New-York tribune., 1902-12-04
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

storm cannons are very common in italy now
along the southern slopes OF the Alps where dam
age from hailstorms during harvest time is always
Imminent, says THE Argonaut." They are the
invention of Padua firm. They look like a hing.
megaphone. and they set with their wide
mouths gaping skyward beside little houses that
look ike sentry boxes. When they are fired they
boom like sure enough cannons but instead OF
q ball or shell. other similar projectile they
emit ring OF smoke which grows larger and
larger as II ascends. until at last before t breaks
II Is big enough to surround ten acre field In
stead of hail. only rain falls when the guns are
used. and damage 10 crops Is prevented.
Not in His Line.-"What is his status in this
He amt got none that ever heerd on. He
but II he ever had any status there re fRs kep
Record-Herad.
The Postoffice Department has prepared a set of
statistics says The Springfield Republican" which
amount to an indictment against every fourth per-
son in the country for misdirecting mail The de-
partment handled 1854 4S7 pieces OF mail last year
which were wrongly or imperfectly directed Near
ly ten million OF these were either forwarded with
corrected addresses or returned to the sender The
money taken from the letters that found their way
to the dead letter office, and for which no owners
could be found, togetner with the amount realized
from the auction sale of unclaimed articles ac-
cumulated IN the office. aggregated SIS a5s S. The
annual auction this year is to take place
A LITERARY REQUEST
AS this earth can't foreer
In reason hope to stay.
Like Carnegie. I>will in time
My library give away.
give my Burns unto the cook
nv Longfeiiow 70 10 ohT Wa2fg 9Gg street sbort,
My Bacon to the hog.
I'll give the Dickens to the man
Who swore my vote would win:
My Coke goes to the bin.
To miners I would send my Pitt;
My Cable ia unree;
With perfect trust my Steele
Ny Whittier do commend
nv Snt2 Hol4es. lnewsPPap9r tSrt Jokes; nro,s- ~
For all the married folks.
Ny Ade to injured I lend
Though not Nye-more's the pity,
Onto Atlantic City.
All my Hall Gaines leave to dudes
To match their wooden heads,
And Chaucer TO the law that
Expectoration treads
My Cooke Ia keep at any cost
Also y a Harte Hy meas Tess Tede fe Rank RanR Twain
Where mark two
my Haggard face 1t oursD
Ny Peck to all my little birds
Ny Lover TO the girls.
Ny will holds like rock,
Lest thieves break In. place on all
A combination Locke.
~-tbditimors American
The English papers telling a story of Sir
Hiram Maxim which is to the credit of the muto-
scope and Lady Maxims ingenuity. Sir Hiram and
Lady Maxim We're staying at a Southern watering
place. When the time to pay the bill on
leaving. the landlord OF the hotel looked askance
at the proffered check He knew the name but
had evidence that the signer the owner of
it. And Sir Hiram had not enough cash In his
pocket TO meet the case. Then Lady Maxim invited
the proprietor TO go down the pier. put a penny
in certain slot and look. And he saw Giving
picture of Sir Hiram firing a Maxim gun in the
presence If the Shah of Persia. That con-
elusive.
Sir Charles Wyndhams famous alteration with
the man in the white hat the merits of a
play was mere trihe in comparison with the
debate and division at recent first night in an
act a gentleman arose in the front row OF the
gallery and remarked: This is lad play and
the acting is worse than the play" The lead
ing actor came to the foootlghts and retorted:
You've no right to Int interrupt If you don't like
content, II have the right to crticise what have
paid for. II buy pound Of butter and find
Of this show. and it is an imposition. I want my
money back" At this point stalwart attendant
interposed. Clawing, unparliamentary language
and smashing of furniture ensued Eventually the
champion of playgoers rights emerged triumph
ant from the fray. Holding a shilling on high he
exclaimed: It's all right: I've got my money
back. The play can now proceedr'-Gondon