Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-24

GAkts are MOE A0teU TOT uetn& sU9UH
on figures, end one Of them was re-
lating recently the mental maze into
which she was introduced as the re-
suit Of asking a perfectly innocent
question. She was going downtown
on the car one afternoon and queried
the conductor as to the time. ne
Withdrew his alarm clock Of a watch
from capacious pocket, observed the
dial with the care used by a mariner
IN taking an observation with the sex
tant and then remarked In a porten-
tous tone, 1T lacks three seconds OF
being 2.4a" The poor girl was 90
overwhelmed with the mass Of ma
terial for q short exercise in oral
arithmetic that she waited until she
got downtown before trying to fnd ont
really what time it was, ana then she
consulted big clock. where she had
plenty Of time to see Just where each
hand was.--Loulsville Courier-Journal
Old Enslish Lihas Suit.
Parliamentary repartee was ably mp
held by Lord Brougham. especially
during the great reform debates Of
the last century. On one occasion.
when anti-reformers were trying to
bowl him down by initiating the
sounds made by various animals,
among which the braying of the ass
was most recurrent, be waited for a
pause and then remarked impeFturba-
bly, that by a wonderful disposition Of
nature every animal had its peculiar
mode Of expressing itself and he was
too much OF a philosopher to quarrel
with any Of those modes. This was
no less severe than the famous libel on
the Earl Of Limerick, calling him "a
thing with human pretensions." which
appeared IN the Times in 1881 and for
which the printer was fined f10O and
confined for an indefinite period In
Newgate. london Chronicle.
As In Looking Glass.
II know am looking Ike a fright
tonight" said the woman.
The man studied her dress. her hair
and her complexion closely.
II don't see any thing the matter
with you" he said. so far as I can
see, you are looking as well as usual"
'But am not" she insisted. There
Is something wrong. and that head
waiter saw at a glance what It is. II
had been up to the mark he wouldn'l
have put us away over here in this
out Of the way corner. He would
have given US a table right under tbs
chandelier in the middle of the room
All the best dressed people are always
seated in the most conspicuous places
30 as to make the restaurant look at
tractive. | am glad to say that thai
Is where. usually sit. The plain PEG
pie are ranged along the sides Of ths
room just as we are tonight. "-Phil
adelphia ledger.
Gut II outl
Brander Matthews voiced his opin
ion that correct language is that Ian
guage currently used. If that b
right, certain teacher in a Manhat
tan school was wrong when she In
dignantly vented her dislike Of slang
But the wrong was more her owl
than the scholars she reproved. Dur
inc playtime she had listened to tn
conversation Of a number OF the boy
and noticed a predominance in thei
speech OF American as it is spoken
Forthwith she assembled the offend
ers.
Boys" she announced. IL wish yoV
would use better language. l ind yol
much addicted to using slang. Re
member that we attend school to lear
proper words to use. Slang Is de
testable. HereafteF You will have /,
cut it Quit"
And for a time she wondered VIII
the boys iaughed.-New York Press.
South Sea S.~eIIs.
Readers Of old narratives OF expIora
ton In the south seas will recall tn,
frequent references to the heav,
swells Of the ocean. which impresseC
the nayigators with the idea of thei
remOteness from land. DIR. Vaughan
Cornish explains the great size Of tn
/ sea waves in high southern latitude
i by the fact that south Of the Cape o
/ Good Hope and Cape Horn there 1
neither wiRdward nor leeward shor
and the prevailing wind in all longI
/ tudes Is westerly. Thus when a ives
wind springs up it finds long westeE
/ " swell. the eject Of previous wind
still running. The newborn wind in
/ creases the steepness Of this swell an,
so forms majestic storm waves. whicl
sometimes attain length Of loo fee
/ from crest to crest The averag
! height attained by sea waves in fee
Is about half the velocity Of the win
in miles per hour.
Paid His Debt.
1 When Joe Chamberlain entered tn
house OF commons be was anxious &
try, his oratorical powers. A certai
leading politician who was piIotIn
j q bin through the house was aDDroael