The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-03-19
ODD ITEMS.

1t is cold day when the female
book. agent stays at home by the fire.
"A good resolution is the most
iortifying armor a man can wear
An appropriate motto for poets
ale who steals my verse steals trash
A misfit hat store would do well in
any city after the holding of big
public ball. .....,.-.
Who says the green.grocer is not an
intellectual p,rson9 Is henot a man
of lettuce +! a-e -t
The Washington critic thinks it is
only green Congressman who eS-
poets his speech to be read.
1t was not Bob Ingersoll but Nine,
de Stael, who SAID !: "1he more see
of men the better l like dogs"
Dom Pedro is'pIanning the erection
of au academy of arts in Brazil, the
first OF lis kind in South America.
All the decorative pieces of glass,
china or silver on the fashionable ,liu-
ner table are tall and high at pr sent
a man is in comfortable circumslan-
ces when he has S25,000 A woman
is in the same condition when her low
er sits in the big arm chair with h,r.
In order to distinguish one from tue
other, the dinner plate must be made
smaller or the fashionable button af-
fected by the ladies must be slightly
eolarged.
A curious trial is in progress in
Paris, in which, among other allega.
tons, a wife charges her hu-b md with
gross cruelty. i'll tying her down and
tickling the soles OF Ter feet.
Nothing but wild ducks can ever
get even with a female book ageut
When the duck of an agent tri,s to
canvass for the book the dack OF a
fowl can Just canvas back.
".Ohio eggs beat the world" boasts
a braggart Buckeye journal. Well !!
The world beats OHIO eggs. Thus,
even in matters Of poultry, are all
things made eseD.-Puck.
The public debt of Canada amounts
to 1921, ,31o,00O. In proportion to
population and resources, this is
heavier bnrden than when the war
debt of the United States was at its
maximum.
Laitijo, the chief espada or bull
fighter of Madrid, claims to have kill
ed 345 bulls.
Women are liable to make mistakes,
but one HASN'T been boru yet who
would mistake plush sacque for a
sealskin 1t her nelghbor had 1t on.
Senator Jones sent TO the Detroi,
girl who wouldn't have him, about a
ton of his printed speeches. Her re-
fusal is now explained and justified.
Among the passengers on rec ut
steamer for Europe was valuable
dog. He bit Jerseyman and is now
on his way to Paris to be inocnlsted.
King Milan of Servia wears armour
On. pshaw what of it Mary Walker
wears a coat of male, and nobody wor
ries about it, Nobody is going to ar
NOR.
The Queen Gf Portugal is named
Pia. She ought to be popular, fol
everybody thinks Pia thing mic,
enough to eat, says punster noted fol
his iety.
Marryin' man amt like sittin' along
side of him of nights and hearing hin
talk pretty; that's the fust PRAYER
There's lots an lots o meetin' afte
that.--Rose Terry Cooke.
The bath room of Mrs. Sewar,
Webb's house is like cave of marble
and the only variation of tint is in tn
silver fixtures.
Coils p. Huntingdon, the grea
railroad magnate, was once a poor bo,
on Connecticut farm. He is one o
the few men who have proved NOR
than match for Jay Gould
Judge no one by his relations, what
ever criticism you pass on his compan
ions. Relations, like features, ar
thrust upon us; companions like cloth
es, are more or less our own selection
Green cucumbers, red, headed girl,
unloaded revolvers, tale telling childre
and cheap champagne are things whic
the wise man treats respectfully bu
distantly, but never takes TO his hous,
A California statue forbids the sal
of liquor within ore mile of the Stat
| University grounds. The Legislatur
evidently realizes the value Of walkin
as an exercise for studious young mel
Love is said to be the motive powe
of the world, and yet fifty-six wome
out of every ninety-two will stick to i
that well seasoned broom handle
more reliable than suasion for immedi
ate results,