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i f AU'fiDAY. OCTODF n 30. Ipl7.
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NEW YORKERS ARE AMAZED BY
THE DISCOVERY.
Aged Man's Strange Abode Concealed
Five Years Find French Cf acmes
Among Miscellaneous Junk.
NKW YORK, N. Y. How Oorse
Colby, known iu Kat New York a
be "Vermont street hermit," lhed iu
a rombination parking rase and piano
box but for five years is revealed by
his removal to the Kings County Hos
pital on an order Issued by tie de
partment of public charities.
The disclosures that followed his
removal amazed polio men and neigh
bors, who for the first time in twenty
two yeais invaded his vacant lot and
picked their way nlont; lane? that
were bordered by heaps of junk, in
cluding partly burned timbers and tlie
copper bottoms of wash boilers.
The examination of the premises re
vealed the life of a twentieth century
hermit who refused 'o permit the ad
ranting boundaries of a city to in- j
trude on his privacy. The lot in which I
he lived was protected from the sight j
of the curious by a high fence.
l'olicemen and neighbors who knew
Colby's hut lay somewhere behind the j
high peek proof fence was amazed to j
find collectiotu of valuahln books
files of newspapers, rullections of hot-1
ties, trunks full of furs and dismantled i
engines among the possessions of the 1
old man. His home, a piano box to J
which had been attached a lai pack-1
in? case, Mas found only ufr a raie. 1
fu! search. . i j
. As1 cleverlv concealed from ihe
Df the curious as ate the dusouts of'
the French army along 'he haMlefrotii
in France; It lay partly underground
and almost under 'he walls of his on
time home, a converted stable Ilia"
was burned down five years apo. He
had lived in tht stable for seventeen
years.
When Colby's cas was brought to
the attention of Mhe department or
charities Dr. Arthur .J. O'Connor of
the Bradford Sired Hospital, was sent
to Investigate the man's condition and
remove him to tha King's County Hos
Ual if It called for hospital care.
A polirem.iti led the physician into
the ,lot, a hole broken through the
feiwc serving as an entrance. Colby
was found lying or his vouch Milieu
the lanterns of the policejwn. anil ni;
balance driver were flashed on, him..
'As Vr. O'Connor . catered , the hut
three half wild crfts scurried from un
der his feet and bid themselves under
the bed. While the man was being
placed on a stretcher the cat snarled
their displeasure. , ,i, ;. .i .,, .
Since he was taken to the hospital
liia one woiry has been the disposition
ftf hla ''valuable property," as b vur !
metal.- ; ) i i. :
The "valuable property"' was exam
ined and workmen wbo appraised the
broken machinery and other article
said there was about $7"0 worth, of
Hen and steel in the lot. A policeman
wanted 235 pots, and puna on the
premises. Among the pieces of ma
chinery was a pile uriver.
Colby burned his own charcoal and
then URed it in a brazier for cookins.
His bathroom, provided with an Ingn
ious contrivance that served as a
washstand, was located under a tree
and concealed even from the hut by
vines and tangled Joshes. His bed
was a partly burned couch, s-ilvaged
from the fire and propped up by a vol
ume of Cowper'a poetical works in
Latin,- a volume of Ludwig von Bee
thoven's biography, and the satires of
A. Perslu Flaccui -
The policeman and a neighbor tie
clared that while Colby attended to
his personal wants and never permit
ted interference by outsiders, he al
ways went to a nearby barber to be
shaved. -
"Before he entered the shop he rail
ed to the barber to cover all the niiit
tors in sight, remarking in explana
tion that he had no wish to see his
own face. . It Is believed he feared his
advancing age.
The "Vermont street hermit" was
born in Windsor, Vt., . sixty-five years
ago.
Belief in Fate.
A strict liellef in fate is the worst
of slavery, Imposing upon our needs
nn everlasting lord or tyrant, of whom
we are to stnnd In awe, night mid day.
Exchange.
NEWS NUGGETS,
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Wpringlielil Or, M. 0. Owen of this
city has been chosen president of the
Central Illinois Homepathlc associa
tion. He was sclei'ted at as annual
meeting held hnro during which
lllooiiilngloti was selected as ihe next
convention city.
o
Kprlnglleld - .Stenographers and
typewriters are wimtod by Uncle Ham,
C. U Matthews, civil service exam
iner here Is urging men "and women
of the surrounding territory to take
advantage of the opportunity to se
cure good government paying posi
tions. His plea Is for everybody to
help the governtciiln Washington
to take care of the Increasing aiii'iunt
of work made necessary by the war.
