The Conshohocken Recorder, March 1, 1901

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No. i004 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1,1901
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APPEN1NGS
The Women*! Ri i i • ( Corps will
SOXl Monday evening in 11. A. H Hall.
I'll.i :i lias opened a pool
parlor in connection With his cigar
■too OH Fay I Hi street.
Tho regular mooting of the Wash
ington Hose Company will be held on
Saturday on nine
Tho Mercantile Appraiser was on an
offlelal visit to the merchants of tiiis
borough on Wednesday.
Dr. I-ong ami his show will go to
Ambler next irook irhoro they will
give exhibitions in the Ambler Op ia
House.
The Rev. C. It. Hrodhead of I
"llle will preach in the Prosbyl
Church this evening in the servtci n
paratory to 111 * - Communion. Friday.
R. Ci. Halo, the manage-,- of tlu-Span-ish
department at .1. Bftiwood l.ee Co's
leaven next Thursday for a months'
business trip to Cuba. The feeling Oi
unrest on the island as r-po-v-i in lip
daily press lias somewhat delay.*! his
depiiriure.
The printers of J. Ellwood I. ■• Ci
are preparing for an entertainment
to be river shortly after Banter, ti
consist of minstrelry and VBrtt tv. They
In lii-ve tln-y have nearly tall n< enough
among tbelr number to give i cred-itable
performance and two ho-.is of
solid Inn are promised
"I am done wilh winter-." said a bus-iness
man. "This last cold snap and
the unusually long time that ice and
snow liave In en on the street* hai
made me TI i y tin d of winter. The
balmy ipring breeses cant come a day
too soon to suit me. Of course I know
there win be some rough weather In
March and April, but if the snow and
Ice will go. I'llnot kick on what conn s.
There are few people who have not
been occasionally pusslod to write "ei"
or "le" In the words that so rapi
the sound of the Long "e." A very
simple rule, however, removes all dif-ficulty.
If the diphthong immediately
follows the letter c it is always "el."
as in ceiling, conceive, etc.. but when
It foils any other letter it is always
"le." as in grief nie e. frit ml. etc.
The Street Committee has had IClm
street graded from Maple west to the
borough line. As soon as the weatb
er will permit, the committee proposes
to have the pavement and curb placed
In position. When this Is dune that
part of the town will be made much
handsomer than it is now. and the res
Idents will have greater comfort and
ease in traveling to and from their
homes.
Mr. Vents, of this county Introduc-ed
a bill In the Senate mi Wednesday
preventing the multiplication of poles.
wins, and conduits for electrical pur-poses
by authorizing corporations
manufacturing or selling electrical cur-rent
for any purpose to enter Into con-tracts
with Mob other relating to the
exchange of ' urrent. the Joint -
poles, etc.. or the lease or operation of
each other's system.
At the Lenten service In St. Mat-thew's
Church on Tuesday Bvenlni
Father Klnahan arraigned the many
members of the church, especially the
younger element, who forgot their du-ty
and obligation to the church and
dally and nightly gave ""'"' attention
to the various attractions about tie-borough
which provide no good for
them, led to many a temptation and
got them to forget their church. He
stated that he would expect a strict
observation by his pnrlshoners In this
matter, and that be did not expect any
to be any longer seen ai these places
during the present season.
The month of February was a record
breaker tor severe « sther. Ifor twen-ty
two days out of the twenty-i iglit
the temperature has been below the
normal. SI degrees and In only one
instance has this record ever been ap-
Tbe record of total precipitation
shows only M lOOths of an inch, about
1 quarter of which was snow. This Is
2 33-lOOths below the normal, and ia
hut one Instance has that record been
broken. That was February. 1S77.
when the total precipitation was 2-
lOOths less, but the average tempera-ture
during that month was Sti.B de-grees.
pronrhed. During February of L89S
there was twenty dayi when the ther-mometer
registered less th ■
inn during that time there was s heavj
snowfall.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Harrison, of
Fifth avenue were vary agreeably sur-prised
on Monday evening by a !
their many friends. It being their
twenty-seventh wedding anniversary.
Many useful und handsome pn
wen- received and at n seasonable hour
refreshments were served, and the
guests departed, wishing Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison many happy returns. Among
those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
T. Steele. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Am-bler
and Miss Kdna Ambler, Mr. and
Mrs. B II. I'relmi. Mr. and Mrs ('lias
Iluekle. Mr. and M's F. |i Koek. Mis.
Benjamin Koch, Mr. and Mrs. George
at Williams and Hiss Nellie w lUlams,
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crossmore, Mr.
and Mrs. A. S Cnvnnaugh. Mrs i: C
Kline Mi.-s QnUK Kline. Mrs. S. I.
