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Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28
ILLINOIS WILD BOY
LIVES ON RAW FOOD
HE MAKES HIS HOME IN THE
WOODS AND OBJECTS TO
SLEEPING IN A BED.
is A PROTOTYPE OF cRUsoE
Secures Subsistence by Shooting Birds
with a slIneshot and Catching
FIsh--ls Fond of His soli-
tary Existence.

Chicago.--It is doubtful If the most
depraved young wretch in any civil
lied community, the utterly friend
less waif of big city, suffering from
the privation of the scantiest neces-
stiles of life, would exchange places
with Willie Benthusen, the primeval
boy of Illinois, whose case has no
known parallel.
His experience has been a peculiar
one and the strange degeneracy of the
lad has set psychologists and sociol-
ogists to thinking deeply. This wild
boy" only recently discovered, for five
years, or since the death Of his moth
er has led a hermit-like life in close
proximity to town throbbing with
activity, progress, advancement and
all that goes to make up the desirable
factors in modern civilization.
Eating raw fish, gophers and birds,
wild fruit and vegetation, Willie, who
has Just turned Is, has been absolute
ly alone, without companionship. keep.
ing entirely aloof from the rest of
mankind. Spending his days in the
woods and sleeping on bed of straw
at night, the strange lad has spent his
time happily, according to his own
notions. His parents. until the death
of Willie's mother, lived in Elgin, Ill.
When his mother died. abandoned by
his father, the boy took to the near
by woods, where in all seasons he
has lived alone.
Willie's condition was discovered by
the American Home Finding associa-
.ion, through one Of its agents, Miss
N. M. Stiles. She came upon him at
his wilderness abode. near Elgin.
while he was par aking of what he
regards as a sump lous repast of raw
fish. Notwithstanding the hardships
he endured during his strange exist
ence, the boy according to Miss
Stiles, enjoyed and is now in perfect
health.
Benthusen's means for securing
subsistence consisted of a blowgun, a
sling and bent pin attached to a
fish line. With these he has had no
trouble in obtaining his daily supply
OF food, and 1t must have been am
pie, for he has hearty appetite. To
garb himself he traded birds and fish
to rural travellers for CASTOR clothing.
Miss Stiles at once reported to the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

N@ftS 49,
rubber bands, piece Of old leather.
which holds the pebble, and forked
stick. His air gun he makes from a
hollow reed His arrow heads he
makes from nails filed to sharp
point.
Il have got so used TO eating my
food raw said Willie when ques-
toned by Miss Stiles, "that don't
Ike anything that IS cooked. When
ever l try to eat cooked victuals it
makes me sick.
Il love to live in the woods. Then,
] don't have to work never. ! remem-
Der pa and ma used to work mighty
hard to get us all enough to eat and
little clothes. / enjoy eating more
now than / did when ma was alive,
and it's no trouble at all for me to
get all ] want. Am ever lonesome?
Oh, no, not at all. Say, you know
we come into this world alone" as
serted the wild boy" with an en-
phatic and peculiar shake of his head.
And we leave it alone when we die.
Why shouldn't enjoy being alone
here, with nobody to boss me or treat
me bad. hey?"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

member of the cat family found in the
woods of New York state.
Mr. Horn and companion were
shooting grouse few days ago, and
as they shot them hung them on low
spruce trees to be picked up on. the
return trip to camp. Several had
been killed, and the men were work
ing backward on the trail when the
naturalist saw bald eagle swoop
downward 200 rods in front of him,
and moment later rise with a grouse
In his talons. He rightly judged that
the bird had taken part of the days
spoils and was laughing that so good
a joke had been played upon him,
when the eagle lost its grip and down
came the grouse.
The eagle SCARED about for few
moments and then. folding it's wings,
shot toward the ground, uttering
sharp cries as 1t descended. The trees
shut out further observation at the
time, but when Mr.. Horn heard sharp
squallings mingled with the harsh
notes of the bird he concluded that
something interesting was going on,
and with his companion he hurried
forward to the top of a ledge over
looking depression into which the
eagle had dived.
On arriving at the ledge the men
were just in time to witness a most
unusual woodland battle. A couple of
Canada lynx, which had in all prob
ability been after the grouse when
their rival took 1t of, had now recov-
cred their prey and were fighting
desperately to retain 1t. The eagle
was making an equally strong fight
to retain what his carelessness had
lost, and fur and feathers few In a
cloud, while the stiffness OF the for.
est was rent by the cries of the COM
batants.
For a moment or two honors we're
about even. but one eagle is no match
for two lynx and the old bah-head
was getting the worst of the fight
when his mate reinforced him. A
third lynx. which had been attracted
by the hubbub. also put in an appear.
ance, but after one look he skunk
away, leaving his fellows to their
fate. AS the battle progressed, now
one side and then the other seeming
upon the point of victory, third
eagle dropped from the sky, and with
his arrival the fate of the lynx was
sealed They fought on. however, un-
til one lost an eye, when they ran
for cover.
They didn't get far, for the eagles
were too much aroused to let them 'es-
cape, and they never ceased until both
forest cats were dead. Then they de-
voured the grouse and few off.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

