Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-28

The term acre foot" used IN ~.
ing, is that volume Of water 49,, -
covers an acre to the depth o. !
43,5GO cubic feet
Heather viii last longer out a. go.
than almost any other plant NJ
stem transmits very little wate,
the flower.
Glass may be frosted with q sol.4s.
Of one part Of wax In ten OF tpr,
tine, to which is added one mr.
varnish and siccative.
Boy-Don't sit there, sir. That s..
broke. Testy Ola Gentlenahn--H ns.s.
In my young days boys had senss y
humor.-Punch.
stella-Sadie and I quarrele8 $.
she is trying to make up BelIa--qs-
ing to make up? Why, she ID n !,
pert at making upI-New York HersA
"why do people who keep hons :,
ways talk aboutstheir domestic helBs
Because they are afraid TO aIsssss.
the subject" Chicago News.
Il thought you and Mrs. Brown vera
the best Of friends"
1--WE were until we rented a summa,
cottage together. Detroit Free Press
SIS he good artist2" She glanced
at him with petulant disdain. "Hefsh
clever artist" she answered pityinelv
mo artists are good. Life.
The man who Is always making good
resolutions is at least better than the
man who is always doing mean things
-Atchison Globe.
"My family has gone away for
month, old man, and"-
Cant come, old fellow. have
sworn on playing poker"
Sunday School Teacher-N Now, Dan
ny, what is righteous indignation
Danny-Gettin' mad without sayin
any cuss words.-Boston Transcript.
Tom What killed Algy?
Joe-Why train Of thought passed
through his brain and wrecked IT.
don't-cher-now.
Large heads do not always indicate
intellect. The Greeks, one of the most
intellectual of nations, were distin.
guished for their small heads.
Patient-What would you think Of
warmer climate for me. doctorl
DOctor-Good gracious, man, that's
what am trying to save you from
You get a ticket to see Gibraltar
ticket to a town. After dark you can
not get in from any point on any plea.
1t is anything but wide, open.
Doctor, have you ever done this
operation befOre?"
The Surgeon enthusiastically mo,
sir; I've never had the chance
/ A ChiDaman has never been known to
suffer from color blindness. The Chi
nese race seems to be wholly exempt
from this infrmity.
Peers Of Great Britain have the right
to be hanged with siIken cords instead
Of hempen ropes. Few avail them
selves Of the privilege.
The largest sponge ever sent to mar
ket was from the Mediterranean. 1t
was ten feet in circumference and
three in diameter.
Medical men are to be envied. II
they cure us, we are loud in their
praise; II they do not, we preserve
dead silence.
Affable PassengeF-InCeed and you
are a music hall artist! am a banker,
and think 1t must be at least twenty
years since / was In a music hall.
Music Hall Artist (regretfully)
I'm quite certain, sir, it's twenty years
since was in a bank.--London Tit
Bits.
Miss de Fashion Mother, what shall
we send Miss de Styles for her we'd
ding presently
Mrs. de Fashion-Wul the list be
published in the paper?
''NO; she says that's vulgar"
'Send her a plated saltspOon.
erpOOl Mercury.
Sponge fishers In Tripoli, even with
out the aid OF diving suits, go to a
0SpNu VI $OU AeSL anu over anu moSs
Of them have divers paralysis" as a
result Sponges wrenched by hand
from the rocks bring the best prices,
as TRAVELLING and harpooning injure the
delicate tissues Of the finer varieties.
The feathers Of birds are simply
modified hairs. Scales of fishes over
lie one another, tile fashion, like birds
feathers, and for the same purpose
namely, to shed the water. II fishs
scales were set with their edges %
ward his nose, his progress throusn
his native element would be impedee
The HindOos have a quaint marriage
custom. 1t is that OF enveloping the
bride In rags and passing her - ?
bundle seven times. from father @
uncle, under the body Of the mare On
which the bridegroom. heading pro
cesslon of his male relatives. comes %
the marriage.