The Conshohocken Recorder, July 17, 1900

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eljc Ccmsljoljockcn Hecorocr.
NO. L948
TOWN NOTES.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
CONSBOUOCtiBK, PA., TUESDAY JULY 17, 190O. $1. PEB VKAK
BklEF ITEMS AND NOTKS ABOUT
THE TOWN AND THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN IT
hi-! u lift M e\ ST.
How would yon MM C>> be the lee
m:iii -
Mr. Qeorge Ifuagrava ol I'.iy.u,-
strei 1 1 (... 1.1 i>- ii is n girl.
.I:ill,i■:■ NevlllS has sol.I Ins house mi
mil avenue to Prank Bli khart
Back ihii nni have to Beckon long for
a gnoii position.
Miss Mary (iorilon (if I'IIIIKIOWII is
visiting ni.nils here.
Mi Prank 1:111.11. c.r Chester, is vis
Ming relatlvi ■ hero.
An advertiser asks, are roar Kidneys
sick? No. Lk4rri»ir pocket book.
Mr B. Kay and Miss Katie Beau) o(
this borough, took in the sights along
the Wlssahickon Drive on Sunday.
Tii. total power of the engines and
(lynami.s used in the Paris Imposition
Is 36.I1P5 horse power
Mi Richard Pearce, of Bethlehem, is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Holland, of the
Kl | lone Hotel.
Miss An Brennan, of Philadelphia,
formerly of this borough, is visiting
relatives here.
v. large number of oar residents bad
■ aeUghtfiil time on Sundayal Vallej
Featgi
\ii K.in.mill O'Connor ,of this bor-ough
is vialtng in Birmingham, Ala-bama.
George NUSS, of Seventh avenue lias
returned from a two weeks' vacation,
■pent visiting points of interest
throughout the State of Ohio.
Mr loan Carroll, proprietor of the
Seventh avenue Hotel is making eaten
slve Improvements tO his property on
bixth avenue.
The Condition of Payette street is a
dlagrace to the Borough from Third
avenue to the Bridge. Between the
Trolley tracks It Is almost Impassable.
Mr. Prank it. Jones, secretary .,f the
J. Ellw.io.l l.,e I'.... sails lliis week for
Europe. Ills trip whleh Is largely of a
uusiui nature will probably .over s
p. iiuil of about two inonths.
Holly Hock row, Seventh avenue.
was full of excitement on Saturday
. v. Ding. It was a ease of Ivvo ,hunks
coming together. After the Bstlc en-counter
was over, they both shook
hamls an,I Were as gooil friends as ever,
John K. Light, executor ..f Prederlck
Light estate sold the following pr.ip.r-
111 - A brick bouse anil lol on ol.l Kim
street to Antonla Wachaeooekl, 1620,
J'i story brick house on Klin street
$350, L' frame houses on New Kim
Ma 11 1794 to fi. J. Blanch. The Light
homestead and lol on Washington
street were no! sold.
The funeral services over the remain
of Patrick O'Donel, of Elm street, were
held yesterday In Bt Ifathew1 Church.
A delegation of Ceo. Smith Post No.
79. ('.. A. K. attended the funeral, of
which he was 1 member, The remains
were laid lo rest in St. Mat lieu s ..in.
tery.
The J. Kllwi.o.l I Co., have ad-ded
a Spanish department to the equip-ment
of their Office, Which is In charge
OL a gentleman whose native tongue is
In that language. This addition I..'
■ ..in, in cessary as their trade with
South America and other Spanish
11 , .i.c eountrlea Is rapidly growing
Chailen Jones, of Hector strict, met
with a painful, though not serious, so
riuent 011 Saturday al the planing mill
c. A. L. Miller A- Co, While be was
gared in working nndei ,111. of the
large driving belts, it broke, and one of
ih. h .ok w.iieh joined it together pen-etrated
bis leg cutting an ugly gash
Joseph Plsher, of Plfth avenue, who
Is employed III the ere. lion Of the n.vv
building of the North American, Phil-adelphia,
narrowly escaped meeting
Theodore Lane Bean was in Eagles
mere last week making arrangements
for the Daiveralt] of Pennnylvanlatoot
ban team, who will train there taut
......
funeral services were held thismorn
Ing m Bt Matthew's church over the
remains of Lawrence Blanch. The In-terment
was in St. Matthew's C.n
tery.
