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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
PASTOR URGES
MORE PARKS
Rev. Robert [. SchIotter Says
We Have Only Too Few
in the City.
THE CHURCH AND CITY"

AT the vesper service in Grace
English Lutheran church, last night,
Rev. Robert l.. Schlotter preached
the last sermon in q series on "The
Church and the City, The subject
was THE Relation OF the Church to
Public Health" Mr.. Sehlotter spoke
particularly on three questions, ssThe
Food Question" "The Home Prob
lem," and THE Recreation Prob
lem" He said, in part.
We are often at the mercy OF the
railroads, commission merchants and
hucksters. There is scarcely an ar
ticle of food that has not suffered
more or less adulteration. The av-
ericious schemer adulterates our
food supply with chemicals which
undermine health and endanger the
life of the consumer.
Our home problem is still great
er. Our cities are. fast becoming not
collections of homes, but of hotels.
tenements, flats, boarding houses
and clubs. How can cleanliness, or
der and decency be maintained when
cooking, washing, and sleeping are
all done In two or three rooms7 II
the home is crowded out, the city
and nation Is doomed.
I'VE have few parks, art galleries,
museums and conservatorles. Only
too few. Teach the people the diff
ference between recreation and rev.
elry. We have too many questiona-
BILE places of amusement-th So
called theatre, saloon, gambling
house, dance hall and drinking club
These places are fast sapping not
only physical, but mental and moral
strength, especially of our young
people. People call 1t recreation
when they go to the theatre and
look at play which keeps their
nerves on a strain for hours and
gives them wrong views OF life and
its responsibilities
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
GRAND JURY 70 HAVE
ITS BANQUET TODAY

New Brunswick, Dec 13:-The
grand jury win close the September
term today. This afternoon a ban
quet will be held in the Mansion
House when the foreman, James
Deshler. Of New Brunswick, viii be
presented with q cut glass punch
bowl and a set Of glasses to match.
There will be speechmaking by prom
inent men in county affairs.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
PLAN FOR COLLECTION
FOR OLD FOLKS HOME

There win be a meeting of. those
Interested in the Christmas collec-
tion for the building fund for the
Home for the Aged at 8 o'clock to-
night at 271 High street, for the
purpose Of. arranging the printed
matter for distribution to the lieu
tenants. AS there is considerable
work in folding, addressing, num-
bering and placing small envelopes
into larger ones, assistance is need
ed. The success Of tag day was due
much to the assistance of the young
people and they are wanted to help
this time. Mr. Comegys will be there
with a colofed map showing every
house in the city and thus aid the
lieutenants and sub-lieutenants in
their work. The money raised by
this collection viii be used to pay off
the mortgage now against the prop
erty Outside of this debt this non
sectarian institution is on solid
paying basis.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
SAYS FRENCH SCHOOLS
ARE WITHOUT RELIGION
speoIal bv UMlod press we.

Paris, Dec Minister BRAND
today received a letter from Mgr.
Foucault,~ Bishop of saiDt-Die, which
foreshadows another bitter war be-
tween the church and state through
out France. with public schools as
the chief battle ground.
Schools Of France" declares the
bishop, ARE without God. Teachers
are high priests Of materialism. He
adds that the church is lighting for
the souls of the children and not
against the republic He says the
church is ready for the final battle
on the subject
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
EARLY NOT DESPONDENT;
EXAMINE HIM AGAIN

New York. Dec 13:-Dr. L. Dun
can Bulkley, who is interested in
proving that John Early, the alleged
leper, does not really have that dis
ease, today denied a report that
Early contemplated suicide through
dependency. DR.. Bullciey expects
to examine Early tonight at the New
York Society Of Medical Jurispru-
dence.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
AID FAMILIES
MINE VICTIMS
Special Offering TO Be TAX
en- at SIavish Catholic
Church Next Sunday.
7 CHERRY, ILLINOIS

