The Conshohocken Recorder, January 13, 1900

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TOPICS OF TWO TOWNS
lent* of laleresi coaccralat Ike pcuplr thai
»i know la both Borsuf *».
Olber cfeat.
dainties! style. Over thirty peraoiia
iresent, although old Winter i>nt
on IHH moat forbidding aspect A llt-erary
and musical program was given
by Mr. Harvey Fields. Misses Bdna
Ambler, Nellie Brook Blla H.-ifr. Hthel
M;11 Lias Anna Bate and Mr. Benjamin
MR. Ml'KI'IIV VVITIIDUAWa
i, the RBCORDBR:
I would thank you to announce
through tin' oolumna of your valuable
paper, that I have decided not to be a
candidate for Burgeaa, tor tie reason.
BOROUGH RULERS
A siort Sesilaa al Tawa Council on Wednes-day
t-.vcnlnf tbltfly Ucvoted to
Routine Business
John Booth was visiting in Weed-
11 i \ Me, Mi s this week.
John Coonnn ban returned from a
> is it to to friends to Bheuanuoah.
The Borough has borrowed $L'UHII
lioni I In l'nidi sincn's National Bank
Tin- tootway on the Srhuyikill brldgi
is being repaired by Contractor John
a Hippie.
There will be a meeting of Hi'
try of Calvary Church on Tuesday ev-
• nlnf ai s o'clock.
Bdward J. Dougherty ha* sold to
Bailie B. Meyaham a house and lot in
i Ms borough for $1000.
Letters testamentary In the estate
of Michael Redmond have been grant-ad
to Katie Redmond.
Mrs Mary l.iifflnger. a former real
dent of this borough. (Tied at the alms-house
on December 28th.
An informal dance will lie Riven in
ili* I'. 0. S .of A. Hall nn Tuesday
evening, January 23rd, by tha Monday
Night 1 lancing ('Inns.
Mrs. tico. Bwelmler ran a splinter In
tin- (op of her linger on Saturday. The
i-l linler was half an Inch long, anil ii
was necessary to put her under Hie
en.it of ether and have a physician
remove It.
At the annual meeting of the Trades
men's National Hank on Tuesday the
following directors were elei ted
Lewis Rover. James Hall. Qeorge Cor
son. Harry Martin John F. Bowker,
David ||. Koss and George N. Highley.
M. .1. Harvey, the assistant superin-ti
orient of the Prudential Insurance
Company In this borough, has been
promoted. He has been offered the
charge of the Berwyn district. This
is a more important situation than bis
present one.
At the annual meeting of the stock-holders
of the First National Bank on
Tuesday the following directors were
re-eleeted: Michael O'Brien, James
Moir. John Pugh. Elbridge McFarland,
Horace C. Jones. Richard II. I'.ati
James Tracy. Kdward P. Uritt and
John K. Light.
Thomas, son of Margaret and the
late Pearce Kearns and grandson of
the late Bernard and Hell MOOai vi■>■.
of Germantown, died at his home in
t'ermantown on Mondays, aged H
years. The funeral services will he
held this afternoon, the Interment will
be in Si Matthew's Cemetery, of this
borough.
No business place, no matter how
pleasing its environments noi bow
gaudy Its decorations, can survive
without patronage. There can be no
llippoitlng income where there arc
11 w i.ales. ami there can be 1'ttle ■■ II
mg v here advertising is not Invoked
to bling custom. By advertising lib-
< rully the shrew.I merchant secures
patronage, sells freely and not only
iraintiiins his business, but is enabled
bo enlarge It.
Stanley Wllbert Morris was taken to
Charity Hospital on Wednesday. He
was In a Philadelphia hospital for three
months, being discharged about the
middle of September, suffering from
what seemed an abscess In the leg. He
wss operated on three times, and was
supposed to have been cured, but re-ii-
nllv he has been troubled with a re-turn
of pain In that member of his
li.ly and was sent to the hospital tor
treatment
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company is getting so much business
in this borough that it has been com-
1 i lied to increase its staff of agents.
Hubert Powers has been promoted to
to be the Assistant Superintendent
In charge of the new agents. A num-bt
r of new agents hn've also bin add
in to the staff. Mr. Powers has been
in the employ of the company about
fitleen years, and during thai time lie
has won a number of prizes ami made
en enviable record.
