The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A large mint arrow ne20 was 1ounu
firmly Embedded in the back of a whale
captured off San Diego the other day.
= Chicago Herald.
The compilers of the Australian cen
sus report that Australia could furnish
$50, 600 men from twenty to forty, ca
pable of bearing arms.
The meanest man in the United
States lives in Pennsylvania. His wife
hit him with roiIing pin, and he had
her arrested for stealing wood 7.
Herald.
in recent parade at Hartford one
of the drum-majors gracefully tossed
his stick over an electric lamp wire,
thirty feet from the ground, and caught
it when it came down without losing
step or jostling his lordly bearing. =
Hartford Post.
The man who started the restau-
rant in Paris at which workingman
can get good dinner for half franc
is NJ. Ruel. He began life by selling
matches, and later on became the
largest manufacturer of them in France.
His wealth is estimated at 100000
francs ($5,000,000l.
The diamond is said to be an anti
dote to Satanic temptation. The ruby
makes its possessor brave. The topaz
is preservative against poison. The
amethyst is q preservative against
| drunkenness. The turquoise acts as a
charm against the evil eye and from
looks foreboding misfortune. The en-
erald promotes piety.-Detroit Post.
A st. Louis doctor says that bon
bons, sweetmeats, ice cream, ETC., cause
indigestion, headache, congestion of
the liver, and is a great source of boils
and pimples. Cut this out and show
it to your girl Philadelphia Gull And
| get turned out for limiting at such q
| falsehood as that she is so afflicted Not
much!-M 7. Post.
--Apropos of the recent gloomy
weather in London, correspondent
communicates the following stanzas to
the Palt-NaH Gazette;
| Old England is afraid of none,
She fears no foeman's threats,
| For on her mighty empire
| The sun it never sets.
| He who retais this axiom in
His generation wise is;
The sun 1t never sets because
| The sun 1t never rises.
| The Hudson River will soon be as
picturesque as the Rhine. Baronial
castles. turreted towers, lordly man
sions and splendid homes of every style
| of architectural beauty and magnifi-
cence are rapidly studding its banks.
1t is there that New York millionaires
live when they retire from contact with
the common people," and pass their
leisure in luxurious enjoyment and
seclnsion. Residences costing $4,000
to $685. 900 are numerous, while every
where one finds beautiful grounds, ex-
tensive lawns, Conservatives and parks.
IN. 7. Tribune.
There is still much room for geo
/ logical investigation in Iceland; large
part of the island is, scientifically speak
| ing, unexplored, and, in spite of the
researches of the late DR.. Hialtalin,
and the various foreign biologists who
have from time to time visited Iceland,
its mineral resources are but little
known and very partially developed.
The sulphur deposits have Of late years
been exploited by cnterprising English
men, and are now being worked with
every prospect of success by an English
company. But, besides sulphur, the
island contains other valuable minerals,
such as Iceland spar, coal, Ignite,
borax and copper, none of which is at
present worked to any practical extent.
An English paper says that penal
servitude is, as now carried out in En-
| gland, a very dreadful punishment in
deed From the dock the convict is
carted away in the prison van, and on
his arrival at the jail the heavy gates
are shut to with a horrible sound, be-
hind him. He is thrust into narrow
cell, there to remain without com
partnership for nine months. Scarcely
ever hearing a human voice, save the
warder'ss fed on coarse food, his fate is
sealed for thirty-six weeks, aud after
that he will probably be sent to another
establishment where the discipline is
somewhat less severe. The nine months
solitary confinement of five years
| convict is hard to bear