The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-07-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

AS Jay G0uIQ income is eSImaIeu
to be SO minute, a statistician says
that he lost S135 by the change from
solar to standard time.
A society has been formed in Hart
ford, Conn, toproyide harmless amuse-
ments for young men. 1t is known as
the Union Recreative Company, and
has capital of $4,000 in twenty-five
dollar shares. 1t will charge forlunches,
tobacco and billiards, but will have no
intoxicating liquors or gambling.
The organ of the bachelors is wor-
ried to find out why a woman will spend
six weeks putting scallops on her dress
that nobody but herself will ever get a
glimpse of, and then run about the
neighboi hood in an old dirty wrapper
without any belt, and every other but
ton burst off.-Fre'nont (Neb. J Herald.
During her latest visit to America,
Patti pieced .scrazv quilt six feet
square, composed entirely of bits of
plush and velvet, of which no two
were alike in color, and not one larger
than one of her hands. She took it
home with her, 'sto line it with swan s.
down, and then give it to be ratified of
at swell charity fair.
The Washington Capital says that
Mr. Chaffee, father-in-law of ULYSSES
Grant, Jr., could have saved S400,000
of the 100000 in the bank of Grant s.
Ward. but the recovery of this sum
would have pressed close on the good
name Of bis son-in-law, so he refused
and lost all of it; but he is still q man
af wealth and will mt suffer
But / do know that when a rich
Teddy is caught a-pilferin', they say:
Poor soul! She's kayleptomaniac"
while if a poor devil of a pickpocket is
caught workin' the shop-liftin' racket,
they says: 'sLock him up, the thiefr'
Now, if anybody ever had the kaylepto-
mayney, it surely was me, for l don't
remember when didn't steal, or didn't
want tod Reformed Tssief, IN San
Francisco Chronicle.
Not long ago q big whale got
stranded on one of the Shetland
Islands. A venturesome small boy
thought he was dead. and sat down on
his snout. The whale showed that he
objected to this liberty by giving
snort--which sent the small boy flying
into the water fifty feet away. When
he swan ashore he knew more about
whales than he ever did before.
Cousin Alice They tell me, Tom,
that You can be heard mile off when
on duty. How is it you can't speak
above whisper when you talk to me
Captain Tom (mueh smitten but rather
nervous Well--or-you see, I haven't
any authority over You; buff you'd
give me the prospect of having it some
day | think you'd find / can make
plenty of row. Would you believe it
She did, London Judy.
The Susquehanna River and Ches-
apeake Bay are said to be literally
swarming with small herring, and the
hauling seines are taking them in any
quantity desired. The supply is far in
excess of the demand for this kind OF
herring, and the fishermen are glad to
dispose of them at any price Hun
dreds of barrels of fish have been al
lowed to escape from the seines, and
many thousands of them have been
hauled away by the farmers in Hartford
and Cecil counties to be used as com
post. A great many have been sailed
and smoked and the supply of cured
herring will be large. But few shad
however, are being caught. The gill
boats are doing so little that only few
of them fish at all, and they get eight
or ten shad or two hundred or three
hundred herring night. Ptitadelphia
Press.