The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-02-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

Ali barns should have good cave
troughs. connected with spacious un-
derground cisterns, if water is needed.
Several boys when arrested in New
York the other day, were working in
dustriously, as they afterwards ex-
planned in court, to create haunted
house scare.
The last society spoken of in Cali.
fornia is the "Pay-Nothings." II is
said to be alarmingly prosperous. The
password is, LEND me a dollar;" the
response, ''Broker'
Uncle Cuffy-"W (which is the cheap
est, de fiy-blister or de poor-house
plaster?" Druggist-''Just the same
twenty-five cents apiece" Uncle c.
well, doctor, you better give me all
two; my old CONAN is berry low wild
de remonia; an want UNI fur hab eb'rY
comfort. "-Detrott Free Press.
Crooked and Straight are the
names of pair of clergymen in charge
of an English church. Lock & Key
were long familiar names over the door
of a hardware store in Louisville, KY.
Scarcely less appropriate were the last
named parties to their business than
were the famous U. Ketchum & l.
Cheatum firm of lawyers.
Enthusiastic Traveler-"Ah. En-
gland is glorious country indeed. A
nation of conquerors, possessions
everywhere all over the globe, enor-
nous financial resources; why, you
know they say the sun of Victoria
never SETS" Mrs. Porkehoppe (ot
Chicago want to know, don't he
ever get tired of standing?"-TOO's
Topics.
"A contest has been going on in a
New York newspaper between num-
Der of young wemen for the honor of
being the youngest grandmother in the
country. It has been shown by the let
tiers of the contestants that a woman
who was grandmother at the age of
thirty-two is by no means an unusual
parsonage in this country.
An oil expert from Pennsylvania
is of the opinion that there is more oil
under the soil of California than in
Pennsylvania itself. He finds that the
ledge of oil-producing rock begins at
Peru, crops up at San Diego, then dips
and reappears at Santa Barbara, and
again appears at San Francisco and
further north.
Ina letter from Salt Lake City de-
scriptive of the Mormon Tabernacle,
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe writes: "a
glance at the congregation easily COR
roborated the statement that Mormon
ism largely recruits itself from the
most wretched and ignorant classes OF
European countries. Some of the heads
of those present might have been termed
well advanced on the way back to the
gorilla. Vacant countenances, eyes
empty of thought were seen on every
| side"
1t was rather queer remark that
Buffalo IN. W business man made
lately. Said he, Il can get better
bargain in any store in this town if !
don't pay as go than 1 can for cash,
and what is still more to the purpose,
can command better treatment and bet
ter service while | am making the pur-
chase. The moment my money goes
over the counter the interest in prompt
delivery and such accessories mnst all
| fall back on the character of the house
am dealing with. But if l do not pay at
once l am still customer to be looked
after and every thing will be done to
retain my good will.
"A Boston sportsman who has been
enjoying the sport at Moluncus Lake.
in the northern part of Maine, entered
a lumberman's house and was well en-
tertained during the night. In the par
lor of the house was the lumberman's
library, which the visitor had the curl
osity to examine. The list was as fol-
lows: "Lives of Eminent Saints. y
mysteries of Paris" Robinson
Crusoe,' - Sure Way to a Happy Mar
riage," Life of the Popes," Teachings
of the Catholic Church and Her Divine
Founder and Saviour, ""Catholic Faith
and "Our Department" The lumber.
mans mind had certainly a serious
bent.