The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-12-18
IIoNEy-MAEING IN THE ARMY.
Varied CaIlings at Which Barber
Pr0spereG after Going Into
Uncle SANS Service.

The bOOkmaker VINO recOupeu HIS
fortune, as told in the Sun the other
day, by amusing with games OF chance
Uncle Sans artillerymen around San
Francisco, is not the only rookie
who has made money from his army
mates. Out west the other day the
Sun man ran into one ex-soldier who
had Just made a very comfortable plie
in his own peculiar way, and had just
obtained his discharge in order to
spend his money, relates that New
York paper.
This man was San Francisco bar
ber when the war with Spain began.
He enlisted in a regiment which after
ward went to Cuba and soon got the
place of barber in his company. III
that place he soon earned enough
ready money to make him capitalist,
compared with his mates.
Schmidt, which isn't far from the
BARRIERS real name, conceived the idea
of running a sort of bank and pawn
broking and loan business. To those
whom he could trust he lent money
freely at ten per cent. interest, to
. those whom he couldn't trust so we'll
he lent money on personal property,
and he even went SO far as to borrow
money from some Of the officers SO as
to lend it at interest.
When he had increased his savings,
he bought a newfangled BARRIERS
chair, with all the best improvements
and hired an assistant. Then his out
door shop got all the trade there was.
Meanwhile he was collecting a
large quantity of unredeemed articles,
jewelry, watches, clothing, curiosities
Of all sorts, and even some pet animals
and birds. Finding little demand for
great many of these things, he sent
three barrels of his stuff back to the
states and cleared about $500 on the
deal
He got to be SO successful finally
that some of the officers borrowed
money from him. About that time
heard that Schmidt could blow the
bugle.
So he got that job, too, and he did
SO well at it that he wa>>called upon
to blow taps at funeral exercises
everywhere. 1t was said of Schmidt
that he could ''blow tears right out of
his bugle" when he felt like it, and
after one officers funeral collection
Of $50 was taken up for Schmidt.
About that time the regiment was
ordered back to the United States, and
Schmidt took along all the pictures
and Cuban curiosities he could carry
and sent lot more by by express. 4
dealer bought the whole lot, and
Schmidt put some more money in the
bank.
It wasn't long before Schmidt got a
chance to go to the Philippines. Be
sides his razors and straps he took
along lot Of .uinine, medicines, oint-
ments and salses supposed to be good
for fevers and skin diseases from
which the soldiers in the tropics usu-
ally suffer. He took lot of truck
cut close to the firing line, and there
soon found chance to peddle it out
and make more money.
When the Sun man saw Schmidt,
the soldier-barber had just sold two
dollar Pullman berth for six dollars to
man who couldn't wait.
'sThere's no need of any man going
broke in the army said Schmidt.
An Awful Jolt.
softleigh-Ive- -aw-got beastly
cold in me head, doncher know. What
would you aw-advise me to do foh
it?
Miss Cutting let it alone: it
will soon die of ennui.-Chicago
Haily News.