1 be Fourth Ward Olee Club gave an
.lining last night in llallowell's Woods.
-liming was indulged in until mid
Bight All Hie latest songs were ran
1 by members ..( the olub.
Miss Elisabeth Ogden of this imrough
is a missionary in China. Her rela-tlvea
and friends ben are very much
worried about her as si..- baa not been
In ar.l from since early in May.
Yesterday I lie 1 berinoineter registered
97 degrees in the shade and to-day It
registered 100, breaking the record both
tor the hottest July I7tb rad also as
the bolt, st day of the year.
Qeorge W. DeHoven of West Don
snoiin. ken am! Mi is Bailie Keys of this
Igh were man.... last evening at
III billies home on HeCtOT St re. I by
..•• Itcv. II. i. String, in me pre* n, c
a large gathering of friends anil rel-auvea
Both of these persona are wide-ly
known in ib s borough,Mr.Dertaven,
uelng a elera ... the Conshohoohen
noolen Mills, on the other side of the
river, and Miss Keys bad just lately
resigned as a teacher in the public
scuool, They are both active members
of I lie M. K. Church, and have many
friends who wish tnem success in their
married Inc.
hrough the efforts of Station Agent
I'liiiiinii DTiyine the Conshohooken M.
10 Sunday School will lie given the use
ol two special trains to take their an-ni.
1 I M in.ion to Porreat Park. Clial-to
»l Saturday. August II. When
In a consulted about the matter the
i,l Company seemed very willing
to .arty the excursionists, but latter on
a lefusal lo give any special trains dar-
:n the months of July and August was
I', civ. .1 from the Company. TIIIB
pit red thi offfoersof the Sunda) School
in a very embarraMng posltloo and as
.,, is the largeet excursion that leaves
'hi town, a tnittee was appointed
to i onsult with the officials of the oom-pony
through Agent O'Byrne with the
re«»lt that a special train, with a auf-lu\.
nt number of cars to convey all
who wish io go, will leave Conshohoci
kl , at B IB \ M. and 12.Ill P. M. anil
Will leave Cbalfont at $.46 p. M. It is
icted that this year's excursion will
r ■ all previous ones in regard to
ih. number of persons.
i Is Interesting to make Inquiry into
tb. cause of the disagreeable odor of
i..i onion. It is simply due to the pres-
, n. in some quantity of another min-eral
mailer in tin- bull)—sulphur. It in
Mo sulphur thai gives the onion its
gei in-kllllng property and makes the
bulb so very useful a medicinal agent
.11 all times, but especially in the
Spring, which used to be an d still is
in nany placea the season for taking
brimstone ana trends in old-fashioned
hoi ■ s before sulphur tablets came into
.,,• ie
I nw. sulphur when united to hydro-gi
i one of the gases of water, forms
sui.ihuretted hydrogen, and then be-
01 es a foul-smelling, well-nigh a fet-
Id, omnound. The onion, being so
ruUy, lias a very large percentage of
1 I I In Itl tissues, and Ibis, eoinbln-
A HOME GENIUS
While riding In to Philadelphia no
doubt many Coushoho.ikenltes have no
Heed the ...III I it I If llwellllo- wlli. Il
stands on the West bank of the Schuyl-kill
opiK.sil, Lafayette. The qg •
abode is the home oi Valentine Pul-taa,
who by the way is probably the
most Industrious man of the times Me
built the little house solely by himself.
performing every detail essary in Its
construction, Prom the ground line
to the roof is scarcely over sixteen feel.
