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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18

prayers, short addresses, testimonies,
etc. Anyone is privileged to speak, and
it is common occurrence for hard
ened criminal in rags to stand up and
urge others to take warning from his
example. Or some unfortunate woman,
reeking with the fumes of gin, will be-
moan her unhappy lot and express dis
tress that no hope is left for her
They are given, these unfortunates.
to much speaking. in fact. and if UNI
checked of the leaders, will go into de-
tails of their lives that might be anus
ing but for the pathos of them.
Jerry McCauley's mission still eX
lists, although Jerry is no more. This
is hard down by Brooklyn bridge, we'll
nigh directly under il, and here is af-
forded excellent opportunity at the
nightly meetings TO observe the under
side of city life. Here gather sailors,
vagabonds. thieves-the very cinders of
the city. All are made welcome. Jerry
was a powerful man, an eN-convict,
once a very bold and wicked man, who
genuinely reformed and lived to gain
the respect and confidence of every
good man and woman of New York.
Jerry would stand no nonsense at his
meetings. If men would not behave, he
ordered them out, and if they did not
GO promptly, he put them out energet-
ically. Many is the fellow who felt the
force of his fist. Yet he would pray fer
vently few minutes later for the
wretch he had knocked down, and In
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
The suns Distance.

Since the orbit in which the earth
moves about the sun is not circular,
but elliptic, the distance between the
two varies with the seasons. but the
"mean distance" is 92.S97,000 miles.
This figure is uncertain owing to physi'
cal difficulties in the process of meas
urement, but il is not in error so much
as thousandth of the whole. And this
uncertainty affects all measurements
of star distances. since the distance be-
tween the sun and our planet serves as
the only base line by which such meas
urements may be attempted. One of the
most familiar illustrations of the inn
mensity of this distance is that which
conceiyes a railway flyer" as speeding
day and night, without stop, over in
visible rails laid in the gloom of outer
space. Such train. ceaselessly rolling
at the rate of a mile per minute, could
not reach the sun in less than It's years.
Designating the feature of gavitation,
of course, some of the gigantic missiles
tossed into the air during the recent
conflict between the United States and
Spain might pierce the surface of the
solar globe in eight Yeas, but the
booming-with the same freedom as
regards a medium-could not be heard
for IA years But swift-winged light
constantly makes better time, perform
Ing the journey earthward in sh min
ntes.--I.adies' World.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
MARRIAGE OF "PERKINS."
An Object Lesson In the Economics
of Matrimony in the City
of Chicago.

They called him "PeSk" for short,
because they were too busy to get the
Tins" to make the full name, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean. Perk never
did much in the way of support
ing himself but he let his married sis
ter do the providing She had done
this for SO many years that he began to
think that it was her duty. In the
summer time he played cornet at III
"chutes" and firted with the girls.
Lasi summer he met a young girl at
the "chutes" and fell in love with her.
When winter came his occupation was
gone, and he was too lazy to get am
other. He spent his time calling on his
summer girl, who was obliged to work
in restaurant at seven dollars per
week to support herself
One Sunday recently Perk thought
that life would be unbearable without
his charmer, and, borrowing 20 cents
from his sister, which was all the
money she had, he came in from Bow
manville, found his inamorata, and, to
do the thing up in romantic style, they
eloped to Wisconsin. 1t took the girls
weeks wages to pay the railroad fare
across the state line. They might
have had the knot tied here at less ex-
pense, but that would have taken out
all the romance. Nobody would have
prevented their marrying, as no one
cared. After Perk had been married
he wrote to his sister, saying: "Will
be home Monday night. hope every
thing will be all right"
1t was adj wrong. For when Perk and
his bride returned to Bowmanville the
door was shut and they We're told that
there was no room for them there.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18

opium joints and hard by the Chinese
theaters and cheap restaurants is one
of the most unique missions on the con-
tinent. Supposedly it was organized
for work among the Chinese, yet rarely
does one of this peculiar people attend
the services, although their white wives
with their half-breed children frequent
ly are present.
But in Chinatown is horde of men
and women, whites, who have ANAL
gamated with the Chinese, conforming
in all things, except dress, to the man
ners and customs of the orientals.
These form the congregations in the
mission house and a motley body of
men and women they are, truly.
The religious services are held from
ten to twelve nightly by bands of men
and women, different detail each
night.
The exercises are most informal in
character, consisting of Gospel songs,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
OLD TRAppERs DYING OUT.
There In No Longer Amy Money In
TrampinR the Eastern
Woods.

