The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-12-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

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Neither the Capitol nor the White
House is ireproof, notwithstanding the
millions that have been expended upon
them to make them so.- WdShtngtots
sUst
"A leading New York physician says
coughs and weak throats are largely
due to the habit of wearing starched
linen collars. He recommends UNI
starehed wooden collars.-M Z. Times.
The Arctic plants which a Greedy
survivor brought home with him are
from six inches to two feet in height,
and under magnifying glass present
very beautiful appearance. All but two
bear flowers. Boston Journal.
The inhabitants of Magdeburg and
Tilsit, in Germany, hate the French
language so intensely that they have
formed society, agreeing to pay a fine
of one cent every time they are found
using French word.
The time may come when politics
will mean all that is noble and good;
when a small boy will break an apple
in two and give his little sister the big.
gest half; when tramp will work, and
stray dog won't bite; but the day will
never dawn when fly can tickle
drowsy mans nose without getting 1t
self disliked. i Chicago Ledger.
a attended two theaters the firsT
night I was in New York wrote
rural buck to his fond parents. land
three balls the next. Had glorious
time the first. and only got two dollars
on my watch the next The unso-
phistjcated old people are still wonder
ing what he meant. Binghamt0n Re
publican
A Gascon and Proyencal were each.
extolling the productiveness of theiI
native provinces. SAT Bordeaux," " said
the former, ''you drop match in q
field: next year you will see forest!"
cat Marseilles," rejoined the other,
''you drop brace button; a week after
you have ready-made pair OF
trousersr'
We beg the indulgence of om
readers for shortcomings for the last
few weeks. Have been physically dis
organized by having had wagon roll
across our troubled Uranium and by
having experienced the lusty blows of S
Georgia mule sprinkled up and dowr
our back. Had a narrow escape fol
our life. We promise, however, NO,
to be guilty of the like soon, Dec
volente.-LincoInton (GG. Neacs.
According to the Hartford Couran
the Consul-General at London, ex-Gov
ernor Waller. of Connecticut, is mar
to whom we are indebted for the
felicitous and now familiar word
mugwump.n During an exciting
political canvass he made visit t.
Hartford for the purpose of propitiatins
some malcontent Democrats. In &
private letter to Judge Birdsall he men.
toned the fact of his mission to tina
city, and stated that he had spent day
there "with the mugwumps. The
publication of the correspondence was
the means of introducing the word into
general use.
When Mr.. Justice Hawkins, of the
English Queens Bench, was leader al
the bar, he appeared in shipping CASE
before the late Baron Channel. who
was little shaky with his aspirates,
The name OF the vessel about which the
dispute had arisen was Hannah; but
Hawkins Junior" in utter desper.
att on, said to him: rs the ship the
Anna or the Hannah, for his Lordship
saws one thing and every one else says
another?" ''The ship" said Hawkins,
in reply, twas named the Hannah, but
the Il has been lost in the chops of the
| Channel!"
-Cocoanut cellulose is new sub
stance. and if it possesses the quality
claimed for it, England may go back to
her wooden walls with safety and beai
up her self-destructive rams for old
iron. The patentees claim that ship
can not be sunk by shot or shell if only
she has taken the precaution of coming
into the fight with this peculiar tissue q;
a great coat. When shot, no matter
what it's dimensions, strikes the side Of
frigate the carpenter and his mates
need not jump to cram in the old time
/ plugs. for the cellulose immed ate closes
and drop of water will not enter
Philadelphia Press.
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