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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-21
WICKED OHIO
90.
CITY LANDED
Evangelist Billy Sunday Con-
verts Large Share of the
Youngstown People.
GETS $500 IN SIX WEEKS
Goes to DanvilIe $4,000 the Richer
Congregation in Frenzy at
Closing Meeting.

Youngstown. Ohio. Feb. 21.-One Of
the most remarkable religious demon
strations ever witnessed occurred 20
the Youngstown tabernacle last night
when Evangelist Billy" Sunday
closed his six weeks campaign in what
was conceded to be the most wicked
city in Ohio. The thousands who
heard the evangelist deliver the most
hair raising addresses that ever came
from his lips became almost fanatical.
Men and women leaped into the air.
screamed. cried, Rugged each other
and prayed in a most beseeching way.
The evangelist himself, carried away
by the great demonstration, invoked
them to continue, and at the end OF
the services was accompanied to his
hotel by thousands of enthusiastic con- -
verts. where there was another demon
stration.
At the morning service it is esti-
mated that there were over 200 CON
verts. In the afternoon the jam was
frightful The entire city police force
was on duty. but it was impossible 10
hold the great crowd in check. Hours
before the service It was found neces.
sary to lock and guard the doors. The
evangelist added 800 converts to the
list. .-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-21

All the news all the time 80 The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-21
All sexes. Ages, Nations.

The night services were a repetition
of the afternoon and. If possible, were
more enthusiastic. The converts were
of both sexes. all stations, ages and
nationalities. At the conclusion 1t was
announced that $500 converts is the
total result of the six weeks cam
paign. during which time Mr. Sunday
has converted over half of the city
officials. police and fire departments.
many Of the prominent merchants. and
a number OF liquor dealers and saloon
keepers.
Paid 10000 for work.
More than $4,000 was raised yes
terday for Mr.. Sunday the only col
lection taken during the revival for
his personal use. He left for Danvlllc.
Ill. TODAY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
A QUAKE In CHILE
SERVES TO SHOW LIMITATIONS
OF The NATIVE SERVANT.
ludicrous Experience of an American
Residing There During the Mem
orabie Santiago Shock
of 1905.

The South American servant Is
usually most considerate Of your COM
fort, but he is not apt to use his
brain very much" said John H. Gil
NOR, an American who has passed
most Of his life below the equator.
During the earthquake in Santiago
de Chile In 1906 my cook refused to
go upstairs to help me save some
clothes and valua bles, but unthinking-
~ risked her life to get me a bottle
of whisky.
i was at the Union club early in
the evening Of August 1s, and some
OF US were shaking dice for drinks.
When the first shock came |, not be-
Ing used to earthquakes, ran out into
the patio, My companions jeered me
when / went back to the table, We
got busy with the dice again, and
Eretty soon came the grand shock.
that lasted three minutes and forty
seven seconds. There was no jeering
this time, but everybody made for the
front door.
My house was about five blocks
from the club, but all the lights were
out, the streets were pitch dark, and
1t seemed an hour before got there,
though | was running as hard as
could There was a light in the dining
room, and everything was on the floor
| shouted for my wife, but she, the
servants and the dog were gone.
While | was turning off the gas,
Abtonia. our cook, who was an Arau-
canian Indian, came to the front door
Master, for Gods sake get out
she cried.
She told me that my wife had gone
to the Alameda, a wide street some
distance away, and would wait for me
there
1T was midwinter and bitterly cold.
l ran into the house again and up
stairs to get some wraps, aud begged
Antonio to come with me to help find
them and some valuables, but she
would not. She ran to the kitchen
and fetched candle and then caught
the things as l threw them into the
patio. When l got downstairs she had
made them all up into bundle.
Il put on a heavy overcoat, and
we started for the Alameda AS I ran
l felt something humping against my
legs. ! reached into my pocket and
drew out bottle of whisky. Antonio
though she would not go upstairs,
which was fairly safe, had ducked in
to the bodega or wine closet, the most
dangerous sort of place in an earth
quake, and dug out the whisky.
Everybody in the city who could
get there was in the Alameda, and
there was such a throng that l could
not Snd my wife We searched about
tbs spot where Antonio had left her,
bat there was not sign.
I'VE walked about calling her name,
Aut 1t was not until o'clock in the
morning that we found her Then it
was by our little fox terriers recog-
nizing my voice, and coming and leap
ing toward me. l found my wife and
the other servant sitting on the curb
near by. We Communicated a vacant
carriage, and my wife and lived in
it for two nights"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
FISHING IN THE CONWAY.
An Angler Who Hooked Trout ana
Landed a Cow.