Trapping as business has ABOUT
ended in the eastern states. A Few boys
and improvident men still set traps
along the various woods streams OF
PENNSYLVANIA, New York and Maine,
but the old-time trapper is going The
time was when men had lines of traps
up streams, over ridges and through
swamps for scores of miles, through
densest forest, a steel trap or dead fall,
large enough to hold mink or marten,
every quarter of mile or so, and a
bookkeeping trap at likely" places
along the line, large enough to hold a
fox, wolf, fisher or other bait thief. A
couple or three bear traps were COM
monty on the line, Every 10 or 10 miles
was little shanty, with its pile of dry
hickory, frying pan, bag of salt and
stretchers for the skins, all of which
had been prepared in the fall before the
fur was prime.
The longest lines took a week or 10
days to cover. Progress was slow.
traps after a storm, the victims had to
be skinned, the traps reset and re-
baited. Deer were shot to supply the
bait. All alone, the trapper, with an
AK or rifle and light pack containing
food, followed his line by the blaze
marks he had cut on the trees. 1t was
a life of toll and hardship. Sometimes
the men were lost, and in the spring,
or years after, their bones would be
found with the rusted ak or rife. The
remuneration was not great, but large
enough to be tempting in the days when
prime mink brought $40 to $12 each.
The old trappers are mostly dead.
The new ones are guides, and trapping
for 500 to $500 winter is not over.
tempting to the men who get SO to SIS
per day guiding.
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ter which the words of the preacher
arouse in the congregation. Nor is he
at all sparlng of the stranger who
chances in, indicating him by some
characteristic of form or dress, as lilly
fat friend over dere," or 'De woman wild
de blue hat" or "De man wild de long
nose," etc.
A very successful mission on Catha-
rine street, near East river, is managed
alone by woman.
One sees barracks of the Salvation
lists and the Volunteers all about and
around, where poverty makes its home
and misery is found.
The mission workers count much on
house to house visitation, this being es-
pecially true of labors among foreign
ers who have homes and who work for
living. A mission in the upper part of
the city, conducted by Rev. Henry NJ.
Tyndall, assisted by four most estima-
BILE ladies, who are devoting their lives
to this work, has been signally success
full, much of the credit for which is
given to the house to house visitation.
One of these ladies', Miss Rood, said
1T is hard for these people to under
stand us. Many of them do not know
our language, even, and their ways are
so different from ours. But we induce
them to let their children attend our
school, and once we have won the chill
dren they prevail upon the parents to
come TO our meetings..
Mr.. Tyndall found large territory
uroccupied, and three or four years ago
entered it. Now he has three mission
places in successful operation and his
work is steadily extending. His mis-
sions are maintained solely by volun
tary con tributions, some of which come
from far-distant places.
"Nanderblt's" church, as it is called,
carries on extensive mission work, as
also does old Trinity, whose parish
takes IN all of the lower part of the city.
lie Young Mems Christian associa-
lion maintains one on the Bowery,
which shelters and feeds unemployed,
homeless young men, finding employ
ment for them.
The Salvation and Volunteer lassies
are Ubiquitous. They bar no places in
their rounds of work-the saloon, or
the brothel--and they will courageously
plead anywhere for reformation of life.
Not long since two of these entered a
notorious saloon on the Bowery, selling
their papers. One of the loungers pro-
iessed interest and engaged them in
conversation just before the bar. 1t
was IL at night and the men in the sa-
loon were rough and tumble fellows.
But regardless of surroundings one of
the girls asked the man if she might
pray for him, and he consenting, then
and there the two kneeled upon the
filthy floor, and the sweet voice of one
was raised above the din of the drinkers
and the iingling of the beer glasses.
The fellow inclined his head and
looked foolish. Yet when the girls arose
he shook hands with both and promised
10 lead better life. 1t is nothing to the
discredit of the girls that just as soon
as they left the poor wretch resumed his
drinking and profanity.
WILLIAM RosSER CoBBE.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
IN PARLOUS TIMES.
Mansions of the Olden Days Had
to BE Built with Many
Secret I'assaKes.

