The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-08-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
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member of the St. Louis police force.
John Bull has invested $50, 900, O0O
in American railroads since the 1st OF
last DECEMBER 70 TIT ywy
Ii is said that in New York many
teachers and school girls are employed
as "spotters % ON The street railway
cars " war COZ ssf z8se eri rex
~ According to Secretary Blaine there
are more than 100000 applications for
office on file in the various departments
at Washington.
-One species of cactus plant in Cali
fornia and Arizona contains tank
holding about pint of water. 1t is
palatable, and used by the Indians to
make soup of. .I
The New York City Directory for
15Sl-'02 contains 2o5. AT names, an in
crease over the previous year of IL, 761.
The population of the city is estimated
at |, 257, 544, or SO, 064 more than when
the census was taken. e :
If one wishes to pass for Young
girl at ball she must wear no iewelry
in future, unless occasionally a row of
pearls round the throat, but generally
simple satin ribbon-white, blue or
pink-which is tied at the back of the
neck. tk sses
M. Harold larry, a member of the
French Sahara Commission, has dis
covered south of Wargla the ruins of
the large city of Cedrada buried under
the shifting sands. A mosque and nine
houses have been exeavated, containing
columns, statuary and charred manu-
scripts.
Mrs. Logan, Milwaukee widow.
received a legacy of $175, 900, and at
once became an object of matrimonial
interest. She seems to have become a
little confused by her suitors, for she
promised to marry Mr.. Kelly and then
married Mr.. Spencer. The consequence
is breach of promise suit by Mr. Kelly
for $4,000. -
Tine Gridley (Gal) Herald is re-
sponsible for the story that a sand-hill
crane, which was. killed near that place
recently, was not less than ninety eight
years old. A wire was found around
the birds neck, suspended from which
was silver quarter-dollar, bearing this
inscription: g Captured at Fort Du
Quesne, May .25, 1882 " Released
at Fort Dearborne, November II, 1885,
The doctrine of cremation, while
it languishes in the New World, is max
ing rapid strides in the Old. To the
crematories in Milan and Gotha will
be added one in Copenhagen, where the
movement has met with exceptional
favor At a meeting of the Danish Gre.
nation Society, held in Copenhagen, it
was shown that it counted 400 mems
hers, among whom were eighty-three
--Egypt has been surprised by the
disclosure of a vastfalse-eoinaee organ
ization, which for over ten years has
been making fortune by flooding the
country with debased coin, 1t appears
that the Egyptian piastre, a small sil.
yer coin worth two and a half pence is
very easy of imitation, and is SO thin
that the ordinary test by sounding the
money is not available. Literally mill
ions of these small silver pieces have
been made, containing thirty per cent.
less silver than the standard. "a
The old-time Texan believed that
no crops could be successfully grown
IN his State west of the Colorado. Rev.
w. IL. HI. Murray. who is farming in
that region, writes to the Boston Herald
that such is far from the fact. He in
stances the Capota farm, the largest in
The Southwest, which is@ owned by
Northern capitalists and worked accord
ing to Northern ideas This year s crop
IS as follows: Indian corn. $50 acres:
rye, 400; wheat 20; barley, $50; oats.
200; alfalfa, DO, miIlet, 30;- sorghum.
TO- artichokes,9 TO-; turnips, 200; hav.
200. But Mr.. Murray thinks that
greater profit could be made out of cot
'on and tobacco, under energetic man
agement.
-lrlshmen are more numerous AMONG
The actors of America than their as.
'umed names indicate. George Clark's
'eal name is O'Neil,s Frank Mayo's is
Mcguire, James A. Herne's is Ahearn, /
Sobert E. Graham's is Magee, John
Fhompson's is McGlory, HenryJ. Mon /
agnes was Mann. Dan Bryant's was
, Brien, Edward Leon's is Glassery.
Iorace Vinton's is Fargy, VIM. j.
florence is Conlin, Barney Williams
vas Flaherty, Frank Little's is KERR,
IAN. Tony Harris is Cannon, John Z.
noes is Mulcahy. James Peters is
sleming. John H. Days is Mccarthy, +
earnest Linden is Hannigan, and John
|. Raymond's was O'Brien until he had
legally changed; but Lawrence Bar
EFT once published denial that he was
'orn Brannigan.
The rofl-call of the veterans of 1912
vas answered by twelve falterinc voices
t Paris, KY The youngest member
t the band was eighty-four years and
ne oldest one ninety-seven years Of aoe.
he united ages of these twelve patti
rchs extend through l, los years Of life.
last year at their reunion twenty-four
nembers answered to the roll-eall. But
we've of these have since gone TO
lnster on the other side of the river of
ime. The united ages of the twelve |
eparted veterans extended through
,l37 years of life. The youngest man |
allied away was eighty-four wears and
ne Oldest, Henry Niese, was ,ll0xyears ]
I age. In the last four years the as
oeiation has lost eighty-six of its mem
ers by death. Twelve only remain
ow.
When Sargeant S. Prentiss wac