An Angler Who Hooked a Trout ana
Landed a Cow.
An incident of somewhat amusing
nature was witnessed few days ago
near the Cover bridge, LianrWst. II
appears that visitor armed with rod
and line was plying the gentle art ana
enticing the willy trout by insinuating
his flies ON the placid surface OF the
deep pool which forms that portion OF
the Conway river.
Above him OH a high bank stood
cow Suddenly big trout rose Ike d
flash and secured one of the flies, Win
the result that the reel Immediately
began to whirr.
The angler, with galvanic sudden
ness, jumped back and struck. his un-
expected maneuyer, however, startled
the COW. with the result that she slip
ped and with a somersault and
heartrending ''Moo!" fell with a
mighty splash into the pool beneath
The rod was struck from the ang-
lers hand and after a few spasmodlc
movements foated gently down
stream, while the trout, adapting him
self to such favorable opportunity,
disgorged the indigestible mockery on
the hook and dashed out of the zone
of danger and turmoil. The angler,
VINO had undergone the pleasures of a
generous shower bath, having collect
ed his scattered thoughts and con-
vinced himself that he was not 1mpll-
Gated in the throes of violent earth
quake, hurled a torrent of theological
terms on the innocent COW, which was
making futile efforts to regain terra
firma.
1t soon became evident, however,
that the animal was drowning, so the
angler, with the generosity of his
kind, called for assistance, and ulti-
mately the half drowned COW was res
cued by means of ropes. 1t is antici-
pated that the angler when he next
visits his club in England will regale
the company with "reminiscences of his
fishing exploit in the Conway when he
hooked a trout and landed cow
Field.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Tortoise Sneed

According to the fable the hare and
the tortoise had a race and odds were
decidedly against the latter because
of it's lack of speed Now there Is a
tortoise in Ohio township, Bartholo-
NEW county, that would certainly
show up strong" in a race with the
tabled creeper. The Ohio township
tortoise has only moved about an
eighth of a mile in 20 years.
Twenty years ago o. A. Sprague,
then a small boy, found a tortoise on
the farm of his father in Ohio town
ship and carved his initials on it's
back. He turned it loose and the in
cident was forgotten A few days ago
Everett Sprague, local school teach
er and a brother of the man who
carved the tortoise, was walking
about the farm, when he ran across
the tortoise and examined it's back.
The initials were as plain as the day
they were carved and the tortoise had
only moved about an eighth of a mile
from the place where the carving was
done.-Columbus Cores pondence Indi.
annapolis News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
An Eccentric Prnfessnr

The late Professor Sophocles of Har-
ward was short but finely built man,
with bushy, snow-white hair and beard,
olive complexion and piercing black
eyes, and looked like some venerable
Arab sheik. Reserved and shy in man
ner, he was yet full of genial humor
Once, in the classroom, he asked a
student: What was done with the
bodies o. the Greeks who were killed
at Marathon" They were buried, SIR
Next" Why, they-they were
burned" Next" IL don't know,
professor" Right. Nobody knows"
He was never married, but lived alone
in one of the college buildings, and
prepared his own food, getting up GU
rious Turkish dishes. He allowed a
servant to visit the room to make up
his bed, but would endure 10 further
disturbance, and the floor was unswept
from October to June.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
A Gun for a Cuff.