Two rooms and a cellar constitute the
interior Two years ago Pulbas uai I
Sd to build and had the bouse leally
completed In three months' time He
has I n pulling finishing touches to it
ever since, however, ami will umloiiht
edly keep on adding artistic designs to
il until be illes.
Willi a small boat be secured his
Blaj at Woodbine, which was brought
there from the subway in Philadelphia.
Being an expert clay moulder and
..rickmaker .he consiru. I. .1 a kiln and
mads every brick and roof tile used in
the building.
Many of the bricks were in,ml,I, red
very artistically anil bear the designs
of pretty flowers, ch.riihins. anil sera
phims. Above the front door la :m ex
trn large brick, which bears the seal
of Pennsylvania and the initials of the
builder. Mr. Knlbus secured the foun-dation
stone from an abandoned quar-ry.
Not satlslled with making bricks, and
doing masonry, this energetic mechan-ic
also makes va.es. umbrella st..nib
and little statues which lie sells lo pass
srsby. The sculpturing work on his brie
a-hntc is nothing short of marvellous,
oiisidering the rude facilities lie has
for obtaining the results.
Many of the finest homes in Vfonl
K •'•>' County contains specimens of
his genius. Over the only window in
front of the house is a colored sculp
tilled head of the man who taught Kul-baa
his trade. On rainy days when this
energetic man can't work at his kiln
he .lev ■ bis lime to making elder-berry
wine, his Industrious wife help-ing
him to collect the berries. When
passers-by stop lo admire the little
1 *». Kulbas gives ill,-ni a full history
Of its construction. tells a few funny
stories and after giving them a glaas
o. his wine, sends his new acquaintance
away feeling l.ctetr for having Biethitn.
On Sunday the versatile man often
"in. Mains plcnlciiig parties with songs
and funny stories and invites one and
ail to Inspect his little bom.
Aside from his ability as a mechanic
and entertainer. Pulbas has also proven
ODDS AND ENDS
PARAGRAPHS WHICH WILL BE OF
INTEREST TO ALL OUR
READERS.
| A STATEMENT FROM BUR-GESS
UI.RICH
'There goes a gin with the golf
watt," a man said to his companion
walking on Payette street one day re-cently
and everybody in hearing turn-ed
io see the latest product of the links.
, was exemplified on this occasion by
one of the bells of another town. It
oannot be called a beautiful walk, and
m. one who llvesnearanyofIhegiounils
where clubs that are pettleoated (more
or loss) hold their practices needs lo
lie told what it is. That long, loos,
lotnted stride, those flapping arms, that
linked" neck nnd head, that curious
it cheated 'carriage, are only too fa-miliar.
But' tho Inner significance of
the walk In its most aggravated form
is not so well known. According to a
I I is physician, who counts many
athletic women among his clientele. It
Is really a sign of extreme nervous over-strain.
•Women." says this ungnlhint
uoctor. "are always in extremes. When
i . v take up any sport or pastime they
I",,une saturated with It for the lime.
being, and live for nothing else. Now
golf Is an extremely violent exercise
too violent for many girls and when
II is run to death by an eager devotee
it Is not as harmless Lo her as ten hours
a day spent over ribbon embroidery or
thirteen In collecting quarters for the
Evi ning Home ,.r i'he lloboe's Retreat."
There Is ■ gentlemanly young man
of the town who In the future will nev-er
brush a bug from anybody not ev-en
himself. The cause of It all was a
little surprise party given to him by a
certain bug, name and parentage an-
' i own. He had just dined at home anil
stood nonchalantly chewing a tooth-pi,
k and gazing benevolently on the
madding crowd as It surged by. The
milk of human kindness was in him up
to the ears just then, and he com.I even
have complimented his mother-in-law.
