The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-05-08
commRNT OF rRK PRESS.

What was the use in springing on the
public all Of those outlandish Greek and
Turkish names IL the powers are now
going to intervene to stop the war;
Kansas City Star.
Why should Grover Cleveland CON-
plain about the republican congress
changing the tariff law? lie wasn't fer
the present law. He denounced it as
perfidiOus, and refused to sign it. He
hadn't the courage to veto it, though
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A resident OF Lewiston, Me-, refuses
TO pay tax on his bicycle, saying it is
worn out and useless. He demands to
know OF the assessors whether they
could tax man for dead horse. II
not, he wishes to know why he should
pay for dead bicycle with punctured
Nheel.-Ex.
Something OF a curiosity-a man and
two women, with complete outfits for
prospecting. struck Newport yesterday
from the southwest, crossed the river
and started in dead earnest for the hills
to the north where they will dig for
hidden treasures the next few months.
Priest River Pilot.
Now comes the merry spring time,
alack the gladdest of the year the edi-
tor feels down his clothes, there is no
doodle there. With saddened heart ard
hope forlorn, his wardrobe all sskance,
he labors hard to hide the hole in the
rear part Of his pants. But soon will
come another day, the gladdest Of the
year, when linen busters come in vogue
to hide his ragged rear, etc, ad infni-
.-DeLamar Nugget.
Whatever their faults and the defects
OF their character, the Greeks are ex-
hibiting the qualities of great people
They have risen to the occasion rs no
one expected them to. No doubt some
OF their enemies and detractors are
thinking today what Marshal Bugeaud
said years ago OF the old British infantry
when it was mainly composed Of Scotch
and Irish peasants: "It.is the finest in
the world, and, thank God, there is very
little OF t."-New York Sun.
The Wilson bill is apparently doing
all that its author expected it would.
after it had been given a fair trial.
The government report for April shows
an increase in customs receipts over
April, 1895, OF over $l2, COZ, 600, or more
than, l06 per cent. Had the Wilson
tariff bill gone into effect at any other
time than during panic brought on By
republican Encouragement it would
have speedily proved ample for all the
requirements OF the country.-Spokane
Chronicle.
While the fellows at Athens are doing
their level best to destroy Greek pres
tige, General Smolentz and his army are
striking hard blows against the Turks
and saying nothing. 1t was always thus
The fellows that squeal loudest in tight
place have little fight in them. If the
grim, silent, good, old-fashioned Greeks
under Smolentz will thrash the Turks al
Valestino or Pharsala, or at any point
on that line that suits them, all will be
forgiven. 1t would be just like old.
fashioned Greeks to do it.-Inter Ocean
There is woman deputy sheriff in
Denver. She is the first of her sex Ia
hold such position in that state, and
so far as known it is the first instance
anywhere in which woman has been
clothed with such authority. she and
her neighbors were annoyed by gang
of hOodlum boys, and che determined
to put stop to their depredations.
When they again hurl stones at her
windows she will descend upon them
in the majesty of the law. That
woman is highly practical. Idaho
Statesman.
1t is very noticeable that all the
eastern papers hoped for the success oil
Greece in the struggle with Turkey.
Many Of them failed to properly esti-
mate the fighting qualities of the Turks
and they fell into the error of predicting
Greek victory. But. in hoping for a
triumph for the Hellenic people, they
but echoed the sentiment OF the civilized
world. The governments that had it in
their power to lend Greece the all and
encouragement necessary for her success
have much to answer for before the bar
OF impartial history.-Idaho Statesman.
With two saw mills a certainty, and
another prospective, coupled with our
other resources, a wave Of prosperity
seems about to settle down upon Bon.
ner's Ferry, to justify the faith Of those
who have stayed by the town through
all its adverse circumstances. For vim.
vigor and enterprise, the Herald will
back the business men of Bonner's
Ferry against any and all corners, eapi.
tai and conditions being anyway near
equal. The cash subscriptions and
other donations for the public welfare
made within the past week being ia evi.
dence to justify our claims.-K ootenai
Herald.
Gen. Weyler is trying 10 convince the
outside world that the Cuban war IL
over. In several quarters, however, his
reports find no credenee The imam.