At the 10 o'clock mass in the
Slayish Catholic church, in Penn
street, yesterday morning Rev. Jo-
seph Szuchy announced that next
Sunday morning collection would
be taken for the families of the sew
eral hundred miners who lost their
lives In the st. Paul coal mine disas-
ter at Cherry. Ill.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
NEW CHINESE ENVOY
STARTLE WASHINGTON

gpeclnl bv r'ftd Preas Wire
San Francisco, Dec 13:-Chang
Yin Gang, the new Chinese minister,
is speeding towards Washington to-
day accompanied by suite that will
open the eyes at the capital. There
are sixty celestials in the party, in
cluding relatives, students and SER
wants. They have a whole carload
Of baggage.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
HITS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
IpecioI 70 me EVENING NEWS.

specsaI 70 tHe EYENING NE EW8.
New Brunswick, Dec. 13:s--Rev.
Dr. T. Charles Easton. pastor OF the
Reformed church in Highland Park,
delivered a sensational sermon there
last night on the subject of Chris
tian Science. He scored the cult un-
mercifully. declaring that 1t had
come from hell and was returning
there.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
NAME LURTON FOR THE
SUPREME COURT TODAY
Special b. United Press wire.

EVEOTWF UV . HIFEfE 7 ~" y v %
Washington, Dec 13:-The nomi-
nation of Judge Horace Lurton, cir
cult Judge of the sixth judicial cir
cult, of Nashville, Tenn, to be asso-
clate justice of the supreme court of
the United States. succeeding JUS
tice Peckhan1, has been decided by
President Taft. Lurton's name Is
expected to go to the senate today.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
HIS INJURIES FATAL
Ieelal q ths ErENrva Nrws.

Special TO the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswiek, Dec. 1S:- Han
over Brown. sixty-two years old. a
colored man, who was injured by an
automobile on George street here
several weeks ago, died In St. Peters
hospital as q result Of his injuries.
today.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13

GREAT RELIEF GAN BE OBJ.
TANNED by using one Of our small
atomizers. They're guaranteed Lauer
Drug Co., Smith and State streets.
7605-12-13-1t%
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13

sNEEzEs ARE FORERUNNERs
OF CATARRH. Head 1t off with
Dike,s Catarrh Cure. Lauer Drug
Co., Smith and State streets.
7605-12-13-1t*
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
Independsnt Fire Insurance Co.

Iwould like to solicit business A risks onIy1
Tor q, reliable company J, not Ia ihe trust sOHkN
JENSEN Smith aud Herbert Stss Persh AM
boy, n, J.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13

WEATHER-Hain and
warmer; rain tolnoF-
row.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
THIRTY-THREE YEARS IN SOLITARY
How Jessie Pomeroy, Worlds Most Famous Boy Murderer
Has Learned Sciences.

The governor and the governors coun-
Gil, however, knew these details and
spared the state the spectacle of
hanging the child. Yet it was an unu-
sual case, and the public demanded
unusual vengeance. From this fact
may be explained why the prisoner is
now living under conditions more ia
miliar to the days of the Bastile and
in the unhappy fiction of Dumas and
Balzac. With such circumstances born
of high public feeling, it is little won
der, therefore, that officials who have
this case thrust upon them discourage
any publicity that will keep the sub
ject ranking in public opinion.
Pomeroy is a survival. The judges
who tried him, the attorney general
and the district attorney who prose-
cuted him, the lawyer who defended
him and the governor who spared his
life-all have been dead many years.
New governors. new keepers, year
after year becoming responsible for
his care, have inherited from their
predecessors traditions regarding him.
1t is custom, almost a secret COM
pact, that so far as the public is con,
cerned POmeroy died thirty-three years
ago. That he lives where the public
is protected from him and where he is
protected from the public is to official
thinking a professional matter, le-
gal formality and detail of prison
routine exclusively the business of
proper officials.
Inaccurate Stories.
Such officials, with the exception of
Pomeroy's heart broken relatives,
monopolize the personal facts of his
existence. The relatives also bitterly
oppose any publicity. In a recent petit
ton to the governor asking for a par
made:
"The sun never shines on his head;
he cannot go to the chapel; he Is de-
MED association with human beings.
The prisoner has had no opportunity
here, and has been handicapped by the
unfounded but persistent newspaper
| notoriety in the case"
The handicap of this publicity can
justly be attributed only to the mac
curacy of public information and to
the lack of a presentation of the COM
plete facts If the world really knew
that Pomeroys crimes came from a
malady over which he had no control,
and really knew what it means for
human being to be shut IN q srnalls
cell without human association for
thirty-three years, public opinion would
probably ask executive authority to
extend to the prisoner at least a few
harmless privileges His only hope is
publicity of actual facts. If he has
been handicapped or has suffered
more severely than he has deserved
the only remedy is publicity. If, the
public could actually understand
Pomeroy through accurate publicity
it is probable that instead of being
hated he would be pitted and that his
declining years would end under re-
strictions more humane and more mer-
| ciful.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
A Combination Of the American and
French Machines Predicted.