A lecture will be given In the I'ai
Ish House of Calvary Church on Mon-day.
January 15th. at 8 o'clock P. M.
by Mrs. M. E. L. Addis, of Philadel-phia,
the subject being "Women as
Literary Workers." Mrs. Addis is an
unusually bright and cultivated wom-an
as well as an attractive speaker.
We are sure that all who may attend
will have a thoroughly instructive and
entertaining evening. Tickets may be
had from the ladles of the church or
at the door on theevening of the lec-ture.
"It's strange," remarked I local mer-chant
the other day, "how money runs.
Before Christmas everything was big.
Half the people who bought tendered
big Lllls for change. Now everything
i.t change, and has been since the day
after Christmas. People. 1 suppose,
had laid away a few of the nice pices
of money for Christmas. Thc> did
their buying, and now they have noth-ing
but the change left. But when
BtOtl The history of the society was: ""■' ' »'" '"" """'ll OOaupled with bus-read
by Mrs. B, 8. Cavanagh. The ad-drOSS
Of Welcome, b) the President. Mr.
Stott, was short and to the point. The
lunch was thoroughly enjoyed and the
toast master. Mr. George Williams.
i ropoaed the tout*. In a pleasing and
witty manner which was responded to
Inthe same style. Dancing was the
Stare and seemed to be the most
thoroughly enjoyed by all present
The President's birthday having
dawned bstore the party separated.
best wishes for it and many returns
Were drank in sparkling water.
filtered water from Pickering
Creek is now being supplied residents
the (own.
The following officers of Washington
Camp were Installed on Tuesday eve-ning
by District President Frets, of
Norrtstown: Past President, Frank
Hallowell; P., Harry Allan; v. P., A.
W. Joins; If, of !•'.. K. K. ICddleman;
i Ii mil. Joseph Pcchin; I. t;.. John
Nelll, Jr.; O. Q., Hugh McC.nlgan; F.
Bec'y, It. T. S. HallOWell; Treasurer,
sy. H, Famous; it Bec*y, T. H. Kay;
Assistant Secretary, B. 0. Fleck; Trus-tee,
K. K, Kddleman.
I'm mis of Will S. Davis from the
Baptist Babbath School met at his
home on Tenth avenue on Monday
evening. After a pleasant evening's
entertainment Mr. Davis was present-ed
With a Baton in recognition of his
s.i . Ices, as director of the musical
pan uf the program of the Christmas
entertainment held by the Baptist
School. Mr. Dnvis deserved great
I radii for bis untiring efforts to make
the music at this entertainment first-class,
and his success was assured by
all who enjoyed the music
The society for the study of social
problems and the relations which the
church sustains to them met at the
lov. I F Sheppard, Wednes-day
afternoon. Those present were:
i.i v I I-' .sheppard, Rev. S. O. Perry.
Rev. A. R. Finn, of Cherryvllle. N. J.;
Rev. Claude R. Hroadhead, Rev Fran-cis
BeldlST, Rev. J. J. Gladhlll and Rev,
\\. 11. Lower. The subject for dis-cussion
"was the relation of the church
in marriage, to celibacy, to divorce, to
ii ssalllance, to second marriage; also
to children, parents and servants."
After the adjournment of Washing-ton
Camp on Tuesday evening a dis-trict
union of the camps of the lower
end of Montgomery county was or-ganlsed
by delegates from the different
camps who were lii attendance. The
union is organized for the purpose of
promoting sociability among the mem-bers
III IIH- order. A number of speech -
i's were made and the prospects aie
very promising. Meetings will lie held
in i-arli ramp, beginning next month
with the Camp in West Conshohocken.
Rev. Father Clark, of Philadelphia,
formerly of St. Matthew's Church, will
lecture in Washita Hall on Saturday.
March 17th, under the auspices of St.
Matthew's Scientific Society.
InSM affairs, to make a i.invi
I lie nomination, and if nominated ami
elected, to give the office the proper
amount of attention required
The next Hurgess of Conshohocken
has a splendid opportunity to show his
Interest in the welfare of our BOTOUgh,
by enforcing the ordinances regulating
II i pi nations, who are enjoying SPSI lal
privileges within the borough limits.
