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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-25

and became a salesman in the shoe
trade; he also became a member of
the Plymouth Congregational church,
and showed his earnest Christian spirit
by renting four pews, which he kept
filled with young men and boys. He
wanted to engage in public service in
prayer meeting, but the brethren were
not patient enough to stand his crude
experience, and it was often suggested
to him that he could best serve his
Lord by keeping silence.
What a rebuke Moodys after life
was to these proud suggestions, and
what weak thing the human judg-
ment is when it attempts to judge one
of Gods chosen workmen. God had a
work for him. But young Moody was
not to be discouraged by any of the
criticisms of church members. He Of
fered himself as a Sabbath school
teacher, and was told that he might
teach if he would bring his own
scholars. So that very week from the
streets of Chicago he gathered up
eighteen ragged little boys and march
. ed in at their head On the next Sun
day morning. He soon gathered up
enough little children from the streets
to fill that school. He was not simply
a Sunday Christian, either! during the
week he would stand before the shoe
store when no customers were in ard
distribute tracts to the passers-by. He
became so enthusiastic that he deter
mined to plant mission for himself in
neglected and degraded section of
North Chicago. He paid for the rent
OF an empty saloon, and gathered to-
gether the unclean and rude children of
the neighborhood for Sunday school.
He induced these poor little children to
behave and listen by giving them
maple sugar and little story books.
Mr.. Renolds. of Peoria, Ill.,, who Wis
tied our city four years ago, visited this
humble mission of Moody's. Mr..
, Reynolds said 1.-The first meet
ing I ever saw him at was
in little old shanty that had been
abandoned by a saloonkeeper" 1 went
there little late, and the first thing 1
saw was man standing up with few
tallow candles around him, holding a
negro boy, and trying to read to him
the story of the Prodigal Son, and a
great many words he could not make
out, and had to skip. | thought if the
Lord can ever use such an instrument
as that for his honor and glory, it will
astonish me. After the meeting Mr..
Moody said: "Renolds, have got only
one talent. I have no education, but |
love the Lord Jesus Christ, and I want
to do something for Him. / want you
to pray for me-" Moody kept on until
the average attendance of his Sabbath
school was $50, with force of so lead
ers. Wherever Moody went he let his
light shine. He feared neither rum sell
lers nor corrupt bosses. neither infidels
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-25

Last evening ait the Third Presbyter-
ian church the pastor, Rev. R. r. Big
ger, Phi. D., delivered a lecture upon
the life and character of the late
Dwight Lyman Moody, whose death oc-
Cured during the past week. The re-
marks of the minister were very at
tentively listened to by the large con-
gregation present. His lecture in part,
was as follows:
"The. material of which this lecture
is composed have gathered partly
from my personal observations of Mr..
Moody while l was a student of theol-
ogy in the Mccormick Seminary; and
especially during the evangelistic cam
paign of the Columbian Exposition;
also from biographical sketches of his
life by various authors. To know Mr..
MOODY was to love him, to know of
the work which he has done was to
love him more abundantly, and to
know the vicissitudes through which
he has passed, was to admire and
love him beyond expression. Of all
the worlds great evangelists, in my
Judgment, none are greater than
Moody. The secret of his success was
not to be found in his having wealth,
station and rank with which to begin
life, nor was it because he had the adj
vantages of high university educa-
ton; neither was he endowed with
extraordinary intellectual ability. He
had none of these.
"He was the son of a poor stone
mason, who failed in business and
died of grief when Dwight was only
four years of age. He never received
q fine education. He came from the
humble walks of life To this day he
is not considered to have been great,
scholarly pulpit orator, as some men
are very ambitious to be so consid-
cred, and 1 suppose that as an inter-
prefer of the Scriptures he was con-
sidered back number by some of our
higher CD critics.
What, then, was the secret of
Moody's success? 1t was to be found
in his reverential study of Gods word;
an habitual delight in secret prayer;
his entire conservation to the work of
the Lord; his passion for lost souls;
and his sublime, unwavering faith in
God. In his private life he lived in
actual communion with God; his home
was an idea. Christian home, not grand
and elaborate in it's furnishings, but a
home filled with happiness and love
born of the love of Christ. His dress
was exceedingly plain, but always neat
and gentlemanly. In public life he
spoke enthusiastically from the heart
that which he felt and knew; he was
firm and unwayering in all his convic-
tions. Above all, he was a man
through and through, both in the sight
Of God and in the eyes of men.
"My object in giving this lecture is
to show these young men that, however
humble their position in life may now
be, they can and ought to make men
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where; Great Britain and America
shaken to their foundations, and the
whole world blessed by his efforts.
Think of what one man filled with the
Spirit Of God can do.
Nothing but Gods record on the day
of final reckoning viii reveal what
Moody las done for the triumph OF
God over evil, the triumph of the Cos
pei over infidelity.'"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-25

