schoolmate o' mine I hadn't seen for two years was down at the Flume,
and I thought I'd like to go down and see him. So I went to old Bingle,
and asked him to let me have a horse and buggy to drive down there in,
for, as you know, it's over five miles from here. Bingle looked at me
calmly for a second, and said all right. The reg'lar fare down an' back
is ten dollars. You can have the rig for six--four dollars off. He knew
I couldn't pay it, and I told him so. Well what of it, says he. You
don't think I'm keepin' a livery-stable for fun, do ye? No, says I, but
I've done lots o' things for you for nothin'; you might do somethin' for
me. Well I will, says he. Next winter, when there ain't no call for
hoss-and-buggies, you can have the rig free. Now it'll cost you six
dollars. That made me mad, an' as it was in days when I didn't think
much about right or wrong, not havin' studied theeligy, as I have since,
I made up my mind to have the rig, an' have it free. And when I make up
my mind to a thing, it's as good as done. I had the rig when night came
on an' I was through with my day's work, and old Bingle had locked up
for the night and gone to bed--he generally got so tired figerin' up his
profits at night he went to bed about half past eight--I sneaked down to
the barn, took old Spavinshanks, harnessed him up to the buggy, and
started off for the Flume. I spent a very pleasant evening with my
friend Silas, and along about eleven o'clock I started back home again.
Everything went well until I got up to within a half-mile of the lake,
when it began to rain like buckets. I never see such a pour in all my
life.
[Illustration]
"'Whoa!' says I to old Spav., an' when he come to a standstill I
fastened the reins to the whip-stock, an' jumped out to put up the
leather cover of the buggy. I wasn't goin' to be drenched if I could
help it. Spav. stood still enough whilst I was fixin' the buggy-top and
fastenin' down the flaps at the sides. He was a good old horse, and had
worked so hard for the money he'd earned for Bingle that he hadn't any
false pride about bein' skittish. He was just a tired, sensible old
hoss. But there's a limit to what horses'll stand, an' when lightnin'
strikes a tree back of 'em, with a noise like a slew of artillery let
off all to once, no self-respectin' hoss can be asked to stand quiet.
That's what happened. Just as I was gettin' ready to get back into the
buggy again, flash! boom! comes the streak, and Spav simply flew off in
a great scare. As he approached the lake he shied, an' when he got to
the part of the road that's right on the lake he lost his senses and
plunged in, the buggy, with the top up, trailin' after him. I was
kerflummexed that time, I can tell you. I thought sure Spavinshanks'ld
be drownded and the buggy bust, but it didn't happen that way at all. He
swam right around the lake, luggin' the buggy right along too, an' by
the time I got to the boat-house he was nearin' the shore just beyond. I
made a rush for him, and as he came out had him by the bridle, and
inside of five minutes we was at the barn. There he was, covered with
mud and the buggy just reekin' with fish. There was two hundred an'
twenty trout, forty-seven suckers, and 'most a million minnows--every
one of 'em caught in the buggy-top!"
"Dear me!" cried Jack. "Really?"
"Yes, really," said Sandboys. "An' that's why there's so few fish left
in that lake now. Old Spavinshanks must have hauled that buggy through
every blessed school in the place. Which is why I say that while that
trout we see to-day was the record trout, he ain't no record haul for
one cast, not by a long shot, by hookey."
[Illustration]
And the boys agreed with him that it was indeed a marvellous haul, and
with a mighty strange kind of tackle too. Nor did they wonder that
Sandboys was reluctant to have Mr. Bingle hear of it. Hardly any owner
of horses would care to have his horse and buggy used in exactly that
way, no matter of how grasping or of how generous a spirit he might be.
[Illustration: INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT]
The Arlington High-School Polo Team has won the High-School Championship
in Massachusetts, winning seventeen games out of nineteen played. Aside
from these successes in the League matches the Arlington players have
met and defeated nearly all the other high-school teams in the vicinity
of Boston, and have played two tie games with the Harvard 'Varsity team,
and one tie game with the Cambridge League team, which is considered the
strongest in the State.
