The Ambler Gazette 19050427

              he ambler gazette vol xxi 11 no is vi 9 ambler l'a april 27 1905 1.25 a year ida1 ay of esurrection mk exercises in locav churches praise a risen lord i i\«i«r mu.lr chndihv fiabruad lil»i<nir«pn lleniiilful nonl ii4-rf.rwtlc.im ami beyotlt wornlilppem all h»»r ti ilinu1 in tli < iim illpd clirlnl en«t«t lay the keystone of christi dnity : • nil the hope of resurrection ns fittingly iiisvwrii in tho local lunches witkjfhpecial services f lly proparra jfitmic g exercises lafge ml .;-:. i out wb8hikqt0n v ires lor passion week nnd l b nnd inti " ! 1 audiences of (! vout worshippers crowded the pews p ving suflstantinl evidence to their b lie iii the risen lord and their i ith through him of the life eternal vohjnt ri.i vs.wr i:ai'i i vi . ever joyoosj ami gladsome kas t.rtide was verc appro pfintply observi i by tbe mount plihaant baptist bil ic • school of ambler on master sunday i evening wlien tbfr beautiful exercise victory and life was rendered • fly the school the superintendent joseph 3 johnson was in charge as pisted by associate superintendent charles ileesli who led iu the scrip tare readings promptly at t.iio.to tho i.upirii'ig strains ef the grand march front carmen played by miss lftyilla rlesdorf on tho piano the scholars marched from the chapel to their assigned places in the church and there rendered with warm enthusiasm ami zest lie above exercise which was given without a brenk from beginning to end as an offertory miss rbasdorf gave mendelssohn's spring song as a piano solo mr lames lucas of ambler very ably assisted tjio school in the choruses by his cornet the pastor of tuc church rev e e valentine made a short address and the evening's program closed by th con gregation joining in singing all hail the power of jesus name the decorations of easter lilies and other flowers and plants were beautiful and very much in keeping with the day ambler presbyterian special easter services wore held in the ambler presbyterian church pre paratory services to the administration of holy communion on sunday morning were held by pastor brown during wednesday thursday and friday even ings and on sunday there were four applicants received into the church the service was beautifully appropriate to the occasion while the church and puplit were exquisitely bedecked with plants and flowers typical of the glad easter seasonjand of christian purity and probity the sabbath school ses sion in the afternoon was particularly large and after an interesting service the pupils were presented with easter eggs iu the evening the usual church service was omitted and the sabbath % hool under the direction of the superintendent mr h s cope rend ered it beautiful program entitled from calvary to olivet which com prised eongs typical of the glad tidings of the resurrection the infaut school under its superintendent mr william gracey.also gave interesting numbers while the pastor delivered and illustrat ed sermon appropriate to the events of the first easter morn ' ambler mkthodist i the knster were lltlintdy observed by till congregation of bt paul's reformed church korr washington services wen held on monday tuesday wed nesday and thursday i>vt nine's of last week at wh'ch time tho pastur hallos v santi e scconted the pulpli and preached able and instructive sermons on friday morning tbe pastor preach ed upon tin lext it is finished on friday evening kev joseph m siuit i i the venerable lather of the pastor and who lias been all or dained preacher for .'>"> years and but recently retired from tli active ministry occupied tho pulpit and delivered an exceedingly able and instructive sermon upon the triumphal death ur santee do spite me fact of being an octogenarian is a figoriont nnd forcible speaker in his dtscoufie ho digressed from his text and sustained tho apostolio creed from thr attach made upon it a few days ago by kev dr mac arthur of new york before a covention of bap ti.-t young people in philadelphia when he declared the aposles creed fraudulent in part and literally mytho logical the two phrases he said he descended into hell and i believe in the communion of saints which are recognized as part of the so-called apostles t-eeii were smuggled into 1 1 1 > ¦ cived and is in my opinion one of the most gigantic frauds ever per petrated in tho history of religion in answer dr santee said in the reformed church the apostolic creed is a part of our undoubted christian faith and is not regarded as a question of belief but as a matter of fact ho descended into hell is not a part of our creed or teachings wo say he descended into hades hell is a place of torment where sinners are punished as christ was sinless he could not have descended into hell but we believo that after his death upon the cross he descended into hades a place of sorrow anil gloom — from which he arose conqueror over death and the grave an invincible mediator between god and man on saturday afternoon preparatory services were held at which time several children were baptised services on easter suuday were begun with a dawn ser