The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Boarder--"True; but don't intend tc
TO for six months yet "-Boston Gazette
"A Kansas man, whose name is
Pants, is called Trousers by his eastern
relatives. Such acts in the west nre
regarded as brooches of good breeding.
--Nortonville (Kan.) News
The paper in the Bank of England
notes costs exactly one cent each. No
note is ever issued from the bank a
second time On it's return 1t Is re-
corded, kept certain period, and then
destroyed.
.-Miggs-"why do you call your dog
Penny, Briggs?" Briggs-'Because he
was one sent to me. Why do you call
yours Tonic?" Miggs-''Because he's
. mixture of steel, bark and whine. v
Boston Courier.
The ruins of Pompeii are said to be
% vast that they cannot all be exca-
vatcd at the ordinary rate of progress,
before the middle of the next century.
Many more interesting discoveries will
undoubtedly be made there.
Aunt Ella-''Iou'll havo to take
lido back. I'm afraid. The sign says,
NO dogs allowed in the park" Eva
ssBut auntic. Fido is not loud dog.
He's the most silentest little fellow in
the world. Harper Young People.
Little Hilda's grandmother, exer-
c1sed in her mind as to the child's ap-
parent lack of conscientiousness-
''But Hilda, you knew these choco-
Jates were not yours!" "Yes, grandma;
and all the time was eating them
was asking God to forgive me-
Working Woman's journal.
. Several years ago John S. Hough,
Of Railway, n. j.. played the Good
Samaritan to poor man who was
Frustrated with typhus fever and
nnrsed him through the disease. The
poor man went to California, became
wealthy and has just died, leaving
1brtune of 100000 to Mr.. Hough.
"A strange apple tree, which is
known to have been 14S years old, was
destroyed by recent storm. on the
property of Mrs. Della Hotchkiss, in
Cheshire. Conn. 1t bore fruit every
year, but only on one side each year.
The side that bore one year would be
barren the next. 1t yielded 110 bushels
a side.
-Rebekah's brothers name was
Lahan, and the name of Abigails hus-
band was Nabal, which is simply La
ban reversed. The nineteenth chapter
of III. Kings and the thirty-seveuth
chapter of Isaiah are alike, with the
exception that verse Is of the former
~1ov ,fav- A "a
the latter.
The River St Lawrence, it is esti-
mated. covers 10000 square miles; and
- nearly the whole of this area aver
ages GOO feet in depth, the aggregate
volume of water cannot be much short
of 1o,s00 solid miles. 1t is computed
that body of water of this size would
require more than As years to pass over
the Falls of Niagara at the rate Of
100000 cubic feet in second.
-Pasquino was celebrated mutt
lated statue in Rome, so called from
witty tailor of that name who kept n
shop near by and was given to enter
tanning his customers with the gossip
and scandal of the day. Upon the
pedestal of this statue were affixed
pungent criticisms on passing events,
squibs and sarcasms, from which the
term pasquinade is derived.
There is a steady demand for wal
nut timber and purchasers are scour-
ing the Atlantic coast region in search
of large trees. While metallic coffins,
usually called caskets by the under
takers, have displaced walnut coffins.
the wood is increasingly applied to
other uses. The trees are scarce in
most parts of the east and many are
jealously guarded against AK and saw.
According to expert calculations
the Coliseum of Rome seated $1,000
spectators, while 10000 more could
have found standing room. The ex-
Rrnal circumference of the Coliseum
Is itstands to-day is 1.72s feet, its long
diameter 6I5 feet. its short diameter
40 feet. The arena is 279 by 29e feet,
and the height of the building 1856 feet.
There is still standing four stories of
the original structure. 1t was, in all
probability, the largest building of au-
Aitorium arrangement ever known.
Some time since the state board of
horticulture of California imported
some Australian lady bugs with the
design of pitting them against the
black scale bug, which has been Great
ing great havoc in the orchards in the
southern part of the state for some
years. The board announced last week
that the lady bug has proved n perfect
success in its work of exterminating
she black scale bug, and colonies will
be sent out to orchardists, who will
turn them loose on the common enemy.
The board is also cultivating n colony
Of the red scale parasite for the same
purpose, and expects good results.
United States Columbian postage
stamps are in great demand by phila-
telists all over the world. The stamps
IRE issued in the denominations of
l. 3, 8, 4, 5, 6. 10, IS, 80 and so cents,
and 81, s2, ss, 81 and S.. 1t cost SIG. 96
20 purchase complete set, but such
purchases are frequently made by col
.ectors or their agents. 1t is easy of
,ourse for persons in this country to
,btain the stamps of the smaller de-
l. Il