He noticed that the electric light near
him .lieu lots Of bugs that were bent
on going to bug heaven by the Inciner-ation
route. A well-dressed young fel-low
can..- along and stood under the In-sect
crematory, wth the result that one
Ol them came hustling down and selec-ted
his collar for a resting place. The
young man noticed the Insect, and feel-iDg
very good, he generously volnn-
'..'!. ,1 to remove It.
■ beg your pardon," said he to the
young man. "There's a bug on your
.'.Mar. Wait till I get him."
To the RDCORDBB
In.I.r tbes. ale heading "Conshohoek-en
Invites Jags." a Norrlstown paper
prints a half Column Of falsehoods;
siiiean hing the fair name of our bor-ough;
attacking the morality of our
Coiin.ilmen; libeling our police force
and insulting every respectable citizen
In town.
The paragraphs of untruths (with a
single exception) go on to atnte the
Police Committee of Council have for
bidden the police officers to serve war-rants
and receiving a fee of one dollar
out of lines paid by the persons arrest-ed
by them. And furl her. It states this
has been done by our Councllmen So
in order to assist public obnoxlousness
as much as possible with cut rate pen
ally In enae of arrest the officers' fee
has I n lopped off."
I denounce ii as a He manufactured
out of the whole cloth. It is true a
policeman receives no compensation.
I" than his regulnr salary for serv-ing
a warrant, as It Is prohibited by
an Acl of Assembly, 1897, P. L. 26G,
but In regard to the one dollar fee, out
of the lines paid by his prisoners, he
still receives It nnd always has. ! re-peat
the article Is entirely uncalled for
and warrants the condemnation of ev-ei.
v citizen who places truth and moral
Ity on a higher plans than scan,1,1
sensational journalism and falsehood.
By this unwarranted attack. It li-bels
our police by Intimating a "loop
tag?' of fees would make them derelict
In their duties.
Our police have been tried and found
to be true and trustworthy to every
trust placed with them. The citizens
know this and It will take more than
a sensational, lying article to mnke
them Took with horror."
We regret that any paper would pub
lisli such an unwarranted attack upoi
our borough and Its offlcals. as the
entire lack of truth plainly show . there
was no attempt to confirm the state
in nis. and we can only believe It was
intentional and done for circulation pur-lins,
s. OS are all'yellow stories.
J. M. I'l.UU'II
MR HOLLAND SWORN IN
\n Interesting double ceremonj took
plaoi in the United Btates Dlatrli I
Court in Philadelphia last Salurd-'v
morning, whoa James M. Beck, form
ally announced bis retirement from the
nlbee uf I nile.l Slates District Ailoi
mv ami asked ihat binsuccessor.Jama
B. Holland, of this county be sworn in
Ui.-r the formalities of swearing in
Mr. Holland anonnnced that he would
present the name of J. Whilak. r
Thompson to President McKlnley tor
assistant district attorney.
Mr, Thompson has i n a practli
tioner of law in thee Ity for thi
years, and is favorably known. II.
was born In Stronilshurg. August Pi.
1861, was graduated from the Rugby
Academy ami entered the Dniven in
of Pennsylvania. Prom there he «...
graduated In 1X83. He entered the of
lice of Judge Pennypaeker and rand
law. Entering the law school of the
University, ha was graduated in |ss7.
and has been engaged In practice ever
since.
He was u resident of Monl Clare in
I'pper Providence, opposite PI nix
ville, for several years. Ills wife i
the only daughter of Mrs Mary E I
TWO GUILDS.
A SHORT HISTORY OF TWO SPLEN-DID
CHARITIES OF THE
COUNTRY
Within the pal i few years much at-leniion
hat been attracted by the mar-vellous
growth of two charitable move-ii"
ni which, tin.ugh having slightly
"l""1 bjeeta, are yel closely allied,
and which have now ul'taiuc.1 a scope
that , national in i harai tai These two
organizations arc the Needlework
Guild of America ami the National
Plant, I'niii and Flower Guild, the
l..rnier having now ah.,ni 320 branches
in thirty-nine Btates while the latter,
started seven yeai ■•: a sort ofoff-
ShOOl of the other, has more than
eighty branches throughout the coun-try
ami several thousand members.
