The Conshohocken Recorder, July 27, 1900

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NO. 11) H) CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY .1ULY 27, 19(M). $1. PER YEAR
TOWN NOTES.
BRIEF ITEMS AND NOTES ABOUT
THE TOWN AND THE PEOPI E
WHO ARE IN IT
Mrs. Jawood Lukens is spending the
MunmM in Atlantic city.
The thermometer < i i. i not gel ovi r
M degress yesterday.
Miss Katie Qreely, of Qermantown,
is visiting relative* hero.
Miss Anna Cullunau. of Seventh BVe»
nur is Buffering with a severe cold,
The son siurt man baa Invaded oar
town. Hi' looks neal tad oool.
A lemonade trual is spoken of, so lay
in it good store ;iinl ili-fy II.
The Conahohoeken Band is rapidly
mastering nil the classical airs.
Yin.inns Robinson baa returned from
a two weeks' vacation In Atlantic City.
Mrs. Henry D. Cranor sad sun go to-day
to the Lake Bide Hotel al Bogle-mere.
The inns! fastidious smoker can be
suited at the store of .Inincs T. Sin
n.m
M Sue Dempsey, ol Sixth avenue,
will spend her vacation In Norrlton-vlile.
Mrs, Anns Jones sad daughter, Miss
i.iiiinn are spending the tnmmer In
w. rs\ llle.
The .1. Rllwood Lee Co., is now very
busy. They are adding new employees
to their list every day.
The Recorder has received many
protests from its readers In regard to
«he dodger nuisance.
•.iv. II. T. Beatty ol Hoboken, N. J.
is spending his vacation visiting his
11 Ivy Bock.
.Miss Katie Redmond of Sixth ave-nue
.was visiting relatives in Phila-delphia,
mi Tuesday.
ii. n B i[are d< sir to rent his
home on Payette street Mr. Hare
Intends to remove from the town.
Roberts A- Meredith have placed
large awnings around the windows of
tin- Post Office,
An Infant chll d of Mr. and Mrs.
George Btaley of sixth avenue, died
on Wednesday morning.
The Poet Office has a nice awning
and one ran now write litters there
without "melting."
The weeds on Third avenue are still
there, yon might think they were giant
oaks.
Many prominent young people of the
borough are about to organise a dra-matic
company tor the coming season.
.-. vend of the unemployed younger
element are seriously thinking of tak-ing
up arms against China.
Huberts fc Meredith ran suit the
must exacting who wish to tarnish
their house in an up-to-date manner.
The high water in the Sehuylkill
river caused the stoppage yesterday Of
the Water Mill of the J. Wood & Bros
Co.
Miss .Mattie and Master Qeorge
Snaile leaves to-niorrow morning for
Chesapeake City. Md., when, they will
visit their aunt three weeks
The Collins Mfg. Co., have received
an order tor three of their regulators
tor Cuba. Tins company is gradually
getting a world wide reputation.
Henry Beaver lias just returned
from a three weeks' visit to Frederick
City. Mil. lie was particularly Inter-ested
in Barbara Prltchle, and hunted
up a great deal of Interesting informa-tion
regarding the waving of the Union
flag while the rebel army was inarch-ing
past.
it appeari thai the lifetime of tne
mosquito is three months Mosquitoes
have been kept alive In captivity for
eighty days. It Is said Hint the or-dinary
minnow, which feeds upon the
larvae of mosquitoes is highly efficient
as a menns for keeping down their
numbers,
One of the most wonderful creatures
to be seen—if you are not seen lirst—
nowadays is the summer girl in an ef-fort
to keep cool. The way she isn't
attired is What adds to the remarkable
charm of ber appearance, Clothed
with a blush and n Mother Hubhurd.
she stares at ber gentlemen friends as
if they arc In blame for possessing
eyes that see and lips that laugh.
Is there anything improper about a
pair of suspenders? Of course they
are not pretty, but is there any reason
why men should be ashamed of them
and women should regard it as an af-front
to have them exhibited in their
presence? There is an unwritten law,
that if yon desire to go without a
OOal in hot weather, you must
wear a belt with your trousers, and
omit the useful but unsightly suspen-ders.
If you insist on wearing suspen-ders
you must keep your coat but ton-ed,
while the man with the belt may
let his By to the winds of In.-nni.
