Middletown transcript., 1906-10-27
ITEMS OF INrEREsT 10 EVERYONE
Little Paragraphs That viii interest Every
Member of the Household

Little Paragraphs nat VIII interest Ever!
Member of the Household
Tie world dnesn't owe you a living
il wa here ti.st,
Asaxury becomes necessity after you
gel .is.d tui..
A stalk d Indian corn uses up 81 pounds
oi wasei during lie season.
Expense is lie only thing that keeps
, so.ns penpie frinI being wicked.
TIE camel b riss work at tue age Of
allsi is useful fer half century.
Ii so,ne people did more hard serk per.
haps iiley would have lsss hard luck.
The first aoriu's lair VI any note in
modern times we're held in London in
1851.
appendicitis insurance policies are is
sued ia England at 81 25 per year for
ever, 500.
4 charitable man gives according to his
means and a miser according to his mean
ness.
A car off the track is absolutely help.
lsss. Many people are like car off the
track.
II the devil did only cash business he
snuId driys away some Of his best GUS
TONERS.
Adam should have been very happy
man. He never had to pay dressmaker's
bin or build the fires.
The city Of New York maintains on its
par rolls nearly 6l 600 workers at an an
nual expense Of $57, ,0OO, 900.
In Oklahoma the richest ciiizens are
the Indians who have been taken under
the guardianship Of Uncle Sam.
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A correspondent says the aristocrats of
Paris are becoming very fond Of donkey
meat. The beastly cannibals.
Tie Garden OF Eden from the top OF the
apple tree wasn'tA marker to the garden
of millinery as seen from the pulpit.
There are many get.rich-quick schemes
but il is not wise to invest in them unless
You have too much money aud want to
lose some.
Il is worthy Of remark that the girl
learning to waltz and the boy learning to
play billiards do not get discouraged if
they do not catch onto the game the first
time.
You will notice that the lady sitting
ahead Of you has an awful time to keep
her hair mp il she has pretty hand; and
II there lie y diamond ON il, her hair just
Mn,.t stay.
,t being up q Tree, we may not be
ainr to see clearly but il looks to US AZ
ti.lish Cuba wanted to be one of the
United States and Was too proud TO ask
in the regular way for permission to come
ii.
Experiments have demonstrated the
fact that a man can become beastly drunk
by eaii g saltsaturated with kerosene oil.
This may necessitats the adding Of q
clause TO the prohibition law in the arid
states.
In Iowa hereafter the grocer win not
oniy not pay anything for added or rot.
ten eggs, but the party caught selling
them to him will lay himself liable to a
fine of from s. TO 500 for violation Of the
pure food law.
Farm lands in America have increased
iu value six billion dollars since 1900; in
utlier words, in the past FIVE years the
increase Of value amounted to one-third.
II would be q pretty aourishing town
where property could claim an increase
Of osle.shird Ia value during the past Eve
years.
Americans travelling in Mexico are said,
to be struck by the small number OF cook
ing stoves there. The Mexican cooking
apparatus is clay brazier, constructed
upon an elevated platform of the same
material. The braziers are about four
inches high and six to eight inches apart
and wood is burned in them. The smoke
and SCOT which gets all over the food may
be relished by the natives but are not
palatable to others.
The local paper should be found in
every hon,s. No children will grow up
ignorant who are taught 10 appreciate the
home paper. It may be called the step
ping stone Of intelligence in general infor-
nation Of all those matters NOT to be
found in books. II yon give your chill
drsn only city papers which contain little
or nothing about the persons they have
seen, how can you expect them to be in
terested? Let them have the home paper
and read Of people whom they meet and Of
places with which they are familiar and
soon an interest is awakened and in-
creases with cath arrival Of the well
edited paper Of their home town. Thus
q habit of reading is early formed and |
with il comes information that gives a
desire Tor study and research. There il
no greater educator than the good old
home paper with its columns well hlled
with home news.
Recently We picked up magazine and
made an appalling discovery. According
10 the advertisements in this magazine,
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