Middletown transcript., 1907-01-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE
Little Paragraphs That will Interest Every
Member Of the Household

missing ounce.
Money will buy everything Tut happ
ness and furnish transportation to ever
place but heaven.
Teacher-"What are the holes for in
porous p'aster r.
Nicholas Senn-"Why, to let ont til
pain, of course"
A sing'e mahogany tree in Hondura
was recently cut into boards, which whel
sold in European m trket, realized owe
$1,000.
An observing editor says that the man
ufactnre's brand is always sewtd on
coat with much better grade OF threat
than the buttons are.
Ever notice how many lu :iness mel
advertise inprngrams and keep out o
newspaper and they say advertising
don't pay? OF course it don't pay tina
way.
The first cent struck in the United
States mint as been sold as curio for$92.
1t is one of the few rare ones that is moi
in the possession OF the Rock 'e'lers al &
Morgans.
Mark Twain CT mfCrtable garment il
the human skin. This is true enough
with certain qualifications regarding the
temperature and the police regulations.
There are golden opportunities every.
where to-day. Success or failure may de,
pend on the personal equation. The
boy who is first manly and honest and
next capable, prompt and efficient will
achieve success, and will push forward to
the frontrank.
This is hundred-Lilion-dollar cour-
try, and few odd billions over, accord
| ing to census bureau bulletin
More than that the vast increase OF wealth
with in the last few years is we'll dis
tributed, extending to all sections and all
| clases.
Here is the haman biog ply in nut
shell: Born, welcomed, caressed, cried,
fed grew, amused, reared, studied, ex-
amined, graduated, in love, engaged,
married, quarreled, reconciled, suffered,
deserted, sick, dead, nourned, byried
and forgotten.
The japanese are fond Of battling. In
Toxic there are eight hundred public
bath houses, in many OF which a person
can obtain bath, hot or cold, for sum
equal to one half penny. In all American
cities there should be cheap bath houses
and free toilets in the downtown districts
The largest public school in exi.len, e
is the one in New York City where ave
gathered $500 pupils OF all nations AID
who re quire six score of teachers, or, one
Instructor for every forty-fi,e pupils.
The range of stndies covered by the schol-
are is graded up from the kindergarten to
the eighth grade, which prepa; es them for
high school and the college OF the city.
Rockefeller is worth billion dollars.
Do you understand the ,astncss of this
sun.? Reduced to gold it wnud require
, 1900 men each with loo pounds OH his
back TO carry it. If man rave $1.25
each day. it would require about 2 200
years to save up million and 2,20O,OO0
years to save up billion. Think of it,
and this immensity centered in the
control of one man in the United States
The orders received by American auto
mobile makers for 1907 number $4,000,
this representing an increase OF 10000
over the out put for the year now closing.
The factories are unable to meet the de-
mands made upon them, in some cases
every machine being sold which can pos
sibly be constructed during the coming
year. At the exhibit of automobiles and
automobile fixtures in New York 224
different machines are displayed repre-
senting total sale price of 81 600, 900.
The Canadian Cigar and Tobacco Jour
nal gives some hints to those who smoke
pipes. Everybody thinks he knows how
to smoke pipe, but to do it perfectly is
not easy. "Time is keynote OF successful
pipe smoking" says The Journa and
another is gentleness. Take it easy. Don't
crowd the pipe to tie top of the bowl
Never get pipe hot. Keep cool, and
keep your pipe cool. You can relight
pipe and il you are an old smoker you
will be all the better for it. When YOU
have finished do not refill a heated
pipe.
Raise more chiekt n, turkeys and
hogs and you will be surprised how the
earnings will increase at the end of the
year. Besides in this day when aduItera-
tion is practised it is worth more than
can be estimated to have pure food.
When it is raised at home you know it is
pure. Too many farmers neglect the at
tention to little things Which the little
things deserve because they have formed
the idea tliat small profits are not worth
while. But at the same time they forget
tLhti COIDPdTSQ Will bHO OIlklHdl lIlNesb-
ment, the percentage Of profit from hen,
for instance, is greater than it is from a
fat steer. Say the hen cost 90 cents. In
the course of year she will lay at least
ten dozen eggs. At an average price Of
20 cents dozen, which is low, thnse eggs
will bring So. hundred hens would
bring 5000 and most of the time they
would be scratching for themselves. Add
to this profit what could be derived from
bunch Of turkeys, ducks and pigs and
the farmer man would have nice little
bank account on the side, is wife and
babies could have smart new frocks, the
provender at table would be varied and
delicious and all this time the profits from
cattle, corn and VIII, at be clear gain. Try
a few more chic eas, turkeys and hi gs.
On Q who observes closely says lie can
tell woman's cha, &C er flon he,swalk.
A listless way OF liftingIone's feet indicates
lazy disposition. A sbnin ng, dragg-
ing step denotes indolence OF mind and