The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-06-07
Omnium Gatherun,.

A polite way of putting it-tronh.
leu with a chronic indisposition r.
1t is very dangerous for anv ma.
TO hnd any spot on this broad oIoh a
that is sweeter to him than bis HON. e
The mutual destruction If r..
sacks and Bashi-Bazourks is as ho, s.
a war as anyb ody need ask for-@!
Louis Gazette. NJ
Chicago possesses 5000 Freno,
men, and one of their number de-.
any one to select three who canno os
read or write. uo'
The average age of sheep il "a,
years; cows, fifteen; hogs, fiftesn an
and horses, not used as beasts -
burden, twenty. -
In matters of conscience s,s.
thoughts are best. In matte,s ' -
prudence last thoughts are hest y
Req. Robert Hall. -
One of the severest penalties :.
which criminals in Holland wars :; ~
ancient times condemned, was tn ho
deprived OF the use of salt. -
Many persons complain that tb.r
cannot find words for their Thoughts
when the real trouble is that the,
cannot find thoughts1or their words
Putting Cream on Onions, instead
OF butter, removes much of tha
strong flavor, and renders them las s
likely to affect weak stomachs nm
pleasantly. ''
Scepticism has never founded am.
plres, established principalities. or
changed the worlds heart The
great doors i'll history have alwavs
been men of faith.
The Egyptians represented thu
year 10y palm tree, and the month
by one OF It's branches; because il i
the nature Of the tree to produce a
branch every month.
Flattery is a safe coin which onr
own vanity has made current and
which will never be ont of credit 40
long as there are knaves to offer Il
and fools to receive it.
A hundred thousand men in our
day, 1t is considered, form a verv
large army, but when Darius fought
Alexander the Great be commanded
an army of 1000, 900 men!
Baron Rothchild, who is at the
head OF the Vienna firm, is said by
the papers of that city to possess
the tritiing anrlal income of $780,.
600, 900. This is the small sum Of
$4,000 day.
When General Grant was taken
sick in Philadelphia. a friend advis.
Cd him to try blue glass. He frank.
ly replied that he didn't care SO
much for the color of the glass as
for the quality of its contents.
Soft Molasses Cake: One cup Of
moasses, one-half cup OF butter,
one egg, half cup of sour milk, one
teaspoonful of saleratus, half a table
spoonful of ginger; mix soft with
-four.
1t is the false economy to pur.
chase articles simply because they
are "eheap." One good, durable
article will be ten times cheaper
than four of those that break at the
first handling.
Tile is a man after my own heart,
pa said Julia, reverting to her
Augustus. Nonsense replied old
Practical, She is man after the
money your uncle left you.' And
then all was quiet,
a saloon keeper named his resort
Nowhere" so that when his mar.
ried customers went home late and
their wives wanted to know where
they had been they could safely tell
the truth.
No meat is healthier than mutton.
No meat can be produced so cheap
ly. 1t can be slaughtered at any
time, requiring but a few minutes
for the operation. And yet not
one farmer in ten keeps sheep.
Josh Billing says: "There il
phew things on the face of the earth
more worthless than poodle, and
yet | am glad there is a poodle, for
if there was not there IL some pe0-
pie who wouldn't have any object in
living, and have nothing to love"