The onward march of building prog
ress has unearthed many secrets con-
nected with the old-time mansions of
this city. The latest to yield up its Sc
crets to the world is the old Hamilton
mansion, which has buffeted the storms
Of century and n half in Woodlands
cemetery, says the Philadelphia Record.
In tearing down some of the side walls
the destroyers discovered several in
geniously concealed stairways. These
led from secret panels on the ground
floor TO rooms in the second and third
stories. Another secret stairway leads
TO blind rooms, which also has secret
existence. Why these rooms were
built there is much doubt. 1t is pretty
well settled that William Hamilton,
who bought the grounds and mansion
in 1T47, had these secret passages ar
ranged so that he could escape If it be-
came necessary. He was at one time
resting under the charge of high trea-
son, and the times about the beginning
of the revolution were anything but
quiet. The Hamilton mansion is by no
means the only house with these odd
retreats. The old Penn house in the
Geological gardens is full of secret pas
sages and stairways. There are pas
sagewavs in that old house that no one
living to-day can tell the one time util-
ity of. If people passed through them
1t must have been done by lying down
and crawling along. for ii would admit
of progress in no other way.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
MISSION CHHPELS
OF p GREAT CITY
Some of the Peculiar Places Of Worship Kew York.

many instances actually effected their
genuine reformation.
An odd mission over Oh Chrystie
street is conducted by a converted Jew,
who speaks English with decided Ger
man accent. He is his own manager,
leader and preacher; has no board OF
officials to call him down, and conducts
his services after his own inimitable
fashion.
He knows every man and woman OF
the community by name, and it is his
practice from his pulpit to single GER
tain ones of his congregation, calling
them by name. reciting their particular
besetting sins aloud and urging them to
repentance. The individuals thus at
tackled appear to consider the action
of the pastor entirely proper, and good
naturally accept the smiles and laugh
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
Experiment with Snlnbur

A Portland tMe.) man who put sui
phur in his shoes 10 prevent grippe
found that he exhales sulphurous
fumes. and that the silver change in his
pocket turned quite black. He says
that the silver watch of the mate of a
vessel which brought cargo of sui
phur to Portland last week was thor
oughly blackened from the same cause.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
EW YORK CITY is fairly honey
combed with missions. There

NVEW YORK CITY is fairly honey.
I'M combed with missions. There
a " are those among the Jews, Ital-
JAMS, Poles, negroes, the unfortunate,
the unemployed and the criminal. Some
of the chapels are pretentious and
stylish, even; but the majority are
houses scarcely better than the
wretched abodes which surround them.
There are missions for children, for
erring women, for Grant men. And
Gospel services are held in early morn.
ing hours, at noontide and the gloam-
ing, and at midnight, even.
One who makes the rounds of these
places will find much to interest, many
things to divert and amuse, but more
that is pathetic and pitifui.
Over in Dogers street, in the very
heart of Chinatown, surrounded by
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
Mount Cannon on sled..

The Canadian government, m order
to have the movements of its artillery
made quick and effective, has mounted
many cannon on sleds so that they may
be swiftly drawn over the snowy wastes
- the country
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
an Afterthought,

Mrs. Goadley-It would be d good
thing for YOU II you thought twice be-
fore speaking once.
Mr.. Goadley-It's too late now
sanuld have pursued thai plan before
J proposed TO you.-San Francisco Ex.
aEr:ist-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-18
Ref e Burt.
Just Lately Received.

lot of Summer Goods such as Lawns at cents worth more,
ChaeS at cents, worth Pque white goods at cents
worth 10 cents Cacoes Percaes Victoria Lawns lot of
Dress Patterns at lowest prices and hundreds of other goods
too to mention at rock bottom Whether you
ready to buy not you always welcome.
Respectfully ADOLPH CZEK.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13
Some National Committeem en- Think Sill
yer Should BE First and
Others Trusts.