vice at 0 o'clock at which time excel lent vocal and instrumental music was an inspiring feature . dr bibighaus presided at tho organ the choir sang the anthem christ our passover mr j h dixon sang a solo entitled the new life the chancel was beautifully decorated with potted plants and easter lilies at 10.45 a m the regular morning service was held at which time the hoiy communion was partaken of by an exceptionally large congregation the pastor was assisted in administering the communion by his father in the evening at 7.ij0 o'clock tho suuday school services from calvary to olivet was ren dered under the direction of the super inti ndenr george j wentz ion llthkh.an whitemaksh the ea.ster services at ziou lutheran church whit niarsli were well attend ed the church being filled with mem bers and others who came to engage in the services the communion of the lord's supper was administered to a larger number of persons than for a longtime thechurch was appropriate ly decorated with palms and mowers the music was well rendered and in spiring two persons were received in to church membership the attendance the members and friends of the first m £. church ambler held special easter services sunday and were greet ed by large audiences the interior of t church was beautifully decorat ed with , jiiis ferns and easter lilies carrying out the color scheme of green and white in the morning the large chorus sang christ arose and fron out the tomb aud rev elviu/!the pastor preached a special sermon on the manifestation of the risen lord in the afternoon 18 scholars attended the sabbath school of whjch number 75 were in the primary department dr samuel sleath lead the singing and solos and recitations were also rendered misses marion and grace posey render ed a vocal duet rev elvin madean appropriate address the easter offer ing at this service was 13 in the evening miss posey sang the solo the insurrection songs and chornsas by the school were also sung and mrl v palumba rendered the holy city on the cornet kev elvin took fofe his text the life eternal and at ibe conclusion of the service sang all hail the p at the evening services was large the church being filled with an earnest aud attentive audience tho easter service rendered by tho sunday school was given in a spirited manner music and recitations were well rendered showing careful preparation and were much enjoyed by all present the at tendance at the sunday school on easter morning was the largest in its history on monday evening the annual easter social was held in the church and was well attended it being the time of receiving the lenten offerings which amounted to abcut jjyoo the evening was spent in engaging in a service of song followed by tho lifting of the easter offering amounting as above refreshments were afterwards served and all departed after having spent a very enjoy able^even ing maple tilen hiss frances householder of gwyuedd spent katser with her mother here miss charlotte uorer of doyles town spent saturday and sunday with misses bertha and edythe mann power of jetuti imtui io me mne oi r mykh i'1 thomas h7 gamble on suuday thkektuns haptist walter dickinson and family of special easter services were held ial three tuns formerly of this plac'e.at the three tuns baptist bible school tended the funeral of his mother mrs sunday afternoou under the direction louisa o dickinson at broomal of superintendent sage rev e e delaware county on monday valentine pastor of the ambler baptist church under the direction of which corporation the three tuns school was founded was present and made an p appropriate address dwelling especial ly on the easter time as the embodi ment of the christian's hope of eternal life the exercises were well rendered by tho pupils and enjoyed by all pre sent the chapel was beautifully dec orated viith palms lilies and other tlnwt rffl1 kaeh pupil was presented with it^^etty easter basnet t thomas w11itkmak8h easter services at st thomas p e church w'liteuiarsh were held sunday morning when with the most beautiful day april ui to the present t iinii hud given a very large congrega tion assembled tin church was beau tifully decorated with cut lowers and potted plants aud easter flowers with which tho chance was also artistically bedecked special easter music wu well rendered by the vested choir rev a j miller ri-ctor spoke on tho events of tho day and delivered a ser moil most appropriate to the oecusion iu the afternoon tho sunday school held their service when carols mid re uonsive readings were heard moii tiuy afternoon the easter festival was i jd aud largely attended serloud • in i \\ iciimi the summer residence occupied by the families of mr and mrs warner v george warner and isaac lippin cott at weldou a mite above glen side was the scene of an exoiting fire at 4.30 o'clock friday morning and the sleeping occupants of the house mr and mrs warner mr aud mrs lippincott and 11 children of the two families had narrow esoapes both families were sound asleep when uuu of the lippincotts was awukened by smoke he gave the alarm aud the 14 others