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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04

Anniversary Card Party and Dance
10 be held II ST. Patrick's school hall
Monday evening, October Sth at s
O'clucG Prizes for the hest card
players and dancers Admission 20
cents Reardon's orchestra.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
Barber Shops

Open 500 a. M, from Oct, to
Apr |, and close at 1890 Saturday
all years. BY order Of
ED. MOONEY, Sec'y.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04

Miss Elizabeth Malcolm will Re.
s8lac the. teaching Of piano and hal.
mony Wednesday, Oct 3, 90j Poplar
street. phone, S75X,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
The White Niohts.

June Is the month Of the white
nights" in the far north. In Finland
one can read newspaper in the open
mir at midnight, and the sky is bright
with tender, gentle radiance. There
is no break between the sunset ant
dawn. and the same rosy flush serves
for both Strictly speaking. summer
In Finland Is just one long day The
moment the first star glimmers In the
south it is a sign that autumn Is at
hand. The long period of light exer-
eises a marvellous effect upon vegeta-
tion. and the lcaves Of trees grow to
nm enormous size The development
of plnnt life is crowded into a few
weeks, but It Is none the less perfect
for that.
When Iaby was uick we gave her
Gastora,
When she was a Child, she cried for
Castora.
When she became Miss. she chung &c
Castoria.
When she had Children she gave then
Castorla.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04

WANTED industrious, aoher capable
laborers at once Warmer Silo Co..
Clinton d Lafayette streets,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04

Special for Tomorrow.
Fresh fish. halibut bull heads and
oysters !. J. Schmitt Meat Market.
W. Ottawa.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04

Try TIL zee Trader journal Want.Ads
for results.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04

WANTED Girl for general house.
work Apply Mrs. Thomas Carr ZIG
w. Washington street.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04

WANTED A meat chopper Inquire
/. j. Schmitt Meat Market Phone
i6S.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
SYRUP or FIGS FOR
A CA|LD'S. BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel. cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The chiIdren's revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli.
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
GATHERED-UP FACTS

On the principle of the stop watch
is clock invented to enable persons
using telephones to tell exactly the
amount of time consumed in calls.
In book for children invented by
Minneapolis man pictures Of animals
jump out in lifelike manner as the
pages are turned.
A pavement IN London made of wood.
en- blocks surfaced with rubber has
given excellent service under heavy
traffic for more than year.
There were 763.l85 men employed
In the coal mines In the United States
last year. the greatest number in the
history of the industry.
BY feeding silk worms with mulber.
~ leaves saturated with nonpoisonous
dyes two French scientists succeeded
% getting red and blue raw silk.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
Nothlna Too Hot.

Chabert, the fire king, who was a
popular favorite in London many years
ago. claimed to be able to swallow
arsenic and other poisons with i'm
punity. Visitors to his entertainment
were requested to come provided with
phosphorus. prussic acid, arsenic and
oxalic acid. which he proceeded to
consume before their eyes. taking an
antidote afterward which was sup.
posed to neutralize their effects.
Then. to show that he was as i'm.
pervious to heat as to poison. he would
take raw leg of lamb INTO an oven
heated to 220 degrees and remain in
side until the Joint was cooked. when
it was carved and handed around to
the audience. The performance con-
cluded by Chabert rubbing a red-hot
shovel on his head and face and allow
ing anyone who wished to drop molten
sealing wax on his tongue and hands.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19