Jones. Mrs. James W. Harrison Mis
J. T. JohMOn, Mrs. H. K. Muriay. Mr
H. 0. Fields. Miss Emma Willis, Mis
• Joseph Harrison. Mrs. John Qs
v , Stephen Miller, Mrs. C. V. Conrad,
of Korrlstown; and Mr. and Mrs J. A.
Weldon. Wilmington. Del.
Hives (ire a terrible torment to the
little folks, and to some older
Baslly cured. Doan's Ointment never
fails. Instant relief, permanent cure.
At any drug store, 50 cents.
John (1. Collins has been cugaged on
iii- stall of the Philadelphia North
\e.i i ii an.
Th. A Icon Club will meet at .no
taley, Third aveniH on
next r i aing.
Mr. ]■:. Stanford, the proprietor of
the Plymouth Rolling Mill, has remov-ed
from Harrlsburg to Third avenui
and Fayelle sir. et.
The slipper whn h will be given by
the Church Helpers of the M. E.
Church promises to be a grand suc-
Mi the arrangements have been
COmpletl ,1 aim a grand time is being
looked for.
Mary T„ the wife of Calvin Rlgg.
ii In r home on Tuesday In thu
North Bnd, The funeral will take
place on Saturday afternoon, the in-terment
will be mads in the Gulf Cem-stery,
The regular monthly meetin gof the
i,oyai Temperance Legion will he held
In St Marks Church to-morrow after-noon
at - o'clock.
Tin- Women's Guild of Calvary
Church .will hold a rummage sale in
the near future, of which further ue
tails will lie given later.
A breakfast food was being adver-i
town un Wednesday by a wag-on
with a large sign on It, and three
women driss, d in brown and old-fash-loned
poke bonnets.
The Y. If, A. A. will clash with the
lei ii Trety team of Philadelphia at
the latter place Ibis evening. Much In-sd
to this game as each
t.-am has won one and to-night's con-
- p be for blood.
HIH Bridget Meaney caught the fore
ni lit r right hand In a bandage
winding machine 00 Wednesday at the
li :il works. The finger was badly
id but fortunately the hones
i (t broken.
Samuel F. Jacoby has sold his mar-ble
yard in l-'ayette street near First
10, M. A. Bcanlan, of Norrlstown
d the management. The
change was made yesterday. Mr. Scan-
Ian is a practical marble cutter, hav-ing
worked for twelve years at the bus-
In Norrlstown. He Is a young
I in of i ncrgy and will no doubt make
of I'M" work.
i 1- a HI tie- variety in which
ry machinery Is now made," said
: r. "may be gained from the fact
:i one catalogue of such appllan-bere
are to be found about 300
numbers. Due niaki r produces wash-ing
machines in eighty varieties. These
include machines of different sizes,
materials and weights, adapted to all
manner of uses.
"Of Ironing machines there are now-many,
Including machines spec-ially
,'i |gn< t for ironing part'eular
IS bands, collars and so on; and
are mangles in great varic-
[ them big machines weigh-ing
many tons* made for the Ironing
■ if Hat goods only, as table cloths, nap-kins,
sheets, towels anil so on. There
is more or less hand laundry work In
OIK- branch and another, but there Is
now no wort done In laundries for
Which machines cannot be had.
None of the edible fungi Is worth
in a nutritive sense, according
to Dr, Andrew Wilson, all English dle-tary
authority, however useful they
may be as luxuries for varying ordin-ary
diet. A British society for the bet-ter
understanding of fungi has been
formed and Dr. Wilson has given the
his opinion on the subject.
ihrooms, he says, contain 93 per
i ent. of water to begin with. Of tissue
building material 'hey contain only 2
per cent, of fat and starch practicalh
none, but they contain two kinds of
making elements, together about
l'j per (int. For the rest there ia
about I per cent, of cellulose, which is
found In all plants, a little less than I
per nut. of minerals, and a little less
than J per cent, of other material val-to
the human system.
Truffles contain a little more nitro-
•i nous mutter and starchy and sugary
elements, but they are of little more
account than mushrooms as food.
Moreover, neither Is easy of digestion.
STOPPED BY SW.RIFF COUNCILMAN BANQUET TALES OF THE TOWN
SURPRISE PARTY
A pleasant, surprise party was given
C. Harvey Shoemaker at his home near
Pino Itell last Saturday. A very pleas-ant
evening was spent in playing
games in Which all employed themselv-ti
r which they were Invited to the
dining room where refreshments were
si rved.
Those present were John Stadon, of
Jefferson-|||e: Walter Rogers and Reu-ben
Weber, of Hoovertown; Harvard
hower, of Eureka; Read Felten,
of Philadelphia; John Martin, of Broad
\\i ; Adam Hex, and Emma Rex. Bes-i
Smith. Louisa P. Longstreth and
Maud Frctz, of Norrlstown; l.ee O.