in the house beat a quick retreat to the street in their night clothes escape was easy for all except those oil the top floor and dunso smoke made it difficult for those to get out in safety mr lip pineott attempted to descend a ladder but hit slipped and fell to the ground ho was but slightly injured tim weldon kiro company and the pioueeer and independent firo com panies of jeukiutowtl were called and ufter an hour's work they succeed ed in extinguishing the blaze which wiih confined to the roof their prompt arrival prevented ibe destruction of the entire house the loss is about 600 flourtown's ball tem strong nine assured with william urban manager ofgaalmmloa mmtedmd ofltaen rlmttd p«r»oiiii«-i ni ih tan oroiwdt in ii hrm olml si hi hlnl irund sliuifl krcrl '¦"•',' tho flourtown athletic chili of klourtown organized for the season of 1908 i'v electing the following officers john freed president o.e rotzell trejjjurer and william urban manager aim secretary manager ur ban is working hard to ldiicr a hum in tho field timt will be second tcrhone in the amateur , ranks mil with his knowledge of the game and hlg ex perience there is no doubt that he will succeed president freed and trea nr er rotz 11 li 1 1 elated over the fact of having secured such uu l^lo malinger and will do everythinsjpith ir power to assist manager urtfinjl'in signing strong players £¦ sflp william frban becretiry ami malinger flourtown athletic club the old grounds in the rear of springfield hotel flourtown will be put in condition for the opening game which will be played on saturday may 0 with the strong oxford field club of philadelphia games have been arranged with the following teams lansdale hatboro oreland germantown athletic club with glen side north wales wheel pump aud spring mill to be heard from a glance at the list of players secur ed by manager urban will show that he has an aggregation which will be hard to beat : h robinson c robin son h speelhoffer w warwick j caniburn j mcfetridge v cotton e steer c liakie and j nabty th most of the players are well known to the fans an<l nothing but commenda tion can iip said crflcerning their play ing regarding the new players it remains to be seen if thev will m&kl good but from the recommendation manager urban has received he think they are the real thing on saturday april ji the boys will line up for a practice game witl the amber field club the game will be called at y.45 p m those fron ambler who wish to witness the game will be iu time to see the opening il they leave on the 8.25 trolley there will be plenty of seats for all as mr freed and mr rotzell have assuree manager urban that the seats will b already by april 29 a small grum stand will be erected for the ladies and their escorts and no charge will be made for a seat in the same riiceun thieves unity the pigeon loft of john shoffner.ou sandy hill was visited wednesday night and five pairs of squabs ready for market and some old birds were taken the perpetrator broke two locks to get to the birds and it is cvident.froii the fact that the bboffner dog did not give warning that the thief is some one known in the nelaborbood some months ago mr shoffner lost 50 pairs of old birds but by caref'u inqnry he found that a party name kuckstool had sold a lot of bi rds to a person near trappe and going there lie identified his birds and recoveret them ruckstool is now in the hunt ington reformatory a suit iu keplevln the township of cheltenham has entered a suit of replevin against sylvester meyers iu theprothonotary's office meyers was formerly a police man in the employe of the township he was discharged whereupon he re fused to turn over his handcuffs badge and uniform to secure these the township has brought suit miss freda mullerand messrs albert smith and gussie keefer of philadel phiu spent the easter holidays witl their grandmother mm august strehle john russell of germautowu was visiting friemls in the neighbor hood last week laugdou k mitchell and family moved out to their country home ' ' the apples ' ' on monday mrs j m walters of ambler.visit ed mrs s h smith on friday . messrs john and frank kinker spent sunday with emunuel battersby harvey stout and family of tioga spent eutsui with mrs.stout's parents mr and mrh lrvin fleck miss emma ackerman of je-utre valley and miss matilda voder of cooperbsurg have been spending some time with mrs j n newbold mi*rt anna hohwab of philadelphia visited her sister mrs euruest geruey on faster an unclaimed letter remains in the pobtoftice tor andrew crawford enq obituary ': nk i ill mil frank i . youngest son i anna and the tut < harry richie of am bier died it hit he 	 suturday morning about i9.4b after a lingering hliiest iu his ilit year the rmnalnn were interred i'sday afternoon in roue hill reme telv eiviees l)i>illgliel(l ill tile i i i m f ihiireli aniher rosalinda isllbrb mrs rosalinda sillers widow of i'm ins sellers riled m new britain township on tuesday april is from cancer of itomach she was in her 7<>th year and wai the eldest daughter of george garner of warrington two listers