The Conshohocken Recorder, May 17, 1901

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NOTES OF OUR TOWN
ITEMS OK INTEREST CONCERNING
THE PEOPLE OF OUR
BOROUGH
'in.- schedules of both UM Pennsyl-vania
and Reading Railroads win be
Ob ingi ; on Sunday.
Rev. Herbert J. Oooli h<i.i service
i anslon Day, at Bplp-hssy
Church, Royersford,
many Friends from thla bor-ough
attended the yearly Ueeting held
this week in Philadelphia,
Mi r« than one young woman who
stand .mi to reform the world haa
wound up by getting the heal of one
man,
The Conahohocken Water Company
ling an automobile thai Superintendent
Nltskl naea in nuking his visits Hong
the line.
\ June Carnlral will be given by
ih.' Chun ii Helpen of the M. 0. Church
in the church on Saturday evening,
rune L'n.i.
u. v B T. Strug win preach mi the
■uhject "fiatlifled" on Sunday moraine.
in tno evening hiR aubjeet win be
"Bli .ii are the PQOT in Spirit."
'Hi" Buaj Workers of si Mark's
Lutheran Church win hold ■ strawber-ry
festival in the lectors room .if the
church mi Saturday evening, June
i-Hi
Town Councilman Harrold is confln-ed
in his home by an Injured tog Si I
era! days ago ha was kicked by a hone.
Thi Ii lurj seined to be getting along
all right until yesterday when it be-
. ame w< . i
Til. Republican Congresalonal an
rt'lnti t bill was Introduced yester-
' I i thi legislature a< Harrlsburg
No chuagt if HUM:, in the Bucks-Mont-gomery
district now represented by
Congri -sin.in Wangi r,
Invitations have been Issued to the
marriage <.r HUM ktame Stager, ol
Pottsvllle and Mr. Joseph w. Btemple,
tin' sun of Mr, M. I''. Btemple The cer-emony
will bs performed in Calvary
Church mi Wednesday afternoon, June
5th, tit four o'clock.
Lawrence Laeey, the 19 year oM son
of School Director Patrick Lacy, died
but evi nlng at his home on Dim street
The funeral services win be held to-morrow
morning In St Matthew's
. Ii the ini. rim nt will be in St.
Matthew's New Cemetery,
The Hollowing c mlttee of members
of tin Methodist Church ha* been ap-pointed
in solicit subscriptions for
Charity Hospital: Miss Tint.- B. Bate,
Chairman, Mrs, Walter Crossmors,
M ■ Thomas Murray, Mrs. Jacob Kan-
Big, Mrs Qeorge DeHaven, Mrs. Annie
Pulmer, Miss Ida Speaker, Mm. Barafa
Thwaltes.
term.
The Rev, William Wallaoeof Metieo,
whu haa been a arigned to the 0< neral
v- embly to preach In the Presbyterian
Church is well known to some In this
vicinity. He has lived long In the land
<if the cactus and the century plant and
will doubtless have much to say of thi'
conditions th< n prevailing.
Idem Tyson, ofthaReadlngOams
and i'":sii Association, announces thai
tnrough the Pennsylvania Hah Com-mission
some 26,000 to 30,000 small pike
perch in Suaquehanna salmon have just
been placed in the SchuylklU River at
"in>. with a view to determine
wbethei tins. Rsh will flourish In that
river, tiej were brought from the
9 ■ tern Bab hatchery in (Ma. Presl-
•lent Tyson appears to fear depreda-tions,
as he makes s strong appeal to
fishermen I" protect these fish and give
them a (air chance. He has every oon-
Bdence himself thai If lei alone for two
or three years, and not taken hefore
they have n ai bed a spawning age, they
will thrive ami furnish One sport in the
future.
A complete surprise was given Mrs. I
Richard II. Bate, last evening in honor)
or her 50th birthday at her home,
Fourth avenue anil Harry street. The
party met at the boms of Mr. ('. II.
Brooke on Fifth avenue, ami went In a
bod] iii Mrs. Hates home Musi, was
furnished by Knecht'a Orchestra and
refreshi us were furnished by
Caterer Qeorge M. Bens. Among
those present were the following! Mr,
nnd Mrs. William Johnson. Mr. and
Mrs. Irvin Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs.
George Utemus, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Oowden, Miss Amelia H. Leltsuberger,
Miss l.i/./.ie Johnson, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Bate, Jr., Miss Helen Hate. Mr.
and Mrs. II. BJ. Burton, Master Howard
Johnson, of Norrlstown; Register of
Wills Freed anil wife, of North Wales;
Mrs. A. Busby, and Miss Linda B. Bua-by,
of Philadelphia; Miss Lissle A.