Births. deaths and divorces: muir
DER. robbery and graft: strikes. wars
and plaques: the subject-matter never
varied. only the names and places
could be called news He read with
lazy interest o warmed-oyer yarn
about the clever gentleman-thief who
had baffled the metropolitan police for
nearly a year. A wellknown amateur
detective was giving the reporter an
exposition Of his views. Here was an
artist. FORBES cracked the news
paper peevishiy: was there anything
left to which this term had not been
applied? Anybody who did his work
well was an artist ROTH
The thief. declared the amateur. was
not professional He was a man OF
infinite patience. of internal clever
ness. never took money. had made
three daring raids and ceased further
to apply his talents. To date the man
had taken over hundred thousand
dollars worth OF Jewels. His career
had begun and ended within three
months.
So far. not single part of the loot
had been offered to the known
fences" here or abroad. This was
the phase which puzzled and bafiied
the police. Now he INF. Amateurl
held to the theory that the thief was
man who moved In the exclusive
circles 1.-TWO more words Forbes
hated) from which the jewels had been
purloined. Even the police admitted
that he possessed an intimate and ac-
curate knowledge OF the habits of his
victims. But the genius of the man
was made manifest in his ability to
wait. Was there woman? Was there
unlucky speculation? Horses End
cards? Or was 1t what he (Mr. Anna.
teur) had stated in previous article:
simply brilliant hoax. a practical
joke. careless wager by an idle rich
young man. who. when the time ar
rived would quietly restore the Jew
els. give dinner and then search
about for some new abnormality? At
any rate. in his opinion the Bertillon
system would never get hold OF the
man to measure him for future iden.
LITIGATION.
In this Mr.. Amateur was perfectly
correct. They never got hold Of the
man. Almost. however: only an arms
length away: clutch. distance mis-
judged. and of he went. into space.
like an exploded atom.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19

to him. At present he liked travel,
good clothes. good food. curios: he
liked to give expensive teas in his
beautiful studio: he rather liked the
innocent admiration OF the schoolgirls
ct al; and he wasn't too proud to &C
cept an OCCASIONAL thousand from the
breakfastfood people and the tinted
soap manufacturers.
Give US new phiz. Forbes" said
the editors: this one is growing
stale"
All. those editorial degrees Of en-
thusiasm. which began with slaps on
the back. paused at luncheons, and
finally petered down to the noncom-
initial "ummums!" A new face; he
must have it; and for two weeks he
had combed the town in vain. Popu.
larity had it's drawbacks: one had con-
tinually to find new props to keep the
thing from tumbling about ones ears.
Popularity. the new-collar. the new.
hat. the new-shoe kind of popularity.
which changes completely every six
months. which has to be renewed and
twisted about and readjusted. And
besides, there were those younger
chaps always bobbing up. with fresh
invention. touch of the unusual. a
new color.
He renewed his bitter arraignment
of Jillson and his bally house-warming
For now he was sure that the girl with
milk-white skin and the copper beech
hair had been fortune. knocking at his
door for whole week with that per
sistence which she accords only her
favorites. often numerically. And all
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
CHAPTER II.
Why Hurry


Forbes lived the way of most bach
elor painters-a kitchen. two bed.
rooms and the studio. which was moth
ing less than huge living room. Upon
time 1t had been Occupied by fash.
ionable photographer: SO Forbes
worked in the best of lights. In the
hands of his Japanese valet he
dressed we'll. dined well. adding to.
night pint of Chambertin: went out
into the studio again. smoked and
dreamed Of the wonderful things
which he very we'll knew he would
never attempt, let alone accomplish
He was much IN demand socially.
He was witty. clever. good looking.
with real talent back Of his popularity
The young married people and their
juniors never omitted him from their
frolics; he had perfect right to play
with them. His family history was
very good, so good. In fact, that his
capability of taking care of himself
of standing on his own legs made him
rather interesting to know.
He danced we'll. never went beyond
moderation In tipping, paid his losses
and took his gains at cards with an
equanimity Of heart and countenance
truly oriental The old men, liked
him for his manliness and indepei-
dence; and the dowagers eagerly
courted his favors, for like all artists
he was an exceedingly well-informed
gossip. He had the faculty of leading
them to the very lip of the precipice
and then swerving them back before
they had time to look over. The most
amiable kind Of gossip. always prom
Using to disclose something and never
doing it: and having good deal of
quiet fun out of it without harming
anyone.
Every man who does one thing we'll
has a craving to do another mans
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
Too Latel She Was eonel

he had done had been to sit tight in
his chair and wonder who she was!
Well. she might pass again tomorrow.
He climbed back to the studio.
The elevator boy opened the door
and tossed in the evening newspaper
Thereupon Forbes filled his calabash
sought the comfy chair under the
reading lamp and idly went over the
days events. The puppy. shifting the
tobacco smoke which he thoroughly
detested, retreated under the divan
where he had his lions den of bones.
palette-knives. old tubes. brushes and
could hear him rafting round some
thing.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
Yachts have been made wholly Of

