The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-06-01

has mortal horror of rain. >-ne
A female artistic on the piano, four wears
old, is causing considerable wonder in Zurich,
Switzerland. The name of the wonderful
child is Augusta Lehman. She is said to be
bright and pretty, and repeats on the piano
any tune she happens to hear with singular
taste and hardly mistake.
The fashionable shoe for ladies is seven
inches high, with an inch and half heel, a
Spanish instep, arched sole, a mOveable heel
of guilt or silver, with an India rubber tin TO
deaden the sound, and they cost from eight
to twenty dollars pair.
Some of the calicoes which have made their
appearance this season are handsome enough
to be taken at a short distance for silk The
prettiest have white, pearl color, or pale buff
grounds, with stripes of rose, torquose or
some other exquisite color.
Paper napkins for table use have Just been
introduced into the restaurants of Germany,
They answer every purpose for one using,
but of course will not stand washing any
more than paper collars. Three o. more of
them cost less than n cent and they are made
Of all sizes.
Green corn and ripe figs have made their
appearance in market, but not in quantities
sufficiently large To brag about. The corn
brings ten cents per ear, and the figs ten
cents ap;ecc.-l Plcayune.
In London it is proposed to paint the cabs
of different cOlors. Cabs at sixpence per
mile are to be painted yellow those at niRe-
pence scarlet and those at n shilling blue
They are also to haye eOlorcd lamps.
A centenarian but robust ncgrcss In Geor
gia punished her husband recently ior rcfrls-
ing to put money in the contributioil-box by
knocking him down with Il chair in church.
The old-fashioncd but sensible bingham
| sun-bOnnet will be all the 90 this summer at
| the fashionable watering places.
An undertaken, having apartments to let.
pasted his bills upon the cOffins in the win
| dows. ann oIncing lodgings for single gen
| tlemen."
A wOuld-be suicide at Cincinnati was pulled
off the track before a coming train by rail
| road man, who warned him against trying to
A coroner's jury at Buffalo has found that
| a child came to its death ''by being smoSi-
cred by its father, to whom no blame could
be attached, as he was drunk at the time"
Since $500 reward has been offered for the
arrest of the murderer of John Smith, in
Kentucky, each sheriff in the State has
brought up his John Smith and claimed the
reward.
Gen Eli Parker. the head of the Indian
bureau, is hereditary grand sachem Of tie
six nations, and holds by succession the
medal given by Washington to his ancestor,
Red Jacket.
\ young lady fell out of the doorrof a car
rage while travelling the other dag on Il g
London and Brighton railway, and was in
stantly killed. The guard, whose duty it
was to have locked the door, was so horror
stricken at the accident that nc cut his
throat.
The Hartford "city fathers" levy eontril,u-
tions of free passes" upon such amusemerts
| as visit that town. The proportion of tickets
demanded show the councilmanic tastes. as
| they asked ~ tickets for the circus; and only
! Ii for Fechter.
| A private letter from planter in Miss.s-
sippi in reference to the Swedes, SAYS '.tley
have proved themselves good and reliabic
workers; they are industrious aud good tenn
pered." If treated properly and comfortably
housed, no complaint can be. made against
them. If they are not treated Wen, they ne
very apt tn object to il, like al other res c
table people.