The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-02-09
MISCELLANEOUS,

flied portion back to the furnace.
The saw-mills of Maine now ship
great quantities of baled sawdust to the
market, where it is sold for packing
purposes and for bedding purposes.
Mrs. GrundY hobs mp long enough to
say: ''What are wanted in society are
more pocket editions of books that
teach how to appear as ladies and
gentlemen"
Mrs. Mary Coy. of Covode, Pa,
during the twelve months last past
wove 1859 yards of carpeting and $40
yards of cloth with an ordinary hand
loom.
-Farmersswere given much needed
time to stop and think. Many have be-
gun on more careful methods, and the
thirst after specific knowledge has been
increased. Prairie Farmer.
The shipment of cheeses from
Canada for the past season amounts to
100000 boxes, being $4,000 more
than last year. Tue exports of butter
amounted to $4,000 packages. against
the $4,000 of 1886.
"A bit of soft paper is recommended
by an English doctor for dropping
medicine into the eye as being equally
effective as brushes, glass choppers,
etc., and far less likely to introduce
foreign substances.
You may be one of the heirs to a
vast estate i'll Europe, but if you have
reason to suspect that such is the case
keep still about it. If you admit it
you'll be taken for either crank or a
swindler. Detroit Free Press.
New York has Girls Endeavor
Cub" The woods are full of them.
The girls endeavor to catch husband,
but the club is not used until after mar
riage-and not then, if the husband be-
HAYES himself. -NorristoWn Herald
"A tree that was cut down in the
Little Shookum Valley, near Whatcom,
w. T., yielded $4,000 feet of lumber,
which, at $3.50 per thousand. makes
the tree worth 1892. The Whatcom
Reveille says that the timber lands in
the county will average ten such trees
to an acre.
While using stove backing on her
kitchen range the other day, Mrs. Mar
garet Twibell, of Montpelier, Ind, got
a small quantity of the polish in cut
on her hand. Blood poisoning ensued.
the hand swelled to great size. and it
is thought that it will be necessary to
amputate it.
Willie Walters" said the teacher,
which is the shortest day in the year?"
"Twenty-irst OF December" replied
Willie, who was correct rs far as the
writer knows "And Tommy Turf may
tell us which is the longest day." said
the teacher, indulgently. Sunday"
shouted Tommy. Philadelphia Caroni-
Gle.
"A drunken laborer named John
Davies, at Dowlais, Eng. on his way
home lay down beside the railroad
track so close to the rails that, a train
coming along, the engine ran over and
cut off the heel of his boot. When the
train stopped and backed up the man
was still asleep and was indignant at
being made to get up and go home.
"A cat in P. Pearson's feed store at
Burlington, Kan, attacked its master
the other day and bit him severely in
the leg. He ran out for assistance and
brought back two men, who charged
the enraged animal, but were routed
and driven out after being badly bitten.
The cat held the premises until the
marshal came along with his revolver
and shot it.
"A New York clergyman, who went
to preach in neighboring city. aston
ished the congregation by saying: "a
must take the first train home, after tn 9
service, as have wife and three chill
dren there. and have never seen one OF
them" The people were greatly relieved
on learning that the lone" that the
clergyman had never seen had been born
since he left home the day before
N. Y. Ledger
Carefully prepared statistics show
that there are 100000 criminals in this
country, only $4,000 of whom are
incarcerated. Of the 100000 it is
estimated that one-third are under
twenty years of age, one-half under
twenty-one years of age, and fraction
under twenty-five years of age. and
the chances are that all of them will
continue criminals through the rest OF
their lives.
Blacksmith Miller, of Louisville,
was shoeing mule the other day, and
drove nail through the hoof so that
the point projected an inch and half
He was about to twist off the nail and
clinch it, when the mule gave his hooi
a tremendous jerk and the nail caught
Miller's arm and completely severed
the muscles and arteries of the left fore.
arm. Miller's life was saved with
difficulty.
"A wide traveller declares that the
best cooks in the world are Arab cooks,
who perfectly understand how to intro.
duce good fruit to hot fire over their
little furnaces. The next best, he says,
are the farmers wives Of New England.
1.-THE worst meals one sits down to are