The Conshohocken Recorder, January 10, 1900

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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND IRIDAY
Sa 1889 CONSIIOUOCKEiN, PA., TUESDAY, .JAMWiY 9, i9<M). $1.(K) VIM YEAB
. iCSOF TWO TOWNS
ems ol IslernU ioscerslig l»r .'»F« ih«
M lio- ll both Dorouii..
oiher Out.
• \ » ning.
H. Qn y Bteelo is i mllm d to his
liort-.o by Hints*.
I parti s are nol as popular this
w inicr as forme rly.
1 Bxai niationn will be held in '"<■
I li, v. 's hYhool next wei
•| i,, i:., i iomi tei i' ; Bl 'red 20 ■!•■-
1'cloch this moi -
i 1-, i ,\ ., •'. deaths in the b
more than tl
dill if.
Conshohocken Water O
had several small break in their
plp«- line Hi'1 I>BBI week.
mills (f the Alan Wood I
I :m\ sn.l of .1. Wood Mini
luny started yesterday.
Tli.' meetings of the Monday Nlghl
•li:in. Ing class will hereafter be held
i.n Tuesday evenings of each week.
Chapter 1116, Brotherhood of st. an-ilvi'iv,
will meet In the Pariah DOUM of
Calvary Church to-morrow evening a)
t o'clock.
ill.- annual meeting of the Wash
in i.HI Hoso Company will lie hell on
Saturday evening, February 8rd, when
nfltaen will !"• eleeted.
The Rending Railroad Company is
having a building erected ni the luno
tion of the Plymouth Branch with the
main line for the use of telegraph OP-ell.
tOl'B,
The Busy Workers of St. Marks
Lutheran Church will hold their an
goal bazaar and supper In th P. 0, 8,
of A. Hall on Saturday evening, Keb-ri'a
ry :ird.
Election of officers was a, Id at the
clone "f the preaching service on Sab-bath
In the Lutheran Church. Jacob
', . i.-elected elder and Isaiah
Moyer and J. W. Bchllchter, ileacons.
Shoemakers say the price of leather
hns been advancing BO rapidly during
the last few weeks that there is a pres-et
that Bhoes will cost 50 per cent
in,,I,- all im.nthB hence than they do
now.
At the meeting Of the Hoard of
Health lust evening the annual report
was read by Secretary Woodward.
The report will be presented to Town
i ouncll at Its meeting to-moiow eve-nlag.
A lecture under the auspices of the
V. II S Guild will be given in the Par-ish
Building of Calvary Church on
Mi nil.iy evening, February 19th by
Re v. Herbert J. Cook. His subject will
bo "Some Folks and Others."
Small Elliot, a former n
of tliis town, is visiting here. Miss
Flliot in a ileaeonness of the Episcopal
Church, of L'tah, and Is In charge of a
mi; simi in that State. She is the only
woman deacon West of the Rock]
Mountains. She Is endeavoring t«,
raise enough money to build a chapel
If i- her congregation.
The public Installation of oilier.-
of the G. A. R. In their own hall on
Saturday was the center of attraction
for a large and highly interested audl-cc
which filled the building to the
doors. A pleasing entertainment was
given In addition to the installation
, oremony, and a luncheon was served
by the ladles.
Mrs. Emily Rltter Barclay, the
di.lighter of the late William H. and
fcjiiznbeth Rulon Miller, died suddenly
In Philadelphia, on Friday. The fun-eral
services were held yesterday af-ti
moon in St. Mary's Church. The In-tel
ment was private. Mrs. Barclay
w;,s a resident of this borough for B
number of years, and 1B well known
here.
In compliance with the urgent re-quests
of many friends .1. ESllwood Lee
hod consented to again be a candidate
(in the Republican ticket for Town
Councilman in the Fourth Ward. Mr.
I..-. was a candidate last year but could
mil overcome the largo Democratli
majority in the ward, M. .1. O'Brien.
tin- prqannl President of the Council
- eleeted. His friends hope for dif-ferent
results this time.
Mrs. Felicity's School will hold a
public session in the Presbyterian
i Lurch, on Thursday evening. Mrs. J.
