The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-03-07
GENERAL BREIvrIEs.

80 GENERAL BREIvTIES.
AN ounce Of prevention is worth
pound of cure, and three inches OF nan.
mel extra on the children's legs this
season will save more than that length
ia the doctors bill. s ,fss.
\ The Boston, sCoroners compete ener-
getically for business, and in the case OF
& recent fatal accident three separate
inque sts were held. The courts will de-
eide which was the legal one.
As AN indication of the extraordinary
milt.ness of the weather on New-Year's
Day, it is reported from Montreal that
caterpillars were out in search OF food,
and sparrows were seen to build.
Il SNowFALLs under cloudless sky are
common in Virginia City, puzzllng
strangers. The snow is blown from
Mount Davidson, which is close by the
town, and is whirled through the streets
by the wind.
"A PAUPER inmate of Horsham Work
house, England, died in the union on
Christmas Day from the effects of glut-
tony. He attacked his Christmas din
ner so ravenously that in few minutes
he was choked.
Ex-MAYoR LEWIS, Of New Haven,
shut his coat-tail in the door of q house
in which he had made a call, and was
held out Of reach of the bell-handle.
The idea of slipping out of the coat does
not seem to have struck him, for he re-
manned q prisoner until somebody came
along and secured his release. He is a
strong temperance man, too.
INsthe Milan cemetery q pavilion has
been put up for the cremation of bodies,
which, being placed on an altar, are
subjected to the action of two hundred
gas burners giving heat of 1000 de-
grees. Thus body is consumed to
ashes in one hour. On January Is
Chevalier Albert Keller is to be burnt,
the preparations having been made by
direction of his will.
THE inducements held out to young
men on the railways, the police force
and in skilled industry have become SO
great in England that the War Office
are at their wits ends where to find eli
gible recruits for the army. Even in
the favorite corps of Household troops,
the infantry of the Guards, the inferior
ity Of the recruits eRlisting is greatly
complained of.
WHILE service was being conducted
In the parish church of Cherry Burton,
m English village, the other morning,
the clock-weight came crashing through
the belfry roof and alighted on young
girl, housemaid at the rectory, who was
injured beyond hope Of recovery. A
young man sitting by her was also hurt
severely. The rope on which the weight
was hung was renewed only the week
before. The two injured persons were
to have been married the next day.
GEM OF PURE ENGLISH.
From oceans briny waste the sea bred enough
His humble pittance draws, and cries enough.
The burly OK, oppressed W tn husky cough,
Siakes his hot thirst from out the cooling trough.
The rustic, resting from his frightened plough,
The ripe fruit plucks from rich y-ladened bough.
The doughty housewife chatters on. although
The light cake rises from the kneaded dough.
The churl, more rude, bewails pathway rough, ,
And chants q constant gr0wl, that times are
tough.
NOTHING, says an observer on the
spot, seems taken seriously in Paris,
even work land the Parisians who cater
SO well for the worlds amusement have
to work very hardy is done in cheer
full, nonchalent manner that seems to
say, ~ enjoy what am doing and do
not realize am working The wait
ers at the cafes and restaurants, who
are veritable slaves for they get only
few hours SLEEPY, seem always gay
and contented, and ever have bright
smile and cheerful manner for all.
KIssAxE, an Indian Chief believed to
have been 100 years old, died recently
in Washington Territory. He belonged
to the Cowlitz tribe, which has dwin-
died, in twenty years, from about a
Thousand persons to thirty-three, whisky
and smallpox having mainly done the
work. His tribe was long ago convert
ed to the Roman Catholic faith but he,
although of exemplary habits and ready
to help the priests, would not Join the
church until 1872. He was buried in a
suit of fine black broadcloth, which he
had owned thirty years and worn on
great occasions.
NJ. JANET, Frenchman of great
reputation for honesty in his own coun-
try, has written a book about America,
In which he describes some curious Gus
toms, the very existence of which is not
known in this country. For instance,
he says the schoolmasters punish the
girls who misspen words by having
them submit to be kissed by the boys;
and he adds that in consequence of this
punishment all the girls have forgotten
their photography, while the boys have