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

Second Shade-He mas found an
honest man.
First Shade-W Well, amt he glad?
Second Shade-Not any. The honest
man stole his l0ntern.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
Taper-I should like two weeks abb
saRce to attend the wedding Of very
dear friend.
MFR. Gingham-It must be very dear
much time. Who is it?
Taper Well. sir, after the ceremony
she will be my wife.-VOgue.
Lady-Is Mrs Binks at home.
Servant-No'm
Lady-Can you tell rue when she WIN
be at home?
Servant-As soon as she gets the
parlor busted, mum. an she must be
most through by now.-New York
Weekly.
Spiders of several kinds are found in
caves. They are uniformly small.
weak and Of sedentary habits. No
webs do they spin save few irregular
threads sometimes. What they live
upon is rather a puzzle, though 1t is
supposed that they catch stray mites
and other such small fry.
An ''oceultist and diviner" advertised
in an English paper:
Young man, some woman dearly
loves you. If you would know who
she is, send shilling to Seer and
learn her name"
A young man responded and receiv-
ed the answer, Your mother"
The face Of Oliver Cromwell was dis.
figured with moles, pimples and warts
He must have been very proud OF
them, however. for when his portrait
was being painted by Sir Peter L.ely
he swore he would not pay for 1t un
less all these facial Disagreement
were quite clearly shown.
Mankind subsists to a great extent
upon the seeds of plants. OF course al
the grains are seeds. Likewise this
nuts are all seeds. There are Other
seeds. and many of them, by no means
so familiar as a diet which neverthe
less contribute largely to the support
of human beings.
'+For my part, l don't see any NOR,
harm in a game of cards than In /
game OF chess"
"But consider the associations"
What associations?"
| - oh MA IN,
bishops, while at cards you play will
four knaves."
The gilded youth had entered hi
fathers bank to learn the business.
"Son," said the gratifled banker, ''Tn
glad 10 see that you get here prompt!
at O."
II could get here even earlier, dad
Our club, you know, closes at 5."-Lou
don Saturday Review.
GwendOlen-How late you are, dear
What have you been doing all the aft
ernoon7
housekeeping the Grlgsbys at thei
''at home" and making myself geneI
ally fascinating and agreeable.
Gwendolen--Poo thing! What
hard days work for yoU!-Punch.
The Prussian Versailles.
Potsdam is the Prussian Versatile
and contains four palaces. 1t va
founded by the great elector Of Brar
denburg, but owes most OF its splendo
} to Frederick the Great, whose apart
! ments, which are shown to visitors, n
. main almost exactly as they weE
when he was alive. Among the mos
interesting treasures Is a copy Of Frst
eriek's works annotated In the hand
writing Of voltaire.
Lack Of Judgment.
$50 Cayuse Charley met his fate q
the hands Of a poser
"Yep." answered Three Finger Sam
J "what was the troubleT'
/ "HIs immejlt dlnaculty was 4 lac
!. Of Judgment as to speed. He helpe
himself to a horse. but didn't pick on
that was fast enough to keep ahead {
0 the party as went after m."-wasl
4 ington Star.
Temperament.
Fatima had been exhaustively ed
= Gated at an exclusive school. and whe
having entered the forbidden chambe
she beheld the severed heads Of Rlul
boards former wives she understoC
instantly.
There's temperament for your 81
exclaimed and thought how the 9th