| OCR Text |
Show -5 casement, and after that the moiicj , " will come in faster. In the meantliu the minister in wratohing everyvrhernr for anything that will mako I church more commodious or his horoo more attractive. .. , "The teason-for ydofnglJtMa, Grandma Pillbeck and the Tin Clock said. Revr-Mr Schwarxr as he U34 aside the tools with which he waav-heipinir waav-heipinir tbe workmen, "la that 1 be By Ellis Parker BuHef. lieve that right here: is tbe best Heidi ..for work among the . Germane thai there la in all the northwest My Atdhor oFPids is Pads" EfcvG IIJXfSTOATED 2PETER. NEWELL PLEASANT GROVE NEWS 1 DTrvTHTT TTrHTTT TA TT7 m i mi r i i J ik?i I i n r t i i i- j - - v lit HA M 1 l J J UAm tl LA t'-AUJ U ft I A 7 jj t--.-. rrw m a i v ill ill ii i n if j.i i s i it i rn ict i i ay mm fimnll rona-ree-atlon la hACAima frill a agi. T " ' " "nm --rift here I can reach so many Uermens. i : - jjgjtyye . jfNa'!. jgSi? was born a n American, but cam . ? . C r Jr z&h&z'ifAj J'sm. from' German parents and am that- -t WKf0?r jS t oughly German la thought and feet (KOr"TTvVvSt LXT1" ,n' 1ST,len 1 decided to become VVSPPS,S was among my own people, so I N" S"led at a Gerina" m'lnary. M. i w ii m i a r mjr ... . .. v ii fry r n - Vai . .. 1 She Set the Hands at Six o'Clock, and Stared at Them Ten Minute. In the 4eath of CranJrua Susan Mllbeck. which took place unexpectedly unexpect-edly last Thursday, Ftetzville lost one . of her most sober-minded female citizens, citi-zens, and by order of the city council a crape streamer was tied to the' Pill-beck Pill-beck box in the Metivllle post office. As there has been very little' doing In - black goods In Betxvllle - lately the Bankrupt Store neit the post office supplied the crape at half price. The Bankrupt Store Is one of Betivllle's oldest and most enterprising mercantile mercan-tile concerns, and Is conducting a mourning sale all this week, in memory mem-ory of Grandma Pillbeck, who uued to trad- there, Anyone expecting to mourn In the near future should Uke advantage of this sale. When interviewed as to the cause of Grandma Pillbeck's sudden demise, Orlando Pillbeck, her son. Informed our reporter that she was simply worn to a frazxle. As be remarks lu the graceful obituary poem, published on another page, right under Uncle Ash-dod Ash-dod Clute's bog and cattle sale advertisement: adver-tisement: "Grandma PUlbwk has con and went V ! ih . ansels brlshtlv (Iti1, , Grltlng to bxl tur utrvncth It upcnl And worrd her to a fr!." In this connection wet wih tj remark re-mark that Epbron Quat, proprietor of the Betiville Furniture Emporium, says that if Orlando had opened op a little and had bought grandma .pne of the patent spring beds he Is now showing, she would have lasted much longer, these bds being bouncy, and nore resilient than tbe slat bed on h!rh Grandma Pillbeck frazzled away to eternity. It seems that some years ago Grand ma Pillbeck read In a paper that oversleeping over-sleeping la the morning could be easily eas-ily avoided, and as she was a regular oversleeper, she took the article to heart It said that It was only necessary nec-essary to get a clock, and before retiring, re-tiring, set the hands to point to the d'stred rising time, end sure at tbem long and well, and wbVn' the hands reached that position to the ntwmlng - t&e leper would unfailingly avaken. - So Grandma Pillbeck got a Ua clock for SI rests aad tried It- She set tbe hands at six o'clock, and stared at them for tea minutes, and then set the clock at the proper time and went to Wd. and. sure enough, at exactly six o'clock the aext Bonrfng she awakeoed. She was delighted, and did It agsia the sen B'gbt, and tbe Beit morning she agaia aakesed at six o'clock precisely After that she kept It up regularly, and it aever failed. For about three years she gazed at sis o'clock every a!ftt. aad aaaB4 at six o'clock every leg. aad by that tiae ebe had acquired ac-quired the habit of rtsiag whenever the hand of the clock pointed to six. ghe foend thst she had looked at the ctork so cfies lhaf ft HI M Ktir neceasary to look at It before goiag to bed whenever the hands pointed -to nix she had to f .P ost of bed. Abost Eve weeks sx Ue Gresd KB r.i:ik was sleeping BoaeefaHy is the sbid&e of tie a fit. sh suddenly sud-denly JBped Oct of hod as If tav p:4 y aa trW-eaVte tmpso. or. as she expressed ft. "as if noe eae ka4 kicked ovt." and wko she CgVted her una nke new that tin cJork wan poiaUsg fo otx o'clock. Bosnhlnt had ge wt wr th works of the tin clock, as things are apt to go wrong with the Inwards of those 8t-cenl clocks, and th6 clock was running too fast, but as long as she was up she thought she might as well stay up, so she did. nut in three hours tbe hands of the clock had run around to six again, and Grandma Pillbeck felt herself