Hy so doing, he can save at h asi I
thousand dollars a year to the borough
treasury, in addition to the licenses,
fines and permits, which pass through
his hands.
My familiarity with borough affairs
convinces me, thnt in order to pre-vent
nn Increase in the tax rnte next
year, it will be necessary to enforce
th- most rigid economy In all depart-on
nts during the coming year. This
is a matter of Interest to all taxpayers
Irrespective of party, and to avoid
which, will only require prompt and
vigorous action on tin* part of the new
burgess.
To my muny friends who have tend-
Sied DM their support, I am deeply
giateful.
Respectfully.
A L. MURPHY.
BASKET BALL.
Before the end of the season the peo-ple
of this borough will undoubtedly
be treated to some lively basket ball.
The mauugemeiit will endeavor to ar-range
games with all the National
League teams, some of which will be
si re to come off. New York would not
hesitate in coming to this borough, for
their playing here last season won for
them a warm place in the hearts of the
entire Conshohocken following. Tren-ton
would also prove a wonderful at
ti action, but It is very doubtful If the
.b rseymen can be induced tocome here
at former attempts to arrange games
with them proved futile. Camdeii has
always proved a great drawing card In
this borough and would do so again.
The Pennsylvania Bicycle Club him not
yet appeared on the local floor, but If
their game on Saturday night against
New York Is any crlteron to go by.
they would draw a crowded house.
Bristol, with Bennett on their line-up,
would fill the house, as his friends in
this borough, and they are many,
would be pleased to see him play
against his former associates. Mill
ville, supposedly one of the strongest
team In the ranks of basket ball and a
iiimber of the National League, show-ei
what they could do aganst Consho-hocken
on Saturday night. They will
probably not play here again this sea-son.
They were only easy.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN.
SUPERVISORS OF PLYMOUTH
—The engagement of Miss Maggie
Halnes and Walter L. Kupp. both of
s\w ili-land. Is announced.
Maiv Jane Mitchell has sold to
John I'can. Jr., a house and lot of land
in this borough for $810.
Prof, Ralph K. Johnson opened his
Dlghl school on Tuesday evening with
an enrollment of forty-four persons.
This far exceeded Mr. Johnson's ex-pectations,
but he expressed a feeling
Of gratitude that the people of the bor-
OUgh and vicinity manifested such an
appreciation as to seize the opportun-ity
afforded them. The tuition Is per-fectly
tree, with the exception thnt
the night pupils are supposed to supply
their own light and hear the expenses
im Hired by the troubles to the janitor,
which is but a trifling amount. The
weather last night being Inclement did i
not permit Of the full attendance.
From present appearances the school
will prove a safe step for the further
advancement of education In this bor-ough.
The weather being favorable, the
scaling capacity of the church-room
of tin- Holiness Christian Church will
be inadequate to accommodate the
large number of persons that will as-semble
there to listen to the program
that has been prepared by the Loyal
Temperance Legion and which will be
rendered to-morrow afternoon. Each
year the Temperance school attracts
large SUdlsnOSS U) their Christmas an-(
Frank Tracy, residing on the Con
shohocken Pike. Is a candidate for
Supervisor on the Democratic ticket.
Daniel Heatty, of North Elm street. Is
a candidate for the Republican nomi-nation
for Supervisor. If these two
he named on their respective tickets
there will be a battle royal.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
\
At the annual meeting of the stock-holders
of the Philadelphia, Gcniian-town
and Norristown railroad In Phil-adelphia
yesterday, the following were
re-elsctsd:
W. S. Wilson, President.
W. W. Stephens, Secretary and
Treasurer.
C. Colket, Assistant Secretary.
Board of Managers. W. S. Wilson.
Richard Deal.
John A. Brown, .lr
Lewis Elklns,
R. C. Johnson,
Michael O'Brien,
C. Howard Colket.
W. II. Jardlne.
Howard Boyd.
A. C. Dulles,
Elwood Rhoades.
The following were elected officers
of the Plymouth Branch:
W. S. Wilson, President.
W. W. Stephens. Secretary and
Treasurer.
Hoard of Managers. R. Deal.
