Middletown transcript., 1906-12-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Little Paragraphs That will Interest Ever
Member I the Household

z mcmDer I the H0usek0ia
Tie nv rage number Of teeth IS So
Gisp senl cellar a ventilation every
lew ela
Tie average weight Of an adult is $50
pnui.is 8 ounces.
TIE roads Of Il. is country cover a space
q 36s, 600 acres.
There are more than 900 Chinese res
iaurante in Chicago.
Don't cross sour legs il you not want
4, get appendicitis.
saifcIlmen o. railways of United States
prof s6,0O0,oO0 n year im wage settle
ment.
When the pres iilent comes back from
Panama tie people will know all about
the canal,
4 Buff ,lo dry gs,ds firm recently adj
veitisei in the papers Of that city: Shirt
waists one.tlird of
q More q al lta0 acres of land in Iowa
| -i-- i
are planted 10 cncunbers for the purpose
Of securing The seed anls.
!, Over SO pounds. or tns ltgshead and
one aud one-foartli pints Of blood pais
throngll the heart in an hour
: An elephant farm has hesn started in
Texas, . Stale Into wLicl, the z. o. p. ele. |
phani has searcel, dared TO venture.
There II come talk IL establishing a
! ..nlodrI city near Piitsburg. lit j. too
near piltsbnrg i HiII not be snodeI very
| lorg.
i II takes just one second of lime for
electricity 10 travel 2ss 900 miles,
greater distance tI,an from the earth to
the umnn.
/ 1t is not general, known that the gov
ernment has in its employ man who
does nothing in all the year around but
kill mountain lions.
Tie Walikee cigarette trust are seeking
to capture the whole worlds cigarette
leaf The TurkisE, government is fighting
them now
The United States viii, in fnture wars,
put metal tag around the neck Of each
soldier il,-order to identify them in case
they are killed.
The American hen lays enough eggs in
a year to reach around the world fourteen
times aud even then size could rest long
enough tn hy aronnd it herself.
Sulnatra griws tie largest flower in the
warld II measures a yard and three
inches across and It's eup will hnld six
quarts of water. z fiesta Arnoltiii is its
name.
The Uhited States now holds the record |
OF '.fartllest north, 81 degrees minutes.
This feat was accomplished by Conn
mander Robert E. Peary of the United
States Navy. II
The Kansas editnr " ho said "The trous-
ers Of Bertha krupp, the richest girl il
the world, cost only $3.50" perhaps
trusted the reading of the proof to the |
Office boy, who had never heard of a
trossean
The prejudice which existed year ago
among farmers against the auto is fast
dying out. They recognize that il has
come to stay and many Of them now own
and operate the most upto-date road ye-
hicles.
Corn cobs are for maple syrup" and I
denatured alcohol. Corn and wheat are
now to be used for making artificial rub 4
Der for automobile and bicycle tires and j
for golf balls,--il fact for any use to
which rubber is put. Fl
III Korea man is not PERMITTED to
wear trousers until he is married. We
may add that in Korea the married man :
seldom has any cause to fear that he will
have nochance to wear the trousers which
he. has so dearly won. f
All corn aud grain have been eliminate
ed from the diet Of the foar Cape Buffalo !
cows In tile Central park menagerie in an
eff1rt To coax the stork to pay a visit to
their paddock. There have not been any
Young buffaloes OF the African kind in the
park for several years aud Director Smith
lifts upon scheme which he thinks will
overcome the deficiency. If successfuL !
il will show how the lack OF youngsters .
il community may be done away with j
by easy treatment The director is con- 0
fi,ient Of winning out, because his theory !
is based upon long observation Of many 9
animals under his charge. e
A town that never has anything to do !,
in public way ison the way to the GEM :,
etery. Any citizen who will do nothing h
for hisowni is helping TO dig the grave A >
man Who curses the town furnishes the !,
coffin. 4he man who is SO selfish as to i
have no time from bis own business 10 J
give to the city affairs is making the J.
shroud. THE mat who will not advertise ),
is driving tile hearse. The man who is i
always pulling back from any public en- r
terprise throws bouquets on The grave. II
Tile man who is sostingy as t. be bowling ni
ha-d times, breaches The funerai sermon q
siugs tlle ,lnxology aud thus the town lies f,
imlied ffon, all care and sorrow. II,
Now comes the season Of disc3ntent, %
when tnur body With cllilis is sorely p
rent, yo,rsnuinsf's wages almost spent, n
your winter song the Chump's Laments =
Alas loo soon, you will discover. that Il
troubled dreams Of the loving lover. the u
foI ding visions that in fancy hover. is ca
the result q your wife swiping all the q
cover @a @
German scientists allnounce that the
material for man weighing 100 pounds ,o
can beloslssd ~ t'ie white anu yotK q sitr
s,t,f1 {t,n..I Amid fl.o La