Middletown transcript., 1905-05-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Short Pungent Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

Short Pungent Paragraphs Gathered Her
and There
Chicago is to have yearly income @
ST ,O00, 600 for monuments.
Nothing of worth or weight can b
achieved with half mind, with a fain
heart, and ,..Ih lame endeayor.
The discovery has been made that goo,
paper can be made from the hops throw
out as refuse from the breweries.
Japan has one of the largest steamship
companies in the world, with service t,
the United States and to England b,
way of Suez.
The prospects of having their affair
ventilated in congress has brought goot
many railway 'magnates' to the verge o
nervous prostration.
The new Missouri river bridge of the
Illinois Central at Amaha is now in use
1t is the longest drawbridge in the world
and cost $4,000, 600.
The man who discovered wisdom died
and his bones are forgotten, but the fel
lows who invents foolishness are OH the
lecture platform and on tile stage, and We
hand them every dollar that We can dig
up.
1t is now proposed to disfranchise the
man who fails to vote for certain length
OF time. This country is as much in dan.
ger from the stay-at-home voter as it is
from the illegal voter.
A Boston clergyman says there are one
hundred and forty.two different religions
in his church. He might go little fur
ther and say as Kipling did of the ways OF
writing poetry, "And every one of them
is right"
Chicago has ''single blessedness So
ciety" made up of young women who
have decided that they will never marry.
1t may he said for the benefit Of all con-
cerned that they do not 60 to the absurd
extremes of refusing to be taken to theat-
ers.
The Imperial Library OF Japan in Toxic
contains very respectable collection of
books. A report for March, 1902, shows
that it then held 1852 volumes, OF
which 1863, ,661 were Chinese and Japanese
and 54,93l foreign. 1t was visited by an
average of 400 people day.
Waste is not generosity; thrift is not
stinginess. There are millions of Ameri-
cans, especially among the poor and the
who seem to think so.
A thorough investigation would place at
the head of the list o: causes of poverty
'Wastefulness inherited from wasteful
parents.
The universal genius that knows how
to do lots of things, usually spends the
most OF his time doing nothing. A steady
plodder who is Johnny on the spot every
day in the week will distance your bril-
liant highstepping who has gift for dodg-
ing hard work, nine time out of ten.
Wild rice is to be planted by some OF
the hunting clubs of Illinois and Iowa
this year to attract ducks on their annual
spring and fall migrations. lis proposed
TO plant this rice along the water courses
where ducks have been scarce and which
have been ignored by the birds in the
past few seasons.
Germany does not take kindly to de-
oartment stores. These have grown
'apidly in various parts of the empire and
now special legislation has been enacted
or the purpose of checking their growth.
It is felt, and there are good grounds for
his feeling, that these big business enter.
orises will crush out the smaller shop
There are many fairly good employees
who stop short in their efforts at the point |
where theysthink they have earned their
wages. 1t is right there that they make |
costly mistake. They should stop
moment and think that unless they earn
more than they are paid, there would not
'e substantial reason for the man who en-
'loys them for providing them with
OBJ.
Unquestionably it would be an excel
ent thing did we confine our pleasures to
he day and the early hours of the even
ng, retiring early, arising early, and do
ny our work with the strength and will
lgness such life would give.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, after waiting five
ears, has obtained patent for his new
and skilled mechanics are en-
aged at the Rogers works turning out the
lonster engine. Mr.. Vanderbilt claimed
nat his engine contained fifty-three orig
lal ideas, calculated to increase the
,eed. strength and simplicity of construc-
on of the railroad locomotive. |.
One of tine secrets of real happiness is
, keep right on working at some useful
evating employment. Never let your
lergies stagnate if you want to enjoy life.
is right, wise and noble to have laud- .
Die ambition in life, and then to be en-
lusiastic in furthering that ambition.
that man or woman with
1t ambition and enthusiasm for some
ling are in a hopeless condition. They
e but little better than the "dead ones"
Chicago has the largest tearooms in the
orld. In one such place alone are seats
r 1900 hungry mortals, and on Satur-
~ more than 1900 individuals are
rived there, not to mention all the other