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BORN AND TRAINED IN THE WEST IlnrriNlilii * of Knrly I.lfo mill StriiK- tlc'M (11 Secure nitlliluoitfloii ISxiivrlcncvN In Hie IlullKlouit Field. To grip the hand of No well Dwlght Hll lls , to meet Ills nlort , kindly eye , to talk with him , to know him ns ho Is , as ho gives himself unreservedly to Ills closer friends , Is to go away convinced that ho Is not only a great man amdng men , but a genius. These who liavo heard him prenoli luvo felt the Intellectual , the spiritual man ; those who liavo mot him In quiet dis cussions of bcoks or of social conditions have seen the keenly alive , the broad- thlnklng .man ; but these -who know him best , who understand what llfo means to him , who know of his early struggles and of his later responsibilities , who nro In touch with him as a charitable , loyal , warm-hearted friend , have seen the man himself and they know that he Is greater than any quality or qualities which may have brought him fame. To bo culled at ( 29 years of ago to occupy a pulpit that is larger In tradition and in requirements than any other In this coun try , If not In the English-speaking world , Is a roro distinction. Dr. Hlllls will step Into the place ibullt up by Henry Ward needier and added to iby Lyman Abbott , -with the authority of a man who has succeeded al ready far beyond the dreams of the country boy , who struggled hard for an education nnd who denied himself many comforts that his llttlo library might gradually expand. A Man of tlio Went. Dr. Hlllls .tho degree of D. D. was con ferred by Northwestern university in 1S9I is an Iowa man so far , that is , as birth place and parly education go ; the son of n preacher ; but after his 17th year his clrclo of work was broidcnod so materially as to make him a man of 'tho west than of any sluglo state. Ho was born of good old Puritan stock , in Magnolia , whither Ills parents had migrated , the father to devote a rugged llfo to spreading his own concep tion of education and religion. Thus the 'boy was brought up In a homo which , though plain and barren of luxuries , gave him the Impetus to follow the scholar's llfo. Ho began life , real llfo , much earlier than Is usually the caeo nowadays. When hut 17 , after teaching a country school and managing to save a pitiful llttlo sum. ho left homo for Grlnnell college and on educa tion. How ho Btrovo and struggled and all but starved , how ho pinched and worried U known to few ; the full story may some day bo told U may not. Dr. Hlllls himself Is inclined to pass over this period of his lifo with a reminiscent 8111110 , "Yes , " ho said , In reply to a question , "U wan a llttlo hard at times , but It didn't last long , Oatmeal get monotonous for a steady diet , you know. " OruiiiiUInu ; Sunday SVlioolH. It Is with considerable quiet amusement that ho tells of hard knocks and odd ex periences. While nt Clrlunell , hanging on to llfo oud work by sheer nervous persistence , he interested himself in organizing a Sun day school. Though but a boy ho showed such marked aptitude , and his labora brought such Immediate success , that the attention of a man of means was foounud upon him. An offer was made him to leave college and to drive through the went or ganizing Sunday schools , at a salary of $60 a mouth. This would give him a double op portunity to gain experience In his chosen field mid to eoublo him to start a library , to ho accepted , From the start tie was successful. His zeal and fervor , hta magnetic personality , his rer uiarUablo ulft of eloquence , ail were con centrated upon this work. Ho drove from village to village In a covered buggy , stop ping at each long enough to get the new In stitution fairly under way before driving on. From the middle west ho continued Into the mountains , mingling with all kinds of men , sometimes Identifying himself with the lowest grades of society. One incident in particular ho likes to recall : I'reauIiliiK in 11 ailiicr'H Saloon. "In ouo mining settlement I had a strange experience. Probably some one of my fromer pupils had preceded me , for on en tering the village I was hailed by a beetle- brow cil villain who announced himself as Itio mayor and tavern keeper. Ho asked mo If I was the preacher. As I had not been ordained , I said no. " 'You do preach sometimes , don't you ? ' ho Insisted. I told him that I talked on occasion. " 'Well , ' ho said , 'I'll tell you , wo haven't heard any talking for a good while and the dental remark probably aroused memories of better days in each of them. "After the meeting , as I stood outside the tavern to get a breath of pure air , my host came out and approached mo awkwardly. Ho started to speak , then hesitated , finally thrusting a bill into my hand. " 'Here's that ? 