James Boyd,
Michael O'Brien,
Howard Itoyd,
Elwood Rhoades.
LOST HIS LIFE IN SAVINO A CENT.
James McNeal. 45 years old. was in
niversaries. but this year will eclipse Htantly killed yesterday morning by
all previous occasions. The teachers |,e|ng struck by a train on the Trenton
have been working diligently for sev- Cut-off Railroad. McNeal resided at
eral weeks past to make It a grand sue- swedcland and was employed at the
c. ss. The progum will consist entire- Reading Screw Works. To save pay-ly
or music and will be under the fog | ,.,.„. toll he traveled over the
charge Of Mrs. Ocorge Nagle and a Trenton Cut-off bridge Instead of the
things are normal, there are some pe- ' ,.or|) „| efficient assistants. A num- Swedesford bridge. Before he could
culiat things about coin. For a week |„,,. Ilf ,>,• b.es will be awarded scholars KCt „ff the structure an engine struck
We'll run mostly (b half dollars. Then-I for faithful atendance during the him. breaking his back.
'1! come dollars, and sometimes we vpar
hnve principally quarters. Dimes and
nickels will be plenty one day and
si ane the next.
The Conshohocken Literary Society the Catholic School.
Inld a social last evenlngln Benz's
A short session oi i "t II ■
\.;is IIIIII oil Wcilln sila; SV( HID
was aucnni'il by all Hie ne urn
ci 111 I fctr, l.ngilsh. (Illtsnle ol ||
in reports the bhlei business nan.-,
alien was the directing of the
Committee to place crossings at First
avenue and Payette street and I
pairing ol lust anil Sixth awn
Hurgess Jucoby reported that In bad
iii am n\e cm, a during nn- month ami
itiat ne hau collected »l., In ii
tines which he had turned over to the
ii easurcr.
ThS Police Committee in its report
culled attention to the lad that the
town was unusually orderly. .Not a
single robbery has occurred during the
year, Something unprecedented baton
and quite worthy of notice.
Chairman O'ltrlen of the Ways and
Means Committee, reported thai the
burgess, solicitor and committee bad
a meeting to consider the taxing oi
corporations, The solicitor in
that the council could not levy a tax
against the real estute of the corpora
lions. I he committee, therefore, ban
oinie nothing.
di. O'Brien further stated thai an
electric light plant, consisting of two
boilers, engine and dynamo, could bi
DUtil lor ironi |14,U00 to Slti.UlM).
No action was taken on the report.
On motion of Mr. A. L. Murphy an
oinei was granted in favor of Bollcltoi
Meyers for *334.»1 to be used in pay-ment
ol' the claim of E. E. Hart
ugulnst the borough.
Mr. Campbell asked that two block
crossings be placed at Harry street
and first avenue.
Mr. Toner asked for a crossing on
Wood street at Sixth avenue.
Mr. Ford wanted a crossing at Hal
lowell street and Spring Mill avenue.
These requests were put in the form
of a motion and amendments,and wen
defeated.
Mr. liatc stated that while Improve
ments were being considered he
thought council should authorize the
placing of a brick gutter at the alley
on Harry street and the public schools
President O'Brien interpolated tbn
these were not improvements the)
were extravagances.
Mr. Harrold objected to spending the
money for crossings.
Mr. A. L. Murphy wanted to know
why the crossings already ordered
were not put in.
President O'Brien ruled this oul ol
cider.
Mr. j. j. Murphy offered ■ resolution
instructing the Street Committee to
ascertain the cost of paving Iteyette
street with Belgian blocks irtim the
canal to First avenue.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Ford wanted council to have the
drainage that now runs down Spring
Mill avenue changed to the alleyway
between Hector and Spring Mill ave-nue,
Mr. Toner offered an amendment to
the motion Instructing the Street Com-mittee
to investigate and report at
the next meeting.
This was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Campbell the
Street Committee was directed to have
the sewer cleaned out on Fayette Itrei t
near Marble.
Mr, J. J. Murphy moved that the
Street Committee be directed to repall
First avenue from Fayette to Maple.
Mr. Campbell offered an amendment
to have the crossings at First avenue
and Hurry street placed in.