society her discovery of the juvenile
prototype of Robinson Crusoe, and
while awaiting Instructions drove out
the next day to the place Willie de-
scribed as his home. She took with
her small hamper, we'll stocked with
good fresh bread, cooked meats, cake
and jellies, prepared for the home
table. She found that the edibles she
had taken to him remained untouched,
while the feathers and bones of birds
and the fins and scales of fish lying
around showed that he had eaten
heartily of his accustomed diet.
Miss Stiles notified the authorities
of Elgin of the case of the boy, but
pending action by them in the juvenile
be forced to partake of cooked food,
| which he clearly dislikes and finds
| fpdigestible, and to sleep on bed
against his wishes. The boys father,
w. M. Benthusen, lives In the vicinity
of Elgin, but according to all accounts
he has not made any effort to care
for the boy. The Chicago society,
| together with the Elgin authorities,
under sanction of the juvenile court,
are looking carefully into the case,
and, if possible, young Benthusen will
be compelled to give up his wooded
haunts in exchange for life in one of
the institutions which care for and
train waits for useful life.
Willie's place of abode in the woods
near Elgin is a dilapidated frame
shanty in the thickest part of the
freed area.
He, is a crack shot with his unique
weapons. He shoots pebbles in his
sling, and short, sharp pointed arrows
in his air gun. He is as sure of aim
with either as the thorough hunts.
man is with the most modern rifle or
shotgun. Willie makes his sings from
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28
Medallion in EysIet.

school or shop, having limited ward
robe throughout. has worn, these with
any makeshift and on any occasion.
One Of the ever.popular and easy
designs for embroidery. whether for
a hat, shirt waist. linen collar and
cuffs. table mats or for fiouncings and
other decorations of underwear Is the
daisy pattern. The flower may have
FIVE or dozen petals. the petals may
be in the eyelet or solid. aud so with
the center, but a combination of the
two forms is most effective, perhaps.
although very frequently both petals
and center are in eyelet. Medallions
are made with this pattern, and bands
with this figure, scalloped on both
edges, make very effective trimmings.
It is easy to draw these for ones self
and even to add the sprays OF eyelet
leaves that are often used with them.
For dainty yokes, especially for chill
dren's garments. one of the finest
things Is rows of hemstitching on
sheer lawn or linen, half an inch or
so apart, with feather-stltching In the
space between. Feather-stitching
without the hemstitching is very dain-
ty, and may be done In circles of an
inch or more in diameter, such as
have been used on some of the hand
soonest of the tailored shirt waists.
But plain, solid, handsome effects
are in no way better secured than by
using the braids. especially the mar.
rowest Irish. A night-dress trimmed
with this put on with little curls every
inch or so, is a very substantial and
good-looking garment. This braid also
lends itself to the making Of the
monogram. which is so much used IN
marking both mems and womens hab-
erdashery. Both the narrow and the
wide Irish braids are used on mems
and boys nightshirts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28
PARADoxEs OF TRAVEL.

The following is clipped from an
obscure Missouri paper, says The
Travel Magazine:
There are surprises to him who
travels. There are no onions in Ber-
muda, for the visitor They are all
exported. No tobacco is grown in
Egypt. The khedive has forbidden
Its cultivation. There are no olive
trees on the Mount of Olives. The
Turks and tourists have destroyed
them. The French do not eat frogs.
The Partisan restaurants may be
searched for days without finding a
single frog. Irish whiskey is drunk
In Scotland and Scotch whisky in
Dublin. The Holland cheese is seldom
seen at the Hague. and Neufchatel
cheese is made in New York. Kansas
City Is In Missouri. The chief Justice
Of the Supreme Court of Egypt is
citizen of tho State of Florida, and
the head of the anti-Armenian party
in the Turkish empire is an Armen-
ian.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28
IN FINE LINGERIE
DAINTY GARMENTS THAT MAY BE
MADE AT HOME.
Fashioning Of Appropriate Underwear
Is somethin0 That Every Wom.
an Should Have at Her
Finger Tips.

