Middletown transcript., 1905-05-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Short Pungent Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

Short Pungent Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There
The sea is slowly cutting Cuba in two.
The speed of wild duck is about
ninety miles an hour.
japanese dead are buried in squatting
posture, chin upon knees.
1t is not what man hears, but what he
believes that makes him wise or foolish.
Dressmakers are going to make the
waists smaller, but the bills will be as
large as ever.
One of the very best investments man
can make with his money is not to lend
it.
About $4,000 tons of dust and refuse is
taken away in barges from London every
year.
Prices OF meat rise high in Germany
and people clamor for foreign products
now prohibited.
No man can ever gain knowledge Of
the world by stadying it from books in a
rocking chair.
David displayed his wisdom by saying
"All men are liars" instead of picking out
one man and saying it to him.
1t would require $4,000 years to earn
the present fortune of Mr.. Rockefeller if
We were paid at the rate of So per day.
Engineering experts are of the opinion
that electrical energy can be transmitted
about $50 miles at a profit, but no
further.
Saturday, May 9th, was record. break
ing day for immigrants. Within twelve
hours at New York City 1900 foreigners
entered America.
Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the
worlds famine feed; speak truly, and
each word OF thine shall be fruitful seed;
live truly, and thy life shall be a great
and noble creed.
Jerry Simpson is the owner of one OF
the largest sheep ranches in New Mexico,
and his friends say he is rapidly getting
rich. The story must be true. Jerry has
ceased predicting an early downfall of
the republic.
DIR. Washburn of Minneapolis, says the
people of this country pay $50, ,0OO, 900 less
a year for medical attendance than they
did ten years ago and live on an average
ten years longer. 1t will take that extra
$50, ,000, 900 to live the extra ten years; so
where's the gain?
When man and his wife start to 60
anywhere say an exchange, he tells her
to get out his good suit, fix the buttons in
his shirt, get his cuffs, good shoes, tie his
necktie, brush his hat, perfume his hand
kerchief and few other little jobs.
Then he puts on his hat and says, "Great
Scott! Amt you ready YETI"
One hundred thousand acres of land
near Sikeston have been purchased by a
headed by Archbishop Glennon
of St. Louis and will be used to locate
colony of Catholics from New York City |
and New Orleans. The people are to be |
colonized in villages upon the purchased |
land. The company has capital Of |
81 100000.
A resident of Canada has patented at
tachment for sewing machine which on
being wound up the same as clock will |
furnish power to sew two hundred yards |
1t is operated by placing the foot upon a
ever which releases the spring and con-
,rols the speed either slow or fast by the
pressure of the foot but never backward.
The czar gets up at o'clock and break
asts on tea and toast After working two
hours he walks for an hour in his park.
IN the afternoonhe takes another walk and
hen works hard until IL o'clock at night,
Except for the time devoted to his dinner
With his wife and children he usually
in French or English to prevent
he servants from understanding them.
Meet your neighbor with a smile, have
! pleasant good day" for him as you
BASS and the world will be brighter for
you both. No matter how discouraging
,our condition in life, or how dark and
gloomy, it could be worse and there are
thousands considerably worse off than
'ou; then why sulk or be sad? Try to
ook happy and cheerful, aid others to do
he same and you will better fill your
mission on earth and be more missed
when you are gone.
Why dress in rich clothing. or take
ong trips which swallow up at least a
months profits? Young people, if poor,
md most of them are, must be content to
work up to these things gradually. There
8 no other road to success; nay, there is
no other honest way to live. Here are a
ew good rules for the young married
couples: l. Begin with an abundance of
owe and confidence. 2. Be willing to re-
list all extrayagant outlay. 8. Be in
lustrious and careful in each depart
nent. 4. Attend strictly to business and
watch the small leaks,