Smyrna times., 1902-03-05

Germany ana EhSlauu are Stlll try
no TO prove to each other that "your
t."
The president of Harvard says that
Ao valor Of physicians is greater than
4 bst of soldiers. That explains their
,.merity in the presentation of their
bills.
It announced that the Studebaker
Brothers are about to establish the
,reatest automobile plant in the world.
Hthis is true it augurs well for the
lutomobie.
The way the people are hOckIng to
hear Paderewski on his present tour
reminds us that there are a great many
persons engaged in the search for the
magnetic pole. -
When Representative Wheeler COM
mented on Prince Henry as ga little
Dutehman" he must have forgotten
that the Prince is over six feet tall and
weighs about lS5 pounds.
Among strange historical coinci-
iences is the fact that Abraham Lin
coin and Jefferson Davis were born in
Kentucky within 100 miles of each
other. and with but years difference
in time.
Boston rag picker was fined $50
for using the United Stetes flag as
bag for his scraps. 1t was stained and
sOiled but its original design was not
efaced so he was judged guilty of
"contemptuous use" of the national en-
bIem.
The country has Just been treated TO
sfaint forecast of the millennium. The
I sight Of the republicans and democrats
voting together unanimously on a
{ great political measure savors of that
day when the '1ion and the lamb shall
lie down together"
Boston must feel that it has had a
slight setback in that train-load of
cod and halibut from Puget Sound.
They came fresh to the market over
which tutelary Goldfish has presided
on the weather vane since time imme-
mortal.
The publishers of ''Tarry Thou Till
Come" have been beseiged with let
ters asking for the address of the au-
thor, DR.. Croly as he was a good man
but the United States postal authori-
les have no facilities for sending let
ers thither."..
The absolutely fireproof hotel'' is
recent and more deadly variation OF
he "didn't know it was loaded
heme. Whether the faith in it is mis-
placed belief or not is no excuse for a
proper lack of precautionary measures.
Between the D. A. r. the Woman g
Suffrage convention the National
Council of Women, and the Mother
Congress. to say nothing of real Con
gress in session on Capitol Hill, Wash
ingtOn has been the most wordy city il
the United States during the pas
week.
Arthur Egan, a seventeen-year-old
boy who has saved % lives in Lake
Michigan, has been presented with I
medal by the Royal Humane Society
Of London. The society gives only
two medals in a year and this is the
first time one has been awarded to &
resident of the United States.
James Alexander, 1O3 years old, dice
at tSpringfeld, Mo-, recently, as tn,
result of fall on an icy pavement
Previous to the accident he had nevel
been ill. He saddled the horse which
his father rode to the war of 1912. A
the outbreak of the civil war he wa
refused enlistment on account of age
The custom of throwing rice at de
parting bride originated in Chini
where it was first used to thwart til
evil designs of the great Golden Pheas
ant who might destroy the bride
Klce was thrown at the door Of the st
Dan chair in which she was to be cal
Tied so that she could pass unharme
While the 'spirit bird" was eating tn
grains.
The present agitation in favor {
having the Senators elected by diret
vote OF the people draws attention
'ue work that is being done by the III
Per chamber in revising the ill-prepal
eu measures of the popularly electe
lelnD nDerS Of tho Houea Tn this col