FOR SALE.
No. $50 s. Broadway; rooms bath,
laundry and attic; lot 27ih or 50 feet front,
which ever desired; look this up; It's bar
gain on a quick deal.
Theo. w. Fink & Co.,
phone 6sT. Peabody Building.
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EOR SALE.

Mrs. Lambs residence at Echo Point.
rare opportunity to secure nome. -
Ten-room frame dwelling in Glendale.
viii exchange for dwelling In wheeling
Nos. 1915 and 1921 MoColloch street, cheap.
a very desirable residence on south
ChapIine street. -. ,,.t.,,ro,,aH
lots IN Leatherwood. ,,, a.x.
No. 4017 Jacob street oesifaoie nloueiA
dwelling, very cheap; ,,s, -.
a number Of desirable building Ios
along the line of the Elm Grove railroad.
FOR RENT
A desirable residence. No. go Main St.
Desirable dwelling in Leatherwood.
SIMPSON 81 TATUM.
poono 4 CITY Bank Building. Phone co.
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EoH SALE

viii sell a modern six-room frame dwell
inf, practically new. at Edgington at
bargain on a quick deal.
Seven-room frame dwelling, Echo Point.
Eelght-room frame dwelling Pleasant
Valley. - ~,
Ten-room frame dwelling. Pleasant VAL
choice building lots Edgington and Pleas
ant Valley.
NORTON & CO.,
16 Exchange Bank Building.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-25
LIFE and CHARACTER
OF THE LATE DWIGHT LYMAN
MOODY, THE EMINENT
EVANGELIST.
AN INTERESTING LECTURE

By the Rev. Il. r. Bigger, Phi. D., at
the Third Presbyteria Church
Excellent Work He Accomplished
in the Cause of Evangelism
Some of the Incidents of His
Career.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-25

Compare our prices Of Holiday Goods
with any of our competitors and you
will be sure to buy them at
THE BON TON.
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H. f. Hillman & Co. invite the public
to call to-day and see the latest auto
matte Regina Music Box for private
use for the 1915 inch tune sheets.
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Our store will be open to-day until
6 o'clock p. m
DILLON, HANCHER & co.
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FOR RENT.
FOR RENT.

-Four rooms on Fifteenth st. at
SI5 per month. Also store rooms ON
Tenth and Main SITS.
JAMES l.. HAWLEY, 1868 Main st.
Real Estate Loan Agency.
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Bargains to-day at
DILLON, HANCHER & co.'s.
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FOR RENT.

New residence at Pleasant Valley: 10
rooms, bath, halls, laundry, furnace, gas,
water and electric light; possession can be
had at once.
No. 11S Fourteenth streets roomed resi-
dence with all modern conveniences; pos
session April or May.
No 1906 Eoff street-House Of rooms,
BATH hall: possession April i.
Money to loan on real estate security.
Fire Insurance a speciality.
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FOR SALE-Blank leases deeds and deeds
of trust REGISTER COUNTING ROOM.
1925 Market street.
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TOR RENT CARDS. BIark House Leases
and Blank Deeds and Deeds of Trust foE
sale at REGISTER COUNTING ROOM
lbs Market street.
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ROLE q ZANE.
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.

