The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-08-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
"A line of steamers is to be put on
between San Diego, Cal, and Mexican
ports. SE Az
"A newspaper has been discovered
at Pekin, China, that was started in the
year ell.
"A solitaire pearl set in dark blue
enamel ring is tbt. most fashionable
engagement ring.
Charles Dudley Warner says Ply
mouth Rock is a good deaf cracked
and patched up. as if it had been much
landed on.
The labor question is game Of
ball. Men go out on strikes and wait
for Judgment. = Electric Light In
some cases it would be better to make
3 home run.-G orham Mountaineer.
"A young lady advertises in a
French paper for employment in rail
way restaurant, her accomplishments
being that ''she can speak German and
make sixty sandwiches with half a
pound of butter
Mrs. John Wallace. of Knoxville,
Tenn, stepped to the gate to look for
her five-year-old boy, and at that mo-
ment runaway horse dashed by. 1t is
thought that she supposed her boy had
been run over, for she fell to the ground
dead.
The latest fad of the gay lasses at
Deep River, Conn, is to keep track oil
the tips they receive. Tips" they
say, mean lifting of the hat to them
by some gentleman friend. The one
hundredth clipper is the one who will
surely marry them.-Harford Post.
"A Los Angeles (Cal) bank presi-
dent is reported as saying that since
the LIST of last January newcomers into
that city have brought the enormous
sum of $5,000,OO0 for investment in
and around the city. The city valua-
ton is SO, 900 more than last year.
-"Mistah Johnsing, t'ink you's
sufferin' wild affexion OBJ de heart.
Yo' heart-beats is ter BILE irreg' lar. "
'Dat's all right, doctah; but, sab, yo'
has yo' ear right gin my watch, an it
hain't varied a mint in de las free
months. sab. Wild all respec' to yo',
| guess go ter some older practition-
er, sab. - -Harper's Bazaar.
A year ago last February John Err
tel. of Blocker, N. Y, started to go to
Silver Lake alone. He was never seen
again, and it was thought that he had
been frozen to death. The other day
party of Gloversville fishermen found,
not far from the lake, an India-rubber
boot containing the bones of human
foot. The boot has been identified al
one worn by Ertel.-N. z. San.
old gentleman Ito tramp)-"Now.
if | should give you nickel, my friend,
would you spend that money as it ought
to be spent or would you squander it for
intoxicating drinkp'' Tramp-"How
much did you say?' Old gentleman
IA nickel" Tramp {sadly)-"Well,
| dunno. wouldn't like to make any
rash promises. never yet have been
able to stand prosperity. IN. Y. Times.
Little Molly was indulging in the
luxury of a copious crying spell. when
the spectacle of military procession
in the street damned the fountain OF
her grief. A sparkle came into her
eyes. and her lips uttered ordinations
of delight. But the relief was but mo-
mentary. No sooner had the process.
sion vanished than she was heard re.
marking to herself: "What was ]
crying about-what was crying about
0, now know!" [Goes on .boo-hoo-
ing for half an hour. l-Harpcr's Bazaar.
"A citizen of Detroit has had his
faith in human nature rudely shaken.
One day when the rain was falling fast
he saw a. young man and a young
woman padding through the wet.
umbrellaless. He was near his own
door. So, with rare philanthropy, he
thrust his umbrella into the hand oil
the astonished young man, saying:
Take this; you have lady with you.
You can bring it back tomorrow to
that house there" The young man
took the umbrella and the good citizen
OF Detroit hasn't seen it since. -Detroil
Tribune.
The young Emperor of China has
been recently engaged in the occupa-
ton of selecting three ladies as brides
from among the thirty-two assembled
at his palace. These are collected
from all over Manchuria from certain
noble Manchu families and have
travelled some of them for hundreds OF
miles to Pekin to undergo review. The
FIXTURE Empress is first selected and
then two assistants called the Eastern
and Western Expresses. This is the
ancient custom Of the empire since the
Manchus became its rulers.