The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

There is big difference between .
tried and trusted man, and trusted
and tried man.--Ltfe.
Out in India it is 1.-THE man or the
tiger" but the man got ahead of the
tiger last year. Hunters killed 1,400
tigers, and tigers killed only 1000 men.
If there is any person who wants
copyright it is the editor. So much
copy wrong is what is wearing out his
life.
"A Swiss watch manufacturer has
Just invented watch for the blind, on
the dial of which the hours are indi-
Gated by twelve projecting pegs, one
of which sinks every hour.
1t is said that in some parts of
Africa there are birds with bills a yard
In length. If the theory of transmigra-
ton of souls is correct one, these
birds must be the spirits of departed
| plumbers. - Yankee Blade.
1t was wicked old bachelor who
propounded the conundrum, why are
ideas like whiskersp and when asked
for solution said: because men only
get them when they are grown up and
women never have AMY Warren Mir
r0r.
The temperate zone is so called be-
cause in summer it is so hot that man
can exist only by sitting in ice-water.
and in winter it is SO cold that if he
happens to touch silver dollar, he
freezes to t.-Burlington Free Press.
Insurance agent Ito agriculturist)
"Mr. Heysede. don't you want to take
out policy on your life for $5.OOO?"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, sir; old Jim Bull
lard took out one of them things las
summer, an I'll be burned if he didn' t
die next day."-M T. Sun.
Omaha man - What was that
woman's congress at Washington for,
anyhow" Female advocate-"To Sc
cure equal rights for all, irrespective of
sex" I'm in favor of that; haven't
dared to call my soul my own since
was married. "-On,aha World.
Mrs. Dexter, did you put up these
preserves?" "Yes, sir, l flatter my
self l did" "Quite a task, l should
say, MADAME From present obser.
walton ! should infer that it was much
more of task for me to put them up
than it is for you to put them down."
About SAC, 1000 year is received by
an officer of the British Government for
pulp, mostly made out of over-issues of
public documents. To that extent the
public treasury saves something. but it
might save good deal by not printing
the tedious stuff in the first place.
An actress who was chr;stened
Mary Ann when she was too young to
apply to the courts for an injunction,
has changed the name to Marianne,
and the style is becoming quite popular.
1t won't be long before we II have Luci-
james and Roseylizans. As gentle
man whose address has been mislaid
once remarked. this is progressive age.
Although there is and old saying
that lightning never strikes twice in the
same place. an old walnut tree near
Baltimore. Nd, has been struck five
times. The first time it was struck ten
sparrows that were taking shelter in it
from the storm were killed. In the
tree was nest of three crows, and
they were saved only because their nest
was blown out just before the tree was
struck.
A spectral brakeman has appeared
on the Illinois Central railway, much
to the embarrassment of passengers.
Since it refrains from slamming car
doors or calling out the names of sta
tions, the ghost should be valuable
acquisition. If phantom passenger
could be secured to take the place of
the man who tries to cover two seats
at once, travelling on that road would
be quite luxury. Lincoln Journal.
Eighteen hundred girls are reported
to have received a good education in
cooking in the Boston schools of cook
ing during the year. Of 700 families
represented in ono of these schools,
692 expressed themselves very much in
favor of the school, eight families only
being Indifferent or unfavorable. This
was the first public school kitchen in
the United States.
A young lady who has been read
ing up on agriculture writes to an ex-
change as follows: II am not farm
er's daughter, and don't wish to be,
l prefer the city to the country any
day. l presume it is nice enough
in summer, but in winter / don't i'm
agine it to be very pleasant harvesting
the winter wheat and picking the win
ter apples. / don't think any of you
country girls can deny that.-Maine
Farmer
"A little girl was playing ''tea-
party" and a gentleman who was
present objected to several of the i'm
aginary viands which she brought him,
complaining that they were poorly
| cooked. too salt. stale. etc After GOV.