Smyrna times., 1902-09-03
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.
Pithy Sayings From Our OpuIar Wash
ingtOn Correspondent.

AANNS
ingtOn Correspondent.
1t is estimated by British econo-
mist that the output of gold from the
mines of the Transvaal will equal
$50, ,OOO,OO next year. that by 1904 it
will amount to 1925, 100000 and by
1906 will possibly aggregate 5000, 0,OOO,-
600.
Mr.. Shaw of the Royal Society of
Great Britain, ascribes the London |
fogs to the presence in the atmosphere !
of uncOnsumed particles of coal given |
off in smoke. He predicts that the
increased use of electricity will even
tually result in the disappearance of
the London frog.
A prominent medical journal de-
plores the frequency which ''smart but
uncultivated men" succeed in mis-
leading the with ''sOme bombastic
farrago of senseless words with which
they soar in kind of phantasmagoric
norman 's-land, freed from all the laws
of logic and common sense"
The curators of ''the jubilee founda
tion of German industry" have award
ed to Prof. Slaby, inventor of the
Slaby-Arco system of wireless telegra-
ply, So, 1000 for the prosecution of his
studies in that direction.
The Navy Department is testing
four systems of wireless telegraphy.
the Slaby-Arco, the Braun-Seimens-
Halske, the Rochefort and the
| Ducretet. Tests are now being made
between Washington and Annapolis
and later will be conducted at sea.
German official statisticians place
the export trade of the United States
as fourth in the list of the nations of
the world. Great Britain comes first,
the British colonies second, Germany
third and the United States fourth.
The use of the telephone in sur
gerry is now an accomplished fact. In
searching for bulle is or other foreign
substances a telephone is attached to
a metal probe and the operator is
quickly apprised of the contact of the
pro be with any metal substance.
A Philadelphia lady was mar ried re-
Gently after a courtship of 81 years.
When interviewed by reporter she
said that they had wanted to wait un-
til the groom was in better financial
circumstances, but added "when
people are young they will be roman
tic and foolish. OF course our friends
are angry because we married so sud
denly but we don't care''
In 1857, many Southern states had
laws imposing fines on proprietors of
cotton-gins who failed to burn or
otherwise destroy their cotton seed.
In 1870, a process for extracting the
oil had been discovered and product
worth $14,0 900 was realized. In 1900,
the cotton seed of the United States
yielded a return of $42, All, 900.
Rev. Casimir Zeglan, Catholic
priest of Chicago, has invented bull
let proof cloth which has stood the
severest tests. A commission, dele
gated by the chief of police to test the
fabric, reports that at distance of 20
feet or more it is impervious to bull
lets fired from weapons of less than
A calibre.
The evil which came into the family
of the late Senator James G. Fair,
: with the accumulation of his millions,
has again been emphasized by the
a death of son in an automobile acci-
dent near Paris. The sad story of the
{ Fair millions may prove a consolation
to those who are less fortunate in the
requirements of riches.
1t is predicted that when the i'm
provements provided for by the las
River and Harbor bill have been effec
ted Houston, Texas, will become {
great seaport town. The largest ocear
vessels will be able to enter the har
Dor and the construction of the Pana.
: ma canal will add materially to the
t commerce of the port.
y New Jersey, which appears to be th,
+ hot-bed of anarchy in the United
t States, has severe laws on the statutes
!. The death penalty is prescribed for al
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