When Will Carleton last lectured at
Albion College, Michigan, he was en-
tertained by President Dickie, head of
that institution, and an eminent tenn
perance orator Dickie claimed the
poet as an old personal acquaintance,
and Cls Teton glanced at him inquir-
ingly.
You didn't know me, but did you"
laughed the educator. "A lot of us
young fellows were surveying for a
| new railroad through one OF the coun-
ties OF Michigan, and one evening we
were informed that sophomore from
neighboring college was going to
give lecture in a country church Be
ing college students ourselves, We
were curious to know how much en-
lightenment was in store for the COM
munlty, and attended in a body-ready
to scott and to raise the dickens gen
orally, If sufficient signs of weakness
developed on the platform After you
had gone ahead for few minutes, one
of the boys whispered, He's young and
green, but full of grit; and we'd bet
lSI ISt lIill dlOUO. we UlQ, anu we lis
tened to you for an hour and half,
and our only criticism on you was that
you didn't wear any shirt cuffs that
night"
And did you?" inquired Carleton,
gravely.
'Oh. nol-we we're out surveying"
We'll, president" rejoined the poet,
with his most genial smile. You must
be surveying yet: for 1 notice you
haven't any on now"
MY goodness" replied Dickie; 81
own plenty of them. but sometimes in
the hurry and worry of life I forget
to put them on"
That's what allied me-" rejoined
Carleton.
We are quits, said Dickie.
A dog can run as well on three legs
as four, which is about all the credit
We are willing to give to dog.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Immense SAVING Possible,

In a preliminary bulletin on the
cost of maintaining a tuberculosis
sanatorium, the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis announces that the average
cost per patient per day in thirty
semi-charitable sanatoTia scattered in
all parts of the United States is
$1.669. These institutions represent
an annual expenditure of over $780,
600 and over $4,000 days of treat
ment given each year. The bulletin,
which is part of an extensive study
the National association is making for
its bureau of information, points out
that the country could save annually
at least $15O,O0O,OO0 if the INDECENT
consumptiyes were properly segre-
gated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28

acquainted and waited while the sec
rotary made up a list OF the property
held by Ezra Cameron. trustee Fie
found that the sale of the Roger Mer-
Ram addition, which had just been re-
ported. left the creek property, The
Beeches and the old Marian horne
stead the only realty remaining in the
trust
I thought Mr.. Cameron was heaf
real estate owner remarked Morris.
That's popular superstition, SAID
the secretary; but he's sold ii of rap
idly during the past two years. He
owns nothing personally, and he has
been converting his daughters prop
erty very fast hora there's nothing
wrong about it.
Il don't know Are you sure he
hasn't been buying other real estate ?
Something of the kind is required by
the terms of his wifes will
Not in this county at least ne
secretary was silent for a moment II
would be delicious irony if Ezra were
to turn up broke, wouldn't it ?" he sald'
grinning.
That depends on the point Of view,
remarked Morris.
Ito be continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
LEADING MISTAKES IN LIFE
Writer Has Recorded Ten, of Which
Most of Us AssuredIy Have
Our Share.

Some of US may be glad to be told
that there are only ten life mistakes,
for there seem to be so many more,
but recent writer has catalogued
them. Perhaps these are only the ten
Leading ones from which the smaller
errors arise Let's look over the list
and see how many of them are ours:
First, to set up our own standard Of
right and wrong and Judge people &C
cording)y; second, to measure the en-
joyment of others by our own; third
to expect uniformity of opinion in this
world; fourth, to look for judgment
and experience in youth fifth, to en-
deavor to mold all dispositions alike;
sixth, to look for perfection in our
own actions; seventh, to worry our
selves and others with what cannot
be remedied; eighth. to refuse TO yield
in immaterial matters; ninth, to re-
fuse to alleviate, go far as 1t lies in
our power. all which needs allevia-
ton; tenth, to refuse to make allow
ance for the infirmities of others.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Oriqin of Tommy Atkins,

