The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Two polite messengers attend to
the betting for women at the Saratoga
races.
A nine-year old Boston girl, of good
training and pleasant home surround
ings, voluntarily went off with blind
beggar, to lead him and hold his cup.
Every cat in the Government
buildings in London is regularly al
lowed in the estimates 13d per week, a
sum sufficient to keep "Tabby' in health
and comfort.
In the trial of Mrs. Fletcher. a
Boston spiritual medium, for swindlino
dupe, she asked the Courts permits.
sion to introduce the testimony of dis
embodied spirit. His Honor said no.
The Canadia an Parliament last year
voted subsidy of $50. ZOO year to any
company that would establish a steam
ship line to Brazil. The offer has not
been accepted, but ali effort is now be-
ing made to get French capital for the
enterprise.
a plague of rats has appeared near
Dagneux, in France. Innumerable
swarms, which come from the direction
of Lyons, have invaded many COM
munes, doing much damage to the
crops. Some farmers have Killed from
five to six thousand rats in their fields
in single day.
Mrs. Gaines. rendered historical by
her suits for the recovery of valuable
property in New Orleans, who now is
in feeble health since the death of her
son and only surviving child at the
hands of his brother-in-law, has the
care of six grandchildren, all under six
teen years of age.
People who have fattered them
selves that lightning never strikes
twice in the same place may see the
ruins of barn near Council Bluffs,
Iowa, which has been burned by light
ming six times in ten years. 1t was re-
built FIVE times. and the owner then
concluded that Providence wanted the
site for some special purpose.
"A twenty months old baby in YER
non, Texas, ran away and was lost one
night in the woods. The whole neioh-
borhood turned out, and the next morn
ing the little one was found mile from
home, but in the twelve hours that had
elapsed it had become apparently as
wild as hawk. 1t knew no one. and
bit and scratched with all its little
strength when any one approached.
"A curious freak of nature is re-
corded by the Round Brook IN. J.)
Chronicle: s' Mr.. John King, our whole
sale teamster. had a pair of black horses.
as all who have seen them can testify.
During one of those very hot days last
week one OF the horses was Frustrated
by sunstroke, and now the horse is a
light dun color and presents quite
striking contrast to his black mate, that
so well matched him before his misfor-
tune. We have no recollection of ever
hearing a parallel case"
"A correspondent of London paper
warns people against throwing broken
bottles among sun-dried grass or heath |
1t this time of the year, as the bottoms
of such bottles frequently act as burn |
ng glasses. The Australians know that
extensive and damaging bush fires have |
AIKEN place in Australia in consequence |
If broken bottles having been carelesslv |
hrown down among the dried scrub. |
80, too, camp fires at Aldershot and
,ush fires on English commons NAV
lave their origin ia parts of broken bot
les acting as burning glasses.
Mrs. Julia Ann Estep, residing in
forestville, Va, is now in her ninety
lrst year, and has enjoyed good health
Until recently. She is the mother of
Welve children-nine sons and three
daughters; the grandmother of eighty
TX children; the great-grandmothe of
40 children, the great-great-grand-
mother of ten children-254 souls in an.
me son has only one child and another
on only two children; so the other ten
hildren of Mrs. Estep have eighty
hree sons and daughters, an average of
yer eight to each. s.More the mer-
ier," it is said, and happiness greatly
bounds in this household.
"A young lady of Johnstown. NY.
1hile bathing at Chautauqua Lake. had
novel experience. A snapping-turtle
aught her by the ear. Her screams
rought friends to her assistance. or sba
7ould certainly have been drowned:
ut the turtles grip was like a BULL
og's, and after his head had been cut
u 1t took ten minutes to pry the laws
part. 1t will take a good deal Of the
oetry out of bathing in Chautauoua
AXE. Sharks at Long Branch and
eoney Island. and snapping-turtles Mt
hautauqua are not soothing to the
erves of tirnid bathers.
Two babies were born in the same
ouse at Oakland, Tenn. The mothers
ere sisters, closely resembling each
bher, and the infants were both girls
the excitement of the occasion the
tile ones got mixed, and this happened
efore they had been dressed, or in anv !.
her way marked for Identification,
here seems to be no way out of the I'M
,rtainty, for three months have passed !
ithout developing any resemblance
the father in either case; and if the
lildren grow up, as they seem likely j,
!, with the physical characteristics Of
elr mothers, nobody will ever know
cir exact parentage. The present
,reement is to decide the question bv :
t. n " +
The business of selling Autographed :
rmons for ministers was formerly con- :
led to England and Scotland. But Z
w house in Chicago engages in sup !,
wing this very peculiar class If l;torp