The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-04-20

advantage onshis side; he hciswide4awake
and clear-headed; he has a loaded re
| Volver in his hand, not under his head
nor in the bureau drawer, or locked
,satchel-ands he does not value human
life, though he does not wish to XII
Eeither women or children, fand noted
burglars have declared that they hated
ITO contend with screeching women
The noise unnerYes thems-0 Detroit sF0sl
and Tribune.
IAw ,.ass Mental Preseienee. .gsaas
. Many years ago there was lady who
had most intense dislike to eats, sd
Smuch'so that were there one in the room
whenshe entered. she would be Obliged
to leave immediately, such an effect had
| itupon her nervous system. On one occa-
sion, she wasEinvitedto to dine with the mar.
rator's family in the country, but she de,
clined, because she knew that there were
eats on the premises; button the pronaise
that the cats should be strictly incarcer.
ated she consented To come, and the three
cats belonging to the house were duly
shut up. During the dinner she was
seen to be very uncomfortable, and ID
look very pafe.,s afd "0n be1ng asked the
matter. sshe said that she was sure there
was 2 eat in1the room. that
this could not possibly be the case were
Eofsno avail, and on search being made 4
cat, was found actually sitting under. her
char. She rose Immediately and lett the
table, and passing dow d thediningsrDon1
toward the door she also passed across 4
small cupboard door opening id the wall,
Through winch the Sdinner WAS served
directly, from. the kitchen. As. she passed
this the second cat Of the establishment
jumped through itiinto the .diningsroom.
"A scream of horror burst from vthe poor
lady and she was led away faintfng IN
'the sdrawing room. 4 The timesof year
was such that. the windoW. Of the draw
ing-room was open, and It was so made
-thatsit reached nearly down to the fieor,
and not much above the lawn outside the
house. While the poor lady was being
attenledAto by aid sofF fFscantsbettlessa and
such like restoratiyes, the third OF the
cat establishments jumped III at the VIM
dow y This WIS too much to be borne
by such, a peculiarly constituted nervous
system, and she begged to leave the house
Essassi@l s&xaaaa aa sEd !
a IN 1S5ls asI was walking down the
centre of the Great Exhibition, careiessly
hooking Shout Ines aIwass stpcki witlaa
sudden theught:as to whether 7 Should
meet clergyman There with whom 4
had lived semestenyeaxs before. and had
not seen for many years, and so far as Z
remember. had hardlV thought Of since.
Pondering on so strange a turn to my
thoughts, Tsuddenly turned round and
retraced my stepss and beforeI had gone
thirty yards j met face to face the very
gentleman whom I had But Just acontem-
plated the possibility Of meeting.eAHa
Another and q different sort Of mental
prescience occurred ! fesTyears since. &
Was aafessing onA niorningy vhenI sad
denly thought. What became of my
brothers old signet-ring that I used to
wear? (This brother had died some
thirty years before. s-f began to think
over it; but found Ihad lost alirecollec-
ton of its fate, and it passed from my
mind. About five or six days aftcrward
my niece came 10 stay withsmc.s She
had come from my old home, some
twenty miles distant, where had been
born, and she said she had brougft over
q ring for me, as my sisters thought id
must belong to me, and that It had been
found by one of the gardenersin the
mold in the gsfden.~ And by inquiry I
found that it'hAd been pickell mp on the
very morning that Ihad thought Of, il
when / was dressing. Here, then, was
the long lost ring and these yariopsacir-
cumstances connecting themselves to-
gether; and I then remembered that i
had lost the ring IN that Eery spot in the
garden belonging tony old home where
it had bean found; mud being aeGgnet-
ring and useful for sealing. letters with,
I had bought another to supply its place.
On refef1ing fo my old accounts, Ifurtier
found that this newer, signet-ring. had
been purchased nearly twenty years be-
fore. SO that the lost ffng had been lying
II the garden mold some stwe15sy Years
before Il was recovered no the vicinity Of
the spot where I had lost tt Chambers
00f'fzsas 9sf4t s zEaa - -. ......s LIZ. asIT
Sheriff Randy, of Lebanon. Tenn.
showed some children how to work q
pair Of handcuhs, and fastened them on
his wrist. He took them off next day
when his deputy returned from the