Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.

SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.
Pithy Sayings From Our Popular Wash
ingtOn Correspondent.
The completion of the trans-Siber
ian railroad has reduced the fare from
to Shanghai from $475 to
S16O, first class.
The italian Consul at Tien -Tsin ad-
vises his government that there is a
demand for bicycles at
that point. Possibly American manu-
facturers will be pleased to supply the
demand.
The United States army is the only
one in the world which has regular
organized female nurse corps. The |
nurses wear a prescribed uniform of |
white with the Geneva cross in green
with gilt edges on the collar and left |
sleeve.
The naturalist, J. G. Millais, records
the peculiar fact that young water
fowl, although immune to water un
der them in any quantity, are fatally
affected by excessive rains and quick
ly succumb to much water on their
backs.
Senator Lodge, in his address be-
fore the Yale graduating class, con-
demned, in scathing terms, the cleo
ton of senators by popular vote,
which he said "would lead to a revo-
luton in government, weaken the
states as whole and aid the advance
of an injurious Capitalization"
According to the provisions of bill
passed during the closing hours of
Congress, 800, 600 will be expended in
erecting on Lafayette Square, in
Washington, statues of Count Pulas-
XII and Baron Stueben. This square is
opposite the White House and on the
two corners nearest to the White
House stand the statues of Lafayette
and Rochambeau.
The President gave to Senator
Lodge the pen with which he signed
the Philippine bill and later the SEN
ator gave it to Senior Buencamino who
begged him for it. When compli-
mented on his generosity, by a news
paper man, the Senator said, sotto
voce. 81 was afraid he would weep
if didn't let him have il"
Scientists are constantly discover.
ing hygienic value in old-time Gus.
toms. The lenten fast, presumably
adopted for religious reasons, has
been declared to be most beneficial tC
health and now the physicians are
prescribing the extensive use of knit
ting needles as a remedy for rheuma
tic fingers and those liable to digita
} cramp.
For some unexplained reason tn,
National Board on Geographical
: Names has adopted "Kongo" as tn
proper spelling for the river and eoun
I try of that name. In all literatur
the name is spelled Congo so tina
} there is a difference in spelling between
: United States official documents an,
D scientific and literary works.
: There is growing demand for mar
( riage laws which will insure create
t publicity for prospective marriages
), In France, persons contemplatin
: matrimony must have their name
r posted for at least three weeks before
s hand and, as a result, bigamy is praC
Q tically unknown and desertion immeC
}. lately after marriage is reduced to
u minimum.
# The long list of casualties whic
e filed columns of the daily papers aftt
3. the Fourth of July again leads to tn
question, is it worth while? In tn
enlightened age could not Youn
!. America discover some better near
of celebrating Independence Day tina
; by exploding gun-powder IN imitatio
of the ''heathen Chinee"?
A clerical gentleman who wished [
: assist a young journalistic frien,
= wired to General Kitchener, duriu
= the peace negotiations in Africa, asl
ing him if peace, Perfect Peace