The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-10-03
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No man Is hurt but himsel {.

A man must become wise at his twn
expense.
As if you could kill time without in
juring eternity.
1T is our care we are to cas-. upon God,
not our work.
"A great deal of mischief is easier done
than little good.
We can do more good by being good
than in any other way.
Many whom we cannot convince by ar
gument may be won by love.
The essence of knowledge is having it to
apply ii, not having 1t to confess ii.
Gratitude is the music of the heart
when its chords are swept by kindness.
Mind not difficulties, but overcome
them, and go forward in the right as fact
as possible.
The superiority Of some men is mere
ly local They are great because their as.
sociations are little
He who walks uprightly before God will
walk honorably before men ; and is cafe in
every place and condition.
There is no wise or good man that would,
change persons or conditions entirely with
any man In the world.
The she'll may be coarse that encloses
the pearl An iron safe may hold treasures
of gold. Poor men may be rich Christ
ians.
We should give as we receive, cheer
fully, quickly and without hesitation for
there is no grace in benefit that sticks to
the finger.
No man can tell if he is rich by turn
ing to his ledger. 1t is the heart that maxi
es rich. He is rich or poor according to
what he il. not what he.has.
--Ifa man waits too long for something
to turn up, it will be his toes.
"A certain railroad in Peru cost 49,, 900
900, but only one train a week is run upon it,
and that frequently has but one passen-
ger.
David Swing says that in Cincinnati
thirty years ago there was lawyer who
would not tell lie.
Never be angry with man who threat.
ems to blow your brains out. He hatters
you.
A COOK who could not make pancakes
in formed her mistress that she objected, on
principle to fritter away her time.
The oldest verse in exstence-The uni.
verse.
For successfully making its mark in
the world, says the Graphic smallpox
can pit itself against any known disease
About one day is the average of kero-
sene explosions.
No country or nation ever became great
and prosperous that permanty paid "a large
rate of interest on its debt, and Secretary
Sherman is acting on this truism.
| -Louisianians claim that no State in
the Union has greater variety OF wood
than theirs, and yet all the furniture and
other manufactures of wood used there are
obtained foom other States.
"A shirt-front is thing to be studded.
| Clothing can be made Of paper, so that
a man, like book, may be bound in cloth
o: paper to suit the taste.
Dr. G. Frost gives in Nature this striking
proof of mind in animals: His cat used to
wait in ambush to catch the birds that we're
fed by him with crumbs from the breakfast
| table. When he broke off the practice, the
cat initiated her master by spreading over
the grass the bait for her own victims.
They were strolling along in the moon
: light. Something put it into his head that
she wouldn't be very angry ifhe snatched a
kiss he resolved to do it, but in the costa
cy of the moment he forgot that he had a
lighted cigar in his mouth, and they don't
stroll in the moonlight any more.
An old bachelor says it takes a smart
woman to make tirst-class fool. Probably
some ordinary woman has made
second class fool of him.
"A Mystic, Conn.,, clergyman received on-
ly four dollars and n half salary last year.
1t is thought he worked overtime for the
four dollars.
An unsuccessful effort was made in the
7 British House of Lords to repeal an old law
a making marriage with a deceased wife's sis
ter illegal.
, "A London chemest has named his five
daughters respectfully: Glycerine, Ethyl.
Methyl, Pepsine, and Morphia, He calls
their mother Dynsmite.
Green turtles-Those that allow themsel-
a YES to be caught.
"A pleasant smile is the sign of friend
ship but trying to borrow five dollars is the
a test.
-Instead of calling your silver-h Tired
J. friend an old dog, why don't you hail him as
s a greyhound?
/ The rage for art embroideries is at a
" fever heat. In year embroidery will re-
/; the into the background along with the
- china craze, aud people will wonder how
y they ever cou Id have wasted so much time
iowa has two hundred and twenty foul
&c brass bands" Now we understand the drift
u of long editorial entitled "fhe Gloomy
l. Outlook" which recently appeared in al
s, Iowa paper.
! lad, bn, tb..,
st the young man who wouldn't go in tn,
20 house where it was comfortable, but persist
"a ed in keeping her out at the front gate, nov
~ refers to him as one of her cast-off CATERS
So All of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris
80 bridesmaids except two-Miss Banes, an,
ie Miss Fish are now married. Miss Bessi
ly Conkling was the sixth of those eigh
tn young ladies.
IT. In a list of "Maxiums for Young men,
ir- a cotemporary includes, make few promi:
ire es.' But, in that case, how is a fellow to b
,ll promising Young mau2
-ly The youth who sets up Sur
ar day nights is serving the publ
> better than he knows. When the public
rs' asleep, aud the watchman drowsy, he is IL
are chap who discovers incendiary fire.
ir- The London fun has noticed that 1t
in easier for most people to marry aud settle
TT than to settle. and marry, The first ms
bt- be done by a proper tie, but the other cal
az not be effected withour property.
m. "a green monkey and a red monk
-, have been added to the collection in Il
'nu Philadelphia Zoo" A"green" monkey
ma one that tightly grasps a red-hot pen
ier, thrown from second-story window, inste
ow. Of approaching the coin gingerly and ca
ous tiously.
the There are no accidents so unfortuna
ala from which skiliul men will not draw sor
ties will not turn them to their hurt.
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