A Combination Of the American and
French Machines Predicted.
theoretically the problem of flight
may now be completely solved, we are
told by M. Painleve, recent lecturer
before the French Astronomical So
clety in Paris. From this point of
view, however, the solution, he says.
is like a treasure in a chest so diff
cult to unlock that years might be re-
quired to get at it. The owner would
be very apt to take an ak, and this is
what experimenters like Wright and
Farman have done in abandoning
mathematical analysis for actual tests.
Painleve thinks that the aeroplane
has demonstrated it's superiority to
the dirigible balloon, which he re-
CARDS as costly and useless, being In
capable of further improvement. In
this opinion he is at variance with
most writer's on the subject, who look
upon these two types Of flyers as des-
tined to development along different
lines and for distinct uses. The lec-
turer drew an interesting distinction
between the American school of me-
chanical fight, as represented by the
Wrights and the French school. The
former, he says, must keep constantly
maneuvering in order to balance,
which is hard on the pilot; the latter
depends on an automatic system Of
equilibrium. The American aeroplane
is more supple and is more easily
managed, but he considers the French
safer. Probably the standard ma
chine of the future will combine the
advantages Of both. at
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
A Pioneer Enolneman.

Now that the movements of every
railway train are regulated by tele-
graph, one sometimes wonders how
railroads were managed when the tele.
graph was unknown. A well-known
official answers the question by fur.
nishing certain Of the rules in force
IS years ago on a southern road.
Time was not so precious then as
now. The "engineman" was permit
ted, even ordered, to be leisurely and
careful, as is indicated by these speci-
men rules:
+ Should any stock be killed which
would be likely to endanger the safety
of the next train passing, the engine.
man will stop his train until the track
is cleared.
I'm connecting and starting the en-
gineman will be exceedingly careful
in the management of his throttle,
so the cars may not be injured or,
the passengers annoyed by the vio--
lence Of the start.
when a train is approaching a
stopping place, it is the duty of the
engineman to see that the fire Is SO
regulated that it will be unnecessary
to blow of steam while the engine
remains stationary.
Gail engines running at night must
keep the hampers open SO as to show
a light. Sunday Maya,
zine.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS.

ed, charged with the atrocious slaugh-
ter of a fve-year-old boy in South
Boston. In September he was convict
ed and sentenced to be hanged. He
was not yet fifteen, years old. The
supreme court, without avail, re-
viewed his defense of insanity. On
Aug. 81, 1876, after the governors
council had listened to a review of
extenuating circumstances in his be-
half, Gov. Rice committed the SEN
tence. The document under which
Pomeroy is held reads: 49,
1--WE do, by and with the advice of
our council, grant to him, the said
Jesse Harding Pomeroy, a commute
ton of the punishment which he is
liable to endure by the aforesaid SEN
tence to that of solitary Imprisonment
at hard labor in the state prison dur
ing his natural life" ~.
"Solitary"-That one word in the
decree differentiates Pomeroy's past
'thirty-three years from those of other
offers" . s... T
His cell is the most sequestered in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
THE HEAD ON THE PENNY
Die Supposed to Represent Indian Was Really Made
From Womans Face