Both He monuments to tin- organizing
genius oi Mrs, JohnW I Stewart, who
founded them, ami their growth is In-tel,
sting as Showing what women of
collectivi work nan accomplish in belp-tag
i r ami suffering i.e..pi., in boepl-tals,
Institutions, ami oharity "settle-
,,, P.;,,,,„w„ William,,,, „„.„,,. ,„,.,. „„,.,,„„,,.„<,„.
lei I ol which is to furnish suitable new
garments to meet the wants of such
Institutions, collected and distributed
1 l i 18,628 epaiate garments, an
increase over the distribution of the
previous year of 11 ,SST These gar-im
in- were distributed in several hun-ured
instiiiitlons In the big cities of the
country as far west as Chi,ago. In
THE COUNTY ALUMNI
At the Montgomery County Alumni
Association held at Valley horge yes
tei.lay the following officers were . I,,
ted: -
President, Joseph S. Kralz. Xorrislowii
1st Vice Pres., John B. Kvans. Potts conformance with the by-laws of the
J. Augustus I.,
K. Ware. Potls-
Johnson. West
THE WATER QUESTION
He reached for the bug. nnd the next
himself a hero In the truest sense of the I instant let out a howl that rolled down
word. As his home is built right on Payette street, crossed the river nnd
the waters edge, lie is Hie first to hear Battened itself against the hills. At the
cries of help from boating parties in aame time he did a Dervish dance out
lisiress. Last summer he had the hon-or
of saving six persons from a watery
grave, and this summer he has already-saved
two. In every case .the modest
to i lie middle of the street, where he
hit a car and bounced back, frantically
slapping one hand against the other,
i ne "bug" that the unfortunate voung
a horrible denth on Thursday of "last
week. While erecting a large stack,
the scaffolding on which Pisher was
standing gave way. Fortunately, he
was near enough to one of the posts to
catch just In time to save himself from
being dashed to Instant denth.
Kaglesmere is becoming very popu-lar
with a number of residents of this
town. During the past few years a
number have each year live.I through
the heated term at thai mountain re
sort. This year one of the large hotels
there will he occupied almost exclnslve-lv
by a party from this borough. Itox-borough
and Wlssahlckiiii. Amongthos.
who will visit there Ibis month u,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bowker, Mis. I s.
Mrs C. It. Lee anil Mis Prank Jones
who are there now. Qeorge Tract Hid
Harry Pugh will sp.n.i two weeksthere
nevt month.
Nearly the whole Pourtfa Ward wns
In a state of wild excitement nn Sunday
afternoon and for a time the scene of
the excitement assumed the nature of a
Kentucky election where the State Mi
lltla has to be called out t• ■ restore or-der.
The chief combatants were two
well-known residents of Sixth avenue
and for a while the atmosphere
ternatcly the color of a rainbow, made
so from the expressive language use.!
by the participants. The cause of the
trouble is unknown, bin. from the .1,
bate . Is believed to be over a claim of
Bald nut in Klondike i no ni b
war of words would be waged over any
thing lea trifling In thai religious lo-cality.
Sit down! Sit down!