reside in lansidale.mrs^gordella i line wile of henrv mines and isiisan wife of samuel hlne the funeral of tho deceased was held saturday with interment at pleamntvllle reformed church a portion of the services weru held at the home of granvillo sellers warrington henry t murphky hcnrv t mnrphey died at the rcsi dencl of ilia son william ii murphcy secretary of the in itenliam board of township commissioners and former assemblyman and recorder of deeds on the 1 1 1 1 1 ins r deceased was very aged possiilv 1)3 years he was a dative of inland being the son of a preshytt rian clergyman and came to this country in lh.'iii and lived in the twentieth ward of philadelphia until last year when he took up his residence with his son at ashbourne ho possessed a remarliiilile knowledge of the bible iiiicl was thoroughly familiar with the leading facts of history as appertain ing both to this country and europe elizabeth ti10ma 1 lizalieth widow of the late george thomas died thursday at the resi dence of her daughter mrs charles lentz.l'enllyn aged si years deceas ed was the daughter of john rout who lived in what is now fairmont park philadelphia and was married 4 years ago to mr thomas who took tip their home at the old washington retreat which was also in the park later they moved to nicetown resid ing on germantown road after a time they removed to the old lamb tavern and then purchased the washington square hotel which they sold two years later and bought a farm near north wales here they made their home for many years and here mr thomas died 18 years ago six children were born to mr and mrs thomas and all survive as fol lows john of lansdale jesse and george of philadelphia frank of west philadelphia and susan emma wife of charles lentz of penllyn the deceased remained a very active and well preserved woman until about six months ago and had been confined to her bed since thanksgiving she came of a remarkable parentage as her mother was u:i v hen she died and u brother of mrs thomas died some time ago aged ml years funeral services wire held monday from the deceaseds late home at penllyn and also in the koxborough haptist church the remains were in terred in leverington cemetery hoyl a carload of animal bones was load ed here at the station on tuesday by hanj-'storfer and sohuyler the dead animal dealers of centre square and springhouse respectively last week george walters and son of spring house also shipped a carload these remains are sold to fertilizer nianu acturers h w hawes expects to open up the ciwynhurst next week and at present rhe loaning house is being thoroughly cleaned three families are expected to come out next week and it is said that mrs.hawcs has received numerous applii ations last summer john d opoper who conducted the place had over 100 guests during tho height of the season mr hawes will remain in charge till fall only but another tenant has been secured for tin winter | season george fredericks lms lately ereoted a fence enclosing about bait an acre for a poultr3 yard thomas foulds has gone to massachusetts to take his new i/o.-itiou as a nursery salesman his family still reside here john savage who has taken the place will move his family up from germantown next week john kibblehouso has already plant ed three acres of potatoes and on mon day david roberts planted about an acre and a half trolley laid at midnight superintendent hoeger and a force of men just after midnight friday laid tracks for the schuylkill valley trac tion company across the pottstown and sanatoga railway below pottstowu thus connecting the two liuks of the new road this crossing is the point whoh the pottstowu line tried to keep the bolmylkul valley railway frouj crossing and a bill in equity is now pending in court having that purpose iu view the railroad line had a watch man at the crossing but the vigil was relaxed a day or two before wheu the trolley did not make any move nurc-unu four young ladies members of gold point haptist sunday school were baptized on sunday evening by liev h b gamer i the steadfast mission band of cold point will give a carnival in cold point church hall may 18 frank wagner who has farmed for samuel ralph for a number of years has purchased a house on summit street kurrixtowu and moved theru and will retire from farming it may be of interest to the fisher meu of ambler and vicinity to know that the intent decision uf tho flab com mission is that it in only legal to fish with one rod and ouo line the com mission bases its construction oil the law of l'jul which says in section ii ' ' i iiui from uuii alter the passage of this act it bhall be unlawful to fish for game null in any wauu of this i c,nuiiiuuw«.i»lth in any manner vx.cept v uh rod hook aud line 10,000 con tract awarded store and office building to be erected in ambler in knlflil r(tm will euliil vl.jolnliii hm plmtofllm tld 1 w ierry s bum tin untitniol llirft sfnrrr dwnillfls 1,<i si-x.