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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
How Doctor Abbott Prepares Sermon.

How Doctor Abbott Prepares Sermon.
My method of preparation for any
sermon or address is to consider,
first, not my subject, but my object
that is. what I want to accomplish.
Next | consider what thoughts and
what organization of those thoughts
will be best fitted to accomplish that
object. And, third, in arranging those
thoughts / endeavor to make of them
not a chain but a river, to make
my argument cumulative, not merely
logical, so that the last thoughts VIII
be not merely the conclusion but the
climax of the thoughts that have gone
before. This / generally do without
the use of pen or pencil. Usually,
however, I jot down i'll notebook or
on a sheet of paper the major points
in the address after I have arranged
them in my mind, though | never
have this paper before me in speak
ing. 1t is much more important to
keep my mind in touch with my aud
itors than in touch with my theme
Lyman Abbott in the Outlook.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
MAN, 78, DOES EGG DANCE
BIfndfoIded and Bent With Age, He
Does the Steps and Never
Broke a She'll

St. Paul, Minn.-Albert Pankopf,
seventy eight years old, bent and
white-haired, danced blindfolded
among IS eggs, laid in two rooms at
intervals of a foot, for several min
utes without breaking a shell For
more than fifty years Professor Pan
kopf has been performing this feat,
but at the annual Schlachtfest of the
SaXonia and General German Benevo-
lent association he danced as never
before. The years dropped from him
as he danced. When the music stopped
the old man fell into the arms of a
spectator. Weak heart" he gasped.
He soon recovered himself and bowed
in response to the cheers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01

bearing it had On the relations she
had hoped TO establish between him
and Reuther, that she had waited for
the house to be silent and her child
asleep.
Unhappy mother, Just as she saw
something like a prospect of releasing
her long-dead husband from the odium
Of an unjust sentence. to be shaken
by this new doubt as to the story and
character Of the man for whose union
with her beloved child she was so
anxiously struggling!
There was a room on this upper
floor into which neither she nor Reu-
ther had even stepped. She had
once looked in, but that was all. To-
night-because she could not sleep;
because she must not think-she was
resolved to enter it. divers room!
left as he had left it years before!
What might it not tell Of past con-
corning which she longed to be reas-
sUred?
The father had laid no restrictions
upon her, in giving her this floor for
her use. Rights which he ignored she
could afford to appropriate. Dressing
sufficiently for warmth, she lit a
candle, put out the light in her own
room and started down the hall to
this long-closed room.
4 smother of dust-an odor of de-
cay-a lack of all order in the rooms
arrangements and furnishings-ev
a general disaTray, hallowed, if not
affected, by time-for all this she was
prepared. But not for the wild confu-
sion-the inconceivable litter and all
the other signs she saw about her of
a boys mad packing and reckless de-
parture.
There was an inner door, and this
some impulse drove her to open. A
small closet stood revealed, empty
but for one article. When she saw
this article she gave a great gasp;
then she uttered a low pshaw! and
with a shrug Of the shoulders drew
back and flung to the door. But she
opened it again. She had to. One
cannot live in hideous doubt, without
an effort to aIIay it. She must look
at that small, black article again;
look at it with candle in hand; see
for herself that her fears were with
out foundation; that a shadow had
made the outline on the wall which
She returned to the closet and slow
Iy, reluctantly reopened the door. Be-
fore her on the wall hung cap-and
it was no shadow which gave it that
look like her husbands; the broad
peak was there. She had not been
mistaken; it was the duplicate of the
| one she had picked up in the attic of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01

Fifty Years Have Passed Since
Tragic Event in F0rd'S
Theater.
NIGHT OF FEAR AND ANXIETY
incidents of That Fatal Fourteenth of
April in Washington Are Recalled
Stanton Calm Amid All Con-
fusion and Excitement.