CHICAGO, June 13.-The Times-Her-
aid asked members of the Democratic
national committee what should be
their party's battle Cry in 19OO-whether
''free silver" or ''down with the trusts, -
or both.
Half dozen of the committeeman
are rather non-committal or refuse to be
quoted. They are: George Fred Will
Jams, Massachusetts; d. J. Campau,
Michigan; b. B. Smalley. Vermont;
Frank Campbell, New York; T. B.
O'Brien, Minnesota, and j. G. Dudley,
Texas.
A statement from Thomas. Gahan,
national committeeman from Illinois,
cannot be obtained because he is not in
the city and cannot be reached by tele-
graph. His attitude is, however, pretty
well known.
The committeeman who say free sill
yer must have first place in the plat
form, although generously combined
with the questions of trusts, ''mili-
tarism" and so on, are in Colorado, Ne
braska, Arkansas and Indian Territory,
which latter does not vote for presi-
dent. All the others put the trust
question first and lay much stress upon
issues produced by the Spanish war.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13
FORAKER NEXT!

The attempt by Mr.. Hanna to read
Senator Foraker out of the Republi-
can party has caused such an uproar
that even the President, through his
various mouth pieces, has deemed it
expedient to disclaim responsibility
for the bitter attacks upon Foraker by
Editor Kohlsaat of the Chicago
Times-Herald.
In an interview Sunday Senator
Foraker said:
1.-The great and good Mckinley, in
whose behalf Kohlsaat is sweating
all his blood and spleen, knew there
was no truth in the charge that I
had an improper connection with the
ballot box matter.
''The truth is that Mr.. Kohlsaat has
a disordered liver and is out of tune
with all the bells that do not jingle
"a hours a day for his sanity idol,
whom, if the Cleveland story is true,
he will be so busy defending before
the year is out that he will not have
any time to devote to me. This will
be sad for Kohlsaat and some other
people.
1.-the American sense of fair play
is such that the assassinator of char
acter cannot have things his own
way, even when he owns newspa-
per, and is the organ of president.
If the war that has been inaugurated
by this alleged spokesman of the
Administration is to continue, there
will be others dead on the field
when it ends, and some of the deaths
may be premature"
To this interview the Times-Her-
aid has made a scorching reply reit-
Grating all its first charges against
Foraker and adding that ''Forakeris is
known from one end of the Union to
the other as the embodiment of all
that is faithless, reckless and per-
fidious in politics. At every Repub-
lican convention he is found with his
arms round the neck of men he has
sought to stab in the back, and
shouting harmony from platforms
where he sought to introduce dissen-
sion, personal animosities and party
discord."
And this is the way Mr.. Hanna
expects to ''restore harmony" in
Ohio.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13
Ms:Ss johnson
Saved from
INSANITY by
MrS. Pif9khax7,

menced to have spells with my spine.
Every month grew worse and at last
became SO bad that 1 found I was
gradually losing my mind.
''The doctors treated me for female
troubles, but 1 got no better. One
doctor told me that would be insane.
Twas advised by friend to give Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
trial, and before had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
AZ have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it.
T advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it
fair trial. I thank you for your good
medicine. Mrs. GERTRUDE M. JOHN
SON, JoNEsBoRo, TEXAS.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13
FEW CHANGES
Will Be Made In Employees of the
C. A. &C.

The announcement given out in
Philadelphia that James McCrea is
to be president of the Cleveland,
Akron & Columbus when that road
is absorbed by the Pennsylvania in
dicates to many that this latest ad-
dition to the Pennsylvania system is
to be operated. much the same as
other divisions which have been tax
en- in within the last few years, of
which the Vandalia and the g., R.
& L. might serve as examples. This
being the case, the statement which
has been made a good many times
that few changes in employees would
be made might not prove to be so far
wrong. This method of handling
property seems to be favorite one
with the Pennsylvania people.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13
LEAGUE GAMES YESTERDAY.

