The Bossier banner., 1885-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

The council of the University Col.
lege of London have created a profes.
sorship of electrical engineering.
The Supreme Court of British Co,
lumbia is the only place in Ameries
where the Judges and lawyers wear the
wigs and gowns of English usage.
The popularity of Southern Calfo1z
MIA as a sanitarium is such that there
are over 200 cottages, worth from $500
to So, 800 apiece, in course of construc.
ton in Los Angeles and suburbs.
"A man in Franklin County, Tenn,
wears q beard six feet nine inches in
length. He Keeps about four -fifths o.
it wound about cardboard and car.
ries it in his coat pocket.-LouISUiLlt
COurier-Journat.
A druggist of Lancaster. Mass, ha;
taken contract to keep the stately ole
elms of that town free from cankel
worms for year at twenty-five cents
per tree. There are about four hundred
of the trees in all, and if he does mo-
succeed he is to get no money.-B0Storl
Herald.
"A society paper in describing the
order in which bridal party passed
down the church aisle, saws: THE
bride walked on the arm of her father y
This may be all right, but it seems to
us that a church was hardly the place
for her to display her acrobatic accom-.
plishments. Chicago Sun.
The growth OF American public Ii
braries since the revolution has beer
something phenomenal. There were in
the country in 1875 but twenty of these
institutions, with an aggregate of 49,.
623 volumes. At the present time there
are nearly 4, 200, containing more thar
100000 volumes. I. Tribune.
The Misses Green, of Atlanta, ladie.
OF literary talent and artistic culture,
are making collection of negro song:
and setting them to music. The music
is composed as the songs are sung by
old fashioned darkies, and will perpetu
ate accurately TIE strange and weird
melody of the old plaatation.-AttGntf
Constitution.
1t was hoped at least that these Uni
ted States might claim the invention ot
the great American game of poker, but
now turns up mythial MIR Ben
jamin, " fresh from Persia, who assert:
that from time immemorial the game
has been known in Oriental lands, anG
that it was played in Persia centuries
before Columbus discovered America -
N. Y. Tribune.
Mrs. Rider, whose name. has been
widely mentioned in this State as a re.
markable instance of the faith cure
died recently at Grass Valley, and 8
post-mortem showed the presence of q
large tumor in the abdominal cavity
and badly diseased condition of both
heart and lungs.-jSGra Francisco Gtron-
icle.
I'm the ancient graves in Tennessee
are found human skulls that are some
inches larger than any modern human
head. Within the last forty years there
has been very marked diminution in
the size of heads in Philadelphia. Old
and experienced hatters in this city and
New York, says the Ledger, will cor.
roberate this statement. Somebody
writes to an exchange to ask: .'Is there
similar change taking place elsewhere,
and what will be the result?'
"A fresh aesthetic movement haA
broken out in Dresden. German artists
have been lamenting over the pictur-
esiue costumes of the Middle Ages
being replaced by practical modern
garb; so the Dresden painters have
formed q society to promote return tc
medieval attire. Over eighty of the
members have adopted the medieval
German artist costume-black over.
dress, with tight velvet trimmed sleeves
over white under-sleeves lined with red
satin, and black wooden close-fttine
neither garments reaching down to low
shoes.
1T is customary" says the Scien-
ttfc~ american, Ito use ammonia for
the purpose of neutraliz:ng acids that
haye' accidentally or otherwise de.
stroyed the color of fabrics. This must
be applied Immediately or the color is
usually imperfectly restored. After
carr ful use an application of chloroform
will bring out the colors as bright as
ever. Plush goods and all articles
dved with aniline colors faded from ex-
posure to light, will look as bright as
ever after sponging with chloroform.
The commerc al chloroform will answer
tho X,-o1I