Misunderstanding years ago, on
the night of April IA, 1865, in a house
On K street, a cavalry captain lay be-
side his wife and child in his first
peaceful sleep after four war-fiIIed
years. Suddenly the old-fashioned
knocker on the front door chartered
loudly. The servants at the end of the
hall slept on but the alarm brought
the trained soldier to his feet at once.
An exchange Of low-toned question
and answer at the door and he came
back into the bedroom.
Fast Spreading News.
As the captain turned up the light
his wife saw his face, a pallid, set
mask under the tan, his eyes wide with
horror. She sat up in bed, afraid.
Joe, what is it,"
The captains breath came hard and
he labored over the words:
-Lincoln-shot-"
Five minutes later he was mounted
and away to his command On Penn
sylvania avenue the hoofbeats of the
AAO4 80 AtNoC1 ny LAIC p1IlS Iu1 uC1 Cl
Booth had hardly died away behind
the capitol
So fast spread the tragic news.
In Ford's Theater.
In Ford's theater on Tenth street
the nightmare caused by the fatal
shot was followed by confused action
The only two men who seemed to
know what they were doing were the
assassin Booth and Major Rathbone,
whom Booth wounded in escaping.
Men in the audience plunged wildly
over the seats toward the stage cry
ing, Hang him" In the presidential
box it was not until several minutes
later that the silent figure of Lincoln.
still sitting calmly in the chair, was
stretched upon the floor and examined
by Dr. Charles Taft. He ordered it
removed at once to the nearest bed.
At the Peterson House.
A shutter was brought The presi-
dents unconscious form was laid upon
it, and through a trail of dripping
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01

giving outstrips the child's pleasure in
receiving? Who is happier, do you
think. at Christmas, the child or the
parent?
at is not the child's nature to lie
awake wondering what it can give to
others, but when he falls to thinking
of what others are going to give him
it is difficult for him to go to sleep.
Look at a child receiving a present,
and then look at him giving one. and
note which act is more natural and
which brings the intenser delight.
Little children know how to receive"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01

blood the stricken party followed
across the dress circle and down the
stairs.
In the street there was a helpless
pause.
Where shall we take him?''
From the steps of a house opposite
the theater a man called, Bring him
here into my ROOM" and through the
crowd of civilians, soldiers and police
men the president was carried into
the hall bedroom of William Clark,
a soldier ledger. In the front room
sat Mrs. Lincoln weeping and moan.
ing, ooh, why didn't he kill me?"
Horror ard Dread in the City.
Over the city, after the first light
ming shock of the story, there was sur
prisingly little violence. In the forts
and camps the long roll sounded; an
army stood to arms, grim and silent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01

ascertaining just what cows in their
herds are proft-makers, but under the
new plan every dead beat" COW can
be singled out of herd and disposed
Of
THE movement is one that means a
great saving to San Joaquin farmers"
said Lyons, "and it is bound to spread.
When this association is started it
will probably be found that between
20 and % per cent Of the cows in the
average herd are not paying for their
keep. The dairyman viii make money
by selling these COWS for beef"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
COWS MUST SHOW A PROFIT
Farmers Form Association to Test
Mich Stock to Spot dead
Beat" Bossies.

Stockton, Cal.-Under the direction
of Farm Adviser Lyons the farmers
Of San Joaquin county have taken
steps toward organizing an associa-
ton for testing COWS.
Under present conditions it is
claimed that farmers have no way of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Earrels of Booty

Sol Sodbuster-Hear about the rob-
berry down f tn an Decent store
last night?
Hiram Hayrack-Nope. D'they git
much?
Sol Sudbuster-Yep They was in
there two hours and carried away
nearly a dollars wuth O. goods
Puck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
BRIDE, 10, RESUMES STUDY
Told Schoolmates of Her Secret Mar
rage, Now Everybody
Knows IL.

Bremerton, Wash.-Hazel Lund,
thirteen, was married to George Braen-
deIein, a navy yard employee. The
bride, wearing short dresses and a pig
tail. returned home Immediately fol-
lowing the ceremony at Tacoma TO re
sumo her studies at the Central school.
ne bride was accompanied on the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Twist the Wire.

