BELLIGERENT SCHOOLMASTER
And C6o
BELLICOSE EDITOR.
In a part of the country where the
teacher Is still credited with vast men
tal range and encyclopedic knowledge
and is not regarded as a harmless
Grudge there lived and "conducted
classes" a long, raw-boned mountaineer
named Hill. He was a man of amnz
Insj industry and possessed of diplo
ma of learning, but he retained In
rich luxuriance tho unpruned collo
quial speech of his native mountains
a speech which took grotesque liber
ties with grammar and idiom.
Now this Hill was, among other
things, a "great hand for tho gals," as
be elegantly phrased it, and In their
company he took a satisfaction which
overflowed in grins and cackles and
uncouth compliments. Even here,
however, he had, like Washington Irv
ine's immortal Ichabod Crano whom,
In general, he rather closely resem
bled an eye upon tho practical side
of things. In short, ho was apt to
look with special favor upon young
women who were blessed with rich
fathers.
Now, in the same region in which
this schoolmaster held sway lived a
gentleman who undertook to supply
the community with tho local news in
weekly installments, and, to that end,
maintained a plant consisting of a
hand press of respectable age and en
ofllce force of one compositor.
Naturally Mr. Harris, the editor,
was a man in high consideration; no
political or social function was com
plete without him. Naturally, also,
Mr. Hill, the schoolmaster, was a per
son of equnl If not superior considera
tion, and likewise much In demand for
all manner of festivities. Both gentle
men went at least as cheerfully as
thoy were bid and neither ever missed
one of these delightful dances which
were a feature of Wauhatchle society.
Both the editor and the schoolmas
ter danced vilely and each regarded
his own capers with much compla
ency. These facts aro interesting but
not essential; the point in that both
the editor and the schoolmaster, by
chance, fixed their affections upon the
same lady a local heiress. At first
food friends, they presently began to
look at each other out of the corners
of their eyes and then settled down
to a deadly rivalry mnrked by an un
compromising attitude of mutual
acorn a scorn which neither took tho
pains to hide.
The lady In the case was not wiser
or more beautiful than the general run
of girls, but she had the astuteness
which belongs to the box, and she held
the balance so true between the two
Tivals that neither could claim any
long-contrnued advantage.
It so happened that the learned Mr.
Hill had as assistant a harmless
drudge who, as is tho way of somo
foolish schoolmasters, set his boys to
write compositions, many and long,
and Mr. Harris, ns befitted a puuuc
plrited editro, offered a prlzo for the
best composition on a matter ot
public Interest," written by a pupil
of the school in which the whole town
of Wauhatchle took pride. But, be
cause he hated Mr. Hill, Mr. Harris
stipulated that the editor was to be
the sole arbiter of merit. These com
positions "on matters of public Inter
est" were duly written, doubtless with
much painful thought and more chew
ing ot the tops of innocent penholders
on the part of the youthful authors.
The results of their labors were hand
ed to the editor, and the editor award
ed his prize a year's subscription to
The Wauhatchle News. Further, he
published the prlzo essay in his col
umns. This Juvenile scrawl was not
remarkable In any special way, but It
was outspoken about a matter of local
politics which was at that time mak
ing bad blood. What was worse, the
youngster who wrote It a pugnacious
youth had ventured to assume a po
sition which did not at all agree with
the stnnd which the schoolmaster had
Judged it wise to take on the same
trubjoct Reading the effusion now in
public print and proclaimed in scare
head lines as a prlzo essay by a pupil
of his school, the learned Mr. Hill fair
ly boiled with Indignation. His eno
my had played him a scurvy trick, and
tie must have revenge. He seized his
liat, and still holding on to the offend
ing newspaper, set out to find the edi
tor. This he bad no difficulty in do
ing. The faithful servant of the pen
and the public was In his sanctum
with tho lone compositor and several
loafers who spent much time there. In
the midst of this sleepy senate ap
peared suddenly the Indignant Mr. Hill
very red in the face and agitating
Ills newspaper and declared with
sreat vehemence that he objected to
that so-called prize essay. He began
to sling his mountain lingo about reck
lessly and even Indulged In threats of
personal vlolonce at which the edi
tor smiled pleasantly. Then the
schoolmaster, beside himself, made for
the editor with his HbU, whereupon
the compositor and two burly loafers
promptly collared him and hustled
Aim away, swearing in a manner that
would have given Infinite delight to
the innocent boys over whom he pre
sidedand, doubtless, shocked the
young ladies to death.
