Middletown transcript., 1906-10-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Little Paragraphs That will Interest Every
( Member of the Household

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A Chinaman has been arrested il
Chicago for 'mashing."
The Colorado fox runs faster than an,
other living animal.
American uniforms may be adopted TO
use by the Russian army.
Halfthe negroes in the United StateI
are under 10 4 years Of age.
England has just launched the longest
armored cruiser in the world.
I TIE Canadian Pacific Railway offers 9
Il, ,000-inile trip under one flag.
/ Mr.. Byran says there are in the Arabic
language 800 words that mean camel.
A man can't fully appreciate success
unless he has had one or two failures.
There are men who are apparently tire
less in their efforts in making people
tired
Some men run SO hard for an office, that
they can do nothing but rest after they
get it.
Bullets that fail to penetrate pasteboard
three inches thick will pass through a
fire-inch plank.
/ Ills estimated that the wear and tear
on American railroads pulyerizes 427, 900
tons of iron annually.
1t is said that wolves slay about SOC. 900
domestic animals valued at $4,000, 900
every year in the Russian empire.
The worlds record for railroad building
is six miles in twelve hours The feat
was accomplished in laying the Cape,to-
Cairo railway.
The Standard Oil Company announces
that the worlds supply Of petroleum is
greater now than at any ether time and is
in excess OF the demand.
+ Just before proposing young man
asked the girl il lie should turn down the
| light and she told him dark room was
not necessary for the development of the
negative be was 10 receive.
Don't worry about the terrible mis-
takes the man across the way makes in
doing his farm work. Help him to do
better if you can; set him good ex-
ample.
The names OF about ten thousand boys
between the ages Of IA aud 10 are carried
on the government payroll. Most of
them are employed as special delivery
messengers.
A petition seven miles in length and
containing over 500, 600 signatures is to be
presented to the British Parliament next
session asking bill be passed prohibiting
the vivisection of dogs.
Northern people should make no COM
plaint against the South for having sep
arate schools for white and colored chill
dren, for the color line is being drawn in
school work in many places in the North.
The chaffeurs who drive Emperor VIII
liam's automobiles aust be total abstain
ers lie insists on travelling at speed of
not less than forty miles an hour and
therefore wants cllaffeurs upon whom he
can absolutely rely.
London is the most populous city in
the world. Its inhabitants, including
those of greater London, number nearly
q, coo, 900. 1t has an area of l18 square
miles. thus covering more ground than
New York, Paris and Berlin all put to-
gether.
According to the United States Fish
Commission, MISSOURI is tile greatest
frog producing state iu the Union. Ex-
perts employed in an investigation of the
best methods and best places Of frog pro-
pagation have found Missouri's climate
best adapted to frog raising, with that of
Arkansas second.
Some idea OF the extent of the cultiya-
tion OF the Pacific salmon by the Govern
nlent can be learned from the recent re-
port OF the Fish Commissioner, George P.
Bowers. The report states that more
than ], 400 bushels OF salmon eggs were
taken and Matched by the bureau at its
stations on the western streams.
A noted dentist declares that the best
possible preservative for the teeth is the
nightly washing with a brush and bit |
of pure soap preferably white CASTLE.
Half the dentists in the country would |
be driven ont Of the business, !" he asserts,
were this simple cleaning to become uni-
versal or even general among the
people.
Cheerfuiness is tonic, a nerve food, a |
beauty potion, a re iuyenator and trans
figuring agent for all the troubles OF hu-
manity. Habitual cheeriulness is but !
step removed from habitual happiness
and to be habitually happy means to get
the best out of life no matter what lap
pens, to surmount troubles in the easiest
manner and to help and encourage all /
with whom one comes in contact.
Six thousand tols of school supplies !,
were distributed among the public schools
of Chicago last week. One has no con-
ception Of this vast amount until lie goes
into little detail and even then it is very
vague. Some idea Of this enormous sup
ply in the way of books, erasers, crayolrr,
etc, caisbe had when you ara told it
Would OH 200 freight cars making train
one and oue-llalf miles in length or if
thrown together OH large pile it wen 3
be as high as the Masonic Tempe { [
C,,isago, ovet 200 feet high.
Piaids seem TO run riot through the
whole realm of coming fail fashions
and tile flannel wsistings have giveH !,
lie idea smart interpretations The
piails are large, vivid or darkish il, color
but not lond. : Can you catch the dis [
Junction? Ehere are checks, frequently