The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-25
PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Alfonse-"Your cheek, Miss Daisy,
reminds me of the rose-it is so red"
Miss Daisy-"And yours reminds me
of the candlestick-it is so brazen.
Good evening""
Man about town-"That Miss
Eyer seems to be stuck on young
Jones'" Miss Eger's rival-"How can
she help it when she is covered with
paste diamonds?"- ?"-Jeweler's Weekly.
-"Why don't you listen to reason?"
growled out old Brown, in a per-
feet rage. "How do you expect me to
do that when you are speaking?" re-
turned his better half.-N. Y. Sun.
"A domineering man said to his
wife: Remember, my dear, that you
are the weaker vessel" ''That may
be so," she retorted: "but I'll take
good care that you shan't forget that
the weaker vessel may have the stronger
spirit in it"
-Snaggs see an English physi-
clan has new cure which consists in
covering the patient with warm, fresh
soil" Jaggs-"I s'pose the beauty of
the treatment is that he never has to
disinter a subject. "-Drake's Maga-
zine
1t is fact worthy of note that all
the women elected to municipal offices
in Kansas this spring wear "Mrs." in
front of their names. 1t seems to re-
quire a matrimonial experience to de-
velop the governing instinct in women.
Kansas City Star.
In the parlor at 1890 a. m.-"Ex-
euse me, Harry, papa is calling"
Certainly, Eveline." Eveline (on re-
turning to the parlor)-'Tm sorry,
Harry, but you'd better go. Papa says
he hasn't got license for running an
all-night place. e."-Chicago Herald.
Mr.. Grumpy-'I don't see why
you advertised for a plain cook;' you
know l like little fancy dishes and
entrees" Mrs. Grumpy (meaningly)
Because I'll never have another good
looking cook in this house, my dear.
I'll attend to your fancy dishes and
entrees myself. Epoch.
AT the Mansion House ball. Mr..
Griggs (who has retired from the pro-
vision trade, and is ever SO exclusively
"A very fine swarry, General, but a
little mixed, don'tyou thinkp" General
Tufts (who is also exclusive)-''Hang
it all, sir, you can't expect them all to
be cheese mongers. Pick Me Up.
Say, policeman" he said, excited
ly, ''why don'tyou arrest those two men
They have been talking loudly and
threaten to hammer each other into a
jelly for the last half hour" 20, don't
you worry about them,' said the Off
Ger, "they won't do any thing but talk
They are professional prize fighters. :"
II never play at another mans
game, said the president of finan-
cially uncertain insurance company to
travelling man on the train. 'FIhat
is natural" ''What makes you think
so?" Because it would take time from
your business of inducing other men to
play at your game. Merchant Trav.
eler.
For several years past fears have
been freely expressed that the box for
ests of Europe are giving out, and that
the engravers would suffer from the
decreased supply. A new species has
been discovered in South Africa, the
wood of which is believed to be equal
to its long-known relative, Buxus SEM
pervirens. The new species has been
named Buxus Macowani by Hooker.
One forest covering fifteen square
miles exists in the Buffalo River Valley,
and smaller forests have been found
near the coast. It sometimes has a
trunk two feet thick.