Now. If you chance to ho in the flush
ol young manhood, slender, erect, and
slim of waist, the belt is an excellent
adjunct to the lower garment Hut if
the better half of life has sped into the
past and the expansionist years have
added territory to your wnist, the sus-penders
are tenfold more comfortable
than the belt. And this is a truth well
known of all men whose girth, when
they sit down, clamors for more space.
You ami i cannot be confined within
the weak list of a country's fashion."
said Henry V. to Kalherlne. and per- ,
haps in this speech there may be a per-tinent
suggestion to men of parts.
II in i. i Matthews is In Atlantic
> ay.
BllWOOd .limes is spending a vacation
in taernersyllle
Mrs Harvey Brownback entertained
a number of her friends at ber home
,iu Kighth avenue on Tuesday evening.
Rev. B. T. String has returned from
11< .an drove and will h.-leafier pS at
boi \,iy Saturday and Sunday and
.■very day. every Other week.
Jerry POX lias been held under $200
ball by Magistrate llcywood to answer
the i barge of desertion preferred by
his wife,
I bury Blsenberg will have charge
01 the Prayer Meeting at the
band house at Spring Mill, on Sunday
11 HI noon, at 2.80 o'clock.
Tin merchant who advertises only
whin business is good, Is apt to find
the time between seasons grow longer
mil longi i
Miss Josephine Crajrley, gave a pi-ano
recital In Crash's cigar factory nt
\'ni I islown, on Tuesday afternoon,
which was greatly enjoyed by the em-ployes.
W Anson Mosei. a student at Oetts-liurg
Seminary, will conduct services
al St Marks Church on Sunday morn-ing.
There will be no services in the
evening.
Rev. William I,. McDowell, of Phil-adelphia
will preach in the M. R.
church at 10.80 Sunday morning. The
pastor. ReV, II. T. String will preach
in the evening.
Rev, Hubert Newton Pratt, paatnr of
a Baptist church In Columbia, South
Carolina, has been visiting the Hev. .1.
I'. Slieppard :■ ml addressed the Pres-byti
riim Prayer Meeting on Wednes-day
evening. Mr. Pratt returned to his
home to-day.
Mrs. .lane Schilling died yesterday nt
her home in Ambler. She has been ill
for a year and her death was not un-expected.
Mrs. Schilling is the oldest
daughter of Mrs Margaret Jones of
Blghtb avenue, and a sister to I.lwellyn
and .lames Jones. She was a resident
uf this borough for a number of years.
Miss Rose Collins daughter of Bd-rtaid
Collins, formerly of tills borough
Is rapidly doming to the front in mus-ical
circles. Although only fourteen
few Old, she sings the most classical
selections at sight and plays the pipe
organ in St Michael's Church, Phila-delphia.
Last Monday evening she
played at a musieale given at the home
of Miss l.neretia Highter of Spring
Mill.
Visitors to Conshohocken are often
annoyed l|y impertinent remarks and
the unmanly "stares" of crowds of
nun who line up on each side of Fay-itte
street mar the railroad stations,
i hat this thing has become n veritable
nuisance is without question and the
parties who practice Ibis Indiscretion
should remember that America is a
tree country and Conshohocken a free
town.
The following program will be ren-dered
by the Spring Mill Hand on Sun-day
afternoon on the t'ollinin l.awn.
under the direeton of W. H. Reppert.
Part I.
March, Phllhamonic Rlnguet
noly City Adams
Baritone Solo, L Williams,
Credo from Mozart. 12th Mass,
Sacred Pantonis In the Cathedral.
Kling
Selections from Bohemian Qirl, Hnlfe
Part II.
a March under the Double Eagle,
Wagner
h Chin in the Lonely Vale of
Streams, Clark
Mow nin I have Thee, air ond vari-ations.
Cox
Clarinet Solo. B, Orauel.
Uloris from Moznrt, 12th Mass,
Beared Standards Cox
Bine and (irny, overture Chnttnnny
KEEPING COMPANY
How long should lovers court? There
Is i h difference of opinion as to how
lung young people should call on each
other before entering the matrimonial
state. Some any they should lie steady
friends for live years.
Others claim that long engagements
make them tired of each other nnd
that after calling sternly for six months
the man should ask nnd mnrry short-ly
afterward.
