Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1905-06-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Short Pungent Paragraphs Gathered Here
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and There
Ii most OF us were to think twice before
speaking, we'd never open our lips.
} A bill has been introduced into the
House of Representatives of Japan pro-
hlblting the use of any and all kinds of
liquor by persons under twenty years of
age. The bill is supported by sixty-eight
members.
Some OF our readers scan couple of
pages and think they have got the sum
total OF the important matter of the ISSUE
We print 4 pages and if you want the full
measure and ''cup running ovef,"' read
the full "menu" set before you each
week. Every page has something of in
terest.
Accuracy is the keynote of the success
fnl newspaper, !" says Newspaperdom- It
is what has given this paper standing to
be envied by all who value the reliable.
We employ all means possible to get at
the truth of the news We publish. Any
error found is not so much ours as the
informant's from whom the item was Sc.
ured
Concrete railroad ties have proved
failure, and 500 OF them that were laid on
the Lake Shore road sometime ago are
to be taken up and replaced with wooden
ones. 1t was found that the ties, under
the pressure OF the heavy engines and jar
of traffic almost went to pieces before
they could be taken ont. They also lack
resiliency.
''If | endow college," sighed Brother
Rockefeller, ''its done for an advertise
ment; if give to the church missions, the
money is tainted; if scatter gold to the
poor Of the streets, my conscience is hurt
ing Inc and I'm trying to get peace; and
even when the dyspepsia troubles me and
| call for milk and crackers, I'm too
mean to order quailon-toast. Lord help
mel"
A western editor remarks as follows:
"When girl is first engaged she figures
on ten room house in a swell part of
town. As time goes on the house grad
ually decreases in size until it is a four
room structure. Then all the fancy trim
mings are left off, and next the house is
located in a remote part OF town. Finally
when the wedding comes off, it is an
nounced that the couple will reside with
the brides father"
They are trying to experiment out in
California to see how long a man can
thrive on diet of nuts and fruit. The
results have been astonishing but the ex-
periments has not gone far enough to
show how long such diet would be salts
factory. The japanese have taught the
lesson that meat eating is not at all neces-
sary to give endurance but grain ration
of some kind seems essential as a substi-
tute for animal food.
President Hill of the Great Northern
R. R. Company declared the other day
that the completion OF the Panama canal
would be followed by competition on the
part of the trans-continental railroads,
which tHHGtild make the canal Improbable
as toll gatherer. That means that the
railroads will cut rates and freight will
be carried across the continent for much
less than shippers are paying. As that is
one of the objects of the construction
OF the canal the people will not grum-
BILE aboutit
1t is stated that President Roosevelt
will recommend to Congress that the
United States formally relinquish its
right to the S22, ,0O0 900 balance due from
China on the claim of indemnity allowed
as result of the Boxer outrages in 1900,
This he will do on understanding from
China that if the claim is waived every
cent OF the $22, 100000 will be spent for
education. The United States claim was
placed at $25, 100000, not because that
amount was felt to be due, but in the
hope OF persuading the other powers to
pro rata reduction all bid care by
hearty laugh is a worse foe to ill-health
than all the drugs in christendom.
Some interesting statistics have been
compiled showing how trifing articles
count up in a year on the Sante Fe sys-
tenn. In the 400 stations between Chi
cago and the Pacific coast are slot ma
chimes containing gum. Into these ma
chimes last year were dropped l,l5O,OOO
pennies for gum, the sum being $ll 800.
The pins used by officials and employees
of the Sante Fe system last year weighed
8 900 pounds. To keep the depots and
offices clean $4,000 brooms were used.
The lead pencils used, if placed end to
end, would make line over 125 miles
long. Fifty barrels of ink and 100000
pens were used. From what is known
as the ''scrap heap" the company realized
last year $l,250,00O. This included al
most everything from shingle nail to
worn out locomotive. Over 5000 was
realised from the sale of waste paper
alone.
The following card sent out by De-
troit commercial club, is worth reading
and pasting in your hat: "If there is any
chance to boom business, boom it. Don't
pull long face and look as though you
had sour stomach. Hold up your head,
smile and look for better things. Hide
your little hammer, and try to speak
we'll of others, no matter how small you
really know yourself to be. When
stranger drops in, jolly him, tell him this
is the greatest town on earth, and it is.
Don't discourage him by speaking i'll of
your neighbors. Lead him to believe
that he has at last struck place where
white people live. Don't knock. Help
yourself along by becoming popular, and
push your friends with you. It's dead
easy. Be good fellow, and soon you
will have procession of followers.
REDUCED RATES TO PACIFIC COAST