No woman ought to be ignorant OF
the art of making the simple, pretty
things which she wears from her
cradle to her grave. Our grandmoth-
ers made, and kept on hand, under
clothing against the time Of sickness
and death. But the making and hoard
ing of grave clothes was rather
lugubrious custom, which generation
of less somber ways of thoughts has
allowed to lapse.
1t is rare woman who Is not proud
of her collection of lingerie, ana
prouder. yet IL she has made eacn
article herself Nearly all prospective
brides attempt the manufacture OF at
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

Niqhtdress Trimmed with irish Braid
least one suit of underwear, and she Is
O fortunate girl who has not waited
until this happy time to learn how to
cut and make the different pieces. Sne
has saved herself some nervous strain,
and, If she has, like the Dutch gifl,
been gathering chest full OF hne
linen of her own making, anticipating
the time of need, she Is all the better
Off
Since we have adopted the French
word for underclothing. an added
necessity has been laid upon us OF
having this little finer, better mt
ting and little daintier than OF old.
Lingerie is an unimaginable word for
a combination of coarse cloth, cheap
embroidery and careless work.
We may learn many things from
the French, the accredited inventors
of the artistic and beautiful In mod.
ern dress. in reference to these mat
ters. The phrase beautiful under
meath" is theirs. and has almost a
SlklliuCduC0. ~ UAlGll ~
is next to impossible to be clothed
sound, thoroughly dressed, without
giving exact and careful attention to
every garment from the first to the
last.
To be beautiful underneath" ones
undergarments need not necessarily
be artistic creations, but they should
be in keeping with the outer dress
If our outer gown or suit is substantial
everything that goes with 1t should
In a measure, be that also; but II We
wear a lingerie waist or an elaborate
dress of muslin. null, chiffon or EN-
broidery, our smaller garments should
be in keeping.
Half of the charm of lingerie
waist is lost II it seems to house
crude undergarments. Many a wise
woman has denied herself the pleasure
of wearing this fascinating garment
because she had not the suitable ac.
compartments, while many a girl in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

York, PA two-headed calf. well
formed, is a new addition to the live
stock owned by Albert Berger, farm
er living about one mile from Newber-
rytown, this county. The animal has
two perfectly formed heads, with two
eyes in each head. two mouths and
all the natural senses on both heads.
The calf was born on Sunday. 1t is
frisky and eats from both mouths.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

Largest circulation enough said
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28
SCHEERER & CROWN
IA and rs Market ST, Newark, n. J.

The Most Liberal Credit House On Earth
Awavs oNETIRD Than Others Ask for Similar Quait
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28
EAGLES WHIP LYNX
AFTER HARD BATTLE
Three Birds Xiii Two Forest Cats
in Fight Over Dead
Grouse.

McKeever, n. Y.--John Horn, who
makes the study of birds and animals
pastime, has established TO his own
satisfaction the fact that while eagles
will aid each other in fight against
a common enemy as much cannot be
said of the lynx, the most ferocious
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

Advice to mothers. Don't let your
children waste away. They can be
strong, healthy and vigorous with
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. It's
a swift winged messenger of health.
35 cents. Tea or Tablets, Sexton's
Drug Store.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

That's ala 'Nuf safId, when you
say that He Alister's ROC ky Mountain
Tea is tie reatest family remedy on
earth. 1t hoes you goc ID going and
coming. cents, Tea or Tablets.
Sext0n's DR. ng Store.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

Dunno. When I was lookin' fro0
nah cabin winda' ]. saw de poo white
gentleman comm trough de do LAX a
rocket on de FoFth o. July. A boot
come afte' him, liiftin' him unde' dc
coat tails. He come down without
touchin' none OBJ, de steps on de gal
lery nohow."
ITO the bea of your knowledge and
belief, to WHOM d ID that boot telong?'
ut didn't belong, to Mars wwnne."
How do you lSI low that?"
"Case It's nah wo'k TO keep mars
boots siined up, an dere wfm't no
shine on dat boot nohow"
There being no other witnessRs. the
prosecutor rested his case. The coun-
sci for the defer Se rose and said, that
since the witnel IS had told all the de-
fense wished 10 establish, they too.
would rest on I'd evidence. The jury.
whose sympathy .es were with Go rdon
Wynne, found looph ole for HIN in
the fact that th ere was 40 positive evil
dence that he had delivered the kick,
80 they bRpus ht in verdict of not
guilty J label R.. TWINING.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28

