The Conshohocken Recorder, May 12, 1893

              THE WEEKLY RECORDER.
VOL. XXIV, NO. 10. CON8HOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, MAY LS, L893. $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
1'opulKr Chun .-.
What irrnnder aiiriit for KO<1- uml BM to w*—
The people >fc00*HQ rnlml How ttuMlmo
Wlirn. right or WfOag, iMm!. 1 inlllloiiti be
Art true as those whn wu N -i-rlmc
U theirs. Thoy stand bjtllMntlM 1"'<■;'!.'chosw.
K gcnernl welfare \m the got] >ll,,>* ■••»%
And party be but mean*, and not, tor '!
Who won, tho end. Thi |
Kor stupid roirur* that vnti-at Maouooo'sboek.
Their vnito. 1„r us thovolco •>( Go* tboU
heart
Eeeponslve beata when calls tho rltfht; fof
wreck
Of nation never cam* unless by art
The people were batmnd—tiwlr fuirful VOWv
Will bless. If right, will doom, if wrong, their
-Frank Leslie's Weekly.
Cunlinu-il from hint trttk.
THE GOLDBUG
BY EDQAK^ ALLAN POE.
"But," I intvrixMcd, •'you Bay thai Un
skull wan not Dpon tin-1 rohinent when
yoiiinaiU'lhi ••rav.in-. I How,
tlii-ii, do jroo trace an, c
twaan the boat and the
latter, aoeordtng to roar o* n
■aathav«beenaeaigned(ao<li nl;
how oi by whom) M tome perio I
quint to "your nket<lnn
"/thowed hfta "" in-"'"
"Ah. bareopon tarna the whole my*.
lory, although the rtcret at thia i~>i»t 1
had oomparattTely little dlfflcnlty In
aotving. My atapa wi ra m and i ould
afford bat » ■angle reaolt. I reaai
•xample, thna: Whan I drew tho i
IMBUB. there waa no skull apparent npon
the parebmant When 1 hud completed
tho drawing, 1 cave U to you andob-aerveil
you narrowly until you returned
It. You therafbre did no) dealgn the
Bkull, undnooueei.-se waararatant todo it.
Then it was not done by unman agency.
And nevertheless it was done.
"At this »t«K0 of my retleitiMi I 1 I : •
dcuvored to remember, and did remero-bcr
with entire distiuctnerts, ev.ry inei-dint
which occurred nliout the period in
question. The weather was chilly (oh,
rare and happy accident!) and a lire was
bhraiiK upon the hearth, [waa heated
•with exercise and eat near the table, Von,
bowerar, had drawn a chair cloee to the
«himncy. Just us I placed the parchment
tu your land, and as you were in thenct
s>f imp. ii Ing it, Wolf, the Newfoundland,
■entered and 1, v.\*i\ UIH.II your shoulder*.
With your left hand you careaaed him
and kept Urn off. while your right, hold-ing
the parchment, was permitted to fall
listlessly hetweon your knees and i:i
proximity to tho tire. At one moment I
Sought the blare had oangbt it and was
about to caution you, but baton I could
■peak you bad withdrawn it ami war*
ciiKngcil in its examination.
■'When I oonaidi red all thaat particu-lars,
I doubted not for a moment that
heat had b<o:i the agent in bringing to
light npon theparchinelit the skull which
I saw deUgiH.il upon it. Yon are w. 11
awaro that chemical preparations e-.ist.
and have Dilated lime out of mind,
by moans of which it is possible to write
upon either pajier or vellum so thut tho
characters shall become visible only
when subje, led to the action of fire.
Zaffro digestisl in aojaa regia and di-luted
with four times its weight of wa-ter
is Boiiietiinosomployeil; a green tint
results. Tho regulars of cobalt dis-solved
in spirit of niter givo a red.
■ Those colors disappear at longer or
I shorter intervals after the mat. rial writ-ten
upon ooi 11, i oi a. mi become appar-ent
upon th : . ■' >• ition of heat.
"I now scrutinized the death's head
•with care. Ita outer edges—the ed
the dntwtag near, si I
Hum—were far more distinct than tho
•others. It was ■ I ■ i thai tho action of
tho caloric had been Unperfeci or un-equal.
Ill;- Bre and
subjected every poi ton of the parch-ment
to a | lowing beat A; Bra) the
only offset was the strengthening of tho '
faint lines In tin- skull, but npon jiersc-rering
hi the exr» rimont there became
visible at the corner of the slip, diago-nally
opposite to tho spot in which tho
death's luai waa delineated, the figure
of what I at first SUppi I to be a gOBt
A closer SCrUtlny, however, satlsli.d me
that it was intended for a kid."
"Hal ha."' said I. "to be sure i have no
right to laugh ot you—#1,300,000 of
money is too serious a matter for mirth
but you are not about to establish a
third link in your chain—yon will not
find any special connection between
fijur pirates and a goat—pirates, you
now, have nothing to do with goats;
they appertain to the farming interest."
