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their way TO hell because they reject
Jesus Christ. Both are sinners and
both have to accept Jesus Christ. and
that's what's the matter.
Hypoerite a counterfeIter.
Everything good is counterfeited
The Bible Is good thing and that Is
the reason why II is counterfefted. A
hypocrite Is a counterfeit Counter.
letters are at work all the time coun-
terfeiting our Rreenbacks and Il keeps
my old friend Chief Wilkie OF the gov.
eminent secret service busy the year
round running down counterfeiters
You never saw any one counterfeit ey.
Confederate money. did you? No. be.
cause II is only worth two cents on
the dollar and that for old paper. Did
you ever see counterfeit infidel? The
inference is obvious. There is a class
OF people that make me tired. They
are 30 good that they are good for
nothing
Once a man ground UP some oats
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-29
Death and Wealth.

"One day a steamer from Alaska
pulled w at the docks in Seattle and
down the gang plank came a man nam
de Lippy. His friends greeted him
and said Mr.. Lippy We understand
you have been successful and Llppy
who had left n poor man replied. yes
! have been very successful I'm the
Klondike and ] now have S35O.O0O in
gold dust in the hold OF this ship
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They greeted his wife ana then said
Why Mr. Lippy. where Is your little
boyT With a panied look on his face
he replied We left our little boy back
on the banks Of the Yukon. and !
would give all that own TO have that
little boy back
Il told that story one night IN Seat
tie and n man came down the aisle and
Said Mr. Sunday my name "a Lippy
and that way my boy. and what you
say is true went out and saw a
big sky-scraper. ! counted up 10 six
teen or seventeen stories on this mas
sive structure and over the door was
the name Iippy' This massive pile
worth thousands 81 dollars could not
bring back his hoy and he would have
gladly given % n ~ would.
Live Long.
TT would live 100 years 7 wouldn't
want 20 die and ] think there a.
something wrong with tho man that
does. What you. 7 and all 81 ne want
is eternal life. And the question IL
can 7 get eternal life? a man goes
10 a doctor and says doctor have
been thinking ~ over. 7 want eternal
life and 7 want You 10 help me. }
want 10 live forever.
The doctor would say with All tho
knowledge ] possess 81 the human
body. there is nothing 7 can do that
viii give you eternal life. 7 cannot
help you You turn 10 the philosopher
and say ! have faith IN the school YOU
represent and YOU can With your
scaipel turn back and reveal the
secrets 81 the human body. but the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-29

