The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

which, on being taken out. hoped
about on deck, and seemed quite at
home.
At the Philadelphia zoo the other
day a monkey tore the blue tulle off a
lady's bonnet, wrapped it around his
its stomach as a sash and then posed
in the most dudesque manner magma
BILE for the admiration of the visitors.
AT foreign railway station:
''Guard, can | smoke in this carriage?"
mo; it is against the rules" Then
where do all these cigar-ends on the
floor come from?" From smokers
who have not asked permission. -
Pail Mall Gazette.
Those who give attention to the
deterioration of food find the most de-
terioration in those groceries and
canned goods which are sold with
premiums in the form of glassware,
teapots, etc. The quality of the food
deteriorates in proportion with the
value of the gift. The most adultera-
ton is in spices and condiments, tea,
coffee, syrup and baking powders.
In the Southwest they do things
differently from most every other part
of the country. At Pleasonton, Atlas
cosa County, Tex, they hanged man.
To express their great joy the citizens
got up barbecue, which was largely
attended. In the adjoining county a
white man, who was on trial for kill
ing Chinaman, was set at liberty be-
cause the presiding judge could find
no laws providing for his punishment.
New York State recently enacted
law by which criminals condemned
to death shall be put to death by
means of electricity instead of being
hanged asformerly. A great deal of
objection to this new method has de.
veloped and it seems somewhat doubt
full If the new law will be enforced. It
is contended that death by electricity
is unconstitutional because a cruel and
unusual method of punishment, but
other States and the municipal council
of Paris, France, are contemplating
adopting the electrical death penalty.
In Brownville, Schuylkill County,
Pa, the other day, some senseless
young men, in want of lark, soaked a
lot of corn in whisky and flung it to a
flock of geese. An hour later the
woman who owned them found them
comatose, and, believing them dead,
picked their feathers off and flung the
carcasses down mine breach. During
the night the birds slept off their de-
bauch, and next morning were found
huddled at the gate in naked and
prodigal condition.
The great organ of the Catholic
cathedral in Louisville was recently
out of tune for several days. The or
ganist searched for the cause but could
not discover it. Then the organ
builder WAS called in to see what was
the matter. After short examination
he found the metallic "D'' pipe out of
order. He had the pipe, which is ten
feet in length, removed, and found that
a sparrow lodged in the middle of it.
The sparrow was removed and the
pipe replaced, and the organ is now in
good order. 1t is not known how the
bird could have got into the pipe.
"A policeman in a certain town in
Northern New Hampshire recently at
tempted to separate two men who were
engaged in q row, when one of them
picked up club and struck the officer
on the head, laying his scalp open.
The latter pluckily stuck to his man,
and finally landed his assailant in the
lookup. The next morning the prisoner
was arraigned before a Justice, who
fined the policeman 81 and costs of
the prosecution. On being remon-
strated with, the court said that the
prisoner had no money to pay him for
his trouble, and he didn't propose to
work for nothing.
$50 this is a prohibition townP''
said a drummer to the landlord of a
small local option town in Texas. '.Yes,
we don't allow any liquor to be sold if we
can possibly prevent; but, sir, there are
men in this town so utterly devoid of
honor and principle that for twenty
five cents they will peddle out this
liquid damnation. What do you think
OF such an unprincipled scoundrelP"
cit strikes me it is a mere matter of
business. Where can l find that I'M
principled scoundrelP" II am the
man. Follow mer' When the drum
mer returned his mustache was moist,
and he was out quarter.-Texas
Siftings.
in Paris lately physician was ar
rested for practicing medicine without
q diploma. He had large and lucra-
tive practice. and at the trial several
patients testified that they had been
ordered by the defendant, as a cure for
their ills, to hold a copper rod on their
hands until it fell off; to stand on one
leg, etc. Such disclosures didn't I'M
nerve the doctor in the least, and when
asked what he had to say, to the great
surprise of all produced diploma
showing that he was regularly gradu-
ated physician. He then explained
hat for five years after leaving college
ne had Vainlv tried to mako a Iivinp