Brooke, of Lansdalei r. s. District At-toraej
lames it. Holland and wife, Mr.
and Mrs, 0. II. Brooke, Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs Qeorge., Mrs. Ison-i"
i Miss Neiiie Brooke, Mlaa Clara
Brooke, Mr John S. Bate, Mr. A. J.
Pennington, Rev, it. T. string, AJIceM.
Pennington, Mr. John p. DeHaven,
Master Archie Falrburn, Miss Tlllie E.
Hate. Miss Annie B, Hate ami Mr. How-ard
M Hate, of this borough.
Services were bold In St. Matthew's
Church yesterday atorning—Aneenaion
Day.
Mrs. John Coyne of Seventh avenue
and Maple street has purchased a new
horse,
Tl mployees of the Behnylkfll Val-ley
Traction Company have mads their
appearance In new uniforms.
An excellent photograph of the Y. M.
\. \ Basket Ball team is on exhibition
in the window or 0. J, McCoy's Drug
store.
The saloon recently purchased by Fe-lix
Maiona. hy of Uoseinont. from
Charles Boy/tan, on Elm street below
Poplar, wai opened by Its new owner
mi Wednesday night.
Mr. RIohaTd L. Dearolf, of Norils
town, ami Miss I'earl L. Staley, of Ply.
mouth, were married last evening nt
the parsonage, of Trinity Reformed
Church, Norrlstown, by Rev. J. B.
HI nry.
Prosperity has evidently struck
Montgomery County in tine shape.
Sheriff Light on Wednesday compiled
his sales for the May term nnd found
that lie only had thirty on the list as
against sexty-seven last year and sev-
. nt) one the year previous for the same
THE M. E. CHURCH
MORTGAGE]
THERE WILL BE A CREMATION OF !
IT ON THURSDAY EVENING OF
NEXT WEEK
TOWN COUNCIL
A special meeting of the Conshohoek-eii
Town Council was held In the Coun-
' ii ' ■hnmhor last evening. President
Can pi" II, anil Messrs. Hate. A. I.. Mur-phy.
O'Brien Maconachy, Long, Ford
and Nuss were present
The meeting was Galled for the pur-pose
nt" giving the street committee In-structions
rgnrding the grading of
Third and spring MIII avenues and Bun
sire, t.
Tin- committee was authorised to ad-vertise
for proposals for the grading
of Third and Spring Mill avenues and
Dim street, and to award the contract
to the lowest bidder.
It was stated that this work will cost
about 12000, The stone on Spring Mill
avenue. It is expected, will he removed
'without cost to the borough. This will
bring the avenue to grade line from
Harry street to Hallowell. Third ave-nue
will he graded and covered with
crushed stone from Harry street to
Spring Mill avenue and Kim street will
lie topped dressed with crushed stone
front Maple street to the western bor-ough
line.
NEW TROLLEY LINE TO OPEN
The new line between Harmonvllle
ami Plymouth Meeting will be opened
to-morrow afternoon at one o'clock The
olTieers of the company will be present
and there will be a few speeches.
i a is will run direct from Consho-hocken
to Plymouth Meeting, where a
change will have to be made to the
Chestnut Hill cars. Connection will
Shortly I"- made between the two tracks
and then a car will he run from this
borough direct to Chestnut Hill. The
fare to the latter place will be ten cents.
RAILROAD SERVICE
FOR FKMALR COMPLAINTS
and diseases arising from an impure
state of the blood Llchty's Celery
Compound is an invaluable spe-cific.
William Neville and J. Riifus Barr,
West Cnnshohorken.
You vll waste time If y.iu try to cure
Indigestion 01 dyspepsia by starving
If. That only makes it worse
when yiui do eat heartily, Ton iiwnys
ne.il plenty of good food properly dl-
I Ko !. I livspi pela Cure Is the
result of years of scientific research
for something Hint would digest not
only some elements of food but every
kind. And it Is the one remedy that
will do It
To the Recorder:
I was glad to notice in last Friday's
Issue of the Recorder the article lu ref-erenoe
to the improved train service
Which Mr. W. A. Clarrott, Superinten-dent
of the New York Division P. & R.
Railway Co. Intends to favor the clti-
/. ns uf Consbiihoekeii and vicinity
with. The Heading Railway will find
that our citizens nre quick to appre,
iate any improvement of this kind, and
time will show that such added ac-eommodatlons
are profitable to the road
as well us advantageous to the com-munity.
There Is another Important feature
connected With the rUllroad service
between ('onshohocken and Philadel-phia
which i an lie and should be great-ly
improved, to whieh 1 wish to invite
the attention of Mr. (larrett in the hope
that be may begin the needed work and
ihis is in regard to a low or more rea-sonable
rate of fare. Now that we have
the promise of a very reasonable trol-ley
fare to Philadelphia It seems to be
a good lime lo lake up the subject.
A few years ago both the P. & R.
