Middletown transcript., 1905-10-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Short Pungent Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

Short Pungent Paragraphs Gathered Here
} and There
Railway laborers in the United States
get from two to four times as much as
; lsborers on European roads.
Some people are honest and sincere as
long as it doesn't cost them anything.
About 3,5OO,0OO people are on the sea,
either as passengers or seamen, every day
in the year.
A girl can forgive anybody for thinking
she has sweet disposition if she has
wavy hair and can wear shoes too small
for her.
1t is not always easy to forgive one's
enemies, but that does not matter so
much, as nowadays it is oftener we are
called upon to forgive our friends.
1t is claimed that an Indiana man who
had been dead for several hours was
brought back to life by the voice of his
wife. Another demonstration of the
force OF habit, probably.
Catholic women of prominence in New
York city have organized themselves into
an association called The Daughters of
the Faith, for the express purpose OF
ostracising divorced persons.
Miss Lillian Gonzales Robinson, who
has been appointed head Of one OF the
language departments OF the University
| of Oklahoma, is twenty-three years old,
and is said to be mistress of twelve Ian
| guages.
| the wonderful mansion built by Sena-
| tor Clark of Montana, in Fifth Avenue,
| New York, is nearing completion. The
total cost will be about S., 100000. 1t is
not so large as one or two others in that
neighborhood, but it is by far the most
costly of any OF them.
Ever try to examine the inside of
chimney to see whether or not repairs
were needed? Well, next time, have
some one illuminate the interior. How?
By holding looking glass or bright piece
of tin over the chimney so as to reflect
sunlight to the buttom.
After working many years attired in
mems clothes to locate and develop min
| ing claims, Mrs. Fermina Sarras has sold
her property at Rena, Neb., to a synd-
cate Of Boston men for 100000. She had
claims. This lady took in washing for
years to get enough to begin operations
''The sun is all very well,' said an old
Irishman, "but the moon is worth ten OF
it." "Why," asked his friend. "Be
cause the moon affords us light in the
night when we wanr it, whereas the suns
with us in the daytime, when We have no
occasion for it" was Pats explanation.
A married man says the easiest way to
manage wife is to let her have her own
way.
| Physicians at the Germantown, Pa,
Hospital, have performed the 'impossi-
BILE" feat of removing mans beating
heart from his body, extracting from its
adjacent flesh bullet, then replacing
the heart, leaving the man in hopeful
state OF recovery.
Ii you don't desire business,
| If you don't wish to succeed,
If you care not about custom
| And for profits have no greed,
Ii you have no great ambition
| In the business world to rise,
| Iuu will find it very easy
ii lou do not advertise.
The American farmer is an exceedingly
| prosperous individual, according to rail
road slatisticians, who have figured out
that the grain traffic for this crop year
will aggregate 100000 car loads. If all
this grain could be hauled in a single
solid train of freight cars the train would
be II ,93l miles long, exclusive OF the
| locomotives that would be necessary to
| move it.
The queen OF England is 60 years old,
but they say she does not look more than
80. She is described by an American
lady who saw her recently for the first
time as Every sweet looking rather tall,
but awfully thin, with baby blue eyes,
| mahogany hair, beautifully coiffured.
She has the saddest face have ever seen
and when she smiled she looked as though
she wanted to cry instead"
| There is a minister who appreciates
the editor At a recent editorial conven-
ton he offered the following toast ''To
| save ali editor from starvation, take his
paper and pay for it promptly. To save
him from bankruptcy, advertise in his
paper literally. To save him from de-
spair, send him every item OF news of
which you can get hold. To save him
from profanity, write your correspon-
dence plainly on one side of the sheet
and send it in as early as possible. To
save him from mistakes, bury him. Dead
people are the only ones who never make
mistakes"