The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Jealous husband Of a pretty
woman at Fayette, Texas, branded hel
with all iron used for marking cattle
making star and cross. which she mus
bear on each cheek for life.
"A famous Leipsic physician now af
firms that newly baked bread is as goot
as stale, il one will only take pains to
masticete it properly. He says that the
value which is credited to stale bread ha:
not been because of its age, but has beer
due to the care and thoroughness will
which it has been chewed.
The ST. Louis Republican saws thai
the plantations on the Lower Mississippi
that are subject to overflow are held at {
higher price than those in the hill coun
try that are exempt from these vista
tons. A planter would rather have hi:
plantation overlooked occasionally thar
not. An overflow adds five dollars ar
acre to the value of farm.
On the farm of Judge Bronson, O.
Seymour, AHegany County, New York
is natural curiosity. Amaple tree one
foot IN diameter grows out of solid
rock, three feet from the ground, ant
out of this tree about foot from the
base of the tree is cedar limb about
two inches in diameter, which is al
tloprishing as any of the branches of tn {
parent tree.
Two Philadelphia detectives accused
an innocent young man of stealing 800,
and showed him how strong was the
circumstantial evidence against him
Greatly frightened, he paid them S10C
out of his small savings, and they KEEP
half, giving the rest to the loser to settle
the case. Now the original money has
been found where it was mislaid. Y
Sam.
New Orleans claims to lead in ros.
growing. There may be seen in thai
city Lamargue rose vine, with q stem
eight inches thick. In some private
gardens are 100 varieties. The favorite
rose is the Gold of Ophir. 1t is small,
of very pale pink, shading toward the
heart into deep rich gold color while
faint streaks of crimson touch the outer
petals.
1t is q good sign that people all ovel
the country are demanding cleaner
streets and better drainage. New Or.
leans is delighted with the results of its
cleansing experiment, the Philadelphia
papers keep prodding the street-sweep.
ing contractor, the San Francisco Jour.
mails are on the -war-path against the dis.
graceful condition of their city; and SO
it goes everywhere.
&C. M. Spencer, the inventor of the
Spencer rifle, is perfectine a new rifle
and fowling piece that will surpass all
his former efforts. The want of a new
fowling- piece is sadly felt--one that
will not go off when it is " not loaded,n
and that will also shoot a charge that
will turn a corner, or follow up the game
in azigzag direction until it brings ii
down.-N0lristoWn Herald.
The farmers of the Deerfeld Valley
region, Massachusetts,, to the number OF
about 1920, climbed to the summit of
Mt. Pocumtuck recently. to shake hands
with Governor Long, who then for the
first time visited that part of the State.
That mountain was named twenty seven
years ago by q party of students from
Amherst and Williams Colleges, among
whom was James A. Garfield. -Boston
Post. ...-.-.-
"A canary belonging to a lady IL
Iowa, on being given its liberty in a
room one day, flew to the mantel,
Whereon was mirror Thinking he
had found mate, he went back to the
cage and brought seed to offer to the
stranger. Getting no satisfactory reply
he poured forth his sweetest notes, paus-
ing now and then to watch the effect.
Finally he went back to his perch, and,
with his head hanging, remained silent
the rest of the day.-Chtcago Journal.
The Washington police recently ar
rested one William F. Ellis as warrant.
He claimed to have walked from Illinois
to Washington TO see the Secretary of
the Treasury concerning many valuable
inventions of his. He claims to have
invented landscape painting, also
machine worth $4,000. a life
saving car-coupling worth $1,000
and war machine which would blow
up every ship in the English navy. Fer
the last invention he wants $1,000, 900.
He was put down with large army OF
harmless cranks.-Gbicago Herald.
Much excitement was created at a
Long Island watering place the other day
by bottle drifting ashore there. Much
to the disappointment of the man who
Waded into the water after it, it con-
tanned only manuscript, which, on be-
ing opened, read as follows: Latitude
I, Fahrenheit SO. N. N. E. from CITY
Hall about one mile. Cast away on the
oyster beds of impecuniosity. No chart.
Nothing on board to feed the finest
We are starving. Win pay one dollar
apiece for 'em- Don't know where to
get 'em. Sent some OF the detectives
after EN-, but they came back smiling
and said they couldn't find any. God
help us. Forward by mail to Simmonds
Ihom.'" -DetroI Free Press.
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