Railway and the P. R. R. began to Issue
the loo trip books between here and
Philadelphia. At first these were made
good for one year, which enabled most
of those purchasing them to use them
until all llekets were exhausted. But
before long the time limit was reduced
lo only three months, which made It
impossible for all the 100 tickets to be
used, so thai many who would be glad
i'i us,- this form of ticket, if good for
niie year, were compelled to give them
up.
These muse 100 trip books are In use
on other R. R. lines centering In Phila-delphia,
nnd are good for one year, to
points about as far distant as our town.
This seems like a very unfair discrim-ination
against our people. It Is dif-ficult
to understand why we should not
In- grained the same privileges as other
suburban residents, or why others
should be favored in this respect above
us.
Will not the Superintendent of the
P, H. R. nnd also the .Superintendent of
the P. & R. Railways get together on
this subject, which is of such great Im-portance
to many of our citizens, and
restore Iheae 100 trip books to the term
for which Ihey were first issued—one
y.ar. ami by doing so treat us as well
as they (real others.
FAIR PLAY.
The mort: illy paid by the
M B, Church Of this place, will be
publicly burned at the Church, Thura-|
day evening, the Strd of thla nth.
This mortgage has a long history, In
fact it should have suffered martyrdom
lung ago.
The first Methodist sermon preached
in ConshOhOcken was in the slimmer of
1818 by Rev. T. C. Murphy, then sta-tioned
in Norrlstown. After that local
preachers from Norrlstown nud Mana-yunk
held open air services, assisted by
i he regular pastors from these planes.
In the year 1853, at the Quarterly
Conference of Radnor Circuit, Joseph
Lees, a member of Merlon Square M.
ft Church was appointed a commit
to visit this place with a view of estab-lishing
Methodism. Mr. Lees in com-pany
with William Rudolph visited the
town In 18.14 and meeting John Major,
a Methodist In this place, they rented
the Temperance Hall, on Elm street.
win re Mr. Hnrrold's Hotel now stands,
for a place of worship. At the annual
Conference, 1854, ('onshohocken was
made a charge In connection with Mer-lon
Square, cut off from Radnor Circuit
and Rev. Lewis C. Pettlt. whose pur
trait now hangs In the basement of the
Church, was appointed pastor. The
new society had three members. Dur-ing
Mr, Pettlt's first year he held a pro-tracted
meeting in the Presbyterian
Church, the hall being too small, at
which there were about one hundred
and thirty conversions, forty of whom
joined the Presbyterian Church, most
of the other the Methodist Episcopal.
The Church labored under great disad-vantages
for want of a suitable place
of worship.
During the Rebellion, Just after the
Battle of Antletam. the militia of this
town drilled in the second story of the
Church. Their vigorous drilling crack-ed
the walls and the congregation was
compelled to strengthen them.
In 18511 Rev. Reuben Owen was ap-pointed
pastor of the two Churches
with his residence at Conshohocken. At
a meeting of the board of trustees held
nt Merlon Square M. E. Church, June
SO. MM, Rev. Reuben Owen, Joseph
l.ees and Jacob Thomas were appoint-ed
a committee to purchase of .lames
Wells, of Norrlstown. a lot of ground
on the corner of Elm and Kayette
streets, which Ihey did for $2000. These
same were appointed a building com-mittee.
In 1857. ('onshohocken wns made a
separate charge and Mr. Owen appoint-ed,
pastor for the 2nd year, that being
the time limit in those days.
The corner-stone of the Church was
laid (he following August. The lecture
room was dedicated on the 10th of Jan-uary,
Isf.s. In an unfinished condition.
In 18(1.1. Rev. Reuben Owen was ap-pointed
pastor again and remained three
years, the Qeneral Conference of 1864
having lengthened the term one year.
In 1867, October 15, the Church being
finished, was dedicated by the late
Bishop Matthew Simpson, one of the
greatest orators Ibis or any other coun-try
has ever produced. During this
year, the pastor Mr. Owen living in
the Church, the parsonage wns built nt
a cost of 18860 dollars. To provide for
a part of this sum, the mortgage of
w blah the above $2000 was a part was
created.
During the present pastorate this
sum has been cancelled by three pay-ments.
The first $500 of which Mr.
John A. Crossmore gave two hundred.
The second four hundred, was raised
In greater part by what was called
"talent money," small sums that repre-sented
hard work and sacrifice.
April 7. LI Messrs. Kills C. Cripps.
Alan Koch, and Levls Johnson asked
the trustees for authority to collect
money to pay the remaining eleven
hundred dollars. By an unanimous
vote they were appointed a committee
for that purpose. Books bearing the
Church seal, and the above action of
the trustees were provided them. They
worked hard and continuously until
success had crowned their efforts.