brushed the dirt from around the
euse- With n whlsk broom. and tho
next morning no one would know ira,
The body ~ the great Pullman csr
magnate was resting there nus on
The Judgment day he viii have 10
-'"nd ana receive his sentence the
sa,ne HH mo hobo thar counts the ties.
ISIS You Tor a handout or mooches
you Tor n hap Jack
20 TO MarcOni. Edison and Tesla
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philosopher says / can't help you for
| don't know
Can't Bride Death.
Then you go to the millionaire and
you say you can bride death and can
buy and throttle competition. and you
ought to be able TO buy eternal life.
but he replies: I can bring doctors
from Europe II necessary: can ride
around in special trains. / can 10 in
my private yacht and cruise along
the Mediterranean OF 20 up the Nile
In the winter months. and in June or
July can 20 up TO the Capes OF Nor.
way or the Klondike. but no, cannot
purchase eternal life
standing at the bedside OF George
Pullman. the parlor car magnate. re-
puted TO be worth twenty-five million
dollars. they saw his eyes fade and
The doctors pronounced him dead
Then the undertaken came and cut a
sit In his arm and pumped him full
or embalming fluid making him rigid
and pale lie was placed in a rose
wood jeweled coffin and then in a
Theoretically sealed casket and in the
lot in Graceland cemetery. along the
lake front. they dug his grave nine
feet long. nine feet wide and nine feet
deep
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and put Quaker Oats on the market.
and from that we now have breakfast
foods. Cream OF Wheat and a multi
tude OF other things. all made out OF
the same stun. IL IL simply a case OF
sending out the stun from one floor or
the other. all the same stuff but a diff
ferent name for each floor.
DeeelVine.
"One day Mrs. Sunday told me 10
bring home a copy OF the Ladies'
Home Journal. and I stepped into the
store and asked for II. but when I got
home Il was the Ladies' home some
hing else. Il had the Gibson girl on
the front page. too. A good thing IL
always copied. and the world ~ full
Of counterfeits.
"Old Ponce de Leon searched
through the everglades OF Florida for
the fountain Of eternal youth. lie
thought that out there somewhere he
would Ind ~. and that II would turn
his gray hair black and cure his rheu-
matism. Did he find u? No. II ex
listed merely In his brain. and II was
simply mOonshiuo.
Suppose 7 had IN this hand wheat,
and In the Other hand diamonds. and /
gave you your choice. you would take
the diamonds. ! ask you why you did
that. and you would say they are
worth more. Yet you take the dia-
monds and plant them and they will
not grow: but you plant the wheat
The wheat can reproduce. but the dia-
monds cannot. and In a few years
viii have more than all the diamonds
In the world.
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blowing HIS fields. You ask him -.
be Is doing. oh. am planting 80
seeds scientifically One has PLENTY
and the other nothing. IL IA M.
your lives without Jesus Christ
Some people think God owes YOU
saivation. Well. he doesn't IL You
had what some OF you ought to have
u would be eternal damnation. out
IN Iowa, where went TO school the
teachers used to give the scholars
little fringed cards called merit cards.
Ihis IL a reward OF merit for Willie
sunday. But you bet Willie never
broke his back carrying any OF these
cards home TO his mother. N you
ever saw an American Md 20 some IL
was me. never carried on the
championship belt for quoting the
Bible In those days.
The Hereafter.
some people think that when you
DO wrong God puts n on one page
Of the leger. and when you do a good
act he puts Il on the other page. Then
when you die he adds the two up and
" you have done more good than bad
you 30 TO heaven. and " you DO more
oad than good you 90 TO hell
You would be surprised az tho
number Of people who are intelligent
In other things and know 80 mttis
about religion. Your only change 20
get TO Heaven IL through repentance
In Jesus Christ.
In the time OF Noah. he vas not
the only good man. but God picked
him out. God said Look here. Noah.
! am getting sick and tired OF this
bunch. You build an ark And Noah
started 20 build the ark. Here is
crowd walking M ~ Noah and they
say. Who II that old duffer building
that ark? Why. u is not near tue
river. How does he hope 10 float IT.
Another crowd Of church people VIII
come No and say. That fellow IL 100
religious. We had better not invite
(coattnasd from Eirhth PsEsl
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you own or ever will own you got hon.
estly. worked for II, or you got Il dis
hnestly. you steal II or inherit IL when
some one gives II to you. II YOU are
ever saved II will be honestly. dishon.
estly or inherited. You cannot have a
substitute in religion.
man will say Didn't Jesus Christ
come into the world TO give morality?
Inen why don't morality save? Nor.
atty is not complete. A man can be
moral but not Christian, but he can't
De Christian unless he is a moral
man. Morality will not save.
Good and Bad.
Here is a man that has a tree and
the fruit has a sour taste. Some tell
him to prune IL. others to spray II and
II does no good. Then a man tells
him to saw OF some of the limbs and
graft a new variety. He did that and
he changed the variety. No matter
what 1t is. flesh is flesh, and all your
culture and higher education Will not
change IL.
Here are two men. one is brought
up by bad parents and he grows up
TO be booze-fighter and a libertine
and say TO that man Will you accept
Jesus Christ and be savek2' and he
says No Another man is brought up
by Christian parents and he is moral.
goes to church and Sunday school and
his life is almost spotless. and I say
to him. Will you accept Jesus Christ
and be saved?' and he says NO
What's the difference between these
two men? None; they are both on
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Poor and Rich.

They put into Il Portland cement
and ballast Ave feet thick and in this
they placed a steel cage and after
the body was placed In the grave
they riveted steel bars across the top
~ the grave. and then covered II with
black loan and shaped u up and then
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-29

Waxed Paper, pure white,
suitable for wrapping lunches
and for other household pur-
poses, regularly Sc; sale price,
3c a roll.
Imported Salt Boxes to hang
on wall, have cover. Csc kind |;
sale price, Ice each.
Clothes Wringers. white rub
Der rolls, adjustable springs,
warranted one year, regularly
sos; sale price, 1920 each.
Wash Boilers of heavy tin
with cover, No. a.size, csc kind;
sale price, 76c each.
Garden Rakes of malleable
iron, IA teeth, Csc kind; sale
price, 19c each.
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SPECIAL DELEGATIONS
At THE,TAeERNAcLE.