lrreslstably Impelled Im-pelled to get Into bed again, of. as she expressed It, "as if some one bad kicked rue into bed." r 7 As she lay there, thinking what would be the best thing to do, she fell Into a doze, nnd she, must have slept three hours, for, the first thing she knew she was lrreslstably Impelled out of bed again. Tbe bands of the clock were pointing to six! That afternoon Orlando Pillbeck, her son, took the tin clock and a screwdriver and set to work to correct cor-rect the clock, and Grandma Pillbeck had a long rest out of bed. for Orlando found he could not get all the parts back Into the tin clock that he had taken out of It, but about sundown he gave it up, and put all tbe parts he could back into the clock. He had tfl leave out the little Jigger- that keeps the clock from running away with. Itself. But by leaving tbe clock unwound, and. setting the bands personally per-sonally when she wanted to go to bed. and having Orlando set tbem at six ben It was time for her to get up, she did very well, until Orlando happened hap-pened to go away for a week of nh-Ing. nh-Ing. That week grandma slept a whole week, and when Orlando returned re-turned and st the clock she was so week from Isck of food that she wobbled. wob-bled. So Orlando decided to get a sew tin clock, and wbea tbe peddler came around be traded In tbe old one and 75 cents for a new one. All would hare been well, but It seems that Grandma PiHbctk bad become be-come attuned to the old clock as you might nay nnd did not respond, to the new one, and the peddler must have given the old clock to his children chil-dren to play with when he got home. His children must hsve spent their days winding the old tin clock and allowing al-lowing It to ma down at the rate of H hours a minute. They were probably prob-ably early rioers. those children, nnd went to bed late, nnd played with the old tla clock industriously, for from six a. m. uotll niae p. m. Graadmn Plllbrk responded to the hands of the clock. Every few seconds sbe was trretlvtably ImpelW Into bed. nnd every few seconds she was lr-resistabty lr-resistabty Impelled out V kin, an the hands of the clock SBsrnd silx It as pitiful 10 nee tbe sober facd bid lady bouncing lato bed nnd out of it fhe would sued with a scared x pressioa. and suddenly she would twitch, and Into bed she woe Id go, nnd lo4tlr she W4 twMrw. nnd wt she would ewe. She woro of a I great deal of fh c J siata of the bed. awt Ue ctork (sade faster and faster tla. nnd nt (net she only had rise to kit tie loot before she went back nnd tn the slats. Ortando tried to find where the p4ir Bved. so ke eoc'4 Uke the clock eway from kiss. nt no one knew, nnd Grnndsta Prbk Bounced novond th troshtee of this worU at e'g t o'clock- Inst Tknrwdsy asomUg cTv.vt rw. t w a ojmi N architectural anomaly, a beautiful build -tng Uuilt from scrap aialeriaU- ia -the-pro- duct of the genius, energy and inspiration of an Omaha clergyman. When completed the First German Presbyterian church will present an edifice of stable and dignified beauty, yet all the material that goes into Its construction is discarded Junk gathered from every available source. It represents what can be accomplished by a few ear- esErBafd'Worklng;meirTindepthrneader ship of preacher full of enthusiasm and Inspiring : optimism; When be first went to Omaha, three years ago, Rev. Julius F. Schwars determined that his congregation should have a new church.- The fact that the mem- -f-bera-nTttmberea only-a-BTirl the whole Tropmr-of the corporation was about $5,000 troubled him not at all. and he began to build with as much faith as (f he had the riches of Solomon. His plan was to gather everywhere, whenever he could, all the old but strong timbers, all the Iron Junk available for structural use, all tbe loose and Irregular stone and all the generally discarded building materials that ntiM tt tnttnA In Hmltll and fit) IB . them to build a church. It was 6ot to I Tie a Sean TanOgiFhous of worship, but awell-equlpped,,well arranged ample meeting place for his people. He has now extended It to Include' an 11-room bouse for. his own family and the whole property would have cost $30,000 If It had been butlt by contract As built by Rev. iiu Sch wan and his fellow - laborers It will cost less than $25,000. The other $15,000 has been saved to his people by the perseverance, energy and Ingenuity In-genuity of the pastor. The first charge that Mr. Schwars took when he left the theological seminary was at Connersvllle, Ind. For six years he remained there and was called to Omaha three years ago on a recommendation from one of bis Instructors In the theological school. -At that time the First Oerman Presbyterian was a small frame church. As soon as the new pastor came be announced that the church was too email. To build a