Middletown transcript., 1906-12-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Little Paragraphs That win Enteles Every
Member Ct the Household

Little Paragraphs That viii Inter est Every
Member Ct the Household
The almighty d5Ilar is the key 10 many
a cold heart.
Itdoesii't pay to give loo much value
to peoples opinions.
Mark Twain is II years Of age and he
declares that lie is happy.
4 mosqnito is like good advertiser
not satisfied with one insertion.
Chicago minister calls bazaars and
church festivals stomach religion.
Emperor William spends half a million
yearly in travelling around his kingdom.
Chicago has about 25O square miles Of
territory within its incorporated limits.
A large consigr ment Of water from the
river Jordan is on its way tothis country.
There are now in the world 81, 900 So
.eieties Of Christian Endeavor and 5.000.-
e00 members.
Twelve hours in winter and fourteen in
summer was an average days work in the
i xteenth century.
It's nice thing to visit the widow in
her affliction, but let's see you do it and
i. ep the whole world from spotting you.
Careful estimates show that there are
$4,000 writers in this country. who
make their living in whole or in part by
tie pen.
In exchange says: the cost of living is
90 high that it wonld be cheaper to die il
il we're 0: for the undertaker's union.
4 divorced Texas couple named Carr
have been reunited by their baby. This
is something unique in the line of car
ceuplers.
Everybody hates a quitter and after
some study over the subject We are OF the
opinion that it is because the quitter lets
go before you get chance to bump into
him.
The average yield of corn all over the
United States this year is officially re-
pof;ed 30.2 bushels, as compared with
% bushels last year. The total is g.
SSl ,096 bushels.
Paper will be made from the husk of
sweet corn by a manufacturing company
iuc, rporated at Yinton, Ia, with an
authorized capital OF 100000. Careful
experiments have been conducted with
The husks and it has been found that
pulp made from them will produce paper
Of the strongest fibre.
The candle still holds it own, not With.
standing petroleum. gas and electricity.
Tie production OF candles in the United
States during tile fiscal year of 1905
amounted to S., ,SS9. 1862.
Tie use OF concrete already has thrown
! Thousands of stone inasons aud cntters out
II work throughout The country. In
s1tne large cities whole buildings have
bten constructed Of the material.
. Tie Japanese in San Francisco number
25, 900. They are keen, wide-awake,
work long hours at low prices and are IN
e,ery way superior to The Chinese.
There are about 1900 on the Pacific
coast.
Iowa besides her 40o, ,000, 900 bushels Of
Indian corn This year, has produced some
GOO carloads Of popcorn the present sea-
son, which, at the rate Of $S5 per acre,
| i about four times as much as will be re-
ceived from each acre OF field corn.
II yon stand near good thing, plunge
we'll into il. Fear is old womanisl.; it
has kept untold m lions from making
fortunes.
Why have Natering-carts in the streets?
A German town is about to make an ex-
pertinent in the direction OF running per-
ifsaitd pipes along the streets by the side
Of the cnrbstol rs. Whenever there is
re..d for it, tile water viii be turned on
| for a few minutes aud beautiful spray
viii be thrown from eacIrside OF the street
into the roadway,
Do not use ordinary writing ink in your
fountain pen as il will corrode and render
your pen useless unless cleaned very
often. Take an cd typewriter ribbon,
liarn over il pint OF hot water and let il
| stand day or SO, stirring frequently.
ITurn tie ink thus made into a bottle,
ltork securely and you have an ink which
will flow freely and not corrode your
| pen. II the typewriter ribbon bad con-
siderable ink ON it you can thin your ink
BY adding more alter after the first pint
is made.
Ii is said that the name Of the Burling-
ton road is to be changed by Uncle jim
lIlili, Who has secured controlling inter-
est in it. We hopenot. Tie Bufliag-
ion Was pioneer aud its name is one Of
tits most valuable assets. Il is known the
world over as eue Of the finest railway
systems in the country aud to bury the
name would be totake away much that
attracts travel and business to it. Let
Uncle Jim do most anything else-cut off
editorial passes, for ilstance-but in no
way interfere with the good old naine-
llhe B .r'ngion Route.
\ la,Is, Who understands advertising
Isays: No lady wishes to be looked upon
~ Shopping fiend; she dues not care TO
Il, into store and have merchant show
all his stock in order to find out whether
lie keeps what she wishes TO purchase
aud whether the article is sold at a price
she can afford. 1t is much easier and
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