The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-06-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A cynical Englishman who has
been spending some time in New York
CITY, saws that half the citizens are hon
est and reputable people, and the other
half are politicians.
"A Brooklyn young woman has
beautiful and most curious table cover
In stripes of white and golden brown.
It is woven of the shorn hair of her st.
Bernard dog.
The man who can make $50, 600 a
year as general thing can't save a
cent, while the man who is thrifty and
wise is seldom so gifted that he can
earn any thing at all.
"A stick of timber ISL feet long and
twenty inches square. believed to be
the largest piece ever turned out from
any sawmill. has been sent from Puget
Sound to an exhibition in San Fran
cisco.
The highest recorded balloon ascent
was by Glaisher and Coxwell from
Wolverhampton, England. on Septem-
Der 5. 1862. They rose to the height of
seven miles. According to Glaisher. in
$500 balloon ascensions only fifteen
deaths have occurred.
Animal food occasionally, for
young or old fowls seems indispensable.
Beef cracklings are excellent and some
thing that most every one can obtain.
Cracklings and corn meal made into a
dough and baked. IS good feed for both
old and young birds.
"A negro couple of Atlanta, who
desired a very private wedding. called
up the justice at midnight and had the
ceremony performed then. They de-
clared they were too bashful to 60
through the ceremony when everybody
was around to see or hear
-Citizen-'Tm surprised that you
have become such a careful driver,
Jake. You used to be the most reck-
less teamster on the streets. You ran
into half dozen different carriages to
my certain knowledge" Teamster-
'Tm drivin' mighty light wagon,
now. an it's me own" -Omaha World.
-'Mr. Brown. you have charged me
two dollars for cleaning my gloves.
and Miss Jones says she only paid you
fifty cents" "True, Miss, but your
gloves are so small that 1 was obliged
to take extra trouble to prevent them
being los through the spout of my
steaming kettle" She paid, of course.
Visitor Ito convict)- s'pose they
treat you well here, my friend?" Con-
vict-"Yes, sir; 1 have no complaints
to make; but there is one thing don't
like. Every Sunday mornin' in the
chapel they set me next to one of these
ere shoutin' Methodists. an faint
pleasant for man what was born an
brought up a 'Piscopalian. Life.
els it true, Mr.. Featherly." in
quired Bobby. ''that the homeliest men
get the handsomest wives?'' II be-
lieve there is an old saying to that eff
feet, Bobby. Why?' 81 heard ma
say so to sister Clara last night, and
Clara said that you ought to marry
one of the 1oveliest women in the
world. "-Harper's Bazar.
Editor Ito intellectual looking
young many, No poetry this morning.
my friend. We're full of il" Young
man (handing him manuscripD-'It's
not poetry, sirs; it's prose" Editor
Cooking at the manuscript)-"H-m-
yes-gas, one month, seven-fifty. Just
leave it. please, and I'll read it at my
leisure. "-IGd-B Bits
1t is reported that the once unpro.
ductive Eastern Shore of Maryland,
comprising Northampton and Accomac
Counties, has been rendered so fertile
by the use of ''pine skaters"
leaves and cones of pine trees-that
the farmers of the section are growing
rich. A farmer who has made money
out of 'pine Skaters says: "They are
rich in carbon, and when the fermenta-
ton or oxidation takes place. motion
follows, humic and other acids are
formed, mineral matter is acted upon.
chemical changes take place, and the
land is changed from a dead mass Of
sand and clay to an active, fertile soil.
bringing in motion the latent elements
that are often there"