The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

and used again by simply soaking in
water few hours. then drying them.
The force of habits always strong.
A Baltimore young man who was call
ing on street car conductors daugh-
ter says that the father wandered in at
a rather late hour; and, opening the
door, mechanically exclaimed: "Sit
close, please. "-Baltimore american.
"A little hunchback was seized by a
detective in Berlin and relieved of
package which he was carrying under
his cloak in front of the cars carriage
during the czar's visit to Berlin. The
package was opened by superior. and
was found to contain samples of soap.
The hunchback was let 60.
Washington Sunday-schocl. Teach
err Ito little girD-"Now, Augeline.
can you tell me what it means to return
good for evilp" Angelina Brooks
.'Well, miss, don't exactly know dc
words, but tink it mean eff any one
sasses yer, doan't yer jaw back. ~
Harper's Bazaar.
A company of eaters were cracking
jokes the other day when one of them
startled the rest by asking: "Did you
ever see bun dance on the table?n
After struggling awhile they said they
hoped they always would be able to see
such a thing-especially when hungry.
-St. Adams (N.) Messenger
AT the reception.-Miss Vawze
(from Bawstine)-"Which do you like
the better, Mr.. Miller, winter or spring."
Mr.. Miller from Minneapolis)-"Well.
a good hard No. l spring grinds pretty
we'll, and there's the most money in it;
but after all, give me the regular old
fashioned winter wheat that amt
growed any, and I'll guarantee you the
best -four every time!'-Puck.
An exchange says that folded
newspaper placed under the coat in the
small of the back is an excellent substi-
tute for an overcoat. There is consid-
cradle warmth in a newspaper, that's a
fact. Many man has become heated
by simply reading an article in news
paper; and at such times he wants to
make it hot for the editor, too.-Nor-
ristown Herald.
Among the 'fowls of the air" are
three, the eagle, swan and raven, which
live to the age of 100 years or more.
The paroquet and heron attain tn
goodly age of sixty years. The spar
row-hawk. duck and pelican may live
to be forty, while the peacock and lin
net reach the quarter century, and the
canary twenty-four years. - Boston
Budget.
Any device that will make the cars
comfortable and do away with the
chances of fire in case of accident will
satisfy the public; the railways have
only to consider the question of eff
cheney and economy. 1t is even credible
that temperature below the sitting
height usually reached by the stoves
would be grateful to a great many trav-
elers.-Boston Post
I'm 1887 2,067, 2S1 acres of land in
Dakota were newly filed on; 1856, 672
acres were acquired by final proof and
cash entry, and 1887 acres were pur-
chased by land scrip. There was a large
immigration into the Devils Lake dis
trict. The area of unsurveyed land
taken up, but not filed on. during the
year, is estimated to be about 200, 900
acres.
The ship Macaulay. launched
thirty-two years ago in Baltimore, has
been sold to Boston parties as coal
hulk. She cost in 1856 $4,000. and
although a sound vessel still, was sold
for a mere song. The Macaulay once
made the run from Liverpool to Mel.
bourne, Australia, in seventy-eight days,
and once from Southwest Pass, at the
mouth of the Mississippi, to Liverpool
in twenty-four days. She was among
thelast of the famous Baltimore clippers.
"A restaurant proprietor of Mont
martre, in France, recently opened a
curious cafe. The interior is in the
form of an immense tub, the illusion of
which is carried out by the circular
shape of the doors and windows. The
signboard is inscribed with the word
'Diogenes," whom the untutored folk
of Montmartre imagine to be some
fellow countryman of theirs who had
distinguished himself as cooper.
Two Kennebunk, Me.), farmers
have come to grief recently from too
close following of book and too little
exercise of common sense. One had
read it was best to dehorn~ calf and
the other that the best and most sue.
cessful way to fat hog was to cut of
its tail. Both followed directions, but
! neglected to care for the animals after.
ward and the result was that both cali
and hog became sick and died at the
next cold spell of weather. CHICAGO
Herald.
Indications now point to the exist.
ence of q submarine volcanic crater
between the Canary Islands and tn,
coast of Portugal. From a cable-lay
ing steamer in 80 deg. Is min. north,
deg. 81 min. west, the water was fount
to measure 1900 fathoms under tn,
bow and 800 under the stern, showing
the chin ta ha ovar tho oI ro "a n doo,