All the next day the schoolmaster
explained the mysterlese ot the pons
Aslnorum to a lot of blockheads or
made the same blockheads recite Latin
."verbs. The young villains had evi
dently heard all about the scene in
the office of the Wauhatchle News.
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They tittered and talked in corners
when he was busy and the young
lady members of tho school were es
pecially maddening.
Poor Hill stood at his blackboard
and fumed. Was it not enough that
this meddling Harris should be per
petually In his way with the lovely
and wealthy Miss Cnrry-Mayt No!
the fellow must print in his confound
ed little paper things containing rep
rehensible and what was infinitely
worse .impolitic doctrines. Then he
had the impudence to proclaim these
things as "prize essays" of tho pupils
of Wauhatchle acadomyl The pupils
know and Miss Carry-May would
know of it, too. Harris would cer
tainly tell her if nobody else did. It
was Intolerable
Hill's w rath having cooked thus nil
day, he set out as soon as school was
dismissed to find the editor once moro.
This tlmo ho met him on the street
"I want to speak to you, Mr. Har
ris," said Mr. Hill, sidling up awk
wardly to the place where his enemy
stood,
"I am at your service, sir," said Mr.
Harris, looking bored, "but bo brief; I
nm in something' or a hurry."
"I want," said Mr. Hill, without fur
ther ceremony, "to fight you."
"I don't see the use of that," said
Mr, Harris.
"You must apologise," said Mr. Hill.
"I certainly shall not," said Mr.
Karris.
"Then I'm going to lick you right
now and here," said Mr. Hill, flying
into a great rage and making wind
with his arms.
"Not now or here," said Mr. Har
ris, coolly. "I am no street brawler.
I am, as you are aware, a Justice of
the peace, and I do not propose to get
myself hauled before the mayor even
to oblige you. I shall be more than
pleased to meet you at some more con
venient season in some retired spot
outside the town limits. At present I
am going to supper." And Harris
turned on his heel, linked his arm in
that of a friend, who had been a curi
ous observer of this scene, and strolled
slowly on down the village street. Hill,
left thus unceremoniously, stood and
Blared his mouth open the picture
ot helpless fury. Then he rushed af
ter the editor, shouting a torrent of
speech, in all of which the word
"light" alone was articulate.
Harris turned.
"I told you," said he to Hill angri
ly, "that I was going to supper," and
ho resumed his walk. This time Hill,
after standing like a lost man and
gazing after Harris for a moment,
swung round In his turn and strode oft
In tho opposite direction. He walked
violently, slinging his arms.
The worst of it was that when the
schoolmaster met MI3S Carry-May tho
younj: woman, instead of answering
his grins and compliments with smiles
as sho had been used to do, was apt
now to turn her head and giggle, and
when tho wretched Hill tried to ex
plain she giggled moro than ever. It
might be supposed from this that the
editor was in high fnvor. But in that
view ho was evidently mistaken.
Tho editor came back from "up the
county" some tlmo during the next
week, and called immediately upon
Miss Carry-May. He was received
with frowns. Miss Carry-May told
him frankly that sho could not respect
a coward. Everybody knew, she said,
that he had declined to fight the
school nins tor afterward he had run
away and, well, she, for ono, was sur
prised. The editor, who had it very
bad, wns dumfounded at this view of
tho matter, and hemmed and hawed
at a fearful rato. Miss Carry-May
took advantage of his confusion to
overwhelm him with reproaches.
"I never thought you world be a
coward," she Insisted, and was so
clearly distressed that the editor
sprang to his feet and declared he
would go after Hill at onco and thrash
him within an Inch of his life. Before
Mlsa Carry-May, now a little frlgh
toned, could stop him he was gone
out Into the night.