The championship of the Interscholastic Association in the polo series
was won by Cambridge High and Latin; but this school's team has been
twice defeated by Arlington, so that it seems only just to award to the
latter the credit of being the best school polo team in Massachusetts.
[Illustration: THE ARLINGTON HIGH-SCHOOL POLO TEAM.]
A few words only concerning the individual players. Johnson, the
captain, played first rush, and is considered one of the cleverest men
at this position. He is a very fast skater. He played on the team last
year, and is somewhat of an all-round athlete, holding down centre-field
on the nine and playing half-back on the eleven. Puffer, the second
rush, was captain of the polo team last year, and in the fall he played
tackle on the football eleven. His strong point is the accuracy of his
shots, and he is credited with having scored the greatest number of
goals during this season.
The half-back position was well played by Pierce, who was a new man, but
had had some athletic training on the eleven in the fall, where his
position was that of guard. Wood also played half-back, and was on the
team the year before. He, too, is a member of the school nine and
eleven. The goal was looked after by White, and he did as good work in
his position as any of the goal-keepers of the neighborhood. It was his
first year as a polo-player, but like the other members of the team he
has had football and baseball experience. His brother played centre, and
is a veteran, having been a member of last year's team, second base on
the nine, and quarter-back on the football team.
The hardest games that Arlington has played were those against the
Felton A.A., the Harvard 'Varsity, and Summerville High-School. The
Felton team was a very strong one, and after two twenty-minute halves
defeated Arlington 1-0. Summerville High also got a game away from
Arlington, but in the return match was defeated 4-0 in a fifteen-minute
half.
[Illustration: BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CUP.
New England Interscholastic League.]
The Interscholastic Baseball Championship Cup, which has been played for
for seven years, has finally been awarded to the Cambridge High and
Latin School, their team having won it the greatest number of times.
This cup is of solid silver, nearly nine inches high, in the form of a
loving-cup with handles. In design the bowl rests upon a circular wreath
of holly, and the bulge of the bowl itself is decorated with wreaths of
wild roses.
The first winner of this cup was the Boston Latin School, which secured
it in 1889. In 1890 and '91 Cambridge High and Latin held the trophy,
but surrendered it in 1892 to English High, getting it back from them
again in 1893. In 1894 C. H. and L. was tied with two other teams for
the championship. No award was made that year. Then again in 1895 C. H.
and L. was tied with Hopkinson's. No school in the seven years' struggle
having made so good a record as Cambridge, the cup is consequently now
the permanent property of the school.
The principal feature about the two most important in-door scholastic
tournaments held in this city within the last two weeks was the
promptitude with which the events were disposed of. As a rule, these
in-door games drag along until after the dinner hour; but the Berkeley
games were over quite early in the afternoon, and the Barnard games, a
week later, took little more time to be decided. The credit in both
cases is doubtless largely due to Mr. E. J. Wendell, who acted as
referee on both occasions.
As usual, the Berkeley athletes did not enter the competition for points
in the cup contest, leaving it to their guests to struggle for this
trophy. But in spite of this they took more points than any of the other
schools, leading with 3 firsts, 1-1/2 seconds, and 1-1/2 thirds, a total
of 21 points. Barnard captured the prize with 2 firsts, 2 seconds, and 2
thirds--making a total of 18 points. The Jerseymen from Pingry School
made a strong showing on this occasion and scored 2 firsts and 2
seconds, earning 16 points, and thus coming in a close second to
Barnard.
One of the most interesting performances of the afternoon was Paulding's
vaulting, the height he reached being 10 ft. 6 in., which is two inches
higher than the in-door record established by him only a short time ago.