church with a membership of 60 seemed out of tbe question to all but tbe pastor. He thought he knew a way and be set about It with almost no support st first, from the others. For a year he sought for a suitable location and finally purchased tbe lot the new. church Is on for $1,800 When he bought tbls tract the fund which be drew from amounted to $57. His first move was to sell the old church for $IJ50. Aa soon aa the lot was paid for be shouldered a spade, and replacing his ministerial dignity with a grim and effective energy he began to dig. The first thing tbst a church needed was a foundation. He had no money, but he could make tbe foundstlon himself, and that would be one step toward It He asked for contributions from friends outside of Omaha and walled for bis own people to contribute vol-untsrlly. vol-untsrlly. Tbe dollars came slowly, but they came with sufficient steadiness steadi-ness to assure htm that be could mske a few purchases for n stsrt While wnlklng on the street one day be ssw that Id repairing tbe street tb old curbs were being taken up -These are food blocks." said lb psstor-bullder, and he bargained with tbe contractor to take them off bis bsnds. Tbst stoos weot Into tbe foundation. Hie next lot of material came when the nail that supported the yard of tbe old Rosewater residence was to be torn down. Men hired by Mr. 8cbwars did the work and the ones ana sioge was taken out aod out t, wall, that were gradually rising od ?b. " rrn site. Some of hi. congregstu,; SJi tribute two or three days' work . . gathering material or "h teams. la Tbe south steps from the am mw , building follo-ed d t"e.e ma?. 5 table- on both side, of the ch?rch partTf'tl. bulldlag The parsonage end was being added lo from the stone that could be picked op .round stone yards tor small expense and converted Into suitable blocks. convene .... i ) j beautiful Edifice sin2 Erected bv: Per. ScAwdrr&z yi Rev. Julius f. Schwsrs. dimensions nnd bns II fine rooms. On the front of tbe rburch will be n tower whlcft will ; be Just as btglrnnd substantial ns It can be made Jrom what Is left of tbe stone sfter the rest of the structure Is finished. - The plans for all of It were sketched by the Rev. Mr Schwsrx and made exact by an architect archi-tect There are no sperlflcat lona in use. The plans" sre" followed fol-lowed not by getting get-ting materiel to fit them, but by conforming con-forming tbem ss nesrly as possible to material tbst can be cheaply bought The work went slowly, because Mr Aa opportunity csme to the builders when the drlvewny wss constroctetd leading down to the felon station- on tbe north side. Here was bought 1S.W0 feet of lumber that had been used la ncnffoldlcg and a carload of fine red sandstone wae purchased for $10. When, n few weeks later n contractor offered Mr. Scbwars V9 for that same carload of red stone becsuse ke Bede4 It to fill a cost net in n harry, the minister gnve sp his material and added I'O clear to the fund. TtU was tbe only enterprise for profit thnt was entered Into for tbe benefit of .e cause, except n litUe deal In lend pipe which the minister had with a prominent fraternal order. He bought some old lead from the lodge for $10 and Bold tt for $1$ to a Junk denier. AH winter lorg he kae been tJ'.mirg the repair gangs nbont Ue streets, visiting stone ynrds nnd Jack aespe and adding to the pi!e of matertaJa that Is beisg BUde Into a build. n by hie anea. One of his bfgx.'st nnd aaoet proCuble finds wss n pair of tree pi!xn ts rtrrttfRI U:',Sus whkh ke tovght from the street rnllesy coospeny for their price ns old Iron. The street railway cocn-pnay cocn-pnay also farslseed tla. with the avwt novel nee of old rsaterUI n the wWe banding, wkkb Is Ue avaklcg of rafters oat of oii sel rnilsu The veils are more thaa stroeg enough aad were bowgkt tor the price of Jul a The chnrct. ekkh coosists of a baeeosent ttk a boastifsl fireplaee- nnd an and'.tortnss nkkh wta neat 1.4. Sfrenenree feet The icf extends lock over the pervm-mge. mak'tc tt a fl tkree storiee k:gV .with eee roons la the a;Uc. The bowse pert Is HiM feet la ground Bcbnsrz could not nfford to put on s Isrge force of men His foremsn. Fred Slslher. Is German stone niiwD Tbe wsges of the men sre the one debt which Mr Schwsrx does not Intend to neglect neg-lect srd his men sre paid every Saturday as If they were working for a wealthy contractor who bad thousands to back hla operations. To do this tbe builder hss bsd to rely upon tbe kindness of bis other creditors, who bsve helped the cause by not pressing their clslms. Tbst J.0OO thst haa already been put Into the work was gathered mostly from the contributions of friends all over the country. Other pastors bsve taken up benefit collections, n friend In Indiana In-diana sent $:. and the congregation has contributed con-tributed far beyond what might be expected from their means. Mr. Schwars made a bou to-house campalrn of four days down In Riley. Kan., nnd raised $. In that way. One of the church trustees, trus-tees, who declared when the project was begun that he would not do anything to aid It has already al-ready given IK-', and others hsTe given $I0o and $10 eontr1buMr.s. fburefcs have promised contributions tLst !!) probshly awrase til each and several hundred dollars feore ts expected from that source. "If I Just had $.