With all possiblo speed he made his
way to the schoolmaster's dwelling
and rang the bell with a Jangle that
alarmed the Quiet household In which
Mr. Hill was a boarder. A little boy
one of - Hill's pupils came to the
door, and, to the question put as to
Mr. Hill's whereabouts, replied with
very round eyes that the schoolmas
ter had Just left the house with no
more explanation than that he was
going "up the road a piece." The edi
tor started. That was the phrase Hill
used to employ when be was going to
see a "gal" and what girl could there
be but Miss Carry-May? His enemy
mutt have passed blm in the dark.
Tho editor left the boy still staring,
and retraced Mb steps hastily. As he
came opposite Miss Carry-May's house
again, sure enough, he heard Hill's
unmistakable nervous cackle within.
Miss Carry-May's voice waa not audi
ble. The editor did not go in. Instead
he went to his room. In the morning
the schoolmaster received a note which
read:
"Sir; I have been waiting for you
to name a time and place for the en
counter you were so kind as to sug
gest to me the other day. You have
sent me no word. May I venture to
offer a suggesttln in my turn? It H be
agreeable to you, I will meet you in
'Dead Man's Hollow' at I o'clock this
afternoon. Kindly bring your gun.
(Signed) "JOHN HARRIS."
This note was delivered to Mr. Hill
ia his schoolroom, and produced a cu
rious effect. Mr. Hill hnd been in a
villainously bad humor. Now ha twist
ed ecstatically in his chair as he read,
his face spread into a wonderful grin.
"Tell Mr. Harris," said he to the
boy, "I'll be there."
All tho rest of tho day he was nota
bly preoccupied and fidgety, and sev
eral times tho pupils hoard him
chuckle to himself. About half past 4,
having at that time dismissed the Inst
lingerer, Mr. Hill, from the window of
his schoolroom, saw Mr. Harris walk
ing by In the direction of Dead Man's
Hollow, which, by tho way, was a
lone spot In tho pines, and the reput
ed scene of a murder. Tho editor
was accompanied by tho same gentle
man who had been his companion at
tho tlmo of tho street encounter. The
two men walked rapidly, and Harris
face wore an expression ot much
grimness.
When the pair were well past the
house and out ot sisrht around a curve
In the road, Mr. Hill laughed aloud all
to himself, and followed slowly. Just
as he reached the edgo of the town
ho met a bufegy. In the bugjry was
Miss Carry-May Bnd a mnn with red
hair. Miss Carry-May bowed, and tho
bugpy drove on. Mr. Hill turned to
look after It, and seemingly forgot,, to
turn again; for. Instead of going to
Dead Man's Ho,low, he walked
straight home. The editor and his
friend waited for him at the appointed
place a full half-hour then they camo
back to town, and went without delay
to Mr. Hill's place of residence. There
they learned that the schoolmaster
had Just gone toward tho station car
rying a small hnndbag. They fol
lowed in haste, and wero In time to
oeo the tall end of the southbound
train disappearing a milo down the
track. Then tho editor sworo In his
slow way, and the two trudged back
to town a?aln.
A little later Mr. Harris rung Miss
Carry-May's doorbell. He was ushered
into the parlor and found the young
woman arrayed in her most becoming
frock and very busy entertaining a
strange gentleman with red hair. Miss
Carry-May looked startled, but intro
duced the stranger as the Rev. Mr.
Jopllng. Mr. Jopllng, basking luxuri
ously in the lady's smiles, kept up an
Incessant flaw of small talk, and was
evidently good for the evening. Clear
ly there was no chance for Mr. Harris
tonight, and he took himself off In a
state of mind which beggars descrip
tion. At his room he found a note in a
strange, wild handwriting.
"Dear Harris We are both of us
euchred. I ain't going o fight for no
gal alivo especially not one that Is
spoke for already. This one is going
to marry that red-headed parson. She
told me so last night.
"Yours truly, T. HILL."
That nlttit the editor did not sleep.
Hill earn back Monday morning the
duel had been set for Friday entirely
cured of his warlike fever. He was
very friendly with tho editor who re
ceived his advances with very bad
grace Ignored Miss Carry-May utter
ly, and wns presently a violent admir
er of another ot the young women of
Wauhatchle. The editor, for his part,
withdrew from society, and his lead
ers took on a tone of chronic misan
thropy. Miss Carry-May, it seems, did actu
ally, In time, marry the parson with
red hair. New York Times.
Excess In Golf.