"But 1 have just said that tho figure
waa not thut of a goat."
"Well, a kid. then—pretty much tho
■laino thing."
"Pretty much, but not altogether,"
■said Legi'and. "You may have heard of
Captain Kidd. 1 at MUM looked
-the figure of the animal as u kind of
naming or Uacoglyphical signature, I
nay signature because >'••* position upon
the vellum suggested this idea. The
d th's head at the earner diagonally
opposite had. in the same manner, the
«ir of a stamp or seal. But I was sorely
put out by the abaanoecf all else—of
the body to my Imagined instrument—
uf the text for my context"
"I presume you expected to find a let-ter
between the stump and the signa-ture."
"Something ,,f that kind. The fact is,
1 felt irresistibly Impressed with a pro-
Runtime!,t of aotne vast good fortune im-pandtug.
I cun scarcely say why. Per-haps,
after all, it was rather a deetn
than an actual belief, but do yon know
that Jupiter's silly words about tl
being of solid gold bad a remarkable
effect upon my Eenoyl And then the
series of accidents and ooincidej
these w..ro'so very exti y. Do
you observe how meroanaccid mtitwai
that these erenta should have ..
upon tho solo day of all the year in
which " has been or may I ■
cool for fire, and that without 1
or without the mterrentj m of the dog ot
the precise moment in which I
pouted I should never have become
aware of the death's head, and so never
tho immessor of tha treasure!
"But procoed-I »»' '•» ""'''"
"Well, you iiavu heard, of course, tho
. „»ny stories current, tho thousandTBgne
rumors afloat, about money
■ooMwhereupon the Attwttfl coiwtby
Kidd and his associates. These rumors
A must have bad some foundation m Tart.
And that th.. rumors haw
long and I Bttnuon I oould b i
suited, it appeared to me, only 6
otrcurastanoe of thi ;
remaining entombed. li.i-l
coaled his plunder for a lin Wand after-
•ward reclaimed it, the ru ".■<
«o.rf«lv have reached o»u' I MMfla
' ':
-i.l about
, ; raooT-
■ ah would
i to ma thai
Of a Uielll..-
rsudutn Indiratlug I ty—had de-
■
it had become
l who ol
■ treasure
I at all, and who,
It, tu i gwen
. currency
■
„,,„ i rer heard ol any lm
Ing nn.allhed along
the <■
iccumulations were
. .1 known. I tisik it for
•' ■ ■ .: yon will scarcely be sur-
.. [felta nope
. Inty thai the
■ .,.,,.i involved
■ pii f di i
.o to the Bre
the heat, but nothing
omsthing
i carefully
by] luring warm
i no this 1
p] i In a tin pan, i
the ] in npon a fur
. ' [n a fi w min-
■ -
hi
, , ...-. lit sev-eral
places with what app ared to he
\ : 1 placed
II tot main
Dpon taking it oH th*
lit now."
ii. i" I., [rand, having reheated the
mitt 1 it to my inspec-tion.
The Following characters were
rudely Ii • lin ared tint between tho
dale'' !
HW»;48W;00))8
.-,.1 ■ 4; :il(:8tm>0*jr;8)*:( :-!83>;3
I ;- -.i:)«t8)4t
--U0»81(t»
mini him tho slip,
"I ma B I BUI i In tha dark as ever. Woro
nil the.- G Iconda awaiting mo
nponmy so'utionof ibis enigma, 1 an
at 1 should ha unable to
earn th- in."
"But,h..\ ie :
,, itly lm
portanl point
menceni
word-. Lot na refi c
last instance but one, In which 11
l.inalioii
oi the o ■
ntediub '. ■ not mi nl
of a wore
ml of a.
ifiVi 1 ■
i, rs down thna, by i :.<• I I
them to ■
unknown—
i .. th.
"Here we ai ai once to di
card the th,'
the word commencing with th
Mine by azpi rim. nt of the eiit'
bet for a letter adapted to the >
.. a i n .'ivo thai no word can I
Of Which this 111 can We an
thus narrowed int..
t i ■
and gomg through tha alphabet if neces
lary, i 11
idlng, We tl
another letter, r, i pi tub l I > (, witl
the woi
"Looking fda I n i
short dial ; to combl
nation j!8, and empl tl M
minatiau to wbut Immediately precedes
\, ! . alt
or, substituting I ■ natural let) i
known, it reads thus:
tree tbrJiSh the.
"Now, . nnknown ohar
DI n we Ii ai
tuto dots, we read ti a
th ■ tre :i;i-.-ii the,
When the word 'through' ina'.
evident at once. But this i
three HI ■• I ittora—o, u and g-i
it I by ; I and u.
"Looking now, narrowly, th:
cipher for combinations of known ohar
aotera, we find, not very far from tin
beginning, thia arrangi mi oil
83(b^. or agtl
which, plainly, is tho conclusion of tin
'dagxee,' and gives us another letter, d
roprosented by i.
