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Show .A.PllUMBER PEER. . vy - Imisinuch i s a plumber hnn .been elevated to i pretty lofty place in tlui Prussian nobility, stvej-al payijis of Aniealcaftel it their holy d.ity to belittle tho poor fellow who thus, by his toll, has achieved greutnes). Hero In America ivo honor the man who rises to 1)0 a Scuntor after he his made Jiis pile by hard work. Wo go into raptures about the matter mid praise the brains of tho mnn, crpou (ally his prowess In getting' coit,'oi of tho long green. Hut listen to what tho Snlt Lako Telegram says of tha nvit- ter: "A Prussian plumber Iibb been elevated ele-vated to tho rank of a peer nnd given a life membership iu the houso of lords, nnd ail Dorlln nnd Prussia stand aghast, because novor hofore was an artisan given any such elevation. eleva-tion. There Is much speculation nbout it. Tho natural lnforenco or nn Amor-lean Amor-lean would bo that If tho gentleman had been engaged In tho plumbing business seve'n or eight years in Her-1 - lln, that he then wns made a lord be cnuse if Kmporor William gets in n close place and wants two or three now' battleships the gentleman can lend' him tjio'moncy, t 'Commontl'ngifl6..thl8, an oastern paper tells us' that this plumber may be a Hiinltnry engineer, and calls to ililnrt thut" In this country spmcfoTour-successful1 spmcfoTour-successful1 plumbers hnve tho tact and crnft of captains ot fndustr'y'lnii Mint they nlsodevelop ,ex,trnordlnar.v-mechnnlcnl ,ex,trnordlnar.v-mechnnlcnl skill. There Is -no p0ssrD1o, doubt of lhnt,j ng.mnn over saw a plumbor's bill Mint was not convinced of It. They do not know much nbout subtraction or division, but when It comes to nddltlon and multiplication, J they nre born experts. In our c6uutry a great ninny plumbers nro born peers Mint Ib wlfen it comes to making out n bill, they are tho peers or tho very highest In tho land." Welhinl: Mi3 tacts In tho case will exonernto both parties. William Headed Head-ed some plumbing done; tho poor did tho Job. The emperor paid tho bill. :o: |