Too much time is spent over golf,
and men bring to bear on the game nn
Industry nnd a devotion to detail
which ought to be expended upon
moro serious things. This kind of
enthusiasm for a form of recreation
cannot bo regarded as merely a strug
gle to maintain tho standard of physi
cal health on which mental health de
pends. It must rather be looked upon
as Immoderate attention to a fascina
ting sport and must bo guarded
against like any other form of excess.
It is an admirable thing in golf
which we admit to bo nn excellent
game even while we desire to Eay a
warning word affalnst Its cult that, it
cannot be played carelossly and that
assiduous practice Is required after
tho position in the handicap list that
is somewhat contemptuously described
as "domestic 12" has been reached, if
a higher standard Is to be attained. It
Is exactly here that golf provo3, to our
thinking, a pitfall to many men. What
ever Is worth doing Is worth doing
well. Is an axiom that every thinking
man must cordially indorse. As no one
can play golf really well without the
sacrifice of much time, the working
man Is soon brought to a parting of
three ways. Shall he leave oft playing
a game in which he can only excel by
much expenditure of time? Or shall
be continue to play moderately a game
which he feels that be could, and he
would, play much better? Or shall he
give more thought than is light to
what, at best, is but laborious Idle
ness? We hope that all our readers
will take the middle course. Let them
reap the undoubted good that Is of
fered to them by a break In their round
of toll and by brisk exercise an open
hill and heath, and let those of them
who are not brilliant exponents of golf
recognize, cheerfully that excellonce
can only come by the neglect If mure
important things. She Lancet,
Spot Cash.
cash.
Jum Spot cash! And yet you say be
cheated you.
Jim Oh, I afterward fonnd that the j
spots in the cash were holes showing
where the money had been plugged and
rendered useless!" Baltimore HoraJd.
VALUE UF WAKSHira.
PROOF POSITIVE THAT Thr ARE
CHEAPER THAN WAR.
Significance of a Fleet in All Interna
tional Mattsrs Lord Charles Beret
ford's Epigram Tho Verdict of His
tory Natural Pugnacity of Human
Beings.
That battleships are cheaper than
war; that wo must have tho forco nec
essary to hold and dofend what we
possess; that an Individual or nation
must be prepared to guard his be
longings, as well as his llfo and honor,
from tho attacks of other perscna or
nations; these aro simple, axioms,
writes Rear Admiral H. C. Taylor, U.
S. N. Our advanced civilization, with
Its numerous and effective safeguards
against thieve:! nr.d highwaymen, as
well as against all forms of public dis
order, has Indeed clouded these axioms
and confused the reasoning powers of
those who prote.it against war prepa
ration. The security In which wo
live lulls their minds to drowsiness,
and encourages them In tho fallacy
that this condition of things Is a nat
ural one, rather than entirely artifi
cial, as is In truth tne care.
This does no great harm so far as
rtato or municipal affairs are con
cerned. Tho protesters consent In
stinctively to tho police, and, indeed,
demand that they shall be well armed,
and retfnrd tho taxes they pay as
many times repaid by tho protection
thus afforded.
It is in International matters that
tho danger of tho fallacy appears. The
falso logic, which urges that order
and security within the country aio
natural results of our modern civiliza
tion and intellectual advancement,
goc3 further nnd propencs to employ
those noble but Inadequate forces as
tho only protection ot the nation nnd
its property from tho attacks of oilier
nations.
It is, therefore, only to those few
pcTscns that arguments need lv; nil
dressed. To them It should no men
tioned that tho civilization which se
cures them In tho city and state, and
provides them with a police and law
to guarantee their safety, has not, up
to the present time, provided these or
similar safeguards for any nation as
against other nations. Vague and
shadowy beginnings have been made.
International customs have been col
lected In books, and glvCn without Jus
tification the name ot law. A tribunal
has been established, which arbitrates
In the Interest of peace, but no sword
has yet been placed In Its hand with
which to enforce its decisions. Wars
do not cease. The stronger still over
power the weaker throughout tho
world.
Such being the case, we may logi
cally present one of two propositions.
