The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-09-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

little girl defined the difference be-
tween a man and brute as follows:
"a brute is an imperfect beast; man is
perfect beast"
John Swift, q Connecticut man,
lived to the age Of eighty eight with
out being sick one hour in his whole
life. He never had mumps, measles,
headache nor toothache. and when he
died it was more because a tree fell
upon him than from any fault of his
own.
Forty years ago the United States
stood sixth in point of population
among civilized nations of the globe
and twenty years ago it stood fifth.
Twenty years hence it will stand first.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
An Indiana man who has attained
the sobriquet of Lawsuit john" hav-
ing been continually engaged in some
lawsuit for the past twenty years, was
lately sentenced to year in the peni-
tertiary. This will give him vaca-
ton and plenty of time to plan new
lawsuits for the next decade.
Newark contributed over $25, 900
for the relief of the Johnstown suffer-
ers. Jersey City contributed less than
one-half of that amount. AS Jersey
City-according to the census-is the
largest city in New Jersey, we must
account for this discrepancy by reasons
not novel. Jersey City people go over
to New York to contribute to the relief
fund, just as they go there to die, be
born and be married. Newark Adver-
tiser.
In 1916 it took just one bushel OF
corn to buy one pound of nails, now
one bushel of corn will buy ten
pounds of nails. Then it required
sixty-four bushels of barley to buy
one yard of broadcloth; now the same
amount of barley will pay for twenty
yards of broadcloth. 1t then required
the price of one bushel of wheat to pay
for one yard of calico, now one bushel
of wheat will buy twenty yards OF
calico.
AT teachers examination in Jones
County, Ia, in answer to the question,
''What is hygiene?" young lady APP
plicant for certificate to teach school
answered: 1T is the soft spot on the
top of a baby's head which gradually
becomes harder as the baby grows
older" The board of directors re.
jected her application, evidently be-
lieving that the "hygiene" on top OF
the young lady's head had not suf-
foiently hardened to qualify her for
the stern duties of teacher.-Norris-
town Herald.
The attention of visitors to Mount
Repose Cemetery, at Haverstraw, N.
L, is attracted by a novel grave in
secluded spot. 1t is the gave of a pet
canary bird which belonged to a
wealthy family in Brooklyn. The pet
a short time ago became quite i'll and
was attended by persons skilled in bird
doctoring. All their treatment was
useless, however, and the bird died.
30 strong was the attachment of the
family for the bird that it was given
an aristocratic burial, with all the
honors that could be bestowed.
"A Maine village housewife, keen
of wit and thrifty, not long ago issued
cards for an afternoon party at her
house, terming it a ''whang." The
ladies invited were puzzled by the
word, and didn't know how to dress.
but finally appeared in their most
stunning toilets. When they arrived at
the hour named, one p. M, they found
the house in disorder, and everybody
scrubbing for dear life. A "whang"
is house-cIeaning party, and some OF
the ladies are sorry they didn't dress
accordingly.
There is an able romancer out
West somewhere who is keeping the
East supplied with excellent Items of
interest. " Here are couple of them:
lightning played a queer caper on a
ranch near Buffalo, Wy, Ter, recently.
1t struck barb wire fence, and for a
distance of four hundred yards melted
the barb without injuring the strands. /
and pulled one end of the staples hold
ing the wires to the posts. The ex- /
tracted ends were neatly turned into
and nickle plated ''Jim
Bleyins. living near White Rock, Tex, |
killed very large chicken snake /
few days ago, and noticing the snakes
body was unusually large and ill- /
shaped, made an incision and found it |
to contain large COW horn and in the
horn a prairie rat. 1t is supposed that
that the snake chased the rat into the
horn, and to secure the rat swallowed /
the horn.'
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