The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-03-31
GENERAL BRETlTIES.

GENERAL BREVlTIES.
THE design for General Jeb. Stuart's
monument, executed by Colonel w. H.
johnson. is now on exhibition ut Rich
mond, Va.
A SPIRIT medium showed Milwau-
kee editor that he could raise him up on
table. This was while they were both
under the table.
The London Times is said to be ne
gotiating for the exclusive use of the
Anglo-American cables on Sunday
nights during the Centennial.
LAST year the town of Winter, Cal,
was wheat field, anda crop was gath
cred from it. To-day it has 200 in
habitants, and town lots are worth $6OO.
THERE is a person living in vineland,
n. j., by the name OF Scott, who is the
Youngest of seven living children whose
father fought in the Revolution and died
in 1912. IA
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, the eminent
lawyer, signed his name recently to a
legal document and sent it to the print
CT. uo SlgHdtuIc dPPCniOu 1" PAA
s'Tried and duly filed"
REMEMBER this, we thousands who
will lunch on coffee and cakes on the
Centennial Grounds. Any restaurant
keeper who overcharges visitors is to be
compelled, by the terms of his agree
ment, to shut up shop.
THE japanese Government has OBJ
%os no IF
dent Clark, of the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College, to superintend the
founding of similar institution in that
country. Ample capital will be furnish
ed, and he is authorized to engage as
sistants, and to conduct the undertaking
according to his own methods.
IT appears that Mr.. E. D. Winslow,
the Boston forger, was not only pa
tron of cheap art, but a great admirer
of fresh flowers His love of art was
turned to profitable account, for, hav-
ing bought lot of pictures for two
hundred dollars, he got them insured
for 80, 800, and then set them on fire,
and recovered the insurance.
THE SOULS HOPE.
BEHOLD! we know not any thing;
lean but trust that good shall fall
At last-far off-at last, TO all
And every winter change to spring.
SO runs my dream; but what am /?
Aninfant crying in the night
An infant crying for the light .... e.. .5
And with no language but a cry.
-Tennyson.
THE case of the notorious POmeroy
boy is discussed in recent number OF
the Medical and Surgical Journal. There
are five recognized forms of mental
alienation, and DR.. Folsom, an expert
in mental diseases, finds that Pomeroy
shows no symptoms of being subject to
any of them. The Doctor thinks that
medical science is unable to discover
why his mental condition should be
urged to save him from the ordinary
penalty of his crime.
The following suggestion, given in
Scribner's Magazine, is worthy the con-
sideration OF parents: Nervousness
with child is almost always matter
of the stomach. A crust of bread will
usually put an end to the most obstinate
perverseness. Children, for this reason
should never be allowed to 90 to bed
after fit of crying, with an empty
stomach. A bit Of bread and jelly or q
cup of custard win bring back smiles
and happiness when all the moral law
fails, and for the soundest of reasons.
A SAN FRANCISCO undertaken was
tardy in keeping an engagement, ano
when he arrived at the house with his
hearse and carriages rival had beer
given the job of burial. He had thu
official permit to inter the body, how
ever, and, hurrying to the cemetery, hi
interrupted the religious services at tn.
grave by shouting, You might as vel
trot this corpse right home again" HI
would not give up the permit, the Gem
etery authorities would not allow tn,
burial otherwise, and the body had to b.
taken away and kept until a new pape1
could be procured.
THIS story comes from Middletown
Orange County, N. Y: A four-year
old child, in a family named Fleming
was recently taken ILL., A doctor wa
called, who said the child must die. Al
old woman named Morgan, who has tn,
reputation of being a fortune-teller ant
clairvoyant, said she could cure tn
child. She procured black cat, tn
nose of which she held in the child
mouth for some time, chanting word
in an unknown language. This laste'
for few seconds, when she put the ca
in a bag and buried it alive. The chill
has recovered.
THE Cumberland Valley Railroad wi
next summer run cOmmodious passen
ger cars to the Centennial grounds, i
which the seats will be numbered, COY
cred and locked and a kew given aac