The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-03-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

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---Lawyer-"I have my opinion Of
you" Citizen-"Well, you can keep
it. The last opinion 1 got from you
cost me $3.50. Yonkers Statesman.
THAT boy of ours is getting to be
terrible story-teller," said Mr.. Cheri-
try. Yes" said his wife, "he tells
fibs on the slightest prevarication. -
Pack
"A sewing machine agent who was
very i'll, being told that he must pay
the debt of nature, wanted to know if
he couldn't do it on the installment
plan.
Some of the most expert poultry
men occasionally feed their fowls tur-
nips in winter. They are not peeled,
but cut into quarters and thrown into
the yard.
AT Owenton, KY, when d YER
dict of not guilty was declared ina
homicide trial the audience applauded.
The Judge ordered the doors closed,
and imposed fine of $3.50 on each
person who applauded.
Special Agent Tingle, of San
Francisco, discovered two Chinese
women on board train going from Vic
toria to Tacoma. They were dressed in
American fashion, and were heavily
yelled. They were arrested, as was
also an accompanying Chinaman. It
was evidently shrewd case of SNUG
Cling.
Telegraph operators, 1t seems, are
developing a disease of their own. One
or two cases recently occurred abroad,
in which the finger nails dropped of,
one after another. The affection is
supposed to be due to the constant
hammering and pushing with the finger
ends required by the working of the
telegraph instrument.
An eastern mechanic attributes
some of the mysterious fires which are
of frequent occurrence to "blisters" in
the window panes. If these blisters
are convex enough to form a lens and
combustibles are stored within its focal
distance fire would be very likely to
result.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is re-
sponsible for the following: Pink
nails, Incidence. Red nails, a war
like nature. Narrow nails incline to
mischief. Filbert nails are associated
with deceit. Small, round nails de-
note obstinacy. Crooked nails indicate
a fierce nature. Nails abnormally pale,
or with black specks on them, denote
sickness. Broad nails are considered
to be indicative of bashful and gentle
natures. Long nails appertain to those
of a temporizing disposition. These
are the nails of persons who hate
scenes.
The wonderful manner in which
nature, in the long sweep of years,
evolves her products and adapts them
to their environments, is manifested in
the camel. "A horse can not lie down
on the scorching surface of Sahara, in
the eye of the sun, without scalding or
excoriating his tender skin. But all
the parts of cancels body which
touch the swelter1ng sand In his atti-
tude of repose are provided with cal
losities of thickened hide, which enable
him to rest on the burning surface
without danger or discomfort.
The Raleigh IN. CO. Nes0s- Observer
states the leap year situation thus:
Twelve years must elapse before the
interesting event takes place again,
but it was just the same in 1900 and
100, but not in 1900, for that was a
leap year and the year 1000 will be
a leap year also. Why this should be
is a problem To explain in detail
would be tiresome task, but it rests
on the principle that the difference Of
eleven minutes per year exists between
actual time and calendar time. Thus
a year is computed at 1851 days, three
years being 965 days long and the
fourth year 366 days. In fact the year
is 365 days five hours and forty-fve
minutes long, or eleven minutes short
of 3654 days.