The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-03-16
Ian AND DEMOCRAT. BLOOMSBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY PAl
THE GENERAL DRIFT.

The Astors are said to own eigh
thousand buildings in New York City
and it is estimated that their combinet
wealth is fully S40O,00oOOO.
According to the statements of th,
great ready made clothing dealers, tn,
average height and weight of men il
this country have perceptibly increased
since the war.
A hundred years ago Julien Dubuqu,
set foot in Iowa, at the place wher,
now is the city bearing his name. The
Old Settlers Association is preparing
for a centennial celebration.
The burial rites of the Burmese were
performed the other day at Washing
ton cemetery over the remains of the
noted Burmese hairy woman, Nah
Poon, who died at the age of sixty.si,
years. .,
A little girl thirteen years old was
lately in the hands of the st. Joseph
MO- police and upon being interro
gated revealed the fact that she had
been married twice aud was the mother
of two children.
A pie.eatiug match was feature oi
a recent Washington entertainment
Ten boys with their hands tied behind
them were turned loose upon the pastry
with prize in view for the winner
1t is SAID the way those pies disappear
ed was enough to warp the digestive
apparatus of sausage machine.
A lad of Gilroy Valley, CAL, was
bitten four times by large tarantula
the other day and was saved from
death, it is thought, by his father, who
hurriedly killed a young turkey and
ripping it open laid it upon the boys
wounds. When removed the fowl was
found to be hard and discolored from
the absorbed poison.
Remarkable canine sagacity was dis.
played short time ago by a New.
foundland dog near williamsburg, N.
Y. The owner of the animal being
overcome by extreme cold while cross.
ing the open fields would have perish
ed had it not been for the noble ami
NAL, who seized his masters bat and
carried it to his home, thus procurlnc
assistance.
A wealthy farmer died recently near
Sedalia. Mo-, and bequeathed bis prop
erty to his two sons with the proviso
that they support their aged mother
during her life. The will was laid
away for few days, and when brough,
forward for probate it was found that
the signatures were entirely destroyed,
having been gnawed off by the mice,
rendering the will invalid.
An enterprising citizen of the United
States is the proprietor of the only ma
chine mill operating in the city of
Morocco. 1t is related that the Sultan
forbade the erection of the mill, and
the grinding stones were accordingly
seized, but by an ingenious trick ii.
American had them released and pro-
ceeded with his mill, and, 80 says re-
port, the Sultan now patronizes it.
On Tuckahoe Neck, near the eastern
shore Of Maryland, lives an aged negro
who was at one time known as the hu
man salamander. Among his various
feats were those of placing q red-hot
poker upon his tongue. ticking live
Goals in his finger, walking barefooted
upon red-hot wagon tires and taking
mouthfuls of molten metal. ALI this
it was said he did without any prepar,
ations and never sustained injury.
During recent slippery day la.
borer engaged in wheeling snow from
the beard walk of the Brooklyn bridge
set his barrow down for moment ana
Rested himself by sitting on it. All of
q sudden the wheelbarrow started
down bill and slid to the end of the
incline, fully 399 feet, and out of this
freak of a wh.elbarrow an idea was
born. No more barrows were pushed
down. They were allowed to slide,
and on each of them was perched a
man.
For Observation-Disclosures a citizen of
Bangor, Me-, certainly is entitled to
,he wreath. Not long since he severely
injured one of his fingers and was ad.
1ised to poultice it. He prepared a
ooultice and applied it carefully t. the
diseased member and then went about
lis business az usual. Soon, however,
he finger began to pain him in an un-
Usually severe manner, and he could
not account for it until he mad. a close
of his hand, took hold of
he mem ber that pained him, when he
ound that The poaltiee was on the
wrong finper.