The Crystal River NewsPUBLISHED WEEKLY

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Recently there hoe been much dlscusslon In educational circles ofneed of men teachers In the highergrades and some effort has been made1o attract them to the work withoutany appreciable results There mustbe something about the calling of theteacher either Its pecuniary rewards-or Its range of opportunities that Isinadequate to attract and hold menwho might take up this calling as alife work The average man teacheruses his position as a makeshift asteppingstone and means of livelihoodwhile he studies for the law the medlclno or some other profession saysthe St Paul Pioneer Press Usuallythe man teacher leaves at the earliestopportunity for more flattering andlucrative fields of endeavor It wouldseem that teaching would be tbe mostenjoyable work for the student ofbooks and of human nature but thefact remains that men as a rule donot so regard It It must be admittedthat tbo profession of teaching doesnot hold the financial attractions ofmen that are offered In other profesalong Tho years of preparation re-quired the constant study necessarythe Investment books and other expenses make a severe drain on tbeteachers Income which Is small atbest If It be true that there Is a realdemand for more men teachers thechances are that the demand will besupplied when the compensation Ismade commensurate with the servicerendered

The statistics of tbe fire departmentof New York show that at leastper cent of the fires In that citycaused by the careless use of matchesand of lighted cigars and cigarettes-Is it not time that this awful riskothers by careless smokers should

account of by the law Itnot a trivial matter Tbe tossingasIde of lighted matches and cigarbutts without seeing where theyshould be as much of a penal ofens-as or

ofjhe Dlggest In the worldswholly preventable A careless

match caused the recent fire in NewYork with Its loss of valuable life andmuch loss of whollypreventable The careless user of aspark of fire Is an enemy of the public welfare and ought to be treated assuch We are as yet primitive In outoutlook upon vital facts-

A very pleasant prediction has beenmade by a college sociologist that theUnited States Is due for war in 1930and that this nation will be In thowrong as probably by reason of Itswealth and importance It will bavobecome an international bully Hebases this assertion on the evidence-of history But to offset this are thefacts that the direct rule of the people-is becoming more and more the na-tional Ideal of government and thatwith the as n whole vitally Incontrol the peace sentiment will bestronger than ever It Is upon themasses not the classes that the hor-rors of war chiefly fall and tho ele-ment of will then be moreengaged In the preservation of peacethan ever before In the history of theworld In the meantime potentialacademic wars need not seriously af-fect the national peace of mind

Professor von Washerman has informed the Berlin Medical Society ofamazingly successful experIence Intreating cancerous ulcers In mice withinjections of a preparation contalnlnfleosin telliurlum and selenlulm Hesays that after the fourth Injection ul-cerous affections almost entirely dis-appeared and at the end of ton dayssome of the animals were entirelycured But he Is not certain he saysthat similar results would be attainable in the case of human beings-

A Harvard professor says that di-vorce Is symptomatic of a diseasewhich ho calls Amerlcanltls and hassomething to do with nerves He Isprobably right for there is never adivorce unless one party gets on thenerves of the other-

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Across the snowcovered field at theedge of the woods you trail the fa-miliar tracks of the little cottontailrabbit By their side and occasionally joining them arethe accusing footprints of that

pointer pup who shouldhave been tied up In the barn About-a small clump of swaying weedstalks-are the prints ofhardy birds as juncos redpolls andthe larger bluejays and crows A powdery mass of loosened snow comessifting down from the topmost bough-of an evergreen at tho forest edge asa large snowy owl filesback into the silent woods Drivenfrom his summer hunting grounds atthe far north by tho icy hand of winter he will levy toll from squirrelsgrouse and rabbits before takingdeparture for more congenial climes-at the coming of spring His huntingIs methodical and constant With setsilent wings he swoops suddenly downupon his victim like some greatwhite specter of the forest Littleround pellets of hair feathers andbones found on the snow beneath hisfavorite perch Indicate the fateunfortunate prey Fierce rapacious-and insatiable over the fieldsand through the forest ever ready to

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flies during certain hours ofthe day as well thereby proving evenmore destructive and dangerous thanhis ally in crime the northern gos-hawk

