Smyrna times., 1902-06-25
SHORT. SHARP AND SNAPPY
Pithy Sayings From Our Popular Wash
ingtOn Correspondent

Phhy Sayings From Our Popular Wash
ingtOn Correspondent.
The japanese tongue has just been
added to the list of languages taught
at the University of Chicago.
The barbed wire from British block
houses and ''trocha" lines will be dis
tributed among the Boer farmers for |
fences of peace.
The latest slot-machine is news
paper vender, the invention of st.
Louis man. Can this be blow at the
Newsboys Union.
A Danish expedition has started to
make an exhaustive study of the man
ners, customs and superstitions of the
natives of Greenland.
A German expert who has been in
this country studying American in
dustries and resources says that Ameri-
ca is ga country of unlimited possi-
bilities."
According to a German Investigator
air will go through the walls of closed
room at rate depending on the diff
ference in temperature between the in
side and outside.
italian detectives have been es-
pecially selected for the duty of keep
ing a strict watch on all italian anat-
chists in London during the corona
ton festivities.
The peak of MOtomombo in Mica
ragua is said to be emitting hot air
and vapor, while the Senators of the
United States are emitting "hot air"
and vaporings about it.
The Japanese government will es.
tablish school for window glass max
ing at the industrial experiment sta
tion which it maintains. At present
all the window glass in use in the
"fowery kingdom" is imported.
Two French Investigators have pub
lished book in which they declare
that love is a poison, while others
state that it is bacterial disease. An
tidotes and antitoxins have not yet
been discovered by the savants
The use of the automobile in Europe
last year resulted in a demand for 80,
600 additional fur coats for devotee'
to the self-propelled vehicle, and this
increased demand advanced the scale
of prices for furs all over the worlC
from 10 to 30 per cent.
1t has been discovered that the build
ing in Richmond, Va, in which Edga
Allen Poe edited the famous ''SoutherI
Literary Messenger" is still standing
and a commemorative tablet will b,
placed on its walls.
, The War Department has ordered
the removal of the famous Hygei
Hotel near Fortress Monroe, Va. /
was built government reservation b,
a special grant and now the govern
ment wants the use of the land.
The members of the diplomatic corp
are remaining i'll Washington this sum
mer far past their usual time for de
parture. They are closely watchin
legislative action, their government
being interested in the Isthmian cana
and Cuban reciprocity and CAREFUL
following the trend of this Govern
ment's policies.
The managers of the st. Louis Fai
:, have signed contract with the Secre
tary of the Treasury that the Expos
tion will not be open on Sunday, til
+, S5,O00,000 government appropriate
being conditional on this action on th
2 part of the directors.
President Roosevelt, with the Wa
and Navy Departments, is plannin
for the most extensive military ms
neuvers that ever took place in th
country. New York will be attacke
= and defended, 10000 troops being use
! on Long Island, with all the availab
naval vessels cooperating in the attacl