The Recorder will publish sugges-tion!;
from its renders on this subject
just to see what opinion is in the ma-im
it \ So If you have an Idea on this
subject send It iii and we'll all discuss
it together. In this method can be
discovered sad erring swnlns put on
the right track.
Send In your suggestion al once.
One Minute Cough Cure is the only
harmless remedy that produces Immed-iate
results. Try It.
H. Mnxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee.
West Conshohocken.
MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFLICTED
With severe headaches;
Caused by torpidity of
i ne liver. Hood's Pills.
By invigorating the liver.
Quickly overcome the headache, cause
the blood to circulate naturally nnd
bring about complete relief. Hood's
Pills act drectly upon the liver and
bowels. They are prompt and reliable
and yet gentle in action. They tone
and strengthen Instead o'f weakening
the system.
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A COW TALE
AN AMATEUR AGRICULTURIST
WITn THE PINK SHIRT AND
THE BULL
For a day's quietude and rest there
is no better one to \isit than ■ friend
who lives on a farm. This was the
thought of n young lady who lives mi
n farm near Conshohocken. Bo Invi-tations
were extended in a few of her
lady and gentlemen friends In come
out from the hot. mucky atmosphere uf
the city nnd enjoy the beauties of the
country.
Last Sunday, the chosen few jour-neyed
to the farm, an.i Immediately
upon their arrival, one of the gentle-men
being an amateur agriculturalist
fm every city man who knows thai
milk Is not a compound Ot chalk, wat-er
and ninrsh-grass, thinks himself
capable of running a farm, went to th.
barn, with the rest of the male con-tingent
to explain the ways of the pa
ciflc cow. After passing Judgment mi
the blindle, the Jersey and the inuby
cows, he entered the stall of a fine
Inrge. beast which be immediately pro-nounced
as fine a specimen of a (lern-sey
milker as he bad ever seen. But
the lienst taking exceptions «> the
young man's remarks nnd his pink
shirt, for the beautiful "Qernsey" was
a good healthy Montgomery County
bull, twisted and pulled al bis baiter
strap until It broke and he was at lib-erty.
Hacking out of his stall, with a
roar he sent the cityites Hying from
the barn, the bull In hot pursnt. Out
into the meadow they run the bull be-ing
a close second until the boys
jumped a nearby fence. Then the bull
got mad. Missing an opportunity of
assisting his master's guests over tie
fence greatly offended his bullish dig-nity.
And after ronring and laughing
and glaring nt the ones on the safe
side of the fence, he spied several ath
letle girls—the ladies of the party
wading In the brook, which runs
through the meadow, with a bellow.
nnd lowered head he made for them
Tne girls bearing the noise and seeing
the bull with the boys in hot pursuit.
scrambled out of the creek and climbed
lip n nearby tree With the agility of
acrobats, anil this position gave them
grand stand scats to witni ss a line
steeple chase.
On enme the hull, the boys chasing
him hard with clubs and stones, pitch-forks
nnd hay rakes, and every other
sort of weapon nnd yelling like a lot
of Commanche Indians or a crowd of
Chinese Boxers, who had captured a
mlssonnry. Across the creek, up
through n field of line young corn,
leaving destruction in his path; up
the lane to the woodshed, ihe door of
which being open, the now thoroughly
frightened bull sought refuge iii the
shed. Now all hands were in a di-lemma,
bull and visitors. The sled
was so small the bull could not turn
around to get out; be was greatly ir-ritated
and true to his bullish Instinct,
he began butting. He butted a dozen
setting of eggs; a Jack horse; a tool
cnest could not withstand his attacks
and he was just about to tear out the
walls when some farmers came to And
t..e cause of such sabbath desecra-tion.
They succeeded in quieting the bull
but could not turn him around and tin
bull showed his desire not to lie back-ed
out in such an emphatic manner
that it was necessary to tear out half
a side of the shed, and keep the visi-tors
out of sight, before he was safely
chained in the barn.
The amateur agriculturist, still In-sists
he knows Something about farms
and bulls in particular, In fact he ad-mit!
he learned more about live stock
In one day than he ever knew before.
In future, when the city folks wish
to spend a quiet day. they will not
come to the country with an amateur
agriculturalist who wears a pink shirt
nnd Insists on proving his knowledge
of things rural.
