New-York tribune., 1902-05-16
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

Another mechanical genius says the thi-
carn Tribune has come 10 bat In the city Hall.
He claims to have evolved the 'horseless dustless.
street sweeper This man is Peter Green. former
ly a city inspector Tie r. not relative Of Darius
Green. Of hying machine fame. All that is needed
for the success Of the dustess busting Of the city
thoroughfaros Is the securing Of patents and the
building OF the machine. The motive power Of the
machine is 10 be a gasolene motor. A system Of
fans, which operate with suction tubes, will take
up all the dust"
His Only Chance.-Kindly Old Gentleman-Why
do you carry that umbrella, little boy It's not
raiRins
And the suns not shining"
"Then why do you carry it,"
We'll. when it's raining pa wants It and when
the suns shining ma wants IT, and rs only ibis t9i
Louis Globe-Democrat
The latest Canadian order council is TO forbid
japanese and Chinese cutting shingle bolts or logs
from the crown lands. This means that hundreds
of Japanese will be driven into the United States.
they almost exclusively employed The
laws also being passed against Chinese. and.
although they are arriving by hundreds on every
ship, and the Canadian Government gets 800 a
head the Cinnamon find that nearly all avenues
are blocked in the way OF making a living In
Canada so they walk into the United States.
Canada getting the tax and Washington state
getting the Cinnamon. The inadequate United
States immigration staff cannot prevent the China
crossing the line. while white men who SNUG
gle them over are getting rich at 800 head.
Stanley. the ONCE boy. made his appearance In
Endeavor button In the lapel OF his coat
mord d ddd upgh p2 S in the to
the cartoonis @ fixing his gaze g5 e3 on the emblem
lateral fer loan; see An I'm up against it. at
dat ! lends i feer 50 cents T an an | says Gimme
pin on me. an. like an easy mark. | takes IT,
Dere amt no moral an upright life about dis here
well. the button is worth 50 cents. isn't it?"
Nav" replied Stanley. in disgust. IL fought
il was when ! took it. hut found out since youse
An attendant in a London business house was
recently approached by furtive looking stranger
This suspicious person, dressed IN sombre black
came quite close to the attendant, and then rails
ing his from the ground whispered tragicaIly
Are you prepared to die?" The attendant wasn't
and he caught the suspicious by the throat
and half throttled him. When the invalid was re-
covering II "transpired" that he was an amateur
missionary inquiring after everybody's spiritual
needs
The had not settled with the grocer for
nearly six months.
The grocer. needing money. presented his
Surely" said the man. looking in surprise at
the IN SGisF list OF Items there must be some mistake
that every item is correct and that the footing is
this one has run, and the customer hasn't kept
track of 1t. he nearly always kicks"
"Oh. I'm not kicking said the man, proceeding
to write check for the amount What surprses
me is that the bill is only about half as big as |
expected."-(Chicago Tribune "
peculiar Industry in the town of Warren Me
is the catching OF alewives which has been fol-
lowed since the early history of the place The
alewtves, species of shad. so up TO the Georges
about this season of the year. and in attempting
to ascend the hshway the Lower Falls arc
caught In dip nets The alewife catch is a sort of
community of interest" among the citizens and
is regulated by law. Each head of "A family in
town is entitled 10 three hundred alewives M the
nominal price of 20 cents IA hundred The town
employs men to catch the fish, and the surpIus &c
sold ana the proceeds turned into the town treas
ury. Last year Warren received the sum Of 500
from the SAFE OF alewives. which, after deducting
the expenses netted tho treasury S4S
How Is your story going TO end?" asked tho
author. " W 'NS ''e slIteu
going 70 NAV %l tS pe decided by the poker game I'm
Suns 10 PiaS shis evening" said the gifted author
haroi VIII IN ,ne story will end with the hero and
hn III, t1at ~ ing and everybody happy IL / lose
.r Sna IA K az on the hero, send the heroine to nun
M anu anu ,i M She ast chapter just as full of misery
as can sleA -tChicago Tribune. ''''9e''