- more I could fitsUh It." says the minister, and he seems not to lack faith that the $(.000 wP come as tt Is needed. Mr. Sch wart's unique nndertaktcx has attracted attract-ed considerable Bttmtion sed promisee of financial finan-cial assistance bate come ia from vsrions parts f the co';c'ry- Tfc doca:ken la abost worthy wor-thy cause are far the nost part in smaH amounts, but are none the less appreciated by the energetic ener-getic pastor and Use encouragement than received re-ceived has had no little part la b';!ri nlong the good work. Rev. Schwars has aanounced that alt outside con tilbt iocs wKI be gratefully received aad promptly ackeowleged- The l Ht edition to the fund that haa cose so far was the IZ.Sa got froa senirg Ue old parsonage, which the pastor advUed as eooa as ke saw the pw:i;'..'y cf BLSkitg a hotse for kinsee;r ss a pert cf the tew tending. It ts believed be-lieved that enocgh Kore can easily be raised to p?t on a roof eo that sen Scee caa be held ts the position makes It possible for me to reach mawj who are Id need of help and many who are straw gers and I want to stay bere aod make my work effective in helping the German citizens la this country." It ia berariBe of this sincere desire io be of hHf to his church that Mr, Scbwart has labored sttk bis bands and brain to build tbe new church. B - bas arisen out of what seemed to be Insurmoon . sble difficulties. Not only the cornerstone., be every stone In It was once refused by the build ere, but when It Is finished there will be no fault found) with Its smooth, gray walls. Its modern equlpmenf snd Its generous dimensions rn connection with bis pastoral and buiMlng work Rev. Mr Scbwsrx devotes nine hours week to teaching In the I'niverslty of Omahsv where be baa charge of tbe German classea. lie Is also stated clerk of the presbytery of Omaha, nd lfi Vompmatton fivp-1veiT ffolH Ifili ad! Ilkidaf work be considers providential In thst It hHpe to secure hlru sufficient salary to bring his work to a self-supporting basla Rev Scbwsrx' father was a practicing physician) In Franklin county. Mo He balled from Keidea-brg, Keidea-brg, Baden. Germany. Rev. Schwars was left an orphan at the afce of 11 months. He wss taken Into tbe lams of kind hearted couple wbo had already raised eight children of their own As n tribute to the memory of bis foster pae ents snd as n token of appreciation of the kind ness received at their hands, tbe rhurrb parsonage has been turned Into a sort of a home for tbe friendless and a refuse for tbe destitute. Many bsve partaken of the parma'a hospitality matU work or other suristsnce had ben offered. Shu aid tbls sort of hospitality require more spae, tt he possible tbat an old people's borne may be entaav lithed after the financial obligaUona of the church edifice have been met SCIENCE AND FAITH Is It true thst tbe greater the knowledge the? less the religious Interest? Are these two pervonav the msn whoe'rsJ for relia-ioa is eanaled by aa bigotry and ignorance and the other hi whom orS-entific orS-entific study- hss dwsrfed spiritual so,bi:i.y. fair types by which to Judge Ue relations of religiose and knowledge Is Intelligence incompatible with real pfety" Will tbe growth of knowledge bring n!t the dissolution dis-solution of reliaion? the life of reKgioun aspiration aspi-ration and feei.cgs out of date la a scientl& agv such as we are constantly reminded this one he today? Science has overcome surw.illoo; ls fai'b so bound up with superstition that It, tosv must go? We can be sore of one Uleg. at let; that, so matter what ocr feelicgv thoorlee or Idea isay .htVJB a cannot tarn ee beche a tte xTfif wiSld" of fart da It la Laid before ue Thejraitk that Cgttav facts Is cotaclttirg suicide. Appeals to ssr feamr Vsnnot to-day tcake the facte less rial tu an aA we know that hy them we will kut to stand aJ fan. If yo stop to Uick aboet tt, there Is a etr?kJsr s'si&cance la Ue fact that Uts c.-JUe kaa aria a. Ia Ure a religion Cue Ue ln;a:geat. ede-cated, ede-cated, acienU&c saind? It ewreets a&othsr eear-tioa: eear-tioa: Caa aay ether bind felly rcaprcteed Ike riches and aseacicg of ,r;fgioa? TJe attlinkirx elicg to rns4os. tri::x n aad trss Cat are U -vestigas of trnUL The tralaed tc'.'A t.r r Ukav beteeea Ue gars&ects of trntk aai tri.i .'.I |