80 Fourteenth St.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
Butter without MIX.

1t is not generally known says Pop
ular Science. that in many parts OF
the world clay is eaten on bread as a
substitute for butter. This is termed
"stone butter" and is used in many
parts of Germany In northern parts
OF Sweden earth Is often baked in
bread and is sold in the public mar
kets on the Italian peninsula as well
as on the island of Sardinia In Persia
certain kinds of soil were used in the
manufacture of confectionery, and ii is
probably from the Persians that con-
fectioners In western Europe learned
TO use terra alba for the same purpose.
In Nubia and other tropical countries
It is used as medicine as well as a
food. This practice probably had its
origin in the knowledge that all earths
have some kind of flavor and take the
place of salt. a necessary ingredient in
all kinds of food.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

The origin of chess. is shrouded In
mystery. There is little doubt, how
ever, that its birthplace was in India
and that it is an offspring of a game
called chaturanga, which is mentioned
In oriental literature as in use fully
200 years before the Christian era
From India chess spread into Persia
and thence into Arabia. and ultimately
the Arabs took it into Spain and the
rest Of western Europe.
The game was in all probability in
vented for the purpose Of illustrating
the art OF war. The Arab legend upon
this point is that il was devised fol
the instruction of young despot by
his father, learned Brahman, to teach
him that king, Notwithstanding his
power, was dependent for safety upon
his subjects. The Greek historians
credit the invention of the game to
Palamedes, who, they claim, devised
1t to beguile the tedium of the siege
Of Troy during the Trojan war.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
Farm Labor Trouble.

A city man who invested in farm
reports that he has had the greatest
difficulty in getting things done accord
Ing to instructions, says The National
Stockman. His men seemed 10 think
that they knew more about running
the place than he did and persisted in
disregarding orders. He finally stated
that. inasmuch as he was paying for
any damage that might result from his
orders, he proposed TO have them car
ried out and discharged such men az
would not do their work satisfactorily
Some Of these very men were later en-
ployed In his factory and never ques-
toned the instructions of their fore
men or employers. 1t seems strange
to him that there should be such a diff
ference between the same laborers on
the farm and in the factory.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
FOR THE
FARMER.

The perennial conflict between cattle
and sheep interests on the range bobs
up again. says The National Stock
man. There has been more or less
friction for years as the sheep indus
try has increased, the difficulties be-
Ing partially settled by an understand
Ing as TO their range boundaries. But
this is period of expansion for both
cattle and sheep, and their interests
again clash. The result Is sure 10 be
a Fastening of the process that has
been going on for years-the taking up
and fencing OF the range country. Lo-
cations that command good grazing
country. either by natural situation
and fence combined or by either Of
them, are in demand nowadays. The
modern ranchman is more than an &C.
cupier of the land. He must own much
of 1t, enough TO give him control OF the
grazing territory that is beyond the
boundaries of his ownership. He Is
also more than grazier of stock. He
is becoming farmer, n haymaker and
hay feeder as well. The modern ranch
industry is a great improvement over
the old in many ways and notably in
its more settled and permanent char
acter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
sur,r Beets In Nebraska.

The agricultural experiment station
of the University of Nebraska has ex-
rerimented extensively in sugar beet
culture in that state this past year.
Here are some Of the chief results
OF these experiments:
No advantage was derived this year
from the use of large seed" or "heavy
seed"
Tie most satisfactory method OF
painting was In rows Is inches apart
and thinning ont the beets 10 eight
inches ia the row as compared with
rows 80 inches apart with beets four
Inches apart and also rs compared
with hills IS by s inches apart.
Shallow cultivation and hoeing are
preferable 10 deep cultivation and hoe
ing Sugar Is not 'hoed into the beet"
In this region.
A slightly. increased yield OF beets
was produced 10y the use of CONNER
cial fertilizers. but no Improvement in
sugar content and purity.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
Staying Up Late.

Every one who has ever been a child
will recall that sense of injury entailed
by being sent to bed early-that convic-
ton that you were being deprived OF the
most interesting part Of the whole day
There is really no knowing what the
elders are up TO when once they get
the youngsters tucked up safe In bed,
but ii stands to reason Ii must be very
interesting. or why would they be in
such n hurry To get the youngsters out
of the way?
With some children this amounts to
more than mere feeling. 1t was a little
girl of the latter sort who begged so
hard TO sit up just for once that her
mother one evening not so long ago,
said that she might. How the little
girls eyes danced at the prospect of all
the wonderful things she would see for
herself upon this her first occasion Of
sitting up How commiseratingly
she regarded the other children who
were as usual packed off to bed at an
early hour She seated herself i'm her
small chair and eagerly awaited devel-
opments
But imagine her surprise when her
parents. rs was their custom. seated
themselves At the library table and. I'M
socially. but hygienically. turning their
backs TO the light. began TO read For
some time the little girl rocked away
In her small chair in silence. Then
came a sleepy. plaintive voice. as this
all you do T"-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
staying Up Late-Who
Likes the Rainf
"a fairy STORY" coaxed Nan.