Mr. Toner also had an amendment
the crossing at Sixth avenue and Wood
street.
Mr. Toner's amendment was lost.
Mr. Campbell's amendment and Hn
original motion were curried.
Mr. Toner moved thut the Street
Committee be directed to have Sixth
avenue top-dresaed with crushed slum
from Fayette street west to the bor-ough
line.
Mr. Harrold offered an amendim at
that the Street Committee InveM
the needs of repairs to the avenue,
giving the committee power to act!
the expense not to exceed |100,
The amended motion was passed
Orders for the following amounts
were granted:
Police * Ml ■•"
Work on Streets 171 88
lias II -■■
Electric Light Co 399 21
Hoard of Health 37 81)
Sinking Fund 1400 00
Orders paid to date $4137 H
Balance In treasury 7255 59
(11393 10
LOWER MERION CANDIDATES.
\ meeting of the Republican voters
, i Lower Merlon Township was held
On Monday evening at the Dirigo
( lubhouse, Influential members of the
party representing every election dis-trict
ii the township were present to
discuss the nomination of Commls-
; ii,m is under the new law.
In addition to the names tiefure-men-
SS candidates for the nomina-tion
w. Rlghter Fisher, iif Raverford,
was also announced, All but one of
the candidates for Commissioner were
:.i and made addresses.
For the other local offices to be nom-
Inated at the Republican convention
m \l Tuesday, candidates were an-nounced
as follows: Levl S. Cllne, of
Hi;in Mawr; A. E.Houser.of Ardmore;
and William J. Phillips, of Bala, for
hip Treasurer; Paul J. Kugler,
of Ardmore, and CharlesW. Howard.
of Penooyd, for Tax Collector; Dr.
William C. Powell, of Bryn Mawr,
l hose term expires, William McElhan-sy,
who held the otlioo for nine years,
and Qeorge Sullivan, of Pencoyd, for
School Directors, and John S. I.entz.
oi Haverford, for Auditor.
The primaries will be held next Sat-urday
and live delegates will be chosen
from each of the ten election districts.
AI the meeting of the Democrats on
Tuesday evening several additional
i . mea wefe announced for local offices
and there was a general discussion of
ihi character and fitness of the candi-ilates.
MltS. FELICITY'S SCHOOL.
Mrs. Felicity'8 School was given In
the Presbyterian Church last evening.
Mrs, Bckfeldt was the principal and
mere were scholars, parents and school
directors, William Harry and John
MoFeetera mnde the hits of the even-
Ing. Hoth were bad boys and took the
admirably. Frederick Eek-feldt,
Louis Dunlap, James Maconachy
i i McKensle and Oliver McClem-ciits
were the pupils who had to be
ki in in onlei by Policeman Harry
Missitiger. while Howard Robinson
* is the good boy of the school. There
a nu in her of girls who looked
Very fetching In their costumes and
were vii] v young Indeed In action.
Misses Wood. Stewart, Robinson.
Bteen, Qllmore.'MsKesUlS, Martin and
i others were In the school and
did I heir pa its well. In response to
requests another session will be
hi hi al an early date.
I HEFTS OF CAR JOURNALS.
Over thirty cars on the Trenton
CUt-Off railroad ill the vicinity of
\\ hitemarsh, have been robbed of their
journals. The thieves have
la' a working systematically for two
The loss is considerable, as
the braSSlS costly and the missing
ji nrnals render railroading; with these
cars very dangerous.
At first the thefts were considered
tin work of amateurs, but when they
"i ic continued systematically and cars
plundered by the wholesale, the com-pany
sent detectives to make an Inves-tigation.
The journals are removed by lifting
the cars with a jack ami then slipping
them from their moorings In the axle
box. On account of their material the
journals are valuable as junk.
PLUCKY MRS HOFFECKEIt
Mia H. F. Iloffeeker. wife of the
s.rii iintendent of Public Instruction
of this county, who resides In a hand-s'
ma house In Norristown, on Wednes-day
boldly confronted | sneak thief
and compelled the latter to turn over
n purse containing twenty dollars
•y|i i I, he adroitly appropriated while
her 1 ack was turned.
'i he man entered the bom.