-ii olll i si the estate oi george k knight on thursday awarded to d v bperry of fort washington the contract i the erection of a store and office build ing on butler avenue ambler lie proposed structure which rtill cost about 10,000 will he located between the ambler postoffloe nnd the driveway along side of n b keyser's sunny side grocery and will iri nt v feet on butler aveane while the depth of the building will be 67 feet it will be two stories in height surmounted with a spanish gabled roof of slate the first floor will lie divided into three lores the westerly one being 13 feet wide and 83 feet 9 inches m depth with an office 18x11 feet in the rear ilie middle store will be ii by 50 feet while between these stores is a large hallway running through the entire building and from which stairs lead to tlie collar and to the second story the entrance to this hall is distinctive the doorway being ornamented by an arch and pillars tho side of the building j adjoining tbe dostofflce will comprise a store 14x11 feet '¦} inches in the rear and over which is a dwelling with ] diniiigroom and kitchen on the lir-t door the inside finish of the stores and dwelling is to be poplar while the door and window frames will be of moulded white pine the second story of the dwelling contains three bed rooms a bath and a parlor together with necessary closets nnd hall the central portion of the building on this floor will be two offices each m)x9s feet ti inches open ing from the front office will be a private office located in the front of the hallway and in the rear of this hall will be lavatories on the westerly side there will be three offices the trout being 1:2x17 feet and back of this is a similar room 18x16 feet three inches while the rear office will be 13x17 feet 4 inches necessary windows have been arrang ed to supply copious light to all parts of the building and it is designed to heat the structure with hot water from the cellar and equip the entire struc ture with electric lights and at the same time the building will be fitted for gas the front wall will be of flemish bond brick which will render the building distinctive plate glass bulk windows will afford show space and light to the stores while the doors will also contain plate glass the building is to be completed by sept 15 and barring unforeseen delays should be ready by that time some of the stores and offices are already rented as the building was planned to meet a popular demand for the character of the stores aud offices ar ranged in the structure lawyer litld tu one *:! 0(10 the issuing of a warrant against john t wagner an attorney of xor ristown who is accused of embezzle ment caused a sensation a judgment for several hundred dollars was entered against wagner several days ago by i p knipe at torney thursday herbert u moore attorney entered suit against wagner on a mortgage attorney e.l mailman is represent ing the creditors who held a meeting in mr hallman's office friday it is said that waguur's debts will amount to 130,000 most of which is doe to business losgm wagner was credited with being a clever young lawyer he was former ly a resident of ironbridgfl and was a school teacher before becoming a mem ber of the bar he is :',."> years old and resided with his wife at swede and chestnut streets norristown nothing has been learned of his present where abouts his brother is charles a wagner superintendent of the schools of cheltenham township and is report ed that he too is a heavy creditor of ii brother's alleged misdeeds edwin s nyce esq states that be partnership accounts of the firm wagner & nyce is very little qon nected with the john t wagner ac ounts and whatever is involved mr syce will stand for blue uell the ladies aid society of beohm's church held its annual supper iu the sunday school room connected with the hurch on wednesday eveuing it was argely attended miss anna miller has vacated her position in the choir at beohm's churcli tud has accepted one in philadelphia john preston has had his house peb jle dashed heury steinbright is on the sick list tho attendance at beohm's reform ld church was very large on easter sunday the sacrament of thu lord's supper was commemorated in the morning while iu the evening special services appropriate to the season were held mr deshield and family of flour town are now occupying the sandridge farm where david jeffries formerly lived married sixty ve»r eastertide 60 years ago iu apri 1845 marked the date of the marriage of joseph f graven and his life-mute annie ritchie respected residents of north wales then residents of abing ton at their home in north wales tho h5-year-old husband and the vo yeur-old wife both still iu remarkable good state of vigor and spirits havo been receiviug tbe congratulations and good wishes of th citizens of north wale and thu surrounding oouuuiuimy thu members of the reformed con gregation culled upon the couple in a body and bestowed upon thuui bounties and tokens of fellowship innumerable glenside and around mrs thomas whose hone . watjide htroyed i>v fire reoently hm taken ¦ house on < llenside terrace a bell pnbllo pay telephone has hsen installed in the gentlemen's waiting room at the ilenside railway station a public meeting was held