CASTOR I A
For Iafaatt and Children.
In lit For Ovr 30 Years
IAII BOX HOM
SCHOLAR-HERMIT
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Liir S:rai:
1 Mr lie tin i'i'i" r .liraii. that r.w
'allies p i ki ll up a yollow tat over on
touit sim i t the other da;.. That'.
within; new. Slnap in t-t- the .irl.--:ot
weariti thc.-r her too much nut.--tarJ
coats and tryin to live up to cm.
On Cotiit it; cct too' I bet when
old Mill M.iil.cr i.i'A that cat when
Mi Caifrcv'si closed up lie sa d i; was
t
purple. ,
I never niitiicil till last nite tliat
they haiMa billboard on the court
house lawn. 1 wi'iidcit'd uh.it it a
tlirre tor and I a.-ked Sam Kajmond.
: lie told me thai they were conii;i ad
citi:e, m that when t'leic wan any
! Improper (a-es going on all the hidi
j school Kids could have their .seats re
served in advaui e.
We see that a ' hand tn mouth pol
: icy" is aihi.-ed uiili reuard to the use
. o;' coal this winter Shrap how nelt
can u liatu! n ton of coal into your
mout'i?
Didja bear the one about the proud
i young daddy that was teadin the
! newspaper at the breakfast table? lie
j read -
j "Statistics lioin reliable sources
'prove that every third baby hum iu
; the world is a Chinese."
j "Oil how dreadful!" exclaimed the
young mot her. "Thank the Lord thai
Snookuuis is our tlrsl." ;
.('ever 'icar that one about the small ;
town somen here in the tank circuit:
that was tryin to start up a chauta
'liia?, A fella from an agency where ;
they suoply I In lali'llt. came to one in ;
the prominent farmers, of the vieiil-;
it. and said -
: "Could 1 interest' jmr iu n chauta-;
iiiia." -ft
"Wal -no-:" answer t!ie fanner
"Them hitli priced cars air all right i
in their way, lint ft just bought a
Ford."
They cre talking politics at noon
hour today ami I heard this one ,
, Kiley is a Kepublii an in a staunch .
i Diiiitnycratic ward, ami years ago v
'used to tlnd It a pretty lonesome Job. j
j One election night jears ago all the!
j hoys were out to gel the returns. 1
, don't know who was running, but I;
'suppose it was Itryan. He always wan:
I in those days.
At the polling place everything was ;
Dimniyi ratic. . They were counting j
the voles. Lanignn was calling .off t
i -' Hiyan, Hi yan,. Hryan. Hryaiir-nie j
gawd byes - here's t -H- for Talf!' . - i
M"Ah," said Tim.. That's Kiloy.
knewed !ie was goins to do it!- Nlvor j
niir.il po en." : . .-..
'itryan- Hryan,. llyan. -. Hryan." - ;
and then Lanigan slopped auddenly.
' I'.hwhats the matter wid e!" ask-'
ed Tim. "Why dont ye count?". .
"Oh byes," said Lanigau.. '.''M"
huart is broke! Kiley repealed!" ;
i 'Thi 1.1 absolutely the last appear-!
auce -of Kiley &.Laqln iinaoy col j
uni; They are thinking of runnina
for alderman or sorncthine. ho in the I
future any advertizing jiven tliein will
lw paid for in advance. .
FEMALE TURTLE PROVES
TRUE TO DEAD MATE
In Her Grief She Lays 21 Eggs Be
side the Dispatched Snapper.
CRISWOLI), Conn No faunal fa
ble is this tale of the devotion of a
big snapping turtle to her mate, but
it is vouched for by two good men
and true Frank Oer and Clifford Barr
of of burough of Jewett City.
The two young men -were Tiding
along the road neat Hutt'a ridge re
cently when (l ey spied an enormous
turtle blnckiug th. way. In order to
prevent the forty-pounder from slip
ping back into the swamp I ho voting
foil...... .!.! I.: .... .,. . . .' ..
m m i uy him lai; nil tiiey j
could decide what, to do. j
As they had nothing Iu the suape W
a weapon, it was planned that Uarr,
should aland upon the turtle's bat k
while 'leer went to a farmhouse half a i
mile away lo borrow an ax. These
measures suiied the young men but
the turtle objected strenuously and
set off toward the swamp. However,'
Uarr was able to retain his footing on'
the shell until Geer returned, when a ;
few hlowa of the ax ended the big fe-'
low's cateer.