~ lHEi IAbEHNAClE.
Three special delegations attended
the meeting last evening. Fully 300
employees OF the Carnegie Steel Com.
pany OF Bellaire attended in a body.
Nearly $50 physicians and druggists
were presents. while there were many
OF the nurses from the various hos
pitfalls The employees OF the Travis
cigar store were also there.
Both Mr. Sunday and Mr.. Rodeheav.
er praised ths various delegations
Mr.. Rodeheaver got on a few original
Jokes about the physicians and nurses
that made the tabernacle ring with
laughter. The nurses presented Mr..
Sunday with handsome collection OF
flowers
In thanking the employees OF the
Carnegie Steel Company for their al.
tendance. Mr.. Sunday said: 81 know
Judge Gary. OF the company person.
ally. He IL one OF my best friend
When they we're looking for a man
TO MI the position he now occupies.
they sent committee 70 look I'd the
character OF the applicants. When
they went TO the city that Judge Gary
resides In. they visited the club no
belongs 10. They asked N the fudge
vas a member. yes. Does he hin n
up with tho gang. no. never does Not
a nigh roller. no. Plays cards 7 sun.
pose. no, never does Don't expect
ne goes % church Oh. yes. he built
that great Methodist ciuBrcb over
there. II r. called the Gary Memorial
church
Nov you fellows OF the Carnegie
and physicians have got religion ali
right. but Il is locomotor ataEia In
other words you haven't enough nerve
70 hit the trail"
MANY PROMINENT ONES
IN ATTENDANCE
There we're many prominent visitors
A. the tabernacle last evening In
Guiding Judes A. Viquesney. state
game and hGh warden. District Al.
torney ROy &c. Waugh. Chester
whitman and others
The meetings for the remainder ~
the week we're announced By Mr Sun.
day. The members Of The Personal
WORKERS League will meet each after.
noon A. y 20 O'Clock ~ the y NJ q
a. This league IL doing = great work
The home girls meeting will be
held this morning ~ 10 O'Clock Al tho
bone % Mrs Reed Raird. No 70
TWelfh street instead 81 tho after.
noon. There viii b. M meeting Of
the business girls to-day SUNDAY
Afternoon A. ? O'Clock. Miss Miller urf
preach - tho First Prcsby terrain
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Evening Sermon.

Although n rained continuously
throughout the afternoon and even
lng this did not have a deterrent or
rect upon the attendance ~ tho tab
ernacle last evening and the crowds
surgcd into the building and before 2
O'Clock every seat was taken and
standing room was a. a premium. Mr.
sunday delivered an even more DOW.
erful sermon than any heretofore civ.
On and u had that compelling force
mat brought hundreds down the trail
breaking at records and being the
banner meeting of the campaign.
Mr. Sunday did not announce any
Text but just Jumped into his sermon
ana Tor over an hour handed ont the
gospel IN manner that brought con
Ncilon ~ his bearers AZ he drove his
points home with arguments that
we're both logical and convincing. lie
said IN part.
= would like 20 ask and answer
ihree questions during my sermon 10.
night " your patience will on.
dure and my strength will nor
NIT. There was man In chi
cago one day said ~ me. n had
my choice n al IN this world would
take money There are muifitudes
oi thing7 IN This world that money can.
not buy. n You met with a railroad
accident and were MORALLY Injured
Hll the money in the world cannot
open up o. grave aud bring back your
loved ones.
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SIX THOUSAND
CONTINUED from First pag.1

OF #. (Mr. Sunday handed the pic
ture TO his wife, / will call on the
artist tomorrow and thank him in per.
SON." n
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church. A Bible class will be organ
lied. Mr.. Sunday will preach each
afternoon and evening, and on Sunday
three sermons.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-29
The Farmers

Go out IN the country and see two
farmers. In the spring they are
drilling 10 sew their wheat. corn. oats
and vegetables Return I'm the fail
and you End ono man has reaped a
harvest His barns are full OF the
farm products and bic house pro
visioned for the winter
The other farmer % still cross
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SPECIAL MUSICAL
NUMBERS RENDERED

