Middletown transcript., 1905-12-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Short Pungant Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

and There
A piano contains mile OF wire.
a Chinese soldier gets dollar montl
The worlds sniriL aggregate 200, ,OC
yearly.
An 1--we H. ent In knowledge alway
pays beat III The long rim.
| In Fix secnnds tie cotton factories i
Lancashire, England, spin enough threa
to go around the world.
J. Pierpont Morgan has given ten bi
charitable institutions to the city Of New
4okr. but more bears his name.
| Violinist Kubelik has had his finger
insured fur $4,000 each, but he has de
clded to fiak II 50 lar as his toes are con
oerued,
For magazine article the king o
England las recently been offered S.
word the queen S. word and the Ger
man emperor 81 word.
Altii Generals kuroki and Nogi arr
members of the Presbyterian church, a.
is also Field Marshal 0yama's wife. Ad
miral Togo Is a Roman Catholic.
fitisburg telephone girls are desertine
their employment because they find the
constant wearing OF a receiver produces
ugly corns on the ear.
By and by, if the thing keeps up, we
may expect ta Gae the divorce cases writ,
ten W IN the society columns Of the news,
papers, just like the weddings,
Late hours are the rule in St. Peters.
burg, At O'Clock in the morning the
principal streets are generally crowded,
and many OF the theatres DO not open be.
fore midnight.
Two Nebraskans fenced in 212, 200 acres
OF government land, and were fined $500.
While this was not exactly an apology
for annoying the gentlemen. it was very
like one,
There is being built for the personal
use of the Car OF Russia bulletprooi
automobile OF high power, designed es.
pecially for qnick trips between St. Pet.
ersburg and the country palace.
1t is sometimes not permissible to open
the windows OF sick room and yet the
heavy atmosphere needs changing, This
can be done by setting fire taa few spoon
fuls of cologne sprinkled in basin.
A beggar who is touring Kansas asking
for money to erect a tombstone over the
remains Of his once beloved wife, has
collected enough to start tombstone
factory, and 1t not yet weary OF well do.
ing.
We can all lave oranges to eat this
winter. Florida will have 100000
boxes and California will have about 30,.
600 carloads, and the chances are that the
men who eat them will make more money
ont OF them than the men who produced
them.
A little girl said, ''Pease give me
something for papa's cold, and something
for mama's cough, and something for
brothers. sore throat, and something hot
for sisters cold, and something sweet for
mine, cause botl: of my eyes leak, and
my nose won 60"
In Canada there is enough cheese made
to supply AIS pounds to every inhabi-
tant each year, in the United States only
enough for 81 pounds. That is why
Canada exports more cheese than the
United States does Will any one please
tell us why Uncle Sam should nor "cheese
it?'
We regret to announce to our readers
that the price of diamonds has gone up
again, and winter right here diamond
to lay is worth third more than il was a
year aga, with a promise of still higher
prices. We can stand the advance in
eggs, turkeys and Irish potatoes, but
when diamonds go-up it's too tough.
T. /. Harness and Gertrude Cart were
married a few days ago in Christian
County, Mo. We have not learned the
names of the people who made up the
bridal party, but We hope the lady has
hitched her wagon to a star, that she may
never have any trouble in holding the
reins, and that there may be no disposi-
tion at any time on the part OF the gentle
man to kick over the traces.
The word schooner" is of American
manufacture. Capt. Andrew Robinson
built the first vessel of that name at
Gloucester, Mass, about 17l3. As it slid
off the stocks into the water bystander
shouted: "Oh, how she schoons !"
(skims). Robinson instantly said: A
sch roner let her be-" The name has been
universally adopted but, singularly
enough, it is spelled in the Dutch manner,
though it is provincial English.
At lola, Kansas, Thursday, the ply
sicians of the county met and organized
a society, fixing rates, all being the same.
On Friday the prosecuting attorney of
the county had warrants issued for the
arrests OF every physician in the county
who joined the society, for the purpose
OF prosecuting them under the antitrust
law. The physicians were given until
next Monday to disband their organiza-
tion and they gave it out that they would
do su.
Gold storage is doing much to regulate
the food supplies of this age. Aside from
the enormous business done in preserving
meats and eggs by refrigeration from the
time of the plentiful supplies until the
portion OF the year when fresh supplies
are very meager. the cold storage OF fruit
in the United States has grown to trem-
endous proportions. Nearly 100000
barrels OF apples were stored last year.
Such as were properly packed and ham
died are still in good condition, showing
little deterioration while kept at the re-
quired temperature. The demands OF the