5 , ' ho said , 'somo of the boys-say you've got to take it. ' "I was prompted to refuse , but ho would not permit It. Others saw the act , nnd they nt once took up a collection of nearly $80 , Of course I could not , as they urged , keep it for myself , but it helped Uio work along. Prom their looks I almost feared that they would shoot it I refused. " A. Jnnltiir ( or Collcifc KOCH. But though this work was congenial ho could not relinquish the idea of an educa tion , and on his return ho entered Lake Forest university. Hero occurred some of the hardest struggles of his life. Ho se cured a position as janitor of a local church NKWELL DWIQHT HILLIS. ( Hio latest photograph. ) boys would like it If you'd preach to them. ' It was a llttlo outsldo the line of my experience , but I agreed. The tavern keeper entertained mo until the appointed hour , I when ho led mo to Uio bar room. Seats i had been made by laying planks across I beer kegs. The room was dimly lighted ! with kerosene lamps , and the air was heavy with tobacco smoke and the odor of I liquor. Cowboys had been sent to scour the near country and everybody had come. ! The room was packed with men and two or three women were in the rear , one of whom held a * nby , "I talked as Informally as I could , and apparently was holding tlielr interest somewhat - what , when the baby began to cry. The mother was crowded too closely to bu able ' to mo\e at onee , so I waited while she tried to soothe the child. The fact that I was compelled to wait seemed to anger one of the men , for ho sprang up and demanded that the child bo removed. Another an swered him liotly , and In a moment the crortd was divided and the situation began to get exciting. I had no Idea of what I should do to quiet the disturbance , so I said the only thing that came Into ray head : " 'Hoys , I like to hear that child cry. It reminds mu of my llttlo nlcco at home , I'd eUo $5 right now to hear her cry , " . "For some reason U seemed to' touch them , for they stopped almost Immediately. I It lias since occurred to me that my acel- at a salary of $1.50 a week , the appreciative but business-like committee stipulating that one of his tasks should bo to address tbo weekly prayer meeting. Somehow , by liv ing on next to nothing and by accepting every odd Job that offered , ho managed not only to eke out a living , but to accumulate a library of 400 books. Ho finally was ap pointed assistant in the university library , and tden It was that he set himself the task of reading at least partially every book on the shelves In the order of their alphabetical arrangement , beginning with Addlson. It was hero that ho built up the habit of read ing , which so largely accounts for his wide Information ; ho learned to get out the gist of a book and Its style and structure with out taking time to read It through , for such tlmo lie did not have. It took htm three years to go through the library , At Lake Forest ho had ono experience which at the time probably came closer to" tragedy than his present laughing account would lead one io believe. \Vnrl.lnK for Tno Dollar * 11 Wt-ek , "I got down to bed-rock , " he- said , "down to where I had neither money nor the prospect of earning any , and naturally was a llttlo blue. One day , through an ac cidental meeting , I secured employment on a farm near the town , The agreement was that I should receive board , lodging and $2 a week I got the board and lodging , euch as U was , but , when the time was up my i employer refused to ptvy inc. " Ho paused , whllo his eyes twinkled. "If there over was a tlmo In my llfo when I gave way to un christian thoughts " But a smllo closed the sentenco. In splto of his raodttSty enough can bo gleaned from his own statements to convince one of the terrible earnestness of the man through his trials. His Indomitable spirit , ha ! nervous vigor , his practical optimism , nil kept him at It with a persistence that perhaps was partly outsldo of himself. After college came the McCormlck semi nary In Chicago , where he received hla theo logical training , and after that the great life-work. Ho preached first at Peoria. His success there was so pronounced that ho was called to the First Presbyterian church of Evanston , a position in such close touch with Chicago church circles that his name grow- rapidly. A few years more and David Swing died ; then Dr. Hillis stepped into his place in Central church , Chicago. Many there were who said that he could not do It , that ho was too young , too inexperienced , that it meant the decline of Chicago's most prominent church organization. But how ho silenced his critics Is a matter of too recent history to call for comment. Sermons in Favor. Dr. Hlllls has published a number of books , compilations of sermons and ad dresses , and all have met with remuikablo success. The more Important of these , "A Man's Value to Society" and "Tho Invest ment of Influence , " show oven to the casual reader the secret of his success. His writing Is like himself , keen , logical , forceful , and , better still , Intensely human. Though not yet 40 , ho has seen more than fulls to the lot of most older men. Ho has