"Four letters beyond the word do
gree' wo perceive the combination
;(48;88.
••Translating the known characti r.
and tnproannHtig the nnknown by dots
as before, w* read thus:
th l
arrangemi nt Immediately mi
e 'de. H'l
i now l
I of the
: 1 ■ i. oonl i i. ivs
i
ran ly emplo] i .1 In
;..... hi re.
I at mu
n, from a bloh to n is
lutl t'i>
I
i b) ii"i ih.
i oopeand
i.
car-'
I
■
SAHT
"/ iel i loa."
• l !,: . n to the Ii dge and
found thi It wo Ibli I- '
one i articular po
This fact confirmed my precou
... ITI I idea. I in
ii l 18 minnti -'
oould allude I but elevation
the hori-zontal
direction was clearly iiul:
thewor Ibynoith.' This
latter dir lion lat oi
Then,
I the glass as nearly at an angle
at ion as I could do it
,,v inese, I II. iM it cautiously up or
down until my attention was I
by a circular rlfl oro] ng in tho fob"-
■
spot, but
n, II
0. G. H0SKINS,
Auctioneer.
i MILLS, PA.
i
tSHINQTON HOTEL,
No. 41 rtratt,
i . ken,
IUMN A. HAKI10LU, • Propriclor.
.
of the word 'thirteen,' and IIL
nishing us with two now ohai telescope, 1
and n, represented by 0 and *. ,: now made it OUi
ring now to tho beginning ol n human skull.
the cryptograph, we find thu combina-tion
03tlt-
"Translating, as before, wo obtain
• good,
which assures us that (he first letter is
A, and that the first two wordsaro'A
good.'
"It is now time that we ana:
key, as far as discover.sl, in u tabular
form, to avoid confusion. It will stand
thus:
5 represents a
♦ " d
f.c.,e.Mo,.J,.n'lie;rrt<'otcd tlic pnrchmcnl,
lued it tu in./ inapeotion,
"And yit." said Legrand, "tho solu-byno
means so diflicult asyou
agma from tho first
i. Ion of the characters. Those
one might readily
-that is to say, they
Jug—but,then, from what
Kidd, I oould not supposo
rnoting any of tho
I [liis. I made up
are that this was of a
. as would
: of the sailor
Inble without the key."
I lived it'r"
ly. I have solved others of nn
abstruaanosi 10,000 times greater. Cir-
:I-I I .1 certain bios of mind
1 1110 to tako interest in such rid-
! || may well be doubted whether
human iiaaaiintv can construct an enig-ma
of tl, ildnd which human ingenuity
may not. by proiwr application, resolve.
In fact, biving once BatabHahad con-nected
and legible characters, I scarcely
gave a thoughl 10 tho mere difficulty of
develo] :iK>rt.
"In the present cast's—indeed in all
. g—the first question
langus go of tho cipher, for
lie 1 1 lution, so far espe-
. more simple ciphers nro con-cerned.
.Vpei.l upon mid are varied by
idiom. Bi
general th 1 oativo butexper^
(dirocted by probabilities) of every
known to him who attempts thu
solution until the (rue one lie obtained,
but with the cipher now before us all
difficulty was removed by the slgnoture.
npon the word'Kidd'is appro-.
dable in no other language than tho
English. But for U ration I
shoal.1 have begun myatt onptawithtbe
Spauisli and French us tho tongues in
Which a secret of this kind would mosti
naturally have been written by a pirate
of the Spanish main. As it was, I as-
. .! 1 the cryptograph to bo English.
■■Yon observe there are nod
between the words. Had there 1
vision.. Hi" task would have been com-lyeaay.
In such case I should
. d with a collation and an
1 the shorter WI r.ls. and had a
wool of 1 single letter occurred, ae la
1 .'via 1 ;• I. for example), I should
I |i ., i tha ilntion as assured;
ng no division, my first
a the predominant let-sonant
Count-t
0 in truol 1 a table thus:
the character Mhero are 33.
; „ 28.
4 „ 10.
I) ., I*
* .. 13.
5 „ 13.
0 „ n.
"Of tho character i 1 there are 8.
00m ry 1 was sosanguine
I : lived, for the
phrase 'main I nth limb, east
I r. r i- onl I ''• ■■ I ■ ition of
tho skull '. v.-li !"'s'..
admitted
tion in regard
too ■ l 1: ''•
oelvedtl todropnbul.
.1 the Bknll 11
1 ■ r woriU, a
lino, drawn fr
trnnh through 'the shot' (or I
no bullet fell),and thono
,,1 to a dlateni e of 60 feet, would
a definite point, and beneath this point
1 • Ible that a da-j.
of value lay concealed."