Shortly before supper time and handed
to Mrs. Iloffeeker a forged note pur-
P rled to be from her husband, who is
it tliIF time inspecting schools in the
upper end of ihe county. The note In-structed
the lady to give the bearer all
the alms she possibly could afford.
Hn Iloffeeker being the president
of the Montgomery County Children's
Aid Society, she was no doubt selected
as mi easy victim of the man's schemes
She showed the stranger Into the office
and then left to excuse herself to a
11 ly visitor in the parlor. The latter
eaJied Mrs. Hoffecker's attention to
the fact that she had left her grip con-taining
a purse of twenty dollars in
the office, where the stranger was.
Mrs. Hoffeeker returned the grip to Its
owner and the latter immediately dis-coyered
the absence of the purse.
Mis. Hoffeeker at once realized the
plate of affairs and locked all the
doors of exit. She then went to the
man and accused him of the theft.
He denied the accusation most emphat-ically
but Mrs. Hoffeeker could not he
blurted. In a stern tone she said:
"Either you hand over that purse or
you will not leave this house until a
policeman accompanies you.''
The threat served Its purpose, for
slowly and sheepishly the thief hand
ed over the pocketbook which he had
appropriated.
THK CALENDAR
A History ol the Months. Ihangiaz Iroin
the "Old blyle" to Ihe "New
Style' Calendar
"The year rolls round and steal away
The breath that Srst it gave;
W hill- el U e dO whel c I I We be
We're traveling to the grave
MAN DISAPPEARS.
The residents In the vicinity of Port
Kennedy are much excited over the
mysterious disappearance of a man on
Tuesday afternoon, while crossing the
ice on the river at that place.
A Hungarian woman states that
about I o'clock, she saw a man either
running or skating across the Ice.
When he had reached about the mid-dle
of the river he suddenly disap-peared
beneath the surface and did
not rise again.
J. IJ. Clark. Peorla, 111., says, "Sur-geons
wanted to operate on me for
piles, but I cured them with DeWltt's
Witch Hazel Salve." It is infallible
foi piles and skin diseases. Beware
of counterfeits.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee,
West Conshohocken,
Dry Goods, Notions and Furnishing
Goods. John Magee. ti East Firsl ave-nue.
• !
fresh Halibut. Smells, Irish Cod-fish,
tomatoes, egg plants., lettuce.at
Delaney's. 8 South Hector Street.
For a delicious pie use only Cripps'
Hawthorne Mince Meat. If your gro-cer
does not keep It you can get It at
Cripps'
In my last 1 said that the nai.es oi
of the tiftii ami sixth months were
changed In honor of the Roman Bm-perors,
Julius Caesar ami Augustus.
Caesar ordered that January, March.
May, July, September and Novi mber
should have SI days, the other months
10, excepting February, which, In com-mon
years should huve 2ii, but every
fourth year 10. Augustus from
vanity took one day from February
,:iiil added it to the month that bore
his name, so that it would have as
n.any days as the month named for
the first Caesar—July. That three
months of ;tl days might not come to-gether,
he took one from Beptember
and one from November, and added
i ne to October and one to December,
The year as a measure of time
at the first 12 moons, a period ol 354
days, I1V4 days too short. It can
easily be seen how by this meth-od
there would be a change in tie
eons, Spring coming in Winter or
Bummer in Autumn. Although the
Ginks received the idea of measuring
time by the year from the Egyptians,
who got it from the Phoenicians, they
(the Greeks) were the first who at-tempted
to adjust the lunar and the
solar years with each other. They
reckoned twelve and one-half revolu-tions
of the moon for one solar year,
but to avoid the fractions (sometin, >s
very vulgar) they made the year ro
(onslst of twelve and thirteen months
rlternately. The history of the cal-endar
up to the 46th B. C.the 70S from
the foundation of Rome, Is one of
confusion and disorder. No one knew
how to make a civil year correspond
vith the solar year. In one Of my
former articles I said that Numa add-ed
tu the year two months. The year
consisted of 354 days, but because of
their superstition that even numbers
v.ere unlucky, another day was auded
making SSS. This differed from the
solar years more than 10 days, so to
restore the coincidence the King
I Numa) ordered an adltional, called an
intercalary, month to be inserted every
second year between the 23rd and
the 24th of Fein-nary, consisting of 22
an,. L':i (lays alternately. This gave
1 Ho days every four years, I'ali'i'j days
for one year, one day too many. The
next effort was to strike out one Of
these Intercalary months and making
me remaining three to consist of 22
days each. This brought the year to
W6\i days, getting very close to the
solar year, but unfortunately there
v. as no law by which the length of the
intercalary month should be perma-nently
fixed. For political objects it
was made long or short according to
(Continued on fourth page.)
