The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-12-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A man who will beat q printer IL
mean enough to tickle his nose with a
feather to save the expense of buying
snuff. DanUiile Breeze
Men who whistle and who smoke
cigars may not be agreeable in ali
places, but they are men who will never
steal up and slug you in the dark.-M.
0. PicGyune.
"A Chicago Judge refuses to believe
that the use of hair dye by either man
or wife is good grounds for divorce.
1t shows weakness of mind, he thinks,
but nothing vicious.
American wheelbarrows have just
found their way to Madagascar, and
every husband who thinks anything of
his wife takes her out every afternoon
for an airing. The only drawback is
the fact that the vehicles are not up
holstered and furnished with fiy-fans.
Here is little thing just dashed
off," said a country maiden. as she
entered the sanctum. The editor was
just about to state that he didn't use
poetry, when the young lady produced
a beautiful roll of golden butter. 1t
was accepted with thanks.-Atbany
Journal.
Richard Canteler, a Baltimore
sportsman. made a remarkable record
the other day on the marshes of the
Gunpowder river. He began the days
shooting with lis shells and a twelve
gage gun. At the close of the day he
had 100 reed birds, II water cartridges,
5 blue wings, rail birds and plovers.
The Christian Hptelligencer .ad-
vances new theory to account for the
recent earthquakes. 1t is that the let.
ting out so much oil and gas as have
flowed from the wells in Pennsylvania
and elsewhere for good many years,
has removed the pressure beneath the
earth's crust to such degree as to let
fall vast masses of rock, etc.
"A correspondent of the Olympia
CIV. T.) Transcript. describing climb
up the slopes of Mount Rainier, men,
tions among the game encountered
white mountain goats. gray wolves.
white mountain grouse, black-tailed
deer and whistling woodchucks. He
also speaks of cedar trees seventeen
feet in diameter, and tall spar fir two
hundred feet high and only eighteen
inches in diameter at the ground.
-Work-house boy, who has been ap.
prenticed to small farmer, is brought
up for running away. Guardian-"Did
they beat you?' Boy-'.No. SIR"
Guardian-"The why did you run
away?" Boy-.'Please. sir, soon after
l got there a pig died; they sailed it
and we had fur to eat it. Then calf
died, they sailed it and we had fur to
eat that; then masters grandmother
died, and seed 'em taking some salt
upstairs. so 1 run'd away Washing
ton Hatchet.
"A method by which the immense
deposits of iron sand which abound on
the coast of New Zealand can be sue
cessfully utilized has lately been dis
covered by an Auckland man. The
feature of the new process consists in
uniting quantity of scoria with the
sand when put in the blast. This
has the effect of preventing the
iron from oxidizing-an obstacle that
has heretofore never been successfully
overcome in smelling iron sand.
The grandeur of the Muir glacier
fades into insignifcan'ce compared
with that which guards the coast of
Icy Bay, as seen by the voyagers
on the last cruise of the Pinta,
says the ALASKAN. 1t appeared to
be about forty miles long. Its
height could not be estimated, as the
day was cloudy and its upper ridge
obscured. but enough could be seen to
indicate that it was at least three times
as high as the Muir-that is to say,
eight or nine hundred feet.
A new use has been discovered for
potatoes. They can be converted into
substance resembling celluloid by
peeling them, and after soaking in
water, impregnating with eight parts
of sulphuric acid, then drying and
pressing between sheets of blotting
paper. In France pipes are made of
this substance scarcely distinguishable
from meershaum. BY subjecting the
mass to great pressure substance can
be made of it rivaling ivory in hard
ness. Cleveland Leader.
"A travelling man in Detroit sta
ton assured Free Press reporter that,
by an actual count he had made, the
women who travel on railroads out
number the men in the proportion of
four to two. He added "When 1 was
in Europe great many people spoke
to me about the penchant of the Amer
lean people for travel. 1 tell you that
the women are responsible for our
reputation in this regard. They will
travel about the country and stand
more fatigue than the men and find
enjoyment in it.
What bothers society ladies more
than anything else is to keep up with
the fashions in walking. One season a
lady will be expected to adopt win
ming gait. At another time swinging
strides will be the style. The slow
walk and the rapid pace alternate
in popularity. Nothing lasts long. If
fashion DEGREES that a woman must
make herself perambulating convul-
sion of millinery and dry goods it is all
right. The style must have its run
atlantic Constitution.
"A monument to General Grant has
recently been dedicated at Ironton,