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Show c'l r & MODERN DAY HERMIT. LIV1NQ AT HAND IN A CAVB IN PENNSYLVANIA. fMh hr Ik rrapwl m Be I $ Certeee htr, to WrW Cfeeveette to Ctra hM fma Ur Pall af WMta. to f ARTLINO uto It a may appear lattar day th tale told about of old hermits tba dwelling in hollows of rocks have found a modern verification in tba peraoa of Jo-ae- Dewese, who for more than tan years lived la n'cave'aear'Lafayetts, Pa., and only recently waa deprived of bla rock-bea- a bablutloa by the railroad company blasting away that part Of the ' bill. Nothing daunted, however, Joseph the Prophet, aa he U known near and far, eat to work la aumnWmMlf.l8..,a,ylace m near like hi old heme as possible, Shin of limestone, considerably lower than hla own height, the hut, as shown la the picture, is not much superior to the rock from which he was driven. The causae that lad Joseph Dswass to aaclude himself from the society of man for ha lives tha Ufa of n with the are a much-tingeromantic as the weirdest nova! of fiction. The old man U n giant in stat lira Born of Scotch parents, within structure that eight of tha catara-Uk- e aow shields him from the rain, it la difficult to associate hla present - appearance with that of n handeoma youth who waa a skilled mechanic ia Utar yaara; tba lover of the prettiest girt la the county and possessing considerable money. In fact, it waa love and gold that caused him to renounce the world. To get the story from hla own lips U Ilka listening to tba romances that made the tame of Walter Scott. The maiden Jilted him and took another tor better or worse, and Joseph waa never the same man from that day on. lie kept at hla task as ' atone-cuttfor years, but whan tha hank in which ha had atorad ap hla avlnga went up ha concluded that be had, hla share of worldly struggle. Then he eought refuge In the hollow of n rock located near Lafayette, between the parallel running tracks of th Pennsylvania and Rending" rail-- roads. No inducements' Could make Jiln. leave the place of hla own free will, and It waa only through strategy that tha company managed to get him away while the blaatlng powder did the work of annihilation. Joseph the Prophet no longer owned .hie cave. YVith the tntuttton of hie trade he searched around until he found material with which to build a borne. He constructed tbe but ia a abort time, and With no windows, and only n small opening for a door, ba bare Uvea the existence which he mapped out for himself when he retired from the world, Hla present Quarters nrs near tha railroad bridge at 8pring Hills and a distance away from hla old location. The appearance of the man la ualquenesa itself. Bummer of winter ha la dressed la heavy clothing sad rubber hoots. Ha wears n number of ooats at tbe same time, and bis thlek .woolen cap has been hla headgear alnce he went into seclusion, the people say. When atrangers approach hla dwelling ha at once runs within, and it is only whan he la convinced thatr the visitor doaa not wish to rob him of hla imagined wealth that he comes forth. For Joseph the Prophet imagines he owes tho earth. It has takan such a hold on him that the tew people who aid him in subsisting can do so only by re presenting themselves as hla partners In wealth, and whenever they approach the hut they cry out: "We tha despairing lover in after yaara waa to take the part of hermit for hla lost sweethearts asks. It waa the old, old story. Another came on tho scene and won the girl.' A physician, one promithe profession today, when he nent reads this may realise what price another paid for that which earns Into hla own possession, for tho girl married the newcomer, and from that day on the career of the discarded lover was blasted. The writer was enabled to draw out the old man in regard to those daya when he waa as others in the world. Why did I select this place for my homer ho said as he straightened e b lmaelf no to hla fnll helght are more so, woman man, and false to Jbe cora Thla la my companion, and be stooped down and stroked n large gray cat caressingly. "Thla animal does not one harm. Look at him. He cannot turn you false and show kindness to your face while cursing you behind your back." Hie eyes biased like coals of fire as be recalled thy treachery of former It. . . . , , friends, aa "Ton should have seen my old home. It was a castle iullt In n rock. And ono day thay came and blasted my homd."; That, tod,' was treachery. There 1 lived ilhe the monarch of the desert, the lion In hla den. Storms could beat without tbe rain often came through the thatched doorway, but I did not