Middletown transcript., 1906-01-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Short Pungant Paragraphs Gathered Here
and There

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and There
John Jacob Astor's income is now est
mated at $4,000 day.
4 Horses were domesticated and used b
the Egyptians as early as 1000 B. G.
! In Jewish marriages the bride alway
stands at right hand Of the groom.
From coal tar chemists now extract
great variety Of drugs, dyes, acids, oils an,
perfumes.
The value Of uncut diamonds importe,
into the the United States i'm 1903 will ex
ceed Sl0,O00,O00.
Senator Clark OF Montana, who own
the qneerest house in New York, has pait
! 81, 750, 600 for California gold mine.
Ii sometimes happens that the fathel
is admitted to know almost as much al
his son after the latter passes the age O.
%.
Money is often said to be the root of al
evil, but did yon ever see any one who
was not trying to get some of the root,
just the same.
Keep your eyes open for new ideas.
Whenever you come to anything that you
think would be worth remembering, cut
it out and paste it in book.
Fifty thousand people can seat them
selves in Chicago's playhouses at one time,
and over $4,000 night the year round
throng the theaters of the city.
Austria is the country most lenient to
murderers. In ten years over 800 persons
were found guilty of murder of whom
only twenty three were put to death.
1t is stated that in Australia there we're
in October only $3.50 unemployed persons
in male adult population of ,371 900,
the smallest proportion in any country.
II the sweet girl graduate of last June
hasn't got school or an engagement yet,
it is high time for her to study short
hand and hustle around to get job at
The Christmas trade in Chicago this
year is shown by facts collected on State
street to be by $40, ,O0O, 600 greater than in
1904, and by at least 20 per cent. greater
than at any Christmas in the city's his
tory.
If Carnegie has started out to patch up
the differences between all the married
couples who drift apart he will discover
presently that this world has some kinds
Of trouble he didn't know about before.
In eleven months 986 foreign automo-
Oiles, valued at nearly $4,000, 600, have
been imported at New York alone. And
n the meantime dozens of American fac
,oiies have been turning out these vehicles
n nearly all shapes and sizes.
A gentleman tells of a school teacher in
Rochester who had difficulty with several |
boys. One day, when one
II them had given her great deal of an
loyance she said to him: 81 wish l could |
We your mother for just one week; would
id you of your naughty disposition.
very well, will speak to father about
t., promptly replied the lad.
A professional cistern cleaner tells that
I least once year each housewife should
mt cupful OF common baking soda into
he cistern. 1t not only kills all insect
lie that may be within the water, but
enders it softer and better for all pur-
oses even for drinking. 1t will make
leaning unnecessary unless trash has
cen dropped into the cistern.
A Chicago woman has solved the prob
IN of loating husbands. Her old man
ould not be begged, coaxed or driven to
ork, so she bought gramophone with
single record which played all day
works but father, he sits
ound all day." In few days il ''got to
is nerves" and he struck out and got
ornament job. Seems to be entirely
Ired.
You've heard people say that they had
worked like dog all day." An ex- /
lange has figured that if this were liter ,
ly true, the twenty-four hours would ,
} spent thus: One hour digging out a rat,
70 hours gnawing bone, one hour
aiting for cat to come down from
ee, half an hour begging to get into the '
,use and the balance of the time sleeping
j a mat in the cold doorway. )
Right thinking is the foundation OF 6
yht living. To live the highest life OF t
Ilich We, as human beings, are capable,
, must firmly believe and live up to our q
lief that We can, should and must reso- v
tely master our thoughts as well as our v
tions; and that we must control the I
entail pictures in which we indulge as Il
uch as the words which issue from our a
,s. As man "thinketh in his heart, q
is he." Thoughts generate feeling. N
hen discouraged and depressed, lift up tc
ur chest. take an attitude of courage fc
d speak these words several times, Y
'wly and earnestly: Faith, hope, cour- q 3
e." When sensitive over ill-treatment, I
se the correct physical attitude and say, Il
ieral times, slowly and earnestly e
.ove, patience, forgiveness" and see if =
IL don't feel betteru II
The men of Big Horn County, Wyo.,