The young men were going on a
business errand, so determined to
leave the cadaver of the turtle in aj
grain nack beside the toad until their
return. j
When (hey cauie back a few hours'
later they were amazed lo see the tut- '
He's mate gliding off, after having laid !
twenty-one big, white eggs in a hole i
which she had dug beside the sack
containing her consort's "remains."
it was evident, by her actions that
she realized In some instinctive way
that something was wrong. She man
aged to escape, but Greer and Barr
have ihe twenty-one eggs and the de
funct I'apa Turtle.
How to Cut i Bottle.
A Nlinple method of oreurately mt
ting n bottle In t pliiee It upon smne
level fminflntlon nnd fill It with lin
seed oil to the point lit which you de
sire the line of Ki'pnrntioii to oceur.
Then lake nn Iron roil of ns prent n
(llnmeler ns will phhh Into Ihe bottle,
tnnke It nlmnxt white hot, tind clip It
Into the oil. After the lnpse of n few
moments n xluirp rrnck Im heard, nnd
the hotile found to be nently rut
ns If wiih n ilinniond. If the bottle
he very thick ami the mieklliiff noitnd
not heard In ii few ninmenlM, n little
cold Water thrown on the oitulde will
neeonipllsli It.
THINGS THAT
I WOOLD'NT
vjHr v5iiouuo
WFFti CnOM
AW AX ON
VACATION
CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
ClarissaDoesn't Harry Gaybojr j
luetn to" have more sense than he i
Used to? ,
Annette I heard somebody 17 ;
he Changed his mind. ,
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I.rVIXO..iP TO HIS REPUTATION. 1
. - " , , j
"He's ths greatest man to borrow
'.rouble." !
"Yes, h's always asking Bonisjnt i
for the loan of his car."
TO BK EXPECTKD.
"His manner Is very Artificial;
don't yon think so?"
"Well, you know, he's self msrts."
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K vou wRe JfX
I AWAY ON A r sx
! 's VACATION ) 7zS
Copyrir'.n, 6pPrJ
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WE SPECIALIZE IN
Buylnq and Selling
$50 AND $100.
Liberty Loan Bonds
Wt will also buy and sell your
temporary receipts.
United Securities Co.
208 to. La Sails t. .
CHICAGO, ILL, , ,
NEVER HAFPEN
Th INK Of IT. v x
i Atceipr two
t?t ml , '
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. ' Meaning of Western Reserve.
The jilirnp Western Reserve means
northern Ohio, but it originated In
Connecticut. When Connecticut, In
t"8rt. ceded her western lands tn tho
United States she reserved a large
(met uiljoinliig IVnnsylvnnin, now
forming- the northefs,eni corner pr
Ohio, which for several years was
called the Connecticut reserve and then
Western Reserve. Complete cession
of the reservation was made in 1800.
MASTER'S SALE.
E. J. Kelly, Attorney.
of Illinois, County of I. a Salle
Slate
s. La Salle County Circuit Coin t. .
In the inatier of Fannie li. Wendel vs.!
Fiederlck Wilhelm Fuclis, ef al. ! In;
Chancery No: ' VM': On "Hill fori
Foreclosure. 1
' I'nblic notice is hereby tJiven that j
'n pursuance of a decreia 'order en
tered in the above entitle?! cniise. fnj
:ald court,' on the Mill dav; of Orto-1
her. A. 0. Ml?, I. Harry 0. Cook, j
Master in Chancery of said court, j
shall dn Wednesday, the IMst day Of I
November. A. I), cm. at the hour of j
eleven o'clock !if the forenoon of said j
day.' sell at pivVlic auction, 1 to the '
hiP1"'8' ani1 m bid"t,.'"l 'he north j
door of the county court house in thej
city oi imawa in satu county, tne tor- s
lowing 'described real estateV'sltuatei
In the county of La Salle and tate of!
' Ill'iiors. 'towlt:
Lots Seven IT), Fight ()' alid Nine
t!" in Mfock One (1). t'nion Addition I
to Ottawu. together with all and singu-j
lar the tenements and hereditaments,
thereunto belonging. '
Terms of sale cash in hand on day
of sale. HARRY O. COOK.
blaster in Chancery. !