mind it in tha least. I was away from humanity, my curae, and I only hope "Be-caus- sa -- d I JOSEPH THE PROPHET, they will leave me where I am to my dying day. I am 63 yean old, and over beyond m the field lie burled my -- --" grandparents." Saying which Joseph pointed in the direction of a clump of trees, which afterwards were found to shield with their branches a plain headstone telling of those who were burled beneath. Continuing hla talk, Joseph said that he never again wants to set his eyes on woman. "Man bad enough, he broke out vehemently, "but woman t I rue the day I saw any one of the six. Where I live none of them ever oome. That ia ona reason why I have taken- - this location. Then 1 got the beautiful river to gase upon, I can commnne with nature, and the wicked world lies beyond. You want to know about my parents? They were Scotch, and my waa a soldier in the revolutionary war. He fought with Washington and was an officer, also, with General Jackson. At ths Junctura the reporter spoke of the money the old man had lost The moment the word money waa uttered n transformation took place in the expression of tha old mans face. It waa Dr. Jekyll changed Into Mr. Hyde. Where before bis countenance bad shown all tbe rational features of tbe average man, the InaUnt he heard money mentioned he looked . almoqj hideous. He hissed out hla words In rapid succession. Hie dislike of woman had been more like the Imprecations of the misanthrope, but the mention of gold transformed him Into n being hoee mind was confused with the Ideq of possessing untold qilllioa and 'ln leer of some one attempting to take possession of hla horde. "Money! money! he exclaimed furiously. "Why. I own milllona, billions. trillions! The earth la mine! I own everything on the globe, and Gould and all tbe other are .nothing to me I Tbe trains com in her every day and every night loaded wKh gold, and w are going to store It up here so it will reach the heavens. Money! Com with me and I will ahovr-yo- u something that you never saw before. Tbe reporter had been warned before visiting tbe old man that the bare mention of money would make any other subject out of tbe question during the remainder of his stay. Hs had been told to bs very careful on that score, and that Jt was the only thing that would bring these awful changes of which he had Just been n witness; but It was too lata to retract the sentence, and to have departed Just than would not have Improved the situation. So, following the old man to hla hut, the latter produced a bundle of rusty keys, vritlj which he tried to unlock the Aow. The keys did not belong there at all and, after considerable fumbling about, Joseph removed an Iron bar and let daylight Into the cavern. It took come time before tbe eye could get accustomed to tba Egyptian , darkness within. Fearful of contamination, tba visitor declined to eater, laying that he would view- the treasure from the doorway. "Money, hey? What do you say to thla? Joaeph said, pointing a hairy hand ttt the direction of the Interior. The reporter eaw a number of barrels, inch at tba butchers use for the packing of pork. "Why, those casks are chuck full of gold. Ive got millions. 1 er Vafi-derbl- lt, THE HERMITS HOME; big loads of money." But get Joseph to talk about hla early days, when In hla rational mood, and you will hear something that will startle you. Hla Intelligence ia far above tbe average, and he ia posted on current affaire as well aa are tboe who mingle with the world without. That love affair of hla la enough to make moist the eyes of the most unemotional listener aa he heart the eld man recount It Though many yaara ago, the memory of his Jilting la aa fresh in hla mind aa If it happened only yesterday. She waa a Scotch maiden, the picture of beauty itself. Then the two had known each ether from childhood. The world looked smilingly at the young pair as they wandered about the woods and on tha shores of the river, near which are coming with the OF A SOMNAMBULIST. r, Emma Brvofca, a WsaSsn aa WsllvaS Ttaeks aa Avoids Train. From Olive Hill, Carter county, comes the story of a most remarkable case of somnambulism. A few nights ago Emma, the daughter of Captain and Mrs. Brooks, living on a farm a mile east of Olive Hill, after havlngflnlahedher studies for the next day, lay down on the bed to rest, but did not Intend' to go to sleep. She promptly went to sleep. .The rest of the family, thinking she had retired for th night, did likewise. About 10 o'clock Emma arose, put on her mackintosh, and, carrying her shoes in her hand, left th house unobserved In s deep sleep.