The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-11-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Bronzed boots, with silver lace
bows and silver buttons, are coming
into fashion for dancing purposes.
1t is reported that Paris surgeon
received five thousand dollars for re-
movinga wart from the nose of wom-
an who wasn't very good looking at
best.
The Yankees have outdone the
Egyptians. In Rhode Island granite
quarry single stone has been cut out
that is about the shape of the obelisk
and much larger.
Alexander Hamilton in his lifetime
planted thirteen trees ON his grounds
in the city of New York in honor of the
thirteen States of the Union, and they
are still standing.
"A daughter of Lieutenant w. M.
Foster, of Lowell, Mass, was born on
the day President Garfield was elected,
was taken i'll the day he was shot and
died the day he was buried.
I'm the old Rogers burying- ground
near Chatham, N. c., an oak tree has
grown on grave in which person was
buried seventy-five years ago. and the
tree is now five feet in diameter.
"A ship canal in Spain. from the
Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean,
through the valley of the Garonne and
the Aude, has been ciphered down to a
cost of $40, 900, 900, and there is fair
prospect of its accomplishment.
"A farmer in San Bernardino Coun-
ty. California, set fire to q pile of brush.
A heavy gust of wind spread it with in
credible rapidity, until it spread over a
tract of country about four miles wide
by ten or twelve long, and was at last
accounts still raging.
-Cephas Thayer, of Midway, Mass,
now in his ninety-third year, attended
the funeral ceremonies OF President
Garfield. He also attended the funeral
OF President Washington in 1899, being
then eleven years old, and is still Wig
orous, both mentally and physically.
One of the new London bubbles is
the PURE Beverage Company, formed
for the purpose of manufacturing and
promoting the use of pure health-giv-
ing, Notwithstanding beverages. pos
sessing such stimulating and invigor-
ating properties as shall be an induce
ment to their popular adoption as sub
stitutes for alcoholic drinks
The British Board. of Customs is
endeavoring to prevent the introduction
of the Colorado beetle into England. A
fright has been caused by the rumor
that Irishmen in the West were gath
ing potato beetles and securing them in
small boxes for transportation to En-
gland, where they were to be turned
loose to prey upon English crops.
"A quantity OF bees, destined for
Ontario, have been received in London
from Cyprus. They were let out near
London for a fly. and afterward re-
packed for the remainder of the jour-
ney. They are conveyed in small boxes,
partly covered with perforated metal,
and are provided with honey and water.
A similar consignment of this unusual
freight was successfully forwarded to
Canada last year.
Paper currency is regarded with
especial favor by the people of Japan.
1t no doubt possesses many advantages,
but immunity from fraud is not one Of
them. Counterfeit notes are very
pientifully in Osaka, where as many as
fifty and sixty day have lately been
detected. Many have also been circu-
lated in Toxic, but, in spite Of extra
precaution and vigilance, the source or
sources whence they emanate have not
yet been discovered.
"A rival to the Standard Oil Com
If nc,,lvy Sc - ~
growing up in California, where vast
quantities of undeveloped petroleum
exist. The waters of Santa Barbara
channel are covered for miles with
crude oil that is.seeping away, and the
hollows in the mountain sides are fill
ing with asphaltum, produced by this
seepage. A few capitalists are reported
to be buying up all this oil territory. so
as to obtain q monopoly of the produc-
ton on the Pacific coast, and to their
efforts must be ascribed the lack of full
information on the subject.
The cedars of Lebanon have suf-
fered from vandal visitors. The Gov
ernor General has therefore built wall
around the cedar grove of Becherre,
and, although the cedars will be access
sible to travellers wishing to visit them,
the erection of tents and establishment
of encampments will not be permitted
within this enclosure, except in such
places as may be pointed out by the
guard. No fires may be lighted in the
vicinity of the trees, and all cooking
operations must be carried on outside
of the enclosure. Three of the largest
cedars were recently burned through
the carelessness of servants attached to
the suites of travellers. It is prohibited
to cut branches or sprigs.
As the down train ON the Hudson
River Railroad was leaving Tarrytown
the other night, 3 woman who had just
alighted and walked over to the plat
form suddenly commenced to wiring her
hands and weep as she pointed frantic
ally to the disappearing train. A crowd
of sympathizing passengers collected
about her, and when she became some-
what composed she said her name was
Carrie Purdy, and that in her hurry to
get of the train she had left her baby
on the seat of one of the cars. Station
Agent De Rivere came to her relief
and telegraphed to Yonkers. When
the train arrived at that station the babe
was found and sent back by the first
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