IS. F.ckfeldt being Mrs. Felicity. Miss
Thomas will have charge of the slng-l
\np classes, Miss Cairns of the reclta
Huns. The trustees and others of the
church will be the Board of Directors
with the pastor as president, who will
e, infer the prizes. Ladles Aid will
tiiUe the part of visiting friends. Th.
pupils are the young ladies and gentle-i,
in of the church with their friends.
in addition to class-room work there
will be the grand closing exercises of
i be school.
■ keepers should watch out for
coming in and asking them to
■ hange 50 cents; to give thorn a qua/
tor. two ten-cent pieces and a nickel.
' 1 ney will go as far as the door and
then come back, saying the storekeep
made a mistake and gave them ■
I for a quarter; he has changed
it while going to the door. The lion -
■torekeeper wll think ne made ■
i' Istake and hand out another quarter,
Thill he Is 20 cents out. Some of our
btorekeepera have been taken In.
should be severely dealt with
-,vho are caught In.such m»s of dis-honesty.
The hotelkeepers are preparing their
■ applications,
a win be a dlati let convention
!., !,l *n the P. I). 8, of A. II ill this evc-i
i the Camps In thli district,
i in publli Installation of the Broth-eibood
of the Union of Montgomery
Circle, No. lo. mi Thursday evening.
i grand suci is, The following
ih, names of the State and Su-
. Been pi
c Metier, etate secretary, Q. 8. K.
Hi i.i> C Davis, state Treasurer, <:
TYPHOID FEVER EPIDEMIC. BASKET BALL CHAT
0 \v. C. Whlnna, Editor of the Broth-hood,
■ my H. Waiter, siate Organiser,
D ilor.
, ■ ' i nebower
i and 0. W. C. Whinner took
and Installed the following of-
\V. 1 ugnii. Past Chief Wash-
Thomaa A. Harnhlll. Chief
Washington; All under Young, chief
n; Uberl Haverstick. Chief
Franklin; James Dougherty, Jr.. and
li. Herald; George Geigor. '!. Scroll
r:James G. Jones, 11. Register;
Watcher of Day; Robert McClements,
lohn Neill. II. Treasurer; S. Young.
Watcher of the Night.. In conclusion
0 W. (' Whinner hold the audience
spellbound while he expounded the
1 mil s prayer. The following pro-gram
was rondored:
Vocal solo
Vocal siiio
Speech
Recitation
\ ni ill solo
Speech
Vocal solo
Solo
Miss Maine Nolan
Mr. Thomas Kay
Henry B. Walters
G. C. Merher
Thomas Kay
John Rule
Mlsa Mnme Nolan
Thomns Kay
WB8T CONSHOHOCKEN.
li lek Williams Is "onflned to
his home by illness,
.Inliii Feernaldea reaped a bounti-ful
Bupply of line Ice from Bullock's
dam last week.
- Maurice l.awrence. of this borough
was admitted to Charity Hospital on
Friday, suffering from typhoid fever.
—The regular monthly meeting of
(In Rising Sun Building and Loan As-sociation
will be held to-morrow even-ing.
Rev. D. P. O'Conor will entertain
I he collectors of St. Gertrude's Church,
this evening with a banquet, in the
basement of the church.
—On Saturday afternoon the mem-bers
of the Gulf Christian Church
elected Rev. J. B. Fenwlck to serve as
pastor for the ensuing year.
—The regular business meeting of
the W. C. T. U. will he held at the res-idence
of Mrs. H. A.Hannuni on Ford
itreel on Thursday afternoon.
' The estate of the late David Hil-ton,
situated on the road loading from
this borough to Gulf Mills, will be sold
ai Orphans' Court sale on Saturday af-ternoon,
February 3rd.
—The Christmas anniversary of the
Loyal Temperance Legion will he held
on Saturday afternoon In the Holiness
Chrlstaln Church. An interesting pro-iii
in Is being prepared.
—A parlor meeting—the first of the
under the auspices of the W.
C T. !'.. will be held at the home of
Mrs. Frank McGlathery, on Thursday
evening. January 18th.