Yachts have been made wholly Of
aluminium.
Experiments are being carried on In
Cuba with the fiber of native plant
that is said to make excellent fabric
for sugar bags.
For signaling pocket flash light
has been invented with Interchange
able colored lenses mounted on one
end of movable arm.
A metal holder to permit paper
drinking cups to be passed from one
person to another without collapsing
has been patented.
imported foods on the average cost
in Japan from 10 to Is per cent more
than before the war. Increases In
freight and insurance are chiefly
blamed for the rise. Imported butter
has risen 20 per cent and is still
mounting. largely due to the fact that
the belligerent powers In Europe have
prohibited the export of butter.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
Immense Chestnut Tree.

The largest Spanish chestnut tree in
the world grows in forest on the
slopes OF Mount Etna. 1t is said that
a hundred soldiers and their horses
once found shelter beneath II.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
CHAPTER I.

The Woman Across the Street.
This is story OF two stories. sepa
rate yet inseparable of wheels agog
and of wheels awhir. the froiic and the
business of life. What a womans
switch is to her glory. this tale is to
that: but at night. when the game
(which really fools nobody is over
the false one may be taken from the
true and laid aside.
1t all began that day when Forbes
wondered who she was. He was al
ways wondering who she was. the
blonde. the brunette. the Venetian red
the October brown. on the street. at
the play. in the restaurant Il was
habit. And why not? II was his
bread and butter to send the argosies
OF his imaginative glance securing the
seas for treasure: and whenever he
saw pretty woman. bows-on he fol
lowed in her wake He was an illus
traitor; he drew exquisite colored Gov
ers for the magazines and full-page
drawings for the celebrated love sto
ries of Mr.. Popular Piffie. Indeed. he
shared honors with Pifle. and made
quite as much money.
Every day now for week. between
three and -four. In the afternoon. she
had gone by. slim. trig. supple She
looked like Somebody; she must be
Somebody. for nobody but Somebody
could have carried her head the way
she did. Where her journey began.
ho LoA
himself to inquire. It satisfied his
needs to expect her at such a time
each day and to realize his expecta-
tons. Her hair burned like copper.
beech TN the sunshine. and her face
was as white as milk
ny George. II he went out now he
could follow her. His ingenuity would
md means of meeting her. inoffensive
~ He knew women tolerably well
From pretty little milliner's assist
ant, all the way up to the stately car
ina of all the. Russias their vanity
cried out for perpetuation on canvas
Ting-a-ling! Confound the telephone
at such moment!
Hello. hello! Yes. this is
Forbes talking. !. Oh. that you
Jillson? What? Eight ti,l
twelve? Deuces what? Oh
deuces wild. Sure. | understand. A
quiet little game OF poker. with the
poor artist paying for the cigars and
liquors. Deuces wild; | know; You
can make the two-spot anything you
please What? Opening your
apartment tonight? In the
Dryden? Where's that? -. Why
that's only block or so away.
Oh. RI be there. Rather play poker
than eat. By-by!"
Forbes made a dash for his hat
rushed out Of the studio and down the
two flights. madly and recklessly. Too
late! She was gone He dashed jill
son and his poker party breathlessly
but fiuently. Surprising she never
walked past again? 1t would be Just
his luck
AS matter Of fact. the unknown
meant nothing to Forbes aside from
the commercial value of her face and
hair. He was always hunting for
new face. Like Piffle, he could work
over his ideas just so many times;
after that. fresh invention must be
called into play; the retrousse nose
must give way to the Grecian. and so
on and so forth.
Forbes was philosophical. too When
he was dead he would be very dead;
the Hall of Fame and the Temple of
Forgetfulness would be all the same
SCHOOLING IN
The PHILADELPHIA hoard of edllca
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
A BOOK OF
OPPORTUNITY, FREE