tuesday evening in st panl'n lutheran clmrcn mid applications were mad fen elini vinn to the lire company i delegation from saw vah tribe no 938 independent order of red men i n wednesday evening paid a fraternal visit to idaho tribe no ;;!, in phila delphia the north springfield water com pany has extended its mains ucio feet on edge mill mad north of dt./'ar mil avenue tt supply hie resldcncefcof frank cornly gjj^j mr wriinipelnieier news agent transferred his hillside route to mr oubberly of willow grove on ao connt of the increasing routes of olen side edge mill and weldon j!j lrvin burrell formerly of hillside and edge mill will be married in i'liiladi iphia this wednesday to m us mary wonder of sixth street and erie avenue he is a steam fitter by trade and it employed at the robert scott works in the quaker oity thomas shields who lias traveled as a member of the chinese honey moon theatrical company is at his home here in edge hill since last september he has traveled l8,000cniles starting in m new york visiting british columbia the pacific coast and the principal cities faetwei u san francisco and new york and winding up at oohoes n v on saturday night last his vacation will last from now until next fall i.nnxlnlc a removal here la^t week was that of the family of arthur king of philadelphia they are members of thu baptist church they occupy the former cresson house on main street miss alice wright the 18 year-old daughter of jacob wright was married last week to walter tyson of royers ford a glass blower the wedding took place there and the couple will reside in that town miss wright had for a time been a member of tho meth odist choir of lansdale but tiie family later lived for a while in roy wsford the wedding services on wednesday 5 vetting last which united miss miriam bean and henry pleughauft were performed by rev j l becker of the lutheran church the bridu is the daughter of w b bean the architect the boys about town gave them a rousing serenade but with small profit to themselves the bridal couple took a wedding trip to niagara falls and toronto diamond jack and his troupe enter tained large audiences all last w«'k in music hall and incidentally sold some medicine aud curried off sonio cash he has been here several times before it would not do to choose two dele gates to the republican state conven tion from adjoining towns ho w h b qodah'all of lansdalp stays at home whilst william mccracken of north wales goes all five churches in this town had sunday school entertainments ut vary ing interest on sunday evening in honor of eastertide during may several lansdale church es are gnin to unite in holding re vival services of the evangel i stio order singers named arpc and andrews have been engaged the baseball season begins hero on may 8th with a game with the lans dale juniors on may 13 it will be with a gerinautown club and on may ¦>() with the resolute smedley will be pitcher as was the case last season ami welsh catcher about all the old players have been engaged by manager longaker in the list of games the coming season four are with north wales but none with ambler lewis frey and family have remov ed hen from west point inn of ths old druggists here is e j kuhns the new druggist also has he name name so to prevent con fusion he has christened his store tho harhin pharmacy " this wednesday the lansdale w o x u will hold its monthly meeting at the house of mrs john case and then and there elect delegates to the comity oonventon meeting in ambler may li on tuesday of the present week the extensive real bstate of the late hen jamin frederick of laundale was offered at public sale it comprised four houses in lansdale and a building lot a house in west point and a building lot besides a lot in lansdale cemetery the deceased had curried on business in west point for many years whilst living in lansdale the executors are his children : george frederick mrs kate v gotwalls and mrs alioe place wife of a k place the attorney warren oberhoitaer who lately had a ' . : . r shop of his own in ambler i lit-come assistant hero iu the shop of win i deturk w h rosenberry had an extensive sale of carriages and harness as he has every year on baiter monday lausdale is to havo another factory where cordage and rope will bo jnado john barrow is now erecting a bailding for thu same and to it will remove this existing factory in phila delphia two of the lansdide bakers kohler aud aiigouy now each havo a bakory wagon on tho road over the southern route this covers north wales spriughouse.threu tuns 1'ronpeetvilui and eureka formerly there was no competition with tho team driven by elinor him - for aneaud later felver nowforsomo time edward lloff drives one wagon and hines the other tliey me brothers-in-law lloriitt m klmrt !>•>»•(. horace m filbert of potlitowu a member of the legislature of 1mb lied tuesday after an illness of several days aged ¦'¦'•» years his death wuh caused bv puuuuiouia he was secre tary of the miucii i'.iovn nlr.tck titovo company of pottstown for a uumbei of yuurs ho was active in l<t<pnbliuan politics