They scowled and look sour from
morn till night,
They never would agree:
Now they are healthy. happy and
bright,
They both take Rocky Mountain Tea
at night =
snkfon's Drug Store
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29
NOW IT IS Denver
GRAND JURY GETS in ITS
WORK In COLORADO CITY.
Hlch Men Of Colorado and SURROUNDING
States in the Drasnet-PrIncipaIN
Coal and Timber Land Frauds-vas+
Tracts Will Revert Back to Govern
ment-Arrests Follow immediately

Denver, Col.-As a result of the
special grand jury, which closed its
oessions Saturday afternoon and re-
ported to Judge Lewis, about 10 in
dlctments against men prominent in
Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, New
Mexico, Utah, Nevada and eastern
states, including Wisconsin and Mis-
souri,, were returned, principally for
coal and timber land frauds.
AS result of the Routt county coal
frauds, coal mining company of Wis
ccnsin will have to answer for alleged
thefts on wholesale basis. A ST.
Louis corporation is said to be indict-
ed for coal operations in Colorado.
Other states also are represented in
the list of indictments.
At least two officers Of Durango coal
companies, one of whom is a million
aire, will be arrested with the rest,
while county officers of Archuleta
county, including judges, clerks and
lesser official lights, are said to be on
the list.
The vast thefts revealed by the in
vestigation show the true animus Of
President Roosevelt's land policy and
the reason for the withdrawal of hun
dreds of thousands of acres of coal and
timber lands from settlement and for
forest reserves. In course of time, it
is admitted, these will be restored,
more as result of indictments of the
grand jury than any action of the re-
cent land convention. That this is
true Is admitted by officials who have
been prominent in the investigation.
L. W. Wheeler, who is in charge of
100 secret service men who have been
in the state for six months gathering
evidence against men accused of fraud
ulent coal and timber land entries,
considers the work of the grand jury
in Denver by far the most important
of any inaugurated by the United
States attorney general since the be-
ginning of the land fraud inquiries.
Land Frauds Excite Montana.
Helena, Mont.-All is expectancy
in the vicinity Of the federal building
in this city, where the United States
grand jury Is in session, and which is
expected to report before the first of
the month. 1t is confidently believed
that this jury will return indictments
involving Bigger guns" than any of
its predecessors, which include former
government and state officials.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29
LONGEST BALL GAME ON RECORD
Two Teams of Boston School Play
Twenty-Eight Innings.

The long game record is now held
by Bennett and Pierce schools of the
Boston Grammar School League. They
played twenty-eight innings in one
game this season, the score being 4 to
in favor Of the former The best pre-
vious record was 20 innings, made by
Fargo and Grand Forks. Last year
the Athletics beat Boston by a score
of 4 to l. In "a innings, the longest
game in professional annals. Harvard
and Manchester went "a innings with
out scoring In 1887. Seattle and Ia
coma played % innings, the former
winning by score of something like
to z. That game was played about
1890. Except for a technical distinc-
ton, Madison and Fond du Lac would
hold the record. May 80, 1907, they
played 20 innings without either side
getting decision. The fact that they
changed pitchers at the end of the
first IL innings on the understanding
that they would play double header
spoiled the record.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29

$4,000 RESERVE FUND AND A sso.-
900 Surplus are behind the holders of policies
ton of Spokane, Wash
Thoroughly reliable and competent business
and professional men are the organizers and
Stockholders in this company Their reputa-
tons for business integrity and honorable deal
,,ngs IN their separate lines assure the policy
holders that their interests will be free from
risk when protected by the Western. No
owner of stock can afford to be without reliable
insurance. We number among our policy-hold-
the Northwest. Thousands of dollars have al
ready sPeen paid out in settlement of their
losses. There is never any delay, for all
losses are paid Immediately upon receipt of
satisfactory proof of death. We refer YOU to
any National Bank in Spokane as to our
standing as reliable corporation For informa-
t i concerning. our plan of insurance write
directly to the Western Live Stock Insurance
association, EOS Mill ST., Spokane, Wash
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29
ATTORNEYS.
=, McWILLIAMS & McWILLIAMS.
stn Floor OF Peyton Bldg. Spokane. Wash
The July Century.