—B. II 11, Haven has Just finished
harvesting about 1600 tons of ice from
his dam. In addition to this, he is mak-ing
arrangements to sell "Plate" Ice.
This Is Ice ma do by a patented pro-cess
and is the purest of artificial ice.
—Mr. John Robinson and Miss Ju-lia
Cordelia Potter, both of this bor-ough
were united In the holy bonds of
matrimoi y i n Sunday. Rev. J. F.
Shepiard, of the Conshohocken Pres-byterian
Church, performed t lie cere-mony.
The first session of night school
will be held in the Grammar school-room
of the public school building,
this season, commencing at 7.45 o'-
clock. A large number of our resi-dents
have taken an Interest In this
new and benevolent educational enter-prise
and the size of the classes will
greatly exceed the expectations of the
promoters,
—The meetings are being conducted
Dightly at the Holiness Christian
Church with gratifying success Rev.
L. F. Haas, of Philadelphia, has been
preaching soul-stirring sermons and
every meeting a number have raised
their hand or came forward. On Sun-day
night .Mr. Haas preached an elo-quent
sermon, taking for his subjest.
' i lie Dry Hones of WeBt Conshohock-i
n ' An all day meeting will be held
on Wednesday, at which Hev. E. I*
Hyde will bo in attendance.
I he appearauce of typhoid fever as
a'l epidemic is the occasion of no llt-ii,
alarm In Wayne, thirteen cases of
tin disease having alreadj occurred
li; a small district 00 the southeast
border of the town within the last few
weeks. The matter was brought, to
the knowledge uf the State Board of
Health on Friday last by Inspector
Plensants. who lives in the Infected
district On Saturday Dr. It. I.. Pit
held. Assistant Bacteriologist of the
State Hoard of Health.visited the place
and made a careful examination.
it appears from the facts already
ascertained that ail the eases but one
lane appeared in a district south of
Weal Wayne avenue, and within two
squares of a large stone quarry, the
greater number occurring on Highland
avenue, which Is rather closely built
with small frame houses. Dr. PIHiold
attributes the spread of the disease n,
the water supply. There are .hroi
wi.ter systems In Wayne one supplied
by artesian wells in the high hilU on
the north, and operated by the power
plant at the electric light station; the
second supplies several towns on the
line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
the third is supplied from a spring and
two dug walls situated within the In-fiii.
ii district, it was demonstrated
that all the Infected li n sea used the
water from the last nan, d supply, the
single patient. More referred to as
living outside the district having often
visited It and drunk of the water.
Dr. Pith" hi took samples of the wat-er
from the spring and two wells and
started cultures from them, which will
be developed in a few days for exami-nation
as to the character of the bac-teria
contained. A preliminary chem-ical
analysis showed a .large percent-age
of chlorine, usually indicative of
sewage contamination. The surface of
the ground in the neighborhood of the
wells was pretty well coated with stab
le manure.
The significant feature in the his
U'ry of the epidemic Is that the first
typhoid fever case was that of a man
returned from Europe with the dlsesai
and was treated at a house, whose
dialnnge pipe runs within forty feet
of the spring, and one of the wells
from which the water supply of the
small district referred to Is obtained
and that the disease showed itself
tliiougliniit the neighborhood thus sup-plied
shortly afterwards. Also that
no cases have appeared In districts
supplied by the other two water sys-tems.
The facts as above stated are
confirmed by physicians attending
some of the cases. Six patients are
being treated at Bryn Mnwr Hospital
one was taken to West Chester Hospit-al
and the others have been treated al
their homes. The people using the
viater supposed to be Info-ted have
been instructed to boll it before using
It for domestic purposes.
Mlllville Prsvei no lerrorlothc l.n..l- aid
Filli to icore a Single Field dual.
Rs-ibo Signs With Peon
wkeclmcn.
JASON SEXTO WINS.
The suit brought by Jason Sexton,
one of the Montgomery county Repub-lican
members of the Legislature,
against James S. McCarthy, adminis-trator
of the estate of William M.