Pictures hung by single wire have
an annoying way of getting uneven, on
account of the slipping O. the wire on
the picture hook This can sometimes
be avoided by first hanging the picture
face to the wall and then turning ii
around. The single turn this makes II
IL e wire near the hook nrevents sIi
ping
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Funny Story Mends Jaw.

Trenton, N. J.-After two attempts
to set Miss Ada fuckers broken jaw
bone, DR.. Harold T. Dollinger told the
girl a funny story. Miss Tucker
laughed and the broken bone snapped
into place. 1t was then secured by
bandages.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
An Anguish-Stricken Nation.
II Can't Be Done.

New Hartford, Conn.-Fred and
Frank briggs, brothers, who married
80 years ago, have lived together ever
since. Each has three children. The
two families eat at the same table,
keep their money in the same pocket
book and never quarrel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Trust In Providence.

When we meet one of these big,
blazing motor headlights while riding
in the modest electric belonging to our
wife's relations, we just go ahead,
trusting that Providence that watches
over children and drunkards will take
care of US, too.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
First DAYS Work Fatal.

Newark. n. John J. Cullen, an
ironworker, who had hunted for work
for seven months, was killed in his
first day on a new job. He fell from
a bridge on which he was working.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01

Now that your son is through col
Iege, what are you going to make of
him" Cant tell for a couple Of
years. He went to coed institution.
and he's booked up for two years
solid to act as an usher at weddings"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
For Special Cases.

London.-A military hospital for the
exclusive purpose Of performing deli
cate surgical operations on wounded
soldiers will be opened at Compiegne
in charge Of DR.. Alexis Carrel Of the
Rockefeller institute, New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Prefers War to Prison,

New YOrk.-John Krtyaza, convict
ed Of manslaughter, asked that in
stead OF ten-year prison sentence
he be sent back to Russian-Poland to
die on the battlefield
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Rather Indefinite.

Guest lin estaurant)-Waiter, yoz
don't mean to say this is spring
lamb?
Waiter-Yassah; OATS 8hat it am.
sab.
Guest-Umi Spring of what year?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Rust-Proof lronWork.

A simple method of making iron
work proof against rust is to heat it
until it is almost red-hot, and then
brush it over with linseed oil This
makes a varnish which, unlike or
binary paint or enamel, does not chip
of.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Withstood the Fire.

Amsterdam.-A crucifx was left IN
touched when everything about a
church in MessiHes, Belgium, was de-
stroyed by a fire following the Ger
man bombardment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Atchison ANTIQUITIES.

While this isn't an old country,
compared with European nations, one
may see a number Of ruins standing
around the street corners chewing fine
cut.-Atchison Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01

trip by her mother, who gave her con-
sent to the marriage.
The announcement of the marriage
came through the gossip of school
mates, who were told the facts by the
girl wife as a secret not to be re-
YeaIed."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
Servia's "uncle Ton.n

Petrograd.-The soldiers of Servia
have affectionately picknamed Sir
Thomas Upton '"Tchika Toma." mean
ing Uncle Tom"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
CHAPTER TX.
UnWeIcome Truths.

Unweicome Truths.
Silence. Yes, silence was the one
and only refuge remaining to Deborah.
Yet, after a few DAYS, the constant
self-restraint which it entailed ate
like canker into her peace and I'M
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
And below,