"All this," 1 ly clear,
npleand
1 left the Bishop's
hotel, what tl
"Why, having carcf ally taken
meward. Tha
at I left "the devil's .' I ■ ■
have said enough to convince you that ,.v,.ri ,he circular ri: I .. nor could
I K, I of it afterward, turn as I
"We haro therefore no less than 10
of tho most important letters repre-sented,
and it will bo unnecessary to pro-ceed
with tho details of tho solution. I
BITTERS
Will cure
The worst cases
Of Skin
Disease
From a
Common Pimplefc
On the Face
To that awful
Disease
Scrofula.
Try a bottle
To-tlay
GENERAL MEADE HOTEL
42 and 44 South Elm atratt,
Conihohocken, Pa.,
IAMM I. L01IQHHEY, • Proprietor
Bsstbraadi of Lie* rs, winsi, r*i*w..^**'
Ilt«r. Atconiiie>.l»llenit for man «lin -ul.HM
MONTGOMERY HOUSE,
Cor. Kayette and Marble at*..
Conshohof ken, Ps.,
V. 8. BLOOMMALL. • Pre»rl*»*r.
AJI ii..- i*«t bi»nd« uf I-laui
Mr, I'oitor. 1A Stabllns «c6oi
JOHN NEAL, Jr.,
House and Sign Painting,
i i Inbhtnf.
ur at rcsi-
■
-.-■ii, Pa.
gLMER E. HART,
Moving and Hauling
of ml kh
U-niiiH. <i I
Ooiuhohock' n,
■ ■
lVima.
uori, Wit**, Alt
.mmtxtalatnam
^yARD'S HOTEL,
Elm atroet below Poplar,
Consholiocken, Pa.,
IAMES WARD, PTaprle'.ar.
All ajs but l.miuli of WbliMas, Biandlti, Wlass
•no Olna, BMi Nftsr, AU »nd (%•!».
Families Supplied with
V D. BRITT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
' ' 1 'Ma, ami
■
^/M. F. MEYERS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
608 C i lelpbia.
Building,
hohorken, Pa.
JAS.
'i .«-i
&*v *j»jf'i'.ynra'ft^J>1 * w
-tinnra to A. P. Ordiviy & In.,
UssV, lor best meUlcnl work |
PLUMi
'1 0,
«2 0.
:» , 4.
1 3.
IT H a.
l.
"Now, In English, the letter which
most fr nrsiso. Afterward
i runs ilms: n o i ii h n r »t
n ) o tg\ m w b h- pq x z. E predoini.
BO remarkably that nn imliviilnnl
:■!.• length is rarely seen In
whloh II i pn raUing oharaoti r
"Hero, then, we hare, in the v.rv be-ginning
the groundwork for something
i made of the table is
; thia particular e |
:. very partially require Ita aid.
icter Ii s. we
i i,-ii,-" by aasnuilng it ns tho oof
• Xo verify the sup-
■ rre It the s l» seen
Si ni,!, 1 with
.. i i oq ,.■!.,■>■ in Bngllsh—in aooh
[i r ezi mple, aa 'meet,' 'fleet,'
..' 'agree,' etc. In the
nr, i i .1 nolens
than live tines, although tho crypto- .
•:i>' B, then, na a. Now, of
nil wor.'.. in the language 'tho'is tho
i ■. therefore,whether
t:i, re ore no repetitions of nny three
ono oriler of colloca-t,.
u. thelaal of them being8, If wo dis-cover
ropotitione ol BUCII letters sour-ranged,
th.-y will probably repn
l
:
.v. ii,-..utiiii.. .1. Thna* great (tap hai
been tiiken. __
ciphers of this naturo itro readily solu-ble
and to givo you somo Insight into
. oale of tii'ir .1. relopinent. Hot
bo assured that tho Bpeeimen b fi
appertains to the very sim
of eryptogrnph. It now only i
to cive you the full tranalation of the
clutracters n|ion the parohnwnt ns un-riddled.
Hero it is:
" 'A good KIIUSS in tho biahopfa
In tho devil 'a teat 11 di reee and 18
Uinntaa northeast and by north :
branofa aarenth Umb aaal
from tho left eye of the death's head a
hco lino from tho troo through the shot
50 feet out.' "
"But," said I. "tli" enl ■ ■ "till
In as bad a condl HOW^IB ii
pruwiblo to extort a meaning fron
this jargon aboul 'devll'B
hj id 'btshor/a l
-I confess," replied I
th' nun:
w>. m r igardi d with a oa
■ ■
fence Into the natural dhrl
ty the cryptographlat."
"You mean tapunotuate ItT
■Something of that kind."