At New York-New York. runs, IL hits
and errors; Boston, IL runs, IL hits and er.
rors. Batteries-Carricll, Coakley and War
ner; Nichols and Clarke. Umpires-Lynch
and Warner. Attendance. 1900.
at Observation-Disclosures runs, IL hits and
errors: Pittsburg. runs, II hits and errors.
Batteries-Hughey and Schrecongost; Sparks,
Lever and Bowerman. Umpire-Gaffney.
100.
At Washington-Washingt ington-Philadelphi
no game; wet grounds
At Observation-Disclosures Brooklyn, no game;
wet grounds
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13

PROBATE JUDGE RICHARD w.
TANEYHILL of Holmes county,
brother of Col. w. B. Taneyhill of
Akron, is a very popular man with
his constituents. The Democrats
there have just renominated him by
acclamation for his eleventh term in
public office. He has already served
three terms as County Clerk and
seven terms as Probate Judge.
Holmes county people know good
man when they see him.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13

Main st. property owners want the
erection of frame buildings within
the fire limits prohibited. 1t was
moved and carried that the City So
licitor revise the ordinance regulating
such matters.
Citizens are anxious to have dam
age claims on East Market st. settled.
City Solicitor Esgate was busy last
week with telephone matters and
couldn't give his attention to the
claims of the Market st. citizens.
He is now prepared to attend to the
matter.
Citizens on Fay ST., are becoming
anxious about their claims.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13
Interstate League Games.

At Fort Wayne-Fort WAYNE, runs, hits
and errors Mansfield. 8 runs, 10 hits and
errors. Batteries-Foreman and Bergen;
Smith Miller and Belt.
At Dayton-Day ton. runs. IL hits and err
rors; New Castle, 10 runs, IA hits and err
rors. Batteries-Carter and Donahue: Figge-
mer and Graffius.
At Toledo-Toledo o runs, 20 hits and err
rors; Youngstown. 2 runs, hits and errors.
Bstteries-Ferguson and Arthur; Mcfarland
and Lattimer.
AT MISUNDERSTANDING, s runs, u hits and
l error; Grand Rapids, runs, II hits and 5
errors. Batteries-Parvin. Parrott, Wells and
Twineham; Altrock and Cote.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13
MONAGHAN A MADMAN.
h1urder of His Wife by Mccormick I'm
settled His Mind, Already
Slightly Affected.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, June 13. John
Monaghan is raving mad i'll cell in the
insane department. at the Fayette coun-
ty almshouse. His brain has been shat
tered by the murder of his wife, Mi
nerva Monaghan, June 2, by blind
Councilman William c. McCormick
Whether his madness is temporary or
whether he will always remain a charge
on his family remains to be determined.
Monaghan has been living with his
daughter. Mrs. Louis @. Coldren, at
Johnstown, since his wife secured a di-
vorce three years ago, and came with
his children to attend the funeral of the
woman. A day or two after his ar
rival his children noticed him acting
queerly.
Friday he took the little 2-year-old
grandson, Mrs. McGogan's child, to
visit his brother. William Monaghan,
at Fairchance, and became so violent
that he had to be taken in charge, and
was committed to the insane depart
ment from there.
Sunday Superintendent Samuel D.
Newcomer had the worst struggle since
he has had charge of the. almshouse to
subdue Monaghan, who had become
violent, and had to summon help before
he could land the maniac in his cell.
Monaghan has shown slight signs of in
sanity at long intervals during the past
ten years, but never became violent.
1t is not likely that William Q. Nc
Cormick will get decision in his ap-
phcation to be released on bail until the
last of this week. Judge Mestrezat,
who heard the petition, is a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for su-
preme Judge, and left this morning for
Harrisburg to look after his interests at
the convention.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13

NEW YORK. June 13.-The Consoli-
dated Stock md Petroleum Exchan ge
held its annual election, and elected the
following officers: President, Charles
G. Wilson; first vice president, Thomas
L. Watson; second vice president. Ed
ward R. Belts; treasurer, John Stanton;
chairman, Valentine Mott. The usual
standing committees were elected. =
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-13

THE Democrats of the Tenth Dis
trict, including Franklin and Pick
away counties, nominated Hon. G. l..
Pugh for State Senator yesterday.
The convention adopted resolutions
endorsing practically all of the
demands made by the recent State
Labor convention.