Fresh Halibut. Smelts, fresh Cod-
Carpet weaving and carpet for snle fish, tomatoes, egg plants, lettuce.at
at Kehoe's, 217 Hector Street, opposite Delaney's. 8 South Hector Street
I be Bryn Mawr National Hank
on Wednesday elected the following
directors: Joseph A. Morris, Jesse
1, Matlack, William H. Ramsey.
William II. Weimer, Richard Hamil-ton
David Paxson, A. A. Hirst. C. T.
Coenlnei and F. D. Lol.au nc
Charles A. Dillon, well-known In
It; dnor and Lower Merion, died on
vvcdnesday from Paralysis. Deceased
,i a grnmlaon of John Grace, who
served on the staff of Washington.
In> ass the senior member of the Arm
Of Dillon Ai Son.
Louise K. Kneiile. aged 67 years,
I |f« ol ev-l'ostmaster Alhrecht Kneu-
|e died yesterday. She Is survived
by hi r husband, who Is editor of the
'Dally Register" of Norristown and
by live children. Mrs. Kneule was the
daughter Of Michael Kraft, uprominent
I lemocratlc politician.
Royal Baking
Powder
Everything In Cut Flowers, Funeral
Fresh Nut Candies—Bologna, at Designs, and Potted Plants at W. S.
pallors and they were served by that CaIl(ly KltcheIlj near Roadlng Station. , Harry's. IK, Fayette street and 114
prince of caterers with a lunch In the > ! ••' Harry street. . .
A. L. Miller & Co., lumber 6 70
Wm. Wright, hardware 9 3K
A. L. Binns, glnzlng 3 00
E E. Hart 13 10
Washington Hose Co 51 3.1
Richardson & Ross 30 25
W. F. Meyers, Hart claim 334 91
Washington Hose Co 300 00
The treasurer's report was read as
follows:
Bal. In treasury, Dec. 13 $8170 07
From J. A. Harrold 2 .10
Note Tradesmen's Bank U
C. W, Jones, tax 141 16
J. J. Meyers, tax 1000 00
8. F. Jacoby. fines 13 50
Mrs. R. Churchill, Merlin, Vt., says.
"Our baby was covered with running
DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo
cured her." A specific for plies and
skin diseases. Beware of worthless
cill'llti if, Its.
II. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plce.
West Conshohocken.
Makes
The Food
More
Healthful
$11393 10
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK.
limit gjve them tea or coffee. Hnve
yon tried the new food drink called
(lit VINO'' It is delicious and nour-ishing
ami takes the place of "offee.
The more Qraln-0 you give the chil-li
ten the more health you distribute
tnrongb their systems. Grain-0 is
made of pure grains, and when prop-erly
prepared tastes like the choice
grades of coffee but costs about '4 as
much. All grocers sell It. 15c. and
!feb 2.
For the finest evaporated California
Peaches and Prunes try William H.
Maconachy*a Grocery Store, Sixth ave-nue
and Fayette street.
Ask your grocer for Cripps' Haw-thorne
Mince Meat and have no other.
Royal Baking Pow-der
possesses peeu-liar
qualities not
found in other leav-ening
agents, which
arise from the supe-rior
fitness, purity
and healthfulness of its ingredients.
Royal Baking Powder leavens the
food perfectly by its own inherent
power without changing or impairing
any of the elements of the flour.
Thus the hot-breads, hot-rolls
and muffins, and the delicious hot
griddle-cakes raised by the Royal
Baking Powder are wholesome and
digestible, and may be eaten without
distress, even by pel sons of delicate
digestion.
Alum baking powders are low priced, n inlum costs but
two cents a pound , but alum is a corrosive poison anil
it renders the baking powder dangerous bo use in I od,
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW VORK.
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