In writing this paper, Mr. Editor at
your request, I want to give honor
wherever it Is due, but how can I ? The
gifts reach from one penny from little
tots up to the two hundred dollars of
which 1 have spoken. The choir from
a supper I can almost taste yet, manag-ed
in a style that would be hard to im-prove,
raised nearly two hundred dol-lars.
The Sunday School gave one
hundred dollars on the last payment.
The Church llclperB have been In all
the payments. Happy the Church that
has a IMIIIV of workers like this corps
of consecrated toilers in the M. E.
Church.
B. T. S.
"sassy" about their prices. When raeri-'lng her to make restitution so soou as THE CONSHOHOCKEN
torlous wheels were showed at easier' he obtained work. She took the money I niwinuCT
prices than the exorbitant, they werej solely on that condition for the Infant's ! rKUl lit I
Courtesy of The North American.
MISS JOSEPHINE H. CR0WLEY.
The season ubout closing has been
it remarkable one among the lovers of
music and histrionic art, especially.
All the halls and academies of note
have been the scenes of some triumphs,
wherein not alone the professional has
been greeted with flowers and applause,
but the amateur as well. The rendit-ions
In many cases were beyond the
expectations of admiring friends and
curious critics who came to see. It is
gratifying to be able to say that Con-shohocken,
too, shared in the success
of the season. Upon a number of oc-casions
our people have had an oppor-tunity
Of seeing nnd hearing Miss Jos-ephine
H. Crowley, the talented and
beautiful bachelor of Elocution, who
as a native of the "Iron clad borough
along the Schuylkill" displayed won-derful
powers of elocution while still
a child attending school. Indeed, Miss
Crowley Is yet quite young and In net
teens, but already has received such
flattering notices from press, public
and critics as would make a much old-er
artist shiver with envy. She Is no
longer regarded as an amateur, but her
services as a professional has been In
frequent demand during the past sea-son
and her first rendition was always
sure to result In calls for more, and
Miss Crowley was compelled to keep
adding to her repertoire In order to
respond to the many encores which she
received. She has a well-cultivated
voice, of good compass and volume,
and Is apparently at ease with all
manner of selections, whether they be
humorous, dramatic or of the tear
bringing kind. Among other places
where this accomplished lady has ap-peared
In this city were the Broad
Street Theatre and the Academy of
Music, our two most noted theatrical
buildings.
WILLIAM HENRY.
immediately stlgmltized as the "gas
pipe," and riders became so high strung
that nothing less than a wheel for a
high price suited them. '87 found Ihe
bauble reputation in a state of col-lapse,
High graders made a pitiable
plea for prices around the century
mark. It was no use, the Americans
had recovered their proverbial second
sense, and the thrifty side of the affair
struck them good and hard. They be-gan
to buy wheels for the low dollar
and not for high reputation. Wheeling
then lost Its glamor, so much so that a
listless demand compelled prices to
drop out of sight. It was only the other
day that a friend of mine bought for
»10 a wheel that the dealer had held
(Irmly last season for $50. He had dis-posed
of Its mates at higher prices and
said then that he could get fifty for It
next year. He saw the coming market
void of wheel buyers and went out of
the business, disposing of the left over
to get ii out of his sight.
sake. Mr. Tyson reinforced the story
of the wife with a plea for men v and
Judge Buyer cut the sentence from one
year to three months.
The following are the present oTlecrs
of the Church:
Bishop. Isaac W. Joyce, D. P.
When doctors fall try Burdock Blood
Hitlers Cures dyspepsia, constipation;
Invigorates the whole system.
Dr. Mason K. Moyer. Dentist 16 1st ave
Mr. W. J. Baxter, of North Brook. N.
C. says he suffered with piles for fifteen
years. He tried many remedies with no
results until he used DeWltts Witch
I la/el Salve and that quickly cured
him.
William Neville, cor. First avenue
nnd Fayette street
WHOOPING COUGH.
A woman who has had experience
with this disease, tells how to prevent
any dangerous consequences from It.
She says: Our three children took
wnooplng cough last summer, our baby
boy being only three months old. and
owing to our giving them Chamber-lain's
Cough Remedy, they lost none
of their plumpness nnd came out In
much better health than other child-ren
whose parents did not use this
remedy. Our oldest little girl would
call lustily for cough syrup between
whoops.—Jessie Pinkey Hall. Spring-villa,
Ala. This Remedy Is for sale by
Wm. Neville.
Presiding Elder, Kev. W. L.
McDowell. D. D.
PastOf Rev. B. T. String.
Exhortcrs William A. Crawford,
Jackson w. Drummond,WilliamSmall-wood.
President of Epworth U-ngue—Her-man
G. Ely.
Stewards— Martini Koch, George W.
DeHaven. William M. Smallwood.
Thomas J. Brelsh, William I).
