Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-12-05
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Many king has lost MS CROWN NY
listening to foolish advisers.
Race prejudice is one of the most
hateful of passions.
The Panama canal will be forty
nine and one-half miles long.
There is no longer room in the liter.
ary field for any but first class talent
The boys and girls are enjoying their
vacation,
The renewaIoof old friendships is a
delightful sensation.
EEvery man should cherish cheerful
and courageous spirit.
Some men are anxious for anything
rather than Justice.
This is not au age when leisure in
business wins the medal.
We are all frail mortals and in need
of brotherly charity.
Routine work which is congenial
makes health and long life.
II we pass no laws except those that
are perfectly enforced, we'll pass none.
Beautiful snow" becomes decided
ly filthy after short sojourn in the
streets of city.
Don't complain now if winter sets
in. The fall was all that anyone could
desire.
The child who is permitted to have
its own way for the sake of peace is
not being fairly treated
Ernest Nathan, who is to be elected
mayor of Rome, will be the first Jew
to occupy that position, He is also a
Masonic past grand master.
The German government is about
to build another airship for the con-
struction of which it asks for 500, 900.
mans political sins usually find
him out at the most critical moment
of his career.
1t occurs to the Birmingham Ala,
Age Herald, that "ss rule, it is the
clerk with no bad habits who gets
away with the largest roll of other
peoples money"
The one Jewish paper published in
South Africa has ceased to exits be-
cause of lack of support. The editor
says his coreligionists never were his
best patrons, showing great lack Of
appreciation of his endeavors.
A scarcity of ten dollar gold pieces
won't work much harm. but scarcity
of pennies would ruin the average
church collection.
4 Britain's new record breaking bat
tleship. the Dreadnought. is the ninth
vessel of hat name belonging to the
British II Wy. The first was launched
about 157 and was in use as late as
1889.
1t is estimated that the ''Sultana"
raisin crop of Smyrna will be only 80
to 60 per cent. of last years, on ao-
count of the destructive hail and wet
weather.
An enterprising scissors grinder of
Los Angeles, Cal, has mounted his
grinder on an automobile, using the
cars power also to run the grinder.
and now rides from place to place in
stead of walking,
The tea gardens of Northern India
extend over 800, 600 acres, and they
produce 100, 600, 900 pounds of tea per
annum, at a profit of about 300 an
acre.
Chinese laborers in Samoa get only
81. so month, besides board, lodging
and medical attendance. They want
s. but the planters say that that would
make farming Improbable.
A Southern girl. who had been en-
gagged to 81 men has married at last
She was caught on the last lap.
The State constabulary is busy run
ming down the violators nt the game
laws in the vicinity of Wilkes Barre
and are meeting with much success
Snow fell on the mountains about
louisville Sunday to the depth of
about foot.
If chameleon becomes blind it no
longer changes its color but remains
of blackish hue.
In Germany more than 500 out of
every thousand women reach the age
OF oo years, while only 10 men live so
long.
A new hosiery factory is to be erect.
ed in Reading, $50 feet long and So
feet wide, with a wing 100 by. "A feet. |
to give employment to from 400 IN |
1900 persons.
Brakeman Samuel Kennedy. aged 20
years, of Duquesne, died on Sunday
OF injuries sustained Saturday night
Dy being struck by an engine in the
DuQuesua wards of tha IIn;o,, ..:I,