Have you ever noticed the features
of the head on the American penny?
An Indians head, you say. You are
wrong-at least if the claim of friends
of the man who made the copper die
is true. The face is woman's.
But, you say, there are feathers on
the head. Is that not the headgear
of an Indian?
All, but you have observed the fea-
lures, the contour Of the face? Reach
into your pocket and look at the cop
per coin. Are those the features of
an Indian? says the Detroit Times
Tribune.
When the engraver made the die
that is used in turning out the popular
l-cent coin he used thu face of his
daughter, and that is why woman's
face adorns the penny. -. S.
Observe the long, thin, delicate nose,
the low forehead, the essentially femi-
nine lips. Then regard the picture of
Mrs. Sarah Longacre Keen-mark the
resemblance! Mrs. Keen, when a
girl, is said to have furnished the
model for the head of the cent.
Mrs. Keen died in Philadelphia in
January, 1906. For more than thirty
years she had been corresponding
secretary Of the Women's Foreign
Missionary society. Her entire life
was devoted to religious work. She
was a sweet and sanity woman.
How, you ask, was her face chosen
to present neutrality-suspicious. as
an Indian face-on the coin?
The story was first told by a mis-
sionary who knew Mrs. Keen. Dur
ing her lifetime she rarely spoke of
the interesting fact-only after her
death was the story revealed.
Her father, James Barton Long
acre, was an engraver. He worked in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27

neighboring farmers to her home, and
there unfolded to them the, Bible in
her simple, motherly way. -
Each Sunday evening she invited
the parents of the children to her
home, and led a prayer meeting. And
every@Thursday afternoon she held a
class meeting in Haines' church.
Foreign missionary work always ap.
pealed to Mrs. Keen, and in 1870 she
became corresponding secretary of the
branch of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society in her city. She re-
signed only few months before her
death.
Even while she lay ill in bed, scarce
ly able to move, Mrs. Keen dictated
letters to missionaries. Some she ad-
vlsed, others she enthused, encour-
aged, begging them not to despair or
give up their endeavors. Her letters
always possessed the peculiar per-
sonal appeal; they were inspiring and
devotional.
After her death missionary, Laura
M. White, wrote:
MANY time in China I contrasted
the crisp, formal, business communica.
lions sent by heads of other missions
to their missionaries, with the loving,
tender letters of counsel and helm
that always came from my own dear
missionary mother.
How indulgent she was to us!
Never was request made that she did
not try to grant; and if that were
impossible, the kindness and SYM
pathy that came instead more than
made up for the disappointment.
ut was always easy to confess to
her the trials and disappointments,
the mistakes and failures of mission
airy life. And, in return, she dared
tell us our faults and weaknesses, at
the same time covering them by her
mantle of charity from the gaze Of
Others"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27

that isolated fortress within the pris-
on yard known as Cherry HILL It lis
in wing built On the east of the main
.bufiding II 7dsoorfesss except frem.the In
terror of the main building and con-
spicuous because it's only windows are
small square holes along it's caves,
which look like ventilators in a cold
storage house.
That such place must be whole
some is evidenced by Pomeroy's Or
binary health and by the fact that his
brown hair has not yet turned to gray.
His pale and sallow face however,
shows that he lives in perpetual shad-
ow. That his light must be better
than might be expected is shown by
the amount of reading he accomplish
es with the use of only one eye.
Vision with the other eye is obstruct-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27

the Philadelphia mint, where the die
for the cent was made. Sarah, his
first child, was a slight and beautiful
girl when he made the stamp Of the
pennies we now use.
Sarah was his pride. She was, for
her age, tall supple and beautiful. Her
face was sweet and refined. What
was more natural than that when he
engraved the die he should transfer
to it the classic features of the child
he so loved?
Mrs. Keen was born in Philadelphia
Feb. 20, 1928. At the age of fifteen
she was converted in the Union Meth
odist Episcopal church at a revival
meeting at which were 200 CONVEX
sions.
She was married at the age of nine
teen, on May 6, 1S47, to John F. Keen.
Her married life was ideal. The cou-
pie lived happily for forty-four years,
when Mr.. Keen died.
The woman whose face is said to
grace the centewas a thoroughly re-
ligious woman; she was imbued with
the Christian spirit. ---
About the time Of her marriage the
mother of Mrs. Keen became deeply
interested in the work Of DR.. Walter
and Mrs. Phoebe Palmer, who preach
ed the doctrine Of living upon higher
planes in the daily life. In the win
ter Of 1S4S Mrs. Keen's mother began
a series of TUESDAY meetings"
There pious women met, prayed and
told one another how they overcame
their temptations and met their strug-
giles.
The meetings continued for thirty
eight years. And they did not end at
Mrs. Longacre's death. Mrs. Keen's
father continued holding them, and
when he passed away Mrs. Keen, with
her brother, the Rev. Andrew Long
acre, took his place
Mrs. Keen at this time lived near
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. There
had been visitors to her home, and
she was rearing quite family Of chill
dren. Despite her family duties on
Sundays, she gathered the children of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27

