Middletown transcript., 1906-09-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Little Paragraphs That will Interest Every
Member of the Household

Little Paragraphs That will Interest Ever
Member of the Household
When you are down don't advertis
the fact.
Perhaps G. Washington's taxes weren'
very high.
A st. Petersburg scientist declares tha
hair is disease.
Last year $500 native Christians wer,
added to the church in Japan.
Living by the mistakes OF Others is thu
only philosophical way of living.
An exchange says an Oklahoma CIR
broke her neck in an effort to avoid be.
ing kissed
John Rineman OF Woodville, Pa, made
a success of his 2Olst attempt to commit
suicide.
1t is estimated that Chicago's 1900, 600
citizens violate the law 81, 900, 900 times a
day .-----
1t is estimated that the people OF the
United States consume 26. .OO0, 900 pounds
OF salt per annum.
The New York Life insurance company
has l2,200 policy-holders' in Germany
and the Mutual has from 5000 to 1900.
The man who brought English spar
rows to this country died few days ago
in Connecticut. II is ta be hoped that he
repented in time.
Imitation of ice cream is now made
from triple-refned cotton seed oil emuisi-
fed and favored with vanillin, gluein
and nitrobenzol. It is then frozen.
Troubles and hardships are often Of our
own making. II is wonderful if we make
up our minds to put up with a thing,
how. little there is to put up with.
A scientist says that 100 years ago folks
lived on pork and doughnuts and ate
nince pie every night before retiring.
Well, what was the result? Are they
not all dead
The eight muscles of the human jaw
exert force of about five hundred
pounds, ,and.yet they are;at times unable to
drive the teeth through mouthful of
packing-house bsef that has been under
treatment in the hospital of one of the
institutions.
Luther Burbank, the California plant
expert, has listed Eve new creations in
n the line of flower and foliage. He has
ust issued new catalogue that will be
pat on the market soon.
About 200 railroad ties is the average
lield of forest per acre and to replace
vorn-out ties and lay new track for one
'ear means the stripping of 500, 600 acres
i American forest.
Two Irishmen were discussing the ina
ionafity of the American states" Said |
'at, Faith an be jabbers, if this CRATE |
amt overrun wild the irish, |
nd yit out ay forty-two states in th. un-
on not wan has an Irish name. "Sure,
nd yer wrong" replied Mike. Whats
h. matter wild Oregon p
The largest and costliest building thus
ar undertaken in New York, the city of
immense structures, is the magnificent
l0, 0,OOO, 600 Episcopal cathedral of st.
ohm the Divine, now being erected on
lorningside heights. This will be the
reatest sacred ediice in America, and
he fourth in importance in the world.
Concrete houses cast in single mold
re coning soon, according to Thomas A.
Olson, the inventor. He says he is GO
1g to get up some steel molds that can
e clamped together to receive the con-
rete which when hardened will form a
omplete house with chimneys and
lumbing all in one piece. The job of
uiiding house by this plan would take
,ss than two weeks instead of several
lonths as is required for ordinary houses
nd the cost would be only about $500.
dison has made concrete chicken houses
several apartments to partly demon
rate the feasibility of the scheme.
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