Contains history Of territory recently invaded
by Francisco Villa near Don Cabezas, and in
the vicinity of Fort Bowie, Arizona. 1t includes
the story Of a copper mine In the making, and
how the COPPER producers Of the U. s. will ag
gregate over $300,00OO 900 in profits during 1910
If interested, write for FREE Book Of Or.
portunity." D. STEVENSON CO.. II Broaduay nsw Yoi
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19

When elephants are in the vicinity
of tigers. they beat their trunks on the
ground.
1t is said that Nero once paid a
sum equal to about $25O.00O for two
cups of transparent glass.
Losses estimated from $2O.OOO.OOO to
$SO.OOO.OO0 are caused by hail In
France each year.
Three tons of grass usually give one
ton Of hay.
Paper automobile tires. made expert.
mentally in Europe. seem to have
the strength Of metal and the resili.
ency of rubber.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
SCHOOLING IN PHILADELPHIA.

The Philadelphia board of education the
chfdlabor
will be
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
RESULTS OF WAR ON BIRTHS.

RESULTS OF BIRTHS.
According
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
Few Now Care to Walk.

1t is hardly too much to say that
the automobile as she is ut present
driven has made walking for pleasure
or walking for health-walking Of
every sort, in fact, except mere pave
ment strolling or hurried, rnbbitlike
dashes for the shelter of the nearest
trolley car-practically impossible. a
source of annoyance and perpetual
discomfort instead of pleasure.-Ex-
change.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19

Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue. have beautiful, clear
white clothes. Adv.
The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19

Seventy per cent of the worlds cork
supply is said to he produced in Spain
The diamond drill., 1917-02-03
vloilance Committee.

The vigilance committee OF colonial
times. an unauthorized. loosely con-
nected body OF citizens representing
public opinion, was formed in the 13
American colonies Immediately pre-
cedlng tho revolution. It's object pyi-
marily was TO enforce the agreement
not to use British products, but later
the scope was enlarged, investigation
being made as to suspected perBons
loyalty 20 the American cause and
punishment being meted out 60 Tories
Al nrst the activities were secreS
Tho participants In the Boston tea
party" were vigilance committeerrcns
Where this sob rosa movement orig
mated ls hard % determine neariy ev-
ary community bad its vigilance sea.
uftts~. --Phlladeipha Ledger.
The diamond drill., 1917-02-03
WoMAH'S DRESS NOT MODERN
Recently Discovered Drawings Prove
That Dame Fashion Has ReIgned
for Quite a Lengthy Period.

Rock drawings recently laid bare In
the Spanish peninsula have discovered
to us very interesting period Of pre-
historic man. From a lecture recent
ly delivered I'm London by Sir Arthur
Evans OF the British Archaeological as-
sociadOn II appears that palneollthic
woman was not only dressed. but most
gracefully. Al Cogul the drawings I'm
dicate that the sacred dance was per
formed by women, clad from the waist
downward in well-cut gowns. whilst
In the rock shelter OF Afpera the dress
Of the same skirted ladies Is supple
mented By thin flying sashes. In the
paintings at Cueva de Ia Ylege women
are seen with still longer gowns rs
Ing 20 their b0soms. their shoulders
veIled In scarfs.
Thus we are astonished 70 find that
fnshion has much longer history
than has been hitherto believed.
These recent discoveries are the
more interesting because hitherto
amongst wealth OF wonderfully
drawn animals aRd sign writings the
human figure has been extremely rare
In European discoveries Of the Kind.
and Il IS reaasuring 20 know that our
predecessors nj n period even as re-
mote as this were not without the
The diamond drill., 1917-02-03
TIL the Plumber comes.

