The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-07-09
ODD ITEMS.
Light labor-Cleaninp the lamps.

Light labor-Cleaning the lamps.
Sleight of haud-Refusing marri-
age offer.
Cain is supposed to have been the
first striker.
Bermuda is suffering from q pro-
longed drought.
Connecticut and Wisconsin are sell
ing new cider.
President McCosh, of Princeton, is
nearly S6 years old.
Washingtonians are happy people.
They are all capitalists.
1t costs about $4,000 a year to
keep Montana lunatics.
Peach trees 80 years old still bear
profusely at Levyville, Ga.
Two distinct streams jet from an
artesian well at All any, Ga.
There is one officer TO every five
men in the United States Navy
Foxes are killing great numbers
of Ohio's Spring chickens and lambs.
Uxbridge, Mass, boasts of a pair of
steers that have a lrottng record of
3:OS.
The business of the story teller is to
tell the story, and let the story tell the
moral.
Mr.. Beecher attributes much of his
good health to having avoided base
ball in his youth.
a New York man has taken 10000
flies TO the Rang,ly lakes. Invalid
flies undoubtedly.
TO find the newest books 90 to a
circulating library. The newest books
are always out there.
Bouquets Of j,nqnils or dafrodown-
dillle' are seen tied upon the new
sunshades 10 London.
We hear great oeal of talk about
the consumption Of fish. We wonder
they don't try cod liver oil.
The small boy leaning the alphabet
is very much like the postage stamp
he often gets stuck on letter.
A contt mporary announces new
story, entitled, "The Need of Money
That has long been an old, old story
with us.
Mrs. Gladstone, it is reported, will
take an active part in the coming cleo
ton campaign in advancing her hus.
bands cause.
The largest cocoanut fibre manufac-
tory in the world is in London, En-
| gland, where 100000 of the husks
are often in store at one time.
Husband: that fence wants painting
badly. think Ill do it myself. Wife:
Yes, do it yourself if you think it
wants to be done badly.
DR.. Marie Walker feels sighted
now that everybody is talking about
MIS-. Cleveland's winning smile.
Washington is not the place it was.
"Pa,' said Bobby, sic, PLY, can ask
one more question, if 'taint foolish 2"
"Ya as, one more" "How much older
is ripe old age than green old age? ?"
A butter maker has failed in Illinois
for 100000. He could have made
his butter stronger, but his motto was:
Good, butter, bust. and he couldn't
stand it.
Coils p. Huntington was once a
farmers boy in Connecticut. Now he
is worth S40,OOO,OOO. lie is 65 wears
old, ard has a pleasant bu, rather bluff
mahntr.
A Cleveland lady teltphoned for a
policeman to come to her house and
shoot dog. When he at last ap-
peartd the dog was dead, presumably
from old age.
Miss Coffin, daughter of Commander
Coffin, has nst married in London
DIR. Frank Anderson, of the United
States Navy. This change of name
has cheerful sonnd.
The reason the Anarchists are op-
posed to money saving is because they
never receive any interest, and the
reason they never receive any interest
ls because they have so little principle.
Mr. Blaine might eniov a little
wholesome exercise a la Sullivan by
having a sand bag modelled after Lord
Salisburys head and punching it every
morning before breakfast. = ". Y.
Journal
Artesan wells are said to have been
sunk at a large number of Summer re,
sorts. Still it is not believed that they
will ever entirely take the place of the
other beverages used at such places,
however deep they may be dug.
The Chinese merchants of Hong
hong are about to present to the
Prince of Wales with silk scroll in
commemoration of the Indian Colonial
Exhibition. 1t is described as a verv
handsome piece of embroidery about
fifteen feet long.
In Norway it is believed that wolves