The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-01-15

SUI uIpriseu at the flghting and
noisy qualities of this new kind of fish.
but ne would probably have been the
victor had he not been discovered and
dubbed. The alligator still lives and is
apparently not much the worse for1he
loss OF blood and a few pieces of his
tough hide. '.stE = '-'
The Chinese Encyclopadia. to which
the famed Britannica is a nr;mer hos
just been completed under the imperial
sanction, and may be had at any Of the
bookstores complete for matter of
~, 900. 1t consists of 5000 volumes and
IS dirt cheap. Works of this character
are by no means new in the Chinese EN-
pre-, and people who form their esti-
mate OF the intelligence and culture of
its people by the specimens found in
America misjudge race that. though
not as progressive as the western peo-
pies, are yet ingenious and curious. In
the geography and topography of the
immense empire its scholars are
marvelously well informed, even to
the minutest particulars. and no incon-
siderable portion of the cyclopedia is
devoted to information of this kind. with
winch Chinese are expected to be rea-
sonably familiar. The Chinese have al
ways been book-makers, and claim to
have invented the art of printing long
before it was known in Europe.
NEW ZEALAND has for some time suf-
tered from an over supply of rabbits
which have eaten up the growing crops
with comparative Immunity. But a
short way with the depredators has at
last been happily discovered. By aid of
an ingenious machine carbonic oxide gas
is introduced into the burrows, after all
the holes have been carefully stopped.
The rabbits are soon in the condition of
the Arabs whom the French smoked in
their caves. In a few seconds great
hubbub is heard inside, but this quickly
subsidies. The burrow is dug open after
a short time, when the dead bodies of
the rabbits are found huddled together
in corner.
The Drorers' Journal truthfully saws
that we need more sheep. In all parts
OF this great country to secure health
and comfort its people must have food
and clothing. The sheep furnishes the
best and most wholesome animal food,
and most comfortable clothing vet test
ed by the masses of our people. In
malarial districts, especially those where
extremes of heat and cold are frequent,
woolen clothing and freer and more
common diet of young mutton would in
sure better health and better vigor than
generally characterizes pork-eaters and
the wearers of cotton and linens Let NO
one indulge Q single fear. of, over pro-
duction of either mutton or wool. Could
our focks be taipled or quadrupled, they
would add not only to the comfort and
Fhealthfulness of the people, but to their
intelligence and sobriety, as well as to
the productiveness of every field used as
a sheep pasture. s AStfifsa
ONE of the greatest boons to the rural
population of England of late years has
been the establishment of cottage hos
pitals. The first institution of the kind
was at Sayernake, in Willis. In 1867 "a
poor farm laborer was badly injured by
machinery, and had to be carried miles
to a doctor, and then forwarded ten
miles further to a hospital. The case so
impressed the Vicar of Sayernake that
the idea occurred to him to try and es-
tablish a cottage hospital. He found
warm and generous coadjutors iii Lord
and Lady Ailesbury, the chief land
owners of the parish. Lord Ailesbury
gave large sum, and several acres, in
a lovely situation, and in due time the
thing was done. During the past year
211 cases have been treated with every
comfort, convenience, and attention, at
a cost per bed of 1915 week, and the
mortality among them was only deci-
NAL fraction more than three per cent,
against nine per cent. at Guys, ten per
cent. at st. Bartholomew and sixteen
per cent. at St. Thomas's, the great Lon
don hospitals. In case of amputations
the advantage is enormously in favor of
the cottage hospitals, in consequence Of
the purity of their air. :