"a fairy story" coaxed Nan.
"Oh. no. pleased Tell one about bears
an thlngs-or soldiers put in Morris.
In his eagerness he tumbled over the
big white eat at mammals feet-he was
so anxious to ward of the fairy story.
They're just for girls, fairy stories
are. There isn't any sense TO 'emv he
explained.
Mamma looked down into both little
faces and laughed. She wanted to
please them both-as mammals always
do
Well" she said, after a few min
utes' thought, I'm make compromise
between you
"A-what mammal"
"a Compromise That means half
way between your story, Morris, and
Annies. There shall be soldier in it
and faries-that is, ii won't be really
true. though "A very. very great while
ago, indeed. people believed it, They
believed ever so many impossible
things. Well once on a.
Mamma paused questioningly.
"Oh. yes, once on n time mammal!
Course we want you to begin IL that
way
'Well, once on a time-a make be-
lieve time-there was wonderful river
called the StyX-S-t-y-x, not sticks.
1t was so wonderful that il people
hat hnI In Tee. tnp q haY
against their enemies arrows ever aft
er. Wherever they had been touched
by the sacred waters OF the Styx they
could never be wounded. 1t was as if
they were covered with thick armor.
"Now. certain mother had a little
boy named Achilles. who was going to
be a warrior-a soldier-when he grew
from harm on the battlefield. Can
you guess what she did,"
Kept him Rugged right up in her
arms an wouldn't let him 20 to war
ever" said Annie decidedly. But Nor
ris had caught the right idea.
washed him all over in-that funny
river" he said.
les, All Dut one ilttle ueei tndt sue
held him by. That did not get wet,
you see. And so, long after, when he
had been through almost numberless
battles, unwounded, the enemy shot an
arrow into his heel, the only spot on
his body that the water Of the Styx
hadn't touched, and killed him."
ooh, | am so Sorry tender hearted
Annie murmured.
IL wish his mother had changed heels
an got that one wet toov'
Mamma smiled
and that is why" she went on, "the
big tendon, or cord, in your heel that
helps lift it up so easily is called the
tendon of Achilles this minute"'-A.
III. ID. in Primary Education.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
Pet Rabbits.

Most children are fond of keeping
rabbits The varieties most generally
preferred are the tame -Himalay-
an and Dutch rabbits and Belgian
hares-as these are hardy and not ex-
pensive They must be kept in a
warm. sheltered place and be provided
with roomy hutches and grass run II
possible. Rabbits are very fastidious
animals and will scarcely ever touch
musty or stale food. Variety In food Is
essential to their health.
Too much green food is hurtful;
therefore give little grain once a
day. They NAV have peas which have
been soaked and dried oats. tares. hay,
bran. sliced carrots. turDips. lawn
mowings dandelions, milk. thstles and
little oil cake occasionally. Give wa
ter night and morning. but do not leave
the pan in the hutch. Plenty OF clean
straw must be supplied and the hutch
kept perfectly clean.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
HuMoR OF TIL HOUR.

This is what the boy vote about the
ffachshund:
''The dockshound is adorg notwith-
standin appeerencls. ii has fore legs.
two in front an two bhind, an they
amt ON speekin terms. wunst made
a dockshound out of owcumber an
fore matchis, an IL lookus nacheral as
life. Dockshounds is faely intelligent
conslderin thare shaip. 'rhare brains
bein so far away frumthare tales 1t
bothers them sum 10 wa the lattur. l
wunst moo dockshoun who wuz too
impashunt TO waite till ie Good signal
the hole length Of his bddy when he
wanted to wag his tale SO he maid 1t
up with his tale tibet wen he wanted
Il to wag he would shase his rite ear,
an when the tale seen itshake it wood
wag. But as fer me, gimme bull pup
with. a peddygree. &c veland Plain
Dealer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