lived through hardships Into success ; and the hard treat ment which might have made a cynic or a failure of a smaller man has mellowed him and ripened him Into strong , vital manhood. And there is in all his work a gentle , tolerant erant humor that often crystallizes Into wit. Dr. Illllls Is a very careful writer. Ho gives mlnuto attention to every detail of style , and his study of the masters shows In every line of his writing. Even when carried away by the flow of his own Ideas ho con- wtiucts each sentence with the precisian that long practice has developed Into In stinct. In delivering a sermon , however , h'o Is not bound to the manuscript , and often ho uses the written pages merely for an outline , breaking away from them into extended flights of eloquence. The history of Plymouth church Is built upon the lives of two great men. lr. Hlllls , tbo third to occupy Us pulpit , will bo watched with absorbing Interest by the whole country. These who know him best feel sure that the noblest efforts of an al ready noble llfo will be devoted , not only to continuing the work , but to carrying It Into larger fields. HAIIIUT-KOOT scinxcn. 1'litloNOpliy of tinThliiK I-.viiiiiiiilcil | li > ' C'oloni-1 Uranium. "You wouldn't think that a rabbit's foot could knock out the combined medical knowledge of a big city , but It can , " re- mnrked Colonel M. iM. Brannon of the Treasury department to a Now York Sun correspondent. The colonel has long been regarded as authority on rabbit-foot science , U an old newspaper man and has the honor of having been the first man to name Orover Cleveland for the presidency and of having sent him a copy of his paper printed on white satin with the corners tied with the feet of graveyard rabbits. For t be-so reasons what ho has to say on the subject will bo found Interesting. "Yes , It Is a fact , " continued the colonel , "and the rabbit's foot Is hero to stay. Why , I'd rather give up my Job than my rabblt'J { foot. Some people believe In conjuring , In ghosts , In working spells. In bewitching and In tbo eltlcacy of howe chestnuts and Irish potatoes to euro and ward off certain ail ments. Others do not believe lu these things. Who Is to say -which class 1s the wiser ? Is it not just as absurd to bellevo too llttlo as too much ? Tbo posltlvlst laughs at the credulity of the man who tolUi of an apparition or a dream that came to pass , yet the dreamer will laugh In turn at tli ( i narrow horizon of his friend the posl- tlvliL 'There arc moro things In heaven and earth , Horatio , than arc dreamt of In your philosophy. ' But that a rabbit's foot should walk In and serenely untlo the Gordlan knot that had baffled the best skill of the science of medlclno h something that will put skeptics to thinking. "Thero is ono thing about .rabbit-foot . philosophy that is of great Importance. The foot of . .thograveyard rabbit has all the powers of Uio foot of the ordinary rabbit multiplied to < i phenomenal degree , each foot taking precedence as with the others. The loft forefoot of the graveyard rabbit Is the thing to make things hum. It derives its potency from the laot that a rabbit scratches on the grave with Its left foot. All animals scratch with the left foot when they scratch with one foot at a time. Even chickens , when ithcy begin to scratch , al ways begin with the left foot. "Now , whllo the left forefoot of the rabbit la the ablest Instrument of conjuring known to the followers of rabbit-foot science , there are certain conditions under which it maybe bo procured that greatly enhance Its vir tues for instance. If it Is killed of a moon- shiny night. This Is because on such a night ghosts and spectres walk abroad nnd the atmosphere Is laden with sucJi general Bkeerlnesa that the foot of itho rabbit ab- eorls the occult qualities of the hoodoo. If a graveyard rabbit ho killed of a moonshlny night and with a 'sassafnak' stick cut In Uie dark'of the moon with a knlfo that cost I ! ) cents , thcro Is nothing that will not yield to its powers. A few applications would even euro chronic ofllceseekers. "Thcro are many thliiKS our doctors know , and a few things they do not know. For in stance1 , sometimes they know that they do not know -what alls a patient , but they know enough to keep other people from knowing .that they do not know it. A fellow over In Jersey City came within nn ace of dying of hiccoughs and If it had not been for a rab bit's foot ho would liavo passed over the river sure. Ho could hear the splashing of the waters of the Illver Jordan tigalnst the bank , so near -was ho , when rabbit-foot philosophy elbowed Itself into the room , waved modlcnl science iisldo and assorted Itself. The fellow's name was John Car- berry , a bartender , a mixer of Jersey llKht- nliiR , and ho was 'taken ' with a lit of hic coughs whllo being shaved In a barber shop. Ho applied the usual simple- remedies , but got no better. Ho went homo , went to bed and sent for a physician. The man of - medicine cine came , prescribed for him , collected ? 