Middletown transcript., 1906-08-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Liale Paragraphs That will Interest Eyery
Member of the Household

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! LiNle Paragraphs That will Interest Ever,
Member of the Household
Inc census bnreau has completed ar.
rangements for gatheRng statistics Of
divorces.
Six hundred barrooms are now doing
business in San Francisco. Now Won
know what the spirits of Frisco means.
/ Colonel John S. Harper now living
in Leroy, H., is credited with, having
started no less than l56 newspaper,
Great Scott But there's a man that's 8
got lot to answer for.
Michael Czolgosz, bfother of the assas.
sin of President Mckinley. applies for a
place on the police force of Cleveland,
saying he wishes to clear the stain from
the family name.
According to the insurance commission
er's report, the people took more than
$4,000 fewer policies in 1905 than the
yem before and the amount of new insur-
ance decreased more than $150,00O, ,0OO
r Never befde in this country has an ex-
position been built on ground as historical
as that on which are now being con-
structed the buildings OF the jamestown
exposition, to be held next year at Sewell
Point, Hampton Roads, near Norfolk,
Virginia.
]. B. Martin, an Ohio man who owns
large mining properties in Alaska. asserts
he will give $50s, 900 year to advance
the cause of prohibition. Heretofore the
party has never had at its disposal more
than $50, 600 in any of its national cam
paigns.
The manufacture of paper from the
fber of the cotton stalk is of the latest
and most interesting inventions and it
has been unquestionably demonstrated
that all grades of paper, from the best
form OF linen grade to the lowest can be
manufactured, that will prove the enter
ing wedge of checking the present increas-
ing cost of paper.
a change in the design of the small
bronze cent which has made its appear
ance each year since its adoption in 1864
is being considered by congressional
committee and experiments are also un-
der way looking to the use of new metal
either pure of alHminun-to take the
place OF that now used, which is 95 per
cent copper and per cent zinc.
In Cuba alcohol is produced and so d
at from II to Is cents gallon, and is ex-
cellent fuel for running engines. II pro-
duces no SCOT or disagreeable odors.
When the law recently passed by congress
to denaturize alcohol in the United States
becomes operative it is expected greatly to
increase the use of the article both for
fuel and other purposes.
Mail carriers have no authority to
trespass upon private property and the
postal laws give them no special rights or
privileges as regard the use of public
roads. The law prohibits any wilful
interference with the performance of
postal service, but such prohibition does
not authorize mail carriers to disregard
laws or municipal ordinances as regards
the use of the public roads, nor autho-
rizes them to wilfully interfere with the
rightful use OF public roads, by both
parties.
The edItor who can please everyone Is
not suited for this earth, but is entitled
to wings. Human nature is so con-
structed chat some of our readers would
like to have US feed them on scandal; some
would like to have us to tell the unvarn-
shed truth about them, while others
would kill US if we did. It is comfort.
ng thought to the editor to know that
he Lord himself did not please everyone
while on earth. We labor hard to enter
ain and please our SUBSCRIBERS, but that
ne should occasionally fail is to be ex-
,ected, but you will always find us will.
ng TO be forgiven.
The average educated man gets $1,000
Der year He works forty years making
total of $4,000 in lifetime. The
.yerage day aborer gets Sl.50 per day,
100 days in the year, or $3.50 per year. In
n ten years he earns 81, 500, or $1,000 in
lifetime. The difference between $40,-
100 and $4,000, or $4,000 quales the
.alue of an education in dollars. To ac-
Luire this earning capacity requires twelve
ears of school, $50 days each, or a total
f 2, l60 days. Divide $22, 900, value OF an
ducation, by 2,160, number of days re-
uired in getting it. and we find that each
ay at school is worth little more than
10 to pupil
Care will be taken by the United States
oyernment to prevent contractors from
oing justice to the Chinese laborers en-
leyed on the Panama canal. The secre-
ary of w@ will pass on contracts labor
gents may make with Chinese, SO as to
reventd iscrimination against the coolies.
he United States thus will knowexactly
hat the Chinese are paid by the labor
gents and the Chinese government will
. able to afford its subjects protection.
Iany contractors are seeking to supply
lie first 2. 800 Chinese for the canal work.
ome labor agents believe it will not be
ossible to supply the Cinnamon at less
ian 81 day. Other agents are of the
pinion that the coolies can be supplied
r SO to go cents.
The Chicago saving bank figures print
few weeks ago showed an average de-
osit Of ST. for every man, woman and
lid in the city. That is better show
g than the country as whole can make.
be average American has savings bank
sposit Of only ss7.4s. But in this part
ular Chicago does not make so good