1t is popular notion that the name
Tommy Atkins" as the sobriquet Of
the British soldier, is peculiarly the
idea of Rudyard Kipling, than which
nothing could be farther from the
truth, although it Is not to be denied
that Mr.. Kipling, more than anybody
else, has made the nickname famous.
AS a matter of fact, the name orig
mattel with the British war Office Is
suing pocket manuals, in which the
soldiers name, age, date of enlist
ment, term of service and other de-
tails were entered. The method of fill
ing in the form was explained by the
employment of a fictitious name, and
instead of the legal John Dee or
Richard Roe" the combination
Thomas Atkins" was adopted From
this circumstance the name came to
be applied to the soldier as a type.
very much as during our Civil war the
Confederates were commonly ad-
dressed by their Union opponents as
Johnnie Reb."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28

proval would be forthcoming shortly
when the whole estate was settled. and
that meanwhile the deed should be re-
corded, Van Cleve readily acquiesced.
Balcomb told his associates that it WAS
the only way in which Cameron would
give the option.
Balcomb did not, of course, tell his
associates that he was accepting
commission from Cameron; for there
we're times when J. Arthur Baicom5's
volubility gave way to reticence Of the
austerest kind. He plumed himself
upon at last having secured at sixty
thousand dollars an option on the creek
strip, where the ideal apartment house
was to be built; and he sent notices to
his directors of a meeting to consider
plans for building. The fact that the
company had just bought, through his
shrewd agency, something like fifty
thousand dollars worth of lots for
twenty thousand would, he told Van
Cleve, look good to the jays" and it
did.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28

needs attention. The body portion of
the hammock is a boat-shaped affair
of some flexible material and laees
together at the end. A hood shelters
the head of the device and a belt
passes around it and serves the dou-
ole purpose of keeping the infant from
falling out and keeping his covers on.
Ropes are attached to each end of the
hammock and their other extrem-
tiles fastened to hooks in the oppo-
site walls. Thus suspended the ham
mock swings over the bed in full view
of the child's parents, who can
rock it as they lie abed and with
much less trouble than it takes to rock
the ordinary cradle. When not in
use the hammock takes up no more
room t.lan the space required to hang
it on a hook in the closet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
HIS WELCOME FOR PRODIGAL
Cowboy Would Have Reversed Pro-
ceedings as Recorded in the
Scriptures.

Judge Ben 3. Lindsey of the famous
Denver Juvenile court said in the
course Of recent address in char
ity:
'Too many of US are inclined to
think that one misstep made, the boy
is gone for good Too many of us are
like the cowboy.
AN itinerant preacher preached to
a cowboy audience on the 'Prodigal
Son He described the foolish prodi-
gals extravaganza and dissipation; he
described his penury and his husk-
eating with the swine in the sty; he
described his return, his fathers low
ing welcome, the rejoicing, and the
preparation of the fatted calf.
"The preacher in his discourse no.
ticed a cowboy staring at him very
hard. He thought he had made a con-
vert. and addressing the cowboy per-
sonally, he said from the pulpit:
My dear friend, what would you
have done If you had had a prodigal
son returning home like that?'
Me- said the cowboy, promptly
and fiercely, I'd have shot the boy
and raised the calf Detroit Free
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
Try This, This Summer.

The very next time you're hot, tired
Or thirsty, step up to a soda fountain
and get glass of Coca-Cola. 1t will
cool you off, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirsc
delightfully."-. At soda fountains or
farbonated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co, Atlanta,
Ga, for their free booklet The Truth
About Coca-Cola." Tells what Coca
Cola is and why it is so delicious, re-
freshing and thirst-quenching And
send &c stamp for the Coca-Cola Base
ball Record Book for 1910-contains
the famous poem Casey At The Bat"
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball iaforma-
ton compiled by authorities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
An Easy Fit.

