Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-18
AoollAR ous TALE.


poor o.. Mr.. Jay Gould, ssii a petroleum
brokrr.
~ .hould like io hear % somebody
Who !. farther from the slm.housc than
Mr.. Goali," r-pli-l lcsdlug bear on
the stock Exch,nsr.
"why, Mr.. John Rockefeller. lie Ia
believed b, broker. Win srr veil po.i.i
90 have fortune ~ sso.opo.oo aud an
incom. 10 s.D.OpD..p y-sr."
"The salary ~ the president ~ q life
Insurance company u small change com-
pirrsl to that.
ut !. four time. the Income of thu Gar
of III the l.us.i,.. Ile.i,ies, Mr. Rccke-
Teller ,ioe.nt h,,- to spend his money ln
.upportlny an army 10 dependents. The
King of the >tsuisnl Oil has mare than
ih. incom. % any four mon,nh. la
Eurcp.. ilr coali paw Qnc-n N'ctoriss
salary ani scatter $1,000 c-rtih~i
,h-ck. among all the little princclet.
~lihoat ml..lng the money.
"rwruty million dollar. 9 ycu' u
take. oacs br-sih away. II make. q
millionaire feel likr psupcr In q frvc
soup house. LIT me see how much that
I.y'
"why. hI. 81 ,es, ,crS.oa 81 month. ="
"Isa,e out the c.nt., Mr.. Rockefeller
eau sfoni 10 Joe. them"
"wrll. II 1. stst,dis = wc.k. ~
I.ock.f.ller 1. Q Bsp,i.,, sni doesn't Ia
i.or on sanlay, IL I. ssi,lOi ff every
sork day ln the week. Assuming that
d. tolls, like many other men, ten hour.
day, u l. 81, ,ilO every hour be- works.
| A.. 4 In laas a.r.
hour. asi little more than si.'S Tor
every s-~ond.
"E,.ry tlme the stand III Oll king
bfrathc. h. -arus an orilnsfy dsN :
~sgc., Counting - hour. In the dsy
hI. Income. sslc-p ar awake, !. $3.50
sn bour, eli ~ . minute. anh sbout -
cent. a second. The prrci.- hgurc. srr
a llttI. morv than tho.. which ] have
given. for h,,r dealt In round uumbcr.
only"
Counting every hour In the tv-niv-
four. Mr.. l.eckefrllsr'. Income wouh,
YOU .s,. IL ss,C.O. Then N he sh"uli
soms dawn town In the morning la Q
.ir-s, car, sni .houli D. thr-s-luartsrs
of an hour on the ws,. br would earn
-, .,ni. - on the rvuir. lie souli pay
i,r cent. fare ani would say. s:,UoiE
ON the jnurncy."
"y-., sui u h. wrr- Ia spend h,c
minute. ~ having his boo,. poli.he,i BE-
for- h- ~.ui Into III. oiilcc 10. wouli Iiv
. tlime fot the ..vi,v sni D. sssi.Io
ri,her pben b. got up from the i-oo,-
blick'. chair than when h- .st down ."
It."
"Ani u he ru.l,e,i Into q hari-r shop
for q auick shave III. lncome woull bc
ss,i. 80 during the hfi-cn minute. hs
sa. in the tar,-r'. chair. lie would
give the btr,.sr qu,ricr sni ru.h oai of
the .l,op s'sI'.si richer than when he
rnier,-l it."
"a Turkish bath would come cheap to
him
"whyr'
"I.~.au.. u ro.,. only 81. sni be-
would earn s!,G'O In the hcar be vas
t4kins L."
"An the ihetirr cheaper .,lll. For,
after .l,-nllng ihr-- hoar. NJ tb. PLAY,
az . co.i of II - ior an orl'e.ia chair,
he woail l. .,c the thritrr >, ,,Ol,.j) rich.
er than when l,r sni-rri IL.
".>ui iu.t think ~ The t-rnehclil effect.
~ ga.sl night. .l~-p on smin with an
annual inr-par 80 ssl.npl.op' ~. woali
rl.. la thu morning refreshed ani 81 ,bp
richer than wi,ru be- w-nt io tel. In
eight hoar. he "a. .nooring or dreaming
he Noaii earn the salary of good lSook-
lr-ver for tweniy-ou- Year., or tie
.alsry of tsrnty-ope gool bookk"cPcrs
for onr Veir.
"lni N he .houll spend thr-~ minute.
H. bayIng q baitouhole bouquet costing
~. hs would bc sij!SD richer 10y tile
trans trtion.
AMI N he .houli noi fifi-~n minutes
In al. ofii /. he ~olLi hc sGs 90 richrr
when i,c woke up than ~li.n he wrni 'o
.lrcp."
"liow lang doe. IL take a min TO
brush Nv Of hl. nosef'
"Nboat two ssyoni.."
"w.ll. Il would h. worth sits to Mr.
Gock-f-lier io brush Nv of hl. no.e."
II .iiil elm. to the opinion ih,t Uncle
Gu...li S,g-'. FREUD, Mr.. Could. !. q
I,oor m,n compsrr'i With Mr.. Eockefel-
ier, beCau.- Mr.. Jay Gould's Income for
every work DAY I. only sii,0ji, Willie
Mr.. Eockrfrllrr'. u s5i,lO! Mr.. Gould
rr..l,e. ouly ss.s1j for every hour hs
works, while Mr. Rockefeller get. 81, ii0.
Counting Ia euty-four hour. In the day.
Sir. GoulI. incopc l. only sss.sS .
mInut., while. Mr.. Uockef.llcr's IL stIs 20.
Mr. Goull earns only - cent. . breath,
counting one br-,ih to the second; Mr.
Rockefeller - c~nts breath"
"fhe King of standirl oil could hard
" be called poor IN IN"
There are pcowr. Ili. annual in-
come l. equal 10 the wages of 1000 men
al $40 zach for on. wear. or to the
wage. of 21,0yp men for one year at
loo each. lIr !. not as poor ss Mr..
LAY Could"