Middletown transcript., 1905-04-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Short Pungent Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

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There are 1000 rivers in the British
empire.
Russia has eighty-six general holidays
in year.
A prophet usually is without profit in
his own country.
To err is human and the ability to get
out of it is divine.
Opportunities are like fish; the large
ones are apt to get away.
There are 1,4O0, 100000 people on this
earth; You are only one of them.
Mark Twain says clothes are a power.
Who was it said, Business is Business?"
Within three years waterproof cloth has
almost completely crowded macintosh
out of USE
1t has been figured out that a pool of
water 100 by 25 feet can produce SO, ,000,- :
600 mosquitoes per day.
Of the $4,000, 100000 of gold in the
world, the United States possesses S., ,300,- :
O0O,00O or nearly one-fourth.
A popular man is one VIII doesn't say
smart things at the expense of his friends
in order to appear smart.
An expert witness is man who does
not get tangled up with himself when
cross examined by lawyer.
This country leads all others in the
amount of money supplied for educa
tional, religious and charitable purposes.
Employers are firm helpers in the anti
cigarette crusade. They know the vicious
effect of the little coffin-nails.
1t is just as easy to praise neighbor as
to find fault with him, but most people
seem to derive less satisfaction from it.
There are more than 40, 900 locomotives
in use on the railways of the United
States. The average cost of locomotive
is $4,000.
Intemperance is increasing in France.
Perhaps the 2-cent cigars sold by the gov
ernment drive the poor Frenchmen to
drink.
There are two classes OF people to every
community. One ready to tell every vile
thing they hear said about anybody and
the other class ready to believe it.
John D. Rockefeller gave one hundred
thousand dollars to the Foreign Mission
ary society of the Congregational church
to be used in converting the heather.
A number of ministers have entered
protest against the acceptance of the
gift.
In New York mother and her daugh-
ter have hypnotized each other speech
less. That beats all records in mutual ad-
miration societies.
Break up the habit of borrowing your
neighbor's paper and get one of your own.
Your neighbor yon borrow from may
like to read his paper just when you
have it. Did you ever think of that?
The history of the present time is more
important to you than the history of by
gone times. A good newspaper prints
history as fast as it is made. Keep your
self informed about current events.
Persons who have long accustomed
themselves to thinking of the Japanese as
yellow will be interested in knowing that
all who have resided in Japan agree that
they are not yellow at all, but reddish
brown.
At,the birth OF japanese baby, tree
is planted, which must remain untouched
until the marriage day of the child.
Then the tree is cut, and skilled cabi-
net-maker transforms the wood into fur
niture, which is highly priced.
Ii YOU know what we don't know and
don't tell us, how do you expect us to
know what you know so as to tell your
i.eighbors what you know and we don't
know? Let us know what you know and
we'll tell every thing we know to every
body YOU know and then everybody will
know what you know, and We know don't
you know.