WANAMAKER DENIES REPORT
A HORSE'S DASH AT NIGHT
From our Hose cien Correspondent:
While ridng along the river road late
last night, Harry Hunting of Mann-yunk
was passed by a maddened horse
pulling a road cart which contained
a young woman utterly helpless.
Putting on an extra spurt Hunting
wns soon racing neck and neck with
the runaway. At a sharp turn in the
road, he caught the horse by the bridle
and the sudden stop threw him from
his wheel which clattered down over
steep embankment, but .nought the
animal to a standstill. The woman
was soon revlvpd by n drink of water
and after the horse was smithed and
quieted, Hunting drove tne team to
the young woman's home In Ardmore,
where her father offered him a reward
hut the young man merely accepted
the cost of his wheel,
DeWltt's Little Barly Risers nre fa-mous
little pills for liver and bowel
troubles. Never gripe.
H. Maxwell Harry nnd W. R. Sup-pi
ep, West Conshohocken.
John Wanameker came in Newport,
mi Wednesday directly from Cape
May. N. .1.. and said that lie fell as well
is ever. The report that he was dying
was circulated by some lying corres-pondent
who wishes to create a sen-sation.
The ex-Post Master-General
started yesterday for an extended trip
through New Hampshire and the
mountains and will return to Philadel-phia
iii a few days. Mr. Wnnamnkcr
looks thoroughly corroborate his state-ment
and his obituary will evidently
not be written for many dnys to come.
WAS HE MURDERED?
Coroner McOlathery held an in-quest
on Tuesday on the death of
I homes Kelly, who was found dead on
the Trenton cut-off Railroad on Fri-day.
Tin evidence was not sufficient to
prove that Kelley was killed by being
shuck by a train, although his body
eras fearfully mangled. No train was
found or has yet been found thai
Struck the dead man or can any train
in found that run that night the crew
Of which remembers striking anything
.in the tracks.
Qeorge W. Valentine was the fust
So1 lie stilled thai he Is the con-ductor
of a passenger train. He was
notified at Fort Hill shortly after five
o'clock Friday morning to look out
for Ihe body Of B dead ninn near lllue
Bell crossing. He picked Keller's body
up at thai plnce and took it to Wlllte-ninrsh.
James u. Palmer, a Bremen on the
Trenton Cut-Off, living at St. Thomas,
with whom Kelley boarded, testified
that Keii.y i, ii his piaee on Thursday
night at the usual time, about 8
o'clock with bis lantern lighted and
Started up the tracks. He saw him
light the signal lights and then con-tinue
his duty by going up the tracks.
He was perfectly sober when be left
the bouse, lie framed Kelley to be
i an fni according to instructions on
Wednesday.
fin Sunday morning he visited a
blacksmith simp above lllue Hell cross-ing
and spoke to several colored men
who spoke to Kelley nt 9.20 o'clock on
Thursday night sad they were the last
persons so far as known who snw Kel-ley
alive.
Frank Btreeper of Norristown Bre-men
on a freight train on the Cut-off,
testified thai ins train passed the spot
between B.10 and 3.20 every night and
thai he had I n 111 the habit of ball-ing
Kel|,.y every night, but on Thurs-day
night he did not see nor hear any-thing
of him although he wns looking
for him as the train passed Keller's
unite. Not a light wns seen of any
kind except the usual signal lights.
Mr. Neimeyer, superintendent of the
road stated thai be made a futile In-ition
to And out if any engineer
remembered having struck a man that
night at that place. Bach engineer
slated that he noticed nothing unu-sual.
When found Kelleys clothing had
16.60 in the pockets and the body was
horribly mangled.
lb ily plausible story as to the
manner Of his death, Is that he fell
asleep and while silting on the tracks
was stunk by an engine while his
body shielded the light from his lan-tern.
The body was found on the
south side of the East bound track
and the lantern with the wire guard
and top broken was found lying be-tween
the rails of the east bound
track.
The jury render the following ver-dict:
Thomas Kelley came to his death
from injuries received by being run
over by a train on the Trenton Cut-off
Railroad near lllue Hell on Thursday
evening. July 19. We exonerate the
railroad company from all blame.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN
THE DOINGS OF THE PEOPLE IN
THE BOROUGH ACROSS THE
RIVER
—Hev. c. vv. Teasdale will preach
on Sunday for Brother BldrldgC at the
Balllgomlngo Baptist church.