Conrad, Ella Conrad, Laura Weldner,
Miriam Sneeper. Ilessie Dewees. Re-
Matl and I.lnwood Hunsberger,
of Narclssa; William McCombs and
• Davis, of Penllyn: William
Rodenbangh, Clifford Bernhard and
Walter Bernhard, of Franklinvllle;
Raag and Emily Morris, of
Centre Square; Buns Hoover, Emma
Hoover, Marie Hoover, Gertrude M.
Shoemaker, Lulu Rile, Annie Roberts.
Edith Roberts, Alice Conr.nl. ll '1111
Preston, Clara Miller. Kathi I
maker, Anna Miller. Harriet Clayton,
Ha. In i il Shoemaker, Clara Shook,
Raymond Rile. John Miller, Charles
Shoemaker, Alice DePrefontalne.
Charles De I'refontalne, John Steln-brlght,
Edgar Clayton. Harold Hoover.
of nine Bell; William C. Shoemaker,
Blue Bell, and John Tyson, of Belfry.
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS BOUTS AT
SPRING MILL STOPPED BY AU-THORITIES
SPORTS RILED
A large crowd of people were sorely
disappointed on Wednesday evening
when they assembled at the Spring
Mill Pioneer club room to witness a
"smoker" only to be tur I away by
Sheriff John K. Light.
This entertainment lias In» n looked
forward to for several weeks with a
deep Interest and Judging from the
presence of the large crowd the Corp's
effort to make the thing a success
would have been realized, but like a
great many other things some one had
to spoil the fun and the Corps as a
consequence will he a loser.
There had been nine bouts scheduled
for four rounds each and everything
was sailing along smoothly until some
resident of the vicinity went to the
Court and requested that the bouts In
stopped.
Sheriff Light was required by the
Court to go to the scene, and imngim
the surprise of everybody present When
be announced that he would arrest the
first person who appeared in the ring
with a glove In his hand. This was a
hard blow to the sports and consider-able
disapproval was the result but It
was all up with the show and the
Sheriff only did his duty in carrying
out the law of the State.
This was not to lie a prize light nor
were the bouts an outcome of hard
feeling between any one who m re
matched In the fistic art. The snti I
tainment was gotten up to better the
financial condition of the organization
and the bouts that.were to be pulled
off were all of the friendly order and
had they been pulled oh" It Is not
inought that the community would
have suffered from such a thing.
Sherrlff Light stopped the bout
under an Act of Assembly passed
March Hi. ISiSil, which reads as follows:
"Prize fights and boxing matches
are hereby declared to be unlawful
within the counties of Pike. Schuylkill.
Lucerne, Erie and Montgomery, and
any person engaging or participating
therein, either as principal, second or
bystander, shall be guilty of a misde-meanor,
and upon conviction thereof
shall be sentenced to undergo an im-prisonment,
not exceeding ono year,
and pay a fine not exceeding live hund-red
dollars, or either, at the discretion
of the court.
"It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of
said county, when informed that a
prize fight or boxing match is about to
take place within the said county, to
call oief. such force as may lie neces-sary
to prevent the same; and for that
purpose he shall have power to sum-mon,
verbally, every able-bodied man
between the age of eighteen years ami
forty-five to attend him forthwith and
assist in maintaining the peace.
"Any person BO BUmmonsd, and not
attending forthwith, as above required,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall forfeit
and pay a fine of one hundred dollars;
or. in default of payment thereof, un-dergo
an Imprisonment. In the county
Jail, not exceeding six months."
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To the Recorder:—
We wish to state to the public that
tin 'smoker" which was to be given
by the spring Mill Republican Pioneer
Corp on Wednesday evening was for
the benefit of the Corps and to help to
fix up tho club, but a man supposed
to be a "Republican" of high stand-ing
who had Idle time to spare notified
the Court In Norrlstown that we were
going to run a prize tight or boxing
contest there and that is the reason
the Sheriff wns sent here to stop It nnd
we wish to thank that gentleman for
helping the club along by Informing
on the club for holding what was to
be only friendly bouts between young
men who wished to see the club pros-per.
JOHN IRVIN.
.1(11 IN McFETRIDOE,
JAMES F. COONEY,
Committee.
BEATEN MAN WAS SENT TO JAIL
Philip Mcfiuvcrn of Norrlstown. was
hit with an ax and badly injured in a
fight on Tuesday morning upon his
refusal to pay for lodging at the lf>-
esnl lodging house of Jesse Julian.
When the police anlvnl M'-Covern
was found unconscious on the sidewalk
with his face covered with blood, .lul-h,
u informed the Burgess that he bad
had some trouble with McCovern and
the latter was sent to Jail for live days
UcOovern says that upon recovering
his liberty be will have Julian arrest-ed.
There was a quorum of Town Coun-cil
present last evening wlnn tli
iiual banquet of the members aim i ,
officers of the borough was held at
Bern's parlors.