You remember the old saying about
jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
Let your daughter be warned. 1t is bet
ter to be singed than consumed.
Because Deborah's mind was quick
it all flashed upon her, bowling her in
spirit to the ground. Reuther had
been singed by the knowledge of her
fathers ignominy, she would be con-
sumed if inquiry were carried further
and this ignominy transferred to the
proper culprit. Oliver alone could be
meant. The doubts she had tried to
suppress from her own mind were
shared by others-others!
In five minutes she was crossing the
road, her face composed, her manner
genial, her tongue ready for any en-
counter. The truth must be hers at
all hazards. If it could be found here,
then here would she seek it. Her long
struggle with fate had brought to the
fore every latent power she possessed.
Miss Weeks was ready with her
greeting. A dog from the big house
across the way would have been vel
coined there. The eager little seam
stress had never forgotten her hour
in the library with the half-uncon-
scious judge.
Mrs. Scoville!" she exclaimed, fut-
tering and leading the way into the
best room; "how very kind you are
to give me this chance for making my
apologies. You know we have met
before"
Have WEI" Mrs. ScovilIe did not
remember, but she smiled her best
smile. 81 am glad to have you ac-
knowledge an old acquaintance. II
makes me feel less lonely in my new
life
Mrs. Scoville, I am only too hap
py." 1t was braveIy said, for the little
woman was in a state of marked en-
barrassment Could it be that the Wis
itor had not recognized her as the
person who had accosted her on that
memorable morning she first entered
Judge Ostrander's forbidden gates?
ITO RE CONTTNTyFDl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01

dermined a strength which she had
always considered inexhaustible Reu-
Their began to notice her pallor, and
the judge to look grave. She was
forced to complain of cold land il
this she was truthful enough to &C.
count for her alterations of feverish
impulse and deadly Iassitude. The
trouble she had suppressed was hav-
ing its quiet revenge.
Yves there no medium course? Could
she not learn where Oliver had been
on, the night Of that old-time murder?
Miss Weeks was near neighbor and
saw everything Miss Weeks never
forgot; to Miss Weeks she would go.
She had passed the first gate and
was on the point of opening the sec
ond one, when she saw on the walk
before her small slip Of brown pa
per. Lifting it, she perceived upon it
an almost illegible scrawl which she
made out to read thus:
For Mrs. ScoviIle:
Do not go wandering all over the town
for clues. Look closer to home.
And below:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-01
SOME GOOD IN VIVID COLOR

CTO BE CONTINUED)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15
OVER MIDSUMMER
DULNESS MARK
Mineola Transaction Re
minder of Autumnal
Season.

The real estate market at Mineola,
Central Nassau County, has passed the
danger mark of midsummer lethargy
and il is showing a spontanelty char
acteristic of the autumn demand for
suburban real estate. Villa plots for
improvement comprise the bulk Of the
demand, especially in the Boulevard
section, the accessibility Of which IS
accentuated by being situated midway
between Mineola and East Wllllston
stations of the Long Island Railroad.
Aside from sharing in the trend OF
general real estate demand, Mineola
has a real estate market peculiarly its
own. Being the county seat OF Nassau
County. the place is visited frequently
by hundreds Of lawyers, law clerks and
witnesses as we'll as by many persons
who transact title bushes with the OIL
fees of the several title insurance COM
panies situated in Mineola.
Many of these persons, having seen
Mlneola, have been impressed with ITS
residential advantages, and have be-
come permanent residents; and the
place constantly draws new recruits
from that source as well as other
sources.
LAWYERS can easily go from Mineola
to all parts of Nassau County by troll
lev as well as by trains; and It IS
within easy reach of Manhattan and
Brooklyn. The result is that Mlneola
is becoming a suburban Temple Bar for
many of the legal profession. Many
lawyers have bought plots IN the boule-
ward section for improvement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15

Road, Bronxville, to f. W. Nye, Of
Meadowdale, Bronxvlle, and to Charles
R. Christy and to F. A. Schaf apart
ments in same structure, and also rent
ed for the Residence Company the
property known as Tanglewylde, on
Midland av., Bronxville, to j. NJ.
Names
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15
FAVOR HIRING
COUNTY MEN
Westminster Board Wants Local
Mechanics on Court,
house job.