—Miss Emily Davis and Miss Sarah
Huston of Plymouth Meeting will sail
from New York lo-inorrow on a pleas-ure
trip through Europe.
—John Hill nicy of this borough ami
Blugene Inmsa of Philadelphia, will
sail from .New York for England. They
will visit the Paris Exhibition before
returning in November.
—Hev. B, I.. Hyde, the well-known
evangelist Ol this borough, was elec-ted
ns n delegnte to the State Convcn-tlon,
by the Prohibitionists of Mont-gomery
County which met in Norris-lown
on Tuesday,
- An Infant son, Norrls R.. the son
in lh,imas and .dary Holme, died nt
tin home of his parents lust evening.
The funeral services will lie held from
b.s lute ho HI Sunday morning nt
ha.f-past nine, the interment will be
In Cedar inn Cemetery. Philadelphia.
—The annual celebration of the Hol-iness
Christian Sunday School will be
held in Bell's Wood to-morrow and
the scholars are looking forward to a
most joyous time. They will assemble
at the church nt S A. M. and march to
the grove in a body, when there will
be amusements of every description to
entertain Ihe children. Stands and ta-bles
will be erected and iiinner and
supper will In. served together with
tne neal from the school.
—Flora Nasde is confined to her
home by sickness.
—The funeral of Kinnia. the infant
daughter of James and Sarah Smith
was belli on Wednesday afternoon, the
Inten it was In St. Matthews' Ceme-tery.
MID-SUMMER WEDDING
John II. Murray, formerly of this
borough, now connected with Prank J.
C. Roberts & Co., of Pitlsburg as en
structlng engineer in charge of opera-tions
at Port Oram. New Jersey, and
Miss Clara Elizabeth Summers, the
daughter of William Summers, were
married last evening Si eight o'clock nt
the home of the bride's father on Elm
street.
The ceremony was performed Ity
liev Herbert ,1, Cook rector of Cal-vary
Church.
The bride was given away by her
lather. Miss Lillian Summers, sister
of tne bride was mnld of honor.
The bride wns heaiitfully gowned In
silk miille nnd carried a bouquet of
sweet peas.
Clients were present from Norrls-town.
Bridgeport, Pboenlxvllle, West
Conshohocken. Pottstown. spring City.
Dover. Delnwnre, Plttsburg nnd this
borough.
After the ceremony a reception wns
gven n Henz's parlors, where elaborate
refreshments were served.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Murray left town amid
s Ihowsr of rice on the 10.37 train, on
an extended wedding lour. They will
reside at Hover, N. J.
CONSHOHOCKEN
PROPHET
LIFE MADE WEARY BY DODGERS."
IT SAVED HIS LEG
P. A. Dnnforth of l.aflrange. Qa. suf-feredfor
six months with a frightful
running son' on his leg; but writes thai
Hueklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured
It In five days. For Ulcers, Wounds.
Piles. It's the best salve in the world.
Cures guaranteed. Only 2"irfs. Bold by
all druggist.
ANNOYED BY DODGERS."
I'o the Editor of The Recorder:
Nearly every day I am annoyed by
orcular distributors who ring the bell
and fill the entry with their bargain
prices. I often sweep the entry In the
morning sad after completing the
work up stairs find the hall littered
again with these destestable dodgers
I really wish you would call the atten-tion
of the authorities to this nuisance
and oblige n
SUBSCRIBER.
MILK GOES UP IN PRICE
Recent boi a ml dry weather all over
Hie Slate has caused a scarcity of milk
and Ihe product has gone up In price
in the Wholesale market Hi cents n can
making a forty-quart can cost $1.40 in-stead
of $1.80, Ihe ruling price early In
the month. Should existing weather
conditions continue there is certain to
be another advance, which is likely
to affect the retail markets and be fell
by families who use a quart or two a
day. As yet I In re is no danger of any-thing
like a milk fuinine, and the pri-ces
in Conshohocken are 0 nnd 7 cents
a quart There is one denier however.
who sells it at five cents.
The scarcity Is caused by several
things. In the first place, cows like
human beings, do not attend so strict-ly
to business when Ihe days nre hot
and humid. They produce less milk.
especially as the pastures dry up, and
they have to travel further for their
necessary sustenance. Then, loo. the
demand increases greatly In the cities.
