The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-08-08
ODD ITEMS.

ed from Europe.
When the marriage ceremony was
, over the parson was approached by the
groom with the question whats the
damage. f
Several spurious blind men we're re
Gently arrested for begging on the
streets. This may be set down as a
game of blind mans bluff.
Some rise with the lark others get
up when the steam whistle blows. Real
comfort is found lying in bed until one
feels like getting up.
An Iowa paper thinks there is
strong probality that a ''necktie par
| ty' will soon occur in that State. Ii
refers to the anticipated hanging of a
murderer ...i I
The late Sam Ward said any green
thing could be made into salad The
youthful medical graduate may, there
fore, be said to be in his salad sea
| son.
The paper market has frightened
with the announcement that Gail Ham
ilton is going to fill scrap books with
all that is said in the newspapers
against Blaine.
"How did you like the doctors SER
mon T. said one to his companion as
they were walking home from church.
''First rate always liked that SER
mon"
"Pa," asked Walter, "what is a Budd-
hist 7" A Buddhist, my son." replied
pa, "is a--well--a sort OF horticultural
chap-youve heard of budding fruits,
you know l3
The late residence of Tom Thumb
was sold lately for S45O0. It's original
cost was, it is said, 100000, but the
erection of a new Jail in its vicinity de-
preciated its value. Hi
With poison lurking in ice cream
freezers and the faucets of soda foun'
tains, the young man of the period is
| given no chance to treat some other
fellows sister these warm evenings.
Mr.. Evarts, upon being demonstrated
with on account OF his long sentences,
replied: "Say what you will, there il
only one class of the people really op'
posed to long sentences, and that is the
criminal class"
The national debt is over one billion
five hundred million dollars No won.
der a man feels almost as bad as it he
had lost his dearest friend on earth
when he finds that some one stuck him
with counterfeit dime.
1t is too soon to get in furry abou,
politics. Both parties are now collect
ing the cash to pay stump orators S5C
per night for speeches which under any
other circumstances would entitle them
to be killed at once as dangerous
to the peace and mortality of the coun
try.
The old bach who said he would gel
married and settle down and spend thu
remainder of his life IN calm repose
got married but he didn't repost
worth a cent, and he is now apply
ing for divorce SO he can settl'
up again.
A Chicago girl acknowledges having
been engaged to FIVE men within sil
months and now sues the latter TO
breach of promise. The reason VIII!
she wasn't engaged ofteuer is becaus'
!, the other men with whom she came il
.. contact weren't too lame to run whel
: she popped the question.
Il In Russia the sphere of usefulness
, open to women physicians scarcely ex
/ ceeds that of skilled nurses. They ar
{ permitted only to treat the diseases o
women and children. Apothecaries
a moreover, are forbidden to put NJ
s prescriptions coming from woman.
|, The attributes of good policeman
are defined by New York police il
spector to be courage, health, stron
physique, horse sense, a general know
edge of the city and its laws ESQ far a
y they pertain to his duties), ability +
= read, to write plainly and to calculat
J. up to the rule of three, courtesy, trut
8 and politeness-a branch of accom-
q plishments that is seldom found in tn
knight of the club.
y The old custom of bottling tears
q still continued in Persia. 1t must b
\ very old, as it is alluded to in tn
. Psalms of David. As the mournel
' are sitting around and weeping, tt
! master of ceremonies presents each or
. with a piece of cottonwood, wit
8 which he wipes off his tears. Tn
4 cotton is afterwards squeezed into
r. bottle, and the tears are preserved as
n powerful and efficacious remedy for r.
" viving dying man after every NEAR
q have failed. 1t is also employed as
v charm against evil influences, TT
y practice was once universal, as is ey
i denced by the tear bottles which a
II found in almost every ancient tomb
lie A poor English lady, whose hou
,f on the outskirts of London was owe
1t run by black beetles, which dwelt n
y only on the walls, but in the beds, a
p piled the other day to magistrate
Or know whether she could be compelle
q. under such circumstances TO pay h
d. rent The magistrate explained to b
in that the courts were divided upon II
re question. A house overrun with bu
Sc had been pronounced uninhabitabl
b. but not with beetles. She would ha
n to carry the matter to the House of t
st Lords
Sa The extent of some of the va
Ia ranches in Los Angeles County is ev'
- beyond the imagination. Baldwin
.. Santa Anita Ranch is situated in u
70 county, and is probably the largest.
- natural decorations are marvellous, a
90 m the immense amount OF different pl
M nn ducts almost fabulous. The farm co
ce prises 1900 acres in grapes, 10000
20 ange aud lemon trees, 2000 pomegra
49, m ates, 5000 English walnut trees, 20
,m,e ~ almond trees, 2500 peach trees, 40
Al A; pear trees, 1000 apricot trees, 1000
trees and subsistence is furnished
90 25,0O0 head Of sheep, 200 COWS a
IA pigs, and several hundred horses a
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