead and another one on the back of
his head, and blood WSS pouring from his
mouth and ears, lie was removed In the
office where he r Ived medical attention,
ami was subsequently removed to Charitg
Hospital.
It was at llrst thought that he would not
live lo reach the hospital, hut last night
the physician reported bopOS of Ids recov-ery.
The accident. It Is supposed, was -
by Manslield slipping just aa he was shift
ing a belt, and thus fulling upon the belt
ami by ii thrown against ■ shaft and tho
machine he was operating.
In-i-t on bavins|Ust what vou .nil fot whl u
you go to imy tlood's Baraaparllla the one
True I(IO(HI Purifier And nerve toilie.
Alarm clocks. That will never fail to
wake you, will keep lime. Warranted
live years. Bloomhall the watchmaker.
THE TOWNSHIP NEWS
i|.i|i|Kiiiic.'. and liuiih-nts In various parts
ol the outlying districts
surrounding us.
PLYMOUTH
A very large and inlelligeid audience
completely ailed the Plymouth United
Evangelical Church on Sunday evening to
listen to the-| lal programme which had
been prepared. The recitations by the
■uics and lini-ic iii chaigos of Mr,
riuiina- While. Jr.. were nil exeellenlly
rendered, the chinch altar and platform
.vol.- profusely deoorated with in abun
' fruits and vegetable,. || Mac
ii"ii which was for mis-ion, amounted to
|10.0&
The l.ovolt residence ill Hhkolyl.evil
was crowded on Saturday evening by
friends of the family from ConsholKM'ken.
Norrlstown and the Rails, of course a
royal good time was had by all. Among
the guests were Mr. end Mrs. it. Plynn,
! '•• 'Ii"' May. Mi Mary NVhalen,
Jennie vVbalen, Jennie DoUard, Kiln and
Jennie White, Aggie Morris. May Barry,
Margaret benaban, Messrs. Francis Klun-
Igan, Ed. Delabanfy, Tom Delahanty,
John Redmond, Thomas Ward, James
Qulgley, Mi. and Mis. Muck, Noi i JstOH n:
>Ii. and Mis. (luigiei ami Miss M. (Julg-ley.
SPHIN0 MILL
1 oroner Kurtz was summoned to'Spring
Mill Thursday after) io Investigate
the sudden death of Mr-. Geoelts Cum-mer,
aged B1 years.
Wednesday morning n young Ind passed
her house, which is an old dilapidate!
structure, and Stopped to strike a match
on lb" fence. The action on the purl of
the youth appeared to make the old lady
angry for she Inn lialely rushed at the
boy wl immenced to run. She followed
but bad not gone twenty yards before she
fell dead.
The coroner held an Inquest which re-sulted
in a verdict that death was due to
paralysis of the heart.
THri MERI0NS
A mass i ting of the citizens of Lower
Merlon township, In the interest or sound
oi y and of a Protective tariff, will be
held at the Masonic Hall, ardmore, Sat-urday
evening at 8 o'clock. Hon. John
Wansmaker, Hon. Irving p. fvangerand
other distinguished speakers will address
the meeting.
During the fire at Frank Bums' ho
Bwedeland, on Thursday, his bee! suit of
clothes, a gold watch and chain were
stolen. During the night a Dumber of
window frames and d s. that had been
saved, arare also stolen.
Penllyn
Mrs. Harry Reed, of Philadelphia, vis-
Ited Mrs. F. !•:. Bond.
Mr. Waylaid Manning, of Massachus-etts,
and Hiss Marie Hlgginaon, of Phila-delphia,
were married on September IS,
al noon, ai the reside! if Mr. and Mr-.
J. M. Dunne.
Mrs. \V. II. Druyton ami daughters
have returned from Europe.
Mr. Hopkins ami Miss [{efforts, of Phil.
adolphin, have I n guest- of.Mr B. O.
Nathans.
Fort Washiujlon
Mi— Alice I!. Carlos, of MorrisviUo.
s|»'tit last Sunday at homo
Mr. S. K. Worrell. Miss Nellie Wor-rell
and Mr. T. (i. Nice were in Cettys-burg
during iii" week.
Mr. and Mrs. William It. Conard, of
Philadelphia, s|>ent n few days with Mr.
Miii-ri Conard.
Mi— Lena IJollwiigon and Mrs. ("has.
Ili'ieinaii. of New York, and Mrs. A. .1.
Pass, ol Kciuictt Square, have been guests
of Mr. and Mi- Itcorge llcrrman
WHITEMARSH
The woods aie assuming theii autumn
glory, and ar rtainly cliiinning.
Montjtomcrv County's Teachers' Institute
The tfontg ry County Teachers' in-stitute
will meet in the Open House.
Pott-town, I'loln ( letober ill to tho 30th.
This will lie the llrst time it has mot
there in three years. among the In-structors
engaged are Professor M. O.
Brumbaugh, principal ol the Normal
School nt Huntingdon, fa.; Dr. Bohmook-or,
of the West Chester suite Normal
School, and Professor I teat rick, of tho
Keystl Normal School, ut Kutztown.
[f professor iieiiphi. of the Academy of
Natural Sciences, PUladelphla, arrives
home from his European trip In time, tho
school touchers will be taken on u free ex-clusion
lo Ringing Rocks Park and ho
will delivct a lecture oil the geology of
liic Scluiylkill Valley and Its relation to
t lie Ringing Rooks.
urn, .-r- Band Against Adulteration
The prosecutions brought at Noirislown,
Conebohooken, West Chester ami othsi
nearby points, agninst retail groOSII for
dealing in adnlterated food producu.
have Impelled the grooera of Pottatown,
to organizen protective club, the object
of which will be to guard against tho
pun bases from wholesale dealers or man-ufacturers
until fuiiy satisfied thai the
gr is have passed the tests. It i- under.
st I that they will also provide for
protection from dishonest creditors.
A il |il ion saafly rrnelUed
is tl„. ,,UYr ,,( ;, iv,,;,,,] [,,r ",u,y ease <>t catarrh
not eared" by certain "oons." Nothing IH
Mid raaafvdlng Iha nombsr ol boMlaa required,
and therein lie- 111 - - , Ice.-;, II, ill. Kly's I'ream
BaJmlaan elegant prepaiwnoa, Bgieoaaie to
ii--, and -diiii.' iu ii- baaoaalal rasulta, u
cm,--c .no i h. Vmleaii rely npon the fact that
it contain- no mercury nor other injurious drug,
90 cents.