Beneath the branches ofthe balsams the round catlike Im-prints of tbe lynx show forth Boldand prominent they form an easilyfollowed trail through the woods Thehalfburled top of a fallen tree acavity left by the roots of an upturnedstump a mass of rhodedenrons have all been carefully ex-amined by this softfooted prowler inhis relentless search for food Slightly further on his trail joins that of thevarying hare or white rabbit andhis tread becomes measured and careful AS he creeps forward on the hotscent of his Intended victim Aboutthe edge of a dismal swamp the dis-turbed snow shows where coming onthe unwary hare he has made his leapand secured his prize The line bythe side of his trail marks tbe dragof his prey on the snow as be has car-ried It to the top of an open knollHere are displayed all the evidencesot his savage feast Having satisfiedhis hunger ho has circled about andseveral times walked to the point ofhis commanding elevation One canalmost hear his weird piercingscream uttered in bold defiance fromhis prominence Evidently satisfiedthat nothing is to be gained by tarry-Ing longer In tbe vicinity his restlessfeet have been again turned toward

denser forest In which directionhis trail disappears-

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mink in hrs bunting crosses andecrosses on the ice many times Inthe course of a mile Keenly alert hetravels swiftly along watchful foranything with which be may satiate

pangs of hunger A disabled orcareless grouse a trout trapped Insome shallow Isolated pool an unwarymuskrat a venturesome wood mouseabroad trop Its shelter or even tboremains taft from the repast of somemore fortunate or powerful maraudervlll suffice In his time of need Up

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the agile little animal has its jawsfastened across the body of a lucklesstrout Beneath the shelter of a fallenpine the prize Is placed and closelyguarded by the suspicious mink Aft-er little patrols about the neatvicinity made tot the purpose of dlscovering any bidden foe if such therebe the crafty hunter has partaken ofhis wellearned meal Some telltaleevidences left behind on the trampledsnow proclaim all this and then thetracks lead on down the stream

At distance from the brookbed farther back In the forest windthe clearcut tracks of thered fox The footprints are distinguish-able from those lynx even atfirst glance The Imprints themselvesare placed more nearly-In a straight line while the stridefrom the track to track Is half again-as long as In the wider lynx trail Thedrag of the busby tall Is duly recorded-as the sharply outlined footprints leadup to and over the brow of a hillFrom the clean sharp tracks left onthe snow one can readily Imagine thesly red fellow daintily placing thosetireless black feet The trail leadsInto an old wood road along whichthe fox has trotted At one place evi-dently frightened by something he hasjumped far to one side then gone onat a mad gallop Down to the edgeof an Icecovered snowcoated pondthe tracks lead Evidently recoveredfrom his unexplainable panic be stealsstealthily to the cover of the bushesthat fringe the frozen lake Ills trailproceeds to the outskirts of a frozenmarsh along which It follows About

muskrat houses his waywardfootprints circle at one particulardomeshaped habitation the Impatientfox has scraped away the snow andseemingly endeavored to scratchthrough the Impentrabl frozencomposing the roof Having probablycaused the terrified Inmates to abandon the grasslined living chamberand to plungfl Into the black chillingwater beneath tbe Ice he bas turnedand made bis way leisurely across theswamp to a hemlock grove CautiousIy he has worked way under thedrooping branches his keen nosesearching for some promising scentHe has alarmed a torpid as

by the disturbed area of snowihowlng the bomblike flight of thestartled bird at the sear approach ofthe silent stalker-

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walked a log to cross a brookstood drinking of the clear cold water Occasionally he has stopped tlisten and look back on his trail forthe detectlonof any harmful followerHe has nothing to fear from tbe frontfor his sensitive muzzle would detectthe warning taint on the breeze longbefore the enemy Itself hove In sightIn several places he has pawed thesnow clear for considerable spacesevidently In search of some winterdelicacy beneath the glimmering crystale

Another buck track still larger thanthe first which It joins promises interesting developments further alongFor some distance It follows Its rivalat a walk then Impatience Is shownIn the recorded tracks left by the trotting animal This second buck onewould judge to be the bigger animalfrom Its larger tracks although thisneed not essentially follow At anyrate he is evidently In a great hurryto overtake and challenge his predecessor Judging from his tracks whichshow he has broken Into a gracefulcanter

Farther on the snow records the preliminaries of battle gone through byboth bucks at sight of each otherEach has pawed and stamped thesnow in a circle of considerable areaBoth have broken small bushes andrubbed the bark trim saplings withtheir antlers

At last they closed with a rushboth from the evidence recorded ap-parently having been carried to theirknees by the force of the Impact Riseing they pushed retreated andcharged until the snow was entirelycleared from the arena Several timesone or the other has been thrownheavily to earth the Imprints left bytheir bodies being plainly visible Bitsof hide long coarse hairs and alarmtag blotches of red prove the fierce-ness of the battle for supremacy

As Is Inevitably the case the weakat last gave way his bloodstainedtrail leading oft in a series of greatbounds down the hillside For somedistance the second trail accompanied-it but finally branched off into a densebit the victor evidently seek-ing the shelter and solitude for recu-peration from his own wounds andbruises

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