The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-10-02
noup AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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4 Bridge, n. !.
, FROG was found on top of a Cam
A. ~" nIass.), church steeple, $50 feet
liaEs fa,SS' the ground, the other day.
.coTcr paper says that two gen
Asob so had q narrow escape from being
sa,ll saa1 one ne night lately by the fall of the
..rr.hand m. OF the town clock OF Ayr.
r DAVIS of Philadelphia has just
biased n a half-dime of the coinage of
~ for s75. Only 10 OF these coins are
s.euu TO be in existence.
s,vsan exchange: I" 1t is bad enough
4, WOMAN to allow her children to
Il her .nummer, but mariner the
= ! "a yariation, is still more detestabie. >
r. February next year there will be
T. sundays. This fact occurs but
|sse fines in century. Thus, after
a We will have to wait until 1920 be-
H. tbe shortest month of the year can
nin boast of five Sundays.
ru,RLorTE CUsHMAN villa at New
,as full of curious antique furniture
|rbsb she collected in Europe and
|Irb was never unpacked i'll America
n long after her death. 1t is very
cIint, but has tendency to tumble to
ass.
Tug Mongols ascertained the number
|ite enemies slain by cutting off the
sbt ear of each of the dead. In 1899
II collected 10000 Of these from the
I'm Of Russia. and after the battle of
dntz, in 1241, filed with right ears
IN enormous sacks.
HERE is in Sandersyille, Ga, a blind
gro man who is Il professional we'll
gger. He not only digs and cleans out
|sls, but can rive boards and shingles,
| d nail them on Il house in rs straight
line as though he had perfect sight.
lBRITIsH COLUMBIA correspondent
|iaChicago paper, writing of the con-
aa Of the Indians in that region,
&es the prophecy that the Indian
aton is now assuming its last phase
d buffalo is fast disappearing, and the
akpendenee of the wild Sioux nation
sd come to an end.
IHE Commissioner of Indian Affairs
b received from the agent at Fort
|gnhld Agency sample of oats raised
The Indians on that reservation,
pghing 81 pounds to the bushel. The
lrnt states that these Indians have
|aRd 10 acres of these oats this season,
nth an average yield of 40 bushels to
sscre.
RAsAvAL0NA, Queen of Madagascar,
y issued proclamation to her sub
Pc commanding them to send their
|sihhen to school, saying that it makes
y clad to see her subjects wise. She
as: "And 50 be all of you diligcnt,
y although you do not now know the
|Satness of knowledge and wisdom,
|MWlll discover it when they become
sas y
lHE death sentence on Gerald Main
rnns, son of the Rev. G.. Mainwaring,
ST OF Whtmore, Staffordshire, for
1ins q policeman, has been changed
slenal seryitude for life, rs there was
\ malice prepcnse. When a wild youth
Il, Malnwaring was sent over here to
|alna a living, and had lately returned
aG three years absence.
DIpnrIIERIA is a frightful scourge of
y Mhg generation. The children of
ny and lords are carried away by it,
sssil as those of the poorest people.
aSsefal countries of Europe prizes are
" aaed I, Tor the discovery of the best rem
nr the disease. Among the prizes
ssle offered by the Emperor of Ger
~! ,[ lor the best treatise on the subject
polished within year.
ahALF-DozEN drugs seem to be suffi-
ras 10 combat all kinds of disease
ssl. slhS The last Turko-Russian war the
~, s.l,sl 4 staff of the Russian army or
s"s ,@ 9o,ooo pounds of quinine, 5000
r. ssa'S OF chloroform, 10000 pounds OF
~s.ol' aa and several thousand pounds
.,pE Irlm' gum-arabic, camphor, and
ss'l Sl,e q aeld. 4 With these they felt pre-
Nea Tor all emergencies.
a,.. LADY in White Hill, Burlington
y 5sA.s' Indiana, is the owner of a doc
mi dove Whenever she goes out
isa ',s tie dove perches itself on the
mead, and the latter trots off, hap
1. ~ ,.i; lark. The bird holds its posi-
I.a until the party return home, unles.
H. ~ - is attacked by some of the bat
H. u !. lhe borough. Then it flies to ;
s.s, :, "a SAFETY, returning to its favorit,
boras 1neh the tussle between the dog,
Nth \ The Cincinnati Geological Garden
i asiofe = Is played on a real ship float
srsa MA = ! real lake. The characters ar,
ssao. N.Y. 70 The vessel in small boats, at TIL,
s,lta,, r. moment, and the effect is re
iser ti, ~ realistic. e Pretty Estelle Nor
grt,ia o., .ne buttercup, was trifle tard,
\ unS ba aboard the other evening. Il
ID tSa is she tripped on rope, and fel
4saep ~ ! water, a distance of Is feet. 81
n bnt iotters crew gallantly rescue,
Inn 'u' u;.s she dripped too much to per
i u ners S''llout a change of clothes, an,
Roa Raolrl'nce was delayed.
asia. ot !, L. B. ARNOLD is reported a
iaa s s mat he had taken the milk q
ssr fa'lohs .,, of Il cheese factory, in Oc
aas as VINO We're feeding nothing bu
N as,ai una the milk of three others VIII
hi kins ~ but corn sown broadcast. II
N 'a equal quantity of the milk {
saono.a alla eurdling it with the. sam
M =, g. u rennet, at the same tempera
ae min ;llpuila' s after drying the curd, tha
aeeaat o. =, the h eorn-fed cows gave 6 /
aas IN favor of corn fodder ove