The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-07-11
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theatre on deadhead ticket. n .
The pulp of potatoes can be made into
billiard balls and picture frames ;.,..,, A..
--Laundressses smile with scrsne satisfac-
tion at the incursion of white vests. ..,..
The aee,ng negroes at the South are
now called exodustors. ..a
Can the clerk who reckons up the nick
els properly be called i've cent counter 7 RI
"A French physician says drinking boil
ed water only will prevent yellow fever. 7
,-- Emigration from lowell 10 the West
is now going on at steady rate. e.l VI
I. The beet fish always bite on Sundays,
says the wicked Picayuhe. , af'i.h % aiaf
ID Baseball players all wear by-nine
look, says the New York Express.
Spring openings show but few black
bonnets. .'" ~ iI i
= don't attempt TO read volumes of smoke.
They are. sure to blind you. r 81 o,s..l -
W when d boy gets trouuced with awalk.
ing stck, can lie be called cane seated? go 2
lit Water that has stood oyer night in an
open vessel should not be used for cook
ing. -,rti a.H Lut ss.fi.1 t.J,....i ,.,..,.t.. /
.i.t-1"But Twill not linger upon this point"
AS the preacher said when he sat down ON
the earpet-tack. atF ~ iit -.at :nt fi l.. .ti
.--1he contemplative doctor strools through
the eemetry aud sees his patients on a mon
ument. t,-r,- t.,. ..lr',.f,., '...l. is...i x %.
The numberless one-eyed men about
the country speaksyolunles tor the popuari-
ty Of archery.
No matter how wealthy man may be,
let him giye.aw cent aud he becomes, "a
Pehhyiess man.ft4i iii d .frtl t4H.,.i IA dti,5
. H-Five.sixths of all the licorice imported
into this country Is used in the manufac-
ture Of tobacco, says Senator Bayard.
f1a-Liverpool, has a Sboeblack Society
whose business is to help membefs of the
brigade to a Exposition in life. .A"a
S The boy who had to be driven to the
bath-tub last winter, NOW bathes for hours
at a time IN The canais and rivers. anr .ls3al
~ - The .happiast moment In a boys life is
when he can smoke cigarettes in the upres-
enee OF his paternal ywlthoat aendapgering
his life. ,-Lod b..f Id tr,-g ,,,,.s t.,,. ,,.,
o---ArTexas jury arose, after the evidence
was AL in, aud requested that the case go 10
.no'n "i'nV"' "'y '""1 oiio sPooSSueo, eAuu euu
1t did. '.' ''' ~ 80"
pa Grace (whispering) What lovely boots
your partners got, Mary 7" Mary tdit,o)-
gtYes. unfortunately he shines At the wrong
end !" tA r-l. griyi. yisl .n ,-iG - s'aoy p!
si'--The other day inan died so suddenly
that the body was almost cold before the
distracted aud grief stricken relatives found
tue Will. fi,. III, 20 er.a. slidy srF al,
1T is remarkable fact that no vessel
propelled by steam was ever struck by light
ming, nor any ship which was built of
iron. '. '"'''' '' -i' 'it q"
--Luv is ona ov them kind ov disease
that yu kant git, nor git rid ov, with emmy
certainty, emmy more than you can the
"A Keokuk, Iowa, picking establish
| ment advertises for 200, ,0OD1,h Vt cab
bage, and the New London Telegram says,
Go West. young. man, go Westra aua tiy', ID
"A domestic named Angelica Jordan
has passed over her last name aud become a
portion of her first name, She attempted
TO kindle a fire with coal-oil
A tailor was lately sentenced to six
months imprisonment by London police
magistrate for neglecting to provide suitable
food aud clothing for an apprentice
s--Ify6u are not wealthy enough to keep
| a flock of hens aud accompanying gentle-
man attendant, keep baby. He can Grow"
early enough to. wake up in abundant
season to see the sun RISE
'-AIyoung lady sen: wenty five cents and
postage stamp in reply to the advertisement
| of How to make an impression" and re-
ceived, for an answer, ''Sit down on pan
| of dough-" .9i7l ''nH>
The Sunday school superintendent now
looks forward to the day when his little flock
trebled by the exigencies of the occasion,
shall roam for day in the shady grove, en-
loving tire beauties of nature, commingled
with picnic cake and ice-cream. ....,,
Portable gas .is sold and delivered in
England like milk. People in the country
and villages receive their gas in copper ves-
sells from the city, and the German railroads
are all lighted in a similar manner. "-
This is the season of the year when il
ian necessary to call the police, turn in q
fre-slarm. aud break your back getting out
of doors, when you hear woman screaming
in mortal agony-she's- only shooing tht
chickens out of the garden. M. ..5
"A business like statement from Wander
bit: II mean to say that the quality o
English steel rails which l receive, and tn,
price aud the quantity offered, compared
, withthe bargains of American manufacture
make it better for me 10 buy abroad.
1t i. often said that the medical profss-
sion in the United States is overcrowded
over eighty medical colleges send forth eacl
T. year more than one thousand new graduate
J to be supported by suffering humanity
D the number of doctors is increasing far be
y yond the increase OF population. i4s So tal
4 The daily circulation of the most populs
A newspapers 10 The City of Mexico, with
population of 200, 900 does not exceed 200
l. copies. All newspapers in the republic ny
e gregate a consumption of only about so
Y reams a month, quantity that many singl
n mills ulthe United States could supply, an
r yet not ran fourth of the time.
4, "A legal gentleman met breth,r Law
yer on Court Street, one day last week, an
r the following conversation took, place
7, swell Judge, how is business ?p "Dul
3. dull | am living on faith and hope.
livery good; have got past you, for II
/ living on charity va sfHt D.
y The good girl slammeth the door an
A. talketh loudly, and maSeth a noise, for la
= heart is without guile, and she feareth u
" the words of the hall teacher; but Il
lt naughty girl shutteth the door softly, al
e, stealelh up stairs in her sticking feet, al
,e stumbleth over the rock ing chair, and Il
"a last condition. Of that girl is verse tn,
= the first ,Ii + lt't. tu q llaulsi
So An orator declaring Il at forttine knock,
a, at every man s door once, an old lrishwt IN,
- said that must have been the reason 81
ne wasn't born a man, because il was new
so intended that she should be anything b
10 "misforlune.
We A joker says il is all nonsense to say. tn
lightning never strikes twice in the sal
place. Every time the Jersey kind com
within reach ii never misses him.
-Guests In the hotels in Nv No,t. n