Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-12-21
s.os,es or RockEFeLLER
He Confuses an Irritable C1srk 40
Helps a Conductor.

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Helps q Conductor.
4 good many years ago u certain
young man-he's ruddy and portly now.
and the father Of q family-was en-
pioyed by a growing corporation. He
WAS quite a young man. with An acute
sense OF his responsibilities, and. like
young men who are aflicted In that par
ticular way. was dreadfully touchy
when his work was interrupted. He
was the only employe In the room OF
one of the leading members Of the cor
poration. and was kept pretty busy
with his constantly growing duties.
In the room was a health lift. some
what old fashioned exercising machine,
left there by some shifting Of employees.
and one day about noontime q quiet
man came In and for the space Of sew
eral minutes worked the machine. He
made no noise about II. and departed AZ
quietly as he came.
The next day he came again. and the
next. and the next.
The young clerk didn't like these vie
Its. They drew his attention from his
work. They made him fldgety.
One day he looked over the railing
and caught the quiet mans eye.
Say" he said irritably, II wish you
wouldn't do that. 1t hothers me. Can't
you come in after ONCE hours? You
seem to pick out the very time when
have the most to do"
The quiet man didn't get mad.
I'm sorry 1t interferes with your
work." was all he said as he passed
from the room.
That afternoon the lifting machine
was taken away.
1t wasn't long after this that the ON
Ger Of the company who bossed the
youth took him into another part Of The
building to do some writing. They
went into a certain room. and there sot
the quiet man. He looked up a. the
youth appeared and quietly nodded -
him.
When the work was finished, and II
was a somewhat uncomfortable job for
the abashed youth. he left the aDsrt'
ment with his superior officer.
who Is that gentlemanr' he asked -
they passed along the hall.
Haven't you seen him beforer was
the astouished query.
Yves. once"
And you don't know his namer'
mo"
"Well. that Is John d. Rockefeller"
The thoughts of the young man at
that particular moment were long. long
thoughts. but he kept a st.1 upper LIP
and said nothing.
And he's still in the employ Of the
Standard OIL Company.
Not very long ago a crowded Euclid
car, bound east. took on a few extra
passengers at the Hickok street stop.
Among them was a man In a gray suit,
VINO found footing on the reer plat
forf6. The last nsfalImenre2S Sfrons
Lerowdsd the car to the utmdE, =. The
aisls WIS full. the Platform pa1sei ard
the footboard lined. The mdtorman,
, knowing the car was overciS wded
went right ahead regardless Of s.snal
; ing patrons. At the corner Of Erie
, street a stout man waved his arm Wig
orously. but the motorman shook his
, head and pointed back. where another
Euclid car was following. The stout
I man wasn't to be ignored. however. He
yelled fercely at the conductor and
I ed for the hand bar on the rear plat
form. missed it and went down in q
| heap.
The conductor instantly stopped the
car and went back and helped the
stranger to his feet He wasn't hurt
hut he was frightfully mad. The con
ductcr took his name in the customary
/ way, brushed the man Off and ther
went back to the car. When he had
rung the bell to 90 ahead he asked fol
the names of a few witnesses Of the oc
currence. as conductors have orders Il
do But the men on the PLATFORM shool
their heads. They were not looking ol
the motorman may have been to blam
or they didn't want to get mixed up II
| Il. The conductor looked discouraged
Just then the man In the gray clothe,
reached across and tapped him on tn,
shoulder.
Il saw the affair" he said; you maj
call upon me II necessary"
The conductor looked relieved as b,
polsed his pencil in air.
| What Is your nameT he asked
The man in gray clothes hesitatet
slightly.
Rockefeller" he replied: ~. D."
The conductor shut his book with /,
snap that suggested he had all the wit
nesses he needed. and the cas bowlet
straightforward Plain Dealer.
Old Age Pensions In New Zealand
New Zealand, which has prided her
self for a good many years on "ad
vanced'' legislation. and which 10 Otter
held up as one Of the most progressive
countries In the world Though q Brit
ish colony. is about to inaugural.
| what may be called an old age pension
regime.
The Legislature Of the far-off colony
recently passed an elaborate bill, max
Ing provision for peH.,ions to persons
In straitened circumstances who are
over IS years old. The pension
amounts to but $50 a year. or abou
$1.75 a week, and no one who has ar
Income of over IS a week or property
worth more than $2,70O will be en-
titled to 1t. Twenty years residenc,
in the colony and ten years exem
plary conduct are requisite in order t.
secure this state gift, which is sig
nificant, not 80 much for the amoun
as for the precedent which 1t EN-
bodies.-Boston Globe.
T->>. 1n Eo- V>~po-A
The kauri Is the monarch Of the New
Zealand forest. an indigenous pine
growing to enormous height, frequent
ly eighty feet, before it sends out /,
bough, while its average diameter Il
from eight to nine feet. 1t is said t.
be 500 years in reaching maturity
There Is no underbrush In q kauri for