This was the first time the addition
recent]] erected by Mr. Bens has been
used, and before the serious but
of the evening was transacted, the
guests admired the handsome building
tnat was so tastefully furnished. It
makes a splendid banquet hall and
should All a long felt want In this bor-ough.
Adjoining the present huge room, a
smaller one, communicating with it by
large folding doors, has been erected.
This is handsomely furnished nnd
makes a useful lounging room at a
banquet or party that may be held In
the large one.
The table was beautifully decorated
with (lowers, silver candleliia. and cut
glass ami silverware,
The banquet was admirably served.
and appetizingly cooked and was con-sidered
by all present a great success.
At half past eight the banquet began.
The following was the menu:
Sherry Blue Points
. Li OtlltonS Soup
Roast Turkey French IVas
Celery Cranberry Sauce
Oruuge Sherbet
Potato Salad Fried Oysters
Strawberry and Vanllls Le Baskets
Strawberry and Vanilla (;:
Fruit Coffee Nuts
(Venn -de Hints
Hoffhru Perfectos
En Qlorl i.
Vfter full Justice had been done to
the eatables? James II. Holland, Bsq
as toa.stmaster made a happy s|
and called on each one presi ni to sing
a song, tell a story or make a speech.
Richard II. Mate. John W. Camp
ball and M. .1. OTlrien compose I the
committee on arrangements.
WEEPING WIFE SAW
HUSBAND'S ARREST
Betrayed by bis companion in crime.
Charles Bills, alias "Kid Clifton, has
i« en arrested for complicity In the
robbery committed on Tuesday night
at the residence of Jeremiah Jones. 26
Summit strct. Chestnut Hill, which
"ohbed of silverware, clothing nnd
Other articles valued at 1400. Ells is
the man who escaped from two police-men
by Jumping out of a rtftf second-story
window of the In QS North
Eighth street. Ellis, together with
another young man named Harry Bol-lon.
was seen carrying two valises
which contained Is of the
robbery along the Btre it, Barlj on W( A
BSaday morning and wen- Mopped by
iin- policemen.
At the request of the men the two
policemen accompanied them to tin-
Eighth street house, and after reach-ing
then- Ellis ran upstairs and leap-on
Into the yard from the window,
making his escape. Bolt) D OOOf
on Wednesday evening and Implicated
Ellis, who was located a few hours
afterward by Special OfflCI Uitchle
and N'eidenilial. of the Eighth district,
at the house 260 North Twelfth s re t,
where the prisoner lived with his wife.
W hen the officers entered Ellis' room
they found him lying on a lounge,
reading an afternoon in wspaper in
which appear, d an BO ' B rob-bery
ami the arrest of Helton.
"I see you've got me.' Bills remnrk-
, | to the ofl era, The young man's
wife, who was in the room, and who
knew nothing of the crime WS
prised, and exclaimed: "I bope MM
have not done anything wrong. Char-lie'"
One of the officers quietly 'aught
uold of the prisoner, and in doing so
displayed s warrant charging Urn with
burglary. The prisoner's Wlf rli d
and pleaded for him. "What did you
do It for, Charlie? This will dlsgrave
both of us,- she said.
BUll was taken to the station house
and was kept there until yesterday
morning, when h> was tnkwen to the
Central Polle. Court Then he was
arraigned before Magistral!- Cunning-ham.
The prisoner's wife was in court.
ami listened to the evidence. Special
Officer Ritchie told of Holton's confes-sion,
and Mr. Jones explained how the
robbery was committed. He said that
the men ranstaeked bis house from top
to bottom.
BoltOD claims that Ellis planned He-robbery
and that they gained an en-trance
to the house by forcing op- n a
side window. Special Officer Ritchie
also stated that Ellis had confessed.
After the evtd I I Bfllls has
hi i n beard Holt on was also pi , oil in
the dock. Neither of the prisoners had
anything to say In their defense, and
were remanded for trial.
" \ dose In time saves lives." Dr.
Wood's Norway Pine Syrup; n
|y for coughs, colds, pulmonary
' diseases of every sort.
DEATHS
RIOO.—On February 26. 1901, Mary
T. wife of Calvin Rigg. and daughter
of the late .lames and Margaret A.
Maharg. in the •',1th years of her age.
The relatives and friends of the fam-ily
are n speetfully invited to attend
the funeral, on Saturday afternoon at
1 o'clock, from her husband's resi-dence.
North Elm street, Conshohock-en.
Montgomery County. Pa. Inter-ment
at Oulf Cemetery.
PUNTER—On February 27. 1901,
Peter W. Painter, formerly of Jarret-town,
Pa., aged 5G years.
Friends are Invited to attend the fu-neral,
on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock at Upprr T blln Friends'
Meeting.