Jacob Thomas, Tlllie Hate. A. Sloan
Hannuiu. Frank L. Cloud, Ira N. Say-lor,
John W. Campbell. J. A. Cross-more,
Ida M. Speaker.
Trustees—Jackson W. Drummond,
President; Herman (1. Ely, Treasurer;
A. II. Chapman. Secretary: Samuel W.
Bisenberg, Ira N. Saylor, Robert Her-ron.
Sr.. George W. DeHaven.
Class leaders—Henry W. Elsenberg,
Jackson W. Driiniinond, A. ft Chap-man,
assistant. Herman O. Ely. I.ldle
Crossmore.
Missions-William A. Crawford.
Qeorge II. Pitman. Sr., Charles W.
Horner.
Sunday Schools—Samuel W. Elsen-berg,
Stephen Miller, William Murray.
Tracts—Annn Q. Shade. William
Campbell, Benjamin Koch.
Temperance—Maggie Miller. Irene M.
Murray, liebecca Elsenberg.
Education—Irn N. Saylor. B. Norrls
Cripps. George II. Pitman, Jr.
Church Extension—William Dale,
ileorge W. DeHaven, Charles F. Miller.
. Freedmans Aid and Southern Educa-tion—
Jacob Thomas. Clara W. Thom-as.
Henry W. Elsenberg.
Church Records—Ira N. Saylor. Geo.
II. Pitman, Jr., Herman G. Ely.
Parsonage and Furniture—John A.
Crossmore. Joseph II. Tinsley, Eliza-beth
Crossmore. Tlllie Bate. Martha
Koch. Lydla B. Ulrlck, Irene Murray,
Arabella Tinsley.
Church Music—Trustees of thechtirch.
Estimating Pastor's Salary—JackBon
W. Drummond. John W. Campbell.
Conference Claimants—John A. Cross-more.
Sunday School Officers:
Superintendent, Jackson W. Drummond
Assistant Supt.,. .George H. Pitman, Jr.
Assistant Bunt William M. Smallwood
Secretary Margaret M. Metzger
Assistant Secretary Irvln Pulmer
Supt. Secretary Herman Q. Ely
Treasurer Elizabeth R. Pitman
Organist Frank L. Cloud
Assistant Organist. ... Howard C. Koch
Chorister William M. Smallwood
Assistant Chorister, Alton B. Chapman
Librarian Benjamin Koch
Assistant Librarians—Allen Koch, E.
May Ross. Jeannette M. Pitman.
Black Board Artist Roy Dale
N0RRIST0WN LETTER
INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENT AT THE COUN-TY
SEAT
Norrlstown, May 13. 1»01.
W« are all public library crazy
around here owing to the action of the
Dalo, i School Board accepting $50,000 from
Andrew Carnegie to establish a libra-ry,
and binding itself to raise $5000 an-nually
for its maintenance. It Is need-less
lo say that the acceptance part of
the proffer Is generally approved, but
the rub comes In where the beneficiary
ns a condition is compelled to make
some sacrifice. To spend $5000 annu-ally
on the proposed library, under the
present condition of the district's fi-nances.
II will be necessary to raise a
half mill tax on the rate of 6V4 mills
now required to run the Schools. It Is
the aspect of nn already high tax rate
having to climb higher that Is hurting
the opposition. Those favorable to the
library under the leadership of Nicho-las
II. l.arzelere are aggressively at
work raising money and putting their
end of the case In practical shape by
doing practical things to accomplish
results. The antl-librarites who appear
to ba in the majority, simply stand
about antl discuss the project accord-ing
to their view and "cuss" Its pro-jectors.
Their cause makes little head-way,
because It Is all talk and argu-ment.
The present movement disclos-es
the wide gulf between work and
wind. It beautifully Illustrates what a
few determined, aggressive. brainy
men can accomplish In the face of an
opposing Indeterminate mass. It shows
too that every movement must have a
leader, some one to look to for that
guidance which Insures results.
I sec that Judge Newburger In the
trial of Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy, on a
charge of murder In New York, last
week ordered that no relative of the
prisoner should sit with him inside the
railing. This was directed at Mrs.
Kennedy. She had already arranged
chairs at the counsel table so that she
could sit by Ihe side of her husband.
The object of the exclusion is to pre-vent
the jury being worked upon
through their sympathies by the pres-ence
of the wife. The Judge was right
in principle. A prisoner has no right
to Influence a Jury than has the prose-cution.
It often appealed to me how
cheap this sort of a sentiment Is work-ed
on by lawyers. A vagabond of a
man who never earned a cent for his
parents, but kept them busy using their
hard earned money keeping him out of
justly merited punishment, is arraign-ed
for trial on some serious charge,
straightway the poor old father is made
to share a place near the prisoner's
dock, and to duly nod approval at the
good points of the defense and to shake
disapproval at the telling evidence of
the Commonwealth. So to with wlvee.