'But how was it possible t
thi-:'
-I reflected that it had
with the enter to run his wi
eether witliont illTlsion BO as to increase
tie .lilliculty of solution Nov.-. i not
pseracote man. in pursuing snok
teat, would be nearly certain to
the matter When in tho courso of hia
composition ho arrived at a 1 reek In Ul
subject which would naturally i
pause or u point, he would be axi ■
ly apt to run his characters al tl
moro than usually oli b | ther. If
yon will observe tho MB, It I
Instance, you will easily detect live such
cases of unusual crowilinir. Atttingupon
this hint. I made the dlrudon thus:
"•A good glass in Ihe B
In the di
minutes i rtheaal an : not th—inuin
branch • I Ii—shoot
front the left eye of thod
in a line fr in the tree thi
50 feet out."
"Even thia division." said I. "leaves
mo still in the dark."
"It left in.. d irk," n pUi 1
Legrand, "for a few days, duril
I ma.le dili;.-. nt Inquiry In the n
hood of Suliivan's island for any bcii.l-ntg
which went by the name of the
'Bishop's hotel,' for of courso I dp pped
the obsolete word'hostel.' Graining no
information on tho subject, I wa
point of extending my spl
ami proceeding in a more systematic
manner when one morning it entered
Into inyl.ia.l quite suddenly that thht
I" m [hi have a me ri rer
enee to an old famll) of tl
B i |.. whit h Hme oul 11 Brtnd
bald pi ■ i aoe* nl manor
houso about tour miles to the north war. 1
ot til" :
"I act ordl
tntioti and :. Instituted my b
among the older nugrooa of tl
At length one of the mi -t aged of the
women said that cho hud heard of such
a placo aa 1'—»'■ oaatle and tl
that sho could guide mo to it, but that
it was not a oaatle nor a tavern, but a
high rock.
"I offered to pay her well for I
bio, and after some demur sho »
toaccompiinv me to the spot. W
it wlthont iintch dilllculty. when, dismiss
Ing her, l proeei led to examine the
placo. Tl: ...-tl.-' eonalated of un ir-
Ngnlai . lageof cliffs and rocka—
ono of the latter b big quite ten
for its height aa well as fbritainaolated
and artificial appearance. lolai
to its apel and then felt lunch lit a loss
as to what should be next done.
'While 1 waa buaied in
eyes fell upon a narrow led ID
; i i yard be
low the summit npon which I ato d.
Xliis 1. i I about IX in
nicho in tho clill just above it .
nido Tosoinblanco t
JONATHAN CLEAVER,
MACHINIST. PI I
STE '.'•: Fll I I
Hector St., Conshohocken, 1 .re.
[nn f''i." ■ 1
OYSTERS !
- a.. FOLSY'S
nmt or »*»atva it.
B HOLLAND,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
:
'' ' I
All I.
Truth is Mighty and
lust Preyail
:i we ray you never heard of sucli low prices
:is aye air nt)\V offering, our lino of
FURNITURE
CARPETS and
WALL PAPER
REAL i .■';.I'./' AQESi
Yt H.LUBBE,
nicer, Real Estate llroker,
General liusincss Agent and
Notary li'«1>llic
Uuooy to Joan In MnM Nn , HortnfM
nc«tBtuird. HOIUM to r*ui *uid coIlccUou
ffompitr mado.
HtKtorM flr»*(tf»orbel.P.O .7ndrtory.
Qm H. THWAITBS,
Plumber, Gas and
Steam I
Cor. WASHINGTON and OAK Sta.,
Conihohw '• - ■'».
would. Whal seems to ni" the chief ill-c.
unity in thia who! thefaot
(for repeal ion*taced
that the oirculai
n Ii \ ill-'- from no other at-awthan
that afforded
by the narrow ledgo upon tho faco of tho
rock.
■•In thia expedition to the ■Bishop's
hotel' I had b en ate ndi d bj Jni lb r,
who had no doubt
thia abstraction of my de-meanor
iin.l t I care not t. ■
leave mo alone. But on the next day,
■ ;. x. rjri ariy. I contrlTed to gjye
:. 1 went Into the hills in
: tl After much toil 1
(bund It When I came homo.-.
: Ivemea Boesmg.
with th nture I bellere
j ■ telf."
. '
' '
i thi neb th ri bl la
-kllll."
lo a dif-ference
of about 2( inchi lin i
-that is to say. in tho position of Ihe
I i : . the ': and had the
■
error would have I een of little i
:.-, t r. 'shot,' i". • ler u Ith the
re in rely 11
for the eel I t of a line of direc-
■ ri one the error, howerer trival
in the I oginnlng, it wo pro
. and by the tune we
■ t threw ni quite off the
ii.'nt. But for mydi seated impree-siuns
that troasnrewaa here somewhere
buried we tnijrht have had all
our labor ia v..in."
"But your grandiloquence and your
in swinging the booth—how aa>
I I was sure you wore mad.
And why did you Insist "i on letting fall
the hug Instead of a bullet from the
by, to he frank, I felt somewhat
annoyed by ]
ui anity, and BO reaolTOd to
punish you qniotly, in my own way, by
a little I iicatioii. For
; the bi i tie, and for
thi ■ i. aeon 1 let it mil from the trei An
tion of yours about its great
: ii the latter idea."
| And now there i:'
only one point which i osslee me. What
are we to) I ■■ akeletona found in .'