First, to accept defeat, and resulting
conquest of our people and territory
whenever another moro warlike nr.: leu
desires our riches; or, second, to arm
ourselves In good reason and resist
the attack. With these alternatives
should be considered tho fact that, wo
are suro to be attacked If we do not
prepare, because a ration is likely to
attack only these whom It thinks it
can overcome.
Wo arrive then nt tho point empha
sized by Lord Charles lleresford that
"Battleships aro cheaper than war,"
and that If battleships aro not provid
ed end thoroughly cirillod, wo will cer
tainly linve war, nnd v.nr cots more
than a fleet of battleships.
Tho present sittintlon of our coun
try brings out forcibly the need of a
fleet as distinguished from a land
army. The latter will always bo
needed, of course, but our recent ac
quisition of Important island territory
at great distances lroni our own con
tinent makes a sea force Indispensa
ble, and Admiral Here3fo.'d has prob
ably taken these changed condlth ns
Into account as strengthening his rec
ommendation to provide a worthy
naval force.
History shows numerous Instances
cf the valuo cf a fleet to a nation
which Is dependent for Its safely upon
territory separated from tho homo
government by the sea.
The Athenians by keeping their fleet
well drilled and ready maintained for
themselves supremacy In the Levant,
and control of tho great trnclo routes.
The naval victories of their Admiral
Fhormio over the unprepared Poets ot
Sparta sorlcusly checked tho develop
ment of that famous state.
So long 83 parthnge kept its flert
the equal or superior cf tho Roman
fleet", it could strtvo with confidence
for tho commercial control of the
Mediterranean; but Rome was not lg
ncrant of this, and did not licritate at
vast outlays of money in order to
make its fleet spcrior, and its final
victory over tho fleet of Carthage at
Ecnomus, in tho greatest s?a fight re
corded by history, was quickly fol
lowed by tho disappearance of Car
thago as a rival In peace or war.
By the possession of on effective
fleet England gained and held the
trade and riches of India; by the lack
of one, Spain lost the Emptro ot the
west. Franco, slackening In Its atten
tion to its sea force, loses Canada.
England, failing later to provido a
sufficient fleet of succor Cornwallls at
York town, sees America pas3 .frcin
her control.
The rulo la almost Invariable. Wheu
a county has distant possessions or a
large foreign trade, even without ter
ritory, it must have armed protec
tion. It possesses something that
other nations want, or, Indeed, need,
for their vital development. They
will solzo It, as will desperato men
scizo gold or Jewels If displayed lu
their sight without being guarded. As
to conditions now existing, we tun
not blind ourselves to the fact that
they aro no better. If no worao, than
former perlcd3 lu tho world's history
which preceded great wans. The
teachings of experience give us no
guarantee of pence, but, on the con
trary, warn us to be thoroughly armed
In oider'that marauders may not mo
lest us, nnd thereby drlvo us to tho
extrnvagnnco of a long and bloody
tonilict.
Battleships will not always provent
war; nothing will do this, for an eto
mrmt of pugnacity appears to ba Im
planted in us by Providence, which
does not permit nations to be satis
fied without an occasional appeal to
arms. We need not discuss tho right
or wrong cf this. History shows
plainly the existence of such an ele
ment, and further shows that It too
long a period elapses without the war
sentiment being gratified, nations tend
to beccino selfl:-:h, and a lowness of
view la engendered, and nn undue lovo
of material caso and tendency to the
lower vices. Mr. Kuskln claims that
history shows i:s that not only the
arts flourish during tho long periods
but that tho ;reat virtues also
flourish then, nnd teat peace, too long
continued, results In degradation of
tho national spirit. Heroic con
flicts for noblo causes develop heroic
virtues In tho men who carry them
cn. It cannot bo denied that they de
velop, at tho same tlmo, flyee nnd
brutal passions that react disastrous
ly on the finer qualities of a civilized
humanity; but If war ctn engender
heroism, valor, and the courage that
enables a man to meet death without
flinching, It cannot be wholly profit
less. We need not on tlii3 account seek for
war. It will come without urging.
Tho keen desire for commercial su
premacy constitutes a certain cause ot
war, which iu always with us, and wo
nay test ai.'.mod that tho nation
which sees this e;ipr-?mncy pausing
from it, will, after trying ot'.'.er reme
dies, surely flsiit. an.l lu is doing will
prefer an cu opponent tho nation thnt
la tho lean prepared and tho richest.