NS"oGho HeNOEHEO.
Several hymns were rendered by
the choir last evening in opening the
services. after which Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Kincheloe sang a very touching
solo. VIII Hemminger. a noted singer
who has travelled all over the world
With evangelists. and who IS now with
VIII Nicholson. the famous evangelist
rendered beautiful solo.
Next week the mammoth tabernacle
VIII become the property OF the Wheel.
ing Fairgrounds association. the
EVangSlistic association having gener.
ously given the building to heip this
cause Articles OF agreement have
been signed by DIR. S. X. Arbuthno..
president and John c. Lynch. secre.
tary OF the Evangelist association ana
q. o. Maggie. president and r. u Nav.
lor' secretary OF the Fairgrounds as.
ISOLATION.
Inc only requirements on the part
or the Evangelist association a ina,
The tabernacle is 10 be given free n,
charge 70 the state convention OF the
west virginia Sunday school No
speeches shall be delivered or or
hlbitions Given In the building tbs,
shaI contravene or disparage tho
Gospel messages that have been dc.
llvered by Rev Mr. w. A. SUNDAY
The building cost tho association
So'ooo IN money not figuring on The
money donated.
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From the Busy Basement
Money Saving Offerings
A NUMBER of money-saving offerings from the Bus
& Basement for to-morrows selling Every numbe
is special and well worth the attention of the carefu
housewife:

Family Scales that weigh up
to "a pounds by ounces. slant
ing dial, regularly csc; sale
price, 72c each.
Wash Boards with heavy
brass rubbing surface, large
size, Csc kind; sale price, 24c
each.
Tea Kettles, nickel plate on
heavy copper. No. s size, regu-
larry csc; sale price, 76c each.
Flour Bins, hold so pounds,
made with cover and heavy
drop handles. assorted colors,
csc kind; sale price, TIC each.
Dish Pans of enameled steel.
notified blue outside and white
lined, l7-quart size, S5c kind:
sale price. 46c each.
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n
at Ol.OO
telephone
ntunea
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philosopher says / can't help you for
| don't know.
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Ccontinasd from Eighn PsEsJ
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Mems and Boys Soc Initial
Lapel Fobs, 29c

THIS special price is posi-
Bile because of fortunate
little trade turn which enables
you to save 2lc on each Fob.
They consist of a gold-plated
button for the lapel buttonhole,
a black silk ribbon and a cut
out gold-plated Old English
initial in a circle fastened to the
ribbon. They are new and
natty and tho made to sell at
SOC each we offer them to our
customers in the Mems o.
Corner at just. ACC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

Niagara Falls, Albert suddenly weat.
ened and told it all"
Was Roma angry? It took her about
~ seconds to call that HONEYMOON off
IL look her somewhat longer to tell
AlOert what she thought of him-ahon,
three hours.
A year elapsed. The next cbanter
discloses a divorce court. Enter ROM
Win lawyers; enter Albert with ditto
Roma on the witness stand tells all -
decree granted" says the court: no
allmony asked, none allowed" Exit all
Siow music Nobody happy.
Roma Schaffer, one year older and
correspondingly improved in personaI
pulchrltude, came down town on Thurs.
DAY afternoon to do some shopping
among other things she wanted a small
piece OF jewelry, and by the sheerest
accident strolling along Michigan hon.
'evard, she saw the very thing in the
WINDOW OF a neat little jewelry store
In the Peoples Gas building. She went
INTO this store. A young man at the
far end of the room came around the
glass cases to wait on her. Their eyes
met.
SHE PROPOSES NEW WEDDING.
AL" said Roma at last, I'm glad
you're glad. And Al, / think we're both
couple OF (sniff, sniff fools. 1 think
we were right in the first place. think
we ought to have Cboo hoo) stayed
married Don't you think we ought to
nave stayed (boo hoo) married, Alp"
lou bet / do" retorted Al. And
what we are going TO do right now is
get married again. And it isn't any
iournush with me this time, either. /
own this place"
AL" said Roma, after certain pre-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09
WOOESA and WEEDS
ONE GIRL TWICE
First Honeymoon Stopped by
Divorce When He Admits
Riches Claim False.
AND THEN SHE PROPOSES
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Schaffer, Obi
cago, Figure in Interesting
Romance.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-Jaded novel read
ers who are convinced there is moth
ing new under the sun in love stories
who believe, in fact, that romance has
done nothing in the world in the last
500 years but run round and round in
the same old circle, ought to make a
call today at 1884 Indiana avenue and
shake the hands of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Schaffer.
The Schaffers are the authors. also
the actors, of this love story. Their
romance is as new and up-to-date as
the new year
CLERK IN DEPARTMENT STORE.
The first chapter discloses Roma
Parker. II and pretty, "clerking" in q
Chicago department store. This was
two years ago. Enter Albert Schaffer
a few years older, good looking, well
dressed, earning 500 a week, and con.
WINGED he could conquer the world.
Albert looked at Roma and decided
on the spot that she should be his.
Roma observed Albert and concluded
he was her Ideal" Result: Invita-.
ton to dinner from Albert to Roma,
promptly accepted.
Under the stimulus of good dinner
Albert told Roma many things. all fig
ments of fancy. He said he was an
orphan, sole heir to s25, 900, and a mem
Der of two or three ~excIusfve climbs >,
Roma was impressed. He proposed,
Roma accepted-end OF chapter one.
The marriage was performed In De
troit
FINDS MONEY NEARLY ALL GONE.
After the marriage ceremony Schaf.
feTs imagination suddenly cooled
Also, consulting his pocketbook. he dis
covered his money was nearly all gone.
With fancy dead, conscience awoke.
When the new Mrs. Schaffer began to
be insistent about the honeymoon at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