:. I .-.in no more able
to answer than youm If. I here
howeri r, i nl ble way of ao-counting
tor tl
i.l: .1, llevein BUCII ■ myang-would
Imply. It is clear 111..
;.■ . I
lire, which I dOUbt li I U : oil B» thi
: a i
lii.'.e.l, he n.
thought Itei t to ■ all par
i Perhapsi
nfficicnt
while b i wore I y to the
: requin .1 ■ di -■ n. VI bo
ihall tell:-"
Tin: BMD.
rim., ti i .
■TdiMilir Kan.., ..•*-...
Hcstli.B I'ul IK AI«1 I -ui..'.. I i..,1.,.f> by 'W.n
» BpieUltj.
EAULINO AHP CAT. gtUVMOM.
jflAYALL MAY.
Haulixig ■ "■ Ixiuds.
«^BpeOl«l UlinUnii mvci, u. "... .MKMIIW ol
tnlftl Uoclorn.l >".;.. I ,l: liooSrs
JAMES OLINTON,
Hauling of ail Kinds
THIS week our specialty
:,I.W line of box
paper of excellent
quality, which we are
sellitigat the very low
price of
15 CENTS.
Bach boa contains
full quantit.i 24
sheets ofpaper and 2 I
envelope
Watch our advertisement
and our window.
P.
Druggist,
Favette Streot above
Wm. P. .Tones,
Oat Meal,
Corn, Oata,
Chopped Corn §
Oatsand Baled
HAYandSTRAW
aadSerlag llll tree eta.
we " back it up" and the many callers, and sales we have had
iplc (wise housekeepers) can grasp a good
: lines are still complete call and be convinced.
ROBERTS & MEREDITH,
FAYETTE STREET, CONSHOHOCKEN, PA.,
Clothing Ready Made and Made to Order
The best assortment in Town, at the lowest prices at
HERMAN WETZEL
'ni iind OS Main street, - Nbrristown, Pa.
*f BRENDLINGEES |
LOW PRICES for HIGH QUALITY GOODS
JRA N. SAYLOR,
RENTS,
COLLECTOR.
BILLS. ETC. COLLECTED
HOUSES RENtED.
Elm
Sixth
Ffeaurtly •.'.tunSad Ta.
tivenur, Conshohocken, Pa.
Utae, Sar.il and SoppUea
farnishc.l to i ■>■•'' bolldi ra.
Contracts D ■-' u' ''"'
h. Davis Jr. I Go.
Dr.AI.KKS IM
Joseph Ohi©l<
p
R
ACTIC
A
L
HORSE-SHOER & BLCKSMITH
BPKCXAJ ITTKNTIOh PO (
Carrlngi'i. mid wagonii of nil kinds made and
iND TRIM- .
. .,i;i|, :. ii! in. ii. :i.|.'..i;.i.|.
N I: 001 HI at
OOKXH
Offlcc-Cor. Front and Oi , Weal Ooa
iiliolmcL.-ii, I'll.
JOHN J. FINERAN,
ffonnerlj a
TZT Plumbina GasFlttluc' iul,,u,,,H MIII mid
rump WOI k i]. BpMlealty.
73 Fayette st., Conshohocken, Pa.
■ :\cr illiiHtr»lcl than in uurprcwit olie ring of a
4-S-inch Black Henrietta, 39 Conts.
Coma look M lilt goodi OonM.Ult i* nnly to get n umple with which to make comparlion
.' A lair iirlco would be "& ccnU a yard—out our
LADIES' GLOVES.
'■ri. Thtn marrol nt the prica, only 10 C€nta a
Cur. Come lonk at tlicm un<l rur it ttifjr would not be cheap at IS cenu. Tho colon »ro
latk. Mealg, t
2S-cent Knitting Silk,
A lanre purchase lias given u chanco to slro you BmItlard it Armstrongs Spua Knitting
Blilt In ln!i(-omi(v bm'lsl : »O1OM. Have you ever seen such a chanco
Aii-.ihcr brand ai 23 i
CARPETS.
Th«r« li no need logo to 1 weatllour carpeu at Philadelphia
1nce>,aadno ;<ttesandA
in ye a
I A xmlnuera we meet It here. W»
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Provisions,
Hardware,
and Lumber
Or ALL IDlHi AI.10
lAXa.!
From the BEST MINES.
Wtot - Conshohocken, . Pa.
Bargain, in Real Estate,
i
i on TwtllUi ovenuo, ovnar win
■ ■■
i . i ■ ■
cheap A good
. ima.
\ lO, iind nb.»ut \}i
i . Including Irultorchard All in
11 itifb. Prioe lo*
:l - ! IOOU.
