The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-28
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.


mAnicate secret to a woman.
The largest cornfeld in the State of
Rhode Island contains only 20 acres.
THE best families of France serve but
ter at only one meal a day. ..
BosToN's valuation is $3.50, 446, $780,
about one-third that of the whole State.
A MAN named Doudna killed II mall
lard ducks at one shot at Lake Darling,
Mimi, the other day. 4.s-a.-. =
GOOD judges estimate Iowa's corn
crop this year at 250,000,000 bushels,
against 1877 100000 last year.
THE Swiss army of 10000 men per-
formed its usual autumn maneuvers
during September, attended by the mill
tary ENJOYS of all the great powers.
LYDIA SQUINN, the last lineal de-
scendant of the famous Indian King
Phillip, is still living at New Bedford,
Mass, and, although s3 years of age, is
still bright and vigorous.
The best and purest sugars are the
hard and white or the coarse granulat-
ed. The fine powdered sugars are
never safe or economical, as they are so
generally adulterated. .,a-
APRovIDENCE Or. ~ swindler coolly
sold house to which he had no claim,
and received 81, 700 for the forged title.
The owner first learned of the sale when
the supposed purchaser ordered him to
move out.
AS an evidence of the increasing bust
ness of the Montana mining camps,
several new stage and express lines
have recently been put in operation be-
tween Helena and the mountain towns
The horse that carried Gen. Sheridan
in his famous ride from Winchester died
few days ago in Chicago. He was
black, of full Blackhawk breed, 165
hands high, remarkable for his fast
walk, and was 20 years old. His skin
is to be stuffed.
THE most important piece of Roman
sculpture ever found in London was
lately excayated. 1t is believed 10 have
formed part of mausoleum. London
was a large city, with a mint and other
metropolitan institutions, even in Ro-
man days.
A SAN FRANCISCO paper says that the
convicts in the State-prison have con-
tributed more to the relief of the yellow
fever sufferers than the State officers at
Sacramento; the newsboys more than
the railway offices, and the theaters
more than the churches.
THE largest land owner in the State
of Nebraska is Adam Smith, of Boone
County. He owns 10000 acres Of land.
and he proposes to make additions to it,
SO that the big farms of California will
seem like vegetable gardens in COM
parison. 5.-.s. ..+r...- - .'.f
The Pipestone Sulphur Springs in
Montana, 20 miles from Butte and six
miles from the Virginia and Helena
stage road, are said to be equal to the
celebrated Arkansas springs, and are
attracting many visitors by their won
derful healing powers. a".-f
The Grand Orient of Free Masons in
France has expunged from its ritual all
recognition of God, and in consequence
the Grand Lodges of Ireland, Scotland
and England have severed all relations
with the French body. Action by the
Grand Lodges of the United States and
Canadas will be taken soon.
LIZARDS are very useful for the de-
struction of vermip in the tropics, and
when house in Manilla is hired an
agreement is always made that the pro-
prietor shall stock it with lizards, if not
already stocked. In some houses liz
ards Will remain, much to the annoy
ance of the tenants. .,,} = :
JOSIAH M. READ, of Everett, Mass. :
kFecently attended the golden welding
his eldest brother, at Swazey, N. H.;
md on the same day his wife attended
the golden wedding of her brother, in
Wakefield, in the same State. Two
golden weddings in the same family on
the same day is of very rare occurrence.
THE most astonishing suicide on rec
ord is that of little Henry Kippits, of
Cincinnati, years old, who walked
down to the river, undressed himself
and jumped in, because his mother
would put no butter on the bread she
gave him when he came home hungry
from school. '.a'
The North China Herald announces
the death at Pekin of Mr.. P. R. Hunt.
who had been a missionary of the Amer
lean Board for SO years, 20 of which
were spent at Madras and ten at Pekin.
At both places he was superintendent of
the mission press, and by his skill as a
workman he did much toward the i'm
provement of Oriental Typography.
A CITY ordinance of San Francisco
makes it a misdemeanor to sleep in
room containing less than 500 cubic feet
OF air to each person. 1t is enforced
against Chinese only. Last month
many were arrested for violating it. and
81 were squeezed into cells that gave
them % feet of air to each man. What