Slngerly, deceased, was tried before
Judge McMlchael and a jury, In Room
E of Court No. 3. The action was
brought to recover on twopromissory
notes, for 13000, dated July 1, 1889,
payable on demand, and for $1300, dat-ed
January 3, 1893, payable in one
day. Both notes were made by Mr
Slngerly payable to Mr. Sexton. On
the first not $675 was paid.
Mr. Sexton had charge of Mr. Slng-erly's
farms in Springfield towtshlp
Montgomery county, and the loans
were made to Mr. Slngerly by Mr. Sex-ton
while he was acting In that capac-ity.
The jury rendered a verdict in
favor of Mr. Sexton for $4030.02.
AC.LT) WOMAN TERRIBLY BURNED
While the family of Frank Dowers,
of Kulpsvllle. were engaged in butch-ering
In the cellar kitchen on Thursday
they heard a scream from the upper
portion of the house. Mr. Bowers
rushed upstairs and found Mrs. Steph-en
Snyder, his mother-in-law, aged
75 years, who had been left alone, en-veloped
In names Seizing a piece of
carpet he soon had the fire smothered.
The woman will likely die, as parts of
her body were burned almost to acrlsp.
A daughter of Bowers assisted In sav
ing her grandmother from Incineration
In doing BO she was badly burned
about the hands.
Louisa Callahan, of Philadelphia,
l bail at Norrlstown, on the
charge of deserting her 3 year old
Child.
It. v. Isaac Gibson has been elected
President of the Norrlstown Library
Company,
Thirty-live boys employed at the
It.'ailing Screw Works, Norrlstown.
■pill work because they were refused
an iin roase of 50 cents a week.
For a delicious pie use only Cripps'
Hawthorne Mince Meat. If your gro-cer
does not keep it you can get it at
Crlnps'
.1. It. (Mark. Peorla, HI., says, "Sur-geons
wanted to operate on me for
piles, but I cured them with DeWltt'i
Witch Hazel Salve.'' It Is Infallible
foi piles and skin diseases. Beware
of counterfeits.
II. Maxwell Harry and W. B. Sup-plee,
West Conshohocken.
Dry Goods, Notions and Furnishing
Goods, .lohn Mageo. 6 East First ave-nue.
• !
Shuffle Hoard Room open every eve-ning:
admittance free, In the Quigley
Building, in the Basement.
Carpel weaving and carpet for sale
at Kehoo's. 217 Hector Street, opposite
the Catholic School.
Fresh Nut Candles Bologna, at
Candy Kitchen, near Reading Station.
! •.
I Inn the local team has again 111 U< h
IIH old tune gait was clearly proyi n to
lie large crowd Of ipectatora on Salul
any evening when the orach ktlllvllll
,eain ol -sow Jersey was inoWi d
D] the score of ^3 lo -.
I he Jerseyinon iiad Indeed in
M.oii start with hope of capturlnii th.
dug of the Interstate League, and n.i..
oi.i met with a defeat up to Baturda]
night, scoring three victories. llui
their games were all won on their own
door and they did not appeal qu
.vuini when they went on a strangi
door to try conclusions With I team
ilka I'oiishohockon. They did not .sen,.
a second class team this year i
and were defeated even worse than
.he team that tin-y s.ni io this boi
..ugh a little over a year ago. ih.
In ii being 18 to 0.
ihe game was the fastest, and II.
fact, the roughest game seen in thli
borough this season, Umpire Wilson
being compelled to call eleven fouls
Wallace and Custer came to blows to-ward
the close of the first half .. in
Cox was compelled to withdraw Hon.
the game In the second half, the result
of being thrown to the floor and strik-ing
his head, Neville taking Lang's
place at defense and Lang going to
centre. The spectators were kej I ii
tne highest pitch of excitement during
the entire contest.
