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Show Poor Specimen of Economy. There Is a political pnrablo in 'the story thnt comes from Houlton, Me. where an employer discharged his licensed nnd expensive engineer nnd hired a mnr at $1 a dev to run the boiler. Tho new employe failed to appreciate ap-preciate tho necessity of keeping up the water level In the holler and presently pres-ently observed thnt th boiler was getting red hot. He accordingly turned In n largo, Btiddcn qunrtlty of cold water. The next thing he noticed was that tht boiler was "making a funny fun-ny noise," so he climbed up on top of It to Investigate the safety valvo. He went soma Mgher than ho meant to do, but a: Jited practically unh t and when rebuked for his share In the explosion asked Indignantly: "What do you expect for a dollar a day?" Boston Globe. |