Evening journal., 1898-10-04
STRANGE THINGS FOUND OUT.
a Reader OF War News Tells Part OF
what lie Has Learned OF
Lntitudes.

81 tell you,' exclaimed Hawkins, joy |
ously, as he sat down by Simpson in
the car and unfolded the "Stah papah"
be had just bought. 81 am enjoying this
war hugely"
"Our navy" assentcd Simpson. sis
winning fame every day."
"Oh, l don't mean that" corrected
Hawkins "I'm proud of the navy and
of the army, too, of course. Oh, yes.
used TO belong TO the army. and my
wife's uncle was in the navy. But Ian
getting good deal OF pleasure out Of
this war by brushing up my geog-
raphy."
"We're all doing that affirmed his
friend.
Every night am studying the
maps" said Hawkins. 81 take my boys
geography out on the front steps, aud
from the moment / get the grass wet
down till frefiies bring the twilight
am at II.
"And. by the way, do you know our
Toledo and Spain's are almost In the
same latitude? That's where I'm en-
joying this war. I'm looking up the
latitudes, you know. When / was IN
log schoolhouse back in Ohio didn't
dream there was so much geography
--wecalledit' 'jogafy. Teachers and all
did that. We learned the definitions
OF latitude and longitude and were
told that they were of use TO mariners
TO find out where they were at sea. l
never suspected that there was any lat
itude or longitude on dry land, and
was 20 years old before | discovered
two places on the opposite sides Of the
earth could have the same latitude.
Just think. the two Toledos ure about
the same distance from the equator.
Spain's Toledo is in the land OF LEM
ons. oranges. wines and raisins, and
ours. only 90 miles further north, Is
thousand miles from n lemon. This
war was something TO me, II only TO
make me brush UP on my jogafy.
"Now. what place. Simpson. in this
country is on the same parallel with
Gibraltar"
"Oh, suppose Minneapolis or Que
bee"
Hall Hal You're why ofr-colder
than Quebec itself why Norfolk's
the place. Just think of it--Norfolk,
Toxic, Shanghai, Cashmere and Glib
raltar hang on the same clothesline.
Funny. isn't Il?
"Now. here's another, Simpson. Did
you suspect that the Canary islands
and Mount Sinai were Ia the same lati-
tude2 Or Delhi, Foo Chow and New
Orleans? Well, they are. all Of EN-
tell you it's glorious to look these
things up. and | never thought oi
doing IL until Dewey banged the Span
ish all TO pieces at Manila.
"See here. Simpson. Did you know
Cairo. the Punjaub. the Blue sea an,
the northern part OF the Desert o
Sahara were on that same parallel will
New Orleans, Delhi, Foo Chow. Noun
sinni and the Canaries? Well. the
are.
, ''Now, take London. Simpson; wha
town over here is in the same lat
tude?"
at ought to be New York"
"Well. It isn't. All England Is fur
ther north than any part Of the Unitel
States, except Alnsla. The Aleutlni
islands and Winnipeg. way up in Mani
toba. are In the same class with Lon
don.
Heres n scorcher now, Simpson
There's Venice. IfVenice stood stilan'
the earth turned round undcrher.wha
places would get a worms eye vleN
of Venice? You give itup. Well, mort
Wisconsin, Simpson. Just think OF /
up there In the land of sawmlls an
dance houses. brook trout and col
summers. Venice nnd.Ashlandl Their
are 1000 miles difference I'm the climat
OF those places. Minneapolis an
st. Paul, too, would see Venice ns the
rolled under.
"New York and Picking are on th
same line, and Edinburgh and IrlSutsl
4 IN Kamschatka; Marseilles. in Franc,
r is north of Milwaukee; Portland. Me
Is south Of Florence. Italy; Constant
e nopie, Omaha. Salt Lake City, Napier
Z Barcelona. Providence, r. l., Chicag
. and Vladivostok are on the same strin
: OF beads. Thank God, Dewey whippe
those Dagoes and set me TO booliin
E up on these things"
'What places" asked Simpson, "or
b on the same parallel with Washing
3 ton?"
r Hawkins trembled.
e simpson. I ought to know that.
E is important. But I confess l don
e know. haven't looked II up. How o
o. earth could 1 have overlooked that
: BY the way, remember Lisbon. Mall
! ga, Smyrna and BolShara are on pa
: so to speak. That's the best can d
q for you just now. Simpson,"
D The car stopped, and with II Hawl
= ms string Of latitudes. lie had CON
D to his street.
T. "I'll look that up. Simpson" he sal,
: ms he landed on tfe asphalt, "iust 4
p soon as get the lawn sprinked. I
l. think I shouldn't know all about m
). own latitude by this timei It's simpl
= dense ignorance" Washington Evel
e ing Star.