The Bossier banner., 1883-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS.


David Selleck, blind man of New
burg, N. Y, has started a factory in
which only blind people are to be EN-
| ployed, and thinks he sees the way to
success, IN. Y. Graphic.
There is man in Luzerne County,
Pa, who placed so much confidence in
Wiggins' prophecy that he cut down a
big tree IL front of his house, and the
tree in its fall crushed the house. -P3aa-
delphia Record
-One of the heyoungest married couples
on record was seen at Castle Garden a
few days ago. The husband was seven
teen and the wife sixteen years of age,
and they had two children of their own.
They were from Hamburg. N T.
Times. t-
Quiet bit of philosophy in the Buf.
falo On. " Express; ''Ihe compila-
ton of the base ball schedule is said to
require as much figuring as the compi-
lation of nautical almanac. This re-
mindsus that people always work hard
est when they play"
Fourteen years ago a murder was
committed in Sacramento, Cal. Imme-
diately thereafter four citizens of the
place mysteriously disappeared. A few
d VS. ago one of the quartette returned to
the scene ofthe murder, was recognized,
betrayed to the police and locked up.
An English lady once asked Richard
Grant White, at London reception,
whether the people of Chicago were
troubled by wolves now. Mr.. Mapleson
says that an Englishman once asked him
grayely whether the American Indians
enjoyed the Cincinnati opera festival
Chicago Journal.
One of the deserted mining towns OF
Nevada has been taken by the Indians
who are now living in grand style in
abandoned rows of good brick houses,
which they have improved to their tastes
as far as possible by knocking out the
doors and windows and punching holes
in the roofs.-De9lUer Tribune.
= Prince Frederick Charles, son of
the late Prince Charles, of Prussia, falls
heir to his fathers immense estates,
which yield him So. .o00, 900 cash in hand
and as much more in real estate, to say
nothing of other valuables. Previous to
his fathers death he had to skimp along
on an allowance of 100000 a year,
about which he complained great deal.
"A tramp was caught stealing one of
the chairs belonging to New York City
alderman in the City Hall. When re-
proved for it by the magistrate he an
swered that if a man was going to shave
he would go where shaving was done,
and if he was going to steal he ought to
go where stealing was done. Notwitb-
standing this sensible and rational view
of the case, the Justice ordered his meB-
tai condition to be Investigated. NJ T.
San.
Silver Spring, in Georgia, is said to
be the largest spring in the world tits
the source of the Oklawaha River, which
is sixty feet wide at the start, ten feet
deep, and with current flowing two
miles an hour. All this vast quantity of
water comes from the spring, whose only
inlets are at the bottom. It's about two
acres in size, and its mysterious depths
have never been explored. There is an
Indian legend about Silver Spring, of
course, ,Wenonah, the beauty Of the
tribe that inhabited the neighborhood
won the love of Chullootah, hostile
chief. Her wrathful father slew the
AONSI, anu tleu WOHOuaH QF0W06u 1er-
self in the spring, which was then small,
but was instantly enlarged to its present
proportions by the Great Spirit abund.
ant tears OF sympathy.
The Secretary announced com.
munication from prominent citizens OF
Frankfort, KY, asking if the Lime-Kiln
Club had any settled policy regarding
lotteries, and Brother Gardner replied:
Il can't say dat we has. A few months
ago, when Whalebone Howker drew
fifty dollars in a lottery, l made
up my mind dat lotteries war a
good thing. Las week, when | dis
kivered dat de five dollars | had in-
vested hadn't drawn muffin tall | felt
dat lotteries were delusion an snare.
Whar' you am sartin of drawin' prize
a lottery am good thing, an YOU
needn't feel fur de company. Whar'
you have any doubt bout gittin' back
fifty dollars fur one dollar. you'd better
gin de money to de ole woman to buy
shoes. ."-Detr0I Free Press