Middletown transcript., 1906-12-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Little Paragraphs Tha. viii Interestingly
Member Of the Household

Little Paragraphs That viii Interest Every
Member Of the Household
There are 200 companies who make
'nachiDrs forthe moulding Of concrete
blocks.
One automobile every fourteen minutes
isthe worlds factory record claimed BY
the Ford Motor Company.
Iron, The first metal found in America,
was discwered in Virginia in l7l4.
A Chicago minister says, Keep con-
stantly asking yourself 'Wl,T Why, may
We ask?
An ounce of confidence in yourself is
worth more to you than pound Of co.sfi-
dence in some one else.
The Bengal canal, 900 miles in length,
is the longest artificial wster-course in u e
world.
Standard OH declares quarterly di,i-
dend of $40 share. making the disburse-
ment TO stockholders $40, ,0OO, 600 for tile
year.
The raising Of wages in progress
throughous the country should have
good effect upon the Christmas trade.
The coffin trust has again advanced
prices. Death may soon be beyond the
reach of the common people.
One hundred aud ninety-one persons
committed suicide in New York City dur
ing the three months previous to July LIST
last.
st. Joe broke all records for marrying
last summer, but let us hope that this
does not necessarily mean good winter
for the divorce lawyers in Chicago.
The editor OF the Rural Retreat, Va,
Times says be wants to die when he
can ne longer enjoy sitting in the flick
.eEing freight squeezing pretty girls
hand: d:'.-s
A telegraph line Is being constructed
across theDesert OF Sahara. The Bedouins
may now be expected to begin practicing
to say all they have to say in ten words.
The way of the transgressor may be
hard but it is BY no means lonesome.
There's whole lot OF people travelling
the same road all the time.
Chicago has $4,000 married couples
and only 1900 divorced men and $500
divorced women. Pretty good showing
for the big lake metropolis.
Some land on Wabash avenue in
Chicago sold for $500 an inch. How
would you like to buy a. farm at that
price snd how many acres could you put
up for?
The day Of the old-fashioned bnckwheat
cake is passing. In its place comes one
OF much lighter hue and OF different
favor. This is due in great measure TO
the reducing of the buckwheat -four with
wheat -four. While many people prefer
the lighter cake, they also prefer to do
their own aduiteratirg. y
An enterprising German has patented
device for fitting monographs to doors,
As the customer enters the door to shop,
voice will call out, Flour is cheaper to-
day; New consignment OF special quail
ity mincemeat just received; try some, .
and similar invitations.
A new German invention is machine
for picking chickens. After the bird is
killed it is placed in the machine. A
button is pushed and transverse currents
OF air are operated by the turning Of fans
at rate of five thousand revolutions
minute. In jiffy the feathers, pin
feathers and the smallest particles OF down
are removed from the chicken and the
machine is ready for another bird. If
Reuben Frey had one of these machines
be would have less trouble getting ''pick-
ersp during the rush season.
Everywhere people are burning leaves.
In doing this they are make mistake.
Professor Charles E. Bessey, in the Ne
braska State Journal, says: "Don't burn
your leaves. il you have lot on which
you grow flowers Of any kind. Leaves
contain great deal Of most valuable food
matter for growing plants. Put the leaves
in close pile in some corner OF your lot,
put few boards or sticks on the pile to
keep the leaves from blowing away. By
spring most OF the leaves will be well
rotted and you will have lot OF the best
"leaf moulds" you ever saw for your
potted plaafs Leaves are too valuable
to be burned. You might as well burn
up your manure pile as to burn your
leaves"
Don't scoff at the souvenir post card
craze. II has been given the endorse
ment and hearty approval OF Postmaster
General Cortelyou and as matter OF fact
il furnishes the government with most
profitable form of mail matter. In order
to keep the profitable fad from dying ont,
the postal service has issued an order pro-
viding that all such cards may bear writ
ten messages ON the front, the right half
of the card being reserved for theaddress
and with sufficient postage they will be
transmitted under the post card rates te
foreign countries. The order goes into Ell
feet March let, 1907, and the post cards
will be treated alike in both domestic and
mails.