In conclusion why should argu
ments b-3 necessary to show the ad
visability cf maintaining nn adequate
military forco on land and sea? The
government of a great nation is made
up of certain essential elements with
out any one of which It must fall in
the race. Armies and navies are
among those elemnts. end their Im
portance In the machinery of govern
ment can be determined, and the
amount of money to bo spent upon
them. Details will differ In different
countries. Those In tho interior ot
continents will naturally need larger
armies, while "insular and peninsular
nations should spend more money on
their navies than on their armies. For
all. however some armed force Is In
dispensable, nnd thuugh its work at
times must bo sad and even repulsive,
yet there is something In war which
uplifts tho spirit of man and tends to
diminish that fenr of death which do
(trades life and mars Its enjoyment.
Harper's Weekly.
Opportunity Thrown Away.
Recently a friend of mine, a great
business man, assembled his clerks,
to tho number of i.w. He gave them
a 2D minute?' slntoir.e-.it on t'.io out
look for tho bti5ir.e:u. Ho told them
that ho was overworked, that tho de
velopment must be it icing cennln linos,
nr.d thnt tho men In the different de
partments could develop tlioso lines
to any dejiieo thnt they do-lred. Ho
gave a list of boo'.;.i t!:at they could
read, a list of tho frms in tho same
Uno whose methods they could ntu.ly.
From hl3 address anil from tho 2nd
youn men ho honed to bo able to sift
some 13 or 20 who would talce up tho
tttidy of the bitslnen, give It their
niRiitn, sleep with it, nnd at longth
develop fortunes fcr themselves.
What nn opportunity was that! Ono
wouM hnvu supposed thnt hla oflleo
would havo been besieged by the
whole body of 200 clerks.
Hut, s.ansely ennuah, out of that
entire number only three or four camu
to hlin afterward enough Interested
even to ptir.-uo tho Inquiry or obtain
the names of tho Imoks.
Kaoh una bad a nlcho, a soft berth,
a position with which he was satis
fied. Each loved onso. bated sfrug
ele, and wan content with enough.
T'to decline of ambition la a singu
lar phatto of modern life. Tho 19 out
of 20 nro content. They will not
climb. Instead of meeting opportun
ity half way, tho anpel of opportun
ity must go nil tho way and scourge
mon towards success. Now York
World.
The Gomall.
A military correspondent gives a
good description of tho Somali, who
as a fighting man Is not first clas3,
though ho Is fond of drill and proud
of his uniform. But he Is by nature
decidedly effeminate; his toilet Is a
constant sourco of anxiety to himself,
and the pains he will take to curl his
crisp black hair by the application of
various substances to his head is in
credible. He Is fond of finery, of lux
urious and Indolent bnblts, and keeps
up an Incessant fire of chatter. He is
grasping, and In the matter of food Is
greedy. Timid In the presence of the
European, he Is easily excited, and
quickly loses Ills head. Dancing is
one of hl3 chief pastimes, accompan
ied by the loud clapping of hands and
a continuous and monotonous wail,
which no doubt doos duty for a song.
Somali women never dance, nnd
scarcely even smile; they are com
pletely cowed by the mjn, who treat
them in mor.t cases unklndiy, If not ac
tually cruelly, Tho Somali Is most
punctilious In tho performance of his
religious rites; but he seems hypocrit
ical to a dojsrreo. London Express.
A German mathematician estimates
that tbo average man who lives to
be 70 years old consumes $10,000
worth of food In uJ life.
6CI3SOR3 GRINDERS.
Come from the Austrian Tyrol, Some
From Italy How to Distin
guish Thorn.
Fpeaklng generally, tho scissors
grinders with machines which thoy
trundle ahead of them llko a wheel
barrow, como from tho Austrian Ty
rol, while thoso with machines car
ried on their back como from Italy,
and It may be from aji far south as
Naples. Hut there aro some Italian
ses3ora grinders from the far north
ern province of Venice, bordering on
the Tyrol, who, like the men from Aus
tria, uso trundlo machines, and may
themselves moro nearly resemble the
men of the German rncea to the north
than they do those cf the Latin race
to tho south.