- - She went to the C. and 0. track near the house and Started east She walked rapidly, and- - was seen by no one until he passed Aden, even miles east of her starting point, where th night operator noticed her, but did not apeak to her. Th girls eyes were wide open, and there wee nothing In her appearance t indicate that she did not know what ah was doing. 8h walked about four miles further eastward before she awoke, probably from pain caused by the laceration of her feet She was dased, but promptly reversed her courts. Meanwhile her absence had been noticed, and her parent! began telegraphing la both directions from Olive Hill. From th Aden operator it waa learned that n girl answering Emmas description had passed eastward. A handcar was secured and tho girl waa picked up on her return trip. Her feet were terribly cut, and she was in n stats of physical collapse. Sha said she bad dreamed that her mother had told her to go after the cows and that sha remembered nothing else till ah awoke. On her journey ahe had mat three trains and had been overtaken by two, unconsciously stepping out of th way; She had crossed fourteen bridge and trestles, one of the former being more than 300 yards long and on sh had refused to cross In daytime. SJ had also passed through two tnnnels and over innumerable It was her first sleepcattle guard walking experience. Captain Brooks, railEmma's father. Is a road man. Lexington (KyJ Leader. Steep-Walhe- er fH In k The hangings her are made of gold doth and the floor ia laid with gold bricks. The delusion of the poor fellow bed mad him describe the bar ground aa mad of gold and the ragged sackcloth that he used a a covering at night was the gold hangings of which h spoke. It wee almost distressing to see him in his desire to have everything take on tke guise of treasures. The visitor turned away, hoping that tha old man would once more com Into his rational mood. "Look at the river. exclaimed the Imagined multimillionaire as he pointed that way. "We expect big steamers np thla way any moment loaded with money. They will have to com hare. What n change from a few momenta before when tbe dreamer had pointed In tha name direction and had spoken of the beautiful stream and how be could, here be away from mankind and the turmoil of tbs world and commune with nature. The change that bad com over him was almost Inconceivable if It had not Just then been witnessed. ' Tbe old gray cat which tbe hermit has aa hla constant companion la as much afrald.of ..human , being as,,! Its master, No one" waa ever enabled to get within cloee range of the feline when It keeps lurking at the entrance to the hut on sunny daya. Should any one approach It at once disappears within through an opening near the ground. The animal must be very eld, 4for the pcepleln say that the two the old man and the cat have been Inseparable companion! alnc the day when he took up hla residence In the rock. During those early days of hla seclusion be also had n whit owl, but the bird of wisdom died n few years ago. la gold. FEATS ' Tr billion, trillions! Everything -- well-kno- TESTS OF THE TOURIST. The moat remarkable railway la Europe la that which carries tourists to th summit of the Rid Kulm. It Is ' IS ordinary steam road. u Is quits test of the tourist's nerve to reach the Rlgi without symptoms of seasickness or hysteria. , iT Tfcrak SIS VH Miss Etta Robertson, assistant In th postofflee at McComb, Ohio, becam mentally unbalanced as the result of n shortage of $19 found at the cloee of business the other day. Although th lady waa assured that eh was not under suspicion tn th least, she worried ever the affair until in the night, when she would have committed wield by Jumping Into a well but for th prompt arrival of her father, who heard her leave the house. The missing $10 has been found, and although th young ladybas been Informed of the fact that she wni not bellw it X unanimous nomination is a distinction Without a difference. PRODIGAL'S RETURN. him as dead, and no longer hoped that a day hla form might again darken tk kitchen door. to pass that there war With William all went welt He born unto Ear and Lucy Whtttlesy pushed hla way West. Ha aucceeded two boys, William and John, who grew In hla first venture, and flvs years had to youth's estate on tha old farm In not elapsed before bis name had coma to be known throughout the mining Oakland county. John was n home boy. Hla happiest country. Often be thought of that daya w era those on which he hoed and horn back in Michigan, and frequentweeded. With William It waa differly he said to himself, "I will write." ent. He waa