Middletown transcript., 1877-01-27
Dariefrs.

/ A ''cOal oil famine" is predicted By
our up-country exchanges.
There are forty-eight millions Of dol
. lars in the Brooklyn savings banks.
Italy now possesses 1926 periodical
publications, including SS7 diurnals.
} Oranges on the tree bring but cent
apiece in Tampa county, Florida
It is now proposed. in New York, to
establish reading elub for ladies.
The graduates Of Yale College living
in Buffalo have formed an association.
At dolls fair in Chester, England.
2700 wax and china beauties were ex-
hibited.
There are ID, 4,OO7, ,522 children Of
school age in the United States and
Territories.
Sunday is the golden clasp that binds
together the volume Of the week
LonqfellOl0.
Bethlehem makes her tramps earn
their lodging BY cracking stone in the
public highway.
Every Norwegian girl must be able
to bake bread aud to knit stockings be-
fore marrying.
The cigar stores Of Reading contain
contribution boxes for the reception Of
aims for the poor.
Paris has IS theatres and places Of
amusement, exclusive of the skating
rinks and concert halls.
"a prudent man." says a witty
Frenchman, ''is like a pin his head
prevents him going too far"
Brisk times ahead The ladies Of
Grand Rapids, Mich, are all takine
lessons in physical culture.
The Centennial was determined not
to close until it gave everybody the
6rst premium for something or other.
Five choirs Of 800 singers each are
to be organized for the Moody and
Sankey meetings in Boston
Several British publicaDs have been
fined under the adulteralion act, for
selling gin extended" with water.
Troy, N. T., the centre Of the linen
collar trade. boasts of SO collar and
shirt manufactures and is laundriss,
ell in full operation.
The Northampton Emery Wheel Co.
ct Leeds, Mass. have received orders
from Switzerland and Berlin for their
goods.
Detroit, suffering from the frozen-up
condition Of her river, now proposes .
tunnel under it, to be completed before
another winter season sets iu.
A body who keeps his honor bright,
however poor be may be in worldly
things, is an heir to an inheritance
which no riches can buy-ths choice
promise of God.
Agricultural Hall is to Be taken
apart and shipped to Spring Lake. near
Sea Girt. Out of its wood and glass
hotel, railroad depot and eight Get
tages are to be built.
1t takes half column Of Georgia
paper to hold a tabulated statement Of
the various applications made to Cover
uOr-elect Colquitt. of Georgia, for OIL
ces in bis gift.
London has a Women's book-binding
society, With $50 members, whose phi
lanthropic object is to take care Of that
class of artisans who are i'll and ont of
employment.
The most costly hog in the county is
owned BY Brighton, Mich, man
The voracious porker, at his last meal,
deVOured pOcket-book containing S17l
in notes and currency
Petersburg. Va. is becoming an i'm
portant point in the fur trade, large
numbers Of beaver, fox, muskrat, mink,
coon and rabbit skins being distributed
there to various parts Of the country.
Few men have a strictly mathemati-
cal mind, but We never knew one Who
couldn't calculate within a,sixteenth of
an inch where his neighbor's property
began when he was shoveling snow OF
his own sidewalk NOrpich Bulletia.
To understand the world is wiser
than to condemn it To study the world
is better than to shun it. To use the
world is nobler than to abuse it. To
make the world better, lovelier and
happier is the noblest work Of man or
woman.
Scientific thought remains ia the
higher regions Of society, among the
privileged souls which have acquired
some intellectual culture. while religion
embraces life and death. bears in itself
the consolation Of innumerable griefs,
the encouragement of countless hopes.
Emilio Castelar,
A man is known to his dog BY the
smell. to bis tailor BY the coat, to his
friend by the smile-each Of these know
him, but now little or how much de-
pends on the dignity Of the intelligence.
That which is truly and indeed charac-
teristic of the man is only known to
God. .-Ruskin
Dignity.-A sound philosopher once
said : HE that thinks any innocent
pastime foolish has either to grow wiser
or is past the ability to do so )" aud We
have always counted it an impudent
fiction that playfulness is inconsistent
With greatness Many men and women
have died of dignity.
An unchanging state Of joy is not
possible on earth as it now is, because
evil and error are here The soul must
have its midnight hour, as well as its
sunlight seasons Of joy and gladness.-
Still the mercy of the Lord is shown as
much in the night as in the day. Iii
only in the night that we can see the
stars.