To the spectators' surprise Mom.
appeared, for the first time this season
:m the local floor, attired in a b.iskol
ball suit. That the local team was de-termined
to win if it was in the powei
of the players can be seen from th
ilne-upMoore and Ruth going to attack
both men playing a remarkably good
(ana
In the first half the visitors played n
good game, making thing quite Inter-ring
for Conshohocken. but in tin
second half they seemed lo have a
very bad case of stage fright or weak
n. ss of the mind for they could 1 iav<
ji st as easily stopped an express train
b.' standing In front of it as I hey couli
have checked Moore and Ruth from
scoring. The visitors had their full
team with them and the only reason
iIny did not play a better game is tha'
they were completely outplayed at
every point of the game. The only
change different from what appeared
OB the circular was Wallace going to
attack in the, place of Barber am!
Relck taking Wallace's place at de
fense. The visitors' faces are t;ulti
familiar In this borough, with the -s
ceptlon of BomhofT, and they were
gieeted with a hearty cheer from thi
house-full of spectators as they step-ped
on the floor.
They responded by throwing goals
In the easiest manner and there war-not
a person In the hall who expected
to Bee the home team defeat them by
one half the score as they rolled up on
them. They practiced for about five
or ten minutes when Umpire Wilson
appeared on the floor and gave the sig-nal
to get ready to play, and a few sec-onds
later the teams were battling foi
superiority with all Ihe might that was
In them.
The game went along very smoothly
for about five minutes when a foul was
called on Lang. Adams throwing tin
goal amid the hissing of the biggest
majority of those present. After this
the rules of the game seemed to bo put
aBlde for another game, the players on
both teams committing one foul aftei
another. Shortly afterward Borahofl
fouled I-nng and Moore failed lo throw
tne goal. In a short time Bomhofl
again fouled Lang this time Custei
throwing the goal. After a few min
utes more of hard playing Cox near!)
set the crowd wild by caging the ball
fiom the field, thus making the scon
3 to 1. After an intermission of a fee
more moments Custer again caged tin
sphere twice on fouls by Wallace and
Adams, but failed to score on Relck'i
n.isplay. while Adams scored ol
Moore's offense making the score 5 to
2 at the end of the first half.
After a good rub-down the teams
again appeured with the same men who
had so bravely fought In the first half
and If any one would have said that
Conshohocken would score 18 p ilnti
In this half he would have been laughed
at. although the locals had played up
to the standard In the first half of the
game It was not deemed in any of the
spectators minds that they would roll
up the number of points they did.
But the visitors seemed determined to
win whether by rough means or not
and after play had been resumed In
the last half a few moments Relck and
Moore were both tugging for the ball
and Relck, who Is a little bit the til
lest of the two men had Moore up
aioundhis waist and when Umpire
Wilson blew the whistle Rciok tried to
injure Moore by letting him full to the
iloor and In no gentle manner either.
Rut after a brief space of time Reich
II n.niitted a ofTence and Custer I lied
to cage the ball hut before the Millvillc
players could realize how It was done
Cox shook Reeves and ran up and
threw a goal before the ball had touch-ed
the floor. This seemed to put new
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places
in, in lie- home players and on the
hand seemed to bewilder the
i,nth and -Moore each threw
■us in succession and the hall
..as ii I it.! with the deafening cheer of
the Immense crowd who were now sure
lory, and after this their only
M lor the locals to keep the Jer-
.-,. j men from scoring. After an Inter-i.
ni a tew minutes Moore again
snowed the visitors how to play by
throwing another goal, while Ruth foi
owed his example a few minutes later.
Oling streak wpas intervened by
Mia ins tin owing for two goals from
fouls lint in each Instance failed to
■ i lint It was about this period of the
thai Cox was compelled to quit
mil while not on the floor
long enough to score Neville
pal up a brilliant game. After a little
more fast playing,Caster, whoundouht-odly
hud the best man on the team to
Came Into evidence with a goal
and In B lew more minutes duplicated
ii, link by another one, making the
total 23 to 2.
I he features of the game were the
,, neral all around playing of the Con-iiolioeken
lam and of Adams, Reeves
unl Wallace for Millvillc.
following is the line-up of the
two teams:
: ohooken Millvilii
Ruth forward Bomhofl
M e forward Wallace
Cox centre ..*. Reeves
Lang guard Adams
i'ustor guard Relck
Goals from field—Ruth 3, Moore 3,
Coi -', Custer 2. Goals from offence—
S, Adams 2. Umpire—Wilson.