The Westchester County Board OF
Supervisors has decided TO give special
preference to Westchester contractors
and union labor men in connection with
the erection Of the new courthouse
and county penitentiary. at a cost Of
Sl,l00,000.
1t is also expected that the court
house will be built of Westehester
granite instead of outside stone.
The following resolution was passed
by the supervisors:
Resolved. That it be the sense OF
this board that the Westchester County
building commission incorporate in all
its contracts and specifications for bids
a clause providing that union labor OF
Westchester County only shall be EN-.
ployed in county building work and
Westchester contractors and supply men
shall be given the preference wherever
possible on county work"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15
BROKERS MEET
IN CONVENTION
COnyeneS Tomorrow and
Will Be First of Ma
tional Association.
TOPICS ARRANGED
FOR DISCUSSION
Palph Folks to Welcome the
Visiting Members and
Friends.

The National Association Of Realty
Brokers, who will hold its first con-
vention at the McAlpin Hotel next
Monday, have announced the final ar
rangements for that meeting.
The meeting, which will begin at l
D. m, will deal with the work OF per-
fecting its organization, outlining us
field of future activities and arrang-
ing the time and place for holding the
next convention. An extensive cam
paign for new members throughout
the United States and Canada VIII
also be considered. There is posi-
blity Of the meeting adjournlng TO the
next day.
At night dinner will be held for
the benefit of the members and their
friends. Irwin G. Herman, general
counsel for the association, has been
asked to act as POSTMASTER. Kalpn
Folks, acting president Of the Borough
of Manhattan, will welcome the mem
bers Of the association 10 this city.
A number Of short addresses will be
made by members from different states.
Those asked to speak at this dinner
with the subjects assigned are j. j.
IRlEfR,
Co-operation Among Real Estate Brok-
ers OF Different Sections Can BE More
Effectively Accomplished Through Or
ganization work.; jerome II. Fort, OF
Oneida, \. Y, "What True Co-opera-
ton Among Real Estate Brokers
Should Consist Of; Benjamin c. Fox,
of Chester, Penn, will discuss Mould
ing This Association Into Fulfilling
Functions Now Being Handled BY
Boards of Trade; William +. Wild
man. of Dan5ury, Conn, "Our Emblem
and What # Should Stand For; Al
bert l.. Wyman, of Ridgefield Park, y.
J.. will treat On THE Read Estate Man
and His Advertising; c. J. Oben, OF
Newport, VT, on THE Value OF Pub
fishing a Catalogue of Real Estate
Listines from the Brokers' Stand
point; Wynne James, of Doylestown,
Penn. on "The Needs OF the Real
Estate Brokers from the Smaller Com
munities"; Roscoe l.. Chamberlain, OF
Boston. Mass, will show How Brokers
in Large Cities Can Help Brokers IN
Smaller Communities, When Properly
Organized for Cooperative Work;
Warner Lindsay, jr., Of Atlantic City,
n. J., on "How Organized Cooperation
Among Real Estate Brokers Can Help
the Broker Who Specializes in sum
mer Resort Property; Guy R. Ayres,
of Berlin. Md, on "Fraternalizing Real
Estate Brokers'" and Oliver Bunce
Ferriss, secretary of the National
Properties Company of New York City
will discuss Interstate Business Sc
curable in Real Estate Lines"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15
TENNIS CLUB
BUYS NEW SITE
Nepperhan Organization Intends
at Later Date to Build
Clubhouse.

The Robert f. Farley Organization
has sold at Nepperhan Heights. Yonk-
ers. to the Nepperhan Tennis Club ten
nlots on Fairview Avenue, Marlboro
Road and Myrtle Avenue. The club will
begin the construction of its new
courts there for next season, contlnu-
ing with the present accommodations
for the balance of this year.
The club has been leasing these
courts for some time, but the move
ment 10 own its own land has been pro-
crossing for the last year. Eventually
a clubhouse will be built on Marlboro
Road overlooking the courts. This Is
one of the choicest sections on the
Nepperhan Heights property, where
active building operations are gong
forward.