II often becomes necessary to stop
leak In a water pipe when plumbers
services cnnnot Immediately be OBJ
tained. Pipes have habit OF spring
ing leak M the most incOnyenient
times. To persons who may ind
themselves In this predicament a sug-
gestion sent 20 Popular Mechanics by
J. W. Cox OF FiOience. Ala, should
prove valuable:
A piece of sheet rubber was placed
over the leak and wooden block was
fitted over II. the inner surface being
curved 10 ut the pDe. The block and
rubber packing were elamped against
the pipe by means OF a stick. notched
60 NJ against the Epe and held by n
twisted wire. blOck being used 10
wedge the packag and cover block
frmly into place The repair was wa
tertlght aud saveH much Inconvenience
and probably cor derable damage
The diamond drill., 1917-02-03

For half an hour the working class
audience had listened patiently to the
talented lady who was speaking 10
them about economical and nourishing
cookery.
She had talked about eggless pud-
dings and butterless cakes. and now
said with a smile:
Il will tell you about a splendid
soup which can be made for next Co
nothing. Take the bones ieft over
from the Sunday joint
AT that man In the middle OF ths
hall rose 70 his feet with a disgusted
look on his face and said to his mate: /:
Ere. BIN, get out O. this"
What's wrong7" asked the other in
surprise Don't you like soupT
'Ay. like soup well enough" was
the grumblerS reply. "but how many
homes does she think there are In half
pound OF Observation-Disclosures In
Quirer.
The diamond drill., 1917-02-03

Two contrasting freaks OF narure
are the Island Of Fire and me Lake
Of SNOW. The Island of EIre is called
the Home Of HOt Devils. IL 10 SIT
uated in the midst Of a large lake 81
boiling mud In the Island OF Java
The steam and gases which arise
from the sticky mud form them
selves into bubbles. attaining diam
eter OF five or SIX feet, and sail high
up 10 the air like balloons, carried
hithcr and thlther by the wind and
finally exploding with loud crash
The biggest snow lake is seen from
the summit Of Hlspar pass. 10 the
Karakoram range. IL Is more than
300 square miles in area. In Swltzer-
land the sea Of ice might better be
called the sen OF snow. IA the sur
fnce is broken up by solar heat
which makes minute assuring In
the ice. giving II the appearance Of
snow.
The diamond drill., 1917-02-03
|HRsT 10 BUILD GOOD ROADS


The lnvc0tOr of macndamiKed roads
was John Loud0n hcAdam and few
inventors ever give their namo more
currency than he did by his good roads
invention. He was born in Scotland In
1856 and came pretty near becoming
an American, for he came 20 New
Ycrk In ITO and remained there In
the employ OF an uncle l3 years. Re
turning TO Bngland In 1888 be took up
the study OF rOad-maklng and from
that time on Il was his life work. He
was the father OF good roads in Eng
land. MacauIay, IN his history Of
England. has a chapter on the bad
roads 81 that period In which he says,
eOn the best lines OF communication
the ruts were deep. the descents were
PERCEPTIONS and the way often such as
II was hardly possible 10 distinguish.
n happened. almost every day, that
coaches stuck fast. until team OF cat
tie could be procured from some neigh
boring farm TO tug them out or the
slough" McAdnm's views In regard
TO road-making. especially ia regard 20
the use OF broken stone, were inaiiy
, adopted by the authorities and ia 1927
no was appointed surveyor general OF
roads Ia Great Britain. Parliament
voted him $4,000 for his services and
offered him knlghthood and title, but
ne declined them. He died in 1893 in
his eighty-frst year. A blographer
says: -McAdams efforts largely con
tributcd to produce that network OF
mall coach communication In England
which. for some years before railways
were introduced, greatly advanced the
nation's prosperity and prepared the
way for the railway system" Ills sys
tenn was adopted In the construction Of
tho OLD national road In this country.
The diamond drill., 1917-02-03

We seem 20 be as much at sen in
this matter as they were about 40 A.
d.. when the critic cursed the town
for keeping alive so many poets and
cursed Il again for starving 80 many
OF them; wanted 10 know how "a man
could behold the horses OF the chariot
Of the sun II he had to grub for a NV
ing. and wanted to drive most
poets back 10 grabbing for liv-
ing az sooo as he observed their man
ner OF beholdlng the horses OF the
chariot OF the sun; said yo1 ought to
fatten poets 20 make them sing, and
became violently angry the moment
fat poet began angingi blamed a
rich man for feeding pet lion instead
OF subsidizing some author at much
less expense. and was all for feeding
the author 20 the lion on reading what
ne wrote. He wanted authors pro
tected. but the literary choices made
by the protector almost drove him
mad. The New Republic.