The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

Alcohol is being made from acorns.
-"One country, one starry banner
and one wife, is the platform of an
editor whose field adjoins Mormondom.
"A society journal says it is only one
man in a dozen who can leave Il house
in a graceful manner. Do the other
eleven slide down the steps9-Detrou
Free Press. =. a =,
A Brooklyn blacksmith held out a
hammer on his hand for seven minutes
to win a bet of twenty-five cents, and
the doctors say he won suse that arm
again for year. 81 4 ~
The butierof Queen Victoria house
hold receives asalary of $500 per an
mum. The gold and silver service il
valued at $l5, 00o.e 600 and is cared for
by three special servants. There are
ninety-four Servants in all, in the Queens
household. g. ss.g.g vhAs'5 ssvs Jas@sS
Graft, the. Franklin Pa,) Bank
Cashier, who was charged with a defal-
cation of 800, 600, has been acquitted
by jury, towhom Judge Taylor said,
when they rendered their verdict: al
discharge you; [ have no further use for
You here; / suppose had Mr.sCraft been
on trial for stealing a hams YOU would
have found him guilty. Detroil Post.
An iowa paper says: J" A young
and voluptuous couple in the gallery of
the opera-house last night were so over
come by the beautiful forms on the stage
that they sank into each sother's~ arms
with 4 kiss and hug. Tie young man
wore an immense. wide brimmed hat,
which the young lady worked vigorously
as a fan to keep him cool. A rural roos-
ter, who saw the performance, yelped
with envy St5 - a-S A#9 ,ss
"A few days ago eight Chinese high
binders broke into All Gins cabin at
Dutch Flat, Cal, and seized and carried
OFT his wife. All Gin, gave. the alarm
and large party of white men started
in pursuit. The kidnappers were traced
to Colfax, thence to indian Springs.
About nine miles from. Grass Valley the
search partyvisited the cabin of q China
man and found the stolen wife there.
Two of the thieves Were. captured, and
arrested, and the little Chinese woman
returned to her lord.
IA CORES pondelH at n eyport writes:
Many young bellies are glad the Season
is nearly over, i fors they could not have
stood the pressure of so many social en-
gagements much longer. One young
lady, Miss Swan, daug Aters of Mr. Fs sll;.
Swan, of New York, has Been show
great deal ofatteHtipa this season, and
for five or six weeks. has been attending
two and three and sometimes four en-
tertainments per night. The result is
is that she has Beer com PEELED to keep
her ped, owing to q continual .neryosas
excitement, Which has brought on d light
intermittent fever
"A group of French gourments the
other day, apostles Of the cookery Of the
future. came to the conclusion. that the
earthworm, sadly unappreciated until
MrsDarwinfgaye IL its Iproper1ank in
The scheme of creation, had always been
Gnderrated as sasyiand. Why wait until
he hass been assinlilated into fish or
fowl? Why not eat him at once, first
handed? They tried it, fifty of them.
First they put; the worms in vinegar;
then rolled them in butter and fried
them, and finally ate them. After the
first plateful, says the veracious chron-
cler,s thesfifty guests rose likeone man
and asked for more. Could anything
be more convincing.