The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-11-19
PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.
Mr.: Barnum sadly remarks that ths

Mr. Barnum sadly remarks that the
death OF Jumbo leaves q vacancy that
can not be filed. No doubt this is true.
Naval Examiner-"N sir, / win
examine you for color blindness. What
color is this light?" How the deuce
can tell unless you take that red globe
off of itPn- Chicago Ne,0s.
-Seven-hundred-a and-ffty- dollar fans
are very common in New York, but
sensible girls don't look for such pres
ents. They take fifty-cent fan and
$749.50 IN ice cream and soda-water.-
Detroit Free Press. as
Two jockeys have. been killed at
horse-racing in New York recently. A
few more casualties of that kind and
the horse trot will supersede baseball
as the National game in this country.
-Norristos0n Herald
IL always pick my company said
braggart, who was elbowing his way
through crowd. 'sAnd their pockets,
when you get chanceW added quiet
gentleman, who stood politely aside,
with bow.-GoLdeB DGys. @ -
81 wish. mamma, dear?n protested
cute little Laura, knitting her brows in
comical severity; II really do wish
you'd make Harry stop throwing peach
kernels at me- He hasn't hit me yet
but every time he throws he hurts my
feelings dreadfully.n - -as a,a ~s
DO not put salt into soup when
cooking until it has been SKINNED, as
salt prevents the scum from rising
So salt prevents the scum from rising,
ehPn Another reason why the fresh
youth should be attended to immediate.
ly.'-Boston Transcript.
The New York Graphic describes d
forthcoming volume as about half the
size of a pocketbook. This is too indef-
mite. If it means Vanderbilt's pocket
book it would be library in itself, but
if our pocketbook is understood
moral is obvious. - Philadelphia Call.
-'BromleE, is it true that you lost
your hired girl ?" Yes, Mr., Dusen.
.'Corroboration. 'sOf whatpi ssCor-
roboration. She wanted to know
whether there was really any risk in
lighting the fire with kerosene.
1t is said that Western girls have
stronger voices than those OF the East
But when an Eastern woman calls
'you John Henry preparatory to the
kindling of the morning brands on the o..
has a voice sufficiently strong to be dis &a
tinctly understood. = Yonker's States Z. 5
man.
r "A girl In one of the public schools hs
applied to her teacher for leave to be
absent for half day, on the plea that
there was company at her house. The a
teacher referred her to the printed list
of reasons that the school committee
think to justify absence, and asked her
if the case came under any of them
She replied, with true wit. that it might
come under the head of domestic atfiic,
tion.-BostoD Bulletin. T
Here is a story told by Miss Marti.
neau of servant girl who came to her
to be hired. The girl had brogue thai
might be cut with an axe, but denied
. that she was Irish. ''Well; (" said the
novelist. "I don't know whether you
are an Irish woman or not. All know
is, you were born in Ireland. "WelL
ma'am," replied the girl. suppose ]
was; If was born in a stable would ]
be horseP' She was engaged with.
out further parley.- Cincinnati En-
quirer.
A few days ago well-known SO.
ciety young man shocked one Of his
lady friends by his ignorance of history.
1t was after dinner party at his house,
and she was telling him what she had
learned in her private history class.
One thing led to another, and all the
time he was getting into deeper water.
At last she surprised him BY inquiring:
'tNow. tell me, Mr., what are the
Knights of the BatflP'' He stammered
for while, and finally blurted out:
'Why, Saturday nights, suppose.
Buffalo Courier.