To vih ih, sulphur, (pries ih.- strongly
■,. t.il and offensive Riahstnnce tilled
sul: hunt of allyle whlc. is found in
all theallinms. This lulphurel of al-ly!,
mingles mon especially with the
ol ■ ir nromatlc oil ..f the onion; it
la i iiin.ii with the malordorani prln-
■ ';■ found in asafoetlda which is al-one
the symbol of all smells that are
nas v Th,. horse-radish, so much lik-ed
lib roast I f for its keen and bit-ing
property, and the ordinary mustard
of in tallies both owe their strongly
stii nlatlve properties to this same snl-phi
et of allyle. which gives them best
and icridlty, nut not nn offensive smell,
OWhig to the different arrangement of
the itoma in their volatile nils. This
brii ;s us tn a most curious fact In na-tur<
that most strangely, vet most cer-taii
ly . niiHti nets all vegetable volalle
nils In exactly the same way composes
thei i all. whether they are the aroinat-
, , lences of cloves, oranges, lemons,
cilll iliinn thyme, rose, verbena, tur-lientlne,
or onion, of exactly Hie same
prop rtlona which are xxy, of carbon
n i ■ ', of hydrogen, ami obtains all the
• -ining diversities that our nos-trils
I. eel in their scut simply by
a different arrangement of the atoms in
,:icb Vegetable Oil, Oxygen alters some
of these hydio-caihoiis: sulphur others
man has always refused a reward, but , '<<"" gracefully removed was an Inno-be
has been sent tokens of gratltnde by a«nt, harmless little hornet that had
some of the rescued. gol lost on the street, nnd had clung to
Pulbas hopes to make his house much llis reacner with all the cllngtneae of
larger sonic day and do Sculpturing which he was capable. Hence the
work on a wholesale scale |hei,ceti<ss of why Hie young man re-lic
is confident of producing superior mo\,s no bugs from any one.
work and is especially anxious of i.y-
Ing the test with competitors. His lat- ' 1"" iM,ll|ied to think that progress-est
exhibit Is a clay slatiietie of Presi n uclire may undermine feminine
dent McKlnley ami those who have mow's If the prizes played for are val-seen
II. unanimously declare Hie work "able," -aid a woman who seldom plays
nanahtp Unsurpassable, This rural ':mls- ' a progressive eii-genlus
near us on Hie other side of the
river Is an unknown qnallty, R> may
rls. to become one of the greatest sculp- *'*'' toiM/" mirrors and the room was
tors of modern times, lie would not v"r* attractive. The prizes were dis-he
the first great man from this fant ! l'lv"1 '' lore th. game begunand it was
mis country, lie is practically in ol, ' xi'i'in 'hat they excited the cupidity
livion as yet. but who ran predict his '' "'Cny the guests. There is a vnl-
Who can tell?
cards. I attended
• III ■ party recently which was given in
a balirnom. The walls were covered
future?
J. O. C\
A COINCIDENCE
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN.
Vlexander Rorlty is recovering
from a recent sever illness.
Thomas Sny.l, r is suffering from
■i attach of lumbago.
Several of our citizens enjoyed the
sea breeze ;.t Mboni. City nn Sunday.
One Mini le Cough Cure is the only
harmless remedy th t produces Immed-iate
results. Try It.
II Maxwell linrry ami W. R Sup.
• '■, vv'.sl Coushoho.■ken.
ICI.I.d. THK NKW HKSSRRT.
plaoi a all the family. Four Savors:
lemon Orange, Raspberry and strnw-
,\ peculiar and laughable coincidence
oeenre.i at the Beading station early
one morning during the pnst week. A
man with a mallow jag hapi i
along n few minutes before | a, in. ami
after leaning against tin building tot
few moments, gravely lurched over and
peered at the dial of a penny-in-tbe.
slot weighing machine that stood in
front of the building.
'Tr.vlng-hle-t' see what lime It Is!"
hi i.iveiy explained to a belated iias-seng.
r who stood at the corner.
"Well you'll have to drop a penny In
the slot and stand nn Hie platform If
von want to ascertain the li by that
machine said the man, jokingly.
The bejaggeil individual felt In his
pocket, brought forth a penny, and
gravely mounting the machine, dropp-ed
Hie lent In the slot, and the hand
spun around the dial.
At that instance Policeman Heald np
peered on the scene ami naked the man
With the Jag what he was doing.