An erring husband who has wandered
after false household gods meets with
the usual ending of a vicious career
nnd finds himself a culprit He Is tried
lor the murder of the object of his un-lawful
lust, his heart-broken wife is
dragged Into court to sit by her hus-band
and to lavish external marks of
affection and confidence so characteris-tic
of the courtship of cheap melodram-as.
The poor wife Is urged for the sake
Of her husband's neck to exhibit love
when In herself she despises him.
Women without previous training of-ten
make a sorry mess of it when call-ed
upon to turn actress and depiclt
•■motions at variance with what they
feel. I have been on Juries where there
were always two or three men who
penetrated this veneer of sentiment,
nnd it wns duly hurled from the delib-erations
of the Jurors with disgust. As
a scheme this affectionate relative bus-iness
has been worn threadbare for
lately In many cases for the reasons I
have shown It has not brought about
Just the kind of verdicts that family
anguish was expected to beget.
No man can cure consumption. You
can prevent It though. Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs,
colds, bronchitis, asthma. Never falls.
Biliousness is a condition character-ized
by a disturbance of the digestive
organs. The stomach Is deblllated, the
liver torpid, the bowels constipated.
There Is a loathing of food, pains In
the bowels, dizziness, coated tongue
and vomiting, first of the undigested
or partly digested food and then of
bile. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv-er
Tablets allay the disturbances of
the stomach nnd create a healthy appe-tite.
They also tone up the liver to a
healthy action and regulate the bowels.
Try them and you are certain to be
much pleased with the result. For sale
by Wm. Neville.
Passing by a store window the other
day I noticed a display of one of the
high grade makes of bicycles, the latest
patterns of 1901. The dealer evidently
thought the prospect of disposing of
the stock very dismal for he cut the
price in half and I know that he didn't
"sell out." Its wonderful what n
slump has taken place in wheeling.
The street which at this season a few
years back wore covered with bikes are
now almost abandoned by those vehic-les—
only an occasional one Is seen, rid-den
by a bread winner as a matter of
utility. It was thought that when cyc-ling
was the vogue and at Its apex in
'95 that the American people had at
last reached a craze which would nev-er
die out. So popular had It become
that strangers In meeting and friends
In greeting Invariably asked "what
make of wheel do you ride?" It was
supposed by the devotees of the wheel
that no person lived who did not cycle.
Manufacturers coined money and were
SCIATIC RHEUMATISM CURED
AFTER 14 YEARS OF SUFFERING
"1 have been afflicted with sciatic
rhoumntlsm for fourteen years." says
Josh Edgar, of Germantown, Cal. "I
was able to be around but constantly
suffered. I tried everything I could
hear of and at last was told to try
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which I did
and was Immediately relieved antl in a
short time cured, and I am happy to
say It has not since returned." Why
not use this liniment and get well?
It Is for sale by Wm. Neville
A real loving wife doesn't often
obtrude her sorrow ou the public func-tionaries
of the law. A case In point
occurred here during Judge Buyer's
term on the Bench. A young man was
tried for obtaining gin ids under false
pretense. The fuels were dead against
him and the prisoner's only plea was
justification by poverty. He said that
he lived in Philadelphia with his wife
and child nnd was utterly unable to
find employment, having diligently
spent all his money In answering ad-vertisements
and In travelling In search
of work. Rather than starve he went
to a commission merchant, ordered sev-eral
boxes of cheese sent to a suppos-itions
dealer at Bryn Mawr. He then
secured the cheese which he sold to
nearby grocers. He said that he spent
the money on his family. The fact
Hint he was a resident of Philadelphia
heightened the magnitude of the crime
In the Judge's eyes and he was sen-ten,
...I to a year's Imprisonment, Dur-ing
the progress of the trial a young
woman paced an obscure corner of the
room lulling to quietness a tiny Infant.
Occasionally she brushed away the
tears which unbidden rushed to her
.yes. She attracted no particular at-tention
because It was thought that
she was there to hunt up the derelict
father of the babe, and that her tears
were evidences of passing Interest awtak-encd
by unaccustomed scenes. When
the condemned man was taken to Jail
she slipped out and bade him a good-bye.
He kissed the. child and then the
mother. Then when It came to the fin-al
handshake, the woman was con-vulsed
with grief. Fortunately Attor-ney
Neville D. Tyson was passing at
the time nnd he Inquired the cause of
distress, when he learned that the pris-oner
and woman were man and wife,
and that It was the prisoner's first of-lense.