To explain what he is today it is
necessary first to rehearse briefly the
backgrounds of his life. Since Sept.
Z, 1876, when he was seventeen years
old, he has been denied the associa-
ton even of other prisoners. He will
be fifty yeras old on next Nov. 20. He
was not yet thirteen years old when
he was first taken into custody. Upon
his confession of torturing and mutt
lating boys of four to six years of age
he was sent to the reform school in
Westboro Sept. 20, 1872. He was par
doned and released from this school
onaFeb. 6, 1874. Very soon after he
killed and buried in the cellar of his
fathers store little girl five years
old.
On the following April %, the black
est day in his history. he was arrest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
First Freedmen in the Army.


The first muster of freedmen into
the United States army occurred on
Nov. z, 1862, at Gen. Saxton's head
quarters in Beaufort, 8. G. It was on
the first anniversary of the capture Of
Port Royal and at the time of the Or
ganization of the department of the
South.
Capt. James had his. men drawn up
in line, and as he read the names
from the roll each man answered
Here" Then with uncovered heads
and right hands raised the men took
the usual oath of allegiance, which
was administered by Gen. Saxton.
This simple ceremony over. the newly
made soldiers marched back to. their
camp.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
ed by white film, which with years
has become almost opaque.

ed by white film, which with years
has become almost opaque.
Customarily every day he sees no
body except the deputy in charge of
Cherry Hill. This alert Waterman
constantly patrols the corridors and at
frequent intervals noiselessly and sud-
denly peers at Pomeroy through the
grating without engaging in needless
conversation.
To the lone prisoner one day is like
another. From morning till night, sea-
son, after season, he reads and plans
and studies. In pleasant weather his
keeper can relieve his monotony
somewhat by an hour of exercise in a
small brick walled yard, the solitary's
private garden. His meals are the regu-
lar prison fare, but he must eat them
without knife or fork. Once week
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
Perfectly Equipped.

When the large and healthy looking
individual who had asked at the door
for "a little something to eat" was
told that he might if he would work
while at the woodpile, he shook his
head mournfully.
I've got the ague," he explained,
"and my hand il that unstidy I
couldn't hit more'n one stick In
seven.''
call right" exclaimed the mistress
of the house. Go out in the back
yard and shake those ashes for me-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
A sharp Retort.

my DEAR" said a thin little Bright
on man to his wife. ''this paper says
that there is woman down in Der
vonshire who goes out and chops
wood with her husband"
well, what Of it? 1 think she
could easily do it If he is as thin az
you are. I have often thought Of
using you to peel potatoes WITH
The thin man laid down his paper
with sigh that sounded like thu
squeak of z penny whistle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
Meteor Holds un : Train.

A train was recently stopped in Ne.
vada by meteor, the light from which
was mistaken by the engineer for a
signal Of some sort. The meteor.
which was described by the engineer
and passengers as being as big az a
house, crossed the tracks just ahead
Of the train with a brilliant, dazzling
light that blinded the eyes for mum.
Der Of seconds. Popular Mechanics. !.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-27
Social Paradox

TITS impossible for me to dress on
$4,000 a year I.
well, my love. you must wear
less"
Don't be silly! You know perfect.
" well that the less | wear the more
It costs."-Jud9e.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-02-06

oxIa Administer Rugs, now SIG 90
ox2 Seamless Brussels
oxI2 Tapestry Brussels o5
3x6 Administer Rugs 325
All odd sizes 6xo oxII. S.3xIo.6, II3xI2, Io6xI3.6
Good China Mating nc
Heavy China Mating, regular 35c- 2IAc
warp. the best made 34c
Japanese Mating. regular 4oc. 26c
Brussels Carpet peryard ~--~--~
Heavy Velvet Carpet per yard sI.co
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-02-06
Dining Chairs

Solid Oak, Leather Seat long post brace chair S1OO
New box construction all quarter sawed and polished ESQ