We may, indeed, look for some excellent work in this event at the
Madison Square Garden games next Saturday. Another record that was
broken at the Berkeley games was the shot put, Bigelow going 41 ft.,
which is considerably beyond the former mark of 39 ft. 8-1/2 in.
Tomlinson, who took second to Bigelow, also passed the old record.
Another mark that was lowered was that of the 60-yard dash for Juniors,
which now stands 7-1/5 sec., and the deed was done by Whitmore. Manvel
of Pingry did well, as usual, but he did particularly well on this
occasion by winning both the quarter and the half mile runs. The mile
event went to Tomlinson of Barnard, and the walk was taken by Ladd,
although Boyesen had been counted on for the winner.
At the Barnard games the record of 7-1/5 sec. for the 60-yard dash
(Senior) was lowered by Wenman of Berkeley to 7 sec. Tomlinson, who won
the mile run at the Berkeley games, also took first at the Barnard
tournament, and brought the record down to 4.49-1/5, which was a much
better performance than he made the week previous--5 min. 1-3/5 sec. At
these games Pingry again showed up well, and tied with the Brooklyn
High-School for first place, each having scored 11 points.
As these last two in-door scholastic games are undoubtedly the most
important that will be held in the city this winter, it may prove of
value in making some sort of a prognostication of what will happen at
the Madison Square Garden next Saturday to append the summaries:
THE BERKELEY GAMES.
60-yard Dash, Senior.--First heat won by Byrd Wenman, Berkeley; H.
Cadenas, Columbia Grammar, second. Time, 7-1/5 seconds. Second heat
won by C. A. Sulzer, Pingry; B. T. Doudge, Blake School, second.
Time, 7 seconds. Third heat won by J. Holland, Barnard; S.
Millbank, Trinity, second. Time, 7-1/5 seconds. Fourth heat won by
Ira Richards, "Poly. Prep."; W. S. Hipple, Barnard, second. Time,
7-1/5 seconds. Extra heat, for second men, won by H. Cadenas. Time,
7-1/5 seconds. Final heat won by Wenman; Sulzer, second; Holland,
third. Time, 7 seconds.
60-yard Dash, Junior.--First heat won by W. Silleck, Barnard. Time,
7-2/5 seconds. Second heat won by G. Whitmore, Dwight. Time, 7-1/5
seconds. Third heat won by J. Lackey, Brooklyn High. Time, 7-1/5
seconds. Fourth heat won by J. Deering, Berkeley. Time, 7-3/5
seconds. Fifth heat won by W. Sartorius, Barnard. Time, 7-2/5
seconds. Sixth heat won by W. Dougherty, Harvard. Time, 7-2/5
seconds. Final heat won by Whitmore; Lackey, second; Sartorius,
third. Time, 7-1/5 seconds.
440-yard Run.--Won by H. E. Manvel, Pingry; J. Storms, Barnard,
second; B. Campbell, Brooklyn High, third. Time, 55-3/5 seconds.
880-yard Run.--Won by H. E. Manvel, Pingry; A. Tomlinson, Barnard,
second; B. White, Berkeley, third. Time, 2 minutes 9-1/5 seconds.
One-mile Run.--Won by A. Tomlinson, Barnard; P. H. Christensen,
Harvard, second; R. L. Sanford, "Poly. Prep.," third. Time, 5
minutes 1-3/5 seconds.
60-yard Hurdle-race.--First heat won by F. Bien, Jun., Berkeley; C.
Robinson, Trinity, second. Time, 8 seconds. Second heat won by
C. A. O'Rourke, Trinity; L. Herrick, Brooklyn High, second. Time, 8
seconds. Third heat won by S. H. Plum, Jun., Newark Academy; E.
Johnson, Trinity, second. Time, 8-1/5 seconds. Final heat won by
Bien; O'Rourke, second; Herrick, third. Time, 8 seconds.
One-mile Walk.--Won by H. W. Ladd, Melrose; B. Boylesen, Berkeley,
second; D. McGrew, Trinity, third. Time, 8 minutes 9-3/5 seconds.