like unto neither hla Then something would Interfere with mother por his father. He was Just the carrying out of hla Intention, and William. He rend, long Into th night, no word would be sent back. Thus the days, 'and weeks, and years sped on by tbe kerosene lamp In th sitting-roostories of adventure and of until n fifth of n century had passed. William Whlttlesy had accumulated youtba going forth into th world In search of fortune and of fame. He $100,000 In the twenty years he had It cam lived and tolled In Colorado, and one day the desire came to him stronger plorations Into unknown countries, than ever to go back to the old home and gaxa once again Into th old eyes and of experiences In Ufa such as never entered th mind of plodding John. of father and mother. So he returned. He detested the sorry life of the farm, Alone and unknown, the man wendwith the homely environment, the old, ed hie way along the county road to old routine, day In, day out,' and finthe old house on the hill. He had ally, after several years of uncomplaining servitude, he determined te crossed the lane below the woods when be recollected that pall of milk that ran away. He was IS then. For two years he he had hidden In the hollow log twenhad saved every penny, every nickel, ty year before . I wonder If tbe pall can he there every dime that had fallen In hie way, and ere long noted that the dollars yet, he said to himself, and smiled ware taking care of IbeBiMlVet 'tBva at tbe thoughts,"! R, ace. He remembered the spot as distinctlittle company of their own. There were forty-tw- o of them tn the atone ly as though hs had hut left the day Jar on the shelf nt the head of hla before. He went to the blasted trunk, kicked uway the atones, and moss, and bed. I will do It!" he exclaimed to him- twigs, and looked down. Yes. It was self In the dim darkness. "I will do tkera; but In It nothing. Ha lifted out th old tin pall, ita aides nil full of ! . Hla thoughts were broken In upon holes eaten hy time and rust, and conby tbe cry of n woman down below, tinued on up the road. I shall knock at the kitchen door,1 at th foot of the stairs. "William, William, Its time to ge he said to himself, "and when mother answers I shall say: Here la th for the milk. And William WhitUeay Ah, me! mnrmarred the boy to milk." himself, "another night hue come. I laughed aloud. Tha house appeared unchanged. To must trudge, trudge on, through snow, be sure, there were homeysuckles and through sunshine, through rain, to that old farmhouse nearly two growing up the back porch that had went nwny, miles down tho turnpiko for milk. But not been there when-h- e but twenty years la sufficient time for tkls ahull be my last walk "William, William, aint yew ever honeysuckles to live and die. William Whlttlesy ascended the goln fur that milk?" Again the feminine. voice from the steps quietly and knocked at the door. It waa opened by a kind-eye- d old Indy. foot of th stairway. William thrust forward the rusty, batnow." cornin "Tea, mother, Im Tha boy dropped all tba $43 Into bla tered pall and said: ".Mother, heres trousers pockets, and, after placing the the milk." The woman looked nt him atone Jar back on Its shelf at tha bead with wonder In her eyes. '"Wont of the bed, slowly shambled dews tbe wont you come In? she said. William entered the room. It was stalra. "There's th pall, William, said bis the same old kitchen be had known mother, pointing toward the stable when but n boy. And there by the fireplace aat n man, feeble, and drawn up by the kitchen window. William took it and passed out lute wrinkled, and gray. "Father, I have tha deepening darkness. Aa he walk- come back, cried WUliam Whlttleey. The old man turned In hla chair ed down that road the whole eighteen years of hla monotonous 'existence, and gaud at. the stranger unknowcalled life, unrolled themselves before ingly. "Dont you see who I am? cried th hla mind's eye. He remembered tbe "I am William. I have old swimming hole, th eager hunts for long-los- t. birds neats in the daya agone, the come hack. , I went away twenty "atone bruise he carried to school years ago A peculiar light tame Into the eyes with him nl lone spring, and the beech of the woman, who, during th strangwhistles he used to make at recess. And the aqulrreK hunts and the er's appeal to the old sun at tha firedifferent place, had stood still at the end of the games of youth, all th scenes of his life were esieted again table with on hand on her hip. "I I I understand now," sha said. for him in the playhouse of hts-- mem- William looked his thanks In his eyes. Ha was about to clou his