The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonel Mosby writes from HONG
Kong that American dentists are badly
needed in China.
The Chief Justice of Alabama is 1
printer by trade, and formerly wo;ked
at the case in Athens. To-
-Arkwright's original spinning-ien
ny, about a foot long, with four spindles
rude. and SO worn as to be ready to fall
apart. is in South Kensington (London)
Museum of Patents - f.,se e..s;s =
On a house in Ansonia, Conn, two
men, strangers to each other, were al
work, one from New York and the othe,
from New Haven. They discovered that
they were brothers who had been separ-
ated for sixteen years. 'i5si lsaa l1aa.
The town of Groningen, Holland,
has an official Dancing Master, who re-
Gently celebrated his fortieth jubilee in
office. He is seventy years of age, and
presiding officer of the. Netherlahdish
Dancing Master Association. s5zE
For thefirst time in their history all
seven sons Of Abial I. Jones, of Lewis
ton, Me-, were recently together. Their
ages range from forty-seven, to seventy.
two; the oldest brother had left home be-
fore the youngest was born. s3ta AZ
"A fisherman in Upper White River,
Arkansas, broke open a muscle to use it
for fish bait, and found a pearl inside
perfectly round in form, and weighing
twenty-four grains. He forwarded it to
New York, and got 800 for it.
Col. Riley, of Virginia, has been left
q legacy of $4,000 by, Col. Preston, of
England, whose little son had fallen
overheard and was rescued by Col Riley.
who was at the time crossing the Attain
tic to his post of United States Consul at
Zanzibar. si O.. Z
AT the recent annual hunt on the
vast domains of Prince Schwartzenberg,
in Bohemia, four hares were bagged.
The expenditure for maintenance, etc. ]
amounting to 8,417 forms per annum,
each hare cost the owner 2, f04 forms
hfteen kreuzers. Hsaas3EsggfF waf z
A bog near Garry Castle, County
Westmeath, in Ireland, has, in conse-
quence OF recent floods, been moved a
considerable distance seward, and a
railway gatekeeper's house standing
upon it, which formerly fronted the line,
has been turned half round.
Francis Blaw, of Manchester, Conn,
has been granted divorce from his
wife on the ground of intolerable cruel
ty. 1t appeared in evidence that his
wife, who is a stalwart woman, had for
years ill-treated and abused her husband,
who, physically at least, is much her in
ferior. 1907 Sc .G q
"A Boston lady at one of the swell
hotels, being too sick to. go. down to
dinner, ordered this light lunch sent to
her room, just to stay her appetite:
'.Mock turtle soup, roast chicken, beef,
partridge, oyster patties, chick
en- pie, boiled sweet potatoes, squash,
mince pie, Charlotte Russo, fruit, sher-
bet, currant jelly, pickles and tea s.
"A New York miser who kept himself
50 starved and badly ,nourished that he
lost his mind, left by, will several thou
sand dollars to various public charities.
On examining his estate it proved tocon-
sist largely Of worthless bonds, his sole
test of bond during the latter part Of
his life being the prettiness of the de-
sign and excellence of the engraving.
The saying las rich as aJew' is
of by the Jewish MESSENGER
is misleading at present, even if it ever
lad any justification. The wealth of the 1
Jews OF New York is greatly overesti-
mated, according to this authority, for
9 the vast majority are in moderate cir
few only are millionaires,
ind many thousand are actually depend
mt on the charity of their more FORUM
ate BRETHREN 4BsF eIt-NW -
Two young ladies have brought &C
ion for damages against the Upper
italian Railway Company. One claims
e., 0O0-she had two teeth Knocked out; |
he other FL ,800-she was wounded in |
he cheek, she will be disfgured for life |
" the scar. They both declare that, now /
heir beauty has been spoiled, they will |
never find husbands, and that substan-
ial damages alone will indemnify them
or the loss of matrimonial happiness,
A recent visitor to Natal describes
he life there as exceedingly rough and
ull of Inconvenience. The houses
,uilt by the Dutch settlers are destitute
like of comfort OR beauty. The roads
re execrable, and the ant-bear holes,
concealed by the long grass, make cross
country riding perilous. IFleas and
white, ants abound, and near water
mosquitoes, too. Snakes are apt to in
reduce themselves into the house, and
sharp glance around the bedroom is
xpedient. sf4
"A farmer living near Schooley's |
fountain, N. j., has for the last three |
ears carefully watched a remarkable
maple tree in the woods that is. entirely |
mike the others surrounding it. The |
caves never fall off, continuing green all |
winter, and in April were just as fresh |
$ in December. The tree was tapped
very week, and furnished a plentiful |
upply of sap. At the present time the
rec is full of foliage, though every other
ne on the mountain except the ever
reens are bare of leaves. -
Another Bonapartist legend has
cen exploded. 1t has been related that
then Prince Napoleon, afterward Ma
oleon Ill, descended on Bologne. he
arried with him tame eagle, the SYM
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