The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-05
INTERESTING INFORMATION.

Old daguerreotypes are the latest |
antique to come to the fore. They are |
framed in dull-colored velvet or In |
silver or pewter, and their soft beauty
is fashionably valued.
Eastport people ought to keep cool
the year round. For the past twenty
one years the average temperature
during the summer months has been
only fifty-eight degrees.-Augusta
(Me.) Journal.
The official report Of the German
comm missioner of education at the
Worlds Fair says: in their school
system the Americans are in every,
way superior to the Germans, most
notably in teaching languages, draw
ing and modelling. 1t Is surprising
what a command of language Amer
ican children have"
A medical journal says that in the
continued use of the eyes in such work
as sewing, bookkeeping, reading and
studying the saving point lies In glanc-
ing up from such work at short inter-
walls. Praeteed every ten or fifteen
minutes It affords relief to the mus
cular tension, rests the eyes and makes
the DlOOu supply MUM pS'NS''
In the time Of Edward vi. much Of
the lands of st. Peters at Westmin-
lister were seized by his Majesty's min
:sters and courtiers, but in order 10
reconcile the people to that robbery,
they allowed portion of the iands
to be appropriated toward the repairs
OF St. Pauls church; hence the phrase
"Robbing Peter to pay Paul"
That will be a novel feature which
Il Is announced Miss Sloan will intro
duce at her coming wedding Two
of the housemalds, wearing simply
made gowns of white silk, with be-
frilled caps and aprons Of white nous
seline de sole, will be detailed to es
cort the guests to the library anC
morning rooms where the presents arr
displayed New York Times.
The City of Mexico has discovere'
that a most salutary measure In tn
matter of sanitation would be TO SO
cure a more rapid flow of its sewage
Accordingly, some twenty-five wlnd
mills are to be built in different part
of the city, at cost Of $25,OO0, whc
will rotate paddle wheels in the sew
ers. and thus accomplish the desire
object.
The celebrated DR.. Dumoulin, bein
surrounded in his last moments b
many of his fellow-physicians, Wh
deplored their loss, said to then
"Gentlemen. leave behind me thrt
great physicians" Every one, thlnl
ing himself to be one of the thre
messed him to name them, upon whlc
ne replied. Cleanliness, exercise al
moderation in eating"
A Toronto saloon-keeper is report'
as saying that the lntrouuc'ion
electric cars in that city mas great
diminished the sales IN saloons,
workmen who previously walked hon
in companies of from nVe 10 t"en'
ond stonped at the saloons on the WI
for social drink, now ride nome al al
once there. spend the evenings WI
their families.
Scientifically the Indian is tn
described: Skin, brown or clnnam
hued: iris. dark; hair, long, blacK a.
straight; beard, scanty; eyes, gee
seated; nose, broad and prom
ent: lips, full and rounded; ra
broad across the cheeks; head, squa
back of head fattened; foreneau, II
and broad; Jaws, powerful; laciai
gle, about seventy-fve.
Probably not many women kh
where the powder-puffs with wnl
alabaster brows and blushlng cnet
are produced come from. There If
place in Chicago where some nlnp
fingered girls are engaged an the "
round in making them. the mater
IS the soft, fluffy down from cysh
or Young swans, and it comes lars
from the islands of the Bal'ic oee
Chicago Record,
Berlin is anxious that the inu
trial Exposition which Will De nelu
that city in 1896 shall be attractive
ali interested in the study OF mou
citv government. Accordingly, a S
arate pavilion, covering ABOUT =
square meters of ground, VIII be err
ed, at a cost of about 15o'ooo ma
Here will be shown the deAls or
management of the educational,
nital and benevolent institutions;
Sewerage. gas and water systems
bridges, public buildings, markets
nuhlic baths. These Will be luii
,ustrated by mo 1els and drawings
by full statistics d, g!