arms about tha old lady when the waved him back. "I understand, ahe went on. "Arter yon went away your mother died In beout n year and your pn married me. Then when he died I married George there, an weve been Uvla on th ol' place ever aence. So yaw see w aint your folks arter all, though likely ei not yew may have some legal - . connection with ua William put hia hand to hla brew and reeled. He staggered to ttt door sobbing, with hla head bowed upon hla breast, he walked slowly down the old country road. And that night be went hack to tha West Detroit Free Press. . STAGGERED TO THE DOOR, himto end he said And nt the cry. AFTER INCREASED TRADE. self: "Well, It Is over now, for to night I shall go away. Never again JTotoI Method Employed by Chicago will William take home the nights Grocer to Attract Custom. milk. This Is my last walk." If yon wish to attract people to your He stumbled along the rocky path to place of business make an offer of the milk house on Greens farm, and something for nothing. This la an then he trudged back over that counof commerce which applies to axiom try road. The moon was rising. Al- the good people of Chicago with pecuready s soft, silvery light flecked the liar force. The desire to win n prise, foliage of the woods on the left, end no matter it It be Intrinsically worthcast shimmering shadows on the stone less, amounts to n passion with Ameriwalls. cana. The - procuring of something And William dreamed of the wealth do eo means If of tbe Indies that would one day be without price, and n to sum of considerable" the expenditure hla. of the fame, the glory, and the of money, alwsys brings a reward te name awaited oat him that good great tn the world, beyond the ken of life him who makes the offer. A grocer of the west side hu discovered this on the Whlttleey farm. Suddenly the boy stopped eo sud- fact He haa gone further and la put denly, Indeed, that th frothing milk ting hla knowledge to practical us slopped over the top of Jhe pall and He la anxious that each patron shall big round dollar with him. fell In two splashes, ona on tha road, spend Hence he has put np the following legthe other on his trousers. "I shall not go home. I shall leave end In his store window t "One peck of potatoes or s basket of peaches with now! he cried. He walked to the edge of the road every dollar purchase." This offer whit and peered Into th lighted was placed In th window n couple of woods. - "I must hide the pall, he days ago. The result was a sudden Interest In the crafty grocers wares. said, "but where? For a moment he stood In the shadow Everybody wanted the peaches or potatoes and many n dollar was spent thinking. "I remember!" hs exclaimed. "The when the purchaser really did not need old blasted tree trunk. 1 will pat tbs that amount of commissary stores pall therm." He walked a few rods But the spending carried the peck Of further up the road and then basket and the purchases war Willis sheered off Into the woods. By ly made and by he cam out Into tbs moonout lhe light again. Hs had carried Bonus of the Wan plan that had suggested itself to hla latest Tk atrocity In the song lln had been milk The mind. placed Is pall Riders 8erenade." It "The Rough hi th old tree trunk. am lying in my tent, sweet Then William turned and went back begins, "I Marie," and Is on the earns emotional down tha country road. as "After the Ball and Grand- longed for n wider field. He dreamed of conquests, of piles of gold, of ex- - EGRET IS A 6HY BIRD. he Ftoe Futhme Hw Butovs Sees tor KUllmry rwrpomoo. From th New York Sunt Nearly fast high, very dark from th burning of n tropical sun, but sinewy and H. strong In appearance,- - was Chari reMohrmann a few days ago as hs lated hi story of the hunting of th egret In South America. At first offl- -' glance he would be taken for an wh or Cuban army cer In the Spanish had been exposed to the elements in n campaign.- - He started In his present career from tbe feather and hat district of New York city In an endeavor to reach the source of supply of this most valuable millinery decorative finery. Iritis quest be hunted through Mexico and Central America, only, to find that the game was pretty much hunted out In thoso countries, and traveled on into Venezuela before he found the birds in rookeries, for It Is In a gathering of this kind only that they can be shot with profit. These rookeries may be sought for years without success. Th danger, the hunter explained, la not great, being principally from snakes, scorpions and centipedes. There is a popular error, n says, about alligators being ferocious. He says he has frequently