The back machine men have been
hero tho longer. Tho trundlo machine
men did not begin coming In numbers
until 20 years ago or less. But there
aro now hero many of each, and thoy
' are scattered all over tho country.
) The back machines aro all substan
' tlally alike; of tho trundle machines,
whllo they do have somo general re
semblance, there aro scarcely two Just
I -Ml. T . .. ... -1 1 I
n i ' iv. in AiisLiin luuitt tire iiiiu?B
whero these machines are made. They
cost there $12 or $15, and, made of
hardwood, they last for many years.
Eut many of the grinders make their
own machines, embodying their own
Ideas of what would bo most conven
ient or desirable In use, or what mlgut
suit their fancy.
Under this Inst head might be
classed tho cranks seen on scne of
tho machines, connecting the treadle
with the shaft cf the driving wheel.
Some of these. Instead of being
straight, like nn ordinary crank, aro
curved, crcsecnt-shaped, or so much
curved that they make all bui a circle,
which play round and round curious
ly when tho machine Is worked.
In this country when a man wants
one of these trundlo machines he
makes tt himself or he draws his
plans and tnkes them to a carpenter.
The grindstones wear out, oi course,
and have to be renewed, and the
grinders buy stones here. American
grindstone men say that they give the
grinders better grindstones than those
they bring with them.
Most of tbo scissors grinders con
fine their work to the sharpening of
scissors and knives and tools; there
are seme, these mostly back machine
men, who add to that work the mend
ing of umbrellas. The grinders who,
within recent years, have brought
here or adopted the bugle Instead of
the time-honored bell, are, of course,
back machine men. The trundle man
needs both hands with whkh to wheel
his machine.
Does scissors grinding pay? Not
so well as it did when scissors grind
ers wore fewer. The grinders were
all drawn here, of course, as sc mnny
millions of other Old World people
havo been, by the attraction cf the
New World'B prosperity and wealth.
The earlier comers did well, and their
success attracted many more, until
now, a grinder said, tho business in
New York Is overdone. Oi the earlier
days a grinder told this story:
Somo years ago he mnue a llttlo
scissors grinding tour through Now
England. He was a trundle-machine
man himself, but on this trip he car
lied a back machine. The trundle
machine Is heavy and adapted to side
walks and city pavements, not to
country dirt roads.
His trip was prosperous, for In
many parts the scissors grinder had
remained quite unknown, llo was
tilling fresh ground, and his returns
were corresponding. Even In one
small city that he struck, a place cf
lu.onO Inhabitants, they had, never
seen a traveling scissors grinder, and
here ho took In tdx or seven dollars a
day .something more than $20 .n three
days, whllo hU daily expenses bad
been about $1.
"A gold mine?" said his interlocu
tor. "Hotter than somo gold mines,"
said the shrewd and good-humoroj
scissors grinder.
Hut there aro no such New Eng
land cities now. Tho scissors grind
er is everywhere, nnd tho business has
found Its level. But it la uncertain
anfl variable, even at that.
Hero In Now York, ono scissors
grinder said a man might go all day
nud uialco nothing, ami then no might
tako $2 or $3 from one house, ono
customer bringing another. Now
York Sun.
Mr. Badger, the 8agacloui.
A badger which bad made its homo
among the granite cliffs dealt with
tho fire god with sagacity and skill. A
friend while painting a seaplece dis
covered a badger's lair, and thought
to play the animal a practical Joke.
Gathering together a bundle of grass
and weeds, he placed it inside the
mouth of the bole, Bnd, Igniting It
with a match, waited for the ignomini
ous flight of tho astonished house
holder. But Master Badger was a re
sourceful animal, and not disposed to
bo made a butt of practical Jokers.
He soon came up from the depths of
bis hole as soon as the penetrating
smoke told blm that there was a fire
on the premises, and deliberately
stratched earth on tho burning grass
with his strong claws until all danger
was past. No human bolng could
have grasped the situation more quick
ly or displayed greater skill In dealing
with an unfamiliar event. Nature.
Electric Traction In Mexico City.
The electric lines of the City of
Mexico, which began only a few years
ago as a fow independent mule lines,
now form one electric system with
modern equipniont. There aro 190
miles of lino, and the sorvlco com
prises 604 car3; SROO-hcrse power if
required to work tho system.
rj m. Mcdonald,
ATTOHNEY-AT-liAW.