2 and went homo. Next day other physicians 1 were summoned , then others and others , until .thirteen of them were applying 'their remedies. "They nil looked WEO , of course , and Rupornaturally polcmn , nnd all made nug- gestlons , llko pcnplo will about running a newspaper. Then they held a consultation nnd they actually ngrcod that the patient was In a bad fix , nnd the patient thought io himself. ICnch doctor suggested n remedy and they concluded to try them all , If the poor fellow hold out. They wont nn dosing and dosing from day to day , and Cnrberry continued to lc o flesh. "When the case got Into the papers people from all over the country began to send remedies , eomo of them by telegraph. Ono man suggested that Sir. Carberry have hla friends stand him nn his head and hold him in that position until ho bccnmo black in the face. A woman wanted feathers burned under his bod. Every remedy that came was tried , or very nearly all of them. There ho lay between llfo nnd death for about seventy-two days. Ho only nlopt an hour or two at a time , when under the Influence of drugs. He became so weak that the hic coughs made no noise simply an upheaval of the chest. The doctors had long since given up hopo. It was a wait for Iiluchor or death , and Dluchcr came. An old-tlmo plantation mammy entered the room , with a bundle tied up in a bandana handker chief , nnd announced that she had como to euro Mat chile of dem hlkkups. ' She un tied the handkerchief and , taking out the left forefoot of a graveyard rabbit , said : " 'Put dls under de Chile's he'd ; den do chllo m us' roll do BO fa to do mlddlo of do room , an * walk roun * It flee times to do right wld his thumba clasped , an' dvu walk roun' it free times to do lef wld his llttlo fingers clasped. Den do chllo mus' lay down. Ho'll go to sleep an' not wako up till mawnln' . ' "Carberry didn't have tlmo to try the remedy , for the good old woman's simplicity nnd earnestness tickled him , and he got Into a fit of laughing which lasted several min utes. Then ho wont to sleep nnd did sleep until morning. Ho Is now a well man , and la dispensing family-disturber to nil comers at the same old stand. Now , some will say that it wasn't the rabbit's foot that cured him , for he didn't try It. To my mind it proves the marvelous power of a remedy that will cure without taking It. That Is where the rabbit's foot shows its majestic superiority over doctor's medicine. " GH.VXT'S CHK.YT III2AHT. Hi'fiiNccl to 3litUi > I'lirftHiiit "Warfare on a AVoiimu , At ono of tlio clubs Inht night , relates the Washington Post , a party of gentlemen was discussing that charming story told by that most excellent nctor and thorough gentle man , Stuart Ilobson , of General Grant's reply ito the card asking If ho had paid for his box at the theater on a certain occasion. Every one enjoyed it , and after the laugh was over ono of the party narrated the fol lowing anecdote of that extraordinary man , which may bo history and may bo romance , but all will agree that It ought to have oc curred If it did not. "When General Grant was president a certain statesman in congress , Intent on political nnd official spoil , In nosing around In ono of the departments found that the daughter of James Jackson , who killed Ells worth In Alexandria In 1SC1 , was on the roll BH a clerk. The statesman had a hench man who desired Just such a clerkship and on lil.s demand Miss Jackson was removed and the henchman Installed In her place. "Tho young woman was In great distress , for others were dependent on 'her ' for food and raiment. She consulted a friend , who .advised her to go to the president and lay her case before him. She shrank from the trial nnd protested that General Grant had no tlmo to waste on her , and 'that If ho did have the tlmo ho would only take delight In confirming the action of his subordinate. 'Go and BL O General Grant , ' urged her friend , and she did go and see him. The president heard her patiently and In silence. \VJicn she closed ho quietly said'flo home , young JJdy , and take courage , You shall bo restored to your place. ' "With a heart overflowing with gratitude she _ wcnt homo and the following day a messenger from the Whlto House called at her lodgings and left a note from the presi dent with an Inclosuro of something like this : 'To the Secretary of the . Dear Sir : Hestoro Mies Jackson to the clerkship from which she was dismissed last week. U. S. Grant. ' She took It to the department nnd presented It to the secretary , who Indorsed It , 'There Is no vacancy at present. ' Much crestfallen eho took the paper nnd returned homo to consult the frlond who had first advised her to eco General Grant. Ho read the paper and the Indorsement and said to her 'Take this to General Grant , It will bo all light. ' She took It to Grant and ho read It. Without a word ho wont to his desk , took up a pen and wrote under the Indorse ment of aiio