The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

Minister dining with the family
'This Ia very nice dinner, isn't it,
Bobby" Bobby (enioying i0-"It
ought to be. Pa figured it out that it
was going to cost him over eight dol
lars. The Epoch.
Passengers forgot more than 10000
different articles in the cars of the New
York elevated roads last year. They
included gold watches, umbrellas, I'M
derwear, etc., and have been sold at
auction.
Old Mrs. Bentley-"Jane, where
did you hang that new thermometer
Jane-"Jist outside the winder, mum"
Old Mrs. Bentley-''Well, gracious.
Jane! Bring it into the sittin-room at
once, an close the blinds. Dye want
to roast us to p"-1Sme.
For quickness in raising money tor
business enterprises Hutchinson, Kan,
seems to outrank some of the large
cities. They called meeting out there
for such purpose, and. after the hall
was filed. locked the door, A local
paper tells that work then began, and
in Just one hour and fifteen minutes
the sum of 1924. 900 was subscribed.
1t was at Dublin, in 1741, that the
first performance of the messiah"
took place, DR.. Beattie, author of the
"Minstrer' and the Essay on TRUTH"
records an interesting anecdote told
him by the Earl of Kinnoul. Calling
on Handel a few days after the first
performance, he naturally paid him
some compliments on the success of
the noble entertainment which he had
given the public. "My lord" said
Handel, 81 should be sorry if / only
entertained them; / wish to make them
better"
1t is said that the Oldest man liv-
ing anywhere is James James. negro
of Santa Rosa, Mex, who vas born
near Dorchester, S. c., in 1852. He
was with his master in the revolution
airy war, was forty years old when
Washington was elected President,
went to Texas when one hundred and
one years old, moved into Mexico five
years later, and now, at the ripe age of
one hundred and thirty-six, lives in a
little hut, to which he is confined by
rheumatism, and is supported by con-
tributions from the citizens of Santa
Rosa.
Solicitations in Japan are something
remarkable, and are thus described by
a correspondent of the San Francisco
Chranicle: THE men of Japan are
always excessively polite to one an
other. They bend their backs and bow
their heads, and put their two hands
back to back between their knees and
have a great time. But the most
amusing thing Is to see two old ladies
in Japan meeting one another on the
street. They catch sight of one another
three or four blocks apart They i'm
mediately begin to make obeisance at
one another, and they keep bending
and bowling at short intervals until
they come together, when they make a
peculiar hiss by drawing in the breath
and keep on saying 'Ohavo' for about
two minutes"
"A fish of the sturgeon variety,
about eighteen inches in length was re-
Gently given to the superintendent OF
an ice factory in .Parkersburg, w. Va
It was placed in one of the ice molds
and frozen in the center of huge cube
of ice. This block of ice was put in
public place, where the citizens could
view the fish, frozen hard and fast in
the center of the cake. The ice began
to melt and it dwindled until the body
of the fish was exposed to the air while
the head was still firmly imbedded in
the ice. The tail of the fish was seen
to move slightly, as the hot sun poured
its rays upon it. Attention being called
to the fact, the head was carefully
released from its icy prison and the
sturgeon placed in tank of water II
recovered completely in a few minutes,
and was apparently as sound as ever.