I nine -M minute halves.
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The following is the standing of the
in Hie Interstate League:
W. L.
Millvillo 3
Hancock 4
i onshohocken 4
I "iiu Wheelmen 4
l aiinhiiuser 2
ii. rmantown 2
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Kiinho has again changed
lid is now with the Penn Wheelmen
li til state League team. He played
With I can against Tannhauser on Sat-urday
night and caged the ball four
tin. s. He will no doubt prove a tower
ru strength to that team. Tho change
UXorda him an opportunity of playing
against his old comrades on the local
team.
The following paragraphs are ex-tracts
f;oui this morning's Philadel-i
iiia Inquirer:
What Is the malter with Fogel and
Can having a little confidential chat.
Charlie Moore has retained that old
I which made him famous in the
palmy days of '96 and as the result
i'onshohocken is putting up a great
game
The Wang team, of Philadelphia, of
which Ruth, who is now playing on
the ('onshohocken team, and Allen, a
resident of West Conshohocken, are
members, will be the attraction at
Basket Ball Hall on Saturday night.
The line-up of the Wang will be Wlrth
and Batenwein, attacks; Fisher, centre
and Itntlr and Allen, defense.
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The game between Conshohocken and
Wang on Saturday evening will place
Huih in a very embarrassing position
from the fact that he will be playing
against the team of which he Is a reg-ular
player and will also Bhow to
nple of his own town what kind
Of a showing he will make against the
crack' Conshohocken quintette. Ruth
will undoubtedly play the hardest
game he knows how. Allen will also
he the .outre of much attention, as he
formerly played on the old Pioneer
I,, rv« t..mi. where he got his first
knowledge of the game. He Is a good
defense player and hns a large follow-ing
of admirers down In the "City of
Brotherly Love."
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Beginning with next week, the local
team "ill play a game at home on
I hursday night. The attraction for
next week lias not been definitely de-i
i'.ed upon as the management de-ilrei
to have all first class teams come
to this borough.
M«rc Ahem Street BdHMIII VSKS ABOUT BANKERS.
To the RECORDER:
To the RECORDER: Under the law now being considered
I have read with interest the ser by Congress the banker can tuke the
mun on "Street Education'' by Rev. money you deposit and buy govern-lli
li.eri J. Cook, which was published ment bonds, the government will then
\ veterinarian, who examined the
herd of thirteen cows belonging to J.
Boreman, Of Limerick township, found
seven affected with tuberculosis. The
cowl will he killed this afternoon.
The subject of missions was dis-i
at a meeting of the Montgom-ery
County Reformed Ministerial As-eoelatlon,
yesterday, at Urslnus Col-
Republican County Chairman Solly.
solicitor to the County Commissioners,
tendered the outgoing and Incoming
boards a banquet on Saturday evening
a- the Weal End Hotel.
In your Issue of December 12th. While
we nil must admit the existence ol the
evil complained of and recognlzo the
need of surrounding the young with
moral Influence in order to counteract
the degrading influence of the streets,
It does not follow that the plan en-dorse
by Mr. Cook is the proper rem-edy.
it has become the fashion In a civ-ilization
In which poverty, vice, Ignor-ance
and uncleanllness are deepening
IB certain classes of men, to prop,is.
as Mr. Cook does, to cure the evils by
means of various institutions in which
the benighted are brought within an
atmosphere of culture and refinement.
Are the masses dirty? At once es-tabllsh
public baths. Is there Ignor-ance
of social or political rights and
duties? Found a college settlement,
or start a course of lectures on ci\i, s,
Do our boys run the streets? Invite
them to spend their evenings at the
Workingmen'8 Institute." Arc our
people becoming so poor that they can
not live decently or have not enough
lo eat? Open a souphouso or establish
a palatial ten-cent lodging house a
Is being done in our big cities. In
following such a course Mr. Cook may
have the assurance, as is pointed out
by hundreds of such social movements,
of meeting with large measures of
success—superficially, at least. For
Is there not In each of these schemes
the element of charity—of that sort of
charity which tends to pauperize or at
least to destroy self-reliance or initia-tive?
