New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
In the principal paper OF Altreich. IN Alsace. ap-
pears the following advertisement; Tho
mune of Hirsinger requires capable man TO wind
and look after the village clock. No salary TO
begin with. but this will be doubled If
vices satisfactory"
In a little bayou an old darkys fatbottom canoe
was sheIved on a mud bank. The mud was too
deep for him to get out and push and he got
a woman STOPPING down at the landing some yards
above to I'll her pail from the stream Get out O.
outen dis we're bayou i'll gifts aaoat agn IN mex
christian Register.
Professor Loeb. in Berlin. is experimenting with
rattlesnake venom as cure for leprosy, and he
thinks he has hit upon the specific for OF tho
most loathsome diseases that human fish is heir to.
Should he succeed IN demonstrating that the snake
poison viii this plague. rattlesnakes would
once become commercially valuable. The market
value OF the poison Is about SIS dram. Professor
Loeb gets his rattlesnake venom from q IN
Colorado. who keeps snakes as pets.
Righted a wrong.-'T suppose your ga, bill is
simply outragcous2' sneered the manager OF the
gas company before the visitor had a chance to
DON'T do justice to the 5 r f5d, o the
peruslng the statement, | Immediately fastened TO
apologized."-(Puck.
a largo box was recently FOUND at the Louvre
Palace bearing IN big black letters tho follow
Ing inscriptions ITO the head OF the Imperial
Museums IN Paris The EMPEROR Napoleon the
Firsrs horse. From the Natural History So
ciety. Manchester" Or opening the box Il
found to contain a white stuffed horse with
small brown spots. On tho left thigh
branded the letter IN" with the Imperial
Crown number OF old Manchester citizens
remember tho taxidermsed animal quito well.
when 1t in possession Of the Manchester
Natural History Society. One who It when
he a boy. nearly seventy years ago. de-
scribes II shabby old beast" r. d. Derby
shire. who was honorary curator when the
cety was dissolved In 1853. and its 10000 worth
Of exhibits handed over to Owens College
Museum. states that he had a vague recollec-
ton Of the societys decision to send II TO the
Louvre Museum. because the opinion was that
1t would arouse more interest there than In
Manchester.
A BALLAD OF CHERRIES.
With shreds Of fruit upon his bill
a Robin takes his saucy
Ara seems e say. what days are thssel"
Sir Oxhearts new rare wine TO try.
Give my cherries in pie.
Preserves that darkened pantries fill.
And jam in crystal treasures
Call these delicious If you will,
>i shall tI't not tn mind i' Tar Tart may apPeaso
An eager longing by and by; ,
GT e' m %N my aSegrres IN pie "0 sou 0Fee1'
Sweet as neeta Hasao drops that Ho spill spill
Are those strong waters they distin
From cherries far away DER seas.
And pa sip we" Your i'' kirsch with spirits high.
TO quench your thirst I'd have you please
Give me my cherries In pie.
Nay. tempt mo not. I beg. Cerisei
Un be consistent II l die).
Your lipsl Take them away you tease!
-(Edward w. Barnard In Judge
A birmingham clockmaker discovered that a
rival was sending out large stocks of cheap clocks
to the heart OF Africa, and doing good business
with them. He spent a large sum in making better
clocks and shipped thousands of them to the same
market. Strange to say his sales small.
although his rival, turning out cheap and mac
curate timepiece, selling all he could make.
Finally he found a key to the mystery. Savages
like noise The clocks made by The first exporter
had particularly loud and aggressive tick. His
competitor had made a better clock. but 1t al
most noseless, and the savages would have none
of it. The next cargo OF clocks which the Brm-
ingham maker shipped to the Guinea coast licked
louder than anything ever heard there. and they
sold like pink lemonade at a circus
Sure sgnYqH say he has anews visionary airy
girl who is employed in the postottce He is
yeiop %, instead Of putting on special delivery
stamp"-(Washington Star.
."The CITY of Tramways' This is the name given
In South America to Buenos Ayres. the capital Of
the Argentine Republic. where the latest cable dis
patches reported that a whole days festival had
been devoted to the erection of a statue OF Carl
baldi vino had fought valiantly in the war for In
dependence OF the La Plata regions. Buenos Ayres.
which has a population of nearly one million In
habtants. possesses network OF city tramways, OF
275 miles, fifty of which operated by electricity
There are concessions granted for 100 miles or
new lines. Tho South American papers assert with
great PRIDE and less correctness, that
"Buenos Ayres is the city where the transportation
of enormous numbers OF people is accomplished
with the greatest facility. rapidity and at the
cheapest rates in the world"
In the weekly calendar published by colored
aaslon Of the periodical literature of the de.
nomination from which we quote the following:
The Mayhower is grand little nugget In a
nutshell, and sweeps the field as IL goes" The
meaning IL plain, but the exact confederation
seems IIibernian- "-Qndependent