The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

saloons while his father played the fiddle
Then his older sister and mother sudden
ly died from the smallpox Grief made
the father thoughtful. and one night IN
Cambridge he and Rodney went 70 a
Methodist meeting and got religion"
Determining to become a preacher, the
gypsy boy, who was now sixteen, be-
gan TO learn TO read and write. obtain
ing most OF his education from a Bible.
an English dictionary, and a Biblical dc
tionary. Before long he was travelling
about the country singing and preaching
His father, uncles. and brothers accom-
panied him, and al worked zealously. In
this country Gypsy Smith has attracted
big audiences. AS preliminary 70 one
midnight meeting in the BelascO Theater
last fan he led a procession OF 150oo peO-
pie from Convention Hall through the
streets
Il vas the eIoauence OF ths late Dwight
L. Moody that turned Wilfred Thomason
Grenfeu from the study OF medicine life
Of city physician 70 that OF medical
missionary amid the Icy wilderness OF
Labrador. Born IN Liverpool in 1865 Of
6 prominent English family. and hav-
ing been educated at oxford. he began
to study medicine under Sir Frederick
Treves- On hearing Moody one night in
London he decided 20 devote his medical
knowledge 10 the bettering OF mankind
At Treves' advice he went to Labrador
in 1S92, and his indefatigabie and ofttimes
heroic work among the fishermen has
brought them out Of the wilderness into
the life OF our modern civilization He
has established hospitals libraries.
schools. oTphanages. churches. as wei as
commercial enterprises. 20 develop the
material resources OF these people. With
seven doctors and ten nurses. ne travels
about in a hospital ship. treating as many
as 5.5oo patients in 8 year.
Chance the Cause OF Fortunes.
IN the amassing Of wealth chance fre-
quently plays a conspicuous part-the
career of James J. Hi and Henry C
Frick. each king in his own line,
illustrating the truth of this statement.
The bankruptcy OF a railroad offered
James J Hm his first opportunity to
become the transportation king OF the
Northwest. This was when the St Paul
and Pacific defaulted In 1S73 with s.. .o00. :
0o0 outstanding bonds Hfn had been a
freight agent OF this road and had also
organized the firm Of Hill Griggs & Co.
which engaged IN a transportation and
fuel business. For these two reasons Hill
engaged IN a transportation and fuel
business. For these two reasons Hil
gained an intimate knowledge Of the Red
River country. through which the St
Par,1 and parfFc ran
BY industry and thrift the fu-
ture railroad car had saved Sl00,-
O08 when the St Paul and Pacific
collapsed; and realizing that the
company had been wrecked by bad
management and construction. he went 10
Canada TO obtain the necessary funds for
its reorganization. The young promoter
showed such an intimated knowledge of
ali the roads affairs. and so impressed
the Canadian capitalists with the pros
poets Of the wealth that could be OBJ
tained by developing the natural re-
sources Of the Northwest. that he raised
the whole $27.050,000 Under the name OF
the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba
the road was TeOTEdnized. Out Of il
grew the Great Northern system, which
has linked the Great Lakes with the
Pacific by means OF two steel highways.
connecting with O-her lines 20 the east
ward, in which HIII and his close bust
ness ally, J P. Morgan, are interested;