Middletown transcript., 1905-11-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Short Pungant Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

Short Pungant Paragraphs Gathered Hel
and There
Mark Twain will be 70 years old on til
30th OF this month.
Washington, the capita city, is to hav
a city hall that will cost s., 500, 900.
When q nan works at a thing Just t
make Ii I..s he never gets to the top.
1t is good plan to make note OF al
the advice you get, for some day yol
may want TO write &5ook
There were 2,0U3 deaths among tin
civil war pensioners during the month
OF September. This leaves 996, ,270.
Keep stiff upper lip. Never complain
except to those you know will help you
In other words never complain.
The interest on the Japanese war debt
is $75, 100000 year or nearly twice the
revenue of the country ten years ago.
Don't throw your money away unless
you want to go to work for the fellow
who picks it up.
When the hen refuses to produce there
is scarcity of egg. No substitute or
something just as good can take the place
of custard pearls.
The Yorkshire, England, Post pub
fishes the following advertisement ::
"Would any lady of means care to marry
a poor crowded out clerk, age 37?'
The grain exports for the mine months
this year amounted to los, ,2l9, ,693 bushels,
as compared with 1913, FOG 4for the same
mouths last year.
A Pennsylvania man was obliged to
pay his brides mother $1,000 before he
could marry the girl. This is new
wrinkle in marriage settlements.
Here is a good remedy to prevent
cold When you feel that cold is COM
ing on put ten drops of camphor in a
glass Of hot water and drink some before
retiring. If taken at the start the cold
will disappear.
Luther Burbank OF Santa Rosa, CAL,
as "The Wizard of Hor-
is now member of the Mod
'rn Woodmen society. His application
or membership was secured by Special
Deputy R. K. Roberts of San Francisco.
Postal authorities say Chicago is the
word that is most frequently misspelled
,y foreigners who send letters to this
country. Here are some of the variations:
'izago, Jagjago, Hipago, Jagiga, Schec-
hacho, Hazago, Chachicho, Shicahbzdo. |
Wouldn't it be timely to substitute
rich but honest" for the old watch
sord of business morals SO long in vogue
=: "poor but honest" 1t seems to us
he poor suspect should be relieved of |
he burden of bearing all the load of |
'opular suspicion.
The best way to keep up-to-date and
uard against the schemes of grafters and
akirs generally is to read your newspaper
eligiously, especially your local pal Ser.
ooner or later all forms OF graft, of bogus
Dlici:ors and fakirs of all sorts are ex-
osed in the press, and it is generally the
elbow who does not read the papers regu.
irly and carefully who gets caught.
The new departure will be nnwelcome
} congressman. 1t will strip them of a
reat part of the "spoils" power they
ave when the party to which they be-
ing has control. They will be unable
enceforth to depend on the "loyalty".
the men for whom they get postmaster
hips, because they cannot have those
len turned out for doing satisfactory
ork for them.
Rural mail carriers have received orders
ON headquarters to refuse to take un-
amped mail from the boxes. Hereto
ire patrons lave dropped unstamped
ail in the boxes; also deposited pennies
n the postage. Hereafter such methods
i'll not be permitted, and stamps must
: procured from the carrier or elsewhere
I'd be properly affixed by the patron to
sure the service desired.
The manufacturers OF American harves- I
RS are trying to knock out the manu-. ,
cturers in Australia by cutting prices. .
re American harvesters are now selling
r $40. 1t may be interesting for
merican farmers to keep posted as to
st how cheaply harvester can be made
Chicago, transported nearly around the
orld, taxed by the Australian protec-
'e tariff and then sold. g
So varied and extensive are the uses to
lich cement is being put that no one fl
II be surprised to learn that the trade
estimating an output of 10000, 900 bar b
s for this calendar year. The produt-
n of last year was $26, SOC, 900 barrels, el
d hardly 100000 barrels two or
rec years ago. The production Of this az
lterial seems to have great future be-
e it. AS substitute for wood, stone NJ
d brick in building, itsis coming into
tend use. o,