Df the Coliseum there would be sufl-
cient space without making smaller
booths. The call for space yesterday
however. shows that the added space
will not be efficient unless the booth
area is reduced. Trucks will feature
the show this year. The rise of the
commercial car during the past year
has been remarkable and there will
De larger displays of these vehicles
than ever before. Frank w. Skinner,
show secretary, will commence actual
work on the show during the week.
Three Fighters Fined.-Three parti-
cipants in a free-for-all fight which
took place yesterday in a small i'm
promptu club in the west end. were
in police court yesterday morning to
answer to a charge Of disturbing the
peace. They gave their names as c.
II. Loppert Herman Loppert and Art
Hildebrandt. All were given fines OF
81 and court costs. which they paid.
Hildebrandt IL appeared. had brought
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

Henry vollmer, to Charles Schick.
The consideration is not made public,
but il is understood to be in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000. A three-story
brick building is on the property. The
deal was made through the c. d.
Martin agency.
obituary.-Yesterday morning at
4:30 o'clock at Mercy hospital, follow
ing short illness caused by appen-
diciis, occurred the death of Miss
Ethel Albrahasky, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Albrahasky Of Iowa City,
Iowa. Deceased was born May IL, 1894
and at the time of her death was Is
years of age. In addition to the par
ents the following survive: Two broth
ers, Charles and George; four sisters,
Mrs. B. w. Graham, Mrs. Charles Dri-
zall and the Misses Mabel and Ruth
Albrahasky. all OF Iowa City. The
remains were sent to Iowa City yes
terday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09
Solves a Deep Mystery.

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of Lewisburg, w. Va, for the wonder
full double benefit l got from Electric
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jaundice, and to rid the system OF kid
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Electric Bitters has no Equal Try them
Every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy
Only so cents, at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09
PENS GIRL A FAREWELL;
THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF

Aurora, ILL.,, Jan. 9.-Peter An
-derson wrote farewell love letters to
his sweetheart, Miss Hazel Williams,
and shot himself through the head
in a room at the Schlitz hotel. His
body was found fully dressed, lying
on the floor. On the back of one of
the girls photographs he asked that
her picture be buried with his body.
The farewell missives read: For
give me, my dearest Hazel, as /
can't stand it any longer. I know
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

funeral will be held in Iowa City
Wednesday.
The funeral of Arthur Wundram was
held Sunday at 2 o'clock from the
family home, 1S49 West Second street,
with incineration taking place at the
Davenport crematorium. The funeral
was largely attended by the many
friends and acquaintances Of the fam
lily. Many beautiful floral offerings
filed the room in which the remains
reposed. Those acting as pallbearers
were: W. Ewert, c. Ewert, H. Sou
kop, Harry Dawartz, Ernest Schwenke
and Harry Minke. Johannes Kroeger
conducted the services at the home
and at the crematorium.
Professor Hutchinson Dead.
Madison, Wis, Jan. Professor ].