"Take the man Into Court with
mo." said Mr. Tyson, "and I shall try
to have his case reopened." Mr. Tyson
then Informed Judge Boyer of the
scene that he witnessed. The woman
wns called to testify and finally told
him Hint her husband had given her
all the proceeds of the larceny, promls-
T he value of lliMitrie.il effect over
Jurors Is well known to the lawyers.
but It must be worked with extreme
subtlety. I.Ike giving "taffy" It must
avoid ail appearances of artlfialality
Scarce a half dozen years since, a
pietty young female was tried here for
larceny, sun under twenty years, she
bore her Incarceration awaiting trial
without any emotion. When it came to
trial ulthough it wns her first offense
of any sort, she sol about it in ■ thor-oughly
business like way. The attor-ney
appointed to defend her found that
It was Impossible to awaken any tend-er
feeling in her bosom much less to
exhibit evidences of them. Allusions to
mother were powerless for she never
knew a mother's love. Her idea of a
father was a man to be despised. Ever
since she was twelve she had worked
her way In the world decently and hon-orably.
She proved to be the most
matter of fact person for one of years
that ever lived. She accepted the look-ing
up for trial as a matter of the usu-al
workings of the law. Her attorney
endeavored to stir her to tears by pic-turing
imprisonment as a felon for a
long term following conviction, but
the well springs of her eyes had been
out of business so long that no mois-ture
follow.
"Well It will be absolutely necessary
for you to weep." said the attorney,
"and If you can't, do the next best
thing, pretend to, but you must weep
at the proper times." Realizing this
he began a rehearsal of his examlna- I
Uon before the Jury and found that she |
punctuated her story with simulated '
weep at most inopportune times. As
the way out of the difficulty he suggest-ed
that she should take her handker-chief,
bury her face in it antl weep
deep and long every lime he pointed
his lead pencil to her.
I was let Into the secret and when
the case was called for trial watched
tne young woman with double Interest.
She told her story emotionless and
with due straightforwardness. In the
middle of her recital her attorney
clasped his pencil and extending to-wards
her asked "now why did you
leave home?" There was nn interval
of two minutes between question ami
answer owing to the tleep grief of the
witness. Dry your tears and try to
unswer said the Judge with sympathet-ic
coaxing. She finally managed to
blurt out her answer. "Now where was
your mother?" asked Ihe attorney ac-companying
the question wild several
waives of the grief promoter. There
was another hiatus spoil of grief, to
which Ihe Judge very considerately
tried to modify the supposed grief. Af-ter
the answer was duly sobbed out,
and she had replied to one or two
common place questions. It struck mo
as queer that the spectators did not
discern the entire absence of any traces
or tears or sorrow on her face. It ev-idently
Impressed her attorney similar-ly
for he did the jiencil act again and
again.
Even during the cross examination,
tne pencil prompting did such effective
work that she was acquitted.
OBSERVER
PKbUiClS
That a dog with specks.ou kin mv.ii/
set Ml master.
♦
That tin i- hungriest man can't digest
railroad frogs.
♦
That a tall man'll never bo short to
long is he's rich.
♦
That a man of letters don't alwuz
use th.r biggest words.
♦
That hammocks built for two orfln
keep lovers In suspense.
♦
That many a girl's in need of a pin,
yet her fingers er full of nails.
♦
That when a man's dyln fer a drink,
be kin orlin be saved with a bier.
♦
That eveu a new bund won't disguise
last year's straw hat. Friends er cruel.
♦
That a man lakes ther starch out of
his adversary when be puts up a stiff
argument.
*
That ther shirt waist girl with t.her
brazen walk, now frowns upon the au-tomobile
coat
♦
That if some wiinmen's bands 'd
work Is orfln Is ther tongues, they'd be
pretty industrious.
♦
That fellers cr now wearin ther girl's
plctent on ther shirt front—thus they
kin look down on tbim.
♦
That when a feller starts runnin af-ter
a girl—he'll alwuz he doln it, an
never ketch her, but ther one thit don't
care 'II git her without tryln.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN
WHEN YOU GET A HEADACHE
don't waste a minute but go to your
druggist and get a box of Krause's
Headache Capsules. They will prevent
pain, even though your skull wore
cracked. They are harmless, too. Read
the guarantee. Price 25c.
.id hy William Neville and J. Ru-fus
i.urr. W. Conshohocken.
LOCAL ITEMS.
A perfect egg within nn egg Is a cur
losity recently produced at Soudorton
by a hen.
The convention of the Montgomery
County W. C. T. II. will be hold In
I-ansdule Methodist Church. May 23.
The annual meeting of Montgomery
County Alumni Aseociation, will lie
held at Sanatoga Park, July 20.
The l-ansdalc Borough Council will
be asked to Increase Its annual appro-priation
to the Falrmotint Fire Compa-ny
of that place from $300 to $500.
