The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-07-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

-ssNo whispering allowed, is one Oh
che rules conspicuously posted up in thu
school-room at the deaf mute institu-
ton, Salem, Ore.
SO high-priced have been peaches
for the past two seasons that FIVE hun
bred new peach orchards have been set
out in Delaware within year.
An authority on the subject says
that dog show is called ''bench
show" because the cage kennels in
which dogs are exhibited are located on
benches.
The oldest book in the Congress
sional Library is said to be THE Olive
Leaf" by one Hauser, of Georgia, a
tune book concocted ''for the glory OF
God and the good of mankind. :"
"A recent report on the subject
states that machinery intended for the
Indian market should be simple in con-
struction and such that if any part be
broken it can be mended in any black.
smith shop.
The new kind of paper on which
the New Orleans Picayu1ae is printed is
called bagasse, the crushed refuse q
the stalks of the sugar cane. The
paper is fine and soft, with almost a
silk-like surface.
Thirteen State Bureaus of Statistics
of Labor are now in existence. The
oldest, that of Massachusetts, was es.
tablished in 1869, Mr.. Wright, now al
the head of the National Bureau, being
still its chief. The Bureau of Pennsyl
vania, next in age, was established in
1872, Joel B. McCamant being its chief
Boston Journal.
The Secretary of the London Swim
ming Club makes the following sug
gestion: ITO battle before retiring tc
rest, after the heat and hustle of the
day, would be sure means of inducing
sleep the happy, peaceful sleep of {
of the ills that flesh is heir to, not for
getting lunacy. which is induced by
want of sleep.
Compulsory education works wei
when it can be enforced. In Missouri
court some time ago an illiterate pris
oner was sentenced to jail until ht
would learn to write; another was sen
fenced until he could teach the formel
the art. In less than a month both mer
were discharged, the one who could no
write before being able to write fai
hands,. Louis Post.
-Rowell is the only one of the ia
nous pedestrians who is rich. He i
worth $50, 900 and never speculates. o
himself O'Leary said recently: Isl,
years ago had $4,000. / began tt
dabble in stocks, and as result dropped
my bundle. but I never played carr
for money in my life or bueked TIN
tiger. | have walked since July Il
1874, $4,000 miles in matches and ex
hibitions in this country, England, Ire
land and Australia. IN Y. Sun.
The light of the sun is estimated t,
equal in quantity 1875, 900, 900, 900,
600, 900, 900, 100000 candles, the light
intensity at the sun surface being 100,
900 times that of candle flame, $50
times that of metal in a Bessemer con
verter, .141 times that of a calcium light
or 314 that of an electric arc. TIL
temperature, according Rosetti. is abou
$4,000 Fair. The mechanical equiva
lent of the solar relation, continuously
acting, is nearly 10000 horsepower pc
square foot of solar surface.
Living creatures in water seem +
have vegetable origin. Examine pur
lake-water or spring-water with a mi
croscope and no life is visible; but pu
flowers or any vegetable substance il
the water and in forty-eight hours tn
water will swarm with life. Waite
thus is revealed as the Matching medi
UNI for many forms of life. Many beau
tiful grassplots in cities are ruined b,
excessive watering. The water hatche
out millions of eggs which the dry SUI
would have killed Chicago Cstrre'st.
"A tramp who called at farm hous
to ask for cold bite was almost paral
yzed at being welcomed with smiles an,
kind words and having a fine repas
laid out for him. In explanation tn
woman said that he reminded her of he
long-lost cousin. At the next house tn
tramp at once announced that he wa
the woman's long-lost brother, but il
place of smiles and mince pie the woman
seized the broomstick and went for hin
saying: "Slide out. you villain! The
were all girls in our familyr'-T'eza
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