I
i
BlUng and stable,
He ilOl
red dwelling, Finh Ave.
urtn avenue,
dwelling and two i-i'-.slxth Ave
. d brick dwelling, lot 80x186 ftM Pay
] omed brioi A\ i artnoee
liiiibiitiK loti on Fayette and Hector itioM .
BeTcnth.Eighth, Tweinh and Bprlng Millnvi-
11110.- and othem.
JOHN J. MEYERS,
Insurance and Real Estate gent
Favell- Street. Conshohocken Pa.
WEEMivU^EE.tS FREE!
Qarratt J. Blanche,
CARPENTER & BUILDER
. iMii l..r..:i kinds
ni bIMIni ■ J<'«>oi»>i
lir.iiniillv nl:. lul.il '.'. .^^^
RESIDENCE, NORTH ELM 8TBEET
CONSHOHOCKEN.
JOHN S. HIPPLE,
I'llA. .
CARPENTER and BUILDER,
Cor. Hector ami Apple itl
Conshohocken.
Estimatea furnished and contracts
made for all kinds of bu
and Specifications drawn for nan
work. Particular attention paw to
. ind remodeling. First-class
work and material guari
«iinour>. '. " -. 11 «H« t-'rtme iitylt,
aminfiaad prioaawaraaQ rinht. Nowforilie balance ofthoitockwo nako
i££*20 PER CENT. REDUCTIONS-»t
Spring COATS and CAPES for LADIES.
to fit you you will final at tho same time one of the beat Bprlng Bargain
rhad. Youct ...McKiirmunt at very little cost to you. It ia well
worth a to look them ovtr,
. H. BRENDLHGER,
Hooks, Carpets, Trimmings and Coats,
80 and 82 Main St., 215 DeKalb St.
Morristown Carpet Cleaning Works
Is Ready to Assist the BUSY HOUSEKEEPER in Cleaning Carpets
by the New Method.
The Machine Does Not Rip, Tear or Shrink Carpets.
I ,|„ , i \t.i\^ ii Drj OoM Afr rrocew with powerful fane whtak
freshen ■.v,und Ktmovva Motlu, Wormi and Uerme of the MUBO
cry. Order.- by mail will receive prompt aUeottaW*.
ItrldKiiurt and ConsU'jhocken.
: and dcliTor^
WILLIM1 WRIGHT,
3:ITO Kistako.
rbyalclaDH trrqimnlly m.lco miataboa In
r..«tm«nt of Heart l)i leaie Tha rate or
liilun In daily lucrea.liiK. Ilnnilrrd
boromc vktim. of tba iKiinr»i oe ol Pby.lrlana
.inn nl of tbla rtlnp.io. One ID fonr
paraoaa l.a« a ilideaneil l.r-ait. Hhortne.8 of
Breatb, MpUatloa and Flntli rinK, Irroeular
PalBB, rlinkiliK Hi'imition, A.lliniatin ltroath-
InR, Pain or TenderneM ID HIIIP. Hbonldor or
arm, Ws*» or Hunsry B|.rll",ar.. aymptoma of
of BaartDtaaaaB. Ur. Miln.'Ktw Ilo.rt Core
li tho only rellablo remedy. Iho*a*aa*t«*Hfj
lo Ha woadarfal enraa, J>.. k-i 1'r-o. Bold by
I. I . i ■ ' o
llcocrdcp $1 a year
fAYETTE ST., ABOVE FIRST AVE..
ihockaftj » )'ci:„a.
r,-aler In
Iware, Cutlery, Tools, Etc.
lock of fresh OARDBN
i i nilj nu hand. Otdera
' prom; !l> filled.
SCIENTIFIC AND
Practical £g^ Dsntistry.
DR. N. 5. BORNEMAN,
NO. »09 SWEDE 8TBEXI,
.tint bo.ow Main. Norintown,
•Hto itio pin ■ • ' onncken
; ti. urn f.»r bti
IcnrnnlllCf. l.Mii tOKUarunn u par*
ot ■attafaotion.
jarjiltrnan OxMB tor pulnlaaa oxtraotlo
tupoolaltr. I'-'-'v
, OCULISTS1 , 'ORoms rnuo?
VOU THINK YOUR EVES A«E COODI
If v lUil.iv.: IllHI . ..iiniti' I >,(,,lwlll,f•,^0,?V„,
fm.I tlmt there is - in* IblnR .. IUI.I;\MUI tnu-u,
and that ■■ ' >'onv,.v
i [uinendedbrlsaa.
i.l.isioilifcciiraTlalOB.
iprioeaa.ee
M.ZIr!BV\::.i QR3.1130 S. Ninth St.
OPTICIAN9. Ill aOELPHIA,
|ttw.un ' :i- -i"t no'' f ut aaraaaji
REDUGTION in COAL
S.&J.PUGH
lo their patrons
public in general lhal coal
..... prlcca oi
•ur
MONDAY, APRIL 3rd
... and Chaatnut tS*i
per ton I I .-'j."5 l*' ,on
ired.