A crowd OF young men were seated
IN one of the steamboat offices In the
city the other afternoon while an old
steamboat veteran RECALLED them with
stories about old times on the Missis-
sippl and "reminiscences OF old time cit
ixens.
"Did you know old Bill Jonesi" ask
ed one of the men. after the captain
had finished relating how he ran a
gauntlet OF Indians with his boat way
back In the forties.
"Member Bill Jones? Well, | guess
i did" replied the captain. Lets see,
he died just after the war He was a
good old fellow too. ! knew his father
before he was married TO Bills moth
err"
One Of the boys thought the old man
was doping" and by way of tripping
him up on his dates asked, Cap, how
long have you been running on the riv-
erY'
"Who, me? Why ! started on the
Mississippi when 1t was nuthin but a
kw-Memphis Scimitar
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Where Quinine Is Good.

DR.. Crosse. in an article in The Ian
Get on blackwater fever. incidentally
calls attention to the fact that ii is not
wise for those who have an idlosyncra-
sy against qulnine or who suffer from
even slight albuminuria TO go to mala-
rious climates. He believes that in the
more malarious districts at least five
grains of quinine should be taken a
day to prevent chronic malarial poison
ing. This he considers necessary in ad-
dition to ordinary precautions in re-
gard to exposure to chills. wet and the
sun and as TO moderation in eating and
drinking.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
Raising Quail on Farms.

A Missouri young man. G. Cross Of
Morgan county. says an exchange. has
built up large business in tame quail.
which he claims are more easily raised
than chickens and far more profitable.
selling alive at 81 per dozen for meat
or when tame at So per pair as pets.
The eggs hatch well either under quail
or common hens. The care and food
are much like those for chickens. and
the birds prove very hardy and free
from disease The coops are only a
foot high, covered over the top. and are
movable.
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White Grubs and wirevorm.

Professor +. NJ Webster of the Ohio
station recommends fall and winter
blowing for preventing the ravages Of
white grubs and wireworms next year
The white grub, he says. Is the young
OF the June bug. the creature feeding
three successive seasons before assum-
Ing the adult form. In this the grubs
are either thrown from their winter
quarters in the ground by the action OF
continued freezing and thawing or are
exposed to the more direct effects OF
rain and frost and thus killed by the
winter weather.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

"What are you so angry aOoutf
Wasn't your benefit at the theater a
successI"
"Yes; but, you see, ordered wreath
from the florist and arranged that the
florists errand hoy should hand 1t TO
me during the performance. What did
the numskull do but hand me the
wreath when the house was as still as
death and say: You'll get the bill to-
morrow forgot to bring Thu
moristche Batter
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
Cow Ahend Of pIoyy.

f. d. Coburn. secretary OF the Kan
sas state board OF agriculture. has a
pithy way OF thinking and talking.
In short letter to The Farmers Adj
vocate he puts into two paragraphs a
complete epItome of history This is
what he says: "Hitchlng the pillow
ahead Of the COW has strewn the west
ern pralries with wrecks. Where the
COW is worked In front prosperity fol-
lows. The man with the cow Is a mis-
sionary and philanthroplst lie should
lead the procession"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

a." said the duck. 81 call Il fun.
For have my little red rubbers on.
They make q cunning three toed track
In the soft, cool mud. Quackl Quackl"
a. cried the dandelion. ''Il
Ny roots are thirsty. my buds are dry"
And she lifted her little yellow head
Out of her green grassy bed.
81 hope twill pourl hope twill pourl"
Croakcd the tree toad at his gray bark door,
"For with a broad leaf for a roof
am perfectly weatherproof."
Sang The brook. - laugh at every drop.
And wish they never need 10 stop
TIL big river ! grow to be
And could find my way 20 the sea-
Our Young Folks
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21
A Blow 10 Faith

"Jimmy's rabbit got drowned In our
bathtub."
Goodness, Didn't he have his left
hind leg with him |-IndianapolIs
Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

"Ah, here is my friend the dodo,"
nffably spoke the j. Fenimore Cooper
Indian. I'VE can sympathize with
each other. Friend Dodo. We are both
extinct"
There can be no sympathy between
u.s." coldly replied the dodo, turning Its
tail feathers on the other shade. II
really existed once. and you never
did. Chicago Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

But that puplet somehow put too
much muchness into his spring and
brought the whole bag o. tricks with
him-and puss got a high tea, with
musical accompaniment chucked in
Ally Sloper.