The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-02
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

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thought.
"A fiddle with Tom Paine's name on
it has been found slowed away in the
attic of an old inn at BordentoWn, N.
j., where Paine did much of his writ
ing.
The Shah of Persia smokes pipe
on state Occasions which is valued at
$3.50, 600. 1t is encrusted with con-
glomerate of diamonds, rubies, pearls
and emeralds.
The mixture used in New York
maRufactury of Neufchatel cheese is
one and Ralf pounds of lard MIXED
with one hundred pounds of skim milk.
N Y. Sun.
in Newark, n. j., old tomatqcans
sell for fifteen cents hundred. They
are pat into furnace and rolled out,
and eventually used by trunk-makers.-
Newark Register.
John Matlock. of Brandon. w. Va,
has run away with Emily Shatfer and
ten children. He. would have taken
MIR. Shaffer also. but he didn't happen
to be at home at she time of the exodus
Boston Post.
There. are about three hundred men
engaged in killing alligators in South
Florida. The hide and teeth of the
gator is what's wanted. The year S
business will bring to that section
about $4,000.
Marriage superstitions hold great
sway i'll Philadelphia, and the number
of people whs fear to violate them is
large. June always sees great in
crease in the number of weddings, be-
cause May is not considered so lucky.
Philadelphia Record
-Whie saving log recently in a
Mississippi mill, the workmen were
astonished to see the log suddenly take
fire and the machipery stop. Examin-
jag the saw, they discovered that every
tooth was gone, and on splitting the
log cannon ball was found buried in
the hearth. o. Times
The solid gold snuff-box presented
to Thaddeus Stevens, which was recently
sold in Washington. contains this in
scription: 80 the Hon. Thaddeus Ste
yens, from Colorado Territory. When
old Thad takes snuff Colorado will
sneeze. This box is made 7of Pike 5
Peak gold. ~ Washington RoSt.
detective Smith, of Harlem, is q
sort OF mouSetrap. As several intoxi-
Gated men had been robbed in his pre-
| cinct he feigRed drunkenness and '.set"
himself on stoop, and was soon re-
warded by feeling a nibble at his watch
chain. 1t is needless to say that the trap
succeeded and the rat was caught. N
Y. Herald
In France lately young conscript
failed to answer to his name when the
Council of Revision was sitting. A per-
son present said that the young man had
hanged himself. preferring death to CON-
ing before the Council. 1t was true.
The young mans father was in the re-
vision hall end thought that his son was
there with the other conscripts.
"A number of human bodies in a
good state of preservation. dressed in
ornamental costumes, and evidently be-
longing to prehistoric race, have been
found in a mound in Desha County,
Arkansas. The apartment in which they
lay was paved with stone, supported BY
stone pillars and overfapped with huge
wooded beams in perfect Condition.
"A Belfast (Me. firm has received an
order for doors, frames, etc, to go to
Turkey. The doors are TO be shipped
all supplied with locks, hinges and
handles. and done up in packages of not
more than two hundred pounds in
weight, in order that upon arrival in
Turkey they can be taken into the in
terror of the country upon the backs OF
camelS.
Some people doubt the assertion
that the Chinese eat rats. But chey eat
them just the same. A Chinese servant
in the Western Addition was caught in
the act of stewing plump rat in one of
! the family kitchen utensils. He denied
at first that it was O ''lat" and said it
was ''labbit, but the boss satisfied
himself that the thing was a rat and dis
charged 1.-THE Chinaman-and the
saucepan at one fell swooP.-San Fran
cisco Post.
Medical men declare that poor
health IL more common among women
than among men, but add that it would
be very easy for the majority of women
by regularity of habits, proper exercise
OF body, and wholesome employment of
mind to secure the enjoyment of better
health The wholesome employment
of mind" is especially needed, and can
be only obtained by variety and a pleas
ant interchange OF work and recreation.
Indianapolis Journal.
Young lady-Have you ever heard
Mr.. r. the lecturerp Young manlet-
Jaw. vas, dozens of times, " know,
dozens of times. l think, aw, he is the
most uninteresting lectuwah l evan
heard. Young lady-And you have
heard him dozens Of times? Young
manlet-Y'as. Young lady-Why do
you go to hear him so often if YOU find
him uninteresting? Young manlet-
Aw-aw; that's an ideah. Bah Joyel
Doosid stupid in me! / neRah thought
of that, don't cher Snowflake deEg,Ita
Call.
The number of colored Catholic
nuns IN this country is slowly but grad
ually increasing. They are knewn as
the Oblate Sisters of Providence. This
organization was instituted for the
amelioration of the condition of the
colored race in this country, as well as
for their spiritual and temporal welfare.
This cOramunity HvsS faupdoJ -, D.I.: