The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

dull. dry time We -" "Whut YOU
been doing" "Noing. there hasn't
ben anything to dp but go in bath
iii,s. Inter Ocean.
The Reason ot lt.-BillSs (expostu-
lating)-"1 shave myself and I'd like
to now why can't shave YOU" Pillts
docking at his face )-"Because I'm not
such fool us you are"
-"Oentlcmcn." said the candidate
for Office, as he squirted n stream of to-
bacco juice on the pavement below,
my character Is spotless." "Then
it's pity" said some one in the crowd,
shat you can't wear IL for shirt"
Visible Evidence. e.-Joncs-''I saw
fellow yesterday with cool thou
sand" Brown--"IIow did you know
1t was cool?" Jones-"It must have
been. Twas In a draft. t."-Binghamton
Leader.
The Proverb Turned. .-"Short pay.
mcnts make long friends" may be ever
so true saying, hut it is equally un-
deniable. in most cases, that short"
friends make long payments.-Isoston
Globe
In 1924 the King of England forbade
by proclamation the cultivation of to-
bncco except in Virginia and the Somers
Isles. Finally, by relaxing restrictions,
it became source of large revenue TO
England, amounting in 1876 to sT15 1000.
Wood for tennis racqucts requires
nt least five years scasoning-that is
to say, it requires to be kept five years
in the rough timber state before cut
ting up for use. Wood for pianos is
kept as u rule, for forty years before
It is considered sufficiently in condition
to be used.
John Railey. Tennessee farmer
In hard luck. has just been made happy
by the receipt of S6S5 from Frank X.
Walldran, of Reading, Pa. being in
full payment with per cent. interest
for horse which Walldran, then
soldier, appropriated from Riley's sta
BILE in 1864.
An Englishman has secured All
American patent on n device which he
calls manual gymnasium for musi-
clans. A strip of leather attached above
the elbow runs to a series of springs
connected with each finger and thumb
of the hand. The arrangement allows
the gymnast to gain strength and agil
ity by working the fingers.
-Bauxite, or aluminium ore, seems TO
have been first discovered in Pike
county, Georgia, in 1857, although the
exact locality is unknown. In 1889 a
chemist at Fort Wayne, Ind, analyzed
a piece OF rock sent from the Dykes
limonite banks, Cherokee county, Ala
bama, and found it to be bauxite con-
tanning 80 per cent. of aluminium.
Mr. Gladstone's last great speech
did not appear to fatigue him unduly.
During the whole of the exhaustive
summing up he only once took little
stimulsnt, and then rather to clear his
voice than to counteract any tagging
Of the physical powers. While speak
ing he wore a rose in the buttonhole Of
his broadcloth frock coat, and seemed
to have given unusual attention to his
| attire.
Fish nets are made from some very
strange materials. The Esquimaux
manufactures them from strips Of seal
hide and from thin slices of whalebone.
by the Fijians they are constructed of
human hair. Savages in various parts
of the world plait the inner fiber Of
tree bark for fishing lines, and the In
dians on the Pacific coast of North
America use for the same purpose sea
! weed-a sort Of help which is strong
enough to hold finny captive of $50
pounds weight
Congress passed an act July 22,
tnh hat
Der of congress should make oath that
he had not voluntarily borne arms
| against the United States since he
| had been a citizen thereof" or vol
unfairly given aid, countenance, coun-
sci or encouragement to persons en-
gagged in hostility thereto" and had
never yielded voluntary support to
| any pretended government, authority,
power or constitution within the United
| States hostile or inimical thereto"
| Up to about thirty years ago the
most familiar appellation for ones
maternal relative was MA" That
| generation still use the same title. 1t
sometimes creeps into print under their
auspices. Two late novels bristle with
it, and 1t is far cry from the "Dear-
est of Fauntleroy to the MA" of Mrs.
Burnett's earlier stories. "Mama"
came in just before the war. 1t has
been SO universally adopted, and by
such curious people, that reaction
from it has set in during the past de-
cade. mamma" made strenuous
struggle, but it has always seemed
rather foreign in its tone and difficult
| to acclimate. Now Mother" is begin
ming to show signs of vigorous life, and
may be depended upon for eventual
adoption. 1t is peculiar enough to
watch the progress of fight against
and the final surrender to one of the
most beautiful words in the language.
"A new infantry uniform has been
adopted in France and served out to all
branches of the service except the re-
serves. The color of the tunic is dark
blue for all regiments except the
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