Evening journal., 1898-09-27
sTRANGE rHlNos RouND .oUr.
a Reader os War News TELLS part OF
what Ue. Eas Learned OF
Latitudes.

he had just bought, y am enjoying TINS
war hugely
Our navy" assented Simpson, us
winning fame every day.
"Oh. ! don't mean that corrected
Hawkins I'm proud Of the navy and
of the army. too, Of course. oh, yes. 4
used to belong to the army. and my
wife's uncle was in the navy. Butt am
getting a good deal Of pleasure out Of
this war by brushing up my geog-
raphy."
"We're all doing that" affirmed his
friend.
Every night l am studying the
maps" said Hawkins. 81 take my boys
geography out on the front steps, and
from the moment get the grass wet
down till frefies bring the twilight
l am at 1t.
And. by the way, do you know our
Toledo and SPANS are almost In the
same latitude? That's where I'm en-
joying this war. I'm looking up the
ATTITUDES, you know. When was in q
log schoolhouse back in Ohio ! didn't
lllilG WIS ~ Aln1h ~ tOk ARh1
--wecalledit 'jogafy.' Teachers and all
did that. we learned the definitions
of latitude and longitude and were
told that they we're of use 10 mariners
TO find out where they were at sea. ]
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 are 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 lemon. This
war was something to me, if only TO
make me brush up on my iogafy.'
''Now, what place, Simpson, in this
country is on the same parallel with
Gibraltar"
"Oh, I suppose Minneapolis or Que
bee"
"Hall Hal You're way off-colder
than Quebec itself. Why. Norfolk's
the place. Just think of it-Norfolk.
Toxic, Shanghai Cashmere and Glib
raltar hang on the same clotheslne.
Funny. isn't it?
Now, here's another, Simpson. Did
you suspect that the Canary islands
and Mount Sinai were In the same luti-
tude2 Or Delhi. Foo Chow and New
Orleans? Wen. they are. an OF EN-.
I tell you it's glorious to look these
things up, and | never thought of
doing It until Dewey banged the Span
ish all to pieces at Manila.
"see here. Simpson. Did You know
Cairo, the Punjaub. the Blue sea and
the northern part of the Desert OF
Sahara were on that same parallel with
New Orleans, Delhi. Foo Chow, Mount
Sinai and the Canaries2 Well, they
are.
Now, take London, Simpson; what
town over here is in the same lati
tude ?"
1T ought to be New York"
"Well it isn't. All England is fur
Their north than any part of the United
States, except Alaska. The Aleutiar
islands and Winnipeg, way up in Mani
toba, are in the same class with Lon'
don.
Here's q scorcher now. Simpson.
There's Venice. If Venice stood still aud
the earth turned round under herwhat
places would get a worms eye view
OF Venice? You give it up. Well, north
Wisconsin, Simpson. just think of II
up there in the land Of sawmills and
dance houses, brook trout and cole
summers. Venice andAshlandl Their,
are 1900 miles difference in the climate
of those places. Minneapolis and
st. Paul, too. would see Venice as thej
rolled under.
New York and Peking are on tn,
same line, and Edinburgh and 1rkutsls
In Kamschatla; Marseilles. in France
is north of Milwaukee; Portland, Me.
is south Of Florence. Italy; CONSTANT
nople, Omaha, Salt Lake City, Naples
Barcelona, Providence. r. l.. Chicago
and Vladivostol are on the same string
Of beads. Thank God, Dewey whippe,
those Dagoes and set me to booking
up on these things"
What places" asked Simpson. car
on the same parallel with Washing
ton2"
Hawkins trembled.
Simpson, ought to know that. ]
is important. But I confess I don
know. haven't looked it up. How o.
earth could l have overlooked that
By the way, remember Lisbon. Mala
ga, Smyrna and Bokhara are on a pal
so to speak. That's the best can d
for you just now, Simpson"
The car stopped, and with it Hawl
ms string of ATTITUDES. he had com
TO his street.
"I'll look that up. Simpson" he sale
as he landed on the asphalt. lust a
soon as get the lawn sprinkled T
think, I shouldn't know all about m
own latitude by this timel It's simpl
dense ignorance. Washington Ever
ing Star.
Peach MerinGre.