HOOD'S PILLS euro Llvor Ills, Bil-iousness,
Indigestion, Headache.
Easy to take, easy to operato. 25c.
LOCAL ITEMS
Norrlstown Water Company has an
option on the Bridgeport water plant
at $20 a share.
Qeorge QreeMawall aged '- years.
bad bis skull fractured, by a train at
Port Kennedy.
Louis Thorn, painter was seriously
Injured by fnlllng from Norrlstown s
new High School
Patrick Kennedy of Merlon lost a
valuable cow by tuberculosis on Tins
day.
"1 owe my whole life to Burdock
Blood Hitters. Scrofulous sores covei
ed my body. I seemd beyond cure. 11.
It It. has made me a perfectly well
woman." Mrs. ("has. Hutton, liervllle.
Mich.
SHORT STORIES THAT WILL IN-TEREST
OUR RESI-DENTS.
Connoisseurs say that good coffee
is seldom found, to-day, in prlvute
s In the United States, and attri-bute
the deterioration in quality to the
fact that few families now roast and
grind their own coffee. Certain firms
sell an excellent grade of roasted and
ground coffee, but the same coffee
browned and ground at home would
be more satisfactory.
"There's no question about It," said
the coffee buyer of one of the grocery
establishments, "all coffee ought to be
ground just before It is rooked, and
yet fully three-fourths of our retail
trade is in ground coffee. Laziness and
late breakfasts have ruined our Amer-ican
coffee, and patent coffee pots have
finished the job.
"About the only place I know of
where I get coffee to suit me, nowadays
is in the little village where I spend
my vacation. 1 send up the green cof-
> ;lml the landlady browns it in small
quantities, and grinds It as she needs
it. Then she makes It lu a battered
tin coffee pot, settles it with an egg.
and serves it with real cream, nnd I
feel that I'm really getting my money
hack, and that life is worth living.
"Of course, buying colfee already
browned isn't so disastrous as buying
It ready ground. I advise browning il
at home, a little at a time, but it does
take time and bother, and practically
no green roffee Is sold save to eofle,
roasters. They have every convenient
for wholesale roasting and do It well
enough.
' "Anyone who knows anything about
coffee can tell one kind from another
In the green; but the coffee roasting
process has been so perfected that tin
green berry marks may be completely
obliterated, and when the roaster is
through with the berries, the buyer
Can't tell wheher he i3 getting Rio or
.lava, save by tho taste.
"Individual tastes In coffee differ
.. and much of the flavor dc
pi mis upon the ruastlng. which Is an-other
reason why coffee should In
roasted in tho home, to please the
taste of each family. Some coffee
drinkers affect special mixtures too,
and buy the different berries and mix
them themselves, so as to get exactly
the blend they like.
Not one cook in a hundred is care-ful
enough not to allow coffee to boil,
and boiling will queer the best coffee
on €'arth. It must come Just to the
verge of boiling and stay there for a
Tew minutes, but never go beyond, for
boiling brings out the tannic acid anil
not only injures the flavor and aroma,
lint makes the stuff positively Injuri-ous."
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"This egg tastes as If It had been
Soiled in hot water," said the emanci-pated
young woman with the short
nair. "1 can always tell In a minute
if an egg has been cooked In that way."
Her companion had not learned
quite so many things and was quite
satisfied with her egg. She only uur-mured
softly:
"I never heard of an egg boiled in
cold wnter, did you?"
■ It is high time you were Introduced
to this Institution." her wise friend
continued, "and I am delighted to Il-luminate
you even at the risk of arous-ing
more of your sarcasm. An egg to
be boiled for human consumption
should bo put Into cold water and then
pis ed over the fire. Then it cooks
with the water. The egg cooks more-iver
thorough and from the inside.
"Ask a physician or a trained nurse
b a to boll an egg so that Its greatest
nutriment and flavor shall be preserv-ed.
Either of them will tell yon to
lint It In cold water. The old way of
dropping the egg Into boiling water
has long been given up. It used to
cook the egg suddenly and destroy Its
flavor.
"So don't be sarcastic because you
haven't heard of the century's ad-vance."
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In one of the big city stores wom-en's
shoes are now shlned free, wheth-er
they are bought at that store or not.
Nobody has yet offered unconditional
free shines to men, or the Bootblacks'
I'u Ion might be heard from on the sub-ject.
The bootblacks haven't protested
against free shines for women, because
a woman needs courage to take a
street chair and get her shoes shlned,
and few women have yet defied con-vention
to that extent. In a store the
women don't mind and this particular
store finds that it pays tooullgc its wom-en
customers by giving them some-thing
for nothing.
A negro woman does the shining and
she Is biiBy all day long. The store
people say that there are so many
shoes of Ihe masculine typo worn by
women now that there will soon he a
brisk demand for women bootblacks.