When the weather gets hot more | -
pie lost appetite tor solid food and stay
themselves with milk, and there Is al-so
a tremendous quantity used up in
making Ice cream during every hot
wave Prices have also been better
than usiinl for both butter nnd ol se,
and many farmers hnve of late been
finding it more profitable to sell their
milk to the factories turning out these
products than to ship It to the I'll in -
delphiil market.
The surplus milk market Is a fair
barometer of the trade, Surplus milk
is milk thai dealers bring to the city,
and when it reaches Philadelphia llnd
will not be needed to supply their
trade, ruder nnrinnl conditions this
would be disposed of to others In the
business for about the regular price.
but last week all that was offered was
eagerly taken at JH a can, nnd in some
cases more was bid.
If the price increnses in Philadel-phia
it is necessarily put up in Con-shohocken.
If WS have more rnln
there will be no (ear of fnmlne, but If
the dry hot weather of this month
keeps up in August, Conshohocken
housewives "ill pay more for milk.
William D. Valentine, proprietor ot
the I i lames Hotel, Reading, and Mrs.
Mary (i. Beohler, of Plymouth town-ship
were married Tuesday evening nt
Heading by Itcv. P. K .llunlziiiger. at
his parsonage, A reception followed
in the St. .lames Hotel, at which over
one hundred guests were present. A
line dinner was served in honor of the
event. The couple will lenve on n
ShOJl wedding tour to Philadelphia and
Atlantic City later In the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Valentine are wcll-known
in Nonistown. Mr. Valentine
was al one time proprietor Of the Hait-ian
ft House ami Mrs. Valentine resid-ed
ai the Black Horse Hotel in Ply-mouth
township.
Thieves visited the residences of
l.evi ObsrholtSOr and John B. Dettre.
at I'hoeiiixvllle. nnd carried off a lot of
valuables.
Jumping on a Reading Railway train
SI Ulrdsboro. Barnard Dietrich, of
Mont Clare, was seriously Injured.
Falling while jumping on a train at
Exeter. Joseph lluis, a silver-plater, of
Cincinnati. O., sustained injures Hint
caused his removal to Pottstown Hos-pital.
To the Editor of The Recorder:
Will yon kindly insert something in
your paper about the detestable print-ed
circular nulsnnce. No matter how
many times I sweep the hallway, I al-ways
find It tilled with papers contain-ing
advertisements.
They sometimes blow out on the
steps and make the front of the house
look as If no housekeeper resided In It.
I do wish council would do something
in regard to this matter.
M. L. T.
HUSBAND HATES DODGERS.
To the Editor of The Recorder:
Plense spare n little space to help
suppress the dodger nuisnnee. Our
house continually presents a most ne-glected
appearance, with fluttering pa-pers
on the sidewalks and steps. I
think Council should tnke this matter
in hand and prohibit this annoyance.
A SYMPATHIZING HI'SHANO
PURSUED IN MID AIR
To escape a trouncing nt the bands
of a larger boy Joseph Diola ascended
a telephone pole nt Norristown. but
was surprised to find that his pursuer
also was n climber, nnd when nenr the
top, being hard pressed, he left the
pole and started to cross the street, fin
feetin the air. on a Keystone telephone
cable. Joseph's pusuer also started on
the cable and there is no telling what
would have happened had not Chief
of Police Hodenliaugh put In appear
sacs and ordered tho boys down.
PREDICTS
"That Bryan will hnve ter do tin-roofln'
instend of spoutin."
♦
That a feller alwuz feels put out
when he's taken in.
♦
Thai si ■ women 'II hnve to strain
tea through cane-sented chairs.
♦
That the man who lives on tick will
bine in sleep forever.
♦
That a man without feet gen'rilly
goes 'round lookin fer alms.
♦
That to keep up blzness dentists '11
have to put false teetli in combs.
♦
That the girl who has nails on her
lingers don't alwuz have tacks In her
hair.
♦
That the feller who rocks thcr boat,
is alwuz sure to take water when he
ought ter be a hero.
♦
That the boy who puts soap on the
stairs Is alwuz sure to eat his meals
off n mantel-piece.
♦
That if the lectrlc lights don't stop
winking iii night, the whole town '11
have ter wear glasses.