The stockholders of the Iiinsdnle
Safe antl Trust Deposit Company have
held their annual meeting nl Lansdabi
anil elected the following named direc-tors:
B. S. Fredericks. J. C. Swartley,
A. Delp, B. F. Tyson. J M„ Hartzcll.
A. K. ilegler, J. G. Barndt. George s
Snyder, J. G. Clemens, J. M. Sllfcr, H.
R. Swartley and F. H. Sender.
Norrlstown's new Opera House was
opened last night.
Coroner Ashton has withdrawn his
objections to the county paying the
costs of two Inquests held by Pottstown
magistrates.
Heirs of Hurkhard Moser, who claim
right to valuable coal lands In Schuyl-kill
County alleged to be occupied by
squatter corporations will meet In
PottBtown next Saturday evening to
press their suit for possession.
The Penn Gun Club of Norrlstown,
and the l-ansdale Gun Club will shoot
a team match at Norrlstown on Decor-ation
day. Each team will be made up
o. the pick from its respective town, so
that a close contest may lie expected.
— Prayer Meeting will be held this
evening at the home of Mr. J. Ernest
Pnxson.
—Rev. w. II. Warren, of eraser's
Seinlnury, Chester will occupy the pul-pit
at ihe Balltgomlngo Baptist Church,
on Williams street, both morning nnd
e\ eiiing on Sunday.
Hannah Kelly, relict.it William KeH-I
ly. died at Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday at
the advanced age of ,7 years. The fun-eral
will lake place to-morrow after-noon
at 2 o'clock. The interment will
be made at Port Kennedy Presbyti i Ian
Cemetery,
Saturday evening General experi-ence
meeting. Sunday—Preaching 10.30
A. M, and 7.46 P. M. Morning subject
"Lessons from tho Ant." "Bvenlni
subject "On the side Walks of Consho-hocken."
11.30 A. M. Class Meeting.
3.00 P. M. Holiness Meeting. 7.00 P. M.
Praise and song service. 2.00 I'. M
Sunday School At 4.16 an open air
meeting will be held below the bridge,
followed by baptism in the river.
—Uriah Snyder. ,,f c.ulf Mills was
seriously injured In a runaway in Phil-adelphia
on Tuesday. He had driven a
double team, one of the horses being a
colt, lo Thirty-eighth andPoplarstreets
for a load of grains for his cattle and
while engaged In backing his team up
to the building a locomotive pulled in-to
a siding running along side of it.
The horses took fright and began to
plunge and bap. A sudden Jerk threw
lit in off bis feet and he fell to the
ground. The horses trampled on him.
cutting his face and chin so badly as
to necessitate his removal to ho hospit-al,
where It was found that his injuries
while very serious was not such as
would likely prove fatal. He returned
to his homo by rail. Milk dealer N. M.
R.it y, a inn in law went to Phila-delphia
antl brought the team home.
Mr. Snyder is now past seventy years
oi age. About live years ago his horses
ran away while he was engaged in
mowing und he was thrown on the
knives of the machine and had the
thumb of his right hand severed.
DEATHS
You are much more liable to disease
when your liver and bowels do not act
properly. HeWltt's Little Early Risers
remove the cause of disease.
William Nevlile, cor. First avenue
antl Fayette street
DADIES CAN WEAR SHOES
one size smaller after using Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder to lie shaken Into
the shoes. It makes tight or new
shoes feel easy; gives Instant relief to
corns aud bunions. It's the greatest
comfort discovery of the age. Cures
and prevents swollen feet, blisters,
callous and Bore spots. Allen's Foot-
Ease 1B a certain cure for sweating,
hot. aching feet. At all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE
by mall. Address, Alien S. Olmstoad,
Le Roy, N. Y.
1631
KEI.I.EV, On May 15, 1M1, Hnnnnh.
widow of the late William Kelley, aged
77 years.
The relatives and friends of Ihe fam-ily
arc respectfully Invited to attend
Ihe funeral on Saturday afternoon. May
18, at 2 o'clock, from hor Into residence,
Mi. Pleasant, Montgomery County, Pa.
Carriages will meet train at Wayne
station leaving Broad Street Station at
11.45 A. M. Interment at Port Kennedy
I'ri dij teriaii Cemetery.
If peopie only ki.ew what wo know
about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, It would
be used in marly every household, as
there are few people who do not suffer
from a feeling of fullness after eating
belching, flatulence, sour stomach or
water-brash, caused by indigestion or/'"
dyspepsia. A preparation such us Kft-dol
Dyspepsia Cure, which with no aid
from the stomach, will digest your
(pod, certainly can't help but do y.ni
cm i.l.
DeWIU'l Little Early Risers search
toe remotes) parts of the bowels and
remove tho Impurities speedily with mi
discomfort. They are famous for their
efficacy, Baay to take, never gripe.
William Nevlile. cor. |.'i,st avenue
and Fayette street.