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The Agricultural Department his re-cently
printed a map Shov !n I!
tent of our country now ow pied by
the English sparrow. It has been
tlplylng with marvellous rapldit) and
is now found in most parts of the
country. Only three States (Montana,
i and Wyoming) and three
[Alaska, Arizona und New |
■ are free from the sparrow. It [
Is loam! in California both north und'
south Of San Francisco, in the valleys
oi the Sacramento and Sun Jouqulu !
livers, and along the coast. It is seat-tared
among the settlements on the
COlumblS Itivei and I'uget Sound. It
has. spread all over the eastern half
of the country from North Dakota to
the Mississippi delta. It has, however,
avoided the sandy region of Florida
and is not found to any extent in out-most
densely woode*! areas. As might
be expected, it has given our vastsenil-arid
region a wide berth, though a
large colony has settled in the fertile
agricultural region around Salt l-akc
City.
It is only fifty-one years since the
English sparrow was first introduced
Into this country by a gentleman of
Brooklyn who sought a remedy for the
worms that were destroying the trees
of that town. The sparrow has a keen
appetite for worms. In the course of
time the Injury done the trees by
worms was largely abated through this
little bird. So It became quite a fad
to import sparrows from Europe and
turn them loose in our towns. A thous-and
birds were sent to Philadelphia
In a single lot. Many birds also were
distributed far and wide from the col-onies
already started. Thus everything
was done to help the sparrow to In-aml
replenish this part of the
world.
Undoubtedly the sparrow has des-troyed
a great many tons of worms.
Hut the remedy has proved worse than
the disease. Perhaps the worms nave
been held ill cheek to some extent,
but we have a great many more spar-rows
than we have use for. They tes-troy
fruit and grain, disfigure build-ings
In eliies and towns, drive awaj
ollnr birds, and In fact ure nuisances.
The dear little sparrow has come to be
regarded as the worst of the feathered
Efforts to exterminate It are
now making In this country, but It Is
too late. The sparrow has been nat-uralized
and lie is here to stay. Illin-ois.
Michigan, Ohio and Utah in the
past few years have paid out many
thousands of dollars in the bounties
offered for its destruction, but no one
has yet observed any diminution In tin-number
of birds.
The English sparrow is a very suc-cessful
emigrant. It has been carried
to the remote islands of the seas nnd
is flourishing In the Pacific Ocean in-cludlng
the Hawaiian islands, it has
gained S foothold In Argentine and is
ng all over Bermuda, the Baha-mas
and uiia. It was sent to Bermuda
\i w fork in 1X74 and a fine was
. d upon any one who destroyed
It. Ten years later bounties were paid
for iis destruction and In three year:
nearly $.1,000 were expended In this
way without -atising any appreciable
decrease, though the Islands have an
urea of less than twenty square miles.
Al! tin colonies of Australia have
".Sparrow destruction laws" hut the
bird declines to leave the friends who
w lined It as a blessing nnd would
ni w lie happy to speed Its departure.
- o:—
Many farmers think that whenever
a small, undeveloped egg is found In a
hen's nest It means bad news and If
an ill omen. To avoid the impending
evil the egg should be thrown over the
barn. Every lad regards it as his du-ty
whenever such an egg Is found to
throw it over the roof the barn, with-out
BBklng any questions of his par-ents.
It happens somi times that such eggs
are dated with a lead pencil and laid
away by persons who want to test the
superstitution. Three such eggs were
marked and laid nway as a test, his
year, and the statement is now made
that an evil event has happened on
sai b Of the three farms where the eggs
were dot thrown over the barn.
This superstition has prevailed In
this region for a century, and is on a
par with nailing dead chicken hawks
on the barn to frighten off the pirates
of the air in search of poultry, or the
nailing up of old horse-shoes for luck.
\ Ired fanner who Is now 90 said:
"These old customs were brought
over from Germany. If a stove don't
draw, just turn your back to It nnd
kick backward, Just touching It lightly.
Kick the devil out of It. and your BtOve
or the stove pipe will draw all right.
"if a horse r- f- ■ s tO eat. back him
In his stall and put a box temporarily
where his tail used to be, and heTl
soon enough eat if he can stand.
"To stop a eow from howling, when
her calf is sold, back the calf out of
the presence of the mother cow. The
same thing can be done when separat-ing
| colt from a mare.
"To prevent s sow from getting an-gry,
take one little pig away at a time,
say on lay until all disappear, the
mother then will not mind it.
"1 can't explain these nnd many
other superstitions. Possibly no one
slse can. I can say three words to stop
a hemorrhage but I dire not tell them
to any man. Before i die I win tell
ilu- Mi ret I" a woman."
WEST C0NSH0H0CKEN
—Town Council will reorganl
Monday morning at in o'clock.
—The regular meeting of thi
Hoard will be held on Monday e.