We . lao tell I lour al following
ur (4.50 pet barrel
;i . .>5.5o per barrel,
ol Fayette street
nE\'rr*T*
The Heaviest Failure in Years.
A Reliable Clothing House Goes
Under.
Great .xciUmenl! Tn momloilH crowd.! Tlio
awralBKUIIIalaatBlabl """?°
tbo inBdertal b.r«.n» .«"•» "',' i„. i\ tho
.ontheartaoraar of Sloth aad
M.he no mistake, bo
for^baI^aSa.U»rt|h.i
Boraaa oi Nil
aiuouuliOK to oue bm
ma, for Bprloa an I Snnau r, .li aid l» oon-r8la
«raatBBla "ill baal" »«
»t Ih. only UgltimaU ;*av»l <-» "''K.
, 9th and
u.eU, PbUadalpbl - ., __,.
1.. j
rill be, aa n nUoa i .•
;.i all 1 f M.n'' r< 1 in . for *l W,
,. Ijle, ai.d noii.i
1, id, . 1 KOodqntll J
D itli -11 I II . 1 ■ 0t liii'll J
inroad. Han'i
. , 99 .worth i,r.. l"'" ftdlta.
■ 1 worth
H.t li- I.l < . H ' I I " "
I :
Hi S"i I .1
■
I
■
To ah
1 1:. 1 off, 1 ■'. rj Uiu ...ii owa ie
I In plain fljtaraa ] pi nlbatvaaB*
in . ui 11 In ri- a i ni, wo win i.
Hi mi.in I mi all soodn not found ad rapt
tad.
B iLimbor thia arcat aale «ill poailively bo
. ocad al in A. at, .»ch day. Von out
i'.,ll.es<niluo tbo Koodaana
nrleeR and bo eontinced.
Tho olitl.ini! wa- con-cued lo ni be-
Bd onr ooa-a
equiro war. DarlnR tbla 11 .1
[Bill ra -Rli-oiir inim.ni... builiiiui.' will bo opin
rk overy Dlkht. Ho cura you aro at
Philadelphia. Oar far* paid to parabaaara ro-
. .It of towu.
)eUTend In Norrlat
PRICE, 3 CENTS, PER RUNNING YARD.
W. R. 8CATCHARD.
Tracey's Hats are the IJest,
Retailing at Wholesale Prices.
A popular way
of selling Hats.
WI are having a phenomenal run on our Alpine Hats and no wonder.
With the stock we carry you ran get any color or style at the moderate price
of 75c, -.i, pi.35, S150, S2 and $2,50.
TRACEY, Leading Hatter,
38 Main street, Xorristown.
WANTRIGHT ftWaYi^ It--liable DMB
, aeetaoa of I
rlcatonp
*nt us, odvorti-w and keep our abow cards I
1 lokaKl up in towna, tm trooa and Ioncea aloaaj |
11 uhlii- ri.-i.l- 1, • 1 v .:r .nn ciunty. (76 A MONTH. SAlAITANl
EXFEKES PAID mil TWO WEEIS WMEIITAITEI. 1. H.SCH»AF a CO.CI.CIBIiATI.f
|Dr. Tatt'a AaTNIiAUII o. piamorotbar
ima poiaoti inu
- l-i. - 1. .-HI.1II ltl>
STH MA
11 r..-.-.pt of najneluaT
it-oRloo luidreaa we mail
I mil laittle
and prove
to you thatl
J)R. E. E. PLEMINQ,
Dentist,
HBSTAVENOK, BELOW r.tVliHK STR«KT.
Ooaahohotluia. »a.
laTABLISHtO 1B3T. BAILEY'S
PURE'RYE,
HlUEY & CHRIST,
1207 MARKET ST.,
aamplaai«att3>ha trade. PHILAOA.PA,
lull nig)
ranu oflednot aegieotyoar hussniosmirMt up
.. for l.r..itli for foor of Riiff.K^ali.in.
FREE
ASTHMAH-HE
v> ill mil 1 doe* c«r*
For uUo by aU Oniggut*. DR. TAFT BROS. MEDICINE CO., ROCHESTU, ■- T.
LEIN'S • •
CLOTHING
rtLL PREVIOUS
EFFORTS OMTbONE
310
NEW STOCK
NEW SHAPES
NEW STYLES
Buying from US you buy from the MAKER
Bund SAVE all but ONE SMALL PROFIT.
BUST (10 SUIT BEST $12 SUIT BEST $15 SUIT
and BEST SUITS at all prices for MEN,
YOUTHS, BOYS and CHILDREN.
W.i PAY RAILROAD FARE AT EXCUR-SION
RATEIi on nil purchases of SIB or more
'and proportionately for leas amounts.
D. KLEIN & BRO.,
920 MARKET ST.
NtXT TO PO*T-OrFICI
I
PHILADELPHIA