♦
That if all Conshohocken people will
spend ther money here every body
would wear more smiles and suits.
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That cash registers is gittln played
out nnd bnrtenders '11 hnve to take
pictures of customers with a cinny-mntognff.
TRAINMEN HAVE NAR-ROW
ESCAPES
One of the most destructive freight
wrecks that has ever oeciired around
• ,,s part of the country! occured aliout
Mil on Thursday evening when the
iisi wheel on one of the forward cars
broke, wrecking twenty-three enrs and
...ock.ng all four trucks nenr Wayne.
The train wan an extra freight of
twenty-nine cars loaded with "soft
greennge conl, which left Ilurrishiirg
nt 6.30 on Thursday morning. The
point nt which the wreck occured Is
on a down grade, and the train wns go-ing
nt n fast rate of speed, ns nbout
B half mile below an up grade starts
wnlofa is one of the steepest hills nlong
the Pennsylvania road.
Several minutes previous to the
wreck one of the liiakemen noticed a
little girl walking along the railroad
and waving her hands In n frantic
manner, He Immediately looked over.
tanking that they bad probably run
over some one when he noticed that
the train was rocking in n dreadful
manner. He tried to jump, but owing
to the motion of the trnin it wns Im-possible.
By this time H. Pnyne the front
brakesman, had discovered the break.
hia car was pitched off the track and
he wns thrown out. He had n most
miraculous escape from denth. In fnll-
Ing he landed on his hack. The cars
were piling up all around him. and he
had to crawl on his knees for the
length of several cars to keep clear of
falling ears. The rear brakeman. John
C. Condrum. was thrown out. hut for-tunately
was not seriously injured.
ill the crew speak in the highest
terms of the bravery of the little girl
who first called their attention to the
breakage, ns she stood her ground
while the ballast was pitched all about
her.
Ilnrgess Todd has signed the ordi-nance
passed by Norristown Council of
three weeks ago, to prevent the depos
it of offensive mntter and obstructions
in highways and on prlvntr property,
nnd to regulate the public distribution
or sample drugs, medicines nnd med-icated
preparations.
—Perklomen Creek Is dally the scene
of Ashing pintles along Ita hanks.
—John Suniack fell al Hoyersford
anil broke his thigh.
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SOCIALISM
To the Recorder:
A recent editorial in the Recorder
told of the nction of Corporntions that
is helping the growth of socialism.
This growth is even more wonderful
than the readers of The Recorder have
knowledge.
Bvery election shows the silent
growth of this vote In Mark Hanna-land.
Prom the country, town and
City the increase is rising like the flood
that is to sweep ihe country. Not«reat
Sports followed by an ebb.lndicatlveof
spasmodic, uncertain fountains, but
the steady, determined rising that
makes you feel that dams and barriers
are of no nvail. It is the little cloud
In the canopy, so small that it attracts
the attention of but the few mariners—
what Bmneror William snw nnd what
disturbed him so much. But it comes
nearer and longer, keeps coming, ob-scuring
all other questions. It will be
in everybody's eye In the United States
In the next live years. For years it cut
no llgure In Ihe electorate—not much
yet—but now It Is electing a council-man
here, a mayor there, and the
vote increases where there was no In-dication
of Its presence. It never goes
back. A socialist once a socialist al-ways.
You never see soenillsts voting
first this party and then that. He votes
his sentiments every time nnd every-where
he has a chance. He is always
active, always aggressive always cam-pnlgning.
Others campaign about elec-tion
time, but the socialist is never
still. You will find him preaching his
doctrine the day after election just the
sume ns he did the day liefore. Every
day thousands are converted, the camp
of the enemy Is being tampered with,
but the enemy never wins one of the
converts back. It Is a one-sided game.
They lose all the time—socialism wins
an the time. It gains in Increased per-centage.
It gains everywhere. It
knows no boundary lines thnt tells
where this, that or the king, potentate
or plutocracy rules. It carrlcB the
same message of Peace, Plenty and
Pleasure to nil the children of men. It
Is not only the hope of Ihe world, but
It is the goal to which every human
association Is tending. The future is as
certainly ours as the day follows
night Socialists nor non-socialists
could not stop It If they would; they
can only retard or facilitate. Social-ism
is the next step in the upward
movement of the human family.
SOCIALIST.
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