The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-04-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

| for the statement that a rooster, served
at his home the other day, had two fully
developed and perfectly formed wish.
bones.
Queen Victoria's crown, kept with
other royal regalia under strong guard
at the old tower, and worn only on state
occasions, is worth 5000, 900, metal, gems
and decorations included.
I'm a Wheeling store where looking.
glasses were formerly scattered around
rather generously they have all been
taken down. ''The reason" said a
floor walker, sis that the women would
always be iammod up in crowds where.
ever there was looking glass, and we
took them down"
An instrument called the tele-
graphope has been patented, which
enables the sender to record his message
On cylinder attached to the receiving
instrument, in the absence of any one
to hear it, and even to repeat the mes
sage back to himself for correction.
Come in and see the Swimming
Match! Admission, Ten Cents" This
advertisement, cleverly displayed to
catch the public eye, was posted on a.
board outside a large fair in Brooklyn.
When the visitors paid their admission
fee, and rushed in, they saw match
floating in tumbler of water.
TO show the capacity of his stomach
visitor at tho Neyersinl1 Fire House at
Reading, few days ago, ate a mixture
composed of pound of figs, fifty raw
oysters, and a pound of sugar, and topped
OFF the mess with pound of lard. He
said on wager he would eat a box of
wagon grease, but the spectators would
let him go no further.
Frogs are improving with the rest
OF the world, and are evidently develop
ing capacity for turning the tables on
their prosecutors. One of the frogs put
into the snake cage at the Worcester
tMass.) Natural History Museum to be
swallowed, turned swallower and sab
sorbed'' so much black snake that the
latter died after being pulled from the
fighting frog.
"A writer who contends that old
fashioned o1t-of-door games are the best
form of exercise for children saws.
Running makes trim ankle and d
shapely leg, and girls should be en-.
couraged to run as often as possibe
In old-fashioned games of ball or pris-
oners base, which, as it used to be
played, left few fibers of the body with
out stretch and refreshment. The dodo-
ing, the feints and sudden dashes for
base were good practices in tactics, Civ.
ing quick eye and foot and 1.-THE body.
A hawk pursued pigeon into a
house at Brunswick, Ga, the other day.
The pigeon took refuge under table 20
the kitchen The hawk in entering ths
door saw window beyond, and suppos-
ing his prey had gone that way dartel
for the aperture, but, to his horror.
found an invisible pane of glass, through
which his momentum carried him to tho
ground beyond, where he lay for soma
time. "Who trow dat brick?" sang out
the cook. The master of the house az
rived on the scene just in time to dis
cover "dat brick" was hawk, and to
see him disappear after recovering from
his encounter with the window pane.
"A newspaper man went to interview
the superintendent of enc of the elevo-
ted roads of New York a few DAYS aqt
with lot of letters complaining thai
the cars on the road were too cold
You'll save me lot of trouble if youI!
let me have these letters" said the su
perintendent, reaching into his desk anc
taking out a package of documents
How is that?" "Why, here is a bundle
Of complaints we have received about
the cars being kept too warm. If you'll
let me have yours can send the cold let.
ters to the hot writer's and the hot let
ters to the cold writer's, and so make all |
the GROWERS answer each other. Iowa
State Register.
The modern game of base ball is an |
American institution and not, as SONS
night believe, an exotic of foreign
growth which has come to us from the
older civilizations of Europe and the
East. The game from which our pres
mt sport is derived had its origin and |
development among the aborigines of |
'he American continent, who PLAYED /
With bat and ball for ages, for aught /
no know, before tho dream of new
world filled the Imagination of the /
italian adventurer. 1t is thus Ameri- /
an to the core. OF course the game has
Undergone great notifications, but re.
'ent archaeological Investigations prove
he truth OF the above statement.