Smyrna times., 1902-02-19


paper offices in the country employing
95, 900 workers and paying an aggregate
of $50, 900, 900, in wages, or an average |
of about ten dollars a week. 1t is per-
haps needless to remark that some get
more, and some, less.
Although Americans are generally
considered the most inventive people
on earth, there was only one patent
application to every 1875 persons,
while in Great Britain there was one
to every 1, $50. In England, however,
patents are granted not only to in
ventors, but for new processes, ETC.,
that may be merely introduced by the
patentee.
The Paris Treaty at the close of the
Spanish War gave to the United
States all of Spain's West Indies
possessions except Cuba. Now the
question arise as to whether the Isle
of Pines, South of Cuba, belongs to
to this country or not. The inhabitants
of the island have petitioned to be put
formally under the sovereignty of the
United States, while the Cubans claim
the island as part of their country, it
being simply a contiguous island
whose nearness to the Cuban coast
makes it reasonably appertain to the
large island. 1t is probable that we
will retain it as Unites States pos
session.
At Cherryvale, Kansas, there is a
big fire alarm whistle that is blown by
natural gas taken from the street main
The noise can be heard for several
miles.
The famous Scotch railroad bridge
across the Firth of Forth is now re-
ceiving its fourth coat of paint since
it was opened eleven years ago. A
regular force of about 35 men is kept
constantly at work painting the
bridge, and as it takes about years to
work across it, putting on one coat, it
becomes necessary for the men to start
in painting the other end as soon as
one trip is finished.
A man at Marion, n. c., refused to
be vaccinated and the deputy sheriff
shot him. This complicates, or per-
haps simplifes, the vaccination ques
tion.
Richard Harding Davis told how the
Greek war, the Spanish war and the
Boer war should have been fDught
not content with all that gave talk il
New York few days ago on the "Nex
War; How it Should Be Covered"
There is a woman in Chicago VIII,
produces poems, magazine articles anC
novels in her sleep, and Chicag
critics say they are better than mos
that are produced by others in thei
waking hours. Chicago's literar
f; taste cannot always be depended Oh
though the comparison made doesno
prove that the sleep literature i
L necessarily good.
= Rev. F. A. Hardin of Chicago
! speaking of the assertion by ProfessC
Pearson of Northwestern Universit
that Bible miracles are poet ic fancie
!. says that the Professor should be ski
- ned alive and that his hide should
nailed on door as awarning to other
:, 1t is to be hoped that the sanguinal
minister was making use only of
~ figuratiye fancy him self.
al Four projected electric railways a
IN struggling to get the franchise
build an underground road in we
London. The two principal cor
petitors are J. Pierpont Morgan al
Mr.. Yerkes, both Americans.
T. present Yerkes controls practically
of the London underground systems
n The State entomologist of NJ
n Jersey has asked for an appropriate
;oI of $4,000 to carry on the war
"a determination of the mosqui
a. Strange as it may seem there are
of number of legislators who are not
y, favor of removing the cause of n
or Jerseys unenvible reputation amo
% the states, and one of the defenders
of the pest recalled that history says t
ho the mosquito drove Gen. Howe out
- New Jersey in Revolutionary da
no thus making possible Washingto
~ signal victory at Trenton.
;no Kings College, London, has star
ane special classes in South African la
- uages. Dutch and Zulu are the ol
"a now taught, but any dialect will
,ao added if there is demand for it