Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-11-14
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The wings of fly in fight move
$50 times second.
Spain leads in the production of
lead. Germany is second.
French mints coined 1894. 600 of
Swiss coins during 1906
A cannon report has been heard as
far as 146 miles.
The olive trees ON the Mount Of
Olives have been destroyed by tourists.
Russia celebrates Sc general holidays
each year.
Singleness of aim is essential to per-
feet success.
City air contains IA times as many
microbes as that of the country.
Good common sense is often more
valuable possession than genius.
There are A, 900 abstainers in the
English army.
1t is the wise man who agrees with
his wife rather than argue with her.
The man who thinks the world is
growing worse imagines he is grow
ing better.
1t is only q matter of time until the
man with the borrowing habit runs
out of friends.
A stiff upper lip has nothing in com
mon with Timber tongue.
Too many dollars in mans pocket
have been known to crowd the sense
from under his hat.
Some men rob widows and orphans
and then try to square themselves by
giving ten per cent to the Lord.
Even hungry man draws the line
at eating his own words.
Railway engines which we're built
in England over 90 years ago, are still
in use on the Swedish lines.
The sum of life is made up of pres
ent deeds
A man who always pays cash seldom
owes an apology.
Wisdom does not always walk in the
worlds broad highway.
The temperance wave continues to
sweep over the southland.
Thanksgiving approach stimulates
the usual tales of turkeyless land.
The good teacher is patient, COM
pretending and kind.
Many of the mutations of this
life are worthless.
Success is not always what the aver
age man supposes it to be,
No harm comes to the individual
from total abstinence.
The rights of boys and girls are as
sacred as those of adults.
The proper thing to do with your
currency is to keep it moving.
The great Lick telescope will pick
out a star so small that it would re-
quire 80, 900 of them PIT together to
be visible to the naked eye.
The United States Government is
the largest individual purchaser of
electric lamps in this country 1t buys
$50, 900 annually.
The one thousandth anniversary of
the founding of St Peters Church,
Chester, England, finds the structure
in good condition, portions of it hav-
ing been built in 1440 and 1873.
Gold is nearly twice as heavy as
silver; thus a cubic foot of the former
weighs 1910 pounds, and the same
quantity of the.latter 655 pounds.
Consul General Miller reports that
census of Yokohama, taken on March
81. shows population of 359, S62 resi-
dents in that leading Japanese port.
In South Australia it costs the rail
way companies $50. 600 year to re-
move the vegetation that grows on the
permanent ways.
In all France there are only 100
persons who are millionaires in our
sense of the word Gin dollarsl. Of
millionaires in francs there are aAOut
$4,000, apart from the LOO alreaG J
counted.
Sir William Treloar, retiring lord
mayor of London, signalized his ad-
ministration by the successful effort
to raise $500, 900 with which to establ-
ish home and school for the young
cripples of London.
In France there are 5000, 900 smok-
ers. OF every Is there are eight who
smoke pipe, five who smoke cigars,
and only two who are cigaret smok-
ers
Out in Minneapolis the brewers have
taken the ground that licenses are
personal property, for the reason that
they are transferable, and are posting
chattel mortgages on some of the IL