The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

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"A resident of South Windham, Me-.
who has been almost totally deaf for
nearly two years, during a violent
sneezing attack few days ago regained
his hearing.
The first pair of India-rubber shoes
brought into the United States from
South America in 1880, were gilded
and resembled in shape the pointed
slippers of Chinese mandarin.
The professional molasses faster
frequently has twenty or thirty samples
to experiment upon, taking care to
swallow as little as possible. 1t is said
that only man with sweet tooth and
clear head can bear up under the
strain of the occupation.
Since all Indian tribes were placed
on reservations drunkenness has be-
come the prevalent vice; and it is a rare
thing to find an Indian, old or young
who has any thing to buy whisky with,
who isn't drunk four-ffths of the time.
"A st. Louis dealer in curiosities
says that such things as tarantulas,
centipedes and ella monsters have a
market value, and are quoted regularly
by curiosity dealers. People collect
every thing, and there is always de-
mand for these reptiles.
A woman of Isle of Hope, Tenn,
to encourage her hens to lay, placed
china nest eggs in half dozen nests.
Not long afterward the eggs disap-
peared, and where they went was a
complete mystery until the other day,
when chicken snake was killed near
the hen house, and in the snake were
found two of the china eggs.
The late Horatio G. Onderdonk's
will provided that if any of his heirs
married before the age of twenty-five
without the consent of his parents, or
habitually used tobacco or omitted ris-
ing by nine o'clock in the morning, the
one so offending was to be debarred
from receiving any of the money. The
estate was valued at $4,000,O00.
"A gentleman was arrested in New
York lately for assault. His defense
was that he had merely defended him
self from an assailant who had threat
ened to kick lung out of him. LAS
amt got but one lung" he further
explained, 81 ups and hits him in the
ribs" On this showing the rib-hitter
very properly was discharged.
"A grammar-school boy became so
obstreperOus that his teacher, new in
her vocation, young and pretty, de.
termined to try the plan of keeping
him In. After school she sat with
grim determination until it became
dark, and then let him depart. What
was her establishment to find the youth
awaiting her at the gate. He greeted
her with: ats too dark for a young
lady to be alone in the streets. Win
you allow me to see you homer"
A man of Melrose, Fla, became
impressed with the belief that the
only true baptism was immersion.
and that everybody and every thing
should be baptized. He took all
his chickens and pigs to a lake and
baptized them, and almost every daV
he would baptize himself. When
Sheriff Shelley went to arrest him the
man tried to baptize him, but the
Sheriff was too much for him, and got
the irons on him.
The intelligence of shepherd dogs
is one of the well-known facts of canine
history, and many stories are told of
the manner in which they distinguish
sheep by the different marks. A shep-
herd dog without sheep feels that his
occupation is gone, especially if he has
been trained to herd flock. Not LONG
ago the people of a small village were
in great distress. Not child could be
found. After long search there was
a great cutlery. All the small children
OF the village were found in a deserted
yard watched over by shepherd dog.
Not having any sheep he had followed
his instinct by collecting all the chill
dren of the place into one fold.
Nineteen years ago the wife of a
prominent Kingston, N. Y, man acct
IDENTIFY ran needle into her breast.
AS it occasioned but little pain and
could not be extracted, she paid but
little attention to the matter, hoping
for the best. One night recently she
was awakened out of a sound sleep by
a peculiar pricking sensation in the
throat. Rising in bed she began to
cough. The pricking became more
severe, but the substance appeared to
be rising in her throat. Thrusting her
fingers down as far as possible, she
caught hold of an object and drew it
out. 1t was the needle that had been
lourneying about under the surface for
years.
How John Chinaman Prays.