Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-07-18
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OF course there is nothing at the bot
tom of all this war talk. Japan, one
of the poorest of nations, is not going
to tackle the richest on earth,
A tombstone to be ereced in Bath
(England) cemetery to the memory of
an engine driver who was an ardent
geologist is to be composed of the fos-
sils he collected in his rambles.
A grain of fine musk will scent a
room for twenty years.
Paris derives a huge revenue from
the sale of dolls dresses.
The man who knows nothing out
side of his own business may have a
good income but he is mighty unin-
teresting.
Now the national government is hot
footed after the tobacco trust. It's a
lucky trust that can escape.
A consul at Trebizond, writes that
recently it took eight months for some
stylographic pens to come by express
from America to port in the Black
Sea.
1t is estimated that the sun will be
able to supply the present amount Of
heat for another 80, 900, 900 years.
The worlds record tor the greatest
number of divorce cases is held by the
Hungarian city of Arad
The sordid mind never sees any of
the permanent beauty of life.
Justice is that attribute of law
which the guilty most dread.
The military spirit is a valuable but
dangerous national asset.
The mimic world has attractions at
times for the most prosalc soul.
The realm of romance is owned in
fee simple by the worlds poets.
Temperance in youth usually brings
tranquil age, but not always.
True prosperity may come disguised
as downright poverty.
Prudence is the handmade Of thrift.
The charity that thinketh no evil
blooms in some pure hearts.
The candidate who can handle a
grain cradle is pretty sure to win the
hearts and the votes of the farmers. =
There is a factory in Amsterdam,
Holland, which cuts and polishes $780,
900 diamonds annually.
We trust that none of the county
candidates will fall into the cocktail
trap set for Vice President Fairbanks.
The Thaws have raised two millions
of dollars for the second trial of Harry
K. Must expect to hire higher priced
lawyers.
Merchants who advertise need not
fear that their bank accounts will not
stand the strain of summer vacation
demands.
Like all other bullies, Russia would
like to see some other nation whip
Japan, since she herself could not do
ii.
Japanese Admirals seem to be the
strongest advocates of peace at the
present time. Perhaps they are good
judges
A great many critics live in glass
houses and frail ones at that,
Eloquence which comes from the
lips only never makes any lasting i'm
preston.
One of the performers at London
music hall is man who delights the
house nightly by lifting an automo.
bile, carrying two men, with his teeth.
A British company has obtained per
mission to run three steamers on the
Ninevah.
The American proposals at the peace
conference ale likely to fare as we'll
as those presented by other nations.
Sometimes a display of force pre-
serves the peace very much more etfec
tually than any other method.
Abundant knowledge frees it's pos.
SCISSOR from many foolish blunder.
Race rioting is getting entirely too
common in this country, and is an
injustice to Uncle Sam, who must
bear the brunt.
Captain Richard P. Hobson has writ
ten his first book-a boys story of
navy llfe-into which it is said he has
put his own experiences at Annapolis.
The sand of Sahara averages three
feet in depth, but in some places it
has been found 300 feet below the sur
face.
The average life of horse is twenty
years, but these animals have been
known to work in harness up to As
years.