The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-03
Odd Items.

shire, is at Washington, where many
years since, as the guest of her uncle,
President Pierce, she presided at the
White House.
Woman suffragsts of Rhode Island
have protested, through Senator Antho-
ny, against the admission of Dakota or
any other new State until suffrage for
the sexes therein is declared equal.
One hundred and twenty three phys-
clans, eight of whom are females, are
registered in Eric county.
A funny paper thinks somebody ought
to let Guiteau know that public attention
has been diverted from him toward the
new baby elephant.
"John," said his teacher, 81 am very
sorry to have to punish you" 'Don't,
then" said Johnny, "cause it always
makes me feel bad, too. Then we'd both
be sorry you did it"
ATTENDANTS ON TIE SICK
should frequently rub few drops of
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid on their face
and hands, especially when nursing
those sick with infectious diseases. Ar
ticles used on or about the sick should
be disinfected and the atmosphere of the
sick room purified and vitalized by
using the Fluid Its effect is marvellous
in checking the spread of contagious
diseases
1t kind of disgusts an emigrant agent
VINO has worked two hours to convince
a victim that the town he blows for is
healthy, to find that the proposed emf
grant is by trade an undertaken
1t has got so that it is really difficult
to obtain the reputation of being first
class liar. Progress is being made in all
the arts and sciences,
An Irishmau Oh board vessel, when
she was on the point of foundering, being
desired to come on deck as she was 60
ing down, replied that be had no wish to
go on deck to see himself drowned.
If you are so poor that you can't pos
sibly find bread for your family you had
better give up searching and got work.
We have politics now about every.
thing that is going on. The astounding
discovery has just been made by some
body or another that the result of the
late prze-fight was brought about by
politics. The astonishing party who
exposes the secret of this tells that the
Democrats of Troy had all bet heavily
on Ryan, and that if they lost they
wouldn't have enough money left to
make any show in the next election /;
the Republicans would then have a
walk over. Realizing all this, the smart
Republicans made up purse, bought
Ryan off and got the Democrats in
hole. This sort of story is much more
entertaining than truthful.
An old woman took blackened clay
pipe out of her travelling bag in a st.
Louis railroad station, and began to
smoke. She was told that smoking was
not allowed in that room. Without
taking the pipe from her mouth, she
drew a long knife and laid it across her
lap. She was allowed to puff away un-
ill her train came along.
A decree has recently been issued in
Egypt, appointing commission to in
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of Arab art; and sum of $4,000 will
be granted for pressing needs during
the current year In Japan, too, a so
ciety has been formed by the Prime
Minister and other high officials for the
protection of old temples and other
monuments; and in this case it is said
that two millions of dollars have already
been subscribed for the proposes of the
society.
The impression that the northeast
ern coast of the American continent is
slowly rising-lhe estimate of the rate of
emergency in progress being over foot,
and perhaps as much as three feet, in a
century-has recently been controversed
by eminent scientific authorities, includ.
ing DIR. Mitchell of the coast survey, who
states that the salt marshes are still as
they were in the time of the early ex-
plorers, at ordinary high water level, and
that the rocks on our coast, long motor,
ious as dangerous to navigation, have
not risen since they were first discovered
But eastward of longitude GA degrees 49,
and especially in Newfoundland, great
changes present themselves, the deptl
appearing to be at some points less anC
at other points greater now than form
, erly.
The buildings Of the Philadelphia Ex
hibition of 1876 are widely scattered
One is Coney Island hotel, others ar
hotels at Long Branch and Atlanti
City, a number are private summer resi-
dences and now the main structure
being taken down, some of it to bull
. stations along the Pennsylvania Raj
7 road, and the rest for an iron mill i
Pittsburg. The ant gallery and lIort
!, icultural Hall remain, as they wer
y intended for permanent features of FAN
l. mount Park.