The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-01-29
ODD ITEMS.



And practice the fat-ron solo,"
IL is said that General Sherman is {,
remove from st. Louis. OF course Tn,
giils will miss him.
New York is threatened with anoth
er calamity. A temperance daily pa.
per is to be started.
In this freezing weather the tlller OF
the soil is better off than the man who
holds the tiller of the sea.
| a medical journal declares that
rheumatism is caused by wearing over
coats. Show this TO your tailor.
| A girl squeezes her own feet to make
1t appear small, but she leaves the
squeezing Of her hand to the men.
1t is said the new book, advice to
Hom,ly Girls" isnot bought by young
ladies-they send their brothers after
it.
MISS Susan b. Anthony has been in
Washington for several days, but the
President has not yet invited her to 90
sleighing with him.
Joel Chandler Harris, the well known
writer, was of African birth. He was
born at Booghid, where his father, a
missionary, then dweit.
If Senator Sherman shall live to
serve the full period for which he is now
| chosen he will have served in the SEN
ate twenty-eight years.
In Zululand ten head of cattle is the
average price of girl sold in mar.
rage. Here girls are often given away
for caIf--ot husband.
An exchange says: "There is but one
way to keep the girls away from the
skating rinks." Yes, but what pity
ii would be to kill them all.
1t is said that Confucius was never
known to speak at meals. He proba.
bly sat at the middle of the table, then,
where everything was handy.
a brooklyn girl stepped into jew.
elers and ask ked for a pair of consist
ency bracelets" Somebody had told
her that consistency was a jewel.
A Maine girl boasts that she can
make 33S different kinds of cakes.
Some girls have no tact. She has
ruined her chances of matrimonv.
1t is said that the girls in the United
States Treasury do not marry because
hey know so much about men. They
do handle bills good deal, for fact.
In these days of hydrophobia it may
be well to remark that no person who
has paid for his newspapers in advance
was ever known to be bitten by a mad
dog.
Mrs. Ryan, who took over the four
little hydrophobic boys for Pasteur's
treatment IN Paris, brought back five,
which speaks volumes Tor the treat
meut.-Er.
"Oh, where are the girls of the past ?"
asked poet. If he means for us to
answer the conundrum we should say
they are getting ready to be the grand
mothers of the future
The editor of Montana paper is in
receipt OF six letters from girls in the
States who are willing to work, or
marry, or do anything else to aid the
prosperity of that Territory.
Zero don't mean SO" in the plumb.
ers dictionary and day-boIk. 1t
means seal-skin sacque for the madam
ana a Summer resort for the entire |
family Chicago Inter- Ocean,
A crank who recently died up in
CaIaveras county thought so much of
punctnality that he placed clock un-
der his head so that he could die on
time.
The wolf changes its hair every |
year, but the fashionable yourg lady |
of the present day sees the wolf and |
goes it three or four better - she |
changes her hair three or four times a |
day.
81 consider him a bold, arrogant
man YES, l know he is now, but |
he won't be very long" Sand why
not, | should like to know ?" He is to |
be married next week" - Chicago
Ledger.