—Mrs. Oeorge Nsgle spent par' of
the week with relatives and friends In
Chester, Pa.
—Maggie Adams left
two weeks' visit to
friends in Boston,
—The Active Association of Quit
Lodge of Odd Fellows, will gli
other pleasing entertainments on
uiday, March 16,
-Benjamin l.ugg. of li-iwyn. dud
on Tuesday after ■ lingering Illness,
The funeral services will be held to-morrow
afterno in. Mr, l.ugg is a son-in-
law of William Williams, of this
borough.
—The Balligomlngo Baptist Church
was filled to overflowing last evening
when tin- Rev. Raymond J. Davles le
livered his address on the manm
customs Of India. Mr. Davies illus
trated his lecture with Storeopttoan
exhibitions. A neat sum was n
At the conference ot the Ho
Christians at Chester, on Wcihe
Rev. James Triimbai-r. was i
presiding elder to Succeed Itev. T. .1.
Wright. II. 0. Trumbauer ■
secretary, Rev, L i' Bai seman assist-ant
secretary, and W P. An
urer.
The Stationing Committee resterdS]
made their report and Rev, L. Irani,
Bnuseman hns been returned to Bben
ezer Chapel. Until the last mi
of the general Conference, the limit for
a pastor at any one charge vu
years, hut sit that meeting it was de-cided
to ullow a congregation to hold
a minister us long as i i. Mr.
Hausenian. consequently has been re-turned
indefinitely. Martin Finn
the delegati from the church In this
borough. A number of the members
ni the church were also in attendance.
Mr. Wright who retired from the Pre-siding
Eldership has hi
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CRIMINAL LIST
I.ar-
As-ainl
bat-
JELI.-O. THE NEW DESSERT,
pleases all the family. Four flavors:—
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Straw-berry.
At your grocers. 10 cts. Try
it to-day.
The following will be the eases 10 he
tried next week :
MONDAY MORNING,
Harry Rhe. F. and B.
Dpbralm Cadwaliader. I
Murreil Manner. Felonious entry,
Joseph 'Penny. Hair; Williams. Lar-ceny.
Thomas Smith. Tramp.
Sophie .Mien. I', ter I ionni ley,
eeny.
Andrew (lolden. John Qoldl n.
sault and liatti i >.
James Morilinuro. Buggery.
Edward Oualfont, David Smitl
eeny.
George Pratt Burglary.
Wm. Mack. Felonious-.|iu.v and lar-ceny.
George Fryor. Bdgai Btronl. High
way robbery, and assault ami bl
MONDAY AFTERNOON,
Otto Samsan. Felonious .
larceny.
Joshua Molony. False pretense.
Tl'F.SliAV HORNING.
Lawrence Heckinger. Lai
Henry Johnson. Asssnlt and
tery with intent to kill.
James Geary. Carrylnf
deadly u capons.
Robert Robinson. False pretl
Thomas Yergey. Assault and
tery and malicious mischief.
Charles Evans, Joseph Taggnrti -'!'
Clara Taggart. Felonious entry and
larceny.
Joseph Lyle. larceny.
Frank 0. Ileinliiiks. Assault nnd
battery.
James O. Hendrieks. I.are, ny
Charles Willing Han- ', sault and
battery,
Philip Grovonle, Joseph I
eph Grovonle. Ai-gra I It and
battery.
Henry Snydi r. Arson.
Fetro Fermi-. Angelo Pabianna. As
sault nnd halo i v
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Peter Kovoisbii. kfgra
and batii ry.
\nnie Govia.ski. Piter Murray. As-sault
nnd battel J
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Courtland D. Nettles, i-\ and B
('barbs Piibl, A. J. Peiiningti •
sault and battery.
Frederick Kerr \ bat
tery with intent to kill.
Albert Tyson. Archie M Meal Vio-lating
Oil 0 law.
William Doran. Cruelty to animals
BATDRDAY MORN]
A. J. Penningtoti. Henry I
John George Miller. N'ou BUI
Bamnel T. Gracey Desertion and
non-support.
Q Bp< aker, Deaei Uon.
THE C0NSH0H0CKEN
PROPHET
'REDICTS
THE ORIGIN OF LENT
\> Friday is before Sunday, the Ro-
'-. - > -t -ion Day,
Advent before Christmas, so Is Lent
It Is supposed to be a
of special watching, self denial,
and prayer, in preparation for the
[ of the Feast.
B snii .,1 fast has been observed
■ times, although Its
duration has I n variable in length
from one day to forty. Its primary ob-
|ecl was the perpetuation In the hearts
ol all Christians, of the sorrow and the
ing which the disciples felt dur-ing
the tlmi when the Bridegroom was
f from them. Although this
: in d Into Joy by the Res-on,
yet no Easter joys could ef-
■ en y of those awful forty
hours Of blank and desolation that fol-lowed
the sufferings of the Master.
