Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

for each repair of a punctured tire.
New York Jity consumes o,0oU'a uo
tons of ice a year, of which 4,ouo'ooo
tons is natural ice.
Over 100000 pounds of tea is con-
sumed in England daily.
st. Paul carpenters are fined TOT
working overtime.
OF the $4,000 100000 worth of COM
merce done by all the nations of the
world, Great Britain's share is 1873
per cent, Geranany's 1913 per cent,
and 81 per cent falls to the lot or the
United States.
At a certain cloth factory in Scot
land it was the custom to line the
work-people for turning out bad Work.
One day a workman brought piece
of cloth to be examined, and the man
ager found two little holes about an
inch apart. e then showed these TO
the man and demanded two shillings
fine. shilling for each hole. is II
shilling for each hole?" asked the
man. yes" said the manager.
"And is it the same for every hole,
big or little?" Eyes, exactly the
same" said the manager. well, then,
I'll save shilling" and, putting his
finger in the holes, he quickly made
the two holes into one.
And now some of the girls employed
in the large hotels can get ready to
walk the plank. A machine that
washes and dries 5000 dishes an hour
has been invented, and it is guaran-
teed that plates, cups, saucers and
other dishes come out OF the wash
without a scratch.
The twelfth annual report of the Blu
'reau of Labor Statistics of North Car
DINA, says the Typographical Journal,
states that the average daily wages
paid in tobacco factories of the State
for skilled labor amounts to the mag
nificent sum of $127 for men and "a
cents for women, while unskilled labor
receives: Men, Ga cents; women 81
cents, and children, 26 cents. In the
wooden mills, skilled labor, men get
$110, women % cents per day.
Philadelphia has $4,000 unionists.
The forthcoming national convention
of building trades may establish a ma
tional defense fund.
A Viennese seamstress gets only Is
cents for hemstitching 10 dozen hand
kerchiefs, paying for her own thread
and light.
Cincinnati elevator men will organ
ize.
Queen Victoria has 60 housemaids.
In Belgium all cows wear earrings.
Prince of Wales smokes a $1.75 CT
gar.
Compressed air is supplanting the
mules in the mines in Wisconsin.
A law in Boston permits residents to
keep street musicians 300 feet from
their houses.
A colony of colored people has more
or less appropriately selected land in
the vicinity of Painted Rock Mo-, as
the location for establishing a farming
community.
Switzerland exports annually $S,000,-
600 worth of cheese.
Chicago's Union Label League OPP
poses a universal label.
The Piano and Organ Makers I'm
ions of Chicago have increased from a
membership of 800 to 1000, and they
demand a charter from the American
Federation of Labor. The products of
the piano factories of the United States
reach in value $4,000, 900, Chicago
ranking second in output.
Organized labor of ST. Louis had sew
en- candidates from the lower House
of the State Legislature with two
tickets, and succeeded in electing four
out of the seven-a printer, street
railway man, cigarmaker and boil
ermaker.
New York is to have a working
mems banquet on New Years eve, Ed
win Markham has promised to write
and READ new poem appropriate to
the occasion.
Great Britain annually produces
800 000, 900 yards of textiles.
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