New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An American writing from Vienna says: This
burgermester Of this city, DR.. Liger. is not afraid
to say what is in his heart, and what he says is
frequently unpleasant. A few days ago deputation
of public school teachers waited on him and show
ing him the great increase in the cost of living
asked that their pay might be slightly increased
He listened and said: While am birgermelster
nothing will be done for the teachers The teachers
bowed huInbly and were about to retire when the
biigermeister called to them Let some one sing
the payers' song to YOU This is a popular num-
ber every variety stage and tells In humorous
style of the torn up condition OF the streets in
Vienna. The teachers think that the surly mayor
referred to the song to intimate that II ever tho
present salary conditions disturbed the result
would be like that of the streets-once torn up the
normal conditions would never again be restored.
To an American outbursts such may expect
at any time from Ldger seem brutal. but here they
laugh them over their afternoon coffee
do you believe in special providence"
Sure. When boy the school attended
was struck by lightning one night and burned
Nothing special about that"
oh but ii jost the night before the circus
came to Observation-Disclosures Ledger
The "Berliner Tageblatt." reviewing recently
published biography of Thomas A Edison. tells OF
the trials imposed the inventor because of the
unwarranted connection of his narne with eaten
penny novelties Some of the well known aneo-
dotes are retold. and the scientist is constantly
referred to as the wizard OF Mungo Park" Mr..
Edison formerly lived at Menlo Park. n. ].
student-But I don't think deserve an absolute
Professor w-Neither do 1. but that is the lowest
mark l am allowed to g1ve.-Yale Record
OF certain queer financial operations Shanghai
correspondent of THE North China Daily News
writes: ''One of the chief topics of conversation
and comment in this port among our Chinese lei
low residents is the disastrous effects that have
resulted among Chinese business men Of all classes
through wild speculation the rise of the price
,,fott1 cd EV
to the ordinary in the street that hundreds
ventured to get rich by buying or selling goid'
the only things needed for the purpose being
lead pencil or fountain pen and notebook. Peo-
ple many OF whom may not have seen a single
bar of gold in their lives and We're without money.
boueht' or sold gold bars by the hundreds and
thousands on time, speculating a fall or rise.
as the case might be, with the result that when
settling day came losers who could not meet
their obligations compelled to abscond or.
desiring to keep their good name. pawned or sold
everything that had any marketable value to pay
their debts leaving themselves and their families
penniless and in danger of starvation. Others
again have been known to commit suicide, and
also those who had stood guarantors for them.
Naturally those who understood such things
usually profited while those who only easy
way to get rich-with notebook and pencil-found
themselves at last involved In destruction
That artist is a real genius remarked the ad-
mirer
genius people wouldn't be saying many com
plimentary things about him before he is dead
Washington Star.