"Pindlir out th'-hlc-tlme!" was Hie
ol many of thi
III i.. a euchre prize worth $5 or $lli in
til* is, s of II lthusinstic player that
cannot be counted in money. When we
sal dOWB to play the comedy of this
K» begun. Nearly every woman
present had recognized the possibilities
Of I he mirrors on the walls and had
manoeuvred to take advantage of them,
Those who were sealed where they
COtlld not get a clear view of Hie mir-rors
In Id their bauds close ami the
fortunate .mes. after arranging
Uieli .aids . tin lie.1 thell eyes, with
sunlie.i oarleaaneaa, to the minors in
which they Imped to get a glimpse of
inelr opponents' cards. Kach mirror
gaj i pretended that she was giving a
touch to her hair or just happened lo
let her ey.s imii in ihat direction. II
wi s not lone I., for. every woman in
"'• F0 was suspicious of every oth, r
woman, ami although the day was
wnrm the atmosphere In Ihat room
Boon became freezing. Now the prizes
W. ,■ ,,f „„ ,.,,.,, W1|IM. .,1|(| .,11 |h|. monm
en present were honorable women. It
seemed as If none of them, however,
could resist the unfair advantage whleh
Hie mirror offered."
To ;b. Ke.nr.ler
The writer has read with Interest
the statements (some perlineiiel. Other*
not i made by our borough COIIIIRCI and
the officials of the woter company, and
oannot help but wonder where It will
all end. To nn onlooker this controver
ay seems somewhat farcical. As n con-sumer
I cannot help but feel well
pleased with the service there being no
better water obtainable thanthat which
BOW inns through our pipes nnd at a
price per annum Mo private takers at
least) no higher Hum Isconslstent with
efficient service. Would we care to go
back to the muddy water days of the
Schuylklll supply, when our wash day
was regulated by the amount of mud
which Unwed through our pipes. I for
on. would not. Why cannot the c gen
Hemen get together and settle the ques
tlon? Then the people of the borough
can tell where they are nt so to speak.
II is rumored that many of the gentle-men
who are talking of organizing a
new company were directly interested
In the old one before It was transferred
\o,. ii this Is so why di.t they sell out
particularly when they had all the'
wealth oi the Sohuylklll to back them.
the kind of water that Philadelphia
loves so dearly, lieiiilein.n be consis-tent.
Childhood days ami childish ac-tions
are or should b, over with v.,a.
A CONSUMER
town.
2nd Vice Pres.
Plourtown.
Secretary. Kliznbeth
town.
Trensurer, Ralph L.
I '..lo hnhocken.
Board of Managers:
Rva P. Schwa.I;, Monl Clare.
A. Wesley Kratz. Ijinsdale.
Samuel A. Anders. KulpsviMc.
Kathryn lirecht, Norrlstown.
Cheater A. Knits, Lower Providence
Josephine Miller, Pottstown.
F.'lias Detwiler. I'pper Providence.
H. Wilson Btalitnecke: Vorristown
A'nnn Bunalcksr, Bklppaok,
Anna Ashenfep. r. College ill.
There wer about 2f.O at the pi.ni. .
WhU'h was much enjoyed by all. There
were patriotic and entertaining aelei
lions rendered d'l.*U{ the afternoon
The treasurer r"or!r! a balance of
$24 "1 In the Tra-mrv.
DeWltt'a Little Karly Rise.- are la
minis little pills for liver and bow. I
troubles. Never gripe.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. R Sup
plee. West I 'on- h,,li.nk, i,
guild all the articles distributed were
brnn.i new. Prom this can be seen the
extent and value of the work of the
guild and the reason why n baa become
such a force in the field of charitable
enterprise.
The guild was tarte.l in Philadelphia
in 18SS by Mrs. Stewart and live other
Women. Mrs. Stewart is a nelce of
Mis. i.ow P, .Morton and she soon en-lisie.
l the support of women of posl-linn
in I tie social work, uhic.i intheflt-teen
>i II. oi ii rganltatlon history
has novel been withdrawn. The Idea
of a n Ileworh guild, however, was
not conceived by Mrs. SI. wart asaslm-lllar
organisation bad been started in
I.iol.in.l several years before by Lady
Wolverton, who had seen what good
could be accomplished by having a cen-tral
ito" h of clothing from which to
give gram-- of new garments made by
.minion agreement in the materials
nnI hiii,I: i i needed by the poor.
