Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-08
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Regret for past folly should take the
shape of future wisdom.
Much of the stress and roar of mod
ern life is unnecessary.
The prudent citizen will guard most
carefully his weakest part.
The happiest people are those who
rest one day out of seven.
Several gentlemen who had some
thing to do with the building and fur
nishing of the State Capitol are be-
lieved to be convinced that this is a
good year to take their vacations in
the woods.
If seagulls can talk, as that Chicago
professor says they can, perhaps they
will kindly anwser that long standing
question, What are the wild waves
saying?"
1t is said the report of the Capitol
Commission will spare nobody. That
is the kind of report the people want.
A London dramatist having written
play called The Sins of Society, 4"
the Washington Post opines that it
will be found "much too long"
Friendship may have the true ring,
but isn't the kind of ring that is cal
culated to satisfy the girl who is in
love.
Men accuse women OF being vain,
yet man seldom misses an opportun-
ity TO look in a mirrior.
Attend to your own affairs and you
will have no time to butt into the
affairs of your neighbors.
From the spinster's point of view, a
mercenary wretch is bachelor who
marries rich widow.
Patriotic sentiment to be worth any
thing should lead its possessors to obey
the laws and defend them.
The abstemious man is likely to get
over the summer much better than his
more reckless neighbor.
There is apparently no good reason
why competent workmen should be
out of employment now. - -
The person who makes no mistakes
is entirelyltoo good for this world.
Progress may occasionally look like
retrogression to the superficial observ-
er.
The modern street car is a great
blessing to the average resident OF a
city.
1t is a good thing to go out and meet
men and women face to face.
The man who knows himself as he
really Is, is not always pleased with
the acquaintance.
1t requires a very hard-hearted per-
son to bear false witness against a
neighbor.
Self examination is a useful and
should be frequent occupation.
Again comes the rumor from Wash
ington that the government is going
to move on f. H. Hartman and his
associates under the Elkins anti-rebate
act.
The king of Siam has apparently
money to burn. He is reported to have
purchased %, 800 600 worth of jewels
during his recent visit 10 Europe,
1t is announced that the Mexican
National bank of Mexico City will
add to its present capital stock the
sum of 80, 0OO 900 in the near future.
He who does not read with attention
is liable to fall into many blunders.
The boy who knows how to swim
acquires an art that may be extremely
useful some day.
The cricket on the hearth is the
awakener of superstitious fears.
Eloquence of the genuine sort comes
directly from the heart and appeals to
responsive heart.
A copy of the constitution of the
Armenia Hunchakist society, pledging
its members to assassination mas been
captured in New York.
The warships of the nations are
gathering in force at Casablanca, the
purpose being to protect Europeans
from massacre.
The Leesville (CoD Light tells how
the members of a lodge at Leesville
turned out enthusiastically" at
funeral OF lodge brother
The late James P. Rock, of Balti.
more, bequeathed Cardinal Gibbons
s., 600 TO be used in the erection of
church in some town in MARYLAND.
The United States has the largest
foreign population. Argentina, where
twelve out of every::10o are foreigners.
ranks second
1t is estimated that all the inhabit-
ants of the world could stand comfort.
ably in the space of eighty square
miles. III