. Dated, Ottawa, III., October 2. A. D. !
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plete line of
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Tel. 991-W.
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NEEDLEWORK NOTES.
A row of featherstitrhing will make
conspicuous a deej luck run around
the bodice of a gown to simulate a
jacket effect. There are many wajs
for the woman handy with her needle
to add embroidery to her costume
and gain that individual touch whiiii
, enables her to stand apart from the .
i mass of people.
A kimono nightgown is the most
i simple to make and ran readily b !
I fashioned without a pattern. Fold the '
! crepe crosswise in the center (thr-e
' yards of material will be sufficient)
and cut a square or circular neck in j
! the middle of Ihe fold. Cut out the i
, triangular nine inches from the fold, I
thus forming short sleeves. This piere
is not wasted, but tewed to the bottom
of the skirt as a g.ire. Make French
! seams; hem, face the neck a id sleeves
I and the gown is ready foi a bit of
trimming, reading and lace around
i neck and sleeves with a narrow rib
1 bon for a draw string is all that is
necessary.. A flowered crepe , with
I colored ribbon to match will make a
very pretty gown, and the actual wotk
! of making it can be accomplished in a
i very short time.
Try tho Free Trader .lourha' Want-Ada
for results.
Ottawa Hotel, Nov. 10
ONE DAY ONLY
Perkins
HUMANE
DENTIST
r Teeth Extracted
Wilhnul Pain
Ten times more than
satisfactory to you.
Many dangerous strains of dis
ease germs are taken Into the
mouth. They' feed1 en ' decay Ihfl
food ' and filth, propagate' in mil
lions and cause a big per cent. 'of
the ill-health of- the present day.
Bad teeth are. nature's warning of
something more ' serious. You
shoolo consult with 'your doctor
and' then1 art busy hunting 'a true
specialist " One that CAN take
tuf ydur old rcots ahtf stLbs with,
out pain 'or trouble. It won't be
long .until you hear of Perkins at
a crackee iact in this, Ure of busi
nes3, 'Big list f. Ottawa Vifereneet.
Cut out the above date
Or write of your case to
Dr. E R. Perkins
Madison, Wis.
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MO
We are now the proprietors of the
former Mers-Fruland Auto Co.
We will handle Dodge Brothers
Motor Cars, Republic Tires and a corn-
accessories.
Come once; if we please you come
Wc are not satisfied unless you are."
Opposite
jut
Your Car Is Judged
by Its Finish
If the finish is kept in good condition your
friends think you have a dandy car but
if it is allowed to get dull and grimy it
gives a poor impression no matter how
good the car may be mechanically.
JOHNSON'S
PREPARED WAX
Johnson's Preparetl Wax is now bciny; made in
Liquiil Form it polishes instantly with lint very
little rubbing. Vou can go over a good sif car in half-an-luiur.
If the finish is stainrtl, greasy or grimy, dean it first
with Joluiaon's Cleaner then polish with Johnson's Pre
pared Wax Liquid".,
V A Dust-Proof Auto Polish
Johnson's Liquid Prepared Wax imparts a hard,
tlry.glasslikc polish which docs not colled or hold thedust.
It preserves the varnish ami protects it from the weather,
adding years to its life and beauty. It covers up mars and
scratches prevents checking and cracking sheds water
.aikl prylvug the life of u
Splendid
(ohnson's Liquid Trepaml
one operation. It will (piirkly
tluit liliusli, rloudy apixiraiirc Irom ;
I'iano, N'ictrola, ami .Mahogany Furni
ture. Just the )Hjlish and pruictliun
vou need for your floors and
linoleum,
Conde's Tire Shop
.. 'Phone 600. , 08 W. Main St',
, Tires, Vulcanizing and V
Supplies. ,
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BOSS OF THE BARNYARD
"Is the bird fed on our Lay or
Bust dry mash and our, special.
; screened scratch feed. It makes
poultry rowt rapidly and , jay
regularly. Try it orf your poul
try and watch the profits from
your egg basket. Poultry pays
well if you feed it our feed.
Hamilton & Vincent
Phone 751.
ICE
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"wa&h". - ... ,.
for Furniture
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Clifton Hotel.
i cleans and lHihshrs Willi m
and pertnaneutly remove jffi
lour st IU
MASM
Always bear
the
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If you have oh anything you mn
find It by nJvertlHliiR In Hip Free Tract-1
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