Lady Wolverton saw that by small con-ilii.
minns of garments from a large
number of persons she would secure
quantity ami by direction from a cen-tre
ehe would secure likeness In kind.
STRANGE HAPPENINGS
A man in Colorado stole a locomotive
''"'.S"'!r'1 ., , n'" "way with It and smashed It up,
t four minutes of 2 O'clock!" two me, In Atlantic Citv stole the Ten
onsiiltlng his watch. Commandments thereby smashing one
In ■ hie- „, them, and an old man of SO years
on the thrashed tWO young men In s hotel
' i ins here raachlni hb ante who insulted him
says il Is 1.5B o'clock . which is four
said the officer .
"Your watch
■econd!" answered the man
berry. At
It to-day.
your grocers. 10 cts. Try,
mil,ules of hie tWO!" and the imii
vmiial with the mel.ow Jag, whowelgtl
ad Just 164 pounds, Jag and all, deaci ml
ed solemnly from the scales and con-gratulated
the officer upon the excel-lence
of his timepiece.
A young boy was bitten on the linger
by n rattlesnake, and after killing the
snake severed the finger off ill the sec-ond
joint with lils penknife.
A young woman In Omaha was ar-rested
and fined for publicly kissing a
man on the street against his will.
VERTICAL HANDWRITING.
To the Recorder
I lie vertical penmanship that is now
employed In the school is a great Im-provement
on the old style." said one
who is greatly Interested In education,
it Ii not as decorative as the familial
'Spene. rian.' hut it can always be read.
.vhleh one must admit is certainly an
advantage in the matter of writing
in- vertical system is supposed to be
nii.l aiativ. ly new but it Is a curious
lact that | have never seen adverted to
In print that it was employed in nearly
••Il iis preanl details by Bdgar Allen
I'... during the early days of his nu-thnrshlp.
I examined several pages of
'oe's manuscript not long ago In a fine
niieciinn of autographs, and I was Im-presaed
at once by the similarity of his
handwriting to Hint now taught In the
schools. It was remarkable. In fact.
the only difference I could find was in
the formation of bis capital T's. which
were made In the French slyle. The
vertical scheme Is said to be the result
of a great deal ..f scientific szperlmen
ting along the lines of legibility and
speed poe evolved lb. same thing out
of his inner consciousness. Ills writ
Ing was beautifully dear, and he said.
yon Know. Hint be cultivated it to at-tract
the attention of he people who
rend manuscripts for the magazines.
Thomas A. Btdlaou, by Hie way. writes
a hand that resembles it to a really
startling degre."
I would he sorry lo hear that Consho-,
hocken had decided to have the old!
system taught It would be Interest
Ing to hear the testimony of the teach-ers
who have taught vertical penman-ship
Whnl is their opinion of Its
practicability for business purposes
X. Y. Z.
Baking
Powder
Economy
The manufacturers of Royal
Baking Powder have always declined
to produce a cheap baking powder
at the sacrifice of quality.
The Royal is made from the
most highly refined and wholesome
ingredients, and is the embodiment
of all the excellence possible to be
attained in the highest class baking
powder.
Royal Baking Powder costs only
a fair price, and is cheaper at its
price than any similar article. .*&
Samples oi mixtures made in imitation of baking;
powders, but containing alum, are frequently dis-tributed
from door to door, or given away in
grocery stores. Such mixtures arc dangerous
to use in food, and in many cities their sale is
prohibited by law. Alum is a corrosive poison, and
all physicians condemn baking powders containing; it.
ROYAL SAKINO POWDM CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
.