The July Century, the Fiction Num-
Der, will have decided Western fla
vor, containing, as it does, an install
ment of Miss Robins Alaskan novel,
Come and Find Me-; three short
stories on Western motives, by Mary
Austin, Emma Client Curtis and Flor
ence M. Rfis; and a frontispiece por-
trait In color, by Sigismond de Ivan
owski, of Miss Margaret Anglin as
Ruth Jordan in William Vaughn
Moody's Western play, 1.-THE Great
Divide"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29
TWo-cENT PASSENGER RATES.
Railroad Heads Believed to Have
Reached Binding Agreement.

The Chicago Inter Ocean says:
Passenger rates on all roads of the
United States will be reduced to 2
cents mile. The lowering of the price
and the complete abolition of the old
Scent rate will begin on July l. This
was the decision reached in Chicago
after long and heated discussion by
the leading presidents of all the west
ern and transcontinental roads. 1t was
not formal agreement, but is equally
binding, for two large roads doing a
transcOntinental business are said to
have served an ultimatum to others
that they would put the rate in effect
Immediately. Following the meeting
of the officials of the roads several ad-
mitted that they had been forced to
bow to public opinion and anti-railroad
legislation. They said that no further
fight would be made on the 2-cent law
already passed and that the roads
would accept the inevitable.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29
Prosperity Brings High Prices.

In the opinion of Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson recently increased
price of meats is entirely natural and
even a further advance in prices may
be expected. That the cost of meats
is greater today than ever before is
conceded, but Secretary Wilson be-
lieves that American prosperity is at
the bottom of the situation.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29

Isu1sred with Eczema for forty
yoars and could fnd nothing to
cure mo until I tried 8. 8. 81. I
suffered intensely with the itoh-
Ing and BURNING; pustules would
sticky hudd; crusts would come on
the skin and whom scratched of
the skin was left ~ raw as q piece
or beef. suffered agony in tho
long years I was aMicted, but
when used 8. 8. 3. / found q per-
feot cure. There has never been
any return OF the trouble.
O. n. EVANS,
Btookmau. Mob.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29
Bakers in Italy on Strike.

Rome-The Italian government hav.
ing postponed consideration of a bill
prohibiting night work, the bakers of
Rome have declared general strike
throughout Italy
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29
Pressmen RepudIate PACT.

The International Association of
Printing Freshmen at its convention
virtually repudiated by vote of 1902
to SO a ive-year agreement with the
United Typothetae of America.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29

When a man controls a woman.
people are not likely to know it, but
when a woman controls a man,
everyone in town knows it.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29
SKIN DISEASES
FIUMORs IN THE BLOOD

When the blood Is
benishes
humo get Into the blood generally
OF the waste and refuse matter the This unhealthy
20 sour ana and the circulation
poison The blood begins to throw of the humors
ana glands OF the skim producing
t5 khsu aud skin eT1pns Of vsIiou kinds
nos STICKY fluid that dries and crust and itching
the
OF the body be affected In letter bleed;
the IN the blood dries the natural
plant causing dry fevsh Condition. and e;viu
hard leathey
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to for their chill.
dren during teething pe-ior.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29
RAVFNWOOD ADDITION
VACANT GOVERNMENT LAND.

=, Blue print maps of Stevens County, showing
al vacant government lands, $2so each Rl,,e
prints townships in Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan.
douglas or Shelan Counties, $I.oo each.
Room ITO Audtor;,,ro N &c., VT
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29

When we feel the need of advice
about rearing our children we always
seek 1t from those who never had any
children.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29

Etc St Vitus Dance and all Nervous Dis
lilo eases permanently cured by DIR. Kline's
49, Great Nerve Restorer. end for FREE
Id, 9S1 Arch St, Phila.. Pa.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29

The world Is more ready to share
your joys than 1t is to share your sor-
rows.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-29

Our drugless methods make II noss;bl. fo.
nature to cure all manner of chronic diseases
II you are suffering, and longing to get well.
Write or call and see US. We will explain n
you why. and how we are able to helm Won.
w. F. GROVER. N. d.
SIG Mohawk Block Spokane. Wash.