The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-01-11
Small INDUSTRIES.
The Insgniicant shops la which the Ia
nous sheffield Cutlery ~ Made.

The InsigniGchnt shop, la which the Ia
nous sheffield Cutlery IL Made.
Tho Sheffield cutlery-onc N the
gloric- Of England is not made by ma
chincry; it is chiefly made by hand
There are at Sheffield few firms
which manufacture cutlery right
through from the making Of steel 20
the finishing Of tools and employ
wagc-wOrkcrs and yet even these firms
i am told by my friend, f.. Carpen-
ter, who kindly gathered for me infor.
nation about the Sheffield tradc-lct
out som. part OF the work 10 the small
masters" But by far the greatest
number OF the cutters work in their
homes, with their relatives, or in small
workshops supplied with wheel power,
which they rent for few shillings a
week. Immense yards are covered
with buildings, which are sub-dividcd
into series Of small work shops. Some
Of them cover only few square yards.
aud there | saw smith, hammcrng, all
the day long, blades Of knives on IA
small anvil, close by the blaze OF their
fires Occasionally the smith may
have one help or two. In the upper
stories scores Of small workshops are
supplied with wheel power, and in
each Of them three, four. or lile work
crs and master fabricato, with the
occasional aid Of few plain ma
chimes, every description OF tools
files, saws. blades Of knives, razors,
aud 50 on, Grinding and glazing are
done in other small workshops, and
oven steel is cast in small foundry,
the working staT OF which consists
only Of five or six men. When walk
ing through these workshops | easily
imagined myself i'm "A Russian cutlery
village. like pavlovo or Vorgma. The
Sheffield cutlery has thus maintained
its o.dcu organization, and the fac1 is
the more remarkable as the earnings
OF the cutters are very low rs rule;
but, even when reduced TO few
shilling, "a week, the cutler prefers TO
ycgotatc on his small earnings than to
go as "a vag'l laborcr i'm Il "housc ."
Tho -piri. OF the old trade Organila-
uou-, whch were 50 much spoken Of
hyo-und-lH,u'y years ago, is thus still
alive. irulr hrotpam, m Nc.
t,enM cc.huB
Iuc ~taru, OF Liberty on Bedloc
Island has wonderful attractions for
the swarm~ OF birds that are at present
migrating southward. They become
attracted 10y the glare of the electric
light, and rushing headlong upon it
are killed i'm great numbers. The
other morning no less than five hun
drcd bird, were picked mp at the base
OF the statue. Twenty-Five distinct
species wcrc counted. Nearly all OF
them were small. and most Of them
were "ycllow' birds. \ rcd-headed
woodpcc,cr two cat birds and several
English sparrows were among the
slain
I'm recent scientific discussion OF
"Bcncyolcurc' it was said: "Exper-
jcucc is showing moro and more that
those who are supposed TO stand in
need OF all this voluntary bcucvolcnce
'AA.I a. ''fN 900 lNi lftAA a'lN tlllAtlN lANll
IT, that, ON the contrary. it further
wcakcus their already defective char
actcrs, and tcuds to make their condi-
tion one OF chronic and constitutional
dependence ON thcassistancc Of others
The time. we hold. has now come,
whom broadly speaking. the best thing
any man can do is TO hold himself
erect, 10 practice a high minded Justice
i'm his relations with his fellow-mcn.
and To c-chcw all modes Of action cal
cuatcd to encourage others to expect
that they may reap whore they have
not sown.'
Tho most plausible view. among
many doctors was that badness was
especially liable TO follow the wearing
of u tight-'ttiug HIT. the blood vessels
being CONSTRUCTED and the scalp de-
privcd OF the necessary supply Of blood.
But this view has bccn controvcrtcd 10y
a fact brought TO light about the Par
secs Of India The parsccs are COM
pcl,cd To keep the head covered during
the day 10y hat 50 tight a. TO crease
the scalp und possibly the skull, and
AT night they wear skull cap; and
yet not one OF them has been known To
be bald. Tho Oricntals say that worry
causes the najr 20 fall. and il may De
true In some cases. The general state
OF health naturally affects the scalp.
but the fact remains that no special
cause can be given for badness.