Running High Jump.--Won by G. Serviss, Brooklyn Latin, with 5 feet
7 inches; C. L. Du Val, Berkeley, second, with 5 feet 6 inches; W.
Grace, Columbia Grammar, third, with 5 feet 6 inches. Du Val got
second place on the toss.
Pole Vault.--Won by R. G. Paulding, Berkeley, with 10 feet 6
inches, beating the in-door scholastic record of 10 feet 4 inches,
made by himself earlier in the year; P. A. Moore, Pingry, second,
with 9 feet; L. Curtis, Barnard, A. J. Forney, Adelphi, and M. W.
Forney, Adelphi, a tie for third at 8 feet 9 inches.
Putting 12-pound Shot.--Won by J. Stewart, Barnard, with 41 feet,
breaking the in-door record of 39 feet 8-1/2 inches, made by R. H.
Bigelow, Wilson and Kellogg, in 1893; J. C. Tomlinson, Jun.,
Collegiate, second, with 40 feet 4 inches; M. Page, Trinity, third,
with 38 feet 4 inches.
THE BARNARD GAMES.
60-yard Dash, Senior.--First heat won by A. Kennedy, Brooklyn High;
M. Arnold, Berkeley, second. Time, 7-2/5 seconds. Second heat won
by B. Wenman, Berkeley; B. T. Doudge, Blake, second. Time, 7
seconds. Third heat won by J. Holland, Barnard; H. Cadenas,
Columbia Grammar, second. Time, 7 seconds. Fourth heat won by S.
Millbank, Trinity; A. Manara, Columbia Grammar, second. Time, 7-2/5
seconds. Extra trial, for second men, won by Doudge. Time, 7
seconds. Final heat won by Wenman; Holland, second; Doudge, third.
Time, 7 seconds.
60-yard Dash, Junior.--First heat won by W. B. Sartorius, Barnard;
G. Ralph, Collegiate, second. Time, 7-2/5 seconds. Second heat won
by H. Leopold, Dwight; J. B. Smith, Collegiate, second. Time, 7-1/5
seconds. Third heat won by F. Wickham, Pratt Institute; A. Meyers,
Pingry, second. Time, 7-1/5 seconds. Fourth heat won by V.
Dougherty, Harvard; R. Auchincloss, Cutler, second. Time, 7-1/5
seconds. Fifth heat won by C. Warren, Cutler; A. Lackey, Brooklyn
High, second. Time, 7-2/5 seconds. Sixth heat won by G. Whitmore,
Dwight; E. Bill, Cutler, second. Time, 7-1/5 seconds. Final
heat--Whitmore and Wickham, a dead heat; Sartorius, third. Time,
6-4/5 seconds. Run-off won by Whitmore. Time, 7-1/5 seconds.
220-yard Run, Senior.--First heat won by H. Ficke, Barnard; M. D.
Evans, Oxford, second. Time, 26-4/5 seconds. Second heat won by Ira
Richards, Polytechnic Preparatory Institute; B. Wenman, Berkeley,
second. Time, 26-2/5 seconds. Third heat won by E. Pury, Barnard;
R. Topping, Adelphi, second. Time, 27 seconds. Final heat won by
Richards; Pury, second; Wenman, third. Time, 25-3/5 seconds.
220-yard Run, Junior.--First heat won by W. B. Sartorius, Barnard;
J. B. Smith, Collegiate, second. Time, 27 seconds. Second heat won
by F. Wickham, Pratt Institute; A. Myers, Pingry, second. Time,
26-2/5 seconds. Third heat won by R. McClave, Trinity; J. Ralph,
Collegiate, second. Time, 28-4/5 seconds. Fourth heat won by A.
Lackey, Brooklyn High; V. Dougherty, Harvard, second. Time, 27
seconds. Final heat won by Wickham; Lackey, second; Myers, third.
