New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Most Of the regular seekers at the public circulat-
ing libraries for the latest thing out In popular nc
tfon rarely ret a. chance to make up their mnds
whether the binding Of Of their favorite stories
is appropriately designed to At the authors work
In fact In the Of the writer for whose latest
there is sure to be redhot demand readers never
see the binding That Is because 1t Is removed be-
fore being placed In circulation. The original bind
ing fs returned to the publishers and another sub
stituted Hence the incurabe follower OF the pop
,ar novelists who Is lucky enough to get the hrst
lien on the latest Of Mrs Wharton or Mrs ward
or Robert w. Chambers gets the book with pam
hut serviceable dark colored cloth cover with oacK
leather back. This IS the strong binding wnich
would have to be put shortly after the addition
of the book the library, considerable wear ana
tear is saved by applying the treatment on purchase
THE GREAT RIVALRY.
Candidate. he come along.
Talkn' night an noon
Glee club sing purity song
Hab mos convincin. way:
specks dey mus speak true
"Afistah Candidate say. -
'1 gwineter vote for you.''
'Nuther candidate draws nigh;
Has band dat's great
Say dat opposition try.
To swamp de ship o state,
An, Tys;n neM de tb.oo .sossat,onI aa Iana dat note
Is dis: which wins de peoples vote;
De glee club or de band?
A benefit association and a pension fund have
pany to provide its employees with an income when
sick or disabled by accident and Of making def
mite payments to their families in case of death
In brief the plan provides that every empioye who
contributes per. cent of his wages to the fund
becomes member Of the association and is entitled
to all its benefits. He Is insured against death
from sickness or accident and receives half wages
while disabled by sickness or injury The family
of a man who is killed. either on or on duty, re-
celves two years wages. For the loss of both eyes
or loss of both hands or he receives two years
wages. In of death from illness one years
wages are paid For example, a man earning III %
a week pays % cents a week dues IT sick and
unable to work he receives S. % week Should he
die from an accident lose both his family
will receive ST. 300 Should he die from the result
of Illness his family will receive $3.50. IN addition to
the weekly half wages paid during his Illness
Every empoye IL eligible to the pension fund,
which provides that any employs after twenty
wears Of service. who has reached the age Of sixty
five years may retire on pension computed as
follows: For each year of active service an allow
ance of per cent OF the average annual pay during
tho last ten years Of service, with maximum Of
500 a month and a. minimum OF $1s a month Re
tirement Is optional at sxfy-fvs years of ago and
compulsory at seventy.
Toursst-Whats that crowd down At the court
Native-oh they're tryin' the case o Sam John
Tou1i.tsam Johnson Why; ,.t!9 that + vas the man
Native-faas. suh but to-day some o the boys
got foelu' TO Know Wnethdn DO Vas III
nocent or guilty, suh.-Cathohc standard ana
Times
The municipal authorities OF Belfast are at pres
ent interested in q scheme Of working mems gar
den plots begun IN East Belfast few months ago
under tho auspices Of the Strandtown Cottage Gar
dsn Association. A start made In April last
with about three acres. divided into twenty four
sections the conditions being that In each allct-
rnent elk different species OF vegetables should BE-
srown- The majority OF those to whom the plots
were allotted English and Scottish worknnen
employed in the local ship building yards Although
one or two Of ths amateur gardeners retired after
their enthusiasm had cooled. their places
quickly taken by others. and tho cultivation Of the
half-rood plots has proved popular anA successful
that tho local corporation intends to ADOPT II .
more extensive scale in other suburbs Of the city
next spring.
Old oon Profsssionai-Na, YEN no max gowner
-ye'vo begun over late and ys've over muckle
poste; but its 5uist peesib'e y pr-r.etiss hard
vera tn naTsd; sos 1M1,tnTss yssr' 70 Hicht-
PYofessionaj-Ye mieht begfn to hae Q gifm1ner
that ye1l never ken the r-rudiments o. the Sama-
The Sketch.