The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-08-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

sissippi, who had stolen a mule, was
lately given the option of going to the
penitentiary or receiving a hundred
Lashes On his back. He chose the lat
ter, taking the punishmentlike stole.
1t was Wanamaker, himself, who
once wrote an advertisement reading:
''We have striped womens stocking at
Is cents per pair" This was the be-
ginning of great mans business ca
reer.
-She-'O, 1 shouldn't like to be
bitten by boa constructor" He
'Boa constructors don't bite" She
"Don't they? What do they do?" He
''They squeeze you" She-"O, that's
( sver so much nicer. boston Herald.
! "A florist in England claims that a
rose bush, which has been bearing
/ white roses for more than thirty years,
has suddenly changed, and now puts
out only red roses. The only cause
assigned for this is the enrichment Of
the surrounding earth.
In village of Westphalia chess is
one of the school studies. An exami-
nation in chess is held annually in the
! upper form of the school, and the best
six players, who however, have to be
/ victorious three times running, are
presented with a chess board aud
teasted for a whole long summers day.
While farmer of Stonington, was
blowing one OF his fields, recently, he
turned up an ancient English pole-axe,
the first of these weapons ever found in
Connecticut, and it is supposed that
the weapon was used in the massacre
of the Pequots at the Mystic forts by
the early colonists.
"A wealthy citizen of Americas,
Ga. recently received letter from his
daughter who is attending a college
for women, stating that she had gone
to New York with a chap. The father
suffered great mental excitement until
he learned that ''chap" was intended
as an abbreviation for chaperon.
"A celebrated barrister, retired
from practice, was ne~day asked his
sincere opinion of the law. "Why,
the fact is" rejoined he, eff any man
were to claim the coat upon my back,
and threaten my refusal with a law
suit, he should certainly have it, lest
in defending my coat, 1 should lose my
waistcoat Also"
Harriet Mckay, aScotch girl, aged
twenty eight, stole a mans clothes
while he was asleep, and went and
| offered herself as a soldier. She
passed the examination all right until
the DOCTOR turn came, and he handed
the adventures, who is tall and
comely, and belongs to New Zealand,
over to the London police.
According to Florida paper, a
! firm of produce dealers in Cincinnati
returned only $3.50 to a fruit grower at
Citra for two carloads of oranges.
Knowing that he had been swindled,
the Floridian went to Cincinnati, where
he discovered that the net proceeds
of the shipment were $1.340. He pre-
| sented his claim for 81, 100 out of which
he had been swindled, and it was
quietly paid to him. This is said to be
a frequent experience with Southern
fruit growers.
"A Western office-seeker who said
he was going home by the next train
was packing up his satchel at a Wash
ington hotel recently when friend
said to him: ''They say President
Harrison takes walk every day."
Eyes, he does" Where does he
generally walk?" 81 don't know where
he generally walks, but to-day he walked
on my neck" and he iabbed a night
shirt so deep into his satchel that the
dents are still in the foor.-Washing-
ington Post.
Revenge is Sweet.-Mrs. Stetson,
wife of the operator at little station
in New Mexico, was sick, and steadily
! growing worse. At last she said to her
I husband: "Stet! That DR.. - amt
helpin' me one sole bit. I'm gettin'
orse every day." 81 know it, Alice!
l know it! Don't appear like he's
any good on earth" Il tell you, Stet,
I'm goin' to die! feel it in my bonesp'
oval, Alice" with solemn earnestness
and comfort), ''if you do, I'll be
bowed if ever l pay the doctorr'-
brakes Magazine.
"A new fancy which girls are enjoy
ing through busy morning hours is that
of wood-carving, not in the Sorrento,
machine-fashion, but with the hand
work of pencil and tools. Every one
has heard of the passion for wood
carving in Sweden. Through the long,
dark winter, one of the chief recrea-
tions of the people is that of carving
utensils or ornaments. Even the women
carve thousands and thousands of
them," as a gentleman from Sweden
once said. But in this country, and
especially in the East. where there are
not many Swedes in comparison with
western cities, Woodworking is deci.
ded novelty.
Cats have not attained a high repu-
tationfor intelligence, but instances take
place occasionally which go far toward