And so year by year the Church lives
■ time from the morning of
Friday, to the morning of Eas-ntatlon
of Christ erue-il'.
ed si t forth among us.
That was In till likelihood the first
LSI l-i fore Easter; but soon
- rmi ' ruing the death of
Christ was accompanied by sorrow
aing the cause of that death; so
came a period of self discipline,
and It look the usual form of fasting
finiii food. Sometimes this was from
-1 during some hours of the day,
some times from all meats during the
whole of Lent.
Lent was also the time for the in-struction
of the Catechumens for bap-iiid
so there were many ser-and
lectures in the Churches.
All public entertainments were for-bidden:
sinners were called upon to
nance outwardly, in order to
test their Inner penitences, so
that tln-y might be received back to
Communion at Easter."
la-lit was a season of humiliation,
abstinence from amusements, a time
ting, prayer, penitence, of spec-lal
Works (if charity, and the use of
-;,--. la] 'iie.ins of grace,
now TO CURB A COLD
Tlon't go to bed Don't slop work.
Don't take a Turkish bath and render
If liable tO Bn attack of pin "
inonia. KraUSO'S Cold Cure. In conven-ient
capsule form, will cure you In 21
bom--. They are pitaaani to take and
no ringing In your head or other
dlssgreiable sensations. Price 25c.
William. Neville and J. Rufus Harr.
West Conshohocken.
The lingering cough followinggrippe
calls for One Minute Cough Cure. For
all throat nnd lung troubles this Is the
only harmless remedy that gives Im-mediate
results. Prevents consiimp
lion.
William Neville, W. E. Supple, West
Conshohocken.
Their promptness and their pleasant
effects make OeWltt's Little Early Ris-ers
most popular little pills whenever
they an known. They are simply per-fect
for liver and bowel troubles.
William Neville, W. B. Supplee,
W. Conshohocken.
JAMES W. SCHRACK
Janus w. Sohrack a n t tnber of the
Montgomery County bar, died on Mon-day
night at tin- St ito Hospital
Insane. Norrisiow n. IP- WSJ born In
Mori Istov, ii in !s"ii and was graduated
from Franklin and Marshall I
in UTi, in- was . dmlttod to th
I i I f78. In that year he was pi.
of the "Chi Phi" college fraternity of
the United st.-u. - He pr ictio d law
until hi- health failed hli
ago.
L
i hat cold fish wont tarnish be stay-in
in He water.
♦
11} a oiler shakes fer a
drink without throin dice.
♦
' i IT so called because
nip up in price.
♦
That when y.-r let trotibil go to ter
tin r winds It blows over.
♦
That a chaperonc is ther one tliit
i hi r i happy run.
♦
' small boys II soon git worlk
plckln straw out o' straw berries.
♦
That when a plumber's bill's small
he charges fer pipe dreams.
♦
Thai ther flower o" ther family
orfin Ii -, oi es a .ni lety bud.
♦
That many a youth has his memory
clouded in- cigarette smoke.
♦
That polished men usllly cast pleas-ant
l .III eshnns.
♦
That when a man has had a swell
time NI- kin gencrllly tell It by his
head.
♦
That when ther man she loves Is
-inli i! a grass wldder gits green with
envy.
♦
That alough ther sialmese twins
n thimselves. they would
o' marrii d pretty geris.
*
MARCH TO THE MUSIC
There is a good point to tills story
The Living Church, which
: 'in i. rli.- Church News.
Col. Page, who commanded a Penn-ls
regiment in the civil War
i !i II. laughingly, his llrst exper-
1 I hlng the raw men who
for the War of the Re-giveu
command of a
fter some prepsiratory
drill led them down a street in Phila-irched
as well e.s could
■ eetcd for several blm ks. when
ly from the ranks rang out a
mud "Haiti"
The men wavered, and then came to
a full
\\ ! i it order?" thundered
tin. i nraged captain.
"Potts, sir. Potts!" a dozen voices
called ami r ery eye turned on Potts,
a stout German, a butcher by trade.
What did you mean. sir. by giving
thai order? demanded the captain.
'Wi V. sir. I have been trying fortwo
Conn
el Salve are liable to cat.- bl
oning. Leave them alone. Thi
trial lias the name of lieWlti's m
I i\ and wrapper, It is a harmless and
healing salve for skin diseases, Un
e pialled for idles.
William Neville, W. B. 8 i witch Hazel Salve when you
W. Conshohoeken.
•lilB company to keep
I they wouldn't do it
1 .i'u;-red them to begin all nv/.
agnin."
•hat yon get the original De-
1
Dr. Mason K. Moyer, Dentist 16 1st ave.
1 -r It. The genuine is a certain
ni skin diseases.
William N llle, W. E. Supplee.
... f'onshohoeken