The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

Wheat of excellent quality is raised
on the shores of Puget Sound.
Good, unimproved, cotton lands
can be had in Louisiana for 81 an acre.
There were 6,714 births in Rhode
Island in 1873 and 4,441 deaths. The
little State is getting crowded.
"A sawfsh fourteen feet long, includ-
ing its saw, which is three feet long,
and with forty eight teeth, was caught
in net at Mayport, Fla, few days
ago. Its teeth, it is said, indicate that
it is twenty-six years old.
John w. Bacon, of Lexington, Ga,
owns q mule twenty-one years old who
always goes alone to the blacksmith
shop when she loses shoe Or when
anything else is the matter with her
| feet.
"A young fox taken from litter was
placed with litter of kittens at Wat
kinsvilie, Ga, few days ago. The
mother cat at once adopted it, and now
evinces much greater interest in it
than in any of the rest of her family.
"A wood-chopper near Binghamton,
N. Y. who recently had his leg pinned
the intelligence of his dog that started
off, and through its piteous barking and
persuasions induced the mans son to
follow it to the woods.
"A woman rushed into the Paw
tucket (R. ~ Free Library few days
ago and earnestly requested the libra
rian to select for her an interesting
novel, as her husband was not expected
to live until morning, and she wanted
something entertaining to occupy her
mind.
The Queen of England, says Lon
don journal, never moves, either at
home or abroad, without being accom-
panied by untidy-looking bags, bundles
and baskets, and innumerable small
boxes, all containing things which would
be much better placed in one large
trunk.
The Denver Tribune Office is sur
rounded by a moral crowd. There are
three saloons and four gambling houses,
an "opium joint and ten-pin alley
about it, a lottery in the building and
one side fronts on Holiday Street.
Under such conditions, says the journal
named, it is quite a task to get up a
strictly Christian paper.
Sir Hugh Allan, the millionaire ship
owner of Montreal, began life as dry
goods clerk with capital of 800. He
is now worth $4,000, 900, is seventy
years old, and may be seen at his office,
busy with the details of his business,
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
late in the afternoon of every working
day. .-.-..
Personal investigations in various
sections of Ireland by those who deep
ly sympathize with the unfortunate peo-
pie of famine-stricken districts have re-
vealed, not perhaps actual starvation,
but conditions of distress ard wretched-
ness to which death would indeed be
preferable. Gifts from America are re-
ieving multitudes.
-Brigandage is assuming thre aten-
ing proportions in Spain, where there
are now at least thirteen bands of bri-
gands actively and prefitably at work.
The most celebrated leaders of these
bands are: "Juanillones," whose head
quarters are in the Sierras; Ell Terri
bile" in the province of Alcazar; Gel
Zurdo," in the neighborhood of Mala-
ga; Agul," in the Asturias; "Migue-
lilo" and 'Rubio,'' in Grenada.
"A more than extraordinary case of
longevity is reported from Tachiuribori,
Osaka. A man called Iseki Gihei is
living there who was born on the 10th
of July of the 9Th year of Kuanzei, and
who who reached in March of this year
the age of 24S years. AS he expressed
himself, he can be considered as a liv-
ing chronicle of the Tokugawa Govern
ment, which was established about 2SO
years ago.
1t is bad enough to have athletes
compete in lon distance walking
matches. 1t is too bad to induce Grip
pies to do so. Yet there is to be held
soon in Paterson, N. j., thirty-six-
hour walking match, in which all the
competitors must be one-legged, and
walk on peg or artificial reg. The
first prize will be an artificial leg worth
500 and thirty per cent of the gate
money. There should be a society
formed over there for the prevention of
cruelty to one-legged men.
The Rev. Mr.. Brooks, of Newport,
4. L., is the happy possessor of an UNI
brella that is fifty years old. 1t is made
OF green silk, with a white border, is in
an excellent state of preservation, and
will yet outlive many umbrellas of more
recent manufacture. 1t has not yet ex-
perienced the uses of adversely. Per-
haps it has found tongues in trees,
books in the Rev. Mr.. Brooks, sermons
in old umbrellas, and good in pretty
much everything.
"A distinguished Connecticut cler-
gyman performed the marriage ceremo-
ny for wealthy couple. Immediately
on its conclusion the groom fumbled in
his waistcoat pocket, and. extracting
with his thumb and finger small pack
age, handed it to the clergyman. 1t is
not considered etiquette to examine
such a package until after its donor has
departed. The emotions which agi-
tated the soul of that clergyman on find
ing that the package was nothing but a
paper of tobacco would be difficult to
describe in type.
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