Is there not In the seemingly
cheerful statement that the "submerg-ed
tenth" are "crying aloud" for more
enlightenment and culture, a confes-sion
that lets the cat out of the bag?
If they are so much in need of civiliz-ing
influences and a moral helping-hand,
and know enough of what they
want to give such qualification to the
worthy promoters of these institutions
why did they ever wait for a Carnegie
to give them a library, a Drexel to
found an institution, a college to es-tablish
a "settlement" in their midst
or a Mills to provide a hotel which in
spite of Its ridiculously low charges
yet pays its way? Clearly the reason
why the people themselves did not
supply their long-felt need was their
Own poverty. And If It were estimat-ed
that the cost of establishing and
maintaining a proposed "Working-men's
institute" would be ten dollars
per year per man. for instance, nnd
that In view of the poverty of the peo
pie to be benefited if it were pro
posed to pay ten dollars per year to
each of them (for this or any other
purpose) how many social reformers
pulpits and editorial pens would re-frain
from denouncing the proposi-tion?
While we are very scrupulous
about pauperizing by means of mone>
doles, we are quite callous about that
which money buys. And were It not
for the ever-felt If not often-expressed
Idea that the so-called "philanthrop-ist"
has not come honestly by hit
wealth and that in his "gift to hi;
less fortunate fellows" he la merely
returning stolen goods, the self-respecl
of men would give such Institutions
less encouragement
At the bottom the question is ar
economic one—a question of how
wealth should be distributed. In its
settlement, charity, though It ma>
masquerade in pleasing garments, can
do nothing. The world Is filled with
people, who, as Count Tolstoi says, an
willing to do everything for the poor
except to get off of their backs, and n
proposition to bring about a reign ol
justice in the affairs of men Is greeted
by denunciatory epithets even from
those who profess to be the moral
tea. hers of mankind. When those
who toil secure the full returns of
their labor they will be able to pro-vide
for themselves all the influenceF
which tend toward the development ol
the Ideal human embodiment of moral
character and culture. In connection
with the problem which he raises, Mr.
Cook admits that where the blessings
of home are appreciated the children
of the family are not likely to loaf
about In the streets. Make It possible
tnerefore, for men to provide decent.
attractive homes for their families and
the problem Is solved. How can this
be brought about? That I to i; loth
Kipling) Is "another story."
HENRY W WETZi.:
Swarthmore. December 29. 189"'.
give him money for tho full face of the
bonds and let him keep the bond and
draw Interest on it. Tho ban lor c.in
then pay the depositor the money the
government has given him, and be has
made tin- Interest on the bond lor the
full time It has run. When Hie depos-itor
returns the money again, Hie
hanker can repi at the name so loto: as
he can buy bonds. Bui the depo
If he has the bonds, cannot get the
government to issue him money.
IB not this a correct statement. 01 do
I misunderstand the law?
WANTSTOKNOW.
THIRTY MILKS BEHIND,
i he covering department of the
Kealsliy A Mattison chemical works,
at Ambler, Is just thirty miles behind
orders because of inability to fill them
as rapidly as wanted, Three years ago
the huge plant was stored from cellar
to roof with $10(1,(100 worth of stuck,
which work had k, :>t the hands busy
dining the hard times of the Demi
ie administration, Almost every avail-able
space was then Utilised for the
B of goods and the CO
so arranged that that of smaller diam-eter
was stored away inside the 1
This immense stock under the present
itish of business has been disposed of.
the plant enlarged and capacity iu-i
eased, but still despite the fact that
the mill is running twenty-four hours
per day, the product can not bo turned
cut to supply the demand for asbestos
covering.
HURT BY A FALL.
T. Jefferson Day, 50 yeais of Upper
Dublin Township, Montgomery county,
was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital
yesterday In a semi-conscious condit-ion.
For a time he was unable to give
his name or where he resided. In sev-eral
places hiB head was deeply gashed,
but the skull was not fractured. Ho
appeared to be in a stupor and could
say nothing of how he had been in-jured.
