New-York tribune., 1907-01-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

AZ religious revival In Emporia Kan which
closed recently, the attention of the Rev. DR. Mum
haII the evangelist was called to the large number
OF pennies In the offering One night the preacher
held up silver dollar and a copper penuv and ga,a
conversation held by the two coins ''You poor
little red cent yOu YOU don't amount 10 ANYTHING
l d nat" To be YOU" said the big dollar II know
IN not very big replied the cent. but the chill
o.ch IKE me and can buy good many things &"
nan! YOU can't buy anything at all said the
dollar. lust look at me: big and bright ard
SHINY. can buy whole lot more than YOU can d"
May be So. said the little red cent meel,Iv ..bIt
go to church a heap oftener than you do. any
way"
In village In New Jersey the schoolmlstress
saw one OF the little boys crying She Gales him
70 her and inquired the reason. Some of the big
,o poyS made me kiss little girl out in the school,
Know M6y qd i6ai yon To not 1o5 come right to me- dn
Chicago Daily News. '' "' S"'u
The hours of labor IN Belgium ore LONG saws .
consular report The laborer begins work AT 6
a. m and ceases work at p. m with the us,Ia1
breaks for meals. He is paid on the average seven
cents to nine cents hour for ten hours and o6
per cent more for cwo additional hours making his
daily wages 81 to 81 Os for tweIve hours Cb1
dren begin their life work early as twelve years
though the law compassouatey states that no
child under sixteen years of age shall be kent ~
work for more than twelve hours a day, A ReI-
CLAN statistician estimates the average earnings
OF an artisan, child labor being included I'm his
calculation at about $l60 a year Numerous foc
tories have been established there by British firms
owing to the low cost of labor.
why did you dismiss that emplove?', asked o,a
railway official. ~ '''
He became annoying, answered the other; 'he
insisted on trying 10 figure out how much we
could save by economizing wreckages instead
OF on the payroll OF signal Operators -Washineton
Star.
one of the oldtime customs which still cling to
the county of Lincolnshire in England was an
parent on st. Thomas's Day In towns like Lin
coin. Boston, Grantham and Louth small bands
OF "mumpers going from house to house. "Mumn-
Ing Day is looked forward to by the poor
As they proceed from house 10 house the "mump-
is money or food refused. The word humping
lent to begging "cadging."
Runon Wratz-The idee uf your clamin' TO be
overworked. ye burned old hobo
Junold knutt-I overwurked. b'gosh, Fifty
times day hev to explain how il is that don't
GIT no employment when the country is jist runnn
over Wit proSperity-ChtcagO Tribune
Sir James SawyeE, according to The London
Lancet" has adopted the idea that there is a
direct association between ehamelled cooking ves-
sells and the increase of appendicitis. He holds
that fragments of the enamel broken off from
the vessels by spoons used for stirring and that
the sharp-edged fragments are at least one of the
dix. If this is the appendicitis is likely to
continue increasing, for enameled vessels are
growing more and more in popular favor
You look worried said one gilded youth
Il am answered the other. MY father has
conceived the idea of trying 10 cut nv allowances
down low enough to keep people from saving I
have more money than brains Washington Post