waded out (Into I shallow stream "crowded with them and armed only with a stick; he has shouted at them and clubbed them over the nose, when they would get ont of tha way aa fast as they could. Th long, lean kind are fiercer. Still, about the only danger when one gets (Into a school of .alligators Js that they will not move out of the way until shot at, and then in their scramble they may hit a aide of the boat with the tall and splinter It A wetting and Joss of provisions follow. The egret la a shy bird. Their rookeries ara in places not easy of access, but may be approached in a small launch. The birds roost In high trees standing In water. The hunter approaches cautiously, anchors under the tree, and then shoots from daylight until dark. A fowling piece is the weapon used. Tha bird falls near the canoe and Is picked up by tbe hunter. Dogs are not used, because the alligators are very fond of dogs. These rookeries contain from 10,000 to 30,000 birds, .about 15 per cent of which may be taken, as only tbe old birds are shot, and then not until the young ones are able to take care of themselves, which ia when they are about six weeks old. The season varies. In Central America and Mexico It ia from February to1 October. Tbe best time Is in March, April and May. After that the plumes become a little ragged. On the Orinoco the season Is from about Bept. 1, to Jan. L There are big rookeries on' 'Aprene, n tributary of tho Orinoco. Two steam launches are now on that river and have made 'Considerable money. Rookeries are on big cattle1 ranches, owned by natives, who Jealously guard them. A privilege costs about $2,000 and 50 per cent of the. proceeds. Each bird Is worth about $125. The feathers for which they are hunted grow on the back and hang down over n short, stubby talk About 8,000 ounces were shipped from tke Aprene region to New York last year. This would approximate about 200,-0birds The amounts shipped"'!'' Paris and London are larger, but th figures are not obtainable. Thera are known to be immense rookeries on other tributaries of the Orinoco which' Pave not been approached because the to forty-eig-ht launches draw, thirty-eig" Inches of water. - In these streams for six months In the year during the dry season there Is only Inches of water. Feathers twenty-foare plucked, and, after being assorted Into grades 1, 2 am 3, are dried and hermetically sealed in tin boxes for shipment They are used for millinery purposes, and in the English army tor officers helmets. Mr. Mohrmann haa been a hnnter for three years and Intends going back in September next . -- 00 ht ur r Proper Way. "Abner," asked tbe wife of the editor of the Plnnkville Bugle, looking np from her latest "take," "dont you think It is a sin for you to write those Washington dispatches right here in the officer "No, I dont," stoutly re"I have always sponded the editor. been taught that the way to get a thing done right Is to do ft yourself." Ex. Aadlbte. Mr. Third Flat Great Scott! Who in that thumping tho piano? Mrs. Third Flat Thumping, Indeed? Perhaps youd be surprised to hear that Gladys -Is practicing how to read music. Mr.,, Third Flat Cant she learn without reading aloud? New York Wprld. hfanHtloiJ "Pa, doesnt ' post "Yes." "Then does after officer Ex. mean after T" post-off- ie meat devious definitions. Barytone The singer who Is classed aa a bass Imitation. Bluff A pretty good substitute for anything but brains. Sympathy The connecting link between Joy and sorrow. Sentiment A good thing so long as it can be kept on a paying basis. Roomy The fiat with 'many room Tea," .the station agent at th order Teeth Are Plugged with Etna." mas with no room tn any of them. hut n be will film. "there told crossing Journal. Minneapolis Heaven The place where we ImagWest In for th thirty train along ine every ode la as good aa we are. minutes." A Iwwtotf Batter. , Silence Something that la especially WllllarnWhlttlesy had dreamed of Dearest Papa: Please do not golden when we have nothing to say. meant My twas he there and Colorado, Conscience The part of a man that to go. kn hour later he was rolling think I am writing home again for ' more money, aa such Is not th case hurts him when his neighbor does on hla way. However, so long as 1 am writing, I wrong. J And th year earn and went Not n word was ever received Try may as welt ask you to send me $100. , Hypocrisy Something that always th Wblttlesya from William. And af- Please send ft 'by return mail. Teen makst a man Act different whew be - knows soma one is watching him. ter many months they came th regard in haste, Bessie. " L - -- j I i |