The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-07-05
MISCELLANEOUS.


The Kentucky river is 210 miles
long, and there is not an island in it
anywhere.
A man who was begging in the
streets of Mobile the other day is said
to have lost and paid SIS, 900 in wagers
ON Tilden's election.
The origin of trusts has been traced
back to Vermont sheep-owners, who
formed a combination in the long ago
to monopolize the merino sheep BUSH
ness.
Mormon Elder Ito wife)-'I UNI
derstand that our beloved brother,
Elder Brigham. has an addition to his
family" Wife-''Is it boy or girl,
Joshua?'' Mormon Elder-"Neither;
it's new wife. "-Epoch.
Chinese pheasants are so thick in
the Waldo Hills, Colorado. that they
have to be shooed out of the burrows
by the plowmen, SO greedy are they in
gobbling up the angleworms. They
are becoming nuisance.
Two lovesick Mormon maidens in
New Mexico fought a duel recently.
Both loved the same cowboy, hated each
other intensely, and, meeting by APP
pontment in an obscure place, fought
it out" One was seriously wounded
by the fire of her antagonist, who at
once fled from the scene.
OF lightweight specimens of weeds
described by Mr.. L. II. Pammel, of st.
Louis, as growing in Southwestern Wis
consin and Southeastern Missouri, for
ty-six are of European and thirty of
American origin. One-third of the lat
ter class, and nearly one-fourth of the
entire list, are composites.
The conversation was about bish-
ops; and one fervent dame said: "How
good the dear Bishop of is! What
a good man!' Instantly, gentleman
replied: "There is no merit in that,
Bishops ought to be so. They get five
thousand year for being good. while
we are expected to be good for moth
ing. "-E1chamge.
By an ingenious device the man.
agement of the Battle of Gettysburg, in
New York, contrives to watt warm
breezes over the spectators platform
by way of adding to the illusion that
the visitor is standing in the midst of
q wheat field similar to that over which
Pickett's charge swept. These breezes
apparently blow down from the tops of
the mountains.
-"Speaking about clubs" remarked
Mr.. Cumso, who had just been elected
a member of the Manhattan, "they are
the sign-posts of civilization. You
never hear of savages forming them
selves into societies for mutual inn
provement and pleasure" 20. nom
sense" replied Mrs. Cumson. "rve
heard of Indian clubs ever since /
could walk. It'd bits.
Two young ladies of South Chester.
Pa, went into store where there was
galvanic battery, and the proprietor
asked them to try it. Each grasped a
pole of the battery, and wondered why
no shock was felt The proprietor sug-
gested that they kiss each other. They
did so, and then there was shock in
deed. One OF the young women shrleked
and fell over backward. The other
made no sound, but tainted. Cold
water brought them both around, none
the worse for the kiss.
A tramp who was frequently seen
in the vicinity of West Somers, N. Y,
is known as the "Old Leather Man"
He passes through the place about once
in five weeks. His dress is entirely OF
leather, made of small pieces which he
picks up in his travels. He never talks
to any one, refuses money or any thing
but food, which he gets at regular
places on his route. which is always
the same. He never enters building,
sleeps in the timber and tramps day by
day through heat and cold and storm.
Where he came from no one knows.
Thieves BY BIRTH.