!ory VuWc. rul Mtm sront, Pttonts
Offlot
In NoltiB block, Kp.vnol1rllfo, p;
gMITH M. MoCRMGIIT,
ATTOFINEY-AT-LAW.
h Frohllch lleorjr blue, aou pMtoKlo
JR. B. E. HOOVEH,
REYNOLDSVILLTC, PA.
Ttnt1nnt ctonttnt. In th Hivr building
next door to pixtolflcn. Main ttrMk 0oUI
beat In operating.
J)H. L. L. MEAN'S,
DENTIST,
OfTIc on wonil IWirof Vnt Nttonl hank
titlritnf , Mnln utront.
)U. U. DkVERE KINO,
DENTIST,
pmce on sw-nnd floor l(f jnotdnTltl Rm
Ftat Bids. Malnatrsat Kiiynokllll. Pa.
JR. V A. HENRY, '
DENTIST.
. Office on oond floor ot Hear tfroa, feriaa
bulIUIns, Main ttrmt.
E.
NEFJT.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
And Seal Kitau Agent, RejnolasTtlU, Pa.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.'
ICIiir Alfonso will review the Spanish
fleet nt Carthagoim nt the end of Julr.
Herbert Howen, Minister to Vene
isnelii, lias been given sixty days' leave
of nbxence.
Georcetown rnlverslty hns con
ferred the decree of Doctor of Laws on
5ecret.n of Commerce Cortelyou.
Count Tolhtol's contribution of fj!7."0(f
In nld of t lie persecuted Jews of Klsh
Ineff Is one of tho largest made In Bus
sin. Senator Dryden, of New Jersey, de
nies the rep-ut thnt lie Intends to re
sign bis Keunloiinl sent for business
reasons.
Wllllmn K. Vnnderbllt has offered
Ills bride the money to enrrv out her
long unfulllllcd desire to build a hospi
tal In rails.
l'.lxhop Henry C. Totter tells the good
piny actors, who frequent the company
of rectors nud such, that theirs U "u
uoble cnlllng."
General M. W. Ransom, n former
T'liited States Senator from North Car
olina. Is devoting bis time to farming,
nnd this year will run about 250 plows.
President Hiidley, of Yale; President
Raymond, of Wesleyim, nnd President
Smith, of Trinity College, will select
the holders of the Rhodes scholarships
from Connecticut.
Henry It. Edmunds, President of the
Hoard of Education, of Philadelphia,
liiix deduced himself In fnvor pf sj
modifying the curriculum of the ele
mentary public schools of the city thnt
ill home study shall be made uuneces
:iry. Recently Genernl O. O. Howard wns
n guest nt n Juvenile sociable. A little
cliMjijicnr the genoriil displayed n good
i . e. "You cat well, my son," snld
the old soldier. "Yes, sir." "Now. if
you love your tins us well nn your din
ner you'll iiuiko n good put liot." "Y.-s,
sir; but I've been priietielng eating
twelve years, nn 1 I nin't owned n iriti
hut six uiculbs," wns tho Incouic reuly.
In 1fJ40.
Harriet Martlpeau vUlted ths Unltfd
States in 1840 and reported that only
seven occupations were open to wo
men. They wero teaching, needle
work, keeping boarders, working In
cotton factories, typesetting, book
'Ending and household service.
jO to
BON TON
BAKERY
JOHN II. BAUM, rrop.,
Forpootl first-class baked
goods such nsfineMnrble
Cnke, Knglish Wine Fruit
Cake, French Fruit Dev.
iled Cnke, Angel Cake,
Lady Fin-jersjelly Drops,
Kisses, Maroons and
lots of other good cakes.
A fine selection of all kinds
of cookies; a good line of
Fresh Bread and Parker
House Rolls, Buns, CofTce
Cakes. A nice selection
of pies always on hand.
Weldin(iit and rartle a
Sincially. Giveua a Call.
-LI rfuiyBHTTttryBP
YOUNG'S
PLANING
MILL
You will find Sash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, Rough and Dressed
Lumber, High Grade Var
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also an
overstock of Nail9 which
I will sell cheap.
J. V. YOUNG, Prop.