The Bossier banner., 1883-02-15
MISCELLANEOUS,

q sort of exhibition drill the other day,
and it is said that one engine company
actually ''hitched up in tride less than
three and one-half seconds while the
slowest only took eleven and one-half.
Two inmates of the Jail at Portland,
Oregon, built fire in the hands of Sleep
ing fellow-prisoner. They will think about
it occasionally while serving the addi-
tional sentence imposed for their amuse-
ment.
Alexander Greek fell from train
near Demopolis, Ala, the other day, but
arose, apparently unhurt and walked to
the depot five hundred yards away, when
he fell dead. Investigation showed that
he had walked the whole distance with a
broken neck.
| The London. Lancet says it is dam
gerous to wear red stockings. 1t finds
that tin salt is used as amordant to fix
| the dye. Becoming more easily soluble
at each washing, it forms, with acid ex-
cretions from the feet, an irritating fluid
which often produces dangerous trouble.
New Bedford, Mass, reports sin
gular accident. Several months ago,
while Mrs. William Moore was in store
woman swept by her, and thread of
green shawl which she wore was drawn
across Mrs. Moore's eve. The eye soon
began to pain her, and finally it became
necessary to remove it.
Upton, the Rochester (N. " bank
defaulter, says his whole disaster came
from the electric storm of November 10,
by which his telegram directing his brok-
ers to sell his oil stock was DELAYED nine
hours. In that time the bottom fell out
of the oil market and the banks money
which he had put in went through with
the rest.--Bufalo E1press.
Julius Goldsmith, of San Francisco,
attempted suicide because his girl refused
to marry him. He recovered, and the
woman became his wife. Then he was
more determined on self-destruction than
ever, and succeeded after the third trial.
Marriage, it appears, sometimes aggra-
Yates a suicidal mania instead of curing
it.-No' rGstoaogs Herald.
In answer to the curious question of
a correspondent, scientific journal
says: ''It is impossible for man to kill
himself by simply holding his breath,
for the automatic efforts to inspire proves
too strong for the will to resist; but the
head might be held under water until
Inconsistencies supervened, and the au-
tomato effort to inspire would then be
Intellectual, and death would result
General Gordon, just home from a
jaunt to Europe. says it makes an Amer
lean proud in riding through the streets
of London with its civilization OF 1900
years, to see American implements,
American sewing machines, American
tools and American goods displayed on
every hand and know that American
watches are being sold in the stores, and
American fields are feeding the English
/ people, and American factories begin
ming to clothe them. Post.
The route of Philadelphia letter.
carrier on Christmas morning took him
to the house of an elderly invalid who
had no sooner received her mail than she
thrust into his hands, without word of
explanation two one hundred dollar
greenbacks. The lucky postman with
drew In a state of CONSERVATION from
which be has not yet recovered. But he
retains sufficient possession of his facul-
ties to hope fervently that his route viii
not be changed during the coming wear.
Philadelphia Press.
Chatham Islands, lying off the coast
OF New Zealand, in the South Pacific
Ocean, is peculiarly situated, as it is one
of the few habitable points of the globe
where the day of the week changes. IT
is just on the line of the demarcation
between dates. There high twelve on
Sunday, or Sunday noon, ceases,
and instantly Monday meridian begins.
Sunday comes into a mans house
on the east side, and becomes
Monday by the time it passes out Of the
western door. A man sits down to his
MONDAY dinner on Sunday, and it is
Monday noon before he finishes it. There
Saturday is Sunday and Sunday is, Mon,
day, and Monday become suddenly
transferred into Tuesday.-M T. Herald.
"A little incident happened on Han
over Street recently that attracted con-
siderable attention from the bystanders.
A poor, forlorn-looking horse was stand
ing on the side of the street shiverinp
IN the wintry snow, when finelV-
dressed lady passed along, and stopping,
took the blanket from the wagon and
covered up the horse, buckling the
blanket tight around the horses neck
and tucking the ends under the harness
to prevent the blanket from blowing off.
After this kind act was completed the
lady, without noticing the crowd, passed
along. When the driver came out of a
neighboring store hewas much surprised
at the care bestowed upon his BEAST
Boston TYaUeter.
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