The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-10-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

Greek mothers are very careful in
training their children to good man
ners.
"A little daughter of Mrs. E. c. Vim
cent, at Union, S. c., was killed by a
fall from her mothers lap.
Sir Edwin Landseer could draw two
different objects at about the same time
one with his right hand, the other
with his left.
The deadly quicksand in the San
Pedro River, Arizona, lately swallowed
up carriage containing a gentleman
and three ladies.
Mile. Sara Bernhard is, by the Off
cial utterance of the Paris Conserva-
toire, declared to be thirty-six years of
age. having been born in 1874.
For forty-eight days a Lowhill, Pa,
hen was in grain stack, where she had
been accidentally covered up. When
released she toppled over in a fit, but
soon recovered
w. II. Vanderbilt is to have in his
new house splendid square block of
stone containing 1876 solid feet, which
has just been shipped from an Indiana
quarry.
The wife of wealthy Boston sugar
refner was caught stealing lace shawl
in a store, though her wallet was
crammed full of money, and her hus-
band permitted her to spend all she
wanted to. ..
Make your winter bonnet look really
sweet. Ornament it with the paw of a
bears cub with French steel claws. The
thing can be bought in New York and
it will be the most charming thing of
the season.
Charles Greenburgh loved the widow
Cleveland, in whose boarding house he
lived, at Norwalk, Conn, but could not
make her realize the fact. After assur-
ing her of his devotion again in vain,
he seized a rope and ran to the woods.
The widow gathered the neighbors and
went in pursuit. They found him hang
ing to tree. He recovered, however,
and she, convinced at last of his sim
cerity, has promised to marry him.
For some reason only to be appre-
ciated by Frenchmen, NEUROLOGICAL
names cannot be given to children de-
clared at the offices of the French
Mayors, names taken from sacred his
tory only being allowable Among the
personages considered sacred are
Anadine, Faustine, Azemia, Chloris.
Dejanire, Leda, Medore, Maya, Norber-
tine, Podalire, Zirphe and Zulmar.
"A farm servant blowing near Rosen-
berg, in West Prussia, few DAYS ago.
a6 nm han
ing about six thousand gold coins.
They were so-called /" hollow pennies''
of the old Teutonic knights, and be-
longed to the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries. The ''hollow penny is a
silver coin with raised rim around it;
the center displays the arms of the
Grand Master of the Order for the time
being. There were twenty-one differ
ent sorts among the coins found.
While a party were watching a
storm at night from the front room Of a
brewery in Tombstone, Arizona, sud-
denly the apartment filled with a daz-
cling light and an explosion like that of
a ton of giant-powder followed. The
whole party were lifted several feet
from the floor, and thrown in a con-
fused mass. When one of the party re-
gained consciousness he found the cell
ing in flames, the contents of the bar in
woeful confusion, the doors wrenched
from their hinges and the weather
boarding of the house torn into ribbons.
Nobody seriously hurt.
The Faith Doctor, as a Virginia
clergyman named Miller is called, is
credited throughout that State with mi
raculous power to cure diseases. A
physician who has made an investiea-
ton reports that he is wonderfully full
OF electricity, which strongly affects
nervously disordered persons with whom
he comes in contact. But Miller firmly
believes that his gift is directly from
God, in answer to fourteen years of
prayer, and he proves his sincerity by
refusing money for his services. He
will accept nothing but food and lodg-
ing.
The Philadelphia enterprise of
thousand one-horse coaches, of light and
novel construction to carry eight per-
sons each and run to all parts of the
city, is to be speedily put in operation.
The fare is to be five cents, or six tick
cts for quarter of dollar. The routes
are so arranged that, for ten to fifteen
cents, a trip can by transfer be made to
almost any desired point; while single
fare will secure a ride on any one of the
main lines, lengthwise or crosswise of
the city. The movements of the We
hicles will be arranged to suit the traf-
tic. The street car companies antici-
pate serious decrease in their bust
ness.
Mr.. Fawcett, the Postmaster-G Cen
eral of Great Britain, has hit upon
very clever device for the purpose of
encouraging the saving of money among
the lower classes. The Government has
issued at its various postoffices an off,
cial strip of paper, having upon it
places for twelve postage stamps to be
stuck. The possessor, man, woman or
child can, whenever he has a spare |
penny, buy stamp and put it upon the
slip. When the slip is full, that is, when
,welve stamps have been glued on, the
holder can, by taking the slip to the
OOStOffice. get a SAVINGS hank receint |