Smyrna times., 1902-10-29
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.
Pithy Sayings From Our Opular Wash
ingtOn Correspondent.

There ought to be a hell for those
lypocrites who deceive themselves.
Indiana appears to be demonstrating
its right to be known as a doubtful
state
After listening to the political SPELL
binder don't waste all your energy
shouting. Reserve little for hard
There are people who are blessed
with the beatlfc vision here on earth.
They see the only God they worship
every time they pass mirror.
Mascagni may not be very wise, but
a man who can write Cavelleria Rus
ticana is a pleasant variation on the
ordinary type of genius.
The factory girls in. Leeds, England,
go to work in fashionable attire.
That's nothing, our cook wears better
clothing than our wives, and she is |
not distinguished for going to work.
We wear binders to avoid seeing
what is on either side of us and fatter
ourselves that what we do not see does
not exist.
You may become immune to the
sting of bees if you let them sting you
often enough. Those who care to
may try this but we suggest that they
begin with homeopathic doses.
Queen Margarita, of Italy, has lace
handkerchief which is valued at $1O,-
600. For this winter, however, seal
skin sacks at $3.50 will do for us.
Many of the evils of the country are
due to the Intelligent voter who
prates of the right of suffrage but
never of the responsibility, and stays
away from the polls if election day is
| inclement.
Baer, Baer, black sheep
Have you any coal?
Yes Sir, Yes Sir,
Three bins full,
A bin for my own self
A bin for my friends,
A ''has been'' in Reading stock,
And there the list ends.
1t is good for labor to organize, it
would be better for the people to insist
that since they are organized they
must incorporate, and it will be best
if both capital and labor can be made
to give bonds to the state to keep the
peace.
Macaulay said the greatest power il
Parliament was the Fourth Estate, ,
the newspaper fraternity, and White
law Reid says the greatest power il
this country is the country press. Thi
sounds complimentary but it implies
a tremendous responsibility.
0 Ibsen's cafe orders: zone whiskeY
H. l." are now quoted in the auto
graph market at a great deal NOR
: than the price of gallon of what b
i, desired. Ibsen has done lot of work
: but there is a suspicion in many mind
: that his foolish admirers have mad
him ridiculous.
!. The playwrights of the day try
write down to the average of tE
amusement loving public. They mai
money and the stage is decadent. Ho
'. would it do to write few plays aft
the old models, with less scenery an
less anatomical display aud try tt
E. public taste?
The market value of kissing is {
the rise. A New Jersey justice I
Gently fined a man $40 for public
n n kissing his sweetheart; the fine
Binghampton is $25, from the Ia
lie quotations; and now Petersburgh, Vi
Iu- has raised thepenalty to $50. Maria
". licenses are still to be had at 81 to
" It is interesting to learn that
W. Reading Railroad owns number
coal mines which it does not woi
thus reducing the competition W
low those it does operate, and that
q. these unused mines, worth at le
calculation 81 1000 per acre, it pi
,rt- taxes on a valuation of So so per &C
or'
ng- m, .s A. .rrornao,;a Tn,
tute have invited Mr.. Carnegie to
present at their annual meeting
November when the reports OF
IN | o.oort;va onrn Yoittaa and advise