His general appearance indi-cated
that he had met with foul play.
The police of the Twelth District be-wail
an investigation and reported that
Mr. Day, who was a stranger in the
city, had slipped and fallen at Hutch-
Inson Street and Olrard avenue. The
physicians are of the opinion that the
Injuries OOUld hardly have been caused
b) a fall and the police will continue
their inquiry.
Later in the afternoon the ease was
considered so serious that the man's
family was commuicated with. In the
evening his son arlved in the city and
visited hm in the hospital. Later he
went to the police station to find how
his father had sustained his Injuries,
but nothing further could be learned
than he had fallen.
SHOULD CURE INSANITY.
At a meeting of the trustees of tho
State Hospital for the Insane at Nor-
.Istown, on Friday, the remarkably
few inmutes discharged us cured was
discussed. The trustees finally con-
Oluded that a number of patients
mould be discharged monthly.
Dr. Stiles, of the trustees, held that
there were present in that institution
patients Who should be discharged.
He, as well as other members of tho
board, were of Uie opinion that the
same trouble exists in other hospitals
throughout the State.
Trustees Stiles, Thomas and Billot
were appointed a committee to Inves-tigate
the subject.
Dr. Richardson reported that there
are 1120 mule patients In the hospital.
Of that number 304 sleep In corridors,
on account of the overcrowded condi-tion
of the hospital. There were 9
deaths during the month and 19 ad-missions,
in the female department,
there are 1099 patients, 1 died and 19
were admitted in December.
Charles Miller and James Tomlin-son.
of Abington township, were ar-rested,
charged with robbing the res-ilience
of Joseph Kulp of $10.1.
Mrs R. Churchill, Berlin, Vt„ says.
"Our baby was covered with running
sons in Witt's Witch Hazel Salve
cured her." A specific for piles and
skin diseases. Beware of worthless
counterfeits.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. B. Sup-i
I' ■ West Conshohocken.
DeWltt's Little Early Risers purify
the blood, clean the liver, invigorate
the system. Famous little pills for
constipation and liver troubles.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. B Sup
p'oe. West Conshohocken.
Special offer from the Philadelphia
Merchandise Store in Boots, Shoes and
Rubbers. Qreatest assortment In
Boys' and Men's Caps, Underwear and
Men"s Pants. 40 Fayette Street.
"I was nearly dead with dyspepsia,
tried doctors, vlsiti d Mineral Springs,
and grew worse. I used Kodol Dys-pepsia
Cure. That cured inc." It dl-gists
what you eat. Cures Indigestion,
sour stomach, heartburn and all forms
of dyspepsia.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. B. Sup-pleo,
West Conshohocken.
Buy the Best;W. II. Macona.-liy's
Dry Roasted Coffees, Jo cts, up.
A splendid line of shoes, and the
best shoe repairing at reasonable pric-es
at Lauer's. Hector street. •Jnn 9.
A full line of Palms. Ferns, Otnliente
Orange Trees. Jardinieres, etc. The
latest designs In funeral floral work,
natural nnd Immortal primroses, ciu-i
rlas and nil window blooming plants
for the house. Own grown carnations
l our specialty, fresh cut daily, nil or-ders
carefully packed and promptly
delivered. Visitors to greenhouses nre
always welcome in ill Fayette street,
and 114 Harry Street. W. S. Harry,
Florist and Secman. ! • jan 30.
Bhuffle Hoard Room open every eve-nine.
All welcome, In the Quigley
Building. No. 71 Fayette Street.
Everything In Cut Flowers, Funergl
Designs, and Potted Plants at W. S.
Harry's. 115 Fayette street and 114 I Basement of the Quigley Building. No.
Harry street .. 71 Fayette Street, Conshohocken.
If you want to get in out of the cold,
come to the Shuffle Board Room in the
For the finest evaporated California
Peaches and Prunes try William H.
IMaconachyi Grocery Store, Sixth ave-nue
and Fayette street.
Ask your grocer for Cripps' Haw-thorne
Mince Meat and have no other.