A number of years ago there lived
in northern New Hampshire notori
Gus woman-hater 1t was before the
day of ready-made clothing, and want
ing new suit, he was obliged to take
the material to the village tailoress
She took his measurements, and wher
she cut the coat, made a liberal al
lowance on each seam.
The mans dislike of women in gen
eral prevented his having a fitting
He took the finished garment without
trying it on. 1t was much too large
and his disgust was apparent in the
answer he made to the friendly loafeI
on his first visit to the post Office
when he wore the despised article.
Got new coat, ODed?" said the
loafer
NO. hain't," said Obed i've got
seven yards of cloth wrapped round
me. Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
WHERE GEN. LEE ENDED WAR
APpomattox, Scene OF Historical Sur
render In 1865, Now Falling
Into Ruins.

Appomattox is a name that recalls
Grave memories. There were two APP
pomattox towns in 1865 and there are
TWO in 1910. 1t was at Appomattox
station on the railroad between Peters
burg and Lynchburg that Sheridan S
cavalry captured the supply train
which stood between Lees army and
starvation, and it was at Appomattox
court house, about three miles north,
that Lee surrendered The Appomat-
tox court house of today occupies
nearly the site of Appomattox station
and the old town of Appomattox court
house is ruined village with few
collapsed houses and about the same
number of inhabitants The square in
which the old court house stood is
covered with heaps of broken brick
and ashes and is overgrown with
scraggy trees. The old court house
with the county records, was burned
about fifteen years ago and the new
court house was built on the line of
railroad
The Mclean house, in which the
terms of surrender were agreed on
and signed, was torn down in 1892 for
removal to and reconstruction at the
Chicago worlds fair, but the idea was
carried no further than the demolition
of the house
The visitor to Appomattox has diff
Guilty in learning the name of the pres.
ent owner of the Mclean house, or thu
surrender house." as it is called il
that neighborhood
The fields in which the army oi
northern Virginia and the army of thu
Potomac faced each other are for tt |.
most part grown up Ill thick, ia
pines. The North Carolina monument
the only imposing marker on thu
grounds, stands in a clearing about
fifty feet square in a piece of dense
pineland.
1t was on April 7, 1865, when Grant
was at Farmville, few miles east OF
AppomattoX, that the federal com
mander opened the correspondence
with General Lee leading up to the
surrender. At five o'clock on the eve,
ming of April Grant wrote to Lee on
1.-The hopelessness of further resistance
on the part of the army of northern
Virginia in this struggle
The same evening Grant received a
letter from Lee, in which the latter
said: Though not entertaining the
opinion you express of the hopeless
ness of further resistance, l reciprocate
your desire to avoid useless effusion
of blood, and therefore, before con-
sidering your proposal, ask the terms
you will offer on condition of sur
render"
On the morning of April Grant
wrote to Lee: Peace being my great
desire, there is but one consideration
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-28
LIVES SAVED AT SMALL COST
Figures Showing Expenditures For
the Mainte nance of Tubercu-
losis San ator;ums.

In comparative stgdy of the cost
of maintenance in thirty tub srculosis
sanatoriums the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berCulosis found that the food cost in
most Of the institutions represented
one-thiTd of the annual expenditures.
The average daily food cost per pa
tient was S0.544 The expenditures for
salaries and wages represented nearly
another third, being s0.4S1 per day per
patient out of a total of S1GG9. The
fuel, oil and light cost was s0206 per
capita per diem, or about one-eighth
OF the total cost The daily cost in
the several institutions ranged all the
way from s0.946 per patient to s2.555.
In the far west and southwest. as in
Colorado and New Mexico and Cali
fornia, the cost was higher than in the
east, in New York and New England.
being S2.025 per patient as against
S1.14S. The total expenditures of the
thirty institutions were S1.363. q53. 2S.
while the total receipts from all
sources were $1.54S,525.74. More than
20 per cent of the receipts were re-
ceived from public funds and private
benefactions, only 2S.8 per cent being
from patients. Stated in another way
only So per cent. of the total expendi-
lures were received from patients, the
remainder being made up from other
sources.