secretary : 'Then make a va cancy. This government ! s too powerful and too magnanimous to wage war on women and orphans. U. S. Grant.1 The vacancy was made and Miss Jackson was restored to the public service. " I 'ale. Detroit Journal : Bometlmca n man BC-cirm to bo In tlio hands of an Inexorable fate. Algernon Fltzntourlco loved Madeline Potts madly , devotedly , with u consuming imifslon ; yet ho did not come to cull on her."When "When will the twentieth century begin ? " ho sudiUnly uskcO her , one ev-nliiK , nuw that ho perceived the falsL-nt-bS of Ills posi tion. "You must ask pupa , first ! " faltered Mad eline. Algernon struggled manfully nualnst the cumin of cventa , and wius therefore niiKh prlbtd , upon moctlnt ; the old man nw.t Uuy."Po to hour hlmxvlf hay. " Potts wtmt'll knx-k n , rold ! " The father deftly ueurched the young fel low's pockets for cigars before- replying for Math-line was the light of his home. ( Hero thu proprietors of the magazine In which this story Is running , offer a prize 6f J2M.OOO to anybody who will KUOSS how It all ends. It would be bad faith In us to anticipate. ) Cook's Imperial Champapne , extra dry , naturally fermented , nearly fifty years' record as a delicious drink. STOHIUS AIJOUT SsTIJWAUT. The Sliver Kiilnlit on ilic Stump nnil In Mexico. The following characteristic anecdotes nrd related by the Washington Post of Senator Stewart of Nevada : In 1S9C Stewart was In great demand as a stumper. Late In October ho was billed to speak In Kentucky. Ho arrived In Louis ville on n Saturday afternoon and stopped at the Gait house. The spacious rotunda of that famous hostelry Is a favorite gathering place on Sunday mornings of many of the leading citizens of that town , whore they exchange compliments and pass opinions on men , things and events , past , present nnd to bo. On this particular Sunday mnrulng following Stewart's arrival the lobby was unusually crowded and the discussions were most animated. On this particular occasion the venerable senator about 11 n. m. has es tablished himself -with his stenographer and typewriter back of the clerk's desk ami In the Immediate rear of the lobby. After n tlmo the crowd Jn the lobby were staitleit by what was evidently the exordium of a stump speech , and a silver speech at that. It was Stewart dictating to hla stenographer his Kentucky speech. Ho had : Just finlshol Indiana. Ho was walking the floor wholly unconsclouH of the fact that ho luid nn audience. The silver men In the rotunda would applaud at his telling points , but what brought the house down republicans , silver democrats , gold democrats and nil- was this gem , which ho dictated ail ha walked back and forth : "O , but they say , 'Stewart Is rich , nnd has got million * In vested in silver mines. Suppose ho has ? What the hell has that got to do with It ? " The old fellow came out a few minutes later , and everybody of nil shades of po litical opinion made much of him , though : ho never know that his speech had been overheard. Another anecdote of Senator Stewart , ro- latcd l > y another gentleman , wan tin account of his conference with President Diaz ot Mexico Bomo years ago. It seems that Ste wart and a party of Americans wore la Mexico to close negotiations for ceitnlu con cessions touching some railroads and mines nnd other matters , Senator Stewart wau the spokesman for the party. The Mexican president wan supposed not to understand English and a most accomplished Inter preter was present to translate Into Spanish what the senator said. The conference took ; place In the Mexican cabinet room , The Mexican president was on ono side ot tbn tabla and the American senator on the other , The senator began a discussion ot the concession that was sought and as ha made his speech the Interpreter turned It Into Spanish , After a llttlo time tbo sen ator got Into the silver question up to Ills elbow. Ho let tbo concession slide ami dipped Into Lombard street , Wall street , gold gamblers , gold bonds and eo on and BO on for two mortal hours. The president was supposed not to understand English ; but frequently , almost constant tv.-ltcblnua of his countenance belled the supposition. After Stewart wag exhausted ho sunk bnclc Into his chair , Wbeu the Interpreter sug gested that ho would bettor say something ; about the concession , "O bell , " replied the old fellow , "You konw as much about that as I do. Go on and tell him about It la hlsj own lingo , " GIVE THE CHILDREN A DRINK called Graln-O. It Is a delicious , appetlr- tng , nourishing food drink to take the place of coffee. Hold by nil groci-rB and liked by all who have used It becuusa when properly prepared It taiteu like tlm finest coffee , but is fr from all IU In jurious i > ropertlfl. Gruln-O uld < llrttlon and Btrcntihens the iicrvm. It IB not a , Mltnulnnt but a health builder , and chil dren , as well as adults , can drink It with great benefit , Costa abjut one-fourth M iiiuUi uu coffee , ISo and 23c.