The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23
ODD ITEMS.
A mans mind is like his bed. Il
must be made up occasionally.

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A dentists appearance is apt to de.
ceive one. The more he looks down
in the mouth the better he feels.
ITS weigh | have,' remarked the
butcher, as he let his hand rest on the
scales while weighing the meat
The man who sleeps on an old fash.
ioned feather bed generally feels down
in the mouth in the morning.
Anna Dickinson is in the wild, wide
West. Perhaps that is the reason we
have not heard of any tornado.
An elector in Pittsield, Mass, cast
his sixty-fourth straight democratic
vote at the recent election.
Venezuela took its name from the
huts built on piles which the Spaniards
found there when they landed in l499.
A rock at the entrance of the harbor
of Bastia, Corsica, resembles lion ex.
actly, even to having name of Creep
ing plants.
Queen Victoria weighs 200 pounds
aud is gaining in flesh every day. In
other words, she is rapidly becoming a
good woman
If you have field too rocky to be
cultivated, set out an apple orchard,
and in a few years you will have a
handsome income from it.
In selecting seed-torn sound, solid
well matured ears are to be chosen
rather than those selected merely for
size and beauty.
In the dry season road dust should
be gathered to replenish the dust boxes
in the poultry house during the winter
months.
If you think nobody cares for you in
this cold world, just try to learn to
play the tiide or the piano in popu-
lous neighborhood.
Onc cause of bligh, in fruit orchards
is lack of thorough understanding
1t is seldom that an orchard which is
well cultivated and underdrained suffers
from blight.
Pater Iamilias to festive son-.Re-
member, my son, it's not the coat that
makes the man" +. S.-"No, sir,
know it; it's the pants"
Freckles, odd as it may seem, are
fashionable because the Princess Louise
has them, and row they are produced
artifcially.
The very latest fashion in dinner
plates are square in shape and beautiful-
ly hand painted
Green tea affects the nerves much
more than black. Germans and Rus
slams prefer black tea.
Charlotte Bronte says "women fee,
just as men feel Those who have fin.
gers certainly must.
They say the use of tobacco stopi
the growth, but the use of tobacco will
never keep man as short as the use
of fliquor
Women will be more than ever dis
gusted with politicians when they fiDt
that the election has no effect what
ever in reducing the price of fall bon
nets.
A horse thief may beg for respit,
of twenty four hours from the mob Il
disclose important secrets, but they ar,
not curious enough to give him fv'
minutes.
"Can your wife drive p one Somer
vile man asked of another. Drive what!
''Drve horse, of course 'Drive /:
horse! Why, man she cannot drive {
| nail"
The Rev. Thomas E. Green, of Chi
cago, whose subject on Sunday morn
ing last was the ''The Newspaper anC
How the Devil Uses It," said tina
Noah's dove was the first reporter.
A large cistern has been completed
at Meridian, Miss, with a capacity o.
1875, 900 gallons of water. 1t is built O
brick and is made wateltight with by
draulic cement.
The kola nut, product OF tropica
Africa, where it is largely used fol
making an invigorating beverage, il
becoming an important article Of com
merce in London ny a substitute TO
coffee.
What are you laughing at my dear?
asked Mrs. Jones of her husband, wht
was chuckl,ng over the morning paper
Something l saw here, he replied
but it's hardly funny enough for two
A French physician who rece ntl,
died at the age of lO7, left word tha
he bad always slept with his head To
wards the North, so that the stron.
electrical current might pass through
him.
| PARsNIP STEw.-Three slices of sal
pork, boil one hour and half +; scrapt
six parsnips cut in quarters lengthwise
add to the pork, and let boil one hal
hour, then add few potatoes and lie
all boil together until the potatoes ar
soft.
Early marriages are the,rule in China
Parents deem it religious duty to pro
vide matches for their children as sool
as they are of marriageable years, an,
the young people go to the alter il
much the same way as they go Z
school in other lands. This account
for the dense population OF the EN-
pire. .....
The Prince of Wales owes abou
three million of dollars, but this trifin
sum does not worry him in the least
Not a bit of it. The money should G
to pay his debts he spends like prince
keeps dozen fast mares, and plays tn
banjo, which may account for tn
| Queens ill,health aud the desire of hi
children to travel.
| Before going to the sea side Cor
Com goes to hosier topurchase bal
ing suit
How do you wish to have it q sal
the hosier; I'VE have them in cotto
and wool
Give me a wooden one. / undel
stand that the water is very cold thi
year .
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