Time, 25-3/5 seconds.
440-yard Run.--Won by H. E. Manvel, Pingry; G. Burlingame, Brooklyn
High, second; V. Earle, Barnard, third. Time, 56-1/5 seconds.
880-yard Run.--Won by H. E. Manvel, Pingry; A. Tomlinson, Barnard,
second; J. Beasly, Adelphi, third. Time, 2 minutes 9-3/5 seconds.
One-mile Run.--Won by A. Tomlinson, Barnard; P. H. Christensen,
Harvard, second; R. L. Sanford, Polytechnic Preparatory Institute,
third. Time, 4 minutes 49-1/5 seconds.
60-yard Hurdle-race.--First heat won by L. Herrick, Brooklyn High;
W. Halsey, Barnard, second. Time, 8 seconds. Second heat won by T.
Pell, Berkeley; S. H. Plum, Newark Academy, second. Time, 8
seconds. Third heat won by C. O'Rourke, Trinity; G. Smith, Columbia
Grammar, second. Time, 8-1/5 seconds. Extra heat, for second men,
won by Halsey. Time, 8-1/5 seconds. Final heat won by Herrick;
Pell, second; O'Rourke, third. Time, 7-4/5 seconds.
Running High Jump.--Won by W. Grace, Columbia Grammar, with a jump
of 5 feet 2-1/4 inches; W. Duvan, Newark Academy, second, with a
jump of 5 feet 2 inches; L. Curtiss, Barnard, third, with a jump of
5 feet 1 inch.
Pole Vault.--Won by R. G. Paulding, Berkeley, with a vault of 10
feet; C. Eastmond, Brooklyn High, second, with a vault of 9 feet 2
inches.
Putting 12-pound Shot--Won by J. Stewart, Barnard, with a put of 41
feet 11-1/2 inches; John Tomlinson, Collegiate, second, with a put
of 38 feet 4 inches; G. Miller, De La Salle, third, with a put of
37 feet 7 inches.
For some time past the athletes at the public schools of this city have
felt that they could make a good showing in various branches of sport if
they only had the opportunity, but as the Interscholastic Association
admits to its competitions students from private schools only, the
public-school boys have never been able to meet them. It is reported
now, however, that a meeting is soon to be held by representatives from
a large number of the New York public schools, with a view to
establishing an association similar to the Interscholastic Association.
It is greatly to be hoped that this movement may prove a success, and
that the public schools will hold tournaments, as the private schools
do; and in baseball and football it would be well if, toward the close
of the season, the best teams of the two leagues could meet and settle
the supremacy of New York schoolboy teams.
A meeting of the executive committee of the National I.S.A.A. is
announced for next Saturday evening at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club.
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THE GRADUATE.
QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG MEN.
GOOD MANNERS.
The average young man scoffs a little at a chap who is noticeable for
his good manners. Many a healthy boy thinks a certain roughness in
speech or manner is a sign of vigor and manliness in contrast to the
weak and womanly ways of one who is always bowing and scraping to the
people whom he meets. There could not be a greater mistake; because,
while an over-display of politeness is a sign of hypocrisy, natural
courtesy will never permit boy or man to behave in any way except in the
thoughtful, quiet, refined way which belongs to good manners. A rough,
honest chap is better than a slippery, well-mannered, dishonest one, to
be sure. That perhaps is the reason for so much of this deliberately
rough way some of us adopt. But this does not prove that courteous
behavior is wrong or to be avoided. It means that courteous behavior is
sometimes used as a cloak for other motives.
