Middletown transcript., 1906-03-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST 10 EVERYONE
Little Paragraphs That will Interest Every
Member of the Household

i Little Paragraphs That will Interest Every
Member of the Household
Tea was cultivated in China 2, ZOO years
before the Christian era.
The richest unmarried man in Chicago
zig Robert Allerton, who is worth 81, ,250,
900.
You may have noticed that only fools
agree with you without entering into an
argument.
Before big guns are fred on modern
battle ships the ears of all on board are
stuffed with cotton.
Some men think they have great will
power to be able to stop smoking al d
drinking when they are asleep.
Press. Roosevelts favorite breakfast is
corn pone, with New Orleans molasses,
bacon, watercress with big white baked
potato.
DR.. Wiley uncovers great truth when
he says bottled whiskey is the only kind
that is safe. 1t becomes dangerous only
when you unbottle it.
According to William E. Curtis, the
Swedes are the longest-lived people in
the world, reaching an average of So
years, against about 45 as the highest
average of any other nation.
The postoffice authorities at Washing
ton have ruled that reports OF prize win
ners at euchre and whist parties will suf
fee under the anti-lottery law to exclude
any newspapers publishing them from
the mails,
When girl is really and truly in love
she thinks there is but one man in the
world. just wait until after she has been
married awhile and see how she will sit
up and notice every goodlooking man
that she meets.
Benjamin Franklin, was the first Amer
ican heating and ventilating engineer.
Between 174O and 1745 he invented
what he called "the Pennsylvania
fireplace" the pioneer in the American
method of heating and ventilating.
A barber advertises: "If you want your
soup-strainers pruned, we will block
them out in any pattern-lip ticker, fam
tails, billygoats or peachernios. Haircuts
of all kinds, from wooley willies to ring
around-a-rosey. Ears washed without ex-
ira charge.
Cuba is on the right road to prosperity.
The appropriation for educational pur-
poses is close to four million dollars, for
wagon roads between points OF shipment,
two million dollars, and for agriculture
nearly three hundred thousand dollars.
Now, men and brethren, and also sisters
dear, you should ever bear in mind that
to have and keep friends there are two
things to do; Sympathize with them
over their ailments and troubles, and
laugh at their jokes. Do not loan them
much money or you may be called to
mourn the loss of friend and money too.
Good for the womei! In the Chicago
city council, Alderman Dunn, chairman
of the committee on license, reported that
the ordinance for s., 900 license would
be reported upon favorabiy by his COM
mittee at the next meeting and would un-
doubtedly be adopted by the council,
owing to the effective work in its favor
by the woman of Chicago.
The per capita monetary circulation of
the United States on February l stood at
$31.8S-the largest of record. Ten years
ago it was little more than $21-to be
more exact $21.40. Then the widest Of
the populst we're naming some $50 as
the more proper figure. To-day in the
face of $40 advance and with the circu-
lation still tending upward some eminent
bankers are preaching the need of more
money.
A Kansas paper tells the following on
Bill Jones, local merchant who went 10
Kansas City last spring TO buy goods;
The goods were shipped Immediately and
reached home before he did. When the
boxes were delivered at his store his wife
happened to look at the largest and utter
ing loud cry, called for hammer.
neighbor, hearing her scream rushed to
her assistance and asked what was the
matter. Mrs. Jones, pale and faint,
pointed to an inscription on the box,
which read as follows: "Bill inside"
The report of the division of dead let
ters opened during January exceeded by
nearly 300, 600 the. number opened during
the previous month. This work is being
carefully modsrnized under the reorgan-
ization plan of Postmaster-G General Cortel-
you, and the indications are that the
work of his division will be rapidly
brought up to date. During the month
los, 800 ordinary letters were returned to
,enders The unopened ordinary I'M
claimed letters remaining on hand Janu-
lry 3lst, 1906, number 230,40O. During
;he last fiscal year II, 100000 pieces of
nail were referred to this division for dis
position.