The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-06-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

oIoslppl, VINO nad stolen a mule, wa
lately given the option of going to tn,
penltentiary or receiving hundred
lashes on his back. He chose the lat
ter, taking the punishment like a stole
1t was Wanamaker, himself, VIII
once wrote an advertisement reading
"We have striped women's stocking a
l5 cents per pair" This was the be
ginning OF great mans business ca
reer.
-She-"O, 1 shouldn't like to b.
bitten by a boa constructor" He
''Boa constructors don't bite" She,
"Don't they? What do they do?" He
'They squeeze YOU" She-"O. that.
ever so much nicer" Boston Herald
"A florist in England claims that :
rose bush, which has been bearing
white roses for more than thirty years
has suddenly changed, and now put.
out only red roses. The only cause
assigned for this is the enrichment O
the surrounding earth.
In village of Westphalia chess i.
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 an6
Toasted for whole long summers day
While a 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.
Ca. 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 Lost Opportunity: Jiggers-
''Darn an ignoramus anyhow" Wig
gers-What's the matter now?" jig
gers-"I was calling on little Miss
Pertly last night and she asked what
the phrase 'indulging in osculatory
exercises meant. Said she found it in
novel," Wiggers-'Well, did you
tell her?" Jiggers-sI didn't know
what it meant until I looked through
the dictionary this morning.''- Terre
Haute Express.
According to a Florida paper, a
firm of produce dealers in Cincinnati
returned only $3.50 to fruit grower at
Ultra 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 $3.50. 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
frequent experience with Southern
fruit growers.
"A Western ofice-seeker who said
he was going home by the next train
was packing up his satchel at Wash.
ington hotel recently when a friend
said to him: ''They say President
Harrison takes walk every day."
eyes, he does" Where does he
generally walk?" II don't know where
he generally walks, but to-day he walked
on my neck,' and he jabbed night
shirt so deep into his satchel that the
re
ington Post.
"A new fancy which girls are enjoy
ing through busy morning hours is that
OF Woodworking, 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-
tons 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 high repu-
tationfor intelligence, but instances take
place occasionally which go far toward
redeeming their characters from sus-
picion of stupidity. A beautiful cat
which enjoyed the favor of a family
took such pains to do her duty on one
occasion that there could be no doubt
that she possessed some power of rea-
soDing. She came to her mistress
much disturbed, displaying by restless
actions great distress. It was evident,
after watching her, that she wished
her mistress to follow her. When this
was done, and the mistress went down
stairs after excited pussy, there was
found in the pantry another cat calmly
enjoying the inside of custard pie.
The contented purr of the first cat at
bringing the recreant to justice was
amusing.
Se~, HOW TO SELL GOODS.
An Ability to Size Up Your Customer the
First Essential.
''How to sell goods?" repeated New
York merchant. after reporter. 1T
depends upon the man. That is the
whole secret. Like the old parody on
Victor Hugo, If you want to be good
salesman Won m1st e6uoato vo,,r rron1