The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-04-01
GENERAL BREVITIES.

THE st. Gothard Tunnel was COM
pleted in less than seven years-that is
half the time consumed in piercing the
Mont Gents, which it exceeds in length
by 2,700 metres.
THE medical journals have of late
been citing cases of unusually slow
pulse. An old gentleman of ninety-six
had a pulse OF only thirty-six per minute
"a woman aged sixty-three a pulse of
twenty-fv A gentleman of thirty
eight years has pulse of about forty
per minute. Rowell, the pedestrian,
has normal pulse of forty-eight, which
occasionally rose to fifty during his pro-
longed walks.
AN English scientific journal relates
that while the sailors of Fl. M. S. Fara-
day, aided by the new system of electric
illumination, were one night lowering a
cable, they noticed an immense number
Of fishes of all sizes and shapes gather
ing around the spot. By promptly
throwing out nets they were enabled to
make an extraordinary haul. The cleo
trio light may doubtless be employed to
advantage by fishing boats.
BRANDRETH, the compounder, lately
died at Sing Sing. His life, which has
been mixture of sunshine and bitter
pills, has passed beyond this vale of
tears. His physical strength lasted him
seventy-one years. His pilgrimage
ended at ripe old age and found him
boxed for the undertaken. Accumulat-
ing an immense fortune, he was pillar
in patent medicine society.
The two strongest men at mining
camp near Leadville agreed to have a
wrestling match on top of derrick
twenty feet high. There was to be but
one fall, for it was considered that the
one who got thrown from the small
platform would be disabled, if not
killed. The struggle lasted ten min
utes, each of the contestants doing his
utmost to hurl the other off. Finally,
the man who was being vanquished
drew knife and dangerously stabbed
his antagonist.
THERE was an exciting man hunt in
North Carolina, the fugitive being a
negro thief, and the hunters mounted
party provided with bloodhounds. The
negro had long start, but the dogs fol-
lowed the trail readily, and he was
sighted after he had run ten miles. 1t
was then thought that his capture was
certain; but he plunged into a swamp,
waded In stream for a mile, and BY
such like devices threw the hounds off
the scent, finally escaping, after race
of thirty-five miles
CHARLES DYE, employed in Cincin-
matt stove foundry, while on an elevator
in the warerooms at the fourth floor.
saw the belt break and felt the elevator.
on which were six stoves, start down
ward like flash. But Charts was also
quick and cool. As the elevator shot bv
the door on the third floor, he made a
dart and landed on the third floor safely
at just about the same time that the ele-
vator and stoves reached the cellar with
a crash that shattered both stoves and
elevator.
The committee appointed to ascer-
tain why the INTERROGATION gun burst
on the British Thunderer, have come to
the conclusion that the explosion was
caused by a double charge. The gun
having missed fire, was again loaded
with a full charge "a 7OO-pound
projectile and ITO pounds of powder),
and fired with both charges. The de-
clsion OF the committee being ques-
toned, the English Government ordered
that the sister gun be loaded twice and
fired, and the result fully justified the
committee, for the second gun burst as
did the first.
The bitterness of feeling against the
Jews in Roumania is curiously shown in
the story told of murder at a place
called Folticzay. A Greek murdered a
Jew there under the most disgraceful
circumstances, with no excuse whatever
to be pleaded for him. Nevertheless a
jury acquitted the Greek, and the ruffian
was, after the verdict, paraded through
the Jewish quarter amid general popu-
lar rejoicing. There is no doubt that
there is growing hatred of the Jews,
not only IN Roumania, but even in Ger
many and Austria. S
THERE is now in Paris Russian girl
who, at the time the Car was shot at.
was living in the Palace Alexandria. At
the first discharge of the revolver she
rushed from her bed to the window, and
thus witnessed the scene. Struck with
terror, she crept into bed and curled
herself in the bedclothes. She had
scarcely done so when the door opened.
4 well dressed man entered, advanced
to her bed, said to her, Remember
that If you say a word to help the po-
lice you are a dead woman" and dis
appeared, closing the door behind him.
The next day the girl left Russia, and
has never ventured to return.
A MAYNE REID story comes from the
New Hampshire woods. Three farmers
were a considerable distance from
home, gathering spruce gum. They
encountered bear, and, though armed |
0niy with axes, were rash enough to
assume the offensive. Bruin took to a
rec and they went home for their guns.
The next day they We're on the trail
again, their dog having scented bruins
odging place. The bear when over
AIKEN climbed another tree, but after
being wounded hastily descended and
urned on his now frightened assailants.
Who ran for their lives. The one bruin
lngled out for his revenge ran until
lis escape was impossible, then turned
Ind fired, the bear falling dead almost
n hic foot Q