The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-11-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

the curiosities of Calamet, Q.
"A Philadelphia blacksmith had his
left ear kicked off, smooth and clean.
by mule.
Bananas, like wedding guests are
always ready to throw the slipper after
the pairing comes of.
"A South Windham (Me.) man at
tributes the cure of a cancer on his
nose to the application of the plant
known as ''wood sorrel."
Two men INDUCED in a shooting
affray at Graham, Ca, on very singu-
lar provocation. One became angry be-
cause the other greeted him with ''Hel-
lo'' as they passed. Georgia honor
must be very ticklish.
Jersey City has abolished it's news
boys home. 1t was found that the boys
used it for a loaing place. and that four
fifths of its dodgers were boys who ran
away from home and had no real need
for its conveniences.
In Australia, there are nearly two
hundred and forty-seven thousand
more males than females. Including
New Zealand and Tasmania, the excess
of males over females is three hundred
and one thousand nine hundred and
forty-nine.
Charleston, it is said, leads the
other cities of the country in respect to
miniature painting. For one hundred
years this has been peculiar distinc-
ton of the city. Thomas Coran, an
English artist, was the Instructor who
introduced the art in South Carolina.
The singular fact has been pointed
out that a ton of seyen-eighths inch
dynamite cartridges, placed end to
end and reaching about one mile,
would be consumed in about quarter
of second if cartridge at each end
were denoted, while if such a train
were simply ignited its combustion
would require several minutes.
1t is stated that about FIVE hundred
veterinary surgeons in Great Britain
have signed paper condemning over
head check reins as painful to horses
and productive of disease. It distorts
the windpipe, and is liable to cause
paralysis of the muscles of the face,
apoplexy, coma and Inflammation of
the brain, all these resulting in short
ening the life of the horse.
"A gentleman down in Worth, Ga,
has trained a large cat to hunt SOUR
rels, and it is said that he can tree
more squirrels in day than the best
dog. When the squirrel hides from
the hunter, Tom is sent up the tree to
find it. He rarely ever fails to run it
around so that his master can shoot it.
When going on a long expedition the
cat will climb up on his masters
shoulder or run along at his heels like
a dog.
An addition has been recently
made to the food plants produced in
this country, which in time may prove
a strong rival of Indian corn. The
new plant is the sweet cassava of the
tropics. 1t is very productive, and
good land will give at least ten tons of
cassava root per acre. Its main use is
for conversion into starch, tapioca and
glucose, although it can be utilized in
an infinite number of ways.
"A party of misehievous boys, while
looking about new building removed
a long ladder leading up to one of the
towers where mason was at work. The
laborer soon discovered the loss his only
means of descent, and ordered the bows
to replace it. But they, enjoying his dis
comiture, moved with such extreme
deliberation that at length the angry
Hibernian shouted, "Let me down, We
Williams, or be jabers, DILL drop on yell"
New Haven Palladium.
There is not much nicely in the
perfume business. The flower petals
are spread over glasses which have
previously been covered with a quar-
ter-inch layer of fat. The glasses are
then shut tightly into wooden frames,
and before long the fat absorbs all the
perfume. The next process is to cut
up the fragrant fat into small pieces
chAO Puu OhCoS III dlCOuOIs 4u6 perfume
at once deserts its oily protector and
unites with the alcohol. It is then lit
for the market.
The modern mammal Mamma
''Now, remember Bertram, you mustn't
run too hard, or you'll perspire and
spoil your Fauntleroy shirt BERTHE
dearest. Mamma-'sAnd you
mustn't wipe your nose on your Faunt.
leroy sash, or mamma will have to'whip
YOU" Bertie--''No. dearest" Mann
all things. remember, un-
der no circumstances take your hat off,
because your Fauntleroy curls are
sewed in the brim. "-Asbury Park
Journal.
Now boys" asked the miser. as
twelve pair of eyes gazed hungrily at
the steak over which he invitingly
held the knife and fork. How many of
of you will take nickel and 90 to bed
without any supperP" with visions
Of tops, marbles and similar attractions
there was a ready chorus of ''I's," but
alas for the bright hued dreams! In
J,