There is no reason, therefore, why the average young man in school or
college or business, in his daily occupation, or when he comes in
contact with women or men, girls or boys, should not make it a point to
be reserved, self-contained, tolerant, and observant of the little rules
which every one knows by heart, and which go to make his company and
companionship valuable to others. It is the same in his contact with men
as with women. A systematic method of observing ordinary rules in such
cases invariably has its effect. For example, you will see many a boy in
some discussion among his friends talking all the time, demanding the
attention of others, insisting on his views, losing his temper over a
game of marbles and declining to play longer, or making himself
conspicuous in a hundred other ways. He may be a very good chap, full of
push and vigor, and so sure of his own views that in his heart he cannot
conceive of any other person really having a different view of the
subject. That is an estimable character for a healthy boy to have.
Confidence in one's own ideas often carries one over many a bad place.
But the fact that the boy has such a character and his disagreeable way
of forcing it upon you are two entirely different things; and the
difference of being confident and disagreeable and confident and
agreeable is the difference between good and bad manners.
Besides, this aggressive confidence never has the weight that quiet
belief in one's ideas has. It is a very familiar incident in the course
of business men's meetings and of boys' meetings for one to propose
something, the others to agree to it, and then for one quiet man to
express his contrary views, and bring the assembled company over to the
opposite side of the question. This reversal of opinion is caused by the
fact that one man, who has been reserved until all the others have
finished, has now by the force of his quiet confidence turned the whole
tide the other way. Such quiet methods are real portions of good
manners, and they act far more strongly than aggressiveness. The old
proverb advising you to count ten before doing something on the spur of
the moment is meant to prove the same point.
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This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin
collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question
on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address
Editor Stamp Department.
E. L. SMITH, 64 Sparks St., Cambridge, Mass., wishes to exchange
stamps.
W. A. WHEELER.--I never heard of a "Walkers Penny Post." If it is
on the original letter or envelope, I should like to see it.
R. BOWERS.--The stamp _Cerrado y Sellado_ is a Mexican "officially
sealed" stamp. These are, properly speaking, labels, not stamps,
and consequently are no longer catalogued.
W. M. FOORD.--As the Olympian stamps are still in use they are
worth face value only, if unused. Used they are very common.
J. KRANZ.--All the leading dealers in New York sell stamps by
auction at irregular intervals throughout the season. Catalogues
are sent free on application.
H. BUNKER.--Entire envelopes are collected by comparatively few
compared with those who collect stamps. Envelopes can be bought for
one-quarter, or in some instances one-tenth, the price which
adhesive stamps of equal rarity would command.
F. X. STAHN.--Nova Scotia stamps are not being bought up by
speculators. The fact is, no one knows how many were sold by the
government to the syndicate now controlling the same. One set
should satisfy you under these circumstances.
A. LOBENTHAL.--Join your local stamp society, if there is one. If
not, then join the American Philatelic Association.
A. HOWARD.--Inverted centres on U.S. stamps are extremely rare. The
price quoted by you is very reasonable if the stamp is in good
condition.
A. SENG.--The Canadian new issue has not been definitely announced.
A. THALMAN.--Philatelic literature is a feature in a few public
libraries. Pittsburg set the example in this respect. It will pay
you as an active collector to take the three periodicals mentioned.
J. J. BRIGGS.--Age does not determine the value of coins. It is
altogether a question of supply and demand. If dealers have ten
copies of a scarce coin and twenty collectors want them, the price
will go up. If, on the other hand, there is little or no demand the
prices will go down. As to U.S. coins in general I would say that
the supply in the hands of the dealers is equal to any prospective
demand. The immense quantity of old U.S. coins in the hands of the
public will not command a premium. Coin-collecting to-day is very
much what stamp-collecting was twenty years ago--that is to say,
the speculative element is lacking.
W. SMITHSON.--Collect Seebecks all you want. No society or
association can prevent you. The stamps are pretty in themselves,
and they have undoubtedly been used for postal purposes.
G. H. DAVIS.--I never heard of the stamps issued by the
"Stamp-Saving Society." They are interesting as curiosities.
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LANTERN SLIDES.
So many of our new members have written asking how lantern slides are
made, and what is required for an outfit, that we publish another paper
on the subject.